She gave a forced smile then repeated, “Buy me a drink.”“And why should I do that?” he asked.“Because I deserve it,” Cherise met his sharp...blue eyes and expected coldness but was only met with electricity that threatened to consume her if she dared to stare longer. She lowered her eyes, she saw his expensive gold watch and gold cufflinks. She was sure those cufflinks cost more than anything in her closet. “And I know you can afford it,” she added.Nic smiled as he took in her appearance as. Just before 4 pm, Willard saw his wife enter the reception area. He was quite impressed at the dress she wore. A tight royal blue dress, low cut accentuating her breasts. The dress was short to show off her shapely legs as she was wearing her five inch heels. Willard remembered back when he married Rachael, she was a ‘hot wife’ then and still is.At 5 o’clock, Rachael was still in the conference room. At 5:30 pm, he saw the company CEO enter the conference room. By 6 pm, Willard was a. There’s no one that lives here but me.”My feet were frozen in place.“My mother keeps tabs on everything I do,” Connie said. “Every place I go and everyone I see. She is a control freak.”I listened patiently as Connie approached me and poured out her heart.“I can even have a relationship with a guy unless my mother approves. No one wants to date me because of my mother. I am a freaking prisoner in this stupid house, simply because my mother doesn’t approve of ANYONE I want to see.”Connie was now. She traded them back to the assistant in exchange for a fresh glass of champagne.Before long, the assistant returned to Nicole, handing her a champagne flute.“Oh, uhm, I’m not old enough to have, uhm.”Avery interrupted her as she approached, “Oh relax, honey, it’s just a sip of bubbly. Don’t be such a baby.”“You sure it’s okay? What about uncle Ryan?”“Yeah, we don’t need to tell your uncle, it’ll be our little secret. Besides, a sip of bubbly is nothing.”“Okay,” unsure but excited at the.