PROLOGUE
It is a cold night and it made me remember him, his look, his smile , his touch that sends shivers down my spine , I miss him even now despite what he did to me , why did he do that to me , he forgot everything so quickly , the moment he became financially stable he left me , it's safe to say he used me. Williams and I met in a restaurant, my friends and I were having a girls night , we were having fun eating and gisting and I noticed him staring at me , his table was next to ours and instead of eating , he kept staring at me , it made me shy knowing that a man that handsome was staring at me , my girls and I stood up ready to go after eating and I waited for the waiter to get me my take home , while waiting he walked up to me and started a conversation which led to him asking for my contact , he looked like a decent guy so I gave it to him , Williams and I started talking and I was surprised he didn't know I am the daughter of the business tycoon Smith Dane , I mean everyone literally knows me in New York but he said he recently moved to New York so that explains why , Williams asked me out on a date and it just happened , we fell in love with each other at least I thought to my self not knowing that it was a one sided love , Williams had it all planned out from the beginning , we started dating and I was crazy about him , I thought he loved me too but it was all a lie , he just wanted to use me to set up his business and he succeeded in doing that , Williams and I dated for two years and not once did I find out that he is married , he would always bore me with his business plans and how he needs so much money to fund it , he would make me feel on top of the world and the next minute he's having a mood swing and complaining of how he needs to get his business grown , I loved him so much and I gave him 1 billion dollars to get his business started but dumb me I didn't make it official , no paper work no lawyer just because I trusted him , a month after I gave the money to him , he broke up with me saying he needs to focus and I was a distraction to him , i thought he was joking but apparently he wasn't , he blocked my line and it was a weird situation because it made me feel like I was stalking him , I followed him everywhere and begged him to take me back , blogs wrote annoying things about me saying I was obsessed with a man who doesn't want me , I even hired a private investigator who found out Williams is happily married with a kid , it totally broke me and to worsen the situation, Williams was born and brought up in New York which means he knows me , he just wanted the money to start up his business and used me in the process , I couldn't believe it , I was depressed for a long time , I loved him , he was my first and probably the last because after this heart break I don't plan on giving any man a chance with me again.
CHAPTER ONE
My name is Sophia Smith , my dad is the popular billionaire Smith Dane , I'm the only child, I lost my mom when I was ten and my dad brought me up alone , he was always busy but he prioritizes spending time with me , I started working in my dad's fashion company when I was fifteen and ever since then I've been obsessed with work , I dedicated my whole time to working so hard and making the company bigger that I forgot to have fun , my ex Williams was my first real boyfriend , he was the first guy I had sex with , it was supposed to be a forever thing but he took advantage of my love for him making me hate men.I started ignoring talking to men in general, any interview I was in charge of I would make sure a man doesn't get hired , Williams messed me up so bad , I haven't dated anyone after him , it's been two years since he dumped me , I've moved on but I haven't forgotten what he did to me , I dedicated all of my time into my work and building the company and I must say I'm doing a very good job , my father's company Smith Fashion is a big clothing line in New York and with my dad retiring next month I'll be taking over as the the new CEO, my dad is sixty and he has been working hard all his life and he's retiring now , he deserves some rest , I'll be taking over the company immediately after his retirement party which will be happening sometime next month , we've started preparing for the retirement party , the hall is booked , invites sent out, I already got my dress from my designer and all I did was wait for my dad's big day I'm really excited .
Yayyy, it's my dad retirement party after so many days of waiting , I got ready and got my make up done and hair styled , my dress is a long red pencil gown hugging my body perfectly with a long slit by the side , I must say I am looking very good , I came out of my house and called my driver suzzy, yes my driver is a lady too, I avoid having encounters with men only if it is really important, suzzy complimented my dress calling me the most beautiful smiling , I smiled back at her while she opened the door to my car , we got to the party and reporters were everywhere , immediately the door of my car opened , they ran towards me surrounding me , taking pictures and asking questions regarding the company , my stylists and all , I gave them a good smile but that smile was replaced by an angry face when someone asked about my ex who I was obsessed about , I became angry and walked out of them with the help of my bodyguards , I got to the party angry but I tried to put up a happy face for my dad, I saw my dad talking to his business partners and I walked towards him , hi dad, congratulations on your retirement I said happily hugging my dad , thanks Sophie he said , I'm leaving the company in your care and I trust you'll do a good job , my dad introduced me to some business partners and all they did was try to match make me with their son , nephew or grandson , I am not interested but I smiled trying not to be rude , I sat down at a table and I sighted my friend Mia entering and looking nervous , she isn't used to this kind of gathering and I invited her to keep me company , I waved to get her attention which I did , she walked to me and sat down at my table , the party started and my dad gave his speech , honestly I'm always so proud of how fast my dad built the company , he deserves the best , he has always been so hardworking , it was an emotional speech that got me teary eyed , after my dad's speech , I stood up and headed to the stage to give my speech too, as I was walking towards the stage I saw different eyes staring at me , majority of them were men lusting over me but I ignored them , I blame my choice of dress for the night , I gave a beautiful speech , praising my dad and thanking him for been the best dad in the world , I could see from the stage that he almost started crying , I love you so much dad I said ending my speech and they all started clapping , after that our guests were served and the party ended . I was leaving the hall with Mia when I noticed a young man staring at me from a corner , our eyes met and he turned and walked into the darkness , who's that I asked Mia who turned towards the direction but saw no one . We left the party and I went straight home preparing to take over the company as the CEO.