"I can't believe I've just met the notorious Lucas Nicholas Alexander up close." Samantha spoke suddenly while driving the sleek Lamborghini smoothly across the spacious highway. From reviewing the pointers of today's meeting in my notepad, my attention switches to hers in a snap. "He's nothing like the man I heard people talk about before." She continued without tearing her gaze off the road.Every nerve in my body abruptly awakens by the mention of Luca's name. Samantha wasn't the expressive type, she'd never been vocal in her thoughts and opinions, but for the first time since meeting her, I've finally seen this side of her. It intrigued me even more to inquire further about the man. "What was Lucas actually like before you met him?" I quietly ask her."Based on people who've been in close contact with him, they say he was cold, calculated, arrogant, and never really paid any attention to anyone around him." She explained, pausing a little bit to step on the brakes when the traffi

Scarlet wasn't easily put off though. Instead of retreating, she held her stance and grab the chance to worsen the situation. So in her calm, calculated tone, she began. "I remember you, woman." She said the words while looking in Sam's direction. "You've once worked here in the company, aren't you? If I'm not mistaken, you've been charged with money embezzlement and have been imprisoned for a year." Gasps and murmurs filled the room. Remarkably, Samantha remained calm and composed on her seat. "You've had an excellent memory, Miss Ross." She told Scarlet in the same polite manner she'd been using earlier. "However, you didn't get the facts straight. If I was guilty of charge as you claimed it to be, I won't be seating here in this very conference hall." Scarlet's face heat up in humiliation. "Don't talk to me like that. "I'm still your boss." "I do respect you as the Chief Finance Officer, Miss Ross

"Where are we going to dine?" The words came out of my lips as I stepped out of my office. I could feel my cheeks heating up. Lucas, noticing my blush, gave a boyish grin, turning my poor knees into Jell-O. How could someone be this sinfully handsome? I thought to myself, annoyed by how such a simple grin made my stomach flutter with millions of butterflies. "Somewhere you will like." He replied and caught my hands, entwining them on his own before I could even react. Lucas used to hate me, why did he suddenly change overnight? Can really a devil metamorphosis into an angel overnight? I shook the thought as fast as it arrive then raised my eyebrows at him only to see him peering closely at my face as if I have some dirt in it. Self-consciously, I rub my fingers on my face, trying to remove the dirt if there was any. "Why are you looking at me like that?" The words came out as ras

Lucas Alexander looked at the frail body lying on the bed with defeat and hopelessness in his hazel-green eyes. It's been six hours but she hasn't awakened yet. Ever since he'd rushed her to the hospital, he never left her side, hoping he'll be the first one to witness as she opens her eyes.   He swallowed the lump in his throat with difficulty.   Stressed out and feeling he will lose his damn mind, he began pacing back and forth as though it will solve all his problems.   He shouldn't have left her in the pool alone. He thought, wanting to beat himself to a pulp for what happened to her. Max, his best friend, told him it wasn't his fault but he knew it was entirely his own. He left her alone, somehow she'd got bored of waiting and decided to take a walk. That's when she slipped on the edge and fell to the pool where she drowned.   If only he hadn't left her… If only he didn't take his time on the ph

When Lucas was gone, I finally turned to Samantha. As I did so, I caught her noticeably worried expression. Before I could speak however, she already had her speech prepared. "You got me so worried!" She blurted out loud, brushing her long dainty fingers on her hair exasperatingly. "Lucas called me at two in the morning! Could you believe that? Two in the morning!" She repeated, shaking her head in disbelief. "I was still snoring on my bed when I received his call, informing me you're in the hospital. He dropped the news like a bomb. Imagine my fear and shock, I literally fell off my bed after hearing it. I just felt my spirit depart from my body for a whole minute." Sam's fingers flail in the air as she expresses her thoughts. I let her grumble interrupted until she got tired and collapsed on the chair Lucas vacated like a withered plant deprived of water and sunlight. "I haven't slept since two am after receiving the news you drowned. Mr. Alexander told me the