“I don’t know about the judge, but I won’t trust the words of a lawyer that looks as sleep-deprived as you. When was the last time you did something that wasn’t related to a case? When was the last time you hung out with your friends and spent an evening just watching a television show?” Harry asked as he continued picking up the documents while Jade followed him around the room.
“I only have colleagues, no friends. And I do watch CSI Miami and Law & Order,” Jade said defensively.
“Yeah, maybe if you spend your time doing things other than work, you’d have friends. And I’m sure while watching those television shows you were busy thinking about your case,” Harry countered.
“I never imagined you would be such a nag. Look, I was planning to go to a beauty salon yesterday before your call came in,” Jade said defensively, and Harry turned to look at her.
“So what changed? You were too scared to step out of your apartment after the little present you received on your doorstep?” Harry taunted softly, knowing that if he could annoy her with that, she would want to prove him wrong.
Jade raised her chin defensively, “I became busy with looking for more evidence to nail those fuckers, and then you showed up and I haven’t found the time to do that since then,” Jade hissed at him even though she knew he was right. She had been too scared to step out of her apartment after the warning she had received. She would rather swallow her tongue than admit to him that she had been so scared until he arrived.
Harry took in a deep breath as he dropped the documents on the bed and faced her, placing both hands on her shoulder and staring directly into her eyes, “How about you let old uncle Harry take care of you for today? Let’s spend the day doing things that don’t concern your case, while we wait to hear from my men, okay?” Harry asked wiggling his brows playfully, and Jade’s lips twitched in amusement as she looked at him.
She had to admit that he had a beautiful pair of honey-brown eyes, “You’re not my uncle, and you’re definitely not old,” Jade pointed out as she broke her gaze from his compelling eyes.
“It doesn’t matter. I’m here to make sure you’re okay, and your physical wellbeing is part of it. Right now you don’t look so good,” Harry said, and Jade stared at him for a moment, and then she gave him a nod.
“Fine.”
“That wasn’t so hard now, was it?” Harry asked with a grin as he let go of her shoulders, “So freshen up, while I go in to do the same. Let’s meet in…” Harry turned around to glance at the wall clock which was hanging over the bed, “Let’s meet in the living room by 8:30. That means we have forty-five minutes to get ready for breakfast,” Harry said as he picked up the laptop and documents from the bed, and turned to leave.
“Where are you going to with those?” Jade asked as she stepped in front of him, pointing to the laptop and documents he was carrying.
“To keep them away from you. You don’t leave drugs with an addict,” Harry said with a small smile, “Don’t worry, I will keep them safe. You will get them back by this time tomorrow,” Harry assured her when he saw the worry in her eyes.
Jade heaved a deep breath, “Okay.”
“Good girl,” Harry said with a small smile as he headed for the door while Jade watched him leave.
Although he could be annoyingly blunt, he wasn’t so bad. At least he was very good-looking, and he was also very wealthy too. She also knew that he could be charming when he wanted to be, so why was he single? Jade wondered, and then giggled when she recalled what he had said about his mouth being his problem. Surely that was a big problem, Jade thought with a shake of her head as she took off her nightdress and walked into the bathroom in the room.
It would probably be best to spend her day getting to know old uncle Harry since she was obviously stuck with him for the next couple of days. Who knows? Maybe before the end of their time together she could hook him up with someone.. That was if he didn’t ruin it by saying something stupid, Jade thought with another giggle.
Sonia’s eyes fluttered open slowly, and she blinked in surprise when the first thing she saw was Bryan’s blue eyes gazing directly into her face with an amused smile.
“Good morning, beautiful. Seeing how soundly you slept with all that snoring sounds you made, I’m sure you slept well,” Bryan greeted with a cheerful smile as he leaned forward and brushed her lips with his.
“I don’t snore. How long have you been staring at me?” Sonia asked with a scowl, trying not to look too embarrassed at the thought that he had been watching her while she slept.
“Long enough to know that you dreamt of me. You kept calling my name in your sleep,” Bryan said with a grin.
Sonia hit his arm in embarrassment as she sat up, “I didn’t dream of you, and I know I didn’t call out your name either. When did I sleep off anyway?” She asked, turning to look around for her laptop and jotter. She remembered that she had been working on her story last night.
The previous evening Sonia had remained sullen while trying to get Bryan to apologize to her, but Bryan had remained bullheaded about it and had tried to convince her that she was making a big deal out of nothing. Being Sonia, she had come around, and then they both decided not to talk about Celsie and Benne until the next day when their heads were clear. So after having dinner, Bryan had busied himself with checking his social media page and reading comments concerning their reality show, while Sonia had busied herself with her story.
“You dozed off while working. You need to thank me for exercising a high level of self-control by not going through that story while you slept. I was very tempted to sneak a peek,” Bryan said, and Sonia looked at him suspiciously.
“How can I be sure you didn’t?”
“Because I don’t tell lies. I either say the truth or choose to stay quiet and withhold the truth,” Bryan said, and Sonia considered his words carefully, trying to think about anytime he could have lied to her.
Sonia’s face lit up when she remembered something, “You lied to everyone that we are in a relationship and we are engaged,” Sonia pointed out triumphantly.
“Did I propose to you or not?” Bryan countered.
“But you lied that we are in a relationship?” Sonia pointed out.
“I didn’t. You did. You were the one who was busy granting so many interviews and telling so many lies that you made my head spin,” Bryan countered even though he knew he had lied to his family.
Sonia narrowed her eyes, “But you lied during our interview,” Sonia said accusingly, and Bryan rolled his eyes.
“All this argument simply because I asked you to thank me for not reading your story?” He asked in disbelief, “You should probably have studied law,” Bryan said with a shake of his head.
“So you really didn’t read the story?” Sonia asked, disregarding all he had just said.
“You asked me not to. So I didn’t read the story. But I did see your scribblings on the journal though,” Bryan said with a grin, and Sonia’s eyes widened in dismay, making him chuckle, “You didn’t say I couldn’t read your journal…” Bryan protested with a chuckle when Sonia pounced on him.
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Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.