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Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby DAMAGE CONTROL
ColetteThe next day I went to the office and settled down at my desk like it was any other morning.But the moment I walked through the lobby I knew something was wrong because the workers at the hotel were acting strange and I couldn't figure out what had happened to make everyone so uncomfortable. Some of them even forgot to respond to my greetings and they just stared at me with these stunned expressions like they'd seen something they couldn't unsee.Priya knocked on my door five minutes after I'd sat down and she looked worried in a way that made my stomach drop."Have you seen it?" she asked."Seen what?"She pulled out her phone and handed it to me without saying anything. I looked at the screen and felt the floor tilt under me.I was trending.Not in a good way either but on a gossip blog that specialized in tearing people apart for entertainment and the headline made me feel sick.Hotel Manager Uses Child's Emotional Vulnerability to Climb Social LadderThere were photos o
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OliverI was really impressed with Colette's progress.So impressed that I didn't even need Leon to tell me she was deserving of permanently managing the hotel because the numbers spoke for themselves and so did the feedback from guests and staff and every metric we used to measure success. She'd turned that place around in less than three months and made it look easy when I knew it had been anything but.I didn't tell her yet that she'd be the permanent manager because for some reason I wanted to make the offer in a special way. I didn't know how to go about it yet but I knew I didn't just want to tell her over the phone or send an email or have Leon handle it like we did with every other promotion.This felt different and I wanted it to be different even though I couldn't quite explain why.I was thinking about that when my phone rang and Elijah's school name appeared on the screen. I answered immediately because calls from school were never good."Mr. Ashford? This is Principal
Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby DISTANCE
ColetteI clutched Lea to my chest as she slept that night.She was curled up against me in my bed instead of her own because I couldn't bear to let her out of my sight after what had happened at school. She'd sensed my worry and hadn't argued when I'd asked her to sleep with me. Her breathing was soft and steady and I ran my fingers through her hair and tried to calm the panic that had been sitting in my chest since I'd gotten that text from Vivian.I looked around our cramped apartment. The peeling paint on the walls, the kitchen that was barely big enough to turn around in, the bathroom with the leaky faucet I'd been meaning to fix for months. We were moving out tomorrow even though our rent wasn't due yet and I'd already packed most of our things into boxes stacked against the walls.The move wasn't because of Vivian's threat, at least not entirely. I'd been wanting to change apartments for weeks now because Lea needed more space to grow and play and be a kid. This place was t
Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby UNWANTED ATTENTION
OliverElijah kept saying he wanted to see Lea and Colette again.It had become his constant refrain over the past few days and every time he brought it up I felt something complicated twist in my chest because I wanted to make him happy. But I also didn't know how to arrange another meeting without making it seem like more than it was. Since the day Colette had left after the meeting and Elijah had promised to behave himself, he'd ceased being the moody and sad child he'd been for months.He talked more now and smiled more and actually engaged with me instead of giving those flat one word answers that made me feel like I was failing as a father. In return I'd also been at peace all along because finally, finally, I felt like I was getting somewhere with my son.We'd started communicating better and I'd learned that if I asked him about his books or the things he was learning he'd actually open up instead of shutting down. For the first time in years I felt like I was doing someth
Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby Threats
ColetteVivian visited me again.But this time it wasn't with tears or pleas or offers of money, it was with a warning that made my blood run cold the moment she walked into my office and closed the door behind her with a quiet click. "I'm going to make this very simple for you," she said without preamble. "If you know what's good for yourself and your daughter, you'll stay away from Elijah and Oliver completely."I stood up from my desk. "Excuse me?""You heard me. Since you don't want to help me, you can at least just stay away from Elijah completely for the remaining time you'll use as this hotel's manager."I crossed my arms. "You sound very sure that I'll only be here for three months.""I'm sure of a lot of things.""And how exactly am I supposed to stay away from them when I'm not the one throwing myself at those two people? They come to me. Elijah asks for me, Oliver calls me, how am I supposed to control that?"Vivian smiled and it was the coldest thing I'd ever seen on a hu
Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby Noticed
ColetteI was visibly happy to see him too and I hugged him back without thinking about where we were or who was watching.Elijah wrapped his arms around my neck and started talking immediately about the book he'd finished reading and the new facts he'd learned about giant squids and how he wanted to tell Lea all about them. I listened and responded and completely forgot that we were standing in a hallway full of people until I stood up and saw that everyone had stopped whatever they were doing.They were all staring at us.The whispers started almost immediately and I caught fragments as people leaned toward each other and spoke in voices they thought were quiet but weren't."Is that really Elijah Ashford?""He never talks to anyone when he comes here.""I've never seen him smile like that.""Who is she?""The hotel manager. The one Oliver keeps referencing.""He doesn't even acknowledge us when we say hello and he's hugging her?"I felt my face heat up and I looked at Oliver who wa
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