The moment Sam took a seat at the head of the table, Mrs. Wakefield placed a cup of coffee in front of him. When she moved back, Jim Mane, Sam’s personal assistant, placed a folder in front of him.Sam opened the folder and scanned through the documents as one by one, the staff entered the meeting room.“Morning, Sam.” Jeremy’s voice drew Sam’s attention away from the documents in front of him.“Morning,” he replied.“How’s Lilly and Chan?” his cousin asked.Sam couldn’t help but smile brightly whenever his two darling girls were mentioned. “They’re good.”The dashing grin on Sam’s face caused Jeremy to chuckle in amusement. “Damn, but don’t you look too damn happy for my liking.” He took a seat and said, “Which makes me miserable.”Sam raised a brow. “I thought you were over Chan and over the fact that I’ve taken her from you.”Jeremy folded his arms across his chest. “I am over Chan and the fact that you stole her from me.” He leaned forward. “It’s just that you look so damn happy,
A few moments later they were outside, and Sam noticed a man on the other side of the road watching them.“Daniel?” he asked. “Do you know that guy?”Mr. Wakefield looked over across the road and said, “Him again?”Jeremy asked, “You know him?”Mr. Wakefield said, “I don’t know him. I’ve seen him around a couple of times. The team told me the guy’s been hanging around here since a few months back.”Jeremy said, “Maybe he’s one of the people against our project?”Sam wasn’t taking any chances and strode up to the guy. Up close, he noted that the man was very well groomed and wore his suit immaculately.“Can I help you?” he asked the moment he was in front of the man.The guy nudged his sunglasses up the bridge of his nose. Then he asked, nodding toward number six of Bay View Avenue, “What’s happening to that house?”“It’ll be demolished,” Sam said. With narrowed eyes, he asked, “You know the people who used to live there?”The guy nodded. “Actually, I’m looking for them. The Chandler s
“Oh, I love driving this car,” Soriya said. “I don’t want to get out. I want to continue driving until forever.”Chan chuckled. “Well, I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but we’re home, and you’re not taking it out for another drive.”Soriya pouted. “If I’m ever a millionaire, I’ll definitely buy me a Bentley.”From the back seat, Lilly said, “When I grow up, I’ll ask Daddy to buy me one, too.”After lunch, Soriya had taken Chan’s Bentley out for a two-hour-long drive around the Gold Coast, but they also ended up picking up Lilly from school, too.Soriya turned around and winked. “You have great taste, my love.”Lilly giggled.Chan said, “All right, let’s get out. It’s hot in here.”Soriya reluctantly did while Chan helped Lilly out of the back seat.They went into the house a moment later, and Marian chuckled in amusement when she saw Soriya’s pouty expression.“Still want to drive, huh?” the woman asked.“I won’t be just me, Marian,” Soriya said. “When Dara sees the car, she’ll definit
It was midnight, and Chan was going through her family photo albums again, this time sorting them out, when there was a knock at the door.She raised her head and said, “Come in.”The door opened, and she saw Sam. He leaned himself against the frame and asked, “Still going through those?”Chan nodded. “I didn’t know Dad took so many photos. Mostly of us girls.”Sam straightened up and then went into the room. He took a seat on the side of the bed as he eyed the scattered photographs.He said, “It’s because he loved you and your sisters, which was why he had taken so many.” He picked one up, which was of Chan and her sisters chasing each other along the beach. “Reminds me I haven’t been taking enough photos of Lilly. She’ll be all grown up before I know it.”Chan nodded.Sam placed the photo back on the bed and moved closer to her. He pulled her into his arms and said, “I haven’t been taking enough photos of you either. And us together as a family.”Chan said, “Then maybe we should sta
Sam leaned down and kissed her first on the forehead, then her nose, and then gently on her lips. When she eagerly opened her mouth for him, he plunged in his tongue and began tasting her.Chan groaned softly, loving the feeling of his taut, hard body on top of her, loving the way he kissed her, so deep and wild and passionate.When Sam moved back, she was breathless and dazed, her body weak and eager for more of the man touches and kisses.He slipped his hand inside her sleeping blouse and cupped her breast while he was kissing her about her nape at the same time.Chan groaned softly. “Oh, Sam...”Sam licked his hot tongue against her skin, causing her to squirm and clutch on to him. Within moments, he stripped her naked, her sleeping blouse, shorts, and panties gone.Lying there utterly naked, Chan flushed hot from head to toe. She didn’t miss that Sam was staring at her either, his eyes dark with passion.“Fuck, you’re beautiful,” he said, his voice low and deep and gruff.“You, to
It was a Sunday a few weeks later when Chan and her sisters finally had the chance to go through the many items Sam and Jeremy had found in their old house’s attic. Sam led them to the storage in the basement of the Harrington’s headquarters building. There, he unlocked and then opened one of the many storage doors and said, “Take your time going through them.”“Thanks, Sam,” Soriya said.Before he left, Sam gave Chan a light kiss on the forehead. When he moved back, he said, “I’ll be up in the office doing some work.”Chan nodded, and a moment later, he was gone.Dara switched on the light and then headed inside.Soriya said, “I can’t believe we missed checking the attic. But I was sure we’d never put anything up there.”Chan said, “We certainly hadn’t, but I guess Mom and Dad had.”Dara nodded.The sisters started checking the boxes filled with items from their childhood, back when their family had still been one. Chan found more photo albums, and as she flipped through the photogra
It was Monday afternoon, and Sam had just returned from a meeting when what he had expected to happen for a while now finally happened.Mrs. Wakefield was at his door, looking more than a little flustered when she said, “There are some people here to see you. I’m not sure what to do with them, Sam. Tracey from downstairs told them to make an appointment first if they wanted to meet with you, but they refused. They want to see you now. They said they’re related to Chan. I mean, I don’t see how, since they look nothing alike but…”Sam asked, “What are their names, Anna?”“Amie Natt and Lisa Moore,” Mrs. Wakefield said.Standing behind him, Jim asked, “Should I go talk to them?”Sam shook his head. “There’s no need.” To Mrs. Wakefield, he said, “Why don’t you bring them up? I have a few spare minutes to set them straight.”Mrs. Wakefield said, “Set them straight?”Sam chuckled. “It’s a family thing.”Mrs. Wakefield widened her eyes. “Oh, I see. Well, yes, of course. I’ll bring them right
Sam leaned forward in his seat and clasped his hands together. “Do you happen to know what the names are of the people who sold the house to us, by any chance?”Lisa nodded. “Of course, we know. It’s Chandra Chandler.” She leaned forward. “I don’t know if you’ve met the girl or not, Mr. Harrington, but I assure you, the bitch isn’t a nice girl. She’s not someone to be trusted.”Amie said, “I suppose they must have been desperate, those girls. Did they jump at the chance when your men came around to make the offer?”Sam chuckled. Jump at the chance? Rather, Chan and her sisters were the few who had refused to sell in the first place, since the house had been the only thing their father had left them. Sam said, his voice suddenly dark and hard, “Look, Mrs. Natt and Mrs. Moore, I believe you’re making a big mistake.”“A big mistake?” Lisa asked. “Whatever do you mean, Mr. Harrington?”Amie said, “There is no mistake, Mr. Harrington. And I believe we’re doing the right thing. That house