The week passed in a blur of habit and boredom.Work, work, Zoe. Due to the controversy surrounding Sean Lancaster, he was replaced at the set, which was good news for Eve.But the downside of it was that every scene he had appeared in was shot again, and since a schedule had already been set for the release of the movie, they stayed at the set for hours, trying to catch up with time.Although Eve used a stunt double for many of her scenes, she still ended up being stressed out.To worsen things for her, Zoe caught cold and was down for three days.If it hadn't been for Alessandro's parents who came to take care of her, Eve would have passed out already.Those were stressful days, but the only thing that cheered Eve up and made her look forward to something exciting was Alessandro.He called at night before he slept and texted early in the morning.She felt closer to him over the past few days than she had been in the months of their marriage.It was on one of those days after a long
"This is madness. I can't fucking concentrate on a thing anymore." Alessandro spoke through heavily laboured breathing, his chest heaving upward and downward. It was the umpteenth time that day that they were ending up tangled in each other's bodies like junkies, taking and giving and sweating together. Eve nodded in affirmation, completely agreeing with him and yet too exhausted to muster a word. She sprawled on top of him, breathing in sync, her lips parted as they breathed harshly. Alessandro turned to her, his very naked body under the full gaze of the afternoon sun. None of them had gone to work or gotten anything done at all. Well, they had started dressing up, but one look at her attempting to wear panties and he pushed her against the wall... How they had ended up in bed had been history. As he stared at her flushed skin, his fingers reached out and swept her disheveled hair away from her face, his lips parting softly, "What have you done to me, baby?" Simple word
How to dress up for the first date with your husband whom you were lying to about being the real sister?Anxiety kicked into Eve's mind when she was thinking of the perfect dress to wear.She remembered all too well, how she had waited all those while at the restaurant the last time he had asked her out on a date.Would he stand her up again and in fact tell her that he was done with her already?Sadly, she had become attached against her better judgment and now she would have to pick up the pieces of her disappointment if he stood her up.After an hour of wearing and removing clothes, shoes and opting for the right hairstyle, Eve emerged from the room in a knee length red dress and fuck me stilettos that made her legs endless.Her lean waist and generous bosom were accentuated along with the flare of her hips. She let down her hair in straight style and wore a red lipstick which made her lips plumper, more inviting.Eve was in a excited mood as she stepped out of the room she hadn't
Eve felt like a new woman.She didn't simply nod with a polite smile as she walked into her office building and people greeted her.Her excitement radiated through her skin and spread to her face, lighting up her eyes when she smiled and making her grin wider.She replied the greetings with more excitement than usual, her face glowing as she stepped out of the elevator and headed towards her office.Life hadn't been this good in a while.Perhaps, she had never experienced this kind of happiness in her life.Alessandro had his legal team come to the mansion the previous day and discussed how to ensure that Lancaster was locked up behind bars for a long time.While they spewed legal terms and spoke of getting evidence that he had been in league with Bella, her husband held her hand, caressing it absentmindedly.Then afterwards, he had asked how she was feeling and suggested a vacation if it would help take her mind away from things.She slept in his arms, so peacefully that she didn't w
"Reservation for Mr. and Mrs. Stark, please?" Eve stood in front of reception with a nose mask concealing a good part of her face.The male receptionist fired at the keyboard and looked up few seconds later, a deep smile on his lips."Welcome, Mrs. Stark, hope you have a wonderful meal here, your date already arrived."Her heart skipped for all it was worth.Great, she wouldn't even have more time to prepare herself on how to face him.A female waitress in uniform walked towards her with a professional smile, her heels clicking against the floors,"This way, ma'am."Eve clutched tightly to her purse and licked her dry lips, taking the first step to her own damnation.Surely Alessandro must be waiting to serve her a meal of divorce.There wasn't going to be any more dreams of vacation or spending more time with her husband and kid.That family she had finally fit into for the first time in her life was going to be over.Eve swallowed hard as they rode the elevator which halted at the
"Someone is here for you, Mr. Stark." Erica stood before her boss with that trained elegant poise, her tablet balanced on her palm.Alessandro looked up from the open screen of his laptop and checked the time by his watch, reclining into his seat with an automatic grin lighting up his eyes."My wife is here? Let her in."But the assistant lifted a brow in confusion, her forehead marred in a frown."Oh no, sir. It's Bella George, she said it's urgent."And at that, Alessandro's eyes narrowed to slits, and he leaned into the table, pulling off his glasses."Allow her to come in." Gone was the ecstacy in his tone and that rush of maddening happiness that had rippled through him when he thought it was his wife.They indeed were supposed to meet for dinner and he had haboured the silly hope that she had somehow come to surprise him.But it was to his full disappointment when the doors opened and the fake blonde with an equally fake body walked into his spacious office.She wore a skirt t
Alessandro stared at her with his full attention, as though she were the sun and the moon.The intensity of his gaze scared her as much as it made her heart race in weird ecstacy, those powerful feelings eliciting different emotions in her.Guilt, disbelief, fear of being labeled a liar.And when his grin widened and those sinful lips parted to let out words, she felt even worse."A sight for sore eyes indeed. Missed me, baby?" Because she couldn't force herself to smile or pretend like a storm wasn't brewing inside of her, Eve swallowed hard and diverted the topic."Em, you are friends with Bella?" Yeah, that wiped the smile off his handsome face, and he stood from his seat, walking towards her just as she was taking off her jacket."Hardly friends, she came to ramble about something unimportant. Don't worry, I took care of it." That was a nice way to evade what she wanted to know. Eve feigned a smile this time and held her breath as he took her jacket, his fingers brushing her a
It was Eve's first time walking into the gigantic building that housed the Stark Hospital.Security and the medical staff bowed as the chairman, Alessandro walked past them with his wife by his side, his strides faster than she had ever seen.Just as she was seeing him that scared for the first time.She hadn't realised how much he cared for his grandmother till then.It was Eve who had gotten behind the wheel on their way, since Alessandro's chauffer was away on some errand and Alessandro...Well, he was in no state of mind to drive.He had been gawking into space ever since they got the news and left his office, pushing everything she had just learnt somewhere insignificant.Another ball of guilt slammed into her heart as she thought of the last time she had encountered the older woman.She had walked away from Grandmother Fiona Stark's birthday banquet after all.Now, all the anger she had harbored didn't matter anymore.Eve muttered a silent prayer as the elevator doors slid open