The award ceremony took place at a grand hotel with tens of reporters hanging around, taking pictures.Every business person in the Country who was qualified to attend the show, were already there, either mingling with business moguls or sitting in their seats. In no time, Caspian entered with Alex walking beside him. Unlike others who exchanged a few words with other businessmen, Caspian went straight for his seat. Alex sat beside him. Even though he wasn’t there out of his free will, he knew better not to embarrass Caspian in public, so he stayed calm and focused his attention on his phone. Over the years, he had cultivated the habit of staring at Saffron’s pictures whenever he was sad, so at the moment, his eyes were focused on his phone screen. Caspian noticed but didn’t talk him away from it. Rather, his fist clenched and so did his jaw. A while later, Talia, Celina, and Sebastian entered the hall, exchanged greetings with some people and went for their seats. Every seat had
Celina entered the internet and to her utmost shock, what the netizens were saying about her relationship with Caspian was alarming and infuriating. ‘Celina can't even secure a seat beside CEO Caspian. His ex-wife's brother did.’ ‘Oh, I can't believe how insignificant Celina is to CEO Caspian.’‘I can't imagine battling a position with a dead person. God! I don't know how I'd feel.’‘Remember that Caspian said that his wife was killed? Do we need to be told that Celina had a hand in it? Otherwise, why would he treat her this way?’‘Right? Celina used to be his fiance until the news of her death was announced. Caspian then got married to his wife but hid it from the public, but all of a sudden, the dead resurrected. It might be that she was angry that Caspian no longer loved her, so she killed his wife.’‘But why would Caspian hide his wife? It appears to me like he's a manipulator. Nobody knew he was married.’‘Actually, you up there, Caspian never said he wasn't married. It was us
“Don’t you talk to my sis… friend like that! She’s not like you and your cohort!” Alex was quick to fire back. “Shut up, you little viper!” Celina had completely lost her mind and couldn’t care less about what the repercussion would be. “Miss Celina, on behalf of Miss Rothschild, we shall sue you for defamation of character.” Lily’s PA threatened. “Your threats cannot do me shit. Let her prove that she didn’t sleep her way through!” “Call your girlfriend to order. She’s overstepping.” Alex frowned while telling Caspian. “We broke up five years ago… she’s nothing to me.” Caspian replied casually while his gaze was fixed on Lily who was still standing there and looking at Celina. “Caspian...” Celina froze when she heard his casual statement. Everyone in the hall shifted their gazes between the two. Murmurs and whispers broke out among the guests and even the Netizens were amazed and couldn’t stop fighting over their keyboards. Lily ignored the commotion and resumed her walk to t
At the Rothschild’s mansion. Lily got home and went straight to her room. Her grandfather was sitting in the sitting room but she didn't even notice. The old man watched her climb the twirling stairs until she disappeared before he returned his gaze back to the event on the TV. He saw everything that happened at the event. Didn't she say that her heart was dead? Just today and she couldn't even hide it from that child. The old man smiled and shook his head. “How far can you go, child?” He heard how deep their connection was. They were like mother and child. He suddenly sighed as his gaze down casted. It was his fault. If he had taken that boy five years ago, his granddaughter wouldn't be sad right now. On second thought, if he had taken the child, Caspian who had been turning the country upside down in search of Saffron would have caught on. “Margaret!” the old man called. “Yes, Master,” an old woman hurried over from the kitchen and bowed slightly to the old man. “Lily just a
“Do you remember what your father told you and your brothers on the day Saffron died?... He told you that Old Man Anderson wanted the Clinton family to use their resources to look for his granddaughter.“However, the next day, he rejected a meeting with the Clintons and ever since then, he had been suppressing the Clintons and putting pressure on the business… I want to boldly assume that Saffron and Lily have a connection, otherwise, Alex wouldn’t go up to her, nor would a heartless businesswoman like Lily care about Alex to the extent of giving him her Trophy.”As though a light bulb went off in his mind, he snapped, “Where is the invitation card to the Rothschild evening party?”“I left it in the car when you asked me to throw it away.” Before now, Caspian had only heard of Lily but never saw her as she also don’t show herself on TV. When he suddenly received an invitation from old man Anderson to attend the party, he thought the man was up to no good. How could someone who neve
Time was slowly ticking away and soon enough, some free spirits were already on the dance floor. Lily finally put on her beautiful mask, thinking to find herself a serene place to sit, away from the rowdy crowd. All of a sudden, someone crept up on her and his calm voice made her freeze.“Ms. Rothschild, can I have this dance?” Caspian…What the hell is he doing here? She didn’t invite him... Unless... Her mind snapped. It was her grandfather. So this was what he was talking about? She looked around the place for her grandfather and saw him drinking an laughing with his friends. Maybe he felt her gaze on him, he looked her way and beamed at her with his wine glass raised. “Cunning old man,” she mumbled under her breath. Caspian was already here. It would be unwise to ignore him. She slowly focused her mind. His hand was outstretched. She trailed her gaze up to his black mask and back to his hand. She knew that a day where she would have to speak to this man would come. She had p
At the parking lot... Lily strode to her black car. Before entering, she turned to the guards following her and ordered, “I want to be left alone. Watch over my grandfather. Tell him I won’t come home tonight.” The guards didn’t want to obey but after thinking it through, they nodded and stepped aside. Lily got into the car and fastened her seat belt. Just as she was about to start the car, she saw Caspian standing in front of her car. She looked through the window, Caspian’s guards and hers were in a standoff. At this point, she knew he won’t let her drive off if he didn’t get the audience he wanted, so she unlocked the door. When he entered the front passenger seat, Lily queried, “What are you doing?” Clearly she was displeased. “We need to talk.”“Schedule a meeting with the company. I don’t entertain– ““No, Saffron, this is not about business. Five years ago– ““It seem you won’t give up harassing me. Get down from my car, otherwise I’ll press charges for harassment.”“I’ve
Meanwhile, almost an hour later, at the bank of the river, far from where the accident happened, Caspian was performing resuscitation on Lily who didn’t look like she’d be waking up any time soon. “Saffron!” he yelled in panic and went back to applying pressure on her chest. “Please, don’t leave me again, I beg you. Wake up! I can’t continue living without you!” He pressed and pressed, still nothing but he didn’t give up. His eyes had turned red from crying. Caspian was almost going crazy as he pleaded with her to wake up. After countless struggles, she suddenly coughed out water.“Saffron?” He watched her slowly open her eyes before he hugged her with so much force that he almost squashed her. Not until she powerlessly patted his back did he let go. He wiped his tears, “Thank you for coming back to me. I’m glad you didn’t leave me again.” Without warning, he sealed her lips and kissed her desperately for a long time before he pulled away. Lily was conflicted. Did he truly love h