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63EMILY’S POV.Did she have a place to go, and her house was too far from it? Why else would she have a big, fat luggage on wheels behind her?“What are you doing here?” Katie asked, dropping her fork, and Mandy smiled.“You look like you don’t want me here, Katie.” Mandy replied, taking a seat next to John, who smiled sweetly at her.“I simply asked a question.”“Well, you’ll get an answer. I asked sweet John here if I could stay for a few months, and he agreed.”“A few months?” Sadie asked, also dropping her cutlery.A few months was simply too much.“Yeah, maybe six or so.” She replied, and I could see a frown settle over Katie’s face.“Why do you want to stay here for six months?” She asked, pushing grilled salmon into her mouth.“That’s between me and John, but I’d like to point out that John’s house has become really fun. I would like to share in the happiness too.” She said, then looked around. “I don’t see Lucas.”“That’s Alpha Lucas to you.” Katie said immediately.“Oh come
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-14One Nightstand With My Ex's Uncle 64
64EMILY’S POV.Sadie couldn’t have Derella outed to the scary family she had, and despite myself, I was unhappy that Mandy had to stay.“Who said she was gay?” Sadie asked.“I don’t need to debate that with you. If you’re so uncomfortable, we only need to walk over to the next mansion, and call for an urgent family meeting.” Mandy said, sticking a fork into a sliced watermelon. “You know, it’s your choice, darling. You can choose to reveal Derella’s secret, and cause problems, or you can simply choose to back off and lay low.” Mandy said, putting her watermelon into her mouth, and chewing slowly.“Lucky you. You get off this time, but not for long.” Sadie said, with cold venom. Then turned around. “Follow me.” She commanded, storming away, and it hurt my pride.“What? You’re subject to an eight-year-old now?” Mandy asked, with an amused smirk.“Emily!” Sadie called, and I looked at Mandy.“If you think so.” I replied, and walked away, after Sadie who had me boiling quite hard. “It’s
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65EMILY’S POV.He took my hand, and refused to leave it, staring at me like he was trying to read me.“What’s so weird about agreeing to be friends?” I asked, looking away, with my face flushing.“What made you change your mind?” He asked, still holding onto my hand, which was growing warmer by the moment.“What made me change my mind? I just thought it was rude to…”“No, you definitely didn’t. There must be a reason.” He said, and I pursed my lips, and looked straight into his mesmerizing green eyes.“I thought you wanted to blackmail me about it. I thought you were like John. So I said no. But now I know you’re not that way, so I thought it wouldn’t hurt to have a friend.” I blurted out, snatching my hand out of his, and he laughed.“You’re something else. Does everyone with Granger as their last name seem shady to you?” He asked, pushing his hands into his pockets.“That was then. Maybe you’re the only one who’s not shady. You, the kids, well, except Sadie.” I replied, and he chuc
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-15One Nightstand With My Ex's Uncle 66
66EMILY’S POV.My face grew hot, and I was thankful for the cover of the night, unless he’d have seen my face color up.A friendly date? The word ‘friendly’ seemed invisible in my head. Was there such? I thought dates were only meant for lovers.“John spoke endlessly about you being pretty whenever you blushed. I can’t help but notice the truth in that tonight.” He said, and I colored up even more.“You can see my face clearly?” I asked, raising a hand to my cheek.“Don’t forget to add the word ‘friendly’ in your head when you’re thinking of what I said. Because it looks to me like you discarded the ‘friendly’, and dwelled on the ‘date’ alone.” He said, and I stepped backwards like it would help to shield my face better.Was he a mind reader or something?“Who says I discarded the word ‘friendly’? I didn’t. So when is the time for this friendly date? And what are we going to do?”“Just movies. Stuff like that. I’ve been really bored having to work and work like my life only has one p
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67LUCAS’ POV.I waited across the street as Sadie had forced me to, and it had taken almost fifteen minutes before I finally saw Emily walking towards me.She kept looking around like she was afraid someone might see her, but my eyes were all for her.She looked so lovely, and incredibly beautiful.Her brown hair, bounced around her shoulders, as she walked quickly with heels that seemed to have been made for her little feet.The dress did well to outline her curves before flaring at her hips. The pink of it made her fair skin stand out in the early afternoon sun, and her large white beret made her look cute.As she came closer, holding her little white bag with restless fingers, I could see she had applied a little makeup.“Sadie did all this.” Was the first thing she said when she came to stand in front of me.“What?” I asked, not expecting that to be the first thing she’d say.“She dressed me up. I had totally no say in this. But, can we go now? I’m afraid Mandy has an habit of tr
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-19One Nightstand With My Ex's Uncle 68
68EMILY’S POV.My heart was thundering and it seemed like it would tear out of my chest, as I found that I couldn’t tear my eyes off his lips.I was finally losing my senses. Even my saliva was hard to swallow, and it took him tilting his head—to try to decipher what was wrong with me—to get my eyes off him.I turned away sharply, stepping into the rain, and stepping backwards after feeling the harsh and direct coldness. I bumped against him, and jumped.It was tempting to place my hand on my chest, and try to make it stop beating hard.“Why? Did you want to kiss me?” I heard him ask, and I turned to him immediately.“No. Why? Why would you say that?” I asked, shaking my head, and playing dumb.He smirked, and his eyes fell to my lips. I swallowed hard, and stepped out of the umbrella.“There’s a taxi!” I shouted, running towards a vacant taxi approaching us in the far distance.He was next to me shortly, covering me alone with the small umbrella.We got into the taxi, while Lucas ca
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69EMILY’S POV.I brought my laughter to a stop slowly, and Lucas’ laughter also subsided. As he focused on the meat he was grilling, John walked towards us, with his hands in his pockets.Gosh, Jealousy made him look like an insane psychiatric patient who escaped from the hospital.“What’s the occasion?” He asked, as he approached us.“Burning hot beef against the chilly cold weather.” Lucas said, picking up a slice of beef, and offering it to him.John opened his mouth, and Lucas dropped the meat in. John juggled the meat in his mouth, and sat on the chair in front of us. Why the maids had placed three chairs there in the first place, I had no idea.“Mind if I join?” He asked, with mouth dancing to the rhythm of the hot beef.“Sure. There’s enough to eat.” Lucas replied, and I took a long drink from my orange juice. It was refreshing, but unfortunately, I couldn’t feel it.John stared at me.“Why were you laughing?” He asked, and I got to my feet.“Have a nice night, Mr. Granger.” I
Huling Na-update : 2025-04-21One Nightstand With My Ex's Uncle 70
70EMILY’S POV.We both stopped, and from the corner of my eye, I could see Sadie tense up. My lips trembled, and my heart rate began to pick up slowly, but steadily, gradually rising to maniacal beating.How did it happen that we were discussing such problematic matters in the living room?“Did you both see a ghost?” Mandy asked, smoothing her satin evening gown.“What?” Sadie asked, breathily.“You both are sent for. Dinner’s about to start.” She said, and looked from my face to Sadie’s, before turning around, and walking back out the door.“Do you… do you think she heard anything? She didn’t, did she? Did she look like she heard us saying something?” I asked, with my eyes trained on the door like it would swing open again.“I don’t know. I’m just as clueless as you are.”“What was the last thing we said?” I asked, suddenly forgetting the last thing I had said.“You and the pregnancy.”“Oh my God, oh my, oh my, this isn’t good.” I said, getting up, and placing my hands behind my hea
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98JOHN’S POV.(The previous evening)I poured myself fruit wine after finishing my work for the day. It had been so long since I finished my daily work. Most of the time, I carried over work to the next day, so the wine was more of a celebration thing.“Didn’t know wine still tastes good in an office setting.” I murmured to myself, and looked out the window. “It’s snowing.”‘It’s snowing, John! Aliens!’ I heard Emily scream in my head. Her giggles followed. ‘I know they’re not aliens. What do I say? Childhood stories stick!’That was our first Christmas together. The snow had come really late, making everyone wonder if it was ever going to snow that Christmas. Alas, it had.“We didn’t imagine a Christmas without her, John.” I said, swirling my drink in my glass.Just then, my door was pushed open.“Gosh.” I exclaimed, softly, as I was caught off guard.Katie stormed in, and stood in front of me.“Sweet to drink wine alone on a snowy night when your woman is out there having coffee, a
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97LUCAS’ POV.(The previous evening)I watched Derel and Tenor, trying to understand the situation. Where did they meet? Why were they so casual with each other? She didn’t look like an high school student, so I couldn’t imagine where they could have met long enough to have such relationship with each other.“Don’t touch me.” Derel said, jerking his arm out of her hand. She took off her jacket completely, and hit him with it.“What is the matter with you? Must you be so headstrong?” She asked, heatedly.“I believe you have no business judging whether I’m headstrong or not.” Derel said. “We don’t know each other, do we?” He asked coldly, and walked away, but she followed him. I wanted to go with them, but my phone rang.It was Emily. I picked it, and we talked a little after I suggested having coffee, which was weird, judging that the sky had darkened, but she didn’t mind.I doubted I was the only one offering to drink coffee at night.I left Derel, since I was sure he was perfectly c
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96EMILY’S POV.“I… don’t know.” I said and she raised a brow. I couldn’t recall if I ever asked myself that question, but at the moment, I was. Did I like Lucas as more than a friend? Or did I just feel too free around him?One thing I knew was that I liked him than I ever liked all my friends, and at the moment, I liked him more than I liked John.“I don’t know if I like him that way, but if I do, and do not know about it yet, then I’ll try my best to stop it. I know it’s not right.” I said, fiddling with my fingers, hoping that saving her life accidentally would be enough to make her take my side.“You know, it was a big shame when you broke off the engagement with John. I thought of all the marriages we declined, and all the people who knew about it, but it was even a bigger shame seeing John’s unfaithful and disgusting chat exposed in such a manner. John does not worth you. Any man who stoops so low to cheat, does not deserve his woman, not if she’s cheating too.“But, as of this
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95LUCAS’ POV.I wondered what Lady Genevieve had to say to Emily, but it couldn’t have been anything bad. After all, she had been the one to discover her, and call for help.Raymond had insisted it wasn’t thanks to her, but instead, it was thanks to him who had told Emily to find her. Had it been someone like Mandy, she could have left Lady Genevieve there. Emily had a choice to open the door after knocking, and she also had a choice to leave, and search elsewhere.“Did you come with Emily?” John asked me, as I made to leave.“Why do you ask?” I asked, and he gave a scoff.“Mere curiosity.”“No.”“You didn’t come with her?” He asked.He continued, “Why do you always stay close to her? I mean, you guys are always together most of the time. What’s going on between you both?” He asked me.“I thought we were over this.” I said, pressing the button of the elevator.“No, we aren’t. Emily is my—We’re not married at the moment, or dating, but I believe she will come back to me. But if she ke
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94EMILY’S POV.I dashed to her immediately I saw her sprawled in that unnatural angle. Her eyeglasses seemed to have broken, and I wondered how hard she fell.“Lady Genevieve, Lady Genevieve!” I called to check for any signs of consciousness. It seemed she had passed out completely. I placed my head on her chest gently to see if her heart was still beating. It was.I got up, and ran out the door.“Help! Lady Genevieve fainted!” I called out, and the maids stationed around her room, ran to me. Together, we all lifted her. It turned out she had a lot of weight, and we struggled to lift her out.We decided to go through the back exit, as it was closer to us.More maids who saw us, joined us in lifting her, and we managed to get to the driver, who immediately jumped into the driver’s seat, and began to drive us.As for the family, they would be informed once we were sure she was fine. There was no time to waste. At the nearest hospital, we took her out of the car, and the ER doctors assi
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93LUCAS’ POV.I looked at the ladies, trying to pick out who among them was making me feel that way. It was a really uneasy feeling. I leaned back in my sofa, and studied the ladies, who began to introduce themselves.“I’m Keith.” The first one, who looked smart said.“I’m Sandra.” The girl in all pink said, with her smile growing wider.“I’m Mina.” The quiet girl dressed in all black said, in a calm voice.“I’m Judy!” The girl who had been rocking back and forth on her feet said, with excitement.“I’m Paris.” The girl who I had perceived as not confident said in a low voice.“I’m Tenor.” Said the one in flashy clothes, with a bold smiled.“I’m Jenny.” The last girl, who looked really shy said.It turned out there was really no way of judging which of them gave me the awful feeling. I looked into their faces carefully, and some smiled back, while some looked like they were suddenly unsure if they had zipped their zippers.Who among the beautiful girls could make me feel so uneasy? Tr
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92EMILY’S POV.I looked at her, and there was a desperateness in her eyes, as if she could make me say I didn’t like him. It angered me. She had been rude to me, but wanted me to answer her petty question.By her side, a hand was folded into a tight fist, and it made me give a smile.“I believe it’s not my duty to keep whatever I feel for Lucas in check. Right? It’s also not my duty to explain our relationship, and what goes on between us, so I’m sorry, but I do not owe you an answer to your question.” I said, and made to walk past her, but she held my elbow.I looked at it, and jerked it out of her hand.She didn’t deserve to hold me like that.I walked away from her, and sat at the dining table.“What would you like to eat?” Kaye asked me.“Maybe some cereal. I don’t really have much appetite. I ate a lot yesterday.” I said to her, rubbing my eyes.“Cornflakes?”“Is there Cinnamon crunch? I thought I saw it the other day.” I said, leaning backwards on my chair.“Yes, there is. Wait
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91LUCAS’ POV.As I drove to work, I couldn’t help a smile from forming on my face. Emily being jealous was just the cutest thing ever. So all because she saw Katie kissing me, she decided to be curt and distant with everyone?And what was that she said about being possessive with her male friends?I laughed; I had acquired a possessive female friend.I got to work, and met Tray scolding two female employees who had accidentally managed to smear lipstick on an important piece of paper.“This is really crazy. How in the world did you manage to do this!?” He asked, throwing the paper on them. “Look at that paper. Does it look like it was typed out? No, idiots! It was handwritten! And you smeared lipstick all over it like that? Tell me why you were putting on lipstick at work. Did you come to work to flirt or to look pretty? How do I apologize for this?” He asked, and I waited in front of the elevator, while he raged on.“We’re so sorry, Mr. Turner.”“Don’t you worry. Maybe if I tell the
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90EMILY’S POV.Katie looked like she’d been hit by a ball flying through the air.She stared at Derella speechlessly, unable to say a word. She had probably never expected to hear something like that.“I know it’s weird, and you never expected this, but I’m sorry. This is who I am, and you’re who I like. Actually, I…. I don’t want to cause you some inconvenience because I know you don’t like me, but I just thought I had to say it out. If I want to be at peace with myself, then you should know I’ve always been soft for you.” Derella said, staring into Katie’s face, searching out the unspoken words.“You. Not Derel?”“I’m gay. Remember?”“Oh.”“I know you’re flustered, but this is just to get it off my chest. It’s been bothering me for a while now, and I really needed to say something.” Derella said, placing her hands behind her back, and dealing harshly with her fingers.“Thanks. I don’t know what to say. Am… am I saying the wrong thing? I’m… I’m really sorry. I had no idea, and… I gu
