“Fine.”
She was still pouting a few minutes later when Phineas and Beni came into the space, both pausing to place kisses on her mouth.
“I love this for you!” Suki exclaimed excitedly. “All the kisses for Juni.”
“Glad you like it, Suki but do you remember what you asked me before I tucked you in last night and you passed out?” Beni tugged her ponytail as he reached into the fridge and pulled out a carton of eggs and passed them to Phineas.
“No.” she frowned. “I don’t remember much after you making me change into my night gown while you kept your back turned. I slept in it backwards by the way.”
“Yeah, not my problem but you asked me to all Frank and set tonight. You have a date tonight at six. You
?? up dinner for told him to take you to his favorite restaurant, one he would cat at alone if he was hungry, so you could see who he really is and not who he pretends to be.”
“Oh shit,” Suki made wide eyes at Juniper, “now I remember why my head hurts so bad. I was making bad decisions before bed.”
Juniper giggled from her perch as Suki flung herself into a chair.
“I’m back,” Adil called out entering the space with a woman who was carrying a bunch of bags and Adil was carrying one little crate.
“What the fuck did you do?” Phineas questioned furiously. “Tell me you did not.”
“I did!” Adil grinned.
Her eyes were trained on Veronica who was stunningly beautiful, and they barely moved to look at Adil. “What?”
“Veronica, say hi to my girl Juniper.”
“Whatever you’re thinking, don’t. My mother and his mother are cousins.” She shoved Adil, “idiot. You could simply tell her we’re related. She just got cheated on. She needs reassurance not testing.”
“I like her,” Suki said with a grin. “What’s in the crate?”
A tiny meow came from the crate and Juniper slipped off the counter, her eyes watering as she realized what Adil had done.
“You bought her a cat?” Beni choked out.
“Suki, he brought me a cat.” Juniper wiped the tears off her checks as she knelt in front of the crate and stuck her fingers into the cage. She looked up at Adil and sniffed, “thank you. I love him.”
Phineas gave a wicked smirk, “as part of his gift, Adil promised you to ever to do the cat box for you every day. No need for touch litter in your life.”
As Adil groaned and everyone else laughed, Juniper decided this day was starting off to be the best one she’d ever had. Thinking of their date planned for later, she couldn’t wait to see how it ended.
Juniper was kneeled in front of the crate, and she slowly pulled it out and then looked at Adil in shock. “How did you know?
Yesterday, your driver sent some photos to Phineas. I asked Veronica to go to the café and find out all the details about your favorite kitty. We arranged for you to have her.”
“She’s so pretty,” Juniper sniffed as she held the mewling kitten against her chin. “I love her so much.” A sob bubbled out of her chest. “I always wanted a kitten when I was a little girl.” She looked at Suki, “Suki, I have a kitten!”
“That’s the one I scared off about six times yesterday and she kept coming back to get on your lap.” Suki smiled at her. She shoved Adil playfully, “this is cule.”
“I’m good, right?”
“You won me over,” Suki smiled at him.
Phineas’ cell phone ringing interrupted the conversation, and he smiled, “it’s likely my PA bringing my suit from my condo.” He lifted his phone and shrugged, “or it’s my mom.” He answered the phone, “hey Mom. What’s up?”
“Where are you?”
“At Juniper’s condo. We took her dancing last night and she and
Suki got pretty drunk, so we stayed with her. Why?”
“Maeve and I are on our way to see Juniper. Juniper wasn’t answering Maeve’s call, but she’s been getting some very abusive calls from Kyst and his mother since late last night. Maeve is worried about Juniper.”
Phineas’ face set in a hard mask of rage, “I need you to say that again, Mom because I think I heard you say Maeve has been getting abusive calls from Kyst and his mother.”
“It’s exactly what I said. Maeve is really upset.”
“Juniper’s phone is likely still in her bag from last night and might be dead. I’ll meet you downstairs. Let me know when you’re close.”
“We’re about three minutes out.”
“I’ll head down now.” He paused as a text came through, “my PA Janice is arriving now too with a change of clothing for me. See you in a couple of minutes.” He ended the call and then moved to squat next to Juniper, “look at me.” He wiped a tear off her check, “it’s going to be okay, sweetheart. I can see the worry and the anger on your face, and I want you to trust us. We’re going to handle this.”
“I wasn’t ready to tell my mother or yours for that matter we all shared a bed last night.” She said quietly.
“Well, we’re not getting much of a choice, but this is the least of my concerns. Do you want to know a secret, Juniper?”
“What?”
“I’m the world’s biggest mama’s boy and Beni and Adil are very close seconds. Our mothers could watch us murder someone right in front of them and they would defend us to the death. I swear, there is nothing my mother or their mothers would hear from our lips which would make them so angry or upset with us they’d not find a way to support us.” He kissed her forehead, “and your mama is exactly the same.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.