Chapter Sixteen

That and the fact that he was alone now. Eleanor or no one could replace Tistan, but earlier at least there had been Eleanor. This was the first time in his life that he was utterly alone, and he did not like that idea.

But he disapproved of the idea of being with someone more, so he would have to pick off the lesser evils.

The desktop beeped again, and this time when Roth glanced at it, he didn’t have to be disappointed. A satisfied smile spread on his face and he pushed the intercom button to order his manager to get his car ready as well as the chauffeur.

That notification was the single ray of hope in Roth Dimitri’s life at that point.

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Oliver was five months into his new project. The workers had started working on the actual building after establishing the basic framework. Oliver now had to go only twice a week to check on the progress, and he was satisfied with his routine.

Tristan, on the other hand, was far from satisfied with Oliver’s routine. Oliver being at ho