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Kelsey was quiet the entire ride to the hotel where the ball was being held. She was staring out of the window trying to avoid any eye contact or any contact at all with Mason at all. It seemed that he was ignoring her as well since he was on his phone the entire time.When the limo came to a stop, Kelsey glanced at the other window on Mason's side where reporters were crowded around with microphones and cameras in hand. It was a good thing that the windows were tainted that nobody could see through the inside.Kelsey felt a tighten in her chest causing her to instinctively place a hand over her chest where her necklace usually was. She took a deep breath before she hyperventilate and completely lose it. "You can do this." She whispered to herself in between breaths.Mason shut his phone off and glanced at Kelsey. She was breathing in and out with her eyes closed. It was so hard for him to sit still and not grab her by the nape of her neck and kiss her senselessly. It took every fi
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"You're here!" Mason said excitedly and pulled the man into one of those manly hugs with a pat on the back."Yes, Madame Delilah invited me. She said you have a surprise.""I'm sorry I didn't get to call you myself. My secretary called your assistant and said you were really busy with the deal with Global Tech." He explained himself."Don't worry about it. But remember Mason, I always find time to hang out with you and Ella.""I know and I'm grateful for that. By the way, is Chloe with you?" He asked and Kelsey wondered who Chloe was. 'Was she the girlfriend, wife, daughter?' She wondered."Yes, I booked a room upstairs because she was really tired from our travel. She's very excited to see you.""I'm excited to see her too. It's been quite a long time."Mason then remembered Kelsey and pulled her to his side. She couldn't help but think how they were so close, so comfortable with each other. She really hoped he didn't recognized her. That was the last thing she wanted to worry
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"I cannot believe you, Mason Emerson King!" Kelsey heard a booming voice from outside her room. She slowly got up from the bed and grabbed the robe laying on the sofa chair. She wrapped the robe around herself and tightened the knot for she was only wearing a fitted crop top and short-shorts."How can you not tell us that you're getting married?!" The loud, yet gentle voice yelled once again which only brought Kelsey's curiosity to peak. She walked towards the door and leaned closer to it, placing her ears beside it. She knew it was wrong to eavesdrop but she couldn't help herself."Can we please talk about this in a calmly matter?" Kelsey heard Mason replied which seemed to only fired up the situation."Calmly matter?! We're talking about marriage here, Mason!""Ow." Mason muttered and Kelsey thought he was probably hit by the aggressive and angry woman. She couldn't hold herself anymore as she slowly opened the door and peeked through it. She could see a woman's beautiful figure
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Once Kelsey and Mason arrived home, the amazing scent of food reached their noses. Georgia had prepared for dinner and was almost finished cooking once they were home. They both decided to wash up since Georgia kicked them out of the kitchen and refused their help.Kelsey strolled to her room only to find it completely empty. She pulled the drawers open and went inside the walk-in-closet but all her stuff were gone. With furrowed eyebrows, she went out of her room and started screaming Georgia's name. Mason heard Kelsey's voice booming around the house and he figured that she must have realized that her stuff were all gone.Mason came out of his room and saw Kelsey making her way downstairs. He followed suit in hurry and tried to stop her to explain but she was too fast. "Georgia!" She once again called out as Georgia came out of the kitchen."What's wrong, sweetheart? Is there an emergency?" Georgia asked in oblivion."My clothes, they're all gone. Where are they?" She questioned
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When Kelsey followed after Mason, she only heard the water running from the bathroom. She assumed that he probably needed some time alone so she decided to take a plain blue shirt and a pair of black shorts on Mason's side of the room and placed it on the hanger. She then placed the hanger on the hook by the mirror so that Mason would see it after he showered.Kelsey sighed and left the room to check on their guests. It wasn't very polite to leave their guests unattended. When she was downstairs, she saw the bellhop again, now dragging the cart out of the house with the luggages still on it."You're not staying?" Kelsey asked in wonder earning Victoria's attention."I'm afraid we're not, sweetheart. Not today at least." She responded as Kelsey nodded in understanding. It was not a good idea if they stayed anyway since the tension was still thick in the room. "How's he?" She questioned referring to Mason.Kelsey shot her a tight smile before replying. "I think he just needs some ti
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After thirty minutes of running and chasing, Mason had finally caught Chloe. He wrestled with her and gently threw her on the sofa which made her chuckle in delight. Kelsey watched the two in amazement and smiled. She didn't know that Mason had a soft spot for kids.Kelsey studied the little girl and she looked nothing like her father. She probably took after her mother's look. When Mason and Chloe's laughters subsided, she called them and let them know that dinner was ready. Georgia prepared some fried stew and brown rice and Kelsey made some chocolate chip cookies while they were chasing each other around the house.Chloe hurriedly ran to the dinning room and Mason followed suit. Mason sat on the head of the table while Chloe sat on his right. Kelsey took the orange juice in the fridge and sat beside Chloe. They looked like a family dining together and it brought tingles in Kelsey's stomach.Kelsey helped Chloe scooped some food on her plate and Chloe ate the dish in delight. "Yo
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The next morning, Kelsey woke up with heaviness in her eyes. She must have cried a lot last night since she felt that her eyes were swollen. She slowly sat up but felt a weigh on her stomach, preventing her from fully sitting up. She glanced down and saw Chloe's head laying on her stomach.Chloe was sleeping soundly with her mouth slightly agape. Kelsey leaned her back against the tower of pillows by her head and studied the little girl in front of her.Kelsey swept the strands of hair that was covering Chloe's face and soothingly rubbed her head with her hand. Kelsey was completely fixated on Chloe's features that she didn't even realize that Mason was by the door leaning his body against the doorframe with his arms cross around his chest."She was crying last night and didn't want to sleep beside me. She said she wanted to sleep next to you." Mason spoke, earning Kelsey's attention. Kelsey smiled at the thought of Mason trying to soothe a crying Chloe. It must have been tough for
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"Just apologize to your son! Is that so hard to do?!" Delilah barked at her son in demand. Edward ran a hand down his face and groaned."Mama, if you came here to yell at me, you can just leave." He complained as he stood from his spinning chair and took a file from the filing cabinet."I don't understand. You barely see your children and here you are making a big commotion. Can't you just be happy for him? He's getting married for Pete's sake!" She added causing another groan to escape Edward's lips."That's the point, Ma. He's getting married! Married! I'm not too sure about this. Since when did my son like the idea of commitment. I just don't want him to get into something that is hard to get out of. For sure, I will have to clean up after his mess again.""Do you not realize that maybe, just maybe, your son actually wants to get married and fall in love?" She argued. "You shouldn't be the one talking about commitment. If I am not mistaken, you were in the same situation your s
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