"Claire---""I'll get to it now, Mommy. I'll be done before you know it," She quickly hurried away, and I shook my head unbelievably.Shortly after Claire left for the kitchen, a knock came on the door."Who is there?" I approached the door."Your package is here," Came a masculine voice from outsid
Chapter 25Olivia Cruz POVAfter looking forward to today all night, it was finally here, and I was already dressed up for the company, wearing the beautiful dress and shoes Knox sent to me yesterday."You are all dressed up already?" Claire walked inside and scanned me briefly with her eyes, and I
My heart pounded hard in my chest as I walked inside the company a few minutes after the Uber I booked dropped me off at the front of the gate. I felt a bit uncomfortable as it was the first time I would wear something so classy and expensive. For a second, I regretted wearing this, but then, it wou
Chapter 26 Olivia Cruz POV "Why did you send me the dress?" His smile slowly faded, replaced with a confused look as he stared at me. "Is there anything wrong with it?" He obviously looked clueless, or he was just pretending to be. "You don't like it?" "It's not that I don't like it. Why would
"So, are you coming?" "Uhm... I'm sorry, but I don't think I'll be able to. I need to head home first," I hurried out of the hall afterwards. As I strolled down the walkway minutes later, heading to Knox's office, I spotted him leaving the office just before I got there, so I called his attention.
Chapter 27 Olivia Cruz POV 'Will you go out with me?' What do you think my answer to his question would be? Yes? Well, that was what I intended to say to him. Even if I wasn't sure of how I felt about him, he was a nice guy and for the first time, I really wanted to experience what genuine love wa
Chapter 28 'Where are you? I'm waiting for you at your apartment' Emily could not hold back her smile when she saw the text from Dante as soon as she hopped inside her car. She was just going to drive to the bar or anywhere aside from her home to clear her head, but seeing the text from her sweethe
"You knew about it?" She looked at him after she carefully took it, and he nodded. That day while she was admiring the necklace, Dante had paid little to no attention to her, so she thought he didn't know about it. "Of course. So, will you forgive me now, hmm?" He slid her arm around her waist agai