Tom's POV
Seven hundred thousand dollars.
I sat at the dining table, toying the bacon, pushing it round my plate. My brain was in a damned overdrive. Like it had been in the past days. Seven hundred grand.
I couldn't get over it. Dammit that was our money. And why would anyone break into a car that had tinted windows? How did they know that there was a bag of cash in the backseat?
I couldn't remember how we got in, but I was fairly certain that the car door and lock was still intact. Unless they had a master key.
Well that was possible.
But the robbery still felt a bit off and it irked the shit out of me that Barlow thought I could have stolen it. The idea hadn't even dropped in mind. I was too buzzed from the alcohol that night to even try to steal shit.
<Adam's POV"Good to see you, Mr Harrison,"Tom Harrison sat in the boardroom along with several other professionals who would be involved in the launching of the mall. We had eventually finished building it and frankly, for an idea that came from Harrison, the mall did turn out good.It was quite grand, taking up more than half the district where it was situated. I expected that it would yield very interesting returns over the years. Quite interesting ones.But it didn't mean I was happy with the jackass.He tossed me a grin and nodded. "Good to be here Mr stone. "The other professionals I had invited hummed their greetings and Lillian, my secretary , anchored the meeting.We discussed what events to include during the inauguration of the new mall.
Eve's POV"I'll get you out of Tom’s clutches. I swear by my life, Eve. But only if you want me to.”Adam's words rang loud in my head as I walked farther into the estate. I could feel his kisses on my lips again. My hands brushed over them, recalling how ardent his kisses had felt. How demanding yet safe.And I had wanted more.As I made my way through the lit corridors of the estate, memories of Adam flooded my mind. His promises of liberation seemed like a distant dream.How would she get me out of Tom's clutches? What plans would he have to save me?I was afraid. Afraid that his promises would turn out empty , I decided to take a leap.I trusted Adam, I did. At least way more than I trusted any other man. Way more than I trusted Tom.
Madeline's PoVI stuffed a handful of chips into my mouth, staring at the wide TV screen. It was slothful behavior. I knew that. Before now, I couldn't recall the last time I had wolfed down a bag of chips like a damned slob.But desperate times called for desperate measures. And frankly I wasn't sure I cared much. I was too tired and too hungry to care. Who the hell was I to care when the world was against me?The companies I worked with as a model amd influencer had canceled on me, retracted their contracts and tossed me aside like a fucking piece of trash!All because of what?Because a damned nobody from nowhere, revealed to everyone that I had slept with some dead senator! People really didn't know how to mind their own fucking .I had tried to be calm when it happened at first.
Madeline’s POVThirty minutes.That was how long I had to watch that bitch cling to my man in that damned restaurant or cafe or whatever the hell they were in.I couldn't care less.I couldn't hear a thing. Partly because I sat in my car, parked on the opposite side of the road, watching through the glass walls. Partly because my heart pounded too loud in anger. I couldn’t see them clearly. Because I was too far off.What was Adam doing with her? I had foolishly gotten carried away with the press and their constant attacks thrown at me, I had forgotten all about the stupid bitch who had managed to snatch Adam right from beneath my nose.Eve Harrison.“Damn her!” I hissed, slamming my fist on the wheel repeatedly. “I'll kil
Eve's POVI coughed, grasping my throat, trying to breathe. My vision was blurry, my head felt light and overall I felt like I was close to passing out. My body quivered and my knees shook and I found myself falling towards the ground again.Until strong arms caught me.I had just left Adam not quite long. He had dropped by quickly to see me and I had wanted to show him some of my paintings. Things had been a bit awkward at first because I couldn't stop thinking about his promises to get me away from Tom. But all he had to do was give me a hug and my worries melted away.Being with Adam was wonderful. For a few minutes, I could forget that I had spent the last ten years shackled to an abusive husband, living more like Rapunzel locked in a tower. I could forget the pain that came with being married to Tom. I could breathe easily.&nb
Adam’s POV“Eve?” I called, frowning at the sounds that reached my ears through the car radio. Was she crying? What on earth had happened? I had left her some minutes ago, watched her walk through the estate before driving away from the cafe. Hell, I was still on the road.And everything looked fine to me.Had her husband returned from work? Had he hurt her?“A-adam,” she hiccuped and I felt my heart race faster. Without thinking, I turned the car around and headed back for the estate, all the while trying to get her to tell me what exactly was wrong.“Eve… Eve, baby, breathe okay? I'm on my way, just breathe.”“I… I was so scared,” she cried,She was scared? That meant whatever happened had passed.
Tom's POVNothing in the world could have prepared me for the sight before me. I blinked, pulling my forehead into a frown as I peered through the windscreen.Was that Adam Stone with Eve or was I hallucinating shit?!The day had started pretty annoying anyways. I had left early for a meeting only for the bastard I had a meeting with to stand me up after waiting two hours. If I hadn't needed his company's investment and couldn't afford a pull out at the moment.He gave some flimsy excuse and if that was supposed to pacify me, it fucking didn't. I had spent the night with Barlow trying to make another delivery and also trying so hard not to rip his head off.The bastard probably still felt that I didn't know what he had done. That he had tried to rip me off and I was clueless as fuck.
Adam's POVMy hands trembled as I drove. They shook for a million reasons.But mostly for Eve.The look in Harrison's eyes had been unsettling. Especially when he looked over to Eve. I could see the malice, I could forsee what he wanted to do to her and I had been so fucking close, to grabbing Eve with me and driving off with her.But what would that have solved?You could have protected her, my mind taunted. Some man you are."It would have caused a scandal!" I growled at no one but myself. "It would have caused nothing more but trouble. No one would understand that Harrison was a major bitch who beat up his wife. All they would be concerned about would be why me, billionaire Adam Stone, had an affair with Eve in the first place."Fuck, it felt even more annoying t