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ELIZABETH'S POV"Riel.""Gabriel." That is his name.My co-workers were all over the child, it was the first time I was bringing him to work ever since giving birth to him.They had been on and on about me bringing him to work when I was to get back from my leave and I had done exactly that.It was nice getting back to work after a long while of being away.The only thing I could think of at the moment was settling back to everything.The long break away from work had been just a way of traffic, the whole situation had been totally boring and I couldn't wait for the second when I would get back to work.I had called Adrian asking if I could get back early but he had insisted on me staying the whole break before my return."He looks nothing like you." One of them said, forcing me to roll my eyes.It wasn't the first time I was hearing that, as a matter of fact it was something I had gotten so used to hearing over the last couple of months.As a matter of fact I had gotten tired of h
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COLEIT had been eternity since she left the truth was I felt a huge part of me leave with her, it was though I was covered with a lot of darkness …every bit if it hovering around me like an snoring darkness looking to sniff the life out of me.That was what it had gad become without her an absolute mess, and there was nothing I could ndi about it, at least not in the way people thought about it or people wanted.Living with Evelyn had been totally hell, it was like like living right with the devil and trust me she feud made life a bit difficult for me.Here I was trying to fix a lot of things that had to do with my life at moment but it did look like she was after just one thing after all this long while and that was spending my money.The truth was I should be dealing with a lot of things now, I should ne trying to get over all of this and that included the past and everything that and to do with it.Yet some how the past had a way if coming back right after me, it had a way for sh
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COLE THERE is this thing in Life called the Mirror Effect,—a fact that the human mind only reflects what you think of your true self.Guess it was taking a toil on me cause what I felt for myself was a total disgust, I hated this man I was seeing in the mirror, yet there was no way for me to change it or do anything about it because that man in a way was me.I was the one, in the exact frame I was seeing walking the parameters of life with an inner ugliness that seemed to reflect to the world.In a way , I thought of what had happened to the romantic old Cole.The only thing I had connected to my old life was my money and connection.Outside,I was a man with that fake side pretending to the outside world with the only thing they could point out was my added weight.Behind closed doors was where it all began, a nagging wife I wasn't even legally married to, a grease stained shirt and baggy trousers and so much darkness in my mind.I was depressed, yes I was and the only thing that ke
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ELIZABETHFive years later…All I could think about was that one kiss.It had barely been a dinner date and he had been so sweet about everything and at the last moment he had kissed me.I had known Adrian for five years now and he had been sweet to Riel and myself, he was the reason why my son had a somewhat father figure in his life but no matter how much I had looked at it I couldn't just fully commit to him.He was rich, handsome and Charming quite alright but we just couldn't work.It had been five good years and it was until two years ago he had loaned me enough money to start a clothing business.Now with all the debt paid, I was living the life of an independent woman right at the edge of the city, that was how I saw myself.It didn't take anything from the fact that I was still hurt by the past.Perhaps, that might be the reason I didn't want to commit.There is this fear of what happens if he turns out to be another Cole .The thought of that had been the major reason why I
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ELIZABETHIt was reflective and expressive and I could see their expression over it.I could almost see it in their faces, and their reaction and though they say it was harder to hideemotions to conceal it under a facade in this case that was far from the situation on ground.I was going to miss every single bit of everything and that was a fact.Olivia’s dress looked to be the center of the whole show, her bright earrings, gold heels, with her hairpiled on the top of her head and make up.Amber was not far off as well from Stealing the night from my best friend, she was my Personal Assistant and would be heading the sector here while I am away.“ . . . If you ever think of coming back to Ireland make sure you give me a call.” She was talking to my five-year-old son Riel, who was busy enjoying the whole thing and munching on this and that.He was looking bored, I could guess not having any of his age around was getting a toil on him.All of the guest conversed at my sendforth party
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ELIZABETH There was only one way to explain how blissful a home is and the truth is there was nothing like home?Could there have been anything more?Certainly not as the best part of any entity was getting back home after staying away for so long.No matter how one looked at it… it turned out to be that home is where the heart is .That was the case with my mind all through the trip back home to start. I didn't know what to expect when I got home, whether good or bad.Five years had not been a short while and it was easy to see that a lot had changed during those long while.All through this while I had been far away from home and had probably missed the concept of what a good home could be but the moment my plane landed in the track I could see everything again.The probabilities were high and I could tell everything from the moment we walked through the airport hallway pulling out bags.From a frantic Riel excited to have a feel of the city to myself that didn't know how to take
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ELIZABETHImagine the shock.I stood there looking at the prospective bidders and there — Right there was Cole's name.A smirk crawled across so fast as the speed of light, you wouldn't have caught a glimpse of it if you didn't look.One thing I have gotten to know about my Ex husband was he went for only deals that were deemed necessary and important. If he was going for this it meant it was quite as important.It could mean only one thing…The thought of the implications passed through my mind.There was a need for me to know, a need for me to know how important this was to me."Do you have any idea of how important this deal would be to him?" I turned to Annabelle—My lawyer."You mean you don't know?" She looked at me puzzled.The look she gave me was as though I didn't know what was going on …What looked to be trending.If it was, it got me wondering Olivia didn't mention it to me-"Know what?" I looked at her expressing the same emotions that was right they're still on her face.
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COLE "What!"My car came to an abrupt stop on the road, I thought I was done hearing bad news and this popped up out of nowhere.I couldn't think about the possibility of this happening,I couldn't think about me losing the deal and if it was happening that way it was starting to look like Karma was all out to get me.I swerved my car in a complete U turn and headed straight back for the company driving crazilyStill running the thought in my mind, In a way it was hard to believe everything he was telling me, as I couldn't quite place it around my mind.The more I thought about it, the more I saw reasons not to.I rang the company while driving through the highway like quite an insane person. The only memories that kept going through my mind were two.The first had something to do with getting there as fast as I could and the other was a warning thought about how fast I was driving.This shouldn't even be happening, I had outbidded the least person by a whole lot.They picked after r
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