Chapter 68.Stricken with questions.Adrian's POV.Raphael.His brows furrowed at me in a glance like the speed of lightning, though he did not seem as surprised as I was like he was expecting me here and maybe he was here for me. 'Is it all a set-up? How did Mr Carter get to know him? What's happening?' I wondered.My eyes remained on him when he took some long-slow slides towards me. He offered me a handshake, "Hi, I'm Raphael O'Neill, Maven told me a lot about you and I must say meeting you in person is such a nice feeling."I scoffed in my head, 'What's he insinuating? That he could proudly show me his betrayal face and could proudly stretch his hand towards me for a shake like nothing happened? Is he kidding me right now?' I wondered. I smirked. 'Two can play the game.' So I took his outstretched hand with a cold smile, "Mr Maven could be such a talkative sometimes, please forgive his uncalled behaviour." And I took my hand away like it burnt.I created like six feet between u
Chapter 69.Raphael again!Adrian's POV.I was in my office, typing away with my laptop in front of me as I was busy with a guiding list for my crew to follow while editing. Though we had a guiding list for editing before, some new rules just came to my head when I was viewing one of the books sent to me by one of my colleagues.The landmark on my table began to ring, distracting me. "Mr Maven," I called him immediately I picked up the call."Miss Williams, I will be having an important meeting with one of the company's clients in thirty minutes, and I will need a secretary. You should represent Beatrice," He told to me."Oh Mr Maven! I will be there.""Good." And he hung up the call.I sighed.I was getting tired of fitting in for Beatrice and I don't understand why my boss would not call another person as a substitute instead, it was like I was being punished. My eyes were on the phone for some minutes. I dropped the phone.It had been four days since Mr Carter came to the company
Chapter 70.How life is treating me.Raphael's POV.I was in the wine cellar, sipping from a bottle of wine. I know I was supposed to pour it into a glass cup for easier taking but I was too lazy to go for a pour, I would rather drink from the glass with how sorrowful I am.Carter joined me at the cellar, "Good morning, boss," He bowed, "I know I'll see you here."I stared away from him. "I will take that as a compliment."His words were far from being a compliment, it was like talking about a disgusting habit I just found and am doing, though it was not a new habit, I had done it before, but this was more painful than the first, not when I'm like this because of my negligence."Boss, will you be okay by yourself?"I turned to him, "I'm not alone, the maids and guards are here, so don't worry, I'll be very fine.""You know what I mean boss, if you want to go out to the bar, the maids and the guards would not be able to stop you."I rolled my eyes, "Adriana is in this city remember? I
Chapter 71.The deal is a deal.Adrian's POV.Beatrice had returned to work and I thought that I was free from all the responsibilities of winning Raphael who had made it clear that if I didn't want to work with him, he was not ready to invest in the company and turned out that he was the real investor and not Mr Carter.On a real, I went back to my normal editing job and that morning when I resumed work, I picked up the paper bag I came with which was filled with black coffee for Mr Maven as a token of apology that I chased off his investor who was ready to invest all his dollars in the company if only I would be the one to finalize the deal with him.As usual, the journey to Mr Maven's office was such a short one. I got to Beatrice's seat and it was empty, I needed no soothsayer to tell me she would be with Mr Maven.I wanted to knock on the door, but I heard my name being mentioned from inside the office and my curiosity peaked. I leaned my ear on the door to listen to everything
Chapter 72.Who is Raphael O'Neill?Adrian's POV.Was that not what he wanted, for me to agree to his terms and conditions even if it was not the best for me? 'Then why is he sullen when I finally agreed to it?'Raphael fell back on his seat, looking very hurt. "You should leave," He muttered to me.Leave? And what next? Getting automatic firing when the company couldn't pay its employees anymore? That's bullshit.I gently returned to my seat, looking dejectedly at him. "Aren't you supposed to be listing out your terms and conditions to the contract and start thinking of penning down your signature?"He intertwined his fingers and glanced at me before returning his eyes to his held fist, "I'm an asshole, I desperately want to have you close to me and it is toying with my reasoning, I can't believe that yet again, I made you cry."He got out of his seat, "Look at me, I came here to rectify my mistake and I still have the gut to make more, I feel like punching myself in the gut right no
Chapter 73.The deal was finalized and signed.Adrian's POV.What's he telling me? He was never poor. 'Does that mean he came to my school just for fun?' I wondered. Maybe he already had everything strategised, maybe his main goal was to deceive the innocent students and get what he wanted from them, and I was the unlucky one who got to be the victim.That caused some tears in my eyes. I was used."Adrian," He wanted to wipe my tears."No, don't!" I took my face away from him. "Let go of me."He held tighter, "Adrian, you have to listen to me, please.""No! Let go of me this instant!" Normally, I would have hit him, slapped his face and just hit him off, but I couldn't, not when his guards were looking that deadly, they could bundle me to hell."Adrian you're getting it all wrong, I love you, please believe me."I couldn't control my hand with those words, so I slapped him. How could he be so cruel and continue to lie to my face about loving me? How?"Don't you ever tell me that you
Chapter 74.No turning back.Adrian's POV.I woke up from sleep, but I didn't have the balls to stand up from bed, all it takes for me to be that lazy is the thought that I won't be going to the company for a while, I was stuck with Raphael.A knock came on my door and I knew it must be Ryan, "Go away." I muttered to him.I was not surprised when he entered. I didn't spare him a glance, I knew that he would enter anyway. He and Galton, it was like they worked with the same spirit in them, when I survived Galton, Ryan took his place.Ryan and I are sharing the same apartment, a two-bedroom apartment. He got us the house when we relocated here and foot the bills, though I made sure to pay him back after I got some money from my salary to spare."Tell me I'm seeing things right now." I heard him gasp.I knew he was referring to me on the bed. Instead of answering him, I pulled the covers over my head and balled myself more on the bed."Oh, Andy! You're so pitiful right now," I felt him p
Chapter 75.Is Raphael sick?Raphael POV.Knowing that Adriana would be coming over to my place today fueled my anxiety. It brightened my day so much and I couldn't stop smiling.Early in the morning, I had woken up very early to inform all the workers in the mansion about her arrival. I had told them, "My sweetheart is coming to the mansion today, treat her with care."I had also made it known to them that the gate should be open wide for her when she arrived. I showed them her pictures to avoid any sort of misunderstanding.When she arrived, I had watched her from my laptop since the mansion was surrounded with a lot of cameras. "She's beautiful." I had muttered to myself and that was just the truth. She was very alluring.My eyes were on her from her short journey from the gate to my office and when the door of my office opened, I shut the device.I raised my eyes to stare at her and threw her a greeting, "Good morning, Miss Williams."I hated it every time I called her by her las