Bella’s POV.“Bella! Bella!” Audrey’s voice rang out in her apartment and I was forced to glance up from my phone just in time to see her running towards me while waving her phone wildly in the air.“You need to see this.” She said, almost toppling over as she came to a halt beside me.“What? What could possibly have you running like that? Let me guess, he finally asked you out on a date?” I asked, looking up at her with enthusiasm because I knew she was so much into this strange man she had met through social media.He had sent a message with an anonymous account and even though she had tried to be careful and suspicious of him, she had grown to enjoy talking to him and ever since then, I’ve been watching her talk to him day and night with such a wide smile on her face.No one had ever been able to make Audrey smile that much, not even me!But I was worried, he was still just a stranger.“I am coming with you on that date and I promise to keep my distance. I just want to make sure yo
Dominic’s POV.“So, Miss…”“Miss Andrea,” the blonde haired woman said as she rose to her feet and began to pass some papers around to everyone seated at the table, including me.“What’s going on? What’s this?” I questioned her as everyone else shared glances among themselves,“My employer, as you know, is the reason your company was able to pull through such serious debts and is the only reason why your mansion is still your property.” Andrea began, holding my gaze as she spoke.“As you all know, one of the major terms of our agreement was that my employer gets to own a small amount of the company’s shares.” She continued and the way she spoke made me feel uncomfortable.“So what? Where is this headed?” One of the men snapped at her.“Listen, we’re very busy people and last I checked, your employer got a small amount of shares for loaning us the money, that doesn’t give you or your employer the right to attend a board meeting or have a say in it. Meetings like this are reserved for m
Dominic’s POV.“So, Miss…”“Miss Andrea,” the blonde haired woman said as she rose to her feet and began to pass some papers around to everyone seated at the table, including me.“What’s going on? What’s this?” I questioned her as everyone else shared glances among themselves,“My employer, as you know, is the reason your company was able to pull through such serious debts and is the only reason why your mansion is still your property.” Andrea began, holding my gaze as she spoke.“As you all know, one of the major terms of our agreement was that my employer gets to own a small amount of the company’s shares.” She continued and the way she spoke made me feel uncomfortable.“So what? Where is this headed?” One of the men snapped at her.“Listen, we’re very busy people and last I checked, your employer got a small amount of shares for loaning us the money, that doesn’t give you or your employer the right to attend a board meeting or have a say in it. Meetings like this are reserved for m
Dominic’s POV.A whole week went by and Bella was still refusing to see me or speak to me on the phone. All my lines were blocked and it seemed like she had gotten a new line just so I wouldn’t be able to reach her.“Oh come on, you’re going to be this miserable because she’s not talking to you? Come on man, let’s go out and get drunk, they’re a lot of women out there.” Ted advised as he tried to pull me away from my desk but I snatched my arm away from him.“I lost her,” I mumbled inaudibly, “she was right there in front of me this entire time and I lost her. I threw divorce papers in her face after she stayed with me when Vivian turned her back on me. She gave up a whole lot of things to be with me Ted, what kind of woman does that?”Ted stared at me for a while but when he realized that I wouldn’t budge from where I sat, he gave up and returned to his seat in front of me.“You’re right, after all you just told me, it makes no sense that she’ll give up her life as a heiress and CEO
Dominic’s POV.“He was at her apartment late at night.” The strange man who Vivian had introduced me to and who was now working secretly for me, said.I looked up at him from across the table in a cafe down the street from the office. He had asked for a meeting while I was at work and since I wasn’t so sure about the deal I had with him, I settled for meeting him somewhere no one would see and without informing anyone, not even my assistant.“What do you mean by that?”“I followed him around for a while and saw him go into her apartment, shortly after, a car pulled up in the parking lot and she got down from it. She headed up to her apartment there and didn’t return for a while. I have evidence.” He dipped his hand into the envelope by his side and pulled out some pictures that he placed on the table gingerly.With my eyes glued on him and a suspicious glance, I picked up the pictures and my eyes darkened when I saw David heading into Bella’s apartment building and the others were of
Bella’s POV.We intentionally waited until they had confirmed that she was awake before we made our way upstairs to her room. When we arrived, Linda, Vivian and Dominic’s mom were already there while grandmother was still bedridden but her eyes were wide open and Dominic was sitting right next to her on the bed, holding onto her hand tightly.Ted was already in the room but shortly after we stepped inside, David arrived with a gift basket.“You shouldn’t be here.” Linda said, looking me over with disdain.“Get out of here!” Dominic’s mother yelled at me as she began to walk towards me. Audrey was about to jump in front of me in defense when Dominic rose to his feet sharply,“Don’t speak to her like that.” His voice was firm and harsh.“I-Is that Bella?” Grandmother’s weak voice called out and I almost broke down in tears at the sound of her voice but I held myself together.“Yes grandma, it’s Bella and we should all be thanking her because she is the mystery doctor we’ve been searchin
Bella’s POV.There was no complications and the other doctors just needed my help to round things up. But the moment I stepped outside of the operating room, Dominic kept following me around and demanding I explained everything.He followed me all the way to the main exit and made a very loud confession right there in front of everyone.“She wants you here Bella, don’t stay for me, stay for her. I’ll put all this aside for the meantime. I just want her to be happy and she had pleaded with me to get you to come see her, so please Bella, please.” He pleaded, right there in front of everyone.What was I supposed to do? Ignore his plea and walk away? Or should I head back to see her? She would be awake very soon and I also wanted to see her with her eyes wide open.I have missed her so much…“One last time Bella, one last time.” He added and I turned around slowly to face him.“Very well, I’ll stay back and see her but not because of what you just told me but because as the surgeon that j
Vivian’s POV.“What opportunity?” I inquired, confusion etched on my brows and he cleared his throats noisily before he opened his mouth to speak.“If you should save Dominic in a time like this, he would forever be indebted to you and see you in a brand new light. Imagine what his grandmother would think if he tells her you saved him after all this is over? This would make her warm up to you just like you’ve always wanted.”“And how exactly am I supposed to save a company neck deep in debts? You heard what he said, there is nothing he could possibly do to fix it so can I possibly do?”“I know about your secret shares.” He suddenly blurted out and I looked up sharply at him from my cup of coffee.No one knew about my secret shares, no one except for Dominic. His grandmother had planned to gift Bella a small part of the company’s shares after she got married to Dominic but he never signed it over to her.So when I came back and he divorced her, he told me about it and I managed to mani
Vivian’s POV.“I want Bella to be there with me as soon as the surgery is over. I don’t care how you’re going to do it Dominic but get her to come see me.” I overheard Dominic’s grandmother say to him just before they left the house for the hospital.Her surgery date had finally been fixed and things were going as planned. The doctor wasn’t who they were searching for but according to Dominic, he was their best and only shot.So I wanted to be there for her, I desperately wanted her to like me because I knew the fastest way to win Dominic over was to get his grandmother to like me, he valued her more than he valued his own mother but the old hag was just too hell bent on playing the difficult card.But I was determined to keep pushing.“I’ll just take the whole bouquet of roses and maybe throw in something that is suitable for a hospital visit.” I said to the florist and she nodded as she began to pack my order.I was on my way to the hospital and decided to drop by to get grandma som