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Chapter Twenty-three : The Nasty comments and Assumptions
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Author's POVAfter leaving for work the next day, Anne called her friends over and they helped her pack. After about an hour when they were done packing, they set out to leave the house but then the house staff began to ask her questions like where she was going with her boxes. But Anne didn't answer any of them.After loading all her bags into Kiama's booth, Kiama drove Anne and the other ladies to the airport where Anne was going to board a plane out of San Francisco, California.Anne was preparing to leave the life she had created with Lucian. She struggled mightily with her choice, but the onslaught of criticism and scrutiny from the public had grown intolerable. Her feelings were a tumultuous combination of anguish, relief, and uncertainty as Kiana drove towards the airport. When Anne arrived at the airport, her friends volunteered to support her and assist her with her luggage. After exchanging tearful goodbyes, Anne moved toward the exit, leaving the life she had known behind.
The Billionaire’s One-night Stand Chapter Twenty-five: Lucian’s Revenge Plans
Author’s POV Lucian remarked, “I want you to break the news of my divorce to your news channel.”“What? What kind of request is that?” Said his companion.“Just trust me. I have a plan, “Lucian replied.The unexpected request surprised Lucian’s acquaintance, who was perplexed as to why Lucian would wish to make his divorce public. But knowing Lucian’s cunning ways, he chose to listen to him out.“Lucian, this is very strange.”His friend questioned skeptically, “Why would you want to make your divorce public? “I need to set up a smokescreen or a distraction. I want Amelia and David to think their plan worked by revealing my contract marriage since they believe they have won. They will be caught off guard if I publicly announce my divorce. They won’t understand my actual motives.”His companion scowled, still uncertain of the strategy. “But won’t this further harm your reputation?”Nodding, Lucian.“In a word, yeah. I’m prepared to make the sacrifice, though. They’ll stop thinking
The Billionaire’s One-night Stand Chapter Twenty-six : Reunion of hearts bound by Love
Author's POV“Anne, wherever you are, I want you to know that I love you and I’ll always love you,” Lucian added. “And I love you too, my love,” Lucian heard a familiar voice say.Lucian turned to look in the direction in which the voice had come. He didn’t see anyone there. All of a sudden, a heavily pregnant Anne walked into the hall. All eyes and attention were turned to her. Lucian, amongst all people, was surprised to see her.“Anne?” He said, to be sure he was hallucinating.“Lucian,” Anne said.“Your friends told me that you travelled outbid the country and I looked everywhere for you but I couldn’t find you,” Lucian said, his eyes tearing up.“Yes I went to the airport that day and I even entered the plane but it didn’t feel right. I felt uncomfortable watching the people I loved the most be in pains. So I left the airport and stayed with Kiama. I was at her house the day you came to look for me. I’m sorry I caused you so much pain,” Anne said, tears freely flowing down her c
The Billionaire’s One-night Stand Chapter Twenty-Seven : Back from the Dead
Author's POVA few minutes later, Kiama came back to Lucian, her face mixed with surprise and delight.“Lucian, you won’t believe who that was on the phone,” she cried.Lucian arched his brow. “Whose was it? It was Anne’s mother, Rachel,” said Kiama.Lucian’s mouth dropped open in shock.“Anne’s biological mother? I believed that her mom died when Anne was still a baby.”Kiama gave a nod..“Someone called me some days back. I wanted to ignore it because I thought it was a scammer trying to scam me.”Lucian was looking at her eagerly and surprised too.“I finally decided to pick the call and found out that it was Rachel, Anne’s mother. She has been trying to contact Anne for years and had been alive all these years.”Things were being spoken that Lucian couldn’t believe.“Does Anne know about this?” Lucian asked“Obviously she doesn’t. I don’t know how she’s going to take the news,” Kiama said. “Have you told Daisy and Gemma?” Lucian asked.“I haven’t said anything to them either. I
The Billionaire’s One-night Stand Chapter Twenty-eight : Back from the dead II
Author’s POVAnne looked between her best friend, Kiama and her husband, Lucian curiously. She looked at Gemma and Daisy giving them a sign to tell her whether they knew what was going on. The two signaled her back that they knew nothing of what was going on.“Go ahead you two, you’re scaring me with the looks of your faces,” she finally said to Lucian and Kiama said Kiama took a deep breath before speaking,“A of days ago, someone called me telling me she was your mother…”Anne burst in to a fit of uncontrolled laughter. When she saw that Kiama wasn’t laughing back, she stopped and said,“Kiama, I don’t believe that as a lawyer, you’d fall for scammers. Everyone in this room knows how I lost my mother when I was pretty little so whoever called you must want to scam you or something.”Kiama looked at Lucian who then encouraged her to keep going.“The day you and the babies moved back home, I went to meet this person. Although she looked older than the picture you used to show us but
The Billionaire’s One-night Stand Chapter Twenty-Nine : Back from the Dead III
Author’s POVAs Anne and Rachel hugged, the café, which had been bustling with conversation from customers, descended into a quiet solemnity. The touching reunion they were seeing caused strangers at surrounding tables to exchange glances and quiet grins. The busy world outside temporarily vanished, and the reunion of a mother and her long-lost daughter became the only thing that mattered.While holding one other, Anne and Rachel sobbed freely, their emotions overflowing with love, remorse, and the years wasted due to their separation. It was a pivotal moment of tremendous healing, bridging an uncertain past with the possibility of a connected future.Rachel stared at Anne with a mix of happiness and grief as her eyes, still wet with tears, glistened. She said softly, “My dear Anne, you’ve grown into such a remarkable woman,” her voice full with sentiment.Despite her shaking voice, Anne was able to force a tiny smile through her tears. “I never expected to run into you again.
The Billionaire’s One-night Stand Chapter Thirty : The Perfect Wedding Proposal
Author’s POV“Mrs. Baker, please may I have a word with you?” Lucian asked Anne’s mother one evening.Anne was in the babies’ room, giving them their evening baths and that was why Lucian had the opportunity to get to talk with her mother, Rachel. “Is anything the problem?” Rachel looked at him, worry etched on her face.“No, I just wanted to speak to you about something really important,” Lucian said.“Go ahead, I’m listening,” Rachel said.“The first day you came into this house, you asked about how Anne and I met and I don’t think I have given you an answer yet,” Lucian started.“Oh, I was curious then but I don't think it's necessary now. I see that you’re a good man and my daughter deserves you and you deserve her too. You both are just too good for each other so I don't think I want to know that story anymore,” Rachel said.“There is something I want to ask of you but I cannot ask it if I do not tell you the history between your daughter and I or how we started,” Lucian sa
The Billionaire’s One-night Stand Chapter Thirty-one: The Real and Perfect Wedding
Author’s POVWith her pulse thumping with wonder and excitement, Anne stood there in her magnificent red dress among the rose petals under the fairy lights. With his eyes fixed on hers and his breath deep in his belly, Lucian took a big inhale.“From the minute we met at that clubhouse, Anne…,” he started.“… my life took a turn I could never have imagined. Although we started with a contract, I soon understood that what we had was much more than that.”Anne listened closely to Lucian’s passionate comments as her eyes started to well up with tears.“I can’t deny the fact that over the last few months, you filled my love with so much joy, peace, and love and even gave me the two best gifts no one else could have ever given me, our daughters, Marie and Madeline,” he added.This time around the tears that welled up in Anne’s eyes were now flowing freely down her cheeks. She could not control her tears as she listened to everything Lucian was saying.“You filled my empty life with warmth.
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