CHAPTER 81. A very serious accusationAndrea couldn't understand how she could feel so bad and so good at the same time. She had secured her contract, but Mason had the nose of a bloodhound for ruining her happiness."I’ll... I'll be at my desk..." she murmured softly, as if talking to herself, and Zack felt a knot in his stomach, realizing how much it was affecting her. She had lost weight and at times seemed out of it."How much is the bonus for the contract?" he asked Ben after the door closed behind her."Four thousand dollars," his friend replied."Double it, and let's start looking for advertising contracts for the boy," Zack commanded, fully embracing his role as the owner of the company. "There are some strings we can pull to get him exceptional publicity..." He checked his watch, calculating the time because he knew it must be late in the UK, and the person he wanted to talk to was there. "I'll make that call tonight, but for now, we need to deal with the daycare issue."Half

CHAPTER 83. The company’s lead attorneyMason had come down the stairs of his mansion grumbling because the visit, according to the housekeeper, seemed very urgent, and he was taken aback when he saw the man at his door.No one had to tell him he was a lawyer; everything about him screamed it, from the elegant black suit to the folder of documents he carried."Good morning, Mr. Lee. I’m the lead attorney for Nexa Sport Representation, and therefore Mrs. Brand’s attorney," the man said firmly. "I’m here to notify you that the daycare your daughter attends has been declared fit again."Mason stared at the paper, trying to comprehend what he was reading."That’s impossible!" Mason growled, already imagining Andrea groveling at his door to see the child. "The social workers...!""The social workers you paid have already been fired, Mr. Lee," the lawyer said with a smile. "I’m just here to deliver the judge’s order. If your daughter isn’t at the court-designated daycare in thirty minutes,

CHAPTER 85. I’ll pack my bagZack wasn’t alarmed because news from England was usually good, but he still answered within two seconds.“Hello, love of my life, torment of my soul, desire of my heart...!”“You're such an idiot when you want to be, James!” Zack scoffed. “But I love you too. What's up? My assistant said it was urgent.”“Well, yeah! You called me to light a fire under my ass, and I’m returning the favor!” his friend laughed.James King and Zack had studied together at Oxford. Now, James managed one of the branches of Kings Holding Corporation while his older sister, Sophia, ran the Boston branch. Zack knew and respected her a lot, but he preferred to deal with his friend first.“Listen, Sophi called me. She got an urgent project for a youth trench coat brand,” James explained. “I showed her the picture you sent of the kid, and she liked his ‘aura’ or whatever. So if you can get to Boston with the guy by five o’clock tomorrow, the contract is yours.”Zack almost jumped wit

CHAPTER 87. You're jealous!She was strong; she was a mini toy puppy, but she had strength, and Zack knew it when she pulled the sheet and sent him tumbling to the floor.“Why am I naked, Zack Keller!?” she growled fiercely, seeing him peek over the other side of the bed. “Wasn't your horny conquest last night enough for you? Did you have to rub yourself against me too?”Zack frowned, having no idea what she was referring to, but it was almost better to stay on the floor because when he stood up in just those boxers, Andrea's thoughts went weak.“Hey, hey, I know you shouldn't provoke a woman when she's in her time of the month... and by that, I mean all three hundred and sixty-five days... but I didn't do anything!” he declared. “What horny conquest are you talking about? Start there, and for the record, if I had rubbed against you, you wouldn't be standing, and you know it!”Andrea threw the nearest thing she had, which unfortunately was a pillow.“Oh, how kind of you! Thank you so

CHAPTER 89. One way or anotherAndrea felt like the world was collapsing around her. She clutched her hands in her lap, mustering the strength not to scream."How... how did you know Adriana was in the hospital?" she asked Zack."Ben just told me. I asked him to keep an eye on Adriana, and apparently, Mason himself made sure to notify him that the baby got sick... supposedly because he couldn’t reach you."Andrea's eyes filled with tears as Zack drove at full speed."That’s a lie! I don’t even have a missed call from him!" she growled in frustration. "Did he say... did he say what happened?""No, just that she was admitted to the ER," Zack murmured, taking one of her hands and squeezing it in a reassuring gesture that didn’t help her at all.Twenty minutes later, around eleven at night, they were running through the hospital corridors until they reached the emergency desk."Adriana Brand... she’s my daughter!" Andrea exclaimed, stopping in front of the nurse on duty who quickly typed