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"Stop, what are you doing?" Stacy backed away from him landing on her butt."You should be careful Stacy, you could hurt yourself," Ryan said going close to her to hold her but she shoved his hand away from her skin.She felt like if he touched her the area touched burned.Not in a bad way but she felt some tingles she shouldn't be feeling because even though she was mad at him he was still her best friend and she didn't think having that kind of relationship with him was a great idea.She couldn't focus on emotions it would be difficult for her to think and be rational because looking at Ryan he was ready to jump her bones right there."How long?" she finally asked him taking him off the bat."How long what?" he retorted creasing his brows together."How long have you nursed this evil of having to kiss me?" Stacy said pouting.Her protruding pink lips didn't help the matter as he walked close to her even more and held her close and placed his lips once again ok her lips and kissed he
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"WHAT?" Stacy asked and she pulled away from him still she couldn't believe he was saying this, they had not even stopped talking about her taking the position of Accountant they had just recommended after what happened at the restaurant and now she is being asked marriage by whom? Her best friend who was more like a church rat turned wealthy."Yes Stace, marry me, walk through this success path with me, you were there with me when I had nothing and when I was destabilized by my wife marry me please," he said in a pleading tone."Hold up, if you don't stop this madness ill have to tell you to leave my apartment, you not thinking right, the anger in you is messing your mind, hold up, are you trying to use me as a rebound to what you and Emilie are going through?" Stacy asked as the thought resonated in her mind."Oh no, that's not it," he said looking everywhere else but her and then she finally got her answer.Although she felt and knew that Ryan might be in love with her she was hurt
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Standing in front of an electronic shop which had televisions that were all on she had the heat attack of her life."CEO? When, how and what is going on?" a distraught Emilie asked as she looked around in confusion and all those who were seated around and passers-by thought she was crazy."I know that man, he is my husband" she explained to anyone who wanted to hear her state her happiness, confusion and greed."But why didn't he tell me, I have been with him all through our marital lives and he gets rich and tells me nothing?" she asked herself.For sure she looked like a mad woman as she continues talking and acting like one."Hey guys, maybe we should call some psychiatrist she seems to have lost it," one passerby said taking a video. "You say he is your husband yet you don't know he got rich and has money now sheesh you are delusional," another said and she desperately tried to call to explain when she found no one was interested in listening to her explain she turned to her phon
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"I can't go back to the Morel the receptionist would have the last laugh," she said to herself as she sobbed walking out of the company parking lot."Yes security, make sure that woman never returns to this building again," Ryan who was observing the CCTV said to the operator and everyone who cared to be by him and all nodded in affirmative.Emilie had to start walking back to his knows where she had nowhere to return to and as she was still trying to figure out something she checked her friend's WhatsApp status and eBay and that was when she got even more confused.Her friend was auctioning her things, the things from her apartment with her now ex-husband and at low prices too."Hello, Kitty, I just saw something on eBay and they look like my stuff why are they up for sale?" she tried to act as calm and collected as she. would be but she was enraged and her hands were shaking.She had thought she could sell some of their things and get herself a decent place before she began to think
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"But Stacy you haven't been having any luck with jobs why can't I do this for you after all the help you've rendered to me," Ryan asked Stacy who was still adamant about being the accountant at the office and also for making him a better version of himself even though he felt like shit while with Emilie."Ryan I don't want us going back and forth on this I would get myself a job" Stacy stated.During the week leading up to now, Ryan had made a motive, he had someone follow Stacy to every job she had applied for and told them to not let her get the job and some funding was given out too, just so Stacy could accept his offer.Yeah, he felt kike he was manipulative and was changing from the humble person he was but he needed this, he had to show everyone he was strong, confident and had the final say even when things weren't working his way."I come over to the house we need to talk," He said but when he was about to cut the call Stacy said something it tore him to shreds."No need Ryan,
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This news was shocking because he had not expected her to accept this almost immediately, without the fuss and thinking of what the world would say.Seems she had thrown dignity and cautiousness out the window and was ready to take on the world."What did you say?" Ryan wanted to hear her say it again, he wanted her to tell him when more, his heart couldn't take the cuteness and happiness he was feeling at the moment."Yes dummy, I said I would marry you and I would be your accountant" she repeated."Wait why did you just accept and why was this on impulse to what I read?" He asked and Stacy felt like when he had asked her to marry him he might have been bluffing and she felt like she was wrong to have accepted.Her face was somehow reddish from the embarrassment she felt she had just gotten from Ryan.But when he noticed her being bothered about what he was asking, he damned the consequence, she had accepted to do work and be with him so, of course, there was nothing else to say or d
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The make-up artist came in and did the magic, Emilie looked flawless under her bruised skin from the beatings she had received and she had been given a few painkillers for her boobs and clit and she felt a little better.If anyone would have warned her from the beginning of how evil Tesdy Gustave was she would have refused and had their head for it.Somehow deep within she wished this was all a dream and it would be taken back so she cod focus her love and attention on Ryan and then she would have gotten a share in what he had now.it always had to boil down to wealth and nothing else.She was eager and money tasty, she wanted that money so bad.Emilie thought of all the places she would travel to if she had to share that with Ryan, she wouldn't need to work at all, she was going to make all those who had laughed at her pay for laughing at her."Oh my, you look spotless" Teddy entered the room complimenting her.He sent his hand to touch her but she flinched, not that it was intentiona
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"So I have been thinking," Anita said with a wrinkled mile to her grandson."What could that be grandma?", Ashton asked not raising his head from the documents for the contract.It was a huge contract and it warranted lots of time and energy and thinking.It was moments like this that he wished Stacy had agreed to work with him so that she could help with the finances and accounting of everything." You seemed to have forgotten your birthday, bit was two days ago when you announced to be the new CEO of this empire," Anita said."And..?" Ashton asked trying to get the point of it."Well, you didn't say anything about the celebration" Anita replied."Because I don't want to celebrate grandma, I have other things in mind"." Other things like?""Like me remarrying and this contract"." You don't say, who is this lucky girl, who are her parents and what does she do for a living?" Anita asked schematically waiting for his response anxiously."Well it's the lady I used to work with and she