“We are not meant to do this...” I gasped, as his kisses made me breathless. “It's not part of the contract” “Screw the contract... I want you,” he cut in, with his unrestrained passion flaring in his eyes. “Right now...” Tamika, the popular relationship therapist, has her world crashing down, as she is dumped by her boyfriend in a live broadcast. She ends up having a one-night stand with the young CEO, Dolph, one of her biggest haters, who blackmails her into a contract marriage if she desires to return to her place of fame and influence. How does she get herself out of this mess? What does she do when she realizes she has begun to fall in love with Dolph? Find out in this exhilarating story of love, romance, conspiracy, and betrayal.
View MoreI had been contemplating making that call to my stepsister all evening and I had finally decided that I was going to call her to give her a harsh piece of my mind. It was hard not to call her even though I had told myself they weren't worth being called. I didn't need anyone messing up my mental health before the big day.“Hello… Tamika…” she stressed my name with her annoying voice that had me feeling even more salty than I had been at first. “How are you doing, sis?”I was silent for a couple of moments as I wanted to reassure myself that everything she was saying wasn't getting to me. There were a lot of thoughts running through my head, and the loudest of them was that I was the one constantly telling me that I was playing right into her hands.But then, I dispelled it as I was trying to put up a fierce thick skin.“You're going too far, Tara. You and your crazy mother are overstepping my boundaries every single day.” I let out, trying my best not to give in to the angry impulses
“Coming…” I said excitedly as I headed for the door with a dressing robe over my body to hide the lingerie I had prepared for Michael's coming. He'd said he would be coming for just a brief visit. But I was determined to make him stay all through the night like I had done last time. It has me feeling quite like the seductress.“You're the impatient kind…” I said as I opened the door to him. Every part of my body was showing just how excited I was to see him. “Just the kind I like…” I muttered as he hugged me tightly. He had missed me as much as I had missed him and that had me feeling more special than I had felt in a while. There were a lot of feelings buzzing through my body as his arms went around my body. I had almost forgotten that we were still on my front porch. “It was hard to believe that you could come here after the busy days that you've been having at work,” I said, shutting my eyes and enjoying those moments while they lasted. “You are an important part of my life now
“What's going on?” Ellery asked as she was uncomfortable with the prolonged silence that had taken over the phone call conversation. I was silent as I was still trying to figure out what exactly he meant with all that talk on a sudden call.The fact that Dale dared to call me to tell me that had me feeling quite salty. But then, I wondered why he was thinking I was in search of revenge. More importantly, I wondered why how he had found out that I was even having anything to do with Dolph at the moment.I guessed he hadn't changed from the nosy fellow he had been since the time I knew his brother. I was going to get to the bottom of whatever it was that was going on between him and his brother.“Hello… Helen?” Dale asked, as my silence was becoming above normal. “Are you still there? Don't tell me I scared you already with my words. You're Helen Duran after all and you're supposed to—”“What are you talking about, Dale?” I asked, still trying to work my way around what his intentions
I had been sitting in my office with my head down as I was in deep thought. There were a lot of memories still flooding into my head, even long after Tamika had left my office. It was hard figuring out who to be mad at— Tamika, for using the story of my past against me, or Dolph, for telling her about us in the first place. It was hard keeping it together as I felt betrayed by Dolph who had leaked it all to her.“Keep it together, Helen…” I said to myself. No one had ever made it through the iron armor around my heart, but Tamika had done that it made me angrier than I had expected. How could she…?I had to admit to myself all over again that I missed my time with Dolph and that I had been in love with him. Even worse, there were still some subtle hints of jealousy in my very being. It made me feel bad, but then, I just couldn't deny that I was feeling jealous at that point. There were a lot of things I had wanted to do with Dolph but I didn't get the chance to, as things happened t
The day had been quite a rollercoaster ride for me as I had been through the most demanding moments of my life at that point. Helen had proven to be a challenge that I would have to overcome if I would ever make a peaceful reappearance on air. I could only hope that Dolph's prescription would work out perfectly for my current predicament as I walked in through the front door. Dolph was seated on his usual spot on the sofa and that made it easier. The look on his face said a thousand and one words all at once and that made it quite hard for me to approach him. I was almost thinking it was his disappointment in me that made him look like that. That made me feel like tiptoeing into the house or coming in through the back. “You're back later than I expected, Tamika.” He was staring at his phone, which was something that he hardly ever did. It was beginning to give me a lot of concern as I was trying to get a clearer picture of what was happening.“Yeah… I went to see Julia to speak ab
The car ride to the office was quite a lonely one as Tamika was not beside me. I had long swallowed my pride and agreed to myself that I was beginning to get used to her company and a moment without it was quite uncomfortable, if not unbearable.“No…” I said to myself as I was trying to get myself to disagree with the part of her absence being unbearable. I was determined to convince myself that I could still live without her. I had been living my life before we got together, and that made me even more convinced that I would surely be able to survive with or without her. There was no room for vulnerability, as letting her know about my feelings would quickly put her in control of everything. That, I wouldn't allow to happen.The car pulled over in front of the casino, bringing the ride to an end. At that point, I was trying to push every thought of Tamika out of my head as I wanted to deal with my chaotic world. “That was quick…” Michael said as he walked into the glass front doors
I was enjoying the feeling of taking the fight right to where Helen was. The puzzled look on her face was simply priceless, and it had me wanting to relive that moment over and over.“Wow…” Helen finally said something as I was almost becoming scared that age would call off the whole meeting. That moment was becoming even more uncomfortable with each passing second and it had me thinking all sorts of things.Without any forewarning, Helen let out a slight chortle which led to another chortle which was a bit louder, then into a full-blown laughter. She laughed so hard and that had me confused.I waited for her to stop the laughter, but then, she didn't want to stop as she went on in a way that made it clear that it was going to take quite a while. “What's so funny…?” I asked, hoping that would get her to stop, but she erupted in even more vigorous laughter which now had me confused. “You…” she could barely speak through the laughter. “You're so…” she had her finger pointing at me as
“Sure about this?” Dolph asked again as I was getting ready for my meeting with Helen. “Remember she doesn't meet with her victims before the day of the show, especially when it's this close. We have like six days to go now.”“I am sure about it and I'm sure it's not something for us to be bothered about.” I was confident as I got ready to step out of the car to meet innumerable uncertainties which I had signed up for. “What’s the worst that could happen?”“Well, she could cancel the interview, and probably destroy your career with a couple of tweets.” Dolph had me scared with that part of Helen as I wished he had told me of it earlier. “And you're just saying it? Jeez, Dolph…” I was suddenly under the weight of an inexplicable pressure that had me melting. “Goodness…” I tried to take the weight of the pressure off me with some deep breaths and heavy exhalation. “Why are you suddenly less confident than before?” Dolph kept a serious face even though he sounded like he was mocking me
I had thought it over and I had decided I would agree to meet Phil at the place he had specified. I felt like I was playing right into his hands with every move I was making, but I had no option but to comply with every word of his warnings which was still ringing loud and clear in my ears at that point.“If you refuse to comply with any instruction I give you, then your career will come to a quite abrupt end like you never existed…” Those cold words kept me going against the way my ego wanted me to go and that made it hard for me to get myself together. I was a literal mess as I sat at the table in the café where he had asked me to wait.My phone buzzed and that had me almost falling off my seat. Phil knew just how to play those wicked mind games, that left me paralyzed with fear. But then, I looked at the screen of my phone to see that it had been Randy calling me. I breathed a sigh of relief and then some deep breaths afterward to regain my composure before speaking to him.“Hey…
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