Thank you for reading another chapter ❤️ Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to add chapters tomorrow since I need to take care of a few important things. I hope you will forgive me... I will add more chapters soon 🥰
I was still extremely pissed at Jack and Chris for treating me this way, but apparently, my glaring daggers at them only brought them more amusement. Luckily, the tape Chris used wasn't too strong, and I finally managed to glue off the piece that was gagging me."Seriously guys?!" I yelled. "You could have told me what you were planning, not kidnap me!"Chris, who was driving the car, snorted. "Really? Do you want us to believe that you would willingly leave your husband even if you haven't left the clinic for the last eight days?"I wanted to protest, but when I opened my mouth I realized that there was no way I would have left Aren. I already felt anxious, as I had left his room nearly ten minutes ago, wondering if he had started to wake up while I was away from him."I don't want him to see that I'm not there when he wakes up..." I mumbled.Jack, who was sitting in the passenger's front seat, turned around and looked at me with a frown. "Cora, you must be aware that this is insane.
After I had drank three more glasses of wine, I knew a little more about Jack's and Chris's personal lives, not that I was asking about it though... Nonetheless, I found out that Jack got married to his high school sweetheart, and they happily became husband and wife as soon as they graduated. He told me how he decorated a bower that stood at the back of their school with over three hundred red roses just to propose to his girlfriend. It was amazing to discover his romantic soul. He was the guy who had never forgotten his wife's birthday or their anniversaries. I could see the love in his eyes when he talked about his wife... "But we weren't meant to be together…" He shrugged, ending his fairy-tale love story in a sad tone. "What do you mean? What happened?" I asked, feeling emotionally engaged in his story. Jack smiled faintly. "She wanted to have a child, but she didn't want the child's father to have a dangerous job. She tried to force me to change my occupation, but I've always
"Are you worried, Cora?" Jack couldn't hide his amusement. "I can almost smell jealousy coming from you!""It might sound irrational to you, but there's something like a female instinct, and it screams that I shouldn't underestimate the fact that Aren's ex-girlfriend suddenly appeared in the city," I said. "I'm aware that it is quite shallow of me to worry about his ex while he is still unconscious. Nonetheless, it bothers me more now that I've just heard how Aren couldn't cope with her leaving him. What if someone brought her here on purpose? What if it was someone who knew how much she meant to Aren and wanted to mess him up?""Don't you think that you are a little bit paranoid, Cora?" Chris mocked. "Aren seemed to be happy with you. I doubt that he would take a trip down memory lane and reminisce about some chick that double-crossed him."I frowned and clenched my fist. "He already did! He had nightmares the night after someone sent him pictures of her, walking around the streets o
I studied the list of names that Neil had sent me while I was on the way to Lan Diamond Tower. I turned on my laptop and used a few tricks to get myself leverage, but I wasn't too certain of what I was doing. Those people whom I was about to face spent most of their lives, working in their positions, and certainly knew a lot more than I did about running a company. It was easy for them to prove that I was incompetent because of my absolute lack of experience, but what if I shifted their focus from the amount of experience to real sales records and achievements? What if they turned out to be reasonable people who valued and appreciated hard work? I truly hoped they were, but at the same time, I needed to be prepared for the worst. For now, I was wearing my armor; the one I packed from the penthouse just in case I'd need it—my black Dolce suit with a pencil skirt and Manolo Blahnik heels. I ran through the entrance hall straight to Aren's private elevator and a minute later, I was darti
I dodged the bullet, but this battle exhausted me beyond my limits. The only good thing about that meeting with the board of executives was that my hangover had been chased away by the rush of adrenalin. Nonetheless, I was aware that I could pull off this kind of stunt once. I was stalling for time, and it was the only thing I could do. I had given Aren an additional two weeks to wake up and come back to me, but I knew that those who had just walked out of Aren's office would use those two weeks to sharpen their teeth and claws. I didn't know what they would plan next, but I needed to step up my game as well. It was time to get to know the company so that I would be better prepared for another blow to come. I asked Neil to bring me reports on every single ongoing project and the most and least successful ones in the company's history. I had assumed that there would be a lot of documents to read, but once Neil and a few other coworkers started bringing the boxes into Aren's office, they
Once I saw the footage Chris had talked about, I realized that his description had been an understatement; that the Asian woman wasn't pretty—she was beautiful. She was slender and rather petite, with gorgeous shoulder-long black hair, black almond-shaped eyes, and full lips. On the two-second recording, she looked frightened and worried with her watery eyes displaying nothing but sorrow and longing. I had never seen Lanfen, but looking at that woman's face, I was certain that I was looking at the one who had once broken Aren's heart. Of course, I needed something that would confirm her identity, but for now, I had to put it on my very long to-do list…We needed to move Aren back to his private clinic, putting him in the most secure wing. We had to do it not only for his safety but to minimize the potential casualties. The worst part of that night's attack was not knowing who was behind these brutal killings or what their purpose was. Was it someone who tried to verify Aren's conditio
I took out the rest of the pictures from the envelope; they made me feel even worse. I had never met Aren, who was in those pictures. He seemed happy. He was smiling and laughing and was definitely in love with the woman standing next to him. I couldn't help but wonder if I would ever see him smile like that at me. I wondered if the moment Lanfen had left Aren had broken something within him irreversibly. Was the way he looked at me all the affection he could ever give me? If he met Lanfen now, would he look at her the same way he did then? I knew that my thoughts were pitiful and selfish, but I was unable to think of anything else. I was afraid and uncertain of what was going to come. Throughout those final days, my only anchor had been the hope that Aren would awaken soon and offer me his support. I couldn't lose this belief, but that whole situation with Lanfen kept messing me up. I called Chris while I was on my way to Aren's private clinic, and I confirmed that the woman from th
"Do you think this earpiece fell out of Lanfen's ear because she needed to leave Aren's room in a hurry?" I asked, a nervous smile crossing my lips. Jack nodded. "That's the most probable explanation. The earpiece falls on Aren's sheets; maybe it tangled in his pajamas, and we transferred him to the clinic while he carried the device on him." Suddenly, chills ran down my spine. "Does it have any other functions? Can it track Aren's location? Or maybe it can record a sound?" I inquired frantically. Jack grabbed my shoulders and locked his eyes on me. "Cora, relax. I will bring it to our specialists if you want me to, but I am ninety-nine percent sure that it was only made to transfer sound. It cannot track anyone's location. It is not a bug either." I tried to breathe deeply to calm down, but the sole fact that she left something in Aren's room made me paranoically anxious. "I think Lanfen wanted me to know that she was the one who was inside Aren's room," I said nervously. "I am q