LOGINLIAM’S POVI don't know how many hours that I stayed holding Anika as she cried.But I did not budge, neither did I say anything. I just let her cry to her heart's content while I stayed rubbing her back continuously until her heavy shoulder racking had slowly reduced into tiny hiccups.I knew why she was this miserable.Even I had watched the days where Anika had put her all into this launch, and to have it just stolen like this... this situation was bound to be soul crushing for anyone."You have to calm down, baby. We will get down to the bottom of this, I swear it."Once I said that, she raised her head from my lap and sat up to look at me."I trusted her," she sniffed. "I mean I knew that I should not have allowed her to take a picture of my drawings but I still thought that... Fuck! How could I have been so stupid?"She shouted and started hitting herself repeatedly.I grabbed her hand immediately and frowned at her."Stop it."My heart hurt seeing her like this."I hate to be t
ANIKA’S POV“You have to see this Ma’am” Flora walked up to me with a panicked look on her face.I had an extremely terrible feeling immediately she walked in looking like that. Flora was usually a very capable person, and hardly ever come to me with any minor issues. In fact she was the best assistant that one could ever have.So the fact that she was actually coming to me, and that was the look on her face…. Then something had to be extremely wrong this time.I pushed my chair back and stood up “what is the issue?” I asked.She showed me her tablet.It was like my entire world had come crashing down, shattering into a million different pieces before my very eyes, and there was nothing that I could do to stop it.I was looking at my designs, but they were not dome by me.Apparently there was this new fashion house that just opened up… Cynthia’s couture. How ironic by the way, and they had just released their first launch. The only problem was the fact that the new clothes that were r
BREE’S POV“Are you ready?”I smirked at the man sitting across from me, sipping a glass of chilled Mongolia.“Is that a question?”This was what I had been waiting patiently for since the very second that Anika thought that it was the best idea to crawl out of whatever grave that she did and ruin my entire life…. She thought that she had won.Ha.There I say that woman was the most foolish one to think that she can just live a happy life after everything that had happened. If she wanted that, then she could have made sure that I was dead.Keeping me alive was her greatest mistake.And I would be judge, executioner and I will execute punishment over her.She would pay in blood….I would do that, even if it killed me. I looked up at him “of course I am ready” I said.He nodded.Just then my phone buzzed and I looked down at the text.I can’t wait to finally meet you babe.The laugh tore out of me before I could do anything to stop it and I turned my phone to show the man “she can’t wa
ANIKA’S POVI slammed my sketchbook shut the second I heard my office door open, and only calmed down when I saw that it was just Felicia.“Oh” i said playfully and rolled my eyes.She raised a brow at me suspiciously."What are you doing?" she asked.I smirked."Wouldn't you like to know?" I said teasingly.She narrowed her eyes at me."Now you're making me suspicious."I laughed."You are such a drama queen”She rolled her eyes dramatically before taking a comfortable seat on the chair in my office. She threw one leg over the other and rested both feet on my coffee table like she owned the place.I stared at her blankly."You know placing your feet on tables is bad manners, right?" I asked.She shrugged without an ounce of shame."Just because I know doesn't mean I have to give a fuck."I scoffed."You are really unbelievable.""I've been called worse.""I know, you are a menace”She grinned proudly like that I was giving her a compliment.Then her expression suddenly turned serious
ANIKA’S POV“Where are you going Princess?” Liam mumbled hugging me closer to himself like I was a prisoner in a literal human cage.I pushed against him but he would not budge, eyes still closed and very much in dreamland,I groaned.This man slept like a log of wood, and I both loved and despised the fact that he had zero awareness of what personal space entailed in bed.This very second was one of the days that I despised it, because I really needed a glass of water and we had ran out.“Liam move over I really need a drink” I said.He did not move, just hugged me closer and mumbled something in his sleep.I hissed “I swear to god Liam unless you want to wake up tomorrow and find me dead from thirst, then you really have to let me go” I said.That seemed to do the trick, because he finally opened his eyes, even though it was only slightly.They were still heavy with sleep.He yawned “w-what did you say?”I slightly pushed at his hold trying to free myself “I love you Liam but you re
LIAM’S POV“Damn, I was only gone for a few days, and so much had happened already”Jonathan was staring at mouth agape like a fish that was just taken out of water. If I could be given a dollar for the amount of times that he had ran a hand through his hair and muttered ‘fuck’ under his breath, then I guess I might have made a pretty buck by now.I shrugged “yeah, the weekend was a lot for me” I said.Jonathan was away on some retreat that he usually took every year for five days.Something about cleansing.There was no phones allowed or contact with the outside, just nature and connection with yourself or whatever he said. I did not understand it, but Jonathan had been doing this for so long now, and it was good or him and so I made sure to always support him.“As I was saying, that day I was so terrified that Anika would leave me” I said.He scoffed “she wouldn’t”I looked at him “you sound so certain”He shrugged “that is because I know how much she loves you”“…”He sat up and st
SIMON’S POVI had just come back from another stressful meeting with Liam’s team, where I had never been berated more in my life.I was the CEO of Smith Construction and Design but Liam treated me like I was less than a pesky moth trapped against a windowpane. Flick. Dismissed. Flick again. Insigni
ANIKA’S POVI woke up with my throat parched.Everything hurt so badly.It felt like I had been run over by a truck and then dragged across broken glass for good measure.My head throbbed.My ribs ached.My face felt swollen.Even breathing seemed like a chore, and I was one of the biggest fans on
LIAM’S POVI felt fear, true paralyzing fear, as I saw Anika just lying there surrounded by those bastards.They were touching her.Their filthy hands were all over her.For one horrifying second, everything inside me went completely still.The world narrowed until there was nothing left except Ani
ANIKA’S POV“I’ll be home soon Liam, relax.”I tucked my phone tighter against my ear as I stepped out of the office building and headed toward my car.The parking lot was almost empty, bathed in the dull orange glow of streetlights that flickered every few seconds like they were too tired to stay







