Simon glared at Richard from his side of the backseat. Ever the opportunist, wasn't he?Simon and Richard were alone in the car, his driver was standing right outside his car door, looking at everywhere else but inside the car. Richard simply returned the gate with a simple smile of his own. Of course, Simon was reluctant to agree to the deal since it didn't mean his own expansion. Although Richard didn't spill the whole beans, he was sure Simon was smart enough to know that whatever he was pursuing was profitable. “Look, I don't see what the problem really is considering you are going to benefit from this as well. We are going to become family very soon, or do you no longer want your son to marry my daughter?” Richard's tone was patronising. “What makes you think the chairman would listen to me?”“Aren't you two good friends?” Richard inclined an eyebrow at Simon's hardening face. He knew that the chairman of NSI and Simon were no longer friends but he wanted to make a joke out of

The door closed shut with a soft click. Isabel laid her back against the bathroom door, a bathrobe was wrapped around her and a towel around her head. She took in deep breath and released it slowly through her nostrils and her lips. She lingered for a mere moment before pushing herself off the white door, walking to her bed. Before she reached the queen-size furniture, the doorbell rang. Isabel didn't move immediately. Instead she stared past her opened bedroom door across the living room to the suite's door her brain did a scan through the list of people who could possibly be at her door. It wasn't a long list—or a short one even as as she couldn't think of anyone else besides her father or her bodyguards. The doorbell rang again before it opened, slight ajar. “Delivery for you Mrs Logan.” Isabel recognized the voice. It belonged to one of the bodyguards who had flown with them from Idaho. “Send it in.” Isabel raised her voice back.“Yes ma'am.” Isabel watched a lady dressed in

Nano Stellar Incorporation.Isabel stared at the huge plastic letters written at the top of the building as she alighted from the vehicle. The door was held open by the bodyguard who rode with them. She went round the car so that she was beside her father. “Shall we?” Richard smiled and started the journey into the building with one purposeful step forward. Isabel and Richard were accompanied by two bodyguards who stayed on either side. The security at the entrance were more welcoming than the previous visit and eager to allow them in unlike the last time. Isabel's coffee-coloured shades did not allow them to see the glare she gave them as she walked past them into the sterile lobby. It's dove-white walls and floors were giving germaphobe vibes and it appalled Isabel even more.“This way, sir and ma'am.” A lady in a Fuchsia midi gown and black heels directed them to the elevator. She pressed the buttons father they had all gotten in and was soon leading them to the chairman's office

“I hope we never get to meet again, even by chance.” Colin said with a forced smile, stopping at the entrance of the building. He had escorted them from the underground building back to the ground floor and to the entrance. He even held the door opened for Richard and Isabel to walk through. “That hope is mutual Colin. So enjoy the rest of the day.” Richard said, took a step forward them stopped and turned bcknas if he has forgotten something. “Thanks for the file.” He added with the smuggest lopsided grin before turning around again to continue towards the car.The heat from Colin's glare could have caused the car to explode and Richard with it if only it was tangible.Isabel didn't look back. She was more than eager to get out of there. Out of San Francisco and back to Idaho where she could force herself to get rid of this memory but was that possible considering that she was becoming the head of the new subsidiary very soon. Isabel sighed inwardly as she let the back of her head

This has to be the best of feeling in the world! Isabel thought to herself as she pushed her naked skin further into the curve of Ethan's equally naked skin under the sheets. They had just finished making love and she was the little spoon now. The feeling of being this intimate, this loved…. Isabel was on another level of fantastic. She felt tlike the happiest woman in the world. I should have loved Ethan like a husband a long time ago. She thought to herself as she grazed her teeth on her bittm lip and traced the tattoo on his arm that acted as her pillow. “Ethan?” she called softly. “Hmmm…” he hummed into her ear.Evening had rolled by and shadows were casted by the bedside lamb and the terrace light that streamed in through the open doors over the walls and corners. Gentle breeze teased every lightweight object it met.“Do you wanna move in here?” Isabel didn't feel the least strange about popping that question. She felt a shift in Ethan's position but he wasn't moving away. I