The Woman He Never Wanted

8:35Good Gracious! , I'm late. I scrambled from my bed, distorting the sheets that covered my naked body, and climbed down the bed hastily. Biggie's going to kill me! I ruffled through the pile of clothes on my stranded sofa, picked up a skirt and a gray shirt, which was originally blue. Took my courier bag and shoved whatever I could lay my hands on from my closet into it; lipstick, concealer powder, mascara… No, No! I had forgotten to stitch up my mask. Getting another one would have cost me more money, I burped. Eww! That stinks. I dashed into the toilet to brush my teeth and found myself staring at a ghost in the mirror. Placing both hands on the sink, I breathed heavily. My hair was messed up. I rushed back to my room to get my hairbrush and straightener. My room was messier. I had to shuffle between piles of both clean and dirty clothes to get my brush. Phew. Then, I rememberedStraightenerI checked my closet and my bed table, but it was nowhere to be found. I squeez

Lucas Quinn walked into the conference room filled with heads of departments and directors, who in turn stood up immediately after his entrance. Bowing their heads, he sat down and gestured for them to do the same. They had gathered up for the preparation of the mid-year appreciation party for Quinns House, a proposal which they were yet to draft out. Lucas had denied all of their proposal ideas for the party and everyone was drained. It was one of the many things they dreaded about him. His unflappable spirit. They had a month until the event, and they have not come up with a theme or concept for it. Knowing that kept them on edge since they knew he was going to keep them them on their toes soon. The conference lights went off, leaving the projector rays the only light in the room. He cleared his throat and all eyes were fixed on him awaiting his speech. Tired eyes and frustrated expressions laid under the guise of their focused eyes. " No one with any more concept for the eve

The only contract Tasha thought she would be getting was from a publishing company, but here she was a contract to seduce the most eligible bachelor in the state. She thought about it while she filled in for her mother's part-timer, who had flunked out a minute before the store opened for a toothache excuse. Her mother noticed her gloomy expression and her deep sigh for the millionth time. " At this rate, we might as well start eating salt itself, " she whispered sarcastically, and Tasha sighed again, realizing that she had been rolling the pieces of chicken in a large bowl of salt instead of flour. " I'm here you know, you can tell me anything " Mrs Rowan smiled affectionately at her, which she faked back. She could not even tell Zoey about it. She could never let her mother in on the contract issue. She'd know about the assault charge and things would go eerily. She was going to figure this out on her own. She packed the left overs of the last customers, washed all the plates

Tasha's POV Waiting for him to grab my lips with his enticing mouth, he stopped abruptly, making my knees weak. He walked away from me, this time further, fist clenched. " I'm giving you a chance to prove yourself to me, it's not too late to back down. " " No, I can do this. " I could see his ears turning red as he walked out of the room. 'Was he the one seducing or the other way round?. " He returned almost immediately and threw a bag at me. " Change into that and meet me at the pool outside. " He maneuvered his way out of the room through the petals, which served as a closing. It was a swimming costume which I had to change into. I had hoped that I was up for grabs. He sure took me on a long journey during the lesson. I had held myself from grabbing his lips while he teased me. It was pure torture. Seduction is pure manipulation! I came here thinking seduction was mainly flirting and would have ended up in bed with Ethan before realizing that the deed was done. '

Lucas POV I could swear with my fortune that I never thought I could see her again. This time, she looked curvy, but she didn't seem to know me, or she played that way. Her eyes, the structure of her face and the voice were so familiar! Everything looked so surreal. I touched her, she bled! She looked somewhat fat or curvy, I don't care about the body type, but every other thing was familiar. I don't know why I had to throw myself at her at that event, the magical attraction I felt towards her was still there. Till now, Lyanna hasn't shown up, not even in my dreams. She had always been my shadow ever since her death, and I feel guilty for that, but she showed up again? I bet if she had shown up in her skinny skin, she would have been noticed by my friends at least. I sunk into the chair holding my head in my palms as I began to flashback to the day Lyanna died. I had caught her in bed with someone else; that act would not have made me so mad if it was somebody I didn't kn