April Moore’s played by her family’s rules all her life. Now, she’s outlived most of her family and those rules she’s forced to live by have the world seeing her as worthless. April believed she loved David Moore, and she believed he loved her when they married. Soon after the wedding, his sweet compliments, and generous gifts disappeared. Two years later, April said goodbye to her deadbeat husband and enjoyed being challenged by an interesting billionaire. What’s a woman who’s claim to fame’s the yearbook’s ‘Ms. Plain Jane’ going to do with the football captain. Sure, it’s years after graduation but, the things he remembers! Damien Jones is busy pretending to maintain the image of a useless playboy. While he’s stepping in for his father at the new resort because his father wants to hide his slow death. Now corporate sabotage hits the resort during the wedding of a friend Damien is acting as best man for. It becomes complicated. The resort booked for the wedding for the week. The harm came from a guest or staff member. Competition is steep in this town and reputations can die if this leads back to someone. April’s full of talents and secrets. She always was. damien believes he has a chance with April. she’s lost the training wheels and she’s coming out swinging at life. to damien, April’s beautiful in everyway. But will society have something else to say about their relationship through the backdrop of their friends’ wedding and business gone awry? April and Damien will confront social climbing relatives, corporate saboteurs, steamy nights and more. After that, will they find love?
View MoreLocation: Carolyn and Neil’s Suite Carolyn disconnected the call with April and looked at Neil over her shoulder with an amused smile. “Would you look at this, Neil? It’s a pen with ink that disappears. She plans to sign the post-nuptial agreement with it. What do you think?” Carolyn asked her fiancé. “I’m glad I’m marrying you for love and not for money. Your friend has made you into a dangerous woman. I’d never stand a chance at survival in the legal system or life.” “Wait, I thought you liked April.” “I do. I like her as a friend. And I’d prefer to keep her as one. It terrifies me to think of her as an enemy. David has a death wish and he’s welcome to it.” “He’s attacking my business now and April.” “Fine. You won’t be happy until you know both have back up. Am I right?” “Oh, you know me too well.” “You call the wedding planner and do you magic abou
April enjoyed David and Chloe’s early exit from the dining room. She didn’t enjoy how Beatrice blocked her from speaking to Carolyn about the trouble Chloe and David would cause. April felt it’s her fault. She wouldn’t thank David for his insistence of separate rooms. He thought his affairs were a secret; they weren’t. April’s no fool; that’s Chloe. How would Chloe respond when she learned of David’s other lovers? “What am I thinking?” April stared out at the darkness. The picture windows revealed, a hint of the dark, landscape by the well-placed lighting throughout the resort’s gardens. It’s her thoughts that lashed out, intent on making them feel her pain. April didn’t fool herself into believing they’d feel it like her. April wondered if Damien would care that she wished to hurt Chloe. She wondered about the personal questions he’d asked and what he said to David. His dislike of Chloe was a surprise. April’s
Damien hated the idea of leaving April like this. Because she was speaking with him, and he didn’t like what he saw. He’d never trusted David Moore years ago. Now Damien had enough reason not to trust him. Or allow David near April or any woman. But Luke Miles, his assistant, texted him with an urgent request. He didn’t do that unless it’s one. Damien found Luke, surprisingly, in a supply closet near the concierge. “Luke, what is it? What happened?” Damien asked. He demanded. Luke’s face looked concerned as the door closed behind him. In a cramped storage closet, two big men weren’t in the ideal setting for an energetic meeting. It’s a meeting that would take minutes and seconds rather than hours. The space smelled of cleaning fluids and was far too warm. “I apologize about our meeting location. Next time, I will choose a better meeting place; preparation time was limited. Now I’m sorry but, someone’s tampered with the video cameras. We don
Chloe Carleton graced everyone with her presence around the third course. She entered the dining room giggling on David’s arm as if he was an expected member of the bridal party. “Your husband has arrived.” Beatrice said. She stated the obvious as he stumbled in, dishevelled with Chloe. They were both giggling and tipsy. It’s embarrassing to see. David didn’t care. He didn’t look at April. He didn’t say a word to her. Everything was for Chloe and gushing for her. Damien pointed to three areas and smiled. It’s a public event. Public events were often video taped for memory, marketing, advertising, or security purposes. April couldn’t help but smile into her wineglass. Let her husband lick Chloe Carleton’s neck for the camera as she watched. David’s reputation now hit rock bottom if it hadn’t been there by now. No one did this in public, even during their own wedding. They weren’t in Los Vegas either and he was already to som
Damien entered the lounge that served as a waiting area for the dining room in search of Neil. They found one another. “Damien, over here. April will be following, I assume?” He asked after the server took Damien’s drink request. “Yes, she insisted on resting and changing for dinner. She promised to meet us for dinner.” He said as he accepted his drink and sat down across from Neil. “Good, then I’ll ask, after that incident in the tearoom. What is your plan, Damien? You’ve Caro worried. How does April work into them?” Neil asked his friend. He despised it. The stakes were high. Damien was his friend, but April was Carolyn’s. Need I be concerned about any confrontations? “No, not yet. But I can’t make any guarantees. You saw what he did. Neil, I should have him removed. Arrested for assault if she’ll allow it. I’ve resisted finding him and having a chat. But that’s because your wedding events start in mere hours, and he should
April couldn’t believe what she heard Damien admit to her. Finally, she discovered that he still remembered her. No, he didn’t just remember her. He remembered more about her than David cared to remember about her. Damien had complimented her more in a few minutes than she could remember David ever doing. She’d married David to elude her family and grandfather’s secretive lifestyle. David had showered her with compliments and gifts. He’d married her because he thought she might have a secret fortune. He believed she’d gain bank accounts of wealth that he could drain. But that’s not what came. David insisted on April signing agreements to keep their business interests separate. He didn’t want any part of her hobbies. April agreed with that. If they divorced, the division of their financial assets was clear and so were the reasons. Securing proof of David’s affair was the following hurdle in obtaining the divorce. Then she’d see if Damien was
April moved along because she couldn’t do much else with Damien’s insistence. April saw several staff members busy themselves with her luggage before she left the lobby. She was unsure about the outcome once they were in a more secluded area. What had Damien so upset? What had she done? April knew he was tall, but when had he become this tall? Damien now towered over everyone, and he wore an immaculate suit tailored to make him appear even more imposing. “Now, what was that worm trying to pull in the lobby April?” Damien closed the door to a private dining tea lounge a floor above the lobby. It boasted a one-way view over the sprawling lobby’s fountain below and everything that went on there. The way Damien said worm, it’s as if he wanted to grind David under his boot heel. What had David done to the Jones family? “I’m sure I don’t know what you mean.” April could feel her this situation slipping away from her as if everything was coated in
April Davis Moore knew she could count to infinity, and it wouldn’t be enough. Nothing would save her from this scene or her losing her temper at some point. It didn’t matter what she did, her husband David was determined to make it happen. That was a forgone conclusion. She’d never lived the life of a typical socialite. Far from it, in fact. For years, after school ended, April didn’t appear on social event lists without a well-placed word from someone. Her husband, David Moore, had a well-placed family of a sort. His family made forced their way into the social scene using various not-so-subtle tactics. He’d failed to use April in a scheme which fell apart, but she wasn’t supposed to know. April was supposed to take the fall for him in the scheme. “I want a drink. So, get your lazy ass moving April and check us in. I want to put that drink on my suite’s tab. No sense in wasting the all-inclusive part of this wedding.” David’s Moore’s fing
April Davis Moore knew she could count to infinity, and it wouldn’t be enough. Nothing would save her from this scene or her losing her temper at some point. It didn’t matter what she did, her husband David was determined to make it happen. That was a forgone conclusion. She’d never lived the life of a typical socialite. Far from it, in fact. For years, after school ended, April didn’t appear on social event lists without a well-placed word from someone. Her husband, David Moore, had a well-placed family of a sort. His family made forced their way into the social scene using various not-so-subtle tactics. He’d failed to use April in a scheme which fell apart, but she wasn’t supposed to know. April was supposed to take the fall for him in the scheme. “I want a drink. So, get your lazy ass moving April and check us in. I want to put that drink on my suite’s tab. No sense in wasting the all-inclusive part of this wedding.” David’s Moore’s fing...
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