Life Of Pie Novels & Stories

Swallow me up. "Thank you" I speak low in embarrassment. "At your orders. Two cheesecakes and two cappuccinos. Would you like me to bring you the check now or when you're done?" "Later. Thank you, young man..." "Rie," he says, "my name is Rie. It's a pleasure." Rie... it sounds familiar, where have I heard it? "I'm Marie" he holds out his hand to the boy and I finally remember, it's the stranger from the cell phone, "and this is..."

When I stayed with him in a basement apartment and split a single bread roll between two meals, where was that darling heroine? When I sold the house my mother left me and my dowry to help him survive his crisis, where was she? Now that Preston Hale had become a billionaire CEO, she wanted to swoop in and reap what I'd sown? On what grounds? "Honey? Why are your hands so cold?" Preston lowered his head and rubbed my hands, his brows drawn together, his voice careful. But when I looked at his handsome face, I had only one thought. For another woman, he was going to push me into becoming a sleazy livestreamer.

Leonardo Pov Seeing my figlia (daughter) for the first time in mine and her life was the single best and saddest moment of my life. The moment I saw her I knew she was mine, my figlia I didn't need the DNA test I hadn't seen it anyway. She was so small and scared, curled up like an injured uncellino (baby bird) my heart broke for her and my rage boiled because of what fucker did to her. I wanted to approach her and hug her tight in my arms. I couldn't though because she was so scared even when I made a single step she flinched and watched my every move. I hated that she was so on guard but I understood and moved with caution.