"Who allows you to talk like this with my people, Mrs Salvatore?" Adrian gawked at her hazel orbs. Melanie looked at him, stunned. He walked towards them and further uttered "Is this the way you're going to deal with my people here?" Melanie scoffed a bit at his taunt "I haven't done anything wrong, Mr Salvatore,"she retorted back. "Really? Then do you consider your tone towards Miss Hayes respectful?" He spat, angrily. Melanie frowned. "I had respectfully told Miss Hayes to leave as you were the one who had ordered me not to let anyone disturb you, Mr Salvatore," she fired back, causing him to narrow his eyes at her. "But you didn't notify me that it's Miss Hayes, Mrs Salvatore," Melanie gritted her teeth and was about to reply back. "Now enough," he shut her up by raising his voice a bit. "Go and do your work," he snapped at her and then trailed his eyes at the other woman. "Come, Erica," Adrian politely told that woman and then sent a last glare at Melanie. He turned

Melanie's throbbing heart went completely serene when he pressed his lips against hers. The slow and gentle moments of his mouth devouring her, filled more tears in her eyes. She lifted her palms to push him away and she even tried but he tightened his hold around her waist and then amiably pushed his tongue inside her slightly parted lips. A shiver ran down her spine when his warm tongue got collided against hers. The hands which were pushing him away until now, slowly started gripping his coat. Everything turned numb for her except his warm tongue consuming her mouth's warmth. Her body completely stopped moving, causing him to gently pull her more close in his arms. Melanie didn't do anything or in precise, forgot to do anything until her breathing inflated. She pulled back her mouth away from his and tossed her head. She was panting heavily and could clearly feel him heaving against her ear. Their arms were still holding each until Melanie tried to get away from him but he didn'

The maids bowed at him but didn't create any sound, as they saw Melanie peacefully sleeping in his embrace. Adrian straight went to her room. He laid her down on her bed and then removed her shoes. After that, he tugged the duvet over her and delicately removed her hairs away from her face. Melanie shifted and opened her arms. He was aware of her habit of hugging something in her sleep, so he gave a pillow in her arms. He smiled when she snuggled her face into that soft pillow and hugged it tightly. After watching her sleeping for a while, he got up on his feet and saw Kade at the door, who had seen everything but he wasn't ashamed of it, not at all. He walked towards Kade. "Make sure to feed her something whenever she would wake up or else, place her food and some fruits here," Kade immediately nodded at his words and then he left from her room. Next morning, Adrian did his usual morning routine and came to the breakfast table. He settled on his chair and the maids immediatel

Adrian snuggled his face in the crook of her neck while hugging her. Melanie thought about pushing him away but restrained herself by feeling the way he was hugging her. That hug wasn't his want but was his need. She neither pushed him away nor hugged him back, until "I'm fed with all of this," he cooed against her skin. Melanie's brows furrowed in confusion. "Someone is stealing my company's confidential information and data and is selling it to my rivals," he revealed. She became stunned. Adrian pulled back and looked into her shocked eyes. "And this is the third time someone has leaked my relevant project plans to my rivals. I had so much hope with that project and I had planned it with so much effort and time but again someone ruined it and now one of my rival companies has already executed it and has started working on that project," Adrian sighed after completing his words. Melanie recovered from her shock. She looked clearly bothered by that thing. "You should have tried

"Terribly tired of this distance between us, which is killing me from the past 4 years," Her heart shivered. More tears filled in her eyes. Despite having no distance between their bodies, he pulled her closer. "Killing me from that second, you got apart from me," he whispered, while burying his face in her neck more. A tear slipped down from her eyes, hearing him. Her heart was hurting so bad that she wasn't even capable of forming words. His grip tightened around her. "I've turned lifeless, Melanie. Lifeless without you, my doll," More tears escaped from her eyes. Without being able to say anything, she tried to part his hands away from her abdomen but this time, he was in no mood to let her go. Adrian spun her around and pulled her on his chest. Her teary eyes met with his and her heart ached more badly by watching that painful misery in his gaze. Even his eyes were begging to her. Adrian wrapped his arms around her waist and took his face closer to her. "Give me my life