on the sides. She put on some light make-up and paired her outfit with some nude heels, and she was ready to leave her apartment when she received a call from Grace. "Hi friend. Nervous

the investment deal is done which is in a few months." Maya quickly ended the call with Grace and hurried over to

her to wear it. Curious, she picked up the folder and read through the press release and her heart skipped a beat. It was signed off by non-other than the jerk, James Aslan. She picked up the box, took the folder with her and stomped off towards

etend to be in a relationship until the investment deal went through, but we never agreed on marriage and that too, one month from now!" Maya howled not caring how impolite she was in front of Mr Aslan. James on the other hand didn't say a word. Mr Asla

this CEO. Ferret continued, "I know we should have discussed it with you Maya, but I think that James' decision to announce your marriage is a good one. Both for the company and for our family. Maya, you know that we already consider you family and by you marrying this idiot of a son, we

r." James stood up from his desk and yelled back, "And who's to tell if this wasn't your plan all along. To get me to marry your sorry..." Jill interrupted the two of them. She held Maya's hands with tears in her eyes and said "Maya, we

he box from her hand, took out a beautiful diamond ring and looked at Maya, who avoided eye contact with him. James roughly pulled her hand towards him and slipped the ring onto her finger. Maya looked at the ring on he

rma, congratulations on your engagement to one of the most eligible bachelors in the country. In your opinion, why is your relationship with Mr Aslan different to that of his previous relationships and were you concerned at all by the media reports about

and damaging people's reputation." Maya ended off and handed the mic back to Simone. James stood close to her and wrapped an arm around Maya's waist. The briefing ended with all journalists being escorted out of the meeting room. When the media left,

ordered a bottle of white wine. It was almost lunch time and Grace knew that Maya was too tense this morning and skipped breakfast, so she ordered the kitchen to bring them the

elationship with my dad's family or rather my lack of relations with them, he broke my heart and left me on the night of our engagement party. He was only interested in the commercial aspect of becoming my husband becaus

e their heart and soul to one another. I guess it's just a dream and this kind of wishful thinking will just bring me more heartache." Grace felt Maya's pain and leaned over the squeeze her hand to show her that she un

es was still in New York and Walter knew that James was not keen on any of his friends dating his younger sister. Maya looked at the two of them and decided to make a toast "lets drink to my fake engagement to the most eligi

his office and couldn't concentrate on the file in his hand because his mind kept going back to what his private investigator reported on yesterday. He gave James a run down on Maya's background and about her paternal family not acknowledging her existence. He was surprised to lear

oney was withdrawn the very same day. Simone couldn't believe it, but James was 100% sure that Maya was capable of taking money from Alex to sabotage him and his company therefore he had to reign her in and make sure that she pays for what she had done. He didn't care to discuss these issues with his family because he kn

she?" Simone said to James who just nodded his head. "This is all my mum's doing. I just hope that with this engagement with that woman, mum will cut me some slack." James sighed as he spoke to Simone. Meanwhile over at the Aslan residence, Jill and Ferret were going thro

d her favourite dishes for breakfast. Thereafter, they would chat for hours and hours at the breakfast table. She took a quick shower and headed downstairs where she was met

difficult time even though she knew it wasn't her fault that their son behaved inappropriately with her only to have the paparazzi leak those photos to the media. She felt frustrated, firstly because of James' in

ted however no one spoke on the other end of the line. Maya cleared her throat and attempted to speak, "Hi, it's me. Mhhh, I'm with grandma and she wants to..." Maya's grandmother snatched her phone and spoke sweetly to James, "Good morning James, I'm Maya's grandmother. I know that you ar

Maya kissed her grandmother goodbye and headed straight to the office where she ran into Susan, her colleague. Susan smiled and said, "You and James huh. Never would have pictured

pologised and walked back to her office while Maya stared at the man in front of her and walked into her office. He followed her in and slammed the door shut, pulled her arm towards him and said, "Now that everyone knows about

omposure and replied, "For your information, Mr Aslan, I have no such dreams or expectations. In fact, you should be begging me to continue with the wedding since you need this more than I do." James didn't want to face this woman any longer. He brushed his hand over