“Ahh, I am tired.”Evelyn exhaled a loud sigh before leaning on the chair. Throwing her head back, she closed her eyes for a while to take a breather.One week passed in a blur and her relationship with Xander was deteriorating with every passing day. Though he gave his consent to work on her dream project, his cooperation was zero. Xander always arrived late at the office and tried to skip the meetings. He used to pass taunts to whip up Evelyn but she avoided him a plague. She tried to stay professional as much as possible but he was hell-bent on making her blow her top.The day they had to go for site inspection, Evelyn stepped down her pride and personally messaged him the location and time. But Xander as expected didn’t show up. Evelyn nearly lost that day but she didn’t want to let all her hard work go down the drain so, she put all the blame on Jonathan as Xander was his choice. She finalized the site and her employees voted in her favor which compelled Jonathan to give a green
“The land is sturdy and the area is hedged with meadows. I think we should occupy that land also and build a small garden there. What say?”Xander spoke and looked at Evelyn for an answer who had her eyes glued on her tab.“Whatever you say,” she replied to him in a flat tone and continued scrolling through her tab.His jaw ticked; he knew she was purposely avoiding him. Well, she had every right to be upset at him but Xander was one stubborn dickhead.To grab her attention, he stood in front of her. Evelyn noticed that but didn’t grace him with any reaction.He sighed loudly, “Look I am sorry, all right? If that’s what you want to hear.”Xander spoke but quickly corrected himself to maintain his arrogant self.“I don’t need your sorry. Just finalize it so that I can work on the report and make several copies of it. Who knows you’ll destroy it again?” Evelyn muttered under her breath but Xander heard it.He huffed, done with her ignorance, and snatched the tablet from her hands. Evely
His almond eyes were trained on the beauty who was sleeping without a care in the world after scaring him to his bone. His black coat was lying on the couch and his crisp button-up shirt was drenched in his sweat. The cuffs were unlinked with sleeves folded to elbows, his golden Rolex dangling around his left wrist while his other hand was busy stroking her hair. No one can read his expression as his eyes were cold, lips sealed in a thin line, and jaw set but despite his reticent and cold aura, his actions were tender and gentle.Evelyn, on the other hand, was in a hospital gown with a cannula attached to her left hand and her mouth covered with an oxygen mask. The beeping of machines and his soft breaths were the only sound that could be heard in the small room.After bringing Evelyn to the hospital, Xander was frantically pacing in the hallway. His perfect chocolate brown hair was reduced into a mare’s nest because of his habit of combing them whenever he is stressed. His rage for E
“The nerve of this man to reject my calls.” Brandon cursed after calling Dylan for the twentieth time and, he canceled it, for the twentieth time. Huffing a frustrated sigh, Brandon tossed his cell phone before stepping on the accelerator hard making his car talk to the winds.The bold move he made in the hospital by drugging Xander and revealing his identity fired back at him. Brandon got so lost in bragging that he completely forgot about the unconscious woman in the hospital ward. And now she was abducted and he was well aware that it was Dylan’s doing, ’cause after all, who has the guts to kidnap the Mafia’s beloved right under his nose? The entire hospital was under the watch of Dylan.But his little stunt had landed Brandon in hot water.The car came to a screeching halt. Brandon kicked the door open and sprinted towards the lavish villa. But what he didn’t expect was to be stopped at the gate by Dylan’s men.“Move aside,” Brandon growled, glaring at the guard who also didn’t av
“Argh...”Groaning in pain, Evelyn opened her eyes with utter difficulty. Her head was throbbing and her whole body was in pain. As if she had been run by a truck or collided with a wall.Her brows scrunched in pain as she removed the covers and stood up on her elbows while massaging her temple vigorously. The entire room was drowned in darkness with not a single soul in sight. Whimpering, she scooted to the end of the bed and switched on the lamp.Her brown eyes bounced up and down the room, as she checked her surroundings. Evelyn was still under the medication but its effect wore off the moment her eyes fell on the black walls.She was in someone else’s bedroom.Her heart jolted as she immediately sat up straight.“W-Where am I?”Evelyn was in too much pain and was failing terribly to pinpoint the reason. But she didn’t meet with an accident then why was she so enervated?It was the effect of heavy drug doses that Dylan fed to her.Mustering up some strength, Evelyn kicked off the c
Even a small sound had the girl jolting in fright who was curled in a ball and was sitting on the bed in the same position since last night. Her hands were cold and there were patches of dried tears all over her cheeks. She looked miserable.After Dylan’s blood-chilling confession, he abruptly left the room but made sure to lock the beauty inside. Evelyn on the other hand was too terrified to retaliate. She had a hunch that Dylan was behind everything but his attitude left her uneasy. The dauntless look on his face made it clear to her that he can’t be harmed even if he leaves hundreds of bodies behind his trail. Moreover, the way the cops dismissed the case, everything became clear as the sky to her.She was doomed because of two reasons:One he won’t stop and second,No one wouldn’t dare to trifle with the Mafia Lord so saving her was out of the picture.She can’t even go to Xander or Brandon because then she will be putting their life in danger. They might be her shields but at tha
Dylan blared and the next second upended the table sending the expensive cutleries and delicious food to the floor. Evelyn froze in shock: he didn’t just flip the heavy and humongous mahogany table with one hand. Her gaze remained stuck to the broken pieces of crockeries and glasses before she was forcefully pulled up from the chair by her forearm.She let out a yelp and the next second, her left cheek was grasped in a callous hand. She was forced to look into the raging black pair of eyes.“Aren’t you taking me too lightly sweetheart?” Dylan seethed on her face while glowering into her brown hues that soon got filled with water.“I have the power to cage you in my room and do anything with you. No one would be able to stop me if I really kidnap you and make you live under my roof under duress because technically you’re my wife and secondly, I hold the authority to seal everyone’s mouth. People wouldn’t hesitate to cooperate and if they rebel, I will pluck their hearts out.”Evelyn wa
“WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, DYLAN”Raging like a bull, Brandon stormed inside the cabin of the Mafia while his men tried holding him back. He slammed the door shut before scanning the luxurious office to locate the perpetrator and found him sitting on the chair with his eyes glued to the screen.His blare overpowered the constant clicking sound of the keyboard as Dylan halted and lifted his head to shoot him a glare.“This is not your garden that you can barge in whenever you want to.”“Shut up,” Brandon admonished and stood in front of him, “I am not a fan of risking my life to meet a Mafia. After knowing how you terrorized Evelyn and even went to drop her home, I don’t even want to see your face.” He growled and looked away as annoyance dripped from his face.“Then why are you here?”Brandon let out a growl, his jaw clenched as he turned to Dylan who was as usual giving him his famous glacial stare.“Because you’re not only putting your life in danger but mine and Evelyn’s too