ログインAUTHOR'S POV Reid watched as Mary ran out of the dining room with her face pale and her hands were shaking. Her father didn’t even blink, he just kept talking business like nothing happened. Disgust twisted in Reid's gut. Reid was furious as he thought the arrogant, cold bastard that call himself Mary's father just sat there smiling. Did he think my marriage to his daughter changed anything? As if he had forgotten that he was responsible for some of Brown Group workers deaths. The proof was almost ready. Reid just needed a few more pieces before he could make him pay for all his wrongdoing. "Mary seems...," Mary's father remarked as he sipped his wine. Reid clenched his jaw. "Maybe because her father sold her like cattle." The words slipped out before he could stop them. Mr. Sampson froze as his glass was already halfway to his lips. Then he laughed off a cold, humorless sound. "I wanted the merger and you wanted my daughter, business is business, Reid." Reid stood abruptl
Mary's POV A whole week had passed since that night. Since Reid stormed out after our fight. And that was the day since Danny had disappeared. I sat at my office desk, staring at just one document for the past one hour as my mind couldn't focus on work, it kept going back to the moment Reid was threatening to hurt Danny before kissing me as he owned me. And Danny... I hadn’t seen or heard from him since. It was heard that he called in sick to work without any details. He was just reported sick which made me wonder how much damage Reid had done to him. I didn’t ask him to fight my battles and I didn't justify what Danny did but Reid had gone a little bit too far. A knock on my office door snapped me out of my train of thought. I finally let out a breath as Freya, my assistant, marched in with her usual cheerful self which suddenly relaxed my serious expression. "Your father called," she said. "Family dinner tonight. He left no room for an argument so you have to come." My stom
AUTHOR'S POV Reid stormed out of Mary’s room with his blood boiling. He couldn't believe that Danny could lay his hands on his wife. Pulling out his phone, he dialed the number of his head of security, Alvin. "Find Danny Williams for me!" he growled the moment the call connected. "I don’t care where he is, just bring him to me." He hung up before Alvin could respond as his hands had already clenched into fists at his sides. The urge to break all the bones in Danny's body and to shatter his pretty-boy face to make sure he would never touch Mary again. He might have been doing that to Mary when she was married to him but not now that she was his, he no longer had the right to even look at her. Reid himself believed that he wasn’t even supposed to fall for Mary, it was never part of his plan but he hated seeing her suffer. He knew that she deserved someone better, someone that isn’t him or Danny. Mary wasn’t supposed to mean anything to him but after that night when Danny left he
Mary's POV I sat at my desk after Danny had left, staring wide-eyed at the wall with my cheek still stinging from his slap. My eyes were already swollen and I didn’t have the energy to move an inch. I was already exhausted and I still had some files to look into before calling it a day. My phone buzzed on the desk but I didn’t want to look at it. It was probably Rose checking on me or maybe Reid trying to make my life harder. But the buzzing didn’t stop. With a sigh, I picked it up. It was a call from an unknown number, "Dinner with grandma tonight, 8 PM, my driver will pick you up at 7:30. Don’t be late." My stomach twisted as I heard that. It was Reid who just spoke like a commanding now when I was at my worst. I threw the phone back on the desk without replying. There was no way I would go to a dinner with my face red and puffy like this. It would only make matters worse as Reid wouldn't stop asking and questioning me to know what happened. My phone buzzed again. It was a
Mary's POV The business meeting with Griffith Industries had dragged on for hours and my back was already aching. The stiff boardroom chair was not helping at all. I barely got enough sleep last night as Reid had successfully managed to fill my head with his thoughts and fantasies. Inside my head, he was getting to me and tormenting me which I hated. My head ached as I kept listening to numbers and watching projections. I needed a break. Not just a break but a long comfortable one. I just wanted the meeting to be over. Finally, the CEO, Andy Griffith, stood up. "Thank you all for your time. We’ll reconvene next week." I didn't even understand what was going on, I was just thankful that my assistant was here to take notes. I would run through everything at a convenient time before making my decisions. People started leaving and I also started packing the papers in a file. I was eager to leave the place and return to the comfort of my office. "Mary." I looked up and saw that i
Author's POV Reid finally returned to New York after a long week away. His business deals were successful but it was exhausting and all he wanted was a hot shower and his bed. But there was no rest for him. His phone buzzed as soon as he landed. It was a call for another business dinner tonight. And it wasn’t one that he could afford to miss, it was some very important clients He sighed and texted his driver to get ready. The car ride into the city gave him the time to think. He had been away from his mansion for a week which meant he had been away from her for a whole week. Mary. His beloved wife. Just thinking about her made his jaw tighten. The damn kiss on their wedding day haunted him. The way her lips had been so soft under his and the way her body had stiffened at first before it slowly melted into his. He knew that she hated him but he still had his eyes on her, even after what happened when they were in college, he couldn't get over her. The moment he set his eyes
Mary's POV I woke up to blinding white lights with the smell of antiseptic and the beeping of machines. Without doubt, I was in a hospital. My head pounded as I tried to remember how I got here, and my body felt heavy as if I had been crushed by a heavy weight. Then the pain hit and my memorie
Mary's POV I mustered up the sanity left in me and packed my stuff in silence. My hands moved on their own as they kept shoving clothes into the suitcase. I grabbed a few things that were truly mine in this house. Some photos, jewelry, and the little trinkets Danny could afford to give me befor
Mary's POV My body was still frozen with tears burning my cheeks as I replayed his words in my head. Everytime it hurt more than the previous. Danny stood there with his face twisted in irritation instead of guilt and shame that I expected. He was just irritated like I was the one who had done
Mary's POV I had called him over twelve times. There was no answer. What could possibly be the reason behind his absence? I had planned so much for us today and he messed it up. I took a cab home with my stomach in knots. I felt so bad about everything I wanted to tell him. Now, I just felt







