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A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter Eighty-One - The Store
Leaving Gina’s office, Luna drove back to her office. She had let Matt go again, she had told him she didn’t want to keep him hanging around. Which was true, technically, but really, she had just wanted to be alone.Following her appointment with Gina, Luna had known beforehand that she was going to be emotional and feeling all sorts of emotions. Emotions that she didn’t need Matt, or anybody else for that matter, seeing. And she was right, Luna thought to herself as she drove, she was feeling emotional.Not teary or overly joyful or anything like that, it seemed like she was done with all that now. What she was feeling now was a more softer feeling, a gentler and yet deeper feeling. Maternal, she thought. She rubbed a hand protectively over her flat stomach. She didn’t know if all expectant mothers felt the way she did, but she couldn’t wait for her stomach to start swelling with the growth of her baby inside her. She wanted to feel that protruding, the roundness that came with i
Last Updated : 2024-09-20A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter Eighty-Two - The Suspicious
Luna found herself back in Honor’s studio again two days later. She had almost sent Rita in her stead, to represent her, but she had changed her mind about it. Mostly because there had been an impromptu snafu at one of her branches, and Rita being the one in charge of the project that they were on from day one, Luna had told her to go. She didn’t want to disrupt the system they must have going on already by inserting herself so suddenly in the middle. And more importantly, she didn’t want to undermine Rita’s authority to the people in the company by showing up as the boss to fix things when Rita was still there and could have handled it.So it was mostly because of that that she had had to let Rita go and she had to go to Honor’s showing. But also because she didn’t want to start getting comfortable with avoiding confrontations with Honor. Luna knew the moment she took the easy way out once, she would continue doing so, and soon enough, it wouldn’t be easy to stop.She was no coward
Last Updated : 2024-09-20A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter Eighty-Three - The Broken
Finally, Mira was back from her vacation. Luna pulled up in front of her mother’s house, she turned off the ignition and then just sat in the car as she stared at the house.She thought of the conversation she was about to have with her mother. She was just about to tell her mother that she was pregnant again, and the baby’s father was none other than the evil ex-husband who had made her life a living hell for years. She was just about to tell her mother that a part of the same person who had broken her heart and almost shattered her spirit and soul to smithereens, was even now growing inside her.Luna placed a hand on her stomach, imagining the conversation.The fact that she was carrying Justin’s child inside her wouldn’t be the only contender that would stir her mother up, Luna knew, but also the act that she had done to get to that point. She had slept with Justin. After all she had gone through at his hands, after how much both she- and Mira, because of a mother’s love for her
Last Updated : 2024-09-20A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter Eighty-Four - The Sparkle
Execs and business managers trickled into Justin’s conference room the next morning. Luna sat in one of the numerous chairs around the conference table and watched them walk in. Men in suits, well pressed shirts, some in sweater vests. And then Moira walked in.Luna tried to block out the instant dull roar in her ears as she watched Moira walk in. She knew what the dull roar meant; guilt. Guilt, because no matter what Moira was, she was still the grandmother of the secret baby Luna was currently carrying in her stomach, and she had no idea of the existence.Luna knew the guilt was normal, but knowing it didn’t make it any easier. And it wasn’t just guilt, she felt antsy too. Antsy, nervous, anxious, any word that described her feeling like the lie she was holding in was going to come crashing down over her head any day, she was feeling it.But regardless of how she was feeling, Luna knew she was doing the right thing by keeping the secret to herself and not telling either Justin or
Last Updated : 2024-09-20A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter Eighty-Five - The Quality
Logan’s words circled around in Luna’s head even as everybody in the conference room started to settle down. It was almost 9AM, which was the time stated for the meeting, and business men and business women were nothing if not punctual. They were only waiting on one person now.Just then, he walked in. Luna watched as Justin walked into the room. All eyes turned on him, the attention of almost everyone in the room slowly became focused on the room.One could say it was because he was the last person to enter the room, and because of that, naturally people would look over towards the entrance to him. But Luna knew different. She knew the only reason people turned to look at Justin was because of Justin. Him. He had that natural prowess, that embedded quality of dominance that seemed to have been wired into his genetics from birth.Luna knew from experience, and having lived with the Lake family for years, that Logan had that same quality too. And so she could say Justin got it from
Last Updated : 2024-09-20A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter Eighty-Six - The Statement
An hour later, and they were still discussing matters. Luna looked around the room as the head of a Computer Technologies company argued with the head of the most successful non-profit organization in all of New York about the headliner for the event should portray; the industry or a strong societal issue. Luna was tired. It wasn’t that the argument was boring to her, per se, she found it a very important decision to make, but that didn’t stop the fatigue from dogging at her. It must be a baby thing. Idly, Luna’s gaze strayed to the seat opposite hers on the other side of the conference table. Justin’s younger brother, Brian, was seated there. He looked mildly bored with the conversation going on around him, and his fingers were tapping lightly against the conference table. But that wasn’t what caught Luna’s attention, the simple gold band around his wrist did. It was a slim, plain band, with the only design on it being two dots a few inches apart from each other. Luna’s brows f
Last Updated : 2024-09-27A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter Eighty-Seven - The Bump
Three days later, Luna stood in the middle of her office, in front of the full length mirror Jaden had helped her procure earlier that day. She ran a hand down her flat stomach, she turned sideways and then turned to the other side again. Logically, she knew the custom made dress fit snugly to her figure, and there was no visible sign of her pregnancy to be seen, but she still couldn’t quite shake the antsy feeling away. “You’re sure my bump is not showing in this dress, Andi,” she asked for the umpteenth time that night. “I feel like it’s showing a little, do you think it’s showing?” Andi, who was lounging on the edge of Luna’s desk behind her, rolled her eyes. “For the one trillionth time, Luna, no, it’s not showing. You don’t have a ‘baby bump’ either, you’re not even one month in.” Luna turned her head to give Andi a dry look. “And you’re the expert on pregnancy because?” “Because my big sister has been pregnant three different times, and has half a dozen kids, and a dog
Last Updated : 2024-09-27A 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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“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
A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Nine - The Middle
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
Present. Now Luna was mad. When the article was released, while they were preparing for the press conference, during the press conference, Luna had been sick all through. But now that the press conference was over, she was mad. She had kept her calm all through the press conference. Even when the questions had turned personal and her answers had left her a little hard to breathe, Luna had kept her calm. Rita had arrived just few seconds after the press conference started, she had stood behind the interviewers, facing Luna. And she had been showing her markers with her hands, thumbs up when she was doing good and stuff like that. That had helped to keep her calm, that, and the solid presence of Justin behind her. He had stood behind her chair, no word, no interruptions, just the occasional squeeze of her shoulder. Quiet support, and steady, even gentle, backing. And then Moira had walked in. The press conference had been nearing its end by then, Luna had watched as Rita had f
A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Seven - The Postpartum
Flashback Luna sat on the sofa in the living room, staring at nothing. Moira was in front of her, pacing and reprimanding her about something. Luna wasn’t sure what, she hadn’t been listening when Moira started, she wasn’t listening now, and she simply just didn’t care. She didn’t have the energy to care, she barely had the energy to be seating here as she was. She just wanted to lie down. For the past two weeks now, that was all she had been wanting to do. Just lie down, preferably in a dark quiet corner, but at this point, she would take anything she could get. But she wanted to lie down, pull a thick, dark cover over her head, and just go to sleep. She wanted to sleep, and go on sleeping, she wanted to sleep for a long period of time. And whenever she thought of the concept of waking up from that sleep, she didn’t like it. Her heart sunk at the thought of waking up, and having to face all of this again. If she woke up, she had to sit up, she had to stand, she had to walk, she
A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Six - The Debunking
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
A Second Life With The Billionaire Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Five - The Truce
“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
