The hallway was bathed in silence, the only sound was the faint echo of our breaths as I waited to see what Mark would do. I rolled my eyes, not surprised when he untangled himself from me. "She needs me," his said as he took a tentative step toward her. "Bella…"A stifled yawn threatened to escape
Mark, after wishing dad a happy birthday and giving him a wrapped gift he had gotten for him, had said a succinct goodbye to him and mom and we left. Dad's smile kept faltering as he looked between Mark and I.The ride home was fun. Mark had taken us home with the car that brought him and Bella.Bor
"Hello.""Good evening ma'am."The secretary there had a bright smile on his face as he greeted me. "Good evening. Inform the head accountant that I'm here to see him."He nodded and made a call. I was hastily summoned in.The accountant was all smiles as he ushered me in, already waiting at the doo
In a couple of hours, we were down to a more feasible solution. Since the cash flow was too low, Grace and I were the only ones who volunteered to lend our savings to the company in our personal names. The overbearing shareholders claimed they couldn't take such decisions without properly informing
Her eyes widened in shock. "Are going to be that harsh?""Yes," I replied succinctly with a straight face.Since they now seemed to underestimate Grace and not give her the regard that she deserved, I was now the only one fit to put them in their places and majorly lead the company.A ping sounded f
BELLA'S POVIf dad hadn't chosen such a dumb excuse, I wouldn't be struggling to keep him by my side now.Since dad had told everyone that lame lie, I had no choice but to go with it after I returned. I had carefully capitalized on it and told it to Mark at every chance I got. He pitied me and he ha
"What do you mean I should get pregnant?"She blinked at me. "Come on girl. You know what I mean. Sleep with Mark without protection and make sure he impregnates you.""Oh," I murmured dismally and sat back."You can't do it?" Her sharp voice pulled me out of my thoughts."What? No, yeah, I can," I
I looked up at him; my eyes felt wet with tears. "It was hell, Mark. I wished you were there then. I wished you were there to hold me in your arms like you do now and tell me that they were just meaningless dreams…" I trailed off and a tear rolled down my cheeks."Come on, Bel," Mark roughly pushed