Thirty-three“What is this, James?” Howard asked his secretary when he placed a folder in the top of his desk.“It’s a proposal, someone wants to buy your company,” he told him.Howard creased his forehead and opened the folder. His secretary was right, it is an offer to buy his business. He scanned the files to see who has the guts to do it and did not quite get shock upon seeing the name Inno Pavel. He knew that Jacob will make a move to destroy him but he did not expect him to do this. His brother is aware that he will not sell it, especially to him.“Huh. Does he really think I will sell it to him? He lost his mind,” he exclaimed.“But, sir, don’t you think it is odd?” James told him.Howard tilt his head and looked at him. “What do you mean?”“Jacob is back but he is not even making an effort to visit you. He is not doing anything against you. He is too quiet.”Howard placed his hands at the top of his desk and intertwined it. “You are right. I am wondering about that too. We won
Thirty-fourIt's been weeks since Howard left but she still haven't heard a single thing about him. She thought he is going to call her as soon as he arrived to wherever he is going but she was obviously wrong. He did not even left a message. Maybe, he decided to be a gentleman and let her be for a while, but he is giving her too much space and she misses him. She paced around her office and contemplated whether to call him. If she calls, then she would appear desperate for wanting to talk to him. No, she can't do that. She should not call. But it's been weeks. He should have at least left her a message. She do not know what's really happening to her. She does not even know why she misses him, his voice, his touch, his kisses, all of him. It's driving her insane to want him right now. Oh, what the hell. She thought and decided to just call him. She picked up her phone and searched for his number on her contacts, she licked her lips and touched the call button. The phone rings, and she
35She was looking at the screen of her laptop above her desk but her mind is elsewhere. She kept on glancing at her phone as if waiting for someone to call her. She can hardly focus on her work. Her thoughts is lingering on everything that is happening in her life right now. Everything suddenly changed when she found out that her long time boyfriend was cheating and making a fool of her. She have been trying to find the missing piece of her life again, she thought she is already figuring something out with a new man who is obviously missing in action now that her ex-boyfriend is back. Her life is totally in chaos and she hates it more than anything. She was distracted from her thoughts when her secretary knocked on her door.She told her to open it.“Someone is here to see you, ma’am,” her secretary informed her.“Okay, tell that person to come in,” she instructed, glad to be away from her thoughts but she immediately regret that she did not ask who it is before allowing him to enter
36The next thing she knew, Jacob is carrying her inside his car. Natasha did not notice it before but it turns out that he brought a car with him which is parked right across her house. It was the same car he used to bring whenever they had dates or events that they would attend together. She hates it but she can still remember all of the silly things they have done in that car. She thought it was already taken by the bank when his company suffered bankruptcy, maybe he bought it back. Too sentimental and nostalgic. He carried her inside, she tried to stop and fight against him but he is too strong that she cannot even resist him. She slapped his back and all of the parts of his body she can hit but to no avail, he succeeded on getting her inside. She used to adore the fact that he is stronger enough than her to protect her, but she hates it now. She wished she is capable of physically fighting back.He forcefully made her sit on the passenger’s seat and locked the door and windows o
Natasha just arrived at the airport, she was excited to finally see her boyfriend again. It's been 3 days since the last time they saw each other because she needed to go to Canada and attend her brother's wedding. She did not tell Jacob that she is coming home today because she wants to surprise him.Jacob, Natasha’s boyfriend, is the CEO of Mavro's company, he is a well-known bachelor and a lot of women wants him. He is rich, handsome and he has everything a woman dreams for. He becomes a billionaire in such a young age and everyone looks up to him for that.Natasha didn't bother to go home first, she misses Jacob so much so she went to his office instead. All employees in the company knew her as Jacob's girlfriend so they didn't stop her from going to his office. They have known each other for eight years and built a great friendship with each other until they became lovers. She was there when Jacob lost his father and had to manage the company by himself. He
Howard Clemente, the CEO of Clemente Industry spent his night wandering about what to do with the woman he adores the most. He have lost count how many times he heaved a sigh and tried to open a book to read it but lost his focus. He did not even notice that it is already 4:30 am when his alarm enveloped the whole room. He tried to sleep but when he realized that there’s no way he could sleep with his mind thinking of her, he decided to do some jogging around the neighborhood and prepared to go to work a couple of hours later. He absentmindedly ate his breakfast and drove to his company.Once inside his office, he was not able to focus on the meeting because his thoughts kept on lingering to the woman she saw at the bar last night. It was not his first time seeing her, he knew that she has a boyfriend and he does not have a chance to win her because she loved her boyfriend too much.Minutes ticked by and he only noticed that the meeting is already over when he he
It's 4pm and Natasha went home early to prepare for her meeting with Howard. She wore a sophisticated red seductive dress and head to the venue by 7 pm. She let her blond curl medium length hair loose beneath her shoulder and colored her lips with red. Her thin straight nose matched well with her daring brown eyes and her delicate womanly scent lingered as she walked around the venue.The meeting is set in a fabulous restaurant in New York City and a staff greeted her when she entered."Do you have any reservation tonight, ma'am?" the staff smiled.She returned the greetings and speak with her soft voice while still maintaining her classy posture."Yes. I am with Mr. Howard Clemente."The staff recognized the name immediately and guided her to her table."This way, ma'am."She followed the waiter until they reached the second floor of the restaurant. She led her to a table on the right corner where the magnificent view of the city lig
It’s Friday morning and Howard couldn’t take his eyes off the documents he is reading for his meeting with the potential investors a couple of hours from now. He wants to make sure that everything is settled and well. He is always hands-on with everything that is going on in his company and he doesn’t like it when anybody disturbs him from what he is doing that’s why he ordered James not to let anyone in inside his office unless it is very very important.“Good morning. Mr. CEO,” Howard heard the sound of his office door being opened and he creased his forehead annoyingly upon hearing James’ voice. He was prepared to scold him for disturbing him.“What is it James? I have told you not to disturb me because I am in the middle of something important!” he yelled without bothering to take his eyes off the documents.“I’m sorry, should I just leave then?” he abruptly looked at the direction of hi