Eyeing the broad back of the tall man, who was once her ex-husband and the apple of her eyes, she felt bitterness spread in her insides and the calm look on her face was replaced with a frown.Fiona, who was observing the swirling emotions in Vanessa's pale face, narrowed her eyes and a scowl was settled on her face, while a look of disbelief was plastered on her, "don't tell me you were getting affected by Austin!"Hearing her remarks, Vanessa was baffled and squinted at her, when Fiona continued, "don't you dare!"Without a pause, Fiona snapped, "didn't you see how Austin was earlier? The members of the Jones family were all scums. They didn't deserve your kindness."When Vanessa came out of her reverie and understood what Fiona was saying, she instantly felt better when Fiona added, "if you ask me, I would say you should be fortunate enough that you divorced Austin Jones!"Vanessa couldn't help but let out a soft smile play on her lips as realization dawned on her, and she indeed a
Mia, who was already frustrated and grieving the humiliation upon seeing the comments felt as if a bucket of freezing cold water was poured on her head when she heard her mother's words.Eyeing Mia with pursed lips and knitted brows while her eyes went wide in bewilderment, Clara didn't know what to say and sighed helplessly.Mia, who felt as if the whole world had wronged her suddenly felt even more upset and questioned Clara, "Mom, how can you say that? How can you take Vanessa's side when she bullied me? Am I not your daughter?"Hearing the hoarse tone, Clara's heart softened and she struggled to say anything to comfort her daughter because she knew what Mia had done to Vanessa when she was still married to Austin, and she couldn't get herself to say Vanessa did wrong this time.With that, she took a peep at Mia and queried in a probing gaze, "How have I suddenly become the one who did wrong to you?"Mia gave a puzzled gaze when Clara continued, "did you forget the way you treated
By the time Vanessa and Caroline had reached the restaurant, they were almost twenty minutes late as the traffic was awful and the powerful engine did no good as the roads were congested.With a sigh, Vanessa stepped out of the car with her head held high and shoulders squared. Dressed in a simple blue silhouette that hugged her curves, she exuded an aura of a strong woman.As the wind blew over, her flowy hair was slightly pushed away and she appeared even more charming when the rays of the moon fell on her beautiful face.Her every step forward was with full confidence as the clinking sound of her heel could be heard in the empty corridor.She gracefully climbed into the lift since the reservation was on the sixth floor. Since it was the peak times of the business, the place was jammed and the lift was stopping on almost every alternative floor.When it stopped on the fourth floor, Vanessa caught a glimpse of Mia, and her brows knitted in suspicion eyeing the panic stricken face of
When Vanessa heard Casper's words, she frowned but put on a soft smile on her face and politely replied, "Pleasure is mine, Mr. Casper."Casper was delighted hearing her words as he was an old fox in disguise as a human who was eagerly waiting to leech off people’s money.In fact, the Grant Corporation and RX Corporation had been working together for many years and had pulled out a lot of successful deals. So, the Grant Corporation had intended to extend their contract, but Casper objected to it, as he had different values when a huge sum of money was at stake.But Casper and Silas were close friends and cooperated with each other. So, when Vanessa suddenly popped up into their picture, they were pissed off and wanted to make things difficult for her as they perceived she was their stumbling block.To their disappointment, Casper wasn’t getting any chance to plot against her despite the fact that Vanessa was fully drunk, and he did the only thing that seemed to be the best for him.Th
Vanessa was beyond startled when the car abruptly took a halt in the middle of the road at night, and she couldn't help herself but give in to the anxiety that was beginning to grow intense in the pits of her stomach with each passing second.Just when she decided to know what the heck was going on, she heard Cooper's slightly apologetic voice, breaking her daze bit by bit, "Oh, no! It seems the engine had broken down."With that said, he turned to Vanessa and Caroline and queried, "what should we do now, Miss Grant?"By then, Vanessa had already understood what was happening, and she muttered coldly, "let it be. It's not a big deal."As the words escaped her mouth, she began to feel extremely uncomfortable in the cramped car and hastily unlocked the door and get down, inhaling the fresh air and to keep her mind at ease.Caroline who was alarmed, eyed Cooper making a call and anxiously strode to Vanessa with worry visible in her eyes, and she mumbled in her intoxicated voice, "Are you
Vanessa was taken aback after hearing Caroline's words, but she felt it was the best choice for the time being, and quickly added, while a slight smile was plastered on her pink lips, "Yes. Anyhow, I'm on my way to the police station. Shall we go then?"Listening to her nonchalant response, the man's lips twitched, but in the end, he could only give in and answered with a smug sneer, "how can I reject it when such a beauty like you took the initiative?"With a slight pause, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it lazily, and inhaled a quick puff while his gaze narrowed. Eyeing the woman in front of her, he added, "Let alone going to a Police station, I would even walk into fire if you were beside me."Unprepared in hearing such a rare response from a stranger, the smile on Vanessa's face become stiff and she clenched her hands as she muttered, "I already dialed the police just now."He raised his brows as a sinister glint appeared in his eyes and his already appalling face
Soon after the bikes drove far away until even their shadows couldn't be seen, Cooper came to Caroline with a pitiful look on his face, feigning innocence.Caroline eyed him and disgust flashed across her eyes and she muttered firmly, "you should be prepared to face the consequences if anything happened to Miss Grant."Hearing her words, Cooper raised his brows and stared at her with a frown when Caroline continued, "because if Moss Grant even had a slight scratch on her body, your life would be doomed with no way to escape! Mind my words."As the words escaped her mouth, he scoffed in his heart but put on a perplexed expression on his face when Caroline shook her head as she understood talking to this man was nothing but a waste of her time.With that thought, she walked aside and opened her mobile to dial the police when a message popped up on her screen from Vanessa, and Caroline heaved a sigh since Vanessa's phone wasn't confiscated by that group of men, which was considered a goo
Hearing their disgusting words, Vanessa was at a loss since she understood that she was losing her consciousness pretty fast and the panic was kicking in her insides.Helpless, her eyes roamed across the closed room while her nails dug into her palm and gritted her teeth to remain sane, and her misty amber pools gleamed when they landed on the vase resting on the side table.She eyed the men with a smug smile and they thought she was giving them seductive hints, but in the next moment, she grabbed the vase and threw it at them using all her strength.As it had consumed her remaining energy, her body was exhausted and she fell back onto the sofa, while the men shrieked in pain as it came too unexpectedly. On top of it, they were unprepared for the attack and blood trickled down from their faces.As if the heavens had shown some mercy on her, the door was pushed open with a bang making the men panic.Without wasting another second, Fiona and Jasper sprinted towards Vanessa and eyeing he
Two years laterAustin held her hand and let her climb the steps slowly as she was nine months pregnant. It's been a year and a half since they were married and he couldn't be any more happier.He got his love and they both built a house for themselves, wiping away all the bad memories in their lives and welcomed the joy with their open hands."Ouch." Vanessa exclaimed when Austin paused and quickly tended to her, "what's wrong, Nessa? Shall we go to the hospital?""No, Austin. Our naughty baby was moving and kicked me hard." Vanessa said and chuckled a little.Even though she was bloated and a little plump, his eyes were always on her, making her feel even more beautiful than she already is.The pregnancy glow on her face was clear, showing how happy she was with him, in their love nest, waiting to welcome the fruits of their love.He placed a kiss on her baby bump and lifted her in his arms when she squealed, "let me down, Austin.""No, I'm not letting you walk like this," Austin sa
Vanessa settled herself onto her chair and massaged her temples a little to relieve her stress a little after the long meeting she had.But Catherine came knocking on her door, "Miss Grant. Mr. Jones is waiting for you."As soon as Catherine said that, a sigh escaped her lips and she mumbled, "alright. I'd be out soon."Catherine nodded and went away, while Vanessa didn't know whether to laugh or cry because she underestimated Austin.A few weeks passed by since he declared, "let's start a fresh, Vanessa!"And in these weeks, he was trying his best to come to her and take her out and do all the little things she always wanted him to do for her.Seeing all of that, she didn't know how to reject him, because she couldn't lie to herself and pretend that it was nothing when Austin was changing. For her!She clearly remembered all of their dates they were having almost every other day and he never failed to surprise her with how much effort and consideration he was taking to get her back.
"Vanessa's car is broken, Austin. And you're urging me to start the car and drove away?" David's words echoed in Austin's ears. Nonetheless, he put on an emotionless facade and mumbled coldly, "What business do I have in that?"However, when he uttered those words, the car wasn't moved completely out of sight from Vanessa and Fiona, and his voice wasn't too low.Hearing his words made Vanessa purse her lips tightly, but the smile didn't leave her face even after she listened to every word clearly, and in no time the car passed away as if nothing happened, and in the next moment the smile on Vanessa's face vanished."That arrogant bastard." Fiona cursed as annoyance danced in her tone and Vanessa shook her head while her lips curled upwards ever so slightly, "let it be. I don't want people to think as if you're nuts with how you're looking right now.""Fuck you! I'm seriously angry at that asshole!" Fiona said while taking a heavy breath and added, "Why did he have to be so complacent?
Fiona let out a curse as the last ounce of patience left in her died when the car stopped in the middle of the road, "No fucking way! Why on earth did you have to choose to leave me this late at night?"Vanessa raised her brows and scoffed at Fiona's dramatic gesture. She shook her head, undid her seatbelt, and muttered, "let's go out of the car and take a look."With that said, Vanessa stepped outside and opened the front of the car to find out what was wrong.However, even though Vanessa was lacking knowledge regarding cars, she understood the car needed some urgent repair to get it going.Fiona slowly stood beside Vanessa and mumbled in annoyance, "did it break down for real?" "Vanessa cocked her head and met Fiona's eyes, "Exactly on point. Your prediction had come true."Fiona let out a sigh and pursed her lips together in worry, "what are we going to do now?""You must be kidding me, Fiona. What are we going to do? Is that what you're asking when it's so obvious we need help to
As soon as Fiona said that, Vanessa tilted her head and scoffed while her eyes were focused on Fiona, "I know I'm awesome, but I don't think it makes me compatible with Richard."Fiona couldn't suppress the smile that was threatening to burst from her lips and mumbled with a glint in her eyes, the tease in her tone was clearly visible, "honestly, I thought you both would make a nice match when I saw you both dancing so smoothly earlier."When Vanessa was convinced that Richard was no longer following her, she sighed with relief and moved forward to get a drink.But soon after hearing Fiona's remark, she added, "oh no, I'm not aware of the fact that your vision was significantly compromised these days."Fiona waved her hands and scoffed, "Jeez! My eyesight was alright. However, I must say that Richard is strongly proactive when it comes to you. Isn't he?"Vanessa wasn't concerned about it and carried on with socializing after talking for a bit. Fiona on the other side was bored to deat
"Austin, Do you really want to dance?" David repeated his words as he didn't get any reply from Austin.Although Austin was calm, seeing Vanessa walk with Richard so comfortably, his face turned livid while the coldness in his aura turned so chilling.But Vanessa seemed to be not aware of Austin's heated gaze as she immersed herself in the dance.Richard kept his one hand on her tiny waist, while his other hand held her palm ever so gently, but the grip was firm, keeping her in his hold.While she held his shoulder and kept moving with the beat with ease.As the music turned to high beats, their moves turned more romantic, their steps were more in sync, and the couple looked so pleasing to the eyes.Their genes were certainly top notch was an added advantage.As time passed by, almost all the people's eyes settled on the dancing couple as the atmosphere suddenly turned steamy with Richard twirling her and they ended up coming so close.They were so close that they could feel each othe
Hearing Vanessa's words, Fiona raised her head and stared at Vanessa's solemn expression and understood that she was damn serious.And a sigh escaped her lips as the realization sunk in."Alright then. If that was what you wants." Fiona stated cooly while she nodded her head and she firmly decided to give up mentioning Richard again.Anyhow, Richard was a well known playboy. Getting acquainted with him would only bring Vanessa trouble, and he was barely a romantic prospect, with not much gain or loss!But apparently, Richard didn't think like that it seems.Because his wooing methods improved as days passed, and he was getting bold day by day.His ways were extremely flashy, catching all the unwanted attention. His artificial flowers would perfectly sit on her table right on time, not a minute prior or ahead.He took great lengths in sending flowers which were rare species yet they were so good to the eye.As if that wasn't enough, he was literally bombarding his Feeds with posts, cre
Hearing Silas' words, Vanessa didn't retort them and gave a faint smile as she was well aware of what she was doing and where she was heading.However, she didn't act too arrogantly and exclaimed, "I still need your guidance, Mr. Dixon. After all, I'm still not very experienced!"As soon as Vanessa said that, Silas's lips tugged upwards in a pleasing curl as he was quite content with the way she purposely humbled herself in front of him.And he immediately waved his hands while a light chuckle escaped his lips, "You're very formal, Miss Grant." With a slight pause, he added while glancing at Vanessa, "Let us learn from one another and collaborate to propel Grant Corporation to new heights."Vanessa gave a firm nod, and stated politely, "I agree with you, Mr. Dixon."Soon after Vanessa stepped out of his office, Vanessa's smile faded to oblivion and she muttered coldly under her breath, "such an old fox!"After she was done dealing with Silas, she had become super busy since it was Mon
Vanessa eyed the document lying on her desk for a while and abruptly marched out of her cabin with the file in her hands, leaving Caroline stunned.However, Vanessa went by in a flash and a Caroline shook her head in disbelief.The sound of high heels clanking on the floor is the only thing that could be heard in the empty corridors while she walked forward to Silas Dixon's office.Her face was cold with no trace of warmth, and the determination in her amber orbs was clearly visible.With her head held high, and shoulders squared, every step she took exuded the confidence deeply ingrained in her bones.Eyeing her, Silas's assistant, who was on the side, remained dumbfounded for a while, and queried, "Miss Grant, are you going to meet Mr. Dixon?"Hearing his words, Vanessa gave a faint 'yes' and knocked on the door of Silas's office, while the assistant squinted his eyes baffled.In the next second, a quick 'come in' came from the inside, and Vanessa immediately pushed the door open an