As the sun rose on the next day, Shannon found herself filled with a mix of excitement and nervousness. As the current CEO of the Lincoln company, she had achieved great success with her new project, and now she was about to share it with the world through an interview with a popular broadcast station. The smell of coffee lingered in the air, and the sound of frantic voices echoed off the walls. Her heart was racing, and her stomach felt like it was full of butterflies. The host greeted her with a warm smile, and she took a deep breath to steady herself. She knew she was ready for this.Shannon sat at the table in the studio, trying to compose herself. The interviewer sat across from her, clipboard in hand. The lights were hot, and Shannon could feel a bead of sweat trickling down her back. She took a deep breath, trying to calm her nerves. "We'll be starting in three, two, one..." the producer's voice crackled in her earpiece. The red light on the camera flashed on, and the intervie

As Shannon danced, she felt a hand on her arm. She turned to see a strange man, his eyes fixed on her in a way that made her uncomfortable."What do you want?" she asked, her voice sharp.The man smiled a lecherous grin that made her skin crawl. "I just wanted to ask you to dance," he said, his voice oily and slimy."No," Shannon said, trying to pull away from him. But he held on to her arm, his grip like iron. One moment, he was trying to hold her waist to dance with her, the next, she felt him flying across the crowd as he landed with a loud sound on the floor. Everybody attention landed on the dude. As she turned to look at who had throwned the perverted guy, nevertheless, she caught sight of that same man that she had fallen in love with, that same man that made her came down to the bar. That same man that cause her pains, but yet still gave her joy. "Ryan?" she stuttered as her eyes was tipsy. She watched in her tipsy state as Ryan walked toward the man, then she sudde

Shannon sat at her desk, reading the text message that had just arrived on her phone. Her hands were trembling and she felt a knot in her stomach. The message read, "You have just three hours, choose between Ryan and your company!" She blinked her eyes rapidly as she read through for a second time.She knew who had sent the message. It had to be Diane. But why was Diane doing this to her? Shannon had never done anything to hurt her. She didn't understand. Ever since she had met her with Ryan, she knew she had other motives, but had kept her cool, if only Ryan had listened to her and rejected the proposal, now she was always threatening her, sending her different text messages, She was losing it and soon once she had all the evidence she needed, Diane would be prepared to see her in court.How could her fellow lady be this obsessed over a guy to the extent of sending her a threat message almost every day? Shannon felt her head spinning as she tried to make sense of it all. She had t

These few days had always been work-filled for Shannon, it was either she was staying late to cover up her work schedule or she was bothered thinking about Diane's threat. Diane has been a pain in the ass, and she was majorly Shannon's concern, the worst of all was the fact that she couldn't rely on Ryan and tell him about Diane. Shannon sighed as she read the contract terms over and over again, her head was banging heavily. Because she had been troubled almost all day, she couldn't concentrate fully on the contract. Running her hands through her hair, Shannon stood up as she picked up the hard copy of the contract, planning to head to her father's office. It was a relief her father was right at the office that day, she couldn't be less relieved because she had to give it to him right there rather than taking it to his house. Leaving her office, her destination to her father's own, Shannon beamed at the workers she met walking. When she got to her father's office, with her han

Shannon watched as Diane was being taken by the policemen, Ryan was standing by her as he held her, then she suddenly turned to high him. She loves him so much and she couldn't thank him enough for standing by her. "I'm very sorry for putting you through all the stress, I should have obeyed and rejected his offer immediately" Ryan spoke. "It's okay... I believe everything happens for a reason" Shannon replied him. Ryan had known from day one that Diane was up to something, he had suspected right from the first day she had her hand across his shoulder immediately she sighed Shannon, he knew she must have a motive. So, he had Roy conduct a search on her where he discovered that she didn't just lie about not possessing a job, but had been secretly colliding with the Lincoln. "So, what would you be doing by tomorrow?" Ryan asked as he held her hands as they both walked down to his car. "What do you think?" he caught the sadness in her eyes, but she laughed it off. He knew