The color drained out of Tyler's face as he realized what had just happened. His eyes were wide and cold like two frozen marbles. He clenched his fists, veins bulging in his neck. His whole body was shaking as he struggled to contain his fury. His jaw was clenched and his hands were balled into fist. He couldn't believe it. He couldn't even understand what was going on. He tried to wrap his head around it. Adelaide coming in, interrupting their dinner. Adelaide telling Sophie everything he had always wanted to tell her.He gulped when the papers he had seen earlier from her flashed in his mind, making his head pound. How could he have been so foolish? How didn't he know that she never signed the papers? How was it that for three fucking years, he wasn't aware of the fact that he was married to that devil on paper.It unnerved him as much as it infuriated him.When he turned around, he stormed back toward the table Adelaide was still sitting at. The little girl whom he still hadn't ac

It was the key in the locks turning that woke her up. Sophie sat up and rubbed her eyes, her senses on alert as she stared at the door when the blur finally cleared. She sat still when the door opened and Kristen walked in. That was when she felt herself breathing properly.“Hey,” Kristen's voice was low when she saw her sitting on the couch still wearing the same clothes. She frowned for a second, taking in the scene of the living area. There was no wrappers of any sugary sweets around. Neither were they any signs of plates or that she ate.“Since when have you been seating here?” she asked as she walked over to Sophie who still hadn't said a word to her. Sophie moved and let out a hiss at the pain in her neck. With a wince, Kristen watched her crack her neck to reduce the ache around the area.“Are you okay?” she asked when she drew even closer. Letting her bag drop on the empty space beside Sophie, she settled her butt on the armchair of the couch and stared at her former boss. Kr

Sophie felt better than she had in weeks which was the first step to moving on with her life. The ache was still there in her heart. She didn't expect it to leave anytime soon. She didn't even think that it was ever going to leave but she has decided that she was going to deal with it. She was about ready to move on.Over the last few days, she had buried her mind, head and everything in her toward opening her new dream place. Her art gallery. She had reached out to a lot of artists to showcase their items. She had invested her time and money into everything and she was very sure that it would pay off. No matter what happened.Looking through her closet, she hummed along to the music playing as she looked through the closet for something to wear to her art gallery. The workers she had hired for renovations were done with everything they needed to do but she still wanted to go to the store. Anything to engage her thirsty mind.When she grabbed the jeans pants her fingers caught, she pu

Tyler hummed as he flipped the pancake on the pan. It was late into the afternoon yet he hadn't had anything to eat all day having been busy. Taking Adelaide and his half brothers down had been a lot harder than he thought and everything was messin with him more than he thought it would.He barely had any time for himself to breathe and do all the things he needed to do. As if that wasn't enough, Tyler had had to deal with Giovanni when he went to the office the other day for an official meeting. The beast of a man had barged until his office without knocking to talk to him, being all rude to everyone around.Tyler hadn't been surprised when he saw him. He knew that it was only a matter of time before Giovanni De Luca figured out who he was. He had played enough and to him, he thought that he had taken more than enough time to figure him out.Too slow.“Well, this is late,” he'd said when he walked in, leaning back into his chair as he gazed up at the man. “Let me guess, somebody tipp

"Congratulations, Tyler.” Willow shook his hand when they stepped out from the court. His smile was wide, big yet very much incomplete. This had been his dream for the past few years; To put Manuel and Andy away for good.It had been simple yet very difficult.But Willow had made it happen. She had gathered all the obvious evidence she could find and made him set up a meeting with Adelaide on the guise of getting her to confess to what she had done alongside Manuel and Andy. His half-brothers were very smart and intelligent but one thing they all had in common was their pride at their winnings which always led them to gloat and talk about everything they weren't supposed to.All it had taken were a few bottles of drinks to get them put behind bars. Now, he had custody of the little girl he was starting to call his.“No, Willow. You made it happen,” he smiled genuinely at her and she smiled back with ease. Willow was a beast when she was in court and that much was apparent. She had pu