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The Boss Who Never Smiles. Chapter 1
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Bad Decision, Great pleasures The Ex-con And The Pastor's Daughter CHAPTER 1
The Ex-con And The Pastor's Daughter 1Ezekiel The pastor's daughter was beautiful… but she wasn't happy.I noticed that before I noticed her eyes.Before I noticed the white dress.Before I noticed that every unmarried man in the church had already stolen a glance at her before the service began.Happy people moved differently.They laughed without thinking, their shoulders rested. Their smiles were constantly on their faces before anyone asked for it, but hers was different.She smiled exactly the way people smile in front of cameras. Wide enough to convince everyone, never wide enough to reach her eyes.I knew that type of smile.I guess you can say being in prison for three years teaches one a lot. One of those things is how to recognize people who are surviving instead of living.The pastor's daughter was surviving.“...and the Lord said…” The pastor kept preaching.Everyone listened, or pretended to. I wasn't listening and I didn't bother to pretend.My eyes kept drifting back
Bad Decision, Great pleasures CHAPTER 7
7In my next life, I hope I get to choose the method by which I want my life to get fucked up.Maybe both my legs getting broken so I'm stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of my life.Or losing my hair to an unknown sickness and having to wear wigs for all the days of my miserable life.Anything else.Anything but seeing the look on my sister's face.She didn't scream at me but I honestly wished she did.Her eyes moved from Blake's face to mine, then to the sheets tangled around us, our clothes scattered across the floor, and finally back to me.Her silence felt like my death, like someone with superhuman strength pulling my limbs apart bit by bit.My lips parted, my eyes moistening. “Chloe, I…”She took one slow step backwards, the words dying on my tongue before they could see the light of day.She shook her head, the movement painstakingly slowly and without a single word, she turned around and walked out.The door clicked shut behind her, leaving us in a room that felt too small.F
Bad Decision, Great pleasures CHAPTER 6
The moment my lips left his, reality came back with vengeance.I stumbled backwards so fast my knees bumped into the couch.Silence.What the fuck did I just do?The rain hammered against the windows, thunder rolling somewhere above us, but none of it was louder than the thoughts crashing through my head.“What…” I breathed.I looked at Blake. He looked just as stunned.“I…” He began.“No.” The word escaped my lips harshly. “No. We are not doing this.”His mouth opened again. “Maya…”“No.” I repeated frantically, pointing a finger at him like he was the problem. “That never happened.”His brows pulled together. “It literally just happened.”“It happened to two completely different people.”He blinked. “What?”“I don't know.” I rubbed both hands over my face. “The storm has fried my brain.”A laugh almost escaped him.I shot him a warning glare. “Don't laugh. This is a serious matter.”He nodded immediately, although his lips still twitched.“You're my sister's boyfriend, forgotten alr
Bad Decision, Great pleasures CHAPTER 5
Guilt is a crazy thing.Because tell me why I was pulling into my parents' driveway with a box of pastries I'd picked up on the way over, as if sugar could apologize for disappearing halfway through dinner the last time I was here.I barely made it through the front door before my mother wrapped me in a hug.“Look who's here,” she said excitedly. “My little munchkin!”“I brought a peace offering.”She looked into the pastry box and chuckled. “If you're trying to bribe me, it's definitely working.”I smiled.“Come in honey.”She pulled me into the kitchen where the smell of vanilla and butter wrapped around me instantly.I sniffled heartily. “Baking something?”“Oh yes, Mrs Lawson ordered a birthday cake. I'm actually done and Blake is helping me deliver it.”“Oh that's gre…” I stopped. “Wait! Did you say Blake?”“Yeah. Chloe's boyfriend.”At that moment, my eyes fell on him.Blake.He stood beside the island, sleeves rolled up, carefully tying a ribbon around a white cake box.Grey ey
Bad Decision, Great pleasures CHAPTER 4
4“Maya!” Chloe's dramatic voice exploded through the speaker. “My darling big sister, I was so worried about you.”I rolled my eyes. “It's been what? Three days?”“That's long enough,” she whined. “I was beginning to think I'd have to file a missing person's report.”I scoffed. “I've been working, Chlo.”“And avoiding me.”Maybe that one was true.“What do you want, Chloe?”“I wanted to hear my sister's voice.”I smiled despite myself. “Liar.”“O… kay, maybe I also needed someone to yap to about Blake.”Great!Of course.*What did he do now?”“Nothing!” she laughed. “He's just... amazing.”“Mhm…mm!”“He sent flowers to my office today.”“Mhm.”“And yesterday he drove forty minutes just because I said I missed him.”“Mhm.”“And… the list is so long, I don't want to bore you. I just wanted you to know that your little sister is so happy.”The smile slowly faded from my face.“That's…” I exhaled. “I'm glad, Chlo.”A brief silence settled between us before she spoke again.“Can I ask you
Bad Decision, Great pleasures CHAPTER 3
Routine was a funny thing.It could stitch your life back together so neatly that you'd almost forget where it had once torn apart.Almost.Six months later, I had fallen back to the way life used to be before I made a bad decision that had me running back to my therapist.Work.Kitchen.Bed.Repeat.Loneliness still came knocking every now and then, but these days I knew better than to answer.Besides…One reckless night with a stranger had been enough excitement to last me a lifetime.I hated Fridays now. While everyone would get excited for the weekend, the only thing I could picture was myself slouching on my couch, eating popcorn like my life depended on it.That's not something to get excited about.Today was another Friday and for some reason, I was driving home to my parents' house. Chloe was already there. She had been beeping my phone all day to make sure I would not bail on her.I would have but well… what's the worst that could happen in a family dinner?I caught sight of
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