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her red lips.
    Emily? Was she still outside? I ran to the window and just as I adjusted the curtain, I saw caught a small glimpse of her climbing into a black Toyota. It had never occurred to me to see if she was still outside and I kicked myself silently for being so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t think to check.
    I backed away from the window when the car was no longer in sight, bringing my hands to my head , when Charlette did something I hadn’t expected.
    “ À la fin! Enough! You cannot lose yourself over one little woman my dear Jules. This woman, whom ever she might be, you must forget about her!” she announced before walking up to me. She placed her hand on my shoulder, “I have never seen you like this and I must say this behavior would not please your father. It’s obvious that she has done something to you to make you behave like this but no one woman is worth…”
    “She is worth everything! The Julien Belmont I was before, I can never be again Charlette…”I murmured as I strode pas t her, retreating to my office and slamming the door shut behind me.
    I stayed in the office even after I heard her leave, calling Emily, texting her and trying to research all of the restaurants in California to find her, but I had no luck. Maybe Charlette was right, maybe I needed to let her go. Somehow this woman had made me come, undone and it scared me.

CHARLETTE
    Jules behavior regarding the American woman was shocking to say the least. Christopher, the investigator I’d hired to follow Jules for the past three years, called me last night to inform me of Jules’ newest conquest. Initially I wasn’t alarmed, but as morning came, he reported that woman hadn’t been sent away after their night together. Jules never allowed his mistresses to spend the night. So when this Emily woman hadn’t left, I decided to take a trip back to California to visit with Jules.
    She was nothing special! Just an average young girl who seemed t oo naïve to think that Julien could be interested in her for anything more than just a fling. I hadn’t expected for her to see my text to Jules but I couldn’t help but to enjoy the horrid look on her face as I drove up to Jules estate.
    For the past three years I have watched a variety of women rotate in and out of Julien’s bed and never has it lasted more than a few months. Surely this Emily woman would be just the same.
    I had to admit that Jules seemed a bit more interested in the briseuse de ménage , home wrecking whore. I wasn’t worried. Like the others, I would handle her and soon my plan would be in effect. All I had to do was track her down. It didn’t take long for me to find out who she was. I am Charlette Delacroix after all. There wasn’t anything in the world outside of my grasp.
    When I arrived at the address Christopher gave me, I wasn’t surprised. The apartment complex was as bland as her. The beige building was lost amongst a sea of similar complexes. The only thing that differed was the patterns of the cracked paint. Nothing about the place screamed the type of luxury that Jules and I were used to. Was she some kind of charity case?
    As I stood in front of her obviously run down door; I went over the speech I had prepared. If my plan was going to work, I needed to sound as convincing as possible. Emily would never be the wiser and Jules… well he wouldn’t know what hit him until it was too late!

Chapter Five
    “How 'bout a shot of truth in that denial cocktail.”
    ~ Jennifer Salaiz~
    EMILY
    The rest of my weekend was a blur. I spent most of it in bed, trying to convince myself that I could stay home forever but Monday morning came and I had to get to work , despite my body’s urges to hide.
    I had finally gotten around to checking my emails last night and realized that while I was at home depressed about the Frenchman, the universe was plotting other ways to make my life hell. Great! Why can’t a girl get a break!
    Staff:
    As you all know, Thomas has