Shannon had just gotten to work that morning, she already had her day planned; she was going to postpone the Ongoing project. Immediately she got inside her office, and a few minutes later, Bryan walked inside. "Good morning boss!" Bryan greeted."Morning, arrange a meeting with the other staff in thirty minutes!" She informed him. Bryan took a bow, nodding his head, " What is the context of the meeting, if I may ask ma'am " "We are postponing the project for some week" Diverting her gaze from her Desktop, she replied to him. "About the project, we got an email asking for a collaboration with us" Shannon's interest was caught immediately, "Which company is that?" "Mark Walton industry" Bryan replied, which made Shannon gasped widely. She couldn't believe her ears, M.W. was among the top ten of the biggest industry in their town. "Are you for real?" She queried again, doubting that a company like that would want to collaborate with them. "Yes ma, I read the mail thi

After the meeting, Shannon knew that Ryan was going to hold her captive, she had that feeling deep down. And just as she had thought, it ended up happening that way. As she stood up to leave, then she heard him speak with that deep voice of his. "We have a business proposal to discuss!" he started. Shannon knew arguing with him wasn't going to yield results rather it would draw the attention of other board members to them. Her sister had left immediately after the meeting ended without even saying a word to her, Shannon waited until every board member left, Bryan and Ben was the only one left. Without being told, Ben signaled Bryan to exit the room, but she knew Bryan was fully concerned about her well-being and wouldn't want to leave her all alone with a dangerous CEO. Ben who didn't want to warn him enough, walk ahead of him as he exited the room quietly. Immediately Ryan lifted his face, and he shut Bryan an intimidating look, Shannon trusted Bryan; though he'd be scared of

Ryan was very furious when he heard from Ben about the ongoing feud. He was mad and upset, though he had known about this secret after Roy had made searches and told him that she was once a foster daughter to the Sawyer family. What he was so keen on discovering was unraveling all the mystery behind her. He wanted to discover how she rose from being a foster child to his secretary, then to a present heiress. He wanted to unravel all those mysteries himself, he swore to deal with whosoever messed with the press. He brought out his phone as he placed a call to Roy "Hunt down the blogger and get back to me within thirty minutes " he muttered into the phone as he hung up. ***Shannon was mad as she drove down to the Sawyers Corporation, it was up to three years, and her feet hadn't stepped into that company.As she walked inside, Some of her father's workers who could recognize her as the second daughter of the Sawer family let her in immediately. When s

It was evening when Shannon received a text from Ryan; reminding her of the date he had planned with her. Shannon texted back that she would get ready in five minutes, she arranged her bag and called Bryan, and then informed him that she was off. It didn't take Shannon thirty minutes before she arrived at the seven-star hotel Ryan had texted her. Just as she had expected, Ryan was waiting for her outside in his black Maserati car. Sighting the car wasn't a problem for her as she walked down to it. The seven-star hotel wasn't secluded, though it was classy; but it wasn't paparazzi free.Just as she stepped out, tons of cameras started flashing at her; and she wasn't used to the rowdy life. For a moment, she felt her heart ripping apart, her palm was sweaty enough to tell that she was very nervous. Even though she tried her best to keep a straight face and smile at the camera, her body was shivering badly as he lead her through the hungry paparazzi. Shannon sighed heavily when

"Good morning ma" Bryan's sultry voice greeted her as he walked inside her office. "What is it, Bryan?" Shannon knew his voice so well that she can tell when something is wrong. "The meeting with Mark Walton is today, Ma" he announced to her. Mark Walton was the CEO that had recently developed an interest in their project. Shannon was ready to risk it a second time after the unfortunate event with the first person. She could hardly believe that a company with a high reputation as Mark Walton would want to collaborate with them. "Thank you very much for the reminder, what's the time" She beamed, her brow raises upward. "By three pm, Belmont suite" Bryan replied her as he handed her a card, the card to the hotel room.Discussing business in a hotel room? Her thought reasoned for her, and she paused for a while reflecting on the idea. Recalling what happened on the last date she had with Matteo, and with how things ended, her instinct kicked negatively against the idea. But Shan