ROLAND’S POVThe whole time, I had been playing puppet, moving in the direction that he pointed to.“I don’t know how this happened,” Amelia mumbled, her voice trembling as she stared at the phone screen.The news had spread, breaking the internet like it was the sighting of a dragon. Memes were flying around, making me look like a complete fool.“You are paid to make sure that this doesn’t happen, Amelia,” I hissed.“When your grandmother proposed that he give you a spot, I thought…”I shut her out. I had enough anger to go round. This wouldn’t have happened, the matriarch, she had been the one to insist on a role. The Donald scandal would have been forgotten over time and now, this act alone, it was bringing back tales I wished stayed in the past.My phone buzzed, it was obviously my mother, she had seen the news, and I am certain that she is calling to find out what the next course of action would be.“Tell her that I am unavailable right now,” I hissed, storming into the house.Go
SASHA’S POVThe minute the door closed, Noah grabbed me, pulling me into a deep hug like he needed that moment to feel grounded.“Long day?” I mumbled, patting his back.“The most draining, watching it all play out,” he said.“You did so great, I haven’t screamed this loud since the last opera movie that I watched,” I teased.Noah pulled away, his eyes gleaming with excitement as he kissed my forehead, “I am happy that I made it exciting for you,”Anything that he would do would be exciting to me. I just didn’t have the courage to say it.His eyes wandered to the table, “Clowns?”See? This man has an eagle’s eyesight. Catching things from a mile away.“You really are doing this?”He had been listening to the night I was hit with the idea. He had supported, listened to the planning like it were his board meeting.“Just two nights now and the grand reveal will happen soon,” I said.I was beaming in excitement, any more shuffle and I would break out of my seams.“What can I do?” he asked
SASHA’S POVDamn!I couldn’t close my mouth as I stared at the screen. Noah Beck, the mastermind that you are. I was brimming with excitement.No one had suspected that this would happen. Roland; he had assumed he had won, eyes fixed on a fake prize. Noah had kept a bronze metal, dangling right in front of him, like it was some gold and when he thought the time was right.He made the reveal; Roland never had anything.“Can you believe this?” Nina asked, eyes wide as we stared at the screen, completely awed by the way Noah had carried the situation.“Did you know about this?”“Just when the world was about to crumble,”This made me realise that while the world assumed that they had him cornered, somehow, he always found a way to make them know that a king knows every move that will be made before it has been made.“God! I wish that I were in that room with them. I would love to laugh right in his face. Make a dance and show him just how much of a loser that he was,” she snickered.She
ROLAND’S POVToday looked like a great day, Noah had called for a meeting probably to address the board's choice in making me take over the project.This day I thought would never come, and now it is here. I could only imagine the look on his face when he realised that there was nothing he could do to change it.“Don’t you think that you should invite Petal?” Eleanor asked, staring at her son with a proud smile on her face. This was a welcome development, the matriarch would have no other choice but to let Roland get back in control of things.“As much as I would love that, we just have to keep things calm until everything is sorted out. Noah might just try to do something,” I said, he had been quiet for so long, but why was he suddenly asking for a meeting after all this time?Something felt off.“Let me know how it goes okay,” she said, walking out of the room.They would be the first to know, Noah is going to be crushed the minute I am done with him. And the little company that he
AUTHOR’S POVAnastasia knew one thing; she needed to be active and present in the office. If she needed to be a step ahead, she had to be around Maya to have every necessary information that she could get.Her face twitched in subtle anger the second she walked into her office and noticed Maya on her desk, eyes bright as she read through files.“I didn't know you would be coming in today?” Maya said, making no move to stand up from the chair. It had been her idea to have them take over the company, she deserves a seat at the high table, not some cubicle that they had for her, calling it an office.“Well, I am here now,” she replied, trying to keep her tone from sounding too snappy.“Okay, look at this, I was looking at the money that was transferred a week ago…”Anastasia’s heart dropped, she had made that transaction a week ago, Roman had demanded money in the middle of the week and she had no other choice than to act fast.“Do…” she paused, clearing her throat sharply. “Do you know
SASHA’S POVAll through the night, Noah had his arms around me as if he was making sure that I wouldn’t disappear. And the smile on his face? He stared at me like he was a proud parent watching his child blossom.I have never felt seen, not in my entire life.“I had fun tonight,” I mumbled, stifling a yawn.He smiled, placing his hand at the back of my neck, slowly massaging the tension that had formed. “I am glad you did. Do you want a nightcap before bed?”A tiny frown formed on my lips, we were walking into the house and he looked like he wasn’t tired of my presence yet.“Sure, we can…”“Actually, I was thinking we could see a movie,” he said cutting me off.I was excited at the thought, it wasn’t every time that I got an offer like this, “Okay, you get changed and I will prepare the popcorn,”“Prepare? We have maids for that,” he said, staring at me like I had grown a second head.I chuckled, sometimes he said the funniest things that I could ever imagine, “Well, we got home late,