Silverton CountyBrilliance Corporations, one of the companies owned by the Maron family. In the large conference room with dozens of chairs lined on both sides of the table were men and women clad in official business suits. They seemed to be aggrieved as they pointed at something on their tablets to the one seated on the chair meant for the president of the company. Aster, who had on a sharp red suit, her hair down and a file on the table with her head lowered on it, turned the pages, paying a deaf ear to their words. Her action angered the elderly men who claimed she was being insolent! "Your father has been the president of this company for years and something like this has never happened! Why is it that the company is about to be ruined in your hands?" "Nothing good can come from a girl child running a company! They should stick to being subordinates and helping hands to the males!" "Hey! Watch your language or you'll have it out with me? What nonsense do you mean by that?

"Which department are you from?" Mercy asked Iris with a frown. Iris raised her eyes and shot the latter a warning look. Something in her eyes made Mercy go quiet as she watched Iris lower her head before Adair again. Adair on the other hand didn't acknowledge her as he kept on stomping on the captain leisurely. After a long time, he finally stopped and took two steps backward. Slipping both hands into his pocket, he glanced up at Iris with a dark smile and ordered. "Fire them all." Only then did something in everyone's head snap. Fire them all? They thought he was bluffing when they all felt their phones vibrate in their pocket. They took it out and much to their surprise, they realized the company had fired them without remorse. With bulging eyes, they all fell on their knees in front of Iris. "We- had no idea Collette Huxley was related to you, ma'am. In fact, we had no idea you were acquainted with her husband!" One of them cried out. Adair had long walked out with a stiff

"Where on earth did that good-for-nothing go!" Layla hissed for the nth time. It was a week already and she hadn't seen Adair ever since she blacked out in Kings Hotel. She didn't remember what happened that day other than the fact the family had dinner happily and returned home. After she woke up in the hospital, Adair had someone compel her to forget most of the things that happened that evening. Leaving only the good memories. With Adair's absence, a lot of things had been left undone. Things like the cooking, cleaning, overseeing things in the house and a lot more. Collette had to go to work everyday or cooped herself in her room when she returned. Benjamin on the other hand would stay with Layla and refuse to answer any of her questions regarding what was going on between Collette and Adair. At that moment, the man sat beside her, going through a magazine when a pillow got thrown at him. He picked it up and placed it beside him, then looked up at an annoyed Layla, "What do

Collette walked into the psychiatrist's office for a session just like she had been doing for the last one week.The psychiatrist, who was a woman, smiled at Collette the moment she walked in. "Welcome back, Collette." The name on the table read 'Dr. Susan'.Susan, who was penning down something on a jotter, put away the jotter and followed Collette with her eyes as she sat down. "How have you been feeling?" "Better. I think I'm coming to terms with my husband's hidden identity." Collette smiled forcefully, rubbing her palms on her laps. "That's good." Susan nodded and got up from her desk. She pulled a chair closer to Collette and sat opposite her. "Do you still have recurring nightmares about what happened that night?""Yes." Collette grimaced, meeting Susan's eyes, "But they aren't as vivid as before." "Well, that's an improvement." Susan uttered reassuringly. "And do you think you're strong enough to be in the same room with your husband once again?"Collette's grip on her go

In Elise's LaboratoryElise had spent most of her time in the lab, restraining Halsey and thinking of a way to reduce the effect of the sire bond. Although Adair was a vampire capable of emotions, he wasn't one who had the heart to kill children. Take Iris for example. He had found out her father was hitting her at a very young age. Instead of leaving and minding his business like he was meant to, he intervened. "If only Lord Adair had the heart we would've killed her by now and taken her burden off our back." Kendall groaned from where he sat watching Elise. Halsey being a threat was not only a threat to Adair's life but also a threat to them. Being sired to Adair, they'd all die if something were to happen to him. "Besides, I thought the only way one develops this strong attachment to her sire is when the newly turned vampire is extremely grateful for the gift." Kendall said, narrowing his eyes. Halsey's eyes fluttered open at that moment and she looked around that laboratory.