“What?” he asked, looking at me inquisitively. I shrugged, squinting my eyes and staring at him. “What do you mean, what?” I asked, still giving him that smug expression. Then he rolled his eyes and took a deep breath in and out. “Look, listen, Jane. I know you’re giving me the impression that you don’t want to speak to me and honestly I don’t know why. But I called you here this very moment so you’ll be sure of the kind of things you’re dealing with, OK?” he said, sounding serious. I nodded. “OK, fine, cool,” I said.“Good. Now, may I continue to speak?” he said and sounded a bit rude to me. But I did want to know exactly what he was talking about, so I had to agree.So I shrugged and nodded. “That’s fine. Talk to me,” I said and he smiled and sat back down on his chair.“Good. Now, like I said, Patrick is a very big liar and he just wants your inheritance. So what he did was lie about your husband getting a vasectomy and cooked up the bullshit story about you not being able to have
“Really, are you okay, Landry?” I asked, concern etched in my face. I sprang up from my chair and extended my hands to caress his face. He looked pale and bruised, as if he had been in a fight. I turned his face to the left and right, so that I could examine his injuries. I knew too damn well that even if they did something to him, he wouldn’t tell me. He probably believed that I was weak and I couldn’t really do anything about it. But I wasn’t, and I was going to deal with whoever that touched Landry, anytime, any day.“I’m fine, I swear,” he said defensively, as he finally brushed my hands off his face. I looked at him with a smirk, not buying his lie. “You’re fine, really? Then why did you have to push my hands off your face?” I asked, slightly offended. I wondered where our romance had gone. It was actually a very long time since we got together and spent quality time together. I know I told him that I wanted to stop, but deep down inside, I wanted everything to continue. I wanted
Everything sounded so funny to me, just because it was Landry who was saying it. I never saw him as somebody who was very religious, but there was something he said that stuck with me, which was when he mentioned God. My face suddenly turned blue, remembering my past experiences and even the times I had to turn to God for help, but he never really did. Not come to think of it, my life was starting to change, and if it wasn’t God, then I wondered who it was that was so loving, so kind, so merciful to make tables turn in my favor.“Why did I just hear you say God?” I asked, with widened eyes, glaring at him like a cat would glare at you in the middle of the night. “Yes, I said God,” he said, more confidently this time, but he swallowed hard and I noticed he was tapping his feet quickly on the floor and his hands occasionally on the table, indicating that he was sort of nervous, probably because of me, because of the topic we were talking about. But I couldn’t blame him anyways, so I had
“Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this conversation I’ve had with you has impacted my life. It has made me see things from a whole different level and just thank you. I know what to do now,” I said, feeling a surge of gratitude. Landry smiled at me and said, “Well, I wish you all the best with your divorce with your husband. And if you ever need a second husband,” he chuckled and I laughed, “you know you can always come to me.” He said it as a joke, but I could see the sincerity in his eyes. “It’s fine. I will consider coming to you,” I said, playing along. I stood up from the couch in his office and walked towards the door. He followed me and gave me a hug that lasted for what seemed like minutes, but it was just a few seconds. His cologne hung in the air like a pungent smell. It was a very beautiful smell, but very tempting as well. And I didn’t want to be tempted to do anything stupid, so I had to break off the hug and turn around. “Goodbye, Landry. You have other i
“Oh, come on, Jane. You know that I love you. You know that Anna is just my cousin. It’s nothing serious. I thought we already went through this,” he said, trying to inch closer to me so he could touch me and plead with me properly. I rolled my eyes and groaned inwardly. Oh, my goodness, Rick. He must really think that I’m stupid. He must really, really think that I’m so stupid, so dumb, for me to believe that shit. “Stop it, Rick,” I said, pushing him away. He looked like he was lost for words. He couldn’t say anything. He just kept stuttering and making weird sounds with his mouth as he looked around, probably looking for another lie to say. But I didn’t even pay attention to him. I kept sorting out my groceries.“Jane, I promise you, we’re just cousins and nothing more. I’m a changed man. I’m a changed person. I’m trying to do this for you. I engaged you, remember? I’m trying to be a better man for you. Can’t you see that? Why can’t you help me out to be a better man for you every
“Jane, look, I’m really sorry. I don’t know what came over me these days. Honestly, it’s just as though I’m possessed. I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to hurt you. You know I love you, Jane. You know I love you so much," he said, his voice trembling with emotion. He reached out to touch my face, but I slapped his hand away. I looked him in the eye with a cold and contemptuous look on my face, because I knew he was a big fat liar.“Look at me, Rick. Do you think I am stupid?” I asked him, raising my voice. “I keep asking you this because you keep saying things that make me think you’re stupid. I told you I know everything. But as it is, honey, your time is up,” I shouted at him, while he kept looking at me with a confused and scared expression.“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Jane,” he said, trying to sound innocent. “OK, fine. You don’t know what I’m talking about? All right, here, take this,” I said, handing him a file which he took curiously. He opened the file and brought out t
“Alright then, this is how you want it. I’ll see you in court in June. I hope you saved up a lot of money for a very good lawyer, because I’m going to sue you. And guess what? When I win this case, I will come for you with everything I have, everything in me. I’ll make sure that you are dead.” He said, his voice low and menacing. He glared at me with his cold blue eyes, his jaw clenched.I looked at him incredulously, not believing his audacity. “Really? You want me dead? Well, that’s another threat to my life. You just added to my long list of evidence, babe. Guess what? This conversation is bugged. I have your voice, I have everything.” I said, with a shrug. I tapped my ear, where a tiny microphone was hidden. I saw his face turn pale, his eyes widen in shock.“You did what?” He shouted, his voice cracking. He lunged at me, trying to snatch the microphone from me, but I dodged him and ran to the door. I opened it and saw my lawyer and a policeman waiting outside. They had been liste
So we finally got to sign the contract. It had been a long time coming. “Thank you so much for having me,” I said, shaking Bianca’s hand with a smile. She looked unhappy, but I was over the moon. I had finally signed the contract to be a surrogate for them. I could finally start my life the way I wanted.My husband’s trial was in a few days and I was supposed to appear there as a witness. While doing that, I secured a place for myself and I was currently living in one of my properties. It was so beautiful and so big. I couldn’t believe that I owned a mansion like that, and several others. I was so grateful to my late dad, who had remembered me in his will. It was just me in the mansion. It had several bedrooms, each with a different theme and color. A swimming pool, where I could relax and swim whenever I wanted. Three garages, where I could park my cars and bikes. And multiple jacuzzis, where I could soak and pamper myself. I only had one car, but I was planning to add more to my col
“Well! Now, we’re going to have to make a new round of chicken,” I said, groaning angrily while he chuckled and pointed toward the store room.“At least we have a whole island of them,” he joked and I nodded, slightly feeling guilty about wasting food.I had grown up to know that wasting food was not an option and here I was, abusing the gift of abundance. I needed to retrace my steps.“Why don’t we just order takeout?” I suggested and he pondered a while over it before he shrugged and looked me in the eyes.“What?” I asked and he shrugged. “Well, why do you want takeout?” He asked and I rolled my eyes. He was literally impossible.“Don’t give me that look! I just want to know why. I can cook the food if that is what it’s about,” he pressured but I was already having a headache as he kept going on and on.“I didn't know men talk a lot,” I spat and he looked at me with a surprised expression.“Okay, I’m only talking this much because I want you to be comfortable with me. I don’t want
“Oh, I see. Well, it is hard for a guy to pass by you and not stare at you with his eyes or even make a passing comment. But that’s not what we’re trying to talk about here,” he said, noticing my uncomfortable look. “I’m sorry, okay? I just want to keep letting you know how beautiful you are and how lucky I feel to have you over. How lucky I feel that both of us are sharing the same house at the moment. How lucky I feel that I’m helping you with whatever it is that you need, okay? I don’t want you to feel uncomfortable near me. I want you to feel very comfortable because it’s going to be a long ride in the long run. But I need to remind you once in a while how crazy you drive me,” he said and I blushed again.“Okay, I’ve heard you. I’ve heard everything you said. Now, I guess it’s time to go and have dinner. Maybe. I’m starving,” I said to him as he nodded in agreement. “Of course, yeah, dinner. I didn’t even realize how much time had passed since I stayed with you. You make time go
“Alright then, we can drive there right now,” David said with a mischievous grin. I looked outside and saw that it was already getting dark. I just wanted to smile and relax and wait, because obviously he couldn’t penetrate that safe. And I made sure that it was a high-quality safe that I laid my hands on while I was at UNI. You know, that woman who first gave me those original documents? She also gave me that safe. Nobody could crack it open, not even the best programmer in the world. It couldn’t even be blown up by a bomb. It was just a safe, just the way it was. So I was less bothered about that, but what I was a little bit bothered about was the fact that he would go in there and probably start taking all the furniture and all his clothes and all that.“Don’t worry, there’s no rush. Revenge, especially the sweet ones, take time. We’re going to go tomorrow. It’s already getting late. We should make something to eat and go to bed,” I said to him with a smile. He smiled back
“Jane, Jane, relax.” David said, as he rushed towards me. He tried to hold my shoulders, because I looked like I was going crazy. Like I was going mad. And he was probably very afraid at that point, because I was acting batshit crazy. That I was going to injure myself or him. So he held me firmly in his arms and made me look at his eyes. His caring eyes.I said to him, with tears in my eyes, “All the assets, everything I worked my ass off for, everything is gone. I have searched everywhere. I have checked everything. Maybe I misplaced it. But no. Henry has betrayed me.” I said in the most heartbreaking voice you could ever imagine.I was so heartbroken, because I never would have done the same to Henry. But why did he do this to me? He had stolen from me. And I would not stop until I had stolen back from him.“I always knew Henry was shady for that thing he did. Of course, it had nothing to do with getting married to you or you being a terrible person to get married to. There were alw
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I said, with a very nervous chuckle, as I tucked my hair behind my ears and faced forward, avoiding his gaze. But deep down, I knew he was right about what he was saying. I was just very afraid to admit the truth. He asked again, “Jane, look at me. We need all the information we can get if we’re going to get to the bottom of this. You don’t have to be afraid to release any information. You don’t have to be reluctant to do that, OK? I’m here, standing by your side. I’m always by your side and I will forever be by your side. Right now, we need all the information we can get. You’re the only one who can give us that information. Do you understand, Jane?” He asked, looking at me intently. I shook my head, feeling overwhelmed by emotions. I didn’t know how to feel at that point, because he was right. I knew so many things that could have made Henry make this decision of his. Or whatever it was. I knew quite a few things about why he may have lef
“OK, so I have some detective friends who could also help out in your case, but I need your consent with everything. I promise you it’s not an affiliation with anybody, not your ex-husband, not your fiancé. You know I just really want to help, just in case you need backup. Is that OK with you?” He asked, his voice gentle and reassuring.I looked at him, feeling a surge of gratitude and affection.His eyes met mine, and I saw a flicker of something else in them. Something warm and tender, something that made my heart skip a beat.I almost wanted to jump up and hug him, but I had to comport myself because I was a lady. Oh, fuck it, I thought, and jumped up and hugged him tightly. He wrapped his arms around me, holding me close.“What was that for?” He asked, sounding surprised but pleased.I smiled shyly and pulled away slightly. “Well, you care about me more than anyone else cared about me ever since I lost my child. So I think you deserve more than that.” I said softly.He took my ja
“Why don’t you call them to know what’s up?” He asked, looking at me with concern. I shook my head.“No, no, no, no. We already spoke about this. We discussed it. It’s OK. They will have to be the one to call me after the mission is complete. I can’t call them now. It would be destroying something in the mission.” I said, biting my lip nervously. I was already tapping my feet fast on the ground and grinding my teeth anxiously. Just remembering everything already brought a knot to my stomach and a lump to my throat. And I guess he noticed, because he reached out to my hands and took them in his. He rubbed them gently and gave me a reassuring smile.“It’s OK. I’m sure you’re going to get the text soon. But I need to ask you some questions. I don’t know if it will be OK for you to answer them for me.” He said and I looked at him. I hesitated a little bit, because I didn’t say I was going to trust anyone with the information that I had. But I was willing to give him a small chance. May
“Oh, not so fast, David,” I said, holding up my hand. “Not so fast. You have to take it easy with all this flattery. I’m very quick to fall in love, haven’t you noticed that?” I teased him and he looked at me with a twinkle in his eyes. His smile matched his eyes, bright and warm. It was one of the most brilliant features about him. Was I falling in love again? I had just promised myself that I wouldn’t fall in love so quickly, but I couldn’t help it. This man was amazing. So good looking… Even more good looking than Henry and Rick combined. And I had a very high affinity for very good looking men. And to be honest, at that point, I didn’t really care. I just felt that I should live life and just be who I wanted to be, when I wanted to be, and how I wanted to be.“Oh, I have noticed,” he said, leaning closer to me. “We did have quite the chemistry there when I first walked into the room. When I got coffee with you, you know… I felt it. It was kind of obvious. But I didn’t think anyth
I felt dizzy for a while because I was so confused. I was usually the one who said I love you first in all my relationships. I was usually the one who made the first move, probably because of my desperation. I hoped so much that this man wouldn’t see through my desperation, that he wouldn’t see how desperate I was to find somebody to love. But obviously, I was wrong because he saw it. Why would a man be telling me that he loved me on the very first day we met? And given the circumstances surrounding it, it was a big lie, at least in my ears. What did he mean by love at first sight?“Jane, Jane, did you hear what I said?” David’s voice woke me up from my little mini trance right there. I didn’t even realize that I had drifted off from the normal conversation that we were having. But in truth, I didn’t know what to reply to that because obviously, I didn’t love him. But I did have a little bit of liking for him. And if there’s anything I’ve learned over the past few months, it’