“Gosh, Zoe.” Mia exclaimed, standing up immediately when the full glass of wine hit the floor. She began to clean her dress with the back of her hands as some contents of the wine splashed on her body. “What a way to handle an information.”Zoe shook her head to clear the thought away and then knelt to pick up the pieces from the ground since there were no maids around to do it.“I’ll get cleaning materials.” Mia said before dashing into the house. As Zoe carefully picked up the shards of glass, her thoughts began to run wild again. What Mia had said to her actually made a lot of sense and answered some of the questions she had in her mind. Now she knew there was no way in hell that the threats they were receiving had nothing to do with the family, because it did. There was definitely something fishy going on which led to the death of Felicity.Mia reappeared with a sweeping brush and a little towel for the table. As she began to sweep the floor, Zoe got up from the ground and looked
Avery kissed her like his life depended on it, at the moment it seemed it did. He had wanted to do it to shut her up and prevent her from asking further questions because it was already bad enough that she knew about Aaron’s shady business. But the kiss had turned into something else. She had been standing there looking hot as hell in the little excuse of a gown she had on her body and her barefooted legs that looked sexy as hell. The anger she had on her face when she spoke to him had been attractive as hell and when he had touched her, he had lost it.On the bed, she struggled with him, kissing him in return but also struggling. She managed to roll on the bed and straddled him instead. When she looked at him, it had looked like she was going to go off but she didn’t. Instead, she bent down and roughly took his lips just like he had done before.They kissed for what looked like eternity that he felt his lips throbbing, but that didn’t mean he wanted to stop. He wanted more and he wan
Avery walked into his office the next day after their return to Cally city. He ignored the pitiable looks his employees threw his way and even some of their heartfelt apologies. It has been twelve days since his mother’s passing and this was the first time that he was allowing himself to be seen by people other than his family.Jacob waited by the elevator in his office floor and he gave a nod of acknowledgement to him, leading the way to the office.“I would appreciate it if they stopped looking at me like I just lost my wife.” Avery said to Jacob as the latter opened the door to the office.“Well, you did lose someone and it might not have been your wife, but it was quite a significant person in your life.” He replied.Charlotte stood with a bowed head when he entered the office but he ignored her. As they were about to enter the main office, he had a second thought and came back to where she stood.“From today, you do not greet me with a bowed head, Charlotte. Other people can, but
Zoe watched from a distance with Avery and his siblings as the guest inn close to their main living area was demolished. She couldn’t count how many times since the process began that she had shaken her head because of how ridiculous everything was. Her eyes drifted to Mia who folded her arms with a blank expression on her face and she felt pity for her. Mia would not want to live in a house where her mother was killed.Avery walked up to her and she turned to look at him, shaking her head again when he said nothing to her.“This is a ridiculous decision by the way.” She spoke first and he nodded slowly, his eyes following the movement of the contractors who were driving tractors and putting on helmets. He sighed deeply and for the first time, she tried to understand his reason for doing so.“They had the effrontery to come into my home and kill my mother in her own bedroom.” He replied. “I have to get them, Zoe. I have to get them no matter what.”“I know.” She replied, looking away
Zoe pushed the door of the mansion open and looked around to find some of the maids going about their daily duties. She zoomed past them, hurrying to the dining room where the other servants were busy clearing the table.“Where is my mother?” She asked immediately and one of them turned to look at her, surprise that she was actually there written all over her face.“She should be in her bedroom, Miss, Zoe.” The timid girl replied. “She left here just now.”“When”? Zoe asked, retreating from the dining room but still looking at her.“Five minutes ago.”“Five minutes. Damn it.” She swore under her breath, turning away from the woman. As she made her way up the stairs, Avery walked into the house.“Zoe?” He called.“Upstairs, Avery.” She called without turning to look at him. “They said she is upstairs.”She heard the sound of his feet taking the stairs with her without saying a word. At the top of the stairs, she took the hallway and when she got to her mother’s door, pushed it open wit
After promising Zoe that he was going to look into Aaron, Avery made some calls, asking his people to watch him closely and make sure he was not defying his orders. He was driving to work when he received a call from one of his investigators. Looking at his rearview mirror to make sure his security car was directly behind him, he answered the call on the third ring.“Speak to me.” He said into the phone.“Good morning, Mr. Trent.” The caller spoke in a very clear voice.“Good morning, Trey.”“Your wife was actually correct when she said your brother was still operating his business.” He said and Avery held tightly to the steering. “I watched his warehouse in the city yesterday and his employees were taking in orders and supplying. Some of them even went out in a bus two nights ago.”Avery shook his head. “Did you follow them?”“No, Mr. Trent. I only watched the warehouse.” He replied in a low voice.Avery groaned in anger, unconsciously increasing the speed of his car. He was pissed t
Zoe saw Avery walk into the house with a bloodied nose and a stained shirt. The first thought on her mind was fear that he had encountered the perpetrators responsible for the threats they have been receiving. Her heart began to race in her chest as she walked up to him, following him into his treatment room when he said nothing to her.He sat on the chair by the door, lifting his head and relaxing it on the back rest while she searched through the wardrobe to get supplies. She didn’t want to ask questions for fear that her suspicions were correct. What if he had encountered the bastards on his way to work? What if they had tried to kill him off but was not able to?She turned away from the wardrobe, placing some First aid materials on the table before kneeling and taking his face in her hand. Avery looked at her, seeing the fear in her eyes.“Zoe?” He called and she shrugged off tears from her eyes.“You are bleeding from the nose, Avery.” She said to him trying to cover up the pain
The darkness made Zoe to begin strategizing immediately. She ignored her almost wet hair and the towel she recently threw to the ground and began to walk blindly around the room. This was exactly what had happened on the last family dinner she had with the Trents and it had just been a little threat. So maybe now, they were being threatened also.She continued to walk blindly until she was able to touch her bed. Using her hand, she traced the edge of the bedding, getting to the bedside table. She reached for the bedside lamb and tried to turn it on, all to no avail.“Shit.” She cursed under her breath. Every light in the house was connected to one source? That was really stupid of them. The loud sound of the alarm in the entire house, scared her a little but she was grateful when the emergency lights came on. Knowing fully well that Avery would be getting a message by now that something was wrong, she abandoned the search for her phone.“Miranda?” She called, making sure that the maid