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Chapter 012: Curiosity…
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Ada“I gotta go,” I tell Damson quickly before hanging up and shoving the phone in my clutch. Edmund approaches me, his eyes following all my movements. “There you are. I’ve been wondering where you’ve been hiding. Is everything okay?”“Yes,” I lie. “I just thought I’d get some fresh air.”“Yes, it’s quite stuffy inside, isn’t it?” he asks before reaching into his blazer to retrieve a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. “Mind if I smoke?”“No.”He lights the cigarette, then stands smoking it. I notice that near his neck, there’s a lipstick stain. Won’t his wife notice? Isn’t he afraid?“You look lovely tonight,” he comments. “Did you like the dress?”Ah, the matter that I’ve been meaning to clarify. “I thought that your wife gifted it to me, so I guess her confusion left me…confused, too.”“About that,” he begins as he turns his body so he’s facing me directly. “Rebecca doesn’t know about the dress. She didn’t mention it or even think about it, I guess because of what happened with Sam
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AdaI can’t believe that this man is handling me like this. It’s ridiculous!The only reason why I’ve stopped fighting him is because people are starting to look, and I’m not going to embarrass myself more than he’s already doing it. We reach a larger area with people gathered all over, and they all turn to look at Maximilian Loxley. Some people eye me and at the way his hand is closed around my wrist like a vice. I can’t believe he let that woman believe I’m his date, all because he wants to know what his brother-in-law said to me. And how can I tell him when it might directly impact me?I’m not an idiot. I know he isn’t asking because he cares about me. He just wants to know if Edmund is sneaking around, perhaps for his sister’s sake. How would this impact me? I’d rather try my luck with Edmund than with him, who’s hated me from the moment he set eyes on me, because at least there’ll be a possibility of me keeping the job and having more time to find the evidence I need against R
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Ada “Ada, darling,” my mother says as she opens the door. She embraces me tightly before placing a kiss on my cheek. “It’s so good to see you. Come in, come in. It’s chilly and you don’t have a sweater.”Upon entering the living room, I spot Harry standing in the living room. I’m surprised that he’s here at this time of the night, but at the same time, he and my mother have always been close. He also mentioned before that he gets lonely in what he calls his ‘old age’, and that it’s only gotten worse since Damson left the nest.“Ada,” he says in greeting before he limps toward me. “We weren’t expecting you here. Change of plans? How was the…a masquerade, you said?”“Yeah,” I confirm. “It was…interesting.”“How so?” my mother asks. I’m always hesitant to give them information about what’s going on in that family, and now it’s worse because this matter is tricky and I know what they would say. They worry about me. I don’t blame them, but their concern does get in the way of getting thi
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AdaAs I step inside the house on Monday morning, my heart slams violently against my chest. I have to force myself to keep walking because otherwise, I’ll turn on my heel and storm out. My thoughts are swirling violently in my mind. To be honest, I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’ll go through the office one last time and try to make it upstairs to the rooms so I can see if I can find some documents or anything that could help me.But if Edmund or even Maximilian Loxley find me before then…“Good morning, Miss Johnson,” Mrs. Danes says to me when I enter the changing room. She’s already dressed, and the keychain is hanging around her neck, as usual. “Good morning, Mrs. Danes.”“Is everything alright?” she asks suddenly. I turn my head to face her. “Yes, everything is fine.”Her eyes narrow slightly as she studies me. “You don’t look too well, which is why I’m asking.”“Oh, I’m fine,” I lie as I start to change into my uniform. “If you say so,” she claims. “Be at the dining roo
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AdaEdmund grabs my arm and guides me toward the office, which is something I find ironic, but I don’t have time to dwell on that now. We enter the office and to my absolute horror, he closes the door behind him. I whirl around to face him, heart in my throat, and he approaches me steadily. Watching me the way a predator would watch its prey. “Running from me?” he asks with a tilt of his head. I don’t answer him. Instead, I calculate how long it would take me to race to the door if he tries something funny, and if I wouldn’t be better off just screaming for help. What would he do then? How would he explain the screaming?“I told you that you only had two options,” he claims as he starts inching toward me. I slowly make my way around the desk, visibly putting some distance between us. “I don’t think that’s fair,” I proclaim. “Do you know what that makes you? Forcing me to be with you?”“I’m not scared away by titles and names, Naomi,” he remarks. “It doesn’t matter what you’re call
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Bound by Revenge, Saved by Love Chapter 082: Tenacious
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Bound by Revenge, Saved by Love Chapter 079: Piqued Interest
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Ada It takes me a couple more days until I can feel somewhat normal. I don't know what it was about what Harry said to me, but I feel way better. I know that the situation was out of my control. I keep telling myself that maybe if I'd told him about it before Wes got involved, maybe he would've understood. Maybe, he would've forgiven me. But now I know that's not true. I don't think that would've happened because Max would've never understood my motives. Never. It's just something that wasn't meant to be. It was beautiful. By God, it was. I'll never forget the time I spent in his arms. But it's over now, and there's nothing I can do about it. I go shopping. I actually get ready to go and don't just step out in PJs. A heartbreak can really destroy you, I know that now. I need to be more careful of who I hand my heart to from here on out. It still hurts. I avoid the news. I have unsubscribed from all the gossip sites. I have no reason to even hear Max's name anymore. Maybe Harry
Bound by Revenge, Saved by Love Chapter 077: Straightened Out
AdaI drive sound the city for many hours before I realize that I didn’t even bring my phone with me and that someone might be calling. I mean my mother, because nobody else does apart from her and Damson. It’s nearly five. I figure she’s probably home already which means I won’t be alone with a potential stalker there. I’ll have to tell her about this. Someone is following me around and leaving me these cryptic notes, and I have to find out who it is. I thought it was Wes. If not him, then who? Who could be following me around and leaving these poetic words?I park my car right behind my mother’s, and step out. I look around—and yes, I’m aware that u look paranoid—before I head toward the door. However, I stop in my tracks when I see Harry seated right outside the door, smoking a cigarette. He eyes me somewhat coldly as he sucks on the other end of it, and his eyes are searching as they land on my face. “Your mother was worried. You didn’t even call.”“I left my phone,”“I figur
