“Jamal?” Everyone gasped, with different facial expressions. Madam Felicia’s face was saying a complete “I thought you were dead!”The event turned upside down as guest and press media reporters demanded an explanation.“What are you doing here?” Madam Felicia gritted her teeth in anger as she approached Jamal.“It’s good to have you all here.” He said, flashing a smile. He looked like a new person, with no injury or scar. Now everyone wanted an explanation, was he the one in the hospital? Was he really kidnapped? They wanted a “legit” news.“Why do you have to come back today of all days?” Madam Felicia asked him seriously, forgetting they were in public.“Because I wanted to see you looking this way.” He curled his lips. “It gives me joy and I also want to see the look of pain, depression, and anxiety all over your face when the thing you desperately desire goes back to the real owner.” He said seriously, sounding deep and annoying.“You - -” Madam Felicia tried to slap him but he h
“I disagree!” Madam Felicia hit her hand on the table.“Your voice doesn’t count here.” He shunned her seriously and everyone looked at him in astonishment. They have never seen him in such a fury mood.“They are the same people that refused to partner with us when we begged them, they also refused to support us a few years before we survived a sharp period of bankruptcy. Do you still think they are worth partnering with?” Martins questioned him disgustingly after he saw the way he spoke meanfully to his mother.“That was when the leadership was confusing and not stable. No company will invest in another company that’s on the verge of falling, don’t you agree?” He raised a brow and the staff nodded their head in adjournment.“I said, I’m not comfortable with having them in this company. It’s never going to happen.” Madam Felicia insisted.“She is right. Since they abandoned us when we haven’t grown, I don’t think it’s right to keep them close. Reconsider this, young man.” Madam Theres
"Have you done what I have asked?" Madam Felicia drank the red wine, tossing her crossed leg as she made a call. She was looking through the bustling city on the balcony where she sat."Good. Make sure everything is set and signed before they meet." A small smile formed on her lips.As soon as she ended the call, Martins walked in, looking grumpy and annoyed."Mother, have you gotten the office memo?" Martins roughly sat beside her."Spell me. I'm no longer a board member, have you forgotten?" She rolled her eyes away from him disgustingly."Oh, that's true." Martins rubbed his forehead. "I still can't believe that with one word from that rat, you were no longer allowed to work in the company." Martins scoffed in disbelief."Is that a saying or you are making a mockery of me?" She asked with a hitch of annoyance in her voice with her sharp eyes darting at her son."I'm just saying because it's utterly annoying." Martins scoffed, closing his eyes briefly."You are here." While they wer
Soon, a black car surfaced in the street, coming in their direction. The car's front headlights were on and the driver constantly honked. They stood at a safe spot."Hey, is everything alright here?" A lady said, whining down the window from the passengers' seat."Not really, just a small issue." He groaned."I can give you a lift back to the city if that's okay with you." The lady raised a brow and he shook his head."No, that's okay." He finished his statement and Dennis flashed the strange lady a smile."Sir, I think you should join her so as not to miss the morning meeting tomorrow. I can find a way to tow the car back home." Dennis explained to him in a low voice."You sure? I don't mind staying here with you until it's fixed." He insisted."It's okay, sir. This is my duty." Dennis urged him.He faced the lady who seemed to be patiently waiting for him with no atom of annoyance. "If so, thanks for your offer and I will have to disturb you." He said with a smile.The lady signaled
"Who is she?" The voice of Melanie drew him back to reality and he sighed heavily."Nice to meet you, Miss. Moore." He said, facing Melanie. "She's the lady that helped me last night when my car broke down." He explained rashly and she nodded."I'm Melanie, his girlfriend." She curled her lips but Cassie didn't react or show any feelings, rather she smiled."I'm Cassie." They shook hands."I would have loved to discuss further but right now, I'm in a hurry." He informed her abruptly."It's alright, go ahead. Thanks." Cassie flashed him a smile. He gave a short look at Melanie before rushing out of the company.Melanie sighed heavily. "I will show you around the office, cool?" She raised a sly brow."No, it's fine. I was here because of Mr. Jamal. According to Mr. Leo, he is the CEO and my boss, I wanted to introduce myself to him but that has already happened so I will leave." Cassie said steadily."Sure. See you around then." She smiled.Martins sat on the stool as he gulped the alcoh
“Jamal, yo- -” She wanted to run after him but Martins held her.“Let him go,” Martins said with a low voice.“Let him go? Why should I do that when he is misunderstanding everything!” She yelled at him in anger.“Melanie, you are beautiful and don’t need an idiot like Jamal -” Martins was about to touch her cheek but she threw her face away.“Let me go!” She pulled her arm away from his hand. “You know you are the cause of everything. I told you I didn’t need your fucking care and attention, I told you to leave my office, if you hadn't threatened to leak a new sex tape of Jamal, I wouldn’t have played along with you!” She lashed at him in anger.“To me, you did nothing wrong. Why is he in so much pain? It only means he doesn’t trust the woman he is dating.” Martins curled his lips.“If I were you, I would also let him go. Do you think it’s because of our action that made him end things with you?” Martins laughed, raising a brow.She faced him, with anxiety dancing in her eyes. “What d
“Because I explained my situation to you doesn’t give you any right to lure me into sleeping with you.” He shunned her, standing from the bed.“Jamal, I -” She tried to touch him but he shoved her hand away.“I won't condole to this habit.” He sighed. “I will act like this never happened.” He beeline to the door but Cassie was so desperate that she didn’t let him go, rather she rushed behind him until they got to the living room.“Just please, Jamal. Are you going to walk out of here without doing it? Do you know if your ex-girlfriend has already done it with your stepbrother?” She questioned anxiously, aiming at irritating him.“That’s none of my business.” He tightened his chin, controlling his anger because he might explode at the thought of it.“No woman wants an innocent weak man! You need to be fierce and domineering not some weakling protective lover.” She fired at him.“Not all men have to be fierce or dominant. My own woman will come, the one that loves me for who I am, withou
“I’m no longer interested in continuing partnership with C-Gaming Group.” He said seriously, slapping the detailed contract on the table.Melanie smirked as she reluctantly picked it up. “Why? You can’t end a partnership without any reason.” She informed him.“I have gotten a better proposal from another company and the interest from C-Gaming Group isn’t increasing as expected.” He said vividly.“And all this while, you said nothing about it. Why are you trying to end it now? Does this look like some relationship that you can end overnight?” She fired at him. “Before signing this contract, all the management board were present to deliberate terms with you which you accepted, you also agreed to take up failures in the process since business is about loss and gain. Why now are you trying to terminate it?” She questioned him annoyingly.“Is it by force to partner with your company?” He raised a disgusting brow. “I’m not interested anymore and I’m not changing my mind. Please, sign that b
They finished packaging everything in the car.“ Can I talk to you for a while?” Paula asked, as she flipped her hair to her back. “ Sure,” Melanie answered. They walked inside the house. “ I wanted to properly apologize to you about what happened between Jamal and me, I know you still resent me but I am here now to say I am sorry for the pain I caused you and your family”Melanie was not expecting that to come out in that manner. They had stayed quiet while packaging the things they needed for vacation. No words or laughter were exchanged. They minded their business. “ It is fine, apology accepted” She smiled at her, it was genuine. “ Can I get a hug?” Paula askedMelanie pulled her into a hug. “ We are going to go late, ladies,” Jamal shouted from the window. He had been watching them. He wanted to let them be but they were running out of time. They got into the car. He drove them to a resort. He got down and opened the car door for them. “ Such a beautiful place to be in” M
Jamal had to sit close to her to see it. “ I had my suspicions about this,” he said.“ I was on it and this just confirmed it, I will send this to the police” It was a video that contained the things he did to little girls that were brought to him. “ He can't escape this” Mitchell smiled at the laptop in front of her as she forwarded it to the police. “ Hey dude, thanks for this” Mitchell got herself a glass of wine. She was happy because that was the only thing left to find out. She figured that Reuben would be able to get it for her. He had kept that for the last fight against Sam. The flash that Paula had taken just had little of what he was doing. “ Glad I kept that safe,” Reuben smiled broadly. The door opened and Dave walked in. He went to Mitchell and kissed her passionately.“ Didn't see that coming” Reuben was shocked to see them that way. “ Get used to it dude” Dave replied to him.“ Getting a toast? We've worked so hard to save everyone from that disaster” Paula go
When the door opened, Richard was trying to suffocate Dave. He was immediately handed over to the police. He was taken away from the hospital. The doctors had to urgently attend to Dave and make sure he was okay. They all went back to their houses. Paula could not afford to stay alone so she joined Mitchell at her place. After a while, Reuben came by. “ What was that about? The thing between you and Melanie” Mitchell asked Paula. “ Melanie and Dave had something in the past. We are just here because Sam took my daughter, and I knew how dangerous it was that my daughter was with him” “ Excuse me, you have a daughter?” Mitchell's mouth dropped open, she had never seen her or heard her talk about her daughter.“ Yes, my daughter, Jamal's daughter, Rose. Rose is my daughter, I was not ready to handle a baby so I left her at the playing ground, luckily for me, Jamal and Melanie took her” Mitchell was surprised to hear that. She wondered how Paula must have felt seeing her daughter a
She got downstairs and could not see Paula. She looked around the place. “ Where is she?” She asked Sam who stood there looking shocked as well. “ She was right here when I left this place” Michelle was not having any of it. She charged at him. “ Where did you keep her?” “ This was all planned by the both of you, you saying you wanted to pee, and then I left her here, you two planned this” He left Mitchell there and went upstairs. Mitchell ran to the door that the maid had pointed. She got to the door and saw that it was locked. She tried to hit it open but it was not working. ” Who is there?” Mitchell heard a faint voice coming from the room. She leaned in on it. “ Anyone there?” She asked. “ Mitchell” That was Reuben calling faintly. He had woken up and could not recognize where he was. He tried to stand up but could not do so. He was weak.He crawled to the door and tried to open it but it would not open. He struggled with the door but could not open it. He stayed ther
Reuben got to the address and quickly sent it to Mitchell. He walked closer to it. It was a massive building. “ How possible!” He exclaimed as he saw the house. He walked into it. Sam Anderson went to the door to get him. He had seen Reuben outside. He got there and opened the door for Reuben. Reuben walked in and could not believe how well-decorated the house was. “ You own this?” He asked “ No, I do not,” he answered as he sat down.Richard was upstairs looking at them. Sam raised his face and looked up. Richard nodded at him. He was still talking with Reuben when the maid brought a drink. “ You should have this,” he said to him.Reuben took it from the maid and drank it. He continued to talk with Sam till he began to feel dizzy. He stood up. “ Where can I get some rest, I am so tired,” he said to Sam. “ Take him to the room,” he said to the maid. Richard came downstairs when Reuben had been taken to the room. “ He will be there for a long time,” Sam said to Richard. I
She quickly told Dave about the man that had met her at the pack. It sounded surprising to him at first but was no longer funny when he remembered that someone was following Mitchell as well. “ Maybe it is just some coincidence,” he told Paula. Paula was not satisfied with it. She went to her bag and brought out the card he had given her. She called him up. When Richard saw her call, he smiled. “ Such an easy catch,” he said as he picked it up and answered. She wanted him to meet her up in a place, that same place. He teased her about missing him already. He got dressed and drove out of the house. He got to the place and saw that she had already gotten there, and even had a drink on the table. He walked to her. “ Wanna give me a hug?” He spread his hands at her. “ Not today” She waved at him to sit down. He had a disappointed look on his face. “ So you missed me?” He ordered his drinks as well. “ You wish, far from that” She took a sip. “ Did you follow me home t
He smiled as he sent the last apology message to her. He had been pleading with her to forgive him. He sent flowers and gifts as well. He stayed on his bed, looking at his phone and waiting for a reply from her. It came, she had forgiven him. He immediately asked her to fix a place for them to meet. He told her how badly he wanted to see her. She accepted and sent him a location. She stood in front of the mirror as she dressed. “ You look great,” Dave said to her as she stepped out of her bedroom. “ Thank you” “ Why did you put so much effort into looking this good, going on a date?” He had fear in his heart that she was going to see a lover. “ Is that so? I do not want to appear like that, I will go change” She rushed into the room and had to change the way she styled her hair and had to also change her clothes. She came out in front of Dave. “ Is this okay?” She asked him. “ Yes, where to go?” “ To see someone” was all she said before she left the house. She entered her
He had everything set. He looked so flashy and smelt of wealth. He smells good as well. He got into his car and drove to the expensive restaurant that was in town. He parked his car and got out. The ladies there blushed as they flashed his smiles. He waved at one of the girls, she could not believe that he was waving at her. She smiled broadly as she held her chest. He walked into the restaurant. He looked so good, his hair and the way his lips looked, soft and inviting. He entered and the attention he got was beautiful. He looked around like he was searching for someone. He walked to a table and pulled the chair. “ I wish I was the one he sat with,” one of the ladies at the opposite table said, she was loud enough to be heard. He kept his hands on the table, with his fingers making a tapping sound on the table.Mitchell raised her face and looked at him. He smiled at her. “ Thought you would never look at me or notice that I have been sitting down here” he smiled again. Mitch
He drove back to the house feeling down and dejected. He could not explain why everything was beginning to turn against him. He got home and noticed that the domestic staff were not there. He called out to them but did not hear anyone answer. He went around his house and saw that no one was around. He called the security man at his gate and asked where his domestic staff had all gone. “ When I asked them, they answered that you asked them to leave, I had to let them go” He was angry, he slapped the gatekeeper. He went back inside the house and had to go to their rooms. He got there and saw that their belongings were no longer there.“ I never gave any order,” he screamed. He went inside and for the first time in a long while, he entered into his kitchen to get a drink. He sat down, he was scared to open his phone, he was also scared to turn on the television as well. The door opened and Reuben walked in. He saw the bottle of drink with Sam, he rushed to Sam and took the drink a