POV: Laura“W… W… What are you talking about, young lady, are you trying to insult us or what?” someone asked angrily, obviously trying to look tough and unaffected by my accusations. I can see right through him, and I’m so ready to put him in his place.“Really, Kirkman, do you really want me to show everyone in this room what you were doing in your office between the hours of 10:30 am and 12:00pm on Wednesday night?Should I replay a video I got from your office on how you had a deal with some bitch and you promised to give her my fucking contract?Do you want me to show you what I’m capable of?” I asked him, earning a deep scowl as he glared at me with venom in his eyes, sweating profusely as he was just discovering that I had more evidence than he imagined.“You have nothing!There is no way you could get your hands on videos from my office. I have tough security personnel on every corner in that building and I pay them to keep my secret affair secret. There is no way in hell that

POV: Laura“You have no idea who you are messing with. Keep taunting me, and I’ll be forced to retaliate and hit you where it really hurts. You don’t know what I’m capable of, and trust me, you don’t want to find out.” The text read. I was on my way to a meeting with some new clients. Nathan refused to let me have the list of all the clients that Hayley was trying to steal. It’s been three fucking weeks since he caught me bullying those guys, but he hasn’t forgotten about it, and he simply won’t forgive me for undermining his authority before my staff. He has not been speaking freely to me since that day, and he has refused to share the room with me too.But I got the list anyway, and so far, I’ve gotten all the contracts that Hayley tried to steal from my company. Yeah, I can call it my company now because I have passed the review of the board of directors and I finally got their approval, including my dad's. As a matter of fact, a date has been fixed for my official takeover of the

POV: Nathan“Hey, man, how’s it going?We were hoping to get a feedback from you concerning our bet, are you ready to accept defeat, do you now believe that you have lost her for good?” the guys asked me, making fun of my situation when they found out that we were having an issue again. I’m not in the mood to talk about this bet, as a matter of fact, I’ve even forgotten about this damn bet. For fucks sake, how do I think about this stupid bet when Heather is driving me insane with anger. She is just so stubborn, like, who uses threats and bullying to win contracts on business?How can you call drug lords and cartel leaders into your boardroom and try to bully them, what the hell was she thinking?She not only disobeyed my orders, but she put herself and our entire family in danger by threatening these guys. I guess she still doesn’t understand that these guys may be legit businessmen, but they all have a secret life that they don’t want anyone to know about. They will never let this

POV: LauraThe night was cold and quiet. Everyone was getting ready for the party in honor of the new CEO, which is me by the way. The only difference is that, while everyone is getting ready to support me as I wear my father’s forbidden crown, I am still having serious doubts about this whole shit. Something just doesn’t seem right today, I just don’t know what it is. Yeah, I called it a forbidden crown because he never wanted me to take his place, he never wanted me to be in this damn position. He only agreed to this because I’ve proven myself to the board of directors over and over again. So I guess you could say that he is doing this simply because he has no fucking choice. Maybe that is why I don’t feel too good, or maybe it has something to do with that bitch that has been threatening me all week because I made Nathan kill one of her biggest clients.I keep seeing her in my head, sometimes. She was too scared to make any move initially. She is scared of Nate because she knows th

POV: Hayley“Fools!”That’s what they both are, stupid fools I tell you. They must think that I’m such a fool, they want me to help them achieve their goals while I face the consequences alone. They are both hiding under the guise of friendship with Laura, pretending to be nice while I take on the bad guys alone, ruining my reputation and my chances of having Nathan all to myself. I can see the mocking smile on Vinnie's face whenever we are talking about Laura and how we are going to take her out, I can also see Kendrick’s excitement when we are talking about Laura.At the end of this dangerous game we are playing, I’ll be the sole loser because Nathan would never want to be with me again. He knows all about my secret battle with his wife and now he hates my guts because he thinks I’m a white and a bully. If I follow through with Kendrick's plan, then he gets to have Laura and I end up with Nothing. At the same time, if I go with Vinnie's plans, she still stands a chance to have Natha