William’s gaze had turned neutral. “I see. So you were basically left with no choice but to get engaged to Muhammad Bashan Khan.” He sighed.Camilla chuckled with a self-mocking tone in her voice. “It’s kind of sad, isn’t it? Even though I’m engaged to that man, I’m not obliged to keep myself a virgin just for him. I really tried to make myself fall in love with Bashan Khan. I even went as far as abandoning my work at the charity organization, just a year after it had commenced, just so I could hopefully fall for the man.” Her gaze turned sour. “Unfortunately, no amount of dates or intimacy could elicit that genuine feeling from my heart. I confessed this to him after the two years I spent with him in Iran, away from my family, but Bashan Khan told me that it didn’t matter since he liked me. Even though that man knew that I had no romantic feelings for him, he still wanted to spend the rest of his life with me because he was infatuated with me. Maybe that’s what love is to him. He co
William was now determined to find a way to make Camilla his. This meant that he would have to find a way to secure the Parker’s business empire expansion without going through with the arranged union between Muhammad Bashan Khan and Camilla.Camilla pulled back from a steamy kiss with a giggle. “Alright, lover boy.” She lightly slapped William’s chest. “We need to get out of here. I need to get to my apartment and freshen up for a bunch of afternoon classes at BAU.”William scratched the back of his head with an awkward smile. “Damn, I just remembered that I have a class later as well.”The two chuckled at each other. They had been so engrossed in their intimacy that they forgot their obligations in the outside world. The two stared at each other topless.William looked down at the topless woman and he still felt himself getting hit. “Camilla, I’m gonna make you mine.”Camilla smiled seductively. “Sure, now let’s go retrieve our tops; I recall that we dumped them in my office d
Camilla pushed William back into the bedroom so they could get dressed properly. William didn’t have enough time to process Camilla’s reaction, but she acted extremely cute just now. Evidently, a child sometimes remains a child before their parents, despite their age. William liked this endearing side of Camilla; he hoped to see more of this in the future. This gave him another reason to fight for a chance to be with this young woman. He felt that they were too compatible to not end u together.Minutes later, a fully clothed William stood before Mariona and Joel Parker with his head down and his hands behind his back. The office had gotten quiet. Camilla stood to the side, a bit nervous as she watched her parents scrutinize the man she just had an affair with.Camilla sighed. “Guys, do you have to do this?”Joel raised a hand to shut his daughter up. “Yes, we have to do this.” He briefly glared at Camilla before returning his gaze to William. “You! Boy! What’s your name?”“Willi
William saw the handshake and he took it with firmness. “Of course, Sir. It’s no problem. Your daughter is one of the most impressive people I’ve met in my life. You don’t see a lot of women putting resources out there for a marginalized group while in their teenage years. The fact that Miss Camilla already showed so much compassion is one of the many qualities that attracted me to her.”Joel and Mariona had to admit that William was a dangerously eloquent man. He had a way with words, easing the listeners into it with making his persistence or conviction create a sense of annoyance.“Alright, that’s it!” Camilla suddenly walked forward and grabbed William’s wrist. “It’s time to say goodbye to my parents, William. They took a very limited time away from their intense schedule to come to see me today, and I’m afraid you have stolen more than half of it. So it's time to go.”Before Joel and Mariona could utter any word of protest, Camilla had pushed William out of the office.As so
“You’re from the Parker family?” Woodruff stared at Veronica with surprise. It didn’t take long to piece together who this woman was related to. “You’re the mother of the convicted Parker.”Veronica’s face stiffened. She didn’t like the sound of her son being called a convict. She raised an eyebrow at Woodruff.Woodruff immediately understood that the woman was not happy about his words. “My apologies, Mrs. Parker.”Veronica quickly raised her hand like some queen addressing her subject. “Please, only call me by my first name.” At this point, she loathed the family name. After what happened to her dear Timothy, she felt deeply betrayed by everyone else in the family.“Understood, Mrs. Veronica.” Woodruff immediately corrected himself. If anyone who knew him saw him in this position, they would be shocked at how subservient he was being to Veronica. But the billionaire was well aware that his power, wealth, and status were nothing before this woman.Veronica seemed satisfied with
Veronica chuckled with slight mockery. “Don’t worry, Mr. Woodruff. I’ve taken notice of this myself.” She recalled what Timothy had told her over the phone while he was in a state of fear. This was when those three monsters she had sent to save Timothy had met a worthy challenge. According to her son, this worthy challenge was actually William’s bodyguards. “I already have people looking into all that is William Chain right now.”Woodruff was thrilled at this. If there was anyone with a greater level of power and influence than him, it had to be this woman. He sneered in his heart as he cursed at William. He believed his former stepson’s downfall was quite near.-----------------------------------------------------A few weeks later,William was back at BAU, attending classes and mingling with his peers like everything was back to normal. But then, things weren’t as they used to be.First, there was an unbelievable change in the rankings of the beauty goddesses list of Val Air Un
William was getting a bit overwhelmed by this onslaught of suitors coming to ask him out on a date. Some had even outright asked for his hand in marriage. At this point, he understood how Camilla had felt when he unconsciously wanted to rush into a relationship with her. Still, William was still intent on showing Camilla that he was the right man for her, definitely above her fiancee.The students of Bel Air University soon began noticing the closeness between William and Camilla. During their breaks from classes, William would walk all the way from the Faculty of Management Science building to the Faculty of Social Science building to invite Camilla out for lunch together. Even though Camilla would put up a front, she would end up going with William every time. “Guys, I’m telling you that something is going on between William and Camilla."“I’m not even gonna deny that I haven’t noticed it either. The guy comes over to this faculty building every single day he's on campus, just
The students were surprised when they learned that William had actually accepted Ayra’s invitation to her 23rd birthday party. “It doesn’t make sense to me at all. Last time I checked, William didn’t like Ayra. She is the girlfriend of Donald Camillo after all. Plus, not only did Ayra deny any relationship with William while the guy was still poor, but she also tried to publicly humiliate him by making him pay $500 million to two NGOs for some fake news she had disseminated through her family’s broadcast company.”“Yeah, no one can forget that. Didn’t William counter sue the Brown’s broadcasting for twice the total sum he was forced into giving away?”“You guys should hold on; you didn’t let me finish. I also found out the reason William accepted. It turns out that Ayra didn’t invite Andre, Tracy, and Camilla.”“What? That doesn’t even make any sense. She invited a lot of people who were neither on her level nor in their social circles. There is no reasonable excuse to not invit