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DINNER WITH THE FAMILIA
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It was the weekend and Tyler was out with Gabriel. Gabe had dropped by at the house earlier to talk to Tyler and her boyfriend had ended up following him out on her insistence. Sophie was moving about the house trying to finish doing the dishes when her phone started ringing.She bolted out of the kitchen to check who was calling. She made no plans with anybody for that weekend except for Kristen who had insisted on dropping by from the salon in a few minutes so they could go check out the place she had decided to purchase for her art gallery. But when she picked up her phone, it wasn't Kristen's name flashing on the ID. It was Mira's. With her brows furrowing, Sophie answered the call and placed it on speaker to talk to her father's wife.“Hi, Sophie!” The woman's voice was chirpy, better than she had ever heard it. Sophie swallowed, trying not to scratch her itchy hair. She needed to find time to go to the salon one of these days.“Hi,” she mumbled back, her voice low and quite uns
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Tyler simmered when his phone lit up with a text from Adelaide demanding that he send her the money she had requested and make arrangements for her to move in with him.He couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe her audacity to think he would ever allow it. Adelaide had taken almost everything he had. She had stripped him of his honor, dignity, and heart and she thought he would allow her back in?It was appalling for him.He hadn't been shocked when she revealed the recording given to her by his half-brothers. They had been the ones to navigate her presence into his life for the first time. So,of course, he was aware that her coming back now was their doing.He wasn't blind either. Tyler had seen the bruises on her. The purple stretches and marks highlighted her skin, peeking beneath whatever she chose to wear. He had seen them all and he hadn't cared. Why should he?It just seemed to disturb him a lot how someone who wouldn't allow a blemish on her skin could go about entertaining
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The pounding in Sophie's head increased by the second as she tried to understand what the hell the woman seated in front of her was saying. She had picked up her glass of wine now like she couldn't resist not having a sip. The warm eyes that had regarded her that day she showed up at their apartment were filled with malicious glint.Her fingers trembled slightly and she gripped the hem of her clothes to steady herself. She looked at Tyler, seeing how shocked and dumbfounded he looked. But there was no hint of surprise in his eyes.So, she knew. She knew that the woman wasn't lying.“Hi, Sophie Pierce.” The woman she had welcomed with open arms addressed her by her full name while she sat there lost, staring at her. “My name is Adelaide and you are having an affair with my husband,” she pointed lightly to Tyler.Sophie reeled back like the additional information tipped her over the edge. It infact tipped her over the edge. She opened her mouth to say something but in the long run, she
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The color drained out of Tyler's face as he realized what had just happened. His eyes were wide and cold like two frozen marbles. He clenched his fists, veins bulging in his neck. His whole body was shaking as he struggled to contain his fury. His jaw was clenched and his hands were balled into fist. He couldn't believe it. He couldn't even understand what was going on. He tried to wrap his head around it. Adelaide coming in, interrupting their dinner. Adelaide telling Sophie everything he had always wanted to tell her.He gulped when the papers he had seen earlier from her flashed in his mind, making his head pound. How could he have been so foolish? How didn't he know that she never signed the papers? How was it that for three fucking years, he wasn't aware of the fact that he was married to that devil on paper.It unnerved him as much as it infuriated him.When he turned around, he stormed back toward the table Adelaide was still sitting at. The little girl whom he still hadn't ac
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Days had passed since Sophie experienced that whole episode with Tyler and his legally married wife. They said time would heal open scars and wounds but with each day that had passed, Sophie hadn't found any of the wounds healing.If anything, she found them digging open wider at every thought of him.She just couldn't help it. She had nothing to do except to sit on her own and wallow in her self pity and loss. She still couldn't believe that this was happening to her. She didn't understand the logic behind it. He had hurt her. He had lied to her about everything.What did it matter?Everything.She sniffed as she scratched the place that itched on her hair. She hadn't gotten around to showering or even leaving the room Kristen had given to her. Kristen had tried to take a day off after everything but she wouldn't let the poor girl do that. So every morning, Kristen left for work leaving her with everything she would need so she wouldn't have to get out of the room except that particu
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It was the key in the locks turning that woke her up. Sophie sat up and rubbed her eyes, her senses on alert as she stared at the door when the blur finally cleared. She sat still when the door opened and Kristen walked in. That was when she felt herself breathing properly.“Hey,” Kristen's voice was low when she saw her sitting on the couch still wearing the same clothes. She frowned for a second, taking in the scene of the living area. There was no wrappers of any sugary sweets around. Neither were they any signs of plates or that she ate.“Since when have you been seating here?” she asked as she walked over to Sophie who still hadn't said a word to her. Sophie moved and let out a hiss at the pain in her neck. With a wince, Kristen watched her crack her neck to reduce the ache around the area.“Are you okay?” she asked when she drew even closer. Letting her bag drop on the empty space beside Sophie, she settled her butt on the armchair of the couch and stared at her former boss. Kr
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Tyler hadn't heard from Sophie in weeks. He had called and texted her every day since she had left. She didn't come home either and it had been very difficult staying alone in his apartment. He didn't realize how much she had grown on him till that moment.Every time he thought of her, his heart ached for what they had become. But as Gabriel had suggested, he didn't go looking for her. He wanted to see her, he needed to see her to be rest assured but at the same time he needed to do what was right. He owed her that much.Their plan had been put to work. Tyler was doing everything to end this scheme once and for all. He had done everything to hold off, accommodating their excesses for too much. He couldn't go on doing that anymore. He just didn't see himself living that life any longer.“Did you find out if she is in the office?” Tyler turned toward Gabriel who was behind the wheels. “Yep. She doesn't like that I'm coming to see her and she tried to put me off. I'm surprised that she
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Sophie felt better than she had in weeks which was the first step to moving on with her life. The ache was still there in her heart. She didn't expect it to leave anytime soon. She didn't even think that it was ever going to leave but she has decided that she was going to deal with it. She was about ready to move on.Over the last few days, she had buried her mind, head and everything in her toward opening her new dream place. Her art gallery. She had reached out to a lot of artists to showcase their items. She had invested her time and money into everything and she was very sure that it would pay off. No matter what happened.Looking through her closet, she hummed along to the music playing as she looked through the closet for something to wear to her art gallery. The workers she had hired for renovations were done with everything they needed to do but she still wanted to go to the store. Anything to engage her thirsty mind.When she grabbed the jeans pants her fingers caught, she pu
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Kristen folded her arms against her chest as she stared at Sophie. She wasn't complaining about having her in her house but Sophie could be exhausting. Especially in moments when she was this stubborn. And she was done, she couldn't deal with this attitude of hers anymore.“Do you need me to call Willow because I will. Oh, I know. Joyce would get here quicker than Willow would.” She tsked, eyeing the woman in pajamas lying on the floor of the living room to Netflix and chill.“You wouldn't dare,” Sophie barely glanced away from the screen of the TV as she grabbed a handful of popcorn from the bowl in front of her and poured them into her mouth. She munched cheerfully like she didn't have a worry in the world.When in fact, she did. She had a lot running through her mind but she would never say it.It was only a day after the opening of her art gallery. A day after she met Tyler at the hospital. A day after Harper's birth to Baby Ivan. It was the date night Tyler had scheduled for her
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Tyler hummed as he flipped the pancake on the pan. It was late into the afternoon yet he hadn't had anything to eat all day having been busy. Taking Adelaide and his half brothers down had been a lot harder than he thought and everything was messin with him more than he thought it would.He barely had any time for himself to breathe and do all the things he needed to do. As if that wasn't enough, Tyler had had to deal with Giovanni when he went to the office the other day for an official meeting. The beast of a man had barged until his office without knocking to talk to him, being all rude to everyone around.Tyler hadn't been surprised when he saw him. He knew that it was only a matter of time before Giovanni De Luca figured out who he was. He had played enough and to him, he thought that he had taken more than enough time to figure him out.Too slow.“Well, this is late,” he'd said when he walked in, leaning back into his chair as he gazed up at the man. “Let me guess, somebody tipp
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When Sophie opened her eyes, everything seemed fuzzy and out of focus. She blinked a few times, trying to clear her vision, but everything remained hazy and indistinct. Slowly, she became aware of a dull ache in her head, and she realized that she must have hit her head during the accident. She tried to sit up, but a wave of dizziness washed over her and she slumped back down onto the bed. Everything was a blur, both literally and figuratively. As she struggled to regain her senses, the memories of the accident began to come back to her in flashes. She remembered the screech of the tires, the sickening crunch of metal, and the blinding pain that had followed. It was all a blur, but slowly the details were starting to come into focus. She tried to sit up again, this time with more success. She took a deep breath and looked around, trying to get her bearings. Where was she?It wasn't until she finally registered the antiseptic smell that came with hospitals and the white walls that
