It was at exactly twilight that Anna finished her work the next day. After a long day of work, she finally stepped out of her office and headed into the elevator with Mira beside her. “Gosh, it’s been such a long day.” Working past close time wasn’t a flex at all. She needed as much rest as she could get at the moment. “We’re doing our best, Ma’am Anna. Do you think we should grab dinner together?”“I’m sorry, not today. I have to return home now,” she rejected, her eyes fixated on her wristwatch. It was past the time she agreed with Caspian to return home. The work at the office today had been unexpected and she needed to wrap them up before leaving. As the elevator pinged at the bottom floor, they both made their way out of the building. Anna frowned when she caught sight of Caspian’s Rolls Royce parked right outside the building. A smile rode up her lips as she saw him standing beside the front passenger side of the car, his legs crossed. She looked over to Mira. “I’m so sorry,
“And the best thing is that,” Caspian leaned closer to whisper into her ears. “We’re the only ones here.”“It’s relieving. But what are we doing here, Caspian? You’re scared of the water.” She grabbed his arms and began pulling him backward to the path where they came from. “It’s fine, Anna.” He stopped them. “I can’t react to it forever. I’ll face it.”“Remember what happened the last time.”“We’re just watching. No one is getting in, alright?”Finally, she nodded, her gaze returning to the ocean before them. “The waves are so strong. I used to be a lover of nature, you know. They’re so pretty.”“And now? What changed?”“It changed when I….I became too occupied with life.” With issues, with revenge, and with survival. How she wished that she could go back to the way things were in the past before she got betrayed. Her life had been way better. Just how good would it be if her life was as peaceful as the ocean? She would be the happiest person on earth. But in her case, she had to
The evening soon rolled away followed by the morning of the next day. With hands dipped into his pocket and eyes looking ahead, Caspian walked into his company, ignoring the bows, greetings, and weird looks from the employees. He got into his private elevator that led him directly to the top floor even without pressing a single number.He was in an exceptionally good mood today and for the first time, his employees witnessed him smile on his own like a fucking lunatic. He couldn’t care about their opinion of his change of attitude. His life was fucking perfect at the moment and there was no way he could hide how perfect it was. Dressed in his regular style, a three-piece gray suit, he stalled out of the elevator once it pinged open and he began making his way toward his office.His smile disappeared when he saw his second secretary run toward him, a grim expression on his face. The main secretary had been given a small vacation due to his good mood. He stopped. “Boss,” the man stoppe
Right before Caden could turn his back and head back to whatever he’ll hold he crawled out from, Caspian stopped him with his words. He rose from his chair and walked around his desk to stand before his brother, making sure that he towered over him, making the younger man look small in his presence. Looking him straight in the eyes and with a smirk on his lips, he bent a bit so that he stood at the same height as the man who was only three inches below him.“And what are you going to do, tell me? What are you going to do to make sure I regret this action of mine?”“Anything. My brother and I will do anything to make sure you regret this.” Caspian felt his heart shake lightly on his chest at Caden’s words. He was never regarded as their brother. They never thought of him as their brother just because he was from a different mother. It was always just the both of them, Ethan and Caden, their bond stronger than ever as they shared full blood. But knowing the kind of people that they wer
“Yaa, this place feels like heaven,” Dali complimented as the door was opened for them by Mariam. A large smile stretched on her lips as she saw Anna step into the living room. “Anna.” She took steps to her and grabbed her into her embrace. “I missed you.”“I missed you too.” She pulled away from Dali and slightly hugged her brother who was behind Dali. Caspian stepped forward and shared a handshake with Jordan and Elias. Together they made their way to the kitchen.“The interiors are breathtaking, Anna,” Dali spoke. “I can’t stop staring at the beauty.”“Just like you.” She cringed badly as Jordan spoke directly into her ear as they walked. She glared and shoved him to the side. “You, who even invited you here? I don’t remember calling you.”With his hands dipped in his pocket, he passed her a cocky grin, his perfectly white teeth exposed to her. “What? I have my ways, you know.”She rolled her eyes. “Whatever. Just don’t come close to me, you hear me? Pervert.”“Me? Pervert?”“Or w
“It was a free show. I simply just watched just like everyone else. You have really crazy moves.”“Stop talking!”But he was unrelentless. She gripped a fork in her hands tightly. “You should come some other time, you know. I crave a good show.”Just before she could throw the fork at him, Anna’s hands came over hers and stopped her right in time. “Can you both stop fighting like kids all the time?”“He started it.” She fumed and stuffed a mouthful of food into her mouth. If glares were daggers, he would have dropped dead on the floor with blood all over his head from her looks. “If you want to go on fighting with him, you can. I’ll just keep what I have to say to myself.”That worked for Dali. She angled her body to the side to gaze at Anna. She slowly whispered. “What do you want to share? Is it new gossip?”“Well, I started a new project.”“You did?”Anna nodded. “A few days ago. And I think this is the best script that I’ve read in a while, you know. I’m going to devour it this
“On our way to the hospital. Fuck, I knew this would be complicated.” He swiped his hand over his face. “We’re both alive for the same reason, Anna. For the same goddamn reason.”Anna’s head began spinning like crazy. Unable to keep herself standing anymore, she returned to her position in the bed, her hands holding her head tightly as she tried to think straight. But each time, her thoughts kept running wild and she knew that if it continued, she might pass out from high blood pressure. The shock was way too much for her—more than she could have imagined. “Are you okay?” He strode to the bedside table where a jug and glass of water lay. Pouring a decent amount of water into the glass, he handed it over to her. “Here. Have some water.”With shaky palms, Anna took the glass from him and gulped down the contents in one go, her sight becoming more prominent.“Are you okay?” He repeated. “I’m okay. It…it’s just that this information is too much for me right now.”“I’m sorry that you had
The click click of a twenty-year-old clock was the only sound that echoed as Anna stepped into the Cooper mansion. She looked around the living room, her eyes scanning across in search of a maid, anyone at all. But the only sound that filled the air was from the old clock that her father adored. With a frown settled on her face, she began climbing the stairs that led to her father’s room, cautiously looking around with each step that she took. It was suspicious, really suspicious how the house was quiet for the first time. The servants were always around, roaming everywhere in a hurry to clean the house before the owners arrived. But now, it was like it had been abandoned for weeks and if it wasn’t for the security guards at the door, she would have come to a depressing conclusion that the Coopers moved elsewhere. A shriek left her lips when she saw a maid suddenly popping out of nowhere when she rounded a hallway. She placed her hand on her thumping chest and sighed in relief. “J