Liam’s Pov The anger that was brewing inside of me was tangible but I could only watch as Bella looked at Penelope with nothing but hate. “Why is she here?” She asked in anger as she lowered her eyes in a murderous way that had Penelope paling. The smirk that formed on Lucas’s lips told me that he brought her here on purpose. He was most likely sick of them trying to force Penelope in his bed so he did the one thing that would make them never do it again. “She’s my daughter and the heir to my company, she has every right to be here.” Aaron stated in annoyance not understanding that he was digging his own grave. Her lips pressed as she looked at her father with narrowed eyes. “Why am I not invited if I am the owner of innovated energy.” She mumbled defiantly. I would’ve been surprised that she knew the name of her company if not for her birthday that was next month. If she had went to her yearly check up and found out that the company Lucas ran was actually hers she most lik
Bella’s Pov “Let me go.” I cried as I tried to wiggle out of Lucas’s tight hold. His told tightened even more making it nearly impossible to move. He refused to listen to reason and leave when they clearly were blaming him for what they did. He wanted me to sit here while every single person tried to deceive us. “Relax.” He demanded in a deep and deadly voice that had me faltering. I stared at him with wide eyes as the anger that should’ve been focused at everyone else was focused at me. A small smile formed on his lips as he forced my chin up with his free hand. I tried to force my face out of his grip but all that did was force him to tighten his hold on me. “I don’t want to be here anymore.” I mumbled defiantly. He leaned in and gave me a bruising kiss that stole my breath away and had my heart fluttering. When he pulled back he looked at me with clouded eyes that had me flushing. “They can’t hurt us because we are more powerful than them, so you will relax and let me tak
Cameron’s Pov I would destroy Lucas. I didn’t care what it took, I would destroy him and make sure that he could never recover from it. Bella’s fearful eyes as she stared at me had solidified my resolve and nothing Penelope said would change my mind. She may love Lucas but that meant nothing when he was getting in my way and destroying everything that I loved. Yes Bella and I had never truly interacted but that didn’t mean that I had not noticed her at parties nor did it mean that I was not able to fall for her. She was perfect and I would’ve gladly married her and let her run the company but her grandfather messed everything up. He had made stipulations that forced her into Lucas’s arm. “I’m not ready for marriage.” Penelope cried as she looked at her father with unshed tears. I grit my teeth as I kept my eyes away from Lucas. I knew that Bella thought I was looking at her and now she probably hated me more than before. “You have no choice.” Victor announced causing me to
Bella’s Pov I looked up at the huge building in front of me and took in all the glass. “Is the whole building made of glass?” I asked as Lucas closed the car door for me. It couldn’t take my eyes of the massive building. It would be impossible to have any privacy for the lower levels of the building because I could literally see every single person that was moving around or sitting at their desks. Was privacy not a thing here? “Your grandfather found a way to make weather resistant glass that can withstand anything. That’s what this building is made of.” Lucas stated as he grabbed my hand tightly and started to walk forward. “Oh.” I mumbled as I looked at the big glass double doors that had security guards on both sides. Anyone that walked up to the building had to show them something before being let in. I could only assume that it was a key card or name badge. I looked at Lucas and down at his suit jacket. There was no badge clipped onto it. I looked down at his pants and r
Bella’s Pov My eyes narrowed as I looked down at all of the colorful graphs and charts that my new assistant gave me. Dozens of charts that made no sense what so ever. “Now if you would look at the cost and profit outlook graph that I gave out.” The man that was standing up with a ruler pointed at the wall ordered. My brows furrowed as I stared at the picture that was illuminating onto the wall somehow. The graph was colorful but had no clear descriptions on it. I don’t get why he didn’t just mark them better so that I could understand. The man looked at me with his bushy brows. The clear disapproval had me flushing and looking back down at all of the papers I had scattered everywhere. I looked over at Lucas and leaned over so I could see what page he had out. He glanced over at me with a raised brow that had me flustered. “Now if you look at the marketing costs you’ll see that we are paying 15% more than we would be if we ended our contracts with digital unlimited and went
Bella’s Pov I stiffened as I took in the anger that was in my lawyers eyes. It was like he flipped a switch that had his emotions going hay wire because not even a second ago was he looking at me with soft and loving eyes.Any argument I had left within an instant because I could tell just by the way he was looking at me that he would not accept my defiance. I forced myself to look away from him and reluctantly looked back at the man that was now staring at me with pity. My eyes watered as the reality of the situation set in. I would never be able to travel and live my life to the fullest. I was destined to be nothing but Lucas’s wife. “I wish you would’ve contacted me earlier.” Danny said with a sigh after awhile of silence. “I assumed her father told you.” Lucas stated as he kissed my head. “He clearly didn’t otherwise I would’ve came and checked on her. It makes me think that something else happened.” Danny stated. My eyes narrowed as I realized that Lucas had done this t
Bella’s Pov “Full Spousal guardianship.” I whispered as I looked at the perfectly legible document that was nothing like the document I just signed. Why would they have given me a document that I couldn’t read unless they had tricked me? “All I need is for your signature on all pages and than we will be good to go.” Danny stated as I slowly read the first sentence that had me instantly paling. ‘I agree that upon signing this document that I am required by law to take full guardianship of Bella Connery.’ My brows furrowed as I skimmed the document that specified everything that Lucas was responsible for. Everything from my finances to making sure that I ate enough and didn’t go missing. My brows narrowed as I looked up from the document towards the man who was clearly a scam artist. “You said that he would be responsible for my finances.” I exclaimed in frustration. “He will be.” The Danny stated without showing any type of emotions. Lucas’s hand reached forward and grabbed th
Lucas’s Pov (a few days later) The conference room as I walked in was eerie silent. I didn’t have to look around to know that Victor had not yet arrived. Even though I wasn’t the one that called the meeting somehow my father and everyone else still acted like they were looking at a ghost. Whenever I looked at someone they quickly looked down and were busing themself with either their phone or some paperwork. It seemed like I had instilled feel in everyone here. When I got to my father he looked up at me with a forced smile. “How is everything going for you?” He asked as he looked back down towards his paperwork. I was silent as I sat down in my seat and turned my attention towards everyone that was sitting around the table. It seemed like everyone besides Victor and Bethany’s father were here yet. I already knew that Victor would be throwing his anger and resentment towards me as soon as he got here. He most likely regretted choosing me instead of someone else to marry Bella.