Ava's heart was pounding in her chest as she sat in Mr Benedict's study, waiting for him to join her. She had been waiting there for the past ten minutes, when he told her he was only going to take a few seconds. She shut her eyes tightly and inhaled deeply. After taking in enough air, she exhaled sharply, releasing all the air she took in. "Why are you nervous, Ava?" She asked herself. "You know you can do this, right?"The door slowly opened, and again, Ava sighed deeply. Mr Benedict walked into his study with a smirk on his lips. "I am sorry for keeping you waiting," he apologized. "Not when you are wearing a smirk like that one. Apology is not accepted."Mr Benedict smiled deeply as he grabbed another chair by the wall and moved it closer to the couch where Ava was seated. He sat on the chair and faced Ava. "You are such a smart kid," he told her. "What were you doing in your room?" She demanded. He shook his head and sucked his teeth. "Nothing!" He replied. Her eyes narro

"Here's the list, sir," Harrison said as he handed Henry a note.Henry took the note from him and placed it on the table. "Go through it, sir, so that preparations can begin...""Henry," Henry corrected him. He smiled slightly and nodded. "I would take it back to the headquarters before evening," he told Henry. "I'll go through it after I'm done with this. Also, try to make another copy for me before you return so that I can distribute it to everyone on the team who would help. "Harrison nodded and walked away from the office. Henry finished up with what he was doing and picked up the note that was handed over to him. He went through the names and was about to sign when he suddenly realized something and paused. He read the heading again, aloud this time. "Top twenty richest, camp." He began to check through the names once again, but this time more carefully. While he read the names, he stopped at number four. It was the name of Natasha's family. He smiled, but he didn't know

"So he's not even rich?" "No, just that he's not one of the top twenty richest as he claims to be."The light whispers, giggles, and chuckles that were being heard from the cleaners downstairs made Linda stop. She had just finished working at her company and was on her way home. She wondered why the cleaners were gathered at that corner of the company by that time of the night. It was already past ten in the night. She stood by the side and decided to wait and know who they were talking about, but they kept talking without mentioning any names, and it was getting annoying. "I heard he's with Linda now," one of them said and giggled. "Linda, who?" Another asked. One of the staff noticed Linda standing behind and paused quickly. The one who was about to reply realized that her colleague was staring at something in shock, and immediately after she turned around, the other three followed. Five of them walked away quickly without saying anything to Linda after they saw her. "That wa

Henry woke up that morning even before his alarm went off but chose to stay back in bed staring at the ceiling. He did not bother getting up to get dressed for work because he had planned working from home that day. He was going out to have a meeting with Natasha's father later in the day so he decided to stay back at home till it was time.Henry used that time of inactivity to go over his thoughts, there were several things bothering him all at once which he needed to give serious thoughts to but the most prominent one was the man he had encountered at the ball. That very encounter had left him in stitches since then since he had been trying to figure it out but every attempt made proved abortive. He had even tried so hard to convince himself that the encounter meant nothing and that the man was just bluffing but each time he tried, he failed woefully because he always found himself thinking about it.Another thing bothering him was the proposal from the pioneer business group, he k

"So how did it go out?" Richard shouted. He had just gotten the news about what happened. Everyone now knew the truth about his company. How else would he brag? He suddenly remembered Linda. Has she heard about it also? What if she had heard? He needed to know. He had walked into the office that morning and heard a few people discussing it. He didn't pay attention to their discussion at first until he settled in the office and got a call from a distant friend, who is also a business partner. "Is everything we are hearing true?" He had asked Richard. "What did you hear?" Richard asked casually without knowing what it was all about. He even had a piece of cookies in his hand and bit from it immediately after he asked the question. He had asked his secretary to serve him some cookies when he walked in, and the way she was staring at him, he thought it was because of his weird appetite that morning. She served him cookies with a glass of juice and left without saying anything. "Th