“Hey, baby,” I said into the phone excitedly, glad to get a break from talking about Jason.But it wasn’t Nolan who spoke, it was Fiona and she sounded panicked.“Miss Jones, you have to come quickly.”The joy I initially felt at getting a call from him soon faded and was replaced with a feeling of foreboding. “Is Nolan alright? Why are you with his phone? Is he there?” I asked without taking a breath.“I wish Nolan could come to the phone now but I’m afraid he’s…” she paused and with each second that stretched out, I couldn’t breathe. I know Fiona, Nolan trusts her because she is levelheaded and smart, and very little makes her flustered. Whatever happened to Nolan must be really bad if she can’t tell me.I forced myself to calm down and tried not to think of the worst. Yolanda had stopped going through the inventory and put catalogs aside as she raised her brows to ask if everything was alright.“Fiona, I want you to tell me what happened.”She took a deep breath. “Mr. Pierce came i
He didn’t have to coax me to do anything, I opened my mouth and granted him access into my silky warmth. I was just as hungry for him as I had been the first time we had sex in his office. My hands slipped around his neck and I rose on my tiptoes to better devour his sweet soft lips. His hands roamed my body and he clutched my hips to pull me closer to him. I wanted to lose myself in his touch but not yet, no after how scared he made me. I fought to tear myself away from his mouth and opened my eyes. He searched for my lips for more kisses. He opened his slowly and once again I almost go lost in those emerald eyes. I turned my back to him. “Marry me.” And he caught me off guard again. The man had the most uncanny way of sweeping me off my feet. My eyes swelled with tears again and even though they did fall, I stepped back from his arms with a mischievous smile that I fought to hold back. “You made me worried,” I accused him. “I thought something bad happened to you. I raced acros
I don’t know how long we stayed there and honestly, I don’t care because I could have stayed there longer and not gotten tired of his warmth. We slept, woke up in each other’s arms, had some more sex, slept, talked about nothing, laughed, and fucked some more. Eventually, we slept for a while and I woke up remembering Nolen but just as I reached for the phone Nolan stopped me with a hand on mine and smiled that great cocky smile that would always make me lose my senses no matter how many times I see it.“I already took care of him.”“What do you mean you already took care of him?”“I talked to Sophie already, she’s going to pick him up from school.”I gasped at the mischievous man with the equally mischievous smile on his face. “She knew about this?”He shrugged with a laugh. “She did.”“I’m so going to kill her. She didn’t tell me anything!”He laughed and kissed my ear then my cheek. “Then it wouldn’t have been a surprise.” He picked my phone off my hands and turned it off, doing th
Many things happen when you’re in love but one thing stands out.Peace.There was a new sense of peace and tranquility filling my bloodstream. Where were my dark thoughts? Where were the voices telling me I wasn’t good enough? They were all gone.I slept peacefully in Nolan’s arms, loving the way he wrapped me up in his strong arms. A smile curved my lips at his protective embrace. I opened my eyes and looked through my blurry, drunken eyeballs to see that the lights had been turned off. The dishes and ice bucket and empty champagne bottle had been cleared away. Some time during the night the staff had come to clean up. Even my clothes which I had discarded without a care in the world were now resting on the arm of the couch.A perfect day well spent.I raised my left hand to my face to admire the huge diamond ring, my heart filling with love again for the man behind me. I touched his hand with mine briefly, careful not to wake him up and slowly I unwrapped his arms and slid from the
I sat silently in the car with my hands folded in my lap while Nolan drove to the station. How will I get over this nightmare? Just one moment of happiness and now I have been thrown into mourning. I looked outside the window at my reflection in the side mirror noting the puffiness of my eyes from lack of sleep and hours of crying. My nose was red and swollen and my lips were dry and cracked. I don’t think I would have had my bath if Nolan hadn’t helped me to the bathroom and even helped me brush my hair.Even though he wasn’t looking like his usual self he wasn’t any better than I looked. His hair was rough from where he had thrust his fingers in and pulled and his eyes were red-rimmed. Between us was his ashtray and he had smoked half a pack of cigarettes before we got to the station.The head of the missing persons department was already waiting for us when we arrived and I think that had something to do with Nolan yelling at him through the phone moments before we left the hotel.
I met her housekeeper who was surprised to see me. With my face plastered all over gossip columns as the woman who stole Nolan Pierce, I’m not surprised she recognized me instantly. But she had a friendly smile on her face for me.“Good morning ma’am.”“Where’s your mistress?” I asked, going straight into the heart of the issue. While she seems like a nice woman, I don’t care right now about being pleasant when the life of my son is at stake.“You just missed Miss Grant, she’s on her way to DNC’s morning show.”No doubt to gossip some more about me. I don’t care what Nolan thinks, Lurane is a bitch and bitches don’t change. They molt, revealing a new layer of bitchy. But not this time. This time I’ll stop her before she destroys me.“Thanks,” I hurriedly said to her housekeeper and ran back out of her property onto the major road and hailed a taxi. I gave him the address and sat back, twiddling my thumbs, too impatient to sit still. Eventually, we made it to the DNC broadcasting compa
Fiona was waiting in front of my office with a gloomy look in her eyes.She tried to smile. “Congratulations on your engagement,” she said trying to sound cheerful. But her face fell and she added. “I’m sorry about Nolen.”I nodded, unable to speak. I need to get this meeting with Douglas done and over with. I pushed the door and tried not to cringe at the sight of him standing there with a condescending look on his face as he took a look at my office.“Douglas.”He turned to face me with a patronizing smile. “Nolan. Look at you, son. Looking as good and ravishing as ever. Are the ladies still throwing themselves at Simone Pierce’s heir? Or maybe he will come back to his senses…”“What do you want?” I cut him off, eager to get him off my back.He laughed. “Impatient. Is this all you can afford after everything you’ve taken away from me?” he swept his hands around my office, looking condescendingly at the comfortable space.“I will not have insult me, Douglas. I believe Lurane must hav
“That doesn’t sound like the Nolan I know, baby. He is a good man and always has been. He loves you…”“But this is going to affect him negatively,” I cried. “His public image is ruined because of me and…”“You don’t Nolan well if you think he cares about that kind of stuff over his family,” Mom argued heatedly and desperately wanted to believe her but right now it felt as though the whole world was crashing on my head and there was nothing I could do about it.Mom didn’t stop there, she continued to defend Nolan’s honor. “Nolen is his child too, remember? We are women and we are emotional and Nolan would be the same too if he were in your shoes, which he is. You have to call him, Coco, this is a hurdle you both need to cross together.”I sniffed. “Okay, mom.”And right as I was about to hang up the doorbell rang and my heart beat sped. I walked quietly to the door and opened it and Nolan immediately swept in and pulled me into a hug.I collapsed in his embrace, clinging tightly to him