“The thing about position is that, if you work hard, you’ll get it, Elle,” Mr Cooper encouraged.“But I just told you that I work so hard. I even had sleepless nights.”“If the board of shareholders doesn’t think so, Elle, then you’re not working hard enough.” The man’s hand fell on her shoulder, patting it gently. “I told Anna this before she became the director of the company’s affairs. If she works harder, after I resign, the board of directors will vote her in as the chairwoman.”“That is not going to happen.” Not when she was alive. If Anna can get there, she also would get there. She would snatch the position from Anna and leave her begging for crumbs. She won’t let her take the position she has been working so hard for. “You are hardworking, my dear. If Anna gets chosen, it doesn’t matter either. In your heart, you know that you worked hard for it.”“Okay, papa. I’ll work harder and succeed in this. Daddy?” Elle clung to his arm tighter. “Can you please stop that video of me f
“The fuck?” Elle’s hand darted to the bedside table, hitting the goddamn alarm clock that blared throughout the room off the table and sighing heavily. She rolled her eyes at the sight of the man beside her. He was snoring, sleeping like a log of wood despite the alarm that blared pounding a few seconds ago. She stared at their naked self under the cover, groaning at the pain that shot through her entire body. She had sex with Jason Lutra, her sister’s ex-boyfriend, fiancé, or whatever. She had sex with him without a single sense of remorse. The only remorse she felt was the fact that the man beside her fucked like a pig. She wondered how her dear sister, Anna could keep up with him for so long. Goodness, he was even snoring in her ears right now and she resisted the urge to slap a hand over his mouth. Last night was not as magical as you might have thought it to be. They’d left the club with hands around each other and for the likes of her, she thought he could at least do somethin
You are making the wrong decision by getting married to that monster ~~ Jason Lutra Caspian hadn’t returned. It has been a total of two weeks and three days but there hasn’t been any news about Caspian on Anna’s path. Her newlywed husband had gone missing from the face of their home. Not even a single call or a single text message did he leave for her. He just disappeared like he never appeared in her life. Yeah, you might call her a nagging bitch right now but whatever. Her anger knew no control. Only the thought of the man was enough to send her screaming and almost pulling her hair out. He makes her go nuts. There had been news about him on the internet. News about the newlywed man taking new endorsements, having dinner with his friends, and even playing golf with them. He had time for all of these, for his fun activities but not for her? Not for making her revenge scheme easier as he promised. Anna paced around the living room, her hand clutching her phone tightly as if waitin
“Boss, you're listening?” Caspian raised his head fromHis phone, his attention returning to the man sitting across him, giving a report of shit he didn't care about. He had been sitting in the board meeting for the past thirty minutes and call him a liar if he wasn't bored. Board meetings weren't his thing. “Yesh, continue,” he nodded. The man continued. “So if we buy a few more shares from them, in the next three years, it's going to be more profitable.”Everyone agreed with him. Caspian gripped his phone tightly, dialing a number and making sure the ring was silent. ‘Damn it,” he groaned when the call got directed to voicemail for the umpteenth time. He had made plans with Jordan. They’d agreed to go pick up Elias from the airport and now he was missing? Where the fuck he went to without his phone.“What do you say, Mr Riordan?” He averted his attention back to the meeting. “Hmh, pretty nice suggestion.” He ran his hand through his lips and continued. “You’re right. In the next
‘The plan worked, it fucking worked,” Anna chanted in her head just as she stepped out of her room with Dali beside her. Her eyes met with Caspian’s angry ones, shivers running down her spine. Well, this was the idea she could come up with. Inviting Caspian’s friends and foes and a few of the men she dated in the past seemed to be the best but worst idea. It brought Caspian running back home. How he thought he could hide from her and she would be cool with it. But with the shivers on her spine from his angry eyes, she knew she was in for some trouble. He yelled at the guests she’d invited, warning them to leave or else he was going to make their lives hell. That was the plan she had when she gave them all a call and they came running in for a party with the new Mrs Riordan. She wanted to make him work up, tired and regretful of his absence. Dali giggled beside her. “Sis, your husband is passing out death glares. Even to us.”“That was the plan, right?”Dali grinned. “Plan A, check.
There were no words said between them, not even when he slowly pushed her backward until her back collided with the wall, their mouths still locked together. He broke away from the kiss, lowering his head to her neck. Caspian bit down on her flesh causing her to gasp in pleasure, her back arching, her body pleading for more from him, to quench the fire that he started, the fire only he could start. He sucked harder on the flesh, his teeth grazing her skin, leaving a mark that would remind her of the mistake long after it ended, the delicious mistake they were about to make. His lips traveled downward, his both hands fisting her dress, and before she could say a word, the tearing sound of her dress filled her ears and it pooled at her ankles. She was exposed to him bare, standing before him in only her panties on. “Caspian, that dress.”“The flimsy material. Who says you could walk around with it, hmm?”“You’re insane.”She tried to cover her bare chest from him but he caught both
After scrubbing off every trace of Caspian from her body, Anna stepped into his walk-in closet, mouth agape at the sight. Although she saw it a few days ago, it still wasn't enough. She still couldn't get over the magnitude of his possessions. From his clothes to sparkling jewelry, his designer shoes, and watches. They were a lot and showed exactly what kind of a man he was. A shopper. Caspian must be someone who shops a lot to be able to get such an amount of accessories in his possession. Tightening the rope of the robe she wore, Anna took a step further into the walk-in closet, at the shirts hung neatly in his closet. They were mostly in black, gray, and blue, a few in red, probably made for marriage ceremonies. Her hands caught sight of a gray sweatshirt that stood side by side with its twin. They were exactly the same, both in size and in color. What kind of person buys the same clothes twice just because he likes it? She saw a few others with their twin also beside them. Goodn
You’re too kind, mother. You let them trample on you all the fucking time ~ Caspian Riordan!“20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,” Anna groaned as she changed from the triangle yoga pose to the tree pose, her breath rough and fast. Guided by the voice of the yoga instructor emanating from her phone, she carefully extended one leg to the side and lifted her hand above her head, trying to find her balance. It was early in the morning a day after the party, a decent time for exercise and she’d decided to start a new morning routine. It was all Caspian’s fault for introducing her to all types of dishes and making her a glutton. She’d been bloated for a while and Dali had advised her to make time for yoga in the mornings. That way, she could keep a good waistline while eating whatever she wanted. She won’t get bloated or belly fat. Sounds good. Stretching for a while, she resumed the position, breathing heavily, tired but too determined to give up. She’d have to continue at all costs for a healt