Coming Home For Christmas
Chapter 79

GiGi's

P.O.V.

Ah, this is the life.

I always knew I was born for great things and to live a rich and luxurious lifestyle.

I knew I was destined to be rich and successful, to sip the most expensive champagne and hang out with the elite members of society and I've made a lot of sacrifices over the years to get to where I am right now.

I may not be where I want to be exactly which is as the wife of the most prominent and richest man in the world but it's only a matter of time, especially when I put the next part of my plan into action which will hopefully see my Logan and that b***h Lacey divorcing each other before the year is out. Some paragraphs are incomplete if you are not reading this novel on FindNovel.net. Visit FindNovel.net to read the complete chapters for free.For now, I'm happy chilling with these hot guys in the VIP area who are plying me with the best champagne money can buy as I wait for my man to become available to me.

"So, GiGi, tell us about yourself, what do you do for a living?"

"Oh, I'm a model but I also sing and act as well"

I say proudly.

"Really? have you been in anything we may have seen?"

"Oh erm...I don't think so, I've mainly been in movies that are chick flicks or rom-coms you know girly movies"

They don't look like the type of men who would be into those types of genres but appearances can be deceptive and they may just be.

I hope they're not because I only had walk-on parts in those movies or as I like to call them a special guest appearance because that's what it is in my opinion and the production companies should be grateful and honoured to have GiGi Addams in their movies. "Oh no, we're not into those types of movies, we prefer thrillers or ones that are all about action"

"Or classics like The Godfather"

Colin the guy who invited me up here says as he pours me another glass of champagne.

I look away briefly to smile smugly at all of the sour-faced bitches down below who have been glaring at me ever since I came up here before looking back at the boys.

"Have you ever seen The Godfather or read the books, GIGI?"

Colin asks and I chuckle.

"Baby, the only book I read is Cosmo and no, I've never seen that movie but if I remember correctly it's about some street gang, right?"

I ask and he chuckles slightly.

"It's about organized crime, sweetheart"

One of the other guys tells me and I roll my eyes.

"Oh you mean 'the mafia', a fictional gang?"

I say while using air quotes because anyone who is smart like me knows that the mafia is like the boogeyman or the monsters under the bed or in the closet, they're made up, a fictional faction created by the government to scare people into being good and kids into staying on the straight and narrow.

"You don't believe in the mafia, GiGi?"

Another man asks me.

"Of course I don't, there's no such thing as the mafia"

I say while rolling my eyes.

"Really?"

"Nope...they're a fictional faction, trust me"

"And why would you think that?"

I down my drink in one go before placing the glass back on the table for a refill.

"Because I just do, besides, I'm an Italian American myself, I think if anyone was to know the mafia are real, it would be someone like me"

"Well, what would you say if I told you that we're in the mafia, Giana?"

The bigger and older-looking guy asked me with a smug and kind of evil-looking grin on his face as he puffed away on his cigar.

I throw my head back laughing completely ignoring the fact that he just called me by my birth name and not my celebrity name but when I straightened my head back up, I all of a sudden felt lightheaded and drowsy and my eyes couldn't focus either. s**t, I shouldn't have done that. "Are you ok, Giana?"

"Y..yeah, I..I'm f..fine, I.....I th..think"

"Are you sure?"

"Mmm-hmm"

I mutter as I close my eyes and rub my temples hoping to ease the sudden fogginess I was feeling.

"Do you wanna lie down, love?"

"Y..yes, pl..pl..please"

I lay down on the couch and rested my head on one of the pillows.

I flinched when a flash went off in my face but I didn't let it distract me from getting some rest. "Send this to the boss"

I heard one of the men say as I slowly drifted off into darkness.

Maybe I'll feel better after a little nap.

Little did I know that things were only going to get worse for me from this moment forward.

Lacey's P.O.V.

'The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside, couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried, don't let them in, don't let them see, be the good girl you always have to be, conceal, don't feel, don't let them know, well, now they know'.

I've never related more to the lyrics of a song than I have with these ones and of all the songs in the world it had to be that bluddy song from one of my daughter's favourite movies.

After I calmed myself down, I had a shower and changed into some sweats and one of Logan's hoodies before coming downstairs to the theatre room and hanging out with the kids.

Luckily for me, they were so engrossed in the movie they were watching that they didn't notice the cut on my lip or the ever-growing bruise on my jaw thanks to Luca which I was grateful for because I was way too exhausted mentally, emotionally and physically to try and come up with a convincing lie for what happened because I wasn't about to tell them that their uncle hit me.

My babies were now fast asleep in the theatre room.

They had fallen asleep not long after all of our guests had left and Frozen was still playing in the background but I was more focused on my thoughts than I was on the movie.

I was brought out of my thoughts when I felt my daughter being picked up from my lap.

I looked up and watched with a smile as my little girl wrapped herself around her father like a little spider monkey.

"How are you feeling, baby?"

Logan asks me as he sits down next to me.

"I'm fine, I was just thinking how alike Elsa and I are"

"Why because you're both queens?"

Logan asks with a smile and I chuckle.

"No, it's because I've realised the more each day passes, the more I relate to the cold than I do the warm...I can feel myself becoming cold-hearted and I don't even care, Logan" "You're not cold-hearted, baby, far from it"

Logan said as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me closer to him so that my head was resting on his shoulder.

"Besides babe, if I had to describe you as any character from this movie then I'd say you're more like Anna, not Elsa" He says and I scrunch my face up in confusion.

"Why?"

"Because she's an optimistic and hopeful girl who is always making sacrifices for everyone else, she's willing to do anything and everything for those around her and she's even willing to risk her own happiness to help out the ones she loves the most and to make sure they're happy and ok"

Logan said as he stroked his fingers through my hair.

"You're one of the most compassionate and kindest people I know, Lace...you're also so desperate to see the good in people and hope that they can change that you'll give them chance after chance even though they're causing you nothin! but pain and heartbreak" A few stray tears fall down my cheeks from his words.

"Don't ever say you're cold-hearted again, Lacey Black because you're not, do you understand me? you're my beautiful, sweet wife and the best mother our children could ever ask for"

"But Luca called me a coward for running away" I say and Logan scoffs.

"Says the man who is drowning himself in liquor because he can't face the consequences of his own actions" That's true.

I thought to myself as I let out a breath.

"I asked Abby to get me a restraining order against my family"

"I know and I'm glad you did, babe"

"Really?"

I ask as I look up at Logan.

His eyes narrow to my mouth and his handsome face quickly contorted to anger as he gently ran his thumb over where I was hurt.

"Yeah I am, Lace... if this is the result of those people being near you then I don't want them anywhere near you or our kid ever again" Tears started to fall down my face and I hated how weak and pathetic I felt.

I didn't wanna feel this way, I wanted to be the strong woman I've always been but I can't right now because I feel so weak and beaten down.

"Don't cry, baby, please"

"I can't help it, babe...I just want peace"

"And you'll get it, Lace, I promise you...you've already taken the first step with therapy and as long as you continue on wit it, you'll be good...you've also made the best decision by getting the restraining order out against your family...hopefully now they can learn their lesson and realise how much they've f****d up with you"

Logan says as he strokes his fingers along my hairline.

"It may not seem like it, Lacey babe but it takes an incredibly brave and STRONG person to recognise the problem and cu it out and that's what you've done...for your own peace of mind and peace within your life and our little family, you've cut out the toxic people from your life, love and now...now the only way is up for you"

He says and I nod my head.

"You're right"

I just hope I can get out of this weird funk I'm in because I'd hate to ruin the holidays because I'm letting my family get to me.