The Distraction Morgan Elizabeth Novels & Stories

Softly, beautifully, it breaks free on his lips, followed by a light chuckle, shattering the thick tension in the air. "I’d like that," he says softly. "Aww, what a touching moment," Morgan interrupts, annoyance dripping from his tone. "In case you've forgotten, you're too busy having your life threatened to worry about making friends right now." I look up at him, my eyes ablaze with disgust, longing for nothing more than to smack that annoying grin off his face. "Actually," I reply coldly, "I just needed to distract you long enough to do this." His eyebrows furrow in confusion.

"Well, well, if things haven't just gotten more interesting? Do you think a miserable rat like you can make a Pierce tremble? Such audacity." "I don't know," I said, trying to keep my voice steady. "I think the problem is that people like you think they can underestimate others." "I have business to attend to; this call is wasting my time," Pierce replied, impatient. That's when I dropped the bomb. "Eleanor Morgan. Does that name ring a bell?" The silence on the other end of the line was instant and heavy. So complete I thought the call had dropped. After a long moment, Pierce's voice returned, different. Lower. More dangerous.

“Can you imagine? Mrs. Morgan ordered three whole years of induced sedation just to keep her sister, Mellisa, loyal and grateful.” His colleague, Dr. Vera, stiffened a little and turned toward him. “You shouldn’t be saying that out loud,” she whispered sharply, glancing at the door like she expected a nurse to be eavesdropping or something. “You know what happens to people who talk too much about the Morgans.”

she gave off a short chuckle which for some reason grated me. Elizabeth Mosaic huh, daughter of the wealthy Mosaic empire, one filled with prosecutors and weird art enthusiastic folks. It is suspicious and unusual that a girl like her is actually going along with a fake relationship with Ethan. And those eyes of hers, my eyes followed them as they watched Ethan… did she really have feelings for him? I instinctively moved forward, deliberately closing off her view, “The ride here yet ?” I asked, bringing back her gaze on me. “Ohh right,” she murmured, checking her phone instantly,“ Yeah it's just got her—”