Slowly, she opened her eyelids again and was utterly taken by surprise by the scene before her eyes. The hand that was about to hit her was stuck mid-air by another arm. Eva instantly got a feeling of deja vu "You..." Ruby muttered, staring at the face of the man who had prevented her from being slapped and was now crushing the bones of the guard that attempted to hit with his tight grip. She was flustered because she hadn't expected this scenario. Yes, it's me. I'm sorry that I'm late.” Chris said apologetically to Eva. He boiled in rage and was extremely furious when he saw the tears that were flowing down her cheek with her eyes shut waiting for the incoming slap that was about to hit her. The fact that Eva was this vulnerable caused his heart to swell with many painful emotions. Everyone was startled when Chris’s figure appeared in the room because he moved so fast that it was too difficult for their eyes to read his movement. Eric was shocked to have his wrist grabbed.

Meanwhile, Eva was sobbing in despair in her room. A short while later, she wiped her tears and regained her composure after settling her emotions. She came to face the reality of her current situation and reckoned with the fact that now wasn't the time for her to be acting so miserably. Without out the help of the Carter family, it would be difficult for her family to secure a foothold in Brooklyn Although she was aware of the fact that all the Carter ever did to get was exploit and make use of her talent for their own selfish gain while she deserved many times more than the breadcrumbs that was being fed to her. She also hated being bullied but at this point she didn't have the luxury to be skeptical. The cost of Bruce's medication was quite expensive and they were only able to afford it with the help of a portion of her salary and the annual dividend that was paid to Bruce's account as a member of the Carter family which was also used to maintain the household. However, th

Outside the door of Carter's building, Eva had been kneeling for nearly an hour. It was humiliating as she could feel the stares of many servant Soon, the front door opened and a group of people walked out of the building including Eric, Benjamin and Brian “Why are you here?” Benjamin asked in a cold voice. “I'm here to plead with you to revoke your order, grandfather. Please don't kick us out of the family.” Eva quickly begged, lowering her head before Benjamin. “Shameless! How dare you make such an outrageous demand after your heinous crimes towards the family?” Benjamin hollered, his voice filled with anger. “You have shamed our family and because of you, our family lost ownership of Cross Corporation. Now, people will mock us just like they did years ago when you got married to that useless husband of you." “Grandfather, I swear that it wasn't my intention to smear the family's reputation. Moreover, I really had no idea that such a clause was added to the contract.” Eva s

Meanwhile, dressed in a simple outfit, Eva was seated on her bed scrolling through her cell phone, searching for job vacancies. It was a weekday and she would usually be buried in a pile of paperwork in her office at this time of the day. Unfortunately, that was no longer going to be the case for an uncertain period of time since she had now become jobless. Apparently, Eva came across the news that Pegasus Enterprise was going to hold an interview session to hire employees for Cross Corporation. It made her heart sink to think that just a day ago that company belonged to her family and she held the position of being one of the company’s project managers. Suddenly, she jolted from being startled by the abrupt sound of her room door being pushed open. “For heaven's sake mom, you could have at least knocked?” Eva complained. “Oh my goodness! What are you wearing? You have a guest waiting for you downstairs so you need to get dressed in much more suitable clothes.” Kate said with

The room was instantly engulfed by the sound of Chris mocking laughter. He was very impressed with Eva's response although he didn't doubt her since he knew that she wasn't easily lured by materialistic items. “Bastard, what's so funny about this situation? You don't deserve to be standing next to Eva but this is the end of the road.” Dustin asked in an infuriated tone while also glaring menacingly at Chris. “It is very daring of you to make a love confession to my wife despite my presence in the room. However, I find it much more amusing that you claim to be expressing your sincere feelings to her by gifting her a fake bracelet while pretending it's original and yet you still got rejected in the end.” Chris remarked, his words striking a chord of confusion in the mind of everyone present in the room. “You can't fool everyone here.” Instantly, Dustin became very nervous but he tried to hide it. “W-What are you talking about? My feelings for Eva are true and sincere.” He proudly