"Why don't you just show up as yourself?" Henry asked in surprise as he looked at Leah's different appearance from head to toe.
"It may be safe there, but appearing as Leah Abigail will make it difficult for Suzy, all the nuns are very loyal to Jerome," Leah replied as she adjusted the wig on her head.Henry nodded his head, "Okay! So now we are a married couple that Suzy once saved?" said Henry repeating their disguise plan. Leah nodded and chuckled, "Don't worry, some police officers are even still there and are still looking for evidence, nothing will happen," Leah tried to calm Henry's visible panicked face.Henry took a deep breath then let it out slowly, his fake mustache tilted a bit because he was breathing too hard. Leah laughed and adjusted Henry's mustache. "Okay, you ready?" asked Leah, rubbing her palms together. Henry nodded, "Hell Yeah!"As Leah had expected, several policemen seemed to be on guard everywhere, making Leah anMindy immediately refused Leah's invitation to move to Paris, she chose to stay with Donna for a while until she recovered. She was sure, Jerome would not dare to disturb her ever again."But I can't leave Mindy here, I don't want to burden you..." said Leah as she chatted along with Donna.Donna shrugged, "I don't feel burdened at all, besides you and Adrian gave me a lot of money, it made things easy for us. Mindy is like my own sister, I'm not having any trouble in taking care of her. And also, in a few weeks, she's already can sit in a wheelchair."Donna took a deep breath and then touched Leah's shoulder, "Just go to Paris if it makes you feel safe, don't worry about us here," she said earnestly. Leah couldn't hide her emotion, she looked down and rubbed the corners of her eyes."So you broke up with Adrian?" Donna asked, her face looking very sad because she knew how hard it was for them to be together.Leah sighed."I don't know,
Leah's plane landed smoothly in Paris Charles De Gaulle, slightly weak from Jetlag, Leah pulled her suitcase and walked towards the lobby, Henry must have been waiting for her there. As expected, Henry and the woman who must have been his girlfriend, waved from a car with an open hood."Bienvenue Leah!" said Henry cheerfully as he stepped forward to give Leah a short hug. "This is Esmee, my beloved lover who I often talk about," Henry said introducing Leah to Esmee. Leah came forward to kiss Esmee on both cheeks, which was what French people do whenever they see each other."Come on! You must be tired," Henry called after he tucked Leah's suitcase into the trunk. Leah nodded and sat in the back. Since it wasn't too cold, Henry left the hood open so Leah could enjoy the view freely.Along the way Henry and Esmee took turns telling Leah everything that they had been through, making Leah feel very calm because at least she had friends here.
Leah walked down the bustling streets of Paris feeling lighter, was it because Adrian had just called her? She shook her head, unsure of her feelings. Now that she would just take it easy, the life she was leading was so tense and tiring, it was time for her to ease up on her rhythm.She turned in a corner, her steps were fixed on a bakery that looked very attractive from afar. Ever since she was in school, the thing she always wanted was to sit in front of a cafe in Paris with a cup of coffee and a piece of warm croissant while watching the passers-by in Parisian fashion."Bonjour, puis-je avoir un café noir chaud et deux croissants au chocolat?" said Leah in French, still stuttering because she had only learned it a while ago. The woman across from her nodded, then served Leah without a smile making Leah wince in confusion.She pulled out an empty chair and sat on it. While sipping her coffee, she suddenly remembered her older sister,
Damien sighed,"Can we talk about something else? I'm not comfortable talking about it..." he said after a moment of silence. Leah waved her hand, "Yeah of course! Sorry, I'm not sensitive enough," Leah mumbled a little guilty. Damien smiled a little, "No problem," he said then put his hands into the pockets of his jeans.While chatting lightly, a few moments later they finally arrived at the restaurant they were going to. "Well, sit here, I'll order the meal directly to my friend," Damien said while blinking one of his eyes. Leah nodded, she looked around her, several people seemed to be busy chatting while enjoying their food.Leah was rested her face on her hand, while suddenly she remembered something. She, Adrian, and Damien sat together in the restaurant where she was sitting at the time, they chatted while enjoying steak and wine, but the appearance of a woman interrupted their togetherness, Leah closed her eyes remembering who the woman with th
"Leah, are you okay?" asked Damien who was surprised to see Leah's completely changed expression. Leah tried to smile, but somehow her heart ached. She didn't understand why Adrian had to choose Venetia to be her therapist?'Remember Leah! You guys broke up!' a voice in her head made Leah immediately wake up from her daydream."I'm fine, Damien thanks a lot for the lunch, but I have to go right now, I have a friend waiting for me," Leah said, lying. She just wanted to be alone. Damien stared at Leah for a long time, "Are you sure? Did I do something wrong that upset you?" asked Damien, his face looked worried, he tried to remembered what he had said earlier.Leah smiled, "Absolutely not, I want to go because I have an appointment, that's all. I swear to God! It has nothing to do with you," she said. Damien nodded his head, "Okay, promise to call me if you need any help," he said while holding Leah's hand gently. Leah suddenly felt awkward because the t
For the past three days, Leah had been trying to forget everything about Adrian and Venetia that had been bothering her so much. She chose to focus on his new job as a marketing manager at a well-known advertising agency in Paris. Today was Leah's first day at work, she was so nervous that she forgot to eat breakfast. Esmee, Henry's girlfriend, apparently works in finance, so she can't be around Leah all the time. In the end, Leah had to struggle alone to adapt to new people with a language she didn't really understand because even though she had learned to speak French, Leah's ability of the language was still pretty poor. "We're used to speaking French, so you'd better get used to following our habits," said a marketing staff member curtly, even though she was Leah's subordinate. "Really? Then I'll study French even harder," Leah said, trying to be nice because she didn't want to make a fuss. "No you don't have to, everyone in this office can sp
Leah paced all night, not knowing what to do. She was so angry that her chest felt tight. Why did Adrian call her if he just wanted to show off that he was making love?! Was he drunk?! Leah shook her head, deep in her heart she knew Adrian couldn't possibly do such a thing. But Leah couldn't even remember her past entirely, all she remembered were bits and pieces. What if Adrian was not as good as she thought he had been?The digital clock on the nightstand was already 2.30 a.m., but Leah couldn't close her eyes yet. After several hours of wrestling with her thoughts, Leah finally got up the courage to call Adrian who was picked up on the first ring."Leah? Is that you?" said Adrian.Leah scrambled to switch the phone back off in a panic. She suddenly felt confused, she wanted to throw a tantrum and shout at Adrian, but for what reason? Even their relationship was over. But still, how could Adrian do all that!Leah's cell phone rang, Adrian called
Leah immediately looked away, pretending not to know Damien. Damien who understood why Leah was behaving that way immediately averted his eyes from Leah."So, guys, this is Damien Dupont, he is the CEO of D&D Champagne," said Diana, director of the agency where Leah works. Leah looked up, surprised, CEO? Why would a CEO like Damien live in a modest apartment like Leah's? Very strange...Damien nodded, he introduced some of his staff and then started talking about the new product he was going to release. Leah's concentration was broken, she began to feel something was off.The meeting went smoothly, Leah came up with some ideas she had and tried hard to avoid Damien's gaze throughout the meeting. Until finally the meeting was over and Diana called Leah and asked her to have lunch with Damien. Not inviting, more precisely, forcing.Having no reason because her boss told her to, Leah finally agreed. "We will take a walk, the restaurant we
Right before her eyes, Suzy, Luke, Donna, Mandy, Henry, Esmee, Vivian, Charlie, Mia, Granny, Kate, and even all the people from the publishing company came to surprised her."Oh my God, you guys are the best!" whispered Leah, teary."Owwww, come here!" Vivian moved forward to hug her. She turned her gaze to Adrian who grinned widely to see her wife cried happily.*****"So he won?!" yelled Mia when Leah told her the story about that rock, paper, scissors game that she and Adrian played at the Dr. Philips clinic. Leah nodded, "Yeah, so, I have to wait till the delivery to know the gender," said Leah lightly. Mia chuckled.Suddenly their gaze bumped into Suzy and Luke who were looked very romantic, Leah felt bad for Mia, but she knew Luke would never like Mia. Luke hated rich people."How do you feel about that guy right there?" asked Leah, moved her chin to where Luke was standing. Mia snorted, "At first I'm in pain, but now
Loud applause greeted Leah as she walked into the studio. She sat across the host in her beautiful black dress. She felt a little bit nervous, but she could handle the situation.The host lifted her hand, made the audience silent. "Leah Parker, first, I would like to thank you personally because you dare to write your story to the world through your novel, I read it by the way, and it's just very mind-blowing!" said the host which was a beautiful middle-aged woman named Katherine. Leah smiled, she put her hand on her chest and mumbled, "Thank you, Kate," in a whisper."So as we know this book is a novel which written base on a true story of the author herself, my question is, how do you manage to stay alive after all those horrible things your ex-husband did to you? I mean, even before this novel launched everyone in the U.S. might already hear the news about your experience, we know how miserable your life was..." asked the host, Leah could hear empa
"Leah, I'll explain everything..."Suddenly, Adrian took Leah's wrist and bring her to their bedroom. As the door shut, the sounds of people talking and laughing were gone. Leah took her hand off Adrian and moved quickly to the giant glass that the curtain was wide open. She could see the hustle and bustle of Manhattan below her."What do you want to know?" asked Adrian, somehow Leah could hear the fatigue in his tone that made her offended. She turned her body, "You make it sounds like I'm the one who brought the problem here!"Adrian rubbed his face, he exhaled violently, "Leah, come on! Please, don't make it difficult for me, the only reason I hid that fact was that I don't want you to be reacting this way! You'll be too sensitive and jealous without a reason," he said. Leah snorted, "So now it's officially my fault? Perfect! I know exactly that the past is past! But I demanded your honesty! Talking about jealousy, even you acted that way every time you saw
"I'm sure it's all just a misunderstanding, Leah you're currently married, you have to face all problems more wisely," said Suzy softly. Leah sighed, "Yeah you're right, I don't know lately I've been very sensitive, maybe because of my pregnancy hormones," said Leah, staring at her cellphone which was filled with calls from Adrian."You have to answer Adrian's call, he must be really worried about you," Suzy moved her chin towards Leah's cellphone which was still vibrating. Leah bit her lip, Suzy was right she is a wife, she should be more mature."I'll take this," Leah got up from the sofa, walking towards the tiny balcony that Suzy had beautifully arranged."Leah? Where are you? Are you okay, listen! I'm sorry, okay? I'll explain everything! Tell me where you are?"Hearing Adrian's worried voice made Leah burst into tears. For almost two minutes she just kept crying without saying anything. On the other side, Adrian apologized many times,
"Leah, what are you doing here?" asked Adrian coldly. Leah shrugged, "Just having lunch and accidentally bumped into Luke," Leah replied casually. She picked up the meat with chopsticks and ate it casually. As if she didn't care about Adrian and the oriental woman there."Didn't you say you weren't going anywhere this morning?" asked Adrian, still frowning in annoyance to see Leah with Luke.Leah shrugged,"Maybe Donna forgot to tell you, but earlier I came to your office to bring lunch, but it seems that you are busy with this woman, so I decided to eat here alone because the baby in my stomach is hungry," Leah babbled without looking at Adrian.Adrian looks surprised."You were at the office? Why didn't you tell me? Donna was not at her desk, I think she was having lunch so she forgot to tell me, Ummm Leah this is Lily, umm my client," Adrian introduced Leah to the oriental woman who was next to Leah.Leah looked at the orienta
Leah looked at Donna suspiciously,"Is there something you're hiding from me?" asked Leah narrowing her eyes. Donna shook her head, "What am I going to hide from you?" Donna said with a small laugh. Leah shrugged, "I don't know, maybe Adrian is having an affair with another woman or something," she mumbled as she tiptoed, trying to peek into Adrian's study, but all she could see was just a handbag.Donna laughed, "Adrian? Cheating on you? That's as impossible as a human mission to Mars!" Donna joked, but she quickly grabbed Leah's hand, "Let's go to the Coffee shop, this meeting really can't be interrupted," she said quickly. Leah still occasionally glanced around the room, wondering."So who is he meeting with?" Leah asked when she and Donna were in the elevator. Donna had a nervous look on her face. "Umm with an important client," Donna answered, which didn't help at all to allay Leah's suspicions.Leah suddenly remembered the woman's To
Leah entered the Penthouse, she tried to think of something else, but her mind kept going back to Adrian and the oriental woman at the Chinese restaurant earlier. Should she just call Adrian so she doesn't feel suspicious?Finally, Leah dialed Adrian's number, which had just been picked up after the fourth ring."Yes baby?" said Adrian straightforwardly."What time are you coming home?" Leah asked carefully."Probably in two hours, what's wrong honey?" he asked hastily. Leah bit her lip, looking for an excuse."Leah?""Umm I'm in the mood for Chinese food, I didn't have time to buy it when I went out," Leah finally found an excuse to provoke Adrian, to tell the truth."Okay! I'll buy it for you, I'll hang up the phone, okay, my client has come, love you!" chirped Adrian, not long after the call ended.Leah closed her eyes, dispelling the suspicion that had filled her head. Surely Adrian will tell her later, she didn't need to b
"So who's that Lily from Shanghai?" teased Leah after Adrian shut her phone. Adrian laughed, "She was just a friend I met a long time ago, she said she read the news about my marriage, and congratulate me that's all," said Adrian casually. "Ohh I see," replied her tried not to sound jealous."So, we're going to stay in the room at 65 floors until our house is ready to use, you don't mind, right?" asked Adrian, putting back his suits on his body. Leah shrugged, "I can sleep anywhere as long as it's not a pigsty," joked Leah made Adrian chuckled.*****They walked hand in hand inside the store, arguing about which sofa was better. They finished shopping after 5 hours and repeated that same activity in the whole week. Adrian intentionally accompanied Leah until their house was ready. He didn't want Leah to be too tired handling their new house.Today they had an appointment to meet Dr. Phillips, the obstetrician from Granny's
"Hi, Baby, bonjour! How do you feel?" Adrian touched Leah's cheek softly. Leah opened her eyes, she smiled, "I'm feeling better..." she answered turned her face to Adrian who sighed a sigh of relief. Last night was pretty tense and Adrian was so worried about it. But her mom told her that Leah had that pregnancy hormones thing which involved in all her moods, so Vivian guessed that Leah would get better in the morning and her guessing was right."Breakfast!" Adrian pulled the trolley closer to the bed. Leah frowned, "You don't have to do this, I can walk myself to the dining room," she said. Adrian grinned, "I wanted to serve you like this, at least once every week, you don't mind right?" teased Adrian touching Leah's chin. "Wow, I'm the luckiest woman on the planet!" exclaimed Leah, she grabbed the orange juice and sipped it slowly."So, when will we go back to NYC?" asked Leah, her eyes scanning all the food on the trolley and decided to pick a warm crois