As the week progressed it wasn't the pampering or the posh restaurants or the luxury suites and the beautiful evening gown she wore in London and even their incredible intense love making that made her wonder whether she could compromise. Whether she could settle for what he offered and leave without ever hearing those 3 little words.Rather it was a little things that cost nothing that burrowed under her defenses.It was the look of the stupefied or on his face when he first saw her in the evening gown.It was the almost imperceptible trimmer in his hands as he helped her put on the stunning choker of yellow sapphires and diamonds and his anxious expression when he asked if she liked it.It was the hour they spent with Emilia and Ramon at their beautiful Chelsea home before returning to Barcelona. She had blown Raspberry cases on kts tummy looked up to find Xavier watching a smile playing about his mouth. That night after making love he gently kiss does stomach and said how sexy she
Cara was sitting by the patio in the morning with a mug of coffee in her hand and enjoying the taste but there was a bitter feeling in the pit of her stomach. Today was going to be the day that she would finally part with the woman whom she had known to be her mother for most of her life. This wasn’t the reason that she was here in Spain but it was definitely one.There were so many things that were playing on her mind. About the man who had come to visit Miriam’s store and asked about Matilda. She wished that she had told Xavier about this but he had seemed very upset yesterday and she did not wish to upset him even further.“Good morning, querida..”Cara turned back to fin Xavier standing there with his sleep mussed hair and in nothing but a pair of black boxers and he looked so darn edible that she could not help but lick her lips once.“Oh you little minx,” said Xavier as his eyes darkened with desire and he took a step forward and captured her lips hungrily and Cara let him. It a
Cara had played the songs list that was Matilda’s favourite on the speakers as she had cooked and cleaned. Matilda had never been much of a cleaner but she kept a neat and tidy house but the majority part of the cleaning responsibility fell on her husband, Cara’s father.Cara hummed with the Taylor Swift songs when she chopped the vegetables and put them in the pot to make a stew. There was just so much to do and no one was here with her. In the back of her mind Cara had always hoped that Xavier would come around while she was here but it did not seem like a prospect at the moment. Xavier had made certain that she would know and understand what he had been going through and Cara understood but she did not think that it could have affected him so much.A woman…how could she even say such things?The doorbell rung and Cara was a bit startled. She was not expecting anyone right now. She went to the door and found that Diego was standing outside the door and her first instinct was to not
Cara went back to the kitchen board and started chopping up the vegetables while Selena poured herself a glass of wine and said,” You should have seen Xavier when he was a baby. I mean, so healthy that people were shocked at the fact. The doctors were so happy with the way that he was growing and so was I.”“How many weeks was he old when Matilda left him with you?”“Three weeks. She never breastfed him when she was with us and I understand where she was coming from. It was almost like I got the same feeling when I got Ramon. We were told that we need to let Xavier know from very early that he was adopted. It was said that being truthful to your child was very healthy and we have always believed in that. But may I ask you a question?”“Yes of course.” Cara looked up as she stopped chopping the carrots.“How do you know Diego?”Cara did not know what she was supposed to say to her because that would mean divulging details which she did not know if she was comfortable in sharing. But sh
Aphrodite ignored the opposing counsel and their client, Devon Justice as she passed them on her way to the women's restroom. She had to decide whether to accept TJ's advice and let him take over the questioning or to be the professional that she knew she could be and win this case for their client. She couldn't afford to let her feelings over how Devon had treated her sister to affect her the way that they had yesterday.Entering the restroom, Aphrodite headed directly to the sinks. She had just dumped the remainder of her now cold coffee down the drain when she heard someone speaking from behind, "I tried to warn you..."When Aphrodite glanced up at the mirror, the calm expression on Corrine Justice's face was reflected back at her. "Warn me about what?" she asked.Corrine kept her eyes on Aphrodite's in the mirror and said, "That you were making some incorrect assumptions concerning your sister and Devon. Do you mind if I ask why you think that Devon was the one who ended their rel
Devon replied with a simple, "Good morning.""Mr. Justice," Aphrodite started, "I would like to deviate from the subject of your previous romantic dalliances with female employees of Coastline Multimedia that we were discussing yesterday. Is that okay with you?"Devon had to suppress a laugh, "Yes, Counselor. Whatever you want to ask me is fine.""Thank you. There have been a few witnesses who have alluded to your propensity to compliment people. I believe most of those witnesses attributed this to your desire to make people feel better about themselves. Would you say that those are fair representations of your character?"Shrugging, Devon said, "I believe they more accurately reflect those witnesses' perception of my character. I honestly hadn't given it any thought until recently. I suppose it was the way that I was raised. If I notice something about a person which I believe is a positive attribute for them, I try to take the opportunity to let them know that another human being ap
Selena de la Velga had considered staying with Cara until Xavier had arrived but then she figured that the girl probably needed some time to think about what had happened to regain her composure. There were times when she considered herself to be the mother hen to all the members of her family and she had seen the way Xavier had held the girl’s hands at the family lunch.She was a girl who had been raised and loved by the woman who had given her the most precious gift of her life, her first son and for that Selena would be eternally grateful to Matilda. Today she had seen fear in the girl’s eyes and for that she would make sure that Diego paid. No woman deserved to be treated the way that she had been today. She was getting in her car when the roar of the car engine sounded down the street and she knew that her son had arrived. She waited for him before he could rush inside.The car was parked and Xavier got out the back seat and said,” Mother! You are here outside why?”“Because I am
Aphrodite picked through the folders in front of her until she came to the one containing the deposition of Devon Justice's personal assistant. She had recalled that there had been nothing of apparent relevance to the case exposed, with Lana and TREY questioning the witness extensively about her knowledge of Devon Justice's behavior in the office, his relationships with female employees, and his management style. Closing the file, Aphrodite prepared to take notes of the pending testimony.Megan James wasted no time, "Miss, Lawton, you are the personal assistant to the president of Coastline Multimedia, Devon James, is that correct?""Yes, I have been Mr. Justice's PA for the past four years.""Thank you. Can you provide the court with a brief synopsis of your duties as Mr. Justice's personal assistant?Sierra smiled and replied, "With Mr. Justice, the focus of my role is heavily on the 'personal' aspect of the title. Except for me maintaining his calendar and coordinating his schedule
Cara pursed her lips and then said,” You really think that I am going to tell you anything?”“No I don’t. But I am not above hurting you and you don’t mean anything to me so hurting you is going to be easier and probably be even fun.”“You think you are a man and that is why you are stronger than me?”“There is nothing to question about that. It is a known fact. You are the one who has been kidnapped and not me, so there is actually no point in arguing with me. I can do a lot of things to you, querida and make sure that no one ever finds you again but I am a good man with a good heart. Help me with what I require and I shall make sure you are sent back to Australia safe and sound.”“I know that you are lying. And nothing you say is going to make me believe that..” Cara spat at him as she said the words. Diego wiped his face with the back of his hand and sighed and then back handed her again. Cara knew it was coming and she had already swerved away and his hand did not hit her.She mov
Clubbing is a place for a type of people. Firstly, they had to be rich. Clubbing wasn't a poor man's activity. The cheapest booze inside would be worth twice the expensive brands outside. Everything was outrageously overpriced—not that he cared anyway.Second of all, they had to be a crowd person. Being in an enclosed room full of drunk people isn't exactly a paradise for introverted people. Sure, there wouldn't be much talking. Half of the experience was having conversations you'd barely hear over the booming music, or even remember the next morning because you're wasted as fuck, but there are still people who'd come up to you and talk.So when Xavier saw her, standing awkwardly with her outgoing friend dancing wildly by her side, he knew she didn't belong to this kind of scene. The complete opposite of him; as someone who basically grew up here, Xavier loved everything about the place. It felt like home, more so than any of his mansions, actually.He watched the two women as they he
“I know who you are, Diego. You made the mistake of speaking to me. And now I know that you are the one who is torturing me and has kidnapped me.”There was silence for a while and then all of a sudden the blindfold was taken off from her eyes and Diego was standing there before her in his shirt and trousers. He looked quite normal almost as if nothing had happened and was smirking at Cara.“I am sure you enjoyed that, querida.”“Don’t call me that you freaking bastard. You are nothing else but a vile manipulative..” said Cara as suddenly she was slapped and she could feel her lips split and she was bleeding and she could only feel helpless because her hands were still bound.“Don’t call me names, querida…your mouth was made for far better purposes and not this. You are a lot more important to me that you are ever going to be to my bastard cousin.”“And you are never going to be half the man that Xavier is.”“Whatever you say is not going to make me angry. You are a beautiful woman Ca
Cara struggled desperately, trying to free her hands from the heavy ropes that bound them together behind her back. She couldn’t see anything, thanks to the blindfold which covered most of her face. The ball gag shoved into her mouth prevented her from making much noise at all. When at last she realized the futility of her movements, she lay still and listened.Abruptly she felt the car begin to slow down. Cara’s heart fluttered in fear, wondering where she would be taken. She didn’t have long to wait. Moments later the car rolled to a stop, and a door opened. She was grabbed and hauled roughly out of the car, where she stumbled a bit on unsteady feet. Two hands gripped her shoulders, forcing her to walk quickly and unsteadily forward.She heard a door open. As she stepped through it, her footsteps echoed on what she wagered were hard tile floors. She and her captor proceeded through the room, then stopped suddenly. She heard a bell, followed by the sliding of a door that she realized
Some say, 'From pain comes wisdom,' but Jean had endured a lot over the past weeks and felt no wiser. Her boyfriend left her and it had hollowed out her soul. When she pushed through the door and rang the bell at Trader Dan's, she was hoping to put a bullet in her old life and thumb her nose at the jackass who left her behind.And Trader Dan's is just such a place; where souls are bared, pain will be endured, and whatever healing occurs will be everlasting.As she settled into the proprietor's chair with the tools of the trade laid out neatly on a small table nearby, Trader Dan's resonant voice filled her ears with a tale from another age. It seemed charming but odd to her. Perhaps it was just his effort to entertain his clients or calm frazzled nerves. Regardless, Jean found herself drifting back in time while the man gave her 'wisdom,' prick by prick."Meijuan sang like an angel, and from a very young age her voice would echo in the cavernous St. Ignatius Cathedral in Shanghai. Alth
“Love is really that important for me, Xavier. I know it sounds really stupid to you and you think that if I would just not think about it, things would be better but I cannot imagine spending my life in this way…”“All the time that we spent together, was it that difficult for you? Did you think that I did not care for you one whit? That I don’t wish to make you happy? If this is not all that there is to love then what is it that you want from me?”“Want from you? Xavier, from the moment that I have come here and have stepped into your world I have never wanted anything from. I have just wished for you to know the woman who was my mother and who was your mother as well and you never had the chance to. I never asked you for anything. You showered me with gifts, but those aren’t important to me. Do you know what is?”Xavier remained silent and looked at her darkly.“What is more important to me is the time that you spent with me…not just the love making but all the moments that you wer
Seeing that the stands were filling as the start of the game approached, Ulysses headed toward them to grab and save seats for the rest of the family that would be watching the game while Devon headed for the outfield to call his team into their dugout. At six feet, Alex stood a good head taller than any other player on the team. He looked like an adult being followed by children when the rest of the team fell in behind him as he led them to the dugout.Alex's team would be the visiting team for today's game, so Devon explained the planned batting order to the players before taking his lineup card out to the umpire at home plate. He saw that Aphrodite, Athena, his mother, and mother-in-law had all joined Ulysses in the stands. He heard his daughter squeal when she saw him and paused to wave to her. Athena looked as much like a junior version of her mother as Alex did his father.As had been the trend all season, Alex and his teammates batted around their first at-bat with Alex hitting
She was hopelessly in love.And nothing anyone would say could change the fact ever.Cara stared at Xavier who was sleeping on the bed with his back towards her. Sometime during the night he had woken her up by kissing her and pulling her nipples and then entering her again and again in deep and long strokes and Cara could not do anything but moan and cry out in pleasure.“Come for me, querida…make all those noises for me. You will always know that I was the one who made you cry out of pleasure!”It was so ardently male and so egoistic in nature that Cara thought how could a man be so full of himself, be so arrogant that he was the reason for a woman’s smile or tears. Even though he wasn’t wrong but still, the inherent feministic tendency in her tried saying that this was something that she should let go so easily but looking at him sleeping peacefully after such a night was not something she could agree to. She wished for him to sleep. They had the food that she had cooked and Xavier
"Well, I don't have a fancy car for you to drive to demonstrate my love for you, so I guess you'll have to settle for my undying concern for you and copious amounts of carnal pleasure. That's it! I can drive your Bentley and you get to drive me wild like you did last night."Laughing, Devon said, "That sounds like a win-win. We better get up and start getting ready if we intend to meet your parents on time."Aphrodite didn't move her body from on top of Devon as she reached over to the nightstand and retrieved her cell phone."What are you doing?" Devon asked."I'm texting my mom to let her know to meet us an hour later than we had planned.""Why? Traffic shouldn't be a problem for any of us on a Saturday morning."Finishing her text and returning the cell phone to the table, Aphrodite smiled down and said, "You haven't taken any of my hints, so I'll just have to make my intentions perfectly clear, my love. I intend to verify a suspicion that I have had since waking next to you...""W