Chapter 17 -- Dix-huit.
"He did what ?" M yelled at her friend who almost regretted even telling her because they were
practically in public and M loved throwing tantrums.
"It wasn''t a big deal, i kept my cool." De said remaining unfazed.
"You haven''t beenid in a long time, you know." She said in an obvious tone. "If Leo wasn''t there you
bet he was going to fuck you on that kitchen counter." She added and De gasped—
well Leo did help her a lot by yelling ''mom''.
All these pictures immediately started ying in her head and her clit immediately started to throb
making De squeeze her thighs together, it was just sexual tension nothing more. She imagined how it
would be if he took her on that kitchen counter as much as she distasted the thought, it gave her
butterflies. It wouldn''t be the first time, he always satisfied her in a lot of enthralling ces but she
didn''t want to think about it. Andre was a touchy subject. It hurt to remember how things use to be
between them.
"You are thinking about it, aren''t you?" M wiggled her eyebrows making De cringe with a sigh.
"No, I''m not." She stood her ground and put on a serious face. M gave me an amused look and De
couldn''t help but break her lips into a smile. The two friends didn''t get much time to spend together
besides working. They enjoyed times like these where they had lunch together without the uniform and
casually having a good time.
"Yes, you are." M chuckled lightly. "I know you like the back of my hand De." She gave her
flustered friend a knowing look.
"Fine, maybe a little." De admitted. "The sex was always good, nothing more nothing less."
"I knew it, remember when his naked pictures leaked two years back. You never told me he was that
big?" M said shaking her head in disbelief.
"Oh my word, M." De sighed. "Are we seriously talking about my ex-husbands private part?" De
said clearly amused and bbergasted.
"Oh please... Private part, you talk like the Queen of Ennd." Mughed out loud. "It''s dick, Cock,
Shaft, Tool, Willy not Willy though because he is huge."
"Fine fine, I get it just don''t use that kind ofnguage in front of my son." De retorted putting a strand
of her hair behind her ear. This was always a habit of hers.
"Ofcourse." M rolled her eyes.
They continued chattering back and forth about the new fuck buddy, M had met at her usual club
until De''s phone rang. She immediately silenced it when she saw the caller ID.? It rang multiple times
until M couldn''t ignore it anymore.
"Are you avoiding Andre?" Mi questioned.
"No, his name is Leith and has been on my neck for the wrong reasons." De said rolling her eyes.
She had been avoiding him for a week now.
"The publishing dude? He is some piece of meat too. Pass him over, if you don''t want him..." M
smirked.
"Annoying..."
"But he just wants to help."
"Well I don''t feel like I should have to exin my feelings to anyone especially about my writings and
he shouldn''t try and be a therapist because I don''t need one." She sighed. "I won''t publish my book if
this is how people will view me after reading my sappy story."
"No no, I loved it and I''m still here. I don''t feel any pity but I feel proud of you and I admire your writing."
M encouraged fiercely.
"You are my friend, I guess you are supposed to say these things." De said feeling defeated again
the phone kept ringing and she put him on mute.
"I know but I really mean them." She smiled innocently.
"Thanks M."
"I will always be your number one supporter." M added making her friend smile with tears right under
her eyes, she hated being this soft and vulnerable but she knew she could always let her guard down
for M.
—
"I have been trying to get a hold of you for about a week, who do you think you are?" Jeanine abruptly
barged into Garreth McCarthy''s Penthouse. He wasn''t surprised, he had actually seen her on the
security footage; fighting with his security team. It was quite entertaining —he thought— until he finally
told them to let her in.
"Oh, who am I?" Garreth chuckled. "I''m the man holding you on a leash."
"What do you want Garreth ?" She sighed feeling defeated, she slumped herself on the clear white
couch. Everything in his Penthouse was white except the ck suit he was wearing, it made him look
like the devil. To Jeanine, he actually was and is the devil.
"A lot of things." He said walked from the top of the stairs towards the small bar where he poured
himself Hennessy on the rocks. He offered her a ss but she refused, she didn''t trust him. She knew
better—
"Just name them?" She replied a little too quickly and desperate.
"Firstly, Your son-" He paused. "Your son is bing a bloody nuisance."
"He doesn''t listen to me so you are wasting your time." Sheughed wholeheartedly remembering how
on theirst meeting, he called her by her first name and has been avoiding her ever since.
"That''s not my problem,?sucre."?Garreth let out an amused chuckle, Jeanine cringed at the French
nickname he had just given her.
"Your son—" He paused taking a gulp from his ss, feeling the tingly sensation on his throat. "He
needs to stay away from my daughter." He added. Jeanine scoffed at the thought.
"Andre is stubborn." She sighed.
"Like mother like son..." He raised an eyebrow. "I trust you will get that done, I don''t know how but I
know for your own good you will get it done."
"Secondly—" He paced slowly back and forth on his white rug with his ss in hand.
"Secondly??" She rushed getting more and more nervous but at the same time she knew she could get
him into bed after all she was an appealing woman.
"Close your legs, I''m not sticking my dick in a rotten jar." - Jeanine gasped at this, her cheeks flushed
with embarrassment, it always worked, clearly she had lost her charm or Garreth was immune.
"You are an old geyser Jeanine, I prefer my women younger and innocent." He mocked. It was the
honest truth Jeanine was fifty- four and he was only forty-six. Funny enough, she looked like a thirty-
year old.
"Secondly, I want Levetté Holdings to ship some of my goods to various ces like Mexico, Japan,
Portugal, South Africa—" He spoke in a business perspective.
"No problem, what will you ship? I thought you were in the hotel business?" She grew curious.
"That''s not any of your business, Jeanine." He muttered sharply.
"I always knew you were shady." She stood up from her position.
"I have the upper hand so just shut up and do as I say. My business is my business none of yours since
dick is the only thing you know." He said calmly.
"That should be all for now,?sucre." He said.
"My husband shouldn''t know."
"That''s not my problem, get out."
"Sure." She said sardonically as she walked out.
"I will be waiting for the contract that your husband denied me of." He added.
"Sure!" She yelled.
-
De was on her way home after having lunch with her friend when she saw someone whom she
hadn''t seen in years. She looked different, thedy had gained a bit of weight and she looked troubled
as if she was in deep thought. She was standing near a boutique store, admiring the dress in front of
her but her mind wasn''t even there at that very moment.
"Amber, is that you?" De slowly muttered. Thedy with blonde locks turned around, her eyes puffy
probably from crying.
"Oh De, it''s really you." Amber didn''t wait any longer as she broke intoughter or rather cries while
hugging an old friend that she had not seen in so long.
"Are you okay?" De said touching her cheek that was now beetroot red.
"I don''t know, De. I have no idea!" She raised her hands dramatically trying to exin.
Amber was Daniel''s wife and Daniel was Andre''s childhood friend. They had their double dates
together. They had so many good times before the divorce happened. They were present at the
wedding, Amber was of course De''s maid of honor. That was her past life because now she only had
M as a friend. Everyone turned their back on her and she was ustomed to feeling like a stranger.
This wasn''t her world, it was their world them being the Levetté and the Mossé family.
They walked to a near by bench so she could breathe and calm down. They had?been standing in the
middle of the sidewalk which was very inappropriate.
"De -I-i-i I''m going to have a baby." She muttered her voice full of fear beyond anything else.
"Oh my word that''s great, congrattions. Daniel will be so happy." De hugged her oblivious to the
fact that the baby was the problem.
"Daniel will be happy but- I don''t want a child, I''m not ready." She sighed fumbling with her fingers.
"I wasn''t ready when I had my baby either-" De smiled. "But look it all turned out well."
"Daniel told me that, you had Andre''s son." She giggled. "When he told me, I was shocked... I thought I
would be the first to know."
"Things changed fast, Amber." De muttered.
"I know and I''m sorry, when I heard Andre kicked you out. I thought you woulde to me but you
didn''t. Where did you go?" She asked. "I looked for you De, I called your phone every day, I knew
you would never do that. You absolutely adored Andre."
"I went to my mo— I mean I stayed at a few charity shelters until I could afford a ce." De had
almost mentioned going to Marc but it was useless considering she turned her back on her too. She
had no idea Amber had been looking for her, De had left her phone at Andre''s ce after all it was
his. Everything was his, all the clothes she wore, down to her underwear they were all his. It was wise
of her to leave it all, after being used ofundering money and so much more.
"Charity Shelters— that''s must have been horrible, I''m so sorry De." Amber mumbled.
"It wasn''t so bad! I met some really nice people who took great care of me like Nana Betty. She helped
me with my pregnancy. You know with all the cravings and back pains-" De stopped talking when
Amber scrawled her face at the thought of back pains. "You have a loving husband who will massage
you and spoil you so you don''t need to worry about that." De added trying to make her see the bright
side.
"I feel horrible for not having been there- I hate Andre for doing what he did to you and most of all... I
miss you." She giggled wiping a tear away. "We both have horrible bitch mothers inw, I had to deal
with them all alone."
"I''m sorry too for not contacting you to tell you that, I was okay." De replied knowing how horrible
Jeanine and dys could be when they were together.
"It''s okay, you are here now and I need you the most."
"You have Daniel too and trust me this will be a beautiful experience." De assured her friend.
"So you and Andre—" De immediately coughed feeling a bit ufortable.
Why did everyone feel the need to ask that? Andre did not add any value in her life! Andre was not
even part of her life. It was annoying to a certain extent.
"Uhm...?I think that this was for our own good." She smiled broadly trying not to seem unfazed.
"You loved him so much, I know you did." Amber looked at her adoringly.
"It doesn''t matter, Amber. What matters is you are carrying this little bundle of joy right here? Just think
about how fun it will be to choose cute little clothes, choose names— oh my goodness I''m already
excited for you."
"That does sound fun." Amber mumbled her lips curving upwards. "So where did you go after the
shelter?" Amber wanted to know what she had missed in her friend`s life but De did not feel like
going back into that because it somehow led back to Andre!
"I looked for a job and continued staying at the shelter so I could save enough for when the baby
arrived so I worked until the week before my due date-"
"Whaaaaaaaaat are you kidding me?" Amber gasped. "My sister couldn''t even do anything when she
was five months pregnant."
"It wasn''t that bad, pregnancies are different." De shrugged.
"De, don''t act like everything was okay. This was all Andre''s fault." Amberid her hand on top of
De''s.
"It doesn''t matter anymore, I have a stable job at the hotel, I also found my father, I''m able to provide
for my son, I don''t think there is anything that could make me happier at this point and time."? De
smiled widely meaning every word except her mother being in her life would also make her happy but
she schr not to dwell on it.
"Love... maybe?" Amber wiggled her eyebrows.
"Uh, I''m always so busy, I don''t have the time but when I do meet someone... I will give it a try." She
said trying to be open minded about the whole situation.
"Great, you shoulde for dinner. We should hang out like we used to." Amber suggested. "Bring
little Leo, Daniel and Andre are always talking about how smart he is. Clearly, he got that from you!"
This made herugh..?
"He is really something special."
"So do you want know how miserable Andre was?" Amber wiggled her eyebrows.
Here we go again.?De thought.
"Uh no." She immediately said she saw every magazine cover that the guests left in their hotel suites
about the countless women he had been with. Even some who imed to be pregnant.
"Andre could never—"
"Andre was miserable ask me, I know. Daniel tells me everything you know."
"I have to get going Amber but it was nice seeing you." She abruptly stood up. "Leo will be home from
school anytime from now." She said in a hurry to leave.
"Uh okay, should I give you a ride?"
"No that''s okay, I stay close by."
"Uhm okay, I will send you the details on the dinner." Amber said standing up as well.
"Okay." De waved while rushing to the near by taxis, truth is- she hated talking about Andre. Couldn''t
she just live in peace away from the things that made her feel ufortable?
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