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Elsida doesn’t waste time unbuckling her seat belts when the taxi driver arrives at her house, she rushes through the door and lets out a ragged breath when she sees Nancy and Natasha crouched together.“Nancy,” she sighs as tears fall down her cheeks.“Elsida,” Nancy breathes, pulling away from Natasha and walking towards her briskly. She wraps her shaky arms around her.“How bad is he?” Elsida croaks.Nancy attempts to get the words past her lips but they just quiver and Elsida grips her arms tightly in reassurance. Who was she kidding? She could barely keep herself together, Nancy’s hands clasped in hers provided her with a sense of reassurance of whatever was to come.With one last glance at Natasha, they made their way out of the house.“Can you at least tell me how he is?” Elsida whispered, her eyes meeting Nancy’s for a brief moment.They rode to the hospital in stark silence, the driver was not chatty, the radio was turned off and the usually bustling streets of New York were
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ELSIDA“Shit,” Elsida curses.The paparazzi are unrelenting as they crowd the Benoit mansion. Elsida’s fists remain clenched as she sets one foot on the ground. She releases a ragged breath before they surround her like hungry animals.“Over here Elsida!”“Can I have a word Elsida!”“Are you married to Julien Benoit? I heard it was all part of a game.”“You’re not Elsida Benoit, you’re a Dalton!”Elsida releases a shuddered breath and it takes an immense amount of willpower for her to make it to the front door.The door opens on its own revealing a scowling Julien. His eyes narrow slightly when they take in her tattered state.“Julien,” she breathes.His eyes soften a fraction and the scowl on his mouth dissipates. “Where have you been El? You left in such a hurry.”Elsida’s eyes betray her and they cloud with tears, her gaze remains unrelenting.“Hey, what’s wrong?” Julien pulls her to him and she breathes his woody scent for a second before she pulls away, wiping at her tears with s
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11 YEARS AGOSURREY MENTAL HOSPITAL MANHATTANELSIDA “Elsida dear, a family is here to see you.” Elsoda’s fingers pause the accent on the piano, she swerves her head to face Nancy and suppresses a groan.“I don't want to see them, Nancy.”Nancy’s gaze is apologetic. She approaches Elsida with a careful smile on her face. “They are good friends of your Father, they seem nice and have been hoping for a child, why don’t you give them a shot?”Her hands move to her baby bump on instinct. The bump she found herself getting uncharacteristically attached to. It wasn't as though she wanted to keep the child.All she wanted was for the baby to not end up in the hands of some rich bratty work-ohssesd family. The only person she wanted to have him was staring at her with a hopeful gaze.She let out a sigh, “Fine, lead the way.”As they arrive in the visitor's suite, the middle-aged couple seated rise to their feet with matching excited smiles. It was borderline creepy.Are they trying to scare
Last Updated : 2024-10-03Mr Billionaire’s Escort The whole time
JULIEN Armand barely perks up at the sound of Julien’s footsteps as he enters his office.Julien’s eyes narrow slightly at his Father’s disheveled state.Armand’s hair is a ruffled mess and papers are strewn across his usually tidy table.Julien takes the seat in front of his Father and cannot help the wary gaze he throws at him.He cares for the bastard, albeit reluctantly.“I see you got rid of the press,” Julien muses.Armand doesn’t take his eyes off his bottle of whiskey when he answers, “My PR Secretary finally got the job done.”“Ahh.”Minutes pass and the air remains tense with silence. The recent events have made Julien to see his Father in a different lens and he eyes him as though he’s not the same man that instilled rigid manners in him.This was not why he came to see his Father, he didn’t have time to dilly-dally yet so he cracks his knuckles and cuts to the chase.“Tell me something Father, did you know I had a son?”Armand’s gaze finally flickers to Julien but he doe
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ELSIDA“May his soul rest in peace.”Elsida muffles a gasp and Nancy clutches onto her tightly as Jasper’s casket is carried into the dirt.“Jasper,” she whispers suppressing a shudder as tears stream down her face.Her Father and Natasha stand beside her and William Dalton pulls his daughter into his arms suppressing her anguished cries.“It’ll be fine Elsida,” he whispers into her hair.Elsida chokes on a sob. No, it won’t, she muses.Jasper is gone and she never allowed herself to get to know him, she was too grief-stricken to manage to welcome a baby.At the moment, she regrets it dearly.She wipes her nose with a handkerchief and her eyes zoom in on a mop of curly locks.Julien.He stands like an on-looker mere inches away with his hands tucked into his pockets and a muscle in his jaw jumping.He meets her gaze with his red-rimmed eyes and Elsida shudders, letting go of her Dad.“I’ll be back Dad, I just want to “William gives her a reassuring smile. “You don’t need to explain y
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JULIEN FATHER AND SON THERAPY“Armand, what would you like to achieve out of today’s session, is there something you would like to work through today?”Armand gives the therapist a blank stare countering her encouraging smile and Julien scoffs at his Father.The stubborn bastard.“No Cynthia, I’m here because my son threatened me and he’s of the opinion that this is somehow supposed to help me? This is not how we did it in my time, I need a smoke.”Cynthia’s smile becomes strained and she clutches her stress bubble.Julien gives Cynthia an apologetic smile and turns to glare at his Father.“Father please, can you not act like a child? The session is just for an hour, after that you can get your smoke.” Julien says it to Armand in a cautious voice doing his best to appease him.Armand rolls his eyes but says nothing more. Cynthia takes it as her clue and claps her hands, “Shall we begin then?”“Yes Cynthia, please go ahead.”Cynthia nods her head as she takes some notes on her iPad b
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ELSIDA“Natasha!” Elsida shrieks as shampoo smears her eyes.Natasha lets out an aggravated sigh, “What is it Elsida? You’re distracting me from the job at hand. It’s not my fault your hair has not seen a shampoo in almost a month. Disgusting,” she huffs.Elsida rolls her eyes and it makes her predicament worse. Along with stray locks of her brunette hair, shampoo smears her eyes and a stinging sensation builds up in them.“That’s it, Natasha! I’ll take it from here, I’m very capable of handling my hair.”Natasha ignores her and applies more pressure to Elsida’s hair l, her hands scrubbing at the roots with aggravating force.“Let me treat you to it Elsida. For once just let me. You’ve been taking care of me since I was in diapers, can’t you just let me reciprocate it?”Elsida sighs at her sister's dramatics.Natasha turns off the shower and wraps a towel around Elsida’s hair. “Took you long enough,” Elsida hisses.Natasha puts her hand on her chest in a show of anguish. “A simple th
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JULIEN FATHER AND SON THERAPY SESSION 2“How are you doing today, Armand?” Cynthia asks.Armand hums, “I’d rather be anywhere but here but seeing as I am not making any threats I’m peachy.”Julien fights the urge to roll his eyes at his Father’s antics and Cynthia gives him an amused smile.“That’s great to hear Armand. In the last session, Julien got to talk about himself, today is your turn. Tell me about yourself, what is it you like and do not like? What aggravates you?”Armand scoffs as his fingers tap the desk lightly. Julien arches an eyebrow. Cynthia smiles, “Any moment from now would be lovely.”“Well if you insist.” Armand drawls.”I’ll start with what I don’t like. I don’t like the fact that my son doesn’t trust me. I detest the fact that he’s so weary of me and probably thinks I’m going to commit suicide 'cause I’m so depressed any moment from now.”Cynthia’s eyes widen at Armand’s outburst but she gives him an encouraging nod. However, Julien is not having it. “Oh please
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ELSIDA“Are you ready?” Julien asks while I readjust my lipstick in my compact mirror.“Just a second, Mr Benoit.”Julien’s glare is scathing when his gaze flicks away from his phone to mine. “I told you to stop calling me that.”I ignore him and return my compact in my Chanel purse, I place my hand on the door to make my exit when his warm palm snakes around my ankle.“Are you good El?” He calls me by the nickname even though I’ve warned him several times not to use that title on me and I roll my eyes at him.“You know, this is a very important meeting for this project, we cannot let our emotions get the best of us.”As if I wasn’t aware?I knew how important this meeting was, this company was my baby and Mr Gonzalo’s investment wasn’t something I planned to play around with.He was a very successful business tycoon in Spain who liked to give nouvelle companies and empires of the sort a chance with his hefty investments and today might just be my lucky day. So, to answer his questio
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ELSIDA I swallow. “Yes your majesty, that’s the name, Julien Benoit.”“Hmm,” she mumbles before taking a sip of her tea. “And your company for J, tell me, what inspired the name?” She asks in an all too curious voice.Holy shit, I muse.The Queen knows, there’s no way she’d be asking this question if she didn’t.My heart thuds faster against my rib cage and I do my best not to fidget.“Could you rephrase your question, I’m not quite sure what you mean Your Majesty,” I add the last part with a bow.The clang of her tea cup against the plate is resounding and her eyes narrow to stilts in my direction.I’m so fucked.“Let’s not pretend Elsida, I tried sugarcoating this to see if you would come clean but since you insist on me being blunt, I have no choice but to cut to the chase then.”“Your majesty I-““I know about your past with Julien dear. I know everything,” she says, her voice soft.How her tone switches gives me a whiplash and I’m left staring at this formidable woman with my
