"What are you talking about?" He grabbed Declan's collar.
Although his collar had been grabbed, Declan laughed like a maniac. He was completely unfazed. "I can't believe she didn't tell you. I thought the little maid was loyal to you. It turns out she is loyal to no one but herself."Livian squeezed the idiot's neck in fury. "Go ahead and kill me. Then you will never know what happened." Declan shrugged as if being choked didn't matter. It wasn't only about the maid. If Charles were to see this kind of scene and think Livian had a motive to murder his brother, the result would be entertaining. Seeing the sinister smirk on his half brother's face, Livian realized that it was a trap but he didn't care. "Speak!" He roared. "Are you going to kill your brother for her? She isn't even a good lay anyway. She's a dead fish." Livian punched him before he could let out the next part of his taunt. He didn't hear any more of"You better be telling us the truth. If I learn that you are trying to cover up for a scumbag by lying in his favor, I will not be happy about it." William warned for the umpteenth time. He didn't completely believe the tale that Gemma had woven about Livian wanting to be a model in disguise.She laughed awkwardly. "There is nothing else to it." She was not nearly as professional at lying as Livian was so she hoped she would not forget her lie and end up exposing the truth at the most unexpected time. When she was young, she liked sneaking out of the orphanage to play outside but every time the director asked her where she had been, she would tell a lie.She soon discovered that she was lying so one day, she tested Gemma by asking if she enjoyed her time at the ancient city library. When she said that she had never been to the ancient library, she called her out on the lie she had told four days ago.Since then, Gemma would write her lies down
Gemma had her chauffeur enter Livian's location and they set off to find him. Halfway through the ride, a strange feeling settled in the pit of her stomach. What if they went all the way to find him and he had already left? It was not impossible considering she had ghosted him for hours. He wouldn't be to blame for seeking help elsewhere either.She should be happy for him if someone else helped him but instead, the thought left a bitter taste in her mouth. She inwardly cursed and scolded herself for being unreasonable. Why should he keep waiting for her?"Do you think we can go any faster?" She asked the chauffeur for the umpteenth time."We are already at the speed limit, ma'am. We will waste a lot of time if we get an overspeeding ticket." He responded regrettably before glancing at the map. "Don't worry, we will be there soon."She relaxed a little at his words and tried not to think about Livian. She should be focusing on the scenery.
Livian spun with Gemma in his arms and trapped her between the trunk of the car and his body."Livian…" her tone was full of complaint as she wanted him to keep holding her, to grind against her core like he was doing before he put her down. It felt so great that she thought she would come undone from the sensation.He gathered her hands behind her back and restrained them with one hand as the other cupped her face. He traced his thumb against her lips that were swollen from the ferocity of his kiss. "Did you dress up for me?" He asked.She hesitated and shook her head. "No.""No?" He chuckled as his fingers traced down her jaw, to her neck. He held her head back and found the front of her neck, kissing and sucking on it until she gasped."Your body tells me a different story." He taunted before his head sunk into her chest. He kissed the exposed part of her boobs and nipped it, sending a pleasurable shiver down her spine
"Okay." She tilted her head ready to listen to him. He knew for a fact that it wouldn't be two minutes before she interrupted him. Heck, it wouldn't be thirty seconds.He let out a breath and did everything to stop himself from kissing those pretty lips that looked tempting in her adorable pout. "This is about ten years ago.""I'm not talking about that." She retorted. It hadn't even been ten seconds."Gemma?" He raised an eyebrow to remind her that she had promised to be quiet until he was done speaking. He knew that this was hard for her. It was her sore spot and hell, he wanted to never mention it. However, he knew the consequences of not having this conversation so he was not going to let her speak. Because if she did, it would turn into an argument.She nodded and zipped her mouth but she was uncomfortable. The fact that she was ready to listen was a good sign so he continued."I'll start from the day when my adorable
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." He pressed her body against his.She sniffled against his chest. All he had done was explain his side of what had happened. He could have been lying for all she cared but she trusted him. Her heart chose to trust him even though his eyes were exactly what she saw that night.As if reading her mind, he kissed the top of her head. "It was Declan.""What?" She looked up at him in shock.He nodded his confirmation. "I had Darrell look into it. Don't worry, he didn't look into the details but he found out that Declan had been snooping around my house at around that time.""I used to feel someone watching me." She gasped in shock when it fell into place. "I even found my panties missing on more than one occasion and I…""What?" His voice raised in a mixture of shock and anger. She was startled and didn't dare to look at him, knowing that he was going crazy in rage."Fuck!" He cursed. "Fuck!
Livian took out an inflatable car mattress and she looked at it in surprise. He really was planning to move into his car. She got out to let him set up and he was done in a few minutes. The mattress had been set up onto the back seat and placed pillows on one end. It looked comfortable."Do you sleep in your car a lot?" She asked as she settled in.He slotted himself beside her and pulled the soft blanket over them, holding her so she was trapped between the backrests and his body. "It's just a little habit I developed over the years." He lied.There was no way he would ever admit that he had parked his car near her mansion for many nights after she got married, spending the nights inside it just so he would feel closer to her. Although he had not tried to sneak into her house for any reason, that didn't make him any less of a stalker than Declan was and it wouldn't scare her any less. Luckily, she didn't probe."It's comfortable here. So
The more she thought about it, the more his statement meant more than just him letting her know that he didn't plan on forcing her into anything. He was indirectly asking if she trusted him, at least enough to go to that step with him. She let out a breath in uncertainty.Livian was a good man. He certainly was, as soon as she erased everything she thought he had done to her from her mind. She didn't even know why she trusted him when all of this could be his way of weaving around his responsibility for his crime but somehow she trusted him. Deep down she knew that he didn't just explain everything to clear his name. He did it to ease her fears, to make her smile and forget about all of it even for a second.But that was…"I'm sorry." She sighed. Oral sex was one thing but having sex? That was a different story altogether. She looked into his eyes that had not dimmed in the slightest. He was either prepared for her response so much that it didn't su
"Two people whose brains are wired the same way cannot be together." She deadpanned. "Opposites attract. One of us has to be different."He didn't agree with her on that but he didn't express his opinion. It was what she thought and if he was being honest, what many people thought. He had thought that way for a while too, thanks to his parents. They were the epitome of fake marriages for business. They did not have an ounce of feelings for each other and having kids had been a duty for them.That was why Charles did not hesitate to start cheating on his wife soon after his marriage. Not that it made him any less of a jerk but there was no love between him and Beth.However, it was different with him and Gemma. He loved her. He had fallen in love with her long before she became a CEO so that would never do anything to change what he felt for her. He wanted to tell her that nothing could come in between them as long as they wanted to be together. It was abou
Wendy had her eyes shut when he opened the bathroom door."What's the result?" He asked.She didn't intend to tell him without playing a guessing game with him, which he quickly found out. Luckily, it was only a two choice option."Is it positive?" He asked hopefully. She shook her head.His mood dimmed in the slightest but he still asked, "Is it negative?"She shook her head, and he was baffled. Was she going to make him have a gazillion options even though it was a question of yes or no?He tried again. "Were you unable to take the test?"She shook her head to that too, and he was about to ma
It had been several weeks since Mia learned the truth about the past but it was not in the slightest bit easier to bear. It was still hard to imagine that the woman she had hated all her life was also the one who had saved her life. She had not had the courage to tell Carlos about it. Maybe he already knew the truth but kept it to himself. It was probably one of the things that would become clear with time and she was not willing to pry into them before they naturally unfolded. It made her feel guiltier because they were growing closer by the day.They had agreed to be friends but spent a lot of time together, doing things that friends definitely wouldn't ever do—not that she was complaining.On Friday evening, she went to his office as soon as she clocked out. This was how it had been for weeks. He would either seek her or she would seek him, every day. They would either have dinner together or he would drop her off. On weekends—like today—they would coo
“What in the world…” Gemma was rendered speechless by the insanity she had just heard. “Why the hell would such a rule even exist?”The elderly lawyer had no definite answer to that, because it was not he who had written the will nor had he set the rules that his granddaughter was finding absurd. He could only hypothesize. “The old man didn't want his bloodline to go extinct. He had to set some rules, and you are lucky that he did not specify that you must have a son before inheriting his estate.”Gemma sighed when she imagined that such a thing was possible. She had not known her grandfather when he was alive, because her family was yet to find her when he passed away. From the tales she had heard about him from her parents and grandmother, she knew that setting such an absurd rule did sound like something he would do.Even so, it still made no sense when she thought about it. “But I'm a w
Mia translated the document and while she didn't think there was anything secretive about it that would make Carlos unable to give it to someone else, she got the work done within the deadline nonetheless. It was the only way to get him to stop seeking trouble. She hated having to do everything he asked of her but he was the boss and there was nothing she could do about it. At least not yet.He was still sitting at his desk when she returned."That took you half an hour,." He remarked when he saw her.She placed the folder on his desk. "I'm done." She muttered, wondering why he sounded like he was complaining when he had given her two hours. She had not even taken up half of the allocated time. Was he going to scold her for being too fast?"Thank you." He half whispered. It was the first time he was appreciating anything she did and she was baffled."You're welcome." She smiled. He was smiling back at her and for the first time as well. She not
She thought he would ask to spend more days of the week with her or something along the lines but what he said surprised her."Promise me that you will sue Declan and that you will definitely go through with it no matter what happens."She frowned. "How is that paying you back? It's in my favor either way." She looked at him in confusion. Did he have a misunderstanding about the meaning of paying back?"It does pay me back. It's a win-win situation for both you and me."She thought hard about it and still couldn't understand how that was remotely possible."Is it because the man who hurt the woman you love will be behind bars and you will no longer have to see his face around? or, do you have personal grudges with him? Are you planning to use his term in prison as a way to end him?He smiled at her vivid imagination. "It's nothing of the sort. Well, those would be added benefits of putting him behind bars but the main reaso
"You are so beautiful." Livian ran his hand down her shoulder and kissed her cheek. She would have thought that he was just saying it to get on her good side but when she met his gaze, she had to believe that he truly meant it. His eyes were filled with adoration and if it was humanly possible, his attraction for her seemed to have intensified after what they had just done.She purred like a comfortable kitten when he kissed her cheek. She was lying against his chest with her body half sprawled against his. She pulled her knee up against his thigh and it drove him crazy. He groaned in pleasure."You are insatiable." She chuckled. They had done it twice in a row and she was beginning to realize that it didn't take much for him to be hard again.He wrapped his arms around her waist and chuckled against her neck. "Who am I to blame for that? If the wife is too sweet, is it the husband's fault that he got addicted to her sweetness?"She looked
Liam and Wendy had a shotgun wedding and it was baffling to everyone. The first thing they had to do was fulfill a part of the contract, which was for Wendy to make an appearance in the Dumont family as his wife.Their plan was to pass off as a real couple but they were shocked when they found out that Gemma was not falling for it."The two of you broke up two years ago, didn't you?" She questioned them."We reconciled and realized that we didn't want to risk losing each other again, so we decided to get married." Liam held her hand.Gemma chuckled. "Or, Liam had his assistant get him a suitable wife for hire so he would be able to access the trust fund from his great grandmother and since his assistant couldn't get a suitable woman, you decided that it would be more believable if it was you and him getting married." Gemma teased."That's not…" Wendy didn't know how to defend herself."It's okay. It's perfectly
She was certain that if she chose to agree to the contract marriage, the money she would earn would be enough to pay all her debts including her rent. Forget paying rent. Even if she wanted to purchase the entire estate and kick the landlady out of the apartment complex, she would have the power to do so.She was only in such a predicament because she had a falling out with her parents and decided to leave.It was impossible to count the number of bosses and managers who had tried to take advantage of their position to sexually harass her.Even so, she did not regret her decision, nor was she going to bend her will for that man. She shrugged. Many of her problems would be solved once she received her salary from the diner.After eating her snacks, she took a shower and prepared to go to bed.…It was already 7pm and the traffic couldn't get any crazier. Wendy was already an hour late for her evening shift and she kne
Evenings were the busiest time of the day at the diner and when Wendy was finally done with her work for the day, it was already 7pm. Even so, she couldn't leave until her replacement who would be working the night shift arrived since it was a 24 hour restaurant.She glanced at her pocket watch in irritation. Alma, that bitch, was late again. What irked her was the fact that she knew Alma disliked her and she was doing it on purpose like she always did whenever she had to take over the night shift from Wendy.Clara had already changed out of her work uniform and sent it to the laundry, so she was ready to go. She offered a smile at Wendy as she made her way towards the back door. "Want to go home together? My boyfriend will pick me up. We can give you a ride. Go on and change, I'll wait for you."Wendy looked up from the orders she was preparing for a couple and their daughter, returning the smile. "It's alright. I'll take the subway." She was gratef