<<, Selena. >>
Having breakfast at Dom’s club lounge was a good idea. Surprisingly, I met some people who could give me a potential investment opportunity. We had decent conversations and shared contact information. Some people were eyeing me. I assume it was odd to
hare information at a kinky club. I don’t know. But I didn’t care.
have been contemplating a lot and have decided to make some investments in California before I head back to New York. I will
ontact my consultant before making a final decision, but it doesn’t hurt to explore on my own.
ight now, my funds from M are split into high yield mutual funds and a savings account, respectively. I asked him what the source
of the money was.
le was cocky at first but told me eventually. “It’s a trust fund money I couldn’t access if I was single.”
Loopholes.” I teased him and he chuckled.
Despite the short time we had, because we were mostly horny and fooling around, he still managed to give me some wise suggestions
Make sure to have a legal and financial consultant if you are not used to this kind of money.” It was one of the suggestions..
quirked a brow at him.
Don’t you think you’re giving me this suggestion a little too late?” Two years later, to be exact.
le laughed. “I had no right to tell you what to do with your money.” when he said those words, I couldn’t help but compare him with aleb. Caleb always tried to make my decisions for me. Sometimes it was a struggle to keep him out of my work so he won’t interfere >o much. After our breakup, I sometimes couldn’t help but think if that was one of the reasons he drifted apart from me. Because I ras too independent for his taste? I am assuming this is what he has been doing with Nikkie too. Only that could explain his tight old on my Sterling family businesses.
I seems like a nice man. Very considerate. Naughty, funny, and a little jerk at times. In short, everything a girl would want. This is
hy I need to maintain my distance from him. It doesn’t help that I get attached too easily. I felt so much hurt last night. I had no eason to. Was I expecting that he would hold me in his arms for the night or some shit like that?
had been throwing myself onto him. Of course, he wanted to try things out with me. Just because he is nice doesn’t mean I should ling to him.
fter breakfast, I get into the car and head towards Lena’s hotel room. I will go home after my meeting with Noah Miller. I have to eturn Lena’s rented car too. She was saying she will buy one over the weekend. High time I get one for myself too.
take the car out of parking and follow maps to make my way towards the highway. The break feels odd under my feet. Too spongy nd mushy.
frown and look down.
These companies charge so much for their rented cars but cannot freaking give it good servicing.” I mutter under my breath.
don’t remember it being this bad. Or was it? Maybe I was so excited last evening that I didn’t notice.
Barely ten minutes onto the highway and I realized that was a wrong thing to assume.
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**. Miles
I am driving towards Sterling’s family mansion with hopes to find Selena there. She checked out of the hotel on the night of the attack and went to her father’s place the next morning. She had told me she will move in with her business partner, Lena, once she finds her some temporary apartment for the two of them to stay.
I call Selena for the third time. The ring tone booms on the car speak while I focus on the road, speeding a little.
“At least have some decency to decline the Call for fuck’s sake.” I mutter to no one in particular when she doesn’t pick up my call.
I take a deep breath and try to think. Maybe I am getting riled up for no reason. I can only hope she is safe, not alone with someone
suspicious.
What if she is? I hold the steering wheel tight in premonition.
To ease my mind, I call Liam and he picks up shortly.
If this is some call to drag me to some middle night mission, I am not coming,” He grunts.
I am not!” I tell him in exasperation. Even though he is not my secretary anymore, I still bother him a little too much. Old habits die
hard.
What happened?” he says, sensing my mood.
That stupid PI report on Selena. I didn’t see it sooner…” I say, feeling guilty.
Oh, shit…I forgot to check it too, “he mumbles.
We were so lost in the situation surrounding Isha. We altogether forgot about the attack.
I was hoping it was an aimless mugging case. That was stupid of me to think like that.”
What did it say?” he asks after a pause.
The investigator implied there is a chance her sister Nikkie had something to do with it…. and I think Nikkie is staying in the same
louse with her.”
elena had told me at Dom’s club that Nikkie had confronted her at family dinner, and she was there the next morning, too. It means hey are both staying at Sterling Mansion.
Why didn’t that investigator inform us sooner… We took off the Bodyguard thinking she would be safe with her family.”
grimace and nod. Selena had insisted she didn’t want a guard tagging along with her at all times. Being a private person myself, I now a bodyguard feels like a violation of privacy.
She is your legal wife. It can really turn serious if something happens to her, Miles.” He says, and my stomach churns. I wasn’t hinking like this, but he is right. It can bring so much shit on me.
I am almost there “I tell Liam while taking a turn toward the Mansion as guided on the map.
Do you want me to send you the bodyguard?”
Nah, I will call him if I want him here,” I say and cut the call.
I pull over my car in front of the Mansion’s gate and press the buzzer on the side of the driveway. My heart is thumping hard, anticipating her reaction. Would she be angry? But I don’t care about anything right now. I need to make sure she is safe.
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“Who is it?” A gruff voice from the speaker asks, and I turn my face toward the camera.
“My name is M Liam Miller… I want to meet my wife Selena Sterling.” I glance at the watch and wince.
It’s 11:30 pm. Not a pleasant time for a Son–in–Law to pop up out of nowhere.
“Oh, what a surprise!” He said and opens the gate for me.
I drive through the passage to see a beautiful house with Spanish architecture.
I pull over my car in front of the main door and see an old man standing there to receive me. He is not Selena’s father. I met Alfred Sterling at the hospital. This is someone else. He senses a question in my eyes and says, “I am Orin Marek. I have been working for his family for two decades.”
Nice to meet you.”
He takes me inside the house while I look around. I am surprised to see that this house is everything what Selena is not. She is simple and elegant in everything. This house is elegant, but it screams money in every sense. Now I am not new to money, but my own
amily usually likes to keep it simple and minimalistic.
She didn’t tell me you were coming.” He says.
I… had a fight with her. She is not picking my calls.” I say, scratching the back of my neck, embarrassed. “and I am here to patch up.”
le laughs.
Fights keep things spicy in life. It’s all good, as long as you both keep it respectful.”
smile and nod. Mom always says that it is a test to see if the partnership is strong enough to overcome the disagreements. Let’s gnore the fact that Dad often took advantage of her forgiving nature in previous years.
look at Mr. Marek and ask, “Could you call her out? I am kind of eager to see her.”
o my surprise and disappointment, he says, “She… is not here… She hasn’t come back home since Friday afternoon.”
