Elaine's POVRay had wide eyes, as if he was trying to make sense of Zade's actions, he looked betrayed. “Are you Elaine?” Zade questioned over his shoulder and a chuckle escaped my lips at that. I stepped behind Zade, placing my hand on his back. He tensed beneath my touch but he didn't move away, I carefully touched the angry red burn mark that had begun to blister. “It's nothing? You should run some ointment on it, it'll begin to peel and hurt even more.” I advised, my eyes still on the burn mark. “It’s just a burn Elaine, it's nothing I can't handle.” Zade murmured, his voice was uncharacteristically soft. I bit my lips, gazing upward to look fully at his back, and that was when I noticed it, the long gash that he had on his back. It went across his shoulder blades to the end of his waist. I blinked twice, my vision began to blur. My fingers ghosted over the scar, memories coming back. Zade had gotten this scar when we were still dating. I remembered it very vividly, it was
Elaine's POV My breath caught in my throat as I registered his words, Erica agreed?! I stared at him, waiting so he could retract his words but he didn't, he kept on staring at me with that smirk on his face that told me that he clearly enjoyed the stunned silence that I had fallen into. I cleared my throat, finding the voice to finally speak, “So… What you're trying to tell me is… ahem!” I cleared my throat again to remove the trembling in my voice, “Is that… Erica said… she said she agreed to the deal? I really didn't hear wrong? It wasn't a scam call? She really agreed?” I asked dumbly. “You're not willing to believe it? I can call her for you again if you'd like.” Zade moved to collect his phone but I raised my hands up, stopping his movements. I puffed out a soft breath, the corner of my lips twitching. “I… I did it.” I asked more to myself than to him, “I can't believe it. This sounds like a fever dream, as if I would wake up and everything was suddenly a lie.” I swallowe
Elaine's POV “Miss Elaine, Mrs Erica is asking for you. She's waiting for you at the reception.” One of the employees came to my office to inform me. I nodded and waved for her to leave, standing up myself and going after her. It's been one month and two weeks since Erica signed the deal with Zade's company, and since I became a full fledged employee who received a hefty sum of money. Throughout the days that passed, new things came up. The extra one hundred million dollars that I had from Erica's gem was transferred to my account, I was so shocked when it happened. I wanted to return it because of how huge it was and because I was scared. I had never handled that amount of money before not to talk of it belonging to me, but Zade didn't agree. He said that since I worked for it, I should have it. However, he scolded me and said that I should have sold the gem for more than what I sold it for and to be honest, I really was tempted to do that but I didn't want to come off as being too
Elaine's POV As Zade and I entered the meeting room, all the murmuring that was flying in the air went quiet, and all their heads turned around to stare at us, their eyes burning and boring holes into our backs. It took a long time for me to get used to those scrutinising gazes of the board members but I was able to do it, after all, Zade's personal assistant couldn't show that she was intimidated by mere stares. I settled into my seat next to Zade and he cleared his throat, commanding the attention of all in the room, “Today, we have an agenda to discuss. As we all know, a new branch has been opened in West Drewire and I have come to realise that there has been a series of things going on in that company…” As soon as he said this, two people on the seat stiffened up, their eyes flickering to each other, "I'm here to take care of those things right now.” Zade continued, knocking his hands on his table. “Elaine here has found some quite surprising things that makes me think about t
Elaine's POV “Who is he?!” Zade asked, his voice was as cold as ice. Neither of us expected that someone else would be behind the both of them, not at all. I never got that information while I was investigating, this was going towards another direction. “I… I don't know who he is. What I know is that he contacted me through someone else, and after giving me this order, he never contacted me again and only said I should do so after the company has been able to sell the product successfully. I've never seen the real Jackal before.” Andrew explained while Louis was still crying on the ground, trembling. “He must have known that you'd be caught…” I said slowly, “That's why he never messaged you again. He was toying with Zade's trying to tell him that this was something he could clearly do under his nose. Zade, the person could be in this company, in this very room, smiling at what is going on here.” I finished, looking at each and every one of the board members. None of them were smil
Elaine's POV “Tested? They were testing drugs that hadn't been perfected on people?!” An outraged strangled cry sounded in the midst of the meeting, people knocking their hands on the table in shock and anger. “Yes, we received word that they had been doing that for quite a while, even before they were given our formula, but no one has been able to prove it so it died down. However, we were given a chance this time and we succeeded. We were able to get footage of the uncompleted formula being tested on rabbits and humans, kept in labs to see how they would be affected. But despite the infections and series of sickness that those experimented on were affiliated with, they didn't stop. Brent Ruse paid the family of those who had eventually died a sum of money to keep their mouths shut and to also threaten them.” Zade explained, standing from his own seat to stand next to me. “Everything that has happened from the beginning until now is just a ruse that was meant to reveal the wrongd
Elaine's POV “I didn't think I'd come back here this early. It's only been a little less than two months.” I adjusted my sunglasses, looking at thr sunny skies. West Drewire was as sunny as I always expected it to be, although throughout my time here, it was already rainy and sad. Or maybe that was just in my head, but now? It looked very sunny, and it was so damn hot. “Let's go, our car is waiting for us already.” Zade came forward, traveling box in his hand. I glanced over at Zade, who was already a few steps ahead of me, his tall frame casting a shadow on thr pavement. He looked almost relaxed, his usual cold expression softening as he turned back to glance at me. “Right, I’m coming.” I muttered, adjusting my sunglasses again. They weren’t just for the sun; they were also for hiding the turmoil in my eyes. Coming back to West Drewire so soon felt strange, like returning to a battlefield where the war wasn’t quite over. Zade's gaze lingered on me, “We could go back if you wanted
Author's POV The sun was already setting when a sleek black limousine pulled up outside the airport, a crowd gathered and curious onlookers were whispering excitedly. Well, it wasn't everyday that a prominent family arrived unannounced in the Country’s Capital, West Drewire, let alone one that was connected to the Royal Family or that a black limo was parked outside casually. The anticipation heightened when the automatic doors of the airport slid open, and the Delacroix family stepped out into the airport’s busy terminal. People's head turned as the family made their way outside with a form of regal air, her tailored blue dress and her accessories hinting at her noble status. Behind her, two young children dashed out, almost tripping over their own feet in their excitement. The twins, Ethan and Elara, were mirror images of each other, with tousled black hair and bright brown eyes. It was evident they had far more energy than their refined mother could contain. “Look, Elara! It’s t
Elaine's Pov "Different headlines. Different stories. Different talks. All in all, we got what we aimed for, right?" I glanced at Elijah who nodded. We were lounging on the patio of our mansion which by the way was renovated to a bigger mansion and then council's part of the building was destroyed
Elaine's Pov "Different headlines. Different stories. Different talks. All in all, we got what we aimed for, right?" I glanced at Elijah who nodded. We were lounging on the patio of our mansion which by the way was renovated to a bigger mansion and then council's part of the building was destroyed
Her once-loyal allies were turning away, slinking toward the exits like rats fleeing a sinking ship. Cowards. She had built them from scratch. She had given them everything, made them who they were. And now, in the face of a little adversity, they were abandoning her? No. No. NO!Her hand shot out
Author's Pov Gasps rang through the entire place as the recording played. Vivienne stared in shock, the corner of her eyes going red."Turn it off! Turn it off!" She shrieked. But no one moved to do so, either they didn't want to or they were frozen in shock. Vivienne growled under her breath and r
"Oh, so you admit it’s your love life!" Jared teased, grinning widely. "Jared!" Elijah snapped, though the tips of his ears turned red again. Zade, who had been quietly observing the lively exchange, finally spoke up, "We need to stay sharp. The council will try to salvage whatever they can at t
Author's Pov The council room was quiet, none of the elders speaking. Each were deep in their thoughts. News had began to circulate, news that they weren't able to control and it didn't help that no matter what they did, they were not able to find something they could use on the Delacroix family, i
Elaine's Pov “Pregnant?” I blinked, staring at him as if he’d just spoken in a foreign language, "W… What?" "You’re about eight weeks along.” He continued gently, his eyes twinkling, "And everything looks healthy. Congratulations." For a moment, I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t even breathe. I tu
Elaine's Pov"So... Have you set a date for your wedding with Zade yet?" My mother asked while wiggling her eyebrows. "We haven't actually. With all the stuff that's going on, we haven't been able to see each other as much as we used to. And it doesn't help that he's always at the company, I barely
Authors Pov "There's nothing?! You've checked and there is really nothing?!" Vivienne questioned, her eyes wide, "But how is that possible? There should be at least something that we can use to..." Vivienne frowned."How about fabricatng evidence against them? If we are able to do that just to thro