CHAPTER 702. IN MY NEXT LIFE. Consequences“You’re crazy! Or rather: you’ve swallowed a truckload of crazy if you ever thought I would actually go after that woman to have her come take more pictures of me!” Peter exclaimed with such determination that his aunt Andrea, his honorary agent, stood there with her finger raised, a look of confusion on her face mixed with something resembling an epiphany.“Well... I never said ‘go after’,” she replied. “And I’m pretty sure I never said anything about the photographer coming to take more pictures. But now that you mention it...”“No, no, Aunt, no! I said no!” Peter grumbled, backing away when suddenly, a loud slam of the door blocked his escape from the office.“Sweetheart, she’s not asking you nicely, she’s telling you,” another female voice said, and it made Peter's stomach drop.“M-mom...!”“I’m not even going to ask why the hell you skipped a championship,” Noemí said, locking eyes with him. “And let’s just say I have enough faith in my
CHAPTER 703. IN MY NEXT LIFE. A Tour of Your Favorite ThingsIt was the most absurd thing in the world, and yet Peter couldn’t explain what he felt just by seeing her again, as if two years had passed, not just a few days, since the last time.He swallowed and frowned because he had certainly expected some photo session or something like that, but the definition of “your shadow” was something he already knew since his aunt had tried to impose it on him before.“No, no, no, no, no, no!” he declared, approaching them. “I’ll do a regular photo session, but I’m not going to have a bodyguard behind me all the time...”The next thing that was heard was a slap to the back of his neck, and Peter gritted his teeth, glancing sideways at his mother.“I think you learned how to greet people when you were about three years old. Any reason you’ve lost your memory?”Peter took a deep breath and reached out to shake Kim’s hand, but damn it, just grazing her hand made something inside him shoot back t
CHAPTER 704. IN MY NEXT LIFE. Define "This"There was something undeniable: being Peter Ferguson’s shadow had its fun and dangerous side. Most of the things he liked were fast, thrilling, and risky, but if Kim had dared to climb Skatgan Peak with him, then she had to dare to do everything else.The next morning, very early, she found him at one of the few racetracks in Zurich, with his helmet, leather jacket, and that damned motorcycle that looked like it was straight out of hell. However, the worst part was how sexy he looked on it.She’d only had to say “motorcycle day,” and a professional stylist had come up with at least four approved outfits for him to wear. Kim took advantage of every one of his movements while he simply enjoyed riding that bike on a specialized circuit.The camera didn’t stop, and the best smile she managed to capture was when he took off his helmet to ask her if her finger on the shutter button had stopped.“If you were masturbating, you’d have orgasms every t
CHAPTER 705. IN MY NEXT LIFE. Isn’t it Enough?Was she capable of saying it?Was she even capable of putting it into words?Her heart was beating harder than the engine between her legs, and it wasn’t exactly because of the adrenaline from the race, but because Peter’s arms around her made her remember the thousand and one moments they’d been pressed together in that cabin at Skatgan Peak.And as if that weren’t enough, he ended up wrapping his arms around her abdomen and pulling her even closer to his body.“Peter…”“I asked you a question. Actually, I just gave you an order. Define ‘this.’ Is ‘this’ getting on the damn motorcycle, or is ‘this’ being like this with me?”She couldn’t even deny it. That woman gave him a fever; she made his blood boil in a way he couldn’t understand. But whereas before he had the freedom of ignorance, now that he knew she was married, he couldn’t say the same. And still, he felt his whole body vibrating as he moved his lips closer to her ear.“I just wa
CHAPTER 706. IN MY NEXT LIFE. Prisoner“Let go of me, Percy. Stop, let go of me!” Kim tried to free herself because she knew that every second those fingers stayed pressed against her face, the mark on her skin would get even deeper and longer.“I can’t believe you did that, Kim!” her husband roared. “Are you really sleeping with someone?! Are you fucking cheating on me?”“Enough!” she shouted, and a second later Percy let go of her with a more violent gesture than he intended. He knew he wasn’t a man who let the worst side of himself take over, but he’d made all kinds of concessions with his wife recently, and he couldn’t understand why this was how Kim was paying him back.“I just want the divorce,” she whispered, rubbing her face.“Yeah!? And who’s going to take care of you then!? Have you even thought about that?”“I’ll take care of myself!” she exclaimed, tears filling her eyes. “I’ll take care of myself!”But to her surprise, the answer was simple and definitive.“No. You’re not
CHAPTER 1. More than one way to break a heart**JANUARY SEATTLE**"How could you do this?!" Zack Keller's furious roar stopped his girlfriend right at the door as soon as he saw her arrive.Giselle saw a piece of paper in his hand and had no idea what he was talking about, but she had never seen him so upset as he was at that moment."I don't know what you're talking about...""Of course you do! You aborted my child! You lost it on purpose!" he accused her angrily. "Did you at least have the damn intention of telling me anything?!"The woman in front of him turned pale."How... how do you know...?"Zack threw the paper in her direction and looked at her with disappointment."Do you forget you're on my company's health insurance?" he spat, approaching her. "As soon as your last name appeared in the payment records, they notified me. Imagine my joy when I found out the insurance had paid for a pregnancy test and then for an ultrasound!"Giselle stepped away from him, her face red with e
CHAPTER 2. Something is Very Wrong...**NOVEMBER. VANCOUVER**"Andrea! To my office! Now!"The shout from her boss, a middle manager at SportUnike, made her jump in her seat, anxious because she knew he was in a very bad mood that day."Is this a damn joke?" he growled, throwing a folder of documents at her face. "I clearly told you I needed the budget reports for the water sports division from last month!"Andrea's eyes widened."But... Mr. Trembley... I'm sure you said you wanted this month's reports...""Don't argue with me, you useless idiot!" her boss snapped. At fifty years old, Peter Trembley was as unpleasant as his bulging belly, but Andrea had to endure him because she had barely managed to get a job as his assistant, and she and her daughter depended on it to survive. "Don't you realize what's happening? SportUnike is gone! A Swiss bastard bought it, and now we'll just be a part of his company! Do you know what that means?"Andrea knew. The arrival of a new owner had create
CHAPTER 3. A Possible AllyBut if Zack thought something was wrong with the company, his instincts went on high alert when he went down to the parking lot and saw the woman leaning against one of the walls. She was trying to change from high heels to low sneakers, but her hands were shaking.He was tempted to go talk to her, but something in him still resisted getting involved in other people's problems. He had a new company to run; if he wanted Andrea to feel better, he just had to fix his company, not the woman's personal life.Finally, he saw her adjust her coat and step out into the cold street.He watched from a distance and saw she didn't take a taxi or a bus, so she probably lived nearby. He had no idea how wrong he was because Andrea didn't live remotely close; she simply couldn't afford any form of transportation.For forty minutes, the young woman walked through the cold of a Canadian winter, and by the time she finally reached her building, it was almost dark."Good evening