"Do you still think he's petty?"
"You see my boss doesn't do anything for no reason at all"
Ryan says before he pushed open a door and walks in with Stacy following closely behind
Have a seat over there. Brian will be here soon.
He says then walks out, not long after he stepped out he came back in and Stacy lifted her head to look at him,
Your file, hand it over he said then left again after collecting it from her.
Now alone in the office Stacy began observing everything around her then she notices a photo frame racing down on the table she slowly reaches out to pick it up.
Handsome
She says then continues to look at the photo.
"why does he look so familiar?" She says to herself
then a memory flashes in her head.
"He can't be the same person from that night, that can't be possible" she says with a nervous laugh, her palms and forehead getting sweaty, "I made out with the boss of Smith Holdings? Isn't he gay?" She says to herself in her head, then moves to put the photo back but slips from her hand and made
Seeing how nervous Stacy looked, Brian guessed she might have figured everything out already, seeing Brian in person Stacy felt her body shaking, she sat still looking at Brian who simply smirked at her reaction then walked past her to take his seat.
"Miss Bennet, you are looking prettier today."
Understanding what he meant Stacy blushed in embarrassment.
"Um Mister Sir no Mister" she says while trying to stand up.
"Brian Smith
"Thank you, Mr Smith, um I don't think I want this job anymore I'm just going to leave now .
"Sit down" he said coldly.
He says then she looks at him, "Excuse me?
"I said sit".
He says keeping an eye contact with her, his gaze slowly going from her eyes to her lips without him knowing, he was lost staring at her out her voice brougnt him out of the trance
“I said I would like to leave, why can't leave?
She asked but got no reply, Brian turned to look at Ryan who was sited on the couch at the corner of the office, then he got up
"See you later Miss Bennet" he said with a broad smile causing Brian to glare at him.
Seeing that Ryan had left, Brian then turned to Stacy and gave her a soft smile, "give me a moment" he said then got up and walked towards a shelf and brought out things she wasn't able to see properly, but when he turned around, she immediately identified her purse.
"These are yours, aren't they?"he says putting the items down in front of her.
"Well thank you for returning them. I would like to leave now".
"So ungrateful!" He spat.
"Excuse me”
"You heard me, you asked me to help you the other night and I did so, you haven't even said thank you for that, you also took aavantace of me in my own room then vou disappeare before I even wake up? shouldn't you take responsibilty for me now? You indirectly claimed me.
"Claimed you? Take advantage of vou? What are vou saying?
"What I'm saying is that you have no other choice but to marry me he says without blinking
“Marry you?”
"Yes! Aren't I marriable?”
"Marriable isn't even a word!"
"And no I won't marry yout I am grateful that you were able to help me that night, but I did not take advantage of you!”
"You kissed me in front of my mother, that was my first kiss what did you want her to think? " He yelled at her then glared, causing her to move back in shock, then she let out a small laugh and
said. "Did the a minty cold hearted Brain Aaron Smith just complain about a stolen first kiss?
She asked then he glared at her again.
"Come to think of it, this man isn't even as mean and cold as the medi a makes him out to be, I mean look at this big baby complaining about a stolen first kiss" she says in her head.
"Ok look I'm actually really serious right now, l'm going to hire you, you don't have to worry about anything being awkward because you'll also be my wife.
Brian says in a serious tone after seeing she no longer had anything to say to him. Stacy who just heard what he had said looked at him quizzically.
"Excuse me!? Did you not hear what I said earlier? I won't be marrying you, I was under the influence!"
"So now you admit that you did take advantage of me?"
"Are you a child?"
"I'm not a child but we can make many together".
"I cannot believe there are girls out there dreaming to marry you, you're just a baby!" She says with a scoff.
"I really do need your help, please I need you to marry me or I would lose the company" he says with the softest expression on his face, and Stacy finally decided to hear what he had to say.
"You might have seen this in the news but my parents are urging me to get married, and l'm not ready for that, I haven't met anyone interesting enough for me, but since my mother saw you last night, she assumed everything and she's told my Dad about you, and I'm sure he would have doubts about it because..
"Because you have had several pretend girlfriends before?"
"It was just once" he replied then opened the drawer under his table and brought out some papers.
"I've already prepared a contract, we can date for one more week then register our marriage" he says then passes a copy of the contract paper to her.
"So I'll be marrying you for real?"
"Why do you say it like it's such a bad thing, I'd also be helping you out since you just lost both your jobs and you need to take care of your mother".
"Are you stalking me?" She asked shocked at how he knew all this about her.
At the hospital, Stacy slept for a really long while and when she eventually woke up, she saw a buff man standing not too far away from her bed, she was about to scream, and seeingthat she was about to, the man rushed forward to cover her mouth then he spoke. “Mister Smith sent me”After that he felt her calm down, then he hastily removed his hands and stepped back, and began the pack her belongings in the room.Stacy watched as the imposing figure of Brian’s bodyguard, clad in a tailored suit, moved around swiftly in the room as he picked up things that looked like they belonged to her and also asked for her to confirm ownership.“Is this man only surrounded by beautiful people, even his bodyguard is so handsome!”She thought to herself as she watched the bodyguard.Someone enough was done, and Stacy had freshened up and changed her clothes, the guard walks ahead of her to open the door. Unfamiliar with such treatment, she hesitates before stepping out of the room, he helps her chec
After she was done scolding Gina, Stacy raised her gaze to meet Brian's, but as their eyes connected, Brian quickly averted his gaze from her."Are you blushing, Boss?" Gina remarked, observing the slight redness on Brian's face."Aegina!" Stacy sharply called out, lightly reprimanding Gina with a smack on the arm."Stacy, Gina is not mistaken. Look at him – his face and even his ears are red," Anna pointed out, making Stacy a bit nervous but she promptly responded. "Mom, it's getting late. I think you should go home and rest now. You've just recently been discharged from the hospital, and I..." Stacy began hurriedly, but her mom interrupted her."I understand how much you want me to leave right now, and I was about to go anyways. Take care of yourself," Anna expressed before picking up her bag and gently guiding Gina to stand.Brian remained rigid at the door, visibly embarrassed. He found himself in an unfamiliar situation and was uncertain about how to retro it. As Anna spoke with
The shop owner forcefully dragged Evie back into the shop, pulling her to a corner. After briefly stepping out, he returned. In that moment, Evie was in tears, because she knew exactly what awaited her.While driving to the hospital, Brian called Ryan, who answered promptly. "Brian, I'm your half-brother and personal assistant, not your girlfriend. How many times will you call me in a day?" Ryan said playfully. Brian who could tell he was joking around chose to be serious in response."If you don't want me to call you anymore, that's fine; I won't call you," he said, waiting for Ryan's reply, but it never came."Aren't you going to answer?" he asked, feeling slightly frustrated."Oh, I thought you were going to hang up after you were done talking, so I decided not to say anything.""RYAN!""AARON!""I'll get you!" Brian said with a laugh, then switched up immediately, remembering the reason for his call."I was at a bakery a few minutes ago; I could sense the owner of that place is sh
After leaving his house, Brian drove back to the hospital to check on Stacy. While driving, thoughts of the look Ryan had given him earlier that day when he saw him holding Stacy’s hand lingered. He understood the meaning behind that look – Ryan was teasing him, teasing him about Stacy. Brian, realizing he was getting distracted, slowed down and parked his car by the side of the road.“Why can’t I stop thinking about her?” he exclaimed out loud, then rested his head on the steering wheel in irritation. After some minutes, a knock on his car window interrupted his thoughts. Looking up, he saw a young girl staring at him intently. Brian rolled down the window to hear what she had to say.Frustration evident on his face, he asked “what?!”.“Um sorry you can’t park here, you’re parked directly in front of our shop” she said then pointed to the bakery behind her.“We didn’t say anything earlier because we thought you were a customer who wanted to quickly get something because even customer
After thinking to herself Valerie made an internal decision that Avery won’t easily be forgiven this time, she finally looked at Avery’s parents and spoke up. “Rita, Jacob...” she called to them but Avery’s father, Jacob immediately replied. “We will book a flight for Avery, she’ll go back to her modeling, i...we will make sure she doesn’t bother Brian and will definitely reflect on her mistake, she will also apologize to Stacy before she leaves.“WHAT!!!”Avery sat on the floor as she listened to everything her father said, and as much as she was against it, she didn’t have the strength to refute anymore but the minute her father mentioned her apologizing to Stacy, her body reacted before she could think."Dad! No! I can do anything but apologize to that lowlife!" She yelled. The moment she uttered her sentence, a hard slap landed on her face, shocking both her and her parents. The person who had slapped her was Valerie.After Valerie had slapped Avery, one of the housemaids discreet
Although it wasn’t easy to find the actual location of the men holding Avery, Ryan managed to locate it, enabling Brian’s team to save her and take her to his house. For the first time in his life, Bryan left his work unattended, sitting at the hospital waiting for Stacy to wake up. Anna and Gina joined him, after a while they back to worry about Stacy not waking up yet.Noticing their worry Brian then spoke up, “she is probably just really tired, that’s why she hasn’t woken up yet, I was here through the night, nothing could have happened to her, don’t worry too much”. He said and Anna looked at him in shock, surprised that he had noticed her worriedness, Gina’s reaction was no different, she began to wonder when her cold boss became so attentive.In that’s moment, Brian’s phone rang, he then picked it up and saw it was Ryan calling, that was when he remembered about Avery, then he hurriedly picked up the call.“Sorry Ryan I completely forgot about Avery’s issue”. He said immediately
Brian stayed with Stacy longer than he had expected, even after she fell asleep. He took a seat close to her bed, eventually reaching out to hold her hand while staring at her with mixed emotions. As his eyes grew heavy, he fell asleep, still holding onto her hand.Outside, Gina, feeling tired, grabbed the bag of clothes she had brought for Stacy and entered the room. Seeing Brian asleep with his head on Stacy’s bed, holding her hand, Gina smiled happily before quietly leaving. Once outside, she spotted Anna and signaled her to be quiet when she noticed she was about to speak.Approaching Anna, she whispered, “Stacy and Brian are asleep.” Anna then took Gina's hand, leading her to sit on the bench chair. “Mom, I'm starting to feel hopeful about their relationship,” Gina said eagerly the moment they sat down.“Why all of a sudden?” Anna asked, observing Gina's expression.“Mom I’ve known Stacy almost my entire life, I can tell she feels something for Brian, it’s probably their contract
Avery rushed inside in a panic after Brian left, frantically calling Jeff again since he hadn’t text her or called back.“Why isn’t he picking up!?” She yelled in a hushed tone then threw her phone to the ground after Jeff had still not picked up any of her calls, and just then her phone lit up and began ringing, she rushed towards the phone and saw it was Jeff calling, she immediately picked up and did wait for him to speak then she started asking him questions.“Why haven’t you been picking up!? Did you do what I asked? Where is she now? Why did Brian come to my house, did he catch you? Look I’ll send you the money once you send me the video!” After noticing that the other side said nothing Avery looked at her phone to see if he hung up, but the call was still on.“Jeff why aren’t you saying anything!?” She asked, “Avery really?” A chillingly familiar voice answered and Avery’s whole body went cold in shock as sherecognized the voice to be Valerie’s."Aunt, why are you... Why did y
Stacy woke up in a hospital room and realized she was moved to a recovery room. Arlo excused himself, leaving Gina with Anna, and Valerie. Gina explained the chaotic events that led to this moment, and as Stacy processed it all, she thought about Brian and remembered how he fought against Jeff while carrying her, and how hard he tried to protect her from him.Feeling concerned about Brian's whereabouts, Stacy asked, "Where is Brian?" Her hoarse voice and a sharp hiss of pain revealed the toll her injuries took as she tried to sit up.Upon hearing the question Stacy had asked, not wanting Gina to let her know about Avery having anything to do with what happened to her, Valerie came closer to Stacy, searing herself beside her, she gently took her hand and answered her saying “Stacy dear, Brian is going to be here soon, he just stepped out for a while” realizing what Valerie was trying to do, Anna felt a little bit angry but she decided not to say anything as well, Gina who was completel