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[Addison]Looking up into Hunter’s deep blue eyes, I’m unsure if I’ll ever be okay again. For a moment neither one of us moved, both looking just as unsure of what to do next as the other. Blinking, I take a shuddering breath. “It’s okay, Hunter, I…it was just a bit startling.” “Livy, you need to be more careful,” he reprimands her gently, his voice taking that soft touch he only has for her. “I know you are just being affectionate, but you could have hurt one of us. You scared me, Livy, and poor Miss Addison. That was too much.” “But I wanted a hug too,” she blinks innocently enough. Maybe all she needed was a hug. Maybe that’s all I needed too because I still haven’t stepped out of his arms.“Did I hurt you, Auntie,” her large hazel eyes look up at me innocently, although I see a touch of mischievousness around the corners of her mouth when she adds, "I'm sorry, Auntie Addison. I can kiss it to make it better.” Livy leans forward and places a small kiss on my waist. “Now Uncle,
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[Addison]Hunter blocks the view of the cameras with his wide back, creating a barrier between them and me as he shouts, "No comment," over his shoulder. Cameras continue to flash as he leads me toward the door of an elegant six-star luxury resort.We're just going out to lunch, but from an outsider's point of view, seeing billionaire Hunter Grant walking towards a hotel with a young woman must look salacious. It won't matter that we are only friends, or that we aren't planning to enter any of the bedrooms. It will look bad enough that we are entering the resort at all. "What about Jessica Jackson?" the photographer shouts. "Does she know about her?"Jessica Jackson? Isn't she the 19-year-old model making headlines during fashion week? The "it" girl for all the leading brands? Annalise? I know he has a reputation for having many lovers, and he's my boss, but I can't help but feel the sting of jealousy burning from my gut. "No comment," Hunter repeats as his driver pulls open the door
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[Addison]We stand, turning towards the young woman. With short, clipped steps, a stunningly beautiful young woman comes into view. With bright red hair and a perfectly heart-shaped face, he black eyes are startling as she gazes adoringly at Hunter Grant, her stylish bag swaying behind her as she marches forward with arms outstretched. "Oh Hunter, I've missed you!" As she jogs forward, dozens of eyes watch as she makes her way across the room. A few cameras flash but are then discretely hidden away under the hard glares of tight-lipped servers."Who is she?" I start to say but the words die on my tongue as she comes into view. There isn't a New Yorker who wouldn't recognize her. Her face has dominated every billboard and magazine cover for years.It's hometown hero Jessica Jackson, teen idol, supermodel, and the creative genius behind her own size and gender-inclusive fashion line, Jake. Beautiful, talented, and ridiculously skilled, she swept New York Fashion Week's hot young faces
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[Addison]My hand reaches up to cup my sore cheek. The young supermodel, her hands on her hips, taps her foot impatiently as if waiting for a response to a question she never asked. When I don't say anything right away, her cheeks color a bright scarlet, turning her perfect ivory completion blotchy. "I...Hunter, I mean, Mr. Grant and I are just friends. I care for his niece Livy, we don't....""I see you're playing coy," she huffs. "Well, I'm on to you, Mrs Stone." Her voice is painfully blunt as she says my marital title. "Stay away from him," she repeats. "I know about women like you, hopping from one rich man to another like it's a game of checkers. You aren't the first woman to think Hunter Grant is your playtoy."It feels wrong, being told off by a woman barely more than a child with a face so perfect it makes no sense that she'd care about someone as insignificant as me. If she wants Hunter, she can have him. Not just because we're not dating, but because with her exotic, sha
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[Hunter]The two women come back smiling, but their smiles are harsh and pointed. Taking seats on opposite sides of me, they avoid looking at one another for the rest of the meal. Addison seems especially distracted, neglecting her food, and looking out the window at the setting sun. Something happened in the bathroom, something to shift the mood. Stuck between them, I want to ease the tension, but I'm not sure where to start. I hope Jessica didn't take things too far. She's a bit protective of me, and she has a sharp temper. "So, Hunter, you won't believe the new shop I found." Jessica has been showing me pictures from her Paris buyer's trip. I'm so proud of her.She's grown up so much in the last five years. I never thought she'd recover after the incident that almost cost her life. Luckily, my team go there in time, but it was close. We had been given a lead that there was an exchange of goods happening that night at a high school in Connecticut. There was a basketball game happe
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[Addison]There is no place in his world for me.If he's serious about Jessica Jackson, it is only a matter of time before my premonition of being replaced in Livy's world with a real wife and mother comes true. She's younger than me, prettier, and far more successful. She knows how to exist in his uber-billionaire world.I was born rich but raised poor. I married my first real boyfriend and that was a disaster that didn't help me learn how to navigate relationships--not that I'd call what I have with Hunter a relationship. We have a friendship, but is it possible for two people who live together, caring for the same child, working side by side, to keep their relationship simple? "He never promised me anything," I sigh as I walk toward the elevator as swiftly as I can. "This was just...argh!"I'm thinking about this too hard. The simple truth is that Hunter and I are friends. He is helping me get a divorce and start my life over, nothing more. His girlfriend is back in town, and for s
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[Michael]My phone has been ringing all day. It's annoying, having to deal with all the little dramas of an office place while also having to deal with everything else. But Evelyn is terrible at this kind of work. For being as capable as she is with little kids working as a teacher, she can't manage to answer the damn phone."EVIE!" I holler. Why isn't she at her desk? If she were where she was supposed to be, my secretary wouldn't be sending me so many calls. The last call still has me on edge.Mr. D has done me a little "favor." He sent his favorite goon to watch my wife, but she hasn't stepped a single toe out of line. There is nothing I can use against her in our divorce, nothing to force her to fall to her knees and beg for me to take her back. But two days ago, when we had the earthquake, something changed.My intercom beeps. "Yes, Maddie?""Mr. Jay is here to see you, Sir." her voice grates on my nerves. I can't stand it. But she knows how to run an office properly. If Evelyn
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[Michael]The grim armed woman takes a step forward, blocking me from Addison's view."It's time for you to go, Mr. Stone," she repeats. "Now." Standing my ground, I refuse to move. She won't shoot me, not in front of all these people, all these lawyers. She'd be thrown behind bars. "Grant Group has a restraining order placed against you, Mr. Stone, and if you do not leave the premises immediately, I am authorized to use force if necessary." The woman tilts her head, watching, waiting for an excuse to follow through on her promise. Hundreds of eyes are watching us, hearing everything as we spill our family secrets on the floor of this grand ballroom, our words flying to smash into one another.Addison is angrier than I've ever seen her, an avenging angel, glaring at me with eyes of burning steel. Next to her is a tall, dark-skinned woman who, unlike the rest of those gathered, wears a no-nonsense suit, her hand hovering over a gun.She means business. And her business, from her sta
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[Hunter]“HUNTER NO!!!!!!!”Addison is screaming, her voice gut-wrenching, as with eyes open but not conscious, she grabs my chest. Holding her close to my heart, I soothe her, saying her name and rubbing her back as I kiss her hair, rocking back and forth.“Addison! Addy! It’s okay.” She is so terrified, so lost and unaware of what is real and what isn’t. It is a trauma response, one I’ve seen in survivors before. Whatever happened to her as a child must have been worse than she has told me. Something so bad she can't even let herself remember it fully. I know that feeling. I have them too.“Please, Addy, come back to me," I beg, forcing my voice to stay strong even though a part of me wants to hide in a corner with her. "I've got you. You're safe." It takes several minutes for her eyes to focus and her face to show signs of recognition. “Hunter, you’re not dead?”“Shh,” I move one of her strands of hair behind her ear. Her elegant updo is a bit mussed now, making her look even more
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