A LITTLE TOO LATE, OR IS IT?
She loved him first
He broke her first
Lia Hallman's first mistake was thinking she and Kingston High's golden boy, Elian Dunst could have a future together.
But after a one night stand turns sour, everything changes for her. She loses her parents, her home and her life turns upside down.
Unable to depend even on the young boy that was once her sworn protector, she leaves. Elian comes for her, but she's already gone.
Months later, with a pregnancy and a difficult life, a near accident puts Lia in the way of devilishly handsome billionaire, Judas-Caine Brex. A man with a broken soul and a dangerously haunted past.
He needs a fake girlfriend
She needs a financier.
The rules are set for them - no feelings, no sex, no romance.
The job was simple, nag me, prove that love doesn't exist - she agreed.
However, neither of them expected to break the rules built to protect each other's belief.
But life has more tricks in hand - when her first love reappears, seeking a second chance, and bringing with him debris from her past.
"I take the blame it was all my fault. Let's make it right for us and our son."
Lia's walls crumble. Between two men, two destinies and one devastating truth about the tragedy that changed her life...Lia must choose.
Her once naive protector, or the man who would burn the whole world to save her.
Is it too late to rebuild her dreams with the man she once loved with her entirety? Or start a new life with a man she can't tell loves her with his entirety?
A little too late, or is it?
Baca
Chapter: GETTING A MAKEOVERLIA'S POV "Here, this should be everything you need. I'll take turns checking the baby. The rent already expired, so, if you need anything, anything at all, remember, you have a home with us." Grace said to me, as she helped me pack my bags. It was finally discharge day, Mr. Judas-Caine had been visiting from time to time, but most times, he'd just sit at the waiting area for forty minutes and then leave without saying a word to me. He seemed like such an odd guy. "Hey, are you alright?" Grace asked, when she noticed i was staring too hard into space. I shook my head and nodded. "Yeah, i was just thinking about ---" A knock on the door cut me short. Grace opened the door and a young woman, average height, light skinned, porcelain almost, asian looking, and very beautiful, walked into the room. She was dressed in a classic pair of blue jeans, with a striped lurex sweater, and double breasted cream blazer. She looked gorgeous. "Hi, my name is Amika and i am Mr. Judas-Caine's a
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Chapter: A MEETINGJudas-Caine's POV We arrived just outside the company building and the nostalgia i tried to hold back hit me rather hard. Taking in one breath at a time, i shut my eyes to the shaking feeling and looked up to find Antonio staring at me. "You don't have to do this if you don't want to do it. We can always come back when you're ready." He said to me. I sighed and shook my head, "No, it's been eight months, the company is drowning. If we waste anymore time, we would not be able to pull it out." Antonio let out a deep sigh and nodded. I had always kept my composure, even when i felt like dying. I was probably the toughest person people knew. It was easier to act like the world wasn't happening to you and you were the most emotionless person in the room, than to let a bunch of people swarm you with their understanding of how you felt. And so, i reached into my pocket, tossed a pill in my mouth, washed it down with water and stepped down. Two other bodyguards, Effy and Stone met me
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Chapter: INEXPLICABLE PAINJudas-Caine's POVI sat still in the waiting area, staring intensely at the floor, a sarcastic smirk crossed my lips.I even ignored the blood dripping to the floor, and the annoying sting i felt in my right palm."Boss, we need to get a nurse to check your wounds again." My bodyguard, Antonio muttered."Oh..." i stared at my hand, as if oblivious to its presence."Sure." I nodded.It took a short amount of time, but a tiny thing of a nurse came and worked on the injury again."This should hold for some time," she smiled at me, making sure to flash her seductive boobs at me.I was never the simping type, but i had a thing for boobs, yet, over the last couple of months, it did not matter what size they came in, i was not interested.She held my hand a little longer than necessary, and so, i pulled it away. I didn't like being touched."Do you want me to give you a shhh-shot of painkillers?" She eyed me, acting shy but obviously being boldly flirtatious."No. I enjoy the pain -- it rem
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Chapter: ARE YOU SURE?LIA'S POV"I'm sorry, but, your baby has neonatal respiratory distress -- meaning his lungs are underdeveloped and has to be given an emergency surfactant now.""But why? How is that even possible?" I panicked."Apparently, you didn't take enough nutrients during your prenatal stage and your baby survived primarily on water. It is not uncommon with struggling mothers but it is dangerous for the baby." The doctor explained sympathetically. "Will he be alright?" I asked, unable to hold back the tears anymore and they fell. I had lost so much already and could not stand to lose my baby too.Even though, a silent part of me wondered if losing him would be the worse thing yet. It reminded me of all the times i toyed with the idea of jumping in front of a speeding car just so i would lose the pregnancy.Was i such a horrible person? Was this the universe paying me back for all my stupid wishes and efforts? I was hyperventilating now, trying my best to keep my heart steady."Yes, he will be
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Chapter: A STRANGE PROPOSALLIA'S POV "Get her in the car!" I barely even had time to look up as the man quickly ordered his guards to help me into his car. I clawed the strange man's palm deeply with my nails, as my contractions came in concurrent waves, but instead of complaining, he quietly let me. I was delivered of my baby successfully, and when i was finally placed in a room, I requested that the doctor let me see him. "Are you sure? You know you need to rest." The doctor chided gently. "I'm sure," i replied and the doctor nodded. The door to my hospital room opened, even though I was weak, I was curious to see the asshole who had almost killed me. He was tall, dark brown hair, near symmetrically shaped face that had rough stubbles along his strong, defined jawlines, perfectly arched brows, a half angled nose that had probably been used to being broken and reset due to violence. From his posture, I could tell he was well ripped. His broad shoulders carried the suit he wore perfectly, an
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Chapter: STARTING OVERLIA'S POV "The Bon Aires VIP Charter flight carrying twenty Long Island business elites, including six politicians and a former US Air Marshall has crashed." Life had thrown dust in my face for the one hundredth time and this time, it had taken everything from me. "It is with a broken heart that we commit the souls of these two loving people to the heavens. May their souls rest in perfect peace." The hot summer sun burnt onto my skin as tears rolled down my face. My parents were gone. The news of the crash had sent my mother into immediate shock and that was it. I stared with stranger's eyes at the whole procession, nothing seemed to make sense to me, not even the people who showed up to the funeral. I could barely recognise anyone, other than the reverend and the nurse who had been my mother's friend. But what hurt me most was the Dunst family, and this time, I was furious. A couple of days after the funeral, no word had come from them, not even a single condolence me
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