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TWO in the morning when Latton and Xavier’s private jet landed at Los Angeles International Airport. The moment she set foot on the ground, her phone vibrated uncontrollably. "Who's calling this early in the morning?" She asks herself, then agitatedly looks at her phone and finds that it's Lucian. She glances around since she doesn't want to answer the call with Xavier around. Fortunately, he is on his phone talking to someone. She discreetly answered the call without waiting for her to speak. He blurted out, "Are you back in L.A.? "Yes, the plane just landed." She replied in a low voice. "See you in the parking lot in two minutes." He said in a cold tone. She wants to retort as she can't make excuses in a short time, but he has already ended the call. She was in a dilemma. She knew that Lucian hated waiting and being rejected, but she couldn't just drop everything and run to him, especially when Xavier was around. She stared at the pavement for a moment, then at Xavier, who had
LATTON’s 3 PM meeting with Caldweld Inc.’s admin began and aside from the managers, John, Shirley, and Lucian were also in the conference room. All three of them were surprised to see her. “Latton, what are you doing here?” Shirley asked sarcastically while sitting in John’s designated seat. John glared at her but said nothing and sat near Latton. Meanwhile, Lucian was anticipating her answer. Latton smiled, and she was on her game face, “I’m here as temporary CEO of my mother’s company, the Grand Mist Prix, also known as the Grand Prix.” Shirley narrowed her gaze, “Temporary? It's still a mystery to me. Why aren’t you the CEO of Va-Yor-Ri Unlimited?” Latton smirked, “I don’t think that concerns you.” She replied dominantly while glaring at Lucian. Shirley felt taunted and to annoy Latton, she moved her chair closer to Lucian and started whispering to him. Latton’s right eye started twitching in a rage, and she was about to make a sassy remark, but before she could, Jacob the
GASPING for air and still intoxicated, Latton rolled out of bed, “I have a lot of work to do.” She said while contemplating her actions earlier. “This is bad. I can’t simply spread my legs whenever he asks me to.” She thought to herself while wearing her clothes. Lucian nods, “Am I one of the work you need to do?” He asks flirtatiously while watching her get dressed. “I’m serious. There are a lot of things that I need to check with Grand Prix.” She replied in distress. “Okay, I’ll just call you when I need you.” He mumbles, then picks up her shoes and sniffs them before handing them to her. She glances at him in disbelief. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" Oblivious to his weird actions, "What?" he asks nonchalantly. "Why are you sniffing my shoes?" She inquired in bewilderment. He shrugs, "Does it bother you? It fascinates me that you have such a size of foot for your height." He remarks while pointing at her. She lowered her head and then stepped back to hide her feet, "My f
PREOCCUPIED by the Grand Prix annual audit, Latton can’t help but overdo herself. Overwhelmed with work and taking time to cope with her temporary position. She’s been present at all the meetings, gatherings, and lunches. It had only been a week, and she could feel the stress weighing on her, but what came to her as a challenge was that her wisdom tooth had begun acting up for the last 24 hours and there was no one more affected by it than Igor, her driver, who gets all the tantrums and sassiness. She wants to ignore the throbbing pain, but it becomes so unbearable that she can’t eat, drink, or even open her mouth properly. Hesitantly, she asks Igor to drive her and accompany her to her dental emergency. Igor disliked hospitals, and it became known to her when he kept pacing in the waiting area. "I'm in pain, Igor. So please stop being a piece of work." She growled while holding her cheek as she winced in pain. He breathes out heavily, "What did I do?" he asks in puzzlement. She
VIVIAN Bloom was joyously arranging the newly arrived designer bags in her boutique when a delivery personnel came with a parcel, a small envelope from Latton. She gladly signed the delivery form and excitedly opened the small parcel. Her eyes widened instantly when she saw what was inside. All-expense-paid trip and inside is a letter stating; ‘Congratulations to you and John. May you have a blessed union and I apologize if I can’t give this to you in person.’ ~Your Friend, Latton She smiled merrily and took a photo of Latton’s gift and sent it to John, who was inside Lucian’s office at that time. “Why did you turn your office into a garden?” John remarked while glancing around Lucian’s office field with 101 bouquets of red roses. One is Latton's original order with a card stating, 'Happy 1st week back at work!' and the other 100 was part of Xavier's plan to annoy Lucian into thinking Latton was a clingy, overbearing stalker. Lucian heaved deeply, then pushed the button for the
LUCIAN’s on his wits end. He couldn’t understand what Latton was planning to do. He had been receiving lots of flowers for 4 days now and, aside from that, he kept seeing her at every lunch meeting he had, but she never spoke to him or acknowledged that he was there. Her presence became taunting to him. She's like telling him that she's always watching and following him. Although he had already called her and told her about it, she seemed unbothered and acted clueless. Unbeknownst to Lucian, Xavier made sure that he would see Latton while the latter remained unaware of his presence. Exploiting Latton's eye condition where she can't see things that are far from her. To his surprise, the next day he got to the office and another set of 100 bouquets of flowers were waiting for him. “This hellish woman!” he yelled out. “Another set of flowers from the ever so lovely Latton?” Shirley commented sarcastically. He heaves profoundly, “Not now, Shirley.” He replied in a cold tone. “Jenny!
SATURDAY morning, Lucian invited Latton to his home. She was elated and couldn't contain her happiness, only to be disappointed by what he had to say. "I don't want to see you ever again." He said in a cold tone while he was sitting comfortably in the living room with a whiskey on the rocks in hand. She gasped in disbelief, "Are you breaking up with me? You can't do that. We are not in a relationship," she pointed out. He shook his head then grinned devilishly, "I'm telling you to back off. You're too much for me. I don't want an overbearing woman who follows me around, but won't even speak to me. What game are you even trying to achieve here?" She narrowed her gaze in puzzlement, "What are you even saying? I'm so confused right now. All I knew was I was too busy. Grand Prix is facing a lawsuit. That's why I am unable to talk to you, but we have already found a solution and my mother has returned to the office, so it won't be a problem anymore. I only agreed to take the temporary C
LATTON woke up, her head lying on a bare chest. She slowly lifted her gaze to meet his light brown eyes, only to see a stranger beside her. “Who are you?” she asked in confusion and fright, then grabbed the blanket to cover herself. The guy beside her just stared at her and didn’t respond. Shortly she heard a voice from the other side of the room, “Seems like you enjoyed last night too much,” Lucian replied mockingly. She gasped, “What’s happening?” She inquired in bewilderment. “We fucked you, and you enjoyed it,” Lucian explains while lighting up a cigarette. She was dumbfounded. She shook her head vigorously, closed her eyes, and covered her ears. “You’re lying.” She cried out. “You shared me with someone!?" The man beside her felt pity for her and glanced at Lucian. Lucian marched towards the bed, grabbed her shirt, and threw it to her, "Get out!" He yelled. She frowns, "Why? Why are you doing this to me?” She inquired in despair. Her lips were trembling in dismay. Lucian