The Millionaire's Mistress (MESMERIZED BOOK ONE)

#TheMillionaire'sOneBigHappyFamily.

#TheMillionaire'sOneBigHappyFamily.

When I woke up the next morning, Austin was back in the bed soundly sleeping facing away from me. I was hella bored but I didn't feel like getting out of bed just yet, so I reached over and grabbed his tablet off the nightstand, headphones coming along with it already plugged in. I unlocked it by drawing the pattern and a webpage came up instantly.

It was one of those stupid Hollywood Life gossip sites. I liked watching the stuff, hated reading it though. I hated this website in general. The 'reporters' were total pricks who more often than not had the whole story wrong. To be honest, I was a little amazed that this is what he was looking at.

The title of the article left me speechless and strangely wanting to read more. It said "Silvia Starling explains why she chose 'I Can's Stop Drinking About You' as the song she sang at the yearly Cover Awards."

I really liked that song and whether or not I liked her, Silvia's voice was totally amazing so some weird part of me really wanted to hear what she was going to do with the song.

According to the author of the article, Silvia told an exclusive insider that she misses Austin and has to drink to get him off her mind.

Interestingly enough, she didn't strike me as a drinker. Sure she was a lot of bad things, but I couldn't see her being an alcoholic. She did like Austin though and I will defend her for that. Her time was over now though.

Down at the very bottom there was a YouTube link to her talking about the song. I clicked on it and stuck the headphones into my ears. Silvia popped up on the screen, looking like she had just crawled offstage, her eyes were watery and her mascara was running down her cheeks. "Do you have anything to say to Austin Cruise?" The man behind the camera asked her.

"Um..." She choked back a genuine sob. "I miss him...a lot. We never really got along that well, but I will always cherish those small little moments we shared as a family," she straight out bawled. I was starting to feel bad for her.

"Do you have any hard feelings against his new girlfriend? They seem madly in love with each other."

Oh man. Here come the insults.

She shook her head, "Oh no, not at all. Violet's been my friend since our freshman year of high school. I don't want this to ruin us."

"What are you doing?" Austin's voice broke through the barricades of the supposedly soundproof headphones. Dr. Dre, you let me down. I looked up at him and he actually looked mad at me. Huh, he can hold a grudge.

I turned the tablet off and slid it back over to him and then sat up. I slid off the bed and headed for the door, "Silvia's a good actress."

I wasn't sure whether or not I believed a single word she had said.

Austin scoffed, "Why can't you be nice to her?"

"Like you are?" I stated, now a little angry at him myself, while exiting the room. Chloe just so happened to be walking down the stairs the same time as me.

"Hey, Violet!" She squeaked.

"Hi, Clo. Is Sienna still sleeping?"

She shook her head, "Nope. She's right there," Chloe pointed Sienna out on the couch, watching an old episode of Zoe 101 on tv.

"You guys wanna help me make food."

Sienna jumped up and followed Chloe and I into the kitchen. "Can we have pancakes?" Sienna asked while walking into the pantry.

"Yeah."

She walked back out and handed me the big bag of pancake mix. Chloe got out a mixing bowl and then we started to make breakfast.

"Ooh, can I flip one?" Sienna asked just as I poured the batter onto the griddle. "Daddy!" I turned to the side just to see Austin walking across the living room and soon all the way out the front door. "What's wrong with him?"

"Who cares, he's a loser," I mumbled.

"Nuh uh," Sienna sang while exiting the kitchen in a skipping manner.

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It seems like the hours just flew by today. After breakfast Chloe, Sienna and I just went to watch tv and we haven't moved a muscle since. It was almost time to start dinner!

Oh yeah, and Austin's still gone, but I honestly didn't care.

"Can we watch the celebrity news?" Sienna asked. She liked watching that almost as much as I did. I knew Chloe didn't mind too much either so I changed the channel.

"Welcome back to Celebrity Wire where tonight we will be filling you in on everything juicy you missed at tonight's Grammy Awards," the hostess Angelique Post said. "Tonight was the night where couples both new and old stepped out onto the red carpet to have their love displayed to the nation. Old couples include Sophia Benson and hot producer fiancé Damon Porter..." She kept going and going. "And this couple could be classified as either new or old, you decide. Silvia Starling was spotted walking the red carpet with ex-husband Austin Cruise. Oh and our reporters even caught a glimpse at what could be a rekindled relationship," a picture of Silvia kissing Austin's cheek flashed onto the screen. "If that's not love, guys, I don't know what is. #TheMillionaire'sOneBigHappyFamily."

"What!?" Chloe and Sienna snapped angrily after hearing that. I would've joined in on it too had it not been for the insane amount of pressure on my chest. The fact that Silvia kissed him wasn't even the part that pissed me off, it's the part where Austin actually looked happy about it that had me questioning all of my latest decisions.

"I'm sorry, Violet," Sienna looked at me with those sad brown eyes. "That wasn't very nice of dad."

Chloe shook her head along with Sienna in agreement. "It's ok if you cry," she said, "We understand."

Did they?

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I zipped my suitcase up before walking down the stairs to once again be with Sienna and Chloe in the living room.

"Why do you have to go?" Chloe whined, her eyes lined with water. Sienna didn't look at me but I knew she was fighting tears back as well.

I didn't want to tell her what I really thought about her dad so I just kept the answer as simple as, "I just need a break for a while."

"Can I tell Sienna now?" She whispered, "About the baby?"

"Yeah, just wait until after I'm gone."

The front door went swinging open and Austin came walking in, a smug smile on his face. It seemed victorious actually, almost as if he knew he had succeeded in making me feel like a total waste of his time.

I dragged my suitcase over to the front door, passing him a little bit and making sure I was outside before turning around to face him. I wanted him to say something first.

"Where are you going?" Now he played the fool and acted as if he didn't know his whole life was broadcasted on national television for all...including me to see.

"I'm not staying here anymore...with you," I spat the words.

He walked outside and closed the door, most likely so the girls couldn't hear, "And where exactly are you going to go?"

"I don't think it makes sense to tell the exact person I'm running from, where I'm going to go."

"Where-"

"I'm pregnant," I said before turning away and walking down the cobblestone path.

I heard a shocked what in the background as I walked away.