MarkOver the past few days, I have tried to keep Anna off my mind by working with John and a few others. I don’t know why she had to fight me on everything, but John has clearly instructed me not to mention anything to anyone or they might know that we’re after them. We had to figure out a game plan quietly on how to take down George and his men. Since word of my deal with The Brookes got out, they’d been watching me, watching my every move and I had to be careful because if they learned of what I was doing, it would surely end badly for me and anyone I cared about. Stepping up my security details, I hired extra security guards from an outside source. Some of the additional precautions were even undercover agents, John wanted to be placed around my home and workplace to ensure that they had eyes there in case anything were to happen.I wasn’t pleased about it, I’d come to England to try to lead a normal life, but this was far from normal. What was I going to do? Tell them no?Leani
MarkMargaret insisted that she was alright and it was not that much of a severe case. Deciding not to press the issue, I decided to take her word for it. It’s almost like she could tell what I was planning to do.Since I wasn’t traveling anymore, the only thing left to do for today was to meet up with Andrew.Hastily, I pulled out my phone and sent him a text.In a short drive, I arrived at the company, making my way towards the entrance, I suddenly froze in shock when I saw him standing there.I wanted to call John but decided it was better to find out for myself what exactly George was doing showing himself at my company.AnnaThe sound of loud knocking woke me up from my sleep. I wasn’t exactly sure at first who the hell could be knocking so loudly or where the noise came from, but as soon as my mind focused, I realized it was coming from the front door.Glancing towards my clock, I groaned seeing it was close to 5 in the morning.Sliding from my bed, I wrapped my head around me a
AnnaI wasn’t sure what time it was when I finally woke up, but the streams of filtered sunlight streaming through the curtains let me know it was morning. Stretching on the couch, I glanced around realizing I was in Jack’s room. Immediately the memories of last night returned. After bringing him to his apartment, I couldn’t leave him the way he was, so I decided to stay. Sliding from the couch, I made my way towards his kitchen to make some food for his hangover. I realized that he was drunk last night which was why he probably did everything he did last night, but I couldn’t help but wonder if there was some truth to it. I know alcohol lowers your inhibitions and makes you say things you probably wouldn’t have, but was there some truth to Jack’s confessions?Finishing in the kitchen, I made my way downstairs, only to stop halfway gazing into the living room where Jack sat with a cup of coffee and his laptop, already awake. He was typing away intently, his eyes never looking up and
MarkI was frozen in place, unsure what to do as I stood staring at George. He watched me with a smirk on his face as if he had me right where he wanted me. The last thing I ever expected was to run into him at the company. After what he did to Jonathan, I believed he’d be in hiding from The Greyson family, however here he was standing boldly in front of me as if seeing me was expected.For all I know, other than trying to sabotage our partnership with the Brookes family, George had no business meeting with me. So for him to run into me like this, meant that he must have been following and watching out for when I would be alone, which also meant that he must have known about John and his private undercover agents, which deeply puzzled me because other than John and his agents, no one else knew what we were up to.Immediately, the shocking realization went off in my head. The only way George would have known to find me here alone today was because someone told him, someone from the de
MarkLaughter erupted from me like I’d never heard before. I knew George must have been deluded to even think that he could convince me to work with him, but for him to stand there and say something like this, I knew then he was really far from gone. How audacious of him to think that I would just jump into his drug and trafficking business just because he asked. The idea was almost amusing.“First of all and let me make this very clear so next time you save yourself the trip and not bother to come down here anymore,” I said looking him straight in the eye.“You are right to realize that I am not my father, but there is one thing that I share with the old bastard. Do you know what that is George?”“We both hate drug and human traffickers who stain the true image of what it is to be a businessman. If I haven’t made myself clear by now, let me make it simple for you. I will never do business with you and now that you’ve had the misfortune of ducking with my family, I’m going to make sur
MarkGeorge’s men slowly reached into their coats and pulled out an expandable baton and one of them a gun. The moment I saw the gun, I froze in fear, panicking as he moved towards me.I know I should have listened to John and not gone anywhere without his private agents, but part of me didn’t want to believe that there was actually somebody out there trying to come after me.“I suppose this is how you fight dirty, bringing a gun to a fistfight?” I remarked, backing away slowly.Staring at the sinister grin on George’s face, I knew there was no way in hell that he was going to let me go. Whoever he had on the inside of this deal was effective enough for him to not mind having me shot at the entrance to my company just to ensure that he could get it. The situation between us drew the attention of the security guard that manned the company at this time, as he glanced at us during his rounds. He must have sensed that something was going on even though the guy in front of me was conceali
AnnaTaking a moment to collect my thoughts, I decided to stay away for some time. I might not have had such feelings for Jack, but he had just confessed to his, and even when he was understanding of my situation, I knew this could only get tougher for him the more he got to spend time with me.Heaving a deep sigh, I turned towards him and his eyes met mine with a hopeful gaze.“I’ll be leaving now,” I said, picking up my bag. “Alright, I’ll walk you,” Jack replied standing up hastily.“No, I don’t need you to follow me,” I snapped. Jack froze in his steps, staring at me with confusion. “Is everything alright, Anna?”“No, it’s not. You’re not supposed to have feelings for me. Luke is not supposed to show up now and my boyfriend should be in the country. None of this is okay. It’s enough that I’m already fighting Edgar and his men, but now I have to deal with these changes as well. It’s too much,” I cried.Jack cleared the space between us and wrapped his arms around me in comfort, r
AnnaIt was a regular Tuesday morning, except that it had taken a chaotic turn. I’d been abducted and even when I should be filled with fear, my heart was beating fast out of rage as I stared at her eyes.I always wondered what I’d feel when I finally set my eyes on her but never imagined it would be in these circumstances. I always figured by the time I was done with everything I had conjured in my head to do to her, my adoptive sister Linda, would be crawling after me.Seeing her face again, my heart was racing just hoping to get close enough to her to rip off that fake plastic smile off her face.“What am I doing here, Linda?” I sneered, glaring at her. Linda walked towards me and stopped right in front of me. She wore a smug smile as if she had been waiting for this moment for eight years. “Well well, look what we have here, weak little Anna.”“Did you really think you could hide forever?” She asked, crouching down in front of me.Looking directly at her eyes, a wry smile escape