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A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter Eighty-Eight - The Colors
Luna walked into the showing studio an hour later, still super self-conscious, but putting on a brave face. Today was the day for the informal fashion show for the outfits that were going to be shown on the day of the gala. For today, it was just going to be the show’s investors and a closed circle of people approved by Justin himself. It was both a practice parade for the models as well as a pre-show example for the event. By the time Luna got there, everything was already set up, and the event was about to begin. All the investors were already there, Moira and Logan were too, so was Jake. Luna saw Justin in a far corner of the studio, talking to an exec. A waiter walked past her, carrying a tray of champagne flutes. He stopped beside her, obviously offering her a drink. Luna shook her head. “No thanks,” she muttered. Her moved on, and Luna took a deep breath as she watched him walk away. She didn’t know how she was going to survive the whole day, because contrary to what Rit
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The show went on, with more models strutting out on the runway wearing different shades of clothes, representing investors. Jake’s had been simple too, like Logan, but with a dash of style and danger. Remembering the Jake that had pulled up to the airport to take her to the party six years ago, Luna thought Honor hit that one right on the head too. As soon as the model representing Justin had walked out, Luna had known instantly. She hadn’t needed the announcer’s guidance, she hadn’t needed the loud applause from the rest of the investors to know. Even though the model had been the last to walk out- and that would have been some kind of indicator that it was Justin, seeing as he was the head of the whole show and they saved the best for the last- Luna hadn’t needed even that indicator to know it was Justin. The sharp, bold cut and power suit the model had on was a perfect example of Justin’s essence. Elegant, cool, but not cold, and yet somehow daring and scary at the same time. Y
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Out on the balcony, Luna raised her head up to the night sky and took in a deep breath. The sky was dark and full of dotted stars, Luna smiled as she stared at them. Nothing like infinite space just floating up in the air to make a person feel like he or she is just a little drop in the vast ocean that is the universe. And that thought puts things in perspective, like how everything that’s happening around a person is way bigger than just that person. Luna placed a hand over her belly. Just like her baby. The baby growing inside her was hers, and for now while nobody else knew of her secret but her, hers alone. But when he or she comes into the world, his or her purpose would be bigger than her, than anybody else, even her child. And that thought just makes keeping the pregnancy secret look like an irrelevant exercise that wouldn’t even matter in a few years to come. Luna let out a breath, still staring at the sky. That didn’t mean it made telling Justin the truth any easier. Be
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Over the couple of weeks since she had known she was pregnant, Luna had imagined what it would be like. The moment when she would finally tell Justin the truth. And she had never imagined it this way.Because it was happening, Luna didn’t need a neon sign to tell her. This was the moment when she was going to tell Justin she was pregnant for him. That he was going to be a father, to her baby.Luna gulped again, she opened her mouth and started to let him know, and then a waiter passed by carrying a tray of hors d’oeuvres, again. Luna’s eyes widened for a second as she felt the nausea bubble up inside her throat, she pressed a hand to her mouth to stop it. The smell of the desert wafted up to her nose as the waiter walked past, Luna pressed a hand to her stomach, retching.“Luna? Are you okay?” Justin asked. His hand clamped more firmly around her arm, he peered at her intently. Luna held on to Justin’s hand on her arm, she closed her eyes and willed the nausea back like she had d
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Flashback.Luna stared down at the home pregnancy stick in her hand, her heart beating loud in her chest. The positive sign couldn’t be clearer, but just in case it wasn’t, Luna continued to stare at it to be certain. She couldn’t believe her eyes, she couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Sure, she had thought about it, about getting pregnant for Justin. After all, he was her husband. Even though he hadn’t exactly been acting like one for the duration they’ve been married. But all that wouldn’t have changed the fact that she could get pregnant for him, so she had thought about it.And in fact, she had more than thought about it, she had had hopes for it. She had had hopes that maybe, just maybe, the introduction of a new element into she and Justin’s relationship would help them. A baby, created by both of them. If that didn’t soften Justin’s attitude towards her, she didn’t know what will.So she had had hopes. But she hadn’t expected it to be this early. She and Justin had onl
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Present day.Luna stared at Justin like he had grown two heads.“What?!” she exclaimed.Justin looked at her like they were discussing the weather.“I said we’re getting married,” he repeated, like he wasn’t saying the most ridiculous thing Luna had ever heard in her entire life.Luna scoffed, staring at Justin with a dumbfounded look on her face.“No, we’re not,” she countered. She folded her arms across her chest as Justin stared at her. “And we’re not even going to argue about it,” she added, anticipating his mood.“What do you suggest we do then?” Justin asked.Luna scoffed. “Huh, not get married?” she suggested.“We should be getting married, Luna, you’re carrying my child,” Justin said.“And you’re not in a position to make demands,” Luna reminded him. “You are not going to intimidate me into a position, Justin, not this time.”“And when have I ever intimidated you into anything?” Justin asked her.Luna stared at him, and then when he just looked right back at her, L
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Luna paced the floor of her office, fuming, spitting mad and boiling.“Who the hell does he think he is?!” she barked at Rita, who just blinked at the sudden noise.She was seated in the visitor’s chair in Luna’s office, where she had been for the past one hour as she listened to Luna’s rant. Rita closed her eyes, she put a finger in her ear, a little concerned about her ability to ever hear anything else other than Luna’s ranting ever again in her lifetime.“I’m sorry, am I boring you?” Luna demanded at Rita’s bored gaze.Rita sighed, she sat up in her seat. “No, I’m just wondering if my ears still work,” she replied glibly.Not amused, Luna glared at Rita. “Would you take this seriously?”Rita sighed again, “Apparently, they still do,” she murmured to herself. She clapped her hands and looked up at Luna. “Look, Luna, you know I’m always down to listen to you, I am always in your corner and I always support you. You know that.”“Doesn’t feel like it right about now,” Luna retu
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Much later, when Rita had gone on home, Luna remained in her office, but she wasn’t doing any work. Her back was turned to her desk, she was seated in her chair as she stared out the glass walls surrounding her office, at the night city sight spread out before her. Rita’s words from earlier circled in her head. ‘She and Justin have to talk’. That didn’t sit well with Luna seeing as talking to Justin was the last thing she wanted to do. She didn’t want to talk to him, she didn’t want to see him, hell, she didn’t even want to know him.If she could have one wish as she was seated in her office late at night, at 10PM, staring out at life going on outside her literal glasshouse, Luna would wish she could forget all about Justin Lake. She wished her memories would just cease to consist of him, of the years she had know him, the years she had spent loving him, being married to him, hoping he loved her back. She wished those memories would fade away, and she could go back to being the nai
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“I want to say thank you to everyone for coming,” Logan said into the microphone. The gala had been going on for hours now, it was starting to wind down, towards the end. He was giving his speech as Chairman of Lake Industries. “This would not have been successful without you all,” he continued. “I consider you all family, but I would like to thank my family, the one that I made. Both my sons, Justin and Brian, I am proud of you both. This Gala would not have been successful without you both, I love you.” He raised a toast towards Justin and Brian. “And to the ladies who stood by their side, and not just stood, but did their part in making this a success, Luna and Ashley,” he raised his glass towards Luna and Ashley, he smiled, “I love you. You are the best additions this family could have ever asked for, and my sons are lucky to have you in their lives.” He paused. “Love makes the world go around, without it, we would be lost, and I am glad that you four have found your way to ea
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Luna stood in front of the full-length mirror, she placed a hand over her bump, and stared at her image. She smiled as she felt Justin’s arms wrap around her midsection. She leaned back and rested her head on Justin’s chest, she sighed as he started nibbling on her neck. “Can’t we just stay in and not go?” she asked, tilting her neck even better for Justin’s mouth to have access. Justin stopped nibbling, he looked at the mirror, meeting her eyes. “You are a witch,” he murmured. Luna laughed. “What? It’s just a suggestion,” she said, trying to look innocent. “Yeah, a suggestion that you know I am one hundred percent for,” Justin replied. “Hell, I suggested it an hour ago, and what did you say?” Luna closed her eyes. “We really should go,” she echoed her own answer. “That’s right,” Justin murmured, his mouth already muffled against the side of her neck again. Luna sighed, she twined her fingers with Justin’s on her stomach. “I was an idiot,” she murmured. Justin ma
A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Eight - The Revenge
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The next day, the whole issue with Honor took a back seat in Luna’s mind as she found herself with an entirely different, and bigger, situation on her hands. Another article was leaked, this one about her father. It dug up the old news about her father, and the issue he had with Lake Industries, the debacle that had brought Luna to New York and to Justin. The article was all about rehashing what her father did, how he ‘betrayed’ Lake Industries for a handout, and how he disappeared from the grid because of his shame. His name, face and story were plastered all over the news article. Even her mother and sister were not left out, Mira and Ashley’s faces and names were printed in it too. Feeling sick about it all, Luna pressed a hand to her stomach, she stood still, trying to get in a deep breath. She was at home, people were in the house, Justin had called an emergency press conference immediately the news had hit the media. Camera men and their crew were moving about the living
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“I really needed that,” Luna said two hours later, as she and Justin walked back into the studio. Justin wiggled his eyebrows at her. “Which part?” Luna laughed, she swatted his arm playfully. “The food and nice view part, you pervert.” Justin shrugged. “Hey, you sounded like you enjoyed the other part very much too when we were doing it.” Luna laughed again, she shook her head. “You’re an idiot.” “An idiot you were screaming his name,” Justin leaned down and whispered into her ear. Luna looked up at him, her eyes widening. “Justin!” Somebody cleared their throat behind them, Justin and Luna both turned at the same time to look. The smile and teasing glint in her eyes were still there when Luna’s eyes met Honor’s. “Honor,” she said, startled. She sobered up immediately, Honor looked at Luna, like she focused on her like she was determined to act as though Justin was not there. Luna felt the freeze, but somehow she felt like Honor’s acknowledgement of her was not part
A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Four - The Continuation
One week later. Luna rubbed the kinks out of her neck, she had been stuck going through things that needed to be put in place for the Gala, all morning. All week too. Ever since Honor pulled her company out of the Gala event, there had been slacks in the work that needed to be done. Both in the parts that Honor had taken up to do, and in the aspects that her company had been taking care of. The fashion aspect. “These are really good,” Luna commented, looking at the design sketches that had been left by Honor and her company before she left. “Yeah,” Temperance, the assistant working with Luna on deciding the fashion angle for the Gala, said beside her. “Miss Kosarin and her people really worked hard on it, they worked almost round the clock too. It was like there was some competition or something.” Luna knew better that Temperance just what she was saying. From the first day they had met, she and Honor had both known there was going to be a competition between them. They had
A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Three - The Respect
Present. Luna and Justin were both in Justin’s car, they were driving after Honor. After her announcement, Honor had dropped the mic and immediately left the party. Moira had been livid, she hadn’t shown it, of course, or at least not in an explosive way. She hadn’t screamed or shouted, or done anything of the sort. Even in the face of what someone like Moira would probably term the greatest betrayal of all time, she still hadn’t lost control. She hadn’t shown her anger to the guests or given them a show that they could go talk about to the blogs. No matter her personal feelings towards Moira, Luna had had to admit that she found that impressive. But even with her composure, Luna had known she was angry. In fact, it had been very obvious to her, and no doubt to her family members too. She saw the look Justin, Logan and even Brian, had exchanged when it happened. The vein that had popped out on Moira’s forehead had been the first tell, followed by the twitching at the corner of
A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Two - The Miscarriage
Flashback. “So you’re saying there’s nothing you can do?” Brandon asked the lawyer. Luna was in her room, the room she shared with Justin, although ‘shared’ was a strong word for how much time Justin actually spent in the room with her these days. Luna shook her head to shake off those thoughts, thinking about the ever increasing distance between she and Justin for the past month would only just make her depressed. And she didn’t have the time or head space for that. She refocused her attention on the matter at hand. She was in the room, her mother and father were on a call with her, Luna stared at their faces on the laptops screen. A man was seated beside her, Carl James, her lawyer. He was a low budget lawyer, the type she had been able to afford on her own, hers and her parents, that is. She couldn’t tap into the generous money Justin kept depositing into her account almost every day. And she couldn’t do that because she couldn’t very well use his money to hire a lawyer who
