Prologue

The skies are empty.

The horizon is dull.

My heart is beating but it is dead.

I feel everything and nothing.

Everything I loved is everything I lost.

Our story wasn't finished but the book is closed.

So now I gather the courage to turn those pages again.

Let me linger in your story a little longer.

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AMELIA POV

6 months later

The wheels of his car come to a halt outside the building. I sit in the passenger seat for an extra second, recollecting my thoughts before the presentation I had to take part in.

His hands reassuringly hold mine, giving them a quick but much needed squeeze. His touch was warming and calming as always. I shoot him a smile.

He gets out the car, walking round to my side and opening the door for me. The small gesture puts a smug smile on my face.

"Always the gentleman." I say.

"When I've got a woman like you, I can't help but be,"

I involuntarily blush and reward his sweet words with a peck on his lips. His eyes linger on me for a moment longer before he leans in for another longer, deeper kiss. My eyes widen at the gesture but I eventually relax and kiss him back. He grins in the middle of the kiss, obviously enjoying it so I have to be the one to pull away.

He groans "A little late won't hurt anyone."

"I have to be the one who gets this company, I can't afford to mess up." I say.

"I think you're forgetting that I have an incredibly successful company too," he shamelessly brags "but I'd still rather be here with you."

I roll my eyes and take his hand into mine, literally dragging him behind me into the building.

It was a meeting with many of the top businesspeople in the country, which is why he came with me as well. It was more like an auction of who could offer the best deal to this new emerging company to work with them.

Usually, I'm not the type to attend these degrading things where I need to beg people to work with me. But this time the company was an engineering company which I knew Eva Enterprises would heavily benefit from.

The security at the building checks us both in and we walk towards the elevator. I press the button to call it down, aimlessly staring around the large glass and metal interior of the building.

A small gasp escapes me as he swiftly grips my waist, his large hand encapsulating me. The elevator pings and the door slowly open.

I'm pleasantly surprised to see that the elevator, which was already fairly small for such a large building, was empty.

"After you my lady," he smiles gesturing for me to go forward. I roll my eyes but smile at his continuation of being a 'gentleman'.

The building had 70 floors, and it was exhausting just to look at the buttons on the elevator.

"We're on the top floor," I tell him, so he can press the button.

"We have a lot of time on our hands then." He murmurs lowly.

"Yes we do," I place a hand on both of his shoulders, pulling him closer to me.

My breath hitches in anticipation of his kiss. His lips haven't even touched me and I can hear my breathing already getting heavier. He smirks knowingly before placing quick kisses on my neck which was exposed due to the lower than usual neckline of my blouse.

His hands rest on my bum, as his lips travel up my neck and finally rest on mine. He kisses me twice, one was a short kiss from which he quickly pulled away, looking at my face briefly before diving in again.

The second kiss was slower, deeper and made my heart beat faster. My hands move so one is on the back of his neck and the other is holding his face.

I could feel the sharp bone of his jawline, which I traced with my fingers as his lips fought mine. We both try to dominate the kiss, like 2 swords clashing in battle.

One of his hands travels up and nestles in my hair, I was worried my hair would be ruffled for the meeting but I didn't care enough to ruin the moment between us.

"I can't believe you're mine." He breathes out, resting his forehead on mine.

"Better believe it." I smile and give him a small peck.

I look at the small screen in the elevator to see we're on the 68th floor and will be arriving to the meeting soon. I look in the mirror that the elevator had and fix my dress and hair, to make myself more presentable.

The top floor was one entire massive meeting room and I could see that everyone was already there and waiting for us 2 as we were coming out of the elevator.

My face instantly goes red at the embarrassment but he's unfazed.

"Mr and Mrs Chopra, finally!" Mr Russo excitedly greets us.

I look around the meeting table and everyone was already there.

Mia Aleksy.

Hiroto Takahashi.

And Xavier King.