CORAI parked my car in the parking lot and quickly headed toward the CEO's elevator. Reign had told me to only use it while going up so I would feel at ease.I closed my eyes when I got into the elevator. I found myself shaking and feeling nauseous but I couldn't tell if it was because I was taking the elevator alone or because I was late on my first day in attorney Olsen's department.Nevertheless, I closed my eyes and leaned my back, imagining that Reign was there with me as the elevator took me to the right floor.Once I got out, I hurriedly made my way to my new office. In spite of everything, I felt excited about later sharing my love story with Emily. I could not wait to see the pleasant surprise that would appear on her face when she learned that I unintentionally caught Reign Fletcher's eye.When I entered the office, I saw the same seven faces I had seen the previous day. "Good morning, everyone," I said cheerfully.They all lifted their heads one after the other to look at
AVERY"What are you saying?" I asked Lucas. "It must have been Cora, right? She must have badmouthed me to you. Don't believe anything she says honey, you know how much I love you. I was just trying to upset her, that's all. You know I take pleasure in doing that."Lucas furrowed his brows, "Cora?"I nodded, "Yes, didn't she tell you I said I wanted Reign Fletcher and would give her to you? I was just trying to spite her. You are the only man I love and want to spend the rest of my life with. Please divorce Cora right away and let's get married."He shook his head, "It's already late, Avery. I can't do that anymore. I want Cora now. She is my wife and I will never let her go.""Don't you love me anymore?" I began to cry but he turned his face away. This was the same Lucas I had wrapped around my finger so I believed his anger was speaking because of whatever Cora must have told him.Nevertheless, I knew his weakness and decided to use it to my advantage. While tears fell from my eyes,
CORAI smiled at Reign, "I missed you so much, Reign. While in Olsen's office, I kept thinking about how happy I felt while working in your office. Even though I was doing practically nothing but stare at you, it still gave me so much joy. Didn't think I'd miss all of that so soon.""Come with me," he took me toward his chair and sat down while I sat on his thighs. His arms held me as he said, "I would ask you to come back but that would be utterly selfish of me. I want you to gain as much experience as you can. The good thing about working here is that you can handle cases as much as you want, even if they have nothing to do with the company. I will close my eyes and let Olsen have his way because someday, I want you to own your own law firm. I will make sure it happens. However, do not let anyone bully you because my heart would not bear it if I found out."I laughed, "Thanks for having big dreams for me. Right now, what matters is winning Olsen's over. Once I've done that everyth
CORA"Where are you now?" I asked Emily."Just leaving my house right now," she replied."I'll meet you in the cafe' opposite FLETCHER CONGLOMERATES in a few minutes," I said to her before hanging up.Everyone was staring at me and my hands were shaking. I could guess what Emily must have seen, as well as the culprit, but I needed to meet with her to be sure she wasn't blowing anything out of proportion because I knew she could be dramatic at times.I stared at the mess Olsen had made and quietly began to clean up the floor again. I threw the leftover coffee and all the food I had painstakingly bought inside the trash. Afterward, I tried to wipe my dress clean but the stains only got worse.How I looked at this point was the least of my problems, so I walked over to Olsen's table and said, "I am very sorry that I delayed your lunch and let you down."He looked up at me and seemed somewhat surprised by my apology. After speaking to him, I picked up my bag and walked out of the office.
REIGNI sat in my office staring at Cora's picture. Ever since she left my office, thoughts of her filled my mind and I could not focus on anything else.I was so crazy about her that I could not understand how I had lived without her all these years.Last night, I found myself feeling nervous while in her house. Almost everything she said sounded like there was an underlying meaning attached, but I had a lot of respect for her.My desires, stronger than they had ever been, propelled me to make a move on her and explore the joy and pleasures I could only find in her arms, yet I feared that she would doubt my love for her afterward. I would wait, at least until she didn't have to deal with Lucas anymore. I had also been really impressed last night.I thought she would be in tears or worse, upset because of what happened at my house, afterall, she had told me from the beginning that she didn't want to go. I had been so scared when I got out of my parents' house and learned she had left
CORAI arrived at Lucas' home and met him waiting for me in the living room."Why the hell did you not tell me you were back?" I asked."What happened to you, Cora? Have you looked at your dress?" He asked pointing at the stains on my dress."Forget about that," I replied. "It's good that you are back. Let's get divorced quickly, now as a matter of fact.""No, I can't do that," he replied.I scoffed, "Stop being so petty because I hit you in the past, Lucas. Why can't you go with me now? It's not like you're busy. Besides, how can you spend the rest of your life with Avery if you do not divorce me?"He took a step closer to me, making me uncomfortable. I was about to take a step back when he cupped my face and said, "Cora, I was wrong all this time. I was very wrong.If I had met you first before your sister, things would have turned out differently. You would have been the only one in my eyes and we would have gotten married while being so crazy in love with each other.It's not late
CORAReign dragged me toward my car which was parked inside Lucas' compound. He snatched my bag from me, took out my keys, and opened the door.At this point, Lucas who had been staring at Reign with a dumbfounded expression on his face, began to approach us with the reporters slowly tailing behind him and he also looked angry.Still without saying a word to me, Reign opened the door of my car and I quietly got in. Before Lucas could get to us, Reign had already started the car and was driving out, through the gate which he had left open.I heard Lucas scream my name but my gaze was fixed on Reign whose hands tightly held the steering. I noticed Reign's car which was parked outside Lucas' compound and wondered if he was going to leave it behind.After driving for a while, Reign stopped the car at a quiet spot and stared at me as he asked, "Why, Cora? Aren't we a team? Shouldn't we work together in times like this? Yet what did you do? You first ran to Lucas for help. What do you thin
REIGNAfter saying goodbye to Cora, I hurried into the bathroom to freshen up but not before ordering a delicious meal for both of us.The food arrived just as I got ready to leave the house. I hurried because I did not want to keep her waiting, especially since we had so much to do before the day was over. As I drove one of my cars to her house with the food on my seat, I called my assistant to find out if he had made any progress on finding the culprit who attacked Cora earlier.He said he was still on it and promised to find the criminal before the end of the day. I asked him to set up a press conference for me at eight and invite a lot of reporters. I approached Cora's house and was surprised to see a crowd gathering in front of it. My heart began to race as I feared that the man who attacked her earlier had attacked again. How could I have left her alone?I quickly stopped my car, got down, and began heading toward her door when I spotted a police vehicle driving past me.Insid