Krishna's train of thought is interrupted when George throws her a question. She snapped out of the daze almost immediately and beamed at the guy.
"It's nothing. I just admired that Lady Lily and her husband kept their marriage through decades, even though they hadn't had children. How great to see a couple grow old together. Chairman Crow remained loyal to her and didn't look for someone else to conceive his children. They can do that through surrogacy, but he never considers it for the sake of her wife. Their love is immeasurable."
There is an article she read during her college days. It was news about Lady Lily De La Rue. She had a rare illness that prohibited her from conceiving a child. No matter how she wants to give her husband a child, sadly, it will risk her body if she insists on doing that.
Whereas Lord Nicholas Crow would not put his wife in such a situation. He decided that if they were bound to be childless, he would not desire to have one from others.
Thus, he adopted a few of their nephews and nieces, like Quinn Williams and Derek Williams.
Quinn Williams is the successor of all Crow assets and properties aside from his inheritance from the Williams family, while they assigned Derek Williams to manage the Medical Research Institute.
That time around, she paid less interest in knowing this family. But now, there was a whisper in her ears that she was about to uncover a family secret.
After she had a one-night stand with a stranger, although she didn't remember a thing the following day, memories of the past suddenly resurfaced.
In those memories, she remembered her parents bringing her to a massive laboratory in France, Italy, and Budapest.
When she is ten years old, these memories suddenly disappear. What she most remembers is her first meeting with the Rodriguez family. It was also the first time she met Camilla and the beginning of their friendship that instantly was like a real sister.
'Maybe Chairman Crow can answer a few questions about my family. Or maybe he knows more information about my family hidden from me. After that night, I slept with that man. The memories that returned to me almost destroyed my sanity and gave me a tough pregnancy. If not for my friends, I probably would have lived in the mental hospital and given birth there. If that happens, I am incapable of raising George. How sad if I did not remember I have a son. Now, I need answers about why I almost lost my mind after I slept with someone. Can s**ual intercourse make someone lose memories? Isn't that funny? If I told anyone about this, they would only laugh at me.'
Having this train of thought, Krishna clenched her free fist, resting on her side while her eyes burned with rage.
'That bastard almost destroyed my life! He's going to pay me big time! Maybe kill him when he is unaware. However, I don't have any recollection of his face. I don't know if I can get an answer if I return to Grace Island and run an investigation. It's tough to get a visa to visit that country. The place was also expensive since the island was only for wealthy people. I need to prepare a hefty amount of money to do that. So, by now, I have to thicken my face and ride in the crazy guy's coattails. He is generous to me. So maybe, if…'
Krishna doesn't want to think further. She was just planning about it, yet she could feel disgusted with herself. 'I'm not this kind of person.'
As Krishna was immense in her own thoughts, the suspicious look that George had for her gradually dissipated and was replaced with a soft gaze upon listening to her long words, praising the couple for their fidelity marriage, which many people could not commit to their promises.
He also once dreams of having a grand wedding for the woman he wishes to grow old with. He swore to love her wholeheartedly and stay faithful to their marriage. However, everything seems to remain a dream. More or less, it was just his wishful thinking.
Should he give up now?
George remained to stare at Krishna. Soon, he noticed the anger flash in her eyes. 'What is she thinking now? She looks like she is about to kill someone. What did that person do to her? Who was that person, by the way? I will definitely beat that guy until he turns into a pulp. Yeah. I could do that on her behalf if she let me know.'
Oblivious to George that the person Krishna wished to kill was him. When the time of his crime was exposed to Krishna, would he be willing to beat up himself until he turns into a pulp?
Having a random guess of what was running through Krishna's head, George was amused to watch her face exhibiting different emotions. With that, it enticed him to push Krishna to the empty elevator and claim her lips when the door closed.
"You—" she was startled when the crazy guy suddenly shoved her into the elevator. 'What a jerk!'
From her perspective, George is both domineering and a pure sadist. However, oblivious to the guy, Krishna misunderstood his action, as he used such strength.
Honestly, he had no experience with any romance because he restricted himself from being involved with any women. Although he is affectionate to Stella, he always hides his feelings for her, especially in front of their family.
The elders were keen to produce more heirs so that more direct descendants would manage their countless companies scattered around the world, such as Empire Airways. They have branches in hundreds of countries.
Hence, George was careful to hook up with anyone to avoid being forced to get married as soon as possible.
Besides, only one woman remained in his heart all these years, no matter what. Despite Stella marrying Florian, he could not bring himself to open his heart to anyone else.
But then, out of the blue, Krishna came into the picture by giving birth to his son. Last night, he had a long debate within himself about whether he would take Krishna seriously into his life since they have a child together.
His son is barely one year old—he needs a mother's love to raise and guide him while he is busy taking care of his companies and the main family's business.
Furthermore, he doesn't find Krishna disgusting. Instead, she seems to stir some emotions that he isn't sure where they came from.
He is having a tough time figuring out what it is. Probably, he felt this way because Krishna gave him a family.
A family?
Having such contemplation, George deepened the kiss; they didn't notice that the door opened when they reached the third level. The guests were about to enter the elevator halt when they saw the intimate couple inside. Moreover, they recognize George as his business associate, having regular meetups at his resort to discuss business or sign a contract.
Now that they had caught him in such a situation, they finally believed in the recent gossip that he was dating a starlet model. Honestly, they were paying attention to him because he is a competitive bachelor.
Many hoped one of their daughters or a granddaughter would capture his heart but to no avail. Several women don't mind if they will only become his mistress. However, no one succeeded in seducing him.
When they arrived at the rooftop, after the elevator ding and the hovering light sound of the opening door — just then George stopped kissing Krishna. He pulled himself from her to better look at her blushing cheeks.
And since he was in a trance, he didn't expect that Krishna would push him away before she got out of the elevator.
"Would you refrain from kissing me all of a sudden?" she chid him, panting from being kissed over again.
She exerted some strength. George would have lost his balance if not for his fast reflex to hold the elevator handrail. His eyes dimmed as he followed her outside. He instantly regained his composure and admitted that it was indeed his fault. But isn't it normal to kiss his girlfriend?
Nonetheless, he is oblivious that he has become addicted to her.
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Meanwhile, thirty miles outside the city in a magnificent villa, a man seated behind an office desk had a gloomy mood after waking up two hours ago.
He had a high fever in the past couple of days. Hence, he has to stay in bed. However, in those two days, he was haunted by a dream he hadn't dreamt of for a long time.
Staring at the photos on his computer, Leonard Greene narrowed his gaze at the woman with a sweet smile. However, the woman was walking hand in hand with his archenemy, George Graham.
"Krishna Palermo… Who are you? Why did I keep dreaming about you in the past when I just met you the other day?"
Leonard does not understand because, in his dream, Krishna calls him by somebody's name.
"George, look! Is it beautiful?"
"George, how cute this is!"
She would say, followed by her coquettish giggle. Then he will wrap his arms around her slim waist.
"Ah! Who are you?"
Leonard pulled his hair with both hands as searing pain attacked his head.
"Leonard?" A beautiful woman stepped into the study and saw this scene. She rushed to Leonard's side and grabbed his hands from his hair. "What's the matter? Do you have a headache again?"
The woman's gorgeous face crumpled with pain as worries exhibited on her face. But it all replaced with rage after she saw the photo on the computer screen.
She then clenched her jaws as she sneered in her heart.
'Why did she suddenly show up!? I need to kill her soon!'