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Thirty Days

Thirty Days

Author: Bibi Paterson
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Chapter 1 SEPTEMBER

Word Count: 1662    |    Released on: 21/03/2023

true love never

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scara. Typical, I think to myself. The one day I actually took some effort in getting ready for work, everything is undone by a five-minute d

ound, sneak out of Hudson International's ladies' toilets. Taking a deep breath and summoning as much stealth as I can muster, I hurry down

the box that I am holding. I can feel the flush spread up my neck as I spin a

tely disorientated by the m

himself to one of the chocolate cheesecake muffins I had place

hours the previous evening getting the recipe exactly righ

"Too good," he says with a grin. Unw

unter, pack up my boxes and turn around expecting the mystery man to have taken his muffin and left. But

grudgingly he lets me pass, loaded with my empty boxes. As I draw level with him, it feels as if time stands still. The hairs on my neck stand on end as I take in his citrus

husky voice as if he is affected as

swiftly push past him. I find myself hurrying down the corridor at almost a running pace, and I have to mentally give myself a n

n as if he said very much to me. Yet his presence seemed to speak volumes, and I have to admit to myself that at this moment I feel incredibly turned on. At the memory o

t back to reality by a tapping foot. "Come on, Abby, you are going to be

well who is responsible for today's cakes, but as my confida

*

rs were horrendous. What they largely all had in common, though, was that none of them lasted particularly long. I think many took the job on thinking that being a nanny to the daughter of tw

simple things, like scrambled eggs and basic cakes, and then on to harder, more complex dishes where Nonna would encourage me to experimen

ndependent enough to take myself on the train down to Brighton, where I would spend whole

ss than enthusiastic about it. Food equals calories, and there is no place for th

a more gorgeous child. I was everything expected of the offspring of Gina Albertelli and Michael James, two of the world's leading models in the '70s and '80s, an

vogue, and that was the end of my child modelling career. And with it, the adoration heaped on me by my parents. Don't get me wrong. They have never been cruel or horrible, just, rather, that I no longer fitted into the

love. During final exams, I could always be found whipping up grand meals for my housemates simply to ease the tension, even if I wa

terrifying. Thrust from the world of academia, I was suddenly expected to put all that I had lear

morning I snuck it into the office and left it on the kitchen counter. Not feeling confident en

m. And while they may not have noticed me tucked away in my cubicle, they were all talking about the texture of my coffee sp

usly in the kitchen. Hearing how much people enjoyed my cakes made me feel good inside, even on those days when I felt lone

e caught me one evening on my way out when I dropped my cake boxes in the lift, and she put two and two together. But she has been sworn to sec

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Contents

Chapter 1 SEPTEMBER Chapter 2 THE FIRST Chapter 3 THE FIRST continued Chapter 4 THE FIRST continued part 2 Chapter 5 THE SECOND Chapter 6 THE THIRD
Chapter 7 THE THIRD continued
Chapter 8 THE FOURTH
Chapter 9 THE FIFTH
Chapter 10 THE SIXTH & SEVENTH
Chapter 11 THE EIGHTH
Chapter 12 THE NINTH
Chapter 13 THE TENTH
Chapter 14 THE ELEVENTH
Chapter 15 THE TWELFTH
Chapter 16 THE THIRTEENTH
Chapter 17 THE FOURTEENTH
Chapter 18 THE FIFTEENTH
Chapter 19 THE SIXTEENTH
Chapter 20 THE SEVENTEENTH
Chapter 21 THE EIGHTEENTH
Chapter 22 THE NINETEENTH
Chapter 23 THE TWENTIETH
Chapter 24 THE TWENTY-FIRST – TWENTY-THIRD
Chapter 25 THE TWENTY-FOURTH
Chapter 26 THE TWENTY-FIFTH
Chapter 27 THE TWENTY-SEVENTH & TWENTY-EIGHTH
Chapter 28 THE TWENTY-NINTH
Chapter 29 THE THIRTIETH
Chapter 30 EPILOGUE
Chapter 31 NOVEMBER
Chapter 32 THE FIRST
Chapter 33 THE SECOND
Chapter 34 THE THIRD
Chapter 35 THE FOURTH
Chapter 36 THE FIFTH
Chapter 37 THE SIXTH
Chapter 38 THE SEVENTH
Chapter 39 THE EIGHTH
Chapter 40 THE NINTH
Chapter 41 THE TENTH
Chapter 42 THE ELEVENTH
Chapter 43 THE TWELFTH
Chapter 44 THE NINETEENTH
Chapter 45 THE TWENTIETH
Chapter 46 THE TWENTY-FIRST
Chapter 47 THE TWENTY-FIRST continued
Chapter 48 THE TWENTY-SECOND
Chapter 49 THE TWENTY-THIRD
Chapter 50 THE TWENTY-FOURTH
Chapter 51 THE TWENTY-FIFTH
Chapter 52 THE TWENTY-SIXTH
Chapter 53 THE TWENTY-SEVENTH
Chapter 54 THE TWENTY-EIGHTH
Chapter 55 THE TWENTY-NINTH
Chapter 56 THE TWENTY-NINTH (continued)
Chapter 57 THE THIRTIETH
Chapter 58 APRIL
Chapter 59 THE FIRST
Chapter 60 THE SECOND
Chapter 61 THE THIRD
Chapter 62 THE FOURTH
Chapter 63 THE FIFTH
Chapter 64 THE SIXTH – THE NINTH
Chapter 65 THE TENTH
Chapter 66 THE ELEVENTH
Chapter 67 THE TWELVETH
Chapter 68 THE THIRTEENTH
Chapter 69 THE FOURTEENTH & THE FIFTEENTH
Chapter 70 THE SIXTEENTH
Chapter 71 THE SEVENTEENTH
Chapter 72 THE EIGHTEENTH
Chapter 73 THE NINETEENTH
Chapter 74 THE TWENTIETH
Chapter 75 THE TWENTY-FIRST
Chapter 76 THE TWENTY-SECOND
Chapter 77 THE TWENTY-THIRD
Chapter 78 THE TWENTY-FOURTH
Chapter 79 THE TWENTY-FIFTH
Chapter 80 THE TWENTY-SIXTH
Chapter 81 THE TWENTY-SEVENTH - TWENTY-NINTH
Chapter 82 THE THIRTIETH
Chapter 83 JUNE
Chapter 84 THE SECOND
Chapter 85 THE THIRD
Chapter 86 THE FOURTH
Chapter 87 THE FIFTH
Chapter 88 THE SIXTH
Chapter 89 THE SEVENTH
Chapter 90 THE TENTH
Chapter 91 THE ELEVENTH
Chapter 92 THE TWELVETH
Chapter 93 THE THIRTEENTH
Chapter 94 THE FOURTEENTH
Chapter 95 THE FIFTEENTH
Chapter 96 THE SIXTEENTH
Chapter 97 THE SEVENTEENTH & THE EIGHTEENTH
Chapter 98 THE NINETEENTH
Chapter 99 THE TWENTIETH
Chapter 100 THE TWENTY-FIRST
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