Gabe's POVI left Colette in the bedroom. I can't stand to be around her right now. I'll do something I'm not sure I would regret... Like strangle the bitch.She did this. She set this whole damn thing up! Somehow she got her mother to hire June as a new maid. Then she made her come up while I was in the shower to clean up a mess of a bed. I know she knew the moment June saw me, she would hurt her. I just don't know how she knew about Juniper unless...Gabriel! It had to be!The man is nothing but manipulative. I should know! He's played with me my entire life. You don't get to where he is in life without underhanded tactics. And this is just dirty!I don't want to think about the way she looked at me before she left... I want to rage against the universe! This is not fair! She wouldn't let me explain! She just left me... she said she was going to quit... Not that I would blame her. If I were her, looking at me coming out of a shower and Colette clawing me the way she did, I'd probabl
However, he doesn't even look up at me. "I'm not in the mood," he growls, still looking at the ground.This is not going the way I had planned, but that's okay. I can salvage this. I have to! I can't give up or this Gabriel will have my head. And I can't have that! I need to prove to everyone I'm where I'm supposed to be. By his side. And on top of the world."I can fix that," I state as I reach down and remove his towel from around his waist, but he holds my wrist tightly."I said, I wasn't in the mood. And I doubt I'll ever be in the mood ever again!" he snarls at me, tossing me away like I don't mean a damn thing in his eyes.I can see the anger in his eyes and it almost scares me. He's never been like this before. Gabe is normally grumpy, but never have I ever seen him look like he's ready to inflict violence. I don't get it! How can one little scrawny maid make him act like this? She is nothing! I'm the one he is marrying! Not her!"Why not? We are getting married in three months
Colette's POVI knew exactly what I was doing when I told Mommy to hire the little wench. I went out of my way to look her up. I even had her mother killed... All it takes is enough money, and people are willing to do just about anything... Even rig an 'accident'.I just had to have someone cut her break lines and she was gone! And that was all that I cared about. I needed the little maid all alone and desperate.I have to admit, she does have a backbone, and I can't wait to watch it break! I noticed her armor is already cracking, and I can't help the satisfied smirk cross my face. She was crying!But Gabe doesn't seem like he is willing to play along with my little game. I'll have to fix that. I can't have her getting any ideas that she means anything to him other than a lowly servant.He is not allowed to care for her. Not now that we are getting married! I'll show both of them that I'm more important than the both of them! I am the queen and they will both bow to my will.Gabriel t
Ouch. Not that I don't deserve it. Of course she knows my reputation. She was my best friend. She saw the parade of girls I let into my bedroom... And she had to pretend she didn't care.I knew it hurt her, but I had to pretend I didn't care. I tried so hard to keep her safe so she could stay with me. I knew exactly what would have happened if we were caught.But the thing is, I never loved any of them... The only one I really wanted was forbidden to me by Gabriel Jackson. If he knew how I really felt, he would've kicked them out...Which is exactly what happened.He caught her with me once... We weren't even doing anything! We were in the garden and we were planning what we wanted to do when we grew up. And somehow, he knew.According to my grandfather she is below our status. Her mother was our maid and June would help her. Maids were not allowed to play with princes.I was a senior in high school and she was a junior. We went to the same school, but everyone treated her like crap. I
"I don't need to work for you. Thanks for the offer, but I'm doing just fine here!" June insists."Oh, but I insist. After all, Mommy will be happy to give you to us as a wedding present!" Colette states as she squeezes me.I want to find that pit and jump to the deepest, darkest depths of earth. I didn't want her to find out about the engagement. I needed to explain everything to her first! I had to get out of this arrangement! I just don't know how!Juniper's back straightens and she goes stalk still, before she swallows. "Congratulations," she states, before turning around and marching toward the front door."JUNIPER! PLEASE LET ME EXPLAIN!" I beg as I chase after her. I'm starting to panic now. I can't let her think... Well, I have a few ideas for what she's thinking... But I can't let her hate me! I need her!She has to let me tell her this wasn't my fault! I didn't want to be part of this! I wanted the chance to find a wife on my own... And if I had any clue she was back, I woul
Gabe's POVI step out of the shower and see a figure I've been dreaming of for years. The same petite figure with dark curly hair. The same curves I've memorized every time I hugged her.Is this a dream? Or, more like is this a nightmare? Why is she here now? Why couldn't she have found me a week ago? Now I feel like I want the depths of hell to open up so I can jump in! I hate myself right now. My stomach is twisting in knots, warning me this is really happening.This can't be real... She can't be here! Not now! Not after... I look at the bedding she's been removing and I almost vomit. I don't want her to see this... I don't want her to clean this!"June?" I choke out.She freezes. I hear a soft gasp and I know.Dread is knotting my belly. Please, God, this can't be happening. I want to be anywhere other than right here right now. I wish I still had that invisibility cloak I had when I was a kid and we'd play super heroes, that way she wouldn't see the guilt written clearly on my fac