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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
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"You mean she could get this far?"Arianna asked as Ryan explained everything to his family." Yes and I suspect she is going to go extremely further," he said."Damn this woman is something else," Stacy said walking up and down the room."Don't stress yourself, child!" Arianna said and she turned to look at Anita who simply turned her face away." Grandma. I've been thinking about Emilie and Teddy's crimes and I have the plan to get them to confess. Are you interested in hearing it?""Of course, Ryan! Please tell us your plan," said Stacy, intrigued."Well, I plan to catch Emilie and Teddy off guard by pretending to be on their side. I'll ask them to tell me everything they did in detail as if I'm curious and impressed by what they've done.""But you sure know it's not going to be easy for you to catch them the way you are saying it because he wouldn't even give two shits to know that you are on their side" Stacy questioned worriedly."I know but there's a business I think he is inter
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Anita and her daughter Ariana had a lot of catching up to do. It had been many months since the two had seen each other, and Anita felt the need to explain why she had been so angry with Ariana when the young woman had gotten married to a man of a lower class than the Ashton family. Even though they were now standing in the same room again, the atmosphere was tense between the two.Anita began by apologizing for not accepting her daughter's choice of husband right away. She explained that as the matriarch of the family, she had a responsibility to uphold the family name, and she couldn't help feeling that Ariana had done something to tarnish the great and noble history of her family. Ariana listened intently, and although her mother's words still hurt, the daughter was glad that finally, the truth was being brought to light after so much time apart.Anita then continued by telling her daughter that she had done some soul searching since then, and she realized that it wasn't about
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The company employees brought their welcome gifts for Stacy. Anita was excited she wasn't just a grandmother now but also she was a great-grandmother to two amazing babies and couldn't trade it for anything she was glad they came at a time when she could give her all for them although they still had a feud in the family and it was yet to have died down and there was so much bad blood and things had to be made to came to a calm."Oh my God, this is so beautiful," Stacy said as she saw everything that had been brought out to welcome her and she was extremely excited.As she got back home she was blessed to have such great in-laws who took care of her.Arianna herself was more than elated to take care of her grandchildren and from the looks of it she was going to spoil the children rotten.Arianna took very good care of Stacy during her recovery from her C-section wound. She cooked for her and made sure that she always had healthy and nutritious meals. She was by her side to help duri
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"And what plan could this be," Alain asked inquisitively."Well it's been Three weeks since we ambushed him and claimed he had sex with me maybe we could use this now to make him think he got me pregnant," Emilie said."And you think he would believe you?" Alan asked her as he looked sceptical at the couple, he expected her and Teddy to not be this outspoken about their plans but as truth would have it Emilie was mindless."Okay, so when do you plan on doing this?" Teddy asked as they could all see he had bought the idea of it already.After Alan left the duo sat back to plan how they were going to get Ryan to think he was responsible for the pregnancy she would call she was having for him.Emilie and Teddy both knew how powerful of a move it would be to convince Alan that Ryan was the perpetrator of a fake pregnancy for them to get the sum of $50000 from him. Emilie spoke first, saying "Alan, Teddy and I have come up with a plan that we think can get us the money you promised." Te
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"Sir we need a representative to go to New York to supervise the conglomerate," Ernestine said."Why get a representative when I can go myself?" Ryan said.Ernestine was waiting for he would send her there so she could do what she had planned in mind."I was thinking I could go since you have a family crisis, and other things to attend to," Ernestine said."You can't be serious Ernestine, I am the CEO here a d I want you to let me make the decisions around here and wait, why would you say I would be occupied with a family crisis, I haven't discussed anything with you as concerns my family squabbles so what do you mean?" Ryan asked her."Sorry sir I just, umm...I kind of heard you and your grandma talk the other day your estranged wife came here" she said scratching the back of her neck nervously."I'll go to New York myself it shouldn't be long, it should be a day something and ill be back, and I would advise you to take this energy of snooping around to focus on what is okay in front
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"This is news to me because from all I can remember we are not in any way a couple and we haven't been having sexual relations" Ryan responded nonchalantly."What do you mean, don't you remember three weeks ago you were all over me and you left your seed inside of me" she tried to convince him when she heard him not taking what she had said seriously?"I can assure you u didn't have sex with you," he said."Ryan don't you play with me, or ill release your nude to everyone who holds you in high esteem and then we would see from there if it is going to be so nonchalant" she used the card she knew he would not like getting out.And somehow it worked because he didn't want his naked photos in tabloids it would ruin his family and family name and not just that even his business name could go down the drain with that one act of hers."Okay Emilie, what do you want?" he asked after heaving a big sigh."Now you are talking" she smiled at her end."Speak," he said in a frustrated tone."Well w