《Billionaire's Love》 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Alissa Lawrence was walking down the street, the sky was jet ck and cold breeze was continuously, making contact with her skin. Her long dark brown hair were flowing and she was holding a worried N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. look, because today she had got an earful from her boss and she is scared that she no longer will have this job. She saw a group of boys standing there, smoking and looking at her with lustful eyes, she started to walk in the different direction and quickly she went inside of a dark alley. The boys started to walk behind her, wolf whistles wereing out of their mouth. Her feet started to tremble. All she could think right now about was, would she make it out alive today? If she couldn''t then who will take care of her 16 years old sister. She herself was 20, her parents died in a tragic car ident. From then, she took all the responsibilities on her shoulders. Suddenly, a boy gripped her hand tightly, she screamed for help but no one listened to her. She fell on the ground, putting her arms around her body, just praying that some miracle would happen and someone will show up and help her. Suddenly, all the boys started running in the opposite direction, she quickly stood up and saw that there was a police car, there were police officers in it, they quickly went towards her to help her. They were holding torch in their hands. The light was directly falling on her eyes, making it difficult for her to keep her eyes open. Suddenly, darkness started to cloud over her and she soon passed out. * * * * * Eric Williams, the biggest billionaire of the New York city. He is very professional towards his work, and girls seek to get his attention. He knows it very well, that girls are ready to do anything to spend one night with him. He would take one girl for a night, and ditch her the other day. Though, girls knew very well that he will ditch them, but his looks were something to die for, and they gave him all of them. Eric was sitting on hisrge,fy chair......as he was the CEO of the "Williams Enterprises" Suddenly, his father made his way towards his son''s desk. "Eric...I believe that all the work is going well in thepany" His father Richard Williams asked in a hard voice. "Yes dad....So what made youe here?" Eric asks in his raspy voice. "See Eric, you know I care about you. There is another article of you, that you spent another night with a girl Carolina me. Listen, it''s bringing a bad effect on ourpany" Richard said, in a fatherly tone. Eric huffed in annoyance and said "Dad those girls want to spend a night out with me, not I with them. And you also know it is not bringing any kind of bad effect on ourpany. It is my life; my way of living life. So please" He said. Richard just hung his head low and said "I just want your good, nothing else" With that he left. Eric shut hisptop and went to his favorite ce and that is New York Club. Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Eric parked his Lamborghini and stepped out of his car. He went inside the club. Girls started to look at him, like they will eat him up right now, right here. He smirked, feeling delighted to get this much of attention. He made his way towards the bar and ordered a tequ shot. He drank it up, in a breath as it burnt his throat a little. But for him, he don''t give a damn. He started to take shots after shots, until he started to feel a little tipsy. Soon a girl in a ck dress came drooling towards him. She sat on hisp and and started to grind against him. Eric groaned and took her up in a room. It was again that it started. * * * * Alissa woke up in a room, she tried to regain the memories of what happened. She failed to memorize. Suddenly, realisation hit her that it''s not her room. It''s not even familiar. It''s a hospital room. She started to panic. She pressed the red button, and a nurse came inside. "Hey Alissa, how are you feeling now?" The nurse asked, smilingly, maybe she is used to smiling now. Alissa sat straight and asked the nurse"Why am I here?" "You were found fainted in a dark alley, some police officers brought you here this night. You were not in a very good condition when they brought you here" She told Alissa. Her eyes widened with shock. "Where is my sister? I want to go to her. Where is she?" Alissa asked. "Don''t worry. She is here only. She is sleeping right now" Alissa calmed a bit. But there were still some questions inside her head. Nurse left the room. Alissa started to recall those frightening memories, that urred tonight. Tears welling up in her eyes. Sheid down, and closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep. At the meantime, Eric was having fun with the ''girl in ck''. Suddenly, his cellphone started to ring. He groaned loudly. He started to get up from the bed, from between the steamy moment, but the girl held him. "Don''t. We haven''t finished yet" She said, disappointed. "Just let me attend the call, then we can continue, all night" Eric said seductively. He checked the caller ID. It was from hispany. His friend ''Josh Gagher'' was calling him. He picked it up and said "Hello?" Josh: Hey man, there is a problem over here. Can you juste and figure it out. It''s about something rted to our financial problems Eric: Hey bro, I am in a club right now, and you know by the meaning of club, what I exactly mean. Josh: Listen, you can do it tomorrow night also. This is about ourpany. Eric: *Sighed* Okay. Just for the sake ofpany I aming. Josh: *Sigh of relief* Oh! Finally. And with that, they both hung up their phone. Eric looked at the girl and said while giving her a card "Here''s my number, call me when you want to have some fun" The girl smirked and said "always". And with that Eric left for hispany. He reached there, he parked the car and went inside thepany. He went inside of the elevator and pressed the button of ''48'' floor. As he reached there, Josh, Richard and some other clients were there. They all started to sort out the problems. When the work was done, everyone started leaving the "All okay dad?" Eric asked, in a concerned tone. "Listen Eric, you know I care for you and whatever I''ll do will be for your own good. Right?" Richard said, his eyebrows were scrunched up in a worried manner. Eric sighed and said "Yeah, okay. What now?" "You remember Mr.Robin Patrick and his wife Mrs. Emma Patrick, there daughter is Cheryl Patrick, they areing here as Cheryl is going to be the next CEO of her father''spany. Me and Robin want you and Cheryl to meet and get along with each other so that you and she can make a nice future together. Be married, have children. This is your''s mother and my wish" Eric''s eyes widened. He didn''t want to get married. He is only 23. He wants to live his life in his own way. "No dad. This is my life. You and mom can''t rule my life. I want to have have fun. I am not going to marry her" Eric said in a very irritated tone. His father had enough now as he strictly told him "Listen Eric, I am your dad and I will do whatever I want to do with your life. If you have so much of problem then you can move out of our house and start your ownpany. Because, wherever you are right now is because of me. If girls are running behind of you, then it is because of me. I can bring you down in a swap of my fingers" Eric without saying anything else straight went down and straight into his Lamborghini. He was beyond N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. angry. His own father is threatening him of ruining his career. He was holding the staring wheel so tight that his knuckles were getting whiter. He went straight to his mansion. As soon as he reached there he held a flower vase and threw it on the wall. The pieces came shattering down. Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Alissa woke up with a stinging pain on her wrist. She opened her eyes to see that the nurse was putting a syringe inside of it. She again closed her eyes, scared that she will faint if she will see it. Suddenly, someone held her right hand. She opened her eyes, her sister Jade was sitting there. A tear slipped out of Jade''s eye. The nurse quickly did the medical check ups and left. "Have you eaten something?" Alissa asked. "Why are you so caring? You yourself is in this condition and still you are worried about me" Jade sobbed. "I care for you because you are my only one in this life. You know how much I care for you" Alissa hold Jade''s hand and kissed it. The doctor came after a few momentster. "Hello Alissa, I am Dr.rk. How are you feeling now?" He asked. "Better...When can I leave the hospital?" Alissa asked, as she was fed up by staying here. The room was suffocating her. "By tomorrow" Doctor said. After some conversation regarding medical checkup, he left. Meanwhile, Eric who was living his best life till now, is thinking how his life is going to change. He was pissed. How could someone''s father do like this with his child. Eric wasying on his bed. His face buried in the pillow. Suddenly, he heard a sound of, that someone opened his door. He didn''t took the pain of looking at the person, cause he knew it will be no one, other than his mom. He felt the bed dip beside his exposed area of bed. His mother Josephine Williams. She was in her early fifties. She still looks young, if youpare her to her age. Her blond hair,es to her shoulder. She still does not have a wrinkle on her face. "What do you want now mom?" Eric asked in an annoyed tone. "See you''ve already brok-" Eric cut her off by saying "Mom I don''t give a shit for that vase. If you think that it''s okay to rule my life, then I also find its okay to let out my frustrations my own way" Eric raised his voice a little while saying this. "Look Eric, we want the best for you. We are your parents. We care for you, only you can''t see that" "If you really care about me, then stop this bloody nonsense. I don''t want to get married to Cheryl" Eric shouted. "Our decision is final. Better show some respect towards us. Cause you are not in kindergarten that we will teach you these manners. They areing in a few weeks. Don''t create some stupid drama there" Josephine said sternly. She stomped her foot on the ground and left the room and closed the door with a thud. Eric slowly drifted off to sleep. Eric woke up with the bright light of sunlight on his face, he groaned and scratched his head. He went into the bathroom and brushed his teeth and took a nice shower. He wrapped the towel around his waist, which was hanging dangerously low. He started to look himself in the full size mirror of his room. He smirked, cause he knew it very well that he has got killer looks. He got dressed. He went outside of his room, he was in no mood of having breakfast. He took his car key and started to walk out of the house. "Have a go-" Josephine was saying, but he intentionally cut her off by closing the door behind him. He N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. sat into his Lamborghini and drove off to hispany. As he stepped inside, everyone got silent. It felt like no one was in thepany. The receptionist greeted him with a cheeky wink. He smirked and winked back. He stepped inside the elevator and pressed the 44 floor button. He fixed his tie and went into his cabin. Actually, it was asrge as his room. He even had one room in his cabin. There was also a small library, a dressing room, and his chair was of leather. There was also a small cocktail room in there. He started to do his work and was focused on it. He heard a knock on the door. "Come in" Eric said in a very professional tone. His secretary came inside wearing a small ck skirt and a red top. She was swinging her hips, just to tease him. But her bad that he was not the same Eric today. "Don''t you know that it is apany, not a strip club that you are doing this shit. You are not even making me feel like that I have a little bit of anticipation of having you right now. You don''t even do any work properly. You know what. You are fired" Eric''s voice boomed. His secretary''s jaw dropped. She turned around and left. The day went by. His friend Josh came inside without asking though. "Hey! you did good to fire her. I also never liked her much" Josh saidughing. "I want a new secretary within four days and that''s an order" Eric said. "Okay then sir Eric" Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Alissa was released from the hospital and she went back to her house. It was a medium sized house. Sufficient for two people. Alissa got free home teachings. As her parents died when she was 12, so there was no one who could pay for her education. She lived with her aunt, but she was a huge drinker. She gave her a monthly ie for cleaning her house and it was only 3 dors. She also have to buy for her sister and also have to take care of herself with that money. So she mostly spend that money on her sister. She saved money hard for her sister''s education. Her aunt after some time left Alissa and Jade and went to Spain. Yeah, her aunt was rich but was too cruel to spend some money on them. Alissa took care of her sister. She worked in a bakery, in a wine shop even. She also sold popcorn on the streets. As they grew up, they understood it very well that life is not easy. Alissa was in the kitchen cooking food for her sister and for herself. She served the food in two tes. They both sat on the dinning chair and started to eat their food in silence. But Alissa broke that silence by saying "Listen, it''s 2:12 pm right. I have to go back to the restaurant as I haven''t gave any leave application so my boss will be angry right now. So I will leave after eating. Okay" Jade nodded and Alissa quickly ate her food and left for her work. She was a waitress in a restaurant which was not very far from her house. She stepped inside, prepared to get a scolding from her boss. She knocked on the office door of her boss. "Come in" He said in a harsh voice. "Hello sir, Actu-" Alissa started speaking but was cut off by her boss. "Shut up. I know you were with some boys right. You are such a dirty girl" Her boss Jim said. Alissa''s eyes widened. She is not that kind of a girl that she will have fun with boyste at night. It was the worst thing she has ever heard about herself. "You have no right to say that for me. I was being harassed. For god''s sake" Alissa shouted maybe first time she has ever shouted and took stand for herself. Jim let out augh and said "You know what. You are fired" he said. Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Alissa felt like someone has punched her on her chest. But she didn''t let him notice that. She smirked, a fake smirk and said "Who are you to fire me. I quit this job. You jerk" she stomped her foot and left. She went back to her home and straight into her room. She threw herself on the bed and let out all the tears which were begging toe out. For her, life was so difficult, but still she haven''t given up, just for the sake of her sister. She knew a boy named Joel who used to rmend her for different jobs. He always helped her in finding jobs. She decided, now he is the one who could help her in finding a job. She quickly got up from her bed, and saw that Jade was sleeping peacefully on the couch. She went outside of the house and straight where Joel will be. * * * * "Joel I really need a job. Please help me" Alissa literally begged. "Okay...then" He started to do something in hisptop. "Okay Lawrence, here is a job of spa. Sry is 26.68 dors per hour" Alissa''s eyes almost popped out. "But there is a problem. I don''t know anything about spa" She was little embarrassed by saying this. "Okay then...OMG...Williams Enterprises, they want a secretary for Eric Williams, CEO of thepany. $2,890 per month" Joel said enthusiastically. "What?!? It is perfect. But when is the interview. Tell me more" Alissa said. "Umm... tomorrow you can go for the interview. It will start from 8:00 am to 11:45 am" Alissa nodded, giving her full attention. "I will fill your information in this. Okay" He said and she again nodded. After a little while, collecting more information, she went home. Just praying that she will get the job, and maybe her life will againe in the correct track. Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Alissa woke up, looking at the rm clock 7:15. She quickly got up from her bed, and took a shower. She wrapped the towel around her body and opened her closet. She was fiddling with her clothes, still thinking what to wear. She finally decided to wear a ck v-neck top and a white pencil skirt. Her hair are naturally curly, so she just did a little bit of touch up in that and made them look presentable. She wore a smoking eyeshadow and light pink lipgloss. She looked at the time 8:10. She quickly nted a kiss on her sister''s cheek. "All the best" Jade said. "Thanks" Alissa smiled and went downstairs, and quickly locked the door with the spare key. She sat in a cab and told that driver the ce. After 20 minutes, she reached there. She payed the amount and went inside thepany. There was a receptionist, who was chewing gum. She was not looking much bothered about what was happening around her. She went towards her and asked politely "Where is Mr.Eric Williams''s cabin? I have an interview" The receptionist looked at her and looked at her attire. She smirked and said "I hope he could do better than this, anyways, floor 44 down the corridor on the left" Alissa frowned and thought to fought back but didn''t wanted to create drama so she let it go. She stepped inside of the elevator and pressed 44 floor button. Ding!!! She stepped out of the elevator and went down the corridor. On the left was a door, on top of it was written ''Eric Williams'' and on down of it ''CEO''. She saw there were some chairs, she sat on it and thought to go inside now or wait for some moments. Suddenly, Josh who was passing by from there stopped and looked at Alissa. He went towards her and said politely "Can I help this prettydy in any way?" Alissa looked up at him and said "Yeah, I came for the interview, can I go in there now?" "That receptionist, haven''t told you that you can go inside" Alissa shook her head in no. Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Josh scrunched his eyebrows and said "Surely, she only knows how to wink at men and criticize women, anyways, just a minute I''ll go inside and ask him. Wait here" He went inside and a few momentster, he came out of the cabin and said "You can go there. All the best. He may make you feel like he is arrogant and all but still he is a nice guy" Josh said. Alissa smiled and said "Thanks" he winked at her and left. She knocked on the door and a raspy and professional voice came "Come in" She opened the door and saw that a men was sitting on the chair. She couldn''t see his face because his chair was turned around. She stared at the back of his chair. Only his head was visible. Hair nicely slit back. "Are you just going to stand there and stare huh?" He harshly said. She jumped a bit and quickly went towards the chair in front of the table. He turned around and Alissa was kinda got blown away from his looks. She sat on the chair. Eric looked at her. She was looking good enough for an interview. She was just looking at his face. Memorizing his features. Blue eyes, perfectly shaped lips, his hair were looking so silky. "So Alissa Lawrence" She was brought back to the reality. "As you know first impression is thest impression and you''ve already given me your first impression and that is to get lost in your own little world all the time" he said rudely. "No, it''s no-" She got cut off by Eric saying "And on top of that you have to argue" Eric said in a harsh voice. He huffed and started reading the information about Alissa written in hisputer. "Okay, so you have written you are a fast learner. Is it so?" Eric asked. She smiled and nodded. She realised it was stupid to smile. She made a serious face. Actually tried to make a serious face. "Umm....you worked in a restaurant. For 3 years. Can you guarantee that you will not leave the job?" He asked with a serious face. "Yes" Alissa answered confidently. "Why should I keep you as my personal secretary?" He asked, emphasising the word ''you''. "Umm....as you already know I am a fast learner. I like to take the responsibilities. I am a calm headed girl. I am not a sassy little diva" Alissa said, nervous that she might have said something wrong. Eric stared at her and said "You can go, we will call you if you''ll get the job" Alissa stood up from her seat and and left thepany. Eric was a little amused. He never saw a girl like this. He was sitting on his chair, recalling the lines Alissa said ''I am not a sassy little diva'' He let out a smallugh. "Interesting girl" he said to himself, getting up from the chair and going to the cafe. Chapter 6 Chapter 6 After the interview Alissa headed to her favorite cafe. She alwayses here when she wants to clear her mind. She was standing in the waiting line. Suddenly, she saw a man entering in the cafe. It was her ex-boss. Yeah, the one in the restaurant. She suddenly felt scared, as he don''t leave any chance of humiliating her in front of the whole world. Though, here were only few people. He wasing towards her and she started to panic. She rapidly turned around to get out of line and bumped into someone, and the person''s coffee fell on the ground. She swapped her head up and her eyes widen. Eric Williams Today maybe was not her day. He looked at her with deathly res. "Are you bloody blind or what?" He asked through gritted teeth. "I-I am so sorry" Alissa stutter. She knew she has made a mess. Most of the people were looking at her. Her ex-boss was smirking at her. Alissa''s eyes filled with tears. "I am sorry. I will pay the amount for your coffee" Alissa said to Eric. "No need to do that. Little clumsy girl" he said harshly. One tear fell from her eye. Why everything is going wrong with me today? She thought. Eric passed from her and her ex-boss came towards her. Heughed at her face and said "Poor girl. Property ? of N?velDrama.Org. Making a fool of herself in front of public" Alissa ignored him and went outside the cafe. She saw Eric standing near his car. He looked up at her, she looked away but a voice stopped her "Lawrence" She looked at Eric. He gestured her toe towards her. She went near him. "Are you always so clumsy?" He asked. "I mean, you came for the interview and you were all I guess, was ttered by my good looks" He said with attitude. She just looked down feeling embarrassed. She stood there but when he did not said anything she realised that she has been dismissed. She turned around and went to her house. Jade came jumping towards her and hugged her tightly. "How was the interview?" "Not so good, he was arrogant" Alissa said with a sad tone. "It''s fine. But tell me was he good looking?" Jade asked with curiosity in her voice. Alissa blushed and nodded. "Aww, Alissa finally liked someone" Jade teased her. "No, not at all. I am not even going to see him again. Cause, I am not getting the job" Alissa said. "Hey, just believe in yourself" Jade tried to cheer her up. Alissa just gave her a weak smile and said "I love you" "I love you too sis" The day passed by and at night when they were having their dinner Jade suddenly asked "It''s important to have parents right?" Jade never asked this kind of question before. She felt that Jade was missing someone in her life. "It''s important cause they provide you with cool stuff and earn money for your good education" Jade continued. Alissa sighed and said "Jade I know that you miss mom and dad. You know, I tell you one thing, there are some people who face difficult stages in their lives but that does not mean we let ourself feel down. God only give problems to those who are strong enough to face them. Secondly, you said money. Money is important but it is not everything. What important is love. I love you with all my heart and I will provide you with every good thing. So, don''t be sad. Okay" Alissa told her, Jade''s eyes were filled with tears. It happened very few times that she missed mom and dad. After that, Jade went to bed and Alissa prayed that she will find a good job very soon. Cause she knew somewhere in her heart that she is not getting the job in ''Williams Enterprises'' Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Alissa woke up with the sound of her cell phone ringing. She looked at her wall clock and saw the time, it was 8:30 am. Who can call me at this time? She thought to herself. She picked up her cell phone and answered it. Alissa: Hello? Unknown Person: Is this Alissa Lawrence? Alissa: Umm...Yes.. Unknown Person: I am speaking from William Enterprises. I wanted to inform you that you got the job and you can start from tomorrow. You have to be here at 10:00 am sharp. I hope I made myself clear" Alissa: Oh my god. Thank you. And yes I will reach at 10:00 am sharp. Thank you. Property ? of N?velDrama.Org. Unknown Person: Have a nice day ma''am. And with that the call came to an end. She was staring at her cell phone with a shocked look. She was holding the cell phone very tightly. She looked at Jade. She was sleeping. "WAKE UP JADE!!!" She shouted with excitement. "JESUS SAVE US....WHAT HAPPENED?" Jade woke up and said. Alissaughed and gave her a bone crushing hug. "What is so special today?" Jade asked. Curious to know what the matter was. Cause Alissa hardly ever get so excited. She must have got this much happy only when she got her first sry. That also she spent on her sister. Almost. She started to show her biggest smile and said "I got the job" She said it so quickly that it took Jade a moment or few to realise what she said. Her lips got into an ''O'' shape and she started to squeal. She jumped on Alissa and said "I am so happy for you sister" "Listen, we are going for shopping. Also, I will buy some new clothes for me, so I could always look presentable at work" Jade nodded. First, Alissa took a shower and then Jade. They ate their breakfast and went to shopping. As they lived in New York it was kind of hard for them to keep up with other people''s mentality and their higher standards. New york city, Rochester, the ce where they live is a nice city. There are good malls even where you could buy good stuff and New York is also good in fashion. It is a benefit though for them it is hard sometimes to afford expensive things. They both entered in ''Vige Gate Square'' It is a nice mall, although little expensive but when will the savings help. Right? They went in different shops but some were not of their type and some were too expensive. They entered in the other one. There were clothes which she could afford. Alissa and Jade were eying every dress. Finally, Alissa started to get her types of dresses which she needed. She tried some dresses and finally figured out which are the one that she wanted. She bought them and was ted. They both went into a restaurant and ordered their food. They talked about some stuff. All the girly stuff though. "Hey, are you excited for your new job?" Jade asked. "Of course I am...Why wouldn''t I. It can be a turning point of my life after all" Alissa said. It really can be a turning point of her life. Jade''s eyes suddenly got freezed in one direction. She was just looking at someone. Alissa pped her hands in front of her and said "Whom are you looking at?" Jade just smirked and said "Look at that boy behind you" Alissa turned her face around and saw that there was a man in suit and tie and as she looked at his face her eyes almost popped out. Eric. He suddenly make an eye contact with them. Is he following me everywhere? Alissa thought. He started to walk towards them. "I guess you know him?" Jade asked. "My boss" Jade got up and said "I have to go to loo" Jade said and quickly left. Alissa turned around and he stood right behind her. Alissa swallowed hard. She let out a nervousugh and said "Hello sir" Eric sat in the chair next to her and said "Are you following me or what?" There was a brief silence. Alissa stared at him looking at his face. His blue eyes. His pink lips. His perfectly shaped nose. His hair nicely done, slit back. "Are you kinda obsessed with checking me out everytime or something" Eric said sarcastically. "Ah....um...no...and....I-I am not following you. Uh... Thank you for...um..the job" Alissa was stuttering and was finding it hard to form a sentence all of a sudden. It was a habit of her, when she stutter means she is nervous. She also have little bit of anxiety problem. Although, she never told this to anyone. But, yeah. "No need to say thank you. I just thought to bless someone by making their lives less difficult" He said it rudely. Ouch!!!! Alissa was kinda hurt by his words. He didn''t favour them by giving them this job. He smirked and got up from his chair and left. Jade came back and said "So what did he talked to you about?" Jade was curious to know but maybe Alissa wanted to kill that curiousness so she said "Just some stuff which you will not understand. So eat your food" Jade pouted but thought to let it go. Alissa thought about what her first day of office would be like. How will she handle her arrogant, rude and smart boss. Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Alissa woke up at 7:30. She stretched her arms in the air and let out a loud yawn. She clumsily got up from her bed and went to her bathroom. She brushed her teeth and took a shower. She wrapped the towel around her and came out of her bathroom. She opened her closet and started to decide what she wants to wear. Finally, she chose a ck pencil skirt and a red top. She applied a little bit of make up and slightly Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. curled her hair. She wore ck heels, so she was looking quite taller. She saw Jade sleeping. She woke her up as she is getting taught at home. Cause, children bullied her in school so she is not much confident. Alissa told her so many times to ignore them but she is scared. Jade got up and said "Good morning" Alissa smiled and kissed her forehead. She cooked breakfast and then she looked at the time. 9:00 "I better leave now" Alissa said. Jade smiled and said "Yeah...Have a good day" "Yeah..you too" And with that she left. She waited for the taxi for like 15 minutes when finally one came. She sat into the taxi and it took 20 minutes to reach to the building. She payed the amount to the taxi driver and started to walk towards the building. As she entered the building there she sawplete pin drop silence. Everyone, doing their work and all. She was 25 minutes early though. She walked towards the receptionist and said "Hello, I am Alissa Lawrence. Personal secretary of Eric Williams. Can you please tell me where my cabin is?" Alissa said as much politely she could. Cause she still do remember how this receptionist insulted her. She raised and eyebrow and said "Go to floor 44 and then find it out yourself" She said a bit rudely. Alissa went towards the elevator and pressed the 44 floor button. As soon as the doors opened she stepped out of the elevator. She went down the corridor and on the left. ''Mr.arrogant'' She thought to herself. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. "Come in" A raspy voice came from inside. She opened the door and saw Eric doing something in hisptop and his eyebrows are scrunched up. She closed the door behind her and walked towards Eric. "Good morning sir" She said with confidence. Or you can say tried to say it with confidence. "Oh, you are early but that''s impressive, a little bit. Josh will show you your cabin and there are some files on your table, show them to me today when you willplete them. Other, when I will call you on your telephone it means I need coffee or it can also be some other work, although most of the time I email if I want something. That I will tell you afterwords. You will also handle my meetings and will also you will probably find him there" He said everything so professionally and Alissa memorized everything he said. "Okay sir. Thank you" Alissa said and left. She went down the corridor and saw Josh thereughing while looking at his phone. Alissa cleared her throat so that she could get his attention. He looked at her and smiled "Hey, Alissa right?" He said. Alissa smiled and nodded. "Umm...Mr.Williams said that you will show me my cabin" Alissa said shyly. Joshughed slightly, seeing how shy Alissa really is. "First, I''ll show you other ces then, atst your cabin. So follow me" Josh said and Alissa started following him. They went on the opposite direction and climbed down the stairs which were on the left and went straight to where their cafe was and also a small ce to have their lunch. Then they climbed up those stairs and went down the corridor where Eric''s cabin is and straight to Josh''s cabin. "This is my cabin, if you need any help you cane here" He said. Alissa nodded and said "Is there any other ce I should probably know where it is?" Alissa asked. "Oh, yeah. Follow me" He went straight and to the left. Alissa''s cheeks went red as she saw where he has brought her. "Emergency. Y''know. Nature''s call. Anytime it can happen" Josh said it so casually. "It is a washroom" Alissa said. "Yeah, toilet" Josh said. "Yeah...I meant the same...Washroom?" Alissa said again. "You girls are so...." "So what?" "You know always saying those appropriate words. Like toilet is not a bad word or something. Why do you cringe at that?" Josh askedughing. "Doesn''t matter. Where is my cabin?" She asked. "Oh, yeah. Follow me" Alissa started to follow him again. He took her to her cabin which was not very far from Eric''s cabin. "Thanks" Alissa said. Josh winked at her "No problem. Um...have to go. Have a good day" He said. Alissa smiled and entered in her cabin. It was a medium sized cabin. There was a huge window. A small shelf for files. She sat on her chair which was veryfortable. She started to do her work. There were only 3 files for now. She She knocked on the door and he said "Come in" She went inside and close the door behind. "Sir, here are those files" She said trying not to sound nervous. "Okay, go and bring me a cup of coffee" He said. "Only two spoon of sugar" Alissa nodded. She went to the cafe and ordered the coffee. She brought it to Eric''s cabin. "Put it on my table" He ordered. She kept the cup on the table carefully. Suddenly, Eric''s file fell off from the table. "Oh..." He said. "I''ll do it" Alissa said quickly. She went on that direction and bent down to pick up the files and Screech..... Alissa''s eyes almost popped out as she heard the sound. She looked at her skirt. Dammit She thought. She hoped that Eric haven''t heard that sound. She picked up those files and kept them on the table. Her cheeks were flushed red. She was hoping that Eric wouldn''t have seen it. She was trying to hide it with the help of her hand by cing it there. "Shall I leave sir?" She asked and he nodded. As she opened the door Eric called her. "Hey Alissa....Next time wear something which you can carry" He said. His expressions were..... expressionless. And Alissa quickly ran away from there. Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Eric was sitting on his chair doing work in hisptop. But, it was getting impossible to concentrate on his work cause his mind was in some other ce and that was Alissa. He was still thinking about what happened yesterday. ''She really thought I did not heard the sound of her skirt ripping'' he thought to himself. A chuckle left his mouth. He stood up from his chair and went into his room, the one which is in his cabin. He entered in his room. There was a vase on the table and Eric bumped on that table and that vase fell Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. on the floor, shattering on the floor. "Dammit" He cursed. Suddenly the door of his room fly open. Who called her here??? * * * * It was second day of Alissa working here. She needed Eric''s signature on one of the file so she got up from her chair and took that file to his cabin. She knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. No one did. So she knocked again. Still nothing. She opened the door and saw no one was there. She thought she wille after few moments but she heard a loud shattering noise. She heard iting from behind the door. She quickly opened the door and saw Eric standing there with a frown on his face and anger in his eyes. She saw small pieces of vase on the floor. She looked at Eric again and he was staring at her, his arms crossed. Alissa swallowed hard, fearing that he will get angry on her. "Miss.Lawrence may I know the reason of your foring here?" He asked, his was was hard, like controlling himself from shouting. "Aah....sir.... actually, I wanted you to sign these files and when I came here and heard a loud shattering, I thought that you might have got hurt so I just came to help" She said nervously. "Miss.Lawrence today I am making this clear that I don''t need anybody''s help. You are not allowed to Alissa nodded and quickly went away from there. Eric huffed in annoyance. He never ever allowed anyone to enter in his room. He just did once, when he wanted to have some fun with his personal assistant, although he fired her. Alissa entered in her cabin. She put the files back onto the table. "Why does he always have to be so arrogant. I just wanted to help" Alissa scowled. She picked up her cell phone. Although, there was nothing in it through which she could pass her time. Her telephone started to ring and she picked it up. "Alissa, one cup of coffee...Right now" She couldn''t even reply, cause he hung up the call. "Urgh..." She went to the cafe and made a cup of coffee for him. She started to walk towards his cabin. She knocked on his door and he allowed her toe. She went inside and kept the coffee on table. He took a sip and his eyes went wide. Cause of anger. "What the hell.... Don''t you know I want two spoon of sugar?" He shouted. Alissa jumped a little and said "Sir, I had only put in two spoon of sugar" He threw the cup on the floor, coffee fell on the ground. Alissa was shocked. She covered her mouth with her hand. Her legs were shaking a bit. "I want this cleaned up in five minutes" He ordered. She nodded and went outside. "This man is psycho" She whispered under her breath. The day went by and Alissa started to keep her stuff back to its ce. She went outside of her office and sat on the bench, waiting for the bus. Silently praying that everything will get back to normal and happiness woulde back in her life Chapter 10 Chapter 10 He woke up as the bright sunlight hit his face. He groaned and got up from the bed. He scratched his head, and rubbed his hands on his face. "Another busy day" He said to himself. He went to bathroom and took a shower. He came out of the bathroom and quickly wear his outfit. He picked up his mobile and started to scrawl down through contacts. "Alissa, Shit I forget to take her number" He cursed. He went downstairs. His mother was in the kitchen, cooking. "Good morning Hun" She said. "Good morning mom" He replied. He sat on the dinning table and started to eat his breakfast. "Maybe Mr.Patricks won''t be able to make it in this month. He is going to Spain, so it will take time to He sighed in relief. "Thank god" He mumbled. Josephine looked at him with an angry look. He chuckled and said "It is so easy for you, old people to rule their children''s life and do whatever you want to just for money" Eric said. "Eric" Josephine said sternly. Eric got up from his chair and left the mansion without saying another word. He was quite done with his family. He never liked it, if someone would order him or correct him. For him, money, girls, partying, and getting drunk was his life. He was driving, speeding up a bit. He was furious that he would have to do an arrange marriage. He was not this type of boy. For him love does not matter. He was holding his staring wheel too tight. He reached his office and as he entered everyone got silent. He started to walk towards the elevator. "Good morning" The receptionist said in a flirty manner. He winked at her and she blushed, he stepped inside the elevator. He reached at his floor. Ding!!! He stepped out of the elevator. He was walking towards his office and suddenly he bumped into someone. It was Alissa. She lost her bnced and before she could fall he hold her by her waist. He looked into her hazel brown eyes. They were sparkling. He looked at her pink lips. They were looking so soft. He slowly pulled her up, so that now she was on her feet, properly standing. She got nervous as she didn''t knew where to look. "I apologise sir" She quickly said and walked away. Eric looked at her. A smirk was visible on his lips. "Little clumsy girl" he whispered under his breath. He looked down and saw that there was a file. ''She probably must have forgot to pick up this file'' Eric thought to himself. He picked up that file and went towards his office. Meanwhile, Alissa was trying toe out of the moment that just urred. Suddenly she realised that she was no longer holding her file. "Where is it gone?" She thought. Then she remembered that she bumped into Eric and she got so nervous that she forgot to pick it up. She hurriedly went towards the corridor. She was looking for the file, trying to find it but failed. "Where is that file gone. Shit" She cursed. She was angry on herself for being so careless. She was getting nervous cause Eric would kill her if he didn''t get the file on time. Though, she didn''t know that the file was with Eric. "Searching for something" A voice came from behind. Alissa jumped a bit, she knew who it was. She turned around and saw Eric his hands behind his back. "N-no s-sir" She stutter. She was pulling her fingers. A nervous habit. Eric smirked and said "Is it about a file?" He came forward and gave the file to Alissa. "Am I so hot that you forgot to take your file" He said seductively. Alissa felt her cheeks started to heat up. She stepped back a little and tried to avoid his gaze. She quickly took a nce at Eric and walked away from there. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. Eric there was looking at her with a teasing look and let out a cute chuckle. He shook his head and went to his cabin. Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Eric was in his cabin, concentrating on his work that he heard a knock on his door. "Come in" He said in his raspy voice. N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. He saw Alissa, walking inside of his cabin, holding a file. The same file he gave it to her when she lost it. She was looking nervous and fragile. Eric never saw a girl, who never tried to make a move on him. As he is used to it cause his ex-assistant used to do that all the time. She kept the file on his table and in a shaky voice she said "Sir, you have to sign here" Eric looked at her, with a raised eyebrow and took his pen and signed the file. Alissa closed the file and hold it very tight. She wanted to say something but couldn''t form a sentence because of nervousness. "Want to say something?" Eric asked and she nodded. "Sir, you have a meeting tomorrow with Mr.Jhon Smith, timings are 1:30 to 3:30" She said, tried to sound confident and maybe seed a bit. Eric nodded and asked "Where do we have to meet?" "He will send you an email, where we have to meet" She said. Eric nodded and said "You are also Eric got a little tired, also he haven''t went to a bar from a long time. He decided that today after work he will go there. Time passes and the work was over. He came out of his cabin and started to walk down the hallway. He pressed the elevator button and the elevator''s door opened. He went inside that someone came running inside of the elevator. And of course it was no other than Alissa. She looked afraid and embarrassed for a minute. She looked down and fumbled with her purse. It always took time to reach at the ground floor. Elevator stopped and more people came inside of the elevator. It was hard to stand with some free space. Eric and Alissa were too close to each other. Eric''s hand unknowingly went around Alissa''s waist. Alissa was feeling ufortable in standing in this position. Finally, when they reached the ground floor everyone went out of the elevator and atst Eric and Alissa. Alissa quickly wished him ''good evening'' and went outside the building. Eric went outside and sat in his Lamborghini. He started the ignition. He drove to the club. He stepped outside the car and entered the club. There were people who were smoking, drinking, flirting, dancing, grinding etc. Eric went straight towards the bar and took a beer. It was strong. He drank lots of it and when he was finally satisfied that he is tipsy or you could say prepared for tonight, he left the bar and went towards the dancefloor. A girl came there and he didn''t waste a moment in taking her hand and started to dance with her. She grand on him, they were doing a dirty dancing. He lead her towards the room. As soon as they reached there, the making out session started. He was enjoying it, but couldn''t concentrate like other days. The only thing he could think right now was about Alissa. He suddenly realised that he forgot to take her number. He was thinking about her so much that he moaned "Alissa" The girl stopped and pushed his shoulders so that he can get off of her. "Listen, I am leaving. You are a jerk" She hissed and got out of the bed. "Anyway, you were not good enough" he hissed back. The girl gave him a death re and left. Eric lied on the bed and sighed. He couldn''t understand what was wrong with him. He was still feeling a little dizzy. He got inside the bed sheets and slowly drifted off to sleep. * * * * He woke up with a massive headache. He put his hand on his head. He was feeling unwell. He groaned and saw that it is not his room. Last night memories shed through his mind. He got up and wore his pant which was on the floor. He went down and out of the club. He sat in his Lamborghini and went into his mansion. He entered the house and saw his mother and father on the couch, as they saw him they both got up and rushed towards him. "Where were you? We were worried sick?" Josephine yelled. "You are so irresponsible" Richard said angrily. "You both are behaving like I am a small child, I have a life and this is not the first time that I''ve came homete. You both always overreact" Eric said in an angry voice. His parents looked at him with wide eyes. Josephine looked down and turned her face, she was sad. She turned around and went away from there. "Eric you are just a heartless man, who wants nothing but money" Richard hissed. "Look who is talking. You are the one who is getting me married for money. Those lines don''t suit you dad" Eric said, looking directly into Richard''s eyes. Richard frowned and went away. Eric went into his room and quickly dressed into his professional clothes. He without saying a word left the mansion and sat in his Lamborghini. As he reached the office he quickly went into the elevator and then to his cabin. He just put his elbows on the table and started to massage his temples. Suddenly he heard a knock. "Come in" His voice came out in a low tone. Alissa came inside and said "Sir, today we have a meeting. We will gette if-" He cut her off by saying "Cancel the meeting" "But si-" She was again interrupted by saying "Cancel the meeting" He said sternly and Alissa nodded. "First gave me your mobile number" He said. She hesitated at first but gave him. She quickly left the cabin. Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Alissa was sitting in front of herputer. Trying to finish her work as fast as possible. These days, Eric was giving lots of work not to only Alissa but to everyone. Alissa was quickly moving her fingers on Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. the keyboard. That she heard a knock on the door. "Come in" She said and saw Josh entering the cabin. She was confused as he is the first person who ever came into her cabin. Cause no one ever did. He was smiling at her, showing his dimple which is only visible on his one cheek. He came towards her and took a seat which was in front of her table. Alissa noticed his every move. He cleared his throat and Alissa came back to reality. "Um..Hi..How may I help you?" She said politely. He chuckled and said "No, I just came here to tell you that Eric fired our ''Miss flirt'', so congrattions" He said. Alissa looked at him with a confused look. "Who is ''Miss flirt''?" She asked "Our receptionist, obviously" He said and Alissaughed. Quite loudly. Josh throw his head back and "Now, you must be happy that she is gone. She has already humiliated you enough" He said and Alissa nodded. "During lunch will youe with me at cafe?" He asked. "Of course" Alissa said and he showed his brightest smile. He got up and said "Okay, then you do your work, meet you at lunch" He said and left. Alissa thought that ''Eric is a strict person''. Though, he is not as much others use him of. They all are just scared of him. But sometimes happiness don''tst forever and beliefs as well. She got an email on herputer from Eric. Eric always email if he wants her toe in the cabin. She thinks don''t know why telephone is here for. Mr.Williams Come in my cabin now!!! Alissa Lawrence Coming sir Now she was feeling a bit scared cause he never use the word ''now'' in any statement. She got up from her chair and made her way to Eric. She knocked on the door and she heard the voice of Eric "Come in" She opened the door and saw him sitting there and was looking quite angry. As she stepped forward he jerked his head up. He was looking furious. She slowly walked towards him, her legs trembling a little. Eric got up from his seat and walked towards her. Alissa''s eyes widen. He walked towards her, sound of his footsteps were clearly audible. He was towering over her and his breath was hitting on Alissa face. He moved a little closer and Alissa took a step back, but her back hit the wall. Their bodies were almost touching. "Wha-t a-are y-you doing sir?" She stutter. "Don''t y innocent" He said a raspy voice. She looked at him with a confused look. "What have I done sir?" She asked. "You, few weeks ago, were in a dark alley, with few boys. Right" He said. He was staring at her with anger which was making Alissa feel like her skin was set on fire. "No sir. They molested me" She said. Eric smirked and shook his head. "Never expected this from you Miss. Alissa Lawrence that you could sink so low" He said, emphasising the word ''you'' He held her waist and pulled her closer to her. Alissa''s body felt numb under his touch. She was burning like a fire ball. Eric was looking straight into her eyes. She looked down. "Look at me" Ericmanded and she looked at him. She couldn''t understand why she was even listening to him. She never felt like this before. She was having a feeling which she never felt before. "You are not going to go with any other boy unless it''s me. You understand that" He said and Alissa nodded. "Dare to go against it, and you have to face the consequences" He whispered darkly into her ear. Alissa''s eyes widen and she quickly nodded. He left her waist and she quickly went out of the cabin. She couldn''t believe what just happened over there. Her heart was pounding and she could hear her heart beating. She entered the cabin and started to do her work to forget what just happened. After ten minutes it was lunch. Josh entered her cabin and said "Ready?" He asked. "Yeah" She said keeping her stuff at the other side and went to have lunch with Josh. They both were talking and Josh told her a very silly joke and they both wereughing like maniacs. But, Alissa''sugh suddenly went away as she saw Eric standing just a little away from there. ''Shit'' She cursed in her mind. Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Alissa was in front of herptop. Fortunately, as she saw Eric she made her way towards washroom and to her thinking he didn''t even noticed her talking to Josh. When she came back, she carefully looked everywhere and saw that Eric was not present there. She went back to Josh and apologized for running away like that. It was also embarassing for her because she just ran away from there towards the washroom. Josh probably must have thought that she can''t control her loo. She suddenly got an email from Eric toe to his cabin. She was terrified now. She was just hoping that he won''t physically abuse her. Although, he never hurt any girl, neither he ever will. But she is just so nervous that she is imagining all the worst consequences that could ur. She nervously and slowly made her way towards the door of Eric. She knocked on the door and the door flew open. She saw Eric standing there and looking at her like throwing daggers from his eyes. She looked at him with fear in her eyes. Eric held her hand and pulled her inside. He turned around and locked the door. He pushed her towards the wall and captured her in N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. his arms. "You dirty girl" He said. She looked at him and wanted to p him across his face but she knew if she did it she will face the consequences which she might have never saw in her nightmares. "What have I done now?" She said. "Sitting and eating with Josh. I''ve already warned you not to talk to any boy. Still you gone against it" He said darkly into her ear. Her heart was pounding like it wille out of her chest. Alissa never been a kind of girl who took stand for herself. "Now you are gonna pay for it" He whispered. "N-no s-sir I am s-sorry" She stutter. He chuckled darkly into her ear. He was thinking of all the things he could do right now to her, but he thought of leaving her right now. He knew that he will get a chance of doing what he wants to do. He hold her closer and his nose was touching her cheek. She closed her eyes as her body was getting weak under his touch. He left her waist and let her go. She quickly unlocked the door and ran away from there. She entered in her cabin and locked the door of her cabin. She was still in shock by the sudden change of behaviour of Eric. She thought that he was not as bad or cruel as the other people said he is. She thought that she will be happy after doing this job but no. She is getting threats by her boss. She took a ss of water and take big gulp. Her body calmed down a bit. Time passes and she left for her house. She closed the door of her cabin and left for her house. She entered the elevator. The door closed and she came on the ground floor. She noticed the new receptionist was present there. She was pretty. She had green eyes and light brown hair,ing to her waist. She looked at Alissa and gave her a polite smile. Alissa walked towards her and said "Hi, first day right?" She said and the receptionist nodded. "I am Alissa Lawrence" Alissa introduced. "I am Lauren Grace. Nice to meet you" She introduced herself with confidence. "Nice meeting you too" "So you are Mr.Williams P.A right?" She asked and Alissa nodded. "Oh, he is little strict, isn''t he?" She asked with a giggle and Alissa nodded, thinking that strict is just not a correct word for that person. "I have to go, bye" Alissa said. "Yeah, bye" Lauren said and Alissa left. She walked out of the office and went to the bus stop. She sat on the bench. Waiting for the bus. She waited for 20 minutes and not even a single bus passed by. She groaned and stomped her feet on the ground. Tears pooled in her eyes, she was fed up with her life. She was thinking why is it so tough. She was so done right now. Suddenly someone blow the horn of the car. She looked up and saw a nice Lamborghini. Windows rolled down of the car. Alissa saw Eric staring at her. He was looking at her with a glint of sadness in his eyes. She frowned and he asked. "May I drop you to your house?" Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Eric I couldn''t sleep at night because all I could think about is Alissa. She is a different girl. She always try to sound confident but fail, which is quite funny. She is always busy in her work. She never try to drool on me or try to make a move. I alwaysugh silently when I remember her interview. I always recall her lines. "I''m not a sassy little diva" A chuckle escape my lips. I never had this feeling before, it is something different. I always wanted to know about her. I really lost my patience when we bumped in that cafe. I am upset that she was in a dark alley with.....Oh god!!! I hardly believe it though. But when I heard this, I was beyond angry. I felt possessive towards her. All of a sudden. I know that she worked in a restaurant. Her boss has spread this news about her. But when I searched for more information, it only came out that she was being molested. I wanted to do so much of things today. I let her go, thinking that I will get a chance to do it again. But something hold me back. She is not that type of a girl. She is an innocent minded girl. When I saw her with Josh, I knew that Josh is the one who must have asked her to go with him. I felt the urge to do so much with her but now something is holding me back. I left the office and saw our new receptionist. The previous one was annoying me to hell. As I was passing by Lauren gave me a polite smile and I returned it. I hardly give polite smile, but she just smiled too sweetly, so it''s obvious I had to. I went inside of my Lamborghini and drove off. I was driving that suddenly I saw her sitting on the bench. Alissa. She probably must have left the office 25 minutes ago. She is still waiting for the bus. I suddenly felt a sting of guilt for what I have done with her today. I stopped my car in front of her. I rolled down the window of the car and said "May I drop you to your house?" She looked at me and her eyes widen a little. She fumbled a little. Probably not knowing what to say, when she failed to say something she shook her head. I know why she said no. Any girl would say no if someone would do like this. I don''t know what got over me. Heck, this is the first time I am even helping someone and she had the audacity to say no. Eric calm down I told myself. I looked at her. She was looking at me, probably thinking why am I still here. "Alissa please, it is alreadyte. Your family members must be worried" Although I don''t know who lives in her house. But I guess it worked cause she came and sat in my car. She was on the passenger seat. I was looking at her from the corner of my eye. She was telling me the directions. The car ride waspletely silent. I thought whether I ask her something. Or should I keep my mouth shut. But before I could say anything she spoke which made my breath hitched a little. "Why are you helping me? So that I won''t look at any other boy" She said it with a harsh tone. I could see the pain in her eyes. As she was looking at me. I opened my mouth but nothing came out. I know what I have done is wrong. I shouldn''t have done that. But it is me. I don''t know why have I done such a thing with her. "I-I am s-sorry" I stammered, but was utterly shocked at my own words. I have never said ''sorry'' before. To anyone. Not even to my parents or to my teachers. I think I need a psychiatrist. Alissa was also amazed for a moment. Suddenly she said "Stop" I quickly pressed the breaks, car came to a halt. She removed her seatbelt. "Thank you for the lift" She said. "My pleasure" I said....politely!!! Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. She exited the car and I saw her house was medium sized. It was good from outside. I drove off from there. I went to my mansion and straight into my room. I quickly throw my clothes away and wore my night suite. It was so rxing, toe in those loose clothes and I throw myself on the bed, not bothering to take a shower. I tried to sleep but know that I am not drifting off to sleep any sooner. All I could think right now about was Alissa. God this girl is getting on my head. I closed my eyes, hoping to drift off to sleep. Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Alissa woke up as her rm started to ring. She went to her bathroom and did all the necessary stuff. She came out and woke her sister up. Jade refused to wake up at first but finally gave in. Alissa wore a blue top and ck skirt, on the borders. She made a high ponytail and wore her ck heels. She went downstairs, Jade had already been dressed up and is on the dinning table. Alissa made pasta for them and served it in the two tes. "How is your office going?" Jade asked. Alissa already have decided not to tell this to anyone about what happened between her and her boss. So she quickly replied. "It is good" Jade smiled and asked "Do you get lots of work?" "No. Sufficient for a day" Alissa said. Jade nodded and continued eating her pasta. "How is your studying going on? Are you understanding everything?" Alissa asked. Jade smiled and said "Yes, I am understanding everything" Alissa was happy for her. Cause she don''t want Jade to have a life like Alissa have. She want Jade to be a sessful person in life. She quickly hurried up and left the house after giving Jade a kiss on the cheek. She sat in the bus and soon reached there. She got out of the bus and entered the building. She was feeling a little bit nervous. What will she do if Eric will try something new on her today? She gave a smile to Lauren and she returned a smile Alissa entered the elevator. She pressed the floor button and after 8 minutes she reached there. She started to walk towards her cabin. Then she saw that there was a bouquet and a card. They were the most beautiful roses. She smelled them and they smelled very nice. She opened the card and there was written. Sorry for whatever I''ve done with you yesterday. I know it was all wrong of me. But if you could forgive me then please do. Your boss Eric Williams She was in a muddled situation. She couldn''t proceed this into her mind as Eric Williams asked for forgiveness. She put the bouquet at the side of the table and the card in her purse. She switched on herptop and started working. She was looking through some stuff rted to the didn''t have any other choice. She got up and went to Eric''s cabin. She stepped confidently towards his cabin. She knocked on his cabin''s door and a raspy voice came from there "Come in" She went inside and said "You wanted to see me sir" "Yes, I wanted to see you" He teased. She just looked at him with a nk face as she was confused. He let out a breathyugh and said "Did you read my card?" She nodded. He looked at her, trying to read her face. But couldn''t make out. Sometimes, she can be totally nk and sometimes she overly reacts. Eric was waiting for her to reply but she just kept standing there. Finally, when he thought she is going to stand like this he said "Have you forgive me now?" "Um...Uh...Y-Yes s-sir..." She stammered. "Didn''t sound like you did. Anyways. Please bring the files after 10 minutes" He said and dismissed her. Alissa thought how he be a jerk and then show his dark side, then all of a sudden he show his decent face and then bes that professional business man. She couldn''t understand him. At first he show that he is possessive but then show a kind of thing which says ''do anything you want'' She is really confused between all these faces. She have to maintain some distance from him. She entered her cabin only to find a girl sitting on the chair, looking here and there. Alissa cleared her throat to get her attention. She looked at Alissa and got up from the chair. Alissa looked at her, she was brte, had hazel brown eyes. Her features were very much familiar to Eric. She was a beautiful girl. She gave her a smile and Alissa returned the smile. Alissa came forward and sat on her chair. "Hello mam please take a seat. How may I help you?" Alissa asked. "Hello, my name is Cassandra Williams. I am sister of your CEO" She saidughing a little while saying CEO. Alissa understood why she was looking familiar. "Oh! Hello my name is Alissa Lawrence and I am the PA of Mr.Eric Williams" "That is why I came here. Actually I came back to New York after 3 years, I was in LA these past 3 years. So I came here to meet my family and is going to stay here. Actually......Oh! Silly me. You must be thinking how much she talk. I came here after a long time so can you please tell me where is Eric''s office" Her voice was soft and cheerful. Alissa smiled at her. She was not like Eric at all. "Yeah, I was just going to his cabin. Come on I''ll show you" Alissa said. They both got up and started to walk down the corridor. "It must be hard to work with him right? He is a moody guy" She said and Alissa giggled. As they reached in front of his door. Alissa was going to knock but Cassandra just barged inside. Alissa followed behind her. Eric looked up and as he saw Cassandra and his face lighted up with happiness. It was the moment when he smiled. A real smile not a smirk or a crooked smile, a genuine smile. N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. She went towards him and took him in her arms. He wrapped his arms around her. Alissa thought not to stay here as it is their moment so she left. She didn''t know that Eric could be genuinely happy. Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Eric was d to see her sister Cassandra. Cassandra was 20 years old. She was the younger sister of Eric. She went to LA toplete her studies. She is sweet in nature. Eric and Cassandra are quite opposite. Eric run behind money, and Cassandra run behind her passion. Eric is hot minded and Cassandra is calm. Eric likes to party and get drunk and Cassandra likes to go to parks and read love stories. Cassandra wants to be a writer and Eric is a CEO. N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. Although, after being so dissimr they both love each other so much cause of course they both are brother-sister. Eric pulled back from the hug and Cassandra gave him her biggest smile. "How...I mean when d-did uh....you" Eric was stammering cause he was so surprised by seeing his sister. Cassandra giggled and said "I thought to surprise you and mom and dad. When I''ll reach home they will be so happy" "Of course, they will be so happy" Eric said. "Oh, I''ve disturbed you, you do your work I''ll leave" Cassandra said, noticing his table full of files. "Hey no, I am leaving right now and you areing with me" He stated. "No Eric, work is also important. And where am I going now. Now I am here until you want" Cassandra said trying to convince him. "I want you to stay here forever" Eric said and Cassandra smiled. Eric has always been a sweet brother. He never wanted to let her go to LA, cause he will be all alone then. "So should I go?" Cassandra said. He smiled and nodded though he didn''t wanted to let her but he don''t have another choice. Cassandra left the cabin. After some minutes he heard a knock on his door. In his raspy voice he said "Come in" He saw Alissa walked inside with a file. He looked at her and smiled, but he realised that she is feeling a bit uneasy. So he put up a straight face. "Sir, I havepleted this file. And we have a meeting with Mr.Jhon Smith which we cancelled a few days back. It is tomorrow at 2:30, and again he said he will email the address" This time Alissa without getting nervous said all of it. She at first was amazed at herself but felt more confident after that. Eric noticed that and smirked looking at her. He never saw her looking so confident. Eric remember when he was a kid. He used to look like he is confident and all, but from inside he used to freak out. Eric was in a boarding school. Children used to bully him because he was from a rich family. They used to punch him or kick him. He started to learn boxing. Just to prevent himself from those bullies. When he came back home he realised that his mom and dad are not in good terms. His mom is cheating on his dad. She used to lie to him that she is going out for her job but in reality she used to mess around with a man. Who was filthy rich. Richer than his father Richard. They both used to scream at each other the whole night. Eric used to lock himself in the room so that he don''t have to face all that shouting. Cassandra was quite small at that time to understand that stuff. Eric also have a brother named Ethan. He was older than Eric. He is 26 right now. He most of the times used to stay at his friend''s home. He never had good rtionships with his parents. Eric and Ethan are very close, but because of some circumstances they don''t get to see each other as often as they love to. Once Richard and his mom whose name was Kourtney. They were shouting, screaming and spatting at each other. Fight went too far that Richard raised his hand on Kourtney. That day they put an end on their rtionship. Next week the divorce papers were signed and every fight was stopped. Soon they heard the news of Kourtney and that rich man getting married. Richard also founded Josephine for him. Although, Eric never epted Josephine as her mother but neither he ever epted Kourtney as his mother too. But he soon understood that this world revolve around money. People started to call him arrogant and money-minded as he grew up. Ethan never ran behind money, he was always interested in cooking and today he is the number one chef of Romania. Richard after getting married to Josephine, started to work hard. They both used to leave for business trips and earned lots of money through their business. They got a well lifestyle and everything. Eric was stopped from being bullied. Eric grew up and his dad Richard gave his position to Eric. Eric never believed in love. Cause he knew that girls will only marry him for money. No one would genuinely love him. No one would keep his profession at one side and will try to look through his character. Everyone who wille around him will be a gold digger. For him love is to mess around with different girls. He know that if he has money he don''t need any other person to keep him entertained. Eric is filthy rich and can throw as much money he want. He thinks that if he will ever fall in love with a girl there will be only two reasons 1) He is bankrupt 2) He has been hypnotized Although, no such thing is ever going to happen. But Eric know that love is far from his life and at the end of the day all he will ever have is his bottle of wine and lots of money. Or most probably his most dearest people in life Cassandra and Ethan. Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Eric reached home and noticed everyone was looking quite happy today. Happier than usual. He thought maybe because of Cassandra. He went to them and sat on the couch near Cassandra. He looked at everybody and they were looking at Eric. Cassandra had a huge grin stered on her face. He felt that something was not good for him. He raised an eyebrow and asked "Why are you all staring at me?" They all smiled and Cassandra said "Because you are getting married. You didn''t even told me. How lucky Cheryl will be to have you" Cassandra said in a tone of excitement. Eric looked at his parents and they looked at him with a look of ''don''t you dare tell her'' He took a sharp breath and just smiled at Cassandra. Of course he couldn''t tell his sister about it. He don''t want her to be sad or be upset for him. Cassandra went to her room after few minutes of chatting. Eric made sure that she is in her room so that he can talk to his parents. "What the bloody hell" He said through gritted teeth. He was fuming with anger. "What? You know that you are getting married to Cheryl. Why are you behaving like this then?" Richard said with an irritated tone. "I never said yes" Eric said. "Then I guess I have to-" He got interrupted by Eric shout. "Can you stop threatening me dad. Go and have a god damn life" Eric was so angry that all these words came out of his mouth. Although he didn''t regret saying those words. "I hope you haven''t forgotten that I am your father" Richard said, surprised that his own son would talk to him like that. Josephine covered her mouth with her hand. She thought to speak. "Son, what happened?" "Oh for god''s sake, stop behaving like you really care about me" Eric angrily said. "Better show some respect Eric. Get lost" Richard had enough now, so he dismissed him. Eric huffed in anger and went away from there. He entered in his room and throw himself on the bed. He didn''t want to get married. But if he go against it, Richard will bring him down in the swap of his fingers. He slowly drifted off to sleep. When he woke up it was already 8:00 am. It has be his routine to skip dinner these days. He most of the times get angry with his parents that he skip dinner or sometimes he go to clubs and spend a night there. He got up and got ready and went off to hispany. He reached there and went to his cabin. He skipped his breakfast as well. He went to the cafeteria and ordered a coffee and went to the other counter and ordered a sandwich. He went to his cabin and started eating. When he was done eating his food, he started to do his work. He checked the time and it was 9:30 There is still some time left for Alissa to arrive. He was just thinking about Alissa. He was so fascinated by her beauty. Time slowly passes and Alissa came to the office. As soon as she came Eric called her to her cabin. "Alissa I hope you have brought the required stuff with you which you have to take to meeting?" "Yes sir" Alissa replied. "Good, go and check out the email, which he must have send you, the address for the meeting. Write it down somewhere and bring it with you" Alissa nodded and left. Time passes and Eric stood up from his seat at 1:30 pm. Cause the meeting will take ce at 2:30 and Eric is punctual of time. He went to Alissa''s cabin. He thought for a second whether to knock or not. But as usual his ego of ''being the CEO'' came in the way and he without knocking on the door entered in her cabin. Alissa looked shocked at first but quickly covered up her expression. "We are leaving for the meeting" he stated and left. Alissa took her pen and the small file in which she will write down the notes. Alissa came out of her cabin and saw Eric waiting for her. She walked towards him and he pressed the button of the elevator. The doors opened and they both stepped inside of it. Alissa was feeling a little hot and ufortable. She was standing in the corner, looking like she is trying to get inside of the wall, to Eric it seems like she is scared of him. Elevator seemed to take time to go down today. Maybe it was just their imagination, cause they both are feeling ufortable. Finally, the elevator came to stop and then doors opened. Alissa waited for Eric to go out of the elevator but Eric put his hand out and gestured her to go first by saying "Ladies first" Alissa mouthed a ''thank you'' and went out of the elevator and Eric came out behind her. Alissa slowed her speed of walking to let Erice in front. Eric told the receptionist that they are going for a meeting. Eric went towards his Lamborghini and opened the door of the car for Alissa. Why he is being such a gentleman today? Alissa thought to herself. Eric came and sat on the driver''s seat. He started the ignition and drove off. "Alissa tell me the address" Eric said. She took out her cell phone as she saved the address in her cell phone. She told him the address and he nodded. The car ride was silent and it was getting awkward for both of them. So, Eric decided to put on the radio The song which came made the atmosphere more tensed. Private show by Little mix. The song was ying and Eric didn''t stopped the song, although he was also feeling ufortable. We''re touching, we''re teasing We don''t need a reason And I''ve got a feeling That soon we''ll be leaving Right from the get go You had me at hello Can''t wait so let''s go Cause you''re the only one that''s taking me home Can''t wait to get in my zone Who said we got to go slow Turn down the lights, and watch my private show You got a ticket for all To get high, we got to get low Because this is your private show Eric punched the stop button that it almost broke down. Alissa looked at it with wide eyes. She looked at Eric who was clenching his jaw and frowning. Alissa''s cheeks were heated up. Suddenly the car came to a halt. She looked at the hotel, it was looking beautiful and high ssed. They both came out of the car and entered in the hotel. Eric talked to the receptionist and Eric and Alissa went inside the elevator, they stopped at the floor ''23'' and came out of the elevator. They entered in the conference room. There were only few people. Eric took a seat and Alissa took a seat next to him. The meeting started in a few minutes. Mr.Smith was there, the centre of attraction. The meeting continued for the next two hours. Alissa could feel that Eric was looking at her from the side of his eyes. Her body was burning from the thought. She was writing all the important stuff. When the meeting was finally over they all got up and Eric and Mr.Smith were talking on something. Alissa was awkwardly standing behind Eric. When they stopped talking Eric gave him a handshake and they both were heading outside but Mr.Smith stopped Alissa and said "Who is this beauty?" Eric frowned but covered it up with a small smile. "She is my PA" Eric said emphasising the word ''my''. Alissa smile and Mr.Smith gave her a flirtatious smile. Eric red him a little and left the room with Alissa. They both head down and sat in his car. "You don''t have to talk to him" Eric announced. "But I didn''t talked to him sir" Alissa protests. "I know, but when you are with me you can''t even look at a person. Better keep this thing in your mind" Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Eric said. Alissa stared at him like he has grown two head. Thinking what is wrong with him? Why is he acting like this? She don''t want him to behave like he cares for her. He is possessive towards her. Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Alissa When we reached back to ourpany, neither he made an effort to talk to me neither I tried to make an effort to get his attention or to talk to him. The rest of the day went in blur. When I reached home, I saw Jade roaming here and there in the house. The house was looking a bit messy. The only thing which was looking clean was the dinning table. Jade has her own room still she is pacing around mine. There are only few moments when we both sleep together. Thest time which I remember I slept with her was the night before I got the news of that I got my job. She is looking like she is searching for something. I did not make an effort to ask her what was the Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. thing she was looking for cause she will not answer me until she willpletely loose the hope of getting it. I suddenly started to think about how Eric behave sometimes. He gets possessive or sometimes he bes like he hates me and suddenly be a caring person. He looks handsome, he has got a nice personality but he is just a yboy and for him it is as much easy to get a girl as much it is to throw a mug of coffee on the ground. Jade was huffing, and sweat could be clearly seen on her forehead. She sat beside me and groaned in annoyance. I looked at her, a frown was visible on her forehead. I thought to ask her now what was it that she was looking for. "Hey Jade, what happened, what are you looking for?" I asked. "It was a ne, with a heart on it. I had the photo of me and you inside of it and I cannot find it" She cried out. "I can help you in finding it" I said. "Really?" She asked. I nodded and she gave me a huge smile. "Have you checked in your room?" I asked knowing how careless she is. She nodded. I stood up and went to her room and searched everywhere. I went to my room and Jade also thought to help me. Our rooms our quite big and nice. Cause our cruel aunt was rich so our house also have a modern look. Although it is medium sized but it is still good. I looked at the corners of the bed that suddenly I heard Jade''s voice. "What is this?" She was holding a ck box. My eyes widened. Cold sweat formed on my face. I saw that the cupboard of the almirah was opened. I ran towards her and took the box away from her. She looked like she was sad that I took the box away. I tried to act normal and calm myself down. "T-This is j-just a bo-o-x" I said stuttering. "I also know that this is a box" She said as a matter of fact. "But what is inside of it?" Jade asked, out of curiosity. I just shook my head and said "This is just something. You have to find your ne right? Concentrate on that" I said and she rolled her eyes and started searching for it. After almost an hour we found it. It was in the washroom, in the towel. Probably it must have stuck on it when she was using it. We ate our breakfast and Jade went to sleep. I went into my room. I nced at that box. Again....Cold sweat started to drop out of my face. Those horrible memories. Which I have hidden from everyone. A dark past, which have to stay inside that box. Those horrible nights and days. Those frightening thoughts. My eyes went red. Tears stream down my face, I let them flow. I wanted to forget all that but I can''t. I failed miserably in forgetting those horrible memories. If only someone could take my pain away. If only someone could understand what I''ve gone through.How much I am broken. ****** "Babe I am home" I called out from downstairs. He came jumping towards me. His blonde hair perfectly styled and his green eyes are looking beautiful as always. "I missed you so much" He whispered in my ear and put his hand around my waist. He pulled our bodies closer. He brought his lips towards mine and nted a kiss on them. "I love you so much" he whispered. "I love you too" I replied and I mean it. He took me towards the couch and we both lied there and he cuddled up to me. He yed a movie on television. Our cell phones were on the table which was in front of us. His phone was getting off again and again. But he was not reacting to it. And I liked it that he wants to spend time with me. Again his phone went off. "Hey, you can pick it up" I said. "No babe, that person can wait" He replied "No, please, It can be important. Pick it up" I insist. He gave a kiss on my cheek and said "10 minutes max" I smiled and he picked up his phone and went to our room. After exact 10 minutes he came back and kept his phone on the table. "Babe, I am justing from the washroom okay?" He said and I nodded. When he entered in the washroom, his phone went off again. I huffed in annoyance that how someone can be so clingy. I picked up his phone and swiped up the screen. There was a text. I opened the text. And from that day my life came crashing down. Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Alissa was being bored as always. Shepleted all her work but there was still plenty of time left to do anything else. She got an email from Eric toe to her cabin. She was hoping to get more work, at least it was better than sitting idle. She knocked and entered in his cabin. She gave him a small smile and stood in front of his table. "Miss.Lawrance I just wanted to inform you that there is this one girl who is going to work under me. Her cabin is just near to yours. So just show her all the cubicles and her cabin. Tell her what she has to do. Okay?" He said and Alissa nodded her head. "When will she arrive?" Alissa asked. "I''ll email you" Eric said and Alissa left the office. She got in her cabin and thought what to do next. She plugged her earphones in herptop and started listening music. After 20 minutes she got an email from Eric. She left her cabin and went to Eric''s. She entered in his cabin and saw a girl with long brown curly hair, her skin tone was wheatish, her eyes were big and ck and her cheekbones were visible and they were perfect. She looked at Alissa and gave her a polite smile. Alissa returned the smile and walked towards her. "Hi, My name is Eleanor Page" She introduced herself. Her voice was sweet and she said it in American ent. "Hi, My name is Alissa Lawrence" Alissa said with confidence. "Alissa, now you can show her, her cabin and all the other cubicles" Eric said and Alissa took Eleanor with her. "So you are from America?" Alissa asked and Eleanor replied "I was in Australia then moved to America." "You are Mr.Eric''s PA right" Eleanor said and Alissa nodded. "Okay so here is your cabin and..e inside...Here are your files and all" Alissa told her and then Alissa showed her all the other ces. "So do you have any boyfriend?" Eleanor asked. Alissa fumbled a bit but said no. Eleanor was not a shy or scared girl. She was a spitfire. Because all she have told her till now proved that. She don''t hesitate asking something. "Do you have a boyfriend?" Alissa asked. "Nah...I had one..We broke up" She said it like it was no big deal. "W-Why? Like if you don''t mind me asking?" Alissa said with an awkwardugh at the end. "Of course not. He always used to go to pubs and I started to feel like he is using me and I am just a toy for him. So, one night when he came home drunk...again. I started to yell at him and then I broke up with him" She said it casually. "Oh!" Alissa eximed "Umm...Okay then..I''ll leave you so that you canplete your work. Have a nice day" Alissa said and walked off. She entered in her cabin and sat on the chair. Thinking, how "Eleanor is so bold and on the other hand me who is not bold at all" The day passed and Alissa got up from her chair ready to leave. She exited her cabin and went inside the elevator. She reached on the ground floor and exited thepany. She sat in a bus and after few minutes she reached her home. She went home to find Jade watching television. Jade looked up and saw Alissa. She got up and hugged Alissa. "There is nothing to eat" Jade said. "I''ll just run to the market and get something" Alissa went to her room and changed into the hoodie which had a LGBTQ+ sign on it. Alissa support LGBTQ and everyone should. She wore a sweatpant and her shoes and went to the market. She reached the market and started to look through the things. Suddenly she bumped into someone. She quickly started to apologise. When she looked at the person it was Eleanor. She looked at her and gave her a big smile. "Alissa? What are you doing here?" Eleanor asked with a happy tone. "Buying vegetables I guess" Alissa said and Eleanorughed. "Where do you live?" Alissa asked. "Only one block away" Eleanor said. "Oh that''s close" "Yeah, and you?" "Only two blocks away" Eleanor nodded. "Hey can I get your mobile number. Actually, I don''t really know someone here, so?" "Of course Eleanor" Alissa said and gave Eleanor her mobile number they both talked for a few minutes and suddenly Eleanor said. "Do you want to go to the club tomorrow?" "Actually, I am not the party type person... sounds boring...I know." Liar.... Alissa''s inner voice said. "Hey, c''mon" Eleanor pleaded. "Umm... Okay" Alissa said. Eleanor left after few moments and Alissa started to walk back home. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. "Oh! What have you done to me. So many lies. So many secrets I have to keep just because of you" Alissa said to herself, as tears stream down her face. Chapter 20 Chapter 20 As Eric walked down the corridor he saw Edward. Edward and Eric are best friends including Josh. Edward is a hard working man. He is also very rich, but he is rich because of his own hard work. Not like his father was rich. He was from a middle ss family. He had green eyes and ck hair. But when ites to girls he was never a yboy. If he get a girlfriend he will stick to her. Eric walked towards him and hugged him. He patted his back. "How are you Ed?" Eric asked. "Grand. And you? Any girlfriend, whom you can stay with now?" Edward winked and they both Suddenly, Josh also came there. "Hey, Edward? Good to see you bro?" They both hugged and got into their little chat. After talking for awhile Edward said "Guys, I think we should go and hang out at night" "Like where?" Josh raised his eyebrows. "Club duh! Thatte night sizzling club. I think it is not bad" Edward smirked while looking at Eric. "If you didn''t stop smirking I swear I am going to punch you hard" Eric said and Edwardughed. "Cool down buddy. Just be ready at 7:30. Okay. You wille and pick both of us okay" Edward said and Eric nodded. They all went on to their separate ways. On the other side Alissa who was trying to work but her mind was somewhere else. Club. It really bring a knot in her gut. She has really made herself distant from those lighting, smoke and drinking. Sounds very foreign right, to hear Alissa ever was that type of a girl. Her thoughts were interrupted by the sudden scream. She got terrified as she thought that someone have attacked theirpany. She gained up some courage and went outside. She saw Eleanor who had fury in her eyes. She was pointing onto someone and was bursting on to that poor person. "Are you blind or what? Or I think I am invisible. Can''t you see that I am walking. I want to rip off these ck hair out of your head. Who do you think you are huh? Some filthy billionaire, I don''t give a damn though" Alissa let out a smallugh and then walked towards her. She tapped on her shoulder and she turned around with a frown on her face. Alissa looked at her back and saw Edward with a confused look like he doesn''t know what just happened. "Oh! Thank god you are here. This stupid fellow just bumped into me and hardly muttered any sorry. These rich people think that they will always be the one to whom we will apologize" She said it all in a breath. "Eleanor, he is Edward. He is a very good friend of Mr. Eric, some clients told me that" Alissa said quietly. Eleanor''s eyes widen a bit. She turned around and gave him a dagger like look. She turned on to her heels and went to where she was going. "I am sorry from her behalf" Alissa said apologetically. "No problem. It''s good you know to not to differentiate between people" he gave her half smile and walked away. Alissa quicklypleted her work and soon the time passed. She started to walk back to her home. She sat on a bus and soon reached her house. As she reached there she saw Jade taking on the phone to someone. After few moments, when she hung up Alissa asked her who she was talking to. "Oh! It was just one of my friend" Alissa raised hey eyebrow and said "Your friend" Emphasising the word ''your'' and Jade just let out a nervousugh. Alissa stared at her for a few moments and thought to let it go. "Listen, today I am going to club with Eleanor" Alissa informed her. "Who is Eleanor?" Jade asked. "Just one of my friends, she works with me so we made some ns. I might bete when I''ll reach home" Jade hummed and Alissa soon received a call from Eleanor. Eleanor: Hey, are you ready? Alissa: I am getting ready. What about you? Eleanor: Yes I am ready just waiting for you. I wille to pick you up Alissa: Umm....Okay. N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. Eleanor: Bye, see you Alissa: Yeah, bye And with that Alissa hung up the call. Alissa started to check in her closet that what is there which she can wear. She finally chose a brown dress which came to her thigh and was off shoulder. She wore ck heels with it and curled her hair. She put on some red lipstick and mascara. She took her clutch and looked herself in the mirror. She smiled, satisfied with her looks. She walked downstairs and Jade came. "OMG! You are looking gorgeous" she eximed. "Thank you" She picked up her cell phone and dialled Eleanor''s number. Eleanor: On my way Alissa: Yeah After few moments she heard her door bell ring. Alissa opened the door and saw Eleanor wearing a ck dress. She was looking stunning. Eleanor hugged her and said "You are looking beautiful" "So are you" And they bothughed. Eleanor saw Jade and walked towards her and captured her in a hug. "Hi, I am Eleanor. You must be her sister right" "Yeah, My name is Jade. Nice to meet you" Jade said. "Nice meeting you too" Eleanor smiled and looked at Alissa "It''s time to go" Alissa nodded and hugged Jade and left for the club. "Which club are we going to by the way?" Alissa asked. "Thete night sizzling club" Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Alissa and Eleanor soon reached to the club. They entered and the smell of cigarettes and drinks filled their nostrils. Lights were shinning so bright, the music was so loud. People were grinding, drinking, smoking and dancing. There were some girls, ready for their night with some guy. There were some boys who were trying to impress girls. Even the pole dancing was there. Boys were hooting and whistling while the girls were showing off their moves. The girls were barely in clothes. It was not something new for them. They are not new to this, so why would they even feel ashamed. Alissa was judging everybody, the way they talk, the way they move, everything. Alissa and Eleanor went to the bar. The bartender came there and gave them a cheeky look. "What would you like to havedies?" The bartender asked. "Um...Red wine?" Eleanor asked Alissa "Umm..I don''t drink" She confessed. "Heye on. It''s okay. The night is ours" She winked and ordered two red wine. The bartender quickly brought two ss of wine and served. Eleanor took a sip as it went down her throat. Alissa hesitated at first but gained some confidence and took a sip. After so many years she is drinking like this. They both talked andughed. Eleanor was looking at the people in between. Eleanor ordered some tequ shots. "Are you going to drink all these shots?" Alissa asked with disbelief. "I am not going to finish all of them. You will help me" Eleanor smirked. "No... You know I don''t drink much" Alissa protested. "There is no option girl" Alissa huffed but gave in. She thought of giving it a chance. Alissa took a deep breath. Eleanor counted till three. "1...2...3...." Eleanor counted. Alissa took a gulp and then another and another and another. Her throat burned a little. She suddenly felt so rxed. Everything which troubled her slowly started to fade away. She was feeling tipsy. Eleanor drank all the shots and she started to feel tipsy as well. They both went to the dancefloor and started to dance. They both were shaking there bodies. They were so into the moment. No worries. No problems. Two boys came there and winked. One of the boys came towards Alissa and put an arm around her. Alissa''s eyes searched for Eleanor but she was busy dancing with another boy. Alissa was trying to fight back with that boy but his grip just got tight. N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. He started to run his hand around her body. Alissa was cringing at his touch. She was feeling scared. Her heart was thumping in her ears. Suddenly, that boy was on the ground. Alissa looked at Eleanor and her eyes were wide ''cause of shock. Alissa turned around to see Eric was punching that boy hard on his face. Eric turned and looked at Alissa. His gaze was dangerous. He hold her wrist and pulled her through the crowd. "What are you doing? LEAVE ME" Alissa screamed. Eric clenched his jaw and took her out of the club. He walked towards his car and opened the door of his car and threw Alissa in the passenger seat. Eric walked towards the door of his car seat and sat on the driver''s seat. He started the ignition and drove off. He was driving way too fast. "Are you out of you mind. Slow down" Alissa yelled. He just speeded up more. Soon he stopped his car in front of his mansion. His parents were not in the mansion. They went for a party, but in the city. He came out of the car and took Alissa inside the mansion. He was holding her wrist so tight. He opened the door and pushed her inside. "What are you doing?" She screamed. "Oh really you want to know what am I doing. You are such a dirty girl. You were in the club all over the boy and you are asking me what am I doing" Eric shouted. "No I wasn''t" Alissa said. "You just wait and watch" Eric said and pushed her towards the wall. He cupped her face and started to kiss her. Alissa tried to push him away by punching on his face. But he was too strong. Finally, she pushed him away by throwing a hard punch on his chest. "What are you doing? Who do you think you are? Why you want to control my life? Why do you care whom I meet and whom I talk to?" Alissa screamed. "Get out" Eric said in a in voice. Alissa''s mascara was streaming down her face. She scrunched her eyebrows. "What?" she whispered. "Get out now" He said sternly. "No, I want my answer" She said. "Alissa that kiss meant nothing. So get. Out. Right. Now" he said. Alissa didn''t move. Eric moved towards her, held her wrist and threw her out of the house. He looked at her and banged the door shut. Chapter 22 Chapter 22 "......And he threw me out of his house" Alissa was sitting with Eleanor, finally telling someone about her and Eric. Eleanor was listening to her the whole time. She payed attention to every single word she said to her till now. She was quite shocked after listening to Alissa. Although, anyone would be surprised to know that. Eleanor was really worried that night when Eric took Alissa with her. She even tried to go and find where she is, but it was impossible. "It will be alright, maybe he just needs sometime to find out his actual feelings" Eleanor advised. "How much time does he want? I am craving for his answers" Alissa said "Alissa, let me tell you something. Sometimes we don''t get answers just like that. We have to run behind them. Life is not that easy. We have to run behind every single thing which we want to achieve or which we want to get. That is how Albert Einstein had answer to every question. If he is even rtable in this conversation. You know right" Alissa nodded, and blew her nose in the handkerchief. She was so frustrated with her life, with the happenings around her. She just wanted to reach at the end of this chapter. She was scared, that it might lead to a scary position. She was scared to get hurt...again. "Why can''t I just quit?" Alissa cried. "Something is never perfect Alissa. You have to get that" "But something is never even this messy" Alissa protested. Eleanor huffed and said "You just have to wait. You even got your first sry. Why don''t you enjoy. Your sry is very good. Just go and celebrate" Alissa looked at her and said "No, I am just not in a good mood. I don''t want to" "I understand" Eleanor said and looked at her watch. "Hey, it''s time, to go back to our cabin''s" Eleanor told her. They went on to their separate ways and reached to their cabin. Alissa started her work. She haven''t talked or even saw Eric till now. He did not called her or send her an email. "He surely don''t want to see me" Alissa mumbled. And as you say ''speak of the devil'' Alissa received an email. "Come to my cabin with the files" Alissa read the message. She don''t know how to react. She is so.... confused? She got up from her chair and took the files with her. She reached to Eric''s office. She knocked on the door and there he was standing in front of her. He went to sit on his chair. Alissa took small steps towards him. "Lock the door" Hemanded. Alissa looked at him with a confused look. She was in no mood to lock the door. It will just make her more ufortable. "I said, lock the door" Eric said through gritted teeth. Alissa turned on her heels and locked the door. She came towards his table and kept the files on the table. She looked at him and he was looking straight into her eyes. She quickly broke the eye-contact. "May I leave sir?" She asked, but it came out like she is begging. "No" He said that like it was the final answer. He got up front his chair and remove the coat and opened the button of the sleeves and rolled them upwards. He loosed his tie and stood near the window looking outside. Alissa''s face was burning as she looked at him. He was looking so hot even like this. "Alissa, what happened yesterday night, I hope is still between us. There is no third person" Alissa swallowed because she has told it to Eleanor but she thought to lie. "Uh.. Yes sir" "Good. Alissa yesterday what happened was an ident. I was drunk and was not in my correct senses. We don''t have to think about it. You are my PA and it has to stay like this. Yesterday what happened won''t happen again. There are no special feelings for you in me. I hope you get that" Eric said it all. Alissa''s eyes were brimming with tears. Eric couldn''t see it because he was facing the window. "Y-Yes sir" She was trying hard not to sob. "You may leave now" He said and she quickly left the cabin. Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. She entered in her cabin and let out a deep sob. Tears were rolling down from her eyes. She couldn''t control her tears. God! She have to admit. "Shit! I love him" She said. She finally said. But it''s not the way she wanted it. Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Lies.....Drink.....Ignore....Lies....Drink.....Ignore.....Lies..... It was all that Eric was doing. Lying to himself that he has no feelings for Alissa. Drinking every night thinking about her. Ignoring the feeling that he still want Alissa. Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. He was just being a selfish creature. He came to know that in one month, Cheryl and her parents are going toe back. He was frustrated, angry, furious. He had never dreamt that someone will ever have the power to control him. His father had the full power in his hands. He could bring Eric down in the swap of his fingers if Eric deny to marry Cheryl. He never said that she is clingy or something. Cheryl is beautiful, but again not The day he asked Alissa toe to his cabin and told her to forget all those things which happened in his apartment. His heart was breaking. As he said every word he knew that it was the biggest lie he is telling to someone. But there was no other way even. His eyes were red, sweat was visible on his face. He came in the bar with his two friends. Josh and Edward. They said that the night which they nned together was not as great as they thought it would be. Because Eric was missing with Alissa. So, they decided they shoulde and give it another try. Edward and Josh was sitting right in front of him, trying to understand in which deep thought he was in. Josh nudged at Edward''s arm. "What?" Edward whispered. "I think we should take him to a psychiatrist" Josh said. "Why?" Edward frowned. "He is in love and if Eric William is in love that means he is not in his correct senses" Josh said quite seriously. "Josh, bro, are you seriously this stupid or you do this just to annoy me. I think right now you are the one who needs help of a physiatrist" Edward said and Josh puffed his mouth. They both stared at him and were now quite worried. "Hey Eric, are you okay?" Edward asked. "Yeah" he said nkly. Edward looked sideways and whispered to Josh "Is he getting married?" "No?" Josh said though it came out more like a question. "Then why is he so sad?" Edward said frustrated. Eric got up and rolled up his sleeves. He loosen his tie and ruffled his hair. He took his beer ss and drank it all at once. Both Josh and Edwards looked at him with mouth hung wide opened. "I-I wan-aa-want Al-issa" He slurred. His eyes were shot red. "Dude, what are you saying?" Josh said "I want Alissa" He said again. "You can''t have her, you are the one who told her to keep the things professional and now you are the one who is saying you want her" Edward said in a serious tone. "No, it was a lie. I want her with me" Eric said. "You are just going to break her heart" Edward said. "You just want to spend a night with her" Edward continued. Eric clenched his jaw. Fury was visible in his eyes. "I want more than that. I want freaking more than to spend a night with her" Eric said. "The choice is yours mate" Josh said. "But thepany, what will they say...." Edward trailed off. Eric hit his hands on the table and took his coat and left the bar. He sat in the car. He stopped in front of his mansion and entered the house. Cassandra was there. She looked at him with a worried look on her face. "Where were you? I was worried about you" Cassandra said. "I was in a meeting" He slurred a bit. "You are drunk?" She asked. "No I am not" He said while gritted teeth. Cassandra thought to drop the topic and let him go. He went away and entered in his room. He searched for his mobile and as he saw it, he without wasting any other minute he dialled Alissa''s number. Alissa: Hello? Eric: *silent* Alissa: Hello? Eric: *silent* Alissa: Is anyone there? Eric: *silent* Alissa: *huffed* *ended the call* Eric threw the cell phone on the wall and it''s screen shattered into pieces. He didn''t had the guts to speak anything when Alissa answered the call. He was so mezmorised by the sweetness of her voice that he was nk when she answered. He took off his clothes and went under the nket. His mind was upied by Alissa. All he could think about was Alissa. He groaned and smacked his hands on his face. "What have you done to me?" He said and everything went blur. * * * * * Alissa went down the corridor and was standing right in front of Eric''s cabin. She remembered that he called herst night. She had his number feed in her mobile. She gulped and knocked on the door. "Come in" She entered the cabin, with coffee in her hands. Eric tried not to look at her cause he knew what she was thinking. He was trying hard to not to do something which he might regretter. "Did you cal-" Eric cut her off by saying. "I might have dialled it by mistake" He said. Alissa bite her lip, trying not to cry. She knew somewhere in her heart that it was not ''by mistake''. She didn''t know but she felt that he wanted to talk to herst night. "You may leave now" Eric said and Alissa quickly went away. Few tears slipped out of her eyes but she just wiped them away and told herself to stay strong. Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Alissa was doing her work, although she could hardly concentrate on it. It was slightly raining outside. She stood up from her chair and stood in front of the window, capturing the beauty of the sky. It was little dark and a shade of orange was there. She slide the window open and took a deep breath. The knots in her head were getting untied. She felt rxation taking over her. "Beautiful, isn''t it?" She heard a voice from next to her. She knew who it was. But for the first time it did not bother her. She kept her eyes closed and hummed. Though, she didn''t know that Eric mentioned her in the reference. Eric was captivating the beauty of Alissa. His eyes shined a bit. He was looking at her with love. The passion he had inside of him for her. "I am sorry" He said. Alissa slowly opened her eyes and turned towards him. "Hmm?" She crunched up her eyebrows. "I am sorry Alissa" "For what?" Alissa pretended to act like she did not know what he was talking about. "I am sorry for that night in the club a-and in my mansion. I didn''t meant to make you feel like that" He confessed. "Listen, we don''t get the apology just by asking, we have to earn it, which you have to do" Alissa said. "H-how?" He asked. "I''ll give you one week. Prove it to me that you are sorry" Alissa said with a challenging look. "I''ll prove it to you" Eric said with confidence that Alissa doubted on herself if she was underestimating him. "Think once more" Alissa raised her eyebrow. "No turning back now" Eric said and left the cabin. Alissa slide the window closed and started to do her work. These days she noticed a strange behaviour in Jade. She is acting all weird from the day Alissa went to club. It feels like she is hiding something from her. She is not what she used to be. She has changed. She is staying in her own thoughts, not listening to what Alissa is saying. Not eating properly. Alissa thought that she need to talk to her today about everything that is going on. Soon as Alissapleted her work she left for her house. She went home and opened the door with the spare keys. As she opened the door she saw that Jade was nowhere. "Jade" She called out. "Jade" She yelled louder. No response. Now she was a anxious. She ran towards Jade''s room. She heard some sniffles from inside the room. She opened the door and saw Jade on the bed crying her heart out. Alissa ran towards her and took her in her arms. She rubbed her back and made her quiet. "What happened?" Alissa asked. She sobbed harder. "Okay. Okay. Shh" Alissa said. "We can talk about itter. Just go to sleep" Alissa stayed with her till she fallen asleep. She put the nket over her and left the room. Alissa was quite worried, that what must be there that Jade wants to tell her about. Alissa had lost the appetite of eating anything. She went to her room and changed into her night suit. She switched on the mobile and started to to do something in it. Suddenly, she received a call. It was from Eric. Her heart stopped for a moment. She picked up the call. Alissa: Hello? Eric: Hi Alissa: Umm, hello sir. Eric: Just Eric Alissa. Outside the office it is just Eric only for you. Alissa: Okay si-....Eric... Eric: So, you okay? Alissa: Ah...Uh..Yes Eric: I don''t think so. You sound tense. Alissa: No, it is not like that. Just quite tired. Eric: Y''sure? Alissa: Yeah.... Eric: Okay then. Just wanted to make sure that you are okay. Bye. Good night. Alissa: Bye. Good night And with that the call came to an end. Alissa knew that Eric wanted to talk about something else as well. But maybe couldn''t do it. N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. Do I make him... nervous? Alissa thought No, Alissa what are you thinking. You don''t have a super model look that you will make him nervous. Alissa thought. She looked at her mobile for thest time and set the rm. She lied down on her bed and slowly drifted off to sleep. Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Alissa woke up in not so fresh mood. She stood up from her bed and went to check on to Jade. She was sleeping peacefully. Alissa went back to her room and took a shower. Today was her day off. As it was Sunday. She took a quick shower and thought to get dressed. She took a white sundress. She went to Jade''s room and found that she was not in her bed. Alissa thought she must be in her bathroom. Jade came out of the bathroom and saw Alissa standing there. Jade was wearing just a robe. Alissa smiled at her and Jade gave her a cracked smile. "Get ready. I am preparing for the breakfast" Alissa with that went out of her room and straight into the kitchen. Today she thought to make pancakes. It was Jade''s favourite, so to cheer up her mood as she was very low from thest night. Alissa quickly did all the stuff and Jade also came out of her room. Alissa served the pancakes in the te and took them to the table. She put the te in front of Jade and saw her smiled a bit. Alissa was happy that at least she smiled even if it was just a little. Cause sometimes it''s hard as hell to make Jade smile when she is upset. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. "So, did you get enough sleep?" Alissa asked while taking a bit of the pancake. "Yeah" Jade said. Alissa thought to talk aboutst night as she won''t talk to her after that. All she will do is go back to her bed and do something in her cell phone. "So, you want talk aboutst night?" Alissa looked at her with concerned eyes. Jade''s eyes suddenly brimmed with tears. She blinked her eyes to keep the tears out of rolling down from her eyes. Alissa took a deep breath and put her hand on Jade''s. "See, I am your sister. You can tell me anything you want" Alissa said. "It''s just. I cannot tell you. You will be hurt" Alissa now felt a little scared after listening to this line but didn''t let Jade see it. "I won''t be hurt. Just tell me" Alissa looked at her with pleading eyes. "I don''t want to stay here" Alissa''s eyes almost popped out after hearing this. "This house. Or..what?...Wh-Why? See I can only afford a hous-" She was interrupted by Jade. "No. No. No. I am not talking about this house. I meant that I want to go to boarding" Alissa scrunched her eyes. "Boarding? Why? Is your teacher not teaching your right. Or you can''t understand something. I''ll talk to him and tell him to give a lengthy exnation to you in every chapter. If that is what the case is" Alissa said. "No. I just want to get out a bit and realise who I really am. I don''t want to be just a burden over you and I want to grow up a bit. I am sixteen" She emphasised the word ''sixteen'' a way much than needed. "See I totally understand Alissa that you will say that I am not a burden but I want to aplish something. Not just getting homeschooled and do nothing" "Jade, I''ll...umm....Do something about it" Alissa felt the taste of metal inside of her mouth. She did not expected this thing. She didn''t know that Jade was being suffocated at home. She is right but, no one wants to be a PA in future. No one wants to. No one will ever dream of being a PA instead of being the Boss. "Yeah...um....I''ll find a boarding school for you. Uh...I have to go somewhere. To meet my friend. Eleanor." With that Alissa ate her food and left the house. She was walking down, don''t know where she have to go. It was a bright sunny day. She didn''t know where she have to go cause she lied to Jade that she have to go and meet Eleanor. She went inside of a small restraunt and ordered a coffee. She was in a deep thought. Soon the coffee came and she took a small sip of it, but the taste did not filled her heart. She was lost in her thoughts that someone kept the bouquet of flowers in front of her. Her eyes diverted towards the bouquet and it was beautiful. She looked up and saw Eric smiling at her showing his perfectly shaped teeth. "Beautiful flowers for a beautiful girl" Alissa got up and said "Sir..." Heughed and said "Eric" She smiled and they both sat on their chair. He looked at her and said "You alright?" She nodded her head. Eric was not convinced and thought to ask her. "Are you sure? See I want to help you because I have only one week to prove you I am genuinely sorry for what I''ve done with you. So please tell me if something is wrong" Alissa was pleased by his lines. She didn''t know that he cared so much. "It''s just about my sister" She finally said. "Oh! What is it about?" He asked. "She wants to move out and go to a boarding school" "So is it about something money.. having problems in paying the fees I can help you with that" Eric said. "I am d that you thought about me but it is not about the fees. It is that I couldn''t see that my sister was so suffocated inside the house. I must have been the major reason of her suffocation cause I left her in the house for the entire day without even realising that she must have been so fed up. She have her own dreams, she don''t want to be a secretary or a waitress or something in future. Nobody wants to. By the way, why the hell would anyone will even dream of being any on these things. I am so upset with myself" Alissa said it all with genuine emotions. Eric stared at her and a grin was hanging on his face. "Anyone wants to be a PA if their boss is as smart as me" He joked. She stared at him without any expression. "Sorry" He said. "It is just this" Alissa said. "Let her go out. And don''t think that you are the reason of it Alissa. In fact you did this to give her a better life. Teenagers sometimes just don''t understand that. They have all those mood swings and all. You know" He said and Alissa nodded. "Come on" He said. "Where?" She asked. "There is something I want to show you" And with that he took her hand and led her towards his car. Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Alissa sat in the passenger seat and Eric sat on the driver''s seat. He started the ignition and they drove off. Eric didn''t try to even touch the radio cause he rememberst time when he yed the radio which song came. Eric is not very fond of listening to music though. But if he is driving to somece or is going to club he prefers the radio. Alissa knew that he won''t y the radio but the drive was getting boring and awkward because of it. Alissa thought to start a conversation but couldn''t decide what to say. Should I turn on the radio? She thought. What if he found it rude? She was confused. "What are your hobbies?" She asked without thinking. He looked confused at first but said anyways "Umm...huh...I don''t have a hobby to be honest. Ah.. It''s just..." He didn''t know what to say. "Oh! Alright" Alissa said quickly as she sensed the ufort in his voice. She now decided to keep her mouth shut. Eric pulled up in the parking lot. Alissa looked around her eyes shimmered with excitement. N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. An amusement park. She loved to go to an amusement park when she was a child. But never got a chance to visit there often. She used to just look around ande back. She looked at Eric and he was smiling at her. Happy with himself that he chose this ce. He came out of his car and opened the door for Alissa. She came out of the car too. They both entered the amusement park. Alissa was so happy toe here. They both started to go in different stalls. Alissa was growing an urge to sit on the giant wheel. But that would be quite rude for Alissa to say to Eric that she wants to go on there. "Let''s go onto that giant wheel" Eric said. Alissa thought that he can read mind of people or what? He must have sensed that she wants to go there because she was staring at it. She smiled....a big childish smile. He chuckled and bought two tickets. They both sat on the seat and their breath were caught in their throat. And slowly it started. And started to gain speed. And then it was fast and joyful. And without even realising they both were squealing and hooting. Alissa noticed aplete different face of Eric. Aplete opposite person of what he always tries to show. A person who has got a heart. A person who is way far than just a womanizer. A person who can be good to be around. A person who is living and live every moment if he wants to. Alissa didn''t stopped him from doing that. Infact she joined him in that. Alissa found herself being happy with him. She forgot her problems. The giant wheel stopped and they both came out of it. Then they went to a different stall. It was a game in which they have to throw the ball inside the fish bowl. And if they did it then they can choose a gift for themselves. Alissa took out the money from her purse but Eric held her hand. She felt electricity went through her body in a loving way. "Don''t. It''s my turn to pay" He said. "But I never paid for anything till now" She said. "You did lots of good things without knowing it Alissa" He said leaving her amused. He took out the money from his wallet and gave it to the shopkeeper. He had three balls and took a deep breath. He threw the first ball. Missed. Threw the second ball. Again missed. Then threw the third ball. Right on the target. Alissa pped her hands in the air. Eric took a teddy bear and gave it to Alissa. Alissa was so delighted by his such a charming nature. She didn''t expected that this person can be so charming and a sweet guy. They both roamed here and there and finally came out of the amusement park. They both were "Really Eric, it was a wonderful time" Alissa said. "It was wonderful because of you" Eric said. Alissa smiled and said "I forgive you Eric" Eric looked at her and said "Thank you. Although I do not deserve this forgiveness but it means a lot" Alissa smiled and they both walked towards the car. The car ride was silent. Eric stopped the car in front of her house and wished her good night. Alissa was so happy that he chose to spend some time with her. She entered her house and closed the door behind. Now, she have to talk to Jade. Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Alissa walked through the doors and was preparing the speech she have to say to Jade. Jade has never been a very good listener and Alissa has never been a very good storyteller. So, it was hard for Alissa from both sides to manage in this situation. She did not wanted to spoil her happy mood by arguing with Jade but it was important to talk to her as she was her sister and Alissa always wanted her good. She was taking light steps on the stairs. She slowly reached to Jade''s room and took a sharp breath. She was so not ready for this. She turned the door knob and entered with a little smile on her face but it didn''tst long as she saw Jade in a kind of state which brought horror on Alissa''s face. Alissa covered her mouth because what she saw was something unbelievable. She never ever expected this from Jade. Tears were building up at the side of Alissa''s eyes, but she tried hard not to let those tears fall down her cheeks. Alissa''s breathing got heavier. She controlled herself but was surprised that Jade had still didn''t noticed her precense. Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. How badly Alissa wanted to punish Jade for that but was too ashamed to look at those two bodies on the bed, lying and....cannot say further though. Where did Alissa missed to discipline Jade? She looked at Jade was lying on the bed with closed eyes and the boy was chuckling. Alissa''s eyes got red with anger. "Stop!!!" Alissa screamed at the top of her lungs. Fury was visible in her voice but the thing which was more visible was her pain. They both quickly shot up from the bed and Jade looked at her with horror, guilt and.....shock. "Get out" Alissa said with fury and that boy ran away in a fraction of second. Jade looked down and her face was burning with embarassment. Alissa clenched her teeth and said "Make yourself look a bit decent ande down. I want to have a talk with you" Jade gulped down her saliva and nodded. Alissa left the room and went down to sit on the couch. She was shaking with anger. She was thinking of the possible thing her parents would have did if they would be still alive and would have caught her in this state. Alissa was thinking of the million reasons behind of this. Like is some ckmailing her..... Is she depressed? Alissa shook her head and clear all the thoughts from her mind. She was just in so much of rage. But she knew that she have to handle this situation in a calm and mature manner. Screaming and shouting won''t help right now. She slouched back in the couch and put her head in her hands. She was massaging her temple. Jade was taking quite too much of time but that was understandable cause she must be blowing out some tears or must be preparing her speech of what she have to say. Soon Alissa heard Jadeing down the stairs. Alissa was chanting under her breath "stay calm, stay calm, stay calm" Jade was looking so fragile and nervous. Alissa looked at her and Jade knew that this will not be easy. Alissa got up from the couch and gestures her to sit on the couch. Jade went to sit on the couch and Alissa crossed her arms. Jade was continuously blinking to keep control on her tears and was biting her lips. Alissa took a deep breath and started. "What happened? What made you do that?" Jade looked at her and then at the floor. "Jade answer me because I don''t want to loose my temper" Few tears rolled down from Jade''s cheek. "I-I was....O-on....He g-gave me...dr-" She sobbed hard. "What?" Alissa asked. "What did he gave you?...Jade please tell me" Alissa said in a soft voice. "Drug......" She sobbed harder. Alissa''s eyes widen. She was now out of control. She wanted to break every single thing. But, first she wanted to kill that boy. How badly she wanted to kill him. Alissa saw Jade crying and quickly took her in her arms. "How did it all happened?" Alissa said. After a little more crying Jade started. "Remember when you came home from the office and saw me talking to someone on the telephone, and I told you it was my friend. Actually, it was this boy only. His name is Zack. When my teacher came to our house he was also with him. Which was quite wierd. Like, obviously you cannot bring him at our house while you are teaching me. The whole time he kept on staring at me. When I was done with the studying and all and teacher told me that he is his neighbour and his parents went somewhere and will miss the ss. He introduced him to me. We both got along quite well actually. Soon, we exchanged our numbers. We both used to talk via texts...a lot actually. He started to then slowly gave some hints that he likes me and all. Then one day he came to our doorstep. I opened the door and he was there, smiling at me. I allowed him toe in and to be honest I was genuinely happy to see him. Then he said he wanted to tell me something and then he finally did and said that he loves me. I was confused but felt happy to hear that. I said yes. He then came everyday and I thought to tell you but never got anytime, to do that. Then one day he came with some cold drinks and all. I don''t know when he put the pills inside of the cold drink and did so many things. I was trying to defend myself but vision was blur and my body felt weak. He then started to ckmail me that he will tell this thing to everyone that what kind of a girl I am. He even screenshot every single conversation we had in our cell phones. And then today he came again....it was all forced" Jade broked down crying. Alissa held her in her arms and told her everything is going to be alright. Chapter 28 Chapter 28 It has been a week since Jade told Alissa her problems. But, Alissa still was disturbed, she was continuously thinking on what to do and how to get out of this mess. She didn''t wanted to let that boy get away like that. She wanted him to get the hardest punishment. Alissa was also thinking all the good and the bad things that have happened since she joined thispany. Good things: 1) Her bank ount now have sufficient money. 2) Her boss is caring towards her now. 3) She have a friend whom she can actually call a friend and that is Eleanor. 4) She have learned to party a bit. 5) Last but not the least, someone has actually made and effort to make her happy and that is Eric. Bad things 1) She has gone through threats of her boss. 2) She have to bare those rudements from her seniors (mostly rudedies) 3) She have to make coffee every now and then. 4) Her sister has gone through all of this. 5) Alissa have toplete so many files in one day. 6) She have to wake up early (which she was not used to) So, only these are the things which really are happening in Alissa''s life. But, they are major problems. Alissa want someone to share things with. She wants someone who can sort her out of this mess. She is thinking to talk to Eleanor about it because she is a girl herself and is also a very helpful person in these kind of situations as far as Alissa is concerned. This is the time she is really wishing that Eric would have been a girl. So, she could have talk to him about this. She picked up the two files, which were lying on the table and dust them a bit and took them to Eric''s cabin. She knocked on the door twice, but no one answered. She knocked once more but still no reply. "Boo" Alissa squealed and turned to see who it was. No doubt, Eric. From when did he started doing all this, she thought to herself. She giggled and he smiled at her. He opened the door and both of them got inside the cabin. Alissa kept the files on his desk and he looked at her. "So" he said. "So?" Alissa asked. "You talked to your sister?" He asked. Alissa thought of what to say. She thought if it is right to tell him about this? Will he help her? Or he will just feel disgusted by it? Lots of questions were running through her head until she realised that she was staring at Eric with a dumbfounded look. He waved his hand in front of her eyes. "Back to earth" he said withugh. "Uh...yeah....I did....and....yes...umm" She stumbled with her words. "You are a pathetic liar" He said with a chuckle. Soon tears build up in Alissa''s eyes. She didn''t realise that how badly she wanted to cry until now. She realised how sad and broken she was from inside. Eric looked worried at that instant moment. He hold her hand and made her sit on the chair. "Hey hey hey, it''s alright" He said, trying to makes her feel better. He gave her a ss of water and she gulped it down. She felt a little better. She never cried in front of someone. Because no one was there to listen to her. "What happened?" He asked. She looked at him and was still wondering whether to tell him or not. "You can trust me" He said and Alissa never felt the sudden urge of just hugging someone. Alissa wanted to hug him so tight. She never believed someone before so thoroughly. "Actually......." And then she told him everything. He, the whole time listened to her and kept squeezing her hand as a gesture that it was okay. He kept an eye contact with to let her know that he was paying full attention towards her. Finally, when she "I am with you" he said. "Huh?....." Alissa asked not believing what he said. "Yes. I am with you" He said again. "Alissa. You don''t know but you are a strong girl. Nothing can ever break you. People must have seen you failing thousand of times but they surely must have never seen you quitting. I believe in you and that is why I am with you" he said with utmost sincerity. Alissa felt so delighted after listening to those words. She felt like she was not alone. She truly have N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. somebody. "Thank you so much sir" she said. "Eric. Just Eric" he said. "Thank you Eric" "Don''t say thank you. Just think that this is my way of apologising" He said with a smirk on his face. And Alissaughed. Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Alissa Few days passed and Eric has promised me that he will catch that culprit who have done this kind of thing with my sister. So, let''s keep that topic aside for a few days and concentrate on the work. I believe Eric and I know that he will make everything better. These days I really feel attracted towards Eric. I just keep on staring at him most of the times. Today he caight me staring at him and when I diverted my eyes heughed and I felt so embarrassed. I just want to start so many things again. I want to just make everything better. Eric has called me in his cabin during the lunch time. I am just thinking what it possibly could be. These nights I mostly think about Eric and start tough or blush. I feel like it is not normal. I don''t act like this normally. Hopefully, I don''t have to get myself checked from a doctor. During the lunch I slowly made my way towards Eric''s cabin and knocked on his door. He allowed and I went in. He smiled when he looked at me and I smiled too. He got up from his chair and slowly made his way towards me. "Wanna go to a restaurant for lunch?" He asked. Oh! "Oh! No. It''s fine" I said. It would be awkward to go to lunch with your boss during your duty. "No it''s not fine. Come. Let''s go" He said and went out of the cabin. I followed him behind and soon we were standing in front of his car. He opened the passenger seat for me and I gave him a sweet smile. He sat on the driver''s seat and started the ignition. He drove to a small and simple restaurant and we both ered the restraunt. We went towards the receptionist. She looked at Eric and her face light up. She gave him the biggest smile and pulled out the gum from her mouth and threw it into the dustbin. Disgusting! Eric with a straight face said "Table for two" She nodded and called for a waitress. The waitress guided us to our table. It was near the window so I was happy with it. She was purposely trying to make a conversation with Eric but he was not even listening to her. We both sat on our chairs and that waitress gave us the two menu cards and dismissed herself. "So, what do you want to have?" Eric asked casually, not looking like two girls have just tried to hit on him. I looked at the menu card not actually reading what was written cause I had already decided what I want to eat. "One cheese sandwich" I said and Eric nodded. "Me too" He called the waitress and gave her the orders. She winked at Eric and went away. I looked at her with amusement. Eric just chuckled and said "It is my daily routine now" I just nodded and I didn''t know what to say. I am very bad in making conversation. So, I just tried asking him about his family. Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. "So, that girl Cassandra is your sister?" I already knew that she was his sister but still I have to speak something. "Yeah" He said. "So, you liked that night?" He asked "Which night?" "Amusement park" he said. "Oh yeah! It was lovely" "Very lovely" he looked straight into my eyes and said which caused to make me blush a little. "You look cute when you blush" he said making me giggle. "Stop it" I said in between my giggles and heughed. Soon our cheese sandwiches came and we both started eating. We didn''t spoke for that mean time. The waitress wasing over and over again just to keep an eye on Eric which was making my blood boil now. How can one be so annoying? When we finished our lunch Eric got up to pay. I told him that I will pay but he insisted. We went out from the restraunt and went straight to the car. I wanted to talk to him but couldn''t make any conversation. Suddenly he brought his car to a halt. I looked at him and he was looking at me through his intense eyes. "Alissa I brought you here because I wanted to tell you something. But I couldn''t. So now I am telling you" He said. I looked at him. There were million of thoughts which were roaming inside of my head. But, somewhere in my heart I was hoping him to say that. I wanted him to say that. "My fiance is arriving tomorrow. I wanted to tell you but couldn''t get much time" He said. What? I throat got dry. I lump grew up in my throat. My mind waspletely and totally nk. Why was he saying this? Why did he said this? Why did I expect something else? The world around me just turned. Like, out of the blue he just said that. I wanted to hit my head on a wall. I was so stupid. I now know I will never get what I want. And that is true love.... Chapter 30 Chapter 30 Eric I told Alissa that my fiance has arrived. Although, she didn''t even knew that I have a fiance. She looked nk for few moments but then just smiled and congratted me. Yeah, she probably must be thinking who would like to marry this arrogant jerk. But I knew that she was wondering something else. I was so desperate on going out for lunch with her but I knew that excitement won''tst long. Yesterday when I reached home I was surprised to find Cheryl and her parents over at my house. I almost forgot about them but sometimes happiness don''tst long. Mr. And Mrs. Patrick were looking so delighted to see me. I was not even one percent happy to see them. Cheryl was looking at me with such a huge grin on her face like she has discovered some kind of a jewel. She had toned skin, an hour ss figure, ck hair, blue eyes and she was 5 feet 8 inches tall. Yeah, you must be thinking stunning right. But, I still did not found her more stunning than Alissa. I don''t know why. But yeah, Alissa has something which Cheryl don''t have. Alissa did not talked to me much after we reached back to mypany. She was all day in her cabin busy in her work but I wanted her toe in my cabin and ask me to sign a file for her. As the day passes she quickly left without even greeting me and I was a little disappointed with that. When I reached home Mr.Robin and Mrs.Emma were still there. I really wanted them to leave. They all even started to n about my wedding. Are you freaking insane? I sat with them. It was not that I wanted to it was that dad red at me that I have to sit. "So Eric, from tomorrow Cheryl wille with you to yourpany so that you can teach her some work like how to handle apany, maintaining a record of apany and all that" Robin said. "Uh-uh" I wanted to say ''no'' but..... "Sure, Eric will take her, after all they are soon going to be husband and wife" Josephine said and gave a stern look to me. I got up and went straight to my room. Maybe they will get a sign that I am not interested. Cassandra was also there and I felt like she noticed my sadness. She was way too good at just recognising my N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. sad moods. Just then when I needed her the most she entered my room. She quietly sat beside me and nudged me at my arm. She always do this when she wants to make me feel better. "Brother" She said in a cute voice. "Hmm...?" I said "Eric, I know what you are feeling" I kept my mouth shut. "The day mom and dad told me that you are getting married I knew that you are not happy with it. The way you behaved, the way you talked, the way you looked at Alissa" My heart skipped a beat when she said herst line. I looked at her and she smirked. "I know Eric that you have special feelings for her. I know that you, maybe, that you love her. Eric you are apletely different person when you are with her. And she is the only girl who can control you and can have the courage to argue with you. Eric, I know what dad has said to you and that is why I called someone to help you out with it" I got confused on whom she has called to help me. I can help my own freaking self. "Ethan, ising in two days" She said. I think I''ve never been so happy before to hear any news, not even when I became the CEO. I looked at Cassandra and she was giving her brightest smile. "Ethan ising" I said, not believing what she said. "Yes, I called him and he is eager toe here" "And who told you about Alissa and....." "The way you look at her said it all" She said and I hit her with the pillow and then the pillow fight started. Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Eleanor I am with Alissa at a restaurant. It''s 7:28 pm. She is being very serious right now. I''ve been here from the past 1 hour but till now I just came to know is that Eric is getting married. Now, after just listening to this I came on to the conclusion that is Alissa loved Eric but Eric is getting married to someone else and now she want someone to pick up her broken pieces and I will do it. That is what friends are here for. She took a deep breath and took a big gulp full of water. Tears formed at the corner of her eyes. I hold her hand and gave it a little squeeze. "C''mon tell me now. What''s wrong?" I asked. Although, I already know what is wrong. But just to make sure. I want her to open up in front of me. "E-Eric" She said and sobbed....again. "He is getting married" She said between her sobbing. "Alissa, I already know that. But, I want to know why you are crying for him getting married. He should be the one crying right now that he is going in that hell kind of life" I said. I am not against marriage but just to make her feel a little better I said that. "I-I.... don''t want h-him to g-get married...." She said and sobbed. Few eyes were now on us. They probably must be thinking that some big problem has came upon us but nah. It''s not that big of a problem. "Why do you not want him to get married?" I asked. Not expecting to get an answer but sometimes wishese true. "He is mine" She said. Oh! Knew it. She then started to cry like a baby. She was making some wierd sounds. When small babies cry, the kind of noisese out of their noses. It is exactly that kind of sound. But I don''t have tough or even giggle. Otherwise, she will kill me. N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. "Okay. Okay. Now Alissa listen to me. When someone don''t keep us as their first priority we should have that much of self-respect for us to not give that person much importance or keep that person as our top most priority. Girls were never born to run behind a boy or to be treated as an option. Alissa you have to dust of yourself and keep your chin up and show like you don''t give a shit. You understand me. Now wipe off your tears and smile" I said kinda proud of my little speech. Some girls who were sitting next to our table gave me a little apuse. I smiled and then and looked at Alissa. She was staring at the table. With one hand she wiped her tears and the other hand was clutching the ss of water very tightly. She took a deep breath and got up from her chair and walked towards the exit. I followed closely behind her. She turned around and said "You are right. I am not going to keep him as my top priority. I am not going to cry for him" She walked out of the restaurant and I smiled and sat with her in her car. She was sitting on the driver''s seat and was looking out of the window. There was a brief silence in the car. The sound which was audible right now was of the motorbikes outside. I wanted to give Alissa as much time she wanted, because that is the only way, she will let out her emotions. Alissa has already suffered through lots of things from a very early age, so she deserves a break from all of this mess. She took a deep breath and started and I was ready to hear "When I first met Eric, I did not liked him. I thought he was agressive and rude and bossy and every arrogant word you could ever think for someone. But, the night in the club it all changed. He took me to his house and kissed me. It was the best kiss to be honest. Although, I didn''t kissed back. But I felt something. He threw me out of his house and from the next day he became so charming. He took me to an amusement park. He solved my small problems. Took me to a restaurant. He always listened to me and I started to feel so much for him. I epted that feeling long time back but couldn''t wrap my head around it. But when he told me that his fiance ising I was devastated. I felt so many parts of my happiness to be destroyed. I didn''t know how to react. But now I know that I really do have a special ce for him in my heart and I want him to be mine. But I know it is not possible" Tears ran down her cheek and now I understood what true love actually means for few people which I was taking for granted Chapter 32 Chapter 32 Alissa was called to Eric''s cabin. Eric had found the boy who was ckmailing Jade. He was a part of some kind of gang. They just ckmail some girls and viral the videos and then ask them to give all the money and all the luxurious things they have but they don''t stay at the same city after they have put them behind the bars. Alissa felt like the weight of the whole world is vanished from her shoulders. She thanked Eric but did not tried to talk about anything further. She just went to her cabin and started doing her work. Eric was sitting on his chair that suddenly his cabin''s door opened and when he saw who was there his face automatically turned frustrated. Cheryl was smiling at him and he forced a fake smile. She came towards him and hugged him without any clue. He was taken back for a minute but hugged back anyway. "Dad said I should start my training from today. So I came here" She said Eric noticed her outfit. She was wearing a ck dress which wasing till her upper thigh. Her hair were open and she was wearing little bit of make up. Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. "Yeah, sure" He said, and it was quite noticable that he did not want to do that. He started to first tell her about all the basic stuff, which hopefully was getting into her mind. Eric pulled out one file from his drawer and kept it on his desk to show her something but to his surprise she pushed that file away from the table. Eric looked at her with raised eyebrows. She smirked and sat on the desk. Eric was thinking what she is trying to do. Suddenly she hold him by his cor and pulled him towards her and crashed her lips to her. Eric was beyond shocked by seeing her actions. He never expected this from her. He pulled back and as he was going to say something he looked at the door and Alissa was standing there with tears in her eyes and a expression of pure shock. She quickly turned her heels and left the room. Eric ran behind her and tried to stop her. He called out her name but she did not stopped. She entered into her cabin and tried to lock the door but Eric was faster than her. He stopped her from closing the door and got inside. "Get out" she said "No, first tell me Alissa what do you consider our rtionship as?" "Eric. We are just working with each other. Nothing else. So please now get out." "Alissa please at least don''t lie to yourself now" "Eric please leave" she sobbed. "I am not going anywhere until you tell me how you feel" he dered. "You really want to know. Then listen Eric. I fell in love with you from the first time I saw you. But you were all just arrogant. But as we grew closer I knew that I am in love with you. But I know that you don''t feel the same way for me" she said it all. "Who says I don''t feel the same way as you. I do love you Alissa. I didn''t know how to say this but I really love you. And I am so madly in love with you. So, please don''t leave me" "Eric I cannot love anyone else. Because I don''t want to suffer again. Love is not made for me. Love is just a risk which a person takes. It''s not just up to us who decides the fate" Eric was upset by listening to her. He knew that she will not easily ept his proposal but will keep on rejecting him. But he was curious to know what had happened in the past because of which she no longer believes in love. Now, Eric was determined to know about her past and no one could stop him. Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Alissa was in the mall with Jade. They haven''t got any time for each other since Alissa was busy with her work and Jade was being off mood these days. Suddenly, she received a text from an unknown number. Unknown number: Last night was good ;) Alissa scrunched her face and got to know that it is probably a wrong number. She again got engaged in choosing clothes for her. She was choosing clothes for her that she saw a familiar face. It was Cassandra on the next counter and was busy doing something. Alissa thought of going and greeting her. "Jade,e here. I want you to meet someone" Alissa took Jade towards Cassandra. "Hey Cassandra!" Alissa said. Cassandra looked towards Alissa and gave her a very big smile. "Alissa. What a surprise. So nice to see you. Oh! Is this your sister?" She said. "Yeah, Jade" Alissa said. Cassandra hugged Jade and started chatting. After a little while Cassandra said "Okay, Alissa I have to go. It was lovely meeting you. Bye" "Yeah, Bye" And with that both went onto their different paths. Alissa reached home and suddenly remembered that today she and Eleanor have nned to go to a club. It has been a while since they both have went somewhere together apart from the night in the restaurant, but no one is counting that right?. She quickly got dressed in her white dress and she was looking beautiful. She did her hair and her makeup and quickly send one picture of herself asking if it was okay. Eleanor texted back saying ''Gorgeous'' and that she is on her way. After few minutes her doorbell rang. She quickly went to open the door and saw Eleanor. Alissa shifted her eyes towards left and her happy, pleasant mood dropped straight down to scared and aggressive at the same time. Why the hell on this earth Eleanor have to bring this Eric with her she thought. Is she out of her mind. God! Her night is destroyedpletely. She looked at Eleanor and she was giving her a look of apologizing. "Hello Miss. Lawrence. I thought that I could apany you and Eleanor for going to the club" He said. Alissa just looked at him, with scrunched eyebrows. Alissa hugged Eleanor and ignored Eric then and sat on the passenger seat of Eleanor''s car. Eric came and sat on the driver''s seat. "Why are you sitting here?" Alissa asked. Aggression was visible in her voice. "My life. My mood. My choice" He said with a smirk. Alissa ignored him and looked outside the window. Eleanor was quiet because she was feeling ufortable in speaking something to Alissa in front of Eric. They soon reached to a club. Alissa was the first one toe out of the car, then Eleanor and then Eric. They all stepped towards the club and entered. Smell of drink and cigar were so strong that theypletely filled nostrils of Alissa. Already making her feel to doze off. Eric and Eleanor were okay with that smell as they havee here before and also kinda got use to it. They made their way towards the drinks. "What would you like to have?" Eric asked. Alissa ignored him and looked at other direction. There were different varieties of wine. Some wines were from California, Australia, Spain and France. Eleanor ordered a strong one which was from Spain Sherry Eric ordered a Barolo which one was from Italy. Alissa was just looking at people''s faces and just thinking how she imagined her night and how it turned out to be. Eric took a sip of his wine and looked at Alissa. The whole time he was just looking at Alissa and Eleanor was just looking at him. Eleanor got up from her chair and took Alissa to the dancefloor without her permission. Alissa was not dancing and was just looking at other people but Eleanor gave her a stern look and told her to dance. Alissa swayed her hips and moved her legs and hands. She was dancing with grace. Eric was looking at her with intense eyes. He was watching her every move. Suddenly, he noticed that Alissa left her cell phone on the counter. Eric was trying to control himself but couldn''t resist his feeling and finally picked up her cell phone and saw there was a message the same message which Alissa ignored in the morning thinking it''s a wrong number, but Eric was beyond angry as he didn''t know that it was a wrong number. He got up from his chair and put the cell phone inside his pocket and went towards Alissa with a furious look. He was beyond his control. He hold Alissa and took her outside the club. On the other hand Eleanor was standing there dumbfounded and was thinking why everytime the same thing happens. The whole scenario repeated, Eric again took Alissa with him in his car. He took her to his penthouse. He went inside and as soon as he pushed her towards the wall, the lights switched open. N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. "Who is she?" Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Eric "Who is she?" A voice came. I knew who''s voice it was. On one side I was very happy but on the other very terrified. He is the only one with whom I cannot argue. I backed away from Alissa and she waspletely scared right now. "Ethan I-" I was interrupted by his voice. "I believe she is not the girl whom you are marrying then what is she doing here?" His voice got calm at the end of the sentence but still I was scared. Ethan walked towards both of us and looked at Alissa. "Do you need a ss of water miss...?" "Alissa" Ipleted the sentence for Alissa as she was not looking in the state of speaking something. Ethan didn''t wait for her answer and brought a ss of water for her. Yeah, he is a gentleman. He always had this soft heart for girls....only. Alissa drank the whole ss of water and silently thanked him. Ethan made her sit on the couch and gesture me to sit too. "Alissa I will drop you home. You don''t worry. And Eric I expected this though but you should not forget to respect a girl. You were literally forcing her to......What can I say? Eric you are going to get married and I know you don''t want to but please don''t cross the dignity because of which your family have to suffer. If you want to do something, you should use your maturity. You have already dated like almost every girl on this. Please be serious now" He said. I just kept on nodding. Alissa didn''t know what to do. Now, the worst part is that Ethan knows what I do sometimes. Ethan asked Alissa toe with him in the car and that he will drop her back to her home. I wanted to interfere and say that I want to go and leave her but that would have not be the best decision for me. Soon they both left the mansion and I was there sitting on the couch dumbfounded. I heard the door open again. I looked back and saw Dad, Step-mom, Cassandra, Cheryl, Robin and Emma. I honestly thought they all were sleeping. I got up from the couch hoping they wouldn''t have noticed Ethan taking Alissa in the car. N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. Cheryl smiled and came towards me. I just wanted to push her away but Richard was looking at me like he would kill me if I did that. She awkwardly made me put my arm around her waist. She nted a kiss on my cheek and I felt sick to my stomach. I pulled myself away and looked at everyone. "Where is Ethan?" Emma questioned. "He just wanted to..uh..plete some urgent work" I scratched my forehead and tried to end the discussion. They just nodded and I asked "Where were you all by the way?" Step-mom answered " Just went to a restaurant to fix the date of the engagement party and the wedding. We have also chose the wedding card design and Cheryl has done the work rted to cake. She went to the best and the most expensive one and decided the design and the vour of the cake. We have also ordered wedding clothes for you and for us as well if there will be any objection on any of the dresses then we will get another one" She said so much, but didn''t asked me once if I was okay with it. If I had something to choose too. "I think this is my wedding right? And you all have went to the restaurant and have already decided everything. Even my wedding clothes. This is my wedding or yours. I just wish I would have died before evening to this world. Or dad would have never ever taken divorce from my mom. Even she would have taken better care of me than you all, who just wants to rule my damn life" Ipleted and picked up the keys of my car and went straight out of the mansion. From the hell. I got out of my car and started to walk on the pavement. These people really need a reality check. Except for Cassandra. At least there is someone who understands me. Alissa. God! She also understands me better than anyone. The day I was with her at the amusement park we both had so much fun. I felt at that moment that Alissa could be a better person in my life than anyone. I wish I would see her here and could get a chance of apologizing. Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Eric I was in my thoughts when I heard someone....crying? Some sniffled sounds wereing from field. I Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. went to the field and saw a girl sitting and crying. Wait.....Is that Alissa? I quickly went towards the bench on which she was sitting. I was standing behind her bench and was looking at her. Her elbows were on her thighs and her hands were on her face. I couldn''t stand watching her crying like this. I put my arm on her shoulder and she quickly turned around. As she watched me I looked into her eyes and felt teared apart when I could only see anger and hatred. Why? Have I done something? What is wrong? She got up and looked at me like she would just beat the shit out of me. "What do you want from me Eric?" She asked, fuming with anger. "I just want your forgiveness?" I said. "Stop it Eric!!! For the sake of my life just stop it. I have had enough now" She shouted. "Alissa please. Don''t say that. What happened?" I said. "You have already ruined my life Eric. Please go away. I came to yourpany so that my life would thanks to you. Eric Williams, the CEO and also the most popr one among the girls. Let''s give a standing ovation to you, you earned it" She said and started pping. I couldn''t watch this sight. It is just so painful. I wanted to kiss her and tell her it is nothing like that. "Alissa please stop?" I literally begged. Her mascara was flowing down her cheeks. She was looking so done with her life. "I am just another girl in your life Eric. I am also the part of that long long list now. A never ending list of girls whom Eric Williams has snogged with. Yeah, that is what it is. I am here doing my job so that I can provide enough facilities not to myself but to my sister. And here you are taking me to your home and making me feel like a worthless girl who just roam around the city and hang out with rich boys" She said and when she said those words for her I lost it. "Stop it Alissa!!!" I shouted. She looked scared. Yeah, that is what I wanted right now. I went towards her and pulled her towards me. I crashed my lips on her and hold her waist tightly yet gently. She pushed on my waist but I am too strong for her. She kept on fiddling but still was not able to get out of my grip. I deeply kissed her and finally let her go. "What the hell is your problem?" She shouted. "My problem is that you take my love for granted. You think that I am the same person like I am with every other girl but no. I can''t get you out of my head Alissa. I want to spend my life with you but you never give me the chance to do that. From the day I saw you I got head over heels for you. But, you are so reserved that you don''t see my love. The day I spent with you in the amusement park was the best day of my life Alissa. I swear. I felt so alive. I felt like I have a heart. That I can also love. And yes I love you Alissa Lawrence. I am head over heels for you and only you. Please give me the privilege to call you mine" She looked shocked at my words. Tears were still falling from her eyes. She was staring at me like I have said something which she never expected. Actually, I also never expected myself to say all these things. I walked towards her and took her hands in mine. I slowly put my lips on her and this time she didn''t moved away infact she kissed back. The kiss was sweet and soft. We were cherishing this moment. I felt so happy. "Alissa what do you want to say. Will you be my girl?" I asked "Eric what about Cheryl?" She asked. "I''ll handle it" I said but in reality I didn''t know how. She just stared at me and gave me a warm hug. I hugged her back and I felt so relieved. "Yes Eric. I would love to" She said and I went on the cloud nine. How did I get so lucky. "Alissa, sorry for making you feel like a worthless girl. I always had this feeling for you but I am so bad at this. While others hold a PhD in it" I said and she giggled. Her giggle filled my ears. Herugh is so melodious that I could listen to it for my whole life time. She pulled back her face. Her arms were still around my neck and our faces were just inches apart. She slowly captured my lips and I felt so happy. We both kissed and the moment was so amazing. She pulled back and smiled at me. Suddenly a question arose in my mind. "Alissa if you don''t mind can I just ask you something?" I asked "Sure" "Why did you said that everyone always leave you?" I asked and regretted asking that question because her face just lost the calmness and smile from her face. "If you don''t want to answer its okay then" I said. "If you''ll hear it, you will no longer love me" She said. "There is nothing in the world which will reduce my love for you" I said and she went towards the bench and we both sat there. I patiently waited for her to start. "I was only 17 when this happened. There was this boy Joel Howard. He was my first boyfriend. We were just like any other crazy couples in love. My life revolved around him. One day I came to our home. We lived in the same house. We both were watching a movie that his cell phone was continuously going off. He attended the call as he went to his room when he came back he went to washroom but his cell phone was on the table. A message popped up and I decided to open the message. It was from a person I didn''t know who that person is. But he wrote "I am sending some new pills. Mix them up in her food" I felt a little scared when I read the message. I quickly kept his cell phone back and didn''t said anything. He was normal. Suddenly, he asked to go to the club. I couldn''t say no so I epted his offer. We both were in the club that suddenly he took me to a room and threw me on the bed. I screamed for help but no one came. He took out something from his pocket and made me swallow it. I felt dizzy and before I could do something darkness clouded over me. When I woke up my clothes were on the floor and I felt a stinging pain. I knew what it was. I quickly wore the clothes and cried my heart out. I even thought to kill myself. But I didn''t wanted to that just for Jade. I went to the home which I shared with Joel. He was there and when I got there he was acting so casual like nothing ever happened. I went towards him and pped him. He looked like he is not bothered. He picked up a contract which surprisingly had my sign. It was written that I am going for a abortion which would be legal and is under my consent. And everything suddenly made sense. Hepleted his pleasure, he used to mix some kind of pills in my food and now that I am pregnant I will do the abortion. He suddenly pped me and pulled me by my hair and injected me. And everything went ck" As she ended she was crying so hard. I just wanted to kill that bastard. I hugged her tightly and she cried and I didn''t stop her. I was shocked to see how brave she is and I still love her. Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Eric was working in his cabin but couldn''t concentrate on his work due to thest night conversation. He didn''t know that Alissa has gone through so much. Infact, nobody knew about this. He was shocked that how could someone do like this. Alissa told him that when Joel injected her she fainted and when she woke up she was tied down on the bed. She was screaming for help but no one came. Later, Joel came and untied her and threatened her not to tell this to anyone or else he will harm her sister. After a month she came to know that she was pregnant. But, she knew that Joel won''t ept the baby. He has already made her sign the contract on which it was clearly written that she will do the abortion if she She didn''t tell this to anyone. But one day when she wasing back from the work as she was a waiter in a restaurant she suddenly felt a cloth on her mouth and within seconds everything was a blur. When she woke up she was in a room and Joel and two men were present in front of her. They abused her and forcefully injected her. After that they left her on the pavement near her home and sheter came to know that the abortion was already done. She was devastated by all this. She was unable to register all this in her mind. The boy whom she loved with all her heart done all this. She thought of or say that learned to live with that pain. Eric was just thinking of how to deal out with all this. He just wanted to smash someone''s face with a hammer. But that would not sort out anything. The problem was massive and solution was nothing right now. He thought to cheer up Alissa a bit. As she is already upset with all of those things. He quickly got Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. up and started to walk towards her cabin but maybe luck was not in his favor right now that he was pulled back by someone and it was no other than Cheryl. He turned around and saw her smiling at him like an idiot. He just wanted to lock her in a room and spend the whole day with Alissa. He checked out her attire. She was hardly wearing anything. She was wearing a ck dress which was sleeveless and it was revealing her stomach a bit and it only came till her upper thigh. So for Eric it was practically gross. "Hi future husband" She said and crashed her lips on his. He wanted to pull back but she justpletely put all her body on him that it was impossible. Neither he wanted to hurt her by pushing because the oues won''t be very nice and he has never hurt any girl. She slowly pulled back and gave him a cheesy smile. "What are you doing here?" Eric asked in a professional voice. "It was getting hard to stay there without you and you have not been giving me any practices on how to handle apany or whatsoever. After all I am the future CEO of my dad''spany" She said with a very dramatic expression on her face. "Listen, we will do it tomorrow. I have to go for a meeting" Eric thought it is best to lie rather than to spend one hour with her. "Hey,e on. Can''t you do this much for me" She said taking a step back. "No. Because I am very busy" He said not caring about her emotions. She stumped her foot on the ground like a small child and Eric almostughed at her silly behavior. He always had his interest in mature girls not in those who behave like this. "Okay then. Bye" She said angrily. "Okay. Bye" He said like he didn''t care and Cheryl turned around and left. He let out a breathe of relief and turned around to see Alissa looking at him. He smiled at her but she didn''t smiled back. He knew that she saw them kissing. Eric went towards her and pulled her into her cabin. "You both were kissing" She said. "She pulled herself on me. I was trying my best to leave" He said. Alissa smiled and said "Yeah, I know" "Then why were you looking upset?" He asked. "Just..... Didn''t wanted to see that sight. I feel sad" She said. Eric smirked and walked towards her. Alissa took a step back and her back was now on the wall. Eric pulled her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist. Eric crashed his lips on her and they both started kissing. They were both kissing each other like their life is dependent on each other. Eric pulled her down and pulled away and kissed her cheek. She blushed and hid her face on his chest. He put his finger on under her chin and made her look into his eyes. "I love you Alissa. I really do" He said. "I love you too Eric" She said and pulled him for a hug. "Want to go out on a date with me today?" He asked. Alissa pulled back and looked at him with wide eyes and nod her head vigorously. Eric chuckled and said "Be ready at 7:00" Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Alissa I''ve got a leave from the office today. Eric himself told me to take a leave so that I have enough time to be ready for the date. I bought some new clothes for myself and also some new jewelry and other essories. I bought a dress and thought to wear that today. It waspletely ck and had a deep v-neck. It came till my knee and had a v shape cut from the middle. The straps were tied behind my neck. I wore grey earrings and they were touching my shoulders. I wore my ck heels. They were two inches high. I put on my lipgloss of red color and put on some makeup. I picked up my clutch which was of grey color. I remembered that I have to wear a ne too. So I had one which was of my mother. She had kept it in a box before she passed away. I put it round my neck, it was also of grey color. I left my hair open and just curled them a bit. I quickly went down and looked at the time. 6:58 he must be on his way. I waited patiently. Suddenly, I saw Jadeing down from her room. She looked at me and her eyes lighted up. "You are looking gorgeous" shemented. "Thank you sis" I said. "He must being I guess" she said referring to Eric. When I told her about me and Eric she looked at me like I''ve lost my mind. But when she believed that I am not joking than she was happy. Suddenly the door bell rang and I suddenly felt nervous. I looked at Jade and she gave me a reassuring smile. I opened the door and there he was. My prince charming. He was wearing a white shirt underneath his tuxedo. Underneath he was wearing a ck pant and ck shiny shoes. His hair were slit back and he was holding that smirk on his face. "Like what you see?" He said in a teasing voice. I blushed and said shyly "Shut up" "You are looking gorgeous" heplimented. "Thanks. You are also looking good" I said in return. "Only good?" He said. "Very good" I said nervously. He just chuckled and looked straight into my eyes, making my heart skip a beat. He walked a little forwards and I was frozen on the ground. My legs were unable to move. He brought his face closer and we were almost going to kiss that suddenly someone coughed from behind. JADE!!! I wanted to throw her on the ground right now. Why every younger sibling is like that? He suddenly got back and we both looked at her. "I think you both should leave. It''s already 7:07. You will bete otherwise" She said with a smirk on her face. "Thanks for telling us Jade" I said with a sweet voice but anger in my eyes. We both left the home and closed the door behind. He opened the door of his Lamborghini for me and I thanked him. He quickly sat on the driver''s seat and started the ignition. We were soon in the city traffic. He started the radio and one direction''s song "Through the dark" started. It was a sweet, romantic song. We both were listening to the song that suddenly Eric held my hand. I felt shivers went down my spine. His touch just made me feel like I am electrified. He looked at me from the side of his eyes and smirked. I blushed a bit and started to look outside the window. After 15 minutes of drive we reached at a restaurant. He parked the car and we soon entered the restaurant. The interior was royal. Eric asked the receptionist for the table of two. We were led to our tables and sat there. Menus were kept in front of us and we both were deciding what to order. "Order anything Alissa. Don''t hesitate" he said and I smiled. Everything was so expensive. I was so confused about what to order. Soon our waiter came and he asked us about our orders. But the problem was he was just staring at me and Eric was angry with that. "What would you like to order beautiful?" He said in a flirty tone. I shifted ufortably in my chair and said "Bagel and lox" He noted it down in his notepad and then asked Eric "What would you like to order sir?" He said like he is not interested. He said "Sauerbraten" He noted it down and left but not before winking at me, making Eric more angry. "I think he want his face to be rearranged" Eric said with arrogance. "Hey hey hey....Calm down okay.... Ignore him" I said quickly as I didn''t wanted him to create a scene. Soon he brought our orders and kept it in front of us. "What would you like to drink?" He asked and gave us a small menu which had names of plenty of wine. I looked through it and finally decided. He asked me and I said "Penfolds Grange Hermitage" he noted and asked Eric he ordered "Domaine Leroy Richebourg Grand Cru" He noted it down and left. Just after a minute he came back and kept our wines in front of us. I noticed he kept a small chit under my ss of wine. I looked at him and he winked at me. I opened it and it was written "Meet me outside the kitchen" Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. My eyes almost popped out and the chit was snatched out of my hands. I looked at Eric and he threw a punch at that person. My jaw literally drop. I put my hands on Eric''s biceps to stop him. He threw the money on his face, held my hand and we were out of the restaurant. He took me towards the car and pushed me towards the door. My back was on the door and he was towering over me. He crashed his lips on mine and kissed me. It felt so right. I felt like nothing can go wrong now. I know that Eric will never leave my side. Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Eric and Alissa were in the car after that little steamy moment. Alissa was trying to hide her smile because that scene was repeatedlying into her mind. "You can also smile in front of me. So don''t hesitate" He said. Alissa blushes hard on that statement. She was just feeling so drowned in his love. She was feeling like a princess. He kept his hand on her thigh and started making imaginary circles which sent shivers down her spine. She felt rxed and safe around him. She knew that under no circumstances he will hurt her. But one thought was still in her mind and that was about Cheryl. Alissa thought that she might not be doing something wrong by keeping a rtionship with Eric. "Eric" she said softly. "Yes babe" he said. "Am I doing something wrong by keeping a rtionship with you?" She said and the car suddenly came to a halt. He looked into her eyes with an intense gaze. "I...I... mean Cheryl, you know I don''t want to be called a...you know....I don''t want to hurt someone in any way and neither I want to get hurt" She confessed. Eric took her hand in his. He kissed her small and soft hands and said "Alissa, see you are not doing anything wrong. We both have feelings for each other and infact the marriage is not even happening with my approval, it''s all for money and fame. Also, don''t think like that about you okay. Cheryl don''t even love me she just wants my money infact she even asked my dad that she will only marry me if she will get 10 million before the marriage. Now, you tell me how can I marry a girl who don''t love me or even understand me and just want my money" "I am sorry Eric" she spoke softly. "I had no intention to hurt your feelings" she said. He kissed her forehead and said "Just promise me one thing, you will never think about yourself so low" "Promise" He started the car and started driving. But, he took another turn which was not the way to home. Alissa looked at Eric and he was smirking. "Eric where are we going?" She asked. "You''ll see" he said with a mischievous grin on his face. He drove and stopped at a ce. The ce was so calm and beautiful. No one was there except for them. There was a pond and some ducks were in there. They both came out the of the car and walked Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. towards the beautiful pond. There were also some horses but a little further and there was a stable for them. She looked up and the sky was ck and the stars were shining so bright. She looked towards Eric and he was looking at her. "Isn''t it beautiful?" She asked. "Very beautiful" he replied looking at her and Alissa blushed. He walked towards her and pulled her waist tightly and started kissing her softly. The kiss was sweet yet passionate. They both pulled apart after few seconds. They both looked at each other. Their eyes were filled with love and happiness. Alissa went towards the pond and started to look at the ducks. She sat on the grass and asked Eric to sit with her. He came towards her and sat next to her. She was a little surprised at first that he approved at once but was also happy. They both lie on the grass and stared at the stars. "You know when I was small I used toe here with Cassandra and Ethan. We used toy here all night and used to discuss our day, our dream jobs, our everything. Things soon changed Alissa. My dad and my mom separated and we were quite young at that moment. It was very hard for us especially for Cassandra cause she was the youngest. Ethan mostly used to stay at his friend''s house. He used to get fed up with all the arguments of our parents. Later my dad married another women. I never epted her as my mom. Later, Ethan went to be a chef, Cassandra chased her dreams and I was left here taking care of thepany. Only few understood what kind of person I am. You are one of them Alissa. I still remember that car ride when that song came up. It was a very funny moment though. You are the one who has the courage to shout at me. And I love bold girls. Thank you Alissa" Alissa had tears in her eyes till now. She was so happy to listen that she hold a ce in his heart. "I was very small when my parents passed away due to a tragic car ident. I had to take care of Jade after that. I had an aunt and she was filthy rich but still she kept me as her ve and used to give me only few dors to run my work. I begged her to educate Jade so she sent her to school and me on the other hand used to work at home. But, there was one of my father''s closest friend one day gave me some money to spent that on education so I educated Jade with that. Soon my aunt went to Spain and we both were left at home alone. But things soon got better as the time passed. I was homeschooled for few years because of the help of my father''s friend. Then I started working in a restaurant and now I am working in Williams enterprisespany" shepleted. "It means we were kinda on the same page right?" He said. "Yeah" "We can consider ourselves each other''s knight in the shining armor" he said and theyughed. Soon they both went back to the car and he dropped Alissa to her home and Eric went to his. Chapter 39 Chapter 39 Alissa and Eleanor were in the same cabin, discussing about some project. It''s been a week since Eric and Alissa went out on a date. Only Eleanor in the wholepany knows about their rtionship. They both were busy in their conversation. Suddenly, out of the blue Eleanor asked "How was your night with Eric?" Alissa looked at her for a moment and said "Yeah Yeah it was good" Eleanor smiled and nodded. "Who told you about the date and all?" Alissa asked and she replied "I didn''t know you were with him. It was just that, I just guessed." Alissa looked at her for a brief moment and Eleanor smacked her shoulder "I swear it was a guess" Alissaughed and said "Yeah yeah I believe you" On the other hand Eric was busy in his so called busy work. Cheryl has eaten up his head as he is giving her training on how to manage apany and h h h. But the oues wereing out to be a zero. Cheryl was continuously trying to flirt with him but he was not giving her a look. "Okay so do it like......." He started exining her and she just put her arms around his neck and started kissing his jawline. "Get off me" Eric said in a serious voice. "Huh?" "Get. Off. Me" He said in a stern voice and she backed off. "You know what Cheryl. I''ve been loosing my shit because of you cause you are not letting me do my work. I''ve been working my arse off but you just don''t give a damn about it. You just don''t care about my hard work. So please leave" He said in anger. Cheryl stared at him for a moment and said "What?" "Leave" He said again. "Okay Eric I will leave but if I tell this at home, you will be finished" She said while crossing her arms. "What do you mean?" "I know you''ve been roaming around with that girl, the P.A of yours. Alissa Lawrence. I know who she is. If I tell this at home I swear the consequences will be worse than you can even imagine" She said in a challenging tone. "You won''t do that" Eric said. "Oh yes I will. My father can buy your freakingpany in the swap of his fingers" She said pointing towards his face. "Don''t show me that bloody finger of yours" he said. She smirked and said "Do whatever you want to do. But I''ll be the one marrying you" "Oh yes I''ll marry you" he said in a sarcastic tone. It was obvious he did not mean that. "Stop being like that. It''s time to pay off" she said and left the room. Eric scratched his head and thought it would have been better if he would have born in a middle ss family rather than this where life gives you drama in every minute. Eric started working and the day went by in slow motion. When he was going to leave thepany he thought to go and meet Alissa. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. He entered in her cabin and she was packing her stuff. "You are also leaving?" He asked her. "Oh yeah" she said. "Okay I''ll wait for you" he said and then they both left together. Alissa sensed that something was wrong with him. "Eric. Is everything okay?" She asked. "Oh yeah. I am just tired" Alissa nodded although she was notpletely into that excuse, but she thought to let it slip away. Eric insist Alissa that he will leave her home but she did not epted that offer and went away. Eric sat in his Lamborghini and drove off. All the way to home he was just thinking about what Cheryl has said to him. He entered in his mansion and out of nowhere someone just hugged him tight. It was Robin. Eric was just freezed at his ce. When Robin moved away he patted on his back and said "Son I am so happy to have you as my son inw. I am so happy that you proposed to my daughter Cheryl. You have my blessings" Eric was just standing there looking at everyone''s faces. It took him some time to register all this stuff in his head. He looked at Cheryl and she was smiling and she came towards him and gave him a long hug. "I am so happy I have you as my future husband" She said looking directly into his eyes. He looked at her ring finger and there was a diamond ring. But he never made her wear this. Slowly everything was making sense. She already warned him in thepany that she will be the one marrying him. And now she has done this. "You never told us about this. We would have helped you in arrangements" Emma said. "Ohe on mom. Eric was just trying to be romantic" Cheryl said. Everyone sat on the couch they were talking,ughing, drinking. But only two people knew what it really was. Ethan and Cassandra. They were just sitting at the side of the couch and were looking at everyone''s faces. Eric just held a sad face thinking this is what fate wants him to spend his life like. Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Eric and Alissa were sitting face to face. The restaurant was empty. The sky was dark. The only sound which was audible was the tick tock of the clock. Alissa was waiting patiently for what Eric has to say. He called her and asked her toe to meet him as he has something very important to tell her. But it''s beenplete 45 minutes and all he is doing is staring at the table and tapping his foot on the floor. "I have to tell you something" Eric finally said. "Eric go ahead. I will listen to you" Alissa promised. "It is not working out between us. You understand it right? I am going to get married. So please understand" He dered. And everything freezed for a moment. Alissa looked at him dead in the eyes. He slowly put his hand on the table and forwarded it towards Alissa. Alissa looked down and saw the wedding card. Alissa was just trying to insert all this in her head. She scratched her hand believing it is a nightmare. How badly she wanted toe out of it. "Eric.....It...is" she was not able to speak. There was a lump in her throat. She swallowed hard to clear the lump in her throat but it was just getting worse. Tears were visible in Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. her eyes. "Me....Eric....Why?" She whispered. Eric looked at her and cupped her face "I am sorry. But it is what it is" "Do you want to do this?" She asked. "Alissa I" she cut him off and said "Do you want to do this?" "I don''t want to leave you" He said. "Then what is making you do this?" Eric tried to speak but Alissa stopped him. "Leave" she said. He tried to reason with her but all she said was "Leave" He got up and left the restaurant. Alissa looked out of the window and then gently held the card. The card was beautiful. A tear dropped over it and Alissa just couldn''t bear to look at that card. She got up and went to the church. She was hopping that the door of the church would be open and luckily it was. She stepped inside and joined her hands in front of the statue of Jesus. "Oh dear lord! I''ve never felt the love of parents. I''ve gone through a lot in my life which is unbearable. The boy whom I loved truly has just broken my heart and has taken away my child from me. Then I was molested....again. I fell in love again but again had my heart broken. Please god. Show me some sign of your love and mercy. Please shower me with your blessings. Because I am slowly giving up" She got up and left with that wedding card. When she reached home she went to her room and took out a ck box from her closet. She opened the box and took out a long list. She took a deep breath. The paper has written the dates and the things which she has gone through during that day. And one more day was going to be added up in that list today. 19th February, 2019 : Break up with Eric She was broken from inside but was not reacting. She was surprised why she was not reacting. She wanted to scream at the top of her lungs. She finally gave all of her to a boy and she again went through a heartbreak. She wanted to leave everything. She wanted to destroy her own damn self. She got up and went outside. It was dark. It seemed like it could rain anytime. But she doesn''t care about it. She walked and slowly slowly gained her speed. She started to run. She ran and ran and ran until she was standing in front of the club. The same club due to which she became an alcoholic. Due to which she used to pass out and spend nights out. She went there and opened the door. Smell of alcohol filled her nose. She went there and asked for the strongest drink. She took that ss and drank it all at once. Then another and another. She was finally feeling clumsy. Soon a group of boys reached towards her. They had a pack of cigarettes. They offered her one and she epted it. She lit the cigarette and inhaled it like her life depended on it. The boys looked at her and suddenly one of them reached to her and said "Want to dance?" She nodded and they both went to the dance floor. Alissa must have never ever danced like this before. She was totally out of her senses. She just wanted to forget everything and enjoy her life or you could say make it worse than ever. The boy held her by her waist and took her to the side of the club and then to the room. He closed the door behind andid her on the bed. He was thinking of so many things. Alissa just stared at him and he slowly clipped open her hair. He moved towards her and was going to attach his lips to her but within matter of seconds he was on the floor. Alissa looked to her side and Eric was there with fury in his eyes. He held the men by his cor and started beating him. Alissa wanted to stop him but was unable to do that because she was feeling dizzy and wanted to throw up. Eric was continuously throwing punches on him. The manid on the floor, blood was flowing from his face. Alissa soon passed out but she do remember someone holding her in his arms. She woke up by the sound of some dishes. She opened her eyes and saw that she was not in her room. Her head was thumping and she felt sick. She looked at the wall clock and it was 9:18 am. The door opened and Eric was there. She slowly recovered her memory and remembered that he broke up with her the previous night. He sat in front of her with a ss of water and a medicine. "Here. Have it" He said forwarding his hand towards her. She didn''t argue and took it. She gulped down the medicine. Eric took the ss and kept it on the drawer near him. "Why you went therest night?" He asked. "Where?" Alissa still couldn''t remember all the things which happenedst night. "That club. You were with a boy" He said. She closed her eyes to remember and slowly the memories came back. She took a deep breath and looked into his eyes. "I wanted to live. I wanted to feel free. Away from sadness. Away from myself. Away from everything" "So you are going to get drunk and hang out with those drunkards" Eric said in an angry voice. "And you are gonna leave me and marry that girl" She shouted. "Alissa. I love you. You don''t know how much it hurts. But there is no way now" "You might have lost the hope but I haven''t. I will still hold on to our love. I will always cherish it Eric. And if we are destined to be together we will be" Alissa said and got up from the bed. "Where are you going?" Eric asked. "Back home" she said. "At least have breakfast with me. Maybe things will get sort up a bit. Pancake is good right?" Chapter 41 Chapter 41 Alissa I saw him flipping pancakes from the living room. He looked like a Greek god. But I really wanted to go to him and punch him on his face hard. I looked around and saw that this house was different not the one in which I was before. He brought pancakes neatly in two tes. He kept the te in front of me and the other one on the opposite of me. He sat there and I quickly picked up the knife and the fork and started to eat. I was starving. He looked at me like he wanted to say something. I could see through his eyes. I noticed his face and it was looking dull. He had ck patches under his eyes and he was looking so tired. His eyes which used to remain so shiny lost it''s shine. "Is this your second home?" I asked finally breaking the awkward silence. "Yeah. Ie here sometimes" he said looking down at his te while I nodded. I noticed the interior and it was much better than the other house. It had much furniture and more simple colors. The other one contains more gothic colors. "So how have you been?" I asked although I knew what the answer was going toe. "No Alissa. How can you expect me to be okay when I am getting married to a girl I don''t even love. And I missed you terribly" he said and I could see what he was saying was true. But you are the one because of whom I cried!!! I took thest bite of my pancake and quickly swallow it. I was trying to force back the tears which were threatening toe. I didn''t wanted to look like a loser in front of him. I don''t want to show him that I''ve been craving for a boy to love me. It would be embarrassing. "What do you think Eric that this apology will make it better? You made me feel like a stupid that night" I said trying hard not to shout at him. But that urge of shouting was slowly winning over my cool sentiments. "Don''t say like this. I am trying to make things better. I don''t want to leave you but........" He trailed off at the end. "But?" I asked. "You won''t understand" he said. "Maybe I will" I pushed. "My father will take away thepany from me" he said and that made me feel like throwing his head on the wall. It clearly mean that I am not his first priority. Who knows I might not even be in the top five. Where I put him above all and here he is saying hispany will be taken away from him. I got up before I burst out crying. "Thank you for the breakfast" my voice sounded so low. Like I have spoken something for the first time. It sounded rough. He rushed towards me and said "Please stay. I don''t want to be left alone again" I turned around and said "You are the one who left me" tears were now visible in my eyes. "How can I make it up to you?" He asked. "By leaving me alone" I replied. I was trying so hard not jump into his arms. His face was just so irresistible. "Alissa. Please don''t leave. I don''t want to be miserable again. I have never felt loved and true happiness until I met you. You have changed me Alissa. I want to be with you. Please" he begged. I was now crying. I didn''t wanted to keep these tears in my eyes anymore. I did not want to resist my feelings anymore. I wanted to spend my entire life with him but I know it will just stay a dream. So why not cherish those moments which I am getting to spend time with him. I just went towards him and hugged him tight. He pulled his head back and crashed his lips with mine. "Jump" he said and I did as I was told. He held me by my thighs. He was still kissing me and he took me to his bedroom, he made mey on the bed and started to kiss my cheek, my jaw and slowly down to my neck, making me moan. He was N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. going to get this further but I stopped him. He understood and did not said anything further. He lied beside me and pulled the nket over our body. "I love you" he said kissing my forehead. "I love you too" I replied. And we soon drifted off to sleep. Chapter 42 Chapter 42 Eric I woke up and saw that Alissa had already left. There was a note on the table "Sorry. But I had to leave. Didn''t wanted to disturb you" I smiled to myself. I got up from the bed and went to my other home. More like a hell though. I sat in my car and it was pretty dark outside. I started my ignition and started to drive but as I drove further I saw that the route which I usually take is being constructed due to which I took another route but it was longer than the other. I haven''te from here since I don''t know how long. I drove a little slow scared that I might hit something or someone with my car. I saw that there was a car parked at the side of the road. It was around 10:30 p.m. and the car was looking familiar. I looked at the car and remembered that it was of Cheryl. But why will shee here at this time. I tried to look inside the car but I was standing a little far from the car. I thought to stay here for a while. Time passed slowly and soon Cheryl came out of her car but not alone. There was a boy with her. He was holding a suitcase. I think there was money inside the bag. The boy was also holding a gun which Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. didn''t gave me positive vibes. She kissed him and waved goodbye. Oh! It means I am not the only cheater in this rtionship. The guy disappeared in the dark and Cheryl sat back in her car and drove off. I started my car and started to drive. When I reached back home everyone was chattering andughing. Cheryl was there too. She was behaving so normal, like nothing happened. "Hi Cheryl" I said. "Hi Eric" she said and hugged me. Everyone was looking pretty amused that I was the one who started the conversation first. I took a step back as I felt disgusted by her. "The wedding is in three days" Cheryl said. And your game will be over in three days. I thought in my head. I looked at Ethan and gestured him to and Cassandra was behind him. "All okay?" He asked. "Eric wow. Today you were the first one to say hello to Cheryl. She will go crazy tonight, so beware of her" Cassandra said making usugh. "I''ve got to tell you something" I said. "Yeah, go ahead" Ethan encouraged. "I saw her with someone when I wasing back" I spoke. "You saw her with someone or she saw you with Alissa" Ethanughed. "Hey. Wait you know I was with Alissa" I asked. "I know everything about you brother" He said praising himself. "God''s grace I saw her today with someone" I spoke. They looked at me waiting for me to speak. "The guy was holding a gun. She kissed him" I said and they were still looking at me waiting for me to speak but this is all I knew. "What? You want me to say I saw them making out. It''s just this" "Oh yeah" they said together. "What should we do now?" Cassandra said. "First we have to know who that man was. Then what their agenda is. Only then we can do anything. And don''t worry bro you will end up with Alissa at all cost" Ethan said. I agreed with him. We went back inside and Cheryl was smirking at me. After few moments Robin spoke up. "Richard you know that now our children are going to get married so I was wondering if you know, you give half of thepany''s share to Cheryl. I mean that was the deal right" As soon as these words came out of his mouth I freezed. "Yeah sure" dad agreed stupidly. What is wrong with my dad. I swear I did not get my brain from there. From this person sitting in front of me. I did not. Half of the share. My dad has lost it. I need a doctor. Oh! God. Ethan was looking furious and Cassandra was looking shocked. I got up and went straight to my room before I make up my mind for a DNA check up to see if that person is my dad. Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Eric Tomorrow is my wedding and today my family is throwing an engagement party I mean have you gone insane a day before the wedding. I wish I could just bang a coconut on their heads. But, hopefully I will be able to aplish my task. Fingers crossed. People who were invited in this party belonged to rich families and had a very nice business. My few rtives were also there. Some were looking at me like I am doing something beyond their imagination. Some were getting emotional. Soon Cheryl appeared on the stairs wearing a long red gown which was revealing her leg up till her thigh. Everyone cheered and started pping. She smiled and greeted everyone with the best facial expressions she could give. Suddenly, I saw a person entering the party wearing a ck hat and ck Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. suit and pants. He was looking little familiar to me. Cheryl went towards him and hugged him tightly. She held his hand and brought him in front of the crowd. "Hello everyone! This is my brother. Not real brother, my cousin. He hase all the way from Spain just to meet me and thank you so much for that Robert" Cheryl said in a very excited tone. This kind of tone she don''t usually use. I felt like something is wrong but it will be terrible of me to doubt his brother, I mean he can be a good person right? I looked at Cassandra and she was looking upset. She came towards me and took me at the back of the crowd. "What''s wrong?" I asked worried. "I just overheard the conversation of dad and uncle Robin. And I just got to know that Dad is giving him the shares of ourpany today. No check. Only cash. Tonight. Like I think it is being a little too early and being blown out of proportion" As she spoke those words I wanted to kill Robin. It is our efforts not his. I was almost going to st until I realized the absence of Ethan. "Where''s Ethan?" I asked. "I don''t know. I tried calling him a few times but he didn''t picked up the call" I nodded and we both headed towards the engagement party. I wanted to drink the whole bottle of wine but that would be inappropriate to do right now. Suddenly, I saw dad and Robin on stage and holding mics in their hands. What they are up to now? "We would like to make a special announcement" Dad said and then continued. "As we all know that tomorrow my son and Cheryl are going to get married. They both will be the heir of mypany and will lead a happy, joyful life. But I love Cheryl just as much as I love my son Eric. So, I am going to give half of the shares of mypany to Cheryl. It is I guess the most undoubtedly safest decision I''ve made. So cheers to that" he finished. They signed a contract and dad handed Robin the cash which was kept in the ck suitcase. Robin and dad stepped down the stage and Robin handed the box to Cheryl. He whispered something in her ear and she nodded making her way up to the room. My eyes followed her every step. Soon we all were talking, chatting and drinking. I noticed that it''s been about twenty minutes and Cheryl has still didn''t came down the stairs. Now, there was something which I should be worried about. I quickly ran towards the room taking two steps at a time. I opened the door didn''t bothered much to knock on it. My heart sank when I saw all the stuff on the floor and she was not there. I was now thinking of the worst. What if she did cheated on all of us? I quickly ran down the stairs that suddenly the lights went off. I heard some muffling in the crowd and suddenly the lights went on again. The Patrick''s were gone and Cheryl''s brother was also not there. I ran towards the door that suddenly Cassandra stopped me. "Eric wait. Look" I looked at Cassandra and she was pointing towards the door. I looked towards the door and saw Ethan with Cheryl and her cousin. Robin and Emma were there as well. I went towards them with utmost rage. I pushed Robin on the ground and started throwing unstoppable punches until I was pushed back by Ethan. And now I remembered who Robert was. It was not her cousin but her boyfriend to whom she met that night. Everything was now making sense. Everything. And all I wanted to do right now was torture them so much. And none other I wanted to go to Alissa. Chapter 44 Chapter 44 Eric I looked at them. Their head were bowed down in shame. But I will not forgive them for what they did. I''ll tear them out. How could they even think of doing something like this. I am gonna sue them. Cheryl was looking at me dead in the eyes. Emma and Robbin were trying their best to keep their heads low and avoid any kind of eye contact. I was so angry. Just because of all this I was not able to live that fairytale life with Alissa which I wanted to. I was not able to give her as much love as she deserved. She deserves this whole world and all I did was just push her away. I walked towards Robin and punched on the side of his face until two hands gripped me by my arms. I yanked it away and started throwing punches at him. I was pulled back by Ethan and Cassandra. Robin''s jaw was bruised and his nose was bleeding. Such a satisfaction. I looked at dad and it felt like he was still in shock that his best friend cheated on him, lied to him. He was looking so unpleasant. "Why you did that?" I asked. They just stared at each other. "Answer the question god dammit." I yelled. "Because we wanted money. Our business was going down in mes. It was getting over. Then we thought that Richard is a very good friend of ours, if we trick him he will easily give us the money and whatever we will ask for but Ethan was too quick. He caught us" Robin exined. I looked at Ethan and he was smiling. "I saw Cheryl going upstairs. And her so called cousin as well. I knew that something was not right but when we were doing the decorations of this party I hid some cameras which were connected straight to my phone. So I saw them running away, they cut the fuse of electricity of our house so they could escape but I am too fast. That''s how I caught them" Ethan exined his part of the story. Her so called cousine was there looking horrified. "His real name is Robert or....?" I asked. "No actually his name is Marcus. He is my.... actually....he is....my husband" Cheryl said. I felt a sudden type of hatred, disgust and pitiful feeling growing inside of me. How can someone be so low. How? Just think for a moment. I sighed and looked away. Soon ourwyers and cops were there. Some formalities were done and soon they all left with Patrick''s. They will be behind the bars. Now, it was just mom, dad, Ethan, Cassandra and Me. "See Dad now what. Where is that trust now? I told you before also that you don''t have a god damn right to rule my life but you did and see where did it led to. I, just for you, broke the heart of my girlfriend. But you won''t give a shit about it. And you know something now, even if you give this whole And that is Alissa Lawrence" I said and left. Cassandra and Ethan wereing behind. "Bro wait" Ethan said. "If you really want to apologise then do something romantic right?" He said and I stopped. Actually yes he is right. I turned around to see Cassandra and Ethan looking at me waiting for my answer. I nodded. "Listen Eric I know you are upset with Mom and Dad, but so are we. But just for a moment look at them as a normal human being and think that they can alsomit mistakes just like any other person. We allmit mistakes but at the end of the day what all matters is how they deal with it and how they solve it and hopefully they will realize it. Just for a moment look at this situation through a different perspective and maybe then you will realize that second chance can make a whole lot of difference. Just see yourself, you are going to Alissa to apologise, it means you alsomitted a mistake, right? N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. We all just have to pick ourself up and shove off the dust and keep going. I hope that you understand" Cassandra said it like she is giving a motivational speech. She really should be one motivational speaker. "I understand" I said. Ethan looked at her like she just said a new physicsw something greater than Newton. "Bro don''t over react" I said and he came back to his normal behavior. "Let''s get back to the topic I guess" And they nodded. Ethan thought for a moment and suddenly he got an idea. "I think this will work well" He said looking at us. "Shoot" I said. Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Eric "How''s this one?" I asked for the millionth time. "No Eric. That''s not a very good choice" Cassandra said. We''ve been deciding a beautiful gown for Alissa but Cassandra is denying every dress which I pick for her. I don''t have a very good taste when ites to picking dresses for girls. I just feel like she looks good in everything. Ethan was just sitting on the couch and was supervising us. This kinda bugs me. "Dude, can you bother to move your butt and help us?" I asked him. "You are not the CEO here. And she''s your girlfriend you should know what kind of clothes she likes" he said in a stern voice. I felt weird when he referred Alissa as my girlfriend. "Eric here. Look" Cassandra said and I thought where did that dress came from. It was not there when I was looking for a beautiful dress. The dress was so beautiful. I agreed and we paid for the dress. "Let''s go to Alissa now" said Cassandra. "Shut up Cassandra. We will go there tomorrow. It''s already toote to go to someone''s house" I said and she nodded. I took out my cell phone and texted Alissa saying " Don''te tomorrow. It''s a day off" It''s gonna be fun. I am so happy and excited for tomorrow. Ethan and Cassandra are very clever people. Although, they also suck at dating but do have great ideas in their head. "Let''s go then" Ethan said. "No. I am noting home tonight" I dered. Cassandra huffed but didn''t thought to argue with me cause she knew it''s not worth it. "Where will you go then?" Cassandra asked in an irritated tone. "I have my own penthouse as well" I said. I drove to my penthouse and went in. It was clean and neat. I went to my kitchen and started to drink water. Taking big gulps. I changed my clothes into somethingfy and lied on my bed. I started to think about everything. From the very start when I first met Alissa. How she dropped her coffee and I got angry at her. How her skirt ripped when she bend to pick my file. I couldn''t help but a chuckle escaped my lips. She usually use to stay in her own tiny world. Talking to herself. Thinking about everything which could possibly happen with her. Thinking thousand of times whether to say yes or no for something. Keeping secrets in her heart. It feels like she has made her heart a little box of secrets. No one can find the key of it or can open that box apart from Alissa herself. Suddenly, anger took over me as I thought about what happened tonight. I don''t even consider those two people as my parent. Josephine is not my biological mother and neither she could be my stepmother as well. She is so clingy. Then my dad. He almost gave half of the shares of mypany to those downtrodden. Was he out of his mind? I am so happy I have my own brain. I can never ept them as my parent. While I was having an inner war with me I heard my doorbell ring. I opened the door to find Ethan and Cassandra. They entered and sat on the couch. Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. "We were worried about you so we thought toe here" Ethan said. I narrowed my eyes at him, not really believing him. "What? You don''t believe us?" Cassandra asked. "Not really. Did mom and dad threw you out of the house?" I asked. "No. We thought to leave the house because they were arguing over who''s fault it was" Cassandra said. I almost face palmed myself thinking those two can never ever change. I swear I will not invite them to my wedding. "Have you decided the location?" Ethan asked. "Yes" I said. "Photographs ready?" Cassandra asked. "Yes" "Lights?" Ethan asked "Yes" "Quotes?" Cassandra asked. "Ye- No....I forgot" I said, I totally forgot about it. "See. I knew it. Come on we will help you. What siblings are there for" Cassandra said. It was the time when I truly felt blessed to have them as my siblings. "Group hug" Ethan said. He jumped on us and wrapped his arms around us and I couldn''t ask for better siblings. Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Alissa When I got up from sleep, I saw a message of Eric in which it was written that today is a day off of the Probably cause he got married!!! That shit hits hard. I swear to god. I was still not able to sink that shit inside of me. I am just thinking that this phase has to pass. Like, even if I have to cry every single night, I have to move on. Because, I am going to see his face every single day and I have to ept the fact that instead of me it was Cheryl who took vows in that church. I went to cook some food. Jade was still sleeping in her room. I thought not to disturb her. I cooked some bakon and scrambled eggs. It can lighten my mood a bit, I thought. Last night was almost spent in crying. I just don''t think I will ever be able to move on and I will ever find the true love of my life. I want to forget whatever happened between me and Eric. I know it must be easy for him to move on........I guess. It''s just a wild guess maybe he is also missing me and cursing his luck. Maybe he wants to get back with me. Maybe he must be thinking about me like I am thinking about him right now. Stop Alissa. You have to move on. You can''t live like that. I made my breakfast and went to wake up Jade who was sleeping like a princess right now. Carefree. I wish I could have a life like that. Carefree. I woke her up and she quickly got ready. We both ate our food in aplete silence. No one was in the mood of talking. But she suddenly spoke to me. "Why haven''t you been to office today?" "It''s a day off" I replied in a t tone. She just hummed and we both finished our breakfast. Later, she went to her room and I was left alone thinking what to do. I looked at the clock and it was 10:28. I thought to clean up the house. So I cleaned the whole house. I washed the clothes. I washed the dishes. Jade did the dusting. I rearranged my small little library. Those love novels staring right through me. I huffed and started to arrange them in a much better order. I looked at the clock and now it was 1:15. Wow! Time passed pretty quick. I lied in my bed and realising I haven''t been giving any time to myself. All I have been doing is crying and going to office and not staying at home that is why it was getting so hard to stay at home. I should have given time to myself. I suddenly heard my doorbell ring. I saw Jadeing out of her room. We both stepped down the stairs and I opened the door only to find Cassandra there with a huge smile. I was pretty confused seeing her. Because she should be at the wedding. Has she came here to invite me. Wait? What is happening? She captured me in a warm hug and I returned that hug. She looked at me and said "Haven''t gotten much sleep huh?" Iughed and tried to answer but what could I have even said. "Hi Jade" Cassandra said and captured her in a hug as well. "Why you are not at the wedding?" I asked. "It''s already done" She said breaking my heart into million of pieces. "Early right?" I said and she nodded. "I came here to know why you both never showed up at the wedding?" She said crossing her arms. "I was not well" I said. "I can see that. Just look at you. You are looking quite weak. You are not eating or what?" She eximed. I just shrugged and we both sat on the couch and Jade went back to her room not bothered by this world at all. "Just go and get ready. It''s a day off today. So let''s hang out" She said. "Why are youing with me?" I asked. "Why can''t two best friends hang out together?" She said. Best friends? I felt something inside of me. Not really understanding what it really is. I got up and quickly got ready. I told Jade that I am leaving and she nodded. I went out of the house with Cassandra and she took me to a salon. It was so grand. It was looking expensive as well. We entered and Cassandra led me to the reception. She looked at Cassandra and gave her a big smile. I came to know that she has already took an appointment. We were led to a room and that room was so big and it has two giant elegant bathtub filled with warm bubbly water. The room was painted with golden color with small design on the walls. It had a chandelier. Cassandra looked at me and said "Isn''t it amazing" "Totally" I replied. We went to a small changing room and came out with bathrobe. We entered in that warm rxing water and I swear I felt so rxed. "Just take deep breaths Alissa. Just calm yourself" Cassandra said. I totally did that. It was all so rxing. After few moments twodies entered the room and massaged our heads. I was wondering if Cassandra knew how I felt about Eric and that is why she came here to just make me happy. We spent 45 minutes and it felt like heaven. We dried ourself and wore our bathrobe and ady took us to a makeup room. "Why are we getting our make up done?" I asked Cassandra. "Chill out honey. It''s a girls day out. Just spend some time with yourself. Love yourself. And rx" She said giving me a side hug. "God Alissa I love you so much" She said out of the blue. I giggled and replied with a "Love you too" We both took our seats in front of the mirror and first they gave us a haircut. My length of hair was pretty long. They cut it short. Now my hair came to my chest. They were curly so I was looking pretty N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. young now. They were looking so bouncy and wavy. They right after that started my make up. It was a full coverage make up. Cassandra was sitting right next to me. She was looking gorgeous as hell. Her plus point is that she is a blondy. I, though have got fewpliments because I am a brte. So I think I am not that bad. When our makeup was done I swear to God I never felt so beautiful in my entire life. I felt so good. Cassandra stared at me with a mouth open. "Girl, it seems like you have just came down from heaven" "Oh shut up. You look so effortlessly gorgeous" She came to me and gave me tight hug. She held my hand and took me to a changing room and gave me a elegant ck dress. "Wear this" She ordered. "Hey. You don''t have to do this much for me. I promise. Seriously. I am feeling the bad one now" I said meaning it. "Come on don''t be so formal" she said waving her hand in the air. I went inside and changed into that ck dress. I was looking so gorgeous. I felt so good after wearing that dress. It was so good. I came out of the room and Cassandra said "Goddess of Beauty" Iughed and she made me wear some jewelry. I looked at the time and it was 6:34. I didn''t realized how much time have I taken. Cassandra then said "Come on Alissa. There is still so much more" "What is it today? You are like a bunch of surprises" I said, giggling. "Don''t ask. Just watch" She said and grabbed me outside and made me sit in a Porsche. I looked outside to find that Cassandra was not sitting. I rolled down the window of the car and said "Come on in" She just shook her head and said "My driver will take you to your destination. Don''t worry" Before I could register that in my mind the driver drove off. I was feeling that something is on its way. Something must be going to happen now. The driver drove to a very silent and a very peaceful beach. But that was so much different. The driver opened the door for me and I thanked him. Suddenly two bodyguards came to me and one stood behind me and one in front of me, making me follow him. I noticed that there were yellow and white lights put up on the side. There were barriers at the border of the beach and was decorated with the lights. Then there came something which made me filled with emotions. The bodyguards left. There were my pictures put up on the beach inside a circle of lights. The beach was lighten up with lights and other decorations. They were the photos of me smiling,ughing, eating and then there were photos of me and Eric together. I was sitting beside him in a photo. In another photo there was me and Ericughing over something. I had tears in my eyes till now. The aisle was made so beautifully. I was walking over it and photos were kept on the side of the aisle with beautiful quotes. It was looking so beautiful. The aisle almost came to an end that I saw him standing on the aisle, but it was now a little higher at the end. I was about to break down. I wanted to go to him and hug him like my life is dependent on him. I saw him looking into my eyes with full of love and passion. I know that this could not be a dream. I know that he can not be a dream. I know that he is meant for me. As I took small steps towards him I knew that he is real. I knew that I can now feel him. And slowly I took my steps towards him Chapter 47 Chapter 47 Alissa I walked up those small three stairs. He was looking at me with so much of love in his eyes. I wanted to ask him so many questions. Like, did he get married? Is Cheryl here? Do he miss me? Do he love me? But I asked none of these. I wanted to sink that silence inside of me. I wanted to hug him. Dance with him. Kiss him. Run away with him. But all I did was hold his hand in mine and taking in the warmth of his hand. He intertwined his finger with mine and put his other hand on my back and a soft music started to y from behind. I was just looking in his eyes. He brought his face near mine and I could feel his breath hitting my neck. I was staring at his soft lips wanting to kiss them and nothing else. But, I think he can read my mind cause he did it. He captured my lips with his. The kiss was soft yet passionate. He slowly pulled back and I stared at him with love, amazement and passion. The song shortly after came to an end. We both Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. were frozen. Just looking at each other and admiring each other. But I didn''t realized when out of a sudden tears formed in my eyes. I wanted to talk to him but there was a knot in my throat. A tear slipped out of my eye and rolled down my cheek. Eric brushed it away with his fingers. I just without hesitating hugged him. I started to sob. I missed him so much. I love him so much. He just patted my back and made me feel better. "I love you" He said in my ear softly. It was the first thing which any one has spoken till now and he was the first one to speak. "I love you too" I said in between my sobs. "Come on" He said and I broke the hug. He held my hand and took me near a beautiful table which was decorated so nicely. Two chairs were there. In the middle of the table there was a rose and a card written "Youplete me" I was overwhelmed by that gesture. He pulled the chair for me and I thanked him silently. He sat in front of me. He looked at me for a few seconds. Maybe thinking how to start the conversation. "I am sorry Alissa" He said. "It''s fine" I said, pulling back the tears which were forming in my eyes. "No it''s not fine. But I want to clear all those things. I want to tell you everything" He said. "Eric really it''s fine. I trust you. I don''t want to look back now" "Please Alissa. For the sake of my internal peace" He literally begged. "Okay" He told me everything. About Cheryl''s another man. About the money. About the shares. About the deal. About everything. I truly felt bad for his family at this point. "So this happened" Eric finished. "I love you for you loyalty and honesty. Do you know that?" I said. "And I love you for your everything" He said. Making me blush. The waiter brought us our food and we ate. It was delicious. After we ate our food Eric got up from his seat and led me to the other side of the beach. There were no decorations. Only the soothing voice of ocean and sunset lights on that ocean. "I know you like these things" he said and I giggled. We both sat on the sand not caring about our clothes. Just cherishing that moment. "Thank you Alissa" he said. "For what?" I asked. "For the second chance which I don''t deserve" he said. "Eric I love you so much that I just can''t see you leave. No need to say thank you" "No Alissa seriously. I mean it. Whenever I used to look at Cheryl I always wondered that she is not evenpared to you cause you are far more gorgeous than her. You are loving, caring, respective, mature, childish and every perfect thing in this world. You are my life. I see my future in you. I see a very beautiful soul when I look at you. You are beyond perfect Alissa. I love you more than you can even imagine" He said making me an emotional wreck. I just hugged him and joined my lips with him. Suddenly he just got up and I looked at him. Getting up too. He threw his hand inside his coat pocket. He took out a small box and kneeled down at front of me. He opened the box and I was freezed. "Alissa Lawrence. In the presence of God. I ask you to give me the pleasure to be your lifetime partner. I promise to stand by you in the worst and best. I promise to worship our rtionship and keeping it as the first priority. Alissa, will you marry me" I was shocked for a moment. Did he just proposed me. Like, what? I mean is this real? Wait? Can someone just pinch me? I looked at him and he was looking at me with hope. I wanted to stay with him for the rest of my life. And now it''s finally happening. I was feeling like I am flying. Like I am in a dream. "Eric....Yes...I will marry you" I said. I am so sure about it. I want to do this. He stared at me with a big smile. He was really smiling. He was looking at me with big shinning eyes making meugh. "Are you going to make me wear that ring or not" I said. And he replied "Yeah" He put that ring on my ring finger and embraced me in that tight hug. We both pulled apart, which felt like after ages. "Eric but I don''t want to rush things. I want it to go slowly and in a decent way" I said. "Take as much time you want Alissa. You can take my whole life. Just don''t leave my side" "I will never leave your side Eric. You are too special for me" I said and he pulled me in a hug again. This is what you call a day well spent. I knew if god wants me and Eric together then even if it has to happen after years. It will surely happen. Destiny wanted us to be together. And so we are here. Starting as CEO and a P.A and ending up to be the lifetime partner. Chapter 48 Chapter 48 ~6 monthster~ It''s been six months since Eric has proposed me. I asked him to give this whole thing a little time and he totally understood. He didn''t even asked me once if I was ready yet. He said he can wait till forever for that moment. Jade was so happy to know that I was engaged to Eric and Eleanor just fainted right there. Overdramatic. I was right now sitting in Eric''s penthouse. He still doesn''t talk to his parents. Although, he do visit them sometimes. But only if either Ethan or Cassandra are with him. I tried talking to him about this but he usually cut me off or change the topic. At the end of the day, they are his parents and he can''t stay angry at them forever. He has to look at them like normal people who make mistakes. I saw himing down the stairs and sitting beside me on the couch. He held my hand and gave me a kiss on my lips. "Eric" I said. "Hmm" "I think that I am ready for the marriage" I said and he looked at me like he heard it wrong. "What? Say that again" He said. "I am ready for the marriage" I repeated. He just crashed his lips on mine and kissed me with passion and love. "I love you so much" he said. "I love you too" I replied and he embraced me in a tight hug. "What do you want to do today?" He asked. "You''ll do whatever I say?" I asked "Whatever you say. Today is your day" he said. "Eric every girl wants to get married, but having the blessings of the elders. Today you are going to your parents and going to sort out everything." "Bu-" He started but I cut him off. "Eric I don''t have parents that is why I want your parents to stay happy with us. Not just being those formal people whom we see once or twice in a year. They will attend our wedding. Please. Do it for me. And believe me you will feel better" I said. He huffed and covered his face with his hands. "Okay. But only for you" he said "Thank you" I said. "Now get ready" He said. "Mister, I am noting with you. Your parents, you talk" I said. "Oh who was giving a life lesson right now huh?" He said crossing his arms. "That was for you, not me" I said. "Come on Alissa please. I need some power to face them. And if you''lle with me, I am sure I''ll be able to do it" he said giving me those puppy eyes at the end. I huffed and raised my hands "Okay okay I wille with you. But you will have to do the talking okay?'''' I said and he nodded. I went to my room and chose to wear my maroon off shoulder top and ck high waist jeans. I did a little make up and went downstairs. Eric was pacing around trying to find something. "What happened?" I asked. "I can''t find the keys" he said. I started to look around, trying to find it and it was right on the middle of the table. I picked it up and kept it in his hands. "Maybe you should search properly" I said. He just gave me a toothy smile and I literally dragged him out of the house. We both sat in the car and I could feel the tension in the air. Eric was making imaginary circles on my hand and was also not being very concentrated on the road which was now making me nervous. We soon reached his parent''s house safely. And I am very thankful for that. We both went towards the door and Eric almost pinched his fingers inside my hand. I never realized that Eric too can be this nervous. We rang the doorbell and soon the door flew open. Josephine was standing in front of us with a glint of sadness in her eyes. When she saw us at first she was shocked but quickly stered a smile on her face and embraced me in a hug. She then looked at Eric and gave him a small smile. "How are you my son?" She asked. "Does it eve-" He started, but as soon as I realized what he was about to say I nudged him with my arm and he stopped. "Good" he said like a one word answer. Josephine realized what happened and just to cover it up she weed us in the house. Although I have visited here twice but this is the first time I have actually noticed what this ce look like. And it''s beautiful. But I can tell that not much of a talking goes on. I saw Cassandra walking down the stairs. When she saw us her eyes lighted up with happiness. She ran towards Eric and gave him a tight hug. She then came towards me and whispered "So good to see you. Thank you so much" I hugged her back and said "It''s all good" We both released from the hug. Ethan has left for his job. He is now in Italy. I saw Richarding out his room and walking towards us. He stood in front of us and said "Good to see you" And Eric just nodded his head. Just to avoid that awkward situation Cassandra said "let''s just sit and talk" We all nodded and sat on that greyfy couch. We sat for few moments no one was speaking anything. Soon the silence broke "We both are soon getting married" Eric said. I wanted to face palm myself because this is not what we are here for. Richard looked at us with an expression of amusement and then said "Oh well..... Congrattions" "Thanks" "So what can we do for you?" Richard said. "Stop being so formal please" Eric said and I regretted my decision of bringing him here. "Oh! I was just making sure" Richard replied. "For God''s sake. All you care about is that damn money and you just like to show that fake sympathy. A Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. person like you does not hold any ce in my heart" He said and his voice raising after every word. "Eric you are my son" "Oh really. I never knew that. And that is the thing which I regret the most. To be your damn son. I just came here to tell you that gates for our wedding is open for you" Eric said, now yelling. He got up from his seat and stormed out of the house. "I am sorry from his side. You know he has a bad temper" I said. "No need to apologise. It was our fault anyways" Josephine replied. I gave them a small smile and went out of the house. I opened the door of the car and sat inside. I am so angry with this person right now Chapter 49 Chapter 49 Alissa As soon as we reached home, neither Eric nor me spoke any word to anyone. All he did was to open his fridge, took out a bottle of wine and started drinking it. I can understand that he is upset, but it''s unhealthy. I don''t want to see him sad, but right now I am helpless. I went to the room and changed into my night suite. Eric has some of my clothes incase I need some, like right now. I saw he had his legs on the table and he was sitting on the couch drinking his wine. The television was on but it was on mute. I sat next to him and took the remote and shut it off. He let out a long breath from his nose and held my hand. He rubbed my knuckles and we stayed silent for a minute. N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. "Talk to me" I said "It''s all a mess. I''m a mess. I am so angry at them that I can''t talk to them without raising my voice. They don''t understand what they made me go through. Yes, I admit I was an arsehole and I still am. But, what they did was not right. Never have been, never will be" He said. "To be honest you are still kind of an arsehole" I said being honest but keeping a smirk on my face. "Yes, I know" "And aggressive" I said "Yes" "And moody" I said "Yes" "And a jerk" I said "Still you love me" He said kissing cheek and I giggled. "You are my jerk" I said. He put his hand around my waist and showered me with kisses. I giggled and he justughed. After a moment we both came back to normal and I looked at him seriously this time. "Do it for me" I said "I tried and you can see the conclusion" he said being defensive but I know how to control him. "Please. If you love me. Just one more time. And that''s it. I promise. Just one more try and it will be done" I said convincing him and making a puppy face. "You know I can''t resist that face" he said and I cheered finally seeding. * * * * A weekter means Saturday. Eric said that we will visit his parents on Saturday because we had some urgent work in the office. So I was okay with it as long as he was doing it. We were on our way to his parent''s home and Eric was reciting what to say to his parents. I told him some lines, like how can he start a good conversation. I know this sounds stupid, but this was the least I could have done with this boy. We were on the doorstep of their home and I was about to ring the bell when Eric suddenly stopped me. "Wait!!!" He said. "What happened?" I asked. "Can we practice one more time?" He looked at me like a five year old asking his mummy to make him practise for the y one more time. But until I could have agreed the door flew open. It was Cassandra. She looked at us and said "I knew it was you" She hugged us and brought us inside. "A second try" She asked. "Yeah, took lots of convincing" I said. "I am sure" She saidughing. Eric was just staring around and we finally sat on the couch. A few minutester Josephine appeared closely behind her. We all stood up and Josephine came to me and gave me hug. I wish I could say all the things but that would be very silly. We all sat on the couch and there was a dead awkward silence. Everyone trying to think what to say until Richard spoke up. "I am sorry son" His voice seemed like it would crack up any minute now. Eric looked up at him. His face was red like he would cry too. "I am sorry too" Josephine said. "You don''t have to be. You are human after all. We all make mistakes" Eric said his voice trembling a bit. The lines were mine by the way. The ones which he was practising like he has to speak for 15 minutes. Josephine and Richard had tears in their eyes like they were really guilty for what they have done. I am happy that they all have realised their mistakes. Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Alissa N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. It''s been a week now since he and his parents have sorted out the issues. I, on the other hand wants to talk to Eric about our marriage. He is not saying much about our marriage and I am desperate to know what is the n. Today, I have a date with Eric and I want to talk to him about our marriage. Jade was pretty excited when she came to know that I was ready to get married. I quickly got ready for the date and Eric picked me up from my home. I, first thought to talk about itter someday but convinced myself that the sooner the better. I just don''t want to push him to do that if he is not ready yet. But I have to talk about it. We soon reached the restaurant and it was grand. We entered and soon were sitting on our chairs. Eric has already reserved it for us. We started a conversation. Our food and appetizers were in front of us. I took a sip of my appetizer and cleared my throat. Ready to speak. "Eric, I wanted to talk to you about something" I said. "Yeah, go ahead" He said. "Umm.....About our wedding" I said. He smirked and took my hand in his and kissed it softly. "You really thought I am not bothered about it right?" he said. I shifted in my seat a bit, feeling a little stupid. "I was forever ready for this baby. I just wanted to hear it from you. I didn''t wanted to push myself on you or push our marriage on you. And whatever date you decide it will bepletely your choice" He said. Till now I felt like I could cry any minute now. How can this one person be so sweet. I feel blessed. "I am sorry Eric" I said meaning it. "No baby no. I am happy that you talked about it. I am happy to know that you are ready" he said. I smiled and he again kissed my hand. We finished our food and Eric left me to my home and said be ready at 11:30 am. I smiled and entered the house with the biggest smile on my face. I went to my room and changed into somethingfortable and threw myself on the bed. Finally, I am going to be married. ________ I woke up at 8:00 and quicklypleted the household work. It took me a lot of time because I went to the market to buy grocery and then the other works. I looked at the clock and it was already 11:00. My god I amte. I quickly took a shower and changed into a ck crop top and blue jeans. I did my make up and tied up my hair in a high ponytail. I looked at myself in the mirror. Not bad. I patted myself on the should for looking so beautiful. Suddenly I felt a hand on my waist and someone was kissing my neck. God this boy will be the death of me. I giggled and he picked me up and ced me on my bed getting on top of me. He kissed me all over my face and I couldn''t stop giggling. "How did you get in here?" I said. "Your sister let me in." He said. "We have to leave" I reminded him. "We can skip it if you want" He teased and I pushed him on the side of the bed. "No mister" I said. We both left the house and it took us 45 minutes to reach where Eric nned us to take. It was a bridal boutique. Oh my god!!! Eric looked at me and gave me the warmest smile. "Come on. Let''s decide what you will wear" He said. We entered the boutique and there wasdy who smiled at us. She looked in her early 40''s. She was looking elegant though. "Bienvenue dans notre boutique" She said in French. (Wee to the boutique) Okay I am out because I can''t speak a single word of French. "Pourriez-vous s''il vous ?t nous montrer les meilleures robes de mari¨¦e pour mari¨¦e" Eric said. (Can you please show us some marriage dresses for the bride) I didn''t know that Eric can speak French. I am gonna talk to himter about this. "Bien s?r suivez moi ce c?t¨¦ madame"(Ofcourse follow me madam) she said looking at me and I couldn''t be more embarrassed in my life. I didn''t understood a single word she said and I looked at her like a dumb. Eric chuckled and said to me "Follow her she will show you the dresses" I nodded and before I could walk that women turned to Eric and said "d¨¦sol¨¦ monsieur, maisme vous ¨ºtes le mari¨¦, vous ne serez pas autoris¨¦ ¨¤ voir robe" (Sorry sir but as you are the groom you won''t be able to see the dress) "?a va je sais ?a" (It''s okay I know that) Thatdy smiled and took me down the aisle and showed me various dresses. I tried many of them and I loved them but I wanted something which was just mesmerizing. Eric told me not to worry about the money and buy whichever dress I wanted. I don''t know what to do. Then thedy looked at me and suddenly went towards another section of dresses and brought one dress. It was looking beautiful. I took the dress and went inside the dressing room and as soon as I wear it and looked at myself in the mirror I knew that this is the one. Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Alissa N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. Dates are already decided. Dresses are all ready. The venue has been decided. Honeymoon is decided. Rituals and ceremonies have been decided. Maid of Honor has been decided. Jade, no doubt. Eleanor will be at the wedding too. But, who''s gonna make me walk down the aisle? There''s the thing. I don''t actually have a family. That''s kinda make me miserable sometimes. But I know Eric very well. Even if the earth collides he will never ever allow Richard to walk me down the aisle cause even if he says that he has forgiven them there is still that glint of anger in him. I am still in the office and when I felt that these thoughts are upying my brain I made my way towards Eric''s cabin. I knocked and his raspy voice replied "Come in" I entered the office and he smiled while looking at me and closed his file on which he was working on. I sat on the chair in front of him and he looked at me with a puppy face. "That''s not fair" He said. "What?" I said. "You''re so far" he replied. Iughed and said "It''s not your home mister" "But I am the boss" He smirked. "Okay listen, I want to talk to you about something" I said. "Oh Alissa give your head a little rest" he chuckled. "Not it''s important" I whined. "Okay say" he gave in. "Like you know I don''t have a family and-" I was cut off in the mid sentence by his voice. "Never say that again" He said. "I mean....who''s going to walk me down the aisle" I said. "We can do something about it" He said. "What?" I asked. "Maybe Richard can" I offered. "No. Never" he said. I huffed and gestured him to say what he want to. "Like you see. You will walk down the aisle yourself. Brides don''t always need a person to give them away. You will walk down half the aisle yourself and then I wille half way down to you and will hand you the bouquet which will also be remarked as the day of love" He said. I was surprised that this could also happen. I mean....Wow!!! "Thank you" I said while holding his hand. He made me stand up and made me sit onp. He started ying with my fingers and the ring. He kissed the back of my hand and I tried to stand up in case someone would enter the cabin. But, he had a firm grip around my waist and he just wouldn''t let go of me. "Eric, what if someone entered?" I said. "They know they will face the worst nightmare of their life, so they wouldn''t dare toe in without knocking" he said. I gave him a kiss on his cheek and tried to stood up but he again made me sit inp and said "It''s not that easy" "Eric, I have work to do" I said. "It doesn''t matter. You don''t have to do it anyway. Just stay with me" "It''s not fair with other employees" I said. "They all are not my fiance" he smirked. I just let out a breath and the rest of the work hepleted with me on hisp. After few minutes we both left for our respective homes. He offered me to let him drop me to my house and I said no but he was not take a no for an answer. He carried me bridal style in the car making me giggle. He left me to my house but not before giving me a kiss. It was loving yet passionate. I waved him from my doorstep and he made his way to his home. This was a good day. I entered and Jade was there trying on different dresses. "What are you up to miss. Diva?" I saidughing. "Just trying on different dresses. I don''t want to look boring" she said making meugh again. I went into the kitchen and started to make dinner. But after five minutes I was no longer in the mood to make dinner. "Hey Jade. Want to order something from the outside?" I asked and she nodded enthusiastically. I ordered a pizza. Arge one. After 30 minutes and the pizza boy was on the doorstep. I took the pizza and handed him the money. Jade and I both ate the pizza and talked about our day. Soon after eating the pizza she went to her room and I went to mine. I lied on the bed thinking how time has passed. How it was few months ago when my life was just so miserable and now I don''t want to change a single thing. Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Alissa I am very excited because today is my bridal shower. Yeah. I am super excited. My dress is so beautiful. Like, it caught my eye, the first time I saw it. Its so gorgeous. Eric and dad are gonna stay with Ethan at his apartment because obviously its a bridal shower. No boys allowed. From my side only Jade and Eleanor are there. But, there will be Josephine, Cassandra and there will be 10-15 girls more. I think more than 15 to 20. They have a big squad. We will dance, sing, y games and all the other fun things. I looked at the clock and it was 9:30 am and I have already taken a shower and Jade is almost ready. Cassandra insisted me to get ready at their mansion because she wanted to help me in getting dressed up. I packed my dress, jewellery, shoes and other things in a bag. Jade quickly came out wearing a in white t-shirt and blue jeans because she is also going to get dressed over there. Cassandra has already booked a limo for us. My god, I think that''s way too much. But what can I say because she did that without telling me. Soon after fifteen minutes limo was standing outside the door of our house. We both quickly took our stuff and settled ourselves in the limo. It took us around twenty minutes to reach there. We thanked the driver and were standing outside their mansion. I pressed the button of the doorbell and after a few moments Josephine opened the door. She looked at us and embraced us in a hug. She gave us a warm smile that said it all. "My God. Two gorgeous girls. Come on in. I can''t imagine how much more gorgeous you''ll look when you both with get ready" she said making us giggle. We stepped in the mansion and Cassandra was there and she was in her pajamas and her hair were wet. Maybe she has just taken a shower. She looked at us and came to us running and squealing. She gave me a tight hug and then almost squeezed Jade. "God, I was waiting for you like a lunatic. Like, I can''t wait for today. I am so excited. Come on let''s get ready. Okay" she said it all in such a hurry, that I almost burst outughing. I looked at the wall clock and it was 10:30. "Cassandra it''s only 10:30. It''s too early. Way too early" I said. "Actually you''re right. I think we should watch a movie then" She suggested and I agreed. She took me and Jade to her home theatre. It was so cool. "Which movie you want to watch. Titanic, Me before you, Everything everything, one day, before I fall, the vow, a-" Before she could say anything further I said "One day" I said. "Yeah cool" We sat there and watched the movie for the next 2 hours. God it''s so good. I looked at my wrist watch and saw that it was almost 1:00 am. I looked at Cassandra and she looked at me while caressing her stomach, a gesture that she is hungry. "Are you hungry?" I asked. She looked at me and gave me a crooked smile. I looked at Jade and she looked hungry too. "Jade, you''re hungry as well?" I asked. "Yes" she said. We got up and made our way to the kitchen. We looked through the cabs and found some macaroni to eat. We made some macaroni with salsa sauce and ate while having a fun conversation. We looked at the clock and now it was 2:45. "Maybe now we should get ready" I said. Cassandra jumped off her chair and literally dragged me and Jade to her room. She made us sit on her bed and took our bags. She took out my dress and looked at it with a mesmerizing look. "It''s gorgeous" she said. "Thanks" I said. "Come on let''s get you both ready" she said. Jade has brought a purple dress which has a deep neck andes a little above her knee. First, Jade got ready and Eleanor did her make up. Eleanor gave her a good m up and her hair were open. She was looking so pretty. "You are looking so pretty" I said. She said "Thanks" Then Eleanor looked at me and I got dressed in my white dress. I wore my white high heels and Eleanor gave me a m up too. I let my long hair cascade till my waist and my hair are curly so they looked more beautiful. I looked at Eleanor and she said "I don''t know whether to praise myself or to praise your genes that you are looking so beautiful" Iughed at that line. "What about you Cassandra. What are you wearing?" I asked. "I have my dress and it''s gorgeous" she said in a singing tone. She pulled out her dress from the closet and it was a white astonished overly jumpsuit and it was N?velDrama.Org exclusive content. beautiful. She quickly got dressed up and she looked gorgeous as well. We looked at the clock and it was 3:30. Soon we heard the doorbell ring. We stepped downstairs and and opened the door to find four girls standing there. And that was when people starteding. Slowly slowly there were around 30 girls. Josephine I think stopped aging from the past few years. She looks smart. I heard my cell phone ring and it was a video call from Eric. I, without wasting any time quickly attended the phone call and he looked like a god of greek. Although, he was in his normal clothes bute on. "You look drop dead gorgeous baby. What did I do to have you as my fiance" he said making me blush. "Thank you. You look handsome too" I said. But before he could reply Cassandra snatched the phone away from me. "Hey brother you can''t talk cause it''s a girl''s day. So bye bye" and she hung us the phone. She handed me a ss if wine and I took a sip and it was delicious. We started to dance to swing to cheer. It was all so nice. "Come on everybody. It''s time for games" Cassandra announced. Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Alissa Everyone was very excited to know what was the game. And it was ''The nearly wed-game" "Can I have your attention please" Cassandra said. "Thank you. So in this game we have a bowl of small chits with questions written on them. We will ask those questions from the bride and we will see how much does she remember this. We will ask some questions regarding her and Eric. After she answers we will y a small clip of Eric in which he has already given the answer. So, I hope you all will enjoy. Alissa please sit on this chair" Cassandra said and I sat on the chair. She picked up a bowl from a table with bunch of chits inside that and probably some interesting questions. She picked out a chit and opened it. "Okay, so the first question. Who said I love you first?" "Me" I said. They yed the clip and Eric said "Alissa" Everyone started hooting. "Who is a better driver?" "Eric" I said. In the clip he said "Of Course me. It''s a universal truth" Everyoneughed. "Who is more romantic?" "Eric" I said. "Me. Me. Me. Like I can get her anytime" He said and everyone burst outughing. God, why did he has to say that. "Fair enough. Who nned the honeymoon?" "Me" "Alissa" "Who noticed the other first?" Cassandra said smirking. "Me" I said giggling. "Alissa. She checked me out like during the interview, then in the coffee shop and everywhere" he said making me burst outughing. Everyone started tough. I still remember when he said to me in the coffee shop that ''You like to check me out Everytime''. Seriously, never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought that he is the one whom I am gonna marry. "Who was more hard to get?" "Eric" "I think both" It was his answer. But I think deep down we both knew what the answer really was. The game ended soon and then we had this big balloon which I had to poke with a small pin and everyone would get to know the wedding dates. I didn''t know it was one way to tell. I took a small pin and there was that huge balloon and as I pocked it with a pin it was there. The date of my wedding. 16 March. And only I knew why he has chosen this date. Because only Eric and me knew that this was the date when we met for the first time. This was the day when I had to go for my interview and then we met and everything just happened so fast. Everything just happened in such a way that when did we fell for each other we never realized. Suddenly I heard what I did not wanted to. "There is one more game and that is ''What is in the bride''s cell phone?'' In this game they will just ask me to show anything in my cell phone and I cannot deny it. What?????? They made me sit on the chair and took the USB cord and connected my cell phone with the TV. Now everything could be seen on the screen of the TV. For this game as well they had some chits. Oh God!!! N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content. The first chit said ''Last chat with your spouse" Oh shit!!! I scrolled through my cell phone. God I wish I could delete those chats but I can''t because everything is visible on the screen. No, I don''t want to embarrass myself. I opened thest conversation with Eric. God, it''s so embarrassing. The text goes like: Eric: Hey babe!!! Alissa: Hey! What you''re doing? Eric: Nothing just thinking about you ;} Alissa: Really??? Eric: Just saw a dream of you.... Alissa: What was it? Eric: You and me on our honeymoon. You were looking gorgeous as always. We were like all over each other. You were on the bed and then I closed texts and everyone went like ''No'' "Come on guys. It was so embarrassing" Iughed. Everyone started tough and Cassandra was red withughter. The next chit was ''Show youst google Search. Now the thing here is that I don''t know what that is because Eric was using my cell phone as he wanted to see something on Google. I was busy in the kitchen. And he used it cause his cell phone was out of battery. I hope it was something sensible. I opened my Google and....Oh God! How to control yourself from being attracted towards your spouse during a family reunion Everyone were likeughing so hard. They were hooting and I swear I have never been so embarrassed in my life. "Guys, Eric searched it. I swear to God" I said. "It seems he is already into something" One girlmented. Everyone wasughing and enjoying the best. I was having the best time. We drank and yed some new games. We did the cake cutting. It was so nice. Everyone gave me a card with best wishes and regards. It was so nice and lovely. Just going to wait for the wedding day now. Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Wedding Day Can it get more exciting? Or can I be more nervous than this? Or can I be more happier than this? Can this be real? Or is it a dream? All these questions were roaming in Eric and Alissa''s head. Finally the day has arrived when Alissa will be marrying the love of her life and Eric will be marrying the love of his life. They both were equally excited and equally nervous. Alissa was in her room almost ready. Only the veil is left to be put on her head. The twodies brought her veil and it was the most beautiful veil one Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. could ever ask for. Alissa looked at her reflection in the mirror and she believed that she is the most beautiful person right now. Eric on the other hand was also in his room and his brother Ethan made him wear his white stylish coat. The hairstylist slicked his hair back and Eric gave him a nod. He was so ready to finally marry the girl he has ever loved. Ethan gave him a pat on his back and gave him a reassuring look. He turned on his heels and Cassandra was on the door smiling at him. They came out of the door. Alissa looked at Eleanor and Jade and they both were looking very pretty without any doubt. They went outside the room and Alissa got into the limo and Jade and Eleanor carefully helped her with her dress. Alissa was nervous because she was going to walk down the aisle by herself and she feared if something went wrong. Eric was standing in his ce and priest was there as well. His brothers and family members were there as well. He just wanted to see Alissa appears from there. From the Aisle. He was waiting and there were only few seconds left for the music to start. And it did. Heart beats fast Colors and promises How to be brave How can I love when I''m afraid to fall But watching you stand alone All of my doubt, suddenly goes away somehow And he saw Alissa arrive with a bouquet in her hands and she was looking down and suddenly she put her chin up and made an eye contact with Eric. That was the moment when everything stopped for a second for both of them. That was the moment when they truly realised that they were getting married to each other. That they will never stop loving each other. Eric for the first time in his entire life got emotional when a small tear just dropped out of his eye. And Alissa gave him the most loving smile that can melt anyone''s heart. One step closer I have died everyday, waiting for you Darling, don''t be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years I''ll love you for a thousand more Alissa took her steps towards Eric and Eric made his steps towards her. He slowly reached towards her and forwarded his hand towards her to take it. Alissa put her soft beautiful hand in his and they walked towards the priest and stood at front of the alter. Time stands still Beauty in all she is I will be brave I will not let anything, take away What''s standing in front of me Every breath, every hour hase to this One step closer They both stood at front of each other and intertwined their hand. They were ready to take their vows in front of god. To keep each other feel loved and safe under any circumstances. The priest started to say the vows. "So I am very d that you two beautiful couple are getting married today. I want you to remember this incrediblemitment that you make not because anyone is twisting your arm not because you''ve been forced toe here but because you hearts have spoken to each other and to yourself and reminded you of what God has created you to be. That is to love eachother till infinity and to respect each other''s dignity and to never leave each other''s side till death pull you apart. So please take the vows after me. I Eric Williams In front of the holy eyes of God Take the pledge of loving my wife To keep her safe and sound To stay by her side At her best and so at her worst. At the best of her health and the worst of her health. To bepassionate Towards her and Loving her till the end" Eric repeated every vow after the priest and now it was Alissa''s turn. The priest again started "I Alissa Lawrence Infront of the holy eyes of God Take the pledge of loving my Husband To keep him safe and sound To stay by his side At his best and so at his Worst. At the best of his health and The worst of his health. To bepassionate towards him and Loving him till the end" Alissa repeated every vow after him. "Eric Williams. Do you take Alissa Lawrence as your wife?" "I do" Eric said. "Alissa Lawrence. Do you take Eric Williams as your husband?" "I do" Alissa said. "You may now kiss the bride" said the priest to Eric. And they sealed their vows with that loving and passionate kiss. They both realised at that point that no matter what happened in future they both will never leave each other''s side and will keep on loving each other against all the odds of the destiny and no matter what happens their love will never end and will keep on blossoming. Chapter 55 Chapter 55 The wedding was morous. The cake was beautiful and tasty. The dance was full of joy and Eric and Alissa danced with so much joy. Their couple dance was the most romantic sight. They danced on the song ''Beautiful in white''. Alissa danced with Richard as well. It was awkward for Alissa at first but he gave her his blessings and Alissa gave him a small hug in return. They yed the newly wed games. Alissa even threw the bouquet which fell in the hands of Cassandra. Eric is pretty suspicious now because he saw her and a boy in the wedding flirting way too much. But let''s put that aside. When the wedding was over Eric and Alissa both intertwined their hands with each other. They left to their honeymoon with the blessing of their elders. Eric and Alissa were going to Los Angeles. They both were so excited. Honeymoon destination was unknown to Alissa since Eric wanted to surprise her. When they entered in their privet jet Eric told her where they were heading to and Alissa was really happy with that. They both changed into somethingfortable. Alissa wore her red night gown and she was looking extremely hot in that. They both entered in their room andid on that bigfy bed. "We are finally together". Eric said taking her small hand in his. "Yes. I am so happy." Alissa said. "And sexy." Eric smirked at the remark he made. Alissa blushed and looked down. "You are looking gorgeous in this night dress" Eric said and Alissa giggles. "Thanks" she said. Eric looked at her for a moment and then captured her lips in his. He gave her a passionate kiss. They both knew that they enjoyed it. Alissa knew that like it too. And as they went further Alissa knew that she was ready to be with Eric physically and emotionally. And so she did. She made that night a special night for her and for Eric. * * * * * * * * Eric woke up from the sound of chirping of birds and the sunshine falling on his face. He looked at Alissa who was entangled with his body and was sleeping peacefully. Eric remembered the events of thest night and felt so lucky. He felt so lucky that Alissa chose him to be the one, to make love to her. Alissa snuggled closer to him and he knew that she was in no mood of waking up any soon so he moved to the bathroom and took a long hot rxing shower. He came out looking fresh as ever. He saw Alissa still sleeping with a pillow in her arms. He chuckled looking at her and quickly took a picture of her sleeping like that. He kissed her forehead and went down to cook breakfast for both of them. He started to make boiled eggs and bacon and and about fifteen to twenty minutester he felt two hand wrapped around his waist. He turned around and looked at Alissa who had wet hair and was looking fresh and beautiful. He started kissing her all over her face and she giggle and finally he captured her lips and picked her up by her thighs. He gently ced her on top of the kitchen b. They both started kissing passionately and suddenly Alissa moved away and scrunched her nose. "What''s that smell?" Alissa said. "Oh that. Yeah I- oh shit!!!" Eric eximed. Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. He moved towards the pan to see he burned the omelette. Alissaughed. "We both should never be in the together" Eric saidughing. "It''s okay. I''ll make some omelette." Alissa said. They both made their breakfast and ate in silence while watching a TV show. When they finished eating their breakfast Eric said "Get ready" "We are going shopping" Alissa said with excitement in her eyes. Eric chuckled and said "There is much more than just shopping" Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Alissa and Eric were busy in shopping and Alissa was dying with curiosity, thinking what will be the surprise that Eric is going to give her. They bought a cute white T-shirt on which there was a teddy bear holding a balloon in his hand. Then they bought a white fluffy soft pyjama. It was sofy and soft. Then they both went to the restaurant and it was already 7:00 pm. Eric said that they should eat some snacks so that they won''t be hungry till they will reach home and also then they can eat some special meal for dinner. They sat in their Lamborghini and after few minutes reached their apartment. Alissa thought that he must have forgotten about the surprise and must be tired till now so she should not ask him about it. As Eric opened the door, the lights remained off. Alissa took a few steps further and looked behind her to find Eric was not there. But how this possible, he was right here beside her. She thought. But as she looked at front she saw a that lights went on. There was Eric with three boxes of pizza. There was a DVD on the table and she squinted her eyes a little to see what was the movie and she couldn''t have been more happier to see that it was ''Baby''s Day Out''. There was cold drink on the table and the fragrance was so good in the house. She looked at Eric and he kept the pizza boxes on the table and then took steps near her. He wrapped her around her arms and said. "Nothing fancy, you said" "When? I mean..how did you- Like when? I-" she couldn''t find words to speak. "Alissa, you know remember one day I came to your house when I was not in very good terms with my dad and you were in your bathroom that time. Thank goodness I had spare keys to your house. The time when you were taking a bath I just looked at a diary in the DVD shelf. I couldn''t help but out of the curiosity I just flipped through some pages of that diary. I would apologise for it now. I just read what you wrote and you wrote that you don''t want your spouse to do very fancy stuff. Like, the kind of stuff I used to do in the past. You just want to eat lots of pizza, have some cold drink and your favorite movie to watch that is baby''s day out. So I thought why not. I hope you liked it" Alissa quickly captured Eric''s lips and Eric held her by her neck and deepened the kiss. They both pulled apart after a while and Eric picked her up in a bridal style. Eric started to chuckle. He ced her Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. on the couch and Alissa said "Thank you so much Eric. You are the best person in my life. You know me so well. I love you so much" "I love you more" He said, kissing her nose. They both settled themselves on the couch after Eric started the movie on the television. They ate the pizza and drank that cold drink. They kept on eating and were admiring the cuteness of that baby. "I want a baby like this. He is so cute" Alissa said. "Lets make one now. Right here right now" he gave her a seducing look and leaned forward but Alissa hit him on his arm and he fake cried making Alissaugh. "Soon Mr. Eric, just not now. Have patience" "You know I can never be patient enough when ite to you" He said making Alissaugh again. They both watched the movie and Alissa fell asleep on the couch. Eric picked her up and safely ced her on the bed. Heid beside her and gave her a kiss on her head. But not before whispering "I love you Alissa" Chapter 57 Chapter 57 Epilogue ~6 yearster~ "God you smell so good" Eric said while kissing Alissa''s shoulder. They both were still so in love with each other and were still going strong and knew that is how it always will be like. They both started kissing each other. They were so into that kiss. They didn''t care about anything else. "Mommy, daddy look" The voice of their 3 year old daughter Erina came. They both quickly pulled apart stood at an awkward position with awkward expression on their faces. "Yes baby" Alissa said. "What happened? You two look weird" "I was just helping mommy in making breakfast. It''s really delicious and smells fantastic." Eric said with a creepy smile on his face. "Come with me fast. See what Naomi did" Erina said. Their oldest daughter who was 5 years old, also a little clumsy, but intelligent. They both made their way to the living room and saw Naomi trying to clean up the mess she made by spilling the milk on clothes and on the ground. She turned her head towards them and said "Mommy daddy she pushed me on my back and my ss of milk fell down" Erina made a pouty face trying to build up tears in her eyes but failed. "Is it true Erina?" Eric asked. "Nooooo" she said. "Are you sure?" Alissa asked. "I just bumped into her" Erina said. "No. She is lying" Naomi said. They both started quarreling over that and before it turns into something ferocious Alissa and Eric picked each one in their arms and said. "Girls, stop fighting. This is not the right thing" Alissa said. "Come on Erina apologize" Eric said. "But daddy" She tried to reason but finally gave in. "Sorry" she said with a pouty face. "It''s okay" Naomi said. They both put them on their feet and made their way to the kitchen. They ate the breakfast and cracked some stupid jokes. "Mom I wanted to ask something?" Naomi said. "Yes darling. What is it?" Alissa said. "Where did Ie from?" Eric quickly looked at Alissa and shared a worried look. So Eric started "You see. It''s somethingplicated. Mommy and I have toy on the.... you know...bed and uh....I kind go in...uh-" "Meditation. We both meditate and an angel then appear in front of us and show us variety of kids. So we have to choose any one them. So we chose you two. Our sweetest daughters" Alissa said. "Thank you mommy for choosing me" Naomi said. "I also want to meditate so I can also have a child" Erina said making Eric burst outughing. "Oh sweetie you are too young for that" She said and Erina nodded and continued eating her breakfast. Alissa took Eric upstairs and made him sit on the bed and looked at him seriously. "Eric I want to say something" "Yes babe go ahead" he said. "I am expecting a child" She said. He looked at her and broke out into a mesmerizing smile. He captured her in a tight hug and gave her a passionate kiss. "I am the luckiest man in the world right now" "But Eric. I will again have those stretch marks on my body. I will have mood swings. I will eat more and grow fat and" Eric shut her up by kissing her. He ran his fingers along her jawline and then pulled away and looked at her with pure love. "Alissa it doesn''t matter how much you weigh. You are beautiful. You will always stay beautiful. You are evergreen. And my love will never decrease for you. You are one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I can''t express how beautiful you are and always be. Just for a moment look at yourself the way I do and then you will realize how beautiful you are" Alissa had tears in her eyes and said "You are one of the best person whom I could ever ask for. Seriously." They both hugged tightly and shared a passionate kiss. "Let''s tell it to our kids" he said. "If they will understand" Alissa said giggling. They both went down and made their kids sit on the couch. "We want to tell you something" Eric said. Content is property of N?velDrama.Org. "Tell tell tell tell....." They both started chanting. "You are going to have a little brother or sister" "Wow" they said. "Where is it?" Erina said. "In my tummy" "Why don''t you know whether it is a boy or a girl. You said you get to choose the child" Naomi asked. "We will get on to thatter on okay" Eric said making Alissaugh a bit. "Give that child to Aunt Jade. She must need it." "No she doesn''t. And she is busy in her work in California. So no" They both started dancing and singing making Alissa and Ericugh. Eric looked at Alissa and mouthed "Thank you" As Alissa gave a smile and quickly gave him a peck. They both knew deep down that whatever happens their love will never decrease. Even when they will grow grey and old. They are only going to love each other more and more. The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!