“This is utter nonsense. Is this what people are interested in these days? Reading about people’s love life.” Mr. Henderson, Emily's father, said, as he dropped his phone back on the table.
“Calm down. Think about your health,” Mrs. Henderson, Emily's mother, replied.
“How can I be calm when she has done something that can affect the success of the company? We don’t know who this man is or where is from,”
“That’s not entirely true. We know he is Miller’s illegitimate son. "
They both watched Mr. Henderson walk out of the dining area.“This is the first time I have seen daddy pissed.” Kayla leaned on the table and whispered.Mrs. Henderson said nothing and sipped her coffee.“As if her sleeping around wasn’t bad enough. She had to just marry the illegitimate son of the miller and complicate things for everyone.” Kayla said with a huff and rolled her eyes.Mrs. Henderson drew a breathless sigh and said, “the more reason, you should make sure that your wedding with Tyler happens no matter what. "“Why do you and dad keep saying that? It's not all on me, you know,” Kayla whined.Mrs. Henderson nodded her head as her lips flattened.“Have you tried reaching out to him?” Mrs. Henderson asked.Kayla stared at her mother for a while, then slowly shook her head.“All you do is whine all day. You can’t do anything for yourself except give me a headache.” Mrs. Henderson wrinkled her nose with disapproval.“It's not my fault, mom. Tyler ignored me throughout the fund
“What are you doing here?” Emily said as her expression slid into a frown, alarm bells ringing in her head.“That’s no way to greet your mother,” Mrs. Henderson said, pushing past Emily. Kayla followed suit, bumping into Emily’s shoulder.Emily, nursing her shoulder, had no choice but to follow after them.“I see you have a full house,” Mrs. Henderson commented.“Michael, meet mom and Sister Kayla.”
Logan walked in to see Julie staring out the window. Michael folded his hands and leaned his back on the bookshelf.Logan walked toward Julie and placed a hand on her shoulder.“Hey, Julie, are you alright?” Logan asked.“Don’t ask me if I am alright and just explain to me, how you can marry the person who crippled me and her family thought they could pay me off,” Julie demanded as she shrugged her shoulder away from his hand.“I am curious too” Michael's eyes tightened at the corner.
After walking round the city for a while, she grew tired, but didn't want to go back to the apartment and face Logan. She remembered she had lost her key in her squabble with Jennifer. And Jennifer still had access to the store. So she called the locksmith.“All done, ma’am,” the locksmith informed Emily as he put his tool back into the toolbox.“Thank you,” Emily said as she handed him some money that was in the wallet Logan handed to her.“Make sure not to lose your keys again.”“I will try my best,” Emily h
“You are late,” Logan said. His voice had a savage edge to it.The light in the living room turned on to reveal Logan sitting on one of the couches with his palm pressed together, glaring at her without blinking.Emily's heart lurched. The tone of his voice made her spine stiffen.“What are you doing brooding in the dark? Is your family not enough to keep you company?” Emily said, mocking him.“Where have you been?” Logan demanded.
Emily walked into the living room, wondering why the house was quiet. She assumed Logan might have gone to work while Julie might have stepped out with Logan or, better yet, was still upstairs asleep. But she was shocked to see Julie in the dinning already having breakfast.She turned to go to her room, But Julie saw her.“Morning, Emily,” Julie greeted in a cool, tempered voice.Emily bit her lip and turned back slowly towards Julie. Pasting a smile on her face “morning, didn’t want to disturb your breakfast”“Oh, you are not
“I think we should build a bigger hotel than the one we have in the city. To commemorate this merger,” Mr. Greg, a staff member suggested.“That would be too risky a project to embark on. Why don’t we focus on what we have right now and improve on it?” Mr. Henderson said, his finger stroking his lips in thought.“I agree with him. Right now we should figure out a way to ensure that the hotel and the airline boost each…” Mr. Miller stopped mid-sentence, distracted by the commotion at the entrance of the boardroom.The door burst open, revealing Logan walking into the room while his bodyguard held the company security at bay.Both Mr. Henderson and Mr.
Emily’s eyebrow furrowed as she paced back and forth. She held her hands to her lips and prayed that everything would be alright with Julie.Just then, Logan joined her in the hall. Worry lined Logan's forehead.“Where is she?” Logan demanded“She is receiving treatment. Just waiting for the doctor to tell us if she is okay.”Logan nodded his head. "What happened?”“Well, she had an allergic reaction to the peanut cookie I gave her,” Emily answered.“Julie would never consciously eat peanut cookies because she knows she is allergic to peanuts.&r
Sunday arrived sooner than Emily expected. She had expected to get something on Julie. but Julie had decided to spend some time with Michael.Ms. Heather walked into the room with a beautiful champagne coloured dress in her hands. Just as the makeup artist put the finishing touches on her face.“Mr. Logan would drop dead if he sees you now.” Ms. Heather smiled with satisfaction.“I doubt that,” Emily grumbled.Ms. Heather ignored what Emily said, placing the dress on the bed. The makeup artist quickly began packing up her things.“Mr. Logan is waiting for you in the car” Ms Heather gave a curt nod and left. The makeup artist followed suit.Moments later, Emily joined Logan in the car.“looking at you, I gue
“hey! Can you get off your phone, today is my birthday ” Julie said with a grimace. Logan raised his hands in surrender. "So, sorry, promise not to look at my phone and focus on you.” “You better or she would skin you alive,” Michael chimed in. “it would have been better if we had thrown a party for you. Are you sure you are okay with just having a meal with us in a fancy restaurant?” Logan asked. “I just want to spend time with my family. That's enough for me” Julie said, the warmth of her smile, echoed in her voice as she reached across the table and held both Logan and Michael's hand. “speaking of family, what about Emily? Isn't she part of the family? I am surprised you didn't bring Emily,” Micheal asked."She is technically not family if what they have is an arrangement.” Julie responded sharply, avoiding all pretense.“It is Julie's birthday. She decides who comes and who doesn't.” logan gave a dismissive shrug of his shoulders. “well if Logan has done some wifely things w
“You are late?” Kayla said to Emily, immediately she walked into the luxurious boutique.“What do you want from me, Kayla? I am here, aren't I?” Emily sighed, weary of any argument.“So rude and uncouth” Kayla’s long-time friend, Caroline, chimed in.“I am not like you. That your main occupation is shopping. I have things I would rather do than be here.” Emily said, leaning over, she poured herself a glass of champagne.She needed this to numb her senses, if she wanted to stay one more minute in their pr
Emily woke up with a splitting headache. Because of a certain someone, she didn't get a wink of sleep in the morning. Just because she now had help at the store, doesn’t mean she can lazy around, she thought. As she dragged her tired body out of her bed to prepare for the day.Emily wished she could skip breakfast. But there was no such luck.“Ms. Emily! Come have a seat.” Ms Heather beckoned to her in a cherry voice immediately as she stepped out of her bedroom.She had no choice but to join them at the table.
Noah rushed out of the bakery, increasing his stride to catch up to Sheila.“Sheila, wait!” Noah called after her.Sheila spun around to look at him. “What do you want, Noah?”“Why are you here?” Noah asked, as he gazed at her suspiciously.“Is that why you stopped me?” Sheila arched her eyebrows in disbelief.Noah looked around before he replied in a low, pained voi
It's been a week since Logan warned Emily of poking her nose in his family business. It still irked her when she remembered the way he treated her that night.She had since avoided him like the plague. After all, he had painstakingly reminded her of why they were married.“ma'am, where should I keep this?” Christopher asked. The employee she ended up choosing called out to Emily.“What?” Emily, startled, stared at him in confusion.“Where should I keep this?” Christopher repeated, gesturing to the box in his arms.
Logan followed behind Emily, shutting the door. His eyebrows drew together in a frown, as he asked, “what do you mean?”“You never called to check up on me. Why are you acting worried all of a sudden?” Emily said as she sat on the bed and tilted her head.“I left you in capable hands,” Logan said as he loosened the tie and unbuttoned the first two buttons of his shirt,Taking the chair nearest to the bed.“Funny someone said that earlier today.” Emily said, her eyes trailing to his chest.“You mean
Emily and Noah stepped out of June's hospital room and headed towards the elevator. But he held her back.“What is it?” Emily asked, as she arched her eyebrow.“Are you okay? For real this time. You seem off.” Noah asked.“It’s nothing. I just have a lot on my mind.” Emily said.“Is it a man problem? You know you can always unload it on me,” Noah said, as his mouth twitched in amusement. Emily couldn't help but laugh.
“Is this all the document?” Logan asked James, his personal assistant.“Yes, sir,” James answered with a nod.“How could these discrepancies go unnoticed? I want you to investigate this. The movement of money and what it’s spent on is suspicious.” Logan said, a frown creasing his forehead.The door swiftly opened, banging on the wall with a force. Logan and James both looked towards the source of the disturbance. There Tyler stood, his face twisted in anger.Logan leane