Tom's POV
"Would you like another glass of wine sir?" The waiter asked, staring at my empty glass and half finished steak.
When Adam Stone had hauled his ass out of the restaurant, I had stayed back to treat myself to dinner. Because I sure as hell deserved it, didn't I? I just bagged a contract with the famous Adam Stone. The man of all fame. Of course I deserved to eat something good.
Some cool cash would be pouring down into my pockets like a damned avalanche. I could smell it already. Hell, I could taste it too.
The money made with Barlow had been used to keep my company's stocks from crashing entirely. It had been crazy, the effects from the New Orleans hotel downfall, the number of people we had to compensate and the number of hands we had to grease so we could keep the hotel building.
We had started reconstruction all over ag
Madeline's POV"It is quite heavy, Mrs Black," the mall assistant groaned as he struggled to carry the weight of my gift. I glared at him, irritated to the bones.I was tired, I was drenched and I was damned fed up with all the damned mess! What the hell was my gain anyway? It was Mrs Stone's birthday, not mine and yet I had to have expended every inch of my bone for her. It did not make any sense if I didn't get married to Adam Stone after this. I would raise hell."Mrs Black?""And what would you like me to do about it?!" I hissed, glaring at the man behind me, wondering what the hell was his problem.I already had a lot on my plate to deal with. I had already shopped for a whole day. It had taken all the money in my damned purse to get her that silly figurine of a classical british beauty. I had been walking past an auction in the mall
Tom's POV"What about the contractors?" I said into the mouthpiece.I stood in my office trying to quell the excitement that poured through me in rapid waves. To say I was excited was an understatement. I had been for the past few days ever since the contract signing with Adam Stone.Since I would be responsible for hiring contractors and all, I had been busy, all over the fucking place, trying to find the best persons for the jobs. It would be a chain of buildings with Adam Stone after all and that man had to be obsessed with quality.With the New Orleans hotel, it had been easy to cut corners because well, all the other investors wanted to cut corners as well. Everyone was concerned about maximum profit and didn't care what materials we used or how they were used.Money. It turned the heads of those bastards to play to my tune.&nb
Tom's POVI drove out of my company's garage, a lazy grin on my face as I swerved onto the road. The invitation to the birthday party burned in my suit jacket that was sprawled over the passenger seat. I had the urge to whip it out and stare at it over and over again.My ticket to a world of numerous possibilities. The things I could achieve, the people I could meet, I really had hit the jackpot with Adam Stone and it was worth celebrating!Grinning widely, I sped down the road, trying to think of the nearest club to crash in. I wanted a taste of the high life. Scratch that, I wanted more than a taste. I wanted a whole scoop.I was done with the day's work. My phone rang somewhere, resounding in the car, irritating the shit out of me. It had better not be my bitch of a secretary. I would not be returning to the office unless there was a meteor crashing into it from out of spac
Eve’s POVMy eyes lazily drifted to the clock in the living room. It was almost midnight. Tom hadn’t come home and while a part of me was worried something bad had happened to him.I wasn’t all that surprised. Tom had a knack for going off whenever he wanted, doing whatever he liked and if that meant sleeping with other women, then so be it. He was the man of the house after all.I sniffed at the thought and directed my gaze at the TV. Nuren had gone to bed an hour ago. A tiny part of me had hoped like a desperate fool that she would come sit with me and we could see a movie together or something.But that would never happen. Nuren would only get into more trouble and I would bear the brunt of it. Tom had always forbidden building any sort of friendship with the staff. I had no idea why, whatever his reasons were however, they made me feel even lonelier.&nb
Adam’s POV“Well,” Anabelle said as she ended the call, a resolute look on her face.“Well what?” I demanded, narrowing my gaze. She had better not be about to say what I was thinking or shit was going to hit the fucking fan.“The cake is going to be thirty minutes late,” Anabelle’s words put a sour taste in my mouth.“Hell no!” I hissed, clenching my hands in a fist.“What is it?!” My mother yelled from her bedroom and Anabelle shot me a warning look.I had forgotten I was standing in my mother’s hallway, waiting for her as the stylist dressed her up. She had been so teary when she found out I’d invited her favorite stylist from some TV series she used to watch, shipping the spunky lady all the way from France. I was happy if she was. Isabella Stone de
Madeline's POV"Take a deep breath Miss Black," My stylist soothed as she struggled to pull the zipper of the dress. "And suck in-"I turned over my shoulder, giving her a dead stare. "Suck in what?"I already had the flattest stomach possible. Anymore and my organs would be screaming for air. There was nothing to suck in anymore and she had better not finish the sentence or I was going to deck the shit out of her."Nothing," she mumbled quickly and focused on yanking the zipper. Good at least she got the memo. I turned back to face the mirror, staring at the black dress I wore.The dress code for the event had been black, gold and royal blue. My hands ran over the coarse material, lips curling in distaste. It was a ball gown. Tight around the waist, snatched enough to make me feel a little dizzy in the head and then billowing out on the hips. It fel
Adam’s POVA hundred rollers and three hours later, I found myself standing on the balcony of the hall where Isabella Stone’s birthday party was to be held.I ran a finger on the railing, taking note of every detail of the hall. The balcony where I stood was quite the vantage point. It was in the hall and connected to the ground floor through stairs that run on either side.However I had made sure it was reserved for me. The party had begun but I wanted some peace and quiet so I could confirm that everything was according to plan.The podium where my mother would stay when she arrived had a grand blue sofa, with a number of pillows and a nice egyptian stool.Behind the sofa, were long flowing golden curtains that draped down. They were made of pure gold, beaten into thin shimmering strands to form a curtain.The hall was in one of my hotels clos
Eve's POV"What on earth are you doing?"I looked up from my fingers to see an annoyed Tom standing at the door. I couldn't see his face clearly, because he stood against the light and looked like he was far away from where I sat on the bed.But I could feel the intense annoyance pouring off him in waves. He looked like he was itching for another opportunity to bash me.My shoulders shook in a shiver and I closed my eyes briefly. It had been three days since the crazy man I was stuck with for the rest of my miserable life, had rendered every single thing I had worked hard on in the past year to bits. He had ripped it all to shreds and made sure I regretted trying to stop him.But other than regret, there was intense simmering pain. The last drawing was all I had left of Adam. And it was gone. Just like all the other things that made me happy. My home town, my fa