Blackmailed For Vengeance(54)

For two weeks she had stayed at her friend Nicola’s house, hiding from the members of the press who had very quickly realised that her engagement to one of the richest and most powerful men in Britain was over and who were determined to find out what had brought an end to the golden couple.

Many had left messages with different friends of hers offering her obscene amounts of money for her story. She however, had kept quiet and out of sight. She had also ignored Yanis’s attempts to find her, as he too had phoned around and had an investigator searching for her.

When she had talked to Jim, on the phone she had been happy to find out that he was going to America the following week to recuperate with his family. He had told her that Yanis had told him the whole story, admitting what he had done to her, as well as giving him his blessing to love anybody who made him happy.

“He is looking for you Lee” he said

“Won’t you talk to him?”

Lee had held back the tears and said only that Jim should remind Yanis of the contract he had made her sign and to stick to it as she had. Jim had sighed sadly

“I hope you know what you are doing Lee” he said sadly

“Maybe you two were meant to be together”

On the phone Lee had closed her eyes with pain

“No Jim, to Yanis I’m just a body in a bed” she said before ending the call.

A few days later she had bit her lip wondering wither to go to the orphanage benefit or not. She had not made her meetings or dance sessions with the children for fear of bumping into him, and it had caused her distress to let them down that way. She had sent them videos of moves to practice, telling them that she was not well, which in many ways was the truth, but deep down she knew that she would need to return soon.

She had cancelled all the other events which she had been invited to, worried about meeting Yanis or the members of the paparazzi at one of them, but somehow she had been unable to decide on the orphanage event and she had carried on making plans to attend. She had waited a couple of days before the actual event before phoning the organising committee to find out if Yanis had confirmed that he would be attending or not.

However, her heart had leapt on learning that he had already contacted them with his apologies and that he would not be in the country. With an intense feeling of relief she had then confirmed her own attendance, checking on the internet to find if he really was out of the country as he had said. With a small lump in her throat, she had read the reports from Paris following him around the city reporting on his refusal to discuss his relationship with Lee. With confirmation that he really was out of the country she had carried on planning to attend

With a final look in the mirror, not really seeing how beautiful she looked, she had wished Nicole a goodnight before leaving the flat.

The night had gone well, although Lee found that the paparazzi had quickly discovered her attendance. She had found herself being photographed as she entered the luxurious hotel, and had sighed knowing that she would have to be careful when she left, not wanting them to find out where she was staying.

Lee had planned to move up to Scotland the following week, given recent news which had rocked her to her very core. She felt that moving completely away would be the best solution and would allow her to make the new start she so desperately needed. However, Lee was still struggling to cope with her broken heart, each night struggling to sleep as the moment her eyes close she was bombarded with images of Yanis which would tug so painfully at her heart causing tears to fill her eyes.

That night Lee had talked to many charity agencies creating links and possible future partnerships. She had danced with many powerful men, none of whom had even come close to the man she had walked away from, and she had smiled at them hiding the sadness in her heart. Keeping each at arms length, Lee had found many had tried to ask her for lunch dates, many pushing for even more, however, Lee had politely but firmly refused each and every advance. After just such a dance she had turned wearily away to move back to her seat, suddenly wishing that she could run away and escape the many questions which she had needed to ignore all evening, only to find herself rooted to the spot at seeing the tall handsome man standing before her.

Lee had stood frozen feeling so many emotions galloping through her at his sudden appearance, as she had just stared in disbelief, her mind not fully believing that Yanis was there in front of her. Standing in total shock her eyes had looked all around in panic for a way out, but before she could recover he had moved forward with a determined expression on his face, pulling her into his arms and onto the dance floor as the next song had begun, only then having her senses come back to her. Still looking wildly around her for an escape she had cried out in pain