LOGINThere’s so much going on with Maria, can the people around her be trusted? Or is she in enemy territory?🥲 What’d you guys think?🙃 And please don’t forget to support me with your gems 💎 and coins.🥺🫶🏽
TRIGGER WARNING!!!This chapter has content that some readers may find disturbing. Please proceed with caution. ❧PAIN.It wrecks my body from the inside as my eyes open with a start. My head is banging, vision swimming as I struggle to my feet. Before I can stop it, I jerk forward and vomit.Sick hits the floor with a splat, staining my ankles and pooling around my feet. I’m panting for breath, trying not to gag as the last of the vomit drips into my hair. A whimpering sound comes from the left of me and I turn. Something is moving on the floor, buried underneath a stack of rusty chains, like a dog. I squint at the odd creature until it turns towards me, and I gasp in shock. It’s a child. A little girl. Curled on the floor like a kicked puppy. She’s filthy—blonde hair matted to her scalp, a tattered dress hanging off her skeletal frame, as she shivers on the concrete floor.Her skin is stretched so tight, I can see her ribs poking out through a
TRIGGER WARNING!!!This chapter contains content that some readers may find disturbing, please proceed with caution. ❧‘Would be down in five minutes. Tell the driver to bring the car around.’ I send a hurried text to Lee.I stretch and yawn as I push back from my desk.Since Edward left, the day’s gone by in a blur. Meetings after meetings, trying to get me up to speed with the company’s policies.“You have a package waiting for you downstairs.”I look up to see a boy standing at my door. He’s fidgety, taking in my office with a look of awe on his face.An intern tag hangs from his neck.“From who?” I yawn again. I’m so tired, my mind’s already conjuring images of a warm bath waiting for me.“It’s classified.” The boy scratches his head awkwardly.“Well, have it sent up to my office, I’d take a look at it tomorrow.” I grab my bag to leave.But the boy’s still standing there, scratching the back of his neck.“Yesssss?” I tap my he
❧“Excited for your first day at work?” Miles sneers at me as I sip coffee from a mug. His stony expression conveys the lack of warmth in his voice. To be honest, I feel like shit, probably look like shit too. “I’m not a morning person.” I mumble as my eyes stray to the digital clock. It’s six in the morning and I’m already dressed in a button down shirt and knee length skirt, preparing to face the board of directors today. “Try to eat something, you’d need it.” Lee scribbles on her notepad. “If anything else touches my mouth Lee, I’m going to throw up.” I touch my forehead to the cool surface of the kitchen island as I try to regulate my breathing. Lee goes back to packing up a bag with essentials for me. Without her, I wouldn’t have gotten anything done so quickly. “Make sure you beat this challenge, I’m banking on getting some of that money from you. ” A sleepy voice comes from behind me. I turn around to see Jace walking into the
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❧“I…I have to go now. My shift begins in ten minutes.” Kevin is looking at the floor, the other pictures on the walls, anywhere but at me. “I see…you can go. Thank you for speaking to me about my mother.” My vice is flat, emotionless. For some reason, the story behind Samantha’s role in this house is an abomination. I take one last look at my mother’s portrait and glance down at Samantha’s which is right below her’s. Whatever happened here, I’d find it out for myself. **** **** **** ******** **** **** ****I push open the bedroom door and halt in my tracks. Edward is striding out of the bathroom and he’s…naked. BUTT FREAKING NAKED!I turn away in shock and clap a hand to my mouth to keep me from screaming.“It’s okay, you can look. I know you want to.”His voice is slightly muffled as he steps into the walk-in closet. “What are you doing here?” I choke out the words, trying to keep the picture of his body out of my mind. “Durling, this is my room, you’
❧“You should all fall to your knees and kiss my feet in gratitude. Her inheritance has been suspended.” Samatha flips her hair in disdain. We’re back at the conference room, because Samantha returned home with an army of lawyers. After an hour of arguement and raised voices, Phillip has successfully managed to have them escorted off the property. “I’m afraid she’s actually correct.” Phillip addresses us, his brows dipping in a frown. “What!” We all echo in disbelief. Jace is on his feet, mouth hanging open and Edward looks like he’s just been whiplashed. “Yes, Samantha has found a wriggle room in the will. A clause that suspends Maria’s inheritance until she passes a vote of confidence by the board of directors.” Phillip grinds his teeth and throws a heated look at Samantha. “You did this on your own?” Miles is beyond delighted as he turns to Samantha. A sly grin stretches her lips. She calmly applies a coat of polish to her freshly manicured nails, flashing her diamond rings







