Ryan was very furious when he heard from Ben about the ongoing feud. He was mad and upset, though he had known about this secret after Roy had made searches and told him that she was once a foster daughter to the Sawyer family. What he was so keen on discovering was unraveling all the mystery behind her. He wanted to discover how she rose from being a foster child to his secretary, then to a present heiress. He wanted to unravel all those mysteries himself, he swore to deal with whosoever messed with the press. He brought out his phone as he placed a call to Roy "Hunt down the blogger and get back to me within thirty minutes " he muttered into the phone as he hung up. ***Shannon was mad as she drove down to the Sawyers Corporation, it was up to three years, and her feet hadn't stepped into that company.As she walked inside, Some of her father's workers who could recognize her as the second daughter of the Sawer family let her in immediately. When s
"You bitch!!" Emily screamed at her, and then Shannon halted as she closed the door back wondering what went wrong. "What did you do to Max?" Emily shrieked, Shannon halted fully on her track as she turned to her sister, she could barely understand what she meant. "What are you talking about?" she queried, her brow lifted as she glared keenly at her. "Don't you dare play naive, you want it dirty right? This isn't all" Her sister walked away leaving her all alone km the office. Shannon who could barely comprehend what was going on, she simply walked away from the office and headed back to hers. **Immediately she got to her office, Bryan was already seated waiting for her. "What did you do to make the blogger take it down? I swear I promised him almost everything but he refused" He explained. Shannon was dazed as she stared at Bryan. "What?" she exclaimed. "He has taken it down?" "Yeah, I thought you knew" Bryan replied to her. Th
It was evening when Shannon received a text from Ryan; reminding her of the date he had planned with her. Shannon texted back that she would get ready in five minutes, she arranged her bag and called Bryan, and then informed him that she was off. It didn't take Shannon thirty minutes before she arrived at the seven-star hotel Ryan had texted her. Just as she had expected, Ryan was waiting for her outside in his black Maserati car. Sighting the car wasn't a problem for her as she walked down to it. The seven-star hotel wasn't secluded, though it was classy; but it wasn't paparazzi free.Just as she stepped out, tons of cameras started flashing at her; and she wasn't used to the rowdy life. For a moment, she felt her heart ripping apart, her palm was sweaty enough to tell that she was very nervous. Even though she tried her best to keep a straight face and smile at the camera, her body was shivering badly as he lead her through the hungry paparazzi. Shannon sighed heavily when
Shannon was moved, her heart softened as she turned to Ryan, and just immediately she turned to look at him, he quickly turned away, the most awkward thing was the fact that she caught the laughter lines in his lips and also his lips. Did Ryan just laugh? Her subconscious nagged at her, and then she suspected there was an ongoing chemistry that they were failing to tell her. "Please excuse me!" she mumbled as she sauntered away from the table as she walked with her sister. ***When Shannon had declared earlier that her sister would be back on her knees pleading, she didn't mean her statement. But now, there her sister was kneeling on her knees as she pleaded with her to lend her money to save the company before the loan people comes for it. Shannon wasn't hard-hearted, her sister's words came to her shuttering her heart into pieces as she ruminated over it. When she got back to Ryan, after promising her sister to get back to her the next day. She caught
"Good morning ma" Bryan's sultry voice greeted her as he walked inside her office. "What is it, Bryan?" Shannon knew his voice so well that she can tell when something is wrong. "The meeting with Mark Walton is today, Ma" he announced to her. Mark Walton was the CEO that had recently developed an interest in their project. Shannon was ready to risk it a second time after the unfortunate event with the first person. She could hardly believe that a company with a high reputation as Mark Walton would want to collaborate with them. "Thank you very much for the reminder, what's the time" She beamed, her brow raises upward. "By three pm, Belmont suite" Bryan replied her as he handed her a card, the card to the hotel room.Discussing business in a hotel room? Her thought reasoned for her, and she paused for a while reflecting on the idea. Recalling what happened on the last date she had with Matteo, and with how things ended, her instinct kicked negatively against the idea. But Shan
"Ryan" Shannon read aloud, her heart beating frantically.She contemplated on answering the call or letting it slide, she knew quite well that when she picks he was going to ask her where she was, and recalling the last incident; she didn't want him to get mad at her. After contemplating, she decided to let it slide and call him back after the meeting with Mark Walton. The receptionist told her the room number, and after mumbling thank you to the receptionist, Shannon started walking in search of the room number. It didn't take up to five minutes when she located the room number. After knocking on the door twice, she heard a gruff voice inviting her to come inside, Shannon took on a deep breath, pinching the bridge of her nose as she entered the room. When she got inside, she caught a glimpse of someone sitting close to the bed; his black hair was the only thing in view. Shannon cleared her throat trying to catch the attention of Mr. Walton, but rather he remained still. "Good
"Look up!" it wasn't just a mere statement, it was a command that sent her heart flying.Shannon felt her heart freezing at the moment, her legs were shivering badly. Different thoughts were lying across her head. How in Heaven's name did Ryan Lancaster discover that she was at the hotel? Not only that, how was she going to explain to him that she had lied about being in her office just to protect him? "I see you're in the office" his voice drawled as he took a steady step closer to where she stood. Shannon couldn't mutter out a word, she was just shivering like a jellyfish. "No, I...I..." She stuttered, her long lashes batting together directing her gaze to the ceiling. "You what? One minute you're acting all innocent, the next, I can barely trust you anymore" With the hardness in his voice, Shannon needed no one to tell her that he was hurt. "No. It's not what you think" Shannon tried to explain, painful tears were threatening to spill down her eyes, but still she was
When Shannon got home that evening, after cradling Dennis to sleep, she snuggled back inside her bed, her eyes gluing to her phone if she was going to get any message from Ryan.With each second passing, she made sure to refresh her phone, to check for possible messages from Ryan, when she found none she sigh with frustration each time. Shannon decided to watch some movies from Netflix at least to try to get her mind off her worries, just as she opened the App, an ad popped out. "How To Tame An Angry Man" she read aloud, Shannon had wanted to skip the ad and proceed with watching her movie, but her instinct propelled her to click on the ad.On any normal day, Shannon would have waved it aside and viewed the ad as some sort of rubbish article a blogger would write to improve their blog, but at that time, she was more willing to read than judge. With a sigh, she pinched the bridge of her nose and then click on the link which it took her to a website that had the article written on