Love Nouveau by B.L. Berry

Author:B.L. Berry [Berry, B.L.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Love Nouveau
Publisher: B.L. Berry
Published: 2014-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

THE NEXT DAY MY OFFER letter from Gallery 545 arrives, at least I think it arrived earlier that day. My parents left it on the console table in the foyer in a stack of junk mail and never said a word about it to me, so for all I know it could have been sitting here all week.

They simply are the epitome of thoughtfulness.

I sit down on the stairs and rip it open in lackluster fashion. Don’t get me wrong, I’m truly excited for the opportunity, but as I scan the words on the pages I’m unable to process anything it says. My mind is too absorbed with the pain that Phoenix is deflecting. My soul aches to comfort him.

Estranged or not, his father and his uncle are Phoenix’s only living relatives. And I know on some level it will be painful to lose him. Even through hate, we still find comfort knowing someone is there just in case we ever need them. I just hope that Phoenix is able to push his pride aside and pick up the phone to connect with him before it’s too late.

When the front door slams abruptly, I nearly jump out of my skin.

“What?” Genevieve barks at me, her arms overflowing with Louis Vuitton, Neiman Marcus, and Barney’s shopping bags. “Don’t just stand there, Ivy.” My name is sour off her tongue and she rolls her eyes in disgust. “Help me carry my stuff upstairs.”

I look at her briefly before returning my eyes to the paper that details my future. Sighing, I fold it a few times before stuffing it in my pocket and reach out to take part of Genevieve’s load. The offer isn’t going anywhere and I am certainly not in the right mindset to dive into my New York plans just yet, especially when part of me yearns to stay here knowing that Phoenix is coming for several weeks.

“What is all this stuff?” I ask, not really wanting to know the answer.

“Most of these are clothes for my honeymoon. CJ and I are headed to the Intercontinental resort in Bora Bora for a week before chartering a yacht to Tahiti the second week.”

“Oh, that’ll be nice,” I say, feigning excitement for her. Mostly, I think I’m looking forward to her becoming someone else’s problem day in and day out, though I doubt she’ll ever stop trying to boss me around.

“Yeah, it will be. Mom and Daddy are giving us our dream honeymoon as a wedding gift.”

I struggle to keep my jaw shut though their grand gesture really shouldn’t surprise me at all.

“So about this weekend,” Genevieve begins, “I need you to get to the hotel early to set everything up for my bachelorette party. I’ve already taken care of just about everything since I know exactly how I want things. I just need you to actually step up and execute.”

Read as I don’t want to lift a finger and it will be much easier to just make you do my bitch work.

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