68.Bianca was shocked. What the heck did Nathan mean? She dropped the bag she was holding on the desk and folded her arms, her expression hurt as she locked eyes with him.“What are you saying, Nathan? You should be happy she is getting married.” The hurt in her voice could be felt as she totally wasn’t expecting such a reaction from Nathan.She had thought he would dance and jubilate with her, but here he was, acting like he couldn’t bear to lose Samantha.Nathan ruffled his hair and looked at her, his expression gloomy. “I’m sorry, Bianca,” he said, trying his best to lie his way out. That slipped before he could get a hold on himself and the last thing he wanted was Bianca withdrawing from his company when he hadn’t even gotten Samantha to help him yet.Samantha getting married was the greatest shock of his life. He couldn’t believe it and he didn’t want it to happen.Bianca shook her head at him, clearly pissed. “Sorry?” she scoffed. “That’s all you have to say?” Nathan knew he
67.THE SULLIVANSBianca was seated in her office working her butt off to correct the mistakes she had made in the records of the sales yet again. For the past three days, she has been working nonstop with little bathroom and food breaks all because she was hell-bent on bringing the best results to her father, but it seemed the harder she worked, the more difficult it became.She ruffled her hair and groaned inwardly. She was usually a social media freak, who couldn’t go a day without posting something online, or surfing the internet but for three days, she hadn’t even touched her phone. Her back was hurting badly and in addition to that, she was exhausted as hell.The door to her office flew open and her two best friends, Brenda and Ava rushed in with worried looks on their faces.“Girl, what happened to you? We’ve been calling and texting you for three days straight but no replies. You didn’t post any update on your social media account either. We were worried sick thinking somethin
66.“Kiss me, Aiden,” Samantha repeated, and Aiden smirked. He was loving this new Samantha. He had no idea how it happened, but whatever it was that made her this way, he was forever grateful for that.“You’ve become daring, wifey,” he teased, his fingers finding their way to the back of her hair. “You want me to kiss you when your family is just downstairs? I just don’t kiss, Samantha. I do way more than that.” Samantha smirked. “I love intentional men,” he placed her index finger on his chest. “Show me what you’ve got.” she bit her lower lip again.Aiden wrapped his hand around her waist and pulled her closer. He leaned in, and his lips brushed against Samantha’s, sending shivers down her spine. His kiss was soft and gentle, yet filled with a tender passion that made her heart skip a beat. As their lips touched, Samantha felt like the world had melted away, and it was her and this man who managed to make her fall madly in love with him when she thought she wouldn’t.Aiden’s hands
65.Later that day…THE SALVADORS“This better be good, sister. I didn’t get forced to quit my nap to hear gibberish from you.” Estella rasped as she descended the stairs to the living room where their parents were seated with Aiden and Samantha.Samantha smiled as she looked at Estella. “Dear Sister, I’m certain this will be worth your while,” she said, but Estella only scoffed and took a seat.Left for her, she wouldn’t even be sited here, but her father had to come force her out of the room simply because Samantha had an important announcement to make. She had no fucking business with any announcement; not like the family needed her for anything anyway, so why were they bent on having her in every meeting?Ray looked at his daughter, his face a mixture of happiness and pride. Whenever Samantha called the family together like this, it was often for something big, and he couldn’t help but wonder what she wanted to tell them this time.Samantha stood to her feet and smiled at all of t
64.After the lunch, Aiden held Samantha’s hand as they walked out of the house together. When they had gotten to the car, he turned to face her.“I’m curious,” he spoke up, and she looked at him. “What made you change your mind? You wanted us to get married in private before now.”“Well… let’s just say, I had a sober reflection and realized what I was missing,” she answered and he raised an eyebrow. “Also, I think a real marriage is just what I need.”Aiden nodded. “How about your feelings for me?” he moved closer to her, and she quickly looked away from him, clearing her throat.Her phone rang immediately, and she thanked her lucky stars. She checked to see that it was Linda calling.“I have to take this,” she moved away from him and placed the phone on her ears, “Hello?” she placed the phone on loudspeaker.“Sam, Mrs. DuPont is here with her son to see you.” Samantha’s eyes widened. “Mrs. DuPont is there? What for?” she asked, knowing that the contract was still in preparation, an
63.Aiden couldn’t believe what he just heard. He didn’t even know how to react to what Samantha just said, and he wondered if this was a dream. He stared at Samantha.“Sam,” he called, and she nodded at him. “Are you sure about this? If you’re pulling my legs, I think it’s time to stop now.”Samantha smiled. “Why are you so shocked, Aiden? I’m being honest here,” she held his hand and rubbed the back of his palm, shocking him further. “I’m not joking.”Aiden was quiet for a while before speaking up. “Sam, I promised not to pressure you and decided to give you some time so you could fall in love with me naturally. That’s why when you suggested we make it private, I agreed without complaints. That’s because I don’t want to put you in a situation where you’d be coaxed into making a decision that will make you regret later, I don’t want that—”“Aiden, chill,” she chuckled. Aiden shook his head. “You don’t understand, Sam,” he sighed, massaging his forehead. “I want to know if there’s an