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"Well well well, if it isn't the bitchiest bitch of the century," | said, sauntering towards her as | lifted my
sunglasses above my head. | scanned Fiona from head to toe as | stood in front of her. Clearly, she hadn't been
doing well in life and | knew that Julian was the one behi used to have. She wasn't dripping in designer clothes as
she once used to and the pelty part incouldn't help but ginat. The woman beforedestroyedin
numerous ways and | wasn't going to forgive her for anything that she had ever done to me. If 1 could add more
salt to h "You should have invited your stepsister to your daughter's birthday party. Isn't she my niece after all!"
She smirked and it took everything innot to slap her. "Where's she by the way?" | watched as she scanned
the place and the moment her eyes fell on my daughter, she turned to walk towards her. | wrapped my hand
around her arm, intending to let my nails sink into her flesh. She yelped and tried to move my only yanked it
hard and forced her to look at me. hand away, but |
"Take a step towards her and | won't hesitate to bury you alive right where you're standing." | threatened. |
wasn't the naive girl she used to walk over. Either she wasn't aware of how strong | had become, or she was just
in denial. "Look at you.
Fiona laughed, but it was obvious that she was nervous, I liked how | was making her nervous. "You've finally
learned how to fight."
"And trust me, you don't want to test my skills. | let go of her arm but gave her a push that made her stumble
backwards.
"It's obvious that you're not welchere, Fiona What are you doing here?" | felt Julian's presence before
hearing his voice. | was strong enough to fight Fiona on my own but having him by my side madefeel
stronger. "You're pathetic, Julian. You're still running after her even though it's obvious that she doesn't want you.
| feel sorry for you, but what can | say? | like the fact that | was the one who managed to pull you two apart," |
wasn't sure how Julian was feeling, but personally, | was fuming, | didn't like how she spoke to him. | knew that
Fiona hit a nerve, and
| didn't want him to falter before her, so | acted recklessly, not thinking about anything or anyone else but him. |
smirked and tilted my head to the side and turned to Julian and crashed my lips into his. | could feel his surprise,
but it didn't take him long to kissback
When | pulled away, | mouthed Sorry to him before turning back to the bitch whose mouth was open in shock. "I
think | broke the news to you. Julian and | are dating." | loved how stunned she looked. She didn't expect that
and neither did L. but | wasn't going to let her hu didn't know why | felt the need to protect him from any pain
Julian wrapped his arm around my waist, and | instantly leaned towards him, playing the part. His touch made
| longed for how good it felt to be held by him. "What brought you here, Fiona? I'm certain you aren't invited."
Julian's voice held the sort of strength I always wanted him to have
want you to payback for what you've done to me, Fiona addressed me, makingraise my eyebrows in
surprise.
"Enlighten me, please. What did | exactly do?" | folded my arms over my chest.
"Because of you, my life is over! | can't get any modeling deal. Jeffrey can no longer sustain the lifestyle he used
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtto provide us with! | can't even get any respectable man to date me" | looked at Julan, knowing that he was
behind it all and it took a lot of strength to prevent myself from laughing.
"Correction, you can't get any rich man to date you, because they know what will happen to them if they do,"
Julian spoke. My speculations were
Inc.
"You have her back! | want my life back!" she yelled. She thought that by coming here and causing a scene we
would give her what she wanted, but she was absolutely wrong. | looked around and surely, people were starting
to notice what was going on. Did somebodys "This is simply karma, Fiona. Did you think that | was going to let
you live peacefully after destroying my love life! I'm going to make you pay for what you've done until your last
breath. 1 lost five years with the love of my
life because of you and this is something | can never forget or forgive." My heart swelled when he calledthe
love of his life. No matter what | said to myself, | knew Jalian wasn't playing any role here. He was speaking the
truth. "It's not my fault that you
u didn't trust her enough that a few pictures made you throw your marriage away.
"| felt his body tense against mine and | wished that | could do anything to make him ignore her words.
Julian didn't say another word. Instead, he gave one look to one of the bodyguards and immediately, Fiona was
escorted out of the party. She kept screaming and yelling, but she was quickly thrown out of the house. Ansel
Harper's husband, made sure that she was to never be allowed inside the gated community ever again.
| looked at Julian and kept my eyes fixed on him. "Are you alright?" | found myself asking. He didn't say anything
but gavea short nod
"I'm sorry, it's my fault, Harper said guiltly as she stood in front of us. | looked at her with confusion, so she
continued. "1 posted a picture of Rosie andtogether a while ago. Fiona must have figured out that the party
was here and that's how she found out." It's okay. Nothing happened." | assured her.
"I don't incan to pry, but did you actually kis Rose asked us. The excitement in her voice which she was trying to
conceal didn't escape my bolice.
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| knew what she was thinking about.
"We uh, we did," | said, looking at Julian. He seemed to be at a loss for words and | couldn't blhim. What |
did was a bit reckless, and | didn't mean to toy with his feelings, but he was the only one on my mind.
"Why?" Harper frowned.
"Because of Fiona. She said a few things | couldn't handle and L... maybe I didn't think clearly." | looked down,
then looked at Julian, "I'm sorry."
"It's alright." Julian offereda kind smile. "The thing is, you told Fiona that we were back together and
someone like her won't shut up."
| was aware of that and for sreason, | wasn't annoyed.
"So this means that you two need to date!" Rose questioned.
"Yes," | replied. | swore | saw Uncle Steven smirking, Was he enjoying this?
"You don't have to do that," Julian quickly said, but | shook my head. | was willing to do that. For him.
"I want to." | realized that my words might hold another meaning, so | added. "If this is going to shut her up. I'm
willing to do it."
"Mommy! Aren't we going to blow the candles?" Rosie's voice interrupted as she crunning towards me.
"Of course, cupcake." | grinned, picking her up. I looked again at Julian whose eyes were fixed on us. Skepticism
was clear in his eyes. My nerves weren't made of steel. | was anxious and shaking from the inside. | knew that |
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Part ofwas glad that | had another chance at dating Emily again, even if it was going to be fake. Another part
was scared. How couldn't I? That was a dangerous gbecause | might fall more for her. No. | was sure that |
was going to fall more for her. When she kissed me, my body went in a state of shock for a moment before
kissing her back. The reason behind her kiss made my heart leap with joy. She couldn't handle Fiona hurting me,
so she acted without thinking for my sake.
When her lips met mine, my world stopped, and | wanted nothing but to freeze that moment and live in it
forever. Her lips were as soft as 1 remembered them and it was still impossible forto get enough of them.
| thought she would flinch when | touched her, but she didn't. Instead, she leaned intoand | was taken back
to when we were married and how she was relax in my embrace. | was taken back to the days when she used to
cuddle intoin the middle of the night in he casy to tell that she was nervous.
Today was the fashion show she had been working on for the past few months. Despite her massive success, it
was easy to
"These are for you," | smiled at her as | handed her the big bouquet of light pink carnations | got her.
"Thank you." She smiled atas she took the bouquet fromand kissed my check, and | automatically held
her close tofor a second as | placed my hand on the small of her back.
"We had been fake-dating for the past three weeks. We went out on a date once and | brought her dinner twice
at her workplace when she stayed
late. Articles were being written here and there and neither did we confinn or deny anything.
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"You don't have any reason to be nervous, You're Amelia Eddings. You're a queen in this industry now," | told her
and her smile grew.
"I can't wait to know what you think about it," she said, looking up at me. Her eyes sparkled under the lights,
adding more to her beasty.
-1 would've told you sooner if you had shownthe designs before the fashion show. I playfully poked her nose,
making her giggle.
"| can tell you the thof the designs you're about to see," she said.
"I would love that, | grinned
"Fallen leaves," she replied, and my smile grew. She had always loved Fall and that was her first Fall collection.
Everybody was talking about it because despite how successful she was, she had never held a fashion show
during fall. When | asked her about that before, sh to stay hidden forever.
"Are you ready for our trip to Disneyland?" | asked her. We were supposed to leave in a week. | made sure to set
the date after her fashion show.
"I'm as excited as Rosie," she shyly laughed.
We were acting like any normal couple and weirdly we weren't doing that for a show and that was enough to give
understand about her. Soon enough, the fashion show started and | took a seat at the front row along with
Harper, Ansel, my parents, Sam and Rosie.
The dresses were dazzling. It was hard to choose a favorite from the collection. It was clear that Emily gave that
collection her all. | had never seen anything that perfect before. | was proud of her and what she had managed
to achieve in such a short period of t| knew that collection was going to be a hit.
All the dresses were different shades of nude colours. She had added details to each dress that gave it its own
beauty. Swere plain, swere sparkling but my favourites were the lace ones.
My eyes fell on a beige dress, and I fell in love with the impeccable design. The straps of the dress were shaped
like leaves and the top was a sequined sweetheart neckline- | learned that from her once. The stomach was see-t
e-through, but it was still covered with lace that had leaves all
over it
The skirt was long and made of layers of tulle. There was a slit on the right side that exposed the model's long
leg and stopped right above her mid- thigh. | imagined Emily in that dress and | knew that it would be perfect on
her. The fashion show cto an end and Emily walked gracefully on the runaway with a mesmerizing smile on
her face. She looked stunning in a caramel satin dress that had a Greek style.
"You've a chance to make her yours again. Don't let her run away this time," Harper whispered toas we all
clapped for the successful woman before me.
"I need all the luck in the world," | mumbled, not moving my eyes away from Emily
My family, Sam, Maya and | all headed backstage after Emily went there. We were all planning on taking her out
to celebrate the success of her newest collection and Dad made reservation at a very famous restaurant that
Emily loved
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