All Chapters of ONE AND ONLY: A second chance romance story: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

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Chapter 21 The Mayor's Arrival Part-II

Gabriel Havells, 54 years old, is the mayor of A city. He was well respected among the people and had been the mayor in the long run. The man is humble, kind yet intimidating, and strict. He returned from Falcon city yesterday. He was there for five months. The mayor had a lot of work to do and one of them consisted of attending banquets and inspections. Tonight he had to attend the banquet of Raymond corporation.The company was well-prepared and Benjamin had taken great care since the Mayor was coming. Elissa was busy with the planning along with Benjamin and the others.“Sir, here is your blazer” Elissa came inside his office holding the black blazer.She helped him put on the blazer and was about to leave when he stopped her. “Elissa, can you tell Yvette to meet me?”Elissa nodded, “Sure. I will let her know.” She exited his office and went to find Yvette, the head in charge of designing. Elissa guessed she must in the department but she wasn't there. Elissa had come to realize si
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Chapter 22 Nostalgic past and Misunderstanding

Carson came here for dinner but he was shocked when he saw Elissa quarreling with a man twice her age. His expression for gloomy when he noticed the man was grabbing her arm. Carson misunderstood that Elissa had an improper relationship with the man. He grinded his teeth together when Elissa met his eyes. He noticed the fear in her eyes but he thought that it might be due to his presence.Carson was clouded with anger that he didn't realize the man was the Mayor. His eyes were only on Elissa.Elissa blinked and hurriedly left there and out of the restaurant. How could he do that to her? How could the Mayor be such a creep? Her body was heated because of being scared and when she exited the restaurant, the cool wind made the hair on her skin rose again.She wanted to get away from here from the Mayor. Just as she was going to take her left, a hand grabbed her arm and pulled her. She yelped in horror thinking if it was the Mayor. She was pushed inside the car without her permission and
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Chapter 23 Found a New Apartment

Benjamin was in his office doing work when he got the call from Carson. He narrowed his eyes as he glanced at the screen. He wondered for what reason he was calling him. Putting down his pen and closing the file, he picked up the phone and received his call.“Hello, Carson.”“Can we meet?” Carson asked, ignoring his greeting.“For business purpose?” Benjamin asked in amusement. “If it's about that then sorry man. I am busy at the moment so–”“It's about Elissa,” Carson said before Benjamin could finish his sentence. “There is something I want to tell you about her” he continued, sounding impatient.Benjamin thought it might be serious since he was calling him. “Alright. Send me the location, I'll be there in half an hour.” Benjamin ended the call and kept his phone aside. A few minutes later, he got the location sent by Carson.Yesterday night, Benjamin had asked Elissa how was the dinner but Elissa didn't say much about it. Her face showed she was upset and tired. He was sure somethi
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Chapter 24 Amanda's Plan and the Paparazzi Part-I

Amanda was happy as she was going to Carson's house and let him know about the dinner plans she had made for tonight. Even after getting dozens of cold looks and glares from him, she was determined that one day Carson would also look at her with love.She reached the Waverly Residency and parked her car in her usual spot. With a grin on her beautiful face, she made her way inside the house. Entering in, she noticed Hera gazing at the flowers in the vase. “Good morning, Mom” she greeted in her cheery tone which grabbed Hera's attention. A smile emerged and she greeted her too.“Oh, Amanda. I feel so nice to see you. I wished you could stay here forever” Hera expressed. Amanda couldn't contain her happiness and blushed heavily.“I am going upstairs to meet Carson,” Amanda said, still blushing, and went to the stairs. Hera went to the living room remembering she had kept the newspaper there.Amanda ambled humming music. She knocked on the door twice and when he told her to come, she push
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Chapter 25 Amanda's Plan and the Paparazzi Part-II

The waiter came with their orders. “Enjoy,” he said.After they were done with the dinner, Carson wanted to leave as soon as he could. Amanda tried to act close as they got out of the restaurant. She signaled the reporters to start their work.“Ah!” Amanda pretended to twist her stumble and fell but Carson caught her. A picture was clicked. She leaned closer but Carson told her to stay within her limit. He was displeased. Amanda ground her teeth together in anger but she was glad that her plan was done.“Let's go,” he said. Carson went to get his car and Amanda waited for him. She got a call from the reporter saying the work was done.“Have you taken the pictures?”“Yes, Miss. They are great. Make sure to send me the amount.”“If they aren't the way I wanted, you won't get anything!”.“Don't worry. You will be very pleased to see it.”Amanda saw Carson's car coming and ended the call in a hurry.~The next day, the whole entertainment circle went crazy by the news. Amanda and her moth
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Chapter 26 Identity discovered

A few days rolled by, and Elissa was getting adjusted to her new apartment. She had moved out from Benjamin's villa two days ago. She said goodbye to him with a heavy heart. Even after her protests, Benjamin helped her move her things to her new apartment and had make sure the landlord was decent.Elissa took a sip of her coffee while scribbling on the sketchpad with a drawing pencil. She has been getting a lot of orders from the customers for designs in her brother's account. It was hectic but she loved to design. Her hair was made into a messy bun and a few strands of her hair were brushing her face.As always, Elissa finished her work and went to sleep but little did she know what awaits her tomorrow.The next morning, Elissa woke up with the continuous notification sound of her phone. It was Sunday and so she wanted to sleep more however, the pinging of her phone had her wake up. She groaned and grabbed her phone to check the messages.For a second, she thought she was hallucinati
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Chapter 27 His Faith on Her

Elissa was nervous. Few of the employees were giving her dirty looks, some were gossiping and few consoled her. She was walking to Benjamin's office but each step she took felt heavier.She knocked on the door and when he said to enter, she did. She felt somewhat awkward to meet his eyes and so kept her gaze down to her knotted fingers.“Have a seat” he said. Elissa pushed the chair and sat opposite him. She had guessed this must be related to her online problem. If he fired her, it was only reasonable. “You must know why you are here, Elissa.”Elissa nodded. She didn't know what she would do after she lost the job. She couldn't afford to lose it but she was at fault in people's eyes. She thought Benjamin wouldn't believe her like everyone and that made her more upset. She didn't realize she was getting emotional when a drop of tear fell on her shaky hands placed on her lap.“Elissa, are you okay?” Benjamin asked, his tone worried, and placed his hand on her shoulder. Her body shook a
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Chapter 28 Benjamin's fiancee

After the matter was solved, Elissa received numerous flattery from people. They started to admire her works again. The news had reached Harold Raymond as well.Benjamin called his father, wanting to know if he was still strict on his decision of firing Elissa. “Dad.”“Yes, Benjamin?”“I'm guessing you have seen the video of Elissa? It's very clear she is not an imposter and moreover, she is an excellent designer, Dad. If we let her go, that will be a great loss to the company.”“Yes, I am aware of that. Fine, she can work” Harold said. Although he wasn't fully fine with the decision of her being around Benjamin he doesn't have many reasons to drive her out. What was beneficial to the company, mattered to him.“Thank you, Dad.” Benjamin was relieved that his Dad agreed. He managed to save Elissa and no matter what big of a problem had come, he would always be there to solve it for her. After ending the call, Benjamin had a wide smile on his face. He was thinking about the hug. It made
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Chapter 29 Misunderstanding gone deep

“Lia!” Elissa squealed and took her daughter in her embrace. She hugged her tightly and gave kisses on her cheeks, forehead, and all over her face. Elissa was so happy to see her daughter that tears welled in the corner of her eyes.Lia pinched her cheeks with her small hands and leaning closer, she brushed her nose with her. Elissa couldn't help but love her even more. This was something Elissa taught her when he was one year.“Some room for me too?” Jonathan chimed in, feeling left out seeing the mother-daughter mingling. Elissa laughed and putting down Lia from her hold, she went to give him a hug.“I missed you two so much” she expressed.“We missed you too. Lia was so upset without you” Jonathan grinned, sharing a look with Lia. Elissa pulled away and wiped her happy tears, she helped them get freshen up. It was seven in the morning when the plane landed. It took the two half an hour time to reach Elissa's apartment.Elissa helped her brother arrange their clothes. She showed him
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Chapter 30 Georgina's arrival

A young beautiful woman walked into the Raymond company. She had her sunglasses on and a smile played on her lips. Her strawberry blonde hair was made into a high ponytail that appeared smooth and silky. She was wearing a white blazer top and formal shorts that cost thousands of dollars.The receptionist at the front desk was awestruck by her beauty but she came to her senses when the woman tried to go inside the workplace without any appointment.“Excuse me, Miss” the receptionist named Hannah called her. The young woman paused in her tracks and turned around to take a look. She pushed down the sunglass that rested on her nose bridge and asked, “Yes? Are you referring to me?”Hannah smiled and bobbed her head. “Yes. Do you have any appointments with sir? We cannot let you in without his permission.”The beautiful woman removed her sunglasses and gave the receptionist a cold look; completely different from a minute earlier. Her grey protruding eyes stared at the receptionist with an i
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