Adam's POV
"Good morning Mr Stone!"
Paula. Her voice rang through the house and I groaned. She had been way too active ever since she had come back from her break. I tugged at my tie,keeping a straight face as I knotted it in the mirror.
Was she always this active? I didn't remember her being this active. Hell half the time I forgot she was there. She was always so quiet and demure and in the background.
But lately all I had been getting were yells and loud clashing of pans and shit in the kitchen. I hadn't said a word because I thought that perhaps she felt awkward for her behavior the last time. But it was getting too damned much and I was close to the end of the fucking rope.
I gave the tie one final tug, satisfied with how it looked and walked out of the bedroom. Right there in the hallway, not so far from my bedroom was my maid Paula
Adam's POVBy the end of the day, I was tired. I sat in my office, staring at a document without seeing a single thing. After all the hard work I had done in the past week, one would think my work should have lessened considerably. But more and more work piled up.I glanced at my watch. It was the last six. Dinner was at eight with Mother and Anabelle. My sister had insisted that she would go with me. I had a niggling feeling it was because of Matt.She hadn't seen him in a while, I was sure. Unless, they'd been sneaking around meeting each other. I paused at the thought and laughed. Matt would never do that. He always looked like he was terrified of her.But he likes her. You know that, a voice in my head nagged. You saw the way he looked at Anabelle at the mall.I shook my head, not willing to accommoda
Adam's POVAnabelle's words were jarring.'You're just as selfish as father'"Selfish?" I hissed, storming towards the mirror. "I had stayed away because I didn't want to be selfish, dammit! I had stayed away because I didn't want to be like you!"The reflection that stared back at me was his face. The hair. The eyes. It was all my father's!"I have lived everyday, every single day, trying not to live like you did! And yet I cannot escape you! I can never escape you, you bastard!"I could swear he grinned at me. He must be feeling so fucking triumphant. He'd passed his stupid legacy to me and here I was suffering for it all! I wanted a woman that wasn't mine. That wouldn't be mine! I wanted her with a madness that consumed me yet I stayed away.But she waited. Anabelle said she waited for me. For me.
Eve's POV"No," I replied, trembling as I tried to keep still. It was way too early to be on the phone.It was five in the morning. Tom was asleep in bed, he had come home late last night as usual. I tried to sneak out of the bed quietly. Left undisturbed he ought to sleep for at least an hour more. The phone vibrated in my hands and I clutched it tightly, sneaking out of the bedroom. Only when I was in the kitchen did I allow myself to breathe easy."Why," it was a simple straight and direct question and yet it made me giggle. I clamped a hand over my mouth, trying to be as quiet as possible as I texted back a reply."It's early. Tom's still around. I can't call now Adam,""When can you!?"Another giggle and I could feel the sensible part of myself glaring daggers at me. What the heck was wrong with me? Oh who
Adam's POV"I'm sorry," I muttered over and over, ignoring the squeeze in my chest. The ache that deepened and spread to every fiber of my body.I hadn't expected to hear her cry. She sounded so weak. So fragile."I'm sorry baby,"That only made her cry harder and I felt like a jackass. I was in the office, ready for another day of work. But hell I had been excited since when I'd woken up. Of course it had been crazy to think that I could call her that early. But that was the problem. I hadn't been thinking. Once she'd texted back, I'd just wanted to hear her voice as soon as possible.It had been hell waiting. It was past nine and yet it felt like I had waited for a long long time. And though hearing her voice was worth the wait, I wish she wasn't so sad."I should have called. I know. I'm sorry. I have n
Adam's POVMy phone buzzed for the hundredth time that morning. It was barely eleven in the morning and after spending the first three hours of work stuck in my office appending signatures on certain charity donations, after the messy bit with Madeline and John two years ago, I'd made sure all payments connected to the company were appended by me.I didn't want to wake up to see half the money in my accounts gone due to some negligence of some sort."And here are the designs,"I looked up at the projected screen to see a couple of designs flipping on the screen. Here I was again, stuck in another meeting with my damned phone buzzing like crazy.Why had I taken it in the first place? I fished out the device from my chest pocket to see who kept sending the messages. I had taken the phone in for one reason only.
Tom’s POV“That went quite well didn’t it?” Finn grinned as he slid into the driver’s seat. I glanced at the burly men, lined with tattoos , staring straight at us with their brow twisted as if it were going to start a tango any minute.This was the organization he had been ranting about.“Seven hundred thousand in the bag, fine business isn’t it?” He chuckled, tossing the suitcase they had handed him to the backseat. I heard it hit the chair with a thump and grinned.“Very fine business,”We drove out of the sideway and cruised down the road until Finn found a club and parked right there. I groaned, shaking my head.“It’s late man,”“Yeah exactly why the club is perfect,” The sleazy man
Adam’s POV“I’m sorry Mr Stone,” Tom’s secretary mumbled as she got off the phone with her boss. She looked like she would burst into tears anytime soon.Poor woman, Harrison must have insulted her or said something hurtful. Just when I wanted to see the bastard in another light, he proved over and over that he was a damned pig and he deserved to be treated just as so. “Mr Harrison is on his way.”I didn’t have time for that. I had been around the area that morning for a meeting and thought it would be good enough to drop by. We hadn’t concluded on the inauguration of the mall that was soon to happen.I stood before his secretary on his top floor with Matt behind me. I had hoped for a quick exchange and then I could go on about my activities for the day.I had to give him credit, the mall did turn out beautiful. An
Madeline's POVShit!The dial tone reached my ears and I seethed, grinding my teeth. The woman was definitely snubbing my calls. I glared at the device, trying to breathe through the voices that laughed in my head."Isabella Stone," I growled, as the call rang."Pick up the damned phone!"She didn't. After the whole issue with that crazy bitch of a reporter, she had been avoiding me for a long while. And here I had thought she would stick to my side like she had before.Deceit. She had deceived me. The damned woman was so fickle minded! Hadn't she assured me that she understood my plight when I had seen her the last time. Hadn't she made it seem like she would never, could never hate me?Then why the hell couldn't I get in through her damned gates!&nbs