After three years of marriage, Marissa's husband cheats on her and throws divorce papers in her face. Tired of begging for his love, Marissa walks out of the marriage with her head held high, and decides to take control of her life by securing a job at Kingston Enterprise. What Marissa isn't prepared for when making this decision is having a rich, drop-dead gorgeous boss who knocks the breath out of her. Jordan Kingston has everything he needs; money, family, and a great life. When Marissa walks into his life as his personal assistant, bringing with her a sizzling passion that they both cannot ignore, he realizes that there just might be something else that he needs. Love. But love is never enough. The secrets in their past, alongside a seething ex-husband threaten to tear them apart, but together they fight the world and their own demons to keep this love that they never knew they needed.
Lihat lebih banyakI dropped her off outside Caleb's house.“You want me to come in with you?" I asked as she fidgeted with the door handle.“No. I think I should do this alone. But I think you should wait for a bit. Just in case, you know.”I didn't think that Caleb would turn her out on her face, but I nodded and she got out. I waited to see him open the door. From where I was, I could see the dark stubble on his face. He looked tired. I couldn't hear them, but Chloe said something to him, and he held the door open. I drove off with a contented smile on my face. I had no doubts that they would fix things before Chloe came back home.I pulled to a stop outside the grocery store. Chloe and I had been talking about getting some supplies, but we'd both been too busy recently, and so now that I had some free time on my hands I thought I would pick up what we needed.The grocery store hummed with its usual afternoon bustle. There were mothers with carts full of screaming toddlers. There was an elderly coupl
I drove my black sedan into the garage of the Jenkins home with Chloe at my side. She drummed her fingers on her laps nervously and took deep breaths as I turned off the ignition.“He's not going to bite you, Chloe." I said, turning to look at her.“No, he's not, but he's going to be real mad, and I can't even blame him."I took her hand in mine. “Well, you can't turn back now."“No, I can't." She took another deep breath and unfastened her seatbelt. We walked hand in hand to the front door, and she knocked.When Sam pulled the door open, I saw his eyes register mild surprise. He looked between Chloe and me and held the door wider for us to come in. I stepped in, but Chloe remained on the porch.“Hi, Dad.”He kept his eyes on hers and nodded. "Come on in, Chloe." He said, opening the door even wider.She finally came in. I was already seated and she took the space next to me. Sam sat across from us and placed both hands on thighs. An awkward silence stretched between us all and soon b
It felt like I was walking on a cloud! For days after, I went about my business with springy feet. Jordan loved me. I was worthy of love. And this time, it wasn't the sort of love that demanded continuously and took from you. It was the sort of love that cared for you, showed up even when you didn't ask, and expected nothing in return.Chloe had been right after all. With Anthony, the signs had been there from the start. With Jordan however, it was just beautiful… blissful.I hadn't realized how much I wanted this but now, sitting smack in the middle of it all, there's nothing more that I could have asked for.“You're daydreaming again, Rissa." Chloe said, as she eased into a chair with her laptop in one hand and a coke in the other.“No, I'm not." I said, with a smile playing on my lips. I most certainly was.“Care to tell me what it's about?"I shook my head and smiled.With all that was going on with Caleb and her. I didn't think that now was the time to be telling her about my con
I watched as the veins popped on Jordan's forehead and he said the words, “I’m going to kill the bastard”I didn't doubt even for a minute that he could, but truth was, I didn't need anybody killing Bill for me. I had already lived through that phase of my life and Bill had already been made to suffer for all of his crimes.“No, you're not,” I said in a steady voice that surprised even me, “because he's already dead.”His eyes shot up to mine."I'll get to that soon. Just… Bill used to call me Marie in that annoyingly gruff voice of his. Whenever he would try to touch me, he would say some disgusting stuff like ‘come to me, my Marie'. God, I hated him so much.”"So that's why you hate to be called that.” He said in realization.I nodded. “It just… it makes me feel dirty. Like no matter what I do, I could never wash his filth off me.”"Did you tell your mother?” He wanted to know.I snorted. “Elizabeth only knows what Elizabeth wants to know."“What does that mean?"“She played blind.
“Get off me.” I said coldly.I felt Jordan stiffen on top of me, but he tried to play it cool. “What's the problem, Marissa?" There was caution laced in his voice.“I said, get off me." I placed both hands on his shoulders and pushed.He rolled off me and sat up in bed, resting against the headboard. I rose to my feet and began throwing my clothes on. He watched me briefly and then sighed briefly before speaking.“What is the problem, Marissa?" He repeated.I worked the buttons on my shirt with shaky hands, not giving him an answer.“I'm talking to you, Marissa." The calmness in his voice didn't dwindle.I pulled on my pants, still not responding. Stray tears were threatening to fall from my eyes, and I struggled to keep them in check. I tried to fit the pant button into its hole, and cursed loudly when my hands wouldn't stop shaking.“For fuck's sake, Marissa, answer me! Don't pretend that you can't hear me and don't treat me like some retard!" He said, getting out of bed and coming
I couldn't make up my mind. A whole week had passed since that morning in Jordan's office, and I still couldn't make up my mind on whether I wanted to move up at Kingston or step out and start from scratch.Jordan had insisted on leaving me to make the decision by myself. He didn't want to influence it because this was something I had to do on my own. Chloe seemed to be on the same page as him. All she seemed able to say was that I would have to follow my heart. But how could I follow my heart when I didn't even know what it was saying?Chloe still hadn't made up with Caleb. I could see in her eyes how much the break was hurting her, but somehow she never seemed willing to talk about it. He was hurting too, Jordan told me. He’d withdrawn into his shell, drinking more, and not talking much.I mentioned to Chloe once that this was self sabotage. There was no reason for this break. At least, none that I could see, so what was the need to hurt them both like this? She stopped talking to h
I went straight to Jordan's office from this reception. It wasn't like Jordan to send for me through someone else. Usually, he would either put a call through to my office or come to me by himself. He'd said once before that I answered directly to him, not to anyone else, so when I walk in to a message from the receptionist to report to his office, I know it's urgent.I turned the knob of his office, half expecting to find all major stakeholders in Kingston Enterprise waiting for me in there, but the office was surprisingly empty except for Jordan on his throne-like chair. He raised his eyes when I entered the office.He looked mildly surprised. “Hey. You're earlier than I expected."“Thanks to you. You sent Dane."“Yea, but I wasn't expecting you for another hour."I nodded, and stood across from him. I wasn't exactly in the mood for small talk.“Mary said you wanted me in your office, and that it was urgent?"“Yes.” He closed his laptop, and gestured towards a seat opposite him. "P
It was almost midnight when Jordan turned the lock in the door and we stumbled in. Somehow, we'd gone from hot chocolate to wine, and had finished an entire bottle.I wasn't drunk, but I'd had just enough to drink that I staggered as we walked up the stairs. Jordan placed his hand on the small of my back to steady me. I still didn't understand how he wasn't drunk. He'd drunk more than half of that bottle! Now that I thought of it, I didn't think I'd ever seen the man drunk.Inside Jordan's room, I dropped unceremoniously in the middle of the bed. The last thing I remembered before drifting off to sleep was Jordan pulling off my shoes and tucking a blanket around me.The first thing I noticed as my eyes shot open was that it wasn't quite morning yet. The day was still dark and what little light was in the room came from the bedside lamp.The second thing I noticed was the arm draped over my waist, warm and heavy. Jordan's arm. I smiled and snuggled closer into his embrace.We stayed
Morning came quickly. Light filtered through the curtains and into the room, causing me to blink my eyes open. I was disoriented for a moment, then yesterday's events came back to me in a rush. The verdict, the celebratory lunch at that ridiculously expensive restaurant, Lilian's impromptu sleepover. All in all, yesterday was a good day. I just needed to keep reminding myself that I'd won.Chloe was already up, her side of the bed neatly made. I stretched and yawned loudly. My muscles were protesting at Chloe's too soft mattress. I kept telling that girl that she needed a new bed, but she just wouldn't listen. I stretched my hand to reach for my phone. Jordan’s last message glowed on the screen.6 tonight?I responded with a quick ‘sure’. I smiled at the thought of him and was about to get out of bed when the door came flying open.“Rise and shine, sleeping beauty,” Chloe called, pushing the door wider with her hip with two steaming mugs of coffee in hand.“Have I told you how much I
I smiled softly as I placed the batter in the oven. Anthony liked to have healthy dessert with every meal, and with how absent he'd been at dinner lately, I wanted him to find everything to his taste.As I wiped my hands clean with a towel, I heard my phone ring. I really didn't have the time for a conversation now, I thought to myself, but changed my mind when I looked at the screen. It was Chloe on a video call.“Hi, Marissa girlll!!” Her voice rang loudly from the other side of the phone, and I cracked a smile.“Hi, Chloe. I'm–”“No! Don't tell me you're busy or any of that stuff. I need you to come with me to Regal tonight.”“Chloe, I can't do that. Anthony is going to be home soon, and I'm trying to put everything in place for him.”She rolled her eyes at my statement.“I saw that.” I said.“Yea? I intended for you to see it.” She drawled.I gave her a look that said I didn't like where this was going, and she rolled her eyes again.“Chloe!!!!”“Okay, okay. Go ahead and choose so...
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