"I'm sorry but I can't continue this. We have both gotten what we intended from fooling the world that we were actually a couple. It's time to go our separate ways Jarek... like we said we would, " Olivia said, hoping the tone of her voice would not betray her and convey her true need...her true desire. "Too late Liv." Jarek said stunning Olivia. "As a Stark, it's my duty to uphold the rules of any binding and keep to my end of the bargain but with you... With you, I plan on breaking every rule out there that exists as long as I keep on being yours. I can not bear to see you with another. It will kill me..." Jarek replied and the last clause came out as a whisper as he tilted her chin up to face him properly. "I could go raving mad Miss Forte. Stay with me!" His last words had stolen the other words she had rehearsed earlier, it had snatched the willpower Olivia thought she had perfectly. "Kiss me Mr Stark. My name is Olivia and it feels pleasant to meet you, " Olivia said as she ran her hands from his chest to his shoulders. He did not have time to react to her sub - introduction before he clasped his lips on hers. She hummed a moan at the familiarity of his lips that she had thought she would never get to experience again and she earned a groan from him as the 'supposed' reuniting kiss, intended to be soft and alluring graduated to something ferocious. Hands finding buttons, fingers sinking in hair... ********************* Jarek Stark, the only son to the Stark Empire, was a mystery to the media. They know he exists but no one could tell who exactly he is. He worked as a lawyer in a law firm and got intrigued by a particular woman who wasn't fascinated by any of his charms. Her name, Olivia Forte. A woman with a strong sense of justice for others than herself. She is unaware that in the shadows she has a fan -a stalker - who uses his spare time to keep tabs on her. He makes no advances towards her because he was aware of the love she had for her boyfriend. That was until he cheated on Olivia. Seeing an opportunity to get close to her, he latches on it. Would Olivia still desire to be with Jarek when he becomes her boss and reveals his true identity to her and others? Would their relationship also be able to stand when she finds out his secret and also when he finds out her deleted past?!
OLIVIA'S POV
Looking through my window, I could tell that the sun was not too intense and neither were
the clouds gloomy. It was just perfect!
The wind that blew in didn't aim to throw me off balance and had instead sent a smooth
caress across my skin. One that even my boyfriend has not been able to give me for a
while... a good while.
I swallowed back the ball of emotion that was threatening to build up in my throat.
Today is a Saturday. Saturdays spell freedom, and for me, they majorly spell rest, and I was
not going to let anything disturb me from having that rest ... not even the thoughts of my
boyfriend.
With a sigh, I walked up to my bed and slid under the covers. At least I had the giant teddy
bear that Garland - my boyfriend - had bought for me in our very first year together, to
console and cuddle me somewhat.
I had barely closed my eyes for three seconds when the sound of my phone ringing broke
the quiet in my apartment. My fingers hunted it immediately as I felt around the bed for it.
'Of course, it can only be you!' I thought with a smile as I looked at my screen and saw my
best friend's name boldly splattered on it, with an abundance of heart-shaped emojis -which
she had insisted on - surrounding it.
"Good day ladybug. To what do I owe this rather pleasant call" I said, my voice rising a notch
at the word 'pleasant!'.
There was a pause for a second and I thought she had not heard me.
"You sound like you are still on your bed Olly. I swear I'll kill you if I find out you are not
dressed yet," Maya said, and I could practically see the sneer that must have lifted her upper
lip.
She knows me. Even though she wasn't anywhere close to me, she could tell exactly what I
was up to.
But...I could hear the seriousness in her voice and I knew what that meant.
'There is something I'm supposed to do...something I had promised her to do that I wasn't
doing currently!' I thought as I tried to search the archives of my brain at record speed for
what this 'something' could be.
At the last millisecond, my brain picked up on a conversation I had last night with her.
I had been so tired and just wanted to sleep that I had agreed to whatever her proposal was.
Her boyfriend had bailed out on going with her to a wedding her mother had forced her to
attend. She had asked me to go with her as her plus one even though she knew her mother
would give her an ear full about it. She just did not want to go to a wedding she was being
forced to attend, especially without someone she was at ease with.
"The heck! I'll be done in thirty minutes!" I said and I immediately hung up on her before she
could rant. Her rantings would come later. Time was far gone and I had not planned for this.
A very scattered room, the heel of a broken shoe, and a silky purple gown later, I was ready
to go with Maya to the wedding.
As much as I loved staying in my room so much -like very much - I love Maya more and I'd
do almost everything for her.
*******************
As we walked into the church, we tried to look for a free bench where we could settle our
ass** and a little boy suddenly ran loose from the other pew and poured the contents of his
juice box on my dress.
"Shit!" I cursed quietly.
"Oh damn!" Maya said.
Maya wanted to follow me out to have it cleaned but her mother could think she was trying to
ditch this part of the program and come up with something more scheming to plague her.
"I got this," I said to her before I turned and did a small run out from the church as I ignored
the pitiful and uninterruptible stares of some persons in the congregation.
There was still a patch on my dress a few minutes after some good scrubs but I decided to
go into the church like that before Maya got worried about my whereabouts.
Immediately, I entered through the door; everyone in the congregation was clapping as they
were standing.
The bride and groom were smiling cheerily at each other and the groom held the bride's
neck for a kiss that had him dipping her and had her snuggling closer into him.
'So sweet!'
But when they turned to face the congregation properly, my heart sank to the sole of my
shoes.
The groom was awfully familiar...unsettlingly recognizable.
My legs dragged me forward because it appeared I was seeing illusions.
'Or have I been thinking so much about Garland that I am beginning to see his face on the
face of other males...on the face of the groom?'
The applause and cheers were beginning to diminish, and my ash-filled mouth worked its
way till it was able to let out words.
"Garland?" I questioned, my eyes prickly with tears that were on the verge of being shed.
My legs and the torrent of emotions I was feeling had carried me close to the altar.
'Probably my Garland has a lost twin no one knows of. But...'
The smile on his face was gone, his jaw was tense and I could surprise laced in those foggy
eyes I have come to adore.
The bride looked at the groom. "Do you know her, Garland?" She asked.
'Is it possible this lost twin's name is also Garland?' I thought.
His Adam's apple bobbed before he opened his mouth and his voice could not be mistaken.
"No...not at all my love. I have never seen her in my life!"
Everywhere suddenly became too bright, my head felt too heavy for my body, and I nearly
toppled backward, but a steady hand wrapped around my waist, causing my unexpectedly
chilled skin to relish in a bit of warmth.
My teary eyes travelled from a veiny hand to a beautiful face, and he looked a little familiar. I
could not think much of who this person was because I turned and buried my face into his
chest.
I cried, my lips too scared of the reality behind me to utter a word.
Nonetheless, I was soaking this stranger's shirt with reckless abandon, letting his leather and
fougere scent take me from the scene behind that was stabbed into my heart
Chapter 1 OLIVIA
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Chapter 2 JAREK
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Chapter 3 OLIVIA
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Chapter 4 JAREK
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Chapter 5 OLIVIA
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Chapter 6 JAREK
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Chapter 7 OLIVIA
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Chapter 8 JAREK
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Chapter 9 OLIVIA
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Chapter 10 JAREK
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Chapter 11 OLIVIA
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Chapter 12 JAREK
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Chapter 13 OLIVIA
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Chapter 14 JAREK
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Chapter 15 OLIVIA
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Chapter 16 JAREK
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Chapter 17 OLIVIA
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Chapter 18 JAREK
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Chapter 19 OLIVIA
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Chapter 20 JAREK
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Chapter 21 OLIVIA
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Chapter 22 JAREK
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Chapter 23 OLIVIA
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Chapter 24 Maya et Connor
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Chapter 25 JAREK
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Chapter 26 OLIVIA
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Chapter 27 JAREK
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Chapter 28 MAYA ET CONNOR(II)
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Chapter 29 JAREK
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Chapter 30 OLIVIA
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Chapter 31 OLIVIA
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Chapter 32 MAYA
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Chapter 33 CONNOR
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Chapter 34 CONNOR AND MAYA
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Chapter 35 MAYA
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Chapter 36 MAYA
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Chapter 37 PREPARING
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Chapter 38 ANOTHER PROPOSAL
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Chapter 39 NO TEARS
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Chapter 40 A GLIMPSE OF THE MOTHER
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