“Stupid! Stupid!” Andy continued growling at herself, slamming one of Harriet's bedroom pillows in her own face, while her friends watched, worried.
“Uh… Andy, I don’t think this is going to help much.” Lynn said carefully, “I mean, it's not the end of the world. You can still talk to Gabriel when he returns. I’m sure he’ll understand that you were, uh… Too shocked to think straight.”
“How could I react like that?” Andy asks herself for the hundredth time since that afternoon “Not just about the fake prints that some stranger stuffed in a box, but… About him saying he loved me.” She ran her fingers through her hair, frustrated. “I know I've felt the same way about him since we got back from spring week! So… Why did I just freeze?”
“I've been trying not to alarm anyone in the family about this, but these sudden weaknesses are really making me worry.” Imogen had written “It's like someone drained all my blood in just one second. At least, the hospital that Adele recommended is really fantastic, everyone is kind and with excellent training, especially Dr. Ferrars. He was the reason Adele recommended the hospital in the first place. She knows that her best friend's husband will take good care of me and I couldn't be more grateful for that. Edgar and I have seen glimpses of each other a few times over the years, but I've never spent enough time with him to realize how thoughtful, sweet and, I have to admit, very handsome he is. He has the darkest and most intense blue eyes I've ever seen. I wonder if everyone who knows him finds themselves thinking about those eyes so often.”“I tried to be optimistic about
“It was a risky move to spend this weekend with Edgar, but love does strange things to people.” It was the sentence that began the first page after those that had been torn out, clearly the continuation of a paragraph that Andy would never know what it said, but that she couldn't help but smile, agreeing with her mother.“Today was the five-year anniversary of the first time Edgar said he loved me. I got one of my friends to help me by being an alibi and we managed to have a romantic dinner on a Friday night, which usually never happens. Once again, he tried to convince me to accept our relationship now that my divorce from Alphonse was made official, but I refused, as always. Not even I can explain why it was so much easier to free myself from that man and continue in the Vamcap family, than to admit to them that I was in love with another man all this time, even when Alphonse had the au
“Is this the place, madam?” Gabriel’s driver asked, but Andy was already getting out of the car, with just her small suitcase with her."Yes, thanks. Don’t worry, I’ll tell Ms. Ferrars that you and the helicopter crew did the favor of getting me here so quickly.” She smiled at the old man, pulling out another bill from her wallet to hand it to him “Here, another tip. And thank you again for fulfilling my request.”“Don’t worry, miss. Mr. Ferrars has made it very clear that any wish of yours is an order.” the man said, although he was only looking at the $100 bill she had placed in his hand “Please let us know if you, Ms. Ferrars or his mother need anything else. Would you like me to accompany you inside?”"No. I want to enjoy the night bre
She wouldn't be able to escape Mark like she had once done.It was in the midst of that terrible despair, as her entire neck burned with pain, Andy even thought that the pair of blue eyes that appeared over Mark's shoulder was an illusion of her mind to try to make her feel a little more comforted… But, when Mark's grip on her throat loosened as an arm applied to her and hadlock in his own, she realized that she wasn't hallucinating.Gabriel was really there.“You let her go now…” he said, his eyes wide in a way that could not be described in any way other than murderous. “And I will give you the reward of a quick death.”“Gabriel…” Now it was Mark who was struggling for air, but he still managed to laugh “Al
“What are you doing?” Gabriel asked, almost causing Andy to drop her cell phone in surprise.“I was letting Lynn and Harriet know that I’m fine.” she lied, watching him dry his hair, with his chest showing almost completely in the half-open robe, after the hot shower they had just taken together “I came running here too suddenly. They are certainly worried.”“Did the medicine the doctor gave help your pain?” He sat next to her on the bed, his sad eyes fixed on her purplish neck."Yes. I’ll probably sound like a vulture for a long time, but the pain has gotten a lot better.” Andy reassured him, leaning against his shoulders “But what about you? I mean, you beat that river today. How it feels?" she smiled, proudly.
“It’s serious, Gabriel. The doctor said it's normal for it to be swollen over the next few days, so stop turning my face into a refrigerator, okay?” Andy asked, good-naturedly, but nothing was able to stop Gabriel from continuing to gently press the ice bag against the painful lump that had formed above her ear “Oh, Gosh, I didn't know someone was capable of typing that fast until I told Lynn and Harriet about what happened where that night.” she sighed, responding to the thousands of messages that her friends were bombarding her smartphone with, even though they had spent an entire hour talking that morning “I wanted to know what I have to do to convince them that I'm okay... Oh, shit!” She shivered, as a simple movement of her neck made every bruised spot on her body scream.“That piece of shit…” Gabriel growled, placing the ice on his head aga
“And I even allowed him to stay with my son’s room in the main house!” Sienna grunted, taking another sip of gin while talking to Adele and Jullian, even though it wasn't yet 10 a.m. and they had just finished breakfast “How could that boy betray me like that? I tried my best to be like a mother to him…”“I wonder what we can expect from your own son, if your nephew has already proven himself a psychopath.” Aaron grumbled nearby, with a book clutched in his hands that Andy doubted they were actually reading.“Aaron…” Rose elbowed him, sitting next to him on the couch in the break room where they were, looking more like a cop trying to get a bad guy in line than a wife.“You couldn't imagine what Mark would become or the things that were going
“Very well… The Critical Legal Studies Movement, The Lawyer as a Friend… Yes, I think it’s all here.” Andy sighed contentedly to herself, finally deciding that the organization of her office's bookshelf was finished and she hadn't forgotten anything in her old room in the Whitlock building “The last one I'd like to leave behind would be my books.” she mumbled softly, so that the bodyguard outside the door couldn't hear, while she talked to herself.It wasn't like this was the first time she had a private security guard. Everyone born into a family like the Vamcaps received one along with their bottle and diapers, until they were old enough to know whether they preferred more discreet security or whether they didn't mind being followed every step they took. She had long ago opted for the first option, but there wasn't much she could do with Mark still on the run a
In the Calibur Pack, no one was satisfied with the Alpha's wedding, especially himself. Hunter had spent the last few years being told by everyone that he should find a woman, even if she wasn't his fated mate, and produce an heir for the pack as soon as possible. And now, as he stood at the altar, wearing a suit so old it seemed to be squeezing even his soul, he could hear the agitated murmurs of his wolves, scattered around the small chapel honoring the Moon God, but not quiet enough to his Alpha's keen hearing could not hear. “Oh, our poor Alpha…” one of the older women in the pack whispered “We prayed so hard for the God to send him a good Luna and now this… What did Hunter do to deserve a woman like that?” “I heard she once had a maid cut off her own finger so she could eat it.” one of the teens said to his friends, as if telling a horror story. "This is ridiculous. But the rumor that she has a collection of whips and names them all, so she knows what punishment to give to tho
“And lastly, the case Miller vs. Jones will be under the responsibility of Miss Matthewson.” Andy announced to his colleagues, turning off the tablet screen that was under the meeting room table, “Any questions? Well, they're dismissed. Have a good weekend, everybody.” she wished with a smile, causing all the lawyers to stand up, starting to get out of their chairs and take their folders and cases with them, but one person approached her chair before Andy could turn around to talk to Harriet “Is there a problem, Miss Matthewson?” she asked, looking at the young woman with short blonde hair and blue eyes that looked almost scared. “It’s not that, Mrs. Ferrars, it’s just…” she swallowed hard “Are you sure it wouldn’t be better to put this case in the hands of a more experienced lawyer?” “You did well being my support in the last trial.” Andy explained “I think
“Ian!” Harriet stopped her scream from spreading throughout her parents' entire house when she buried her face into the pillow, the only thing she could do as she felt Ian's body moving against her, making the pleasure all that was in her mind. “Harriet…” he growled against her ear, still holding her shoulders in front with one arm and using the other to pinch her nipples, keeping her where he wanted as he continued slamming that thick, long cock into her mercilessly, making her pussy leaking everywhere onto the white sheets “My angel…” Ian called her nickname, with his accent appearing between the syllables in a way that always warmed her heart, even when she wasn't able to realize it “That tight pussy is even better than I imagined…” “Ian…” she whined, rubbing her cheek against the sheet as her entire body swayed from his fierce thrusts.
“You don’t have to go in if you don’t want to.” Nathan muttered, although his attention was still fully focused on the car window, where he could see the main door of McCoy's mansion, just a few meters away from where they were parked. "I can get the things you want."Lynn didn't even know why that behavior bothered her so much. It was always like that between them. When she was still married to Henry, Lynn remembered wishing that something could happen to break the awkward tension that always existed between them, that made them smile awkwardly and avoid contact as much as possible, just so that an accident would never happen that would force them to to admit how attracted they were to each other. And now, she was officially divorced and had said out loud, and in the middle of an entire nightclub, that she wanted to sleep with him... But in the end, as much as they had agreed to be
“Grandma, I don’t think we have to put up the crests of the spouses of everyone who married into the family.” Alec sighed, discreetly moving his shoulders as if to push his grandmother away from his computer screen.“You’re already twelve, kid. It’s time to get to know the roots that form your family, even if it’s through school work.” Adele grumbled, again trying to reach her notebook, even though she probably had no idea how she could insert an image into the document.“I'm eleven years old, Grandma…” Alec snorted “Besides, this job doesn't need anything too special… This family tree thing doesn't even matter anyway…” he muttered and, even from where they were, sitting with Andy on a sofa a little away from the table where Alec was writing his work in the Vamcap libra
“Are you sure it wouldn’t be better to wear a suit?” Gabriel asked, looking at his sweater “I loved your gift, but I don't want your brother to think I'm being too casual…” “Gabriel, it’s a family-only Christmas dinner.” Andy laughed, hugging his arm even more tightly, while guiding Luca by the collar with his other hand and pulling them both into the Vamcap mansion, still seeming extremely familiar with that place even though it hadn't been her home for four months to be casual "And don't worry about Aaron's ugly face. He growls but doesn't bite. Only I can do this with you.” She released Luca, who ran free through the house in the direction where the food was coming from, and discreetly squeezed his ass, causing Gabriel to stop on the way just so he could hold her ass too and kiss her, moving his tongue in her mouth like his dick was doing in her pussy, just a few moments earlier, in the car.
“And then, as you can imagine, the doctor said everything was fine with me. I just need to ice the bruises and take some painkillers every now and then. Nothing that surprises me, since it's literally the fifth doctor to tell me this, but my family and Ian keep insisting... Mom, I'm talking to Andy! Will you stop doing that?!” Harriet snorted on the other end of the line, making Andy laugh softly. “You have to take care of that swelling in your ankle! You don’t want to be limping in your wedding day, do you?” Ms. Bloom complained and the cell phone started to sound strange and squeaky, as if it was being passed quickly from hand to hand. “How many times do I have to repeat it, mom? Ian and I being together now doesn’t mean we’re getting married tomorrow, no matter how much you and him insist on it!” Harriet complained, “Sorry, Andy, the people in this house are all crazy about marrying people off without their consent. Even when their own daughter was kidnapped less than a week ago.”
The sound of the shot hurt her ears, but even so, Andy forced herself to keep her eyes open, watching Mark's shoulder explode with blood, throwing him backwards, as the bullet she had been waiting for finally was fired.“Harriet!” Andy shouted, running towards where Mark had fallen, dropping the gun in one direction and Harriet in the other. “Run!”With her hands tied, her best friend rolled over on the floor, anxiously trying to get up even with her legs clearly wobbly, while Mark grunted in pain and anger on the floor, holding his injured shoulder as he screamed and tried to reach the gun that had slid away.“You fucking bitch! You’re all going to die now!”While he finally managed to reach Harriet and managed to help her try t
"Breathe deeply." Gabriel told her, when he finally parked the car in front of the abandoned gas station in the middle of the dark night, with only a streetlight in the distance illuminating the entire highway very poorly “It's going to be okay, I promise.”“Let's get out of the car slowly and without making any sudden movements…” Andy advised, reaching for his hand one last time, trying in vain to control her racing heart “And, please… Promise me that you won't put yourself in danger. No matter what he says, make sure you don’t get hurt, will you?” she begged, making him smile that smile she loved so much.“The same goes for you, my love.” he reminded, before, clearly unwillingly, taking his hand from hers “Now, let's go.”“Slowly