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Chapter 8

Early the next morning, Phoebe awoke to someone's bare skin touching against her. She relaxed when she saw Cole sleeping peacefully beside her.

Phoebe recalled the night and how awesome it was. She traced his jaw line and lips remembering the heat between them from last night. It was incredible; she's never felt the way she does when she's with him.

She was deep in thought when she heard Cole said, "Morning, sweetheart." Phoebe looked down at him smiling slightly. "Morning," Phoebe said sweetly. "How'd you sleep?" Cole asked pulling her close in his arms. "Great. You?" Phoebe asked. "Like a baby," Cole answered yawning.

As she cuddled into Cole's arms, she felt as if she could stay there forever in his arms. She felt secure and content against him. There was a feeling of warmth when he holds her against him. She hopes that it could be this way for eternity.

"I love you," Cole whispered into her ear. Phoebe kissed his cheek softly. "How was last night?" Phoebe asked curiously. Cole grinned at her and replied, "It was absolutely wonderful and sweet." He recalled their night of passion.

There was a knock at Cole's door. Phoebe looked up at Cole and whispered, "Who could that be?" "I think it's the maid. Hold on," Cole said crawling out of bed to open the door with only his boxer's on.

"Mother! What are you doing here? I'm not dressed," Cole stated quickly shutting the door on her. "Cole! I'm your mother. Let me in! I got to talk to you," Crystal said as she pushed against the door. Cole let go and his mother was shocked to see Phoebe in Cole's bed.

There was an uncomfortable silence between the three of them. Crystal glared at Phoebe, and told Cole to get dressed. She left the room without another word.

"She sounded happy," Phoebe said sarcastically. "Oh, she didn't mean anything by it, I'm sure. Just get dressed and meet me downstairs," Cole stated. Phoebe nodded and he kissed her cheek softly.

Cole slipped on a robe, and walked downstairs. Phoebe got out of bed and put on her clothes from last night. She didn't really have a choice because she didn't have any other decent clothing with her. Phoebe made herself look at least a bit decent.

Meanwhile, Cole's parents were confronting him about Phoebe. They were sitting in the dining room having breakfast. Cole's parents didn't look happy at all, because they looked pretty grim.

"Why did you bring her home?" Crystal asked. "I don't care why! I want you to do what you have to with her and get rid if her," Benjamin stated harshly at Cole. Cole's mouth dropped to the floor. He couldn't believe what his father was saying, and it totally shocked him.

From what Cole recalled of last night dinner party, his father seemed pretty fond of Phoebe. Now, his views completely changed since last night. Cole's tempered started to flare up. "That is not why I brought her home and you know it!" Cole raised his voice at his father.

"Then, what is it, Cole? Don't tell me that you really love her," Benjamin stated as if it would be the last thing on earth that would ever happened. "I do love her!" Cole exclaimed. "Oh, my god! What are we going to do now?" Crystal asked sitting down in a chair as if she was going to faint.

"Son, you have to think about what the press would say about this. Our family's reputation would be on the line. Are you willing to risk that all for this one young lady?" Benjamin asked.

Cole finally figured it out. Benjamin must've heard or found something out about Phoebe's background. Cole didn't know that Phoebe have been standing outside the dining room listening in on them.

"You found something out about Phoebe, didn't you? Or someone must've told you something. Then, you decided that we shouldn't be together. What happened to 'what a lovely lady she is?" Cole asked. "Who told you this? It was Richard, wasn't it?!" Cole added.

His parents looked at him speechlessly. "It was! I always knew he had something against me," Cole stated. "I don't care what it is between the both of you, but I'm telling you right now Cole! It's either her, or us" Benjamin stated.

Cole shouted angrily, "You can't make me choose between her and you guys! I love her and I love you guys. You just can't make me choose!" "You can't have both," Crystal said firmly. "That's BS!" Cole bellowed bolting out of the dining room until Phoebe revealed herself.

That made Cole stop dead in his tracks and his parents stare at her with one question on their mind, did she hear everything we said? Phoebe looked confused and a little bit angry. "We should leave," Cole stated trying to take her hand. "No, I should leave," Phoebe said walking out to the front door of the mansion.

Cole followed Phoebe trying to catch up with her. She was walking up to the door when Cole ordered the butlers to stop her. They wouldn't let her open the door. Cole finally caught up with her and so did his parents.

"Cole, let her go," Benjamin stated firmly. "Yes, Cole. Let me go," Phoebe said. "No, I can't do that," Cole said struggling from his father's hold on him. "It's never going to work out," Phoebe said running out of the mansion door. Cole was so angry at his parents for doing this. It wasn't fair.

He turned to them angrily. "I can't believe you're doing this to me. You can forget me ever taking over the family business. You can forget you had a son like me. Now, I'm going to find her and you'll be lucky if I come home!" Cole threatened. He grabbed his car keys and left.

"Well, don't just stand there, Benjamin! Go get him," Crystal said. "Let him go. Didn't you hear what he just said? He's thinking about not taking over the family business. I don't have a son like him," Benjamin said walking away. Crystal was left in the middle thinking about what would become of them if Cole would really leave.

Cole turned the corner away from his home and saw Phoebe walking on the sidewalk. He slowed down and rolled down the window to talk to her. "Phoebe, can we talk?" Cole asked. She didn't answer, and only kept walking. "Phoebe, where are you going?" Cole asked.

There was a still silence between them and Phoebe still wouldn't stop walking. "There's somewhere important that I have to take you," Cole said. He got a look from Phoebe but she didn't say anything. "Does the name Victor Bennett ring a bell to you?" Cole asked. "How do you know him?" Phoebe asked. "Get in the car and I'll tell you and you can decide whether you want to see him," Cole stated convincingly.

He stopped the car, and Phoebe stopped walking. She gave up trying to be stubborn and jumped into the car with him.

"Now, do you want to tell me how you know he is my father?" Phoebe asked. Cole smiled at her warmly and started to drive again in silence.

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