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Lies Behind Bars: The Hidden Life A SMILE FROM A STRANGE MAN
Gavin knew that not accepting to the terms of Evangeline was going to be drastic and difficult for him. He was already getting used to this life; how could he go back? As hard as it was getting used to living with Evangeline, he was glad he chose her as opposed to Lila, who could not better his life.What he could not understand as he stood with three other people at his table with Evangeline holding onto him like her life was in danger and he was the solution was Lila, who stood at the corner table with her hands firmly wrapped around the champagne bottle. He had seen her and was dismayed at the fact that she could be the one because she did not have the connection to make it in here, so maybe the woman he had seen was just someone who looked so much like Lila.When his eyes met hers, he could tell that she was the one. Her lovely eyes stared at him, and even with a blank expression on her face, he could not get over how beautiful she looked. He was going to escape the non-stop chatt
Last Updated : 2024-11-11Lies Behind Bars: The Hidden Life THE EX MAN
"You treat me like I am a stranger when I might be your husband soon.""Ha ha ha, very funny," Lila replied in a sarcastic voice. She felt fear creep up on her. She did not want to think about the possibility that she might be pushed into marriage with this man as much as she wanted to resist it. They had an agreement, and he was going to keep to it."What is so bad about me?" Damien asked. The words rolled out of his mouth as if this was something he was used to. He had never had to pick up a girl like this before. Even Amber had fallen to his lap as if she were made for him, so he did not know any tactics used by men."Because you look too much like one of those men," she murmured to him, and he threw his head back and let out a short and hearty laughter."One of which men?" he asked, tilting his head with an expression that was hard to understand across it."Playboys," she whispered as if they were sharing a moment before she threw her head slightly in the direction of the floor wh
Last Updated : 2024-11-12Lies Behind Bars: The Hidden Life WEIGHTIER
Damien had gone to the minibar that had been set up, and as he got his drink and began to walk towards Lila, he saw that she was moving and Gavin was on her tail. He knew Gavin very well; while researching Lila, he had come up, and he researched about him too. He was the brutal ex who happened to be in the car the day the accident happened.He had testified in court and told them that Lila was sorry and had gone back to the crime scene, and that was why she had gotten a reduced sentence. From all of his research, Damien could tell that Gavin had never treated Lila right. He took a deep breath as he walked to them. He was going to act as if they were close in front of Gavin to wade him off. He could not act out his plan if her ex was lurking around her.He pulled up behind her and pulled her waist to his side. He felt as if her body made an impact on his side. He bent his head and pressed a kiss to her head. He took one of the drinks he had transferred to one hand and pushed it into he
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"Thank you," Lila whispered.As Evangeline pulled Gavin away, she could not help but feel so grateful to her. She began to walk out of the room, dropping the glass that Damien had given her on the table. Her feet were moving faster than her brain was thinking, and she was out the door. The only reason she knew that Damien was right behind her was because he stretched out his handkerchief to her."For the handkerchief or for what happened in there," she looked up at him and shook her head."For both," she said. She did not like his pride and guts about the situation, but she could see that he had helped her. If he had not come to her rescue, she might have stood there and stuttered at him. She might have even ended up in his bed that night at a whim if he had asked her to do it."You should have told me that you had such an ex," he said, and she shook her head."I can recall that we agreed to keep our personal lives personal," she said, and he nodded."That is true, but I have to say t
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"Hi"Oliver had tried his best to avoid Arietta all night; when he had broken up with her, he knew that he would still have to meet up with her regularly at events like this, but he was not sure if now was the right time for him to begin to do that. Matteo Arietta's father had hunted him down and brought them to the same table after his efforts all night. He just had a few more minutes before he had to leave, and now he had to be at the same table with her."Hi," he choked out, trying to maintain good energy between them. He thought that Mateo must be trying to put them back together because he had said it so many times that the only son-in-law that he would take would have to be Oliver Carson."Why are you two being weird with each other? Any trouble in paradise?" With Mateo's tone, Oliver did not know if he was just good at acting or if he did not know what had happened between them."Weird? What do you mean by weird?" Arietta said in a squeaky voice before Oliver could say anything
Last Updated : 2024-11-13Lies Behind Bars: The Hidden Life ON THE WAY OUT
Arietta and Oliver were walking out of the room; Oliver had to go back home so he could get ready for service the next day. They had agreed to continue in the relationship, and after about six months they would have a huge fight that no one around them would be able to settle, and that would make them go their separate ways."Took you long enough," Lila said, standing up from the bench as Oliver approached them. She had been sitting there with Damien mostly in silence, and many chipped-in questions from Damien from time to time."We are here for a party, but you seem to be out of the party the entire time," Oliver said, rolling his eyes."Ugh!" Lila said, rolling her eyes back at him mostly because she did not have an answer for him."Who is...?" Arietta trailed off, looking at Lila, who stood there. She could recognize Damien but not the woman standing beside him."She is my sister, Lila," Oliver said, throwing the names around "And this is Arietta," he said before Lila could ask him
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Arietta was left speechless. She was beating herself up for being insensitive to her. Shouldn't she have just believed them when they said that they were siblings? Why did she have to make her leak her secret like this?Lila looked up, ready to be judged by Damien, but the expression on his face didn't seem like someone who was ready to crucify the other for the life choices. Arietta, on the other hand, looked horrified, and Lila could not tell if it was because she had accused them falsely or if it was because of this sudden outburst by Lila.Lila laughed it off; that was the only way she could survive. "Oh my gosh, I can't believe that we are meeting for the first time, and you already know all of my secrets," she said jokingly.Arietta's mouth opened and closed multiple times in horror. "I am so sorry," Arietta said.Lila had hoped that this girl would be a friend to her; that was what she needed, but now that things had gone like this, she was not sure if it was worth it."It's fin
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"You spent a very long time with that lady today," Joseph said as they sat down in the car. Joseph and Damien had come to this party together, but he had not seen his friend all night; every time he tried to approach him, he saw them together as if they were trying to tell the world that they were in a relationship."I only did what you asked me to do," Damien replied, closing his eyes and resting his head on the car headrest. "And her name is Lila, not that lady.""Oh, I see!" Joseph whispered. "You are on a first-name basis now and want to make me look like the bad person," he added."I am not trying to make you look like a bad person here; I just want you to get her name right.""Huh! What's the big deal about her name? You hate her," he murmured. He knew how much Damien could not stand the thought of this girl. She had killed his love, and now he had vowed to get back at her, but suddenly he wanted him to treat her with respect."Still, I feel like we should treat everyone like hu
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Lies Behind Bars: The Hidden Life KNOWING
"Damien?" Rosa said as she saw him walk towards her in the garden. "I did not know you were coming over today," she added, and he smiled sadly, sitting beside her in the chair. "I also did not know that I was going to come over; it was kind of an impromptu thing," he confessed. "What is it with that expression on your face?" she asked. "What expression?""You look sad, but it is a different kind from the one I am used to," she said. He always looked sad, carrying around a gloomy face since Amber died. She always thought that it might be a good idea if he found someone who knew and loved him, but somewhere deep inside her, she wanted her daughter to be remembered a bit more. She was afraid that if she told him to do that, he might take it so seriously that her daughter would be a forgotten memory faster than one could think. That was the reason she never suggested it to him. She feared that the expression on his face was him coming to tell her that he had found someone and was goin
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Tessa smiled at her daughter's report, and then she put the phone down on the table. She raised her head to meet Damien's gaze. "What do I owe the pleasure of meeting with Damien Calloway?" Tessa asked, leaning in and using her to trace the edge of the table. "Would you like anything to eat or drink?" Damien said instead of answering her. "It's already past ten; I had breakfast," she replied and then added in a low tone. "I am not an animal after all." "I am yet to have breakfast. I guess I must be an animal, but I need breakfast, so I will get you a cup of water and a few pastries for the table," he said, standing up and going to the counter to order. Tessa wondered why he had so much confidence. She knew him and his father when they suddenly rose to fame and how he changed the history of everything around him. He had been so influential that his past suddenly did not matter to everyone around him. Those who would have nitpicked at everything were comfortable with it all. Damien
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Tessa smiled at her daughter's report, and then she put the phone down on the table. She raised her head to meet Damien's gaze. "What do I owe the pleasure of meeting with Damien Calloway?" Tessa asked, leaning in and using her to trace the edge of the table. "Would you like anything to eat or drink?" Damien said instead of answering her. "It's already past ten; I had breakfast," she replied and then added in a low tone. "I am not an animal after all." "I am yet to have breakfast. I guess I must be an animal, but I need breakfast, so I will get you a cup of water and a few pastries for the table," he said, standing up and going to the counter to order. Tessa wondered why he had so much confidence. She knew him and his father when they suddenly rose to fame and how he changed the history of everything around him. He had been so influential that his past suddenly did not matter to everyone around him. Those who would have nitpicked at everything were comfortable with it all. Damien
Lies Behind Bars: The Hidden Life OTHERS
Lila wanted to check on Damien to see if he was hurt in the fight, even if it was most unlikely that anything like that would happen. She was still worried, but how would he believe anything if she was calling him up to check on him after brutally breaking up with him and even going the extra mile to try and convince him that she was done? "I never even got to tell him that I liked him," she murmured to herself. She did not know why it was so important to her, but she wanted to tell him at least once that during their time together she had begun to fall for him before she had to do what was right for herself and her family. THE NEXT MORNING"Damien is asking to meet with me," Tessa said as if she were giving morning updates to the group on the table"Why?" Lila choked out, trying not to sound too excited or curious to hear it. She had to first convince herself that she was capable of getting the job done before she could convince anyone else. "I don't know; I guess we have to meet
Lies Behind Bars: The Hidden Life LEAVE
Gavin looked at his face in the mirror of his car before turning it off. He felt pain surge through his body. Damien had only punched him once yet but felt like he had gotten beaten up. He walked into the house hoping that Evangeline was already asleep and he did not need to go back and forth with her today. "Why are you just getting back?" "Since when did you care what time I got back?" Gavin was startled by her voice because he had looked around when he got in and had not seen anything but majorly because the entire place was dark. She watched him look around like a criminal ready to steal something when he came in. She wanted to stand in front of him and rain down cursed but held herself back. Tessa had called her and sent images of Gavin with Lila. She told her that she was against it but her daughter was going back to Gavin. If Tessa had not told her to calm down then maybe she would have gotten all rilled up and thrown him out of the house. Tessa promised to get back at Gav
Lies Behind Bars: The Hidden Life DUEL
Gavin is barely able to recover from the punch that Damien landed on his face when another one cuts across his face so brutally. "What do you think you are doing?" Gavin screamed, tasting blood in his mouth. He spat out what he had been able to pull and moved up to Damien. He knew that he would not be able to win against this man, but the pride he felt in his heart was not going to allow him to back down. "What do you also think you are doing?" Damien asked, closing the gap between them so that they were now touching chest to chest and their faces so close to each other that if they tipped a bit, they might be kissing. "I asked you first; why don't you answer?" Gavin asked. He knew he should not be doing anything like this, but maybe the confidence that Lila was beside him now was giving him some kind of push. "What?" Damien let out a surprised laugh. "You must think that you are a big shot now," he added. "You punched first, and for what?" Gavin's eyes darted around, trying to f
Lies Behind Bars: The Hidden Life DECLINE
"You are here with him?" Damien asked as if she had spoken in an unknown language. "Yes," she said We had so much confidence that it was even scary to her. Where did she see such confidence from, and how did she develop it?"With your ex? With the man who married another woman? Are you with a married man?" Damien's voice came out as a mixture of anger and concern for her. She could see that all was wrong, but she had to defend herself. What if Damien began to see her as a loose person who did not care about herself? "It is just a friendly date, and I do not think any of this is your business," she murmured, trying to look away. "You do not think any of this is my business?" He said, taking a deep breath as if to stop himself from exploding. "And what is a friendly date?" he asked with a puzzled expression on his face. "A friendly date; we just met to have dinner; what is so difficult to understand about that?" she asked. She knew she was not supposed to be there holding a conversa
Lies Behind Bars: The Hidden Life BURN
"Why? I thought you two looked together," Gavin said. He was brimming with so much joy, but he could not show it. He was supposed to be a married man. How did he show so much happiness just because she was going to be with him if all went well? "We were a good match, but he liked me more than I liked him, and in relationships like that, it is hard to keep up, and as I said earlier, I still loved you; I liked you so much that I could not move on," she lied, and her throat felt itchy as she lied so much. "I am a married man," Lila wanted to call his bluff; he was acting hard to get, and to what end? He had been brimming from ear to ear, and now he wanted to act as if he were faithful to his wife. "I know this is wrong, but are you saying that all of the feelings you have for me are all gone?" She asked, and he stood there, watching her. "If you tell me that you do not have a single feeling for me again, I will not disturb you again." Gavin sat there and watched her without a word. "
Lies Behind Bars: The Hidden Life CRASH
"You are here," Gavin said as soon as the door opened and Lila stepped in. The door closed behind her, and she moved into the room. "I hope I did not keep you waiting too long," she asked."Of course not. I got here early," he said, moving from where he stood to help her get the chair. She looked at him shocked at his actions; she wanted to ask him why he was acting like such a gentleman and standing up when she got into the room. Pulling out the chair for her? She remembered their dates as a couple and how he was always nonchalant towards her. She licked her lips and shook her head, trying to act as if it were normal for him to act like this. "Thank you," she murmured instead of asking him what had come over him. She slipped into the chair, and he put it on a bit before going back to the seat opposite her. She hated the way they had to sit opposite each other and stare into their souls as if nothing was wrong with it. "You are welcome," he replied, taking up the menu and giving it
