Dalia's POVThe days went by pretty fast. One afternoon, I was in the hospital, and the next, we were on our way to the West mansion. Eros didn't have to send a message like he usually did."You didn't leave the baby in the house, did you?" I asked Eros who looked better than he did a month ago. He barked out a laugh. "What? I already tucked her in."I sighed in relief. It happened sometimes because we were too preoccupied with each other. If Emily learns of this, she will take the baby from us permanently. I smiled at the thought.We were still in the first paragraph of the chapter. It was beautiful, just like I had always wanted. One time, I heard the maids discussing Betty. What she did when I wasn't around was nasty.Why would she seduce Eros? It was there that I learned that Eros had slept with her one drunken night. My heart sank at the discovery, but it was a long time ago. A long time, yet Eros hasn't said anything about it. Hold on a minute. I don't go about telling him abou
Dalia’s POVThis wasn't my first time booking a flight. I had mixed up the dates of our departure with our proposed departure date and had to reschedule the flight multiple times. At the airport, I nearly crossed through the security check without dropping off my bags, Jeffrey shot me a stern quizzical look that read, stop playing around. It was all chaos from start to finish. I smiled to myself when I recalled I had almost forgotten my suitcase when Jeffrey called me, ‘I hope you went over your lines properly, you’ve been quite absent-minded these past week.’ He tapped agitatedly on his lap as I nodded in the affirmative. If I said a word, he would proceed to ask me to recite it before him and I wasn't in the mood for that. It was going to be a long flight. In all my years of working with him, a deal had never bothered him like this. I was also quite nervous, because of all I knew about West Inc. Emily and I loved their clothing line. We were so excited when I told her I was going t
Dalia’s POVI opened my eyes slightly, it was morning and the rays of light from the window were harsh enough to jolt me awake. I was about to shut my eyes once more when from the corner of my eyes, I saw a tall figure putting on a shirt. I let out a yelp and struggled to get out of bed. This wasn't my hotel room, and why was Eros West here? Then I realised I was naked. I dragged the sheets over my body and the events of last night came rushing back to me in fuzzy recollections. I had gone and drank more than I could handle again, and this time Emily wasn't here to stop me from making bad decisions. My head throbbed and the room spun around me. Eros kissed me, I raised my fingers to my lips and blushed. We had sex last night! He turned to face me and turned away, tightening his tie, his face was stoic and cold, and I almost detected a tinge of disgust. 'I-i…about last night—''That was last night and it has gone. The driver will be here to take you back to your hotel in 30 minutes.’
Eros’s POV.‘Sir, I brought your coffee.’ I snapped my hand up and nodded at my secretary. When she left, I turned my attention back to the papers before me— the partnership documents between my company and MELT’s. My team and I had been planning to approach them before they made the move, and the terms of the agreement were quite favourable. A memory of what happened that night popped up into my head and I grimaced. The lady from that night was undeniably attractive, and the short red gown she wore hugged her curves so well. It was so unlike me to lewd over a woman in that manner and a business partner. That was quite an unfortunate situation and would never repeat itself. I loosened my grip on the table and took a swig of my coffee. What if it got out to the public? I couldn’t have that. A knock came from the door, ‘May I come in, sir? It's a Mark.’‘Yes, come—’ my PA barely waited for me to complete my sentence when he barged into the room. He had with him his notepad and a bunc
Dalia’s POVI went over to Emily's place to get ready with her. Her stylist, makeup artist, the designers and camera team and the whole team was already there and I went by 9:00 am. Getting ready for these events always took a full day and Emily had to look her very best, she was also going in a West dress. They were also going to dress me too; I was going in a plain white satin gown with a cowl. Elephant and classy. Silver-studded heels, and a diamond choker.‘Hello honeyyy, wow you look amazing!’ Chris said, he ran over to me and kissed me on my cheek. ‘It’s great to see you Chris. And jenna…hi!’I waved excitedly at Jenna. She was my favourite hair stylist, she had a pin in between her lips and nodded at me. ‘Finally, the queen arrives,’ said Emily. She was still in her robe and her nails and feet were being filed and prepped for a manicure by the nail technician. I sat on the chair opposite her and helped myself to the glass of juice on the side table. It was a full house, her cor
DALIA'S POVThe huge double doors slammed shut behind me, as I stumbled into the empty hallway. Various emotions washed over me, my cheeks burning from embarrassment and my eyes glossy with tears. I let out a heavy sigh, and briefly leaned against the wall nearest to me as I pulled off my shoes and gathered the length of my dress. My moment of peace was short-lived, as I heard the doors open again, followed by brisk footsteps. I whipped my head back to see Jeffrey, rushing out the doors behind me.“Dalia!” His voice boomed throughout the hallway, and shook me to my spine. The scowl plastered on his face told me he was probably the only person more mortified by the situation than myself. Either edge of his lips were down-turned, and his brows furrowed at the center of his forehead, causing the stress lines he so desperately tried to hide to appear. As he approached me, I noticed the veins pulsing underneath his sweaty skin, it was almost as though they were trying to pop out of his tem
EROS’S POV.I stood motionless, shocked, and covered in a layer of vomit from the chest down. A hush fell on the room for a brief moment, before the silence was broken by several gasps, followed shortly by the sound of clicking cameras, and flashes. The situation had not yet fully registered in my brain, until I turned to meet Jeffrey's terrified eyes. He seemed frozen to one spot, with his mouth hanging open, as the very person responsible for the mess ran off of the stage, and out of the room."Damn, who's that?" A high pitched voice from the audience said. The voice was laced in malicious intent, whoever had spoken those words intended only to cause a stir. Aside that, it sounded pretty generic, like it could belong to just anyone. I rolled my eyes at the thought straightened my back and turned back to the crowd, and smiled in a way that felt vaguely out of character."That, is somebody who may have already had a bit too much to drink." I retorted, and chuckled lightly. The joke e
DALIA'S POVJeffrey had sent a waitress to make sure I got home safe. She arrived with some aspirin, a big bottle of water, a change of brand new clothes, and a bag to carry my soiled dress in."You're a life saver." I whispered, before popping two pills in my mouth. I threw my head back, and chugged down more than half of the bottle of water in a single go, leaving just a little in case I got thirsty on the ride home.I peeled my dress off, took off the tags, and slipped on the pair of grey, baggy sweatpants and black T-shirt she had brought for me. Once I was fully dressed, I turned to pick up my shoes. I couldn't possibly wear six inch stilettos with the clothes I had on right now, even if it was just to the front door. I considered going caveman style, and walking barefoot, but something told me Jeffrey would not like that very much."You wouldn't happen to have a pair of size seven sneakers here, would you?" I asked, my voice drenched in sarcasm."Uhm, no." The waitress chuckled