EMELIA'S POV"Thank you."A smile graced my lips as I dropped the call. I sipped my wine and danced around happily as everything seemed to be going my way. The threat worked, and Cassius had dropped the case, but there’s one thing mother didn't know: I’ll continue to haunt her with her actions because I’m sure she thought I would let go of everything just because she talked to Mary.She must be dreaming...As tomorrow is going to be another great day to give someone a little surprise, happiness fills me more. I'm starting my job tomorrow and I'm ready to surprise someone. I know that old man is trying to use me to keep Mary in check, but I’ll pretend like I've no idea about his intentions towards me. The Aldriche family has trust issues; I doubt they ever trust anybody. Well... they might trust their own blood, but there’s one thing they never know: they’re all just pieces of chess, and that old fool is the game master, moving them the way he wanted.From my discussion with him in the
“Dangerous? Then what am I? A saint? No, darling, I’m also dangerous, and they should beware of me,” I said and then turned to leave.“You should leave. Your former workplaces are dying to have you back. You got a lot of offers in many places, why here?”“Because what I’m searching for is here, and this is the only place I can get it.”“What changed you? What made you become so different? Why have you become like this?”“Everyone did. What I've become today, everyone is responsible for it,” I replied and then held the handle to open the door but was stopped by her voice.“I shouldn't have convinced my husband to drop the case. I should have taken those kids away from you so you wouldn't poison their minds with your crazy attitude.”“Oh, I forgot, I haven't actually thanked you yet.” I released the door handle, with my hands placed on my tummy, I lowered my head. “Thank you a lot, I really appreciate it.” I raised my head back and then gave her a wide smile. “That should be enough now,
As I dropped the kids off at school, I proceeded to the restaurant where I was meeting May. As I walked inside the restaurant, my gaze landed on her, and I’ll say she never changed a little bit; she”s still looking beautiful and hot just like before.“Babyyyyyyyy” I shouted with my arms wide open as I rushed toward Vivian, not minding if there were people who were not comfortable with the way I was shouting, but that’s their own problem.May didn't even act like she saw me but just lowered her gaze and then called the waitress. I'm disappointment, I released my arms that were hanging in the air and took a seat in front of her. We ordered food, and we both ate silently.“I've got a few more months to live,” I broke out to her, and immediately she froze as she dropped her cutlery, her jaw dropped and looked at me in bewilderment.“What did you just say?” She asked, not sure of what she heard, but I just gave her a light smile and then continued eating.As I raised my head, I met May lo
“Wow, this is really amazing,” Betsy said.“I'm very sure this will definitely be a success,” Alex added, and I smiled, then took it from them and arranged it in a brown folder and headed to the GM's office.On getting to his office, I met him filing his nails and with his legs placed on the table. I greeted him and then told him I’m here to submit my design. He seemed very surprised and shocked as he quickly put down his leg and stood up.“Already?”“Yes, I told you I got a capable team,” I replied, and he let out a light cough and had his seat back.He stretched out his hand, and I handed him the file. He took a look at it one after the other, with his eyes totally glued on each one of them. I smiled in satisfaction. After checking it out, he closed it and slammed his fist on the table, anger visible on his face.“How dare you bring me this kind of trash and do youthink I’ll accept it? Do you want the public and our opponent to be mocking us? Can't you use your head and come up with
CASSIUS'S POVI was shocked when it’s announced that Bastoon released the same design my wife is presenting. I knew there’s more to this, possibly involving Emelia, who suddenly joined the company. Mary never informed me about Emelia joining, I heard from Kingsley. Maybe she didn't want me to mock or blame her because if we’d taken action as I suggested, none of this would have happened.As the general meeting ended and people applauded Emelia, I just looked at her in annoyance. I stood up and headed outside to meet Kingsley. On getting outside I banged my fist on the car in anger."Did anything happen?" Kingsley asked as he noticed my visobke anger."Mary's work was plagiarized by Bastoon," I replied, finding it difficult to accept that Mary had plagiarized someone else's work."How's that possible?""It must be Emelia's work, she’s the only one capable of doing such.” Turning to him, “ so I want you to use all connections and get evidence that Emelia is behind this so we can prove M
"I don't think I got anything worth bargaining for, as you kinda got everything also.""Then are you saying you have nothing to place on this table to save your wife?""No, I'm saying it would be great if you tell me exactly what you want by going through all this stress. Why are you after Mary when your daughter has done more than plagiarizing other people's work, and she was able to evade any consequences of it..." I heaved heavily, "thanks to you.""Camile will be disappointed to hear that from you. She actually loved you more than your mother, but here you are trying to blackmail me with her past actions. Do you even have any evidence to back up your claims?" he asked, and I chuckled because he also knows that is quite an impossible thing because once they are clearing things up, they don't leave any evidence behind.As I don't have time for the chit-chat, I asked him to state exactly what he wants. "Just name what you want because no matter what I offer you, you will never accept
As I drove off to pick up my kids from school, I kept wondering what Mary meant when she said earlier and how she knew I was behind it. If Mary knew, then she’s aware the design belongs to me, not that little bitch. So why did she still go ahead and presented it?I couldn't seem to get a definite answer as I racked my brain trying to figure out what's going on. Finally, I arrived at my kids' school, emerged from the car, and headed inside, where I met both of them with their teacher."Good evening, I'm really sorry for coming late; I had a lot to do at work," I apologized as the kids left their teacher's grasp and run to hug me."It's fine, but it would be great if you could arrange someone else to pick them up if you're busy. The school is already closed, and I'm still here because of them."I knew she’s right, but I didn't want to trust my kids with a stranger, especially when I got enemies everywhere."Okay, I will do that. Thanks a lot," I said as I moved closer to her and then wr
"Well… I had no idea about that. I never gave anyone the designs, and although I once took it to work and put it on my shelf, I don't really know if anyone might have entered and taken a picture of it or copied it," I explained. But the guy right here seems to have trust issues, so he didn't believe a single thing I said, and as he furrowed his brow."So you mean someone might have entered your office and copied it? That means you have someone in your team that betrayed you?""I don't really know about that, but that is the only way to explain this situation. But my question is, I don't know why exactly I am here. Did anyone inform you that I gave Mary the design, or did she claim I changed her design? Which is somehow very funny to me, as I changed her design and she had no idea about it and still went ahead and presented it. You should use your brain and stop wasting my time, and give me more evidence that you got against me because I got kids at home.""I'm very sorry for wasting y