real good in the past year and their shares are highly sought.
I am not much interested in the food industry, but money is money. So I talk to some of the guests, anyway. Sometimes I wish I had someone to guide me. I still feel hesitant. about investing my money. So far I have invested it very carefully and results are so far so good.
While I am talking to one of the ex partners of my family’s company, The Brown Constructions, Nikkie slips her palm into mine and smiles at the ex- partner and says, “I will borrow my sister from you…”
He laughs and says, “Sure!”
It’s hilarious. I am sure every single person talking to me today knows about the Brown Family’s mess. They know how Caleb and Nikki betrayed me and how I snarled at that
reporter exposing them.
I wonder if they find it funny. If they see through Nikkie and Joy’s facade.
Nikkie drags me to one of the corners behind a huge curtain of hallway. Then she
hisses at me, “Why are you dressed like a whore?”
I glance at my legs and say, “Am I?”
Then shrug. “Dad, Didn’t say anything.”
To be honest, Dad never outed Nikkie for wearing the worst kind of dresses. This one is
at least decent and is not showing my nipples. Just my ass and curves.
“You have to change… You cannot be here in this slutty dress,” she orders.
I roll my eyes hard enough to see the back of my head.
“Stop irritating me Nikkie… Or I will show you how a real slut behaves!” I warn her.
She gasps. “Are you threatening that you will sleep with Caleb?”
uhmmm, that wasn’t on my mind, but okay.
I shrug.
I see a flash of anger in her eyes and her hand raises to hit me. I stumble back to
avoid her slap and lose my balance. But someone saves me from the fall. I blink one then
twice to see who is holding me.
“Caleb?”
I get up and move away from him..
He looks flabbergasted.
“Th- Thanks,” I mumble.
F7uck, this is a bad spot. They both can corner me.
“Just look at her how she is flaunting her body like a slut,” she snarls again, talking to
Caleb.
I roll my eyes and walk away from both of them.
Party
2/5
She grabs my arms again and says, “You are not going into the party! Leave and
change.”
“Stop it Nikkie!” Caleb says in a firm voice.
Her eyes widen. “Are you taking her side?”
“I have to talk to her. Please leave.”
I frown. What does he want to talk about? Nikkie hesitantly leaves the two of us alone.
I look at him and raise my brow.
“I really couldn’t believe it was you… when I saw you in that news clip that day,” He
says in a soft voice.
I don’t have time for this shit.
“What do you want to talk about?”
“I want you back.” he says in a confident voice.
What the actual F7uck!
“Why? Doesn’t Nikkie ride you well enough nowadays?”
He closes his eyes and says, “I was a f7ucking fool… You have no idea how hard Nikkie
is. You always supported me, helped me. She, on the other hand, always creates a mess. A f7uckin libality”
“Well, you chose her. Now deal with it…” I say with indifference.
Does he really think I will care about Nikkie giving him trouble?
“I couldn’t leave her because it would have caused big blows to both the Johnson and
Brown family, Sophie… You know how delicate these things can be..”
I frown. It’s an absurd excuse. I am sure.
“I missed you… I knew where you were, but I never opened the PI reports. Thinking I
wouldn’t be able to stay away from you. G7od, I was such an idiot!”
My eyes widen at the realization. He had a Pl on me? A fu7cking private investigator?
He adds, “If I had known you have transformed your body like this! I would have taken you back in no time.” He looks at me hungrily.
Oh f7uck off!
“I have some dignity, Caleb.” I say, annoyingly. “I don’t want you. So stay away from
me.”
“Really? Then why are you still single?” He smirks.
“I… it’s my choice,” I stammer.
“I am sure you miss me. That’s why you haven’t moved on.”
I scoff, but I don’t have words.
“I.. I moved on long ago…” I hate that I am stammering. Where the hell is my confidence?
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“Did you? I don’t believe it, Sophie. I am sure you miss me,” He says, touching my arm.
My skin burns and my face goes hot.
Is it true?
No. it isn’t.
I had my own reasons. I couldn’t date because I am married to M.
“I am not single anymore…” I say to defend myself. To gain an upper hand. But the truth is, I am feeling pessimistic and alone. He is right. It’s been 2 years and I am still single. I will probably die alone because emotionally I have not opened up with anyone after Caleb. I don’t miss him. But the hurt was too deep for me to trust anyone else again.
“I don’t believe you…” He takes a step towards me and places his palm on my cheek.
My heartbeat quickens as he traces my lips and brings his face near mine for a kiss. Caleb can be really insistent if he wants something. I have to end this for good.
“I am married,” I blare out. “I am not single anymore. So stop pestering me.” I pull and
run away from him.
That was a wrong thing to say. Because it opens a f7ucking pandora box I don’t know
how to deal with.
M
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