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CHAPTER 46: Don't like him.
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She reached out and plucked a handful of popcorn from Niya’s tub without never breaking eye contact. She sniffed it and her face scrunched up.“I heard about you,” she said through her nose. “You’re the reason he missed my father's fundraiser. Do you know how many families had to re-strategize because Raphael didn’t show up to sign a single paper?”Niya had no idea what she was talking about, but her tone was somewhere between arrogant debutante and back-alley menace which was trashy in the worst way. And it grated on Niya’s nerves.“You sound very concerned about business,” Niya sighed loudly. “Are you his accountant, or just another bitter ex waiting on closure?”Celine’s eyes flashed as she leaned forward, her lips lifting up. “I’m someone who knows him better than you ever will. You think because of some low-level shopping and movie date makes you matter? He’ll forget your name before the credits roll.”She dropped the popcorn back but into Niya’s lap and dusted her hands like she
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“... yeah, and you wore white that day like a damn funeral virgin. What’s your point?”Rapha walked slowly through the corridor outside the cinema, stone walls reflecting shadows beneath antique sconces that burned like gaslight. He had his phone pressed to his ear.“My point is, you're late.” The voice on the other end was quiet, but it managed to find it way under his tough skin. “That girl,” the man continued. “She’s beautiful, yes. Complex, fragile in the way that invites a man like you to –”“She’s not the mission,” Raphael interrupted, his jaw grounding together as he turned into a room at the end of the corridor. “I have the access I need. I’m one move away from that file but if I fucking move too fast, it all comes down. She’s not stupid.”The room was lined with mirrors that had wooden frames carved around the edges like coffins.“Timing was sacred when this started.”“Then let me do this my way.”“This isn’t about how, Raphael. It’s about intention, and I’m starting to think
TWO LIVES - Shattered Illusion CHAPTER 46: Don't like him.
“What were you planning to do for me, angel?” Her chest rose.Oh. Right.She was supposed to make him happy and that's what the damn contract said.“Um,” her mind scrambled to think of a safe answer. What would a man like Rapha even want? What could make a man like him happy? Was that even possible?Her palms turned clammy.He was still staring.“Movies?” she blurted.“Movies?” She nodded too fast. “Yeah. We could go see… uhm…”She paused. Her mind yanked something from her childhood that she didn't remember until then, and her mouth obeyed before reason could kick in.“Snow Belle and the Circus Crown.”A beat of silence.His blue eyes turned to slits.Her teeth sank into her lower lip.Why the hell would she say that? It was like knitting a scarf for an elephant – utterly pointless, maybe even insulting.The truth was, it was her and Maybelle’s favorite movie growing up. They knew all the cheesy musicals and the ridiculous ice-dance choreography. And now, she wanted to crawl under
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“I didn’t expect the coffee to cost twelve thousand dollars.” Niya sat with her hands fondling on her lap, her body angled toward the window, but not quite leaning on it.“That wasn’t for the coffee.” Rapha sat beside her, relaxed, with legs wide and a finger absently circling on his knee like he was thinking, but his eyes hadn’t left her face.“Sure felt like it.”A loud silence crept in.“If you’d actually read the contract, you’d have known you have access to one of my cards,” he said mildly. “You can use it whenever. It’s under your name.”Her eyes finally found his and her lips curved in an ‘o’.“Didnt you see it on the vanity in your room?”“No, I don’t…” she grimaced. “I didn’t see anything in the –”“Page six, last paragraph.”“You don’t expect anyone to read all that lawyer mumbo jumbo,” she huffed. “It was like six miles long.”He smiled to himself. “I did.”“Of course you did,” she gave him a look.“I also had my lawyer bury it on purpose,” he added, glancing out the window
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Two rows of men and women flanked both sides of the grand entrance, bowing as Rapha and Niya stepped into the building.She was still trying to control how weird she felt about the convoy outside. A whole circus act of cars and men in suits with comms tucked into their ears, it felt like something out of a movie. Apparently, this was just how Rapha moved. He hadn’t told her what that place was or why, and she hadn’t asked, not after what happened in the kitchen. Pushing him now felt like lighting a match near a leaking gas line.“Welcome, Mr. Fowler,” a host greeted, bowing before gliding aside.He didn’t respond, just turned to look at Niya.And she, like an idiot, was caught rubbernecking the place. It reminded her of the hotel she’d stayed at in Savannah, only grander. But what if it was a hotel? Was this supposed to be some kind of surprise? Why would he bring her to a hotel?Niya swallowed.“This way, please,” a server gestured.Rapha slid his fingers between hers and pulled her
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She looked... devastatingly gorgeous. Rosetta had given her a cozy white oversized, fluffy sweater, loose at the neck. It hung off one shoulder just enough to show a gleam of creamy skin that smelt of vanilla. Paired with black leggings and ankle boots, she looked like winter mornings in some designer ad.Her hair had dried into darker strands that curled slightly at the ends, framing her round face and clean cheeks like she’d been styled by accident. She hadn’t reapplied much makeup, just a clean face with fresh glossed rosy lips, lot of skin, and those tired but clear eyes.She was dazzling and her skin was glowing under the gold lighting, oblivious of his eyes while she eats messily and beautifully.Rapha Fowler didn’t interrupt her yet. He watched her chew with her brows pulled together like she was trying to ration the joy in each bite.His eyes sweep over her as a pinch bloomed in his chest. He hated feelings that didn’t obey him.He was used to getting what he wanted, but this
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