The next day, Luna found herself at Honor’s company. Another showing was the first deal on her schedule for the day, and that was why she was there.Luna watched with some detachment as models walked past, showing off Honor’s designs for the gala event. Luna’s mind was still on what she had found out about Ashley’s boyfriend the night before. LaFerve fashion show. Ashley obviously hadn’t known how big a deal the event was, or she never would have told Luna that was where her boyfriend was. She knew Luna would have put it together.And because Luna knew Ashley probably hadn’t meant to tell her even that tiny bit, she hadn’t said anything else after that. She had just let it ruminate in her as they continued watching their series.Ashley must know her boyfriend was an elite, there was no way they would be dating, and seriously- if all the indications were any pointer- and she wouldn’t know that her boyfriend was an elite. And because she knew it, and she knew how…. strongly opposed….
Flashback.The party was in full swing by the time Luna and Justin arrived. She walked into the crowded rooftop where the party was taking place with Justin, it was a fundraiser for some charity. Ever since Luna had been married to Justin- going on two weeks now- she had gone to approximately seven different fundraisers. Fundraisers for charities Luna haven’t ever heard of in her life, and which when she asked about them, nobody else seemed to know either, or care.That was all they seemed to be doing with their lives, Luna thought as she looked around the sea of unfamiliar faces. Going to parties for nameless charities with strangers that don’t care. Luna turned to look at Justin’s side profile beside her. He really was such a handsome man, she thought to herself. Even after being with him for almost a month now, his handsomeness still had a way of grabbing her attention.The features of his face were not exactly soft or even approachable, in fact, they were the opposite. Everyt
Gina took her seat in the chair behind her desk, she folded her hands together on it and smiled at Luna.“Everything looks great, no issue at all,” she said.Luna felt a bump of joy in her chest at Gina’s words. She beamed, actually beamed, at Gina, like she had given her the baby and not just reporting on the test she had done on Luna.“Thank you so much,” she said to Gina.“Oh, I am so happy for you,” Gina smiled at Luna too, she reached across the desk to grip Luna’s hand, “I really am. I know this is what you have wanted for so long, what you have been so careful with your body for, and now you’re getting it!”Luna smiled and nodded. “I know! I know, and I am so ecstatic about it. Happy, scared, elated, nervous, anxious, joyful. Everything is just mixed up inside of me, and even that I’m grateful for.”Gina chuckled. “That is all normal, trust me. Expectant mothers are the most paradoxical people in the world, especially first time mothers. Well, so I guess there’s no use as
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
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
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
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
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