LOGINRONAN“Boss.”“Boss.”Gerald, coupled with three of my men, welcomed me with a bow as I stepped into the dark abandoned warehouse. Inside, Abraham, who was barking out orders, stopped when he saw me. A triumphant grin spread across his lips “Boss, we caught him this time,” he proudly informed me. “Where is he?”“This way.”He led me through open rooms in the trashy, abandoned place, filled with cobwebs and the irritating smell of dust. We got to the only room with a closed door and Abraham’s smile grew wider. “He’s in here, sir. We made sure to follow your orders and gave him no water.”“Good.”As the door opened to reveal me, my brother’s eyes widened. The fucker struggled on the chair he’d been tied to and shot me knives of glares. Bastard.“You fucking asshole. Release me this instant,” he barked.I stepped in with the men, facing my crankerass of a brother.“And if I don’t?”He huffed a breath and the next second, he stopped struggling and his lips lifted. “Baby brother got
RONANA few minutes ago when I sat in my car and watched the interaction between Julius and Ophelia, I almost broke the wheel with my hands.I hadn’t heard their voices but from the look on Julius’s face and how he’d spoken, I could tell that he was trying to convince her of something. She’d had her back to me so I hadn’t seen her expression and hell, it was one of the worst moments of my life. It was pure torture. When he’d attempted to touch her, I lost my shit.I rolled the car to a stop in front of my building. “We’re…”I tilted my head to stare at Ophelia beside me only to find her asleep, breathing softly with her fingers clutching my coat.For a moment, I couldn’t look away. My throat bobbed as my eyes traced her face from her thick brows to her long full lashes and then to those soft plushy lips that….Goddamn it.Instantly, I sharply pulled my damn eyes away, stepped out of the car, and rounded it to her side. Opening her side of the door, I let her body gently fall into m
OPHELIA Ronan’s hands snaked around my waist. My head lifted to look at him, but he wasn’t staring at me. His gaze was past me, at Julius who was behind me. “Are you alright?” He asked without looking at me, his voice rough and strained. “I-I’m fine.” I attempted to pull away from his hold but his hand around my waist tightened and he pulled me further into him. Yet, his eyes didn’t meet mine. “I was having a conversation with her,” Julius said from behind. “We weren’t done.” Ronan replied. “She is clearly done.” He let me stand beside him but his hand didn’t leave my waist. “Ophelia. I was saying that.” “I don’t want to hear what you have to say.” Finally, Ronan’s gaze met mine. Something flickered in his eyes before he looked away and pulled his hand from my waist. “I want you to go to my car, Ophelia. I’ll meet you in five.” “Huh?” “Go to the car,” he commanded. Nodding, I turned around and scanned the lot for his car. After a few seconds, my eyes fell on the famil
OPHELIAThe journey to the parking lot was fast. I wanted to get this done as quickly as possible.My eyes began to scan everywhere for any trace of the man. I crossed my hands behind my back and fiddled with them in an attempt to calm my nerves.After a few seconds of not seeing him, I grunted and turned away. But before I could take more than a step, his voice rang behind me.“I knew you’d come.”I sharply swiveled to find the man stepping out between the cars. He wore a brown suit, his hair was perfectly styled and dyed dirty blonde. A smile was plastered on his face as he stepped closer until we stood only a few meters apart. “I knew you’d make it here,” he said gently.I glanced at my watch and then back at him. “Five minutes. That’s all I’m giving you.”“I can’t be more grateful.”“What is it that you have to say? I don’t have all day.”He exhaled. With the way he stared at me right now, one would think that he was madly in love with me. We both knew that was fake as hell.“I
OPHELIASeven hundred million dollars.That was how much I filed for in the divorce lawsuit against Julius. Left to me, I definitely would’ve made it a billion dollars but the legal team I hired suggested that seven hundred was the better amount.Since Julius had refused to sign the divorce papers, I was taking matters into my own hands.“Aside from the cheating, what else do you want in the statement?" I lifted my gaze when Nova’s voice rang from across me. She sat on the chair opposite mine in the office, her fingers actively typing away on a pink coloured laptop.“Add that we’ve been separated for months due to his infidelity and manipulations.”“And?”“And that he also did some terrible things that I didn't want to reveal. Also, that the released photos were photoshopped. Just these.”Nova nodded and continued typing. “I’m also going to add that you never cheated on him,” she said.When she was done typing, editing, and uploading my signature to the statement, she released it to
RONANManaging two corporations at the same time was a waste of my patience. One day I was at the automotive company which was my utmost priority, the next day, I was at the hospital I had no interest in.“The scandal has only affected the hospital by 1%,” my voice rang from the head of the table at the large boardroom of the Whitmore hospital. A few doctors and shareholders occupied the chairs on either side. “Although we trust in your competence, Mr Throne, it isn’t guaranteed that this won't happen worse in the future,” one of the shareholders spoke.Another added. “We believe that you won’t lead the hospital to the gutters. That is the only reason we didn’t withdraw our investments. But, this makes the organization untrustworthy.”Nodding, I let out a sigh and gestured to Abraham behind me. He stepped forward and explained. “We have debunked the news and almost every article has been brought down. The hospital remains unaffected. We will also make sure that nothing like this happ
OPHELIA “ALIA!” My legs refused to move. For one devastating heartbeat, they remained stuck on the spot, my wide eyes staring at the child at the bottom of the stairs. I waited to wake up from a nightmare, convinced my eyes were playing their tricks. When my legs finally decided to move, I flew d
OPHELIAAshford Valentino.That was my father. I didn’t wait another second. My legs instantly led me toward the elevator and out of the company. Even before I sank behind the steering wheel of my car, I’d begun dialing Nova’s number.“Phil, how did it go? You’re out of there?” Her voice rang from
OPHELIAMy heels clicked sharply against the marble floor as I stepped into my father’s company for the first time in years. Heads turned almost immediately. Right. I wanted it to be clear from the deliberate sway of my hips to my loud footsteps that I wasn’t just here for a visit this time. If I
OPHELIA I stepped away from Julius and looked around our living room. Almost everything was different. Instead of grey, the couches were now white. The middle glass table that my father had gifted me after our wedding was nowhere to be found. The walls were repainted and our wedding portraits? Th







