All Chapters of A Second Life With The Billionaire : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

A hour later, Luna walked into her office building. She responded to her employees as some of them smiled and murmured greetings to her as she walked past. She went into her personal elevator and rode it up to her office. Everything she did was on auto pilot.Her mind was miles away from the office, her mind was on Justin.The elevator doors slid open to reveal her assistant’s desk. Jaden stood up abruptly as he saw her.“Good morning, Miss Jones,” he said. “I-”Luna raised up a hand to cut him off effectively. “Give me ten, Jaden,” she ordered.She left him staring at her as she walked into her office, she closed the door behind her. She walked over to her desk, and sat down. Before she could drop her head to the table and wallow for ten minutes, Rita breezed into her office, iPad in hand.“Good morning, girl,” she said cheerfully. “I had the best night ever last night. I don’t know what it was, but my sleep was just so sound. I guess it happens like that every once in a while.

Luna added blueberry flavor to the batter in the bowl in front of her, she added the remaining ingredients, in the right order and the right quantity. She didn’t need a measuring cup or any sort of measuring instrument, she knew the process and procedure by heart already. She did all of it mechanically though, her head and heart not in what she was doing, but somewhere else. Somewhere far.She was in her mother’s house, her body, that was. She had gone home to bake with her mother, as was their custom, their mother-daughter ritual, sort of. Luna knew her mother was staring at her, she could feel her gaze on her. She was beside her in the kitchen, while Luna was making blueberry pie, her mother was making pumpkin pie. She knew her mother would have already keyed in to the fact that there was something on her daughter’s mind by now, Luna knew she had come to her mother partly because she wanted her to know. She was conflicted, talking to Rita about Justin and her feelings for him h

Getting home from her visit with her mother, Luna made her way straight to the bar in her kitchen. She poured herself a generous glass of wine and sipped as she slid her shoes off her feet. She swirled the wine in her glass, closing her eyes for a bit as she let the tension of the day roll off her shoulders.She thought of her workload for the next day; the meetings she needed to arrange, the drop-ins she needed to be present for in about three of her companies branches, the forms she needed to sign and the orders that had to be approved.Luna was aware of the fact that everything she had just listed in her head may seem daunting and overwhelming to other people, but to her, it was bliss. She cocked her head and squinted her eyes a little. Well, maybe ‘bliss’ was a strong word, she thought to herself after considering it, but it was close to it. It was routine, it was work, and as of right this moment, it was her life’s purpose. It gave her a reason to get up in the morning, a rea

The next day, Luna walked into the studio space of Honor’s fashion company. Models of different sizes walked about, camera crews and makeup artists set up their equipment. The studio was a buzz of activities, the informal show of the outfits that were going to be showcased in the gala, to the investors now, obviously hadn’t started yet.Luna looked around, taking in the whole place and the way Honor worked. She was forced to admit to herself that it was all very impressive. State of the art equipment, top of the line props and stage sets, ridiculously expensive furnishings, yet tastefully elegant. All, and more, were present in the studio. Honor hadn’t spared any expense, and given the compatibility in which the models were with everything around them, it looked like she never did.A model walked past Luna, she was tall, slim and lean. Her dark skin glowed with the oil subtly gleaming over her arms, she had on a tank top and fitted leggings, her hair was straight, and long, like the

Maybe it was the emotional stress of her morning at Honor’s company, or the equally emotionally taxing conversation and ride with Rita back to her own company, Luna wasn’t sure what it was, but she found herself feeling dogged and tired throughout the rest of the workday.She tried to get through meetings and conference calls, her schedule, which was pretty standard for a usual workday, had seemed daunting and way too long. It was as if the day had been dragging its feet and the hours had been creeping and crawling till she was sure time was standing still. Luna rubbed a hand over the back of her neck to ease the tension there. She didn’t know why she was feeling so tired, she hadn’t done anything strenuous or taxing throughout the whole day. She let out a tired sigh and placed her head on the headrest of the backseat of her car as Matt finally drove her home later that night. She closed her eyes, emptying her mind of any thought. It was a relaxation technique she had learnt from