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Tempered Hearts
Tempered Hearts
Tempered Hearts
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Tempered Hearts

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I went through life experiencing heartbreak. My journey to healing and redemption made me cross the paths of others who experienced the same.
We were all tempered hearts, but our lives intertwined with a dangerous situation that changed us all forever.
My name is Royce Husk and this is my story.

Contains Content for Mature Audiences.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherDavid Manoa
Release dateJun 2, 2018
ISBN9780463713280
Tempered Hearts
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David Manoa

I am a writer based in Auckland, New Zealand.I write mainly contemporary romance.My interests are Rugby League, Cars, Gaming and Bodybuilding.

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    Tempered Hearts - David Manoa

    Tempered Hearts

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    David Manoa

    Copyright 2018 David Manoa

    Amazon Edition

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    Royce Husk

    I lived a part of my life never experiencing what love is. True love eluded me in my teens and most of my twenties and early thirties. I was damn sure, I was not going to be forty and miss out meeting the love of my life. I was blessed then eventually cursed with Karen Sand.

    She was everything I always dreamed of. Smart, positive and gorgeous to boot. We connected from the get-go. I fell for her hard. I was convinced she was the one, putting a twenty grand engagement ring on her finger three months in our relationship. What idiot does that? What the fuck was I thinking?

    Yeah, keep laughing. At the time I had the conviction she was my woman forever. They say love is blind. No, blind and bloody expensive. I put everything I worked hard for aside, for Karen. My goals and ambition dwindled. She took up my time, like some addictive drug. I wanted more and more of her. The sex phenomenal, the kisses and hugs so endearing. The personal things we shared. The secrets. Bound us together by the unwavering trust for each other.

    How did my relationship go all to shit you ask? Well, somewhere in the six-month mark. Karen Sand became Karen crazy. I moved on with my life to escape her, but fate with encountering dangerous women followed me into my work life.

    ***

    9 am

    Hunter International

    After the restructure.

    After the restructure and subsequent job losses at Hunter International, we were amalgamated with the sales team, taking the area at the end of the building separated by a ceiling to floor frosted glass partition. I sit at my desk reviewing the latest ad creative when I'm tapped on the shoulder by Emily Haughton, my fellow marketing executive who became more paranoid since making the cut. We took the brunt of the major changes. Our team went from thirty to ten, going the route of using external companies to fulfill our needs.

    Kinda felt like an episode of Survivor, wondering who was going to be made redundant at the time. I had complete confidence what I was doing was mission critical but the others... Damn. The situation was every man, I mean woman for themselves.

    Emily is wearing black heels, tight black skirt, and a silk white blouse. She pulls in a chair and sits next to me she ties back her brunette hair. Her blue eyes squinted a bit, her cute snippet of behavior when she gets emotional.

    Royce. Take your earphones out.

    What? I say, Damn girl why you breathing down me. Chew a mint before you speak to me.

    Ha! You’re the one with dragon breath. You eat a mint every ten minutes. That’s a dead giveaway. She grabs my packet of mints and takes one. How did the meeting go?

    I frown, What meeting?

    Emily rolls her eyes, The one with Rebecca and Tricia.

    Yeah, I wondered why you didn't receive the invite?

    Tricia wants me to manage the social media aspect of the marketing.

    I sit back, Wow. So are you not a Campaign Manager now?

    No. she sighs, My official title is Digital Manager.

    I exhale, So are congratulations are in order?

    Emily crossed her arms. Of course not. This is a bloody downgrade!

    Whoa, hang on. You are still employed, so why you fricking complaining? I say, Besides to stay on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram all day. That's a dream job for most people.

    Very funny asshole. I'm grateful I still got a job but I didn't expect this!

    Nobody expected this. You were exceptional at what you were doing, what was their reason?

    Ugh, they fed me some crap about digital marketing is the way of the future and they wanted me to add value. Problem is, I loathe the position. I'm going to re-purposing creative they feed me, with no input.

    I lean back then swivel my screen to show her the creative of Hunter International’s new marketing strategy.

    Emily winces. God damn that shit is terrible. Like putting lipstick on a pig, or a dick on a beautiful woman.

    I snickered at the last comment, I agree, we were going down shit creek when Rebecca approved this no-name marketing company to take a shot at the creative.

    Urban Eye...

    Yeah, who told you?

    Emily put her elbows, on the desk and her face went into her palms. I thought so, that corrupt bitch still wants to press ahead with them.

    Should I be aware of something?

    Won't change anything. They are going to run with the creative right?

    Yep, going across all communications for the re-branding.

    Why did they ignore my request for other marketing companies an opportunity to pitch for the business?

    "Cade Hunter the CEO wanted something back urgently and he was happy with what he reviewed. To be brutally

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