Maya followed the salesperson assigned to her the next Tuesday morning as she is being led to another row of plates on display at The Plate Signature. The shop that Grayson had recommended her to had her plates customized.“That shop has been known in this state as the best pottery for plates,” he mentioned to her over the weekend as she presented to him the design that she came up with and asked the best location for the restaurant logo to be printed on. “I even told Skylar to have The Spicy Panda’s plates made here as well. A different look for this branch, something modern.”“I already had Thomas set an appointment for you on Tuesday at ten in the morning. It’s already on your calendar and reminder,” he continued as he looked at the different plates, she had sketch and pointed at one. He smiled at her approvingly. “Why not make this one as the serving plate instead? You can put the signature on the top center.”Maya contemplated for a while, studying his suggestion before finally n
Grayson, that afternoon, looked up from the paper that he is writing on when he heard the car pulling up the driveway inside the office of the villa he had purchased before. Instead of standing up to meet Maya at the door, he turned his attention back to the writing he is doing.He heard the door to his office creaked open.“Grayson?” Maya’s voice called out lightly. “May I come in?”Fortunately, his mobile phone rang and Grayson immediately reached for it to answer.“Hello, Benedict,” he said a little bit out loud to make sure that she could hear him. He heard the door closed a few seconds after and Grayson cursed at himself for acting immature. “No, it’s all good, Nathan. What have you got for me?”Grayson leaned back on his chair as Nathan relayed to him what his men had found out with regards to the case that he requested to be reopened.“Those persons of interest that we identified based on the footage that my office got before, one’s in prison, the other in rehab and so far, the
Grayson rolled Maya onto her back on their bed, kissing her hungrily as he continued thrusting into her deeply late evening. He could feel her fingers digging onto his back as she meets his demands, arching her hips at his every movement.He travelled his lips down her jawline, moving down to her neck and throat, hearing her breathing heavily beneath him. He moved to her face, kissing every part of it, starting from her forehead.“Grayson,” she whispered achingly, looking up at him.He met her gaze and he smiled down at her as he touched her face gently.“You’re so beautiful, Maya,” he said softly as he captured her lips again for another hungry and passionate kiss. He grabbed both of her wrists and pushed them on both sides of her head, pushing himself deeper into her core. “I love you so much.”Grayson buried his face into her neck as he thrust in and out of her, taking her to the brink of their ongoing passion. He felt her matching up his passion and a few minutes later, he finally
Maya thanked Steven, her constant bodyguard as he carefully placed all the dinner plate models, she had purchased on the living room center table, for her to make a final decision on a Saturday afternoon.“You’re back, Madam,” Yasmine Jones called out politely, appearing from the back of the house. “I’ll have tea and cookies for you in five minutes.”“Thanks, Yasmine,” Maya responded. “Did Jordan brought Pogo?”“He did but when I told him that you’re still out, he said that he will come back later,” Yasmine answered from the island counter. “I informed him that you might be back late in the afternoon.”Maya nodded as she knelt on the floor and started unwrapping the plates carefully, setting them to one side by colors and types. She took individual pictures of the plates and then stood up, heading to Grayson’s office where she placed the box of the sample of utensils and glasses that she had decided on.“Here you go, Madam,” Yasmine said, just in time for Maya to come out from the off
Grayson stared quietly through the frameless glass window towards the vast garden of the Wellington estate on a Tuesday morning inside the family library. He stuck his hands inside his pockets, waiting for the visitor his brother had told that wished to see him.“Grayson?”He turned at the call of his name and he stood still for a while when he finally came face to face with Sheridan Blackthorne, Duchess of Luxembourg. He took his hands out from his pockets and bowed to her formally.“It’s good to see you again, Lady Blackthorne,” Grayson greeted calmly.“Lady Blackthorne?” Sheridan asked with a slight hint of amusement. “Whatever happened to Auntie Sherry? I’m sure that I am still that woman to you.”“I’m not sure if I still have the privilege to call you that,” Grayson answered carefully.Sheridan walked towards him with a smile and raised her arms, placing them gently on his shoulders. Applying pressure with her palms, Grayson bent down and finally pulled her into a hug. She rubbed
Jordan looked up with an irritated expression, from the menu that he is reading when he heard a commotion at one side of the empty restaurant of The Fresh Fusion on a Wednesday lunch time. He frowned when he saw familiar figures, who seemed to be harassing someone that is trying to get pass the reception podium.The maître d looked harassed at the situation.“You think that you are so high above us that you pretend not to know us?” Sissy Barnes mocked coldly. “You had everyone completely fooled that you’re dead! Was this a plan of yours? Fake your death and then come back alive a few years later? You do always love some attention to yourself!”“Did you come back to seek your revenge?” Jenna Ferguson-Hamilton, Sissy’s mother added. “Putting us on a bad light when you got engaged was not enough, huh?!”“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” the harassed person answered. “Please. Just leave me be. I’m not bothering you.”“Oh, but you are,” Sissy snapped. She reached out and gripped th
Maya stared at herself at the mirror, looking at her reflection with calm eyes, as she wore an emerald green elegant strappy V-neck knee length dress that features a backless and crisscross back design. She paired it with a glittery strappy, 6-inch sandals, diamond earrings and natural make-up except for her bright red lips.She looked down at the 5 Carat Double Halo Cushion Cut Diamond in White Gold engagement ring that Grayson gave her, which she knew belong to his grandmother. She raised her hand, admiring the ring and feeling guilty at the same time.It has been a month since she is rebelling on Grayson by ditching her bodyguards most of the time. One month of suppressing her heartache when she discovered the letter he had written to Elizabeth Blackthorne as well as nursing her jealousy by going out with Jordan.“Nathan called me because Steven’s been reporting to him that you’ve been ditching them again and again, Maya,” Grayson said hardly over the phone several days ago. “What’
Jordan opened the door for Maya and gently helped her out of his car the following day. He handed his car key to the valet after he closed the door. He instructed the porter to take her small weekend bag to the room he had reserved for her to change later in the afternoon for an opera and orchestra show in the evening and for her to stay overnight.He matched her pace, staying behind her, watching and admiring her. He hid a grin as he recalled a few hours ago when he expertly drove through the heavy traffic going towards the hotel and ditched her bodyguards, who are on their own car following them.When Maya had noticed that they’re missing, Jordan lied through his teeth and told her that they might have got stuck in traffic and that he had told them where they are going.Maya walked up the few steps of The Grand Pinnacle Hotel, oblivious to the fact that some employees of the hotel are staring at her curiously while some guests and customers are looking at her admiringly, most especi