LOGINLiora sat at the head of the table, her expression composed as the departmental managers spoke one after another. The meeting room was filled to the brim with staff and managers. She watched carefully as charts were projected onto the screen, they recorded and corrected numbers. New strategies were proposed, dissected, adjusted.She listened and gave her inputs as required but her mind was half there. The other half was stuck processing and dissecting the dinner she had with her mom and Seraphina two days before. She had always knew that Leonard and Seraphina had gotten together at some point but she hadn’t known when, she had thought it was much later and now she was realizing that it might have happened long way before she had even thought. Liora didn’t know what to do with that information l. She was somewhat curious, when did it happen? How? Had Leonard fallen in love with Seraphina immediately? The thought made her laugh. Leonard was incapable of actually loving anyone. Just
The Morgans only dined at the finest and expensive restaurants in the city. Because of her mother’s persona, quiet, elegant and exclusive restaurants were the types she liked to visit. The kind of place where wealthy families came to pretend they loved each other.Liora stepped out of the elevator slowly, her heels clicking softly against the polished marble floor as a waitress led her toward the private rooms upstairs.“Right this way, Miss Morgan.”Liora nodded lightly walking behind her while her expression remained calm, composed and unreadable.The waitress stopped in front of private room, nodded and walked away. The door wasn’t fully shut so Liora could hear the conversation of the two people inside talking. She peered through the space and froze for a moment. Seraphina sat beside their mother, laughing brightly at something on her phone while Mrs Morgan adjusted a strand of her hair away from her face with easy affection.Their manner of communication was way too natural, e
For reasons Liora didn’t know; the airport was crowded.People moved in different doors walking in and walking out. The pulling of luggage and wheels were loud in the space with terminal announcements echoing overhead.Liora stood near the arrival gate, one hand tucked into the pocket of her coat while the other held her phone loosely.Her gaze stayed fixed ahead as she waited. It had been too long since she saw Beverley, she didn’t even have any idea what she might look like now. A soft vibration came from her phone and she turned to it. It was a call from Seraphina.Sis!! Are you free today? Mother said we should have dinner together.Liora stared at the message for exactly two seconds before locking her screen again. This time around, Seraphina had pulled out the Mom card. She couldn’t ignore her this time around. This dinner wasn’t going to be easy. She chuckled. Seraphina really couldn’t hold back after she had ignored her for so long.Of course.The petty and self absorbed he
Liora stared as the driver drove into the estate both speechless and shocked. She could barely believe her eyes. When Damien had told her that he had gotten a house for her, she hadn’t bothered asking where the house was but not in her wildest imagination did she think that Damien would get her a house at the Foen Estate. The Foen estate was one of the biggest estates in the state, only the cream of the cream stayed there. Her family despite their wealth and prestige didn’t have a house there and yet Damien had gotten her a house. The Foen Estate didn’t have houses, what they were supposed to be called are mansions. The car rolled to a stop in front of the house and Kilhon got down from the car, opening the back door in quick succession. “Is this Damien’s house? Was it vacant before now?” She found herself asking and Kilhon shook his head. “Not at all Miss Morgan. President’s Frost mansion is directly next to yours” he replied and Liora swallowed. The Frost corporation really ha
Liora woke slowly and looked around. She didn’t even know when she had fallen asleep. For a moment, she didn’t move and tried to open her eyes fully. The bed was softer than her bed and it made her want to coon. Damien’s suite was grander than she had expected, the ambience alone made her want to sleep again. Liora blinked as she tried to sit up. She pushed herself up slowly, her hand pressing lightly against the mattress as she sat.Her gaze drifted to the digital clock on the table and she froze. 8:52pm.Her lips parted slightly in both shock and surprise.“No way.” She mumbled. She had slept for more than six hours? Liora got off the bed, got off the bed and walked out of the room. She almost couldn’t believe it. She slept for six hours straight. She had slept without zero interruptions or sudden waking or woken up in cold sweats. She had somehow managed to sleep without several sharp, suffocating memories clawing their way into her mind.She had slept dreamless. It was a
It had been a week since she left but the city looked somewhat different as Liora pulled her box out of the airport. The car was already waiting by the time she got outside. The driver collected the box from her hand and she got into the car. She immediately grabbed her tablet and started scrolling through the news. She had intentionally chosen to go instead of one of her managers for that trip. That way she would be able to avoid many things and also observe things from afar. She had intentionally stayed away from news that had to do with the Morgan Group hoping that by the time she would finally face them, her efforts would have results. But she had been wrong. The news had nothing about the Morgan Corporation. Nothing at all. The Virelli Group deal was important. They were a large financial group that only had money, money, money and more money. Everyone wanted them, if it weren’t for their strong financial ability; the Morgans wouldn’t have fought tooth and nail for them a







