Gwen let out a "hmph", raised her head and glared at Eric before making her out of the apartment with Eric staring at her back figure before following behind her. This was the reason he had chosen not to get involved with women because of their dramatic ways. He led her towards the car and watched as she boarded the car with him. Throughout the entire journey, Gwen kept trying to test Eric by threatening him with all different methods, even mentioning Eva’s family background. All that was missing right now to fully make her threatening mission complete was a knife to his neck. Finally, as the car pulled up into the estate, Gwen who had been ranting nonstop in the car finally grew silent in shock. Dark Vale estate. This is one of the most popular estates in the city and she has heard that only one person was in possession of this estate. She couldn’t remember the name of the person she heard owns this place since it's not something most people talk about regularly but she knew that
“Tell me, what made you make this type of decision? I know I'm not in the right position to tell you who to marry but this is too hasty, Eva. Were you forced?" While Gwen was busy questioning Eva, Damien had just finished dealing with some business issues and walked out of his study room and headed downstairs to the living room where both Eva and Gwen were sitting. Upon hearing footsteps, Gwen turned around and to her surprise, she saw Damien who walked over behind the sofa, leaned over affectionately and whispered gently into Eva's ear. Gwen quietly stared as she watched Eva turn to face Damien and nodded obediently, "I know, I won’t take longer than half an hour." Damien nodded his head, pleased with her response. He observed Gwen for a moment and headed back upstairs. Everything that happened in this short moment was enough to make Gwen freeze in disbelief. “Gwen? Are you okay?” Eva called her manager who had just turned into a statue after Damien left. "Eva, quick, pinch
“It’s a bit complicated and I don't think I have the time to tell you all that now. Damien is just a backup plan for me in case I'm at my worst. I do not have plans to announce my relationship with Damien as of yet," Eva explained calmly. She gave off a confident and dazzling aura, “With the help of Damien, I know my career would advance in leaps and bounds, but other people would only acknowledge me as Damien's wife and not Evangeline the model. It was the same mistake I made when I listened to Mark and stopped being a model. I lost my title and when I was dumped, no one recognized me. Years ago, I managed to become the top model in Miami and top in the world ranking. Now, I am confident I can do it again with my own ability. I will retrieve what originally belongs to me." "Gwen, you should have already known what my intention was when I came back so if you are still willing to help me, then we are going into this together. If you don’t want to, I won’t pressure you. I will cancel
After their conversation, Eva asked Eric to escort Gwen back to the company. As expected she didn't see Damien in the room when she entered since he had gone to the company. Taking the time that she was less busy, Eva walked out of the room again and went to find Old Lee who was busy tending to the flowers she had planted in the garden when she first came here. “Grandpa Lee, you're too old to be doing stuff like this. You should have asked one of the maids to do it for you or even called me." Eva remarked as she walked over to Old Lee. “Young madam, I just wish to do it. It's nothing serious, I see you're done attending to your guest?” Old Lee replied with a smile on his face as Eva gently collected the watering can from him. " Yes, she's gone.” Eva nodded her head. " Grandpa Lee, I received permission from Damien to do anything I like at the mansion, so I came to meet you. I'm thinking of adding some little things to brighten up this place.” She added as she looked at Old Lee
"When are you going to tell me the reason why you are on the run? If my guess is correct, only brother Felix and brother Kevin are the ones on the run from grandfather. Why have you suddenly joined them as well?” Eva asked. Felix and Kevin are both Harry's older brother and the other two male cousins she was very close to. But unfortunately, she can't contact those two because they use a private number to call her and it has been a year since she spoke to either of them. “Because I hacked into our grandfather's bank account and wired some money to myself. Technically it was for fun and when I was able to break the security code, I decided to take some cash as payment for my service.” “As for why my father wants to kill me, a client paid me to attack the company security which I did but I didn't do much harm to the company security though. However, my father is literally after me to give him the name of the client but I can't disclose my clients information despite them paying me
Eva was caught off guard as her face flushed red as the taste of what she was addicted to slipped down her throat. Damien released her as he kissed her on the tip of her nose, "If you keep saying you can't drink you will be at a disadvantage when invited to events, you need to train..." She couldn't help but frown as she looked at him. "You know I don't like it because I will alway make a fool out of myself if I drink alcohol.” She replied. "Running from it would not cure anything. I will always be with you anytime you're drunk. But you have to train yourself in case I'm not around.” Damien told her. He hadn't witnessed how she always act when she was drunk in the past. All he knew was that he wanted to change her to be a better person. Eva pushed her body against Damien’s smooth chest, "In that case, Mr. Cross, what do you propose?” She asked with a sly smile on her face. He was right, she can't keep running from alcohol but she was skeptical about this idea because she knows
"I do not dislike...us...doing this.” She told him which was obviously a lie. In all honesty, she wasn't ready at all. Her heart and mind are still splitted and not organized. The only reason she wanted them to do it is because she wanted to complete her task. Get pregnant, give birth to his heir and end the contract. “Stop what you are doing Evangeline Carter. I might have been silent about it but I can tell what you're doing. All those things you've been for the past few days are just merely an act to seduce me, right? I didn't want to burst your bubbles mainly because I wanted to see how far you wanted to go with it. Don't let the idea that I would easily get seduced by those acts cross your mind.” Damien replied with a deep frown on his face. She was only thinking of the contract which is to seduce him and nothing else. “Why are you being difficult then if you knew what I'm doing? I'm just playing my role but you annoyingly keep being difficult. We can just get over with this wh
The next morning, the scandal between the two Elite’s models had already become a forgotten need and it had been replaced by the new headlines of the day. The new headlines that were still hot on the internet was how Eva was responsible and even standing out and protecting them, she had gained herself a huge number of new fans apart from the ones she had gained yesterday. These fans were now searching online for Eva’s old appearances and photos... No one noticed, but he at this moment, was slowly making a comeback. Especially during the Crimson Heart Show, Eva's performance had definitely surpassed all the current hottest models. Her new fans felt it was unfair for Eva to go to waste, so they all started sharing her videos online, while contacting Bling corporation, the real company that was in collaboration with HB Industry. After seeing the videos of Eva, Bling corporation was amazed by Eva's beauty. In particular, after seeing Eva's multitude of photos and poses, the designer wh