Versailles Series Book 9: The Lawyer [COMPLETED]

CHAPTER 34

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I opened my eyes when I felt Zeus' weight on top of my body. It's probably late in the morning again. I don't remember what time I slept because I was reviewing the acquisition reports that I'll be presenting to my father and twin when they come in a few weeks.

I would have flown to Switzerland and introduced Hera to my father until I heard from Damon that she was preparing for an important case she'd been working on for months. It's a high-visibility lawsuit that's why they are all-hands-on-deck as Damon said. I didn't want to derail her from that.

Both of us have been spending so much time together that we forgot how our work slaved us before. Sometimes we just go on dinners to talk about how each other's day went and we won't even notice that we have been sitting for hours. The sleepover never happened again. It wasn't a fail or anything but I think the more we do it, the more it might just complicate the setup. After all, we're not are normal couple who are in love and clingy to each other, especially during those nights, when we don't even talk about our arrangement. We always have to keep in mind that we are just two strangers who need something from each other, no emotions involved. On that note, I haven't seen Hera for almost two weeks now.

"Fuck." I said when I saw my face in the mirror. Dark circles are starting to form beneath my eyes, evidence of the sleepless nights I had. If I'm lucky enough to even shut my eyes, the sleep wasn't even restful.

I walked Zeus for an hour, shorter than usual because my body just felt so weak and I felt so sleepy. I used to smile at everybody, especially women who we pass by but since I went out with Hera, I realised that I don't really feel genuine joy like I used to believe before. By the time I got hold of my phone, a smile crept on my lips.

Morning, love. Hope you slept well. 😘😘😘

I would say that she is a good student. Ever since I told her to send me cute and sweet messages like a normal girlfriend would to her boyfriend, she never faltered. I don't want to think more about that because emotions aren't included in our arrangement. It's just that sometimes, I tend to forget that I told Hera to do that and it's not something she wanted to do on her own.

Morning, Hot-torney. I did. I lied. Even with our setup, I don't want to worry her or open up opportunities for her to ask me questions I'm not ready to answer.

Date night tonight?

We made it a routine to have dates every Friday except for the past weeks when our work seemed to miss us so. Sometimes, I admit that I look forward to Fridays, not because the weekend follows after it but because I will be spending time with Hera. She has been a sweet girlfriend through texts although, in person, she still needs to improve on being sweet. I still see fragments of the cold woman I met months ago who stood in line for the elevators but compared to now, she is so far from the emotionless woman she was before. I also know more about her now than most people don't.

Wouldn't miss it for the world.

See you in the lobby? Same time?

Let's go an hour earlier. We'll go grocery shopping.

Do I have to join you?

A sweet girlfriend would.

Okay. See you then. I can already imagine her snort or her eyes rolling. I thought women enjoyed grocery shopping. Maybe not. Hera seems to always prove otherwise.

I dragged myself to work that day each hour feeling like ten hours. I even forgot to eat the lunch Hilda dropped off in my office. I only had the caramel macchiato she got for me. I was reading a report when someone knocked on my door. Thinking it was Hilda, I let her come in while my eyes were still trained on the monitor as I read through the document.