"Have you found Jessica?" Leah asked, chewing the grilled salmon in her mouth. Jerome stopped his hand which was busy cutting the salmon on his plate, "She will contact you soon," Jerome replied coldly.Leah frowned, "What do you mean? So you talked to Jessica already?" Leah shouted impatiently. Was her bad thought about Jerome is a mistake?Jerome nodded, "I managed to find the number last night when you were busy hanging out with another man," Jerome responded. His face was flat.Leah's heartfelt as if it had slumped to her knees. She lowered her head, staring at her nearly empty plate. Her brain was deep in thought, thinking of the most appropriate answer."I don't understand what you're talking about," Leah reacted at last. She could imagine that after this Jerome might curse her violently.Jerome laughed out loud, the echo of his laughter filling the silence of the dining room. Leah shuddered in horror, she gripped her dress tig
"I'm so sorry, I think lost my mind because I was so worried about Jessica..." Leah's voice sounded soft, breaking the silence of the living room where she and Jerome were sitting opposite each other with two glasses of wine in front of them.Jerome smiled, his hand reached out to gently touch Leah's hair. "I see, let's forget everything that happened yesterday and start over,"For some reason, this time Leah heard the seriousness in Jerome's expression, but she quickly pinched her thigh, to remind herself of her original purpose."Yeah, I guess we should," said Leah, confused about what to say, her thoughts still on her sister, Jessica."What's bothering you this time? Didn't Jessica call you already?" asked Jerome, somewhat displeased with Leah's gloomy expression.Leah took a deep breath while shrugging her shoulders slowly, "I don't know, I feel like she's covering up something from me, I'm not sure if she's okay or not," Leah sa
"It looks like I won't be able to keep up with the way you have sex, it traumatizes me...""Ummm I mean, can we not have sex for a while, If you don't mind...""It's not that I don't love you anymore, but, Huft...I don't know how to explain it, I just need some time..." Leah struggled to say what she meant.Leah closed her eyes, bracing for the worst. Whatever risk she has to endure, as long as she can reveal all of Jerome's dark secrets, Leah will try to survive.Jerome fell silent, he was observing the expression on Leah's face that was completely terrified. His hand reached out to caress Leah's beautiful face. Leah winced, her heart beating so fast that her ears were deafening.Was Jerome going to slap her? Or maybe he's going to kick her?Bad thoughts began to fill Leah's mind. But it turned out that what Jerome had done was the opposite, Jerome's hand went down to grasp Leah's fingers gently."Of cours
"Who are you looking for?" a fat man peeked through his glasses. Leah smiled a little, "Is Chloe here?" Leah asked, her eyes scouring every corner of the room.The fat man rose from his seat, "Come follow me, are you new here?"Leah nodded politely while following the fat man. "I'm Ralph, Chloe is my boss, which division are you from?""Leah Abigail, public relations," Leah welcomed Ralph's hand. Even meeting strangers made Leah feel better. "Ah, what a shame you have to deal with the cruel Gianna," said Ralph, chuckling softly.Ralph led Leah through several cubicles to a glass room with the writing of Chloe Coleman - Editor on it.Chloe was seen talking to someone while occasionally staring at her computer screen. "Looks like she's not in a good mood, just wait here, you can come in after Lucy out." Ralph patted Leah's shoulder then turn
"Why did you style your hair like that?" Jerome pointed at Leah's ponytail. "Everyone is dressed casually in the office, I don't want to look too flashy."Leah cheerfully touches her long hair but Jerome gave her a look of displeasure."Don't let those morons sway you, they are just tacky people who don't even know how to dress properly," grumbled Jerome, he waved his hand, calling for their cook to pour the asparagus soup into his bowl.Leah's face tightened, "Morons? tacky people? Really? Isn't that a bit too much? Just because their fashion sense is different doesn't mean...""Enough! I'm not in the mood to argue," Jerome's cold voice stopped Leah.Leah's hands were tightly clenched, if she wasn't on an important mission in her life, she wouldn't have let Jerome treat her that way. Suddenly she missed the way Adrian treated her...*****"Thanks, Claire! You're the best!"L
"How was your day?" asked Jerome without looking away from his cellphone. "Good," Leah tried to sound as usual as she can, even though she felt like screaming because she was too happy after talking to her old friend, Chloe."Damn it!""Tom, turn around! We need to go back to Kings now! Drive as fast as possible!" shouted Jerome in anger, something bad must have happened in Kings right now. Leah bit her lips, feeling so curious about the situation but she didn't have the guts to ask.On their way back to the Kings, Jerome was busy typing on his cellphone, while Leah was also busy playing Candy Crush on her cell phone, she chose not to ask Jerome about the situation. She didn't want to upset him, or else Jerome will be mad at her.Jerome's car pulled over in the King's lobby, he hurriedly stepping out of the car but then he remembered that Leah was still inside the car."Tom will take you hom
"I am your husband Leah, we're still married and we love each other!" cried Jerome as he glared at Leah."He lied to you and you know it! You have been separated since more than a year ago!" said Adrian, his jaw tightened, his fists clenched tightly. Leah stood between the two with a throbbing pain in her head, if that damn memory had appeared soon, it wouldn't have been like this!Leah woke up from her sleep, out of breath. Sweat soaked all over her body. 'It's just a nightmare, Leah, relax...' she tried to soothe herself.Suddenly Leah remembered what Chloe had said about Adrian last night. What if Jerome was right when he said that Adrian was a Psychopath? Leah shook her head in horror, tried to get rid of that crazy thought of her mind.Leah dragged her feet towards the bathroom and clean herself in hurry. When her eyes bumped into the towel shelf which was the place where she hid her cell phone, suddenly she felt the urg
"Leah, you awake?" Chloe bent over Leah with a worried face. Leah blinked her eyes several times, trying to focus on Chloe's face. Everything was still blurred around her."Where am I?" whispered Leah, she felt like something sharp stabbing the back of her head, she groaned in pain."You're at the office clinic, are you in pain? I'll call the doctor!" Just when Chloe was about to step out, Leah held her hand, made Chloe frowned. "I'm okay Chloe, let's get out of here, I got so many things to do..." said Leah weakly.Chloe examined Leah's face, then she shook her head, "No! Absolutely no! You look sick, just get some rest, don't push yourself so hard!" said her a little bit angry.Just like in the old days, Leah could never say no when it comes to Chloe's order. In their friendship, Chloe was like a mother figure. Leah sighed, suddenly she missed the other member of the group, Suzy, Caitlyn, and Jason. Where are they?
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