Ashlynn tied the necktie on and said, "I can be your assistant, but no one in the office can know who I am and you can't give me any privilege."Corentin lifted her chin. "Any other woman would kill for me to make them an exception and you the only one who doesn't want me to. I like it though." He pinched her on the thigh.She hid her legs under the blanket and muttered, "I'm not going today. I'm tired. I want to rest.""If you can go to work today, I would begin to doubt my 'capability'", he said evilly, before getting up to leave.After resting for a day, Ashlynn went to the office for an interview. There were multiple rounds of interviews and they were all challenging as she could only rely on her own ability.She first headed to the human resources department, before going to the secretarial department. The person who interviewed her was Corentin's secretary, Evan Payne, who was going to be her direct supervisor."The human resource department sent over three resumes includin
"If that is all, I'm getting back to work now." Ashlynn stepped back and turned to leave.Corentin studied the way she tried to be professional and was amused.It was the right decision to let her work in the Lloyd Group.He was never afraid of being exposed of his true identity, since he no longer felt like he was Salvatore.When his phone on the desk started to ring, he glanced at it and answered."Come home for dinner tonight," Cory said."Alright."By the time Ashlynn got off work, Corentin was no longer in his office and she was surprised that he would leave ahead of time.Since her supervisor was gone and it was time to go home, she had no other reasons to stay and stepped out of the building to head toward the subway station.Corentin's driver sent her to work and stopped in a distance away from the building as she did not want others to see her getting out of Corentin's car.Not far away from the building entrance, instead of the car that sent her, she spotted Corenti
"I'm going to the old man's place for dinner. I'll come home after that."She nodded.As soon as Corentin arrived at the Lloyd family's chateau, he noticed another car parked in the distance.With his jacket in hand, he proceeded into the mansion expressionlessly and heard people conversing.Meredith was sitting by the coffee table with Cory and the two were chatting.Her eyes lit up when she saw Corentin, but as a high-born lady, she had her pride and had not forgotten about the humiliation Corentin brought her."You are great at arriving at precisely the time you are needed, aren't you?" Cory said sharply. "It's so hard to get you here to keep me company. It's a good thing I have Meredith here."Corentin tossed his jacket onto the couch and sat down, before pulling at his necktie. "You know that I'm busy.""Be that as it may, you can't neglect those who are important to you," Cory said.Corentin read between Cory's words and suppressed his frustration, before deciding to pla
"What do you think?"Ashlynn immediately called for the maids to change the sheets. Once they were done, she crawled back into bed and Corentin dragged her closer."If I see it on the bed again, I'll cook it alive.""You can't bully the weak," she said."You are weak?" He pinned her down and refused to let her get up."If I wasn't weak, you would have been dead by now," she said resentfully, not knowing the weight of her words and how it reminded Corentin was how Salvatore was sent into prison.It was because of the betrayal of his most beloved.Realizing that she had said the wrong thing, she changed the subject. "I'm going back to sleep...""Will you betray me again?" He asked.If there was a chance, Ashlynn would not hesitate to announce his true identity to everyone."Ashlynn, if you try to betray me again, don't blame me for not showing you mercy." He planted a kiss on her cheek, and her heart sank.She knew that he was not joking and she had seen the cruelty he was cap
"Do you want me to strip you naked right here?"Startled, she knew that Salvatore was completely capable of such a thing. "Don’t make me hate you.""Don't worry. No matter how many women I have out there, you are the one and only Mrs. Lloyd," he grinned devilishly."Whatever." She shoved his hand away. "I'm busy. Let me go.""Your only job is to please me." He refused to let go and did not feel like going back to his work either.Just then, his phone rang.Ashlynn glanced at the display on the phone. "I'll let you answer that. I'm leaving."She got up and left.Corentin stared at the closed door and leaned back against his chair, before resting his legs on his office desk with a dark expression. "I'm busy.""Have you seen the photo circulating the internet? I'm so angry. I don't even know who took those! How dare they invade someone else's privacy? I'm going to send them all a lawyer's letter.""We have a team of capable lawyers here in Lloyd Group, should I ask them to do it
When she arrived at the hospital, Anne got out of the car and ran toward the hospital."Hey, you haven't paid!" The driver ran after her and grabbed her by the arm. "Miss. You've forgotten to pay."She came to and realized that she had left her phone and purse in the office."Say, you can't possibly be trying to ride for free, right?" The driver questioned while studying the dazed look on her face."I'm sorry. I forgot to take my wallet out...""What? Seriously? No way. I don't care. Call your family here to pay. I am not working for free!" The driver refused to let her leave."I...I don't have a family. My parents are both dead..." She muttered with tears in her eyes. "Mister, can you give me your address? I will deliver the money over to you later.""Forget it!" The driver left with frustration.Anne stood like a statue outside the hospital door. Without money, she could not proceed with the abortion, so she sat down on the stairs blankly, everything before her eyes blurred t
"I've sent the photos to you, but you didn't reply, so I decided to call you."Anthony did not hang up and opened his screen to open Ivan's message that contained a few photos, captured out of surveillance footage.Lilian walked into the Authentic Clinic for a facial treatment and went to Bianca's room on her way out.However, merely the fact that Lilian had made contact with Bianca with no other supporting evidence would be dismissed as visiting a friend by Lilian even if Anthony was to interrogate her."Keep an eye on her. Do not let a single movement escape your attention!""Yes!""Also, this woman is trained in this. Don't let her notice that she is being followed.""Yes, sir!"After hanging up, Anthony's expression darkened as he thought, 'Is this related to Tommy in any way?'He returned to the bedroom and sat down by the bed to stare at Anne, who was asleep. "Once we find out what happened, you won't be in so much pain."Ever since Bianca was told that her engagement w
Kathryn hurried over to check on Anne and though Anne had lost consciousness, she was not physically harmed in any way."She is unstable because she's pregnant. You need to let her do what she wants," Kathryn said."Let her do what she wants? She wants to get rid of the baby! She wants to leave!" He roared in a dark expression.The bodyguard had told him that she ran after seeing the triplets."Anything but those two things, then. You have to be patient."He tensed, because he had been patient and kept his temper at bay, but was that not enough?Anthony waved his hand in annoyance and Kathryn went outside.He stared at Anne's slim face and decided that though he could not accept her leaving or getting rid of the child, he could accept any of her other wishes.The next morning, Anne woke up early in Anthony's arms. She got up and tried to get out of bed, when Anthony wrapped his arm around her waist. "Where are you going?""To work." She moved the arm around her waist away, but