Christmas is the most magical time of the year, right? That may be true for most people but not Julia. Julia has never had an easy life, she has been homeless for as long as she can remember and now she is raising a three-year-old the same way. She wants more for them both but she has no way of changing things, besides she's soon going to have to leave the only place that she's ever called home to keep them both safe. If anyone finds out her secret her world will be blown apart and that's something that she can't allow to happen. Riley has had the best life imaginable. He has loving parents, grandparents and his best friend Joshua has been by his side since he was a young child. He also runs several successful businesses and has everything he wants in life except for one thing... love. He wants someone to love, to cherish but his past still has a tight grip on him and holds a secret that not even he knows about. What will happen when both worlds collide? Can Julia get the Christmas that she has always dreamed of for her and her little girl? Can Riley learn to forget his past so that he can move forward and when Juila's secret is revealed and blows both of their worlds apart, will it bring them together or tear them even further apart and destroy Julia's world, just like she has always feared it would?
View MoreRiley Today has been incredible. Every Christmas Eve, Josh and I head for the Christmas carnival and we always have a good time but today... today It was something completely different. I made memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life, will stay with all of us for the rest of our lives, Josh included. Seeing the the joy on Nina's face along with the sounds of her giggles was enough to have my heart bursting but to add Julia to it was just the icing on the cake. I've always been blessed with money, yes, but I've never believed that money can bring you true happiness and I know that it may seem hard to believe but it's true. I always had everything that I needed or wanted as a child and well... It's been the same since I became an adult and took over the business. Yes, I have anything I've ever wanted including cars, bikes, a yacht and several homes including holiday homes but you wouldn't believe the number of times that I have sat in one of those many places with ever
JuliaAre you ready baby girl? I call out to Nina as I put the last of my stuff into my bag, since Josh and Riley said that they have got to show us all the great things of Christmas, this penthouse has been nothing but a bubble of excitement, and I’m not sure who is the worst out of us all. Once, Riley told us what we were going to do first Nina ran to her bedroom to get dressed. That was almost 10 minutes ago, and I haven’t heard a peep out of her since.I go to call her just as she comes running out of the bedroom door dressed in some of the new clothes that Riley has bought her. She runs through the penthouse and straight past me, only stopping when she reaches the cupboard that holds her new coat, hat, scarf, gloves, and winter boots. I swear I have never seen the girl get dressed so quickly in her entire life."Are you two ladies ready?" Josh shouts as he makes his way across the penthouse from the couch where he's been waiting for us to get ready. "Yeah!" we both shout at the s
RileyToday is Christmas Eve and once again, I'm up at the ass crack of dawn and already showered eager to see my girls. It's been two days since I found out that I am Nina's biological Dad and fuck, I swear that I've been smiling every second of every damn day since the moment that I found out. It’s been in the back of my head for so long, the fact that she could potentially be my daughter. There was even a time when I was beginning to think that I was imagining it, but then hearing those words out of Mario‘s mouth, hearing him say that she is my little girl...Well, fuck! It just blew me away and I’m pretty sure that I've been walking around in a daze since. How can someone so precious, so beautiful, so perfect, be a part of me? She has my blood running through her veins and that thought alone is insane and crazy. To think that I had a part in creating her is mind-blowing and brings out these strange emotions in me that I'm not even sure how to deal with right now.So yeah, knowing
Julia Seeing Riley in the lounge as I come out of the bedroom makes my breath catch my throat. It still seems surreal that we are here with him and it still seems surreal that I am standing in a lounge with my little girl here while we wait for a man to come home from work. This is some real suburban, family, shit and something I never thought I would experience, to be honest with you It's something that I never thought I wanted, I thought I was okay with my life and how it was. Granted, I wanted to get me and Nina off the street, but aside from that I thought it would just be me and her, and yet here we are standing in Riley’s penthouse, and despite the side of me that doesn’t want to think that things can work out, there's a bigger part of me, much bigger that is loving every single second of that and doesn’t want it to end, ever. Nina runs back over to carry on dancing to another one of the musical programs that she found on the TV. When Riley’s cell phone starts ringing in his
Riley "Are the results in yet?" It has been two days since Mario's doctor took the DNA samples and the results are due today and Josh seems just as eager as me to hear the results. "Why are you so invested in the results?" He slumps down in the chair in front of my desk and starts loosening his tie. "I want to know if my best mate is a Dad, if I'm an Uncle." His cheesy grin makes me smile and his words just remind me of one of the many reasons as to why he's my best friend. "As soon as I hear anything, I will tell you. I swear, Scout's honour." He picks up a stress ball from my desk and throws it at me laughing. "As if you were ever in the Scouts." I throw it back at him but he is too quick and I completely miss him. "I would have been an excellent Scout thank you very much!" "You fucking wish!" My cell beeping stops me from saying another word and I smile when I see Julia's name on my screen. Today is the first time that I've been to work since they moved in. I would still be off
Julia I've always heard people on the streets comment about how they are going home for a nice long soak in a hot bubble bath and as much as I could never relate I always imagined that it would be pretty amazing, it sounded it anyway. However, I was wrong, it is so much more than amazing, so much more. The moment I dipped my toe into the hot bubbled water I knew that when all of my body was in there it would feel like heaven and I was right, it did. It felt so good that I stayed in there for far longer than I had planned and only got out once my fingers had turned wrinkly and I was at risk of falling asleep. Once I'm out of the bath and dried I use some creams that Mandy had me buy. She put a whole face skin care pack together for me and a moisturiser that I can use on all of my body and told me when to do them. She also told me all the benefits that I would get from using them but if I'm being honest, I didn't take in a single thing that she told me, it was just too much. "Shit!" I
Riley Are you ready? I call out from the hallway while I hold the Christmas tree in one hand and a huge sack in the other hand full of decorations. "Nina. Close your eyes." I hear Julia tell her and, for some strange reason, it makes my heart fatter "Okay, ready or not, here I come!" I walk into the lounge to find Nina with her hands over her eyes as she bounces on her feet for excitement, ready for her surprise, although I can’t imagine she'd ever guess that it would be this. "3... 2... 1!" Julia sings then Nina’s hands fly away from her eyes, and she looks straight at me. It takes a moment, but then she notices the box in my hand with a picture of a Christmas tree on it, and I swear I have never heard anyone screaming so loudly in my whole life. She runs over to me bouncing on her feet. "Is that a Christmas tree, Riley?" It's clear that she knows that it is, and I know that the smile that has taken over my face is as big as ever, but I don’t care. Seeing this reaction from N
Julia Mandy is a demon when it comes to shopping. Good lord, that women can shop and shop well. I can’t even begin to count the amount of shops that we went in today, and that’s without the huge shopping mall that she dragged me through. Jesus, that was massive and don’t get me started on the amount of stuff that she bought and made me buy too. I’m not even sure how to use half of the stuff, but she will show me what to do and how to use them. I’m not sure if I’m looking forward to it or not if I’m being honest about it. I mean, when did it become so hard to be a woman? I’ve either lived a very sheltered life and missed out on a lot of stuff, or I’ve had a lucky escape at this point. I’m not sure which one it is. I have bags of clothes and make-up, perfumes and shoes, handbags and jewellery. I mean the list goes on and on and on. And I just hope that Riley doesn’t get mad at how much I spend today. I honestly tried to stop Mandy, but she wasn't having any of it and said that Riley wo
JuliaIt’s been four days since Nina and I arrived at Riley's, and it has been both the best and worst four days of my life. The worst is because I’ve struggled with being inside a lot. I’m just not used to it, I'm used to being outside, and I never thought I’d struggle to adjust to being inside so much, but I am. I didn’t even struggle this hard when we were at the cottage, but maybe that’s because I knew deep down that it wasn't a permanent thing, whereas here with Riley, this could be a permanent place for us and that scares me.Another thing that scares me is just letting go. It’s putting my trust in Riley. He asked me to do it, and I am trying. He also asked me to let him take care of me and Nina, and I’m trying with that too, but it’s hard. I’m used to being independent, I’m used to being the one that Nina has to rely on.I’m used to being the one to constantly worry about where her next set of clothes will come from or her next meal, and now here we are in the penthouse of an e
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