“You are late?” Kayla said to Emily, immediately she walked into the luxurious boutique.
“What do you want from me, Kayla? I am here, aren't I?” Emily sighed, weary of any argument.
“So rude and uncouth” Kayla’s long-time friend, Caroline, chimed in.
“I am not like you. That your main occupation is shopping. I have things I would rather do than be here.” Emily said, leaning over, she poured herself a glass of champagne.
She needed this to numb her senses, if she wanted to stay one more minute in their pr
“hey! Can you get off your phone, today is my birthday ” Julie said with a grimace. Logan raised his hands in surrender. "So, sorry, promise not to look at my phone and focus on you.” “You better or she would skin you alive,” Michael chimed in. “it would have been better if we had thrown a party for you. Are you sure you are okay with just having a meal with us in a fancy restaurant?” Logan asked. “I just want to spend time with my family. That's enough for me” Julie said, the warmth of her smile, echoed in her voice as she reached across the table and held both Logan and Michael's hand. “speaking of family, what about Emily? Isn't she part of the family? I am surprised you didn't bring Emily,” Micheal asked."She is technically not family if what they have is an arrangement.” Julie responded sharply, avoiding all pretense.“It is Julie's birthday. She decides who comes and who doesn't.” logan gave a dismissive shrug of his shoulders. “well if Logan has done some wifely things w
Sunday arrived sooner than Emily expected. She had expected to get something on Julie. but Julie had decided to spend some time with Michael.Ms. Heather walked into the room with a beautiful champagne coloured dress in her hands. Just as the makeup artist put the finishing touches on her face.“Mr. Logan would drop dead if he sees you now.” Ms. Heather smiled with satisfaction.“I doubt that,” Emily grumbled.Ms. Heather ignored what Emily said, placing the dress on the bed. The makeup artist quickly began packing up her things.“Mr. Logan is waiting for you in the car” Ms Heather gave a curt nod and left. The makeup artist followed suit.Moments later, Emily joined Logan in the car.“looking at you, I gue
“We will expect the table and chairs by Monday next week, but the clean-up crew will be here tomorrow so we can set up the mixer at the back when they are done. Hopefully, we will be done with fixing up this place before the opening.” Her best friend Jennifer said as she strikes things off the to-do-list. Propping her hands on her hips, she rolled her head between her shoulders to ease the tension.“Hmm… good. Don’t forget to send me the invoice.” Emily replied.Jennifer nodded, satisfied with the progress they were making. She looked at Emily and smiled. “I can’t believe your dad relented about you joining the family business and even gave you a shop.”“I know, right!” Emily said with a wide grin as she paced back and forth. Emily couldn’t believe that she was actually doing this. Especially when her father expected her to join the family hotel business after finishing her degree in business management. But she had always harbored a dream of opening her own bakery with Jennifer. Thi
Emily woke up. Glancing around. Her gaze rested on a metal IV stand with saline bags, and a woman in white trying to connect it to her arm.“Where am I?” Emily frowned.“Oh good, you are awake.” the woman smiled at Emily.“. leave us," a dark masculine voice said .Emily turned towards the voice. He had a hard and handsome face. The nurse turned to leave, but Emily instinctively held the lady's hand.“Don’t worry, you are in good hands,” the lady encouraged her. as she pried her hands from Emily and stepped out.Emily’s face turned white. She tried sitting up and felt pain shooting up her stomach.“Relax, if I wanted to do something vile. I would have done it the night I saved you. But I guess you don’t remember.”“Are you the one that helped me?” Emily said in a shaky voice.He looked at her intently before he answered. “You are lucky I stopped the car. Because I actually thought it was a ploy to rob me. People hardly venture that road at night.”She nodded her head and looked away.
“Ryan! What the hell are you doing?” Emily screamed, taking a step back.Ryan jumped off the bed, sweat glistening off his skin as he stared at her. The lady in bed with him covered her face.“What are you doing here? I told you to inform me whenever you are coming over to my place,” Ryan said, breathing hard.“Is that what you are concerned about, and who is the whore you are with?” She walked up to the bed and ripped the blanket off, and her eyes widened in shock. “Kayla…”Ryan ran his hand through his hair. The fact he was avoiding her gaze made it harder to deny what she was witnessing.“I wanted to tell you, Emily,” he said“How long has this been going on?” Emily asked.“We have been dating close to a year.” Ryan said.“Is a joke right?” She let out a humorless laugh. "I mean, none of this is real." “You weren’t meant to be here.” Kayla said. Drawing herself up to full height and thrusting her chin.“You have always been full of shit,” she said glaring at Kayla.“You are overre
Logan was in his study looking over some documents. When a knock at the door interrupted him.“Yes,” Logan beckoned.“Miss Emily Henderson is here to see you, sir.” Logan’s housekeeper said.“Let her in,” Logan said.Logan anticipated this meeting with Emily. When she called, he knew he had her where he wanted. But in his experience, he had to account for when things do not go as planned.When Emily was guided in. He noticed she was pale. Logan stood up and gestured towards the only couch in the study.“Miss Emily, have a seat. Looks like you would fall down at any moment. Do you want anything juice…water,”“No, I am fine,” Emily replied “To what do I owe this pleasure?” He asked, as they both sat down.“Don‘t act as if you don’t know why I am here,” she scoffed“I am not as self-absorbed as you think.” Logan tilted head to the side.“Why do you want my shares?” Emily asked, pressing her palms together firmly.“It is a promising company. Coupled with the fact that there would soon be
Emily bites her lips. She could feel her heart pounding against her ribcage. She stared at the big rock on her finger, still in disbelief that she married this man seated beside her in the car, a week ago. The car stopped at the venue. “It’s time to let the world know you are married to me,” Logan said, stepping out of the car. He offered his hand to her. She hesitated before taking his hand, knowing if she did this, there was no backing out.“Smile. You don’t want people to think I forced you against your will,” he whispered as they stood on the red carpet. The flash light went off as the paparazzi took pictures of them.“How can I, when this dress is killing me.” She sighed with a pinched expression.“Nobody can wear this dress better than you,” Logan whispered into her ear.Emily's muscles tensed. She opened her mouth to say something nasty to him but thought better of it.They were announced and directed to where Emily’s family was all seated with the Miller’s. Emily walked up t
Emily stared intently at Logan as he tapped his screen. Lost in the conversation he was having, with whoever he was texting, with a goofy smile on his face. While, when he spoke to her, he always had a fierce look on his face.“Why didn’t you come clean when I asked you, if you were related to the miller’s?” Emily blurted out as she crossed her arms.“I felt It was irrelevant since that family abandoned me and my mother.” Logan shrugged half-heartedly without taking his eyes off his phone.Emily looked away, trying to get hold of the anger stirring through her body.
Sunday arrived sooner than Emily expected. She had expected to get something on Julie. but Julie had decided to spend some time with Michael.Ms. Heather walked into the room with a beautiful champagne coloured dress in her hands. Just as the makeup artist put the finishing touches on her face.“Mr. Logan would drop dead if he sees you now.” Ms. Heather smiled with satisfaction.“I doubt that,” Emily grumbled.Ms. Heather ignored what Emily said, placing the dress on the bed. The makeup artist quickly began packing up her things.“Mr. Logan is waiting for you in the car” Ms Heather gave a curt nod and left. The makeup artist followed suit.Moments later, Emily joined Logan in the car.“looking at you, I gue
“hey! Can you get off your phone, today is my birthday ” Julie said with a grimace. Logan raised his hands in surrender. "So, sorry, promise not to look at my phone and focus on you.” “You better or she would skin you alive,” Michael chimed in. “it would have been better if we had thrown a party for you. Are you sure you are okay with just having a meal with us in a fancy restaurant?” Logan asked. “I just want to spend time with my family. That's enough for me” Julie said, the warmth of her smile, echoed in her voice as she reached across the table and held both Logan and Michael's hand. “speaking of family, what about Emily? Isn't she part of the family? I am surprised you didn't bring Emily,” Micheal asked."She is technically not family if what they have is an arrangement.” Julie responded sharply, avoiding all pretense.“It is Julie's birthday. She decides who comes and who doesn't.” logan gave a dismissive shrug of his shoulders. “well if Logan has done some wifely things w
“You are late?” Kayla said to Emily, immediately she walked into the luxurious boutique.“What do you want from me, Kayla? I am here, aren't I?” Emily sighed, weary of any argument.“So rude and uncouth” Kayla’s long-time friend, Caroline, chimed in.“I am not like you. That your main occupation is shopping. I have things I would rather do than be here.” Emily said, leaning over, she poured herself a glass of champagne.She needed this to numb her senses, if she wanted to stay one more minute in their pr
Emily woke up with a splitting headache. Because of a certain someone, she didn't get a wink of sleep in the morning. Just because she now had help at the store, doesn’t mean she can lazy around, she thought. As she dragged her tired body out of her bed to prepare for the day.Emily wished she could skip breakfast. But there was no such luck.“Ms. Emily! Come have a seat.” Ms Heather beckoned to her in a cherry voice immediately as she stepped out of her bedroom.She had no choice but to join them at the table.
Noah rushed out of the bakery, increasing his stride to catch up to Sheila.“Sheila, wait!” Noah called after her.Sheila spun around to look at him. “What do you want, Noah?”“Why are you here?” Noah asked, as he gazed at her suspiciously.“Is that why you stopped me?” Sheila arched her eyebrows in disbelief.Noah looked around before he replied in a low, pained voi
It's been a week since Logan warned Emily of poking her nose in his family business. It still irked her when she remembered the way he treated her that night.She had since avoided him like the plague. After all, he had painstakingly reminded her of why they were married.“ma'am, where should I keep this?” Christopher asked. The employee she ended up choosing called out to Emily.“What?” Emily, startled, stared at him in confusion.“Where should I keep this?” Christopher repeated, gesturing to the box in his arms.
Logan followed behind Emily, shutting the door. His eyebrows drew together in a frown, as he asked, “what do you mean?”“You never called to check up on me. Why are you acting worried all of a sudden?” Emily said as she sat on the bed and tilted her head.“I left you in capable hands,” Logan said as he loosened the tie and unbuttoned the first two buttons of his shirt,Taking the chair nearest to the bed.“Funny someone said that earlier today.” Emily said, her eyes trailing to his chest.“You mean
Emily and Noah stepped out of June's hospital room and headed towards the elevator. But he held her back.“What is it?” Emily asked, as she arched her eyebrow.“Are you okay? For real this time. You seem off.” Noah asked.“It’s nothing. I just have a lot on my mind.” Emily said.“Is it a man problem? You know you can always unload it on me,” Noah said, as his mouth twitched in amusement. Emily couldn't help but laugh.
“Is this all the document?” Logan asked James, his personal assistant.“Yes, sir,” James answered with a nod.“How could these discrepancies go unnoticed? I want you to investigate this. The movement of money and what it’s spent on is suspicious.” Logan said, a frown creasing his forehead.The door swiftly opened, banging on the wall with a force. Logan and James both looked towards the source of the disturbance. There Tyler stood, his face twisted in anger.Logan leane