"Where's Theo?" Imelda asked when they were all gathered in the dining room and had even started eating and he was yet to arrive.The empress finished chewing the food in her mouth before responding while the rest of the family members waited for her response. They had all noticed his absence but didn't care enough to ask."He's on a trip," the empress said simply.They waited for her to clarify but when she didn't say anything else and continued her food, they knew that was all they were getting.Chase left the plane and a few feet down, two exotic cars were already waiting for them and he was ushered in."Young master, our first stop is….." Agatha, who was still very energetic started again and this time, Chase was actually more awake and he listened intently to her plans."Wait…a dinner date?" He stopped her right there."Yes, the empress said you should meet with the daughter of Sir Peterson," she said, even though Chase had zero idea who Peterson or his daughter was.Feeling tire

"No, no, it can't be," Martins repeated in his mind and Roberts stared at him with an impatient look.Chase's face held an amused expression but within that amusement was malice. He remembered it clear as day and that was hands down the most embarrassing moment of his who existence after when Patrick made him kiss his shoe in the lobby in the presence of everyone."That….that was….that was you?" Martins stuttered and pointed at him with shaky hands."In flesh and blood," Chase said and opened his arm to gesture in an exaggerated manner.Martins' weight couldn't hold him anymore and he dropped to his knees."Sir, please…." He whispered, not knowing what to exactly to beg for.He still couldn't believe that the poor, dirty cleaner he had insulted months ago was now the person that he was staring at. Someone that just a word from him can end his whole career that he had spent 20 years to build."Martins, what's going on?" Roberts asked softly but Martins couldn't hear anything past the l

The woman's blonde hair rested over her shoulders in bouncy waves. She sat upright with her upturned nose high in the air as she waited for the date her father had arranged for her."Hi, Veronica, I'm sorry I'm late," he apologized for keeping the young lady waiting as soon as he got there.Veronica turned to her right where the voice was coming from and her breath hitched in her throat. Her father told her that the person she was going to see was the son of his long time friend and business partner. She had mapped out different images of the person in her head but none of them came close to describe how handsome the man that stared at her was."Are you okay?" Chase asked wkty concern when she stared at him for longer than was normal and she was snapped out of her daydream.""Yeah, um, hi. I'm Veronica," she said nervously and stood up to offer him a handshake."I already know that," he replied with his million dollar smile and took her hand in his and handed her the flowers.Veronica

"Miss, kindly come with me," he told Laura quietly and before she could process his words, he was already pulling her elbow away.She couldn't even say anything. Her only reaction was the tears streaming down her face as she turned around to look at Chase who had a hard expression on his face.She didn't want to cause a scene because she knew that that would make matters worse for her, so she just followed the manager out of the building in silence."Please sir, it was a mistake," she finally begged when the weight of what was going on dawned on her but by then, they were already in the lobby."I don't give second chances and even if I wanted to, you heard the man," the manager said with no emotions. "Make sure she doesn't show her face here again," he instructed the guards and they pushed out the rest of the way.Crying heavily now, she moved to the side of the road and her knees gave in and wobbled under her, causing her to fall on the ground in the parking lot.She could already te

"Stop staring at the door like a moron, Evelyn, he isn't coming back," Alice said after they had watched the press release that morning. "Boy, that guy sure was sneaky. Vice president? I can't believe he came down and mingled with us. I knew there was something off about him," Alice rattled on as she pushed her cart out of the door.Evelyn was finally left alone to her thoughts.She pulled out her phone and her thumb hovered over the number that she had dialed and texted a million times over the past couple of weeks.She couldn't believe that he would hide something that huge from her."I'm such a fool," she said and swiped her fingers till she deleted his number and the first year slipped down from her eyes.The rest of the day passed with her being in a daze and she couldn't wait for it to be over.Closing time soon reached and she was the first person to leave the hotel and head home.She got to the house and something seemed off."I'm sure I locked it this morning," she mumbled to