Semua Bab LOVE AND LUST: Bab 41 - Bab 50

Leila felt lightheaded as she woke up, she remembered nothing. The room was empty and she could feel a sharp pain in her head when she tried standing up. She looked down and she was wrapped in just the duvet, she tried remembering how she removed her clothes when she was just talking to the moving guys but her head was blank, her phone was buzzing with messages, she unlocked it to see several angry texts from Gavin. She sat up immediately, ‘why was he angry?’ She thought so she placed a call to him, he picked up immediately “Your messages seemed extreme, what’s wrong?” She asked groggily, her interests piqued, she was sure she did not do anything so why was he being extra in his texts, their conversation last night was really good and she was sure they were actually in a good place after everything that had happened these past few weeks. “You slept with the moving guys!? That is low even for you” Gavin said, every word laced with spite. Leila’s head still hurt so it took her a f

Leila smiled before taking a deep breath. One thing about her was how she always took her time to rest when it was due, the past week had been hectic and she could not even think of one thing that happened, she just knew it was a busy one for her and even though it passed by like a blur, she still felt the aftermath and oh, it was not a sweet thing. Her alarm woke her up around 6am and she groaned loudly before she turned it off. Harold was at his place and she felt herself missing him, if he was here, he would have maybe relieved her of the stress but she only spent her weekends with him, it was a weird schedule she came up with, week days for her and Carl and weekends for Harold. She smiled when she thought of Carl, her baby, the one she lived for and the one that got her going, Carl gave her a will to live and she loved him with everything in her. She smiled as she drifted to sleep, she felt safe, in ways she never thought she could feel years before. “Mommy? Wakey-wakey” Carl

Leila felt a little nervous about seeing Adele Cooper. Honestly, she had no idea what she was going to say when she saw her. She did not think it through before texting her yesterday. Gavin had slept over at hers the previous night and she lied to him that she had to go in to work early. She hated that she had to lie to him but he did not have to know anything. It was strictly between the both women, Gavin had turned to a bone that they were both dragging and it needed to end. They were both bringing kids into the world for him and it would be crazy if they could not work things out before the arrival of the children. She had taken his car because he did not like her using public transportation now that she was pregnant, so she did not argue. They had agreed to meet at a cozy breakfast cafe in the area so it was not a long drive. She was surprised to see Adele already seated at the table, her hands were sweaty so she rubbed them on her clothes before stepping out of the car. “

Leila could not stop thinking about Gavin’s mom and how she spoke to her. Deep down, she knew the woman was not going to like her but she expected a more cordial relationship not utter rudeness. The car stopped in front of the company and she stepped out. “Good morning miss Leila”, the security guard said to her. It still felt weird how they had all started to respect her ever since she became the boss’ girlfriend. She was not going to lie, it felt good. “Just call me Leila”, She replied with a genuine smile. When she got to the office, Armstrong was leaning on the table, speaking in some foreign languages, it sounded Chinese to her or maybe Japanese, she could not be sure. He waved a hand to acknowledge her presence. She waved back. She brought out the notepad and started studying it, she did not want to sound dumb in the meeting today in front of the executive members and definitely not in front of Gavin. She was still a little bit shy around him till now. “Have you seen Frank

“You killed it darling” Frank said with a smile as he went to hug Leila. She smiled back, she felt relieved because she found out that Mrs.Hasters was not among the executives that came back inside after the break. Maybe she had to attend to something. Maybe Gavin had something to do with it. She made a mental note to thank Gavin after the meeting, he was smiling at her all through her presentation and nodding to everything she was saying , he felt like her biggest cheerleader, it took her all her self control not to turn red. When everybody was seated, Armstrong cleared his throat loudly, “I personally agree with Miss Baker’s pitch” “It is a brilliant idea”, Montgomery added. Leila smiled, she was just worried for nothing. The meeting was not bad as she envisioned it. “I think we are done here. Everybody can leave. Miss Baker, please stay behind”. Gavin said loudly. As everybody filed out, Leila noticed some other people staring at her weirdly but she did not allow that to