Touch down took a few hours, but the moment Amara arrived in Italy, she was heavily welcomed by the people and staff of her home.
Lined up in a straight line, several bodyguards and staffs, all dressed in black well tailored suits, bowed at the waist as soon as they saw her.
“Welcome home, Ms. Crawford!”
Amara smiled. Although it had been years since she last received treatment like this, she was no stranger to it.
“Thank you, everyone.” She greeted and they straightened up, all looking a bit elated by her presence.
“It’s great to have you back, Ms. Crawford. How was the trip?” Xavier, the head butler asked.
“Of course it was good!” A voice interrupted before Amara could speak.
She snapped her head in the direction it had came from and a smile painted her entire face the movement she saw her grandfather, Elvis, walking towards her.
“Grandfather,”
“We
“Amara,” Elvis had cautiously called out to his granddaughter while they were in the car. His voice was low, preventing Lorenzo who was on a call from listening to what he was going to say.“When you get back, please don’t trouble those two. Ever since your parents death, our family has never been at peace, but I want that to change. Despite all that has been done, I want us all to live in peace, so please,”He took his granddaughter’s hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. “Please don’t stir up trouble.”Amara had stared blankly at her grandfather for a few seconds before smiling.“Alright.”Even though she had easily agreed, Elvis could tell that she didn’t fully agree with his perspective.And he was right, because less than an hour after they had that talk, Amara stood by the poolside, staring down at Katerina with a cold expression after having emptied an entire glass of lemonade over her head.“What the hell are you doing?!” Katerina shrieked, pushing herself off the lounge chair.“
“So, let’s get this straight,” Melanie’s voice boomed from the video call she was currently having with Amara. “You’re throwing a welcoming party and you want us to fly all the way to Italy?”Amara nodded her head, but didn’t bother taking her gaze off the papers in her hands. They were company documents, the most important ones, as Lorenzo had dimmed them.If she wanted to know everything about their headquarters before taking the seat of CEO, she’d have to be aware of how the company ran. And she was hell bent on learning that.“That’s right,” She spoke. “I’ll arrange for my private jet to pick you up and I’ll even arrange for a place for you to stay and-“ Suddenly realizing that Melanie had gone silent, Amara stopped talking and looked up from the documents in her hand.Melanie sat with her hands crossed and an expression of amusement plastered across her face.“Go on,” She encouraged. “I’m listening.” Her words, especially the way she said them, made Amara conscious of all she had
By the time Amara and Melanie arrived at the Zone, it was buzzing with life, filled with people, all dressed in the latest fashion, drinking and dancing along to the beat of the music.A typical Saturday night in the club.It was Amara who took the initiative to enter, followed closely by Melanie who was quite cautious of the environment, not used to the fancy life of Milan.As they walked in, she could tell a few things just by glancing around the place. First, this was no normal club, second, it was a VIP section.The faces around belonged to those of familiar celebrities one knew, but at the same time, didn’t know.All this, had Melanie feeling a bit overwhelmed, but in a good way.“This place is awesome.” She stated, still looking around like an impressed child.Amara chuckled as she led them toward the bar. “You obviously knew that when you suggested we’d go here, right?”Melanie looked
“Tobias?”Celestine perked up from the couch at the sound of the main door opening and closing.She watched as he walked into the living room, a deep frown marring his face.“Is everything okay?” She stood up from the couch and met him halfway, placing her hands on his shoulders to examine his face. “Did something happen?”“It’s nothing,” Tobias unintentionally brushed off her hand and headed for the bed room.Celestine frowned at the action.What now? She thought. Things had been going perfectly between them. There was no Amara to cause chaos or draw Tobias’s attention, so what was making him act like this?Well one thing was for sure, she couldn’t get answers from standing around.Turning around, she headed towards their shared room. “How was the meeting with Brian?”Brian was the investor Tobias had gone to meet up with last minute. Or at le
While everyone in the Hall applauded and praised Amara’s beauty, Celestine felt like she was losing her mind.Wasn’t Amara meant to be an orphan from a poor background? Then what was this?! Why was she standing on that stage, smiling, and looking so gorgeous while baring the Crawford name.“What the fuck is going on?” She muttered, but no one heard her words amidst the applause and praise.Beside her, Tobias equally looked stunned. Whatever training or ability he had to always keep a stoic expression on his face, failed him and he couldn’t help the expression on his face.What was going on? Had Amara lied to them all? Lied to him?How could she? How dare she lie to him…for six years?!The thought began to announce Tobias and his hold on the wine glass in his hand tightened and his expression darkened.This was unacceptable!Amara had made a fool out of not only him, but also his late grandfa
“Ah, I see you two already met each other.” Richard said, grinning from ear to ear at how the situation had surprisingly turned out to be In his favor.“Yes, Amara and I, quite close.” Elijah added and Amara looked away, tightening her hold on the wine glass in her hand.Quite closer her ass! If they were as close as he claimed, why did he hide…‘Ah,’ Amara mentally slapped herself. ‘So this was how Melanie felt.’“That’s great.” Richard laughed, tapping Elvis on his shoulder. “See Elvis, I told you they’d make a fine pair.” He turned back to Elijah. “And to think that this young man here was playing hard to get when I first approached him, saying he didn’t have the time for a relationship.”Elvis chuckled. “Ah, the young ones these days, they always have one thing or the other to do, can’t find the time to settle down.”
The party came to an untimely end when Elijah returned with Amara in his arms. The moment Elvis learnt of the injury in her leg, he became frantic, ordering for the guests to leave, and for a doctor to be called.It was a flurry of activity that ended with Amara tucked tightly into her bed, an IV bag- which she had insisted against- and a tray of food at her side.Sitting beside her in a chair was Melanie. She was worried, but not as much as Elvis.“Feeling better.” She inquired for the hundredth time and Amara rolled her eyes.“You’re all overreacting. It’s just a sprain in my ankle.”Melanie frowned. “Even so, you shouldn’t treat it like it’s not important. You should treat yourself better you know.” She muttered the last part and Amara sighed.She knew Melanie was right. In fact, her grandfather’s over reaction wouldn’t have been seen as an over reaction in the past.
Edward stared like a dead fish.He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. The CEO who stood on the screen was Amara, the very same person who had quit her job as managing director… The very same person he had treated badly.Oh no. Alarm bells loudly went off in Edward’s mind.Amara was the CEO, making her…the daughter of Elvis Crawford and sister to Lorenzo Crawford.Shit, he had screwed up, big time!Seeing Edward’s face ridden with surprise had to be the best present Amara has received in a long while.She fought hard to stop herself from grinning from ear to ear and ultimately settled for a smirk, one that ticked Edward off, as much as it scared him.“I’ve already given an outline of the meeting and my plans for the company, if you’ll all kindly open the file on your desk and skim through it, you’ll find it there.”One by one, the members of the conference began ope