Alessandro entered the mansion in the evening after a long meeting with his legal team, to see his wife in his room.She sat cross-legged, looking elegant with her hair let down in long straight style. In the dim indigo and blue lighting of the room, his wife was like Cleopatra dressed in that suit and stilettos.Coupled with the glass of red wine she was nursing in her hand, Alessandro stared for a moment, something wrenching in his guts.Damn her for being so unpredictable, unlike the selfish vain Ava he knew before. This was exactly the reason he was still unable to get past those nights they had shared.But how could she? When she was even more addictive than the wine in her hand and hotter than the fiery flames..."Can you shut the door? The staff shouldn't witness us fight, should they?" That soft and yet commanding tone...Alessandro killed something within him and lifted himself from the wall.He hadn't even realised how long he had been leaning against it, gawking at his wi

One Week LaterIt was Eve's first time of being in such star-studded event, surrounded with celebrities she had admired over the years.It was difficult to remember that she was here as Ava, who was also a celebrity and therefore resist the urge to blush like a teenage fan girl when they came to take pictures with her."I saw the trailer, you were killing it!" "Oh my God, your acting is so good, I should do a commercial with you soon." Eve was overwhelmed by the support she was receiving, and held herself from doing something silly like jump up and ask for autographs.It was weird to see fans in the flesh, requesting for her autograph and screaming when she smiled at them.This had been her in England and London as a student, framing the few autographs she got and using the rest as wallpapers.It was weird how fast things had changed. "Hey, Ava, I think we have enough pictures now. Let me show you to your table." Wendy who was dressed in black like most of the guests said to her,

"You are saying you want to start looking for Ava right now?"Leonardo Vince sat across Eve in her office, the morning sun making a play of the shades of green shimmering in his eyes."Yes." Eve replied, and turned the laptop in front of her towards him.It was that picture that Alessandro had shown her of Ava in a sex club.It was blurry, but she intended to begin her search from somewhere anyway. The young attorney nodded, adjusting his big rimmed glasses to take a proper look at the screen.While he took his time, Eve reclined into the executive seat and continued, "I looked into it of course, and because our company isn't focused on tech, I can't get the information I need from our database, hence..."This time, Leonardo picked up what she meant, and completed the statement for her."You will use Alessandro's, when the collaboration begins."Eve neither affirmed nor denied his words, but rolled her seat towards the window, the silver locks of her hair reflecting against the rays

Grandmother Stark's birthday should have been declared a national holiday.There was a pre-birthday celebration held at the temple with only her children and grandchildren present. It was held the previous day.Dignitaries and business associates from different parts of the world sent their birthday wishes, and pictures of the old woman graced billboards.Huge donations were made in grandmother's name to various organizations.Then the birthday celebration itself was held at the most expensive hotel in New York. All of grandmothers' children and grandchildren arrived with their families in luxurious cars, dressed in custom made designers.It was like a runway.Eve wore an emerald dinner dress with simple designed diamond accessories, her hair pulled up in complicated braids.Even baby Zoe who was in the same colour of dress as her had her hair made.Alessandro carried the sleeping toddler, his custom made designers' black Armani suit fitting him perfectly.The front of the hall was

Eve woke up with a hangover. The banging headache prevented her from opening her eyes at first, coupled with the bright sun forcing its way into the curtains.Curtains?The thought of the unfamiliarity of her environment had Eve opening her eyes, and her eyes darted to the giant wall clock and the paintings on the wall.It was past eight o'clock in the morning, and she was in a hotel."Fuck..." Eve muttered beneath her breath and quickly threw put the duvet.A sigh of relief escaped her lips when she discovered that she was still very much clothed.But did that guarantee anything? She forced herself to sit upwards despite the headache and blindly reached for her phone on the nightstand.But her hand made contact with some pills and a glass of water.She opened her eyes fully to a familiar writing on a paper.'You can take the day off, I'll take care of your meetings today, Leo.' Right. The hazy memory of Leo carrying her into the hotel room flooded her brain.Along with the stark r