“I guess you’re just not used to not getting everything your way all the time.”
“No, I’m not. And even though you seemed happy with me at the time, I knew you had been having doubts about us being together. I couldn’t let you act on those. So I decided to do something about it first.”
“Xander, I really do care about you. But you’ve done some horrible things. You can’t keep acting like this if you want any of this to work out.”
“How am I supposed to be a perfect gentleman when you’re dating Jayden?! The guy is a total dud. You deserve only the best. You deserve someone that’s going to make you feel like royalty, who’s exciting and powerful and important.”
Mia was taken aback by his intensity. She’d never met anyone so self-important, but she’d also never met anyone who would go to such great lengths to have her. But she couldn’t just let him win. That would be too easy. He needed to learn that he couldn’t just go around breaking her heart.
“This may be true, but I’m still with Jayden. I already feel badly about everything we’ve done here. How am I supposed to explain this to him? I want to be with you Xander, I really do, but this isn’t the right way. He is a good guy. This isn’t fair.”
“I don’t care about him. Or his feelings. You’re meant for me. It’s as simple as that.”
“How about a compromise? I’ll wait until Jayden gets back in the country, and I will break up with him, letting him down easy. We won’t tell anyone about us until it all blows over.”
“I can live with that,” Xander said. He grabbed her and pulled her into a kiss. “I just want you all to myself.”
***
Epilogue
Xander and Mia drove back to the city the next day, feeling tired but contented. They planned to keep everything a secret, until Jayden got back and Mia could break up with him. She hadn’t decided yet what she would tell him. She would probably use a cliché breakup line, something like ‘it’s not you, it’s me,’ or ‘I’m just not that into you”. She figured the less she told him, the better. He would find out about her and Xander in due time, and he was sure to be very upset.
Xander kissed Mia when they were still in the car, and promised to see each other later, when they both had some free time. Then, they got out and went about their usual tasks at work. Mia felt ecstatic. She hadn’t felt this way about anyone in such a long time. Indeed, being in love was wonderful.
At lunchtime, she decided to walk over to Xander’s office just to say hello before she went out, and bought her food. But when she got to the office, she noticed that there was a woman there. Although she couldn’t hear what they were saying, she could tell that Xander was talking to her very intently and seriously. The woman had dark, wavy hair, and after looking at her for a few minutes, Mia realized that it was Lillian!
What is she doing here? Mia thought. They broke up. This cannot be good.
Mia knew that although Xander clearly felt very passionate about her, there was no way she could compete with Lillian. After all, Lillian was rich, gorgeous, smart, and had already been Xander’s girlfriend for years. Worse, she knew that Lillian can actually blow everything about her true identity. What is she going to do?
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The Fallen Revenge 2
Billionaire Romance
By: Lisa Cartwright
Copyright 2015 by Lisa Cartwright - All rights reserved.
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Prologue
Mia Madison was standing in shock outside Xander Will’s office. She had come over to ask if he wanted to be out for a quick lunch, even though they had said they would avoid each other at work.
She couldn’t get the memories of the last few days out of her head, the way that he had kissed her, touched her. But now, there was another woman sitting across from his desk, and that woman was most definitely Lillian Davis, who had secretly employed Mia to get revenge on Xander after he broke up with her. However, things hadn’t exactly gone according to plan.
Before Mia could decide whether to knock and figure out what was going on, or to just leave, the door opened, and both Xander and Lillian walked out, looking surprised to see her.
***
Chapter 1
“Lillian,” Xander said, with a slightly confused expression still on his face. “This is Sarah Shaw. She’s Jayden’s new secretary.”
“Oh! It’s sooo lovely to meet you,” Lillian said, with an air of overdone friendliness. She offered her hand out to Mia for a handshake. “I’m Lillian Davis, a friend of Xander’s. Are you enjoying working at Will Golden?”
“Yes, it’s proving to be quite enjoyable,” Mia replied.
“Glad to hear it. I hope everything works out well for you. Unfortunately, I’m late for a lunch, but I hope I’ll run into you again soon, and we can get to know each other better.” Lillian winked at Mia and started to walk away.
“It was nice to meet you!” Mia said with a wave.
As soon as Lillian was safely outside of the building, Xander grabbed Mia’s wrist and pulled her back into his office, locking the door behind him. He kissed Mia passionately, running one hand through her long blonde hair and slowly caressing her curves with the other one.
“I know it’s only been a few hours, but I’ve missed you,” he said. “I can’t get the last few days out of my mind.”
But Mia wasn’t as responsive as he had expected. She was kissing him back, but it felt like she was just going through the motions.
“What’s going on with you?” he demanded. “Just a few hours ago we were fine. Tell me what’s on your mind.”
Mia shook her head. “It’s nothing, really,” she said.
Seeing Lillian there had really shaken her up. How was she supposed to be with Xander, and work at Will Golden for that matter, if she was keeping this secret?
“Are you jealous of Lillian?” he asked. “It’s really nothing. I’ll admit, she was the ex-girlfriend I had told you before, but you have absolutely nothing to worry about. We’ve been over for a long time. There’s no chance of me getting back with her, ever. We were just talking about some financial and business related matters, so we could really finalize the breakup.”
Although she was still feeling uncomfortable from her encounter with Lillian, Mia couldn’t help but smile at how hard Xander was trying to convince her of his innocence. It was rather charming, how much he cared.
“It’s okay, Xander, I believe you, really. I was just thinking about everything for a minute. We still have to deal with the whole Jayden situation, remember?”
“Ahh, don’t worry about that now, gorgeous,” Xander said. “Why don’t I take you out to lunch? There’s a new five-star restaurant on the Upper East Side that I’m dying to try out, and there’s no one I’d rather dine with right now.”
“As much as I would love that, Xander, I think I’ll just grab a sandwich from the cafe across the street. I don’t think we should be seen together in public yet, right? I mean, we don’t want to cause a scandal or anything.”
Xander sighed. “I guess you’re right,” he said. “But you’ll have to make it up to me later.” He gave her a quick little kiss on the lips and opened the door. “Enjoy your lunch, baby.”
***
Chapter 2
Mia returned from lunch and went to set her coffee down on her desk outside Jayden’s office. She was still feeling rattled by her encounter with Lillian earlier in the day. It was incredibly unexpected, and now she was worried about how she would handle her false identity problem.
How would she explain the situation to Xander? He was going to be so angry, for sure. And what if Lillian found out th
at she and Xander were together? Then Lillian would be mad at her too, and the last thing she needed were these two rich, powerful people on her bad side. And she still had to break up with Jayden… Just thinking about all of it was enough to give her a headache.
As she was walking to her desk, she passed a glass walled conference room. Xander was standing at the head of a table, giving a presentation of some sort to a group of men in black suits. This was when Mia found Xander the most appealing, when he was really in his element, charming his way into a deal with a group of soulless, power hungry Wall Streeters. She caught his eye as she was moving past the window, and he gave her an irresistibly sexy smirk. Mia instantly started to feel calmer. Things would work themselves out. She just had to give it some time.
When she reached Jayden’s office, she was surprised to find a man sitting in the chair across from the desk. He was tall and dark haired, with an intense, almost cold face. He was wearing a gray suit that had to have cost him upwards of five thousand dollars.
“Hello,” he said, standing up to shake Mia’s hand. “My name is Robert Jackson. I am a Business Executive Developer for Greene Valley Holdings.”
Mia didn’t know much about the business side of Will Golden Corporation yet, but she recognized Greene Valley Holdings as the name of Xander’s biggest business rival.
“What is this guy up to?” she thought. “I can’t imagine he’s here for anything good.”
“If you’re here to see my boss, Jayden Steele, he’s out of town on business for the rest of the week, unfortunately,” said Mia. “He’s actually not even in the country right now, so it’s going to be difficult to get a hold of him until he gets back.”
“Actually,” Robert said, coldly, “I’m here to talk to you, Mia.”
Mia’s blood ran cold, and her heart starting beating at triple its normal rate. How did this man know her real name?
“Oh, I know everything,” Xander said with an evil grin. “I know you’re Jayden Steele’s girlfriend, not his secretary. And I also know that you’re cheating on him with Alexander Will. Which is wonderfully convenient for me, because I need you to get both of them to do something. You see, there’s this document, an agreement that Greene Valley Holdings has been trying to get Will Golden to sign for years. They never do, because it would result in significantly decreased profit margins, and probably the eventual downfall of the entire company. You’re going to get both Alexander and Jayden to sign it.”
“I… I can’t do that,” Mia stammered. “Why would I get them to sign a document that would bring down this entire company? I just can’t.”
“You can, and you will, because if you don’t, I’ll expose your whole scandalous life publicly. I don’t think either Jayden or Xander would be particularly happy, if they learned that their precious Sarah Shaw was actually a detective named Mia Madison, would they? And on top of it, just in case you develop a conscience about the whole thing, I will pay you two hundred fifty thousand dollars to stay quiet.”
Two hundred fifty thousand dollars!? That was triple what Lillian was paying her for this silly revenge plot. Mia had no idea what she would even do with that amount of money.
Just then, Xander walked into the office, a confused look on his face. Why was Robert here? He was always up to something conniving. Mia looked absolutely terrified.
“Robert,” he said. “It’s nice to see you again. What brings you in today?”
“Oh, I was looking for Jayden, but apparently he’s abroad. So I was just having a little chat with… Sarah here. I’ll be on my way out soon. It’s nice to see you, Alexander.”
Robert stood up to leave, and Mia exhaled deeply. He might have been the most terrifying man she had ever met, and she was extremely relieved to see him go, even though she had a sneaky feeling that he would be back, and he would continue to make her life a living hell until he got what he wanted.
Xander could see that whatever Robert had been saying had traumatized her, but he didn’t want to stress her out more by talking about it right now. He decided that he would ask her later, when they were out of the office and in a more private situation.
“So, Sarah, uhhh, Jayden’s clients are having an emergency meeting at that new five-star restaurant on the Upper East Side. I’m going to need you to come with me, since Jayden isn’t here,” he said with a wink. However, there were several people directly outside the office who could hear him. Mia had no choice but to go.
Once they were safely in the elevator, Mia grabbed Xander’s hand and gave it a quick squeeze. “Well played, Xander,” she whispered. She could not have been more grateful that he had walked into the office when he had, before Robert had gotten her to really do anything damaging.
***
Chapter 3
They sat quietly in the car on the way to the hotel. On top of everything she had been stressing about before, she now had to worry about the situation with Robert Jackson. How would she find her way out of this? She would have to come up with a plan sooner.
Xander was silent, and he seemed quite tense. Mia wondered how much of her conversation with Robert he had heard. He would be livid if he found out about any of it. I should have just said no when Lillian asked me to take this job, Mia thought. Then I’d probably be at home right now, watching Netflix and waiting desperately for someone to email me with a new case.
They arrived at the restaurant, which was on the first floor of one of the city’s most respected hotels.
“Alexander Will, reservation for two, please,” Xander said to the host.
They were lead through the dining room, which was elegantly decorated in rich burgundy colors, and featured a live string quartet playing softly in the corner. They were taken through a door at the back, which lead to an intimate private dining room. Mia was surprised at the lengths Xander had gone to get her alone.
“I hope this is sufficient, sir,” said the host.
“It’s exactly what I wanted,” Xander said, handing him a hundred bill.
“A server will be back in a few minutes to take your orders.”
They sat down at the table and began to peruse their menus.
“Why were you talking to Robert?” Xander asked angrily. “That man is always up to something. Was he flirting with you? Be honest with me.”
“He wasn’t flirting with me, I swear,” Mia said, a tremor of nervousness in her voice. “He… he wanted to talk about this business deal with Jayden. It’s not a big deal, really.”
Xander looked at her, concern and worry in his eyes. He reached across the table and took her hand, making small circles on her palm with his thumb. Mia started to relax. “Please tell me what’s going on, Sarah. I can tell that you’re worrying about something, you’re not looking your best. Whatever it is, I can handle it. I don’t want you bottling all of this up.”
“I really don’t know much,” Mia said. “It’s something to do with a contract Robert wants Jayden to sign. He didn’t give me too many details.”
“Ahh, I see,” Xander said. “You don’t need to worry about this, Sarah. A few months ago, Robert came to Jayden, asking him to sign a deal that would bring the whole company down. He wanted to bribe him with a very large sum of money. Luckily, Jayden came to me afterwards, and told me what was going on. We decided he would keep meeting with Robert to placate him, so he doesn’t go off and do anything aggressive or damaging. Jayden’s been stalling on signing the deal for months. It’s not going to happen. We have it under control.”
Mia forced herself to smile. “Okay,” she said. “I’m sorry I’m not myself right now. Robert’s quite intimidating. He just really threw me for a loop, that’s all.”
“I know he’s horrible to deal with, but just don’t let him treat you like that, alright? He’s not your problem, he’s ours.”
“I know. He really just wanted to talk to Jayden anyway, I don’t know why he was even bothering me. Let’s not worry about it. I want to enjoy our time together,” Mia said, trying to d
ivert the subject.
“Speaking of,” Xander said with a flirtatious smile. “I booked us the luxury penthouse suite for tonight.”
***
Chapter 4
Mia was in awe when she saw the suite Xander had booked. It had a bedroom, a living area with a fully equipped entertainment system, a bathroom with a spa area, and a kitchen with a fully stocked bar.
“Let’s forget about work for the night,” she said. “Tonight’s going to be about us.”
She grabbed Xander’s hand and pulled him into the bedroom. She pushed him down on the bed and straddled him. She kissed him and started to work on undoing the buttons of his shirt, and he slowly pulled the zipper down on the back of her dress.
“I have a better idea,” Xander said. “Why don’t we take full advantage of this gorgeous spa bathroom. It’s been a long day, I think we could both use a shower.”
Mia stood up, taking her dress off completely in the process. “I would love to be with you in the shower,” she uttered seductively.
Giggling like teenagers, they went into the bathroom and turned on the shower, which was a soothingly warm temperature. As the water started to drip down their backs, Xander ran his hands across Mia’s breasts, down to her stomach, and finally between in her legs.
He slowly moved his fingers inside of her, making her moan with pleasure.
“Sarah,” he whispered provocatively. “You are one beautiful masterpiece,” he said, gazing at her with full desire lurking his face.
Mia, kissed him eagerly upon hearing his words. All of the stress of the day finally started to melt away. This was what she really needed – an escape.
Voluntarily, she spreads her legs wider, so he can have an easier access. Xander’s expression was darker now, thirsty, and longing. He continues to torture her body with his kisses and fingers, and when he was sure that she’s ready, he whispered to her closely, and in a pleading manner.
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