Tar! Tar! Tar! Mike and Lily continued to let out painful screams as their faces shifted from one side to the other at each strike. Their cheeks had turned purple and red as tears flowed down their faces At the same time, they pleaded for mercy non-stop “Please sir, forgive us, we are sorry, we will never offend you again” “Please sir have mercy” The CEO threw his face away and as his men continued to land blinding slaps to the two people whom he regarded as fools. Miranda sat at the corner wailing her eyes out as she saw her daughter being beaten like an animal. “Please I beg of you, Lily is sorry please show mercy,” Miranda said, walking towards the men, but the stern glare from the them made her halt in her steps, as she snapped her mouth shut instantly “Please sir, forgive us” Lily and Mike cried, their cheeks becoming too heavy to lift Despite their pleas the men continued landing heavy slaps on their faces with full force. When Lily saw that their pleas had b
The CEO’s men dragged Lily,Miranda, Ben and Mike out of the hall as they screamed at the top of their voices. “You will surely regret this! I mean it! All of you will come back crawling like idiots by the time the chairman hears about this!” Lily yelled, kicking her legs in defiance as the men dragged her out. “Wow, this is shocking” one of the guests said, heaving a deep sigh“The woman of the day has been bundled out from her own event”another woman added “Such a tragedy, I wonder how they are going to face the embarrassment”“How did she go from being the golden girl who was supposed to sign her partnership with A and U today, to a disgrace?” One of the women who had kept quiet and had just been listening, finally spoke up “But on the other hand, has anyone thought of why the A and U group suddenly canceled the partnership with Lily's company” “Didn't you see what she did?”another woman snapped “Yeah I saw that, she insulted that man” “He isn't just an ordinary man, he is th
“Mr Baron , I am sorry, but the DNA test results came back negative” the doctor informed Andrew, his voice laced with sympathy. “ Which means I'm not Winnie’s father? Andrew asked, staring at the doctor with wide eyes , hoping that he'd refute what he had just said and confirm that it was a mistake. But —it never came. And for the first time ever , he was short of words, he opened his mouth to say something, but no words came forth . His heart was heavy with dread, and he could feel his heart banging against his chest. “Mr Baron , we've had similar cases in the past and most of them ended up being a case of paternity fraud” The doctor suggested, adjusting his glasses. “No, this is definitely not a similar case” Andrew countered, lost in thoughts. There is only one answer to this, he thought, using a white handkerchief to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead. He had found out that his 3 year old daughter had sickle cell anemia. It was shocking to him because he was sure of h
“Oh that, I guess you must have found out, It took you long enough” Lily said absentmindedly, using her fingers to comb out her long blonde hair. “Don't you think having a child for a miserable man like you, would have been the biggest mistake of my life?” She turned to face Andrew , staring down at him disdainfully. Her words slammed into Andrew''s heart, his jaw tightening in anger. 7 years ago,at the brink of death, a young girl saved him from the same accident that took his parents. Andrew gave the girl his family's bracelet that had a special mark on it, as a way to show appreciation. 4 years later, having learned various top notch skills and built his empire from scratch with the help of a mysterious man that picked interest in him, he went in search of the young girl who saved him on that day he escaped death . And that was how he met Lily Harlow—the girl who saved his life and was still in possession of the bracelet he gave to her. Although Andrew had been hiding
Andrew froze, Lily's words sinking into his head. “ You were in possession of that bracelet”“How come you were not the girl who saved me!?“Answer me this minute !” Andrew yelled, his eyes flashing with rage, his deathly glare pinned on Lily. “Bracelet? Oh that?” Lily snorted disdainfully. She got up from the bed, and stood in front of the white vanity, tying her hair into a bun, she turned to face Andrew. "You know, when I first saw the mark on that bracelet, I thought it was a sign. A sign that you were special, that you were worth something. But I was wrong. So very wrong.”“ You are utter trash!” she yelled, glaring down at Andrew in disgust. Andrew clenched his jaw, his eyes filled with fury“I won't ask again, how did you get that bracelet! ” he asked, his tone cold and deadly. Lily let out a chuckle “Why don't you go ask that naive broke ass friend of mine, she will explain better to you”“ Friend?” Andrew thought, his mind swirling with confusion “ Oh,but I'm sorry,you
“That bastard is a cheater, because why would he agree to the divorce easily?” Lily complained, and for some reason, was disappointed and angry that Andrew didn't think twice before accepting the divorce. She had expected him to beg, and bawl his eyes out asking for a second chance, but he didn't, and that surprised the hell out of her. There was no other reasonable explanation she could think of, that made him agree to the divorce like that —if not, that he had been cheating on her. “I hope I don't see that hoe of his, because I'm going to teach them both a lesson” She threatened, picking up her phone from the bed. “Babe, come and see, your ex is getting into the latest range rover Prado ?” Mike called out , still peeping from the window, his gaze fixed on the car, till it went out of sight. “ Don't take that puppet seriously, he's probably a driver” Lily mocked, her eyes fixed on the phone in her hands. “Oh, I never thought of that, I thought he had graduated to hijacki
“And by the way, I'm surprised to see that they allow species like you in here, tell me, what brings someone like you to the exquisite A and U mall? Mike asked, feigning interest “ It's none of your business.” Andrew said coldly, turning his back to take his leave. But the next words that fell off Mike's lips, had him pausing in his tracks as he turned to face him. “ My wedding with Lily will be happening a day after the banquet ” Mike smirked at Andrew.“ That's nice,” Andrew paused, before continuing. “But, hope you are aware that you could get tossed aside like a rag before your wedding day? ” Andrew said nonchalantly, staring hard at the man whose countenance turned cold,his face flushing with embarrassment. Mike managed to force out a fake laugh, but his insides were burning with rage, “ And who told you that!?” He asked, his face morphing into a deeper frown “Who knows? Lily might change her mind about the wedding after seeing the chairman of A and U. You know, we can't t
1 hour later, Andrew stood inside the tiny scattered room, he was sure this was the house his investigator had told him she stayed in. But what he was seeing now was different, the room looked like it had been deserted for months. And why was it unlocked? Did she move? Andrew thought of many possible answers to the questions he had, but he found none. Concluding that this was not the house, he walked out of the battered green building and dug out his phone from his pocket, about to call his investigator and scold for giving him a wrong address. “Poor girl, I doubt she would come out of that alive” a voice flew into Andrew's ear, and he paused in his tracks. He snapped his head to the direction and saw two women seated on a bench at the corner, and they weren't there when he had passed earlier. Heaving a sigh of relief, he approached them to see if he could get answers to his questions. “She was kind, she didn't deserve such a cruel fate” the first woman said, her voi