#melissa loren

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melissa hadn't expected much of a response but she was quietly delighted at the firey reaction to her revelation. noah was often very focused on her job and at least at work, melissa hadn't noticed such vigor and spirit. she liked it. "i cannot recall asking you for your personal history," she started, cold as every, but then an amused smile played around her lips - ever so subtly. "but i am glad you approve of my parenting." she said, sarcasm lacing every word but she was clearly not angry, but rather tickled. "the problem is that mostly, i have the whole weekend booked with engagements - dinners, meetings, as you know." it was after all noah that planned all that. "and my maid and babysitter is halfway across the world." if this call hadn't been so last minute - it was friday after all - she would have called the woman back to the states immediately - whether she was visiting family or not. and then she figured that there may be a solution to her problem, as unconventional as it may be. "do you have any experience, with children?" she asked.

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melissa eyed the other woman and while it stung that the other had already noticed her ex-husband's lack of care for their children, lack of love and attention, it was nice to not talk to someone who tried to pretend she was just imagining it. that he must have a good reason to place their triplets on the back burner. when she did that, however, she was seen as an ice queen. "well, i am glad to hear such an honest observation. most people are too weak to tell the truth." she spoke and she was rather impressed with victoria at this moment. often people were afraid of her, afraid to displease her so they sucked up to her or remained quiet. victoria didn't seem to be afraid and it was... she hated to admit it - very attractive. "what other observations have you made while working for me?" she said, now curious. she always enjoyed challenging people. she sat back, crossed her legs and almost smirked at the other, wondering if she was up to this particular challenge.

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melissa just found everly so incredibly beautiful and she was surrounded by beauty all day. yet, everly just shone so brightly in her world. it had been such a long time since she felt something like that, since her first husband... the first of three. she was horrible at relationships and generally made a mess of things by prioritizing work and her children, her partner always coming in third - at the most. she also had to admit that people knowing she was bi, even though she was at the top of the fashion industry, was scary. she'd only ever been with women in secret, in her younger years... but she had to admit that possibly getting another taste was thrilling. she swallowed at the words the other woman spoke and she felt herself come even closer to the other woman. however, she didn't let herself get tempted into a kiss. "i-i can't." she spoke honestly because she really couldn't look at this beautiful creature and tell her that she felt nothing for her. not when she felt everything. "are you... sure?" she asked, looking up into everly's eyes with a rare vulnerability and both anticipation and fear. she didn't want to hurt the other woman. she didn't want to do what she always did. not to her.

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melissa shouldn't let her assistant touch her. at all. that shouldn't be happening, and yet she was letting her. she had never been attracted to a woman before. she'd never even considered the idea of being anything more than friends with one... but she. she was a different thing all together. "call me melissa. i've told you that before." she told her because she couldn't stand the formality between them. besides, no one called her that. only the other woman, really... and she wondered whether it was her trying to distance herself, or whether she was just reading more into it. "i am not killing myself over his mistakes, i am regretting my own. every single husband has let me down. disappointments - one after the other. humiliations - time after time. their shortcomings as men were blamed on my perceived shortcomings as a woman, over and over again. i am just tired of bearing the brunt of it all... and the triplets will be mad at me, not at him - because i am there to be mad at." she slowly and softly spoke, almost rambling. she was tired of being lonely and unhappy, she really was. she wished she could let the other woman know that she did so much more for her than run errands. she'd really been the light of her day the past few months, as inappropriate as that was...