Eva was up to something. I had my doubts but it wasn't confirmed until she made us wait in the living room while she went inside the kitchen once again to retrieve another tray. It was filled with blueberry muffins. I quickly assessed her gait as she walked around and breathed in relief when I didn't observe any signs of discomfort in her. She seemed to be recovering pretty well and although she wasn't allowed to run around for long and overexert her legs, the fact that she no longer had to depend on the crutches was a blessing. "Is there some special occasion tonight that I wasn't aware of?" I inquired as she served her cookies to the both of us after we settled on the couch. I had to hold back a moan and a pout because my little sister had the hands of a professional baker- something I couldn't understand considering she was my sister. "Oh. Of-of course not! I just wanted to... do something for you. And try bakin

“Ms. White, this was just delivered for you.”I looked up from the mail I was currently reading to find Leah bringing in a medium sized box wrapped beautifully with a golden paper. I stopped myself from rolling my eyes as I immediately knew where it came from. Refraining from letting out an exasperated breath, I quietly dismissed her after thanking.Once Leah was gone closing the door on her way out, I gingerly picked up the ‘gift’ sitting innocently on my desk. Flipping it over, I saw a small card with the now familiar and stupidly elegant scrawl on it.Bribe #18Mission: Bring a smile on your face.I love you.-your dashing prince I bit my lip, resisting the goofy grin that threatened to form on it. The stupid fool had made it his mission to shower me with stupidly cute gifts ever since Eva left, claiming to restart his bribes.It had now been month since we dropped

“Are you really going? I still say that you can call them here instead.” Adrian spoke once his car pulled up at back entrance of the airport.I rolled my eyes for the hundred and thirty first time since this morning and shot him an exasperated look. He returned it with an innocent smile.“As much as I appreciate your… rather valuable suggestion, dearest boyfriend o’mine, this is the French government we are talking about. I’d say they might have a slight problem with the arrangements considering it’s me who’s about to open my branch company in their lands.”He shrugged as if my point was extremely insignificant. “I don’t see why that would be a problem. The French government should be honored that Eva’s has chosen their country to open a branch office. Just think of all the benefits they could be getting- employment for their people, more publicity for their count

It had been four days now since Adrian left. I hadn’t received a single call from him. I started getting worried when all my calls went unanswered and my texts unread. I tried to tell myself that it was no big deal, that he must’ve been busy, considering he was in London but I couldn’t shake the feeling that something terribly wrong was about to take place. Still, I tried my best to distract my heart. I had continuous meetings so that helped a little. But then I saw some posts on the social media after he left that brought a flicker of doubt within me.It wasn’t anything unusual, really, if anyone else were to look at it. The paps had spotted him around his office. He was in his regular office clothes, looking handsome as ever. Then there was another random post the next. He was spotted in his club, Red Diamonds, the same club where I met him on the very first night after our first meeting, on Allie’s birthday. In the photo, he was with

"Due to lack of strong evidences claiming otherwise, it is clear that Ms. Evelyn White has willingly signed the contract stating the ownership of her company to Mr. Adrian Stone. I hereby declare that the legal rights of Eva's and Co. goes to Mr. Adrian Stone. The winning party may now begin their processing. A warning is also issued for Ms. Evelyn White to refrain from wasting the time of the court by making false claims. The court is adjourned." The judge stood up and left, effectively cutting off the only straw of hope I was hanging on.The company now belonged to Adrian. I had lost. Everything I had worked for was now gone.It was silent in the courtroom, since only the four of us were present- him and Nate, me and my lawyer. Somehow the media wasn't aware of the happenings in my office. T