Everyone in the conference room was amazed and flabbergasted at Richard's confession. Richard was the company's trustee, a person who everyone in the firm looked up to. Hearing him say that, shattered a lot of hearts, especially Scarlett's.
“Why did you do this? Are you happier!?” Scarlett scolded, her eyes red with tears and anger. Richard scoffed.
“He thought he was some god! Like he was the king of the world and could do whatever he wanted. Gwen came to me, she wanted me! All I did was comply and my brother, your father thought he could just fire me and throw me to the streets!” Richard spat out, filled with rage as he recalled what happened years ago.
“After he sent Gwen away with my child in her womb, I started hatching a plan to secretly take over everything he owns. Everything was going well, we were about to succeed after so many years!” He growled, biting his lip in spite. He had no regrets, neither did he seem remorseful of his actions.
Gwen bowed her head in shame, sitting there with Jacob beside him. She never thought that Richard would openly expose their secrets in the manner that he was doing.
“And you..” he turned to Adrian who was equally staring at him, unshaken by his attempt to appear intimidating.
“Your nosey attitude is the reason I had to dig into your life and find out about Isabella and plant her in your life to get you out of my hair. I should have told her to kill you! Detective Roberts here helped me to do that.” He grinned.
“Don't you fucking drag me into this?” Detective Roberts fired. “You never told me why you needed to know about Isabella.”
“Whatever.. but I really should have killed you, Adrian, if I had done that, then this wouldn't have happened. Everything would have gone as planned and I would have the Davenport group in my palm.” He groaned, his voice filled with bitterness.
“I trusted you.. but you killed my father? You snatched him away from me at such a young age, how could you!?” Scarlett wanted to strangle him, her tears blurred her vision but she still made an attempt to attack Richard when Adrian held her back.
“Calm down..”
“Don't tell me to calm down, let me tear him apart! He is cruel!” She struggled to get out of his grip but he effortlessly held her in place.
“Richard, I can't believe you would do this. I would have never believed the detective if you hadn't admitted it. I'm so disappointed.” Tears fell from Vivian's eyes but Richard couldn't care less.
“Take him away detective, just take him out of my sight.” She sighed heavily.
A few police officers walked in and put handcuffs on Richard. They dragged him out of the conference room along with Gwen and Jacob who were arrested based on fraud.
“I'm sorry Vivian, I blamed you all these years and made your life impossible to live. I'm truly sorry.” The detective said to Vivian who sniffed back her tears before looking up at him.
“It's quite alright, detective, I'm just happy that the truth has been revealed. I just can't believe that Richard is behind it all.” Vivian said.
Detective Roberts left after a brief discussion with Vivian and Scarlett, Adrian walked out to talk to him outside while Scarlett was asked by the board of directors to sign the papers.
Jubilations filled the conference room after Scarlett was officially named the CEO of the company. A party was fixed in honor of her appointment, although she would rather not have one.
The weight of her uncle's betrayal was too much to handle. She needed some time to process it all, but that was going to be difficult, considering how close she used to be to her uncle.
After discussing with her mother and some other important officials, she ran out of the conference room in search of Adrian. He was nowhere to be found, she went outside to look for him but his car was gone and it left an empty feeling in her.
“He didn't wait to talk to me, does he not want me?” She muttered to herself before going back into the office.
After rounding things up at the office, Scarlett headed home with her mother. Vivian quickly fell asleep due to the headache she had developed and Scarlett gave her some painkillers to help ease her pain. She was on her way back to her own room when she heard the doorbell ring.
None of the maids were home so she went downstairs to answer the door and know who was paying them a visit by that time of the night.
Her eyes widened when she opened the door and saw Adrian standing there with a giant bouquet in his hands. Tears threatened to fall from her eyes, but she sniffed them back and accepted the flowers that he was stretching out to her.
“Adrian.. you're here.” She pointed out and he nodded, smiling broadly at her. He looked really excited.
“Look, I just want to apologize for everything. I'm sorry that you..” she didn't get to finish her statement when he crashed his lips on hers, violently taking her lips in and pushing his tongue into his mouth.
Scarlett melted at his touch, her knees suddenly failing her. She would have fallen if his body wasn't pressing against hers. She reciprocated the kiss, letting out gentle moans as they explored each other's mouths.
Adrian broke the kiss and shut the open door, “Put the flowers in some water, let's go upstairs.”
Scarlett scoffed and dropped the flowers on the desk beside the door. “That can be done later.. let's go.”
Adrian couldn't help but laugh, he had missed her so much, all of her— including her craziness. And in turn, she had missed the feeling of having him around, the feeling of his undiluted affection.
As soon as they got to her room, they landed on the bed without delay, and within seconds, their clothes were flying across the room. They restlessly claimed each other's lips, their hands exploring the other's body as if their life depended on it.
Scarlett paused for a bit and sighed.
“Adrian, I wanted to apologize… I'm sorry that you lost your mother because of my mom's carelessness. I promise she's a better person now and we regret everything.” She said in a sober tone and he smiled.
“All is forgiven and forgotten. Although I'll never get over my mother's death, I'll live knowing that she's in a better place and bears no resentment.” He answered and she heaved a sigh of relief. She didn't want to bear the burden of being responsible for the tragedy in his life.
“Now, where were we?” His lips curved into a naughty smirk as he immediately claimed her nipple, sending shivers down her spine.
Scarlett let out a soft moan and arched her back. She was sitting on his lap, facing him, and his hard cock pressed against her butt.
“Don't go easy on me baby..” she moaned.
“I won't.. trust me.”
With his lips still swirling around on each of her nipples, he slowly moved his hand in between her legs, the warmth and wetness of her pussy welcomed him. He found her clit and started to give it gentle strokes.
“Oh.. yes.” She bit her lip, her eyes snapping shut.
Adrian continued to stroke her clit, increasing his pace and watching every expression on her face. He loved that he was making her feel good, and she wished he wouldn't stop.
“Faster baby, faster.” She sighed, her eyes still shut.
Adrian bit her nipple and let out a groan, his finger now going around in circles on her clit, almost taking away her senses. Her moans were like music to his ears, it turned him on badly, his cock already dripping with precum.
With his free hand, he massaged one of her breasts, his tongue flicking around the other one. Slowly, her legs began to quiver as he was driving her close to an orgasm.
“Oh my goodness! Don't stop, baby, faster!” She yelled out, throwing her head back as her waist moved in rhythm with his strokes.
Adrian listened, leaving her nipple with a smack, he pulled on her breasts while watching the expressions on her face and hearing her moan. He continued to rub her, each stroke of his hand more violent than the last.
“Oh fuck.. I'm gonna cum!” She exclaimed as her whole body exploded in violent spasms, her eyes rolling into the back of her eyes.
She gripped his arms tightly, loud moans and groans escaping her lips as she tried to recover from the mind-blowing orgasm.
She opened her eyes and smiled at Adrian, he smiled back and watched her grab his cock, gently inserting it into her juicy pussy. He let out a wince, finding her extremely sexy.
Adrian did not give her a chance to showcase her riding skills, not when her legs were yet to recover. He grabbed her butt and started to thrust in and out of her like the beast he was. Her jaw hung open, refusing to close as he gave her the pounding of her life.
Little squeaks came out of her mouth, his cock digging deep into her and ramming into her walls.
“Oh.. fuck!” He exclaimed, maintaining eye contact with her.
“Fuck, Adrian!” She screamed, but he went even harder. The sound of their skins slamming against each other filled the room, both of them almost getting to their climax.
“Don't fucking stop! Oh my gosh!”
“I love you princess.” He confessed, staring into her eyes.
“I love you too Adrian, I swear, I do.” She returned, panting heavily.
Adrian stopped to stare at her.
“What?” She panted.
“Will you be mine?”
She giggled, “I've always been yours, I knew it from the first day I saw you.”
“We almost made out that day,” he sighed.
“But we're doing it now anyway.” She smiled and he grabbed her butt again, while she rocked her body against his.
“I want to make love to you all night long..”
“What's stopping us?”
He slammed his lips on hers immediately, their bodies moving in perfect sync as they made sweet love to each other.