All Chapters of The sweet smell of seduction: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60
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The expensive silence
Two days later"Psychology is a science that studies the mind and behavior, which has several strands. And one of them is criminal psychology, which has crime and deviant behavior as its object of study. It is an area of application of the knowledge of psychology in the field of law and justice related issues. Very interesting..." , comments Luigi after a reading on some website he found on Google.“ I know what a criminal psychologist is.”, I answer while I put on my sneakers, “Daddy always said: know as much as you can about justice, then you'll be ready to break it.”, I finish putting on my shoes and stop in front of Luigi awaiting his appreciation. “ Do I or do I not look like a good girl who really wants to change her life with the motto: say no to drugs!”, I am wearing jeans and a basic blouse.He looks at me and pretends to think about it:“I think you'll look better in a straitjacket, you know, that white one…”, he teases me.“ Idiot!”, I laugh, “Jean is already funny enough
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The Call of Unlucky
After an hour, I return to the waiting room accompanied by the psychologist and the first thing I see is a small black suitcase beside the CEO, suggesting that in the meantime he had gone to his house and returned with it, willing to fulfill his promise to spend two days with me.Who also does not escape my sight is Jean with his thousand and one thoughts. His anxiety is that of a believer in need of signs as to whether or not there is a God who would look out for him, since he is fighting the devil, as he hatefully nicknamed me.But how to explain to men that God cannot take care of the problems that they themselves arrange?Faith is important, but faith alone is not much use. Amen!Curiously, both of them stand up and my feeling is that they read my thought that put an end to their prayers.“ What's up?”, Adam breaks the silence of a church between us. And his touch on my cheek is even disrespectful to the religious atmosphere that surrounds us.“ Yes, I am, Monsieur Arnault," I jok
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Between duty and heart
“ Chloé, aren't you getting down?”, Adam is holding the cab door and waiting for me.The problem is that I feel I no longer have dominion over my legs and my feet simply won't obey me.“ Chloé, we're here, is this your house or not?”, he frowns.“ Of course! I just can't believe this is happening, the two of us here.”, I drag out the time, who knows, maybe then ten minutes will become fifteen and Luigi will turn the situation around.Although there is only one way out of the building. Soon passing them is inevitable. However, a brief encounter between us in the stairwell is even easier to explain than the reason for having armed men in my living room.“ Me too, darling! But the cab has to go, come on!”, he extends his hand to me and I grab onto it to get out of the car.Adam takes the initiative to open the gate and guides our steps at a faster pace into the building.“ I wait a bit, I feel a little tired…”,I stop halfway and lean against one of the walls without caring how filthy wit
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Unsound lies
“You took your time!”, Adam says worriedly as he opens the door for me.“ I guess everyone decided to go shopping today. There was a huge queue!”, I make up an excuse like so many others I have told him.So one more or one less won't make any difference, right?“ It was kind of nice to be alone…”, he comments standing in front of the door, not letting me in.“ Don't you miss me anymore? I suggest, feeling slightly pin pricked by his little game of indifference.“ Close your eyes!”, he orders me, and this leaves me puzzled.“ What are you up to?”“ You'll find out if you trust me.Do you trust me or not?”“ You're one of the few people I trust, Adam. Feel privileged about it…”, I speak to him before I close my eyes and feel one of his hands gripping mine, leading me inside my small apartment.“You can open it!”, he asks after closing the door behind us.My small apartment is organized to the smallest detail, with a combination of colors and even the colorful sofa is no longer a nuisance
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The Unexpected Visit
“ You were really serious about hurting him. That can't have been pretty…”, appreciates Luigi as he finds me picking up the shards of glass from the floor and throwing them into a bag.He arrived ten minutes after Adam left. That was the time for me to put on some clothes, wipe my tears and drink a cup of pure coffee that would make anyone awake from the feeling of still being sleepy.“ I always do what has to be done, Luigi. You gave Anthony your word, I wouldn't make you break it a second time. I have a lot to thank you for, my friend.”, I say it sincerely and I just can't stand up to hug you because our time is short.“ You will always have my loyalty and so will your descendants.”“ What descendants? I have decided to live as if my daughter doesn't exist, and a second child is not in the plans.”, I continue to pick up the shrapnel while trying to keep my attention on her reasoning.“ Francisca, that day Anthony said that having you back is a priority not just out of spite, he nee
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The Goldmine
One day laterToday the Desiré noire did not open. The tables are empty and the silence is frightening for those who are used to seeing a full house. It is clear that I will lose a lot of money by having the doors closed. But our reunion could not be in a place other than one of CEO Adam Arnault's favorite spots. The atmosphere would stir up memories for him, and to erase the bad ones, you need an extra dose of what makes you feel at home. So tonight, no more pubs or wandering the streets like two inconsequential teenagers.It will be drinking from the best in the bar and loving like the first time.Yet, with every passing minute, it gives me anxiety not to see him walk through that door. I can't believe that Adam would be so proud as to not accept an invitation from me. After all it has been a long time since our fight. And before anyone accuses me that 24 hours is not much time, in my defense, I will say that an eternity can happen in seconds. So there is no point in waiting for hi
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Arriving in California
California, presentEvery day millions of people travel. For many, just another ordinary day of time saved by one of the greatest inventions of all time; for others, the airplane is not just a machine. It is our genie in the lamp, where we lean back, close our eyes and imagine the dreams we yearn to come true. And if distance is the only obstacle, the dream is one step away from our hands as soon as the plane touches the runway to our point of arrival. But when distance is not the obstacle, how can that lamp help us if the problem lives in us and we simply cannot run away from who we are?“There will be a car waiting for us.”, Adam says, bringing me back to the present.We are waiting to choose our bags among so many others.“ Hopefully without a driver, I'll love to spend some time alone with you…”, my voice is sly, accompanied by a mischievous smile.“ You are so complicated, Chloé! “, he looks at me like I'm a riddle, “ One minute you wish I had security guards and chauffeurs, the
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The casino
“ I have never seen such a sexy and sophisticated manager.... “, Adam is dazzled, I can see him through his reflection in the mirror, which reminds me of Anthony's presence in scenes like this, although their looks and gestures are incomparable.“ My job is a bit peculiar. I won't be there to serve, just pretend I'm a stupid, silly, rich girl they can pass off as. Then they will be attracted to spend money. A sort of camouflaged manager”, I shrug, swiping my lipstick.“ That's dishonest”, he assesses. “And entering a casino expecting honesty is naïve, Monsieur Arnault…”, I do the final touches, making sure there is not a grain of sand left on my scalp. It was an endless struggle to get rid of them. A sacrifice that left no regrets when it was two hours well spent of the purest pleasure. And I would love to continue it through these white walls and huge glass windows that bring the sea closer even though it is a hundred meters away. The house in no way resembles Arnault's residence
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The Tenebrous Reconciliation
“Don't you ever lose the habit of asking questions you know the answer to?”, I close the door behind me so tightly that it is enough to hide the rapid beating of my heart. My nostrils need air on behalf of my lungs desperate to bail out, my mind one step away from hitching its anxiety.“Our argument hasn't even started, and already reason has gone your way”, he smiles cynically, keeping the gun pointed at Adam's head, opting for circular motions on his leather to test my lucidity, “ You were raised to have it all, to own it all. The Great Frances! I thought that by taking everything away from you, you would come back to me. But no! You found it!”, he pulls the gun away from the CEO and sits down next to Adam's body lying on a couch, “Is he the one stopping you from loving me, Francisca? The son-in-law of your father's dreams who should be dead?”Anthony again positions the gun in his direction, and I know that his life depends on my answer. It's logical that I need to remain indiff
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A Secret Love
California, dawn“Am I still welcome in your house and in your life?”, It's Luigi, who has sneaked in. It's not a surprise to me. In fact, I've been waiting for you since I left the casino and came home. Me, sitting on the porch and him beside me, the dawn spreads in the sky right in front of us and the sea hardly imitates a sound so as not to break the peace that surrounds us all. Luigi, also surrendered, decides to sit down, waiting for me to give him his final sentence. However, my internal judgment is lengthy. My senses do not wish to miss a detail of the spectacle. It is sublime and unbelievably, there is nothing that nature asks in return to give it to us.“ If you fear that I am going to throw you out of my life, should I consider that you have done something wrong?”, my eyes are satisfied and my attention is offered to the man next to me.“ No, you know I haven't. I just don't know to what extent what we have matters more than how you feel about Adam.”“ I recognize how much
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