Love Unbreakable
Bound By Love: Marrying My Disabled Husband
A Second Chance With The CEO After Divorce
A Second Chance With My Billionaire Love
Addicted To The Genius Lady With A Thousand Faces
A Return To Love's Madness
Mated To Big Brother-in-law
Unforeseen Temptation: Spoiled By The Aloof Magnate
When Love Comes Late
The Substitute Wife: My Poor Husband Is A Billionaire
"This is amazing, Kevin, all the things we've accomplished." Jane beamed at the man before her.
He was the man of her dreams, everything she wanted in a man but she never dared to voice out her feelings.
"Yes, Jane, we should celebrate after signing the contract." He smiled at her.
"Of course." She looked away from him and swallowed.
Today was the day, today was the day she would finally confess her feelings and she hoped that he felt the same for her.
She'd known Kevin since her first day in college and they had both been fascinated with the technology in relation to business.
They had talked about their ideas for a startup company for years and finally, their dream was coming to reality.
They had both co-founder Kingdom group of companies, Jane had fifty percent shares and Kevin also had fifty percent shares.
"Did you or your lawyer want to go through the contract first?" Jane asked Kevin and he shook his head.
"I trust you, Jane, and I already know that everything you put there is fair and right." He placed his hands on her shoulders and smiled.
"Of course but I think you should go through it first or at least the buy-out clause." She adjusted the glasses on her nose.
"Okay sure." He picked up the contract and skimmed through it. "I think this is fine." He responded and turned the document to the end where he would sign.
"Ah yes, I mean did you have any issues with—" She hid her face as she blushed.
"Jane, you worry too much, it's okay, everything is fine now, all we have to do now is celebrate." Kevin smiled at her as he picked up his pen and signed the document.
He passed it over to her and she signed without hesitation.
"There, done, we've done it." Jane beamed and then she could not help herself, she launched into Kevin's arms and held onto him tightly.
"Sally," Jane yelled, still holding on tightly to Kevin.
Kevin chuckled and hugged her back, they were both very excited about the signing.
"Yes, Ma," Sally responded almost immediately, she was Jane's assistant.
"Get us a bottle of champagne and two glasses," Jane ordered.
"Three glasses." Kevin corrected.
"Three?" Jane looked around confused.
"Yes, three." Kevin pulled away from her and smiled. "I want you to meet someone." He said and walked to the door.
"Oh?" Jane gasped softly and Sally left the room to get the champagne and glasses.
Jane had hoped that it would be only the both of them and after the toast, she would have confessed her feelings, she'd planned on drinking a few glasses so that if her confession did not go well, she could blame it on the alcohol.
"I want you to meet Naya, my fiance." Kevin walked back into the room with a stunning woman and Jane looked at him in shock.
"F-Fiancee." Jane's voice broke as she stared at the woman, she felt a stabbing pain in her chest as her heart broke. "I-i didn't know you were planning on getting married."
"Yeah, I wanted to surprise you." Kevin beamed at her holding the woman by the waist and she nodded slowly, swallowing back her tears, she gave him a tight smile.
"Hi, there, I'm Jane, nice to meet you." She rushed over to Naya and introduced herself.
"Oh, you're the little friend." Naya looked her up and down and muttered with disdain on her face.
"What?" Jane was taken aback by her rudeness.
Naya was a stunning woman, she looked like she had just come back from a vogue magazine shoot.
"Um, no, that's not what she means." Kevin intervened immediately and frowned at Naya. "She's my best friend." He said and Jane felt another stabbing pain.
She did not know which hurt more, the way Naya addressed her or Kevin calling her his best friend.
She should have known she'd been in love with him since their college days but he'd always seen her as his nerdy best friend.
She never saw him with another woman so she'd always nurtured the fantasy that they were going to be together one day but now her hopes were dashed and her heart was beyond broken.
The saddest thing was she had to pretend like she wasn't hurt.
"Yeah, um it's really nice to meet you, Naya, congratulations to the two of you." Jane croaked out as she picked her things, she could no longer endure the pain and she had to leave before the tears began to pour out.
"Wait, are you leaving, what about the champagne." Kevin tried to stop her.
"No, it's alright, I just realized that I had something to do at home, you two enjoy the champagne." She lied and quickly shoved past Kevin.
"Wait."
"Let her go, Kev, how could such a person be your friend, she's so ordinary."
Jane rushed out of the office and she made a beeline for the elevator.
"Ma, I have the champagne here." Sally tried to stop her but she avoided her and closed the elevator immediately.
The minute the elevator door closed Jane burst into tears, she was very sad and her heart was broken, even before she could confess her feelings she had already lost him forever.
She rushed out of the building and hailed a taxi, she got in and tried to wipe her eyes.
"Where to miss?" The driver asked her.
"The boutique." She said and looked outside of the window.
She was so sad and her self esteem was bruised, she needed a self-esteem boost, Naya had said she was ordinary and she'd been called basic all her life, perhaps because she didn't bother about makeup, her hair was always neatly packed in a tight bun behind her head and she always wore sweaters and plain skirts or pants.
"Thank you." She paid her fare and got out of the taxi in front of a large beauty store.
She glanced at her reflection in the store glass and she felt ugly, her skin looked blotched and reddened and her eyes were swollen from crying so much.