All Chapters of More Than A Business Deal: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Someone was shaking me awake, and it was getting annoying. I swatted the hand away again, but it came back like it did whenever I tried to get rid of it.I wished I could open my eyes and slap the person so hard that they would find it difficult to get their bearings for a week, but I had to open my eyes first, and I was too tired to open them.I had been by Dad’s side for almost a week now with little to no sleep because I wanted to see if he would wake up, and those sleepless nights had finally gotten to me.Just like he did a week ago, Duke had forced me to get some sleep, and that was barely an hour ago. The moment my head hit my bed after taking a much-needed shower, I wanted to kiss Duke in appreciation, as I had been on the brink of death from how exhausted my body was.The delay in Dad’s consciousness was taking a toll on the staff, and their hope was slowly fading away with time.They seemed to have given up altogether because they had heard that he was not going to recover, s

The atmosphere was tense in the living room. It seemed like Atticus had no issue leaving me to deal with my uncle alone because he left as soon as the burial was done. He only stayed back for a few minutes because he had some information to relay to Duke before he left.I was too bothered trying to think about the ways I could get rid of my uncle to bother asking Duke what Atticus had told him.“What are you doing here, Uncle? I thought you decided to cut all ties with us?” I asked him.Uncle Jason was seated on the couch facing me, and he was giving me a dirty look that I didn’t care for, and he knew it wasn’t doing anything to me.“What type of question is that? Of course, I am here for my brother’s burial”“Then you can leave now that it is over, since that was what you came for”Uncle Jason’s jaw tensed, and he clenched his fists as though he was preventing himself from doing something. I raised my brow in mockery as I eyed his fist and scoffed.“You should watch your tone, young l

As soon as Atticus’s sister walked out the door, one of the maids appeared to show me to the room that I would be using. After surveying the room and discovering that I would be living here alone, I dumped my body like a sack of potatoes on the bed.Now that I was alone with my thoughts, I could feel my heart beating very loudly in my chest. All I could think about was how stupid I had been to challenge his sisters like that.They were bullies, alright, but maybe I should have looked for another way to handle the situation instead of insulting them. If they were close to their brother and ran their mouth while adding lies, he would not be happy.I hated that I couldn’t control my anger at their behaviour. I used to pride myself on having high self-control, but their words pissed me off and I let my mouth run like a bad tap.I should learn to control myself better. There was no way to remedy the situation. What’s done is done. They brought it upon themselves anyway. They shouldn’t have

It was at moments like this that I regretted my decision to live a life without having any friends.I was bored.I had been indoors for weeks, and I could not make friends with the maids.Dad had taught me that you should never be close friends with the people who worked for you, but that didn’t mean you had to treat them badly. I knew many people would disagree, but it had made life efficient for me and Dad. It had been almost a week since I had the dining argument with my husband, and we haven’t seen each other since then. I didn’t even know if he was still living in the house.It was as though he was avoiding me, or that was what I kept telling myself, but I knew deep down, it was the other way around.I was still pissed at him so I didn’t want to see him in case I was unable to control myself and tell him things that I would regret later on. When I woke up this morning, I planned to do some outdoor activities, but I came up with zero places I would love to visit.“You live one he

I had to admit that I was a little bit worried after Samantha’s threat to tell Atticus what had happened. I had met a fair share of girls like her and knew how they could twist an event into something else.I had no idea how important she was to my husband, so I couldn’t be confident that he would believe me over her. She had claimed that they were meant to be married. If what she said was true, that meant he probably loved her and trusted her to a large extent.It made me wonder why he would marry me for my company shares, which he could do without if he already had someone he loved and was going to marry. Samantha’s father must be someone of important status as well, since she was bragging so much about her status.I had only threatened her because I wanted her to leave the house, but I never actually expected her to leave. I was surprised when she hurried off the property like her tail was on fire, and I must admit, it had been so hilarious.Leonardo would not stop thanking and apol