로그인Sarah’s POVThough my heart sought for answers to the abrupt attitude Collins pulled at me earlier, I couldn’t change the fact that I was at work and I needed to do my job. The confusion he left in my chest kept pulsing like a quiet alarm, but even with that discomfort, I forced myself to sit straight and behave like nothing was wrong.I penned down projects that we must do for the advantage of the company, letting my pen glide over the page just to stop my mind from drifting back to his strange expression. But on the other hand, I continued to shoot my eyes at the time, stealing quick glances as though the clock owed me something.Checking my wrist, hoping that 4pm would just come quickly and work hour would be over and I could hear what Dave would say about it, I kept tapping my foot against the floor. Every minute felt stretched, long, and irritating. The more I tried to ignore it, the more Collins’ face replayed in my mind like a scene begging for an explanation.And just like tha
Dave’s POV“We need to see.” Her voice darted to me on the phone like a dagger, sharp and piercing, and immediately my stomach sank.I had recognized voices like this before, furious, controlled, yet trembling with the threat of revelation. They were voices of someone who had just discovered something long hidden, something that should never have been exposed.She sounded like she already knew more than she should. Like she had uncovered fragments of my secret life, my illegal business, and perhaps even more.It hit me instantly: Collins was behind all of this.He was one of my frequent customers, but at the same time, he was the owner of the Innovative Communist, the company where Sarah worked.Collins had a reputation. He liked women, often more than one at a time, at most of our secret locations. He treated them as if they had no future, no consequences, nothing that tied them to reality.My heart continued to pound violently. It could only be him, right?Because I had referred Sar
Sarah’s POVI sat into my office chair. The office looked smaller now, as though the walls had somehow shifted closer while I was gone. I was sweating all over, the faint heat clinging to my back and making my hands unsteady as I rested them on the desk.I couldn’t quite place it. What just happened in there? The question pressed at me like a weight sitting on my chest, refusing to let me breathe properly.My mind unraveled like a movie. It played in my head again, every detail clearer now that I had a moment alone to breathe.The moment he rose to his feet, dug his hands into the fridge and brought out the wine, and then started asking me such abrupt questions. The questions felt too sharp, too intentional, like he already knew something he wasn’t saying.My heart started to beat harder, thumping so loudly that I felt it in my throat.I needed an answer. I needed clarity before my thoughts swallowed me whole.If this man mentioned Dave Maryland and mentioned that I was one of his gir
Sarah’s POVThe moment I finally settled into the chair, easing myself gently so I would not appear nervous, he leaned forward as though my presence had interrupted whatever balance he had. His hands rested flat on the table, and his eyes swept slowly across my face. It was not the normal curious look a boss gave a new employee. His gaze moved like something inside him operated on its own, as if my face were a file he misplaced and urgently needed to retrieve.“So, you are Ms. Lincoln, our new staff?” he voiced slowly. His tone drifted out without any warmth, almost like a line he had rehearsed repeatedly until the emotions were drained out of it.“Yes!” I answered, keeping my voice light.“It feels good to work in a beautiful place like this, sir,” I added. I used the polite tone I had mastered over the years.One thing I had learned in the corporate world was that even in tense situations, there was power in knowing how to soften the air. A gentle word, a polite compliment, or a wel
Dave’s POVI stepped into the living room, the weight of what I was about to do pressing down on me. My hand instinctively went into my pocket and came out holding my cell phone.I needed to check it. Calls, messages, emails I might have missed. Earlier, I had purposely turned on silence mode for my phone. How could I not? I was about to do it, fuck Emmanuella as though she were a prom star, and I was an actor in the scene who had to make her squirt loudly like she had never done it before.And then, my heart sank.I saw it.Her call.I had missed it.While I was having brutal sex with Emmanuella, Sarah had dialed my line. Not once, not twice. My phone rang silently three times, each call spaced about fifteen minutes apart.My hand shook as I held the phone. What was I supposed to tell her? From what I had learned, women noticed details. This was not just about a missed call. She would know, feel, sense it.It had happened before. She had called me when I was at the warehouse; my phon
Abraham’s POVIt’s sickening. In fact, it is even more sickening that I was still here, outside of Dave’s or whatever his name was villa, sitting in my car with Roland at the driver’s seat like a man who had lost all sense of dignity. I kept staring through the windshield as though the answers to my life existed somewhere behind those iron gates.I have never done anything like this before. I never even had the time to think about doing it. My life used to move at a fast and disciplined pace. I was a busy person more than this. Work would call, I would have to attend exclusive meetings. I would make connections, attend exclusive parties and galas, and maintain my relationships with the people who mattered.But for Sarah and for Cynthia, all these could wait. The world could pause. My pride could pause. My name and my reputation could also stand still because the weight of my regrets refused to give me rest.There was never a day that passed that I did not regret my actions towards Sar







