Chapter 51Holy shit! David was kissing her. A few more seconds and he might realize.With a start, Tamara drew back and got to her feet.“Tammy! Wait!” David sighed as he got up too and began walking after her.Marco was going to kill her! How did she let things get this far? “Tamara! Please! Wait!” David called out again.Tamara dug her heels into the sand and came to a stop with her heart beating wildly.She wasn’t sure she could turn around and look at Marco without him seeing the hatred in her eyes.“Tammy, please,” David said softer this time as he came up behind her and tugged lightly on her elbow.“David, you have a wife,” Tamara sighed as she shook her head.“I… I know. I Just-““No,” Tamara disagreed. “I’m still going to be here for you and all. But I don’t want to be in the middle of whatever you and Chelsea have going on,” Tamara bit her tingling lip and turned around to stare at David.“Please,”David swallowed and his cheeks pinkened slightly “of course. Forgive me. Pl
Chapter 52The cold temperature of the room made Tamara shiver and she held the covers tighter with a hiss.It didn’t work. Why the hell was the AC so high anyway?!The clothes seemed to steep into her bones and Tamara held on tightly as she began to shiver and her teeth clattered.She was still tipsy. She didn’t want to stand up but as her stomach growled, Tamara sighed in defeat.Few moments later she was on her way down the staircase towards the kitchen.Away from the cold room, she felt a bit warmer but she could barely walk straight. Tamara’s hands gripped the rail tightly and not for the first time she wondered where the hell Francesca had gone.She remembered enough to know Francesca had dressed her after her bath and taken her to the guest room to rest.Tamara looked down at herself. She wore just her singlet and underwear. No wonder she felt so cold.Typical Francesca, she would rather Tamara freeze than let Tamara wear Marco’s clothes.Tamara rolled her eyes and tried to st
Chapter 53Tamara groaned as she rolled out of bed and coughed. Her brain felt muddled and a migraine pounded behind her eyes.Where was she? Shit!Her cheeks colored as the memories of last night, began to flood her, including when she had taken a bath in front of Francesca.Why did Francesca even help her? She would have to tell the woman to thank you when next they saw each other.And Marco? Tamara was suddenly filled with shame. She had practically forced the man to get in bed with her so she could use him as a heated blanket.Damn, what was wrong with her? She never drank this much. The whole David situation and keeping it from Marco was getting to her.With a sigh, Tamara looked around and found a hoodie on the bed.A few minutes later, she was dressed in the hoodie and walking down the stairs to find her phone, some food, and hopefully a Tylenol to kill her headache.“Good morning,” Tamara winced as she greeted Marco and slipped past him to take a bottle of water from the fridg
Chapter 54When Tamara woke up, she knew she had fucked up.Her brain hurt, her breath felt hot, she felt like she was on fire but she also knew the hand applying a cold compress to her forehead wasn’t Marco’s hand.“Hey,” Tamara croaked and blinked at David.Hell even her eyeballs felt hot and heavy.“Heyy,” he whispered “You’re awake!”David dropped the wet compress on the bedside table and smiled softly at Tamara. “We’re at the beach house. You have a fever and I found you passed out in your car,”“Hmmmm,” Tamara moaned softly and looked around the room.“It’s okay, I’ve called the doctor over already. He took your samples, left some medication behind, and went to carry out some tests.”Mild panic flashed through Tamara as she realized just how vulnerable she was being with a man who had tried to murder her.“What is it? Are you okay?” David seemed to notice her fear.“I… Yes. I’m good. I need…my phone,”Tamara wasn’t sure her eyeballs could look at her screen right now but at leas
Chapter 55Marcellus stalked into the company office in a rage. Lesser staff seemed to scuttle away from him, bowing in respect as they all hurried to jumó out of his path.Their deference pleases him. He had done a lot to be where he was in the company and now what?David was going to ruin everything by divorcing his sister?!It wasn’t even as though he had a strong emotional attachment to Chelsea. It was that they both understood what this was. A mutually beneficial agreement.Except now David was about to fuck everything up.“Good morning sir,” David’s new secretary scrambled to her feet to greet Marcel.His eyes roamed over the pretty little thing. Leering especially at her exposed cleavage.“Morning,” he turned his head sharply as Chelsea’s shrill voice sounded from the CEO’s office.“YOU ARE BEING UTTERLY RIDICULOUS! I told you I didn’t take any money!”Money?!Marcel and the secretary turned to look at each other in bewilderment.One second later he remembered he was above her
Chapter Tamara folded her arms and watched the interview on her office TV with laughter in her stomach. How did Chelsea always manage to mess things up herself so thoroughly?“Yes and,” Chelsea paused to sniffle and demurely dab the corners of her eyes with a napkin “-and this infidelity is something I’ve dealt with for the entirety of our marriage. I I never planned for this to happen and-“Tamara rolled her eyes and pressed the remote in her hands to put off the TV. Chelsea’s press conference was making the rounds and the public was lapping it up.Tamara didn’t need to check the blogs she already knew they were all slandering David and Chelsea had finally gotten her instagram back.Now she could play the innocent martyr bride that was cheated on.A knock sounded at the door of Tamara’s office.“Come in,” Tammy walked back to her seat and sat behind her desk. She had been attending meetings all day since she recovered.“Hello-“ Tamara raised her head from her desk and paused in sur
Chapter 55Tamara walked into her company with a smirk on her lips and a spring in her steps.The staff jumped out of her way, bowing their heads slightly as greetings of “Good morning ma’am” rang out about her.This was it. All her heart had yearned for, finally she had LENA beauty back. The company she has devoted her youth to building and now with a few well placed tears and lots of cunning, she had acquired back fifty percent of the shares making her the primary and most powerful shareholder.“Good morning Mrs Windsor,” A staff greeted.Tamara’s stilled and her head jerked up at the greeting she had been accustomed to for years.“Good morning Adam,” Chelsea’s shrill voice responded as the woman appeared opposite the elevator and crossed her arms to stare down at Tamara.“What are you doing here?”Tamara rolled her eyes at the irritation in Chelsea’s voice.“Today is a shareholder meeting. Last I checked, I am still a shareholder so I don’t have to explain my presence in this comp
Chapter 58.“You did it,” Francesca smirked the minute Tamara walked into the office.Tamara paused at the door with a look of surprise on her face. “That was fast,”“Why are you here already? Don’t make me regret calling you,” Tamara rolled her eyes as she took off her sunglasses and walked to sit behind her desk.She had to admit, today went splendidly well. She got voted in as the new CEO of Lena Beauty. David still stupidly believed that she had plans to marry him, Chelsea’s video went viral and the board of shareholders even started a petition to sue Chelsea for damage to the company image.And yet all she could think of was how she had no one to share her victory with. In her car, all alone, she cried. Missing her best friend and the only person who seemed to understand her. her fingers itched to call Marco. Just to hear his voice or tell him about her latest accomplishments.Instead, memories of Evangelyn filled her head and she dialed Francesca.It almost seemed like the woma