Few days passed and it was time for Sapphire to resume as the head of the fashion store. She dressed up while Janet got her things ready. "I'm still very excited ma'am! Your things are ready""Alright. J, get dressed. The car will leave in five minutes""Me? "Yes you, you're coming with me""But ma'am, I…might be more of an obstruction. I'm sure you'll have a personal assistant at the store also. I'm just a maid"Sapphire sighed and snorted. "You're hired then. You'll be my personal assistant""What but ma'am…."Go get dressed, let's go! Janet didn't say a word again and simply dashed out to get dressed. Lance came out of the bathroom whistling and Sapphire raised a brow. "Aren't you a little too joyful today? What happened? Did someone you hate die? Sapphire scoffed. "Don't be small minded. An enemy dying isn't something to be happy about. Seeing them suffer in agony is much more pleasant" He said with a mischievous smile. Sapphire winced. What a sadist! She paused for a while
Lance sat still in the office as Ronald was busy running crazy. The project contract with the Chinese had crashed. Soon enough Steve's team had discovered it to be fake minutes ago. Christian who brought the project before the company board was literally crawling and rolling on the floor. The contract being fake wasn't as painful as the fact that Ronald had invested the entire money in millions into the project at once!Lance stifled the urge to smirk. He had baited him at the party that night and he had fallen for it woefully. He knew he would anyway. Lance had hired Mr Shin, an educated con man who handled the entire procedure. He had gotten a crew and everything under a fake name and a fake portfolio. After sealing the project, he had disappeared with all the money and Ronald had been made the fool. Just like they had planned. The signs of them being a fake company had been there especially when Ronald went to seal the contract but the deal had been so huge and Ronald was extre
The guy dropped a drunk Sapphire on the bed and she groaned. "Daddy…daddy come back" She said sleepily and the guy gave an obscene smile. "Your daddy's right here baby" He kissed down her neck and started touching her all over. He took off his shirt hurriedly and pulled down his pants. After which he zipped her dress down and took it off until she was just in her bra and undies. He was already feeling hard staring at such a sexy woman. He was about to take her bra off when he heard a knock on the door. "Who the fuck is that? He growled. The knock came again and he groaned. He went to get the door and was surprised to see a tall and extremely good looking man dressed in suit. "Is this room taken? The man asked in a deep baritone voice peering into the room and he frowned."Obviously! Are you blind? Fuck off! He made to close the door but the man held it open with his hands and forced his way in. He stared at the half naked woman on the bed. "What the hell…you looking for a fight
Lance walked in that moment. He had gone out jogging earlier. He noticed Sapphire was awake. Their eyes clocked and he looked away. She probably wouldn't remember what she said last night but it still made him uncomfortable and unsure of himself. Sapphire bit her lips as she stared at him. Why was he so quiet? Wasn't he going to say anything? She sighed. "J…Janet told me about yesterday…thank you" She said forcefully with a gulp and he looked at her. She noticed the look in his eyes were very different than usual. However he snorted. "Your alcohol tolerance is pretty low. What the hell were you thinking when you went drinking? Sapphire looked away in embarrassment. She had expected him to mock her but the tone in his voice was more embarrassing. Why was he talking like he cared?"Well, what I was thinking shouldn't be your concern""You were dead drunk and you ran off. Where the hell do you think I found you? You were almost raped. You know that? He snapped at her and her ears sto
At the Clawson's office building, Greg was busy collaborating with his team on how they would solve the crisis at hand. Steve, Fred and Elisa weren't left behind. He however excused himself from the meeting and went to the coffee room during lunch break when Lance walked in with a gentle smile. "Afternoon father"Greg scoffed. "You look rather smug these days, now don't you? Can't help grinning over your brother's failure huh?"Ronald's failure has actually placed the company in a bad spot. It's not something to celebrate. Unlike some people who are too busy fawning over the opportunity to be MD, I have better plans" "Tch. Are you telling me you don't want to be MD? I don't believe that. I know you Lance. I watched you grow so I know that's nothing but a lie" Lance smirked. "Watched me grow? Hmm. I always remembered being under surveillance by many eyes. Yours and mother's certainly weren't one of them. Either way it's not a lie. I'm really not interested. I've been too busy t
Lance's phone rang out at that moment and he paused. Sapphire felt like her mind had been snapped back to reality. Her face went crimson red. What was she doing? She pushed him but he was much stronger than her so he held her hand and pinned it over her head instead. "Let me go" She struggled and a malicious smile came to his face. "I'd like to do that but I can't help but enjoy this sight the more" He gazed down at her exposed chest and her face quivered in embarrassment. She looked away. "You…you pervert…let go of me or I'll scream! He smirked but released her hand and got up. She quickly clipped her bra and pulled her shirt together to cover it but it was no use. Lance had pulled all the buttons out when he ripped it. Her hands shook. He was a beast but then what about her? Why had she let him touch her like that? Once he touched her, it had felt like all her sense of reasoning had disappeared. Was that how vulnerable she was around him? She got up and moved away from him. S
Lance arrived at the mansion when everyone was having dinner in silence. After the mess the company had been thrown in, no one would dare start a conversation in front of elder Clawson without getting chewed out. "Good evening, grandfather"The old man simply nodded as he sat down. Lance looked around the table and noticed Lauren was absent from the gathering. Where was she?"Where's Lauren? "What are we? Your wife's keepers? Pearl muttered scornfully and Devon nudged at her with his elbow. She scoffed and continued eating. "Oh, Lauren said she was feeling a bit cold so she stayed back in her room" Aunty Kathy said and he raised a brow. Was she sick? She had seemed fine earlier when she had barged into his office. He couldn't help but remember what happened between them at the office. He had wished it didn't end so soon. He sighed. He had said he didn't want anything to do with her but yet, he had no idea why he hadn't been able to control himself around her back then just like p
Sapphire woke up the next day feeling extremely lazy. She noticed Lance's wardrobe had been left slightly open and the leather jacket he wore last night had been left on the side table. He must have come in early, changed and went out without waking her. Then again he probably didn't want to see her. She frowned. She didn't want to see him too anyway. 'Liar' Her thoughts echoed but she ignored them and got up. She might as well arrange his stuff. She kept his jacket and made to lock his wardrobe when she saw an old book tucked away at the lowest part of the wardrobe. What was that? She was overwhelmed by curiousity and picked it up. It was dusty. She cleaned it up and opened it.It was a photo album! There were lots of photos in it. She saw photos of Lance when he was a baby."Awwnn" She cooed. He was so adorable. He never lost those villainously sexy eyes though. She opened further and she saw photos of Lance and Ronald as kids. They were smiling in most of them. They seemed so hap