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79| Eleven calls.
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The Sweetest Temptation 80| Meet Zayn, my boyfriend.
"Lucy." Reese called as she knocked on the door. "Please just open the door and let's talk."Reese has been knocking on the door for almost ten minutes now, and Lucy has been refusing to open the door."Lucy." Reese called again. "You are hurting me.""Reese, just go." Lucy yelled. "You can come back when you resolve the issues you have with your parents. I don't want my life to be ruined.""I understand how you feel right now, and I am sorry, Lucy. I am sorry." She sighed. "Just open the door and let's talk, please. I would leave afterwards."The door was suddenly yanked open, and Lucy appeared in front of her."Lucy, this is as hard for me as it is for you. But—" Reese sighed and raked her fingers through her hair. "You are my best friend, Lucy. I didn't expect you to throw me away like some bad habit just because my mom threatened you."Lucy felt really bad for treating Reese that way, but she needed to protect herself, and in order to do that, she had to stay away from Reese."You
The Sweetest Temptation 81| Absolute lie!
Confusion saturated Zayn’s face, leaving him completely perplexed as to why Reese was introducing him as her boyfriend. "Zayn, meet my mom." Reese continued, gesturing at her mom. "Oh well." A bright smile flashed across her mom’s face. "I am not disappointed at all. He is a handsome young man." She flicked her gaze to the expensive car he drove there and nodded her head approvingly. Her daughter was not seeing someone poor, so there wouldn’t be any problem with the marriage, she thought. "Hi." Zayn said awkwardly as he stretched his hand forward for a handshake. "Come on." She quickly wrapped her arms around him, embracing him. "This is how to greet your mother-in-law, not just by exchanging handshakes."Mother in-law? Reese thought and coughed. No way!"Are you okay?" Zayn asked Reese as he quickly pulled away from the hug. A smile curled on her lips. "I am okay, Zayn.""So, when should we start planning the marriage?" Mrs. McBride—Reese’s mom—asked. "Your dad would be so happ
The Sweetest Temptation 82| Wedding dress.
As planned, Luke picked Reese up after work and drove her to the boutique scheduled for the wedding dress fittings. At first, she had expected Axel to rebel and stop her from going with Luke, but he didn’t. He ignored her all through work hours and it hurt her so much that she regretted the fact that she accepted to do the fitting when Axel was against it. She missed him so much that the only thing she could think about as she admired herself in the mirror wearing a beautiful off-white mermaid wedding dress with a detachable skirt that fitted her body perfectly was Axel. And she hated that thoughts of him have been lingering in her head since she left his place yesterday; she hated that an arrogant ass like him was the only one who could please her; she hated that each time he was with her, each time she thought of him, butterflies flutter in her stomach; and what she definitely hated the most at this moment was the fact that she was picturing herself walking down the aisle in the
The Sweetest Temptation 83| Pedestrian bridge.
"Shit!" Axel exclaimed as he rushed to the window and closed the blinds. Could he have taken pictures of him and Reese while they were arguing? He thought and panicked. Those pictures must not be put out to the public.Blowing out a frustrated breath, he took to his heels and rushed outside. He had to get to the photographer and destroy the pictures before he posts them and make the public get different ideas. "Axel!" Luke called as he followed Axel outside. He noticed the worried look on his face when he was rushing out, and that bothered him. He needed to make sure he was okay. "Luke." Axel called, his breath hitching from the short run he had done, as he looked up at the pedestrian bridge where the photographer was still standing. "Look up."Luke sprung his head up, tracing Axel’s line of sight. "What should I see?""I think the photographer up there took photos of me and Reese while we were arguing." Axel told him. "We have to catch him."Luke chuckled softly. "You are supposed
The Sweetest Temptation 84| Ball invitation.
When Axel got home, he took the pictures obtained from the photographer to the hearth to burn them. Standing by the hearth and staring at the pictures, a soothing warmth saturated his heart, and he couldn’t stop himself from smiling.She looked so beautiful in the wedding dress. When he saw her at the boutique, his pulse pattered to uneven beats at the sight of her inside the wedding dress. Although he tried so hard to avoid staring at her, he couldn’t get her beautiful image out of his head, and for a brief moment, the imagination of her walking down the aisle in that dress flashed through his head, but he ordered that imagination gone, and it obeyed. But right now, staring at the pictures of him and her standing together, those imaginations returned, and yet again, he ordered them gone. But this time around, his imagination defied him. He stood there, fantasizing about getting married to Reese, butterflies churning against his will in his stomach. The sound of his phone ringing
The Sweetest Temptation 85| Spite Reese.
"So, who are you going to the ball with?" Reese asked Axel before she could even stop herself when they were finally alone in the meeting pod. He raised his brow. "And how does that concern you?"She pressed her lips together, trying her best to pretend she wasn’t hurt by his words. "Do you even want to talk about the rumors circulating?"He gave his head a slight shake. "No.""Thank goodness my face was not captured." She leapt to her feet and started walking towards the exit. "So you can as well bear the cross alone, because it’s not really my business.""And whose fault do you think it is?" Axel asked. Turning on her heels to look at him, a scowl flashed across her face. "Don’t even go there!”"Why shouldn’t I?" He raised a brow. "If you had just listened to me—""Listen to me carefully, Axel." She cut him off, inching closer to him with a stern look masking her features. "You can’t control me. I can decide to do anything at any time. You mean nothing to me, so you have no right
The Sweetest Temptation 86| Pathetic.
As they ventured into the cafeteria with Chloe's arm hooked around Axel's arm, everyone in the cafeteria stopped eating, and all attention was focused on them."Your employees think we look perfect together." Chloe beamed as they made their way to one of the round tables inside the restaurant. "They can't seem to take their eyes off us.""Stop being delusional, Chloe." Axel sighed as he sat on a chair. "That's not why they are all staring."Giving her shoulders a half-shrug, Chloe sat down across from Axel. "That's why they are staring.”“They are only staring because—“ Axel started, but a waitress suddenly appeared in front of him, interrupting him. "What should we offer you, sir?""What do you want?" He asked Chloe.A smile flashed on her lips. "Spaghetti Bolognese."He darted his gaze at the waitress. "She would have that.""What of you, sir?" The waitress asked."Don't worry about me." Axel said. "I am not hungry; I only accompanied her here to eat.""That's so sweet of you." Chl
The Sweetest Temptation 87| Tempt him.
Axel made sure Chloe left the company building after they left the cafeteria. Everything she did irritated him, and he couldn’t stand her anymore.He was back at his office, working on some documents, when he heard a knock on the door. The door was pushed open almost immediately, and Reese slipped inside. "What was that?" Reese asked, as she banged the door shut and started walking towards him. He raised a brow. "What was what?""I thought we agreed to refrain from having other sexual partners?" She asked, a scowl masked on her face. "What was that that you were doing with Chloe? Are you having sex with her?""Good question, Reese." He eased back on his seat and crossed his arms over his chest. "But do I have to answer your question?""Yes!" She exclaimed. "No." He shook his head. "I don’t have to."Leaping to his feet, he walked around his desk and inched closer to her. "I don’t have to, Reese." He repeated, and as he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer.His ha
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