Getting down the car, Irene checked the given address on her phone. "Are you Miss Miller?" One of the staff from the restaurant walked to her. "Yes." Irene didn't think much as she answered. "Please come with me." Irene followed the staff as quietly as a mouse. Though she had a straight face, she was observant of the surrounding and especially the staff who came to pick her up.Stopping near a table the staff looked at her and added, "Please wait here." And she was gone in a second. Irene took a seat on the chair, quietly checking her phone. When she was into her phone, a handsome man as tall as a tree walked towards the table. The man took a seat on her opposite and she looked at him. Tall, well-proportioned man of fine physique, though he was not as handsome as Conall but he could be mistaken for a model. It didn't take long for Irene to understand who he was. Oliver Hudson, the only one to whom Conall was like a Bane. Instead of going through the basic introduction, Oliver eye
Heading out of the elevator, Irene was flabbergasted at the scene. MacMillan along with his mates were waiting in line, to welcome her. "Hello, Miss Miller.""... Hello.""Please, this way." Irene felt somewhat weird, the way they were treating her didn't give her any good feeling. It was as if Conall was buttering her up. Unlike the past, they were rather treating her like an important guest now? Wow! Entering his office Irene watched him working on the computer. That highly egoistic face of his looked slightly narrowed to her. Irene let out a sigh and voiced, "Mr. Hudson, you wanted to see me.""Please take a seat."Taking his suit off, he casually walked to the sofa. After settling on the sofa opposite of her, he gestured at his men for them to leave. "I'll get to the point. I want you to work for me again.""S-sorry?" Unable to understand what he was trying to say she asked in confusion. There was no way he wanted her to work for him again, right? Conall pulled the sleeve of
* Two weeks later *Checking the time on her wristwatch Irene let out a sigh of weariness. "What a tiring day it is!", she muttered under her breath.Irene was waiting for this last meeting to pass quickly so she could finally go home. Following Conall she prayed inwardly while her eyes darted around, "Please, let it be someone who never saw me before. If not, I'll be in trouble. My ancestors, please help!" Indulged in her thoughts, Irene suddenly hit her forehead against his back. She rubbed her forehead and as she looked up, their gazes locked. That feeling of palpitations again came back, Irene couldn't say a single word as she felt nervous. For some reason his fixated gaze on her didn't scare her though he looked quite serious. Noticing how close she stood from him, Irene quickly stepped backwards, "Mr. Hudson..."Conall narrowed his eyes at her and commented, "Focus on the road instead of the surrounding, Miss Miller.""I'm sorry." She remarked. "Whatever." Saying so suddenly
Watching her leave, Conall took the cufflinks off his shirt. Pulling his sleeves up, he was helping Mr. Giacometti stand up when Mr. Giacometti'e order came through, "Mr. Hudson, you must do justice for me. Teach that b!tch a lesson. So she will know her pla.... Ahhh!"His eyes almost popped out of their socket as he screamed, horrified. Conall grabbed his neck all of a sudden and pinched him against the table. He tried moving but Conall showed no intention of letting him do such. "Mr. Hudson..." Mr. Giacometti's voice was trembling. "You dare insult my assistant? Did you say you would sleep with her?" The way he looked at him was so scary, Mr. Giacometti couldn't even move as his cold voice gave him a chill run down his spine. "I just.... I just did what that.... Ahhh!"Before he could finish the line, Conall pulled him by his collar. Dragging him towards the pool he pushed him on the ground. "What... What are you doing?"Taking a cloth that was placed on the dining table Conall
"Mr. Angel, how does this doll look?" Ellaine asked Conall, holding her doll in front of him and looking at him adorably. Touching the tip of her nose, Conall smiled at her. "It looks so cute just like little Ella.""Yeh, then we will go with this." Ellaine voiced merrily. Conall was going to the office when Ellaine suddenly wanted to meet him and like always, he left all the work and came to see her instead.Ring!"President, bad news. Someone hacked our office's computers. Now none of the computers are working." Owen cried out in a panic from the other end of the call."Hacked our company's computers? Have the IT team take care of it as soon as possible. I will be there soon." Cutting the call as Conall got up to leave Ellaine held his finger, "Mr. Angel, did you say that your company's computers are hacked by someone?""Yes." Conall answered. Ellaine thought of something for a moment then she voiced, "If you can't solve it, then please tell me."Upon hearing her, he could not help
Ring!"President, the crisis has been solved. Far more, the experts have hacked our opponents computers so we will soon get all the data about them." Nathan reported.Conall had to go for a business meeting, since it was urgent so he could not meet Rowan and Austin. At first he thought that they would probably not be able to do it but as Nathan confirmed it, he was relieved and surprised at the same time. Who could think that a little girl like Ellaine could know experts who were not only highly skilled and also, so intelligent..."That's great. Take them to my office, I will meet them personally after I go back.""Ahh about that. Actually they said they have something urgent to do so they already left." "That's sad but it's ok, I'll send them rewards later.""President. I don't think they will like toys that much since they might be super rich already."Hearing Nathan, Conall could not grasp what he could mean. "Why would I send them toys in the first place?" "Ohh I'm so sorry. I
° Two days later °In a satin off-shoulder navy dress with no heavy makeup on her face, Irene still looked so stunning. Coming out of the trial room, she looked at the mirror with a satisfied look on her face. Irene grabbed her phone and as she was about to take a selfie suddenly he appeared in front of her.In a navy suit with a white dress shirt, Conall came out of the trial room. He was busy looking at his wristwatch when he met her and boom! As if the moment stopped right there...Standing at the opposite of each other they both felt a little weird, they couldn't look away from each other. As per Conall's accord, they both came to try clothes for tonight's business party."Mr. Hudson, you... " Irene found it hard not to praise him for his looks. Noticing she was continuously looking at him, Irene pulled her dress a little and asked, "How do I look? Should I change into something else? Mr. Hudson."As if her beauty didn't charm him, he looked away and answered in a strong denial, "
"What are you doing here?" Taking a quick peek at Conall from the distance she asked Oliver. Thankfully, he didn't see her or she didn't know what to do. Irene decided to stay away from problems, but like always, problems loved her. Oliver grinned at her facial reaction, he kept looking at her like he was so mesmerized by her beauty. "Someone invited me here. Why? Wasn't I supposed to be here?""Didn't you say you would miss it calling it nothing but a boring party?" Oliver's secretary mumbled as he heard Oliver though none of it reached Irene's ears. In a low time of voice Irene uttered, "You are not supposed to meet me, you know that." "Are you worried about your lover boy?"When Irene first met Oliver, she thought he was a business-minded man, a very cunning one who only cared for profit but so far, he didn't do anything to help her."You are not here to talk about this, right? So, what is it?""Why don't we dance together?""Why would I? We're not that close." Among all the mem
"1, 2 and... 3."As Irene threw the flower bouquet towards the crowd, all the men and women ran to grab it. Surprisingly, Luxury picked it up and the crowd cheered for her.In the happy moment, Irene was watching how everyone was so happy. Her dream to have a fulfilled family finally became true.Irene was about to walk to Conall who was talking to his friends when suddenly a familiar face came to her view. Upon seeing her, the person quickly ran away."Babe, where are you going?""I'll be back soon.""Is everything alright?""Yes."Irene ran after the person, the faster the person ran the more Irene wanted to see who it was. For a moment, she thought she was hallucinating. Why would the person who hated her would attend her wedding?"Mrs. Thompson." Stopping at a point, Irene called out loudly and the person with a mark stopped. "If you came to see the bride's face, you should give her the blessings as well. Don't you know the traditions?"Hearing her, Alora turned to her direction.
• A week later •"There's only an hour left till the wedding starts. Mr. Hudson." Conall tossed his phone on the seat and sped up the car. If not for the sudden business urgency, he would have been in the wedding venue by now but... Ring!As his phone, Conall took a look at the front way then he leaned to get his phone. Boom! There, Irene moved back and forth anxiously. In a princess wedding dress, and with all the makeup and hairstyle, she looked like a princess.Checking the timing in her phone, she bit her lips then dialled Conall's phone number for the 16th time but she couldn't contact him at all.'It has been so long since the last time I talked to Conall, he said he would be here before the wedding starts but only fifteen minutes left till the wedding starts, he is nowhere to be seen. Far more, I can't contact him.'"Miss Miller." Luxury hung up the phone and hurriedly ran to her. "Did you contact Conall? Where is he?""Uhmm..."Seeing her pale reaction, Irene touched her
"Good morning, Miss Miller." Seeing Irene come out of the kitchen, Luxury greeted her. Irene put down the plate of fruits as she saw her. Noticing the file in her hand, Irene asked, "Good morning, why are you here? Is something wrong at work?""Ahh, no. I came here because Mr..." Just when she was about to answer her, Conall appeared there. "I have told Miss Martin to come, I've something important to talk to her." Conall added, walking to the ladies.Hearing him, Irene looked at him in confusion. She knew Conall didn't know Luxury so there was no way they were working together on something or maybe they did but she didn't know? But if that really happened then he would have told her about this, in fact Luxury wouldn't hide things from her, right?But that was not the thing which concerned her though, rather the file Luxury was carrying pulled all her attention."Wait, what's wrong? Did you find a solution for Mr. Desmond's case?" Irene questioned, sounding a little excited."It's n
"You know he is dangerous, what if he reveals your secret? No, no. I can't...""Shhh! Calm down. Just calm down, will you?" Pulling her in a hug, Conall tried calming her down. Irene told him everything Luca, and after knowing it all, he didn't seem to even bother."Conall, he is not as simple as he looks. He is really really dangerous, trust...""Shhh! Just take a deep breath first, then I have something to say to you."Irene wiped her years of and asked, "What is it?""Do you want to marry me? Do you want to spend the rest of your life with me?""But Mr. D..." Interrupting her, Conall held her hand and looked into her eyes, "Shh! Just answer me, I want to know your answer.""I do."Smiling lovingly, as he showed her his phone she was surprised. "Wait when did you...""When you were telling me about Luca Desmond.""So your men are already working on this?"Conall pulled her close, having her rest her head on his shoulder he kissed her forehead, "Yes, so don't worry. You just need to
"You know there are many beautiful places we can go to. There's k..."When Conall was excitedly describing about places to Irene, she kept looking at him from the distance. The words Mr. Desmond told her kept playing in her head over and over again, and everytime she remembered it, her fear of losing him got her bad. 'I know Conall can't be touched, he is more powerful than Mr. Desmond. But he has enemies and he has secrets that can ruin him... Far more, he raised me so if he wants, he can ruin me faster than I can even imagine.'As Conall touched her shoulder suddenly, Irene was taken aback. "What are you thinking of? Is it me in a wedding suit or us in wedding dresses?""Ahh yes. I'm fine..." She didn't smile at him at all, though his smile made her feel a little better but she was so worried. She knew Luca looked fine but at times, he could be very dangerous. Far more, Irene was the CEO of Desmond I. O. in name, the real one was Luca. He was still the sole owner of the company th
"I don't wanna stay like a guest. Let me work as well..." As Irene picked up the knife, Conall held a cherry in his mouth. He approached from the behind, grabbing her waist he turned her around and feed her the cherry. "You!" "Have some sweet."Irene wanted to leave but when she went outside, she found out that Conall took her to an island from where she wouldn't be able to leave by herself even if she would want to. Having no choice, she stayed with him. But so far, he didn't let her do anything with her hand. Even when she said she was hungry, he decided to cook by himself instead of letting the chef do it. "Have a seat, I will be done soon." Conall took her in his arms and then he put her on the counter. "Wait, I want to help."Conall watched her making a cute face as he walked to the kitchen. While he was putting on the apron she kept looking at him. Suddenly he took it off and uttered, "Since you don't wanna stay like a guest, how about you help me put this on?"'He just put
"I wished this before, I wished that she would break up with him and come back to me.""It's dangerous, get down..."Suddenly he jumped down, and hugged Maria, she was taken aback. "I know I am a bit selfish but I couldn't help. My love for her never died, it was always one-sided and even though I had a chance to make it both sided I... I have ruined it all with my own hand. But when I heard that she broke up with him nor does she love him... My mind was so... You know I was just so happy. So damn much happy! Haha." Those words echoed in her ears again and again, Maria felt uncomfortable for some reason. "Mr. Wilson, let go."Alvin let her go and looked at her pie-eyed. He touched her face and smiled foolishly, "I will marry her, Mary. I will... Right now, I'm just on seventh heaven."Maria felt bad somewhere in her chest, it hurted so bad that she couldn't say anything. Since the day she met him, she didn't think of him as someone special but now... She had a different opinion. "D
"Thank you." Alvin voiced, smiling at her. Giving a cup of coffee to Alvin, Irene took a seat opposite of him. She didn't look so good though, her face full of sadness and compassion."Are you alright?""Yeah, thanks for asking. Alvin." She gave him a small smile as she grabbed a cup of coffee as well. For a few moments, silence took place in the living room. Since he came to see her, he didn't see her smiling wholeheartedly at all. Alvin put down the cup on the table and crossing his chest he looked straightly at her. "Irene.""Yes?""I want to ask you something but I don't know if... If I should ask it or not.""What do you want to ask?"Since he asked for a chance, she didn't hold any grudge against him. So when he wanted to meet her, she agreed on their meet up. With a slight hesitation, he asked, "About Mr. Hudson... Are you planning on really marrying him?"The moment he took his name, Irene remembered how Conall clearly told her on her face that he couldn't marry her. Her ga
"Mr. Hudson, one of our men had found out Miss Miller's whereabouts.""Where is she?" Since she vanished into thin air, Conall had tried every way possible to find her but as if she didn't exist, there was no news of her so far. "Daddy, won't you play with us?" As Rowan called out for him, Conall gave him a small smile from the distance. "Let me take this call first, I'll join you guys once I'm done.""Ok, daddy.""Yes, she was last seen in a cafe with a man at the northern area of the city. It was an hour ago." The voice from the other end of the call came through and Conall furrowed his brows, "Who is he?""We couldn't find it yet, we are still searching for his identity."Conall kept his fists clenched even though he looked calm. "I want to know where she is right now, why did she meet that man and everything about their relationship. Inform me of every details, got that?""Yes, Mr. Hudson."Hanging up the phone, Conall let out a sigh. At least he could relax now since her last lo