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Ben’s morning was packed with meetings. Shadow bought him his regular long black before the 11 am meeting along with the news from Jayden regarding Dana’s signature stamp timing. “Boss, should I pass the message to Madam?” “Um” Ben took a sip as he narrowed his eyes “What took them this long?” “Figuring out which transaction came from AE.” Shadow rolled his eyes. The transactions were often piggybacked to several different accounts and tracking the original account wasn’t as simple as the flick of a switch. “Wait. I will tell her later. What if she goes on a lone wolf crusade and gets in trouble?” Shadow shrugged; he didn’t mind either way. “What’s on next?” Ben asked as he signed the documents that he was reviewing. “Briefing with Tanzim representatives.” “Any issues?” Shadow shook his head. “Then you can run the show.” Ben stood up to leave. “Boss” Shadow called out with a frown. Ben arched an eyebrow. “Lou Lin seems to have cleared his diary for this catch up with you.”
Lara came to the Glitz club as pre-arranged with Gail. Gail was already waiting in a shady corner of the club. She watched Lara walk in on her own and taking a seat at the table where the booking was made. She waited for another 10 mins before walking out and towards Lara. “Ms Burton” She extended her hand politely in greeting with a fake smile plastered on her face. “What do you want?” Lara didn’t have time to be pretentious. “Can’t we have a friendly conversation?” Gail smiled charmingly. “Not with you.” Lara smirked with an unfriendly expression. “Lara, how much…” Gail sat down “Please call me Ms. Burton, we are not familiar to be on a first name basis.” Lara interrupted impolitely. She was not going to keep a friendly façade with someone like her. Perhaps she’d been friends with Dana for far too long. “Ms Burton, how much is Ed paying you for this role?” Gail’s lips curled up “I can see that you are enchanted with his performance but let me enlighten you” She paused deliber
Ruth paced uncomfortably in her living room. She couldn’t believe Theo’s audacity to ask for divorce. They had lived together for almost a decade and yet…. It was all going to be over just like that. She wondered if she could use her son as the bargaining chip. She knew that Theo was very fond of their son…. But at the same time, she didn’t want to use her son. She sat back with a tired sigh after walking off most of the resentment. “Ding” Her phone lighted up with a message. She read the message and was surprised. She knew Theo better than anyone. He was stubborn as a mule. He would never take a step back once he put his foot down. However, she replied with a simple ‘okay’. Gail was at her wits end having stayed in the god forsaken place for two nights in a row. At least her previous experience was not this shabby, she had used her connections and had quite a few people believing that she was still Mrs Evans. But this time, the complainant was Major General himself. All her previou
“Mr Carson.” Ben greeted, to break the ice. He knew Anna was very important to Dana since she decided to drop everything and come over and the man in front of him was important to Anna. “You better be worth the trouble I am in.” Osmond gritted his teeth as he shook hands. “Hurt her and I don’t care if you are the uncrowned prince of Dorsen, I will make you pay.” Osmond levelled his gaze at Ben. “You care that much about her?” Frank raised his eyebrows before Ben could respond. “Yes” Osmond paused before adding “My happiness depends on hers.” He spoke as he eyed the woman who was bossily ordering Dana and the others into the car. She didn’t wait for him to come as she drove away. “Your husb…” Sarah stared wide eyed at the four men standing outside with sour faces. “Let him deal with that stinky man.” “That’s my husband.” Dana pouted resentfully. “Sccrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeccccccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhh” Anna braked. She turned her head and looked at Dana as though she discovered a
“Seriously, thank you.” Irene eyes sparkled. “It was nothing.” Dana waved her hand. “No one would do it.” Irene pouted as she remembered feeling helpless after asking almost everyone she knew. Most of the people that usually fawned over her conveniently came up with “can’t squeeze with current commitments” as they were all aware of Ben’s announcement and knew Ben wouldn’t take revenge. “You are Ben’s sister and as such my sister.” Dana smiled shaking her head as if to say not to think too much. “I will owe you this one. You can ask me anything you want.” Irene promised happily. “No one knows.” Ben walked up to Dana and blurted. “Knows what?” Irene looked curiously at Ben. “Did you mean it when you said ask anything?” Dana looked at Irene with a sly smile. Ben shook his head and walked away. “Yes, I promise.” Irene raised her chin arrogantly “An Adalase never breaks a promise.” “Then sit with me for a counselling session.” “Huh?” “I want to help you and understand your prejud
“Come home when you are free in the afternoon, and we can start the counselling session if you want.” Dana told Irene once everyone dispersed for lunch. “Um” Irene nodded before asking curiously “Do you really not hate me?” Dana smiled and shook her head. “Yeah…” Irene smiled cheekily “I am so adorable; it is impossible to be hated.” “Puchi..” Dana giggled “How did you learn to be so shameless? From your brother?” “Nope… I have started taking lessons from Lara.” Irene smirked raising her eyebrows challengingly. The discussion at the dining table shifted to Christmas celebration that was coming up in 2 weeks. Helena declared that everyone would be exempt from the gathering for the next 2 weeks and had to make it home for Christmas eve and stay back till new year as was the tradition every year. “Sister-in-law, don’t forget my birthday is next month.” Bertie reminded Dana with a cheeky smile. Dana arched her eyebrows at Ben. “He is shamelessly asking you for the cufflink- tie cl
Theo’s grand plan of getting Dana to release their first batch from Lumier workshop was blasted off by Ben even before he pitched it fully. Theo sat back dejectedly. His grand plan was destroyed even before it saw the light of day. Dana had informed Ben in the morning that she wanted to go to the workshop after work this week. Ben agreed with a long face. He could not bear to refuse her and didn’t have an outlet to vent. Theo presented himself at the most inopportune moment by himself. “How are you going with Ruth?” Ben was back to his normal self once he vented. “She’s thinking.” Theo sighed before explaining their last conversation. “Um” Ben didn’t have much to contribute. Ben accompanied Dana at the workshop in the evening. Dana worked on her projects as Ben worked on his laptop. Dana sat thinking what to get everyone for Christmas. She was going to get the men a tie. She remembered the ruckus around the cufflink set she gave Ben and decided to do the same. She had already fi
Ben woke as per his normal body clock but stayed in bed with Dana nestled in his embrace. This sleeping posture had become their norm. Ben noted that Dana’s sleep was not as calm or peaceful once he left the bed, so he decided to stay in bed as they had slept late. His lips curled up as he thought of his life thus far. He had never felt more peaceful or complete. He remembered what his father once said during their conversations about knowing who the right person was. “Ben, there is no right or wrong… no perfect formulae, no one mold that fits all. When you meet the right person, you will know. Your inner world regardless of the storm outside will be peaceful and complete.” He decided that it was time to impart this wisdom to Bertie even though he knew his lawless brother would roll his eyes. Dana stirred another 3 hours later. She opened her eyes to stare into two pools of passion. “Morning” Dana smiled sheepishly as she realized that he was waiting for her. “Very good morning w