Irene carefully turned the page while keeping a straight face, she could feel he was coming her way and that intense gaze he had in his eyes scared the shit out of her.'I am sure he can't catch me, but I'm hella nervous now. What if he knows who did it and hurt me? I can run away though. But what if I...'"Miss Miller." His sudden cold voice pulled her out of her imagination. Keeping a confident look on her face, she uttered all focused at him, "Yes, President."But then she couldn't help when her eyelids slightly quivered. Never did she ever do something like stealing any kind of documents and here she was. Irene felt so little now, she wished she could hide somewhere."Give me your hand.""Par-don?""Hand."Irene foolishly looked at her hand and then back at him. What did he want now?Keeping calm, as she extended her hand he handed her his car key. Irene looked at it, a little puzzled."I'm not going back to the office right now, so take my car as you will need it to go back." He
Taking some dresses from the cupboard, Irene tossed them in the luggage. A little lost, she sat on the bed thinking about what Conall told her this morning.Knock!Irene opened the door and Rowan hugged him while her other two kids followed after him. "Mummy, are you really going to stay in someone else?""Yes, baby. But it's not forever and I'll come here to meet you soon.""I will miss you, Mummy." Rowan looked at her with puppy eyes and Irene's heart melted. In her planning, staying apart from them was never an option but she never expected nor did she dream of staying with him in his house. Hugging her kids, she voiced in a sad tone, "I will you guys so so much. Please don't be sad, Mummy is not going anywhere far.""Uhmm, can we go to meet you then?" Austin asked hopefully.Irene nodded her head slowly, looking at him. Staying there was already dangerous, she couldn't afford to get her kids in trouble by taking them to his house."That's sad, then how will we meet you if we miss
Irene looked at the beautiful garden that contained different kinds of plants as she followed after Conall. The luxurious mansion not only looked classic but also beautiful. Seeing her pause, Conall turned around and he was a little stunned. He followed her eyes and asked, "You seem quite surprised. Is it your first time coming here? Miss Miller.""Yes... I must say this is a beautiful garden."Looking at her face he stood by her side, the bright smile on her face affected him and he felt like smiling like a fool. "Granny is waiting for us, let's go." Clearing his throat he had a serious face then he walked away and she followed after him.As soon as Zoe saw the two, she quickly walked to them. Conall extended his arms to hug her but without even batting an eye on him, Zoe walked past him. She hugged Irene and smiled with twinkling eyes."Rena, you finally came. I've been waiting for you." Zoe voiced cheerfully. Irene felt as delighted as she was. Far more, she liked Zoe in their fi
"Here.""Thank you." Irene showed him a small smile before taking the glass of water from him. After crying and all, Zoe comforted her and left the two young people in the living room. And since then, Conall has been looking at her hair with a serious look on his face.'Miss Miller is not married though she might have a lover, so she's considered still single. How do I know if she's connected to Ella anyhow?'Suddenly seeing how he had been looking at her, she wiped off the corner of her mouth and looked at him confusingly, "Uhmm, is something on my face? Mr. Hudson.""No, I apologise. Actually there's something I had been wanting to ask you about but you were in a bad mood so I didn't ask.""Oh, what do you want to ask me?""Do you have a relative?""No, I don't.""Not only in this city, how about outside? I mean in a foreign country?""No, I was too little when I last saw some of my relatives. Then, I never met any of my relatives again." Irene replied. Back then, when her relatives
Irene ran to her room then shutting the door she patted her chest. Thinking about what happened earlier, her cheeks became warmer and redder, she could feel her ears burning.'What was that? Mr. Hudson was acting weird, he was so close to me. If we were a little close, what would happen...' She murmured, under her breath. Conall took off his suit and casually put it on a side, resting his head against the couch Conall put his hand on his forehead as he stared at the space with a blank look on his face. It has been so long since he got accustomed to living alone, when he would come back home he would eat alone and many times he would just lose appetite, he felt bored at home. But somehow, now there was a new member living in this house... Just the thoughts of it gave him a warm feeling. 'I probably got too excited back then, that's why I forgot who she is. Trapping me in her plan is what she wants. Conall, Conall, pull yourself together if you want to survive. You must not make any m
"Miss Miller. Here's your lunch." Everyone stopped talking, their gazes shifted to Sam who was holding a lunchbox and looking at Irene with a smile plastered on his lips. Surprised to see him here Irene looked at him with questionable eyes and Sam answered, "The boss said that you didn't bring your lunch so..."At his answer, Irene understood the whole thing. She quickly took the lunchbox from his hand and uttered a 'thank you'. Now she understood why did Conall asked her about lunch earlier. Irene came to the cafeteria to have lunch with others and she didn't think that Conall would really think for her.How caring!But her concern was about him being caring or anything like that. Irene looked at her colleagues who had those curious eyes. 'Please I hope nobody knows Sam or the boss whom he just talked about.'"Boss wa..." As Sam started talking, Irene whacked on the table gently. "Please tell your boss that I thanked him for the lunch, thank you." "Ahh, ok. Miss Miller." With a nod
"Mr. Hudson, it's almost dinner time. Why don't we go downstairs?" Trying to get out of his grip, Irene walked an inch forward but her trying didn't work at all. Conall had a devilish smirk on his face as he watched her facial expression very attentively, "No need to hurry, they will inform us once the dinner is ready.""Ahh, you are right." Irene tried pulling her hand but surprisingly, he held her wrist and twisted it behind her. Irene gulped, clear uneasiness visible in her eyes. "Mr. Hud...""That's not how you are supposed to call me... Irene." Holding her hand firmly, he asserted while looking into her eyes. His intense gaze made her nervous more and she uttered hesitantly, "Con-Conall, please let go of my hand.""Why? Don't you like me holding your hands?" Irene rolled her eyes at his question. He was really brave. "Sorry?""I thought you wanted to marry me because you loved me, am I wrong?"'Love you? Are you crazy? Why would I love you out of all the men in this world?!' Sm
"First, let's see how strong you are.""Huh?"Conall stared at her hands attentively then he vanished into another room with a 'I'll be back in a minute' tone. As he left, she checked the timing on her phone. Thinking of leaving as she walked to the door, he came back. "Where are you going?""Ahh, I was seeing where you went.""I went to get boxing gloves for you. Take them, they will fit your size." As he tossed a pair of black gloves to her, Irene hesitantly looked at them. 'There's no way he can have gloves my size. My hands are way smaller than his, this is good. I can make an excuse and leave.'With those thoughts in mind, Irene took them. "Thank you, I really am excited for this. I want to... Wait, wha..." "What's wrong? Are they not fitting?" Irene stared at the gloves disappointedly, in an annoyed tone she replied, "No, they fit perfectly but... Today is the first day, do we need to practise this?""Yes, so I can know how skilled you are. Don't worry, you won't get hurt, you
"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