Masuk~ADRIAN~“Why are you confused? You clearly want this girl. So why do you keep treating her like some garbage? I raised you to be better than that,” Mom scolded me the moment Isabella stormed out of my office. Her voice was sharp, full of disappointment, and it made my jaw clench.I rubbed my face with my hand, trying to push away the frustration burning inside me. I wanted to yell. I wanted to storm out after her. But I couldn’t.Part of me wanted her right there, pressed against me, her heat and scent driving me insane. My body betrayed me, reacting every time I thought about her. My cock throbbed even as my mind screamed that I hated her.I sat back down in my chair and closed my eyes. I hated how she got under my skin.I hated how her voice could make me tense, and how her mere presence could make my blood boil. And yet, I wanted her. Wanted to pull her close, tried to punish her and reward her at the same time.I told myself I was angry, but every nerve in my body remembered how
~ISABELLA~Adrian took my hand and inserted it into his trouser making me gasp when I felt his firm erection.The moment I touched it, I felt my whole underwear get soaked with my wetness. My pussy began to throb with want.I wanted what I was touching to be inside me. I didn't even know when I began rubbing and stroking Adrian’s coc with my hands.He ran his hand through his head and tilted his head back as he groaned in pleasure.“Fuck that feels so good,” He said.Our hate for each other could wait, but for now we both wanted each other badly.I began undoing his belt when the door opened and Susanna entered.“Uhmm… Should I come back another time?” Susanna smirked while Adrian and I looked at her feeling embarrassed.“God, mom, do you have to ask?” Adrian exclaimed and facepalmed.“Fine. Sorry,” She raised her hand in surrender and left.It took Susanna barging in on us to finally snap me out of the lustful haze. I straightened up quickly, my face burning, and tried to regain some
~ISABELLA~My heart thumped in my chest as Charles took slow, steady steps toward the table.He greeted no one yet. His eyes scanned the room. He seemed to be looking for something or someone.And I knew exactly who.Adrian.My eyes moved to Adrian, who remained calm as Charles approached. He did not flinch. He did not look nervous. He looked exactly the same as before.He looked confident, quiet and in control. Everyone else bowed their heads slightly, but Adrian kept his posture straight, almost relaxed.It made my stomach twist in a strange way. The sight of it. The sense of power he carried without saying anything.Charles Owen walked straight to Adrian and bowed showing Adrian respect as he said, “Sir, you called for me.”The sight hit me so hard that for a moment, I forgot to breathe. I knew Adrian was powerful, but watching the CEO of Fintech bow to him like that… It felt unreal. My mind kept racing, trying to catch up with what my eyes were seeing.Susanna gasped in shock, and
~ISABELLA~“This has to be some sort of joke right?” Sebastian’s Dad asked Adrian.Adrian smirked.The moment he did, my jaw dropped. I stared at him, completely shocked. He was not joking. I knew that look.It was the same expression he used when he was sure of himself, when he was about to shake the room without even trying.Fintech.He actually said it.I almost forgot how to breathe. Fintech was one of the fastest growing companies in the entire city.It grew faster than any of the old companies that had been around for decades. It was young, powerful and respected. The only company bold enough to reject investors because too many people wanted a piece of it.Everyone talked about it. Everyone wanted to be connected to it. And here Adrian was, sitting beside me like it was nothing, claiming it as his.I felt a wave of disbelief wash through me. My chest tightened. He had kept this hidden. Completely hidden.And I wondered for a second if that was why he always looked at me like tr
~ISABELLA~I had never been so angry at someone in my life. The way Adrian spoke to me earlier in the hallway replayed in my head like an annoying song.His tone, his sharp words, the way he looked at my dress like it offended him. It all made my blood boil. I knew he hated me but I did not expect him to speak to me in front of Caspian like that.It embarrassed me more than I wanted to admit. I tried to keep a straight face, but deep down I felt a sting.Still, even with all that anger burning in me, there was something else I could not ignore. Something that annoyed me even more. I felt sorry for him. And I hated that I did.During the meeting, when Sebastian’s Dad stood up with that smug look on his face, acting like he already owned the building, it made my chest tighten.He kept throwing nasty comments like he enjoyed seeing Adrian struggle. I watched Adrian’s jaw tighten little by little, and for the first time today, I saw a different side of him.Not the cold boss. Not the man
~ADRIAN~When I went into the meeting room, I saw Susanna seething at the head of the table and I went to sit close to her.All the while I was walking, the eyes of everyone in the meeting were on me including Isabella.If I didn’t know better, I would have said that she was nervous that I wouldn’t be able to convince the investors. I would have said she was worried about me.The moment I stepped inside, the air in the room felt heavy.It wasn’t because of the investors, even though some of them were already tapping their pens and checking their watches like their time was more important than mine.Still, as I walked, I felt eyes burning into my back. The investors were already doubtful.Some were annoyed. Some were curious. But one pair of eyes bothered me the most, and it wasn’t Susanna’s.Isabella was staring.I didn’t want to look at her, but my eyes pulled toward her for a second anyway. She sat on the side of the long table, her hands on her lap, her back straight. She looked c







