Novels by zeeycrystal

Julian was inside?How could she not have noticed?Julian stood before her with only a towel that wrapped around his waist. Adele’s eyes widened, her gaze tracing up from his defined waist to his well-defined chest and broad shoulders. His arms were toned, and his lean, muscular frame made it hard for her to look anywhere else.“Are you enjoying the view? If you want, I could show you more.” He smirked, making her face turn red.What a shameless man, she thought, turning away from him.“Please remove yourself from my sight.” She tried to make her words sound cold but only made Julian chuckle in amusement.“Aww. How heartbreaking. Just yesterday you referred to me as your dear husband, but now you are telling me to get out of your sight.”Adele turned to him sharply, a frown evident on her face. “Know your place, Julian Hayes. Just because I decided to play along with this little game of yours does not mean we’ve gotten any closer. Don’t you forget how much I despise you and wish to br

“Sir, we’ve found the man who has been leaking our company secrets,” one of the agents reported calmly.“Hmm.” The man hummed, taking the cigarette from his lips and calmly stubbing it out in the ashtray. His expression remained unreadable.Another man was dragged roughly to his presence by some of his men. He was an older man in his mid-forties who had worked with his family for five years now.“Mr Hayes, please forgive me,” he pleaded, almost at the brink of tears. “I have a wife and kids, please,” he continued.Julian only narrowed his gaze at him, looking down at the man who was on his knees begging. An agent brought a black brief case before him, opening it. Inside lay a gun.Julian took it out without a word. The moment the man saw it, his face went pale. He immediately bowed his head, begging for his life even more, discarding whatever little dignity he had left.“You say you have a wife and kids, right?” His words were controlled.“Yes. Yes.” The man immediately answered, rai

Julian was back home earlier than she expected.She had been hoping to use the time he was away to find something incriminating about him, but she always knew that Vincent had been keeping an eye on her since finding her in the library. She wondered if Julian was also behind that.“Why have you returned so early?” she snapped.Julian threw himself on the couch, spreading out his right arm along the backrest and crossing his right leg over the left. It was the first time she had noticed just how long his legs were. She stole a glance at his face before diverting her gaze to a table in a corner.“I just decided to come back early to see my wife. Is there any harm in that?” His voice was calm, deep, and almost annoyingly smooth. She found herself almost distracted by it. No, she told herself. This man in front of me is responsible for her brother’s death.“We are at home now. You don’t have to pretend that we’re happy.” She rolled her eyes.His piercing blue eyes scanned her from top to

The two parties involved will have to act intimate in the public eye?She stared at the words blankly.The thought of acting all lovey-dovey with Julian made her annoyed. She just breathed in, closed her eyes, let out a breath before opening them again to read on.Both parties have to attend important social or family events together.Both parties cannot separate at public events without a reasonable explanation.And lastly:No information regarding this agreement should be disclosed to anyone else other than the two parties, even if they were family.With me in mind? Tch, she thought. He had obviously drawn this up thinking only about himself and his public image. Adele took the pen from the woman and signed the contract. After all, this whole façade would end in six months’ time, then she’d strike. “Take this back to your master,” she said, handing the contract back to the woman.“Your wife is quite the insolent type,” the lady in the suit remarked.Her hair was packed neatly in a b

Adele sat on the bed, fingers curled tightly around the knife hidden under the pillow. She watched as her husband entered the room in his robe and night trousers, her gaze following him as he shrugged off his robe, dropped it in a corner and lay on the bed. He didn’t seem to give her much attention.He just covered himself with the duvet and turned off the night lamp. She slowly slipped the knife from beneath the pillow, immediately lunging at him. Unfortunately for her, he caught her wrist in time before the knife could reach his chest.“You shouldn’t be playing with sharp objects, Adele.” He was strangely calm about it. He sat up and took the knife away from her hand, dropping it in a corner.Adele angrily yanked her hand away from his grip. “Why won’t you just die?” Her eyes were filled with spite and her words carried venom, yet he still maintained a calm demeanor, meeting her gaze and not breaking eye contact.“I won’t just die because you want me to,” he calmly told her, which s