Leia clung to Opal, her body trembling as tears streamed down her face. Her friend lay in her arms, pale and fading, her life slipping away with each passing moment. The atmosphere seemed to close in around them, as if walls were pressing in on them, bearing witness to the tragedy that had unfolded.Amidst her heart-wrenching sobs, Leia's tear-blurred eyes rose to meet the gaze of the man who had just tried to take her life. It was the big boss, his face bruised and battered, his trousers stained with blood. He regarded Leia with disdain, his lip curled into a cruel sneer. He pointed the gun at her once more, his voice laced with a chilling determination."Second time's a charm," he hissed, his finger tightening on the trigger.Leia's world seemed to freeze at that moment. She closed her eyes, expecting the deafening gunshot to be the last sound she would ever hear. Death felt imminent, a crushing weight that pressed upon her chest.But then, the sound she heard was not the gunshot sh
**************CHAPTER 1Click! Click!! Click!!Flash!!!The photographers went crazy taking as many photos as they could. A renowned entertainment reporter who got in with ease raised her voice so she could be heard while broadcasting. "I'm Katherine from Channel Enertainment, Tonight, we're outside the wedding reception hall of the hottest bachelor and one of the youngest and most successful men alive, Kasen Sky and his bride, Leia Dash who as of yesterday was still a local journalist.” With her opening speech, she succeeded in earning the attention of some people present.“The union between these two proves that love conquers all, even backgrounds," she reported with a calm smile adorning the sides of her face.It was a public display of hate but no one questioned or criticised her because she was not alone.Despite their mockery outside, inside the hall was the sound of heavy music playing and cheering from the crowd as the couple in question danced happily to the fast jazz mus
The kiss turned passionate as Kasen took hold of the opportunity to express his need, love and desire for her.She reciprocated his tempestuous kiss, opening her mouth further to give him entrance.He took hold of the opportunity, leaving no corner unexplored.It was both ho and inviting as they held nothing back and allowed their lips and head to move in sync, colliding in a well-known dance.Their breaths quickened. Leia’s senses blurred with how intensely he was kissing now. Still, she lost reasons to stop him as her body craved more—wanted more and needed more.Kasen reached for her zipper, slowly unzipping till her dress came loose, revealing her sexy transparent lingerie lace piece.Leia sucked in a deep breath, feeling the cold air in the fully air-conditioned room assault her hot skin. “Aahh…” Leia moaned out the second his lips trailed soft kisses down her neck to her cleavage and sucked hard on her exposed flesh.A light shudder crept up her spine, forcing her to ache her
******** It was already 24 hours since Kasen was taken away from Leia. Without being told, she knew she had to be strong to stand in his place and she got ready for that. "Mrs. Sky, you have to be strong and ready,' Leia chanted inwardly as she stared at her reflection in the mirror, desperate for strength. She needed it before going to pay a visit to Kasen's family, without Kasen. If she had known better, perhaps she would not have bothered. In the end, things did not turn out great and the family of vipers finally found a way to get back at her and point their fingers in her face. "You cursed thing…" her mother-in-law yelled as she pounced on her, ready to tear her apart as she pulled Leia by the hair, leaving her with no defence. Where had it all gone wrong? Sadly, from the very beginning. Right from when she chose to step foot into the Sky family’s mansion. As planned, she had arrived at the family house to relay the gravity of things to his dearly beloved family. N
Having her curiosity eat her up, Leia picked up the documents and took a glance at the first page. Her eyes went wide and her lips parted at the content. Instinctively, she turned to the second page and third but with each turn, every document was a bomb thrown at Leia. With that many, she decided to take her time reading the documents while she waited for the staff. At last, it was 10 am, and by this time everyone had arrived, but she was so caught up in the document that she forgot about their arrival, including her address to them. Knock! Knock! "Huh!" She sent her gaze towards the door and found a formally dressed woman outside, most likely her secretary. Looking past the woman, her eyes dropped to the lively environment outside and realized she had lost track of time. Quickly she hurried out, right after putting the documents where they belonged. Standing before the many serious faces staring at her with not much expectation, Leia sucked in whatever fear she had whil
"Mark?!" As his name echoed in his ears, Mark stopped on his track. Spine straight, as he tilted his head, it took him two footsteps to turn around as he came face to face with Leia. Leia's body convulsed as she stepped back with a deep gasp for air. Her eyes widened while her jaw dropped, exposing her teeth that gnashed upon each other, and although she did try to cover up her mouth, her trembling arms were of no use. Caught in a trance, she’s puzzled with absolutely no idea what to do, and her mouth runs out of words although she was the first to call out to him. Others carefully watched her expression, she certainly didn't like the tall man before her. "I didn't expect to see you here Leia, or should I say, Mrs Kasen Sky, it's been a while”, he said with a charming smile, mixed with a bit of mockery that most would overlook because of his looks. "Are you that happy to see me, you looked like someone who just saw her husband after being away to war," he laughed. Her tee
“You knew, didn’t you?” she asked, wearing a serious face, one that he’d never seen her use on him before.Although he heard her question loud and clear, he remained quiet.He fondled his food so that his spoon continuously clashed with the place much to Leia's detests by the noise.nLeia stared at him wondering if this was the right approach seeing how unwilling he was to speak.“If I don’t ask him now, he’ll never tell me,” she said to herself.It was a now-or-never choice, besides, they were bound to visit the same topic again.Since he was going to eat, she too was going to keep talking.“Do these documents have anything to do with your arrest? Are you trying to cover for them?”“Your family haven’t even bothered sending a lawyer since you got in here, and believe me, it wasn’t easy finding out your exact locati
She knew working with Mark meant trouble, but never did she believe that the both of them would be working in the same office until it happened right before her very eyes, and now she had no other option than to be on guard around him. "Are you going to keep sighing like this, Mrs Sky?" Mark teased.Her heart jumped, “I’m allowed to sigh as much as I want," she fiercely replied.“Yes yes, you can sigh as much as you want to, I must admit, I did miss the way you reacted whenever you were tired or hated something,” he answered with a crooked smile.Tempted to tell him off she rose her head and met Mark's face with surprise, she didn’t even notice when he drew near.She felt her insides stir up like she had spun around for almost an hour, that sickening nausea erupted the more time she spent looking at his face."You disappoint me, my dear, to think you would abandon me, only to marry my cousin," his left hand stretched out to her as he caressed a lock of her hair that lingered at the f