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Chapter Ninety-Four - The Curveball
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Justin only raised one eyebrow as he stared down at Luna. “Me keeping it from you had nothing to do with you,” he said, arrogant as ever. Luna couldn’t believe her ears. “’Had nothing to do with me’? Are you kidding me?! It had everything to do with me! It’s my sister we’re talking about here, my sister!” “Yes, and my brother,” Justin added. He crossed his arms over his chest, mirroring Luna’s pose. Luna scoffed, she shook her head as she stared at Justin. “I cannot believe you,” she said to him, furious, hurt and pissed all at once. “I cannot believe you knew and didn’t tell me.” Justin’s eyebrows furrowed. “And at what point in time would I have told you? When you were snarling at me, or being furious with me? Or was it when you were busy avoiding me, my gaze, or even my touch? Tell me, Luna, when during these times would I have been able to get a word in to talk about your sister and my brother’s relationship?” “So you’re telling me you didn’t tell me all this while b
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Luna shook her head automatically. “No, no, that is not what I came here to talk about,” she said. “Well, it’s what I want to talk about,” Justin said, his tone managing to sound both commanding and natural at the same time. “I came here to talk about my sister, you’re not going to just brush it aside like it doesn’t matter-” “I’m not brushing it aside like it doesn’t matter,” Justin interrupted. He started to walk away, Luna followed him, into the kitchen area. “It does matter, it just doesn’t matter to me like talking about our baby does.” Luna did a quick glance around at the impressive kitchen, but before she could start admiring the stunning countertop or the gleaming cupboards, she snapped herself back to the conversation at hand. “There is nothing to talk about when it comes to our baby,” she said through gritted teeth, sneering at the ‘our’, “I already told you, we’re not getting married.” “Yeah, and I didn’t agree with that,” Justin fired back. “You’re not cutting
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You’re what?” Rita blinked at her best friend. She stared at her like she had just done something ridiculous, like grow two heads, rather than just telling her that she was moving in to Justin’s house. But, Luna assumed the two situations were not that far off. Even she couldn’t believe the words that were coming out of her mouth, she couldn’t believe that she was actually going to move into Justin’s house. She had told him she would, they had even settled on a day to move, all that was left to do was to wait for that day. And still she couldn’t believe it. Luna covered her face with her hands, she dropped down on the stool beside the countertop. It was Saturday, and Rita was in her house, they were both in the kitchen. Luna groaned into her hands. “What was I supposed to do?” she whined. “Um, I don’t know, not move into his house?” Rita suggested. Luna looked up at her. Rita was wearing her favourite running joggers and tank top, it was purple, with white lining around th
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Present. How did she find herself in this situation? Luna wondered as she stared at the spread of food in front of her. She was in the dining area, Justin’s dining area, because she was in Justin’s house. And had been for a week now. She was seated in the dining area, and there was a spread of food on the table in front of her, just like there had been throughout the entire week. Before he went to work, Justin instructed the kitchen staff- which were more extensive in numbers and thorough in their work than a military squad, in Luna’s opinion- to cook a healthy breakfast for her. He instructed them to put in everything healthy, the entire balanced diet, the works. And they always delivered. And she was always left alone to deal with it. Before she even woke up, Justin was already gone. Her room was opposite Justin’s, and sometimes, she heard him on the phone as he would be talking to some executive or the other as he was on his way out to work. And that was as much as she usuall
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