Tamara ducked under her covers.Sebastian always made things weird between them!Damn it!Tamara’s phone rang again. She rejected the call.Her phone rang three more times before Tamara finally answered the call. “Get your priorities straight.”Sebastian chuckled lowly, “Putting out the fire is my top priority.”Tamara groaned. She wanted to hang up the phone again.“My men brought back some news.” Sebastian seemed to take notice of Tamara’s plan and piped up with amusement.Tamara stopped. “What’s the news?Sebastian lowered his voice. “There is a video of it. The island is heavily guarded, and the inhabitants will let out warning calls whenever they see aircraft flying above them. So I asked my men to back down.”Tamara was anxious. “Send me the information.”Sebastian hummed but made no move to hang up the call.Tamara furrowed her brows. “Sebastian?”“Since we got that out of the way. Can we talk about something else?” came Sebastian’s husky voice.Tamara was tempte
Tamara fell silent. She recalled her actions. Indeed, she was more reckless than Margot back then.But if she were to go back in time, she would still choose to save Sebastian.After all, Tamara loved Sebastian.“Alright. I have to go home and pack up my stuff. You don’t have to send me off tomorrow. I don’t want to go through another farewell. It feels weird,” joked Margot before she hung up the phone.Tamara let out a helpless sigh and left the study room.…The next morning.Tamara was up early. She saw Old Mrs. Moore walking up the stairs when she left her room. The old woman was mumbling to herself, “I can’t believe little Joseph came home this morning and left without even greeting me. Sigh…”Tamara stalked closer to Old Mrs. Moore and could finally make out her mumbles.“What’s wrong, grandma?” Tamara walked up to Old Mrs. Moore and helped her up the stairs.Old Mrs. Moore sighed, “Joseph came home this morning but left immediately after. It seems he had forgotten to t
Inside the Moore manor.Tamara told Cheryl about her conversation with Joseph. Cheryl was oddly calm. “Every year, Joseph would take some spontaneous trips. I hazard a guess that he’s taking a vacation rather than traveling for business. You don’t have to worry about him.”Tamara nodded knowingly. “Got it.”She had a weird feeling about this.Why didn’t Joseph tell her if he was just taking a vacation for fun?Tamara checked her phone. It was 8.30 am. Margot’s flight should be taking off now.Tamara suddenly had a disturbing thought, but she quickly dismissed it.Impossible.Joseph had no idea what had happened to Margot. Why would he go with Margot?Tamara must be overthinking.The butler came over to inform them breakfast was served. Tamara headed for the dining hall. She ate a bowl of cereal to calm herself down.…Tamara visited the hospital. After making sure Benjamin was doing fine, she left the place.After that, Tamara went to Custry Corporation’s headquarters. The
“You’re most welcome!” Jerome replied, grinning.Tamara sighed.His enthusiasm was over the roof.Tamara couldn’t stop her smile from forming.It felt good to be acknowledged by those around Sebastian.…When Jerome returned to his desk, he busied himself with his work, but he had a wide grin on his face.Just then, the company line rang. Jerome answered immediately, “How may I help you, Young Mr. Lynch?”“Send me the documents,” ordered Sebastian dryly.Jerome glanced at the documents and secretly gave himself a pat on the back. He knew it would come in handy.Jerome brought the documents downstairs.At the same time, Tamara was lazily flipping through a book. She had no idea what the book was about.After all, Tamara wasn’t interested in business.All of a sudden, the door to the office opened, and a fashionable woman walked in.The two women stared at each other.Helena gave Tamara a once-over. She furrowed her brows. “Who are you? You don’t look like an employee. How
Dozens of security guards were rolling around on the office floor. They were either screaming or groaning from the pain. Helena’s shrieks rang through the air. She was staring at the indifferent woman who had remained seated on the president’s chair.Jerome widened his eyes at that sight.“What…” Jerome was at a loss for words.Sebastian glanced at Jerome with his cold gaze. “Is this the surprise?”Jerome remained silent.He wanted to leap off the building.He was only gone for two minutes!How did things turn out like this in the span of two minutes?“Seb, this woman…she’s here to cause trouble! She plans on ruining the entire company!” Helena’s eyes shone when she saw Sebastian. She rushed over to complain.Sebastian ignored Helena and brushed past her. He came up to Tamara, and his gaze softened. “Are you hurt?”Tamara blinked up at Sebastian playfully. “You need better security, Mr. Custry.”The injured security guards gritted their teeth.They weren’t good enough?Wro
Helena did not bother to hide her disdain for Tamara. She appeared ready to rip Tamara apart at the first opportunity.Tamara guessed Helena and Joanne were close.Even if Sebastian said no one in his family would dare go against him, the Custry family was just made up of too many members.If Tamara chose to be with Sebastian, she would have to deal with all the problems thrown her way. So Tamara had to know everything about them—their family dynamics and backgrounds.Tamara was lost in thought when her head got tilted up.Tamara snapped back to her senses. She met Sebastian’s gentle yet longing gaze. “Are you planning to marry me, Tammy?”Tamara furrowed her brows. She slapped away his hand. “Learning about your family and marrying are two entirely different things.”Sebastian chuckled lowly before nodding. “Alright, I’ll have Jerome work on it.”Tamara observed Sebastian’s handsome face. She suddenly stood up and kissed him.Sebastian immediately wrapped an arm around Tamara
Jessica had been gone for three days now.Damien and Layla were worried sick. When they got a strange email, they wanted to call the police, but the sender warned them against alerting the authorities. They would be signing Jessica’s death warrant if they did.The couple grew frightful at that.Damien lacked Hugo’s network of contacts. He ran a small business and was barely scraping by. He relied heavily on Custry Corporation’s share returns to get by in Clacton.They immediately came to Hugo for help. They never expected Sandy to turn them away!Layla grew pale with worry. “What should we do now?”Damien was at his wits’ end.Just then, Selena’s car drove past them. Selena was resting with her eyes closed when the driver suddenly spoke up. “Mrs. Custry, there seemed to be someone from the Custry family here.”Selena opened her eyes and saw Layla. She recognized the woman. She ordered, “Stop the car.”Selena got out of the car and approached the couple. “It’s been a while, Lay
The sharp dagger glided over Jessica’s delicate skin. Blood splattered everywhere, staining the area red.“Please! Let me go! I beg of you…” Jessica stared frightfully at the standing man.Usually, the man was gentle and charming. He always had a small smile on his face. But the man now appeared evil and ruthless. He looked like a beast out for revenge.Today was the third day of Jessica’s imprisonment.She had endured endless torture for the past three days.She never thought the gentle man had a dark side to him. He was ruthless when it came down to it!Jessica’s body was riddled with wounds.There were numerous wounds from whips and nails, among others. Multiple needle punctures were visible all over her knees. She looked awful!Iron had scorched her chest. The pungent odor and the pain were too much for her. She even passed out from it!But whenever she lost consciousness, the man would inject some liquid into her to make her stay awake.Jessica felt like she was in hell!