SCARLET POV "She's going to kill me" Bianca got out without a trace of emotion on her face. It was as if she was just a shell of her former self as if she'd shut down completely. Her trembling had also stopped and she looked resolute. I was almost worried that I would not get any more information from her and when she finally spoke, I feared the worst."You told me that this place was safe for us to meet"She was right. I'd assured her that there was no way Margo would ever find out or know that we were meeting so I had no excuse. I reached to touch her arm. "I am sorry. I had no idea she was following me. I was so confident that this place was safe that I didn't take proper precautions""Well, you should have. You might not know it because you haven't been here long, but Margo is not someone you can just toy with and expect to go scot-free, Scarlet. You embarrassed her and even hit her in the face, she's definitely going to hurt you, but that is after she comes for me. I'm sure of i
MIGUEL POV"You are a fucking coward! First, it was Margo and now you are going on dates with other women" Delia yelled, her chest heaving as she stood over me.God! Why did I ever only get with the craziest women? "Delia for goodness sake, I came here to be with you tonight so what the hell is all this drama""All this drama is because I am tired. I'm tired of being understanding... For how long do I have to live in the shadows while you gallivant around with other women? You told me that I only had to wait for a few years and you'd get rid of Margo, but it's been five years already Miguel, and I am still your Mistress""Enough of this" I shouted, slamming my hand on the table in front of me and getting a thrill from the way she flinched. "You're going to do this for as long as your family owes me, do you hear me? So fucking quit your whining. The only reason you are still alive is because I love and protect you. Your father still owes me a lot of money Delia, so I think you should b
MARGO POVI screamed and dodged at the last seconds, then without waiting to see what he would do, I ran, bounding up the staircase without looking to check if he was coming after me.The door to our room loomed ahead of me and once I grabbed the handle, I yanked it open, rushed into the room, and made to slam it shut but Miguel just kicked it in and then we were standing face to face."You cheated on me" he stated incredulously, his chest heaving and his eyes manic. "And you had the nerve to go all psycho about Delia..."It was infuriating. I was having the worst day ever. How could this have happened... The ugly stare of the people at the restaurant last night popped into my head and my skin crawled... Now that the news of my cheating was public, I'd definitely get more stares, and it would probably be worse than last night. Why did the humiliation I felt at the hand of Scarlet choose this very moment to creep into my head? God, everything was going to shit. "Are you just going to
RAPHAEL BATISTA POVI'd kissed her and I couldn't stop thinking about it. Every time I shut my eyes, I could remember every minute detail despite being drunk, her soft lip, her heady taste, and the way her hands on my skin had felt like shock waves bringing me back to life.It had been so mind-blowing that at first, I thought it was because I had been high off the alcohol and hence all the feelings had been enhanced but even now, just thinking and reminiscing about the kiss had me adjusting myself in my pants.I jerked into a sitting position and cursed. Why her of all people and I'd even confessed to her that Eve was my first love... I just hated the way she looked at me as if I was a monster and I'd also wanted someone to believe me. They'd all judged me without giving me a chance to defend myself and I'd borne the burnt of their hate without a care... I was used to the hate anyway, but I didn't want Scarlet to hate me. I wanted her to stop looking at me with such disgust on her fa
SCARLET POV "I just want to let you all know that I am really glad that this impromptu meeting had gone a lot better than I hoped it would," I said meeting each of their gazes. "And with that said, I hope with the recent development you all will give me your support, and agree with my decision to safeguard the interest of the company"The men and woman who sat around the table nodded their heads in agreement and I grinned."I am glad that you're all in agreement. This is our company and I'll make sure it is in no way affected at all by the scandal surrounding Miguel and Margo" I promised. "Go ahead and sign the agreements""And what about Margo and Miguel... Don't they have a say in your decision... I just feel like it is wrong to do this behind their backs""Gwen is right" Joshua one of the board members who had always been on Margo's side spoke up. "They are both major shareholders, so how can we just sign to vote them out without giving them a chance to defend themselves"The othe
MARGO POVRaphael had almost killed Miguel. It had been a wake-up call and maybe now Miguel would finally see that I was the only one who could truly protect him.Scarlet, that bitch, she had just stood there with a crazed look in her eyes as if she waiting for Raphael to deliver the final blow that would take him out... The desire to see more blood had been clear as day on her face and I had thought I was the crazy one.There was something about her and the way she'd targeted me and Miguel... Was she playing a game... Was this some sort of power trip she went on when she got bored? No matter how I looked at it, I just didn't get why she'd come after my family.It didn't matter now. She'd started this game and I was going to finish it... She thought she was all that and that I'd lost everything, but when she was no longer breathing then we'd know who the winner truly was, because I was going to kill her, after torturing her that is. I grinned at the thought and the vivid imagination
SCARLET POV."What's wrong, Margo... You don't look too good" I asked as she looked around, a spooked-out look on her face that only intensified the more she took in the environment.Slowly getting to her feet, she adjusted her dress and turned her expression to neutral but I could tell by her trembling hands that she had been pretty rattled. Good for her, maybe I should have upped the dosage. Well, It had all been a probability because she could have taken the drink but not drank it, or refused to take the drink at all. But she hadn't confessed to murdering Eve. Even in her drugged state, she refused to acknowledge what she had done... Was it because murdering someone didn't count as a crime in her books or she truly believed that she had not pushed me off the hill? "What do you want now? Haven't you done enough damage... You are really something else, Scarlet, you have the nerve to show your face to me despite cutting me off from the company without a heads-up" She got out in a ca
RAPHAEL BATISTA POVShe was staring at me, her eyes blown so wide I could see the swirls of green morphing together to form a symphony of spell-binding patterns. They had always been beautiful and calming, so why did I feel so much rage even as I gazed at her? I clenched my fist, her words replaying over and over in my head... "I really do want you but if I am going to have you, I want you all to myself. I do not share"And that was after she'd leaned in to kiss him. She'd pressed her lips underneath his ear, she'd smiled at him, and she'd promised to protect him... Just the thought had my vision going hazy with rage. I wanted to rip my skin off my bones If only It Would get rid of how raw I felt..."What the hell did you just call me" she asked, drawing my attention to her lips, the ones that she had used to touch Miguel. God damn it, her lips were mine... I should have just killed the bastard. I could still taste the feeling of euphoria as I punched him over and over again... He