A Home for Noelle by Haven Rose

Author:Haven Rose [Rose, Haven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Xavier

December 6th...

“No, I don’t want that car.” I hear Noelle practically scream in the background. Ungrateful wench. A car isn’t good enough for her, it has to be a different one? Wow. Just a few more months, then Drea will be away from her. And what if she isn’t? They are best friends, moron. “Yeah, yeah, shut up,” I mutter under my breath, realizing I’m arguing with myself. The damn woman is making me lose my mind, and it’s not just because it sounds as if she could give my dad’s latest a run for her money in the spoiled department. No, it’s her freaking voice.

I can’t get it out of my head. It follows me into my dreams, making me yearn for her when I wake alone, always alone. Because that’s the way I want it. I have no room nor patience for anyone except my sister. I’m like Scrooge, only I’m stingy with my heart and time as opposed to the other. Ahh, but at night, when I’m in bed, my imagination takes over and I don’t try to fight it, having learned after tossing and turning the first time until the sun rose in the sky that it was pointless to.

She’s in my blood, this need for her roaring through my veins. I made the mistake of checking Drea’s social media pages, something I never do, and there was this vision of standing beside her – black hair, matching eyes, beautiful hued skin hinting at a Mediterranean heritage. I’d looked at my reflection in the mirror after that, our differences not only societal and financial, but also age and experience. No, I didn’t lump our ancestry in with them because that has no bearing on anything. We are each who we’re meant to be, and what she is…She’s perfect…just not for me.

“Fuck,” I shout, drawing the attention of my assistant outside my door as she pokes her head in.

“Everything okay, sir?” Myra wants to know. She’s worked for me for years and mother hens all the employees. She’s at least two decades older than me, but I don’t have the courage to ask. I know I really can’t anyway, legally, if I remember correctly, but I’m also not ashamed to admit she terrifies me. And not much does. But this little woman with a finger that can poke through steel? Eyes that have a laser focus that rivals Superman? “I’ll order your lunch. You look hungry.” She’s also one of the sweetest people you’ll ever meet, and if I can say that, a man rumored to have been born without a heart? Well, you know it has to be true.

I don’t even attempt to dissuade her, fully aware there’s no point. Myra will do whatever she wants and do so gleefully. I swear I’ve heard her cackle. Okay, so I have a soft spot for Drea and her. Then again, she’s really the only mother figure I’ve ever known, despite the fact I didn’t meet her until I was an adult.

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