Arianna stood in front of the tallest building she had ever seen. It was boldly inscribed on the roof “Stark Enterprises and Technologies”. She could see the large portrait of her baby`s father hung beside the company name, he was wearing a broad smile on his face. “Hmm… He is quite cute,” Arianna muttered to herself subconsciously. After standing out there for a little while, she shook her head and took a step forward; she walked in through the glass door that opened before she could get there and went further to the receptionist desk. The young lady she met at the desk was a foreigner, she could not guess the country but she was certain that the receptionist was not a citizen. The woman looked up at her with a face devoid of emotions. Arianna smiled at her. “Good day,” she greeted without being cautious. She had left home around thirty minutes past eleven A.M so she had no idea if it was still morning or if they had moved on to afternoon. “Welcome to Stark Enterprises ma`
Arianna wondered if he didn't recognize her or he was pretending not to. It’s true that it has been six months since the night they shared, but how could he forget someone he was intimate with just like that. “I hope you recognize me, Mr. Oliver Stark, or do I need to explain myself,” Arianna said without a pinch of fear in her, she was really trying to stay calm here because there was an angry demon in her raging to be freed. Oliver stared at her quietly for a while, and then he replied. “No, I don’t recognize you young lady.” Arianna felt disappointed and clenched her fist in anger. Maybe it was the child in her womb transforming the quiet Naïve girl into an aggressive strong lady. She felt like giving this young man a tight slap that would leave her finger prints imprinted on his face for days. “Well I am the girl you took to supreme presidential suites on Valentine's night. You could not have the decency to say goodbye, you just left before I could even wake up. What ki
Oliver sat on his office chair fuming in anger. He could not believe her audacity to walk into his office and insult him; no one had dared to try that with him in the past. Things like this were not new to him, girls were always looking for an opportunity to come into his life but he never gave them a chance, he thought of them as worthless and would only settle down when he found someone in his class. Few minutes later, the receptionist walked in. He had summoned her to his office for questioning. “Sir” She bowed slightly, “you sent for … for me,” she stuttered in fear. She knew she was in deep trouble, she had started to regret letting Arianna in after she did so, if the almighty would save her job today, then she certainly won’t try to make such a mistake again. “Lucy, in the past one year, how many women have come here with the same claims as the one who just left?” Oliver asked in a cold voice, the look on his face was expressionless but the receptionist knew very well tha
Arianna walked into Stark enterprises and as usual, the receptionist was seated in her position. The foreigner stood up the moment she saw her. “Good morning,” Arianna said and forced a smile. “Morning ma`am, I am sorry but I can’t let you in this time,” She replied immediately. Arianna chuckled inwards, she had no doubt that her father`s baby must have been mad with the receptionist. She could see the fear in the woman's eyes. “It’s alright, I understand. I am also sorry that I couldn’t say thank you before leaving that day, and I am sorry for any problems I might have caused you, please forgive.” She pleaded. “It’s no problem ma`am, you are welcome, but why are you here today?” the receptionist queried, while looking up to make sure that her boss was inside his office. “Oh, I had come to give your boss this, please pass this notice to him and keep it confidential,” She instructed. The receptionist looked at her with scrutinizing eyes; she wondered what could be in the
Oliver`s lawyer had called Mr. Randy Damon and asked for a meeting at Oliver`s office the next day. Mr. Ramon in turn informed Arianna of the new turn out of things, and she agreed to it. The meeting had been set to take place by ten A.M at Oliver`s office. Arianna told Rosie about it and Rosie decides to accompany her as a witness. Arianna wondered what tricks the billionaire planned to hassle himself out of this but her lawyer assured her over the phone that she should not be worried about it, he promised to handle everything and make sure he gets justice. Mr. Damon was not one the best lawyers in the city but he was popular because of his determination and zeal to get justice for the less privileged. In the present world, justice is like a commodity for auction, the highest bidder takes it home, but with lawyers like him, even the poor could get justice. He was never scared of his opponents; he always fought against the injustice of the rich and won eighty percent of them. B
As agreed, Oliver and Arianna with the help of their lawyers made the necessary arrangements for the tests to help in the investigation. Oliver was confident that he was not the father of the child and Arianna was not any less confident in her accusations. Their lawyers too had full trust in them respectively, and that caused a big tension between the two parties. ** * * * * * * * Oliver stood in his house; he was a bit worried, not because he was scared of losing the case but because of the clause added to the legal papers. He was worried for Arianna, if she lost the case, then she would have to pay the sum of fifty thousand United States dollars to him. He wondered where she would be able to get that kind of money, because he was certain that she was losing the case. He didn’t need a seer to tell him that she was broke, too broke to provide such an amount. Even if she was given one year, she would not be able to pay, and if she is not able to pay, then she would have to go to
“Who was that on the phone?” Rosie asked, after she returned to the bedroom. “Oh, it was Arrogant BusinessMan of the Year,” Arianna grumbled and Rosie spit out the water in her mouth. “What? Oliver called you? How did he get your number?” She queried, with a look of surprise. “I don’t even know, when I asked him, he was like ‘I am Las Vegas' most eligible bachelor, one among the five richest in this city, do you think it would take more than five minutes to get the contact of the likes of you?” she mimicked. “Huh?’ “I know right? He is so arrogant!” She spat. “So what does he want?” Rosie asked and sat beside her best friend. “Well he wants us to meet, I don’t know what he wants to talk about,” Arianna replied. “I see… Did you consent?” “Yes I did, he just sent the location. It's… it’s the club where we met for the first time.” Rosie crumpled her face, “why there of all places?” She queried. “I can’t say, I guess I will find out soon,” Arianna replied and stood
Arianna stormed into their little apartment in anger, she could not believe his audacity. He had invited her just to insult and humiliate her more. Now she was even more determined to fight this case, she wished that the test results would be different so that she could take the matter to court. Her friend Rosie was asleep when she walked in; she had opened the door with her own key when she realized that it was locked. Rosie woke up after the sound of Aria`s angry mumbles disrupted her peaceful sleep. She stood up and rubbed her eyes, “Aria, you are back so soon. What happened? Why do you look angry?” she queried. “Isn’t it that arrogant dumbass of a billionaire who thinks he can do whatever he pleases and go scot-free?” Arianna bantered in anger. “Oliver? What did he do now?” Rosie queried and walked to her. She took the handbag from her and made her sit on the bed. “Can you believe that he had called me over, just to ask me to withdraw the case against him? He insulted m