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Nate and Katie waited for Hunter in the office. After he called in sick, some of Katie’s men snooped around his house to check if he was really sick. The men reported that they'd seen him at a drugstore.He had instructed his account manager to pay for the cost of damages in Archie’s pub. He also ensured Jake’s family was well taken care of and Katie assured them he was going to be found as soon as possible. She was eager to have Wyatt in her hands, he had caused so much trouble in Portland already. Each time she caught him, he always found his way out. He was a slippery as an eel but this time, she swore was going to put him behind bars finally without his money to buy his way out. “Can I help you with anything?” Bentley asked as he poked his head through the door.Nate had been spending more time at the office and Bentley began to irritate him more. “I don’t need anything” Nate replied coldly “Everything is going smoothly at the office” It was obvious Bentley was
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Katie watched as Hunter scribbled down the names of his accomplices. She was impressed by Nate’s composure so far. All she saw was his father’s spirit in him.Nate was hardworking and considerate. So many people had thought written him off after his fathers death but he was determined to prove them wrong and be successful. She smiled to herself as she watched him read the name out loud with so much concentration. If not anything, she knew she owed it to his father to help him put Wyatt behind bars. Anyone who came in contact with his father had the nicest things to say about him. “Do you have any more questions?” Hunter asked as he rubbed at his throat, his cold had gotten the better part of him “Of course I have a million questions,” Katie frowned. “First, how did you get into this mess?” “It was all Bentley, the bloody fool” Hunter’s face turned into a scowl as Bentley’s name rolled off his tongue.“He came to me with the deal and said there was so much money atta
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After a long day at the office, Nate tossed his jacket on the couch as he moved to the room. He could tell that she was home already.When she texted him she wasn’t going to return home, he was sad and was going to ask her that she should come back home but he reminded himself that they weren’t dating and she was free to do whatever she wanted. “You’ve gradually developed this habit of running away from me” he smiled as he walked into the roomAs he expected, she was in her pajamas, curled up in bed, waiting for him. She had a bowl of chips and an onion dip by her side. “Of course I wouldn’t leave you” she pulled him in for a hug and they remained that way for almost a minute.He was tempted to ask her where she had been but decided not to. He was indeed curious and kind of suspected that she had a lover elsewhere but he couldn’t be too sure about that. Or what if she was seeing Ethan? He thought He immediately pushed thoughts of Ethan off his head, thinking about him ev
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Ruby sighed, she wasn’t sure which way to style her hair. Finally, the day had come for her to go visit Grace with Nate. After their conversation at night, Ruby had a little breakdown in the toilet and tried her best to put herself together. Before she went to bed, he asked if she had any plans for the day and when she said no, he asked if she was down to see his mother and she immediately agreed.The previous night, it had felt like so much fun but now, she was nervous.She wanted to impress Grace so badly as she had admired her since she was a child. “Do you think I should wear my hair in a ponytail or I should let it fall?” She asked Nate who was putting on his wristwatch “Whichever way you chose to wear it is fine, you’d look perfect either way” he replied Ruby rolled her eyes, that wasn’t the answer she hoped for but it made her feel somewhat better. She finally decided to wear it as a ponytail. She had read in a magazine that high ponytails made the face looked snatche
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Nate led her to his mother’s drawing room where she spent most of her time in. She always had a tune to play on the violin. “Hey mom” Nate grinned Grace was busy playing a beautiful note that she hadn’t noticed them walk in. Her face lit up into one of the prettiest smiles Ruby had ever seen.She watched as mother and son hugged each other and Grace placed a peck on her son’s cheek. Now, she understood why he said the only people he ever loved were his parents.Being rich didn’t guarantee him true love, most of the affection people showed towards him was fake and they acted that way only because they wanted favors from him. She had witnessed how Wyatt, who used to be his father’s friend, had tried to steal his company and ruin all his hard work. It was absurd to her how he found it difficult to trust people because they ended up stabbing him in the back. “When Nate told me he was coming along with a guest, I didn’t expect that he’d come with an Angel” Grace gushed as she b
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Grace had prepared lunch for them. Ruby thought of it as a feast rather than lunch. There are all kinds of food places on the table with maids to attend to their needs. After a wonderful lunch, Nate excused himself to run the affairs of the house while Grace and Ruby talked about a sitcom that was now airing. “You know, this is the first time Nate ever brought a woman home” Grace commented It had come as a pleasant shock to her and some of the maids. Once, a rumor circulated about Nate being celibate and unreasonably cold towards women. Grace didn’t pay the women any attention because no one knew her son better than her. She always knew he was a loving boy but he lost that side of him after his fathers death.Ruby was a little flattered by Grace's comment and she didn’t know how to reply to it. From what she had gathered, being the first girl he brought to his house meant he rated her enough or at least he had some respect for her. “When you moved in with him, I watched
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Nate was glad they were bonding but it was time to steal her back. He had gone to check out how things were running at the house as it had been a while since he paid a visit. “Okay mom, that’s enough. I promised to give Ruby a house tour” “But you live together so you’d have enough time when you get home” she groaned and rolled her eyes After a little back and forth, Nate won. He had never felt the need to show anyone where he had spent his childhood, when he heard people did it, he thought they were only being extra and cheesy. “I know the house is big but I never really cared about it. At the end of the day, I only had my room to myself” Nate started as the began to walk across the hallway, arms brushing lightly against each other “I spent all day in my room too,” she smiled. “My mother would always complain but eventually, she let me be” “I never really understood why my dad built a house this magnificent. The only place that feels like home to me is my room an
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After a while in his room, he decided to continue the tour. Ruby was fascinated by Nate’s collection, just like her, he loved the likes of Shakespeare and Jane Austen. She was excited to discuss their books with him when they got home. She felt they would have made such good friends in highschool because they had so much in common but fate didn’t bring them together back then. “When I was six, I had my dad and some other friends from school play hide and seek with me. It was my turn to hide while everyone else would look for me, I hid here”He pointed to an empty space between two flower vases. The space was quite small and she wondered how he was able to fit in. “They look for me for hours, I had to come out myself when I was getting hungry and tired”Ruby laughed a little, she had wished it was the same for her. She loved and appreciated how much her parents tried to play with her but it wasn’t the same as having a friend her age. Before she met Esme, she had only her pare
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