A Herdeira Perdida e o Bilionário Secreto

A Herdeira Perdida e o Bilionário Secreto

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Introduction

Quando Abigail, em um momento de azar, é abordada fora do trabalho, ela não faz ideia de que foi localizada por seu pai... que por acaso é um bilionário. Ela se muda para a grande casa do pai e se vê alvo de sua madrasta maldosa e da meia-irmã ardilosa. Enquanto Abigail se ajusta à sua nova vida de riqueza e privilégio, ela conhece Mark, o belo jardineiro que esconde um grande segredo. Será que Abigail encontrará seu lugar em um mundo de festas glamorosas e negócios implacáveis, ou voltará para sua antiga vida com um novo amor?

"Mark riu, alto e feliz. Ela sentiu a risada ecoar através dele e vibrar contra ela. E Abigail riu junto com ele, pela primeira vez desde que havia chegado ali.
E também pela primeira vez desde que havia vindo morar com seu pai, ela se sentiu verdadeiramente em paz.
Sentada no meio da floresta descuidada dele, em uma pedra que deveria ser arrancada do chão, rindo, encolhida no jardineiro."

A Herdeira Perdida e o Bilionário Secreto é uma criação de Hannah Tatum Reading, uma autora assinada pela EGlobal Creative Publishing.
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Chapter 1

Um homem observava através de seus binóculos uma jovem sentada no chão de um pequeno apartamento, curvada sobre um laptop, segurando a cabeça com as mãos.

Abigail olhava desolada enquanto o último de seus fundos era transferido de sua conta bancária. Ela vinha economizando religiosamente por alguns meses e finalmente tinha uma boa quantia guardada. Mas sua bolsa de estudos havia sido retirada de repente, e agora ela tinha que cobrir a mensalidade sozinha. E isso levou todas as suas economias e a maior parte do seu dinheiro para este mês.

Se ela fosse cuidadosa com o restante, não passariam fome este mês.

Mas se não fosse. Poderiam começar a dever o aluguel.

Abigail era cuidadosa, sempre tão cuidadosa, para nunca atrasar nenhum de seus pagamentos. A pobreza era uma armadilha, e se você caísse nela, era quase impossível sair. Então, ela sempre se certificava de que as contas estavam pagas, primeiro, antes de qualquer outra coisa.

Depois vinham as visitas ao médico. Ela nunca economizava nessas, nem para ela nem para sua mãe. Elas não podiam se dar ao luxo de uma visita ao hospital, para nenhuma das duas, então ela se certificava de resolver qualquer problema que surgisse, rápida e eficientemente. Antes que pudessem se agravar em algo pior.

Abigail fazia questão de ter controle sobre suas finanças o tempo todo. Foi assim que ela conseguiu economizar tanto em primeiro lugar. Restringindo o que comiam, onde iam, basicamente planejando suas vidas inteiras até cada refeição, Abigail conseguiu construir uma poupança para elas.

Tudo para simplesmente ir pelo ralo.

Ela sentia vontade de chorar, mas então se sentia muito entorpecida para chorar.

"Abby," ela se virou ao som da voz de sua mãe, sorrindo imediatamente.

Sua mãe havia confiado a Abby todo o trabalho financeiro. Sua mãe havia pedido para não saber nada sobre isso, apenas para Abby resolver tudo para elas e garantir que sempre tivessem um teto sobre suas cabeças e comida no estômago. Sua mãe não se importava com muito mais.

Mas Abby sim. Abby queria economizar para algo legal. Um feriado em algum lugar, nada chique, apenas uma casa na praia em algum lugar, e poder ter uma boa refeição em um restaurante agradável.

Agora. Agora ela tinha que começar tudo de novo.

"Sim, mãe?" Abby perguntou. Ela não deixou sua decepção transparecer na voz.

Uma coisa boa era que ela não havia contado à mãe sobre seus planos, então sua mãe nem saberia que todas as economias tinham ido pelo ralo, já que sua mãe nem sabia que elas tinham economias para começar.

"Estou saindo para o trabalho," sua mãe respondeu. "Certifique-se de trancar a porta quando sair. Não podemos nos dar ao luxo de outro arrombamento."

Definitivamente não podiam, Abby concordou silenciosamente. Embora, apenas dois dias atrás, alguém tivesse arrombado, mas não levado nada.

Suas coisas definitivamente tinham sido reviradas, mas parecia que alguém não encontrou o que estava procurando.

E não encontrariam, realmente. Qualquer ladrão que invadisse rapidamente descobriria que realmente não havia nada para roubar ali.

"Claro, mãe. Tenha um bom dia no trabalho," Abby acenou para sua mãe, ainda olhando para a tela com seu orçamento mensal desenhado nela.

Elas sobreviveriam. Elas só precisavam.

Suspirando levemente, Abby fechou a tela. Elas sempre lutaram, mas sempre sobreviveram. Sua mãe e ela. Desde que ela se lembrava, sempre foram só as duas. Mesmo nas fotos, nunca havia mais ninguém.

Sua mãe nunca se casou. Embora Abby tivesse ouvido um pouco sobre seu pai enquanto crescia, agora que era mais velha, tudo parecia contos de fadas. De um príncipe que viria salvá-las, de alguém com um castelo para onde poderiam ir. Um lugar onde poderiam estar juntas e felizes.

Tudo apenas histórias que sua mãe inventou para contar a uma garotinha sobre seu pai imaginado.

Houve muitas vezes, Abby tinha que admitir, que ela desejou ter seu pai. Mas menos pela necessidade de ele estar lá, e mais por causa de como suas vidas teriam sido mais fáceis se tivessem alguém para ajudar a cuidar delas.

Abby esfregou as mãos no rosto. Isso era ridículo. Ela estava feliz com sua vida, só pensava em seu pai quando as coisas ficavam difíceis. Mais difíceis do que às vezes achava que poderia lidar sozinha.

Idealmente, Abby percebeu, esses eram os momentos em que ela também teria recorrido ao pai. Mas ele não estava lá. Ele nunca esteve lá. E ela saiu de todas as situações perfeitamente bem sozinha.

Suspirando, Abby fechou seu laptop e começou a juntar suas coisas para o trabalho. Ela teria que estudar quando chegasse em casa, mas por enquanto, precisava registrar o máximo de horas que pudesse. Qualquer hora extra, e qualquer trabalho extra, era sempre algo que ela estava disposta a fazer.

Ela tomou banho na água quente que escorria lentamente; podia ter água fria a todo vapor ou água quente gotejando. Ela sempre preferia a água quente. E se tivesse muita sorte, conseguiria alguns jatos curtos de água quente do velho chuveiro.

Ela se secou rapidamente e vestiu um jeans e um suéter. Estava frio no apartamento, mas a floricultura onde trabalhava seria mais quente. Ainda precisava ir de casa até lá, no entanto.

Ela pegou sua bolsa com o laptop dentro, trabalharia em suas tarefas durante o intervalo, calçou seus melhores sapatos e foi para o ponto de ônibus.

Ela sempre usava suas melhores roupas para trabalhar. Não tinha muita escolha, seria demitida na hora se usasse as roupas normais que usava em casa.

Ter um carro era algo completamente fora de questão.

Havia um homem parado do lado errado do ponto de ônibus, usando óculos escuros. Ele parecia estar esperando o ônibus, e Abigail acenou para ele, tentando mostrar que o ônibus pararia deste lado. Mas ele de repente pareceu se virar.

Abigail deu de ombros, talvez ele tenha mudado de ideia.

A viagem de ônibus não foi longa, e logo Abigail estava na floricultura na esquina.

Ela adorava trabalhar na floricultura, eles tinham um pequeno jardim nos fundos, e todos os dias cuidavam dele antes de abrir para os clientes pela manhã. Também tinham uma pequena máquina de café e uma pequena bancada de doces que Abigail mesma abastecia com seus próprios produtos assados.

Só de estar na floricultura, seu ânimo já melhorava. Sua vida não era perfeita, isso era certo, mas estava muito perto disso. Elas tinham dificuldades financeiras, mas não passavam fome. E ela amava seu trabalho.

As coisas sempre poderiam ser muito piores. Ela poderia estar trabalhando turnos de dez horas como garçonete em algum lugar, com alguns caras estranhos olhando para ela e tentando apalpá-la.

Aqui, todos que entravam já estavam procurando comprar flores para alguém que já tinham, então muitas pessoas nem se davam ao trabalho de flertar com ela.

"Oi Abby!" Clary, sua colega de trabalho, cumprimentou quando ela entrou pela porta da frente.

"Oi Clary," Abby respondeu.

Clary era loira, de olhos azuis e absolutamente linda. Mas se alguém perguntasse a Clary, ela sempre diria que Abigail era a bonita entre elas, com seus cachos castanhos e olhos amendoados que não se pareciam em nada com os de sua mãe.

Sua pele era levemente bronzeada, de trabalhar ao sol todos os dias no jardim, mas Clary ficava quase sempre dentro de casa, e sua pele ainda era de um branco porcelana. Abby adorava o bronzeado que o sol dava à sua pele.

"A lavanda e o mosquitinho estão acabando, então acho que você pode pegar alguns," Clary disse a Abby, enquanto pendurava o casaco perto da porta.

A floricultura era quente por dentro, embora as flores fossem mantidas em uma sala fria para mantê-las frescas por mais tempo. E muitos armazenamentos frios pontilhavam o lugar, selando o frio com as flores onde era necessário. As plantas que precisavam de mais umidade eram mantidas na frente.

Havia um cliente, apenas olhando as flores. Normalmente deixavam os clientes sozinhos, a menos que alguém viesse pedir ajuda, deixavam que escolhessem por conta própria. Abigail quase considerou quebrar essa regra, já que o cliente parecia estar olhando para ela o tempo todo. Talvez ele precisasse de ajuda, mas estivesse tímido demais para pedir.

Mas Abigail decidiu não fazer isso. Se ele realmente precisasse de ajuda, ele viria pedir.

"Claro," Abby respondeu, indo para a máquina de café. Elas podiam tomar três bebidas quentes por dia, junto com uma refeição e dois lanches.

Abby sabia muito bem que tinha um ótimo chefe, e principalmente Abby sobrevivia com a comida que conseguia no trabalho. Sua mãe fazia o mesmo no trabalho dela, e tudo o que precisavam fazer era arranjar um jantar para ambas, e essas seriam suas refeições do dia.

Não era a melhor maneira de viver, mas elas sobreviviam. E não seria para sempre. Em breve, ela se formaria na faculdade de direito. Conseguiria seu emprego, e todas as suas dificuldades ficariam para trás.

Abby foi para o jardim lá fora, levando uma cesta com ela, e começou a cortar lavanda e mosquitinho.

Em breve, todos os seus problemas ficariam para trás.


"Diga a ele que a encontramos," um homem falou ao celular.

Observando uma jovem linda se curvar sobre algumas flores brancas e roxas, cachos castanhos soprando ao vento, com olhos amendoados que ele tinha visto em outra pessoa naquela manhã.

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