FIFTY TWOHis father was sitting behind his large mahogany desk, looked up from his papers, his expression transforming from concentration to surprise as his eyes landed on Jackson who watched him voice a curious question.“I was not expecting to see you, Jackson” he muttered"Father," Jackson greeted, approaching the table with Amelia right beside him. “I would like for you to meet Amelia; she is a friend of mine and working for the company” he voiced.His father's eyes widened, clearly caught off guard by the unexpected introduction. He had never seen Jackson bring a woman to meet him before, and the surprise was etched across his face. Slowly, he rose from his chair, pushing it back with a creak, and approached them.He wanted to get a closer look at the lady because he had to admit that she had peaked his curiosity."Amelia," he said, his voice warm with a hint of curiosity. "It's a pleasure to meet you. Jackson rarely brings anyone here."Amelia smiled, stepping forward to shake

FIFTY FOUR“That’s weird” Amelia muttered, her eyes on the phone she was holding“What is weird?” Jackson asked her.They were back at his place upon his insistence that he wanted to keep her company for the whole day. She had refused of course and then he had decided to use the one tactic she had not been expecting. The one about his father telling her to take care of him.“You are reneging on your promise to my father” he commented as they argued“He said ‘take care of you’ not that I should follow you home and then begin living in your house. I did not hear any mention that, besides we have work tomorrow and I have to prepare and…”“I will drop you at home, you don’t have to worry about that” he told her.Amelia finally succumbed to his wishes and allowed him take her to his place. She could not stop the thoughts of something happening between them like it had this morning when he had called her pretty. She did not want to be some rebound for him; something to get over the feeling

CHAPTER FIFTY SIXSophia paced back and forth in her opulent living room, her footsteps echoing through the spaciousness as a whirlwind of emotions consumed her. The television blared with relentless fervor, projecting the aftermath of her meticulously calculated revelation.She had planned for it to be on the morning news and she had not been disappointed which would have been crazy if she had due to the amount of money she had had to pay for this interview to be conducted.If Jackson thought he could ignore her and not expect a backlash then he had it all wrong. The turmoil she had just unleashed was now on full display, much to her satisfaction. She watched as her past with Jackson becoming the blazing focal point of the media's relentless scrutiny as she had told them to, they did; searching for any info of them together and it wasn’t long before they dredged up past photos of them and also figured out that the Logan’s had another son and in fact he was the one handling most of th

CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHTSophia awoke with a sense of purpose tingling through her veins.Today was the day, the day she would face the world again with another bombshell. As she stretched and rubbed the sleep from her eyes, her mind began to race with thoughts of the upcoming interview with Natalie’s media agency, the people she had contacted yesterday and had gotten their promise that they were going to handle everything concerning the truth that she was about to spill.Maybe half truths, she corrected herselfLies, the voice in her head demandedOkay, fine; they were lies but who was going to know that except Jackson and he did not seem to want to react to anything she had said.The weight of anticipation settled upon Sophia's shoulders, both thrilling and daunting. This interview was her chance to share her falsified side of the story and control the narrative just as she had done yesterday should in any case Jackson decided to come forth with his own truth.She knew she had to be pre

CHAPTER SIXTYSophia took a deep breath as she settled into the comfortable chair, the studio lights illuminating the set around her. She does not want to think about Amelia anymore as that was ruining her concentration so she focused instead on how much this was going to change her world. This interview with over a million people waiting to hear her love story… a toxic non existent love story.She almost laughed out loud at the sheer absurdity of it.The camera began to roll and Sophia posed for it like the damned actress that she was.Across from her sat Natalie, poised with a pen in hand, ready to delve into the depths of Sophia's life.Natalie's voice broke the silence, her tone professional yet warm."I am sure you all are wondering and waiting to hear from Sophia so I am not going to take much time” she began… “Sophia, why don't we start by introducing yourself? Tell our viewers a little bit about who you are” She said, gazing at SophiaSophia nodded, her eyes meeting Natalie'