Chapter 21Adrian stared at Rosa and Mason, his face as blank as a fresh sheet. Shock overwhelmed him and his mouth opened, surprise stealing every word he thought to utter.“Rosa..?”Mason looked at his wife a bit taken aback. Rosa didn't hide her own surprise as well.“Oh you two have met already?”, Mr. Jackson said, glancing from Rosa to Adrian.“Um…have … have we?”, Rosa said, turning to look at Mason for support. “I don't really recall if we've …”“Maybe in the supermarket or something?”, Mr. Jackson asked. “Or did you already pitch your idea to his department?”Adrian just stared dead into her eyes, a thousand emotions flooding through him. Mason reached for his wife's thigh and touched it strongly, trying to signal her. Rosa turned to him sharply.“Babe…”, he said in a low voice, gritting his teeth together so they wouldn't hear him. “What are you doing? Just … play along…”“Umm… of course. I … I … umm… have been here to … to .. umm… I've been here a couple of times. Maybe th

Chapter 23 Meanwhile, for the rest of the day, Adrian was in a bad mood. In annoyance, he'd ordered his personal assistant to cancel the only appointment that could have kept him busy for the rest of the day, considering that he'd previously cancelled the orders. Tired and upset, he instructed his assistant to make arrangements for him to get home. In less than five minutes, she'd come back to tell him that the car was ready.“Sir”, Shilla said softly, tucking a strand of her black hair behind her right ear. “The car is ready to take you”“Great”, he said, putting down the magazine he was reading. He tidied a couple of documents on his desk and put them into his briefcase roughly. Shilla attempted to take it from him but he stopped her.“Leave it I'll….”, Adrian had to take a breath before he continued, this time in a lower voice. “I'll take care of that. Thank you Shilla”“Oh…ok sir”He locked the briefcase and took it off the table. Shilla took a step back as he passed, headed fo

Chapter 25For a moment Adrian was clueless. “Like the family dinner. They are all going to be there so I need a distraction to get to the back door. I'll have to pass through the kitchen anyways but I have that covered already”“Ohh.. right”Just then, they heard Martinez's voice from downstairs. “Master”, Martinez was calling out. He was knocking on Adrian's door too.“Uhh why is he here?”, Audrey groanedAdrian went to the door. “He'll pass, don't worry”, Adrian whispered to Audrey. Audrey rolled her eyes, quite annoyed.Soon enough, Martinez went down the stairs. Adrian opened the door as soon as he could no longer hear his footsteps. He had his head out first to make sure the passage was clear.“I think everyone’s at the dining”, Adrian whispered. He came out fully and was just about to ask Audrey to do the same when Martinez appeared out of nowhere at the head of the stairs.“Aha, there you are, Master!”, Martinez said, his high pitched voice ringing from where he was through

Chapter 27Knock. Knock.“Miss Audrey”, Melinda, Audrey's personal servant, called as she stood in front of Audrey's door.That was the third time now and yet there was no response.Melinda took a deep breath as she summoned courage to open the door. She turned the door handle but the door wouldn't open. It was locked.“Madam”, Melinda started as she stood in front of Madeline.“Yes, what is it Linda?”, her madam responded rudely.“She's not in her room”Madeline stopped what she was doing.“How so?”*I knocked on her door multiple times but there wasn't any response and last I heard from her, she was in the shower.”“Don't be dumb Linda! Did you even try to go in and see for yourself?”“I did Madam. It was locked”Madeline just rolled her eyes. “She's probably asleep, Linda. She's asleep, ok? Stop raising dust for unnecessary things.”“But madam…”“Melinda! Didn't you hear what I just said? Or has your brain suddenly become dull and dead as your ears? I said, ‘she is asleep’ and that

Chapter 29Rays of sunlight peeked through the window blinds, reflecting strongly against the walls and the floor. Jay glanced at his watch. It was 10 a.m already. That's how long Audrey had slept.His movements - the constant shuffling of feet across the floorboard and the creaking sound of the door - woke her up. Audrey squinted her eyes, trying to shield them from the blinding rays of the sun. She sat up, rubbing them with the back of her hand.“What the. ..?”Her eyes widened and a squeal escaped her lips.“Ahh!”, She said, gathering up the blanket. “What the… where's my .. “, she touched her hair, discovering that her wig was gone, her heart started beating fast and her mind in utter confusion and fear. Just then, Jay entered the room.“Arghh!”, She let out another scream in fear as he opened the door.“Audrey, you are awake”“Jay? What … how did I … what did you do to me?!”, She shouted in horror.“Woah, calm down. What do you mean by what did I to you?”“Where are my clothes?