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Chapter Nine - The Confrontation
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“You’re right about me using those years to make something of myself,” Luna finally spoke up. She nodded. “You are. I did want to prove to you that I wouldn’t stay down for long, because you crushed me. Oh, you did that, Moira, you beat my soul black and blue, you deserve that badge all right. And so I wanted to show you that even though you almost trashed my essence, I didn’t stay broken. I rose up from that ashes and I made something of myself.”Moira sneered and scoffed lightly.“But what you got wrong,” Luna continued, she was the one who stepped to Moira now, “is the part about wanting validation from the likes of you. You’re dead wrong about that.”Luna looked right into her eyes as she spoke.“I don’t want validation from you, or anybody else in this room.”“Really?” Moira scoffed again. “Then what are you doing here then?”Luna stepped close to Moira again, this time so close that Moira had to stumble backward or risk falling down. Moira’s eyes flashed at the act of defe
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Luna just stared at him. Jake’s betrayal had hurt all those years ago, and it had hurt because she had considered him a friend. And he, her too. She knew that. She just didn’t understand how he could betray a friend the way he had did to her.But put next to the feelings she felt towards each member of the Lake family, the hurt from Jake’s betrayal dulled in comparison. He was the least of her worries, but that didn’t mean she had to make it easier on him. So she just stared and waited for him to continue.“I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you when you needed me,” he did continue. “When you needed a friend. I just, I was trying to protect my position in the company, and Moira had me under her command.”“Yeah, well, guess it worked,” Luna said. “Last I heard, you’re now CFO of Lake Corporation. Congratulations.”A flash of guilt passed through Jake’s golden-brown eyes. He bowed his head in shame for a second before bringing it back up to look at Luna again.“Yeah, well, if something f
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“I was wondering when I was going to run into you.”Luna watched Justin walk towards her. That magnetic force, that aura of power that some men seem to only acquire when they’ve worked hard at it, why did it come so easily to Justin? The thought sent a frustrating feeling through Luna’s body, alongside the little thrill that ran up her spine as Justin’s black eyes locked on hers. If he didn’t have that dangerous power that made her drawn to him no matter how hard she tried to stop it, maybe she would be able to resist him.Damn him.“Hello, Luna,” Justin replied. His eyes were still locked on hers, not letting her go.Determined to not be the one to back down, Luna stared right back at him.“This is your company’s party, Justin, it’s rude to keep your guests waiting.”“I hardly kept them waiting.” Justin flicked his wrist, a waiter appeared out of nowhere. “The party has been going on fine without me, as I hear. And, I was in a meeting.”Justin picked up the sole glass on the
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