Refreshed walls, renovated furniture, and even a false bottom cabinet. Nothing too extravagant to arouse suspicion about my real financial situation beyond a mere saving that I will use as justification for this renovation and to have something to eat.
“ There you go, mademoiselle! Lock changed. This is a good one, it will be difficult to open. Only if the door is knocked down.”
“ I will test it…”, I speak to the locksmith and he looks at me with an incredulous look: "You think a mademoiselle can't open a door without a key?
“ I, I…”
Amélia's residence is what you might call a real apartment. With four spacious rooms and a failed attempt to imitate Adam Arnault's decoration, in a version in nude colors and a gray belonging to occasional objects such as sofas, pictures, and carpets. However, the bills left under the door deliver that everything here is not yet entirely hers. There are a lot of installments missing and some are overdue. But, the need to keep herself on another level puts what is essential in second place and drowns her in a sea of debts, which are not worse than the ones she will have to pay for me.After a brief reading, I put the correspondence on the glass table in the dining room and go to find the refrigerator in the kitchen at the other end of the house. It is as well equipped as Jean's, but a complete waste confirmed by my disappointment when I open
Sicily, Italy15 years ago“ Mama…”, my voice chokes between giggles, my fragile body goes across the fields as the branches lightly wound my skin, but it doesn't hurt, because I am anesthetized by happiness.Our final destination is an almond tree, it is almost the end of winter and brings with it the renewal of another season. We stretch our bodies out on the green field and our eyes slowly follow the sway of the fragile white petals that hold within them a little secret in pink and pinches of gold in the form of pollen.“ They remind me of the orchids from my homeland. They are called Orchid Miltonia....”, words that are difficult for a child.
A Week LaterJesus said, "But I tell you, do not resist an evil person, but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.To turn the other cheek is not to surrender to anger, but to be wise in the way we react to injustices and violence suffered, so that God is glorified in our actions and reactions. As we react by repaying evil with good, we impact people with a strong testimony about the action of the Eternal in our lives.“Amen!”, say the faithful present in leather.The church is almost full. It gives me a sense of peace to know that everyone present here is as flawed as I am. I have not come after forgiveness like the others, just relief from my sins. The candles bring a little l
In the past, a French marquis prophesied that there is a desire to oppress others by using power. Therefore, there should be the freedom to indulge in lust in order to have unrestricted pleasure, and thus satisfy our oppressed desires. Because somewhere in our mind, there are desires that we are not able to confess. However, if we had just one chance, or rather one night to fulfill them, and in the end, there were no memories left to remind us how cruel we can be between four walls, can you imagine how divine it would be? Just a glass of untouched red wine on the table and later you will be invited to our paradise... “ Chloé, you are a genius…”,comments one of the girls as she notices that on more than a dozen tables glasses of wine are served and remain untouched. “ I
“ Suzy?!”, It's Jean and he recognized my voice.“ Pardon, mademoiselle! It's just my car key, I didn't mean to scare you! I came to get Amelia who is not feeling very well and I ended up going in through the back door. It's all dark outside and you can hardly tell where the entrance or exit is.”For a moment I assumed that he had found out something about me and would make use of the dark to reveal a sleeping demon inside him who awoke with a thirst for revenge, therefore, nothing could be fairer than to murder the daughter of the man who dictated her father's death. However, it is all just a coincidence, an unfortunate one at that.“ In fact, from lawyer to murderer would be an ironic twist!”
Knowing that CEO Adam Arnault is on the other side of the door has cooled my sexual instincts, causing my reason to take over. This in turn completely ignored all the hard-on I had experienced so far.In one thing Amelia may be the owner of the truth: I have lost a lot, including my daughter. So I can't allow a mere moment of lust to put my future with the heir of the enemy family in check. Because that is what will happen if he walks through that door, for the simple reason that they have never shared the same woman, not when one of them is truly in love as Jean is with me. In the end, their friendship will always prevail, unless one day I manage to be the biggest doom Adam will ever run into, and for that, I need Jean to get out of my way.“ Oh, shit! He's my best friend. It must be something important”,he says, g
“Suzy!”, he calls back. However, I retrace my steps, pretending to be talking on my cell phone and not answering for the name he shouts with more intensity with each attempt to get my attention.The cab would take a few minutes and this man is about to run to take me in his arms.I cross my fingers and silently ask all the saints for an escape that was.Mon dieu, I just need a light....“ Jean! “, someone calls out to him, and I know that voice.Adam Arnault?God, I asked for a light, not my doom served in one round.
The day has dawned and with it the feeling that the dawn has gone in the blink of an eye. I remain in a state of alertness, however, it no longer scares me at all that Jean knows my real name. I doubt very much that he will find anything to talk about.In Sicily, my name appears to foreigners only associated with the family's wine business. And the most he will find out is that I am a young, single woman, since the marriage to Anthony was a contract.At the time I was still seventeen and it would have been too bureaucratic and flashy a process to get court authorization to conceive our union. So we opted for a formal contract in the presence of witnesses, so that we would share the powers over the property left by papà.In short, he is only a proxy for our