"Ma'am."Melissa slowly looked up to the policeman standing in front of her right outside the bars, her chest heaving hard, her lips slightly quivering. The mosquitoes had been brutal overnight, and her thoughts had almost sent her straight to an asylum. The thought of Sarah clawing her way straight to Coulter while she was locked in here, the thought of Coulter being taken away from her by a woman who knew next to nothing about him when ut was she who had stayed wirh him when she believed he was poor... it threatened to drive her crazy."Yes?" She said, her voice meek and low.The man gave a small sigh and opened the door, then pulled it open and stepped back. "You are free to go."Melissa's eyes widened in pure surprise as she slowly stood up, her chest heaving. Tears immediately gathered in her eyes as she slowly walked out of the holding cell."Am I really...""Yes. The charges have been dropped against you. Just make sure not to have another public altercation, and you will be fi

"Thank you so much, Coulter. I can't tell you how much this means to me. Thank you very much."Coulter gave a small smile as he let her hug him "No, thank you, Sarah."She didn't know how much he meant it. He was thanking her for biting the bait he set. For stepping into the trap he carefully laid. For being foolish, delusional and ambitious enough to deem herself worth of whatever this is she believed he was giving her.She released him, then tried to kiss him, her fingers snaking up his shoulders, to pull him closer so she could lean up."You should get your bag," he said, his voice low, as he caressed her face. "I won't be able to pick you up today, but I will tomorrow morning. Is that okay?"She immediately nodded. "Will you... inform Melissa and her mother?"He shrugged. "You will be sharing the entire house with them. Maybe I should so they know better than to try to give you a hard time.""Oh let them," she said, her smile sinister. "I am better than that."He tapped her chee

"Wh.... what? You are... you are going to give me one half of the Singapore expansion?" Melissa managed to say, her voice cracking under the weight of her immense shock.Of course, she now knew that being associated with Coulter was as beneficial as it could get, but she did not expect to start reaping the fruits this quickly. To start reaping the benefits before she even had the chance to seduce him."Yes," Coulter affirmed, then leaned even closer to her. "I know how much I hurt you with the way I took Martinez. I inrend to make everything right. As I said, Martinez went down with an unsavoury taste. If you would prefer Martinez instead of one half of NS's Singapore branch, then sure, but...""No," she said immediately, her eyes wide and twinkling with greed. Why would she pick having to start over a dead company with bad pressure already associated to it instead of going ahead to claim one half of a foreign expansion that she would need to do absolutely nothing for since it us back

Sarah woke up with a perpetual smile in her face. She had gotten home and relived every secret look that she and Coulter had shared right in the presence of Amelia, and nothing has ever felt better than it.At some point, she wondered if it would feel as nice if he was completely hers, compared to this beautiful game where she has him fully in secret and Amelia is left with nothing but suspicions.She dressed for the office in one of her more flashy dresses, hoping that Coulter would stop by once more. She couldn't wait to arch over in front of him and show jim just how flexible she is, right in front of the woman who thinks she has all of him.With a small sigh, she checked her files. The Singapore trip was now only four days away. She would be living in the penthouse for the entire duration, and after that... maybe once Amelia was out of the picture, she could seamlessly get rid of Mekissa and her greedy, entitled mother.She had already packed every single thing that belonged to he

Sarah clocked out as early as she could. She wasn't even supposed to come into work since she had already asked for permission from Amelia, but she had decided against using it so Coulter could hopefully come and get her from the office.Maybe it was a little crazy and even more dangerous, but she barely cared about that. What she cared about, however, was the fact that she had gotten her mood completely ruined by coming into the office, turned herself into the company pariah, and now she was standing in the underground garage, staring at the absolute beast of a car that Amelia now drove, while realizing that Coulter had never given her his number.It was like she was getting tag teamed by all the problems before she even had time to solve any, and she absolutely hated how shitty it all made her feel."Waiting for someone?" Sarah turned swiftly. Amelia was standing behind her, her smile small as she took in Sarah. She had seen her leave early, even though most of Amelia's work had b