51.There was tension and excitement all over the room as people waited.They even started betting on what kind of a person would walk in and Macy had to kiss."What if it's a waiter?" one asked."A waiter would be okay," another answered."But I'm thinking, what if it's a beggar?Imagine someone who never brushes their teeth and is dirty and smelly," another joked as she laughed loudly."I would rather kiss my fellow girl than a beggar," a girl that was in the support casts said with a look of disgust. "You are an idiot. This is a five star hotel.What would a beggar be doing here?Do you even think the guards at the main entrance would allow such a person in?" Another countered."It was just a thought," she defended herself."What if the director comes back?Will Macy be able to do it?" Another asked and there was another uproar on the implications of what would happen if that happened."She woukd be lucky to kiss such a person. I go for a waiter or a waitress," the discussion cont
52.Today, Richard had driven an Audi. For all the times Macy had been into Richard's mansion, she had never been to the garage.This was because there was always someone to bring the car over whenever she wanted to go anywhere and there was no need to thus go to the garage.She such didn't know how many cars Richard owned but by the look of it, there must be several.Macy wanted to get into the back seat but she realized that the car only had one door.To get to the back seat, one had to lift the gunshot seat and Macy didn't know how.May opened the front door of the vehicle and crouched to talk to Richard."Boss, could you take care of Macy tonight? I have somewhere to be, please?" May asked and Macy wondered why she needed to be taken care of and she almost spoke but heard Richard's monotone grunt as he accepted May's request."Thank you boss," May said as she stood back up and smiled at Macy."See you on Monday for the photo shoots of the second promotional poster.Take care of yo
53.Macy was just sitting on the bar stool minding her own business and planning on her mind what to tell Richard or how to get out of their lives when she heard a commotion.She turned and saw several girls dressed like wanna be socialites walking towards the bar."Barman, give us the most expensive wine you have," one of them said and Macy lost interest in them.She was here to think and not even such unlearned girls would take her mind off that.The bartender produced a bottle of wine and gave the ladies and gave them some wine glasses."I thought that this club served only high class people.When did they start allowing cheap whores in?" The girl who had asked for the wine asked again.Macy was the target but she didn't hear what the girl had asked because her mind was on other 'more important' things. When they didn't get any reaction from Macy, they were happy and since she wasn't concentrating on them, they wondered how to go about it.They left for upstairs again and Macy ask
54."Just promise me that after you see what I can do you will leave her alone," Jesse screamed but Richard just smiled without saying anything."Okay, bartender, fill up everyone with whatever it is they are taking and put it on my tab," Jesse said angrily trying to prove to Richard that he had money."Beauty, men like him hide in suits and have nothing.Come to me and I will give you money," Jesse told Macy who just smiled at him without saying anything."Do we really have to do this? Just let him go," Macy tried talking to Richard but Richard wouldn't have it."He insulted and disrespected you first.Let him pay for it," Richard said.If it was him whom Jesse had disrespected, Richard would have thought of letting it go. But this was Macy.He wasn't about to let it go just like that."Is that all?" Richard asked."How much is it?" Richard asked the bartender."Three thousand one hundred and eighty cents," the bartender said and Richard scoffed."Why are you scoffing, can you do tha
55.Richard was done with people thinking that they could do whatever they wanted with his businesses and his personal life.He wondered where they got even an inkling that he was a weakling after disappearing for five years.So, even if he had asked May to set up a fake auction for truffles to catch the thief, he still wanted to work on it by himself.He wanted to keep reminding these people that he was back and he wasn't gonna standby and watch as they disrespected him.It was time they realized that Zeus still ran the streets of DC.You stay out of his way and he does the same for you and you trample on his dignity and he makes sure that you won't live to do it tomorrow or to even think of doing it.He also discovered that he had become softer since he had become a father.If it was before, he would have, for instance, killed Cassy a long time ago.The reason why he had taken pity on her was because she gave him the opportunity to be called a father.He had gotten rid of her and if
56.Jose Alberto Diaz was a Mexican who had come to America to search for a better life.Like any other immigrant, he was chasing the American dream that promised endless fruits.But when he landed in DC after so many trials and suffering from the boarder to Texas and across to New Mexico. He did this by hitching rides here and there and walking across deserted roads because the last thing he needed was get arrested with no papers and get sent back.He had little money for food and to call his agent to ask for directions and such. He settled in New Mexico for a while until someone told him that there was a job he could do as a chauffer in California.He took a bus that took him hours across Arizona to California and by the time he was getting there, fake papers had already been prepared and he now had a 'permit' to work in the US.This was the life Jose had been dreaming about and he was happy that his agent didn't fail him.He became the driver of one Gerald Stone and Gerald was a g
57.Jose sat there wondering what answer to give.He did not want to double cross his old boss because he was the man he was today because of Gerald.Also, he could not say no to this man because he seemed to be even better than his boss.Jose was also afraid of the fact that this man knew everything about him.This man seemed to be even better than Gerald when it came to getting information about people.He wondered when this man had started investigating him because he had been here for less than two hours.The last he checked, he wasn't in any American data system and he thus wondered what ways this man had used.According to Jose, for the man seated across him to know who he was and know even such minute details about him, he must have taken a very long period of time."When did you start investigating me?" Jose asked."I hadn't met you until you walked through my doors carrying my truffles," Richard answered truthfully.What Jose didn't know was that it was true that Richard hadn
58.Richard was a grifter other than being a hit man and a business man among others.As a grifter, he was able to read people's faces and manipulate them.That night after picking Macy from the bar, he could tell that she was conflicted.He knew that she would run away from him the first chance she got and he blamed himself for going on her too hard.He shouldn't have kissed her.But should he have let someone else kiss her? He didn't think so.He didn't regret the fact that he kissed her. It felf so right.He decided to take precautions to make sure that she stayed.He didn't want Mel to face another heartbreak from being left by someone she held dear.He thus would keep Macy close for Mel's sake; or so he told himself.He thus drove very quickly to Royal Apartments where they had gotten Macy an apartment.As he was driving, he called his brother.By now, Asher who worshipped his older brother was used to being called at odd hours for favour's and all.But he never regretted helping
128. By the time Richard and Macy were done with entertaining the guests, time was far much spent.They thus decided to retire to their room and then leave for their honeymoon the next morning. Richard carried Macy across the threshold as was traditionally unacceptable for a groom to let his wife to enter the door walking in her first day as a wedded wife.Macy was so happy that she felt as if whatever she had going through was being compensated. By the time Richard was placing her on the bed that had been decorated with red roses, her ribs were tired from all the laughing.She was happy.She had two children and a man who adored her. She could not ask for more. “Do you want to take a bath first?” Richard asked her after helping her take off the high heeled shoes she had been wearing.“Yes. I will go first,” she told him.“Okay. I will help you prepare the bathtub," he offered."No. That's okay. I want to have a shower because I am tired. I just want to lay down,” she said and he n
127. The moment was intimate and all Richard could see was Macy. He didn't want to think of everyone gathered in the hall because he hated crowds and the reason why he did all this was for her.Another reason he held this wedding on an island was to make sure that not many people attended.The air was charged with excitement as those gathered waited to hear what Richard would say. Some wondered if it would be as heart touching as Macy's or if it would be blunt. As Richard took a deep breath, the crowd fell silent, anticipation hanging in the air. He turned to Macey, her eyes sparkling with joy, and began to speak the words he had carefully crafted in his heart. “Macy,” he started, his voice steady yet brimming with emotion, “from the moment I met you, I knew you were the one I wanted to spend my life with. You are my rock, my confidante, and my greatest adventure. With you, I have found a love that I never knew existed.”Tears glimmered in Macey’s eyes as Richard continued, recountin
126. “Macy, darling, we are so sorry for everything that we did. Please find it in your heart to forgive us," Mrs Phillips said and Macy just stood there both embarrassed and angry.She wondered why they had to make a scene even though she had allowed them in.“We are also thankful that you allowed us to your wedding. Thank you so much darling," her father added.“Just sit and let us continue," Macy said feeling all embarrassed because there were other people in the hall who weren't family and although it wasn't a secret now after the live broadcast of Angela washing her dirty linen in public that these people had neglected their own daughter and nurtured the one who had killed their own son, she wasn't ready to deal with them.This was supposed to be her day and not theirs.“No, darling. We won't sit unless you say that you have forgiven us," her mother, Mrs Phillips, said and she sighed.“You do realise that today is supposed to be about me and not you, right?" Macy asked the two wh
125. Macy couldn't believe that this day was here. All her life ever since she found out that she had slept with a stranger and got pregnant, she never thought that she would ever get a man to love her but here she was.Not only did this man love her but was also the father of her child-ren.She followed Richard's footsteps until they came to the raised dais where her brother, Asher, May, Mel and Jared were standing.For the first time ever, Macy got to see May in a flowing dress.She had always seen May with leather pants or jeans pants and leather jackets. But now, she really looked like a girl.Macy stood on the left side of Richard where she was directed and they faced the people.She hadn't gotten the time to look at this place since they obviously had got there at night and she hadn't gone around since, well, she was getting ready for this.The hall wasn't as big and she even didn't know that they were on an island but she felt the waves hit rocks and she, at first, thought that
124. Life is a blessing and we only have one of it. In this life, we have plenty of challenges and heartbreaking events that we at times feel like we won't be able to move on from but as long as we have theones we love right beside us it makes it all worth it.One of life's gifts is finding someone you can share the rest of your life with, someone who will be there for you through thick and thin and love you for who you arenot what you have.Richard had found such a person who was currently lying in his arms. He wanted nothing more but to spend the rest of his life with this woman and no one else. As he lay on the bed his gaze lingered on Macy with a hard to describe smile on his face. He couldn't believe that he had been this lucky.He also smiled when he remembered when he was drugged by his brother. He almost killed his brother but now, he was happy and he would even reward Asher with the latest Tesla that he had been asking for.They had arrived at his uncle's villa on the Indi
123. “Mom, hurry up, we have to leave," Mel hurried her mother who was still getting ready. It wasn't that Macy wasn't ready it was just that she had just been informed by her man that they were leaving in an hour's time and they were going for a vacation. “What should I carry? Why didn't you tell me at least yesterday and I would have gotten ready!" She had complained wondering where to start. “Don't worry about that. It was a surprise and we already packed for you. All we want is for you to go with us," he has said and the children had beamed. “Yes ma, just wear something and let's leave. This will be my first vacation with my real family," Jared had urged and that was how Macy had found herself getting ready and now, she was wondering what to wear because she had even forgotten to ask where they were going. “Where are we going again? What do I wear?" She shouted from her bedroom and Richard shouted back, “just wear anything. One of those cute dresses of yours.” "Yes mama. The
122. Since Macy said yes to marrying Richard and they got their boy back, Richard had become like Macy's second cloth.He would be wherever she was and if he wasn't lying on her if she was sitting, he would be touching her here and there provided he could feel her.He even spent his days in the studio watching her film but Macy didn't mind although people started talking.For the first time, the mysterious first son of the Armstrong family started showing up in public.This clingy behaviour went on for a month though it wasn't as severe as before. He stopped following a lot but he would casually send cute texts and pictures whenever they were apart.All of a sudden, the ice cube who had no social media accounts created them and shared with the world that he was the happiest man alive.His IG moments were always filled with things like 'My Beautiful fiancè made me breakfast today #inlove' followed by a picture. Sometimes it was random pictures of Macy doing the most regular of things
121. Did you guys hear? The dark angel was finally picked up by the police.For real? Where? I wish I was there and I would have thrown the first stone.Bitch doesn't deserve jail. She deserves hell.I pity the women she will share a cell with. She might off them.Some people like her deserve Azkaban.Oh, only if Harry Potter wasn't fictional.This one doesn't deserve death. Let her suffer in jail for years and years.Lawwd! Why am I not the judge.Guys, y'all here talking about the dark angel and none of you pities the girl whose life she destroyed.Upstairs. You forgot her husband. Poor fella.If he needs a wife, yours truly is here.Upstairs… *laugh emoji* keep dreaming. If I were him, I would be running at the sight of women. Baaaad news! Upstairs: *gun emoji* *grenade emoji*Those and more were the snippets of conversation going on in the new account someone opened on Facebook dedicated solely to bashing Angela.She had been picked by the police the day after Doctor Maxwell con
"A wedding?" Ash asked, low-set ginger brows furrowing even deeper."Why so fast?" He shouted this time."A wedding," Richard said with a slow grin,and a collective set of gasps filled theair. "I'm gonna marry her on the thirtyfirst this month. I want to belong to her, legally. I want to say those vows you see in movies, to give her not just my mind and body and heart, but the very essence of my soul. I want to give it all since I'm in this relationship for the forever haul.""Er, a-a-actually, uh," Kyle stammered, looking flustered, "well, um... y-yeah,we could do that. But don't you think that we could give my sister some time to prepare? She is a girl and they tend to want everything to be meticulous," he said and they all looked at him.Dinner had been eaten and now, then men were in the pool room playing pool whole the women were somewhete catching up.Richard had just dropped the bomb that he wanted to marry Macy by the end of the month which was like a week and a few day