Leilani
“The flash drive is with some tech experts, babe, and they will reveal how someone was able to manipulate that fake audio recording to sound like you.” Neil’s voice said soothingly in the air pod tucked into my ear. “It will be fine, baby.”
I shook my head bitterly, leaning back against my glass work desk in my office. “All I worked for is going down the drain so fast. Although my contract was supposed to end during the event, the other benefits my brand was supposed to gain after is not even certain anymore. The hosts wants to breech the contract and even sue me for defamation. Clients are declining rapidly and terminating our agreements. Nobody wants to believe that the clip is fake.”“We will prove it, baby. But you know we can’t be sure it was Belle’s fault.”“She was left in charge of that clip. Whatever alteration that happened in that technical room falls on her shoulders. I&LeilaniI felt Neil nudge me, and when I looked at him, his baby blue eyes were so beautiful in the dim lighting and they were filled with a playful gleam. “Will you let me kiss you now, babe?” There was a cute grin on his handsome face, and he was just so cute… that not even a headache could stop me from smiling back.“You always want to kiss me when there’s a kissing scene on the screen.” I giggled lightly. He winked, “When you have an irresistible wife, things tend to turn out that way.” He pulled me even closer against himself, our faces just a few inches apart. His tone was low. “I am being serious though.” His hand cupped my cheek, slowly leaning in to claim my lips, but the sound of the doorbell cut into the moment.I blinked, as Neil clenched his jaw and leaned away. “Are you expecting someone tonight?”“No.” I responded, straighten
LeilaniI had panicked after seeing that text. This picture was so recent. So, so recent. And the text said my wedding rings would remain on my finger for just three months. I have been married for three months. Does that mean they were about to release the video?! I was scrambling about in the bathroom, shakily throwing some pills into my mouth and gulping down water straight from the faucet. The migraine was not going away.I had no time to have a proper bathe or wash my hair, so I just jumped into the shower for like two seconds and rolled my damp hair into a rough bun at the top of my head. Adonis had not given me any feedback about tracing the blackmailer, and it was driving me crazy. I had dialed his number a thousand times, but his phone was fucking switched off. Why was he always so damn unreachable?!Neil had gone for a morning jog with Chase, so I could leave the house without thinking of some excuse to give him for not resting like the doctor advised. I w
LeilaniI was fully awake before I even tried to open my eyes. My entire body felt like it was tied down to the soft bed beneath me. The incessant splitting of my head had dulled into just a faint throb, but I still felt awful. Lord, I felt so awful. And that was because I clearly remembered why I had passed out. I remembered the pain. The intense pain that made my heart physically ache. I already felt so ill, and having my worn heart torn apart again so viciously was too much to handle.And I fainted.Her lips had pressed against his. She kissed him. And he did not pull away. He did not pull away like he did when I kissed him in the elevator. He let her kiss him… and he had stared at her as she fucking walked away. Oh God, it hurt. It burned. But my poor mind was refusing to believe it. He was already with another woman? But he said he cared about me… and he had the maddening urge to keep me safe. He f
LeilaniLily and I both stared at each other. My eyes were filled with anger and confliction, as well as hurt. I was so hurt by everything she said. Was I selfish for following my heart? Was I selfish for not wanting to hurt Neil by letting him know what I had done? Was it my fault that Adonis never, ever told me anything about himself? The only thing he willingly told me was his time as an underground racer and why he quit it.I knew nothing else about him.Neil had mentioned that he had trauma and a few things that happened back when they were kids, but nobody told me of Adonis’ biological father being in jail. No one told me his father hated him to the point of threatening him with a gun. I only know Adonis gets very riled up when anyone uses the word 'bastard' on him, as Freya was fond of doing. But listening to Lily now, I just realized I knew nothing.Despair. Sorrow. Heartbreak over heartbreak. Th
LeilaniChase had curled his massive body around the foot of my couch, and as I tried to find a free spot on the glass floor to place my feet down on, Sara popped up from behind me. “I’m about to leave soon, Mrs. Giles, but before I go, I was wondering if you would like me to make you a quick treat before dinner.”Without even looking back at her, I muttered. “Thanks, Sara. But no, I’m good. And I hope you made just enough dinner for Neil? I have no appetite, just like the last few days, and I know Neil will force me to eat a little when he’s back. So, you just go home, relax and enjoy the rest of your time off.”“B-but you’re starting to lose weight. Your drugs won’t work if you aren’t eating, please.” Sara sounded genuinely worried, but I was tired of people always acting like I could not take care if my own self. I was about t
AdonisI had been hyper active ever since that fucking monster popped up in our lives again. It felt like I was fucking high on some drug, and my blood was charged to pump through my veins at the highest pressure. I was fucking damn restless. My mind kept tricking me into thinking he was lurking in every corner and every shadow was his, plotting and planning. But he would never fucking catch me off guard ever again.Dominick was serious about filing a restraining order, to make sure he could not come anywhere near Cora without getting himself thrown back in jail. And in the process of doing that, we had fucking found out that the fucker was not supposed to be out of jail… yet. Some external influence had gotten his release date shifted forward so he could be released earlier. If after getting released before the legal date, the first thing he did was to come stalk me and threaten Cora, then it was obvious that the mo
LeilaniNeil never came back home. It had been three days since the video spread like a wildfire through the internet, and that first day, I had only picked Brooke’s calls, and she sounded so distraught, bringing it to my notice that most of my employees were resigning. They had begun to have doubts about me after the audio clip incidents at the event. But all they had to see was this sex tape of me shamelessly cheating with my husband’s stepbrother… and the whole world was convinced that I was the worst person in the world.Customers were cutting off contact with my brand, and only loyal supporters stayed. But it was a crippling loss… on just that first day. I had called Sara to come pick Chase up and place him at a pet care, because I was in no position to take care of him and she did, never saying anything else to me even though I was sure she had heard the news…or even watched t
LeilaniIt all looked like slow motion. Rita, turning white in the face. Neil’s eyebrows furrowing as he looked down at the little boy that was grinning up at us. Me, slowly blinking as I registered the striking familiarity of those baby blue eyes…and that cute, flashy smile. My eyes slid back to look at Neil, unable to wrap my head around the thought that suddenly crossed my mind.I looked back at Rita. “You have a son?” My tone was full of disbelief. It was unbelievable. Rita was basically the same age as me, and she was single. She had been single… for a long time…it seems. Although, nobody knew what she had been up to during her time in the Philippines… how could a little boy suddenly come into the picture.She looked absolutely horrified, her hands shaking. “It’s none of your business.” Her voice was shaky as she turned around and grabbed him by the arm but he skittered f