Deciding to ignore them, I stand up once again, get my coat and leave my office. I knew I wasn’t going to get any work done, so why the hell should I even try?I text my driver asking him to get the car ready before jumping into the elevator. Minutes later, I’m in the underground parking lot.“Mr. W
Harper.The next morning, Gabriel was nowhere to be seen as I took my breakfast and got ready to leave for work. It was as we were getting in the car and I asked the driver where Gabriel was, did I learn that he had already left for work.This is the first time we’ve gone to work separately since I
“Yes, please” he answers, “Could you please collect the weekly reports from the departments. Due to yesterday’s event, I wasn’t able to get them.”“Sure, no problem. Let me just put my bag in my office, then I’ll get them.”I leave after he nods. Rushing to my office, I quickly put my things away be
His tone ensured that there was no room for argument. You either agreed or agreed.“Yes, Mr. Wood,” she stammers, fear etched in her face at the blatant threat.“Now, go back to work. We don’t pay you to come to work to make friends in the hopes of getting favors.”Her cheeks turn pink in embarrassm
Chapter 45“It’s been decided, Sierra and I are now best friends,” Lilly says as she walks into the kitchen where I was having my coffee while our cook prepared breakfast.It is Saturday, so I didn’t have work and she didn’t have school. Today we could just chill, lazy around and just relax. After t
“Isn’t that the girl Noah hates?” Gabriel asks with a raised eyebrow,I’m surprised by his question, so I ask one of my own “You know about her?”“Yes, I remember Noah had once invited everyone except her to his birthday party. Ava didn’t like that at all, and it had caused a huge fight between them
“Yes, dad,” Lilly answers with a sweet smile, before her focus goes back to her books.“Alright then, I’ll see you in a couple of hours.”“Pamper yourself, Harper. You can even go to the spa if you want to,” Gabriel calls behind me.I just wave him off, before stepping into the elevator. Minutes lat
Mother and Travis, on the other hand, treated me like shit for years. You see where I am coming from? Almost a decade of putting up with them treating me like I was nothing. Which is easier to forgive? A couple of months of being treated like shit or years?”She pauses takes a deep breath, the conti