(Author’s POV).A crowd of corporate workers can be seen queuing to get up to their work floor using the elevator. It was a normal working day at the tower of Virtus Group. The noise of footsteps and people chatting while waiting for their turn to enter the elevator, filled the space at the lobby of the multi-level building.Nothing was out of the ordinary, but one woman made it different that day.Wearing a knee length white coloured business dress, Kimberly walked with her head held high. Confidence was her beauty. Her smiles were interpreted as she responded to the rumours of her new victorious relationship with the founder of the company.With the ending of the relationship between Sebastian and Suzanne, many had begun a rumour that Kimberly would be Sebastian’s next conquest. It was something that Kimberly was looking forward to.As she passed by towards the special elevator to reach the penthouse, eyes were on her followed by whispers of others talking about her to be the next

(Akira’s POV).I came back to Emerald City after almost a week spent with Charles at Rivera. It was not all for pleasure. I was helping him as his advisor for the purchase of land in Rivera.He could have hired many other capable lawyers back in Rivera, but I was his choice. Our intimate pictures taken together did not help my situation.I was labelled as someone who was taking advantage of Charles. A gold digger. A dreamer.Not many supported me in being with Charles for I was not of royal blood or from a noble family. Akira West was a nobody in Rivera.If only they knew who I really was.My phone rang and I knew who it was even before I had answered it, “Hello”“Have you arrived?”“Yes, Charles. You don’t have to worry. I’m fine”“Of course, I’m worried, darling. You are a thousand miles away from me. And I’m already missing you”I blushed hearing him saying those words sweetly with his deep sexy voice. I smiled and bit my lips hearing him talk to me, recalling our night spent toge

(Sebastian’s POV).I was still pretty much not myself. After that session with my hypnotherapist, I felt my world was falling apart. Lies over lies.I was getting a little confused about what I knew and what I saw in my memory.Seated at a bar in Emerald City, I drank more than my body could take. My mind went into a fog, not knowing what I should be trusting in my head.These were some of the side effects that Dr Kwan had told me before. But I insisted on going through the sessions.After paying for the bill, I was walking out from the club and bumped into my old friend, “Lennox, what are you doing here?”“I own this club, buddy. And I work here” Lennox chuckled and patted my back, “What are you doing here? You looked like you were just hit by a train”I was not looking at my best, but I could still see women smiling at me at the club. Got some numbers too for a casual f*ck.None of them interest me. None of them could make my d*ck hard.And I had thought Akira West was the cure to

(Akira’s POV).I froze after hearing a stranger calling me by my real name. Melina Cage.They knew me. That would mean someone got to Kingsley before we did.My brain spiraled into a fog. Not knowing what happened next.The voices around me sounded muffled without me knowing what they were saying.I could hear Sebastian calling me. I could hear Charles too. But my mind could not process what they said to me. It was as if I was pushed into a void where I stood alone.“I have a message for you. Your days end now” that stranger said to me. I looked into his eyes as his eyes looked into mine.I understood why he came to me. He was an assassin. One of those who were looking for me for the past eight years.Seeing the gun pointed on my forehead, I knew my days would end. And I had failed.I held my breath and swallowed my saliva. Still, not being able to move a muscle.The only thing in my head was the image of my son. My little Samuel’s cute little face smiling at me. I had to break a pro

(Akira’s POV).The next day, I had cleaned up well and fully charged to be at court.It was thanks to Henry who had put some sense in my head. He had assured me everything was in place for me to exit my world of Akira West. That would be after I do the closing speech for Virtus Group’s defamation case.Akira West would disappear for a couple of months on sabbatical leave and then Melina Cage would appear. Using our allies from Henry’s powerful contacts, I would then be ready to resume my old life as the lost heiress of Cage Industries. A once back then a billion dollars’ worth of company that was soon going to be bankrupt if I did not step in to save it.My grandfather was recovering well. I had not seen him for several weeks. But we talked every day on the phone. At least after more than a decade, he did not hate to look at my face that resembled much of his dead son, my father.He liked my new face. He said I looked like an angel in his dreams.I smiled at that thought as I walked