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Authors: Susan Stevens, Jasmine Bowen
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the kiss, in the passion, in the love.
In the love. That was not something she had ever thought about when she kissed him. But as they pulled away, hazel eyes meeting green, she knew that there was something different. There was an intense weight on her chest, pressing against her heart. It was fear and it was panic, but the longer she looked into his eyes, she knew that it would be alright.
“I love you,” he said it first, breathing it so softly she almost didn’t hear him. She felt tongue tied, strangled. Men had said that to her before, of course, especially after moments of passion, high on sex and chemicals. But this was the first time she knew it was real.
“Adam,’ she said, trying to think logically.
Everyone was staring at them, except for Keith, who was walking straight over to them, a mixture of confusion and fear on his face.
“Adam?” he asked. “I know this is totally a bad moment, but a man named Maurice just called me on my cell phone? He wants to know what the ‘next step’ is.”
“He should not be calling you,” Adam replied, pulling Behati close to him. With a glance around, he summoned his brothers close to him. It didn’t take much, seeing as they were all staring at him, open mouth. His mother, who happened to be on the staircase when he kissed his ballerina, descended downwards in a fit of rage. Adam silenced her with one glance.
“As you can see, things have clearly changed around here,” he said, once they were all gathered around him. “Since I brought Behati home, we have both made a fortune and lost everything. Maurice called Keith, something we never want to happen. No, Keith, hush,” he said, silencing his younger brother’s protests as well. “But it’s more than threatening this family’s safety that has come to my mind. We have been so involved in doing business, in making money, that we have not stopped to consider who we have hurt. Standing in front of you is evidence of the drugs we have shipped, evidence of the destruction that we do,” he pulled Behati even closer, kissing her head and surprised to find tears coming to both their eyes. He had thought that she would be angry at exposing her, but her body slumped with relief as she buried her face in his chest. “Father left us to control this company on our own, and always encouraged us to follow our hearts; make our own choices, even if we regret them, it’s best we learn from them. So you can all continue if you want. But if this business continues to deal with Maurice and his likes, I will no longer be a part of it. I would rather have Behati, alive and well, and know we are not doing harm to the world, than all the fortune that comes with it.”
“Adam,” his mother snapped, her face darkening. “How could you try to ruin the empire that your father built?”
“I am not ruining anything,” he said, looking into Behati’s eyes. “For 10 years, I’ve lived a lie and I refuse to do it any longer.” He looked up to his brothers. “So?”
“For 10 years, you have led us,” Rick said, sounding strong and confident for the first time in years. “And I will follow you now.”
“And I,” Liam said, without a shadow of a doubt.
“Then Keith,” Adam turned to his youngest brother, a small smile on his face. “Are you also ready to follow us?”
“Me? Really?” Keith’s face lit up. “Yes. What can I do?”
“Call Maurice back and tell him to throw himself in a river. We’re done with him. And when you’re finished, I have a list of others that you can call,” Adam replied. He then turned his head to his mother, who seemed to have calmed down a bit. “And you Mother? Do you really think this is what father wanted?”
“Will you really throw all this,” she gestured to the ballroom. “Away? For her?”
“Not for her,” Adam replied, calmly. “For us. She is my wife, mother. Just as you were Father’s wife, a poor girl from across the world, who he flew overnight to scoop up
In the love. That was not something she had ever thought about when she kissed him. But as they pulled away, hazel eyes meeting green, she knew that there was something different. There was an intense weight on her chest, pressing against her heart. It was fear and it was panic, but the longer she looked into his eyes, she knew that it would be alright.
“I love you,” he said it first, breathing it so softly she almost didn’t hear him. She felt tongue tied, strangled. Men had said that to her before, of course, especially after moments of passion, high on sex and chemicals. But this was the first time she knew it was real.
“Adam,’ she said, trying to think logically.
Everyone was staring at them, except for Keith, who was walking straight over to them, a mixture of confusion and fear on his face.
“Adam?” he asked. “I know this is totally a bad moment, but a man named Maurice just called me on my cell phone? He wants to know what the ‘next step’ is.”
“He should not be calling you,” Adam replied, pulling Behati close to him. With a glance around, he summoned his brothers close to him. It didn’t take much, seeing as they were all staring at him, open mouth. His mother, who happened to be on the staircase when he kissed his ballerina, descended downwards in a fit of rage. Adam silenced her with one glance.
“As you can see, things have clearly changed around here,” he said, once they were all gathered around him. “Since I brought Behati home, we have both made a fortune and lost everything. Maurice called Keith, something we never want to happen. No, Keith, hush,” he said, silencing his younger brother’s protests as well. “But it’s more than threatening this family’s safety that has come to my mind. We have been so involved in doing business, in making money, that we have not stopped to consider who we have hurt. Standing in front of you is evidence of the drugs we have shipped, evidence of the destruction that we do,” he pulled Behati even closer, kissing her head and surprised to find tears coming to both their eyes. He had thought that she would be angry at exposing her, but her body slumped with relief as she buried her face in his chest. “Father left us to control this company on our own, and always encouraged us to follow our hearts; make our own choices, even if we regret them, it’s best we learn from them. So you can all continue if you want. But if this business continues to deal with Maurice and his likes, I will no longer be a part of it. I would rather have Behati, alive and well, and know we are not doing harm to the world, than all the fortune that comes with it.”
“Adam,” his mother snapped, her face darkening. “How could you try to ruin the empire that your father built?”
“I am not ruining anything,” he said, looking into Behati’s eyes. “For 10 years, I’ve lived a lie and I refuse to do it any longer.” He looked up to his brothers. “So?”
“For 10 years, you have led us,” Rick said, sounding strong and confident for the first time in years. “And I will follow you now.”
“And I,” Liam said, without a shadow of a doubt.
“Then Keith,” Adam turned to his youngest brother, a small smile on his face. “Are you also ready to follow us?”
“Me? Really?” Keith’s face lit up. “Yes. What can I do?”
“Call Maurice back and tell him to throw himself in a river. We’re done with him. And when you’re finished, I have a list of others that you can call,” Adam replied. He then turned his head to his mother, who seemed to have calmed down a bit. “And you Mother? Do you really think this is what father wanted?”
“Will you really throw all this,” she gestured to the ballroom. “Away? For her?”
“Not for her,” Adam replied, calmly. “For us. She is my wife, mother. Just as you were Father’s wife, a poor girl from across the world, who he flew overnight to scoop up
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