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Chapter 8

ผู้เขียน: Emel Emerald
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Evelyn

The applause that followed my introduction was the kind that filled a room from the floor up, and I let it settle before I even moved a muscle.

I looked down at Julian from the podium and he was already watching me with that quiet smile he reserved for moments he knew mattered, the one that said he was proud without needing to say a word.

"Five years ago, Hart-Willy Tech Innovations was a vision that most people in rooms like this one would have laughed out of the building," I opened,
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  • The Wrong Vow, My Perfect Match    Chapter 13

    CharlieThe office was the only place that had ever asked nothing of me except results, and that morning I needed that more than I needed anything else.I had not called Serena. I had woken up, showered, dressed and driven straight in without checking my phone beyond the work notifications and I felt no particular way about that decision. Whatever state she had gotten herself home in after last night was a problem she had created and could sort accordingly.The morning meeting was already assembled when I walked into the boardroom, my team spread around the table with their laptops open and their presentations pulled up. I took my seat at the head, poured coffee from the carafe in the center and listened while they walked through the material, asking questions where the logic thinned and cutting sections that were running too long. The deal on the table was significant and I was not walking into that event with a presentation that had any soft spots in it."Tighten the third segment,"

  • The Wrong Vow, My Perfect Match    Chapter 12

    EvelynThe red dress was doing exactly what I needed it to do and I knew it before I even turned away from the mirror.Leo appeared in the doorway behind me with wide eyes, his SpiderMan toy dangling from one hand. "Mama, are we going to the park?"I turned and crouched down to his level, smoothing the front of his shirt with both hands. "No, love, mama is going to see some very important people today, but aunt Amanda is going to stay here with you and make sure you watch SpiderMan."He considered this with the gravity of a child evaluating a business proposal. "With ice cream and popcorn?"I pressed my lips together. "Hmm, with ice cream and popcorn."His face broke open completely and he was already turning to run when Amanda appeared in the doorway with Julian one step behind her. She scooped Leo up mid-sprint and he went willingly, already telling her about the episode he wanted to watch before they had cleared the doorway.Julian stepped in and looked at me. "Is he not coming?""

  • The Wrong Vow, My Perfect Match    Chapter 11

    CharlieI was looking at the same woman but a different twin with the most stupid mindset and I had married her.The security guards still had her arms when I appeared in the doorway and Serena was not interested in being restrained by anyone."You shameless man," she screamed, twisting against their grip, "so this is what you do, you go around town cheating on me, where is she Charlie? I know she is in there, you are sleeping with her right now are you not, you disgraceful, lying…""Serena," I cut in, and my voice came out flat and tired in a way that had nothing to do with the hour, "what is the meaning of this, what are you doing here.”She stopped twisting just long enough to stare at me like I had lost my mind for asking.I turned to the security, "Please, leave her, she is my wife."They exchanged a look, released her arms and disappeared down the corridor without another word.Serena straightened her clothes with a sharp motion, pushed past me into the room and immediately star

  • The Wrong Vow, My Perfect Match    Chapter 10

    EvelynI woke up to the smell of fresh roses.Apparently Julian had left a surprise bouquet with gifts on my dresser sometime before I woke up, a handwritten card propped against the vase that read: Get dressed, Laurel Classics, ten o'clock, do not be late.I picked up the card, read it twice and smiled to myself, setting it back down against the flowers.What was Julian up to now, I wondered, did he want to get me another expensive bag, did he think I needed convincing into one of those boutiques he liked pretending he did not enjoy as much as I did. I hummed softly under my breath as I padded down the hallway.“If you say you love me, you're gonna put me in Chanel,” because that was exactly the energy of this morning and I was not apologizing for it.I pushed Leo's door open gently. "Hey boo boo."He stirred, pulling the covers tighter."Wake up, sweetie," I murmured, sitting on the edge of his bed and rubbing his back.He rolled over slowly, blinking at me with those devastating b

  • The Wrong Vow, My Perfect Match    Chapter 9

    CharlieWhat have I done to myself?The taillights of the limousine disappeared around the corner and I was still standing there on the pavement like a man who had just watched something irreplaceable drive away for the second time."Was that really Evey," I muttered under my breath, turning away from the empty road, "was that actually her, because that woman in there, that was not the Evelyn I knew, that could not have been her."But it was. I knew it the moment she opened her mouth, the moment she looked at me like I was a stranger whose name she could not be bothered to learn, and somehow that look, that particular brand of nothing she had aimed at me, had rattled something loose inside my chest that I had no business feeling.I grabbed my keys from the valet without a word and drove.The bar was dim and half empty when I got there. I dropped onto a stool and the bartender walked over, wiping his hands on a cloth, "what can I get you?""Double scotch, neat," I said, then stopped hi

  • The Wrong Vow, My Perfect Match    Chapter 8

    EvelynThe applause that followed my introduction was the kind that filled a room from the floor up, and I let it settle before I even moved a muscle.I looked down at Julian from the podium and he was already watching me with that quiet smile he reserved for moments he knew mattered, the one that said he was proud without needing to say a word. "Five years ago, Hart-Willy Tech Innovations was a vision that most people in rooms like this one would have laughed out of the building," I opened, and a ripple of polite laughter moved through the audience, "and I want to personally thank every single person who did not believe in us, because you gave us something that no investor ever could, you gave us a reason."The applause came again, harder this time.I moved through the speech with the kind of ease that only comes from knowing every word belongs to you, not a speechwriter, not a consultant, but you. I talked about the telecommunications acquisition, about the logistics infrastructur

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