Eve's POV
Tom cocked his head to the side, looking down at me as if I was some lost little lamb and shrugged.
He shrugged!
As if my questions didn't matter to him. Or as if he had something to hide. He was being indifferent.
If he hadn't known about my father's death, he would have been shocked to hear it from me. He should be surprised, but instead, he shrugged.
Fury.
I felt it pulse through my veins as I lifted myself out of the corner and lunged for him, grabbing his shirt, slamming my fist on his shoulder repeatedly.
"You knew! You knew my father died! How could you keep it from me? How could you make me miss his funeral, you cruel wicked man?! How could you do this to me?!"
"Let go of my shirt!" He snapped, glaring down at me.
Eve's POV"Come out!" Tom's voice echoed through the empty basement. A beam of light poured into the dark place.I glanced up from my crouched position, staring up at the opened door. It was morning. I had stayed in the basement overnight and sadly, I wasn't dead. My hopes of a quick and easy death were dashed to pieces. I would pick death to this madness anytime. This wasn't living.I didn't think it was."I said come out!" Tom hissed, peering through the door at me. "Do you intend to stay there all day?"I made no move to stand up and simply just stared at him. How could I have been so foolish to trust him? What had fooled me? His eyes? His looks? His art of cajoling? I had trusted Tom through it all. Even when he seemed shady, when my family rejected him, when he was a nobody. I had trusted him..But now? I was done. I didn't want t
Eve's POV"You are going nowhere!"He looked mad. His blue checkered shirt bunched around his shoulders as he folded his arms. His eyes glared at me, threatening to turn me into ice. If this were a normal household, if this was any bit like the home I had grown up in, I would ask him how his day was and what he had done for the day.I would ask if work went well. I would ask if he missed me.But this was no happy home. I was delusional to think that if I remained meek and calm, I could make him a better person. I was delusional to think I would not lose myself in the process. Because I did.I lost myself.And then I lost everything else that was precious to me.My family. My life. Everything.Visiting my mother was the first step I was taking to make things right.&nb
Tom's POVWork had been hectic as hell. After rounding up a couple of meetings and ensuring we were on track for a project, I was ready to go home. I had been quite busy as hell.I wanted nothing more than to go home. I strode out of the house into my car. The ride home was quite short.I hummed as I drove through the gates of the house. Swerving the vehicle into the garage, I walked into the building, tired as hell and ready to get ready for the night when my eyes fell on Eve in the living room.My heart nearly stopped.She sat on the sofa, dressed in a loose gown. But that wasn't what startled the crap out of me. It was the bag beside her. It wasn't a handbag, or a flimsy purse. It was a traveling bag."Where the hell do you think you're going?" I snarled, narrowing my eyes into slits. What on earth was going on?
Eve's POVI picked up my bags, all four of them: the three that Tom had thrown out and the one I had packed for myself and walked out through the gates. I could feel the heavy gaze of the security guard on my face as he opened the gates and let me through.Embarrassment burned on my face, making me feel every inch like a miserable person.And wasn't I really?I had just gotten thrown out of the house by my husband who did not care about me or about anyone except himself. A man I had trusted for ten years, who still hid my father's death from me and went to extreme lengths to make sure I could never see my mother.I had been foolish.Tears rolled down my eyes as I walked down the estate. Why had I waited for him to arrive? I could have just left anyways, I could have just gone to see mom and he would
Adam's POV"Will you be needing anything else sir?"I glanced up from the document I had been going through on my laptop at the door. My maid, Paula, stood there, peering into my study.It was late. I had arrived from the office about three hours ago, and the time on the clock was a few minutes past eight. My eyes drifted to a small coffee table where Paula had dropped my dinner on an hour ago. I hadn't touched it. Hell, I had forgotten all about food until she showed up."Nothing else, Paula. Thanks," I told her and turned my attention back to the document. It was an ad plan the marketing team had put together. I had to make whatever corrections I could and quickly. The ads had to be ready in a month.And yet, I had been unable to focus. Ever since the day before, I found myself staring at documents blankly, while my mind was fixed on something else entir
Eve's POVAdam drove into the car park of a rather huge and fancy hotel. It had lights everywhere, making a colorful sight and was a whopping fifteen storey building. If this was any other day, I would have admired the view. But now, I stared blankly at the scenery until Adam turned off the car engine and we got out."Come," He said, placing a hand on my back.His hands sent warmth through my whole body. I allowed myself to think about those hands only. Those hands that had touched and stroked and caressed every inch of me. The only hands in which I felt safe.God I had missed this. I had missed him. This was probably a wrong time to think about him like that however. He had just come to help me. Without him, I would be stranded like a fish out of water.Horror slid over me as a thought dropped into my mind. What would I have done if Adam hadn'
Adam's POV"Is that all?" I asked Lillian, gesturing at the stack of documents I had just signed through."Yes that is all," She replied, and whipped out her tablet with fucking godspeed. "Next you have-""Cancel it," I said gruffly.When she glanced up to look at me, I was out of my seat, grabbing my suit jacket."Well you certainly are in a haste to go," She grumbled. "What should I tell Field and Co? They have a meeting with you.""I pay you to help me come up with excuses Lillian, give them something." I replied, strutting out of the office.I had to see Eve.I hadn't seen her the day before due to work. Lillian had dumped a damned load of documents to go through and it was quite alarming just how much paperwork came with being a CEO. How I had so much sh
Madeline's POV"Fold?" The croupier, a tall lanky man, dressed in a black crisp suit and had the worst french accent I had heard in my entire life said, peering down at me.I gave him the stink eye and reviewed the cards in my hands. Ah crap. My cards weren't looking too good. But if I quit the game now, I would lose my money. I had walked into this damned casino to double my money, not lose it all at a game of cards. .But hell, my cards weren't good at all. We had gone a total of four rounds and they were looking terrible. If I had counted properly, two spades and a couple of hearts wasn't going to do me much good. The grins on the other faces of my fellow gamblers told me that much."Fold," I told the croupier with a sigh and rose to my feet. I suppose I had no chance to win today. I would win some other time.Besides, when I married Adam, I would have