LOGINSOPHIA “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
DAMIEN “I know this is your final decision but I have to be frank with you, Damien. Bribing those people to win the project isn't a good idea” Sophia told me as we returned to my office. I turned around to face her just as she shut the door and she froze. Walking toward her, fear settled in her eyes and I smiled as I stopped a foot away from her.“You're giving an opinion?” I asked her and shifting from foot to another, she eyed me uneasily.“It's not just an opinion, Damien. It's serious advice from me because I care about this company” she corrected with fiery eyes and I chuckled in amusement.It was really difficult to believe a word she said to me now. Ever since I found out she was still seeing Aiden in secret, even going on dates with him at night, I found it difficult to trust her.Sophia had broken our pact. She let the enemy get too close to her than she should and now, I couldn't bring myself to see her as a partner any longer.One year of hard work and now, it was all goi
SOPHIAWeeks had passed since all the shocking truths were revealed to me and not a word, a phone call or even a mere message had come from Aiden since I told him off.Even though I missed him badly and wished we could be together against all odds, I knew we couldn't. So I didn't let myself dwell on it too much.I didn't even bother proving my innocence to him anymore because there was no way I could bring myself to tell him that I knew my sister killed his niece.I also didn't confront Damien about Beth. I couldn't. I was scared he would lose his temper and hurt me more than I anticipated and I wasn't ready to face him head on.Thanks to Beth, he knew all my plans, my secrets, and could use them all against me. So it was best I made him believe I was back on his side as I kept working with him.Though that would be until I find the perfect chance to strike.Walking into his company, I was escorted to his office and I walked in to find him busy on his laptop. He smiled when he looked
SOPHIAWalking into my apartment, I tossed my bag and jacket. Then I went to the kitchen where I drank a glass of water first before fixing myself a plate of the meal I'd ordered that morning. My mind hadn't stopped running in circles since the moment I found out about Elena's deed. I questioned a lot of things but most of all, I kept cracking my brain, trying to figure out how Damien managed to find out about me and Aiden still secretly seeing each other.I never told anyone. Even if there was a spy sent by him to work in my office and watch me, he or she wouldn't have possibly known because I never told anyone.Except for Janet and Beth… and I knew Janet too well for too long to know she wouldn't snitch on me. So the only suspect left on my list was Beth. I pondered hard, wondering if there was anything that could have given her away but was ignored by me and soon enough, it all began to make sense. How she had approached me that day, claiming to know me as someone who admired m







