Madison tilted her head, “I called you a coward,” Archer chucked and stepped away from her hold, “you are trying to make me angry but I am onto you, let go.” “No, you are a coward. So what if I made one mistake? How long are you going to punish me for it?” Archer narrowed his eyes. “A mistake? You call what you did a mistake? Madison, you called me a cheat, broke up with me and checked out of our friendship. If that’s what you call a mistake then I don’t want to find out what you do when you betray someone,” “I did not betray you,” she mumbled. “Of course you didn’t. You did worse,” he said. Madison deflated, “Archer, I didn’t come here to fight with you. I came to talk but you are not making it easy for me. Just please, hear me out.” Archer seemed to think about it before he stepped closer to her, letting her see the hurt in his eyes. She flinched, She didn’t know what to say again and he scoffed. “Now that you have my attention, you have nothing to say? When are you going
New York was great and Lydia bounced in her seat, filled with excitement at visiting a new place. Archer watched her carefully after telling her almost ten times to relax but she was too filled with energy. Archer didn’t tell Madison where he was going but Lydia did, after Madison apologized to her, she has been soft towards her so she told Madison where they were going. Archer unfolded his tablet and started working, he was going to acquire a new company and he needed to learn as much as he could from the dossier his executives gave him. It was a full research on the company and their employees including their executives. He had promised his board to come back with good news. “Is there anything I can do for you, Sir?” A hostess asked. Archer shook his head and turned to Lydia. “Do you want anything?” Lydia shook her head as she bounced around in her seat, “no,” she giggled. The hostess walked away and Archer arched a brow, “would you relax? You are making this whole t
A man stood up with his lips twisted into a snarl, Archer knew him from the dossier as Raphael. He was the most stubborn and often gave people a run for their money.But it wasn’t going to work this time.“Go home, we don’t want to sell.”Archer stared at the man for a long time before he closed the file, he risked a glance with Lydia before he shook his head.“We both know that’s not an option and the minute I walk out of here, nobody is going to buy this mess of a company. Did they hire you people from the prison?”“Excuse me?” Raphael bristled.“I didn’t stutter. You are way too uncouth to be working for a company. See what you turned it into,” Archer said as he gestured with his hands.They shifted uncomfortably, “this is not a place someone would apply to. Do you even have the money to pay them? Nobody would buy this dump either so I am your best bet. Stop fighting me or my time would go to someplace more worthy of my attention,”“Just who are you?” Another who Archer knew as Cha
Archer was dumbfounded, he had no idea she was interested in the company too. “I had no idea you were interested in it,” Madison shrugged, “I am a business woman after all, it was hard not to once I was presented with the opportunity,” Archer nodded, “very well, I am about to start so maybe you can come in when I am done,” “No, she shook her head, “I will be here with you, two heads are better than one after all,” Archer nodded, he noticed the rook has gone quiet and looked up, Mitchell’s eyes were narrowed at them, “Who is she?” He snarled, “I am Madison, I am also here for the same reason he is,” “There is definitely tension between you two,” he continued. Archer said nothing and just wrote down something in his book ignoring them, Madison smiled and rubbed his arm. “I am his girlfriend,” Archer rolled his eyes, “Ex, you are my ex girlfriend and please focus on why you came here,” Mitchell barked out a laugh, “this ought to be good,” Just then Raphael stepped in, carryi
Archer stood frozen at first while Madison took the lead, she sighed into it and was disappointed that her plans didn’t work out.She thought he would be all over her the minute she touched him but it was the opposite. Unable to swallow her disappointment, she tried to break it off but she gasped when Archer pulled her back in and his lips plundered hers.Madison was unable to contain her smile as her arms found themselves around his neck, pulling him closer. All the fighting and malice was seized for this moment.But it came crashing down when Archer cursed and wrenched himself away from her, with a glare he cleaned his lips.“Don’t give me that look, Archer. You didn’t have to kiss me back,” Madison snapped.“You are right, I didn’t have to but I did anyway. This is my fault and I take responsibility for it, and I apologize for taking advantage of you in your state,”Madison shook her head, “you didn’t take advantage of me,”He frowned, “I apologize,”“You want to take responsibilit
Madison giggled as she took a drink from her glass, Lydia was in front of her smiling from ear to ear.While Archer was in a meeting that he didn’t invite them for, Madison’ was busy glowing from happiness after successfully getting what she came for.“So… you are good now?”Madison shook her head, “not quite but we will be. He wants us to repair our friendship so we would start from there.”Lydia squeezed her face in distaste, “what if he meant it. Like he doesn’t want to be more than friends anymore,”“Then I must have gotten the wrong signal from him because the way he kissed me back didn’t look like friends. He was hungry for me and I know the only reason why he is holding back is because of the place we are right now,”“I understand. I hope that’s not the case because I hate to see you guys break up.”Madison grinned, “so I overheard him talking on the phone, sounds like there is a party he might be taking us too. He is going to take one good look at my dress and go crazy,”“Have
The party was in full swing as they entered. Archer dressed to the nines in his tuxedo, Lydia was hanging on his arm in a dazzling gown. Archer craned his neck like he was looking for someone. Lydia nudged his arm, “she is not here yet,” “Who?” He asked confused. Lydia smirked, “You were looking for Madison, right?” “No, Damien.” Lydia nodded but she was still looking at him, Archer averted his eyes till he saw Damien. Excusing himself, he walked towards Damien who was laughing in the midst of some men in suit. When he saw Archer walking towards him, he smiled, “gentlemen, this is my business partner. The one I was telling you about,” Archer nodded, “hello, it’s nice to meet you all.” They responded positively before Damien excused himself, “what’s up?” Archer asked. “Yeah, I did mention I had a present for you tonight. It would soon come,” Archer smiled, he had no idea what was going on but he was willing to go along with it. He opened his mouth to ask Damien something when
Madison didn’t wait for her date, she fled straight to the hotel she knew Archer was staying in, she started banging at the door with tears in her eyes. Archer opened the door with more force than necessary, he was in a towel and he frowned at Madison. “What the hell are you doing here?” Madison ignored him and made her way past him. She went to the bathroom to check, “where the hell is she?” “Who?” “Don’t play dumb with me, Archer. I am not in the mood, where the hell is that bitch?” She snarled. “I don’t know what you are talking about,” “Did you sleep with her? I want you to answer this honestly before I kill you then I kill her,” Archer burst out laughing, “you are hilarious. You cannot honestly think I would do the same to your date, you are free to do what you want,” “I didn’t sleep with my date,” “I didn’t ask and I don’t care. Whatever I did with my date is none of your business so why are you here?” Madison snarled right in his face, “it is my business b