A detention cell and conference room surely had more than one differences, yet, here Tobias was, seating comfortably and chatting his time away with Gemini, like he hadn’t been charged with sexual Harassment the night before and meant to be detained.
Amara could only but sigh quietly. Honestly, she wasn’t surprised to see Tobias present at the meeting, although she had not expected him, it was a well know fact that Connor Lin, his lawyer for five years running, was the best lawyer in the whole of England.
So a case like sexual Harassment would be no different from a regular business case to him, which was why she was unsurprised to see Tobias here.
“Ah, Miss Miller,” Gemini greeted as soon as she noticed Amara’s presence.
Tobias’s head turned in her direction at the sound of her name. His eyes scanned her, but he made no effort to acknowledge her.
Amara reciprocated the gesture, however, she didn’t allow he
Amara learnt that each time Bethany had an encounter with Tobias, while by her side, the female would always have a lot to say during the aftermath."...the nerves of him, really pisses me off." Bethany was ranting, hands gripping the steering wheel tightly as she drove. "I mean, what right does he have to stick his nose in your business. Doesn't he know boundaries?!"That was a question even Amara couldn't answer, so she simply settled for a laugh, both because she found Bethany's ranting funny and because she had no words for Tobias's actions so far."Seriously," The older female continued. "It's as if he's making it his life mission to ruin your life. He's like a leech, sticking himself to you and sucking you dry." She shook her head. "I really didn't expect this of Tobias."Amara smiled after Bethany's words. She could genuinely see how worried and angered Bethany was for her sake. It warmed her heart and for a second, a thought popped into her head.
“Touch her one more time, and I promise, you’ll lose that hand of yours.”Tobias’s voice was calm and cold, but his eyes were blazing with fury. His fingers were wrapped around the drunk man’s wrist and his grip was tight, the veins in his arms bulging, showing just how hard he was holding on.The drunk man hissed and tried to yank his hand free. His first attempt was futile, but the second one, thanks to Tobias’s lessened grip, was a success.“You fucker,” He cursed, glaring daggers at Tobias who was unfazed by his action.Rather than paying attention to the man in front of him, Tobias, almost like an instinct, pushed Amara behind him and stepped forward.The gesture surprised Amara to some extent and she was sure it was the alcohol’s influence that made her heart flutter and skip a beat.“Get lost.” Tobias commanded, his tone, calm and icy.“Fuck you, man.&rdquo
Amara's words shook Fiona to the bone and that was the core ingredient that fueled her next outburst."A threat?" She shoved Amara's shoulder, glaring even more at her as she took a daring step forward. "Who the hell do you think you've become? Having the guts to threaten me."She once again shoved Amara's shoulder. Amara clenched her jaw and tightened her fist, doing everything in her power to restrain her own anger that was slowly overlooking.But with Fiona constantly crossing the line, Amara found that to be a remarkably hard task."Fiona, I think that's enough-" Bethany tried to speak up, but in an instance, she was silenced by Fiona."Oh you keep quiet." She spat, glaring in the older female's direction with just as much hatred as she had for Amara. No, she had more hatred for Amara. Bethany's case just pissed her off because she wasn't used to having someone stand up for Amara.Heck, she wasn't even used to the new, spontaneous and su
“You don’t just give up, do you?” Bethany said, eyeing Tobias with annoyance.“I just want to apologize to her for what Fiona did, nothing more.” He explained, his eyes focused on Amara who was leaning heavily against Bethany.“Is it only Fiona’s mistake you’re going to apologize for?” Bethany response was as cryptic as it could get, but Tobias clearly understood what she meant.She was demanding an apology, not only for Fiona and Giselle’s mistake, but also his. It was because of his neglect that Amara had gone through so much at the hands of the people he considered family.Just imagining her standing in the raining and begging Fiona not to convince him to divorce her, had that unfamiliar feeling of guilt towards Amara washing over him.“I’ll take her inside, please.” Saying this, Tobias walked forward and reached out, intending to carry Amara.However, before he
Two days of headache, one horrible nightmare and lots of blank spaced memory was all it took to keep Amara away from Alcohol. Permanently.When Bethany had suggested they go drinking some time within the week, Amara did not hesitate to flat out reject the suggestion. For some ominous reason, she felt like this time around, if she got drunk and had another ridiculous blackout session, she’d end up doing something stupid, and that she wanted to avoid.Walking through the doors of her company, the first thing that caught Amara’s attention were brown boxes lined up in the reception.Was something happening today? She wanted to approach the receptionist or better yet, locate Duncan and question him until answers were provided, but before she could do either, the answer to her question literally walked out.Jasper carried more boxes in his hand, visibly frowning as he did so.Now Amara was more than curious and she approached the receptionist
At first, the kiss started off, easy, half assed; if you’d asked the pretty brunette Amara has smashed her lips against.And that exactly what it was meant to be. This action was just a way to show Tobias that he wasn’t a fucking God, he wasn’t all that hot stuff, thinking he could control her life in any way he pleased, telling her who she should ans shouldn’t meet, and that she, was long done listening to his sick orders.However, somewhere along the lines, things shifted and the kiss turned into something deeper, more intimate.The brunette had gotten over his shock and was kissing her back, holding her close. He seemed to have understood the situation faster than Amara liked. Although she didn’t like the fact that he was sticking his damn tongue down her throat, she had no plans of backing out.Because, even with her eyes closed, she could feel Tobias’s eyes burning a hole at the back of her head.She could f
After her encounter with Tobias, Amara had turned herself into a shut in. In a bid not to encounter him a second time, she only went to work, straight home and kept meetings with Gemini virtual.Things seemed fine that way, that is until a week later, Melanie barged into her place, demanding she take a break from her ‘vanilla’ lifestyle and come have lunch with her.“I’m sorry Mel, I have things to do,” She rejected and pointed at the pile of paper of the coffee table. “Company data to read through.”“That’s can wait.” Melanie matched towards her, seizing her shoulders before she had the chance to seat down in front of the coffee table. “Right now, we’re going out to have lunch.”A nice Idea, Amara couldn’t deny, after all, she needed a break from work. But just the thought of running into Tobias, who coincidentally happens to be every and anywhere, had the idea souring in
Edward’s words brought about whispers, good and bad. Many of the executives thought his words were a bit overboard, while other thought that the situation couldn’t have been addressed better.Amara on the other hand, thought his wonders to be utterly ridiculous.“Step down you say,” She cocked her head to the side, eyeing the executive from top to bottom. “For who? You? You think you can do a better job?”Perhaps it was the certainty in her voice, or the way her gaze made him feel, but the executive suddenly felt small, like an ant before a giant.But he didn’t back down. He swallowed thickly, squared his shoulders and continued to challenge Amara. “Anybody who can see that half a billion isn’t enough to run Synergy’s monthly deals, would run this company better that you. I mean look around,” He gestured at the table. “How do you expect our pockets to be funded with so little money.&r