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Esmerelda Sleuth: The Other Side of the Mirror (Book 1)

Esmerelda Sleuth: The Other Side of the Mirror (Book 1)

Paranormal
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โดย:  Eileen Sheehan, Ailene Frances, E.F. Sheehanจบแล้ว
ภาษา: English
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Meet Esmerelda Sleuth. Sleuth is her name and investigating is her game. (Paranormal Investigating, that is.) Esmerelda makes a good living as an investigator in a rather progressive firm. She lives a stable and sensible life until she meets Lance; an old money "hottie" who works for a real estate firm next to her building. After accepting an invitation for a weekend getaway party, she quickly discovers that Lance has a secret. He is wealthy. That part is true. And, yes, he's procured a job as a realtor in the building next door. His secret is that he belongs to an underground society of humans who didn't abandon their connection to magic centuries ago when religion declared it evil and he has traveled through time specifically to find her and bring her back to his time to marry him. If that isn't enough of a far fetched tale to absorb, he informs her that she was born in his time to a family belonging to that same secret society and was promised in marriage to him as an infant. When enemies who didn't want to see the union of families take place made attempts on her life, her parents sent her into the future and erased her memories of them as a precaution. Possessing virtually no belief in magic, ghosts, psychics, time travel, etc., it takes some doing on Lance's part to convince her to believe his story and go back with him. When she does, the lies, deceit and attempts on her life start all over again. Will she escape emotionally and physically unscathed? "The Other Side Of the Mirror" is a steamy-paranormal-romance- mystery-thriller and book one of the Esmerelda Sleuth series.

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Chapter 1

半夜，蘇韻醒來時頭痛口乾。

今夜的她特別開心。

調了很久的香水「初戀」終於成功，明晚的比賽拿了獎以後，她跟洛遠航的婚事就會提上日程了。

從大學到現在，相識五年相戀三年。

自己拋下一切，潛心研究香水，總算是幫他將公司做大起來，眼看著美好的未來在朝她招手，晚上就多喝了幾杯。

她揉了一下眉心，想要找點水喝，結果卻聽到隔壁房間傳來奇怪的聲音。

這間租來的小公寓她一人獨住，洛遠航偶爾會留下來，但也都住隔壁房。

聽到聲音，不免有些擔心是不是他不舒服。

結果稍稍靠近卻聽到一個女人的聲音——

「遠航，我們這樣會不會被蘇韻聽到？」

「這樣不是才刺激嗎？寶貝，放心，我在她酒裡加了東西，保證她能睡到明天。」

男人的聲音雖然夾雜著粗喘，但她絕對聽得出那是洛遠航的聲音沒錯。

心頭一陣發寒，這些年為了做研究她經常失眠，需要藥物幫助，所以安眠藥對她而言已經有了抗藥性。

「等到明天的新品拿了獎，我就是高級調香師，在這個圈子的地位就穩了。到時候大把的投資等你挑，要招多少人都沒問題，區區一個蘇韻算什麼？」

站在門口的蘇韻握緊了掌心，她已經聽出那是江時薇的聲音。

她大學的好友，跟她的未婚夫曖昧不清。

她不是沒聽到一些風言風語，只是執拗地選擇了信任，可現實卻狠狠地給了她一巴掌。

「小浪貨，我連公司都用你的名字，就知道我有多……愛你了！蘇韻不過是塊跳板罷了，當初的新秀賽，要不是為了你，我會在她的配方裡動手腳嗎？」

「我不許你提她的名字。你說，你到底愛我，還是愛她？」

江時薇的聲音本就嬌軟，此刻黏膩膩地拖長了尾音，聽著就撩人，但落在蘇韻的耳朵裡，卻格外刺耳。

她咬著牙根，睜大了眼睛，彷彿想穿透門板看清這對狗男女。

「當然是……愛你了！……」

接下來的聲音，簡直讓人想吐，蘇韻的掌心都摳出血了，才按捺住要衝進去的念頭。

她怎麼都沒想到，自己全心的付出換來的是這樣的結果。

三年前她在省級的調香大賽一舉成名，當時邀約無數，甚至包括環亞這樣的大公司，但為了洛遠航剛剛起步創業的事業，她都拒絕了，專心一意幫襯扶持。

而兩年前她再次參加大型比賽的時候，香水卻出了問題，被人嘲笑是「沒有鼻子的調香師」。她當時百思不得其解哪裡出了錯，而洛遠航一直在身邊「不離不棄」，還體貼地讓她轉做幕後，所有的比賽和公開露面都讓江時薇去。

她以為他們相互扶持，歷經風雨，結果自己根本就是別人手上的一顆棋子。

當初他給公司命名「微瀾」，英文名V.L。他解釋說什麼微瀾動水面，是逆勢而上的意思，自己竟然信以為真。結果，根本是江時薇和他洛遠航的名字縮寫。

人家暗地裡秀了一波恩愛，她還滿懷熱血、鬥志滿滿，想想真是蠢得可笑！
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Chapter 1
I leaned back in my well-worn executive office chair and stretched the kinks from my body.  I’d finally solved the case that had plagued me for weeks.   It was a call for celebration!Eleanor Waterford’s husband was a sly player.  He’d managed to disguise his activities to the point that I simply couldn’t uncover the name of the female who he was keeping company with.  I was just about to give up and confess to my boss that I’d failed when it struck me.  What if the woman he was seeing wasn’t a woman at all?Bingo!Why hadn’t that come to me before?Maybe because the photos that my assistant presented to me had Bill Waterford in what looked like a lover’s embrace with a person who wasn’t his wife and was dressed like a woman with a body frame to match? It was a classic lesson for me in stereotyping. I’d come across the name, Frankie Stapleto
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Chapter 2
The trip to Lance’s estate house was fairly uneventful.  Even with the occasional wrong turn that was prompted by Nora’s outdated and inefficient GPS system, we made good time.  This was because Nora had what was referred to as a lead foot.  Speed was the name of the game for that woman no matter what she was doing.  Be it driving a car or walking down the sidewalk,  Nora didn’t know the meaning of the word slow.I, on the other hand, have always been prone to take my time.  I believe that personality trait has  been a considerable aide in my career.  One of the vital aspects of my job is to be able to take in and remember as much about a person, place, or thing as possible.  It’s difficult  to do that when you’re rushing about.When Nora first got her license, it took a good deal of effort for me to remain calm while a passenger in her car, but, over the years, I eventually settled down an
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Chapter 3
The light hand rubbing on my back felt lovely as it slowly roused me from one of the deepest slumbers I’d had in some time.  I rolled from my stomach onto my back and stretched my arms over my head while I opened my eyes and slowly brought the room into focus.  I’d had a lovely dream about the house in days gone by and wasn’t quite ready to leave it.When I was finally able to identify the very handsome Lance’s smiling face, I sleepily smiled back while I continued to stretch.  The feel of the thick velvet bedspread against my flesh was almost sensual to the point that I emitted a small moan of pleasure.“What time is it?” I asked with a voice that was still thick with sleep.“You slept the day away, my sleeping beauty,”  he said in a low, lusty voice as he gently pulled a few stray curls from my face.  “I came in several times to wake you, but you slept the sleep of the dead.”
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Chapter 4
Not only was Lance taken aback when Nora and I entered the dining room, but so were the rest of the guests.  I hadn’t counted on the fact that the word of his gift of the dress had spread.  Instead of sending a private message to Lance that I wasn’t about to become one of his playthings, I’d announced it to the entire party.I’d unwittingly put myself in the limelight, once again.Lance made no comment about the dress as he held out my chair for me to sit next to him, but his eyes expressed his displeasure to the point that I questioned the wisdom of my actions.     I caught Melanie’s intentionally loud whisper to her dinner neighbor; a very attractive woman named Donna Wright.  She was a real estate agent who’d taken a liking to Melanie; which was how catty Melanie managed to get the invite for the weekend.  “I knew that dress was too small for her.  Nora’s a lot
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Chapter 5
It was the wee hours of the morning before Lance had his fill of pleasuring me.  It was amazing how selfless a lover he was.  More than once, I was tempted to go all the way.   It wasn’t just because I felt guilty about peaking so many times while his manhood was practically bursting with desire, but because I was beginning to long having him inside of me.  To my surprise, when I literally begged him to enter me, he declined.  He insisted that enjoying my body in that way was all the satisfaction that he needed and was enough to solidify the bonding between us.  He then proceeded to state that we should save his penetration of me for our wedding night.  I was so out in left field with desire that his words never registered correctly. I simply responded with a sigh.With Nora’s dress cradled in my arms, my naked body followed his equal nakedness to my room where he deposited me with the instructions that I take a long bath.&n
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Chapter 6
We were all aghast when the ambulance staff pronounced that Melanie’s coma was severe enough for her to have brain damage and the possibility of her not coming out of it was great.  They suspected that whoever had done this to her had left her for dead.The police insisted upon speaking to each guest privately.  Suspicion was pointed in my direction when a few of the jealous and catty guests proceeded to announce that I was nowhere to be found when Melanie disappeared.  To my relief , as well as my embarrassment, Lance came to my rescue when he confided that we were in a lover’s tryst.   Nora followed up with my alibi by confirming that I’d gone to bed after hearing about Melanie’s disappearance.  To my surprise and delight,  my interview ended up being short and sweet.  Not so for the other guests in the house. It felt like an eternity before the ambulance took her body away, and the police ceased t
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Chapter 7
We stood beneath the grand house’s portico and watched the last guest’s car make its way down the long, tree-lined drive.  The place felt eerily quiet after the recent drama and commotion.   Nora asked to be excused so that she could lay down for a while.  Unlike me, she had yet to go to bed since awakening the day before.  On top of that, she was feeling the effects of the excessive partying as the alcohol left her system.We hadn’t had breakfast and it was approaching noon.  Lance had given his staff the day off.  He’d claimed that it was because they were traumatized by the violence on the premises, but I later discovered that it was because he wanted to be completely alone in the house with me and Nora when he explained just what it was that he needed us to do.“I am actually glad that it is just you and me right now,” he said as he pulled out a platter of meats for sandwiches from the oversized
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Chapter 8
I stood in the center of the nursery.  What he was claiming was total madness, yet, my mind continued to cling to his story.  I needed to prove him wrong for my own sanity’s sake.  Closing my eyes, I willed the room to speak to me.  Common sense told me that there was no truth to Lance’s story, but, just to appease my mind and free it from all doubts, I would investigate.  If there was any truth to his wild tale, it would come forth. When nothing happened, I inwardly smiled with smugness.  I knew that his tale was that of a madman.  Even so, I was still being nagged by his story.  Not getting a vision just wasn’t enough to satisfy the nagging in the recesses of my mind.  I needed to do more to prove to myself that his story was completely off-the-charts crazy. Opening my eyes, I said in a voice as gentle as I could manage in my flustered state, “If you don’t mind, it would be better if I was in here alone.” He look
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Chapter 9
Very little was said between Lance and me for the next few hours.   We were each deep in thought.  Sensing that I needed my space, he made his way to a separate part of the house to allow me alone time to process all that I’d learned and all that he wanted of me.When Nora finally came out of her room, she found me sitting on a lounge chair near the pool.  Unlike the partiers from the day before, my body wasn’t filled with alcohol and I was feeling the cold nip in the air.  Even though the pool was still ready and waiting for swimmers, I wasn’t about to use it.  Instead, I’d grabbed an afghan from the back of a chair inside of the house and bundled myself into it while I breathed in the cool air and tried to think on what to do.“Where’s Lance?” she asked as she lowered her body onto the lounge next to me.  “I can’t believe I went swimming yesterday.  It’s freezing.&rdqu
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Chapter 10
I was more than a little nervous as I slipped into the nineteenth century apparel that Lance had produced.  It was really happening.  I was really going to go back in time.  He was taking me back to the early nineteenth century.Since I came from a family of wealth and was marrying into wealth, I was required to dress accordingly.  Although the billowing cotton skirt was tolerable, I couldn’t say as much for the tortuous corset or the hoop that swayed to and fro when I walked.Lance explained that most ladies rested their hands on their hips to help keep the swaying to a minimum when they moved about.  It was all so taxing to deal with, let alone remember.The underdrawers were a surprise that made me giggle.  They were literally made with a huge slit in the crotch.  I couldn’t help joking with Nora about the ease in sneaking about with a lover.  After which, I had to calm my body down as I considered how it wo
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