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MATTERS OF THE HEART

[WARNING: MATURE CONTENT] "I don't care how long you will take.......I will wait" Luna Peyton is an innocent and naive girl. She is a new employee at Carter Corporations who catches the eye of her boss and CEO Ethan Carter. Ethan Carter is a cold man who closed the doors to his heart after being broken from a past relationship but the moment he lays his eyes on Luna Peyton, everything changes. Due to some circumstances, Luna travels to Blue City to make an interview on a famous celebrity Graham Cullen on behalf of her best friend and roommate, Bella Edwards. On laying her eyes on Graham Cullen, she falls in love with him immediately and loses her virginity to him despite his dangerous and flirtatious reputation for women. Will Ethan Carter let the one woman his heart opened to, be snatched away from him? Will Luna Peyton regret her decision of giving herself to a man she just met overnight? Will Graham Cullen change his ways for a woman? ____________________________________________ #Excerpt After making sure that she has lost them, she headed to the washroom to change out of the maids' outfit so as to fit in the ballroom. A while later, Luna came out of the washroom dressed. She was in a long spaghetti strap peach dress. It was backless which exposed the porcelain skin of her back. The dress had a long slit which ended at her mid thigh and with every step she took, her long legs came into view. She matched the dress with a pair of silver stilettos and a silver clutch. Her hair was tied into a messy bun leaving two strands falling on either sides of her small face. Her lips were painted with a deep shade of maroon lipstick giving her a nude look. Finally, her face was covered with a small silver shinny mask. She was a sight to drool. She slowly walked with confidence around the vast ballroom. She could tell how luxurious the ball was, not that she expected anything less from the Cullens. As she walked, her eyes were searching for only one particular person. She could see how she had started attracting unnecessary attention from both men and women. Men were clearly drooling while women were glaring at her jealously but she didn't care. She had a mission here. As she was still moving, her eyes caught sight of the person she has been looking for and she got rooted to the spot. He was leaning against a large pillar with both hands in his pockets looking down as if thinking about something and as if sensing a certain presence, he raised his head and saw a beautiful woman looking at him.

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Chapter 180 Epilogue 8 Avalon Island

"You shouldn't worry about anything on your trip Ciara. The kids will be fine with us. Just have fun," her mother told her and she nodded before kissing and promising them to come back soon. She left to find Vikram so that they could go on with their plans.

Reaching home, she found him placing their luggage in the car and he asked," Were they sad when you left?" "Not really," she said. "Okay let's go. Graham has just called me."

On reaching the airport, they found the four already waiting for them. "You took forever. Let's go right now I can't contain my excitement," Abigail said before going in the jet. When everyone was settled, they flew to Avalon Island for their vacation.

On landing, they found Ethan, Bella, Alex and his wife Gwen waiting for them. As soon the two best friends met, they clung onto each other because they missed themselves so much. They boarded a yacht which took them to the Avalon Island and throughout the whole journey, Bella was narrating a number of things to Luna and vice versa.

On reaching the Island, each couple had a cottage where they were to sleep for the two weeks of their vacation. "This place is so beautiful," Bella told Ethan as she organized their clothes in the wardrobe. "En. I'm glad you like it," he said as he typed on his phone. Bella on seeing this approached him and snatched his phone before saying," We agreed that there's nothing like work on this vacation." "I wasn't working. I was just giving my PA some instructions." "It's still related to work. Let's go get something to eat I'm so hungry," she said and they left to eat.

The five couples went to the restaurant and got their lunch. On the table, Bella winked at Luna before excusing herself to go to the washroom and later, Luna followed her.

"Are you serious?!" Luna asked Bella as soon as she told her. "Yes, I discovered just yesterday but I haven't told him yet," she said.

Bella had discovered that she is three weeks pregnant. It made Luna surprised because she remembers that the doctor said that Bella couldn't conceive again or if she does, she could get a miscarriage. "That is great news. I'm sure he will be happy. When are you telling him?" she asked excitedly. "I will tell him when we go back to Sun City. I don't want him to start being over protective. He will start limiting me and it will ruin our vacation," she said and Luna understood her.

In the evening, they all sat sorrunding the fireplace as they had random conversations.

It is from here that Gwen announced, " Guys! Let's play a game. Truth or Dare." "Count me out," Alex was the first one to object. "I'm not in too," Ethan announced. "I can't play that," Vikram said. "Let's think of something else," Graham suggested. Gwen then said," I can see that it's only the men objecting the game and I wonder why's that. It seems you have things you're hiding from us." "I totally agree with you," Bella said before continuing," It's Truth or Dare we are playing, period."

Luna then said," I have a suggestion. Let the vote decide." "Okay then. Where are those who don't support the game?" asked Gwen and the four men voted, except Jake.

"I think it's obvious. You're only four and we are six in support of the game so, we are playing," said Gwen with a wide grin on her face as the men glared at Jake. He chuckled and said," What? I don't have anything to hide from my wife unless you guys do."

Gwen stood up and said," Now, the thing is going to work this way. We the women are going to come up with our truth questions and dares separately as you also come up with yours. So, we all have five minutes to do that."

As agreed, both sides had come up with their questions and dares then gave them to Gwen who was going to spearhead the game.

"Since I'm dealing with Millionaires and Billionaires here, the fine will be a Million dollar if you fail to do what is required of you" When they all agreed, they sat down and got the bottle that they were going to spin. "I almost forgot, guys we want the absolute truth. If you can't tell the truth then choose a Dare," Gwen told them once again and when they agreed, she spun the bottle and it stopped pointing at Vikram first. "Okay, Vikram. Truth or Dare?" she asked. Thinking for a while, he said," Dare." "Okay, this is going to be so interesting. I dare you to kiss Ciara where you've never kissed her before," said Gwen and Vikram was dumbstruck while Ciara was anticipating. 'Hadn't he kissed her almost everywhere?' she thought. "I will give a fine," he said and Ciara asked," You mean kissing me here is that hard for you?" He chuckled and asked," I thought I had my own rights in the game?" She pouted her lips and Gwen spun the bottle again and this time, it pointed at Luna. She felt her heart beat erratically in her chest and she answered," Truth." "Okay, this question is spicy, here it goes. What does Graham do in bed that turns you on?" At this question, Luna blushed and she regretted why she chose the truth. "I-I will pay," she said.

"Jeez, we know you're Billionaires but will you please not spoil the game? Okay next," she said before spinning the bottle and it pointed at Abigail. "Truth," she chose. "Okay. What is the worst gift you've ever received from Jake?" At this, she laughed before saying," I'm going to be honest. There was one Valentine's day when he gifted me a dress and a set of jewelry. Honestly, the dress was horrible." Almost everyone broke into laughter and Jake said," But you told me that you liked it." "I was lying. I didn't want to make you feel bad," she said. Graham laughed and said," Good for you Jake. You chose this game." All the men were overjoyed when they saw his reaction.