I had no idea what my mother told Lilith Hellman, but it worked very well, better than I liked. Two weeks had passed and Lilith had not so much as breathed my name. Her blog had disappeared and she was silent. One would think she had been wiped off the face of the earth. In fact, for a moment there, I thought my mother had killed her so asked Jared to investigate. Lilith was alive and well, enjoying the little time she had left before returning to work.I never expected to ever say this but I actually missed her. I missed her articles about me, somehow, they made me feel important. Now I was back to the background, just like any other billionaire who wasn’t making any moves. Heron Mask, a tech billionaire was the one appearing on the headlines every now and then after he bought some popular app. I had faded into oblivion, just like Lilith Hellman.My curiosity was growing each passing day. I knew my mother had perfected her people breaking skills but didn’t think Lilith would go down

Jake.I was left confused when Lilly ran away from me after us kissing. Damn, it had been the best kiss I’d had in a while and wished it had lasted longer. Sadly, I was interrupted because of my nemesis, Michael Strong. Michael was a forty year old man who ran a brewery and hated me because his fiancé had left him at the altar because of me. He made it his life’s mission to ruin my life. If I didn’t know better, I’d think he was the one who hired Lilith to write about me. The coincidence made me quite suspicious. That I had been called about him when I was with Lilith actually raised my brows. Why did she run away when she heard his name? Was I falling into a trap? Had Lilith decided to partner with my nemesis to destroy me? The call was from one of my business partners Jamal Hansen who wanted to inform me that Michael Strong had just tried to buy off shares one of our partners. The man actually wanted to be part of my company. If he thought I was going to accept such nonsense, he w

Lilly.“Kyle’s here?” I asked, my heart starting to beat faster. Leah placed her phone on the couch and stood up. “They’ve just sent me a message that they’ve reached. I can hear them.”“Shit,” I leapt from the couch and started grabbing my phone and purse. “Don’t let them know I’m here.”“I already told them.”“Tell them I’ve left,” I said, hurrying off. “Will be in your room.”A few seconds later, I heard the door opening and new voices.I hoped they would not realise that I was still around. Ever since my drunken one night stand with Kyle, I’d been avoiding him. I had neither picked his calls nor answered the messages he’d sent me countless times. I had never done something like that and I didn’t know how to deal with it. Could we really go back to being friends like nothing had happened?A few minutes later, I heard a knock and my heart leapt to my throat. I stayed silent, pretending that I had not heard anything.“Lilly, I know you’re in there.” it was Kyle’s smooth voice. I ros

Lilly.I was fool, the biggest fool in the world. I had fallen for Jake’s trap all over again. This time it had been so well played that I actually believed he was saying the truth. When was I going to understand that Jake could never be the one for me? When would I get into my stupid mind that I was too average for an accomplished man like him? His world and mine was so different. With all the beautiful women he could have, why would I think that I, a mere reporter with nothing to her name, could capture his heart or one of any man like him? The foolishness had to stop. The taxi driver seemed to sympathise me even without saying anything. I was pretty sure he was wondering why I had even dreamed something like being with a man like that. I refused to get out when we reached my apartment building. “Hey, I have to work. Get out, lady.”“Please wait,” I said and pulled out my phone. I dialled Kyle’s number. Thankfully, he answered.“I’m sorry for what I said,” I told him.“You don’t

Lilly.Things did not remain the same after Jake left. As soon as he was gone, Kyle changed from sweet to monster in seconds.“What the hell was that man doing here?” he yelled.I was confused because I didn’t expect him to react like that. From the time we had started dating, he had been sweet and nice to me, never yelling or making a bad comment.“He wanted to talk,” I said.Kyle tilted his head and took two steps forward. “Since when are you and Jake Rylland on talking terms?”“We’re not. He’s the one who wanted to talk to me. Why are you overreacting?”“I want to know everything that happened between you two,” he said. “When I asked you if you hated him, you got so defensive. That means there’s more than meets the eye. I’m your boyfriend now so I deserve to know everything.”“I don’t have to tell you anything about Jake. If anything happened between me and him, it was way before you were in the picture. There’s no reason why I should tell you each and everything I have ever done i