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Authors: Angelina Jenoire Hamilton
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Chapter One
Kirsty sat by her hotel room window, watching the sun go down over London. Surely Tyler should have called by now. He had said he would meet her for dinner after a meeting he had at work. She checked her phone. No missed calls. Not that there was any chance she could miss a call anyway, the way she was constantly looking at the damn thing.
She hoped there wasn’t a problem. Tyler never usually stood her up when he said he was going to call. A dark thought entered her mind and she pushed it away but it returned stronger than before.
He’s had what he wants from you. Did you really think he could have a relationship with someone like you?
Kirsty held back tears at the thought that Tyler could have just been using her for sex. She tried to refuse to believe it. They had travelled around the country together for a month. He had told her he loved her.
That’s what they all say.
‘He’s probably just held up at his meeting,’ she said aloud, startled at how loud her voice sounded in the quiet room. It also lacked any conviction. She had endured being called cruel names ever since she had put on weight during her teenage years and although she had shrugged it off at the time, she carried the internal, emotional scars. Any confidence she had built up with Tyler was always fragile, threatening to crumble at any time.
She stood up and smoothed her skirt over her large thighs. Maybe she should get a cab over to Inception Publishing and wait for Tyler there.
A light rain started to fall as she climbed into the back of a taxi outside the hotel and it reminded Kirsty of the first time she had met Tyler. She had looked like a drowned rat. So much had happened between her and Tyler since then and she couldn’t bear it to come to an end. As the cab wound its way through London’s streets, she punched Tyler’s number into her phone again and waited as it rang on the other end.
No answer.
‘Isn’t there a quicker way?’ she asked the taxi driver as they got caught up in heavy traffic.
‘Sorry, love, it’s like this all the way to Clerkenwell Green because of the road works.’
This was no good. She could feel a panic rising within her and even though she knew she was being irrational, she couldn’t calm herself down. She dug in her purse and pulled out some notes and coins which she passed over the seat to the driver. ‘I’ll walk from here, thanks.’
He shrugged and took her money a she slid across the seat and climbed out into the pouring rain. Just her luck. And she didn’t have an umbrella. Pulling up her coat collar, she strode down the pavement past the department store windows. A few shoppers rushed past her, shielding themselves from the rain with umbrellas.
By the time she reached the Inception Publishing building, Kirsty felt foolish. She was going to turn up in Tyler’s office soaking wet and worried and he was going to laugh at her for being so silly. Sometimes his meetings ran late. She couldn’t expect to be the girlfriend of a billionaire CEO and not have him work late at the office some nights.
The receptionist smiled at her as she entered the building and Kirsty noted a slight hint of sympathy in the smile. ‘It’s raining,’ she said as she walked to the elevators, as if to explain her appearance and as if the receptionist couldn’t see the rain lashing down beyond the glass doors.
She tried to fix her appearance in the elevator but all she could do was wipe the rainwater from her face and push her soaked hair from her eyes. The door slid open with a familiar dinging sound on the seventh floor and Kirsty stepped out, expecting to see Ruth Masterson at her post outside Tyler’s office but surprised to see the desk empty. Kirsty walked to the office door and knocked.
‘Come in.’ The voice was a woman’s but it wasn’t Ruth’s.
Confused, Kirsty entered.
The woman sitting on the edge of Tyler’s desk was beautiful, leggy and slim. She had lustrous dark hair that
Kirsty sat by her hotel room window, watching the sun go down over London. Surely Tyler should have called by now. He had said he would meet her for dinner after a meeting he had at work. She checked her phone. No missed calls. Not that there was any chance she could miss a call anyway, the way she was constantly looking at the damn thing.
She hoped there wasn’t a problem. Tyler never usually stood her up when he said he was going to call. A dark thought entered her mind and she pushed it away but it returned stronger than before.
He’s had what he wants from you. Did you really think he could have a relationship with someone like you?
Kirsty held back tears at the thought that Tyler could have just been using her for sex. She tried to refuse to believe it. They had travelled around the country together for a month. He had told her he loved her.
That’s what they all say.
‘He’s probably just held up at his meeting,’ she said aloud, startled at how loud her voice sounded in the quiet room. It also lacked any conviction. She had endured being called cruel names ever since she had put on weight during her teenage years and although she had shrugged it off at the time, she carried the internal, emotional scars. Any confidence she had built up with Tyler was always fragile, threatening to crumble at any time.
She stood up and smoothed her skirt over her large thighs. Maybe she should get a cab over to Inception Publishing and wait for Tyler there.
A light rain started to fall as she climbed into the back of a taxi outside the hotel and it reminded Kirsty of the first time she had met Tyler. She had looked like a drowned rat. So much had happened between her and Tyler since then and she couldn’t bear it to come to an end. As the cab wound its way through London’s streets, she punched Tyler’s number into her phone again and waited as it rang on the other end.
No answer.
‘Isn’t there a quicker way?’ she asked the taxi driver as they got caught up in heavy traffic.
‘Sorry, love, it’s like this all the way to Clerkenwell Green because of the road works.’
This was no good. She could feel a panic rising within her and even though she knew she was being irrational, she couldn’t calm herself down. She dug in her purse and pulled out some notes and coins which she passed over the seat to the driver. ‘I’ll walk from here, thanks.’
He shrugged and took her money a she slid across the seat and climbed out into the pouring rain. Just her luck. And she didn’t have an umbrella. Pulling up her coat collar, she strode down the pavement past the department store windows. A few shoppers rushed past her, shielding themselves from the rain with umbrellas.
By the time she reached the Inception Publishing building, Kirsty felt foolish. She was going to turn up in Tyler’s office soaking wet and worried and he was going to laugh at her for being so silly. Sometimes his meetings ran late. She couldn’t expect to be the girlfriend of a billionaire CEO and not have him work late at the office some nights.
The receptionist smiled at her as she entered the building and Kirsty noted a slight hint of sympathy in the smile. ‘It’s raining,’ she said as she walked to the elevators, as if to explain her appearance and as if the receptionist couldn’t see the rain lashing down beyond the glass doors.
She tried to fix her appearance in the elevator but all she could do was wipe the rainwater from her face and push her soaked hair from her eyes. The door slid open with a familiar dinging sound on the seventh floor and Kirsty stepped out, expecting to see Ruth Masterson at her post outside Tyler’s office but surprised to see the desk empty. Kirsty walked to the office door and knocked.
‘Come in.’ The voice was a woman’s but it wasn’t Ruth’s.
Confused, Kirsty entered.
The woman sitting on the edge of Tyler’s desk was beautiful, leggy and slim. She had lustrous dark hair that
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