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In Love With You 26. The arrest
The next morning.Tn headquarters."I want her arrested," Jake said to Evan, typing swiftly on the laptop in front of him. He had driven to Grande Hotel alone as soon as Brown had finished talking to see Victoria, but he didn't meet her.He just parked at a corner and watched her friends gather around her asking questions. He was irritated at what they were doing, she looked cold standing there in their midst. He thought the least they could have done was to let her go and have a hot bath.Drew said nothing, he was trying as much as possible to be quiet around Jake since last night. When he came in this morning with Jake, Evan was waiting."We know she paid someone to impersonate an officer, yes, but her father would bail her out in a matter of hours," Evan replied Jake waiting for his next words."Then find a way, I want her to pay for what she did. She did all this intentionally." Jake stopped what he was doing on the laptop."At age nineteen, she once accused her English lecturer o
In Love With You 27. Meeting Gemma
"I'm doing the advertisement shoot with this other guy, so I'm in love with him, but he doesn't notice me till I get this perfume and it somehow makes him attracted to him," Victoria explained as they walked down the hallway together.Amber had asked her what the announcers had discussed with her."So when are they shooting it," Kim asked."Two days from now said they'll send a script for me."They went downstairs and got on the bus that usually transported them since they came to city A now. They were heading back to the hotel. Kim had taken a cab, she couldn't visit their hotel with them today."I'm hungry. What are you gonna order when we get back to the hotel." Amber asked her best friend while sitting lazily though she didn't do anything much today."You're always hungry," Brie said before looking back at her phone."I don't eat with your mouth, do I?" Amber said and Victoria had the urge to laugh but didn't want to stir up anything between them so she muffled it.***************
In Love With You 28. A fake marriage?
Amber walked back to where her friend was when she noticed her uneasiness."Are you okay?" She bent beside Victoria to ask."Yeah, she's asking me to marry her son, can you believe that?" Victoria replied in a hushed tone. She wasn't generally angry, but she found the whole thing unusual."Yes, I can." She heard Amber reply to her rhetorical question."No Amber, you don't get, she..." Victoria wanted to explain to Amber that she got it all wrong, but Amber pulled her up from the chair."Ssshh." Amber hushed Victoria's words. "Excuse us for a minute?" Amber smiled dragging her friend away from Gemma."We should call Brown right? Why didn't I think of that." Victoria said once they were out of Gemma's earreach."No. Why would we involve Brown in this?""I don't know. In case things go wrong.""We are at a hotel, what could go wrong? There's camera everywhere, except for the rooms." Amber folded her arms across her chest."Things could still go wrong, you know.""You worry too much Tori,
In Love With You 29. Thoughts on it
In Amber's hotel room."What are you going to ask her for?" Amber said falling to the bed as soon as they returned."What?" Victoria asked absentmindedly, taking off her flats."She said she was willing to do anything, what do you want her to do before you accept her proposal.""Gosh Amber, I already told you I'll decline it," Victoria said going into the bathroom."You also told her you'd think about it," Amber said in a louder tone so Victoria could hear her in the bathroom."That was due to your influence, I will call tomorrow and say no to her." Victoria wiped her hand with a towel, coming out of the bathroom."Come look at this." "What is it?" Victoria joined Amber in bed to see what she was looking at.It was pictures of a teenager who looked 19 or so. "When she said his picture was not on the internet, I knew it was impossible," Amber said."Is that her son?" Victoria took the phone from her."His old photos, I think.""No recent ones?" Victoria asked again scrolling through
In Love With You His anger.
MorningJake closed his eyes, his head thrown back as he sat in his home office. This wasn't the first time Drew was seeing him do what he just did. He knew his boss was often tired and didn't get just enough sleep to complement the times he stayed up working.Sitting back up, Jake rubbed his eyes with his thumb and index finger. He clicked through the emails on the laptop in front of him, where he didn't receive work-related emails. Drew was busy sorting out the files from last night on the table.Jake stopped scrolling and he noticed. He also noticed Jake contract his left fingers into a fist and then release them repeatedly. "Is the president here?" He heard Jake ask if Gemma was at the mansion."Yes, I think so." Jake closed the laptop and left the office. Drew followed immediately but not because he needed to, he just wanted to see what Jake was angry about, to know what he saw in the email."What did you do?!" Jake walked up to the opposite end of the table where his mother wa
In Love With You A slap from her
Later, early evening.Jake had Drew cancel their plans and appointment for the rest of the day, because of Victoria's call.He knew a driver had gone to get Victoria and he was unusually nervous. He didn't know how he was going to face her again after their first time meeting. He did something he would never do that day and that was why he had left before she woke up, he couldn't face her, but he had to now, he needed to.He would apologize for that night and hope she didn't hate him for it.Gemma looked at her son who sat at the other end of the car, thinking while he stared at nothing in particular. He normally would not ride in the same car with her but he didn't mind today, it made her happy. Victoria was the one, she finally found someone her son didn't want to push away. Many times, she had arranged a date with one of her colleague's daughter but he only got angry about it and never went. She had even set him up with someone on one of his business trips, but it was all void.Wh
In Love With You Good results
Tn mansion.Gemma walked up the stairs, Drew behind her. She needed to talk to Jake. He was probably angry with her, probably? She was sure he was more saddened than angry, not about Victoria slapping him, but the fact that she thought he was a pervert.She had talked with Victoria after he left and she explained what had happened the first time she met her son. It made her more sure that she had done the right thing by asking her to marry Jake. He almost had sex with her, for all she knew, Jake had never been that close to any woman. Drew stopped when they got to Jake's office, he was going to wait outside. Gemma knocked inaudibly before entering inside."Jake?" She called but he didn't look up from what he was reading even though he heard her.She walked to his desk, where he sat, and closed the laptop. He looked away, he didn't want to look at her."Look at me, Jake." She started. "You should learn to trust me more son." She walked to the other side of the table, where she could f
In Love With You 33. The date
Victoria put down the box on the bed and sat by it, sighing disappointedly. Amber hopped on the bed wearing her night clothes."Who's it from?" She asked but then noticed Victoria's long face." What's the matter baby?" "I've been replaced as the lead for the advertisement." "What?!" Amber was surprised. "Why will be they do that?! How can they do that even?"Victoria didn't say anything more, she just sat there trying not to cry. ' they shouldn't have chosen me if they were gonna do this.' She thought."Come here." Amber hugged her."This people are mean." Victoria started."From the judges to the directors, they just...." Victoria sniffed, leaving her words hanging. Amber rubber her back, sighing.Time had passed with them both just laying in bed, watching TV. They weren't actually watching, the TV was just turned on, so it wasn't quiet. Victoria still being cuddled by Amber, was in her own thoughts while just staring at the TV, she wondered if the universe was giving her a sign or
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In Love With You 62. Cooking with him
"Do you think you can use any of these?" Felix asked when she came to where he stood and looked into the pan full of vegetables."Is there any reason I can't use them?" She asked still peering into the pan because they all looked fresh and okay."Not really, it's just that we don't use these things after they become a day old, the chefs get new and fresh vegetables every day.""Every day? It doesn't look bad?" Victoria took one of the red and round tomatoes, looking at it."Maybe I could ask someone to go get you fresh ones...""No," She refused immediately."they look pretty fresh to me. Thanks." She said and Felix smiled, happy that he had tried his best to please her before he left.When he walked out of the kitchen he saw Jake arrive downstairs. Jake was about to retire to bed after his extra time spent at his home office when he noticed that the kitchen lights were on and someone had to be there, it was the only place with bright light downstairs."Why are you still awake?" Jake a
In Love With You 61. Disrespecting his dish
"Dinner is ready, Mrs Topher." He said to her."Is Jake downstairs?" "Yes, Mrs Topher.""He is, huh?" Felix nodded to the second question."He was the one who had me come get you, after the helper I sent returned without you.""I see," She said, her mind thinking of what to do, she needed to show Jake that she was angry about what happened so he didn't repeat it."I'll be there soon."Going down the stairs, she saw Jake seated at the head of the table and as usual, she went all the way to the other end and took a seat, his eyes on her the whole time. He saw that she wasn't all smiley with the helpers when her dinner was brought, it was obvious she was displeased with what he did earlier, she wasn't even looking at him.Don't look, Tori. Don't look. She told herself as she forked some salad into her mouth, she suddenly didn't want to be angry anymore now that she was here seated at the same table with him. She was avoiding looking at him, hoping she could pull it off; pretending like
In Love With You 60.His Kiss 2
Taking her lower lip first, he kissed her, pecking her chin region right below her lips before kissing her full lips again. He had closed his eyes the moment his lips touched hers and so couldn't see the bewilderment on Victoria's face. She wouldn't admit it to herself but it felt good, maybe it was because she hadn't kissed someone for a long time but she had kissed him before and she was feeling like she felt back then. He was a good kisser, he took his time to explore every part of her lips and his tongue wasn't rough in her mouth, he was so gentle that she didn't know when she had her eyes closed too. She wasn't kissing back but she let him continue. He would have stopped but when he noticed that she wasn't stopping him, he continued, stealing her breath as he kissed her more. When he finally separated his lips from hers, he met her eyes again they still looked confused. "Am I gay?" He asked her in his usual low deep voice and she shook her head slowly. She was lookin
In Love With You 59. His kiss
Victoria watched Amber smile weirdly when she saw Jake. She hoped her friend didn't say anything embarrassing as they walked towards where he stood.Jake left the garden before they could get to him, he didn't want to be close to Amber by any means so he left. He came back early, he planned to still return to the office but he thought to get some rest first. He could do that at the office but he most importantly wanted to see Victoria, that was his primary reason for returning home not to rest. When he asked of Victoria, Felix informed him that she was in the garden with a friend and he knew it was Amber, her blonde-haired friend, it had to be her, she was the only person he knew Victoria trusted with their secret marriage.Victoria didn't see him when she walked out of the garden with Amber, it was like he disappeared because he just left when they were about to get to where he was so they should have seen him when they left the garden. ‘he must have gone inside.’ Victoria thought
In Love With You 58. Amber's visit
"I'm Max, your brother-in-law.""I figured," Victoria said."You both have look alike.""Let me apologize for what I said during the meeting, it's just that I couldn't find it true that this union between you two is genuine, I mean there hasn't been a woman with a romantic interest in his life before now and suddenly he is married, I hope you understand." Max went on despite the dangerous eyes Jake had on him while he spoke."We were actually in a...uhm, a quiet relationship before we decided to go ahead and get married," Victoria said hoping she was doing a good job at defending their sudden secret marriage but thinking about it after she spoke, it occurred to her that if what she said was actually true then he(Max) would know about her."Really, Jake didn't even bother to introduce me to the love of his life." Max sounded like he knew she just lied and he did but was only giving a snide reply."I didn't bother introducing my wife to you because I figured you already knew about her,"
In Love With You 57. The conference 2
Gemma smiled after the man spoke, she understood that he had just been calculative at that point, he was in support of her stepping down and Jake taking over. He was one of the oldest members of the board, he was there when Jack Topher was still in charge and just like every other person seated at that table he was after the position Gemma held but he was smarter than most of them were. He had long realized that trying to overrun Gemma off her position was impossible and it would be harder with Jake so he lowered his ambition, he knew that once Gemma wasn't the head anymore, Jake would become the member with the highest share and he had a chance to buy more shares to become the second highest.Gregory's plan was different, he mostly didn't care at this point, he knew Gemma didn't trust him and Jake didn't either so he was direct like Max whenever he wanted to oppose any decisions made by them(Jake and his mother).He(Gregory) has been after the position of president since Jake's fath
In Love With You 56. The conference
Drew knocked on the door before he came in, he quickly analyzed Jake's glare the moment he entered, noticing Jake was not as much in a sour mood as earlier but decided to go on with what he came to tell him to avoid bringing it back "Sir, the president is here and is on her way to your office."As soon as he finished that sentence of his, he opened the door when he heard footsteps approaching the office. Gemma walked in with Edward; her assistant holding her bag for her. Victoria saw her in a different look for the first time. She wasn't in one of her usual and similar white apparel, she looked more bossy than Victoria had seen before in the white suit she had on. T"Is she here yet?" Gemma asked Jake who still sat comfortably in his chair."Mhmnn." Jake nodded looking in Victoria's direction.Victoria stood with everyone in the office looking at her. Gemma smiled but she(Victoria) couldn't tell if she was smiling at her or just smiling after knowing she was there already."We can s
In Love With You 55. Impromptu meeting
Evan walked into the mansion and after a whispered chat with Felix, he went outside and stood waiting while Felix came up to let her know that Evan was going to be the one driving her."Mr Topher wants him to drive you." Felix said approaching the table after Victoria was done eating.Cora immediately stood up when she heard him, thinking she was in trouble for sitting with Victoria and so did Emily but Felix knew Victoria must have asked them to."Oh okay." She said getting up and waving at both helpers while she left but only Emily waved back.Sitting in the back of the car, she watched Evan drive, he caught her staring when he looked at the rear view mirror. "Any problem ma'am?" He thought he should asked because of how she was staring."No." She lied at first not really wanting to tell him that she thought he took a wrong turn but after some seconds she said her mind. "This is not the road to the studio." She told him because even if she didn't know her way around, she knew what
In Love With You 54. Emily and Cora
"Was your day shitty too?" "Yes, but I think I'm used to it, unlike you, it's obviously affecting your mood so maybe you could tell me, maybe I can help?" He started on the road."No, you can't help." She shook her head."What are you going to do, I mean she already said it, others are also going to say what they want to say, you can't stop people from saying what they want.""Who said what?""Never mind." She said not finding the need to tell him about the things Brie said."Tell me, if you do so, I'm sure you'll not think much about it anymore." She didn't say anything more concerning how her day was till after a while she asked him something she just thought about."Must we stay together?" He paused the car at the red light and turned his attention to her when she asked that, she was staring outside the window, something she did often while in the car with him. "Must we? It's a fake marriage isn't it? I don't have to stay at the mansion, I could stay at the hotel till you want me t
