"I said what you heard." The manager blurted out, looking straight at Leila's face. Earlier, she looked scared but now, she didn't look even slightly fearful.Leila scoffed and tossed her purse on the table with a loud bang. "Are you now talking back to me? A mere manager of this shitty place is talking back to me?""Yes, a mere manager like me is talking back to me. We have been very polite since the beginning but it seems you don't deserve our politeness.""What?!" Leila chuckled, moving the hair that fell on her face. She stared at the manager arrogantly and crossing her arms over her chest she voiced, "Guess you don't have any fucking idea who you are talking to." Everyone looked down, they didn't hide how scared they were including the manager."If I want, I can easily make your shop vanish in a day. All of you will lose your job at any time." Seeing everyone looking scared, Leila continued with a satisfying look in her face as she settled on the couch. "I am giving you a chance
"My child, I missed you so much." Zoe hugged Irene as soon as she walked through the entrance. Pure happiness reflected in her eyes the same way it did in Zoe's eyes. "I missed you too, granny Zoe." Irene expressed. She was so excited to meet her that she quickly finished her breakfast and she came to see Zoe early. "Ahh, call me only granny. No need to call me granny Zoe." Zoe voiced and Irene smiled with a nod, "Yes, granny." Though Zoe didn't live alone in the mansion, she still felt lonely and she accepted her already as her granddaughter in law. Irene became close with Zoe in a short time, seeing how close they were Conall sometimes had a thought that maybe he was not her blood related but Irene was."My child, tell me what you want to eat today. Conall didn't tell me when you two were coming so I didn't make anything yet. So tell me, I want to cook all your favourites today." Irene looked at the grumpy Conall and smiled sheepishly. "Uhmm, granny. Actually, it was me who told
Cathy's jaw dropped at the sight, she paused on her way and stared at the two while the atmosphere started screaming 'something is fishy' in her ears. "We..." Conall was interrupted by Irene immediately as she pulled away her hand from his grip and stated, "I was looking for a taxi but couldn't find one, Mr. Hudson was on his way to the office and he saw me, then he said that I could come with him since we were going to the same place so I took a lift from him." She smiled and walked to Cathy, avoiding Conall."But you were holding hands." Cathy smirked at Irene, in a teasing tone as she asserted so near her ears, making sure that Conall couldn't hear a single word of her."Oh, that? I was in a hurry because I had to arrange the papers for the next meeting, I was running towards the elevator when I suddenly slipped and our President helped me. Thanks to him, I... " Irene could feel a pair of dark eyes gazing at her, she didn't dare look back. "I didn't break my bones haha."Cathy att
MacMillan along with his team members had a lot of bags in their hand when Conall followed after the two women walking in front. "Here, hold it." Zoe handed a bag to Conall and then holding Irene's hand she headed into another sector. Conall looked at the bag lazily and passed it to his men, after buying the new clothes Zoe kept passing them to her grandson and he passed them to his men. "What a beautiful dress! It will look so good on you, come on. Try it out." Picking up a beautiful dress from the rest of the clothes, Zoe gave it to Irene and pushed her to the trial room.Initially, Zoe planned to go shopping with Irene but then Conall sent her here so she planned to keep them both engaged in something. Seeing Conall stand still while his bodyguards were at a close distance, Zoe had a plan. Picking up a suit for him she gave it to him, "Go and put it on." And she straightly ordered him. Zoe sounded overly sweet while she talked to Irene, exactly opposite she sounded so distant
* TRIGGER WARNING (THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER INCLUDES S*XUAL ASSAULT) *One hour has passed then another one when the two remained at the same place. While keeping her eye on him, Irene fell asleep soon after her back touched the soft bed. With a grunt, Conall imperceptibly moved on the bed. As he opened his eyes the first thing his eyes got a view of was the white roof of the room. He casually turned his head to the right and he was astonished to see her, Irene was sleeping soundlessly just next to him.Feeling a hand holding his hand, his gaze shifted to his hand and a joyous smile appeared on his lips. Strangely, he felt so relieved and happy at the same time. "So I'm back to normal because of her... "Making sure not to wake her up, he tried moving her hand off his hand but she grabbed it tight."Even while she is sleeping, she doesn't want to let go. Haha!" Conall smiled and muttered, gently letting go of her hand. Sitting on the bed, he stared at her face with admiration in his ey
Pulling the ribbon again, Irene huffed on her hair frustratedly as she let the ribbon loose. Her hand was already hurting and she was losing patience. "There's not even half an hour left before we leave and I couldn't put it on yet. So annoying!""Yes, send it to me right now and I will... Check." Busy talking to someone on the call, Conall was passing by when her voice caught his attention."My goodness, this is getting on my nerves now. I can't put it on at all and without this ribbon, this dress is incomplete."Irene tried to pull the ribbon with much struggle, and suddenly he reached there. "Let me help." "Thank you." She slowly let loose the ribbon and he held it, the sudden nearness with him got her nervous. Conall moved a little closer, as he was helping her with the ribbon his eyes fixated on her bare back. Irene was holding onto her breath, crossing her hands tight. The moment his finger touched her back anf she felt his breath fanning her shoulder, she had to gulp in some
"Mr. Hudson... " Irene turned to him with a shocked expression on her face. Why was he here? And when did he even come here? Alvin didn't let go of her hand and pronounced while ignoring Conall's command, "Irene, I have... "Cutting him off, Conall pulled her on one side while holding her hand into a strong grip and Alvin had to let go of her hand. Standing in front of her as if he was her shield, Conall stared at him arrogantly."Mr. Hudson, I... " Irene pursed her lips together as he looked at her with a cold look in his eyes. Strangely, she got afraid though she had done nothing wrong.Alvin tried walking past him but he failed as Conall stood firmly on the spot, telling him through his gesture that no matter what he was not letting him get close to her."May I know who you are?" Alvin questioned him politely. Conall with a proud smile on his face was going to declare his relationship with her but she cut him off. Irene peeked from behind since she couldn't walk before him and he w
While driving the car, Conall kept checking her out constantly when she was looking at the outside from the car window. His one hand on the steering wheel and his other one was still gripping her wrist. Thinking that she would try to run away, he made sure she wouldn't get a chance. Irene kept complaining to him that she didn't want to leave with him yet but he didn't listen to her. Being weaker and shorter than him she didn't continue fighting.Screech! As soon as the car came to a stop, Irene bit his hand so he would let go. Upon getting her freedom, she quickly dashed out of the car."Irene." Hissing he looked at the bite mark on his hand, she left quite a bloody mark. "Damn it!" And he ran after her. "I am not done yet, where are you going?"Irene didn't answer him, ignoring him completely she just walked upstairs in a hurry."Irene Miller, stop right there." He ordered fiercely. She was close to her room when suddenly he grabbed her hand and pushed her against the wall. Angr
"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