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Chapter 18

Penulis: AG Demiey
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2024-03-21 22:56:42

My eyes moved away from the glass of water I turned myself as Bronx walked into my office. I looked away, ignoring him till I was done drinking the entire liquid.

"You shouldn't be here." I said in a wry tone as I adjusted to continue typing on my laptop.

"Mum sent you these." I raise my eyes to see the bag which I knew contained food in it.

"Your mother never learns, does she? I've never eaten one of her fake affectionate foods yet she keeps sending more." I roll my eyes and huff out a breath. I rest back on my chair and motion with my eyebrows at the couch at the side of my office. "Drop it there and leave." I instruct.

"She said you should have a taste and tell me how it is."

"So persistent. My taste buds need medical attention. Cook up something to tell her. Maybe too salty or. . . the food is as awful as how she makes me feel." I give him a dramatic smile. "That's much better I tell you and much more believable." I say, now crossing my legs over the other.

"You shouldn't act th
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  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 19

    LENOX POVI walk down the stairs of my jet to the ground where my agent and two others are. The call I had gotten from Slate at the dinner party is why I am here today. I decided to be in Canada in two days and I kept to that.Something is fishy and I need to sort it out. "Have there been any news from Nellie?" I ask Slate as he walks beside me to my car. Slate opens the car door for me to get in before walking to the other side to get in as well."Not yet sir. No trace of her and I'm still working on it.""You're the reason I'm here. This is none of my concern." I tell him, frustrated at the fact that I have to leave everything behind to attend to Nellie. Gianna especially. I didn't want to think about it. I didn't want to make any assumptions but what I knew as the truth was the truth. I don't think she's been with any man after Cole, except me. Except me, right? I want to believe so. Still, the thought of her bearing Cole's child ached. I don't think I can concentrate well enou

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  • The Jewel's Seduction    AUTHOR'S NOTE

    ~COPYRIGHT NOTICE ~Copyright © 2024 by AG DemieyNo portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the author.This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the works of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.~CONTENT WARNING~This story contains scenes depicting to sexual activity, violence, death, trauma, sexual assault, substance abuse and other possible triggers. Read at your own risk.~♡♡~I hope you enjoy every bit of this book as much as I enjoyed writing it.Wish you a happy reading. Much love from the author to her readers.

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  • The Jewel's Seduction    PROLOGUE

    GIANNA'S POV2 Weeks Back."Thank you, ma'am." I smile at the old woman as she hands me my bag of fruits. The oranges looked so fresh I couldn't resist stopping to buy from this roadside shop. And to think of it, I don't remember when last I ate fruit. I need to improve on my diet.I walked back to my car and drove straight home. It gives me a different joy whenever I pull up at our home. How far we've come. We were poor in a richer than the poor way, but we were poor. If you get what I mean.My father could barely put us through school so we all had to apply for scholarships to finish high school and college. We could barely afford a three square meal and I wouldn't dare look at a freshly shaded fruit by the roadside when I was still gathering up money to buy textbooks and pay for my project. It was different now. I'm glad how things turned out. I always admired the small mansion Dad had bought with his first big salary. I admire the number of foods I would see on our table when it

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  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 1

    GIANNA'S POVPRESENT DAYI stood before the club and watched the red and blue lights flashing out of the building. I also watched as people made their way in and out of the club and I wondered if they also had the same intention as me to drink to stupor till their pains were long gone and forgotten. It wasn't written on their foreheads so I only knew of me.I make my way in with my ponytail hitting on my back. I headed straight to the bar table and ordered vodka. "Any other suggestions? It doesn't hit as hard as it used to." I say as I move my glass to the young male bartender to refill it. "A higher-grade vodka or whiskey, maybe.""You want to mix?" He asked as he turned the liquid into my glass.I took a shot and moved it to him again. "Yes, any problem?" "No, but the last whiskey has been bought by that man." I didn't turn to look at who he pointed to but stared at the alcohol shelve where the drink I guessed to be the whiskey he was talking about was."It's right there." I look

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  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 2

    If I should be glad about one thing today, then it should be meeting this man, 'cause, who kisses this way. Three years, three one-night stands, and I've never felt this way. Enkindled. My hands moved on the stranger's arm, taking my time to feel his muscles as I kissed him. His hands come up to my hair, taking the band off and freeing my hair out of the ponytail. My hair falls onto my back and I moan into his mouth as heat erupts through me. Without dispatching, he moved us slowly to his bed. I fell on it, disconnecting our lips but he came down to connect them. He grinds on me and I reciprocate the action. Grinding on each other. "So sweet." He says, playing with my tongue before biting down on my lips and kissing me deeper. I moaned in between kisses. He had already managed to make me wet in a matter of seconds and I liked him for it.This man kissed differently. Different from the men I'd kissed before and the man who had spoken to me downstairs. He kissed me like he was devou

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  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 3

    It was 4 am. I finally left the club, fully satisfied after two rounds from the stranger. I had left while he slept and didn't know how to feel about it. I didn't want to feel anything, though he made me feel what I hadn't felt from any other man in years, I hoped to forget him. No strings attached right?Stupid, but what if I was already attached to him from the moment he slammed his lips into mine and made me feel like a woman?Bummer.I get into my car and drive out of the parking space. It felt so quiet and lonely even with the upbeat music playing loudly through my speakers. I had never felt this lonely until now. Though I had discovered I was being cheated on three years ago, the air still smelt of betrayal, choking me down to my chest like I was being stabbed right there. I had feelings for him. Feelings I couldn't call love but still, I never cheated or thought of it to begin with. She was there all along. Before, while and even now I'm gone, I figured. I didn't know her and

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  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 4

    I jump as the hot oil splatter to the dorsal of my palm. That was when I realized I was lost in thought and someone had been at my door. I turn off the gas and rinse my hands in the kitchen sink to get to the door. "Giana Doxon. Don't tell me you went to the club last night without me!" She rests her palm on her hips dramatically. I ignore my best friend and engulf her in a hug pleased to see her. I hug her long enough for her to be worried because no, I never was and I'm not a lover of hugs. The last time I hugged her this long was when I lost my sister."Start spilling what the problem is and it better not be Cole."I pull away and blink away my tears, turning to quickly clean them as I walk back to the kitchen to grab a jar of cookies and yogurt, no longer feeling the need to eat food. I shouldn't have bothered cooking in the first place. "No... I mean yes, it's Cole, but kind of a different situation." I chuckle but it did a poor job at making me look better."I would hate to h

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  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 5

    The drive from the airport was a quiet one of course, cause I had no one to talk to. Nellie had gone her own way and my father wasn't even aware of my arrival to send his driver waiting for me at the airport.I thought more about how to disclose the news of my pregnancy to my family, my dad especially, than how happy I'd be to finally see them again. Though Dad has never been one to chatter and laugh about my life ever since the loss of my sister, he only laid concern when I did something that could tarnish him or his business, maybe I have already done that and I wondered so much what his reaction will be.I roll my luggage box to our small mansion, my legs trembling with every step I take. Just as I raise my hands to press on the doorbell, the huge doors open to my father facing me. His eyes widen in shock and he steps closer to meet me with a small smile on his lips."I wasn't expecting you, Gianna."I crack a smile at him. I wasn't expecting myself to. I didn't know what to say.

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  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 19

    LENOX POVI walk down the stairs of my jet to the ground where my agent and two others are. The call I had gotten from Slate at the dinner party is why I am here today. I decided to be in Canada in two days and I kept to that.Something is fishy and I need to sort it out. "Have there been any news from Nellie?" I ask Slate as he walks beside me to my car. Slate opens the car door for me to get in before walking to the other side to get in as well."Not yet sir. No trace of her and I'm still working on it.""You're the reason I'm here. This is none of my concern." I tell him, frustrated at the fact that I have to leave everything behind to attend to Nellie. Gianna especially. I didn't want to think about it. I didn't want to make any assumptions but what I knew as the truth was the truth. I don't think she's been with any man after Cole, except me. Except me, right? I want to believe so. Still, the thought of her bearing Cole's child ached. I don't think I can concentrate well enou

  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 18

    My eyes moved away from the glass of water I turned myself as Bronx walked into my office. I looked away, ignoring him till I was done drinking the entire liquid. "You shouldn't be here." I said in a wry tone as I adjusted to continue typing on my laptop. "Mum sent you these." I raise my eyes to see the bag which I knew contained food in it."Your mother never learns, does she? I've never eaten one of her fake affectionate foods yet she keeps sending more." I roll my eyes and huff out a breath. I rest back on my chair and motion with my eyebrows at the couch at the side of my office. "Drop it there and leave." I instruct."She said you should have a taste and tell me how it is.""So persistent. My taste buds need medical attention. Cook up something to tell her. Maybe too salty or. . . the food is as awful as how she makes me feel." I give him a dramatic smile. "That's much better I tell you and much more believable." I say, now crossing my legs over the other."You shouldn't act th

  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 17

    I took a sip from the coffee my secretary had made me. I couldn't resist it today. I was feeling tired and a bit sick. My morning sickness started again this morning, making me dead on one's feet.I was starting to feel more pregnant now. Pregnancy was slowly telling on me and revealing how long it would take to hide it from now.I had worn a flare corporate gown with wedge heels to work today, in fear that my pricey bodycon clothes would do no justice to hiding my title of becoming a mother. It was no longer about what ought to be done, but now what should be done and I had no clue. Maybe if I had a mother figure in Andra then I wouldn't have bothered so much with my problems. Maybe I would have gotten an agent to help tell my dad the problem at hand in a euphemistic way.Unfortunately, I got none of this. It was the story of my life. I had a father and Andra but I didn't have parents. I had money and could buy all that I needed but then I lacked so much, if not all that money could

  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 16

    I bit on my bottom lip as my mind envisioned me on it. His hands did wonders to my body as he traced the lace at the same time, admiring what he got me before ripping it off to show me what pleasure feels like. I manage to take my gaze off the lingerie to the red flower-shaped card in the box. I grab it and drop the lingerie back in the box. 'I SAW THIS AND I THOUGHT OF YOU' It wrote.I let out a scoff and blinked, my hands finding their way to my hair, gripping hard before combing through it. This man was killing me. He was making it harder and harder to resist him and his charms. 'I SAW THIS AND I THOUGHT OF YOU' The words kept repeating in my head and I thought of what about me he thought of. In what position and what expression? The flowers, the cards, the notes, and this. He was increasing the standards I had for a man and he knew he was. I loved it in a way cause he was the one laying the standards, showing me how much worth I was, but then I hated it because then, he resi

  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 15

    GIANNA'S POV"The meeting ends here," I say and grab the glass of water before me as the workers walk out of the boardroom. "I wonder how you'll work this much when you're in your last trimester," Nellie says as she stands from her seat to sit beside me."I'll manage I'm sure or I'll have someone to do the work. My secretary will be of help and you are here too." "Are you comfortable?""Yes. It's nothing tiring." I huff. "Yet," I add with a smile and place my hands on my tummy. "My bump is slowly growing. No one knows yet and I'm scared.""I think you should tell them before they figure out for themselves.""I will. I plan to do so but I don't dare to do so yet. " I think of father's support yesterday at the dining table. How proud he was of me. How proud he looked at me after a long time and I feared it would all disappear after my little secret was revealed. "Everything will be fine." She assures me and I want to believe her because I do hope everything will be. I nod and give h

  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 14...b

    LENOX POV5 YEARS AGOI walked back to stand beside my elder sister as others made their way to place their flowers and momentous on the gravesite. Muffled cries, sniffs, and silent screams are heard as the casket is lowered to the ground. With small drops, the rain drizzled and in a matter of seconds poured down and wept for the sad souls here, who couldn't let out the tears to cry. I didn't bother with an umbrella as everyone hurriedly opened theirs. My sister pulled me close under the shelter of her black umbrella. I couldn't thank her but she knew my heart and I'm glad. The crowd slowly dispersed leaving just me and my sister. Her husband and son had left after she decided to stay a bit longer with me. "We should go home.""You should go home. I'll be fine.""It's pouring heavily." She drifts closer to me."I won't stay longer than five minutes.""I'll just wait then.""Go home. I don't need your husband worrying too much." After a moment of reluctance, she nods and paths my

  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 14...a

    LENOX POV5 YEARS AGOThe news of my parent's death came like a bolt out of the blue.It's been a week since I lost my parents to a car accident and I'm yet to recover from it. Though I portrayed a straight and calm facade, I knew I wasn't fine. I've been busy with my father's lawyer since then, concerning his will. My father had bequeathed more than half of his properties and establishments to my name, while the residue was shared between my sister and stepbrother. It's a lot to handle but I'm sure my father trusts me enough to give me a lot and I don't plan to disappoint him.I struggle out of my bed to get the door as the bell to my penthouse rings. Standing before me was my stepbrother dressed in a black hoodie and black jeans. It was funny cause it wasn't his taste but I couldn't find the vehemence to laugh."I haven't seen you since the news. Are you okay?" I ask as he walks in and I shut the door. "No. I haven't." He's always been one to be sincere. "I spoke to father's lawy

  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 13

    He got into the washroom and I moved to stand at the opposite side of the door.I don't know why I waited while he was in there. I was so embarrassed I should have left the moment I showed him where the washroom was but yet, I waited in case he needed something. He was our guest.Our special guest.I should have remembered that back there when I was grinding on his fingers but no, I was too caught up in the moment. I don't know what's up with me. It has something to do with my pregnancy. I know and I'm sure of it.I hate feeling regret, so much and that's exactly what I feel right now. The way he pulled away was as if he immediately realized what he was doing and regretted it. It makes me wonder if he feels just how I feel.I raised myself from the wall and roamed around, thinking if I had actually messed up and if he would draw away from me after today. I don't know how I'll be able to handle this.The pain and the burn I feel towards him. Was there a cure? A pill? . . . cause if I

  • The Jewel's Seduction    Chapter 12

    I knew that voice too well that I feared to turn that he might be too close, entrapping me in his web like that's all he's ever wanted and all he could ever do. "She is." I agree with him, not daring to ask for further details on who she was. I continue washing but slowly this time. I was way too conscious of my environment now than ever before. I wasn't expecting him to finish with his call so soon, and now that he is, I'm discomfited about us down here while everyone is up there. "Thank you for supporting me back there.""I would have supported any other woman in your place."I swallowed hard. The thought of any other woman being treated this way by him caused an ache in my chest."So you're like a woman support system?" I smile."I can't tell. Is that what it's called? Supporting a woman I believe is capable and extraordinary in every way?"My heart skipped and I bit my lip as I washed, I wanted him to say more. To tell me everything he thinks of me."Apart from your business and

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