MasukBREE’S POVSimon was usually so easy.I mean he was prone to drink all the time since I had been here, a very nasty attitude by the way, but now it was a bit beneficial to me today… i did not even have to do anything and he damn near drank himself to stupor.I walked into Anika’s room and opened up her wardrobe and scoffed.All of this luxury, it could have been mine, but she just had to steal my mine, and every other thing that belonged to me.“You are lucky you already died Anika” I hissed under my breath.And suddenly having her pushed down was not enough for me.Well too bad for her, Simon was mine now… I was the one bearing his kids and I would soon be the one that owned his heart.Soon enough, Anika would be no more than a distant dream. He would be mine, heart body and soul.Tonight, it was just the first step to forever.I padded into the bedroom, the soles of my feet silent against the hardwood.I opted to wear Anika’s sheer black lingerie, not like it belonged to he
LIAM’S POV“You didn’t!”My heart warmed the second I saw the absolute surprise on her face.Such a nice feeling to know that my efforts did mean something.It had taken a lot out of me to pull this off, to keep this secret, more than I would ever admit out loud, but standing there in front of her, watching her reaction, I knew every bit of it had been worth it.She looked back at me, still trying to process everything in front of her.“What… how… why?” she asked, completely speechless, her voice barely holding together.I smiled at her, trying to keep myself steady even though my heart was beating like crazy in my chest. “Do you like it?” I asked softly.For a moment, I turned my gaze back to the building that stood tall before us, waiting to be officially opened. Her building.‘Akina’s Palace.’The name alone carried so much meaning, at least to me. This project had been sitting in my mind for longer than I cared to admit. Ever since that very first day I saw Anika hunched over her
ANIKA’S POVNow trust me I know that Liam wasn’t one to keep malicious secrets.He was not Simon.I mean the first indication was that Liam couldn’t even keep secrets from shit. I mean for about a week now, whenever I saw him, it was like h was about to explode and finally tell me what the secret was that he was hiding from me, but each time he caught himself just right before he slipped up and then he just turned and walked away muttering‘Not the right time’ over and over again like that would somehow keep him in check…. And to be fair, it was working.And while I found Liam’s little antics cute, I was nosy and the suspense was driving me crazy.It was taking me a lot of self-control to not go digging for the truth like the little rat that I tend to be simply because I knew that I had to respect Liam’s boundaries the same way that he respected me.But then again-Jesus!At this point I was really going to lose my mind eventually.“Angel?”I turned to the only person that always call
LIAM’S POVThe moment I opened my eyes, it was like my breath was taken away.There was no one on this earth, or above it, who had ever come close to being as gorgeous as Anika was. Even when she was doing something as simple and ordinary as sleeping, she still found a way to look perfect while doing it. It was almost unfair how effortlessly beautiful she was sometimes.My heart squeezed tightly, and that familiar flutter of butterflies filled my stomach.Anika Kingston was the only one who had ever made me feel this way.It had always been like this. She had my heart even when she did not want it, even when she barely noticed it was hers forever. And now she was here with me. Mine. Well, not completely, not officially, not in the way I wanted yet. But Simon had let her slip away.His loss became my greatest gain.And I was not about to waste it.I would give her the world if she let me. I would show her what it meant to be chosen every single day, what it felt like to wake up without
SIMON’S POVHow was it possible for each day to get worse as the hours dragged on?I used to think there was a limit to how bad things could get. I know better now. Seeing as every hour seemed determined to prove me wrong.Maybe this was my new normal.My grey life without Anika.Work had become unbearable. I could not concentrate, and my patience had worn so thin it barely existed. I had been snapping at everyone lately.It was annoying that it was not for no reason either.Anika had been the best secretary I had ever had. No, that was an understatement.She did so much of the work around here… literally holding this place together.I never realized just how much she did until she was gone.Now, everything was falling apart.I looked up from the mess on my desk and fixed my eyes on David.“How on earth do you manage to mix up a client contract with an internal report?” I asked, my voice low but cutting.He gulped, his hands trembling slightly. “I am sorry, sir. Anika usually handled
ANIKA’S POV“You really did your big one, huh?”I asked Liam the moment he came out from his room. He was wearing just a pair of grey sweatpants that hung dangerously low on his waist exposing his delicious looking V-line and that trail of hair that led down to his-God help meI had to force my eyes away from his body.He rubbed his neck with his face flushed “I just wanted you to talk to someone that you were familiar with you know?” he asked.“Felicia said you got her five star accommodation” I said.“A friend of you is a friend of mine too, nothing but the best”I moved to him before I could stop myself and wrapped my hands around him “thank you Liam” I said burying my face in his neck.He froze for a second, before his hands wrapped around me. When we finally parted, it was like our eyes connected and for a second it was like the world had come to a sand still.He was breath taking.“We really need to talk Anika” he said.I swallowed “I am sorry Liam, I should not have kissed yo







