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The honeymoon yet again was cut short.And why you might ask,?He had decided to make their honeymoon a month so that they would be able to explore and have a relaxing time before he returned after all he was the CEO of the biggest graphic designing company and while he was away he had people he trusted to take care of his company and call to tell him if things were fine or not.There was an unexpected hit at the house.His grandmother had slumped and fallen on the stairs something which had never happened before."We would be right there," Ryan said on the phone as his mother passed the news to him."What happened?" Stacy asked as she was already packing their things to go back home."Babe I am extremely sorry for our honeymoon and anything that has to make us happy always gets knocked," Ryan said as she was looking at Stacy and held her face."Silly you, I am excited about the two weeks we have spent here and it is memorable babe, let's go," She said kissing him and then pulling the
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"Why do we have to take a walk with you?" Anita asked how being childish."Because she is my mother as much as you are grandma, Mum, we can all gave a walk, it would be great having you both tell me more about pregnancy and the birthing process," Stacy said giving Ryan a smirk face before she went to pull Arianna from her standing point."If it is not okay with Ma, I'll stay back home I have done laundry to do by the way," Arianna said turning away."Oh drop being dramatic, you heard the child, let's go for the walk," Anita said while walking slowly to the door."Hold on, why do you have to do your laundry yourself, I thought we had maids for that?", Ryan asked." I stopped them from doing that, if she wants maids she should hire them herself and make sure she pays them", Anita said without turning back and continued walking in front Stacy just smiled while Ryan mouthed I know what to do.Sure he knew what to do.*****An hour into their walk Anita complained her feet could no longer
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On a gloomy evening in bustling New York City, an intense encounter took place between the two rivals -Ashton and Teddyy Gustave,The one led by the notorious drug lord Teddy Gustave was not ready to be hit by Ryan Ashton and he was determined to bring him down. The city residents of this area were no strangers to such violent exchanges but this encounter would leave them shaken for weeks to come.Teddy Gustsve had made a name for himself with his ruthless tactics and an army of loyal followers. However, he had made enemies with a rival gang, who had been building their strength and resources over the past few months to take him down. As the sunset cast an eerie glow over the city, the two men locked horns.Teddy had not anticipated the sheer number of his opponents in this attack. Despite their best efforts, his men were quickly outnumbered and soon found themselves caught in a hail of gunfire. The residents of the area were forced to flee from their homes as the sounds of skirmishes
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As Emilie and her crew had launched an attack on the family house she made sure to run as fast as her feet could carry her because she knew if she had to be caught by Ryan she would not hear the last of it.Somehow in her dumb mind, she thought the blonde wig she had worn might have conceded her face and Anita wouldn't know who she was but that was far from it.Emilie had taken the jewellery she felt she deserved and had sls9 made sure to smash Anita's head to cause the woman grave head damage."We would have to stay on the low now, Teddy I didn't know this plan would turn out to be this gruesome else I wouldn't have joined you" she complained."Well as you can see we are going into hiding what we did back there was enough to cause a man to kill and I don't regret any of it," Teddy said trying to arrange the cast on his arm from the injury Ryan had given him form their last gruesome encounter.Suddenly Emilie received a message from the investigator.Recently she had been getting anon
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The blood was transfused and Arianna was stabilised.Anita finally thought it wise that they should patch things up.This situation made her think hard because she knew she was going to lose her only child if she continued that way."I almost lost my daughter due to my hatred, I didn't even think of her when the attack came" Anita complained to Ryan as she for the first time in a long while could see the tears gather at the edge of his grandmother's eyes."It's okay grandma, mother would be fine her husband too is good he has been stabilised now please can you rest so you don't have your high blood pressure increase?" He asked with excitement lacing his voice.Even though he had major things in his mind as to how he was going to deal with Emikie and Teddy. His men were already at work but his mother and grandmother making up were so sweet at the moment and he enjoyed seeing the some on his grandmother's face."I'll go handle some business now when my wakes can you tell me?" he said St
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"Babe there's chaos everywhere and you want us to move out of the mansion?" Stacy asked confused."I am handling everything, babe and with us expecting our first fruit it should be at my grandparent's mansion come on, I've got the money to buy a house even now" he bragged."Ye I know but moving now when we've got to catch Emilie and Teddy isn't it risky?" she asked still concerned while tossing a chip into her mouth as he made his way around the kitchen making something simple for her to eat.It was great to finally see that his parents were no longer at the boy's quarters but his grandmother had made sure his stepfather and his mother move into the house at this time everyone was asleep but he and his crazy wife were downstairs simmering.Suddenly Stacy was certain she saw a figure pass by the kitchen window."Did you see that?" she asked Ryan who was by the fridge."See what love?" he asked confused looking around if he had dropped something."Someone just passed by the window," she
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"So what you are saying is we need to tighten our security?" Anita asked as they used the elevator up to the office."Yes, grandma and honestly I don't know why you insisted on coming to the office when you should be resting," he said."This meeting is important and u want to be by you when we hit the big deal," Anita said."It isn't as though I can't handle this by myself ma" he stopped to face her."I know that, I would love to see you seal the deal, I trust you wholeheartedly but I still can't be home all fat Ryan please I wouldn't come for the next one," she said "You keep saying that Grandma but always find your way to the office""Okay fine, I miss working, I don't have many friends, most of my friends are shoppers and you know how shopping irks me" she explain and he laughed because of all the women he knew his grandmother was a rare one.She would rather bury herself in work than go out shopping on sprees.She could have coffee and tea with the few socially elite women she kn
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Sometimes in life, we take stupid and drastic decisions which always tend to be what make us look weak in front of our enemies.Standing here and looking at what had just happened Ashton could only regret a bit as to why he had not listened to his wife or grandmother when they had told him to call the police on Emilie who had stomped the company."Emilie, Emilie?" Ryan Ashton called as he had blacked out and was left alone in the building where he had gone to meet Emilie at.The last thing he could remember was having pointed a gun at Emilie to produce Teddy since he wanted to fulfil what his pound of flesh wanted on the man who had caused his mother and grandmother hurt but right now.He was..."God damnit Emilie why am I naked?" he screamed but no one was in sight to help him out of the shit his stubbornness had gotten him into.Then all of a sudden a sultry seductive Emilie graced the bathroom door and stood before him."Do you want some more?" she asked slowly making her way to hi