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"How are you feeling now, Dad?" Dante enquired, assessing his father's face which appeared to have aged a decade overnight. He was still bound to the hospital bed but much better. "How's the company?" his dad asked instead. Dante hesitated, struggling to form an answer. The company had been going downhill since the scandal broke. His team was working tirelessly to find the source of the leak, but hadn't gathered much yet. He suspected their rival company was behind it, but without solid evidence, he couldn't make any accusations."It will be better," Dante responded solemnly. Even though he didn't like his dad much, his sense of responsibility towards him still lingered. He didn't want his parents to suffer because of him. His dad was visibly disappointed with the answer. He looked away from him and fixed his eyes on the white wall across from him. "Your mother and I were discussing it. The media isn't ready to drop it no matter how much we bribe them. But we've found a way to stop
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"Maybe you should," came her unexpected reply. Dante glanced up at her, a frown creasing his brow."You want me to take a fiancee too?" he asked, his countenance hardening into a stern mask of shock. She averted her gaze, unable to meet his eyes. "That's the only way out," she explained, gazing blankly at the wall behind him. Dante clenched his jaw. His appetite vanishing in an instant. "Who says that?" he shouted, making her flinch. Wide eyes, she gaped at him as he seethed with barely restrained fury. This was the first time he had let his anger slip before her. But what could he do? The whole world was already conspiring to wrench them apart and now she was also advocating them. How could she be so cool suggesting that when he couldn't even imagine a moment without her? The ache of that possibility twisted in his gut, igniting an anger he couldn't contain. She swallowed, not having expected such an explosive reaction from him. "People will forget about the scandal if you presen
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She cradled sleeping Vincent to her chest and squeezed her teary eyes shut. She didn't want to be bitter but she couldn't help it. Those pictures had inflicted excruciating pain on her heart. She felt as if her heart was being constantly contorted by a barbed wire, twisting tighter ith each painful thought. Opening her eyes, she glanced down at Vincent's tiny face and pressed a kiss on his bald head. No matter how much it hurt, she had endure it for Dante's sake.Tonight the Martinez' were hosting the announcement party to reveal Dante's engagement to Eviana. Maya didn't want to go and witness their fake love but her father insisted she be there. They wanted to see her. She stepped out wearing a simple pink dress. As she entered the living hall, she noticed Eviana and Dante engaged in a lighthearted banter."You can't even handle a hairpin. How are you handling a company is beyond me," Eviana playfully taunted as Dante struggled to put a hairpin in her hair. Her hairpin had slipped
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It was a narrow escape. The instant they stepped into the stall, the door flung open. Maya buried her face in his chest as the heels click echoed in the quiet bathroom, probably approaching the countertop. Dante had pinned her against the wall, her legs tightly coiled around his waist, their roots intimately connected."Yes, mom. I am in the bathroom. I'll be there in a minute," Eviana's perky voice rung out. Maya tensed up, realising it was Eviana. She drew back to steal a glance at him and gauge his expression. He was already looking down at her. Her worrieed blue eyes dulled locked momentarily with his assured silver ones before he suddenly leaned in and captured her mouth in a heated kiss. Her lips molded to his, responding with a passion that matched his intensity.As they kissed, his cock teasingly nudged against her tender spot. Her lips parted into a gasp, his tongue slipped into her mouth. He invaded her from both ends, pounding her in slow and deep strokes. Her mind was mu
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Eviana bristled as she saw them together, walking in through the door, hand in hand. Her fists clenched, jealousy burning through her veins.For a brief moment, her eyes met Maya's. The frown on Eviana's mouth quickly curved into a smile, but Maya responded with cold indifference. She wasn't going to get fooled by her fakeness any longer."I am so happy you came back," Eviana approached them, speaking in a sickly sweet voice. "This is my home. Of course, I was coming back," Maya responded curtly, not buying her lies. From today on, she was going to trust her instincts. Eviana's smile hardened. "Of course, of course. The way you left, I thought you wouldn't come back until Dante had ground his nose to your feet," she joked before coming to a stop in front of her and continuing, "Please, forget about everything that happened. I can understand how embarrassed you must have felt while apologizing to me. In honesty, I also didn't like Dante's forci." She stopped to gauge her reaction. "
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