CHECKMATE OF DESIRE: A Dangerous Game Of Love In The Shadows

GRACE'S POV

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I only have one question for you, dear God!

Why did he choose me to wake up every morning with broken memories of past and ruin my beautiful sleep time? I rarely sleep without nightmares. Actually, I sleep with a nightmare next to me!

Well, I am a simple and well-organized girl who lives for herself and earns enough money from my bookstore. I make enough money to cover my expenses.

So, let us hurry and get ready for my store... My "Nosh And Novels" is the only store in Sicily that sells books by famous authors as well as those by aspiring authors. The aspiring authors bring their sample books and sell them to me for reading, after which I decide to stack them in my store/library for my lovelies. Flowers and coffee, in addition to books, help to make my store more well-known and recognizable.

The front door of the store had enough space for something large, such as a medium-sized table and two small tables, and now every morning, Mr.Park delivers fresh flowers and arranges them as I do because he believes that I, the little girl, have a lot on my plate, which is why he took on that work for me.

And coffee is something I require when reading books, and I am confident that other readers do as well. I added a small cafe at the corner with three round tables and two chairs each, and I suppose that concludes my store description!

Anyway, I am skipping my jog today because I woke up late, so all I have time to do is bathe, dress, and think about going to the store for breakfast.

I entered in my small bathroom, which was spacious and filled with my gels, body wash bottles, and hair wash bottles. I stick to one brand, and that's 'philosophy raspberry sorbet shower gel' I just can't resist it's scent! I took off my loose white top and shorts, stood getting chills on my whole body under a running cold shower, pumped once on my loofah, and scrubbed on my body, and the scent spread throughout my whole bathroom!

Ahhh! I am addicted to this smell, and I surely know that no one can compare this scent to any of the others!

I didn't waste any time and was ready after putting my white dress with frill in the end, which was above my knees. I rushed to my store, which was downstairs.

Yess! I rent the upper-floor apartment to make it convenient and ignore walking and travelling.

As I stood in front of the store, beautiful flowers caught my attention, so I sprayed some water to keep them fresh, unlocked the door, and walked inside with a smile, seeing my efforts in making it to where it is now!

Cream-colored painted walls and ceilings of pure black paint, a vintage brown chandelier in the middle, and many small lantern-shaped lights surrounding it, making the store bright and lively. In one corner near the huge window, the soft mat is laid with turquoise-colored cushions and small plants at the window railing, shining bright green with the sunrays. On the left side of the entrance, there are cabinets stocked with coffee and all the other ingredients of our menu, and some of them are covered with a black board on which our menu is written in white paint. Now coming to books! They are all placed on black-colored three big book shelves and 4 medium shelves hanging on the walls. On one of the shelves there is a 'Blind Date with Book' shelf in which all the books are covered with brown paper and their genres, tone, trope, etc. are written so the readers can find themselves with a mystery book for the next read.