Chapter 2 EVA

Eva's Point of view

The illumination from the window woke me up. I felt my heart loaded with the weight of what I have done. Reality dawned on me that I just lost my virginity to a man that I barely know.

I felt pained even though the sex was to reward him. I had no regrets. I looked at the bed, all I saw was my bra and pants. I felt ashamed of myself, because it was my first time. I wondered where the stranger; Mr Conor that I had sex with had gone to.

I quickly picked all my accessories and as I wore my clothes, I saw the stain of blood on the white bedspread; a testament to me that I had lost my virginity. Only for Conor to come in. "Good morning, beautiful. Hope you had a great night?"

Hearing his voice. I shot a deadly glare at him. My face was fierce, because I dont want any intimacy between us. Although I admired him secretly. I spoke to him cruelly. "Having sex with you doesn't make us lovers. Let this remain a secret between us. I don't want to ever set my eyes on you again."

He looked at me with a grin. "Okay. If that's what you want. You can take your leave. I will make sure no other person hear about this and I won't in any way come to see you. I promise."

I was pained when I heard him dismiss me just like that. This was a man I admired. If he had cajoled me, I would have considered to give him my heart.

Does it mean that what we did last night doesn't mean anything to him? I walked out of his room with displeasure.

While I was headed out of his compound, I was surprised to meet a elegantly bottled shaped woman at the entrance of his gate. She had these cat eyes.

When she saw me, she opened her mouth to speak. "Oh... I guess you are his new catch. With the look on your face, I think he just had fun with you."

Those words of hers daggered my heart. I knew Conor was a playboy, but still, I gave in to him. But with what this woman said, I felt so ashamed of myself.

I couldn't say a thing, I just rushed out of her presence with tears shrouding my eyes.

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I thought that day would be the last time I would set my eyes on Conor. But it was a lie.

He happened to come visit me at my house and when I realized it was him. I got very angry and displeased.

"Why are you here? I thought we had an agreement never to see each other again?" I furrowed my gaze at him.

"Don't be naive. Just a night and I couldn't forget that experience. We indeed promised not to see each other again. But I am sorry, I can't fulfill that promise." I was surprised at those words. I thought that night didn't mean a thing to him. With the reality right in my face, I spoke up. "That is none of my business. The sex we had was just to appreciate you and nothing more. Don't tell me you are in love with me already." I frowned at him.

"I don't know if this is love or not. I just want to have you around me."

I breathed out. "I don't want you around me. Just leave."

He moved closer to me and he looked into my eyes. "You don't have a choice. You are mine."

That was rude of him. Why would he claim me?

"I am not yours." He smirked at my words. "We will see about that." He left in his car.

After that day, he came to visit me as much as he wanted. I picked fights with him several times but I got used to it. In fact, I love having him around.

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"Did you create this?" He asked with surprises all over his face.

"Yes. This is one of my designs." He picked it up and he admired it.

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On another day, I went about my normal daily business. I crest earrings and necklaces just to make ends meet. I was the breadwinner of my family and as the first daughter, I was tasked with taking care of my family.

Just like normal days, I didn't have any customers sincemorning. I remained there waiting only for a luxurious car to wait in front of my outdoor display box.

I was very happy. I arranged my sitting posture for the person to approach me.

Coming out of the fancy car was my friend from college. My eyes widened with surprise. We have been rivals since college. I wondered what she wanted with me.

She came to my stand and I sat down calmly without wanting to say anything to her.

"Eva! I heard you have the best designs in the city. Can I take a look?" I gave it a thought, because the person standing in front of me wasn't a very good friend of mine.

"You can take a look." I responded to her request.

She picked one of the necklaces. Her countenance changed and she faced me. "Where did you get this necklace? I thought you create. I don't know that you are just a petty thief that steal and resell."

Those words of hers met me with shock. I don't understand what she was saying.

"What are you trying to say?"

"This necklace design belongs to A&S. How dare you plagiarize it?!" She shot a deadly glare at me.

I was taken aback by her words. "Plagiarize? I can't do such a thing. These designs are made from my imaginations. You can't claim it."

"Just shut it, Eva. When I was told you sell the best design. I knew it was a lie. The Eva that I knew was dumb and hopeless. You can't amount to anything good. The A&S has the best designs and you coped this from us." She widened her eyes at me.

"That is a lie. Are you trying to get a hold of my business just because we are not on good terms?"

She didn't say anything to reply to me. Only for her to put a call across. "Hello. I want you to get your ass down the street. A lady called Eva is plagiarizing the company's work. I want her arrested and reported to the founder of the company."

She dropped the call.

"You can't do this to me. You can't ruin the only business I have." My countenance fell and it was as if I would cry.

"You should have thought of that before plagiarizing the company's work. Come to think of it, I am the CEO of the company. I am going to make sure you rot in jail."

My heart skipped several beats. I knew the level of hate she had for me. It wasn't long until a man arrived with several men.

I was arrested and all my designs were seized.

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A few minutes later. I was taken to the founder of the company. Only for me to discover it was the man I had sex with, Mr Conor

'What?! He is the founder of the company?' I thought in my head while my eyes widened.

"Mr Conor. This lady is plagiarizing the designs of our company and making huge sales out of it." "Sir. I want you to grant me the power to deal with her."

Conor raised his head and he looked at her face. "Go inside the company. Bring the evidence to show that it is one of our designs." "As far as I am concerned I haven't seen this design before."

She swallowed the saliva in her mouth. Fear was written all over her face. Conor could tell she cooked up those lies.

"Since you intend to spoil Eva's business with your lies." Conor stood on his feet and he faced me. "Eva. I want you to start working in my company as an art design artist. With a starting salary of one million dollars per month."

My eyes bulged with shock. I wasn't expecting the table to turn that way.

He turned to the CEO. "For you laying false accusations against Eva. You are hereby suspended from being the CEO."

Hearing that almost made her fall off her feet. She staggered backwards dissuaded. She already felt intimidated with my starting salary, not to talk of the punishment passed on her.