"Casadei or Louboutins?" Mallory stepped into Noelle's bedroom with two pair of heels.
"Casadei" Noelle pointed with the chapstick she had in her hand. Mallory took a seat on Noelle's bed to put on her heels.
"Are you wearing illuminator? Your skin looks nice" Noelle asked as she grabbed her phone from her nightstand and put it into her bag. "It's the morning after glow" Mallory smiled.
Noelle turned to look at her and raised her brow, "it finally happened?" Noelle asked.
"Yes. He rented a bar rooftop just for us two and when we were leaving some guy from the paparazzi grabbed my bum and he got angry. It was great to see him defend me and when we got to my apartment it happened and he stayed over" Mallory smiled.
"That's cute. Did he fight?" Noelle asked. "Yeah, he pushed and punched the guy now he's waiting for a restraining order which is dumb because they're the ones following him" Mallory said.
"It gets annoying having them follow you around. Yesterday I got dropped off at the front door of the company and they started pushing which ended up in one of them falling" Noelle said.
"I have to head to the office and before I do I think there's something that'll interest you." Noelle said making Mallory look at her. "Your father wants to begin working on the lands that I believe belonged to Ezekiels family and there's nothing I can stop him from doing on that land but yesterday I got documents from his secretary that he wanted me to sign. I of course took the time to read them and I didn't sign because if I had I would have approved the funds to buy the materials for the wind propellers."
"Which is why they used the magazine as an excuse to put you on the spot in front of grandpa" Mallory responded. "I believe so. Grandpa suggested that I'd have a lawyer to look things up for me or simply to have him on speed dial for any emergency and so I did. I'm trying to help Nick but I mentioned Zeke and if I can get your father to put Ezekiels property under the company's name I can possibly give him back his lands" Noelle said.
Mallory smiled because she was genuinely happy that Zeke had a possibility of getting his lands back, "please help him" Mallory said to Noelle.
"I'm trying, although it's not going to be easy because my uncle literally reads documents before signing them as well but I'll try. I have to go now" Noelle hugged Mallory before leaving.
Mallory left to her room happy and continued to do her hair but for once she didn't want to curl it she just wanted to have it straightened. She applied her usual amount of makeup and walked back to her closet to look for bracelets to wear.
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She walked towards the bean where she had agreed to meet up with Brooke. "Hey" Mallory greeted Brooke who got up from the bench she was sitting on.
"Hi, how are you" Brooke responded. Mallory saw the man sitting besides Brooke get up.
"Mallory this is my husband Austin Smith, Bellami's father" Brooke said.
"Nice to meet you" Austin stuck his hand out for Mallory to shake. "My pleasure" Mallory smiled and shook his hand.
"Would you two like a coffee?" Mallory asked. "That would be great" Brooke smiled and they began walking besides Mallory towards the cafe that was nearby.
When they were seated with their drinks Austin looked at the way Mallory dressed and grabbed the stuff around her. Very posh. He was now getting even more nervous to see Bellami who he yet hadn't met.
"People used to say Bellami looked a lot like my mother because of her eyes but now that I have you two here I can see she looks a lot like you" Mallory said to Austin.
"Do you think she'll want to see us?" Brooke asked Mallory. "No, you'll have to convince her fast so she won't slam the door on your face" Mallory said.
"She doesn't live with you and your parents?" Austin asked. Mallory shook her head no, "I kicked her out, as horrible as that sounds due to the fact she's your daughter I had my reasons. Now don't worry I didn't leave her out in the streets. My mother invested her money in luxurious real estate giving her and I more than eight places each to rent or sell" Mallory said. "She's living in her apartment that's not to far away from here, I'd say like four streets away" Mallory added.
"But she still visit your parents home?" Austin asked. "It's like she never left" Mallory smiled.
"Why are you helping us?" Brooke asked Mallory. "We're family right?" Mallory asked.
"But they're your parents" Brooke said.
"They are. They've also done terrible things that they've got away with. They need to learn their lesson and pay for the crimes they've committed" Mallory said before grabbing her cappuccino.
"I was able to get transferred here and will be the one to arrest them when it's time" Brooke looked at Mallory.
"I wish you the best of luck, truly. If you can get them behind bars make sure they don't get bail" Mallory said.
"Why?" Austin asked.
"We're billionaires, if they get a bail it'll be like paying a dollar for them to get out. You'll waist more on gasoline and time just to arrest them and have then taken to jail. No bail" Mallory said to Brooke.
"What's Bellami like?" Austin asked. "I'll answer that in a second what I've been curious is to what would you two have named her if none of this ever happened?"
"Rosaline" Brooke said. "Like my maternal grandmother?" Mallory asked.
Brooke nodded. "Her full name is Bellami Rose Kline. My mother wanted her middle name to be rose because it simply rhymed more with her first name. 'Rosa' wouldn't have been all that great and I was named Mallory laine for the 'line' in Rosaline. She basically played around with the names" Mallory said.
"It's the least she could've done" Brooke responded.
After speaking for a couple of minutes more Mallory wrote down Bellami's address and phone number for them before she stepped out of the cafe.
In the moment Mallory stepped out Ezekiel had just parked and turned off his car and saw Mallory from afar. He wanted to go after her but watched as she crossed the street and got into her car. When she drove away he got off his car and stepped into the cafe where he was now going to meet with Brooke to help her and her husband get Roman behind bars.
