Lahat ng Kabanata ng A SECOND CHANCE AT LOVE WITH THE BILLIONAIRE CEO: Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

{Dear Lacey Thalmes, Your self-tape audition blew us out of the park. We’re pleased to inform you that you have passed the audition to train as an actor under JT Entertainment. You are expected to be at the company premises by 9 a.m on the 4th of October for orientation. We look forward to seeing you.Riley Jones,Recruiter, JT Entertainment.}It was a short email, quite easy to understand, still Lacey was having a hard time doing that. Her eyes ran through the content of the email two more times before she gave up trying to make sense of it. Add that to a list of the random things that had happened in her life recently. First of all, she hadn’t applied for any audition, so how could she have been accepted? Except…Scrambling out from under her bed covers, Lacey moved to unplug her phone from the charging port, then opened up her phone app. “Happy new month!” Adi’s cheery voice reached her ears immediately he picked up. That’s right, it was the first day of October. Still, Lacey c

“You’re Lacey, aren’t you? I can tell because of the eyes. Mark’s been waiting to meet you.” Mark, that was the groom’s name, Lacey recalled, but why the hell would he be waiting to meet her?   Seconds felt like hours as Lacey stared at the outstretched hand. Seeing that she wasn’t about to shake him, the smile on Adam’s face started to get smaller.  “No?” Lacey didn’t respond immediately. Now the four pairs of eyes that were looking at her had similar eager glints in their eyes. Apart from that, the youngest girl also wore a shy smile.  “I’m Lacey, bu

“We hope you have a nice stay at Monsoon Resort, Mr. Taley.” Jonathan bopped his head in a polite gesture as he took the key and walked to the elevator. His current location was a remote resort on an island, where he had come for a two-week long nature retreat.  The retreat gave Jonathan an avenue to distance himself from work for a little while, but the main reason he was there was because he found out Jada Reign was going to be staying at the same resort to attend the same retreat. It provided Jonathan an opportunity to meet the director and leave a good impression on her.  The first event of the retreat was an orientation, which was happening tomorrow, so for the rest of today, Jonathan was going to remain indoors.  

“I think you’re more my type, Lacey.” Those weren’t the words that Jonathan had thought to say, but when it left his lips, he found that those were the words in his heart. In a way, it was aj outward confession to Lacey, but also to himself.  He couldn’t deny it any longer; he liked her. And now, he could freely admit that it played a big role as to why he had been so annoyed at her when he thought she was cheating on Steven. That then hadn’t only been about protecting his brother, Jonathan was ashamed to admit that.  “Also, I’m sorry.” “Sorry?” Jonathan turned sideways for a split second and saw perplexion all over Lacey’s ex

It took about a couple seconds for Jonathan’s question to sink in. When it did, Lacey opened her mouth, then shut it. Actually, she didn’t know what to say.  She liked Jonathan, that much was clear, and he liked her back. But it wasn’t easy to make a decision easily when her last relationship had been with someone who ended up betraying her. So, to open up her heart to someone she didn’t know that well…That wasn’t easy.  Lacey was still thinking of an answer when her ringtone filled the space. Until then, Lacey hadn’t recalled that her ringtone being that loud, but maybe it was because of the open air space of the Penthouse, but the sound seemed to fill everywhere.  “...”