ZACHARY'S POV"What were Lilly and you talking about in her office?" I asked Hannah the moment I saw her walk out of Lilly's office. She was clad in all black. The only thing standing out was the color of her lipstick."Sex." My eyes dials back a bit, I coughed signifying that she made the atmosphere uncomfortable. Her smile spreads wide. "Do you want to know about the entire conversation ?" "No." I quickly cut her off. She shrugged and Tammy finally appeared. "Sir your ride is here. I will escort you both to the parking lot." Tammy says, I nodded walking ahead. Tammy trailed by my left while Hannah by my right. The moment we walked out in the open all eyes laid on us. My employees thought I was deaf and suddenly started gossiping."Tammy is so brave." They started. "I could never walk next to the two power couple." "Right ? I thought Sinclair and Hannah was compatible but Mr Zachary treats her better than that bastard. If not for him Mrs Hannah might still be pregnant." I see that
HANNAH'S POVMy eyes met with Naomi, she looked away immediately the moment our eyes met. Zachary was talking to her so I just watched as he exchanged contacts with her. "Isn't that Naomi Kenworth ?" I heard a mummur. Of course what's a party without gossipers."I heard she went for rehab after her last sexual offense." A vein popped on the side of my head.The reason she went to rehab was because she committed another offense ?She's supposed to be in jail not rehab."Zachary must have taken an interest in her, do you think he's leaving Hannah for her ?" I turned my back to see who's mouth that bullshit was coming out from. They immediately turned away and pretended like they didn't have anything to do with their useless gossiping. I left Eli who was already engrossed in a discussion with some woman.I walked up to Zachary and hugged him from behind."Zachary darling, how long do we have to be here. Don't keep me waiting." I casually glanced to Naomi and shot her death glares. "Hanna
ZACHARY'S POV"Why are you wearing contacts ?" Hannah walked down the fleet of stairs. Today was her first day of work. The first thing I noticed as she grace down the stairs is her eyes.They are blue."The photoshoot I'm doing today requires blue contacts." She explained. She isn't at work yet so she definitely doesn't need blue contacts."You're not at work yet, take them off." She snorts, breathing into a cynical laugh until she noticed my stone hard expression. "Oh you're serious." She paused when she got away from the stairs."I'm not taking them off, I already told you why I'm wearing them." She explained. I understand, but it's so weird seeing her with blue eyes."How long are you going to be wearing them ?" I asked. "I don't know, ask Darrin and stop being a dick about me wearing contacts." She goes to pick up her phone. "Does this have anything to do with calling your eyes charming ? What's wrong if I find them charming ?" I questioned."That's not something you say to someo
HANNAH'S POVI've been on the run from the paparazzi. Right now I'm walking with Darrin to get to my next scheduled photoshoot in disguise. The place was close to where we resided so we concluded in going there in disguise. My hair was wrapped under a scarf, I had dark shades, to hide the color of my eyes. Zachary has a hat over his head with a huge cap as well. With his bag beside me we both looked like a young couple having a look around the entire landscape."I can believe we had to result to this." Darrin said frankly disappointed. He had tried to help but every band of paparazzi came rushing to us, he was always separated from me, he felt useless but everytime I kept reminding him that he was the best."I think this is fun. It reminds me when I had to disguise myself when going to school." Darrin hummed. "So you were also popular in school as well ?" Darrin sound unsurprised. "Up until college. I miss those days when nobody knew me. The moment I graduated I became known to the wo
ZACHARY'S POVMaybe starting a war wasn't the best idea. But I don't regret it. "You want to do what ?" I made sure my voice wasn't so loud, I didn't want to scare Hannah away. Why was I even worried about that ?Hannah repeats her self. "I want to go look for Lilly, she hasn't been showing up since the war started. I need to know if she isn't dead yet." She stood opposite next to me while I sat down. She could have stared me down but chose to avoid eye contact. That means she isn't planning to run away but I needed to pull her legs a little. "So, you're still working for Ephraim admist the war ?" Her eyes widened in shock, that's what I expected."No. I haven't heard from my uncle since the war started. This is of my own will." She said, her face said otherwise. "It doesn't seem to be of your own will, are you perhaps doing it for some one ?" She nodded. "It's for James, since the war started he's been trying to contact all three of his family but they're unresponsive. For now he's o
HANNAH'S POV"You didn't think we would ever meet did you ?" My body was burning. The face he had was written with pride. How did I get into this ?Oh I remember, that bitch Lilly sold me out so that the moment I found her. If I do get out of this, I'll give Lilly a taste of her own medicine, I'd kill her even. But why did I have to confront Christian of all people why couldn't it be uncle ? I'll gladly accept running into him than this psychopath. This is all James fault, the next time I see him I'm gonna kill him too."Quiet ?" Christian mutter back to me, I tried to get a glimpse of my surroundings. The last thing I could remember was helping Lilly out of trouble. She claimed to have stolen something to sell at the black market and like a fool I offered to help and what did I get ? I was drugged.She gave me a drink and I'm definitely sure it wasn't alcohol, it was a spiked. If I remembered the name of the drug correctly it's sedane. It makes someone feel as if they are drunk but
ZACHARY'S POVShe had blood on her hands and tears streamed down her cheek. "What happened to not killing Damien ?" "Didn't I tell you I'd die for you ?""I didn't want to but this is the repercussion I was talking about. But you didn't listen." I gasped waking up almost immediately from that nightmare. It was already morning and another day of Hannah going missing.I got out of bed got dressed and walked over to Hannah's room. Since she moved here we've been sleeping in different bedrooms. She was like a roommate because we mostly spent most of our time together and after a good day's work we both head to our room.I had one last look at her room and left.I got dressed in my formal attire, Tammy arrived and picked me up. She gave me an entire run down of what was happening with the company."Your mother threatens to pull out if Hannah won't be available anymore." The mention of Hannah brought me back to reality, I was zoning out the entire time."We should do something about this s
HANNAH'S POV"What's the catch ?" I asked. "You're letting me live for a reason. What's your true intention ?" I mutter."Nothing, I just think death is way too easy for you." I see he wants me to be tortured, possibly to death."I'm beginning to think Christian is more of a human than you Zachary. Everything you are doing and have been doing doesn't make sense. Why did you really accept a contract marriage with me in the first place ?" He just stood there stale. He stretch out his hand, I looked at him hard."Are you going to stand there and wait for security to find out you killed the host's father ?" I sighed and walked to take his hand. He proceeds to plants a kiss on my forehand, his lips still pecks my forehand while he raised his head to look at me."I accepted a marriage contract because I was curious mostly. You peaked my curiosity up till now, so till I finally understand what actually peaked it, I don't plan on letting you go." I can't help but find his words confusing. On
"You look gorgeous." Kerry holds her chin merely glaring at him, if he was expecting a compliment back she wasn't going to give any. "See, you're behaving just like your mother, quiet, obedient. If you're lucky you could be my submissive as well." Kerry held her disgust down her throat."Well if I'm lucky you could loose your mind and snap my neck before then." Sinclair didn't mind her, he turned his back at her. "Hannah and Zachary are coming you better try your best to convince them you have to marry me or…""Yeah, yeah, or you'll tell the world that I was the one who murdered Liam Drew. I get it Sinclair so if that's all you got kindly find someone else to piss of I don't have the energy." Sinclair cast his gaze at her but she was unaffected, she was not like Hannah who would do anything to survive even though she was cornered. Kerry was different and it irritated him, he already hit her but she wasn't fazed, it was as if every single thing he tried to do to her was non threatenin
Beads of sweat stroke down the tepid across her face. Her sight was everything, he was the one taking in her agitated view, he wondered how carmine it would be with his member wrapped around the cusp of her lips. Hannah laid her head hoping to cool down the warmth across her face, she surmised him struggling, curious, she faced him head on just to see him devoid of his customary covering.Hannah basked at his bare figure, her teeth clamped her lips and if she dug any further she might have bled. Zachary leans over brushing his thumb over her lower lip, he held himself back from nibbling on them but the image of sweat drenched with blood aroused him. Another hand disposed of her under garment and Hannah couldn't stop a grin breaking across her pompous face. Her eyes stayed dove-like believing he would keep to his promise faster."You really are goddamn poignant." The grunt that followed lingered in Hannah's ears. He didn't even give her time to unwind her thoughts. He spread her legs
"How was today ?" Hannah brushed off his question, breathless between the kiss. Zachary smiled enjoying how oblivious she was to his question.He stopped the movement below their torso, curving a hand over her waist while the other hand helped hold her chin. "How was your day ?" Hannah didn't find his interruption funny at all, she didn't just encounter a death scare for this. "Don't do this Zachary." She almost whined trying to connect their lips once again but Zachary would not allow it."Not until you answer my question." He pressured."Christian finally shows up out of nowhere and planted a bomb on Olivia and Flora but I killed him before he could set the bomb off." This piece of information made Zachary weak all of a sudden, Hannah held his face crashing her lips on his as though she's been deprived of them for years.Zachary pushes her back. "Are you okay ?" Hannah's could understand his concern, he appeared as though he had witnessed the incident himself. "Mhmm." She mumbled
ZACHARY'S POVWhen I recommend for Claire to drop by sometime I didn't say she had to come by my house. I was busy or should I better rephrase that I was being drowned by work until she came over using my statement as armour. She waltz in without an invitation proceeds to raise the bridge of her nose. "You seem to have your work cut out for you." The irritation she had earlier was gone, it was her usual fake cheery self."Again, I'll repeat myself, get out of my house." I raised my voice a bit since the last two times were uneffective. "But you were the one who invited me Zachary, don't you think you should at least pretend you're happy to see me ?" "But I'm not happy to see you." I clicked my tongue at her. She pressed the back of her palm over her forehead. "Oh goodness Zachary can't you get a joke." She dropped her palm when she realized I'm dead serious about her absence."Why do you hate me so much ?" I don't know how she could so oblivious to the reason why so I just ignored h
"Hannah it's enough.." he increase his pitch a bit louder. Having enough he lunges to her fighting for the gun, her elbow nudge him away but he didn't let her go that easy. "It's enough.." Jacob yelled clamping a hold of the gun as well, she turned to him with tears rolling down her cheek. "It's not enough Jacob, it's not enough for what they did to me. They killed father, they drove my mother away. They made every damn day of my life a living nightmare. They exploited me and made me this mind fuck of a mess, I should have killed Ephraim not Sinclair, I should have murdered every single one of the Mendovas." Jacob nodded encircling his arms over her, he buries his forehead on her shoulder."I'm sorry for what happened to you, it must have been hard for you anyone in your situation would have ended everything so please just drop the gun okay ?" His soothing voice calmed her nerves, she was sobbing looking down at the gun in her grasps.Hannah found the scene familiar, the time she kill
Kerry looked at the documents Sinclair placed on the table for her. It was the actual will her father left behind. She didn't know how Sinclair got it but she wasn't surprised. "What is this ?" Kerry opened her mouth a little gasping in shock. "What do you mean by that ?" Sinclair's entire right arm cleared the table."You tricked me, I'm supposed to be the rightful heir to the widoeth's property, you made me look like a fool in front of everyone when your father.." Kerry put a hand up as pissed as Sinclair was, he paused."Look Asher, you're fucking loaded you don't need my father's property more than I do. I'm his fucking offspring and the original will did say it all belonged to me, the only difference is I'm not in a miserable position like my mother." Her hands were pressed on the table, she slowly lifts up her torso, pressing her back to the comfort of her seat."Taking what's rightfully mine isn't a trick, besides this documents could be a farce since you can't back down from l
HANNAH'S POV"What are you doing ?" Hannah watched Jacob fidgeting to get his phone from his pocket, beads of sweat dripping from his face with his face weighed down in panic. "What does it look like I'm doing ?" He quickly paid her a glance before going back to his phone. She leans over to him peeping the ID of the person on his phone."The police ?" Hannah raises her brow, what could the police do ? "I know you're not a fan of cops but my sister is close to being cafeteria's chili." His panic was understandable to Hannah, Flora was his sister and unlike the Mendova's the Montiquez actually like each other. "I doubt the police might have any knowledge on how to diffuse the bomb, your sister will end up dead faster if we contact them." Jacob held his phone in a pause mustering Hannah's words he couldn't help but think she was right"So what do we do ? Wait for the person who planted it to actually blow them up ?" Hannah shook her head. Jacob didn't understand how she was able to be so
HANNAH'S POVOlivia no longer likes me and that's okay I'm beginning to dislike her as well. I knew it wasn't going to be easy getting her to like me but she keeps bringing up stupid shit I did in college when we all went for the family dinner. She did say she was going to take everything from me and end me in ruins but petty banter seems rather sluggish.She stopped later on when Zachary and her had a talk, I didn't know what it is about but I'm glad that got her to shut up.I didn't want to handle it myself, I might have ripped her tongue out if I tried. The family dinner wasn't as bad as I thought it would have been.Diana did most of the talking and Flora talk when she could. She was mostly on her phone and I didn't mind. She did talk with Olivia mostly it's expected since they had a relationship to begin with.So tell me why Olivia met me with Darrin when I was at work to tell me how she and Flora were planning a girl's day out and to my surprise Flora wanted me to be there. How
ZACHARY'S POVTammy slightly bowed the moment she walked in and spotted my father, she quickly relays what she could and quickly leaves me and my old man to talk."She's like a robot." I nodded, I didn't really want to talk more on Tammy, I wasn't interested in discussing that. There wasn't even a need."Your wife how is she ? I heard she's working for another company now ? Trouble in paradise." My father may look like someone who has nothing to do with gossips but this man is the first one to know when something happens. Maybe it's because he and my mom married early and he had nothing better to do than to gossip with her all day, I suspect that is the case. "She was demanded by another company but the royalty she got alone from there was enough for Mom to give her the green light. If you want someone to gossip with you why don't you ask mom. All she does is call in Hannah and eat with her." If my father didn't get the gist I went straight to the point."Go and gossip with your wife