His Eagle Eyes on Me

She had thought that being one year older, she would be wiser and her life would begin to improve, but it had not worked out quite the way she had expected.

Irene had a strong feeling that Lucas would not forgive her this time. Though she meant every word she said to Sam, after regaining her composure, she realized that some parts of them sounded rather hurtful Irrespective of whether Lucas was truly without talent and without the capacity to make ends meet, she should have never agreed to something like that, be it in front of Lucas or behind his back.

She tried to place herself in his shoes and knew that she would be just as upset if she found out that Lucas was mocking her looks behind her back with Kasey.

"Why did I say all those things to Mr. Sam?" she thought. "I didn't even want to discuss Mr. Lucas with him. Maybe I was provoked! Maybe it's because Mr. Lucas broke his promise of celebrating my birthday, o maybe it's because he stayed the night in Ms. Bennett's house..."

Meanwhile, in Aryadelle, it had been a month since Layla had started accepting applications from suitors, and she had received thousands of emails in her mailbox. After a professional team filtered most of the applications, they ended up presenting Layla with fifty-two candidates who met the requirements for age, academic achievements, and family backgrounds from all around the world.

Hayden was going to meet with all fifty-two of them for the next round of interviews.

concerning the fifty-two candidates from her brother, while she was sitting in her office at

into her office to help her go through the information while she

while later, she received a

when I have the time." Layla stood in the lounge

and

ně

have to go through them just yet. I will interview them one by one and get back to you." Hayden was devoted to the process of finding his sister a suitor as he was

fifty-two of them, Hayden! Are you sure you want to meet every one of them?" Worried that this would get in the way of her brother's work, she said, "I can do it myself.

like and I will talk to them," he said. "These might be powerful individuals of high status, but

to her office. One hand was tight around her mug while the other kept a hold of her phone. "Hayden, I need to go. I will call you back once I go through all the

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