Alexander didn’t see Eva for the entire week after that passionate kiss he shared with her. He could feel that she was purposely avoiding him. Whenever he visited at odd hours, she would stay locked up in her room and it frustrated him beyond control. After tolerating Beatrix the whole day, he desperately needed to catch a glimpse of the one he loved, but the days just passed by, and his wish remained unfulfilled. It made him restless, angry, and disgusted with his life. Tolerating Beatrix wasn’t easy, and he was just fed up with her. His dad wanted to retire from work and hand over the business to Alyssa, but she was stubborn and refused them outright. They both were tired of convincing her to agree. Amidst everything, Sienna and his archenemy, Lucas Donnelly, decided to get married, inviting Alyssa and Eva too to their wedding. Their enmity dated back to their high school days when Lucas’s brother Nicholas harassed Alyssa on her first day at his school. There was a huge fight and A

The next day, Eva completely forgot about Alexander since there was chaos at the house all morning. Aunt Claudia’s housekeeper, Maria, brought a young girl, Cara, to help her. Eva didn’t get to interact much with the girl since she was shy and stayed in the kitchen, mostly. After breakfast, they put on the wedding fineries and have the last rehearsal, but strangely, Sienna’s expensive jewelry went missing. Aunt Claudia suspected Cara’s hand in it. There was utter chaos as Sienna fell sick because of the stress and aunt Claudia insulted Cara and had her bag searched. She left the house in tears while everyone was busy with Sienna. The doctor arrived. Lucas was upset and admitted to having stored the jewelry in his closet since Sienna had left it lying on the bed. The mystery was solved, but Marcus, Lucas’s brother, was upset that they unnecessarily insulted Cara. He stormed out of the house and went in search of her. Aunt Claudia felt guilty and upset, but slowly everything settled do

Alexander watched Eva leave, but the burning need throbbing in his veins for her could hardly be quenched so easily. He sighed, closing his eyes and reveling in the feel of her lips on his. Eva was right, in a way, and he knew he shouldn’t have kissed her. Being engaged to another, he had no business messing with her, but it felt so right. He knew he was betraying Beatrix, but he just didn’t care. He loved Eva and hardly could control himself when around her. It was an uncontrollable addiction that had no future. Why couldn’t he be engaged to Eva instead? His heart ached for Eva and he knew that his jealousy had annoyed her a lot this time. Triggered by his heightened sense of jealousy, he shouldn’t have said the bitter words to Eva. Now she wouldn’t even acknowledge his presence. What if Nicholas took advantage and tried to charm her? His blood boiled all the more, and he went down the stairs, only to find Nicholas coming up to his room. “Nicholas, we need to talk.” “F*ck off, Alex

After helping granny to her room, Eva went towards the banquet hall to help herself to the delicious hors d’oeuvres before Alexander arrived to disrupt her peace. However, before she even reached the living area, she froze seeing Alexander in the corridor, approaching her. “There you are! I’ve been looking for you and Lisa everywhere.” He stopped in front of her with an angry scowl on his face, his gaze briefly sweeping over her. “I was in granny’s room.” Eva looked up at him and, for a fleeting moment, she thought she saw his eyes glitter with lust for her. He soon shuttered his emotions, replacing them with his signature scowl. “We’re leaving in ten minutes. Collect your stuff and come down. Tell Lisa that I’m looking for her." “I’m not going with you,” she stated, not wanting to leave without attending her close friend’s reception. What would she do back at Alyssa’s apartment? Cook a simple one-pot dish for dinner and sleep? “I’m not giving you a choice, Eva. You're coming

"She moved out to a place of her own, forever. Happy? That’s what you always wanted, right?” Alyssa demanded angrily, while Alexander pursed his lips to stop the retort he was about to spew out. He couldn’t believe that Eva was really gone when she didn’t have any place of her own to stay, only a job she had just started. Being fresh out of college, her pay wasn’t much and a place of her own would leave nothing with her to run her daily needs. He hadn’t wanted this at all! He was just frustrated with his life! With the board meeting happening the next morning, he didn’t know how long he could continue to be the CEO of Rotterdams without marrying Beatrix. Recently, it had become impossible to stall the wedding with Beatrix after him to fix a date within the next three months. His dad reminded him all the time that his health was improving only because of him! Therefore, he was afraid to risk his dad’s health by taking a drastic decision. His life, therefore, was doomed! A verbal comb