"I ordered four. How on earth is there just one?" Lena yelled into the phone, which she held between her shoulder and ear as both her hands were occupied.She held open her bag with one hand while the other picked up things from her table and stuffed them inside.Suddenly she paused from putting in a large diary and frowned. "Oh my god, Renee. Call the company immediately I drop this call alright? For goodnes's sake, this event is in less than a week and I have nothing ready." She said, her voice laced with frustration.A low rumble stirred in her stomach as she zipped up the bag and shifted the phone to her other ear."You know what? I'll be right there. Just do what I've told you and wait for me, alright?" She ended the call with a sharp tap, tossed the phone on the bed, and slapped her palm against her forehead, a frustrated groan escaping her lips.This preparation had been ongoing for a week now and in just two days, it was like they were starting the entire decoration process o
Lena bit her lip, eyes locked on his. He didn't need to say anything else.She leaned in again and whispered against his lips. "Show me." Thane's hand found the small of her back and pulled her close, his mouth trailing the curve of her neck till they found hers.His other hand worked swiftly and pulled up her dress just right enough to palm her bare ass.She moaned as he squeezed gently, feeling the heat between her legs intensify.Lena wanted more.Pulling away, she tugged off the shredded cloth from earlier and tossed it aside. Her breath caught when her eyes landed on the tattoos and stitch marks from the accident across his chest."You missed me, didn't you?" Thane breathed. Instead of answering, Lena leaned in, running her tongue across his nipple, trailing her way to his neck. Thane's head fell back. "Fuck!" He groaned quietly as Lena's hand hurried to his belt buckle.In no time, his belt was off and his penis peeked out. Lena's nipples hardened as she stared at his pink c
Lena tilted her head. "Seriously? You wanted to talk to me so you climbed in through my windows and ran around my halls like some rodent all while breaking stuff?""I knew you wouldn't let me in if I came during the day. So I snuck in, climbed in through your window and was searching for your room. When I..." his voice trailed off and he looked away.Lena stepped closer, her arms still folded. "When you what?" Thane bit his inner cheek. "When you what, Thane?""I wanted to take a leak, but I didn't find the bathroom in time."Lena let out a snort first, then burst into a fit of laughter before she could stop herself. She held her stomach as doubled over, her mind playing an imagined scene.Thane smiled in embarrassment, his gaze dropping to her crouched figure on the floor. "And when I eventually found it, I had a lamp smashed on my head." That only made Lena laugh even more. "I was there for that part." She managed to say, in between laughs. Thane watched her laugh, trying to rem
Lena grunted as she pulled the man by his feet down the hall, wincing every time his head bumped a step on the staircase. But there was nothing else she could do. No other way to get him out of her hallway.The lamp had knocked him unconscious and aside from the fact that he was a full grown man who was built like a truck, there was no way she was going to throw a criminal over her shoulders. After minutes of trying to make sure the stairs didn't cut open his head, she finally got him out to the living room. She stood panting as she stared at the masked face, her mind racing for a way to hold him down until the police arrived.Her eyes moved to the dining room, and she turned back to the motionless body.'Maybe I could tie him down. That'll teach him to break into someone else's house.' She marched down to the dining room and pulled out a chair. Then, setting it in the middle of the room, she mustered all her strength and pulled him up to a seated position."Damn, he's muscular."
"Here's another one." Sandy announced with a smile as she walked into the living room bearing two more bouquets of flowers which were tagged, and a card.Lena didn't even flinch. She just kept her eyes on the magazine she was absentmindedly reading and flipped to another page."Did you have them checked?" Her voice was dry and uninterested. Sandy dropped them on the large table in the middle of the living room. Along with the rest of the bouquet and baskets of teas and chocolates, with almost all reading "Get well soon" and the rest having long messages which Lena knew she wasn't going to read."Yes. Daniel had them checked." Sandy replied, referring to the security guard. "Do you want me to take them somewhere else? They seem to be everywhere, and more is yet to come." She asked after a while.Lena finally put down the magazine and stared at the pile of gifts from her workers and some other people she might not know.It'd been days since the entire incident with Tessa, and Lena hadn
'You shouldn't be doing this Lena.' a voice whispered in her head.She could feel those judgemental eyes of Darius staring straight at her and threatening to tear her apart."Go on now Lena. Tell them all you did when you got out of prison...or I will." Lena glared at Tessa, her pulse thudding through her body, and she fought back her tears.Finally, she sighed. "You know what? I don't care. You all can judge me however the fuck you want because I knew Aaron died the second he was born. Child protection didn't know, the wardens didn't know. But I knew whatever treatment they were planning to give him wasn't going to work." She began, her voice cracking."All because of you." She turned to Adrian, staring daggers at him.Adrian didn't flinch."I tried to tell you that day that I was pregnant, but all you were concerned about was I taking the fall for you, not knowing you were already balls deep in this ungrateful bitch by your side.""Hey!" Mira yelled with a frown.Lena ignored her a