“God, I am tired.”Evelyn groaned out loud as she removed her glasses. Resting her back on the seat, she grabbed her nape and massaged it gently.Evelyn had been working ever since the jet took off only because she didn’t want to interact with the man who was continuously striving for her attention.“Lie down, Eve.”Dylan said it for the nth time and Evelyn discounted it for the nth time.Anger grew on him watching her ignorance. She was behaving as if he wasn’t even present and her stubbornness was at another level.Evelyn didn’t eat anything nor even accepted water from the staff. Dylan knew she was showing him her anger by refusing any sort of help but by doing so, she was only hurting herself.“Ahh! Now it’s fine.” Evelyn spoke when the stubborn knots in her muscles loosened and she slightly felt relaxed. She then again wore her spectacles and resumed her work.Dylan had enough now. He tugged his tie harshly and removed it.Standing up, he discarded his coat and stormed towards he

The car halted with a screech. Dylan turned to Evelyn whose eyes were riveted on her house. She was quiet during the whole ride, her anger had melted a long time ago but the thought of confronting her parents had her fraught with worry.Evelyn wasn’t nervous, she was scared of her reaction. She was back to the place where she was abandoned by her parents around three years ago. She also has buckets full of complaints and was eager to drench them with it but the question was will that sort everything out? The years of alienation have built such a thick wall between them that the thought of coming on the same wavelength with her parents amuses her.Dylan understood her anxiety. He was also going through the same pain because once she left him, he also left the city and started a new Empire in Italy and returned to New York only after getting the news of his father’s demise. Dylan was ashamed, and guilty but didn’t let those emotions overpower him unlike her. He knew he had to bear his m

“You need to rest Evie. You just landed and came to visit me. At least sleep for some time and then we can go.” Mr. Clarke insisted.Evelyn who was busy on the phone ended the call and then turned to him.“It’s fine Dad. Joseph, my secretary, has done all the arrangements. We will be staying in the hotel till the evening because we have a flight at 9 pm. Don’t worry. And see, the cab has also arrived, let’s go.”Mr. Clarke sighed in defeat as she coiled her arm around him and headed to the car.“Why didn’t you bring someone along with you to avoid the hassle?”Mr. Clarke wasn’t liking the way Evelyn was pushing herself. Tiredness was dripping from her face but didn’t she let the smile waver as she didn’t want him to worry.“It’s fine Dad. I have people who work for me. Besides it’s not my first time visiting a city alone.”She chuckled and opened the door for Mr. Clarke. She was helping him get inside the car when a loud shrill echoed from behind flinching them.“Hello Ma’am”Evelyn c

“WHO BROUGHT HIM HERE??”An ear-splitting scream filled with rage rang in the corridor of the hospital grabbing everyone’s attention.Hearing the scream, Hunter who was guarding the room hurriedly rushed inside only to see Dylan standing at the foot of the bed while her mother threw objects at his way, not even caring about the blood that was trickling down her palm.The nurses tried their best to hold back Mrs. Black who was having a fit. Her hair was a tangled mess and her angry eyes glared at her son with contempt and hatred. Hunter gulped and looked at Dylan whose eyes brimmed with endless despair. His face bore a solemn look but deep down he was dealing with an emotional upheaval by watching the state of her mother who had lost her senses only because he came to meet her.Hunter felt bad for him. There were only two people who could understand the Mafia lord better. One was Elijah and the other was Hunter. They were aware that their Boss never unfurled his emotions. He suppresses

Evelyn pressed her head against the mahogany door, her lips were tugged downwards as she tapped her feet nervously, still debating whether to go inside or not for the umpteenth time. The crux of the deal was that Dylan demanded his own office in Maria Estates which Evelyn fulfilled despite Xander’s resistance. She had made the deal with the devil and had made her point clear to him.“Though we are working together, we will strictly adhere to a professional relationship. The one who breaks the rule would have to pay the consequences.”That was the condition she had added to the contract and surprisingly, Dylan also consented to it. The consequences included that the other party would break the deal while the perpetrator had to pay the compensation.So, she had no reason to back out. She needed to simply cooperate but it wasn’t as easy as it sounded.Just like now, Evelyn was dawdling the hours away while standing in the lobby like a fool as she couldn’t muster up the courage to face th