Adam's POV
"You cheeky bastard!" I yelled, jumping on my feet, just as the same time Anabelle screamed.
"Micheal!"
The man at the door laughed, tossed his head back as if he hadn't done something that funny in a long time. Anabelle launched towards him, wrapping him in a hug.
"Step away from the asshole, Anabelle," I said, darkening my eyes as I took steps towards him.
Micheal grinned wolfishly as I approached. He always looked like he was kidding. His eyes were a proud slant, blue like the fucking sky and just as teasing. He always looked like he knew something you didn't. Or at least he liked to pretend that he did.
"Wanna fight, jackass?" He taunted, undoing the buttons of the damned pink shirt he wore. He must have chosen to wear that on purpose.
"Of course," I said dar
Madeline's POV"Squat, squat, lunge, you go girl!" The commentary for the exercise I was following on TV was downright annoying.I paused for a minute to glare at the crazy bitch jumping up and down the screen, claiming to do lunges. Ah crap, I really have time for this? The instructor was dressed like a slut.She had a rather tiny bra to cover her huge boobs and some bumshot for workout clothes. And then she made those weird stick your ass out movements whenever she did lunges and squats."Is this the exercise that's supposed to make me feel confident?" I chuckled, reaching for my bottle of water. "I might as well go back to running."I hadn't done my exercises in a while. A major reason would be because I had been so busy trying to get right into the Stone Foundation. And now that all that hard work was paying off, Isabella Stone was in
Madeline's POVSlut! I knew she was always pretending.Can't believe we trusted her.My daughter named her her role model at a talent show last week! I am so annoyed.The comments on several videos and pictures that had my face on them were annoying as fuck. I gritted my teeth reading through the comments, hating what it had come to.This was all Avila's fault! She had caused the fucking ruckus! Everyone had seen the video of her attacking me and it annoyed the shit out of me that no one was blaming her for smacking me right in the face.What the hell was their problem?! They all were acting like they had never done a thing wrong in their lives. Fucking hypocrites!I could feel my blood boiling as I scrolled through the endless string of comments, each one more hurtful and causti
Madeline's POV"Hello John," I murmured through the receiver."Hello homewrecker," John replied and I could definitely see him laughing or grinning. I'd bet he found my predicament quite hilarious at the moment."Quit it," I hissed through my teeth, angry at the way he'd behaved. How could he call me that? Homewrecker?! All because of a stupid woman who.knew nothing more than shoving her hands in people's faces."Oh come on," He taunted. "Don't be a spoilsport. You should see all the names you're called. Some are quite colorful. And some are just plain terrible. Once again America has demonstrated its lack of intelligent life.""I guess that makes you stupid, just like the rest of us," I scoffed. Why had I bothered calling John? He was a dumbass."I wouldn't be so quick to judge," John chided. "You know me
Adam's POV"Well that went well," I grumbled, stepping out of the boardroom with mother in tow. She had a grave look on her face. One that she had through the entire meeting, even when she had spoken about her decisions.I couldn't blame her. She was shaken. I hadn't seen the news until Mother had rushed into the boardroom a few minutes before it started, looking like she had seen a ghost.She looked white as hell. I didn't like it. Hell thinking about it now as we walked down the hallway towards my office, made me feel queasy. I had been terrified when I had seen her look all pale and thrifty and then I had been even more terrified when it looked like she couldn't speak."Mr Stone? The meetings with the marketing and publicity team?" Lillian called as soon as we reached my office. "Oh hello Mrs Stone,""Hi Lillian, how are you doing?" Mother g
Tom's POV"Where is the report from the design team?" I asked my pathetic excuse of a secretary. She trembled before me as if I held a knife in one hand instead of a document."Ah, it's... It's on the way,"I frowned. "What the hell does that even mean?""I mean," she blubbered. "I had asked the design team and they had said they would send it in as soon as they could.""And I'm guessing that isn't soon enough? And quit shaking like a damned fish!”She flinched at my sharp words but managed to stammer out, "I can... I can call them again if you want, sir."She was useless.She ought to have called them a long time ago dammit. What the hell had I hired her for? I knew I should have gotten a male assistant.I waved her off impatiently. "Do that. And make sure th
Tom's POV"I don't understand what you're saying,"I was in Finn's hideout. The gnarly one that was found downtown New York. The same one that made my skin crawl every single time I walked into it. Not because it repulsed me. But because it reminded me too much of the past.The past before Tom Harrison that got married to Eve. It wasn't a very sightly one. And I hated anything that reminded me of that past. Anything like the tall buff men standing at the door, laughing among themselves behind me.They had laughed the same way when I stepped out of my car and walked into the house. As if they knew something I didn't know. I didn't like the feeling that was caused in my stomach. Made me feel queasy and weak, like a fucking pathetic fool.But the last thing I was, was pathetic. I had sacrificed so much to get to where I was. I had done all I
Tom's POV"Why are we going to a hospital?"Somehow I felt foolish asking a question like that. The men around certainly made me feel even more foolish because they laughed like a bunch of hyenas.Barlow jumped to his feet, scrunching up his face so that his pig nose stood out. "Come on Tom, don't be a Ninny,""You're a ninny!" I snapped, rising on my feet. "You just announced we were going to a hospital. I don't understand why?""I thought you'd rather not know," Finn shrugged, walking towards a shelf on his wall. "Just do as I say and everything should turn out fine.""That doesn't sound very comforting," I grumbled. I knew I was entering a shady deal with him, or that I was knee deep in it already. I just didn't expect he would be shady about it as well.Dragging out a drawer from the she
Madeline's POVAvila.Mrs Stone.The thing with Senator Kelly. I was tired.It had been a week since the news, blogs and articles had carried the news about me and senator Kelly's affair. His wife had come to the company I was to attend the stakeholders meeting and caused a scene, nearly clawing my face off in the process. Vicious Avila Kelly. Vicious bitch!I couldn't afford to let my guard down, not even for a moment. First I had to do all but worry about the scandal and how it would definitely affect Isabella Stone's view of me. I hoped that it wouldn't.But yet I couldn't bring myself to see her. I had stayed cooped up in my house until I was sure I would go mad.As much as I wanted to unwind and enjoy the spa day that I had gifted myself, I knew I had to make a decisio