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ESTELLE “Sorry for the unexpected visit.” “Are you kidding me?” Jaymes hugged me. “I always love having my children around on weekends, but since they’re older and have busy lives, I’m lucky if they visit me once a month. They went to the restaurant, though, or talked over the phone.” When he noticed just a car parked outside his house without my driver, he didn’t have to say a word. “I drove here.” “Alone? All by yourself?” His eyes widened. I saw the shock and panic cross his eyes. I nodded. “Yeah.” “Does Gabe know? I heard he’s back.” I shook my head. “Look, I don’t wanna get you in trouble. Um, I can go back.” I pointed my thumb over my shoulder toward the car. “No, honey. Get inside before my neighbors see you.” “Are you sure?” “I would love nothing but your company. I’m cooking dinner. Do you eat roasted lamb?” “Yeah. I’m sure it’s delicious.” I dropped my bag on the couch and followed him into the kitchen. “Why didn’t you get married again or date another woman?” “
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ESTELLE I slept soundly and woke up in peace. One thing I learned and realized was nothing that a good talk could not solve a conflict. I had breakfast with Jaymes, and damn, this man prepared breakfast for ten heads for American breakfast to Greek and Middle Eastern. After freshening up, I found him packing baked goods into a box, which smelled divine, sugary, buttery, and vanilla. “You don’t have to do that. I was already overwhelmed with the breakfast tray you prepared. Did you even sleep?” “I always wake up at five and go to a farmers market. And the breakfast wasn’t even a lot.” “Thanks so much, Pops.” I looked at Willa’s pajamas. “Can I take this home? I will return once it’s washed.” “I’m even surprised you’re still wearing that. You can keep it.” “It’s comfy. Thanks.” “I will take this to your car.” He took the box wrapped in plastic with him. “Are you sure you don’t wanna call Qamar and drive you home?” “No. I’m going home anyway. They didn’t call you?” I followed h
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LINDEN Fuck! This was what I was scared of, but I couldn’t tell her it was her fault. She wouldn’t have left the house if it wasn’t for me. I pushed her hard, and now he and our baby were in danger. When I called my father last night, and he told me not to come, I had to honor his wish. She wanted space. She was safe there, but I should have gone there in the morning the moment I woke up. I was thinking of not ruining her mood. But everything happening around her was my fault. “I made everything worse.” I fixed my comm and rolled my shirt sleeves above my elbows. “Don’t go there, brother.” Sax gripped my shoulder. “I’m going to break every face whoever is in that car. I swear to God.” “We’re three minutes out,” Lynx interrupted to update us as he glanced down at the iPad, monitoring our vehicle to Estelle’s location. “It’s my fault. It’s all my fault. I should have watched her. I failed in my job again. I’m quitting once Mrs. L is safe.” Qamar had been blaming himself since y
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LINDEN I wouldn’t give them a chance to flee. The moment they chased my wife, they knew they couldn’t get away with it. And I would use all available resources to find them. I didn’t give a fuck. I wanted them found and locked up. “Copy that,” Lynx affirmed. “Brother.” Sax gestured. The ambulance just arrived. “We let you get checked.” “I’m fine.” She still managed to refuse, but not today. “No, baby. You just got into an accident. I will be with you.” Even if she protested, I was already taking her to the coming stretcher. “Put her down, sir,” the redhead woman said. I put her on the stretcher. The EMT secured her up and put an oxygen mask on her. “Can you do it in the ambulance? I’m coming with her. I don’t want anyone taking pictures of her.” “Of course.” She nodded, pushing the trolley back to the ambulance. “What’s her name?” “Estelle Bladwyn - Linden.” “Your relationship, sir?” “Husband. She’s pregnant. 16 weeks.” They checked her for bruises and wounds. “Your name,
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ESTELLEI jolted awake when I felt like I was falling while in my sleep. When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was Linden sleeping on the chair.He stirred and rubbed his eyes. He might have felt that I was looking at him. “Hey.”“When I told you to stay, I didn’t mean you stay on the chair. You can go out of this room or sleep in bed.”He smiled even if he looked tired. “How are you feeling?”“Better than you, I guess. You will get a stiff neck if you keep doing that. I’m fine. Get some rest.”“I actually went to the bathroom to piss and checked Lynx for the update.”“And then you sat back on the chair and fell asleep.” I got up and saw what I was wearing. I must have been so tired after that accident. I didn’t know I had fallen asleep quickly.“Where are you going?”“Don’t tell me you wanna watch me in the bathroom, too.”“Go ahead. Call me if you need anything.” He stretched out.“I’ll be fine.” I entered the bathroom. I suddenly felt like soaking in the tub, but at the same
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LINDEN What was I thinking? Probably, I wasn’t in the right mind. I was just overwhelmed by the fact that I was making progress in getting my wife back. I was still stirred by what was happening around us lately. Estelle almost died. I mean, our lives were definitely not normal like everyone else. But if she said yes, I would marry her in an instant. But she neither said yes or no. We arrived home, and she pretended I didn’t exist and walked inside the house. And here I thought I was making progress. I take that back. “You okay?” Pissed off, I looked at Sax. “Yeah. Why won’t I be?” “Then what just happened?” “I wish I knew.” I left him and climbed upstairs. Maybe I should take it back or pretend it never happened. Thankfully, our bedroom door wasn’t locked, so she wasn’t completely shutting me out. “Estelle?” “I’m here,” she answered from the nursery. The room wasn’t closed to be done. I found her sitting on the chair with an iPad in her hand. “I’m probably like a broken
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ESTELLE“So I did research about you, Estelle. Everyone knows you as the founder and chairman of Star LLC. For you guys who don’t know about the company, Star LLC is behind Star Cosmetics and Star Activewear. So, I found in my research that you just started the company four years ago. What do you think is the reason behind this success?”I had a few invites for an interview after what happened on the TikTok videos. Still, Leon Terry had credibility and a good reputation, so I accepted his invitation to his podcast.Talking before the camera in front of many people sometimes terrified me. I was scared that I might say something that gave negative feedback to the audience or the words just slipped from my mouth, and there was no way to take it back. But I agreed to this Podcast interview because I thought I had something to say to the people who still believed in me.“Yeah, that’s right. My father is a capitalist. I was raised in two homes between my dad’s and my mom’s. I won’t sugarcoa
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LINDEN “Guys, I just came into your life months ago, and you took me and welcomed me with warmth and open arms. This morning, I’ve been thinking of what to say because there are no words enough to express how grateful I am to meet you all. Thank you for being there for us.” She looked at me as I stood next to her in front of our family, loved ones, and friends. “Do the honor.” I smiled at her. “Enjoy the dinner.” The surprise was about to be revealed. “Oh, my God.” London was the first to react. Her eyes were wide. The moment she took the table napkin, the words It’s a girl were written on the plate. “I thought it was a boy. Congratulations.” Everyone gushed and applauded as we revealed the gender of our baby to them. “I know it.” Estelle’s mom had a teary eye as she lifted the plate that would be their gift from us, customized in Paris. “It’s beautiful, honey.” Estelle went to her mom to hug her. “Thank you, Mom.” “Well, we have a job to do, guys,” Kye told Lynx, Sax, Qamar,
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