But regardless of it all, I asked the person to come in, "Good morning," I said watching the woman who wore a tailored suit and skirt and grimaced where she stood at the door. But Now you see it, don’t you? Now you see my displeasure at all the visits? "What is fine about the morning?" The woman
He looked at me with that scowl, before shaking his head, "about an hour ago." That was several hours after the meeting. "I know this is hard to believe. Me being a new employee and all. But if I can get evidence that this Employee's work is plagiarizing mine…" I said trailing off. His eyes were v
EMBER'S POV "You all did a good job with the plan. But I must say, I was most impressed by our newcomer," he said and smiled at me. Every eye turned to me as well, and I flushed, "thank you, sir," "You weren't just clever, but you were witty too. Well-done. And congratulations, as you've been sel
"Then why pretend? People invest in these things without exactly having a love for animals. But they don't go about pretending. But you, anything to look like the angel that we all know you aren't." "And you are? Are you a saint, ember?" "I never said I was. And I don't pretend to be one either. I
EMBER's POV "Kate?" I called out, then forgetting for a moment that she was the one who had pushed herself off, I raced down the steps to her. Paris was already by her side, cradling her bleeding head in his legs, calling for help, "Someone get me first aid!" he called out desperately and I watch
"Again," I said weakly, and finally turned away, walking to the bar to get myself another glass of wine. Because once again, he was choosing Kate and her lies over me. "sucks, doesn't it?" I looked up to find a man sitting across from me at my table, "What?" "it sucks, being lied about like tha
Ember's Pov I made my way to where the other Alphas registered their names, and had to endure their questioning gazes. It didn’t matter so much at first, but as I walked away, I heard the voices that might have made a weaker woman doubt. "what does she think she's doing?" I heard one say, "Appar
A piece of paper containing the rules of the game had been distributed to everyone and I was trying to read it when Kate popped up out of the blue. I swear the woman could drive the devil to insanity. "Paris, I've been looking for you," she said tugging at my sleeve, and I barely looked at her befo