Damon guffawed at the sight of her boiling-red cheeks. “All right, all right! No more teasing. Seriously, what were you thinking? I was definitely not going there unless a kiss is a ‘strenuous exercise’ in your book,” he replied slyly.Jeanette sighed in mostly relief and a little hint of embarrassment. Just a kiss, huh? And here she thought he was about to discard any providence and answer his carnal calling…“Fine. A kiss to take away your steam. Deal?” she said, pouting.“Deal. But whether
How could this guy act so irresponsibly? Did he have no idea just how irritatingly seductive he looked when he went around trying to tempt others!?Jeanette had to remain in her sanctuary for a while to finally wrestle enough control over herself. She lifted her head, and the reflection in the mirror did the same. Cheeks tinged with yet subsided rosy blushes. Eyes gleaming and twinkling. She actually looked like she was at the eve of intimacy!Jeanette shivered, unscrewed the tap, and splash
Jeanette furrowed her eyebrows. “Is asking you to obey traffic law a challenge now?”“You know, you can solve this issue quickly by getting into my car right now, and I’ll drive away as soon as possible. I’ll break no law,” he reparteed, blinking with a smile in his eyes.Jeanette drew a sharp intake of breath. “I don’t want to get into your car. Is that so hard to get?”He pouted. “But why? I don’t recall offending any of your sensibilities these two days!”“Why didn’t you wake me up when w
Xavier’s sudden outburst took Jeanette by surprise. She was shocked in one second, embarrassed in the next, and just at a loss of reactions throughout.Meanwhile, Xavier continued bawling with the intensity of a war film, his hand grabbing hers as though he was traumatized by his abandonment, his eyes infuriatingly misty with tears he managed to squeeze out. A crestfallen, beleaguered husband.Jeanette took quite some time to finally make sense of what happened. Burning embarrassment soon foll
Jeanette could feel a stab of migraine ringing in her head as it became all too clear that there was no way she could make a run from this debacle. She had naively believed that if she was determined enough, Xavier could never force her, but she never expected the man to use something this ridiculously low in retaliation. To think he would put on a show this undignifying and untrue in public eyes! How was she supposed to walk away while everyone watched?She clenched her jaw and glared at Xavie
God, what was this with this ridiculously frail look? Mimi’s reflection looked as withered as a ghost. She had sobbed so much yesterday that her eyes revolted, being swollen, red, and just freakish in general. The rest of her complexion was no better. Her cheeks were bloodless and ghastly, as though she had just emerged from an apocalyptic sickness.Nothing in the mirror—where a face twisted by grief and corrupted by pain stared hollowly at Mimi—conferred the bygone charisma and glamor of her y
Britney paused, briefly stunned, before erupting into laughter. “Oh my God, Mimi. You, making me ‘regret it’? Uh, reality called and is asking you ‘how?’ Your career is in its twilight years, b*tch. You ain’t got nothing like you used to be. Your time has passed, you’re the only one clinging. I can make sure you never get a job again if I wanna.”Mimi sneered. “Sure, put your money where your mouth is. I wanna see how much you could persuade Mr. Russo.”Britney’s eyes seemed to be popping out
Mimi clawed at Britney’s hair, seized whatever fell within her grip, and began pummeling the head without caring where her fist landed.Britney’s well-done coiffure became the first collateral damage. Mimi’s fingers dragged locks of hair out of its place in multiple directions, and now it looked more like a bird’s nest. Britney shrieked, her scream aided by the fear that her scalp was about to be ripped away, which only made her look downright comical.Mimi’s relentless onslaught gave no space