NIKAELEON***“Let the man finish before you start screaming.” Aina said as she leaned back on her seat.We were seated on a double seater sofa and my hand was over the headrest behind her so she was basically leaning on me. We needed to look like a solid team in front of the others. And to my chagrin, I discovered that I didn’t actually hate her being so close to me. I usually couldn’t stand other people being in my personal space, but with Aina, I actually didn’t mind. I guess it’s because I accepted her into my family after she started staying with us and proved her loyalty.“That is a lie, it’s not possible.” Troy said.“Can you all please let me finish?” The executor asked and they all became quiet.“As I was saying, eighty percent of all he owned is to be signed over to Aina, and the remaining twenty percent is to be used for charitable purposes…” There was another gasp of surprise from Aina’s step family.“... Aina is to be in charge of making sure every charity project that wa

NIKAELEON***Uriel turned to face me as I asked about Connor. She seemed surprised that I would be concerned about his location.“Don’t look at me like that, I don’t actually care about him, I’m only concerned for Sophia’s sake. When she wakes up, she’ll want to see her mummy and daddy.” I said.“Connor told me you guys would be really busy at work today. He said there was a new project assigned to him so he would be home late. I’ve tried calling him but the call isn’t going through. The few times it did go through, there was no response. I just assumed he must be away from his phone since he’s working so much.” Uriel replied to me.I knew for a fact that today was Connor’s day off work for the week. He lied to Uriel that he was going to work, the problem is, why did he do that? Did he meet up with people from the Black Knights or any of my enemies, is he planning something? Or did he just lie to cover up so he could go meet his mistress?“Is there any way you can contact the office

NIKAELEON***“Going to the hospital was a distraction from what happened today, and I know you’re not okay, but on a scale of one to ten, Aina, how are you?” I asked her after a few minutes of silence in the car.She sighed heavily and the strong facade she had been putting on because we had been in a public space seemed to crumble before my eyes. She looked weary, like the events of the day were finally catching up to her, and weighing her down.“I don’t know honestly. Like you said, going to the hospital had been a distraction, and while I do not wish anyone to be in Sophia’s position now, fighting for life, I am grateful for the reprieve from tumultuous thoughts that it gave to me. For a while, my own pain did not matter, it was overwhelmed by the pain of another, the pain of a mother afraid for her child’s life. If I’m to grade my current mood and how I feel inside, I would say five, because I’m undecided. I don’t know if I should break down and cry or if I should force myself to

NIKAELEON***I sighed and Aina turned to face me with a scowl.“We had a deal, Nik. Don’t even think of reneging on it. I’ve told you my own embarrassing experience, now tell me yours. Whatever we both say stays in this car, remember?” She said with an arched brow.I was going to tell her anyway, but I decided to tease her a little bit first.“You know, our agreement was only verbal. Verbal agreements aren’t binding. I’m not obliged to keep my end of the deal. If you want a better deal, then next time get it in writing.” I said to her with a stoic expression.“Are you kidding me? Where was I supposed to get a lawyer to draft a contract? We’re in a car in case you haven’t noticed.” She asked with a glare and my impassive expression almost faltered.I really wanted to laugh at the expression of betrayal she had on her face.“Do I look like I’m joking? Did you really think that I will keep to the terms of your little agreement? That’s hilarious.” I said to her.For several seconds, she

NIKAELEON***“Mr Roch, Miss Koevel, what’s the relationship between you two?”“Miss Koevel, have you been living with Mr Roch since you disappeared?”“Mr Roch, are you getting married to Miss Koevel?“Will you merge your companies?”“Miss Koevel, your step mother is charging you to court for fraud, is it true that you manipulated your father’s will?”“Miss Koevel, why did you send your step family out into the streets?”The questions were never ending as Aina and I got down from the car and walked towards the entrance of my company. There were reporters everywhere, and not just here. It had been a war to drive out of the mansion gate because there were reporters waiting there for us too, my driver very nearly hit one of them. The last thing I need this morning is a murder charge over my head added to this scandal about Aina and me. My security tried to push them all back but the damn reporters weren’t having it, they could only clear a path for us to walk through in the midst of the