Annalise Basso Novels & Stories

Today, staring at her, all I wanted to do was claw my nails across her face. She was also very successful, I must admit. She'd started her own company, Anna's Blessed Hands, which was currently the best herbal company in the world. Apparently, she managed to come up with solutions for ailments that no one else had been able to treat. People called her all sorts of names, like "the Savior of Our Time," due to the number of lives she'd saved. Even I was curious to know how she did it, but above all, I was curious to see what it'd look like for the perfect Annalise to fall from her throne, and that was definitely going to happen. "With all due respect, Ms. Annalise, I do not have any personal v

— Luciana knew that they were talking about the little girl. —Well, that makes me very happy, I think you already know most of them, so before starting the meeting, I'm going to introduce you to my beautiful daughter, the person in charge of the company, Luciana Brown, honey, this is Santiago O 'Brien — Santiago smiled as he finally knew who the beautiful woman was and extended his hand.

That meant it wasn’t my business, so I turned back to the book, hoping something would jump out at me. “Miss Leda?” Mathias broke through again. “Leda, please Mathias.” “Leda, I’m Annalise.” The honey-blonde woman beamed at me. Hair tied back in a long braid, and pulled over her left shoulder. She had on a dark grey gown. It was a very pretty satin-like material but the colour reminded me of the guards’ uniforms. “Oh.” I looked questioningly at Mathias. “Hello, nice to meet you” I stood to meet her extended hand and shook it. How very formal; she had a firm handshake and I got the impression she was very no nonsense.

She didn’t need me to fight her battles, but damn if I wasn’t ready to stand by her side anyway. Elsa, clearly flustered, tried to regain her composure, “Oh, please. You’re just saying that because you’re embarrassed. Everyone knows you’re still the same weak, pathetic girl you were in school.” Before I could step in, Annalise took another step closer to Elsa, her eyes blazing, “I am not weak, and I am not pathetic. I have achieved more than you can ever dream of. While you’re stuck in the past, trying to tear others down, I’ve been building a life I’m proud of. And no amount of your petty jealousy can change that.”

Danika Williams Jake Carson. I continue staring at him as he talks to my assistant about my latest schedule. I couldn’t help myself as my eyes trailed down his chiseled body while my mind was blurred with images of last night. It was different with Jake, I felt an intense burning in my heart when he was on top of me. It wasn’t rough, lust-filled sex. It was passionate and raw, like he needed and wanted me too. Maybe he likes me back too.

Allen was already thinking about the next step of his plan — how to solidify his image as the company’s true leader. “You are truly one of a kind,” the man complimented as they walked down the stairs. “I thought for sure that the Rodriguez group would finally crumble when they announced a woman as the next chairman.” “She was a capable woman though,” Allen defended, pretending to be annoyed by his words.

Anna rolled to her side and placed her hands side by side before resting her head on it so she was able to look at him face to face. "Well, what's there to talk about?" She stroked her chin. "As you may know, my name is Annabelle Garcia Alli. I'm turning twenty in the next two months. I got my bachelor's degree in English last year and I'm still looking for a job at an editing company. I love to write, though, I have not been doing that for a while now due to…" she wiggled her brows while spreading out her palms. Lucian nodded in understanding and egged her to continue.

Emilio says turning away. I give Quinn once last glance before ignoring her completely because she had no idea who she was talking about. Joshua Basset, he was one of the founders of Clair Industries, I've been working with him since we met, he's a chill guy and he's dating my cousin Mira. He was smart and he came up with new projects each day, he was rich, very rich. But Quinn can keep talking, she had no idea what or who she was talking about, Josh had the power to pull her said fame from under her feet, but let Quinn be Quinn. She'll get what's coming to her.

I try to take care of her at work and outside work, her husband does everything he can to keep her out of trouble. Norah pouts, and I pull her out of the kitchen until we're in a safe, quiet zone. She shows me a small vile wrapped in a silky napkin, watching with wide eyes to see my reaction. "What the hell is that?" I have to ask. She grins. "It's another poison to add to my collection. I finally got the belladonna extract," she explains. "Are you crazy?" I whisper-shout, looking around. "This is a restaurant! You have to stop bringing them here!"

Alannah picked up and had set it on speaker. “Hey. Camilo.” Alannah called as she answered the call. “Ana.” Camilo called back and my stomach churned. “Why was he calling her? I wish I could just smash his head against anything rock hard.” I thought to myself as Jealousy crept up inside me.