MasukDAMIEN Sophia never reached out ever since we won the project and I began to wonder if she was avoiding me.The more days passed, the more Elena's words rang in my head; to see if Sophia was still going against my rule behind me.I wanted to doubt that. I wanted to believe that Sophia had turned for good and she would never betray me again but I couldn't. I couldn't because she'd betray me already and it wasn't even once. So there was definitely nothing stopping her from betraying me again.I suspected her. I had a strong feeling she was up to something and most of all, my instincts kept telling me she was avoiding me… which was something she never did when our partnership was still solid strong. Work came to an end for the day and impatiently, I sprang out of my chair. Grabbing my car key, I left for my car and got in to head toward her place without letting her know.I was going to do as Elena advised. I was going to pay her a random visit and see if she was secretly up to anythi
DAMIEN Shutting the door behind me, I sat on the couch and turned on the lights to find Elena sitting in the dark.“What have I told you about coming to my house without informing me?” I asked her and she smiled.“I met your housekeeper and I made sure to inform her of my presence before she left” she replied sarcastically and I rolled my eyes at her. I stood up and walked to my room and she followed but I turned around to face her once I was in front of my door.“Where were you all these days? You just disappeared” I asked her and she shrugged.“I had a score to settle and I succeeded. Now I'm back” she answered vaguely and I let it be. If she wasn't telling me everything on her own will, it meant she didn't want to.“Fine. Wait for me in the living room, I've got to change” I instructed and she walked away. With that, I walked into my room and changed into something more comfortable for the night.Then I returned to the living room to find her having a drink.“So. Why are you her
SOPHIARunning back into the conference room, I found Damien standing alone. He wasn’t talking to the leader of the project’s tea anymore and he was looking around the room, obviously looking for me. Dragging a long breath to ready myself as I faced him, I walked through the conversing crowd and our eyes met when he finally found me. His gaze brightened and he smiled so I smiled too.“You look very happy. I’m sure you’re on cloud nine right now” I told him and he chuckled, his whole teeth flashing.“Of course I’m happy. I won more than half of the huge projects this year and now this… all thanks to you, Sophia. I shouldn't have doubted you when you said you were done with Aiden” he said. I only shook my head without uttering a word.“I don’t blame you for doubting me. I was the one who made multiple mistakes so it was up to me to show you I was still loyal” “So you prepared a proposal even though I shunned you many times and told you it wouldn’t be needed. I’m glad you didn’t listen
SOPHIA “Aiden, I need to go. You have to let me go” I whispered the moment we broke our kiss and he shook his head.“I don't want you with him anymore. Just break things off with him and stay by my side. Can't you do that?” He asked and I shook my head.“It's not as easy as you think it is to do that. It's not that simple” I told him and his gentle gaze turned hostile. “Why? Because you enjoy being with him? Is that why it's not that simple for you to just walk away from your stupid deal?” He fired at me and my mouth fell open in shock.I couldn't believe he was the same Aiden who just secretly pulled me into a room and kissed me. Why was he suddenly so aggressive toward me?“I'm not fighting with you today, Aiden. So I'm just going to leave” I ignored his accusations and turned to walk away but he grabbed my wrist and held me in place.“You don't want to fight with me? Is it also because of Damien? I saw the way you smiled at him back there, Sophia. How do you expect me to believe
SOPHIAI took over the laptop his assistant worked with once Damien gave me the go ahead with a brief nod. Uncertainty settled in his eyes but he had no idea I saw this coming.If only he'd listened to me, we would have anticipated this together… But he decided not to because he let his emotions get the best of him. All along, I actually thought he was a man of logic. This time though, I guessed not.I typed away on the laptop with focus. Logging into my email account, getting the proposal and then having it sent to the project proposal recipient email address.Then I stood up once I was done and looked down at Damien who was watching me questioningly. He obviously was trying to get a grasp of what just happened but I wasn't going to tell him anything.Not until the end of the project bid. I wanted to punish him too. The same way he did to me publicly.“I'm done. All you have to do is wait for the result and trust me, we're going to win” I told him and he scoffed. He looked very do
SOPHIA Breathing heavily, I stormed toward my car and entered in a rush. Desperate to get away from Damien as fast as I could. My heart wouldn't stop beating so fast, the fear he instilled in me just moments ago wouldn't quit eating my insides up and my hands kept shaking as I reversed and drove out of the parking lot.Damien had finally made it clear to me. He had no use for me anymore.Now that he didn't want me around any longer, nothing would stop him from hurting me. Men like him liked to hurt people to fill their inflated ego and that was what he was going to do to me.No matter what I had to say to him regarding the project, he wasn't going to listen to me. He would go ahead to bribe the team, thinking they would help him but they wouldn't. I'd done my research on that acquaintance of his long ago. Taking bribes from people was his way. He would scam them of their hard earned cash and then award the project to whoever deserved it.He always got away though… because he knew







