“Police had dismissed the interrogation and believed that it was an accident. Mr. Mason Gilbert is now in charge of finding new clients for the project and the reporters who were incriminating Ma’am have been caught.” Sara narrated the Mafia everything in one breath.Tearing his gaze away from the shivering girl, Dylan looked at his most trusted man.“Where are they now, Elijah?”“In the basement, Boss.” The cherry-haired male replied to him in a crisp tone.“Kill them.”Dylan spat and shifted his gaze back to Sara who paled in response. But ignoring her terrified state, he commanded his men to open fire on his hostages which meant killing the twenty people who were locked in his basement.Sara was busy processing what was happening around her when his men nodded and took their leave to accomplish their deadly mission, leaving her all alone in the room with a man armed with a loaded pistol.‘They’re going to die.’The thought itself turned her blood cold. A bead of sweat trickled down
“Argg!!” Groaning out loud, Evelyn grabbed her throbbing head while massaging her temples softly. Her face scrunched in pain as she felt her head would explode. Once her vision turned clear, she pushed away the covers and sat up on the bed. “Here” A palm came into her view holding a few white tablets. Evelyn was still in a daze so she simply lifted her head but the moment her eyes recognized the figure, she lost her cool. “For headache. Don’t you dare consider them drugs?” Brandon chuckled and perched on the mattress. His gaze fell over her frail figure made him frown in worry. Evelyn wasn’t in the mood to deal with him so she simply looked away and scooted to the other side of the bed. His smile dropped when she stood up and padded to the bathroom without saying a word to him. “I didn’t bring you home.” Brandon quickly spoke. Evelyn halted but didn’t turn around. He noticed how her shoulders got tensed. So, he kept the painkillers on the tray before standing up from the bed.
The sound of clicking keys and the constant ringing of telephones were the only sounds that could be heard in the closed room. Adjusting her glasses, Evelyn clicked on the new tab. A contended smile reached her lips as she finally got her hands on the file that she had been searching for days.Evelyn immediately clicked the download option to save it on her system and mailed it to her ID so that she could make many copies of it. The file was confidential and she had planned not to reveal it to her two fly-by-night assistants. They had given her enough reasons to doubt their fidelity.Suddenly her phone rang. She picked it up.“What?”“The clients have left for Maria Estates, Boss. They’ll be arriving in thirty minutes.” Joseph told her.“Great. Tell Sara to be in the meeting room and check if anything has been missed out. Krystal and Justin will be welcoming them.” She paused before speaking in a low voice, “What’s the update?”Joseph stiffened after hearing her grave tone, “Uhmm, I a
The tension in the room was so thick that it could be cut with a knife. The meeting proceeded smoothly but it wasn’t pleasing for her as she could feel heated glares on her body the whole time. And she knew very well to whom it belonged. But still, she carried on by underscoring the prominent features of the project. Xander had his staff accompany him, they were highly impressed by Evelyn’s business knacks and eloquence.“I know this hotel chain will bring troubles for the inhabitants that’s why I have decided to provide them the land of the exact square yards they had purchased without any cost or going under the legal formalities. The entire procedure will be taken care of by Maria Estates as I believe it is incumbent on us. We won’t be working like other businessmen who snatched people’s lands without providing them the compensation. Also, a massive number of trees will be cut down during the construction so we will be planting double the number of samplings in return. Maria Estate
An esoteric outline of a well-built figure ensconced in the swivel chair could be seen in the dark room. The only source of light illuminating the room was emanating through the white screen hung on the opposite wall.His upper body was draped in a black shirt, with three of his top buttons undone revealing his clean-toned chest. The shirt was folded to his elbows revealing his tattooed veiny hands. His ring-cladded fingers were coiled around the glass as he took casual sips of alcohol. Leaning his head on the headrest, he removed the glass from his lips only to snuff the cigar that he was holding in his right hand.The room reeked of alcohol and tobacco. His bloodshot eyes were fixed on the screen, a stoic expression on his face as he watched the naked woman enjoying herself in the shower, completely unaware of his sinful eyes capturing her every move.She was none other than Evelyn. His dark eyes roved over the sparkling rivulets cascading down her supple skin. Evelyn gathered her
“What are you doing here Mr. Knight?”Evelyn scowled at the man who was sprawled on her chair with his nose in the file. The moment she entered her cabin, she was stunned to find Xander there but what enraged her was that he was going through her stuff, something which she despises the most.Hearing her voice, Xander lifted his gaze and connected with the brown ones.“Doing a little research on my business partner? I should know how are you running this company?” He replied to her in a flat tone.Evelyn fumed, her hold around her purse tightened. She marched toward him and snatched the file from his hands, “Just because you’re the major shareholder of my company that doesn’t give you the right to judge me. My company is doing well and so are my employees. Barging in my cabin, breaching my privacy? Are you even a businessman ’cause you lack basic etiquette, Mr. Knight?”Xander leaned back on the chair and smirked, “The recent attacks say otherwise, Ms. Clarke. The company shares fell d
“Ahh, I am tired.”Evelyn exhaled a loud sigh before leaning on the chair. Throwing her head back, she closed her eyes for a while to take a breather.One week passed in a blur and her relationship with Xander was deteriorating with every passing day. Though he gave his consent to work on her dream project, his cooperation was zero. Xander always arrived late at the office and tried to skip the meetings. He used to pass taunts to whip up Evelyn but she avoided him a plague. She tried to stay professional as much as possible but he was hell-bent on making her blow her top.The day they had to go for site inspection, Evelyn stepped down her pride and personally messaged him the location and time. But Xander as expected didn’t show up. Evelyn nearly lost that day but she didn’t want to let all her hard work go down the drain so, she put all the blame on Jonathan as Xander was his choice. She finalized the site and her employees voted in her favor which compelled Jonathan to give a green
“The land is sturdy and the area is hedged with meadows. I think we should occupy that land also and build a small garden there. What say?”Xander spoke and looked at Evelyn for an answer who had her eyes glued on her tab.“Whatever you say,” she replied to him in a flat tone and continued scrolling through her tab.His jaw ticked; he knew she was purposely avoiding him. Well, she had every right to be upset at him but Xander was one stubborn dickhead.To grab her attention, he stood in front of her. Evelyn noticed that but didn’t grace him with any reaction.He sighed loudly, “Look I am sorry, all right? If that’s what you want to hear.”Xander spoke but quickly corrected himself to maintain his arrogant self.“I don’t need your sorry. Just finalize it so that I can work on the report and make several copies of it. Who knows you’ll destroy it again?” Evelyn muttered under her breath but Xander heard it.He huffed, done with her ignorance, and snatched the tablet from her hands. Evely