One eventful night, Leila returned home from one of her jobs, only to discover the unthinkable—her father had sold her to the Alvaro family to pay off his debt and take on more loans. When Leila meets the infamous and cruel under boss of the Alvaro family, Leonardo Alvaro, A chilling realization struck her. She knew him. Leonardo wasn’t just the under boss of one of the deadliest families in Las Vegas, but her ex-stepbrother, whom she knew as Damien. Leila must face her complicated history with Damien and the emotions that linger between them. Will she survive his return, or will she get pulled and drowned in a world she can’t escape?
View MoreDAMIEN..She reached the door as she opened it, and disappeared, closing the door behind her with a soft click.Leaving me in the room with my team, with the salvaged presentation.Mrs Eleanor apologized as she continued the presentation, her voice steady, professional.Harris was listening intently as the business was proceeding. But my mind was already elsewhere.With her.The meeting was already over at this moment as I turned from the investors. Addressed Eleanor, who was great at what she did.“Her office.”“Mr. Alvaro?”“Her office,” I repeated, my voice colder now, brooking no argument. “Leila Jones. Where is it?”Eleanor hesitated for a fraction of a second, then, seeing the look in my eyes, she nodded. “Just down the hall, Sir. Third door on the left.”“Thank you.”I turned, giving Harry a go ahead for the continuation, and then turned from where Eleanor and the only lady who I learned was Sophia, I guess her new found friend, I walked towards the back of the room, toward
LEILA..I was standing behind the podium, my hands gripping the edges as if it were the only solid thing in a suddenly tilting world, the cool wood a small anchor in the rising heat of my shock and the crumbling weight of my composure.My team stood behind me, a unified front moments ago, now frozen in place, their faces reflecting my own stunned disbelief, although they didn’t know who he was to me, but they were shocked that he was here.Everyone knew him of course.Sophia was seated with other Veridian staff observers, her eyes, I knew, fixed on me, a silent broadcast of concern across the expanse of the room.I was at the final segment of the presentation. The crucial closing remarks, the articulation of the vision that had brought us to this pivotal point.My voice was clear moments ago, filled with confidence, ready to lay out the future, to convince these powerful individuals that their investment in Veridian was not a gamble, but a certainty. I had been almost done talking.
DAMIEN..I walked into the room.The energy shifted. A ripple went through the air, a sudden hush falling over the low murmur of conversation.It was deliberated and calculated.My entrance.I moved from the doorway into the conference room, a figure in a dark suit, radiating a controlled, formidable power that silenced the space.My footsteps on the floor were measured and steady. I felt every eye in the room turn towards me.My gaze went around the room at first, scanning and assessing, taking in the layout, the people seated around the long, polished table.The investors, of course my team.The Veridian team, clustered near the front and then my gaze swept across the front of the room.The podium. The screen behind it, displaying a complex graph and her.My gaze then met hers.She was standing behind the podium. Frozen.Her presentation notes forgotten and her eyes wide, staring at me.All color drained from her face and I could see the shock.And in that instant, the world narro
LEILA ..The culmination of weeks of frantic preparation, of late nights fueled by coffee and determination was finally here.With everyone rushing and teams moving with nervous energy, carrying documents, adjusting displays.People were walking around, checking equipment, making sure every single detail was perfect, trying to decipher what was happening at this moment.But for me, there was a different feeling. More like a surge of confidence. Based on the knowledge that I knew this company, this strategy, better than anyone.I moved from my office to the conference room, my heels clicking, all set with everything I had on, the presentation outlined in my head, the data supporting every point.It wasn’t just me walking in. It was Veridian. It was my team. The people who ha
LEILA ..“Sophia,” I said, my voice low, a warning tone laced with a hint of amusement, trying to deflect, to change the subject, but unable to suppress the heat rising on my skin.“Don’t ‘Sophia’ me,” her eyes sparkling with unholy delight, pressing the point, clearly enjoying my discomfort.“We talked about this, you ran out of there like you’d seen a ghost, but you also looked like you’d been thoroughly visited. Spill! Was it… everything you needed? Did he take you apart? Was it deep? Mind-blowing? Soul-shattering? The kind of sex that makes you question all your life choices?”She moved from talking about the concept to lounging back on the sofa, her legs curled under her, clearly settling in for a long, detailed conversation, her curiosity piqued, her expression dem
LEILA ..The energy in the Veridian Fashion House crackled. It wasn’t the normal things that happened in Veridian that happened through the design floor, fueled by deadlines and caffeine.It was different.It was charged with anticipation and speculation.Whispers darted across the design floor, hushed conversations in corners, excited murmurs near the coffee machine.A ripple effect of the rumors that had been swirling for days, growing louder, more insistent with every passing hour.Something big was coming, something very major.Sophia moved from her office to mine, her eyes were wide with excitement, a vibrant splash of energy in the early morning quietness. She pulled up a chair beside me before I could even respond,
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