When Melanie was done with her shopping, she decided to stop by Mr. Graham's house to see him. She called Mr. Graham to notify him of her presence and after that, the gate automatically opened.She parked right behind Mr. Graham's car and stepped out of her car, into his house.“It is nice to see you again, Milady,” Mr. Graham smirked.“It's Melanie,” Melanie said, rolling her eyes.Gentleman my ass, Melanie spoke within herself. She was careful around him, she didn't want him catching any feelings for her because that always happens with every guy she tries to be nice to.“Thought you wouldn't come,” Mr. Graham stated.“Why would you say that?” She asked.“Because you are one woman that is hard to please,” Mr. Graham revealed.Melanie chuckled and smiled. She had always been like that with every man except Jamal and she intended to keep it that way for the longest time.Mr. Graham took her inside, giving her a haul of his house. He didn't know why but all he wanted to do was to pleas
Mrs. Alcantara waited for Melanie to come back home so she could relay her father's message to her but there was no sign of Melanie showing up any time soon.Melanie never kept late nights and even when she did, she always informed either her or her husband.Mrs. Alcantara didn't know what to do, she was torn between calling Melanie or her husband so she just decided to call Melanie.She called Melanie but Melanie was not picking her calls. What was she expecting? Melanie never spoke to her, so why would she pick up her calls? She was so pathetic but she couldn't help it so she called Clara.“Hello dear,” Mrs. Alcantara said.She didn't want to sound worried so she forced herself to sound normal.“Hi, Aunty, how are you?” Clara answered.She knew what her aunty wanted to ask but she acted like she didn't.“I am fine, I hope you are well?” Mrs. Alcantara inquired.She didn't want to go straight to the point but she also knew she could not avoid it. She just wished Clara would say Mela
FLASHBACKMr. Graham could not believe that Mr. Jamal Dashiell Jackie-Ville did not have a lover or even a mistress. Jamal Dashiell Jackie-Ville was an orphan and he was not on good terms with his stepfamily, so Mr. Graham had nothing to wreck Jamal with except his company. He thought of many ways to bring Mr. Jamal Dashiell Jackie-Ville down but even in his imagination, he knew Jamal Dashiell Jackie-Ville would scale through.While in his head, Stone came in, he seemed like he had something to say when Mr. Graham looked at him.“Boss, I found his wife,” Stone confirmed.“Whose wife?” Mr. Graham asked, confused.“Mr. Jamal Dashiell, Jackie-Ville's wife,” Stone said.“What? I thought he didn't have a wife?” Mr. Graham asked skeptically.He observed something was fishy about the relationship status of Mr. Jamal Dashiell Jackie-Ville because there was no record of a previous relationship.“He does, he just acted smart by erasing it from the internet,” Stone stated.“Do you have proof of
Madam Felicia was curious, Clara had stopped coming to visit and she wondered if Martins had ended things with her. It has always been a daunting task for Martins to maintain relationships so she would not be surprised if Clara had left him.“What about Clara?” Madam Felicia asked Martins.“I don't know Mother, she has not been answering my calls, maybe she's busy,” Martins answered.He tried calling several times but there was no response.“Have you tried visiting her?” Madam Felicia enquired.Martins didn't want to tell his mom that he didn't know where his supposed girlfriend lived, it would be a shameful thing to say and it would validate how useless he was to his mother.It never occurred to him that he did not know so much about Clara, except that she just relocated to New York and she was a tourist, whereas his family knew about her and she came to see them all the time.He ignored her question and kept calling Clara's number, he made a mental note to know her place so he could
Melanie refused to eat or drink anything. How could one eat when they were in an unpleasant situation? She made up her mind to frustrate Mr. Graham until he tires out and releases her.She wanted to leave as soon as possible before her parents found out she was missing and generated a ruckus.She was feeling weak but kept to her resolve, she was also hopeful that Jamal would come for her.In the spur of the moment, she wished she had done some things better, she wished she had informed someone about her plans and wasn't so childish about it.“Here, have your food,” Stone said curtly.He was rude towards her and passed the food to her like she was an animal.Melanie looked at the food and felt nauseous, it looked like leftovers from a party or restaurant. No matter how hungry she was, she would not stoop that low.“Please, can you move a bit closer?” Melanie requested.She needed to teach this waste of sperm some manners, gentlemanly manners.“Why would I do that? I'm not that stupid y
Just when Jamal's Empire was beginning to recover from it's bankruptcy, Mr. Graham captured Melanie. It was as if when one problem was solved, another arose.He understood that his world of business was competitive but the determination of his rivalries was becoming annoying.Clara controlled the drone that surveyed Mr. Graham's house, they all decided to do it from Jamal's office so even if their monitoring device got caught, Mr. Graham would not know who the culprits were.Whilst Dennis was searching for something on the internet.Jamal gave each of them assigned tasks while he built a plan for them. He acted like a CIA agent, all in the quest to save his wife.“Mr. Graham has a lot of guards, do you think we would be able to do this?” Clara asked skeptically.Clara was viewing Mr. Graham's house and was baffled by the number of security guards.“How much are they?” Dennis asked.“So far, I have been able to see fifteen security guards, fifteen,” Clara stressed her words.Clara almo
Clara went in search of the old lady who gave them information about Mr. Graham Louis the last time.She lost her way several times because her map kept taking her to the wrong place and she felt frustrated. Last time, it was Dennis who drove them to the old lady and this time, she had to find the old lady on her own.She knew there was some left out information and she wanted to know what they were.She walked towards an old building and climbed the cranky elevator to the old lady's residence. It was difficult getting to her flat because the place was crowded with teenagers smoking and gambling, she had to maneuver through them.Clara was grateful that the old lady recognized her and it was easy communicating with her.She spoke with the old lady for a while before asking.“Do you by any chance have a picture of his wife?” Clara said, referring to Mr. Graham's wife.The old lady was silent for a while before responding.“I don't know why I should be giving such personal information
Jamal was astounded. The picture before him didn't make sense no matter how hard he tried to think logically.Clara came back with pictures of Mr. Graham's wife and she was beyond speechless. She always wondered why Mr. Graham was so free with Melanie and she thought it was because of his attraction to women, what she didn't know was that Melanie had a similar resemblance to Mr. Graham's wife.“Are you sure this is Mr. Graham's wife?” Jamal asked for the umpteenth time.“Yes, the old lady confirmed it,” Clara clarified.The picture looked like Melanie in so many ways, it just happened to be her younger self. The only difference was the height, slight difference in complexion, and eye color, other than that, Jamal could say that the person in the picture was his wife.“We should hold on to that old lady who released such vital information about Mr. Graham Louis,” Dennis suggested.Although the old lady claimed to be a family friend of Mr. Graham Louis, Dennis could not stop pondering t