“Mum, what the hell?” Clarrisa yelled and picked up her bag, “dad should not take out his frustrations on me okay?”“You haven’t even had breakfast yet honey”Clarrisa rolled her eyes, “I just lost my appetite mum” then she walked out of the room.Gwen sighed, she didn’t know what the hell was wrong with her husband thst he had to lash out at his daughter like that.Looking at all the food on the table, shs also lost her appetite and stood up.“Clear the table”“Yes ma’am” the butler responded and went to work while Gwen made her way to her husband’s study.Gerald was skimming through some documents when his door flung open and his wife entered, she didn’t look pleased at all.“What the hell was that?Gerald sighed and dropped the document on the table, “I am not in the mood to exchange words with anyone today okay?”She scoffed, “you shouldn’t be taking your frustrations out on our daughter okay? If you have a squabble with Alex then you sort it out on your own and leave Clarrisa out
“What?” Clarrisa wanted to be sure she heard well, “are you being serious right now?”“You said Gerald was making a mockery of you right? I don’t want anyone making my baby feel less of herself” Alexander replied, his hands cupping her face.Clarrisa was dumbfounded for a split second. She couldn’t believe her ears, Alex was really agreeing to the wedding now?“Do you want to get married or not?”“Of course I want to”“Then let’s get married okay?”“Thank you so much Alex” Clarrisa pounced into his embrace and tears started pouring from her eyes, “you are the best thing that ever happened to me and I will forever love you” she placed a kiss on his cheek and Alex cringed but he didn’t push her away. “I will call Bianca and have her go with you for the gown fitting okay?”“Bianca?” Clarrisa rolled her eyes, “she would rather push me in front of a moving truck than go with me to get my gown”“I will give her a call, okay? Just wait”After he was done talking, Alex picked up his phone an
Clarrisa smiled in content when the gown was finally zipped up. This was the same gown she saw with Alex and she wanted to buy it.It complimented her figure and she looked so pretty which wasn’t a lie.“You look amazing,” one of the ladies who helped her wear the clothes said and she couldn’t help but blush.“Do I look good?” She asked Bianca who rolled her eyes.“Don’t kid yourself bitch, we aren’t friends” this was what Bianca replied before picking up her phone, she felt disgusted being in her presence like that.“You look absolutely gorgeous ma’am” one of the sales girls said again and Clarrisa couldn’t help but blush.“I should take a picture and send it to my fiancé” she was so excited but the sales lady declined immediately.“It is bad luck for the groom to see the dress before the wedding day”Just as Clarrisa opened her mouth to talk, her eyes narrowed and she saw her husband onq television.“Alex?” She muttered under her breath to be sure, he didn’t tell her he had a press
Clarrisa’s eyes opened wide when she saw the sight in front of her, she was definitely not expecting to see them in a situation like this and her heart broke into a thousand pieces.“What the hell is going on here” she asked as she stepped into the room.The two of them disengaged and Bianca didn’t have a remorseful look on her face at all neither did Alex, if only she noticed the mocking look on them.“I will talk to you later” Bianca said after a while and made to move but Clarrisa blocked her part.“Where the hell do you think you are going?” She was definitely angry and Alex could feel her aura right from where he was standing.“Get out of my way” Bianca threatened.“What the fuck is going on here” Clarrisa yelled out as she turned to Alex, her eyes were misty.“It was just a harmless hug” Alex finally spoke up and she scoffed.“A harmless huh?” Clarrisa threw her hands in the air helplessly, “I come and I see my fiancée in the arms of another woman and you call it a harmless hug
Alex shot out of bed, beads of sweats were forming on his body while he was fidgeting. His whole body was screaming of aches and at that moment he felt like he was about to die.The nightmare that has been haunting him for several days now was getting much more tortuous than he thought.Picking up his phone, he saw that he had several missed calls from Clarrisa and a lot of text messages.Ignoring it, he dialed a certain number and the person from the other side answered on the first ring.“Hello” Aiden’s sleepy voice filtered into his ears, it was past three in the morning and obviously the young doctor would be sleeping.“I can’t sleep and I keep having nightmares” Alex said, he knew Aiden was not a therapist but he was still a doctor.Aiden sighed, “for how long?”“Two weeks”“And you are just telling me now?” He sighed again, “I will send some medications for you tomorrow, for now you can listen to some slow songs, it will help you sleep”“Sure”After he ended the call, Alex laid
After he ended the call, Alex climbed out of the car and briskly made his way into the house. He wanted to see what was inside that box, maybe he could find a clue.Elias was already standing by the gate when he entered and they both shook hands before he led him into the basement.“I will leave you to it then”Alex nodded and watched the man walk out of the room while he turned his attention to the room.He could remember how many times he would come to hide here when he didn’t want to watch movies or eat with his family members but now none of them was here. Bending down he tore one of the boxes open and began to look through it. There was nothing important in that first one, only items that were no longer needed for the house and his mum kept aside.Alex went ahead to the second and the last box, he was hoping he would see something which he actually did. After searching for a while, Alex came across a brown envelope which caught his attention.The envelope was not sealed but he c
Alex didn’t know for how long they both stood in that position but when they disengaged, he saw there were tears in her eyes too and a look of concern graced her face.“Why are you crying?” “You have never shown me how much you miss your family Alex” her hand slowly made its way to his face and she cleaned the tears that were still flowing, “you were always this strong man and i didn’t know you were hurting so bad. I am so sorry Alex”He wanted to yell and tell her her father was the cause of this pain and everything but he could not do that and it was the most frustrating feeling for him. He wanted to hold Gerald by the neck and strangle the life out of him but could he even do that now? He had to tread cautiously.“I am fine okay?” He cupped her face, “you don’t have to be sorry for what is not your fault okay?”“Is there a way I can help you?”“Can you kill your dad for me?” He wanted to ask but instead he smiled and tucked a few strands of hair to the back of her ear, “you don’t
Clarissa woke up to the ringing of her phone which made her frown. Why was her assistant calling her all of a sudden and how many calls did she miss?“Hello” she pressed the phone against her ears.“Ma’am, have you already seen it?”Clarrisa raised an eyebrow, “see what?”Her assistant hesitated for a while, “a video is circulating online about you and ….” Her voice trailed off.“What happened, Ann?” Clarrisa was almost shouting.Just then her door burst open and her whole family entered. They all looked sad and scared, especially her mum who came to sit beside her.“What is going on?” She asked, “why do you all look so worried?”“I am sorry princess” Gerald said after a while, a look of guilt was hovering over his face.Now Clarrisa was very confused, “can someone tell me what’s going on?” She turned to her mother, “mum, say something”Her phone beeped with a message and she immediately picked up her phone and clicked on the link that her assistant had sent.From the beginning of the