After giving the news Ana got ready for work. She had to make a schedule for herself to manage between her internship and company. She didn't plan on jumping in two boats at once, but Lucian left her with no choice. She must get involved in order to stop him from causing any further damage. As soon as she entered the Moretti building, everyone started staring at her weirdly, but she failed to pay heed to any of it. "Good Morning Anastasia! Arthur was looking for you, he's waiting for you in his office" one of her colleagues informed her. "Thankyou!" She said and made her way towards his office. She knocked and heard a response immediately "Come In".
"Good Morning Arthur! I heard you were looking for me." She stated and took a seat in front of him. He looked at her with a perplexed expression as if trying to gauge her reaction about something. "Are you feeling alright?" Arthur asked her suddenly. Ana was confused and asked him "Uhh… Yeah! Why wouldn't I be?"
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Anastasia, after leaving Arthur's office, went back to her workspace and got fixated on her work. She didn't realize that people around her were staring and murmuring. Nina heard the gossip going around the office and decided to warn Ana about the same, but she was too late. Jennifer had already approached Ana "Look at the woman who fell from grace. Did little Ana get abandoned by Hades? Well, I already knew from the start that you were another fling to him." She said smugly. "For the love of God! Can't I just work in peace?" Ana murmured to herself but Jennifer heard it anyway. "What? Can't be all high and Mighty without Hades?" Ana could finally hear everyone murmuring. She sighed, "I really want to know Jennifer… what do you work here as, because all I've seen you do is going around and being all bitchy about everything. As for Hades and I, We were never together in the first place, so why would I get abandoned by him? Get all your facts clear before accusing someone of al
After her work, Ana went to Lucian's office who was patiently waiting for her to come "Finally! What took you so long? Come on, Let's go. I've already made a reservation in an Italian restaurant, I hope you don't mind?" He asked."Since when did my opinion matter to you? Just blackmail me again like always" she said rolling her eyes and he chuckled. "Oh it does matter Babygirl! Just not when it comes to our marriage" he said while both of them walked out of his office. She rolled her eyes again but decided against saying anything more to him. 'What's up with me attracting such overbearing men' she thought to herself. Everyone again stared at them, Ana was uncomfortable as usual whereas Lucian was walking pridefully. He didn't mind showing off Ana to everyone. Lucian was a perfect gentleman when it came to women and Ana was surprised how well mannered he was. She sighed 'if only he wasn't so hell bent on his revenge, he would have achieved quite a lot, along with his mannerism
The atmosphere during dinner was awkward and silent. Anastasia was lost in thoughts and felt hurt. She wanted to leave and go home, but she knew she couldn't. Lucian was furious at Hades and Mia. He wanted to punch Hades as soon as he started degrading Anastasia, but she pulled him out of there and walked away without a word and now they were sitting there in silence. He could see that she was upset but still sat there with extreme poise and finesse. "Babygirl you shouldn't bother about whatever they said. You know none of it is true right?" Lucian tried comforting her. Ana chuckled at his words "Don't worry Mr. Moretti, I've never been someone who's needed other people's validation about myself. If they think about me in a certain way it's their problem, I'm not here to impress anyone or be in anyone's good books" she said curtly and continued eating. Lucian sighed, "You know Ana, I genuinely respect you a lot and that's the reason why I'm willing to marry you. My original revenge
The next day Hades met Jonathan in his office "Good Morning Mr. Kimberly! It's a pleasure to meet you again" he said and shook his hand. "Oh let go of the formalities Hades, I've already asked you to call me Jonathan the last time we met. Have a seat" They both sat down after their greetings "So what brings you here?" Jonathan asked. He was indeed curious about his visit. It was understandable that he wanted to talk about the project, but this was Hades we were talking about. Everyone in the industry knew that he has a team to deal with all the minor discussions and he only joined the meetings after everything was finalized. So his visit took Jonathan by surprise. "Well I am interested in the project you are working on with the Moretti's. I've gone through the details and I'd like to invest in it too." He said not wasting anymore time with unnecessary talks. "That's a surprise but I'm glad that you are interested. We'll have to set a meeting with Lucian too to discuss further on thi
Anastasia's POV-The drive to Kimberly Enterprises with Lucian was filled with silence. I still hate the idea of getting married to him. Even though I promised myself to not fall in love, this was definitely not my idea of having a family. Hades was my exception, but I guess I'm the least favorite of the God of love. I hope Kelly, my hacker friend, manages to get enough information that could be used against Lucian, if not then I really don't know how I'm going to get out of this mess."Why did father call for a sudden meeting?" I asked Lucian. He shrugged "He said there's a new investor who's interested in the project and would like me to meet him" he said and I nodded.When father first spoke about this project, I was really intrigued. If not for Lucian's blackmailing, I would have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of it.If it works out, it will be revolutionary for the fashion industry. We are working on creating a virtual product experience, every time
Third person's POV-"There's nothing to talk Mr. Shaw!" Ana said curtly and started to walk towards the meeting room again. Just as she crossed Hades he grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the next room " Please just listen to me once...." He pleaded. He couldn't endure it anymore, her indifference, her cold gaze, and seeing her together with Lucian. He wanted everything to go back to when his only worry was to make her fall in love with him. But before anything could happen, the distance between them increased even more. Anastasia looked at him, on the outside she seemed calm and her expression said that nothing mattered to her, but on the inside she felt this storm that she couldn't control. Both of them were so lost in their own misery that they didn'trealizee they were standing close. For a third person who didn't know what was brewing in their minds would feel as if they were lost in each other's eyes and would end up kissing.Anastasia was the first to come ou
Dinner was yet to be served while Hades and Anastasia were subconsciously stealing glances here and there. Hades was getting restless and wanted an opportunity to speak with her. He looked at Jonathan for help and he nodded "Ana dear, why don't you show Hades around?" Jonathan said. Anastasia snapped her head towards him with wide eyes, but before she could refuse Cordelia interrupted her "Oh let me show him around Dad, he's already well acquainted with sister, I'd like to know him too" saying she stood up, and was immediately stopped by Jonathan "No dear, let Ana do it. I need to speak with you and your mother" he said and turned towards Ana " Go on now, come back before the dinner is served"Ana reluctantly got up and started walking without a word. Hades followed her and as soon as they reached a safe distance where no one could hear them he started speaking "Ana, love! Please, I beg you to hear me out". Hearing his strained voice she sighed and started walking towards the
Hades's POV -The only emotion I'm feeling since the past few days is anger. I didn't use the information against Lucian because I still had a soft spot for him, but who knew that he would get involved with the underworld. Most of his activities are illegal.All these years I assumed that he was giving me a tough competition because of his own abilities and even after all the hate, I was happy for him. But who would have thought that it was just shortcuts. However I don't care what happens to him anymore, Anastasia is my bottom line. I don't care if she doesn't accept me, but in this short time that I've known her, I'm sure marrying Lucian isn't what she wants and he is definitely blackmailing her with something. I can't let that happen to her because of me. I will have to take care of Mia too, since the only reason I had agreed in the first place was because I didn't want Lucian anywhere near Anastasia.As soon as I reached home, I saw Mia in the living