Emily’s Dilemma: Seduced by Billionaire Brothers

Emily stared at the guy who walked into the elevator with tears in her eyes but he seemed more amused than concerned but for some reason she didn’t feel embarrassed, she felt too heartbroken to feel embarrassed or even care but the guy kept his eyes on her and she looked back at him because he wouldn’t stop staring.

“What?” she said, getting annoyed that and hoping the elevator would move faster. He looked at her and offered a handkerchief “I mean you’re crying”Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“I’m fine” she said back to him “I don’t need that”

“Just take it, I don’t like seeing pretty girls cry especially when it’s over a guy” he said and Emily gave him a look

“What makes you think it’s over a guy?”

“It’s not even twelve pm yet and it clearly looks like you’re wearing yesterday’s clothes” the guy said and it was then Emily began to feel embarrassed, she took the handkerchief from him and said nothing. The elevator pinged and Emily was more than happy to get off but the doors didn’t slide open, it stayed stuck.

“What’s going on?” Emily said, suddenly hitting all the buttons frantically with a panicked look on her face when suddenly they heard a loud bang and the elevator shook violently and instinctively the guy reached out to her while she fell into his arms and it was dead silent for a second while they both tried to figure out what was going on.

She pulled herselfout of his arms immediately in and they stared at each other awkwardly.

“What’s going on??” Emily asked again attempting to keep hitting the buttons but he pulled her hands away

“Relax” he said “I’m sure it’s just a maintenance glitch, I’m sure it’ll be fixed soon”

“Maintenance glitch?” Emily repeated “That sounded like a bloody earthquake”

“You’re not going to start crying again, are you?” he asked and Emily rolled her eyes, stepping away from the door this time

“Do you live here?” she asked him and he nodded

“I just moved here from LA recently to be closer to my girlfriend but turns out she’s getting engaged”

“What!” Emily said shocked “That sucks, I mean are you okay?”

He shrugged in response and looked at her “I don’t know how to feel about it but then here I am telling a total stranger I met crying in an elevator about my life problems, life really comes at you fast”

“I’m sorry” Emily said not knowing what else to say and he waved her off.

“I’m Jesse,” he stretched his hands out to her

“Emily” she took it with a small smile playing at her lips while Jesse held unto her hands longer than he should but he let it go immediately and dipping his hands into his pockets

“I can’t believe she’s doing this to me, I have planned my life around her and then she turns around and decides to get engaged to someone else” Jesse said and Emily slowly realized the similarity between their conditions, Jackson was equally getting engaged.

“What do you want to do about it?” she asked him and he thought for a moment

“No idea” Jesse said “Her engagement party is tonight and-”

“And you want to make her jealous” Emily continued his statement and he turned to look at her with an idea entering his idea and he nodded continuously

“Absolutely” he said “I could crash the party but I need -” he stopped abruptly still looking at Emily with a hopeful look and she understood immediately and began shaking her head.

“Hell no” she said defiantly “I’m not going to help you make your ex jealous, I barely know vou”

“Come on” he drew closer to her “You’re perfect, we barely know each other and it’ll be a one time thing”

“Count me out” she moved away from him and proceeding to press the elevator buttons , hoping it’ll magically start working immediately but the door stayed shut unlike Jesse’s demand.

“Consider it as payment for my handkerchief” his eyes had a playful glint to it

“I could give you back”

“It has your snot all over it, so no. You have to help me. I’ll get you a dress and everything. I just need her to see that l’m not pining over her”

“But you are” Emily said

“But she doesn’t have to know that”

Emily looked at him, the possibilities running through her head. What could possibly go wrong? She needed the distraction, she needed to keep her mind away from Jackson and how he was equally getting engaged to someone too and totally keeping her in the dark.

She looked at Jesse who still had a hopeful look on his face with his baby doe eyes staring back at her and she smiled.

“Fine, I’ll do it” Emily said “But what’s in it for me?”

The elevator pinged just as Jesse shrugged

“Maybe we’ll figure it out or let’s just say, I owe you one”

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Later that night, Jackson sat in a fancy hotel room with his father seated before him waiting for Blair Lawrence to arrive, his eyes fixed angrily on his father’s face who seemed eerily calm and unconcerned at what he deemed to be a childish outburst, but still Jackson was dressed in a suit ready for the engagement party but first he needed to meet the billionaire heiress, Blair Lawrence .

When she walked into the room, she was everything Jackson imagined her to be. Poised and elegant, When she walked into the room, she was everything Jackson imagined her to be. Poised and elegant, back straight with sharp pointy eyes. Her hair was jet black and cascading in waves down her back, she stared straight at Jackson as she walked into the room, the air filling with her spicy perfume.

She walked in, one leg in front of the other and placed her self comfortably atop the table, halfleaning on it, with her dress having a split on the side that ran along her thigh exposing her smooth skin that Jackson fought not to stare at, he kept his eyes on her face.

“So you’re the Jackson Hatton” she spoke, her voice held a buttery tint to it “You’re more better looking than I expected you to be, I mean judging from the pictures that were shown to me”

“Oh so you got pictures and I got news headline” he shot his father a look before looking back at Blair and she smiled, but not a humorous one, Jackson found it hard to decipher. Blair turned to Mr. Hatton

“Could vou give us some privacy” she asked and waited till he had left the room then she turned back to Jackson, grabbing him by his tie and drawing him closer to her.

“Look here, Mr. ginger hair, I hate this just as much as you do but I need this, my company needs this and so does your company” she said but Jackson gently took her hands off him

“I don’t care what my company needs, I’m not getting engaged to you” he said with a finality to his tone that Blair was not ready to accept. Instead, she fished out a jewelry box from her diamond encased purse and dropped it on the table close to Jackson.

“We have to do this, you have to celebrate our engagement in front of all those people and smile for the cameras like the happy couple we’re going to pretend to be”

“You’re crazy” Jackson said, proceeding to get up from the chair but she pushed him back, and when he held her stare there was some desperation to it that confused him

“We have to do this” she said again “Or else my life, the life of my baby and the life of the father of my baby is in danger”

“What!!”

“I’m pregnant Jackson, and my father cannot find out!!”