art skipped when Laura

ng, Laura?" Elena sai

I work for him, he won't take

cky whispered,"From what I know, Mr Marcini

kery just like the way we did to every other thing" Lau

is cruel, he's heartless...I've lost your father

, mum. I'll only work for hi

never forgive myself if something

him" Peter said suddenly from the door

's what matters" Laura told him but

g for him as soon as possible. Her worries came back, what w

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ob spat, slamming the

trust me" Troy said

hell am I supposed to relax when

th the front page plastered with a pict

hotographer, with the headline reading: BILLIONAIRE

peak of getting a million dollar contract by the end of this month"

u are honorable...you need to make them

orted out in no t

thing and fast before this dam

to look at the door. They watc

interrupt - " She

u could come in

files you demanded ear

rted, he took a sip from

She want

Laura screamed as the glass came in contact with the wall, the g

" He thunde

er heart beat speeding, she pul

mething would be done about this, it'

do to clear his name? He

ming round the scandal he was into. He needed

idea st

practically do whatever it takes to st

into her past. Yes, if he chooses to get a high classed lady, t

more he did, the more the idea

s, what if he...made her sign

d the press think he was ac

e had to pack up and lock up the offic

ks back to the shelf, too busy to notice the d

t jump in surprise as Jacob stood closely behind her watc

idn't know you wer

ffice anymore?" He asked

y," She sa

p backwards. He took another step an inch separating them

m you" He said casual

l held he

er you a deal,

ything to offer y

..I want you to sign a co

e had lost her sense of hearing.

?"She st

ort period of time and in return I'll pu

ossibly ask him to pretend to be his fiance. He was going to put away the

time to waste...do we

t..I have a fiance and I love him"

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lled, approaching T

omas on her wa

elp but notice the grim look on his face as

ove, "

alling you for days..Are yo

man who she'd known for four years, he'd proposed

as a clerk in a company and that he didn't have e

d again, placing her

tired, that's all," He s

n a breath and was going to tel

ained of not feeling well, Laura thought it was time she coll

e money I've been saving up, "Lau

scratched the side of his ha

you this but I didn't know how to,"H

it?" La

ked his dried lips wet, "I d

dered if she hadn't heard hi

She wh

very important but ..but I promise to

pped on a landmine, she blinked repeat

re kidding rig

ne, "He said and shrugged, "I'm sorry but I did it for u

omed. All her life savings, everything she h

bills? If she wasted one more day, the doctors mi

her cheeks, "I'm really sorry

felt as if icy waters were poured

brought out his phone, "My boss jus

s she watched him scurry across t

ropped down on a wooden bench behin

assistance? She felt lost now as she burie