The next Monday Eleana got ready early to go to the office because she had to review some designs and sketches done by her artists. As she was walking through the hallway, the receptionist Bela greeted her with enthusiasm. "Good morning, Mam. Have a good day!" Her sweet voice reached Eleana's ears making her smile "Good morning, Bela. You too have a good day!" She greeted her back before making her way inside the private elevator. Pushing the 35th-floor button, she waited for her destination to arrive. She went directly to her manager's room after arriving on the floor. "Good morning, Mr Rivera. Please tell the head designer to get ready with the sketches and sample dresses. I will be there in five." Eleana informed him from the door, making him nod. "Good morning, mam. They are already waiting for you in the design room." He informed her politely. "Perfect, then let's go there first." She commanded with a smile. Mr Rivera hurriedly grabbed the files and followed Eleana to the
"You can't be serious, uncle! This is not possible!" Eleana uttered in horror. She was shocked to hear Philip's words. "I'm sorry darling, but it's true. After I handed over the company to Ayden, he became the sole owner of the company and this gave him the power to control both Campbell corporation and C & D Corporation. It was your idea to merge the two companies. Ayden the CEO of Campbell Corp. holds 65% of the shares, which makes him your boss." Philip explained sympathetically when Eleana proposed to separate the two companies. Eleana looked at Ayden with a glare who just smiled at her devilishly."He can't be my boss." She exclaimed in horror. How did this turn out like this? She was sure that bastard was behind all this."Too bad, Princess. I'm already your boss and I have arranged everything for you." Ayden replied with a smirk making Eleana's blood boil."I will leave you kids to sort this out. Excuse this old man." Philip said before excusing himself from the two."But unc
After that incident in Ayden's cabin, Eleana made sure to avoid any unnecessary contact with Ayden as much as possible. But it wasn't easy when she was forced to work as his assistant. She had to come and finish every work he ordered her to do. Swallowing her anger and pride, Eleana did everything he had asked her to. But fortunately, Ayden didn't get much time to bother her because of their new project. Eleana was also busy with her new collection launch meanwhile Ayden was also busy with his new real estate project which cut his time shorter. Eleana was working in her cabin when the intercom of the Cabin rang, making her annoyed. Eleana sighed angrily before getting up, unwilling to go to Ayden's Cabin. Without knocking on the door she entered the cabin. Ayden, who was looking through some files, looked up at her. He stared at her irritated face for a while before looking back at his files. Eleana frowned at his action but didn't say anything for a while. Instead, she kept patting
"Lucien!" Eleana called out in surprise, making the person look at her with a mysterious smile. He got up from his seat with a smile before making his way towards her. The man was around six feet two inches tall with a well-built physique which was hidden under his black business suit. He had a fair complexion, a pair of beautiful blue eyes and a head full of dirty blonde hair. He was a typical handsome French guy next door. Eleana couldn't believe her eyes as she didn't expect to meet him so soon here in Vancouver. "Hello, Ma Belle! Surprised to see me?" He greeted her and then asked in his usual flirtatious voice making Eleana chuckle. "Of course, I am very surprised. You didn't tell me you were coming here." She said the first part in a happy tone but her last sentence was accusing. Eleana opened her arms and took a step forward to hug Lucien. Lucien chuckled warmly before wrapping his arms around her. He kissed her cheeks and she did the same before they broke their hug. "I mis
Eleana was giving some of her workers instructions regarding designs when the door of the room burst open revealing a handsome Lucien who smiled seeing Eleana. Eleana too smiled back at him before excusing herself from the worker she was talking to. "Hello, Ma Belle." He again greeted her with the nickname making Eleana smile at him widely."Hello to you too. What are you doing here?" She asked while picking up her phone from the table near her. She checked her phone only to find three new texts from Ayden which she chose to ignore for a while."My meeting with Mr Campbell and the board members just ended a while ago so I came looking for you. I expected to be there but you didn't come." He explained in a soft gentle voice as they started to walk through the corridor. "I was supposed to be there but an emergency came here. I already had a meeting with the board members before and talked to you too already so I left everything on Ayden knowing he will manage everything fine without m
"Everything. You. Do. Is. My. Business." He stressed every word in a loud and serious voice, making her shiver. His face held an expression which proved he meant every word he said just now. Eleana kept staring at his deep hypnotic grey eyes which bore holes into hers. The way he was looking into her eyes while holding her close to him made her experience some familiar sensations which she didn't experience for a long time. Eleana found herself getting weak at that moment, unable to say anything back to him. She hated her at that moment for becoming so weak just by some mare words and some mare touch from him. "Let me go." She said but her voice came out lower than expected, making it almost sound like a whisper. Instead of loosening his grip on her, he made it tighter making it impossible for her to fight his clutch. "What if I don't?" His words came out challenging, making Eleana glare at him. "Aren't you afraid your fiance might catch you holding your ex?" Eleana taunted while
Only two days left for Eleana's exclusive collection launch. She was really busy with the preparation for the launch. She had been avoiding meeting Ayden too and because of the launch, he didn't bother her either and gave her the space to work and prepare herself. Taking it as an advantage, Eleana made full use of it and made sure to avoid every interaction with that hateful couple. After her ugly confrontation with Natasha, she didn't feel settled. Deep down she blamed herself and tried to validate Natasha's accusations. She felt deep down, she was still weak towards Ayden and that's the main reason she still couldn't take a firm stand in front of him and ended up getting manipulated by him each time. She felt her heart take another turn whenever he was around her and she couldn't function well. But she didn't have that control over her heart. She spent so much time and effort to get over the past and move on with her pride. But it only took one Ayden Campbell to crush everything. E
Finally, the Day Eleana was anticipating for more than a year came. The day her new exclusive Design ' l' espérance ' would finally be launched. The French word l' espérance means Hope/Promise. It was a wedding gown and jewellery collection release. Eleana had worked days and nights for that collection and finally, her hard work paid off. She had arranged a fashion show for her collection to be released. When it came to her work, Eleana had a different version of herself. From her childhood, Eleana was fascinated with fashion design. Kathleen Campbell played a big role in that. As Kathleen was a fashion designer, Eleana grew up watching her work under the same roof. Under her influence, she also got interested in that field and decided to pursue it as a career when she grew up. Because of her fascination, she chose to study fashion design and also business at the same time so she could inherit and manage the business her father left for her. She wanted to make her parents proud. He wo