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Lila. I looked at him, his eyes were still on me, his expression blank. It was so hard to read or even get an idea on what he was thinking.My mind was divided, a part of me wanted to tell him the truth about how I ended up in this situation, but another part of me wanted to keep it simple and on the surface level. But I needed him to help me, and maybe telling him everything I had been through might help change his mind. I thought to myself, I looked at him one more time, his eyes still on me, and cleared my throat. "Where do I even begin?" I said, honestly wondering. "Start from the beginning." he said in a more sharp tone, he seemed to be getting irritated, I mean I was wasting his time. "It all started on the eve of my wedding day." i started and for once I saw an expression on his face, confusion written all over it. "You have been married before?" he asked, "I almost got married." I said, suddenly feeling shame take over me, "I slept with someone else and he called off t
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Jake. She looked a little bit familiar to me, is all that was going on in my head. I had seen her before, I had interacted with her before in some sort of way or form.I had never really looked at her before, Atleast not this much. But something about her was bugging me and I needed to find out why. Why she looked familiar. I got out my phone and immediately sent out a text to my private investigator. "Get me everything you can on my new assistant, Lila Moreno. " I hit send and put my phone back in my pocket before I turned to face her."We should probably ride back together to the hospital since I am your fiancee." I said pressing the elevator buttons.I almost didn't notice, but I caught her looking at her ring finger which was empty. "Well, it's a little hard to believe that I am indeed your fiancee with no ring on my finger don't you think?" she said in the most charming yet sarcastic way ever that I smiled.I liked her sarcasm, it was hard to find a woman who has her own min
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Lila. All this still seemed so surreal, I was walking to Jake's car with him. Just this morning I had no way to save my son's life and now I was about to be married to a billionaire. I got into the car, even the car smells nice, I thought to myself. It smelled like vanilla and roses. "Are you okay?" Jake asked, sitting next to me. "Yeah, I am more than okay." I said smiling. I sat quietly next to the most manly man I had ever come across. He was on his phone and for just a few seconds, I took my time to study him, his facial features. He was handsome and I think he knew it too. Our legs were inches away from touching and I was obsessing over it. My whole body acted like a teenage girl when I was this close to Mr billionaire. His sex appeal was insane. He looked up from his phone and looked at me and for a moment our eyes met, he seemed to be aggravated by something “What’s on your mind, Jake?” I asked softly, my voice filled with concern, he seemed to have something botherin
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Lila. An hour later we both walked out of the hospital for the surgery date for Kyle. Jake ’s cellphone rang. " Luca.” He paused for a moment. “Yes. Go ahead and put me down for one hundred thousand.” He paused again, and I could hear a man’s excited chatter on the other end. “Not at all. It’s a worthy cause. Thank you. You too.” He ended the call and put his phone back in his suit pocket.“Was that for a charity?” I asked, feeling something soften inside of me., how many charities did he support. He nodded briskly. “A charity that provides financial support for the families of children with special needs. I make frequent donations to them.”“That’s nice of you.” I said genuinely shocked. He stopped walking. “I’m not a nice man, Lila . The sooner you realize that, the easier your life will be for the next twelve months.”“But you donated all that money…” I trailed off.“And it benefits me. It will be a very high profile donation. Philanthropy can be good for business.” He turned
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Lila. Jake paused with his hand on the doorknob, glancing back like there was still something left unsaid.“What is it?” I asked a little curious, his whole fave seemed unsettled, something was definitely bothering him. He hesitated. Then, slowly, let go of the knob and turned to face me again.“There’s something else,” he said. “And I didn’t want to just drop it on you, but… there’s not really a perfect time.” He said, with a dramatic pause. I arched a brow. “Jake. You have already hit me with enough tonight that I should probably be pouring a drink right now.”He was starting to scare me now, and also giving me anxiety and I could not handle any more surprises or secrets tonight and definitely not sober. I was too tired. He huffed a quiet laugh. “Fair. Okay my mom… she’s flying in tomorrow.”I blinked. “Here? Like… here here?” I asked panicking, He nodded, sheepish now. “Yeah. I booked the flight this morning. She’s not well enough to live alone right now, and I don’t want to s
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Lila. I had just tucked Kyle in for the night when I heard the front door slam.I froze at the sound low, deliberate, full of anger. My heartbeat kicked up. I already knew who it was before I even stepped into the hallway.Jake.He had gone for an ice cream earlier when he found me and Nick together. When he brought back Kyle, I was not home yet, he left him with the house manager. I was kinda hopping he won't be back so early because I knew he was pissed, which is why I had requested to eat dinner earlier and go to bed before he came back home. But today clearly was not my lucky day I had to deal with him, and I knew he was drank too which was not going to help the situation at all. He stood in the living room, chest rising and falling too fast, keys still dangling from his hand. His jaw was clenched so tight it looked like it hurt to speak.“You brought him here,” he finally said. His eyes were blood shot and he leaked of alcohol across the room. "Keep it quiet please, I just p
