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As Cole drove back to the hotel, I was the one silently staring outside the window as tiny strands of my hair escaped from the hair scrunchie and blew fiercely.My head was filled with a lot of thoughts, from the near kiss at the arcade to seeing those two together but only one stood out and constantly rang in my brain: Everything had been planned. My first instinct when we finally separated from the others was to tell Cole about what I had seen, but when he started to drive off, my mouth suddenly clamped shut.I was torn between bursting into a loud scream and feeling relieved, but when my eyes became misty and threatened to leak out tears, I hastily rubbed at them and batted my eyelashes furiously.Dave was not worthy of my tears.I began to reminisce on how it all happened, meeting him at the library by 'chance' and to think Kiera had arrived two days later with her baby. The both of them took advantage of the fact that Cole once had a sexual relationship with her, and used it to a
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The first thing I saw when my eyes blinked open were small ripples forming in the blue water outside the window. I blinked my eyes again and instantly sat up to look around me. I remembered falling asleep on the couch as I waited for Cole to finish talking with his security team but here I was, in the room alone by morning.There was no sign that Cole slept in the room or that he was even in the suite, but the bedroom door was open so I wore the fuzzy slippers that the hotel had given us on our first day here and padded int the sitting room.I saw Cole sitting down on the couch, his head bent over it as he snored softly so I quietly walked over to him. His hands were splayed across the head of the couch and his eyes were slightly open, and I felt tempted to take a picture of him. Luckily, my phone was in my pyjamas so I quickly took a photo of him, smiling quietly as his mouth opened slightly.After that, I walked back into the room to freshen up and by the time I was done, Cole was a
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While Cole filled in his security team on the next step, I got dressed for an outing with him. He was quite ecstatic about getting rid of Kiera so he offered for us to go out and celebrate. Where we were going, I did not know, but as long as there was food and a bit of fun, count me in.I quickly messaged Kath about the latest update and she responded immediately to congratulate us on the near victory, but a small part of me could not but feel skeptical. What if they realized what we were onto, and they outsmarted us? I shared this fear with her and she used a voice note to try to assure me that everything would turn out okay.I accepted her advice and looked at myself one more time in the mirror. My dark hair was free today and the natural waves cascaded down my back, complimenting the blue summer dress I was putting on. Large sunglasses were on the top of my head, just behind my centre bangs and I smiled at my reflection and instantly took a picture.As I started to do a video, Cole
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Cole brought us to a small dock where a single medium-sized boat stood waiting for us as well as a captain who slightly doffed his hat when he saw us approaching.Before I could ask what was happening, Cole stepped into the boat and held out a hand to me. I grabbed his hand and he pulled me into it, as the captain started the engine and soon, we sped away from the land and into the blue water seemingly leading nowhere in particular.I briefly watched as a guy dressed in uniform came to whisper quietly to Cole before disappearing down into what I presumed was the kitchen area or something. I gave Cole a curious glance but he just put a hand for me to wait so I looked arounf us as the boat moved slowly across the water.Tiny strips of land surrounded us, with most of them having water bungalows on top of them which were occupied by people, while the other smaller parts of land were covered with thick trees and shrubs. Subconsciously I twirled around with my eyes wide open, as I stared a
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I looked up at him in shock and dropped my plate. "What do you mean by that?"He turned over to look at me. "Liza, I didn't just pick you randomly, or because I had no other option. It was a calculated decision," he explained shortly but I folded my arms and sat forward on the chair, prompting him to continue.He took another gulp out of the bottle and continued, "I wanted someone who could make me look good, and be ready for a no strings attached relationship and that wasn't you but..I also needed a person who wouldn't talk, and to make sure, I put a price you couldn't refuse. You want the money too much." He chuckled and sat down on the couch again, grinning to himself.I angrily grabbed the bottle from his hands and this time, he did not stop me. I was tempted to take a swig of the wine, which I now knew was alcoholic, but a part of me also felt like pouring it on his head. But I needed to hear something first, so I leaned towards him and asked."Why could I not make you look good
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The ride back to the hotel was quiet and Cole and I just stared out of our individual windows. One time, I saw the driver looking at us with a curious expession before he caught my eyes in the mirror and quickly looked away. I did not blame the man though, we had seemed so chatty on the way to the the docks and he had even been smiling at our jokes. But oh well…Immediately we got to the hotel, both of us silently separated into our individual rooms and instantly, I fell on the bed as my eyes became misty with tears. This time, I sniffed loudly and allowed them to fall down my cheek even as I tried to figure out why I was crying.I should not have been surprised with what Cole said, neither should I have expected more. A guy like him did not fall for a girl like me, maybe in movies but in real life, no matter the circumstances surrounding them–men like Cole only went for educated, sexy women who would look good beside him.I walked over to the full length mirror and stared at my image
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My ears perked up at his announcement and when he walked into my room, I went to stand beside him."How?" I asked and he played an audio clip from his security head for me to listen to. Apparently, after Cole suggested our plans to them, they planted an audio chip in a package and sent it to their flat, under the guise of winning at an event. Fortunately, Dave and Kiera believed the ploy and after some moments, someone in Cole's team made a fake call to her claiming to be me.After that, it was easy to get the evidence since both of them had launched into a full blown topic about us which had been recorded and sent straight to Cole's email. I bounced my legs in delight, eager to move past the both of them but more about anything, I wanted to know what those criminals said about me."I want to hear what they said about me...us." The statement tumbled out of my lips, before I realized that Cole would also be listening to whatever they said about me too. But no matter, I would still be l
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We arrived at the apartment complex under thirty minutes, and the first thing hat irked me about the place was the musty smell that surrounded it. For such an averagely maintained building, the surroundings were very demeaning with candy wraps scattered around and stale wraps of food on the sides of the building.Cole put a handkerchief to his nose and albeit reluctantly, we stepped out of the car with his security team right behind us. They were all expecting a confrontation, and though I guessed it would not come to the use of force, I was glad that they were with us.We walked closer towards the building and saw a woman sitting at one corner of it. She was clothed in what looked like a hospital gown while three small children lay on a mat beside her, and when she noticed us, she stretched out a blackened hand and I froze.I dipped a hand into my purse to offer her some money, but Cole held my hand and shook his head as he motioned to one of his men. The guy brought out a few dollar
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