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‘’How would you like your hair?’’ the hair stylist asks. ‘’I was thinking of leaving it down. I think I have been wearing my hair up for a long time now.’’ ‘’Ok, I will do a little braid to the side to show off that long, gorgeous never of yours.’’ Before Miranda could give an answer, the makeup artist says. ‘’And the last touch is the lipstick. Let me just apply this wine red.’’ When he is done, he takes a step back. ‘’Wow, you look like a doll. And I can tell you will be breaking a few hearts tonight.’’ Miranda smiles at him. ‘’Too bad you are already Mr. Tate’s girl. I would have made a move on you already.’’ ‘’I am not Liam’s girl.’’ He raises a brow. ‘’Can I get your number then?’’ Miranda opens and closes her mouth because she is caught off guard by his question. ‘’I’m joking, but I am sure Mr. Tate wouldn’t like that,’’ he says then goes to pack away his stuff and on his way out, he gives Miranda’s shoulder a squeeze. She doesn’t know what to make of it. Miranda’s hai
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‘’Where is your date?’’ Jack asks.‘’She is somewhere. Lacy was being rude to her so I should go get her something.’’‘’Who is Lacy?’’ Jack asks.‘’The girl this is for.’’‘’Oh, I had no idea what her name was.’’‘’Is it even important?’’ Liam asks.Jack shrugs. ‘’So, what is with you and that girl?’’‘’Miranda? Just being nice.’’Jack scoffs. ‘’Men aren’t just being nice to women. You want to fuck her.’’Liam moves his head from side to side. ‘’I can’t deny that face, but she will be just like the others. Fuck her once and she gets obsessed and won’t leave me alone, so I won’t even go there..’’‘’Are maybe you will be the one who gets obsessed?’’ Craig says, coming over with a female that is wiping her eyes.‘’Why would I get obsessed?’’ Liam makes a face.‘’Paid off her student loan, brought her to your house during the flood.’’ Craig pauses as if he is thinking. ‘’She drove your Bugatti and now here she is, and who knows how much you have spent on her for the night?’’‘’You know Cr
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When Stacy comes out of the room, she notices only a few women looking at her but their eyes didn’t linger. Just Miranda, who continues to stare at her.Stacy gives a smirk, then wipes the corners of her mouth with her index finger and walks away.Liam comes out of the room not long after, fixing his clothes and his eyes meet with Miranda's. She gives him a disapproving look, shakes her head, and walks away.Liam tries to follow after her, but Stacy blocks him.‘’Are you leaving already?’’‘’Can you move?’’She frowns at him. ‘’Why don’t you like me?’’‘’What is there to like? You are a little stuck-up bitch who is obviously soft in the head in thinking you can always get what you want.’’‘’How dare you speak to me like that? Don’t you know who I am?’’‘’Actually, no, I have never heard about you until yesterday. And I have to say, what a waste this is. You aren’t anything special.’’ Liam tells her.Stacy huffs and walks away, heading in the direction of the female restroom.Miranda j
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Liam sits beside Annie, around a round table that has four other people present as they and others are there for a company state dinner. Though he doesn’t want to be there, Liam was forced by Annie to attend.The man that sits to the left of Liam, begins to brag.“Liam looks like you aren’t the only big thing in this city. My father is the owner of CityLink, the new internet provider.’’ Liam nods, reading the name of his tag. “That’s nice, Jeremy. I wish him all the best in his success.”Jeremy smiles and says. “Thanks, but we will only be providing services to a selected few. I can put a word in and let him provide you with the best.’’After he says the words, an older man pulls away from his wife. ‘’I couldn’t help but overhear what you said. Would you mind putting in a few good words for me as well? I run several restaurant chains and would love to have a better connection there.’’‘’There you have your first client.’’ Liam nods.“No.” Jeremy shakes his head and says, “we will onl
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After the award ceremony, Liam decides to leave while Annie wants to stay back and mingle.‘’Mr. Tate, can we have a few words? It is for an interview.’’ a female reporter with thick glasses asks.‘’Sure.’’‘’You have collected multiple awards tonight, a lot more than many. What do you have to say?’’‘’I am stunned, never knew this was a thing as I am still learning my way around Notting Hill.’’‘’What are your plans for the Wellington Group? It doesn’t seem as if you plan to stop anytime soon.’’Liam gives a smile. ‘’You will be the first to know this and I am proud to announce that Wellington has now ventured into the tourism scene. I got approval from twenty-seven of the thirty-five islands in the Central Ocean, and the first phase is near completion.’’‘’Oh, so those hotels will be opening so?’’‘’Yes, it is expected to happen by the end of this month into early next month.’’‘’Do you have any words to say to students who are attending university right now?’’‘’I say, never give u
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The next day, Liam is up early for work. The maids had already made breakfast for him—egg benedict on top of garlic bread and pineapple juice.Liam was never a coffee or tea guy, so he always opts that out and goes on with his day.‘’Sir, the dean of Notting Hill First College wants to remind you about the graduation this coming Thursday.’’Liam nods, biting into his bread.‘’And congrats on the awards last night. I wanted to tell you that, but you must have come home late.’’‘’Thank you. I stop by a party on the way here.’’Carl nods.‘’What do you know about this girl by the name of Chanel? She lives north.’’‘’Oh, Carlson’s daughter.’’ Carl pauses. ‘’They don’t mingle much, but Joe Carlson deals in arms trading.’’‘’Is he doing it legally?’’ Liam asks.‘’Who knows, but he has been doing it for many years now. He lost a son because of.’’‘’Is that so?’’ Liam asks, leaning back because he knows Carl will dish him the dirty.‘’About three months after his business kicked up, Joe was d
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‘’Why do you want me to work for you?’’ Miranda asks. ‘’Because you are looking for work in the wrong places, you will get hurt by that and I wouldn’t live with myself to know this.’’ ‘’You are acting as if you care. You don’t, Liam.’’ ‘’I do care enough to not let you work in places like this.’’ ‘’Do you care about the other females that will be working here? Because if you did, you wouldn’t have started this venture.’’ ‘’Don’t lecture me.’’ Liam frowns at Miranda. ‘’And don’t tell me what to do with my life. You are not my parents. We mean nothing to each other.’’ Miranda moves around Liam, but he brags her upper arm and pulls her back. ‘’Let go of me, Liam.’’ While still holding her, Liam debates with himself and lost. He suddenly crashes his lips onto hers, knocking the wind out of Miranda. When they pull apart, she is breathing hard. ‘’Why did you do that?’’ she asks. ‘’Didn’t you want me to kiss you?’’ ‘’No, yes. Not like that. I was hard and there was nothing behind
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For two days, Miranda has been working with Annie and she is more than happy for the extra help. She catches on to things quickly and Annie liked that.The girl proved to Annie that she isn’t just beauty, and she even sees herself in Miranda.‘’Miranda, when will you be graduating from school?’’‘’Next year.’’‘’Well, at the rate you are going, you might just take over my job.’’Miranda’s face goes red. ‘’Oh, I wouldn’t want to do that. You are a wonderful assistant and I’m sure Liam wouldn’t give me your job. You have years over me.’’Annie laughs. ‘’I love how modest you are. I don’t meet many women like you these days. No wonder why Liam likes you so much.’’Miranda makes a little sound. ‘’He doesn’t.’’‘’Right, because men go out of their way to make sure a female can get educated, have a job, and is planning to pay the intern more than how he pays most staff.’’‘’What? That has to be nepotism.’’Annie laughs. ‘’Relax, when you own a company, there is no such thing. And be glad th