Adele's POV
"I'm here to meet Albert Knight." I bit my lips in tension. Last time when I did it I used to work in Knight Enterprises. I was his employee, his wife. And now I'm his runaway wife. I didn't know if I would get the permission to meet him or not.
I felt the receptionist looked at him with horror. She didn't even blink for a few minutes, "Are you sure, ma'am?"
"Of course! That's why I'm here." I frowned. Why it was so rare to get a chance of meeting CEOs?
"Err...do you have any appointment?" She again asked. Confusion and fear were overloaded in her eyes. Didn't anyone ask to meet him before?
"No, can't I meet him without any appointment?" I asked trying to calm myself down. I knew things have been changed. It won't be good to barge in his office like that. Maybe he wouldn't like.
"Sorry, ma'am...boss has a really bad mood today. We can't arrange the appointment right now." She said with a polite smile.
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"Brat! You're going to fall in danger." Adele smacked Everett's head a little."Hey! Do you think I'm here to play with my brother in law? No way! I've better works to do. I'm just here to dry your hairs." He said while wiping Adele's hairs with towel, " Since childhood you hated the thing, and I did it for you. I missed it Amber." He sighed.Their childhood was really full of happiness until that night came. But nothing stopped their growing affections and bond to become stronger. After moving to San Francisco, they became each other's life without even saying. Amber was like their pampering mother, Everett and Elora was like her spoiled child. But yet they spoiled her little too. Everett liked to dry her hairs, Elora liked to do her makeups. She was really pampered by them."I missed you to Eve, I missed everyone." She pressed her lips together firmly."Hmmm, I know." He smiled, "You family missed you too, Amber. Like that Albert Knight did.
"What the hell!!!" Adele shouted loudly as she panicked to see Albert get unconscious on the road."Eve, come over here! Hurry up!" She really couldn't get mad at Everett for punchering those tyres as no matter what happened Albert must have stood there for hours even in the rain. She just wanted to curse her bad luck."What happened?" Everett, who was busy in his work, suddenly came all the way running with her sudden and restless voice. The moment he looked through the window, his face changed drastically. He didn't know something like this would happen because of his childishness."Let's go. Have a look at him." Everett pulled her when she behaved reluctantly, "What's the point? They won't let us go near him. I'm just a nobody. Not the Wilsons, nor Mrs. Knight. I ca
Albert's POV Now what the hell does these people want? She left me like she was never in my life. And now trying to get me back. Robert was the one to ask her to come here. Now he also came to meet. Not that I hate my family. But they just kicked me out of the family. If they were having any problem, they could share, right? We could have found a way out to get rid of all those. But they just chose to keep me in the dark and fight on their own. I didn't know if it meant anything good or bad, I was just mad at them. "What do you want now?" I asked Robert coldly. I didn't know he could forget me so fast after getting a companion, my wife. Both of them ditched me. "At least it's not you whom I want to meet now. It's Adele and Andrew." He smirked.
"I am here to meet Mr. Albert Knight." Adele bit her lips in tension knowing he won't agree again. The day, he left just after Everett's words. He was actually afraid to show his soft corners to the whole world. He didn't like how people around him could read his mind. He was afraid to get caught by them that he loved her all the time didn't matter what she did or not."Ma'am, I'm sorry again. You can't." The receptionist was feeling bad for her. She went yesterday and now again. Maybe she had something urgent."Umm...I understand." She nodded a little with a sigh, "Just inform your president, I won't come here to disturb his works anymore. I don't want him to waste time for me."She went to the elevator with a heavy heart. She didn't know what to do. Though yesterday
Richardo EnterprisesIn the meeting roomAlbert was sitting impatiently while sparing death glares towards Ryan and Adam. Both of them were trying hard to control their laughter as his constant gazes were of no work. The moment Albert's eyes fell on Elora, he earned a sheepish smile from her. For some reason, he was not able to glare at her. He had some soft corners for her."When will your employee come with presentations?" He asked at last. He had been waiting there for the last ten minutes and there was no trace of anyone. He was being patient for the sale of his past relationships with them, basically for Elora."Damn! Jacob Smith has done some better jobs than the actual owners. Why are you so careless?"
Adele's POV I could hear faint voices. I knew it was Everett. Though my eyes were too heavy to open, I could understand how tense he was for me. The effect of anesthesia hasn't been out yet. I felt my body felt a ton of weight over it. I could hardly open my eyes. "Amber! You've got your senses back." Everett whispers into my ears, noticing my movements. Before I could nod, he again said, "Take it easy. You will be okay, huh..." I slowly opened my eyes and saw a blurry vision of Albert sitting on the sofa of the cabin, hands on his head. There was a frown between his eyes, his face seemed tired. Everett gave me an assuring smile while pointing at him, "He had been so tensed for you. He was even awake t
"Find who tried to attack her. Don't leave that bastard." Albert called his subordinate as his blood boiled with the incident. Adele was badly injured. His fake anger hurt her that much. If he was beside her that wouldn't have happened."Calm down. I'm not dead yet." Adele smirked at him laying on the hospital bed. Her heart melted knowing how much he cared about her. At last he admitted."How come you are so calm? Did you plan it to scare me?" He rolled his eyes."Come on! I love myself. So I'm not gonna hurt myself. I'm relieved because Robin has gone after them. He will make sure to make them pay. Don't worry." She explained.Albert sighed. It was true. Robin always took care of Adele. Now that he was
It was the day when Adele was released from the hospital. She needed a few days more to stay there. But Everett managed it somehow. After that day, Albert didn't say anything about their childhood. He didn't mention it. And when she tried to ask anything, he simply avoided. But curiosity was killing her inside."What are you thinking for that long? You didn't even miss me these days." Adam frowned at her as she was engaged in her thoughts. He said a lot of things in the meantime but she didn't respond."Not like that. Tell me how are you and El doing?" She asked with a sigh."Elora? She's such a sweet girl. She never complains about my job." He smiled. That was his first concern. He had to come home late many times, sometimes he couldn't make it. He needed to go on mis
Ten months later Shot! Shot! Shot! Alexandra ran all the way to reach the staircase as she found a thug was firing from that place. She got a new case of diamond smuggling and she was determined to stop it. She was ready with Richardo duos. She was about to shoot that thug but found a card hit his hand from behind for which the gun fell on the floor. "Darn it!" She cursed and shot twice at the direction.from where the card came. But not wasting time, she ran after the thug. Adam found his way to meet the card thrower and it turned out to be the card specialist Robert Knight. Alexandra was running after the thug but suddenly bumped into a hard wall. She raised her head to find Albert in mafia attire. "Fuck!" She cursed loudly. She looked b
Albert was feeling so relaxed yet stressed at the same time. It felt good to get a family back. Again he took a huge responsibility not knowing even if he was eligible for it or not. He noticed something has changed in Adele. She was looking so calm and composed unlike times when she opened up herself. Sitting next to her laptop lazily in the bed, she kept checking some important files. "You are not even working, what are you really thinking?" Albert asked curiously as he noticed her unmindfulness. Adele didn't say anything. She could only sigh. "I am sorry." Albert raised his head to look at her. What was the apology for? "Pardon?" "I'm sorry, Albert." She closed the laptop and bit her lips. "Why are you saying sorry? Did anything happen?" Albert
"Are you okay?" Alexandra asked in a low voice. Jacob got injured because of escaping from the car. He was taken to the hospital by them. Licas and Alexandra reached there almost immediately.Jacob lifted his hand a little to touch her head. Brushing fingers on her skin, he felt the warmth reached to his heart. It was his daughter whom he never got close to him. He loved her but never could say that. Unknowingly a drop of tear fell from his eyes. He didn't cry for a long time. Only he cried in front of his wife. She was gone taking all of his tears away. Now there came his children, who could make him emotional.He nodded a little with a small smile. He was really happy. He got his family back, with him. They even saved him. No matter how much they hated him, they still had a soft corner for him."Are you angry with me?" He asked in a shaky voice. He knew the answer.
Adele's POV"Nathan Lan? Or should I say Alessandro Colombo?" I looked into his eyes. It was giving me devilish pleasure seeing him tied up helpless, at our mercy. I couldn't believe it when I called him 'Brother Nathan'. I liked him so much. He was like my family. I believed him all my life.Fuck him!Fuck to that belief I had on him. He's a bloody betrayer. He betrayed my emotions. I was a freakin fool to believe him. Suddenly I found I caused a lot of trouble in my family. My stubbornness just gave them a hard time. My fucking belief led Elora to a danger. I am hopeless."Adele Wilson, you are such an idiot. Took so long to understand." He was laughing like a devil, which he really was. Xavier was his peopl
Adele's POV Lucas seemed tense. His hands were cold when I touched it. I couldn't understand what he was afraid of. But one thing for sure, he was guilty. The whole family was giving him cold shoulder from then except Sil. If it was not Albert, I would have misunderstood him too. He had nothing to do in all these. He was just forced to listen to the commands and he could only do that. "Amber…." I heard Sil's blurry voice suddenly. Maybe she woke up from sleep. She was never a late riser but maybe emotional breakdown and mental tiredness made her sleep until noon today. But what about her office? It's not a weekend. "Sil, did you get a day off?" I asked curiously when she started to get and leaned on the headboard. "She was not feeling good. So I just called Adam and informed she won't be in her office today. She needs rest. She
Albert was sitting there in a daze. He couldn't think straight. Sitting in the middle of the bed, he was lost in thoughts. Adele was feeling a little guilty. After all her cousin did so bad to him. He knew it still never complained. He loved her without any hesitation."Albert." She called and sat beside him. She patted his shoulder a little, "I'm sorry. I knew Jacob Smith was your father but I didn't inform you.""It's okay. He's scary. Good thing you didn't pick up a fight with him." Albert leaned on her shoulder. He was feeling vulnerable. He was broken inside."I'm sorry, I didn't know Lucas….." She sighed.Albert shook his head with her words, "Don't blame him. He had nothing to do. He was forced like me. But I'm wondering why he took all of the blame on his shoulder. Why didn't he protest?"
"So dad was killed because of this?" Adele's voice trembled while asking this. She knew the answer, yet she thought to confirm. She wasted two years of her life because of Ramond Knight. Turns out Ramond Knight was just an advantage seeker. The real villain was Jacob Smith, yet he didn't have any intentions of doing that. How could she blame him? "Kind of. You know the story." Jacob Smith knew many lives were at stake because of him. Yet he was never practically involved with them. Wasn't it an irony? "So my dad died because of my father in law? I don't know how to accept that." She sighed. She didn't want to accept that. The little respect she had for Jacob was long gone. She was thinking how Albert was reacting to all these. He loved Mason Knight and Elijah Wilson a lot. Now they died willingly or unwillingly because of his real dad. Sometimes trying to protect him, sometimes without any reason. It must be
Albert's POV I was feeling like my whole world got shaken. My whole existence was a lie, a lie created by Jacob Smith and directed by Lucas Wilson. I was looking at Ms. Rivera all the time. What did she mean? I was her brother? I was her biological brother. Moreover I was the son of Jacob Smith. Jacob Smith!? He was known as the assistant of Old master Richardo, Adam and Ryan's grandfather. After their father's death, he took care of the family and businesses. But who knew he was the real owner of a Mafia organisation?! That means I'm the heir of this organisation? Things were really complicated. What about dad? My dad? Mason Knight? What about uncle Wilson? Did Robert know that? I couldn't think s
"Why did you marry me, Adam?" Those words suddenly fell from Elora's mouth. She couldn't help but ask after all these. At first she really thought it was just a novel type flash marriage. He needed to get rid of his grandfather's pampering words and that's why he wanted to marry her. But the first confusion came into her brain, when she found Ryan was his brother and Adele was his friend. If that was true then no way he never heard about her or saw her. Of course they had her pictures. But things became very complicated when he was Alexandra's subordinate, even Ryan included. All those things could only be coincidence, well she didn't believe it. There was something bigger than she thought. And she knew she was right. Because she found Jacob's text in his phone. Adam didn't reply. He had nothing to say. Things were not easy to explain and he knew Jacob would do that tonight. So it was good not to open his mo