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Authors: LeTeisha Newton
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she could live happily with no work for a couple of years and not feel the pinch. She couldn’t imagine having Joel’s type of money, and now she couldn’t imagine being without him. Tears streamed down her face, but she didn’t even have the strength to dash them away. The doorman came in and, thankfully, didn’t remark on her disheveled state as he efficiently packed her things with help from a maid. Just as quickly as Sam had come, she was now leaving.
She followed the doorman and maid out of Joel’s home and got into the elevator. The doorman told her that he would have to make a few trips for her belongings, but they would stow them for her quickly. Blinded by tears, she just nodded and walked with her head held high to the limo. The driver opened the door for her and ushered her in. Inside the darkness, alone in the place they had first made love, Sam cried. She cried for her lost heart, cried for the loss of Joel, and cried because she had known it would be like this if she slipped and she’d tripped anyway. She cried with everything she was as the limo took her to the airport. She didn’t stop as the plane reached altitude and she thought of her first flight with Joel.
By the time she crawled into another car, her belongings stowed by another quiet driver, she was worn out. She just was blank as the car stopped in front of her home. She hadn’t thought to give Natalie’s address. She didn’t want to see her friend. Maybe it was the green devil of envy, but she didn’t want to see her with her love, Maddox. Her pain was too fresh right now, and she needed time to veg out on ice cream and sappy music until she found the strength to pick up the pieces. The only thing she could be grateful for was that there was no child. She could already feel the pangs of her period beginning, the slight cramping she always felt the day before.
And then she cried harder because part of her wanted there to be a child. Some evidence of the love she’d felt for Joel. Some evidence that she’d take with her of their time together. Love was a wondrous and treacherous thing.
Chapter Fourteen
“That rat bastard!” Natalie cried for the third time since learning Samantha’s tale.
After a week of hiding, and no richer, as she’d left the check on the table where Joel had left it, she’d finally returned Natalie’s call. Sitting beside her was a quiet, and oddly comforting, Maddox. His blond hair was cocked slightly to the side as he watched Samantha blow her nose for the umpteenth time. His blue gaze was kind, and sad. He firmed his chiseled lips, lending a stark slant to his otherwise open features. Sam could see what Natalie saw in him. He was gorgeous, not like Joel, but nice to look at. He had to be at least six foot three inches tall. He towered over her much like Joel had when she’d stood next to him. Sam sighed. She was still comparing every man she saw to Joel. She just couldn’t break free of him.
“I’m sorry, Sam. I didn’t know what was going on. When I called to tell him that Natalie had come clean to me and he said he wanted to see you again, I thought it was harmless. Joel never sets out to hurt someone, and always lays the rules out up front,” Maddox explained.
Sam had learned from Maddox that he and Joel were childhood friends. When Maddox had expressed his feelings, and reservations, about Natalie, Joel had volunteered to see what he could find. His search had led him to the exclusive call girl line and a date with Natalie, or so he thought. Natalie had beaten him to the punch, and while Sam sat masquerading as her, she’d been pouring her heart out to Maddox. It had come too late for Sam, though. By that time, she’d already slept with Joel once and had stepped headlong into another date and a month-long assignment. It wasn’t Maddox’s fault that she was in her predicament now, but she appreciated his support nonetheless.
“It doesn’t matter now. He’s gone, and I have to move
She followed the doorman and maid out of Joel’s home and got into the elevator. The doorman told her that he would have to make a few trips for her belongings, but they would stow them for her quickly. Blinded by tears, she just nodded and walked with her head held high to the limo. The driver opened the door for her and ushered her in. Inside the darkness, alone in the place they had first made love, Sam cried. She cried for her lost heart, cried for the loss of Joel, and cried because she had known it would be like this if she slipped and she’d tripped anyway. She cried with everything she was as the limo took her to the airport. She didn’t stop as the plane reached altitude and she thought of her first flight with Joel.
By the time she crawled into another car, her belongings stowed by another quiet driver, she was worn out. She just was blank as the car stopped in front of her home. She hadn’t thought to give Natalie’s address. She didn’t want to see her friend. Maybe it was the green devil of envy, but she didn’t want to see her with her love, Maddox. Her pain was too fresh right now, and she needed time to veg out on ice cream and sappy music until she found the strength to pick up the pieces. The only thing she could be grateful for was that there was no child. She could already feel the pangs of her period beginning, the slight cramping she always felt the day before.
And then she cried harder because part of her wanted there to be a child. Some evidence of the love she’d felt for Joel. Some evidence that she’d take with her of their time together. Love was a wondrous and treacherous thing.
Chapter Fourteen
“That rat bastard!” Natalie cried for the third time since learning Samantha’s tale.
After a week of hiding, and no richer, as she’d left the check on the table where Joel had left it, she’d finally returned Natalie’s call. Sitting beside her was a quiet, and oddly comforting, Maddox. His blond hair was cocked slightly to the side as he watched Samantha blow her nose for the umpteenth time. His blue gaze was kind, and sad. He firmed his chiseled lips, lending a stark slant to his otherwise open features. Sam could see what Natalie saw in him. He was gorgeous, not like Joel, but nice to look at. He had to be at least six foot three inches tall. He towered over her much like Joel had when she’d stood next to him. Sam sighed. She was still comparing every man she saw to Joel. She just couldn’t break free of him.
“I’m sorry, Sam. I didn’t know what was going on. When I called to tell him that Natalie had come clean to me and he said he wanted to see you again, I thought it was harmless. Joel never sets out to hurt someone, and always lays the rules out up front,” Maddox explained.
Sam had learned from Maddox that he and Joel were childhood friends. When Maddox had expressed his feelings, and reservations, about Natalie, Joel had volunteered to see what he could find. His search had led him to the exclusive call girl line and a date with Natalie, or so he thought. Natalie had beaten him to the punch, and while Sam sat masquerading as her, she’d been pouring her heart out to Maddox. It had come too late for Sam, though. By that time, she’d already slept with Joel once and had stepped headlong into another date and a month-long assignment. It wasn’t Maddox’s fault that she was in her predicament now, but she appreciated his support nonetheless.
“It doesn’t matter now. He’s gone, and I have to move
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