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106|A Place In Her Heart
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Save Him 107|Her Biggest Mistake Yet
By the time the night sky made way for a new day and the house stirred to life, Natalie had been awake for hours.As much as she wanted to hide in Colleen's room forever, she couldn't. Sooner or later, she'd have to go out there and face her biggest mistake yet.Last night's oopsie was so big she'd never share it with Emily...or anyone for that matter. Her lapse in judgement was best left in the past, where it belonged.From now on, she'd hang on to her panties—and bra—with everything she had in her where Levi Van Holt was concerned, Natalie vowed as she checked herself in the mirror for the hundredth time.For someone who'd hardly slept, she didn't look too shabby if she did say so herself, and if it wasn't for the dark circles around her eyes, she would have been a vision of calm and serenity."Okay, let's go do some adulting," she told her reflection before she grabbed her handbag, flung it over her shoulder and headed out, praying she wouldn't get lost in the maze of rooms.Maybe
Save Him 108|So Much Easier To Hate Him
Chaos erupted all around them the minute Levi helped Natalie off the chopper. A pack of reporters boxed them in, shoving cellphones and mics in his face.He kept Natalie close to his side the whole time, shielding her face with his suit jacket, his arms wrapped protectively around her shoulders as they waded through the crowd.The questions—ranging from his love life to how he planned to vote at the board meeting—were as relentless as the cameras flashing from every direction. But Levi kept his mouth tightly zipped in a hard thin line.His father's bodyguards stepped in and controlled the crowd while Zachary and Carlos led him and Natalie to one of the four black SUVs waiting to take them away from all the madness.Levi only allowed himself to relax once they'd left the heliport and were speeding to The Empress."Does this happen all the time?" Natalie asked in a small voice as she peered through his jacket.Sure it did. Every time there was a board meeting, the vultures came out to p
Save Him 109|A Wild Card
As much as Levi wanted to help his father, he didn't think he should. Not when he was on the brink of collapse from the constant strain he was under."Father, you look exhausted. Maybe it's time you start thinking about stepping down?" Levi suggested reasonably. Anyone with eyes could see he was drained. He looked haggard and beaten. But his words of concern were misconstrued as usual."Are you colluding with the enemy?" Leviticus demanded as he sprung from his seat and began pacing the room.For ten minutes, Levi just sat there and listened to him rant and rave about how he'd never give up his company. His father and grandfather had poured their hearts and souls into the family business. He wasn't about to hand it over to his good for nothing siblings or random strangers."I knew you were after my position!" he accused him, and Levi laughed and shook his head. The whole thing was ridiculous, and he wanted to end it quickly so he could return to Natalie. He wondered what she was doing
Save Him 110|A Very Bad Dream-Part 1
When Natalie walked into the office Monday morning and caught the whispers and stares, she knew she'd made headlines in the work chat. But for the life of her, she couldn't understand why she was the subject of office gossip once again; after all, she hadn't been at work since last Wednesday.She didn't have time to figure out why everyone kept looking at her like she'd grown a second head overnight, though. She had far more pressing issues to deal with, starting with Emily.But as luck would have it, she had to wait a little while longer before she could put out her first fire of the day, because as usual, her friend was late.Emily didn't seem to have a care in the world when she finally strutted in, almost an hour late, looking like she'd walked straight out of Vogue magazine's fall edition in her long, black trench worn over a yellow turtleneck sweater and dark skinny jeans, a pair of glamorous Jimmy Choo stiletto boots on her feet."Do you know how long I've been waiting for you?
Save Him 111|A Very Bad Dream-Part 2
The whole morning, hard as Natalie tried to ignore her, Emily kept hounding her about the photo. She wanted all the details leading up to the moment at the heliport.But Natalie remained resolute and kept her mouth shut, and when lunchtime finally came around, she couldn't run out of the office fast enough to escape the whispers."So? Will you tell me now?" Emily asked after they'd grabbed their lunch and settled down at their usual table in the staff canteen."Okay, I'll tell you everything." She relented, not because she wanted to, but Emily was like a dog with a bone and wouldn't let go until she got all the details out of her.So for ten minutes, she held her friend spellbound with a stripped-down version of her weekend saga in the Blue Mountains."Oh my goodness, Mr Scissors is so romantic!" Emily gushed as she shoved a ton of spaghetti in her mouth and washed it down with her sparkling water. "And that whole thing at the heliport with all the guards and reporters sounds like a s
Save Him 112|Reasons Why I Should-Part 1
Natalie deliberated for two days and stayed away from every place she knew she'd run into Levi. She needed to make up her mind with a clear conscience, and her decision could not be influenced by her desires.When her deadline came around on Wednesday, she was still nowhere close to making a decision. But, with the contract held close to her chest, she took the elevator to the tenth floor.Angela nicely asked her to take a seat and wait. Levi was on a conference call with the game distributors.While she waited to strike her biggest deal yet, Natalie played Candy Crush on her phone for a few minutes just to still her nerves. But her anxiety, mounting the longer she waited, made it hard for her to focus on the game.Sighing loudly, she slipped her phone back in her blazer and stared at the watercolour painting behind Angela.She'd seen far better paintings at the museum back home, but she knew that this uninspired, moody landscape must have cost a bundle and some change.Everything at
Save Him 113|Reasons Why I Should-Part 2
Natalie sat back on the couch and held her head in her hands, her heart aching more than anything she'd ever felt.He still didn't get it.Maybe he never would.And maybe she was insane for wanting to be seen as more than just a damsel in distress. But his words, and knowing he saw her as nothing but a helpless victim who had to be rescued, left her deeply gutted."I'm not the girl you save, Levi," Natalie whispered. "I don't need you to keep rescuing me.""I'm sorry, but you don't get to tell me what I should and shouldn't do where my heart is concerned," Levi said. "Colleen's disappearance is tied to Dreams, and I can't risk the same thing happening to you—""Well, I'm not Colleen!" Natalie groaned in her hands. "You can't keep making me out to be this helpless victim, and you have to constantly swoop in and play the hero.""I'm not playing the hero!""Yes, you are," Natalie insisted. "The moment you decided I had to be rescued and saved and protected, you wrote yourself as the hero
Save Him 114|Retribution-Part 1
It had been hours since Natalie left him with the contract, but Levi was still troubled by their meeting. She'd looked completely gutted as they'd wrangled over their terms, and he would have given her anything she wanted, but she'd asked nothing for herself, and it bothered him deeply.He expelled another heavy sigh as he turned away from the window, picked up his Ironman figurine and listlessly twirled it in his hand. It was one of the few things that survived his carnage almost two months ago when he found out about Natalie's connection to Dreams."Are you going to tell me what's bothering you, or do I have to beat it out of you?" Mark looked up from his laptop briefly, a million questions shining in his dark eyes."Nothing!" Levi crashed back in his seat and gazed up at the ceiling. They were supposed to be going over the budget for the marketing promos, but if he had to look at one more spreadsheet and pie graph, he'd lose his mind. He wondered now how Natalie did it. She not onl
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