The Hierarchy

Two women burst into the room where I was. I recognized one of them right away.Vincent’s personal secretary."Please, let me go." I glared at her, but she just averted her gaze. "Do you realize what you're doing now? I'm going to sue you all!""Sue me if you manage to flee, Ms. Viacera." Vincent arrived, and he was dressed formally. "No one can hear you, no matter how loud you shout."“Why are you doing this?” I was stunned as I suppressed my self-loathing. “I-I thought we had an agreement.”“A-huh?” He leaned against the door jamb and slammed the wall using his fist. “You forgot, Ms. Viacera, that we are sworn enemies. Do you think I’ll be gentle with you?”Because of what he said, my hands began to tremble. I blinked and bit my bottom lip.He was correct. Why did I believe he would assist me?“For the next two months, my secretaries will monitor your behavior and health. Consider yourself fortunate if you did not become pregnant.I gave him a dark look. “And what if I become pregna

"Shianna! Let's talk about it! Don't dismiss me!"I kept walking away, ignoring Mom, who was chasing after me."Shianna!" When she managed to grab my arm, I reacted violently. I gave her a cold stare, causing Mom to release my arm immediately."What is it?" I stepped closer to her, smiling sarcastically. Her eyes widened slightly, and she took a step back. "What do you want us to discuss? Is there anything else we should talk about?"Mom looked at me for a long time before bitterly laughing as if she were secretly in pain."You've changed."I took a deep breath and was about to say something when I noticed my stepfather hastily approaching us. When I gave him a blank stare, he immediately stopped running."Honey." My stepfather went to my Mom. He had a grim face when he turned to face me."I can't believe you made your mother chase after you. Are you that disrespectful?""Wow." I blinked and turned to face the onlookers in the distance. The reporters wanted to go near, but they couldn

“The Viacera,” the audience mumbled as they retreated to make room for the Viacera Clan, who were clearly upset about the situation. I was relieved to see that my great-grandfather and grandfather weren’t here.“Oh! Shianna? You’ve returned!” One of my cousins, Livi, waved at me. My aunts and uncles raised their eyebrows as she approached. Meanwhile, my cousins stood around casually, taking in their surroundings. The women were stiff and stolid, their arms folded, while the men stood emotionless, watching what was going on. Some plainly enjoyed the chaos they observed. They enjoyed the excitement, didn’t they?“Oh?” Cassie approached us. She turned to face the enraged woman beside me. She narrowed her eyes and snapped her tongue.“Wow. I’d leave Shianna if I were you because I don’t want to go directly to hell. Do you realize that being physically powerful is in our blood? We’d be martial arts masters if we weren’t so wealthy.” Cassie folded her arms and laughed gently. She then stare

“Miss Viacera!" says the reporter. "Please, say something!" "Is it true that the families aren't on good terms?" "Shit!" When my forehead collided with something hard, I came to a halt. When I recognized the man I had run into, I looked up and restrained my eyes from widening. Our gazes locked, and I nearly passed out when I saw his black eyes. "You appear to be in a hurry, Miss Viacera. Is that why you didn't respond to my message? I was inviting you to join me at a conference." I couldn't respond if I hadn't read it! I also delegated email management to Cayer. I also didn't mind if Vincent contacted me. "You." I shoved him with a dark look on my face. "Get out of my way." Vincent locked his gaze on me, and suddenly, his face was obscured by darkness. I ignored his tightening jaw. I walked past him, but he grabbed my arm violently. I yelled and was going to fight back when someone grabbed Vincent's collar. "You enjoy irritating her, Vincent. Unfortunately, I will not allow you