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The Billionaire's Pretend Wife Chapter 30 Thirty
As he kissed her deeper, he dropped his hand to her neck, caressing her soft skin, annoying its feel beneath his fingers. His hand moved lower to her shoulder, which was bare but for the straps of her camisole.He went past the straps to her bare arms, stroking her skin lightly. She shivered in his arms, and he wondered whether it was a reaction to him or the cold.Her hands, which were now clutching to his shoulders tightly, pushed him back and she tried to disengage their lips. But he only pulled her closer, now teasing her lips with his tongue. She gasped and drew in a breath through her mouth, and it was only then that it occurred to him that she was out of breath and wanted a break.Before he could give her a little space–with full intention of resuming the kiss right after–the two jerked apart as the car suddenly skidded to a halt. Jacob quickly wrapped his arms around Isabelle to keep her from falling off the seat and glared at Kevin.“I’m sorry, sir. I almost ran into a cat an
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Jacob’s brain caught up with his body a second too late, and he froze, his hands going still around her and his lips freezing against her neck. No matter how much he wanted her, he couldn’t do this. Not when she was drunk and asleep…Cursing softly, he withdrew his hands from her body and rolled away, creating distance between them. Lying on his back, he covered his eyes with his arm and took deep calming breaths. No matter what she did in her current state, there was no excuse to act on his desire. He would be taking advantage of her, and that’s not how we wanted things to happen between them.Sighing, he turned to his side to watch her. His eyes were drawn to her face, and her beauty stole his breath. Everything about her seemed to be stealing his breath of late, and he wondered how he had thought, even for a moment, that he could ignore her while they lived under the same roof.If he had taken time to pay attention to her from the moment he first saw her, he would have realised soo
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That morning, Isabelle’s department had a meeting, but her mind was barely in the room as various teams presented their reports.She was busy trying to untangle the puzzle that the previous night had left in her mind. No matter how hard she tried to urge herself to not think about it, it didn’t take long before her thoughts slid back to that territory.What had she been thinking? She had asked herself that question about a hundred times since she left the house in the morning, but she still had no answer. So she settled on the only one reason that made sense: the alcohol. It was the alcohol that was to blame for her behaviour. Otherwise, she never would have dreamed of clinging to Jacob the way she had, leave alone kiss him.It was true that he was a handsome man, and she thought he was attractive, and maybe he was totally her type, but she was in no position to be lusting after him. Or acting on that lust. The alcohol had done away with not only her sense of propriety, but also her s
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As the week wore on, Isabelle realised that the man she should be worried about avoiding was not Jacob. Everything at home had gone back to normal, as if her drunken antics had never happened. It was a big relief, because she had no idea how she would have reacted had he brought it up again.Instead, the man she needed to avoid at all costs was unfortunately one who was around her all day long–her department director, Mr Grayson. After he had called her to his office on Monday morning to offer his help, he had been more and more direct with his advances towards her. He showed her way too much attention in the guise of work, but he never passed up a chance to make hints about what his true intentions were.She took every precaution she could to avoid running into him, but there was only so much hiding she could do when she worked under him. If only there was a way to put his advances to an end once and for all, she would not hesitate to do it.One day, while she was in the bathroom at
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“Let go of me!” Claudia demanded, grabbing at a desk and digging her heels into the floor to keep Isabelle from dragging her any further. “What do you think you are doing?”“What are you afraid of?” Isabelle asked, not relaxing her grip around her arm. “You said that you saw us with your own eyes. We are only going to confirm with the director.”“You are crazy,” Claudia accused. “This is harassment, I can report you to HR–”“I’ll accompany you to show them the video of you slandering me,” Isabelle informed her.When they were almost at the director’s office, the door burst open and Mr Grayson appeared, a frown on his face. He looked around at the gathered workers, and then his eyes zeroed in on Isabelle and Claudia. “What on earth is going on here?” he demanded.Isabelle finally let go of Claudia and faced the department director. This was her chance to stop everything once and for all, in front of everyone. “Claudia is spreading rumours that you and I went to a hotel together last ni
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After the incident with Claudia, Mr Grayson stopped making advances towards Isabelle. He no longer called her to his office frequently or offered to help her with her work. This convinced Isabelle that he had given up, and she was finally able to relax fully.So it caught her by surprise when he approached her one evening after work and asked her to join him to have dinner with a client. Isabelle’s heart sank as she realised that he had not given up. Instead, he had been biding his time.“I’m sorry but I can’t join you,” she rejected his invitation politely, hoping he would let it go. She gathered her stuff into her bag, wanting to make an escape quickly.Mr Grayson stepped in her way. “You should come with me, Ms Cruz. I want to introduce some resources that can help you a lot here at work.”“Thank you for the consideration,” she told him, “but I really cannot go with you. I have urgent matters to attend to, so I have to leave right away.”“Do you think I wasted my time coming here t
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Mr Grayson cursed and turned around, wondering who it was that had the nerve to barge in the room to interrupt him. In front of him was a tall dark-haired man giving him a cold glare.He wasn’t familiar to him. And he was sure none of the men who were outside drinking with their dates would have interrupted him. He also didn’t look like a security guard–he was wearing a suit and a long coat like an office worker.Supporting himself on his hands, he got up and faced him, sneering. “Who the fuck are you?” He wasn’t about to let anyone ruin this for him.When Mr Grayson suddenly released her and fell backwards, Isabelle shot up from the bed, thinking that perhaps one of the people in the room outside had finally come to help her. But when her eyes fell on Jacob instead, a happy cry left her lips as she crawled over the bed and to him.He took her in his arms and held her close as she hid her face in his chest, sobs causing her entire body to shake. She could hardly believe he was there,
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Jacob let go of Isabelle’s face and looked away. “I was in the company of a friend,” he replied to her question.“Oh,” she muttered, remembering how the men in the private room had all been there with women in their arms. What was Jacob doing there? Had he also been there with a lover? Did he flirt with the women there?The thought bothered her, but she didn’t let it show on her face.“I’ll go and take a shower,” she told him, getting to her feet. He nodded and shifted to let her leave the sofa.In the bathroom, she stood under the shower for a long time, enjoying the feel of the cascading water over her skin. Even though Mr Grayson hadn’t succeeded in touching her the way he wanted, she still found herself scrubbing her skin thoroughly. Somehow, she felt as if washing thoroughly would not only wash away any trace of his touch on her but also wash away the memory of what happened.By the time she was done, she felt a lot better. Her body had also stopped trembling. It wasn’t until she
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