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A chance to know you again

[COMPLETE] ***** They were in love, but a misunderstanding caused them to split up. She was the first woman he had allowed into his life, and he was the first person she had considered her shining shield during her darkest moments. But everything was a dream. ****** Adrian Emerson is the aloof, conceited billionaire of a global corporation. He had the face that made every woman fall for him. However, the issue was that he detested women. An incident from the past made him lose his faith in women until he met a girl who changed his perspective, slowly making his cold heart flutter for her innocence. She was not like any other woman, or so he had believed, until one day he discovered that she had betrayed his trust, leaving an even larger hole in his heart. Clara Matthew was a young woman who dreamed of being an actress until she became entangled in a situation that destroyed everything. Her lover abandoned her without giving a reason, and her father threw her out of the house. Her only option was to move out of the city and start a new life, but one day fate brought her face-to-face with a man she would never want to meet, even if it meant going to hell. **** "Come to my room, Miss Mathew." Fearfully, Clara leaped into the lion's den and was pinned to the wall. "Who were you speaking with right now?" She felt shivers down her spine as his ferocious gaze pierced hers, and she swallowed. "N-no one," she mumbled, barely audible. "Clara, let me warn you—until the end of the contract, you are mine." You are not permitted to see anyone during that time. "Did you get that?" he asked, his voice as icy as ice, freezing the girl in his arms. He said, taking a step back and letting go of her shoulder. "Come on, strip for me," he said, causing her mouth to fall open and her eyes to pop out of her socket. Join me as I take you on Adrian and Clara's journey and reveal all of the twists and turns along the way.

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It's going to be tough

The drive to Adrian's penthouse went in silence and soon they reached his place. Clara quickly stepped out of the car and marched to open the back seat door for him.

Adrian stepped out of the car and glanced at her," Anthony can do it for me" he said and walked from there.

Clara watched his retreating back and turned to look at Anthony who passed her a polite smile.

Quietly following Adrian, they stepped inside the house. Arian excused himself and headed to his room to get changed whereas, Clara walked towards the kitchen area.

She didn't want to land in any trouble and quickly wanted to leave home after finishing her duty. Keeping that in mind she entered the kitchen and found Leo busy cooking.

"Is there something I can help you with?" she asked and found the man turn to face her. His lips curled into a smile the second he saw her.

"Miss Clara," he said and let go of the thing he was doing before he fetched a glass of water and gave her.

He had already heard the honk of Adrian's car and he understood that they were back home. But what surprised him was, his young master coming so early and not late at night.

Clara drank the water while her eyes scanned the food that was almost prepared. She couldn't help but praise the man for being so efficient with his work.

"There is nothing to worry about Miss Clara. The dinner is almost ready" Leo answered her question and took back the glass she returned to him after she finished emptying it.

Clara pursed her lips forcing a smile as she could already see that there was nothing she could help him with. She wanted to keep the conversation going so she changed the topic and asked," Uncle Leo, what does your young master prefer to eat?" though she already knew a few things, still she wanted to know more.

It had been four years, and she thought maybe he must've had a change in his preference. It was better to keep her updated just so she could be cautious next time.

Leo had been working for the Emerson's for twenty years before he moved in with Adrian when he decided to shift to this penthouse. Since then he has been taking care of Adrian.

Adrian was a lonely child since his childhood and hardly expressed his emotions. Back then it was only he who was able to feed him without any worry but in these few years, his young master had again started to neglect his health.

However, he wasn't picky and ate everything that was presented to him unless it wasn't spicy. There wasn't anything to worry about but lately, everything about his young master seemed different.

Maybe it was because he took over Skylar Corps or his preference for food changed over time, but whenever he would ask him to eat the food he would politely reject him saying he was busy and he would end up keeping the food back in the freezer.

He didn't remember when was the last time, he had seen Adrian have his meal without any baggage of doing any work. He would always end up skipping the meal.

"Hmm... there is nothing young master does like to eat unless it isn't spicy but-" he paused and looked at Clara who had been attentively listening to him and he cleared his throat," Ahem... but, in these few years, he became very busy and started avoiding having a proper meal. There were times when he fainted in the middle of the meeting and had to be rushed to the hospital"

Clara frowned learning something new about Adrian." Is it that bad?" she asked and Leo bobbed his head.

Clara fell into deep thought. During lunch, he had his entire platter which proved that he wasn't picky with the food but then, her thoughts drifted to the morning incident when he skipped his breakfast because of the meetings he had.

Taking a deep breath, she slammed her palm on the kitchen counter startling Leo, "It's going to be quite tough" she exclaimed and he looked at her in a daze.

His lips twitched as he fought the smile that was threatening to show up, wondering how was this girl going to manage his young master who had never associated with any woman.

But soon, the shine in his eyes faltered when he recalled the time, Adrian spent with his mother. How happy and loving the family they were, but one fine day, she left and didn't return.

There were so many rumors about her having an affair with someone outside the marriage which was the reason for her departure and it eventually led the boy to isolate himself, suppressing his emotions from others.

Clara notices the man turn silent all of a sudden. Snapping her finger in front of his face, she pulled Leo out of his trance," Uncle Leo. Are you there"

Blinking his eyes Leo turned his head looking at Clara in a daze and watched her stare at him with concern," Is everything okay?" she asked finding him still quiet.

Leo could tell that his silence worried the girl and he shook his head before smiling," Oh it's nothing. I was just thinking when will young master come down to have dinner" he lied.

Clara was new here and he didn't want to open up too much that would upset his young master.

Checking the time on her wristwatch, Clara then peeked out from the kitchen's entrance from where she could see the stairs that lead to Adrian's territory.

"He should be down by now" she mumbled looking at the time. It had been over twenty minutes, yet her boss didn't show up.

'Is he okay' she thought recalling Leo's words. It would be surprising for them if Adrian fainted but for her, it was a huge deal. If anything happened to him, she would be fired the very next second and that was the last thing wished to happen.