Chapter 2

                        ADRIAN’s POV

She walks in looking as beautiful as ever. I know she is surprised to see me as she did not expect me to be here. I can see the brewing fire of the spite she has for me in her eyes but beyond that beneath her eyes I can still see the sadness she is trying to hide by distracting herself with work too and I know it is because of that Fucker that broke her heart. But underneath all she still looks immaculately beautiful.

Oh Fuck no if she could hear my thoughts about her or if anybody did I would be mortified because she thinks I really hate her and underneath all our spite over the years she has always seemed so beautiful to me but we are meant to be ‘Rivals’ in this space. It is crazy but sometimes I actually want to kiss those beautiful pink lips of hers to shut her up sometimes I wonder how fun that will be and I will love to see her reaction to that.

I can not help but still feel the guilt of my betrayal and if she ever finds out about what I did I feel she will even hate me more ten times so this secret should be something I will want to bury with me and take it to the underworld because I do not think I can stand her hating me more than she already does.

I have been wanting to partner with DREAMSPACE ever since. I even made sure to build my own company after my fathers death and I was old enough to take over the company from those Old men who could do nothing but amass wealth for themselves and families. It was real struggle in getting them out of ADOVE as their greedy selves did not want out.

Christine’s family and ours has always been close family friends due to the long standing relationships between the two mothers so it came as a surprise or it did not really come as one when they realized we didn’t get along. They felt sad because they already shipped us from birth such a funny story and even more sadder but they accepted it when she got together with that Douchebag Brian not sorry for my choice of words. Now the relationship is over I have seen my mother trying to pitch me with Christine again and it came to no surprise them finally setting up a meeting for partnership with Dreamspace. Even though it looks fishy and like a trap but I get to win and get the partnership with it too so I do not mind letting my mother meddle a bit because you absolutely can not say No to that woman when she sets her mind to something. I love her so much but she can sometimes be overbearing.

What she does not know is no matter her meddling there Is no way anything can happen between Christine and I not just because of childish spats alone but because of what I have done and if she ever finds out that should be the end so for now I will take whatever I can get which is this wonderful Partnership. I know my mother has probably observed or realized my other feelings towards Christine aside the outer one we show during our “fights” I know that is why she is trying to set up something but that something might not just work out at all.

Her father comes in to start the meeting finally and I can still feel her eyes on me and if she could burn into my head she would have already. It is cute and also funny. I know she is wondering why I am here well she will get to know soon.

Mr Paige the current CEO and his daughter’s role model because she really loves her dad so much and that is why she strives hard in working here because she wants to take over from him and run the company as she has always wanted. He is already old and I know he will retire soon and handover the company to her but I know also the shareholders are trying to kick against it. These old men just seem to be everywhere.

I am not too surprised when he starts the meeting with his Soon retirement and who to inherit the company although I believe I should not be here for this or to be here for this conversation but I am surprised when he does not tell me to leave for a bit. But what comes next out of his mouth has left me in shock.

He just said to his daughter and this is a new clause that for her to fully become the CEO and inherit the company fully she must get married first.

There have been total silence since this new development dropped and nobody Is yet to stay anything and everybody is still trying to process it. This development is shocking because he knows right now that she is single and she is still facing it hard from the break up and I am sure everyone here knows this too already and even though nobody wants to talk about it and the most shocking part of this development is that she must be married by her next birthday which is in 8months time precisely. Where the hell does he expect her to get a husband by then? Or is he doing it for her to get back with Brian ? Hell No not on my watch! I can not let her get back with that coward of a guy and all my efforts come to waste.

I think I have an idea on what to do. This is a crazy idea but it might just be worth it I really hope i can pull this off.