Atticus stuck his tongue out like he was a little child, and Teresa grinded her teeth, her fist clenching and while she didn’t say anything, it was evident that she wanted to smother him.Fabio laughed, the sound hearty. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d laughed like that. He’d been so worried about his grandson that he felt the color suddenly draining out of his world with each day that passed.But right now, not just his grandson but every other family member that he’d adopted were all seated at the table, talking and laughing, leaving the past completely behind them.This was why he wanted to leave that gathering early. He wanted to see and speak with them before they all retired to bed, especially Kai.“How was the place you went to?” It was Kai that asked and Fabio only sighed as he sat in his usual seat on the head of the table, overseeing the rest of his ‘kids’.“Well, I was able to escape from there and that’s a good thing, I guess,” Fabio responded, his fingers lacing a

ONE WEEK LATER.“Are you sure you’re okay to return to the office?” Catherine asked as she and Kai got ready.Working with Kai was one of the highlights of her working period ever since Kai came back but she couldn’t bring herself to stop thinking about the exchange between Kai and Fabio the week before.“Catherine,” Kai called as he held his tie out and handed it to her so that she can help him. Not because he didn’t know how to knot a tie, but because he wanted to savor the closeness.He wanted to breathe everything in because he knew that being off work for so long would mean he had tons of paperwork to deal with and that might give him little to no time to talk to Catherine.“I’ve been ready to return since that day I brought it up at the dinner table but grandpa is so stubborn, he insisted I waited till now.” He sighed, and Catherine laughed.“Fabio really is stubborn when it comes to getting what he wants,” she responded as she helped him with his tie. “Reminds me of a certain s

“Don’t you have work to do?” Teresa’s voice jolted Kai out of the thought he didn’t know he was lost in, and sighing, he looked beside him to see Catherine beaming at him.“Goodluck.” Fabio said and Kai nodded. Watching the whole gang start to prepare for the charity fair healed something in him, and he gave in to the small smile that tugged at the side of his mouth.Together, he and Catherine left. Outside, the chauffeur was already waiting and not long after, they were in the car, and on their way to Rainbow Corporation.“So, what are the things I’m supposed to do today aside from the heaps of paperwork that I know would most definitely be waiting for us by now?” Kai asked.Catherine smiled, she’d been doing everything she could to help him out but they’ve been gone for a while and there are lots of projects that need his signature.She had also made sure that she cleared his schedule, any meeting with the other companies under the Grant’s family control had been put on hold for now

OCTAVIA ADLER. “What about him?” Brittney asked as she pulled up another picture of a guy that any girl would consider hot. He was fully clothed, but his abs were visible because he had the tip of his shirt between his teeth. I scrunched up my nose, it’s no doubt that these men are hot but hot as they may be, they didn’t hold a candle next to Aidan Nightingale. He had that manly charm about him even without trying so hard, he’s the type to smile and have the entire room all on their heads because that’s how bright his smile lights up the room. Thinking about him now, I couldn’t help but notice just how much I missed him. If Brittney wasn’t in the room with me, I would be staring at his pictures while giggling and kicking my feet like a teenager who had just discovered love for the first time. I smiled, his gentleness still lingered, the way he had touched me, kissed me, and cared for me. If I hadn’t fallen asleep, I knew damn well that he would’ve been here with me right now. “I

“Where are you going?” Gina sprung out of her seat and was now standing before Catherine and Kai. Catherine, who looked confused, raised an eyebrow, while Kai only tilted his head.Jake almost choked on his steak, he wasn’t expecting Gina to spring up like that to talk to Kai, much less with so much protective energy and dominance radiating off of her.Fond also didn’t think that her jealousy had festered so deep into her that she had confronted him without thinking. “Well, I shouldn’t be surprised that you’re leaving seeing as you’re in no position to eat at the same table as me.” She added.Catherine’s teeth gritted, the cold in the room flared, and Kai, knowing that he needed to calm her down, touched her shoulder a little bit as he smiled at her.He knew that Catherine being in this situation would only escalate the situation and the last thing he wanted was for her to waste her time on a bunch of people that weren’t even up to the standard of her shoes.“Catherine, baby. Would yo