Jamal, Clara, and Dennis made plans to unveil who Mr. Graham was. Clara already got information from Jamal's stepfamily that Mr. Graham would be going to his club for a meeting, so they planned to follow Mr. Graham to find out more about him.“Clara and I will keep track of his movements from afar, check his routines, and maybe find out more,” Dennis confirmed.“Alright, just be careful and make sure nobody notices your presence, he has a lot of men to protect him,” Jamal advised.Dennis and Clara had been following Mr. Graham for a while when they saw something that caught their attention.Mr. Graham was standing in front of an unknown building but he was with a lady, she seemed to be fond of him, and that piqued Dennis's and Clara's interest.Who could that be? Clara asked within herself.“Strangely, Mr. Graham would be having a conversation with someone that isn't his man in front of a building, outside his car, don't you think?” Clara observed.It did not seem formal and it looked
It was Melanie. Clara's expression was etched with confusion. What was she doing here and with such a person as Mr. Graham? Did she leave Jamal for Mr. Graham? That is impossible! Clara exclaimed inwardly.“What is your cousin doing there?” Dennis asked Clara.Clara was still dumbstruck and couldn't find the right words to use.“At least this question concerns you,” Dennis continued.“Call Jamal,” Clara demanded.“I don't think it is the right thing to do,” Dennis said.“What do you mean the right thing, I thought your loyalty was to Jamal?” Clara asked angrily.She couldn't believe her cousin was cheating on Jamal and with no other person than his rival. She expected more from her cousin, she felt disappointed by her actions.“I am loyal to Jamal, don't get me wrong, all I am saying is that this is their business, it is not ours,” Dennis explained.He didn't want to be the cause of any misfortune in his boss's life, it was better to stay out of it. He also knew Melanie was not stupid
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