DAWN POV
“Dazzle me.”The words left my mouth and she looked at me as if she was asking through her eyes whether I was ready for what she was about to dish out. In response, I gave her a simple one-shoulder shrug before placing a fork with a heap of a steak in my mouth and chewed on it softly, waiting for her to begin.“I am not complaining, don’t get me wrong. I am very grateful for the life I am living, but my life revolves around my work. My company.” She shrugged off casually and bit into the roasted potatoes, taking time to chew them with her lush lips closed together.“Family? Boyfriend, lover, or fiancée?” I probed taking a bite of my own food, then savored the meaty flavor of the steak and nearly led out an embarrassing moan.A beautiful woman across me, a nicely cooked steak in the most unperturbed atmosphere... Talk about bliss!“A family of 6, mom and dad and 3 siblings. I am the eldest oLIZA POVThe alarm went off on the nightstand, and I turned to give it a stink eye before stretching my hand and switching it off angrily. Then resettled in my position and stared at the white ceiling of the hotel room.I hadn't slept a wink because my mind decided to go on patrol the whole night, and even in the morning, it was still reeling at what had transpired the night before during dinner. It was meant to be a business dinner, where we discussed the project and whatnots.But no! That's not what happened, like at all.Instead, this fine ass, damn drop-dead sexy beast of a man decided to give me an analysis of myself, my life, and what I need. Just who the hell did he think he is huh? Just because he was handsome, cancel that, insanely hot and handsome with a five o’clock shadow kind of thingy didn’t give him any right to… analyze me. I was fine by myself, I didn’t need the danger and beast and whatever crap he went on about.
LIZA POVMonday came by and I woke up with a start. I arrived at the company feeling so reinvigorated and active, so excited to break the news to the whole company. I know how much this project meant for them and we prepared so hard to get it. Not only did we win it but we also made concessions with Blade Inc.Now, that one calls for a grand celebration!As soon as I stepped inside the building, I gave out the word that we should all meet in 20 minutes for an emergency meeting. Gail wasted no time spreading the word like wildfire during the bad dry season and soon, the hall was swarmed with everyone, all ready to hear what I was about to dish for them. I mounted the podium and looked at the expectant eyes of my people and gave them a dazzling smile.“Good Morning everyone. I trust you all had a lovely weekend with your loved ones.” I paused and sucked in a breath,“I come bearing good news for you all. I know that what I am about to share with you is mainly for CCR, b
LIZA POVOut of sheer inquisitiveness and the hype I got from Gail, I found myself walking into the spa lounge Tuesday evening right after clocking off from work.The spa was open 24 hours, and I called the manager to reserve me the one at 7. When the doors of the spa opened, I gave out a small puff of breath, then took in a giant one and calmed my overheated nerves. I had to do this. And I was going to do it for the better cause.The manager came running out of his office to welcome me. At 50, Mrs. Baldwin was so lively and always up and about. She understood me more than anyone and I knew for a fact that she wasn’t going to judge me for this one. From what Gail told me, she had been the one in charge of the interview and she chose the masseur all by herself. Our personas were more alike in a lot of ways than one, and I swear she used to be one hell of a wild cat back in her days before Mr. Baldwin claimed her.“President Forbes.” She cal
DAWN POVFor the umpteenth time ever since I stepped into this office, my hand grazed over the green leaf of a small plant that Ander placed in my office for God knows what! I looked at my phone’s screen which was cradled in my hand to find it black, no new message, no call, nothing!I huffed and went on another reece, because for the past 20 minutes, I have been pacing up and down in my office, waiting for her reply!I sent an email to her office as soon as I left the planning department, and that was like, 6 hours ago, and there was still no word from her. I never really paid attention when a partner didn’t respond quickly to the email because I never saw the need to. The only time I checked in to confirm was at least 24 hours later and bear in mind that I didn’t do all the work by myself, I had Ander for that.And I tried to find reasons why I was so worked up and riled up because I hadn’t received HER reply yet. I jus
LIZA POVThe following day was so chaotic and overwrought that I barely had time to escape to the bathroom and play candy crush. With the half-day off we took earlier, the work had managed to pile itself seven-time, and I wanted to scream for even suggesting that in the first place. But again, it was for a good cause! Right?Or the only way to describe the whole squabble was that Dawn had crawled under my skin and I couldn’t do anything without thinking of him, seeing him in front of my eyes while he was on the other side of the country! Speaking of that motherfucker, last night was glorious!I felt that man doing things to me, I felt him manipulate my body in ways I never fathomed, I felt him playing with me, and man how I loved it! Fun part?It was all in my head!But that was all until he called! You may not believe it, but I had no idea how I picked up the phone which was literally somewhere across the room. I was at the brink, right at the e
DAWN POVStanding on the old, wrecked docks of the abandoned Florida harbor, I looked beyond the waters where the sun laid over the horizon, casting its golden rays over the water. I glanced on my side to the short woman, who had her eyes fixated on the waters as well, her smooth curls playing all over her face,“I like what you did with your hair.” I complimented pulling her from the daze, her eyes shifted to me and her lips tugged in a warm smile before her hand subconsciously reached for the thin strand of curl, and then tugged it behind her ear.“Why thank you,” she replied with a cute pink taint covering her cheeks. Previously when we met, she had her hair all straightened, but now it was all curly and I so damn wanted to yank those thick curls with my hand while I pummelled inside her from the back, hitting all the spots inside her which have never been explored before,“I don’t know what you think but, the lobby should b
LIZA POVMy mind continued screaming some incoherent ‘WHAT THE HELL?” as I sat across Dawn on the chairs outside the small sea-side restaurant. The evening breeze was very loving and gentle on us, and the atmosphere created its own language of peace and harmony.My mind was, however, still reeling from what had just happened about an hour ago. I just couldn’t believe I went ahead with that schizophrenic, crazy idea of…Gosh even thinking about it made me want to scream my lungs or, or beg the ground to split open and then swallow me whole, then close me inside. It was the way he had said it that made all my walls tumble down into a heap of curiosity and that spark of excitement. Doing something soooooooooooo… unnatural with him in the vicinity and purring words of encouragement was just out of this world.I mean, how there hell would I have known that Aldrich Amsden Dawn Blade-Bede was so fun… so easy and outgoing? He
DAWN POVABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY PERFECT!There were no words on this earth or in this universe, which were befitting enough to describe Elizabeth Blyth Forbes. The woman was astoundingly perfect in all ways. She was that woman who struck you as bold, unstoppable, profound and drop-top dominant as fuck. At the same time under different circumstances, she was docile, cute, immiscible and so weak she needed protecting.It was that perfect comical cross between naïve, cute and innocent on the outside, but a cynical and world-weary on the inside! She was just, she was perfect. In all ways.And I’ll be damned if I didn’t want her. Matter of fact, what I flew under the radar of want, it was something that had skyrocketed to something else. I needed her. I yearned for her; I needed to be with her. It was that kind of excessive.And man the way she stood up for me against Brett?It wasn’t because I was afraid of Brett or something