“I made a mistake; it was my fault,” Kayden confessed to the rest of the staff that was involved, while Crystal stood beside him quietly, her eyes watering up but she narrowed them so she could keep the tears from falling. “I think I accidentally dropped the pouch in Crystal’s bag, I’m sorry I scared you all but it’s all settled down.” “It’s okay, Mr. Smith,” Deborah said with a smile. “I am actually glad it is all settled, I was pretty sure that Mrs. Smith would never steal and it was all a misunderstanding.” “Thank you for believing in me, Deborah.” Crystal forced with a tight smile on her face and Paige frowned, even before Crystal spoke, she could imagine all the terrible things Kayden had said to her. “I’m sorry if I made any of you uncomfortable.” “Humph!” Natalia scoffed and eyed her evilly before she walked out of the room, and Paige went after her almost immediately. “Natalia, can I talk to you for a second?” Paige asked as she caught up to her in the hallways that were j
“Mr. Smith, according to the will, your father left 30% of his company to Mr. Sebastian, and since the position of vice chairman is vacant, he also hoped Sebastian would take the position.” Mr. Mayar, the lawyer remarks adjusting his eyeglasses, Kayden has been trying to be a gentleman. He’s been trying to contain his anger but he couldn’t help but rasp. “Mr. Connell also left some properties for his widowed wife, but she had spoken to me beforehand that she wouldn’t be making claims to any of Mr. Smith’s properties.” Kayden rolled his eyes, is she trying to act like a virtuous woman now? It was very laughable. “That can’t be possible anymore when my father retired he left the company and was almost bankrupt. There was nothing to inherit from it, it was due to my hard work we are here today, how can he just give out positions carelessly without consulting me first?” There was a cunning gleam in Sebastian’s eyes and it irked Kayden to the bones, he was just so angry, from the
Crystal was about to go after him when Dora came running to her with some files in her hands, she stopped in front of her breathing heavily too like she ran a whole track. “Crystal, are you busy?” She asked as she struggled to catch her breath. “I-I am…” Before Crystal could answer her, Dora squeezed the files in her hands. “Wait… what are you doing?” “I’m sorry, someone needs to submit these to Mr. Smith.” She said and before Crystal could return the files, Dora had already run back in the direction she came from, she screamed the next line as she ran. “I will make it up to you!” Crystal sighed, it seemed pretty urgent but she didn’t want to go to see Kayden, at least not now, he would take out his pent-up frustration on her and that is exactly what she was avoiding. She sighed again, she would just drop them on his table and leave him immediately, she told herself and it somehow boosted her confidence, she turned on her heels and headed towards Kayden’s office, Laurie wasn’t t
“I hope you are all ready.” Deborah asked and the rest of the girls nodded, Paige stared out vacantly, she was waiting for Crystal. She wasn’t sure Kayden would let her come, but since they were all going on the trip together, there was no way he could stop her from coming; even if he planned to. Just as she was about to give Crystal a phone call, she opened the door and waltzed in, her eyes lands on Paige and she smiled, Paige smiled back in relief.“Where are your bags?” Deborah noticed and that was when Crystal realized that the rest of them had their bags. “Aren’t you going on this trip with us?”“I just left my bags downstairs; there was no need to bring them up when we are going down again.” They all blanched, they didn’t think about it like that, they had been so excited they are going on a trip that they weren’t using the most of their brains. “Let’s go, I heard from Laurie we are going in the company bus and it’s a twelve hours drive, to the island.”“We should arrive by
“You won’t be sleeping with me, and if it makes you feel any safer I promise I am not going to touch you.” He promised and he pulled back, the words resonated in Crystal’s ears, even though she knew that Kayden would never assault her in away, but the fact is that he was still a man and he cannot be trusted. Assuring her that he won’t do anything, doesn’t put her to rest, she slipped her phone from her bag and wrote a text to Paige, it’s not like it could guarantee her safety but she just needed to calm herself. “Hey, are you asleep yet?” She texted Paige and she didn’t even know that the elevator door has opened and Kayden stepped out, he noticed that she was still in the elevator and she was typing on her phone, he leans back in, knocking on the steel doors to get her attention. “Are you not coming out?” He asked and her mouth dried up, she hurriedly picked her bags and stumbled out of the squared space almost bumping into him. “Do you plan to stay in the elevator instead?” “I t
Crystal screamed throwing her hands everywhere, slapping and scratching him, but she didn’t stop screaming, he held both of her hands and pulled her into a bear hug; using all of his strength to hold her close to his body. She seemed like a small person, but she had a lot of strength, as time passed by, her movement began to weaken and her breath came out in labored pants; Kayden still held her in his arms, and now he was drawing soothing circles on her back. She was now fully awake, and she noticed that the figure that threatened her was all a dream, an imagination, she was also aware that she was in Kayden’s arms, and she hated being seen like that, the blood on her hands and the ones in her legs made her realize just how much she had messed up, and she burst into tears, the sound muffled into Kayden’s chest. Unsure of what to do, Kayden simply allowed her to cry, he had a lot of questions but he knew she was in no position to answer them at the moment, he didn’t know how muc
Sunlight creeps into the room, and the rays warm Crystal’s face, her eyebrows were twitching from the sudden disturbance, and she feels something heavy pressed against her waist, and it is like she is pressed up against a wall, a very warm and sturdy wall. Her eyes flew open and her breath hitched when her view was met with the fabric of Kayden’s clothes, her mouth fell loosely when she noticed that Kayden was holding her, his arms were wrapped around her protectively, and a blush of embarrassment crept on her face.Why the hell were they in such a position? She remembered that she slept on her own side of the bed, if she didn’t cross, then did he?Suddenly, she felt a sting in her hands and the events of the previous night came flooding into her mind. She shut her eyes, cursing herself out in her head, it was quite disgraceful, and it seemed that Kayden was still asleep, she wanted to hurry up and get out of his embrace, and also, she wanted to do that without waking him up.
“This design is one of the best I have seen.” Mrs. Darling said with a big smile on her face, Darling shoes is also a world renowned shoe company, a very huge competition for Kayden's company too.Darling and Kayden are on a collaboration to make a shoe design for the upcoming world sports day events. Some of the players would be settling in the island during the weekend; they should be done with the project by then. “I like Mrs. Smith’s design better too.” One of the directors said too with a satisfied nod. “I will be forced to think that Mr. Smith got married to his wife because of her talent.” Crystal let out an uneasy laugh and her eyes trailed off to meet Kayden’s stone cold gaze. he was glaring at her...He was angry again, why is he angry?“That isn’t true.” He corrected adjusting himself in his chair. “I married her because of my affection for her, her talent and good brains comes as a bonus.” She bit down on her lips, he definitely didn’t mean that, don’t be happy