"Eve," Chase called and rested his head on the cool wood of the door but he was only met with silence.He stayed that way for a long time and when it was clear that she wasn't coming out again, he walked back to his car with slumped shoulders.He drove himself after making sure to tell the guards not to follow him because he didn't want to overwhelm her.As soon as he reached the car and sat down, a single tear rolled down from his eyes."Fuck!" He growled and hit his head on the steering wheel.After he woke up in Theo's body, he had promised himself never to cry for a woman, which was exactly what he was doing.Only this time, it was different.He was crying because he had hurt the one person that truly cared about him. Not his status, not his wealth. Just him, Theo, without the big surname.The hurt that she felt had been evident in her empty eyes, which made him feel even more guilty."I fucked up. Big time, and I've lost her," he said in a resigned voice.He stared into space for

He stood tall and shoved his hands into his pockets as the two men who were highly respected by all in the company bowed their heads in shame and kissed his shoes.He closed his eyes at the feeling of superiority and at that moment, he finally felt vindicated.They stayed that way for a few seconds before kneeling upright again with their heads bowed."Very well. I'll reconsider my decision," Chase said but he couldn't let them off the hook that easily."Thank you, sir, " they thanked him profusely."You'll get your jobs back, but no longer as managers," he said."What?" The men stared up at him as they tried to understand what he was driving at. "You'll both resume as security guards," he announced and the murmuring around the room grew even more but the men couldn't hear anything past the ringing in their ears."What…you can't do that…" Paul stuttered."Oh, I can," Chase said with arched eyebrows."Look, sir, you can't just demote us to lowly security guards…""It's either that or

"Stop!" Her shrill voice broke the two men apart. "What is wrong with the both of you?" She scolded as she moved Theo off her brother."Do you know this asshole?" Malcolm asked with a broken lip."Yes, Malcolm and why did you get in a fight with him? You could get in serious trouble for this!" She yelled, her hand still on Theo's chest."Why are you taking his side when he started it?" Malcolm yelled back, wiping his bloodied lips with the back of his hand."I'm not taking anyone's side, Malcolm, but you should know better," she said and turned to Theo. "What are you doing here?" She asked, the fury never leaving her eyes."I just came to ask you to go on a date with me and…" Theo started but she interrupted him."And you planned on doing that by getting into a fight with my brother?" She asked, placing her hands on her hip as she scolded them like kids."He lunged at me first!" Theo defended."He was being a jerk and wouldn't leave when I asked him to," Malcolm reiterated."Stop it,

"Young master, is everything okay?" Agatha asked softly beside him but he couldn't hear anything past the loud ringing in his ears as the two people that changed his whole life walked into the office.Martha and Mark walked hand in hand into the office with bright smiles on their faces.It wasn't until his eyes became hot that he realized that he had been staring at them without blinking.Never in a million years did he think he would see them again. When he woke up in that cramped apartment, he promised to close that chapter of his life forever but he knew it was a faraway wish as Martha's hot red lips curled up in her signature smile as she stared at everyone in the room. The same smile he had fallen head over heels for years ago."Mr and Mrs Andersons, this is young master Theo Alcantra, the vice president of our sponsoring company," Dante introduced and Martha flashed him her pearly white smile, while Mark stood there with indifference. He just wanted to get the hell out of there.

The ride back to the house was smooth and in no time, Chase was in the confinement of his room, working on a project he had received from the states.His phone rang.He was too busy as he had to complete what he was doing on time, he ignored the call.A couple of rings later, the call got disconnected, only to start ringing again in the next second.Groaning, Chase picked the phone and pressed the green button."Why aren't you picking my calls?" The empress asked as soon as he placed the phone on his ear."I'm busy with the Riverdale project, grandma," he said in a bored tone, eyes fixated on his screen.The empress nodded in satisfaction but soon remembered the reason she was calling."I heard you're not coming back today," she said.Of course, Agatha must have relayed the message to her already. He thought to himself."Yes, grandma," he replied."Do you even care about me?" She asked a second later.Chase finally stopped typing on his laptop and leaned back on the couch."Grandma…"