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Dirty Little Secret Chapter 36
The doors to the art gallery swings open, we are greeted by the soft hum of hushed conversations and soft soothing music that relaxes your being. The air is thick with the smell of lavender incense that irritates my nose and causes me to sneeze, drawing all the eyes on me.“Bless you.” An elderly woman whispers behind me, smiling warmly at me, the middle age woman next to her just cringes her nose in discuss. “Mother, let’s move to the far corner of the room, we can’t have you catching whatever this girl has.” She flicks her jet black hair over her shoulder scrutinizing me. The poor elderly woman barely keeps up as she's being pulled along.“Way to make friends.” Shane smiles, handing me a tissue.“Thanks, well that was Lenkov’s mother and ex.” I shake my head, blowing my nose softly in a tissue. “I hate lavender.” I mumble to myself.Shane let’s out a huff, “I hate assholes, especially the one that’s approaching now.” Shane glares over my shoulder at the door, Rayon and Michael joi
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As the first ray of sunshine filters through my window, I stirred from my slumber to the sweet melody of birdsong outside. I open my eyes with a fluttering in my chest, I stretch my arms and legs languorously, relishing in the warmth of the sun’s embrace. After more then a month apart I will finally see him again. A soft chuckle escapes me, it is true what they say. Absents does make the heart grow fonder, for some at least. I would really not mind to never lay eyes on some people ever again.I reach for my purse to get my phone when the card of Olga flutters to the floor. Oh, crap, I forgot about our meeting today, I should probably call and cancel. My phone buzzes.Morning Baby girl.I can’t wait to see you, I will be arriving around 3 this afternoon, have a few matters I need to attend to. I’ll pick you up for dinner at my place. I will cook😎See you.Three, that’s still nine hours away and then he will probably shower and unpack before picking me up, so give or take I have eleven
Dirty Little Secret Chapter 38
Every passing minute my heart races knowing that I will almost see him again.“Lilly-Ann, did you hear me?” My sister’s voice pulls me back to reality. She left me for a few minutes to go pee, which she needs to do a lot lately. So I allow my mind to wonder, to the one place and with the one person I really want to be with, Lorenzo. In all honesty, I didn’t even notice that she is back.“Not a word, sorry.” I smile sweetly at her.“Daydreamer.” She giggles and adds. “Anyway, I was saying. I would like for you to be there when Ricardo is born, he needs to see his God mother.” She grins brightly at me, I smile back at her and rush to her side embracing her.“Of course I’ll be there.” My heart is filled with overwhelming joy, we had our rough patches but I’m just glad we sorted through it all and now we are the best of friends.“I was also thinking….” Her mood shifts as her gaze turn to the window, I can tell she really put some thought into this next idea of hers. “I want mom to come as
Dirty Little Secret Chapter 39
The world slowly fades as I jump to my feet, I want to run to him and leap into his arms, but the awkward moment of silence that passes between us, warns me that’s not the action to take.“Bahbooshka?” I frown not sure I know what that word means.Michael stands to his feet and whispers in my ear. “Grandma”GRANDMA!? What the fuck, so that will mean Lorenzo is……“My grandson, which seems to me, you’ve met.” Olga smiles and stroll towards Lorenzo, embracing him.Michael place his hand on my back, “Are you okay? You look flabbergasted.”What the fuck did you expect? This is Lorenzo, the guy I love and now I discover, his the son of my enemy. Everything I thought I knew about him, fades away into the abyss. I look at Michael as I try to form words.“Want to leave now?” Michael ask. I gaze at Lorenzo and his grandma. His eyes glare at me as he runs them down to my waist where Michael’s hand is resting. Lorenzo’s jaws clenched.“Come sit with us.” I over hear Olga says.“I wish I could, bu
Dirty Little Secret Chapter 40
I open the door to Shane’s apartment, with a six pack beer, three bottles of wine and a whole bag of rocky roads Ice cream. Shane peeks up from the sofa as the door slams shut behind me.“Well, looks like both of us can do with some reflection” Shane mumbles as he gestures for me to come sit next to him. I stroll to his side and plot down on the sofa, handing him a beer.“Cheers.” I mumble half heartily.“Love sucks.” He mumbles as he gulps it down.“Agree.” I chuck it in one long breath.“Lorenzo?” He asks, I give him a nod.“His the, wait for it….. fucking grandson of Olga.” I say opening another beer.“WHAT! That will make him the son of …” I cut Shane of.“Gustav Lenkov. YIP” I say popping the p to make it sound more dramatic, I pop my eyebrows at him.“WOW, did not see that coming.” Shane says surprised as he sinks back into the sofa. He lets out a huff, and sips his beer.A few beers and a ton of wine glasses later we start to get a little giggly“I’m done with Love!” Shane pro
Dirty Little Secret Chapter 41
I don’t know how to help Clara, her situation is new to me. To be honest she never told me a lot about their relationship and I have no idea what I need to do to help her. I just want what is best, not that I think Rayon is, but for the child sake, he needs to know. After tonight, it’s in Rayon’s hands.A knock on the door makes me jump, Clara’s nervous smile greets me. “Hey”“Hi, Clara I’m so sorry.” I pull her in for a hug, she grips my jacket tightly folding it in her fists. She’s scared, so scared that’s she’s shivering.“Come in.” I pull from her embrace and open the door so she can enter.“I don’t want you to feel…” I say as she enters but she cuts my sentence short.“No, he has to know, for my sake. What happens after this, is all on him.” She smiles and strolls to the sofa.“True, but this doesn’t mean you have to marry him.” I sit down next to her gripping her hands in mine.She let out a soft chuckle, ”I’m not planning on it, I just want Ricardo to have a father, I just hope
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As the doors of the elevator slides open, my heart starts to race. I spot Rayon’s computer, it is on, which means he is here, he did come into work today. I sneak out and hope to go unnoticed, but as luck will have it. I tip toe straight into Chad. “Are you okay?” Chad smiles brightly and extends his hand to help me to my feet. I gulp as I know this scene draw all the unwanted attention. “Thanks.” I grab his hand and with one swift move I’m on my feet again. “Lilly-Ann? You were my tour guide if I remember correctly.” He says unsure. “Uh, yes, that was me.” I smile politely at him. I use his muscular board shoulders as a shield to hide behind. He frowns slightly tilting his head and a playful grin tugs on the corner of his mouth. “Playing hide and seek.” He whispers grinning from ear to ear. “Just hiding from one person.” I replied, scaning the room. “Oh, well it shouldn’t be so hard then. So is it a man?” He turns to examine the room as well “Yip.” “Boyfriend.” He asks gri
Dirty Little Secret Chapter 43
With my heart in my throat, I slowly approach the table, gulping down the drool forming in my mouth, even my palms starts sweating. I clear my throat hoping to get his attention as I pull a chair out. “Good morning.” I stutter. Get a grip. He is unfazed and his eyes set on the laptop. “Lorenzo.” I mumble fiddling with my thumbs. This silence is unbearable, he’s not even acknowledging my presence. “I just want you to know, I waited for you.” His fingers stop typing and his jaw clenched, as his blazing glare shoots up. “Waited?” His tone is cold and fearful. I can’t look at him, I can’t bare that disapproving look in his eyes, my heart won’t be able to take it, so I keep my eyes set on my twitching thumbs. “Yes.” “Are you certain? The way that man had his paws all over you did not seem to me that way.” A daring smile tugs on his mouth. “ If that is what you call waiting, then baby girl you can go wait somewhere else.” He shuts his laptop, gives me a wicked look and rise. “If you’d e
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Motherhood changed me, it made me stronger.Clara, Nick, and Ricardo come strolling out of the arrivals gate of the airport. Yeah, I dialed Clara and told her to come pick up Ever-Lee and keep her safe, I will come find her when this is resolved. So they made a pit stop picked her up and flow to who knows where. She gave me a be careful speech after realizing my mind is made up, I will not run anymore. I smothered Ever-Lee with kisses and shed a few tears as I watch them disappear.“We should talk,” I say over the phone as Lorenzo answers on the first ring. “Meet me at the office.” I end the call, I didn’t give him a chance to replay or to even say a word, I’m out for blood and Gustav is at the top of my list, but I will need help, and who better to ask than a mafia boss?I have a solute plan in mind the when, where and everything. Now all that’s left is the manpower. The only way this nightmare will end is to destroy him, destroy everything he holds dear, his company, his reputation,
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The smell of coffee and freshly baked croissants fills the air as we enter. Vicky is carrying Ever-Lee to an open table in the corner and I place an order for us. That is when my eyes caught the newspaper.I grab it from the counter and my whole world comes crashing down. Gustav Lenkov, realest from prison, he is a free man. “No this can’t be happening.” My hands are shaking, he will be out for blood and Rayon will be the first one he wants revenge on. “Ricardo,” I mumble and scramble to fish my phone out of my pocket. My fingers are numb and I can’t seem to dial.I inhale a long sharp breath, calm yourself Lilly-Ann, you're jumping to conclusions again, he might be a changed man and won’t even hurt a fly. But just in case, I hit the call button.“Hey, sis.”“Clara, are you okay? And Ricardo?”“We are fine, what’s wrong Ann, did something happen, you sound terrified.”“Did you see the newspaper?”“Oh, n hadn’t had a chance.”“Gustav is out of prison, I think he might try something, pl
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The next morning I’m like a lovesick puppy, racing through the apartment to get everything done, so I can go to work and see Lorenzo again. I had no shut-eye I couldn’t stop thinking about him and his promise, which I want to talk to him about. How close of an eye did he keep on me, is my apartment bugged and do I have people following me? And then the question that has been bugging me the whole night, what happened with his engagement? I haven't seen him in the tabloids at all, it’s like he disappears from the face of the earth, poof gone.“So is that a yes or a no?” Shane asks, drumming the kitchen table with his fingers.“Uh, maybe,” I replied a bit confused.“You didn’t hear a word I said?”I sip shyly on my coffee hiding my face behind the cup. “Sorry.”“What has gotten into you? You are acting weird. Is it a man?” Shane grins and moves closer to me.I almost choke on my coffee.“I knew it.” Shane slams on the counter making m and Ever-Lee jump, “Is it someone I know?”Ever-Lee s
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Every piece of my being is consumed by his darkness, it is arousing every piece of light I had and changing it into his.His dark eyes are pulling me in, like a moth to a flame. I’m lost in his presence, my heart is pounding out of my chest as he slowly stalks closer to me. “Stop,” I warn breathlessly. My heart, mind, and soul want to leap into his arms and wrap myself up in his warmth but…. “You have no right showing up here.” I’m a mother now and he is a threat to my only piece of happiness.“I have all the right in the world, baby girl,” A smirk pulls on his face as he looks at me.“I’m not baby girl, I’m Lilly-Ann, Lilly-Ann Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of The money maker magazine,” I say proudly narrowing my eyes at him as he slowly walks towards me with a proud smile on his face.“I know.” He whispers in a mischievous tone. “And you will always be my baby girl.” A grin that can light up the whole of London paints his face, he stops right in front of me, his eyes burning into my sou
Dirty Little Secret Chapter 75
It has been a year, Ever-lee Anderson, had made her way into the world. Yeah, not Eva or Eve-Lee. Shane said Ever-Lee because she took forever to emerge. I didn’t have the energy to fight him on the name so Ever-Lee stuck. My sister and Ricardo visited for a few days after Ever-Lee’s birth but with all the drama with her work she couldn’t stay long, but I think she missed Nick too much to stay longer, she just use work as an excuse. Chad gave me a month's leave from work, he has been so giving and kind since I started there.My big green eye baby girl has some much of her father’s looks it’s scary. Today is her four-month celebration and my return to work, I’ve been in and out, but today I’m ready to stick around, which I’m a bit nervous about. I know Jena, my geeky PA, had everything in control while I was absent, but for some reason, my nerves are chewing at me like a puppy dog with a new toy. Chad also insisted that I bring Ever-Lee to work, he set up a cot and everything I need in
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Dusk brushes over the city and for the first time in a long time, I feel lonely. I had just made an agonizing decision, one that I might regret in the near future. I walked away from the man I loved, I had known for a while that our paths can not intertwine any longer. My heart feels heavy with the overwhelming love I still feel for him. I sink my head into the pillow and feel the anchor pulling me deeper into the realms of loneliness.A familiar creak of the door closing reverberates through the stillness. I jerk up to see who my intruder is.“Ann? You still awake?” Clara whispers as she tiptoes to my bed.“Yeah…” I flick the bed lamp on and push my body up. “I don’t think sleep is an option for me.”Clara sit next to me and looks at me worried. “You need rest, it's not good for you or the baby.”Easier said the done, I can’t get his face out of my head, that shattered look in his eyes. ”I know.” I pull my pillow to my chest and hug it tight, “But you didn’t see him.”“Ann, he is eng
Dirty Little Secret Chapter 73
Have you ever experienced one of those earth-freezing moments when time and everything around you seem to come to a standstill? Well, I just did. My hands press hard against his strong chest as I try to breathe. He grips my wrist in his hand and bends down to my ear.“Not in public, baby girl.” His breath fans over my skin leaving goosebumps in its wake. I blink my eyes rapidly as I gulp down the last of my sanity. “Now if you would please excuse me.” Lorenzo strolls away leaving me spellbound, with my fingers prickling from our touch.Clara comes strolling by. “Hey, what’s the matter?” She furrows a brow, “Are you feeling sick?” “Huh?” I jerk my head in her direction as I lose sight of him. “Did you say something?”“Ann, what’s going on?” She looks at me with a concerned look in her eyes.“Nothing, nothing at all.” I know Clara only met him once but fuck he is not the forgettable type, how could she invite him. I check the guest list to see if his name is on it, but it’s not.“
