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Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby QUESTIONS
ElijahWhile the adults dealt with the crisis Lea and I had our own quiet conversations.We were sitting in my room that afternoon looking at my book about deep sea creatures when Lea asked me something that made me stop turning pages."Are you happy I'm your sister?"I looked at her and thought about the question seriously because that's how I thought about everything. "I already knew we were siblings.""How?""I just felt it. Like something was missing before and now it doesn't feel missing anymore."She nodded like that made perfect sense to her. "I used to ask Mummy about my father all the time. She would go very quiet when I did and I could tell it made her sad.""Dad goes quiet too when I ask about my mother. He always has. But lately he smiles more.""When does he smile?""Only when Colette is around. I've noticed it. He looks at her differently than he looks at other people."Lea's eyes got wide. "Mummy does that too! She looks at your dad when she thinks nobody is watching an
Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby OWNERSHIP
OliverThe emergency board meeting was held at nine in the morning and it started on a very brutal note.I walked into the conference room and saw the faces of the board members and knew immediately that this was going to be bad. They weren't just concerned or worried, they were angry and ready to make changes whether I liked it or not.Martin Cho spoke first. "Oliver, we need to discuss your position as CEO.""My position is fine.""That's debatable. Three members of this board believe you should step down temporarily while we address the current crisis."I looked around the table and saw the three members he was referring to nodding in agreement. The rest looked uncomfortable but not necessarily opposed to the idea."Step down?" I kept my voice calm. "On what grounds?""On the grounds that you've watched and done nothing while this company faces its worst public relations crisis in a decade. The press story about your personal life, the declining rankings, the investors anxiety, al
Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby CLOSENESS
ColetteLiving in Oliver's house was both the easiest and hardest thing I'd ever done.The easy part was watching the twins together. They'd taken over an entire wing of the house and had essentially merged their personalities into one unit that moved and thought and played as a pair. Within two days of us moving in they'd rearranged both their rooms so the beds were closer to the connecting door and they could talk to each other before falling asleep.That part was beautiful and it made my chest ache in the best way. Elijah was like the big brother Lea didn't know she needed even though he was only older by seven minutes. He was protective and gentle with her and patient when she got excited about things he'd already learned about.I could barely believe they were twins even though I was starting to see how much they really did look alike. Same gray eyes and same serious expression when they were thinking and same laugh when something genuinely delighted them. The way they move
Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby REFUGE
ColetteI woke up to the sound of voices outside my apartment building and when I looked out the window my heart sank.Reporters were everywhere. At least a dozen of them with cameras and microphones crowding the entrance to the building and looking up at the windows trying to figure out which apartment was mine. Someone must have leaked the story about the twins and about me being Oliver Ashford's baby mama and now they wanted photos and quotes and whatever drama they could manufacture.Lea was still asleep in her room but the noise woke her up within minutes. I heard her crying and ran to her bedroom to find her sitting up in bed with her hands over her ears and tears streaming down her face."Mummy what's happening? Why are people yelling?""It's nothing baby. Just some people outside. They'll go away soon.""I'm scared.""I know. Come here."She climbed into my arms and I held her and rocked her and tried to calm her down but she was shaking and the noise from outside wasn't sto
Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby Truths
ColetteOliver arrived at eight o'clock exactly.I'd put Lea to bed early and asked Maya to stay over in case Lea woke up while we were talking. When I opened the door Oliver was standing there in jeans and a sweater instead of his usual suit and he looked tired and human in a way I wasn't used to seeing."Come in," I said.He followed me to the living room and we sat on opposite ends of the couch with careful distance between us. Neither of us spoke for a moment and the silence felt heavy with all the things we needed to say.Finally Oliver took a breath. "I want to tell you everything I know about that night six years ago.""Okay.""I was drugged," he said. "At a business dinner. Someone slipped something into my drink and I started feeling strange and disoriented. I excused myself and went upstairs to one of the hotel rooms to try to sleep it off."I listened and didn't interrupt."There were people who wanted to destroy me back then. Business rivals who thought if they could fram
Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby Terms
ColetteOliver proposed a co-parenting arrangement three days after Elijah called me.He sent it through his lawyer which should have told me everything I needed to know about how he viewed this situation. It arrived as a thick envelope delivered by courier and when I opened it and saw the official letterhead and the dozens of pages inside my heart sank.It was formal and documented and obviously drawn up by expensive lawyers who knew exactly how to protect their client. I sat at my kitchen table and started reading through it with my hands shaking slightly.Joint custody was the main point. Both children would be legally recognized as belonging to both of us with equal rights and equal responsibilities. That part made sense and I couldn't argue with it even though seeing it written in legal language made it feel more real and more permanent than anything else had so far.I read further and saw that Lea would split her time between both homes. One week with me and one week with Oliv
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