LOGINA Note From the Author
Wow. What do I even say? Thank you so much for following this story and loving these characters with me. This journey has meant more to me than I could ever explain. It has been almost a year with Hazel, Alan, Eve and Adam, and I honestly do not know how to say goodbye to them. I am going to miss them with all my heart, and I hope a small part of you will miss them too. I am so grateful to every single person who read, commented, voted and waited for each update. This book would be nothing without you. You gave these characters a home outside my imagination, and I will never forget that. But we do not really have to say goodbye. You can find me on I*******m at @faithodulesi, and my new book, ACCIDENTAL SURROGATE FOR THE IMPOTENT BILLIONAIRE, will be right here! Please leave a five star review so more readers can find Hazel, Alan, Eve and Adam and fall in love with their story too. I love you all so much. Thank you for staying until the very last page. I really hope I see you again soon. ❤️A Note From the AuthorWow. What do I even say?Thank you so much for following this story and loving these characters with me. This journey has meant more to me than I could ever explain. It has been almost a year with Hazel, Alan, Eve and Adam, and I honestly do not know how to say goodbye to them. I am going to miss them with all my heart, and I hope a small part of you will miss them too.I am so grateful to every single person who read, commented, voted and waited for each update. This book would be nothing without you. You gave these characters a home outside my imagination, and I will never forget that.But we do not really have to say goodbye. You can find me on Instagram at @faithodulesi, and my new book, ACCIDENTAL SURROGATE FOR THE IMPOTENT BILLIONAIRE, will be right here!Please leave a five star review so more readers can find Hazel, Alan, Eve and Adam and fall in love with their story too.I love you all so much. Thank you for staying until the very last page. I really h
Finale“Mom, I’m scared.”Hazel’s arms tightened around me. “Of what?”I looked at the car waiting beneath the lights.“Going with him. Waking up tomorrow as his wife.” I twisted her dress in my fists. “What if I don’t know how to be one?”Mom pulled back. “How to do what?”“Any of it. What if marriage changes him? What if it changes me? What if I disappoint him, or try so hard to make him happy that I disappear? What if I’m a terrible mother?” My hand covered my stomach. “What if I need you when I’m supposed to be grown?”Her face crumpled. She held my cheeks and pressed her forehead to mine.“You do not stop being my daughter because someone calls you Mrs Dalton.”“But I’m leaving.”“You’re going home with your husband. That isn’t the same as leaving me.”“What if forever feels different from loving him today?”“It will. Some days will be harder. Some will be ordinary.” Her thumbs wiped my tears. “Marriage is not knowing exactly what to do. It is telling him when you don’t. It is ch
Third Person POVThree weeks later, every bell around Lake Como rang for Eve Wood. From the villa window, she saw flower covered boats on the water and hundreds of guests beneath arches of white roses. It looked royal. Eve barely noticed.Hazel fastened the last pearl button on Eve’s ivory gown. Silk skimmed her body before opening into a full skirt, and the olive leaf veil covered the floor.Hazel kept her fingers on the button. “Mom?” Their eyes met in the mirror. Her cheeks were full again. No oxygen tube, no blood, no doctor waiting outside. The disease was healing.“I thought I would miss this,” Hazel whispered.Eve turned carefully and caught both her hands. “Don’t say that.”“I need to.” Hazel smiled through tears. “I thought I would never see this. Now I get to watch you marry the man who refused to lose us.”Eve wrapped her arms around her mother. Hazel held her tightly, one hand settling carefully over Eve’s stomach. “You’re crushing my grandchild.”“You started it.” Mabel d
By the time I found my shoes, Adam had buttoned his shirt and looked too pleased with himself.I sat on his desk, fastening one heel while he watched me with a smile I could not survive.“Stop looking at me like that.”“Like what?”“Like you didn’t destroy our agreement on your office floor.”He crouched before me and fixed the strap. His fingers brushed my ankle before he kissed my knee.“I have something to show you.”I narrowed my eyes. “Should I be worried?”“Probably.” He stood and held out his hand. “Come with me.”A car waited downstairs. Adam refused to explain where we were going when Milan disappeared behind us. He placed my hand on his thigh and covered it with his.Two hours later, blue appeared between the trees.“Is that the sea?”Adam glanced at me instead of the view. “Yes.”Near Camogli, we passed faded shutters and balconies crowded with flowers. We turned through a stone arch onto a lane lined with lemon trees. A cream house with blue shutters and vines climbing one
He pulled me into another kiss like he’d been starving for it all morning.His mouth was hot and impatient, tongue sliding against mine while his hands stayed locked under my thighs. I could feel how hard he already was through his trousers, pressed right up against the seam of my skirt. My laugh broke against his lips.“You called five times because you wanted to fuck me on your desk.”“I called five times because I missed you.” His voice was wrecked already. “The desk is a bonus.”He set me down just long enough to lock the office door. Then he was back between my knees, shoving my skirt up my thighs, palms dragging over bare skin. I yanked his shirt out of his waistband and got two buttons undone before he lost patience and ripped the rest. A button pinged off the desk and disappeared under a chair. “Adam-”“I know.” His forehead dropped to mine. His hand slid down, hesitated right over my stomach, thumb stroking once, careful as hell. “The baby.”I stared at him. Then I st
Eve POVSix weeks after Adam proposed, I stood on a platform in a Milan bridal shop while Mabel pulled at the zipper of a dress that refused to close.“Stop breathing,” she said.“That feels like a bad condition for buying it.”She released the zipper and stepped back. “No. The dress is fighting you, and I don’t trust anything that fights the bride.”I held the bodice against my chest and looked at Dante. He sat beside three garment bags, scrolling through his phone.“Any thoughts?” I asked.“I was told my only jobs were carrying bags and keeping Adam away.”Mabel walked past him to collect her coffee. Dante caught her wrist, pulled her between his knees and kissed her temple before handing her the cup.Three weeks after Mabel finally took him back, Dante still touched her carefully. She had made him work for forgiveness after walking in on him kissing me, and he knew better than to waste his second chance.“Still on probation?” I asked.Mabel took a sip. “Very much.”The next dress w
His hand was still clamped over my mouth when I shoved at his chest. He removed it slowly but didn’t step back. “Why are you here with Gal?” he demanded. I swallowed, keeping my chin up even though my heart was slamming against my ribs, “that’s none of your business.” His jaw flexed, “it
Hazel pov My first thought was to run the fuck away but I knew this man, he'd go after me, peel my damned mask off even if it was against the contract and my life as I knew it would be over. My body froze, but I forced my shoulders straight. The mask hid half my face. He couldn’t know unles
Alan pov Hazel Mango or whatever her last name is, can’t quit. It’s not because of her curves, though I notice them every damn day. The way her skirt clings when she bends, the way she ties her hair up so tight it makes me wonder what it would look like loose. She’s the kind of woman you d
Two truths and one lie. I gave my hot boss a blowjob. I’m a stripper when I’m not working as a secretary. My boss is an irritating, self-centred narcissistic dickhead that no one wants to work with. Oh wait, I forgot to add the lie. My name is Hazel Montgomery, and I’ve worked with the







