“What happened to your face?” she asked. Damion cursed inwardly as he quickly dropped the cup back on the grass and pulled his hoodie to cover that side of his face. He had removed his nose mask with the hope that his hoodie was big enough to make up for the absence of it.
“Nothing,” He answered, his face still hidden from her. Bianca crawled forward on her knees and when she positioned herself in front of him, she raised his head up and gently removed the hand that was holding the hoodie, squinting her eyes to examine the damage.She was so close to Damion that he could see the changes of her emotions flashing across her eyes. First, it was shock, then pity before it all morphed into anger.“Who did this to you, Damion? Please tell me,” she pleaded. Thank God her father had a law firm so she knew ways in which she could help him if it came to the law or charging the person to court.“Don’t bother about it, really. I’m fine,” he said as he subtlDamion breathed deeply as he shut the door of the restroom behind him. He stared at himself in the mirror of the bathroom stall and he could see the anger still present in his eyes.Only this time, it was not directed at Bianca but himself. What was he thinking taking his frustrations and helplessness on a woman who was only trying to help?His family would be so disappointed in him if they hear about what he had done, and what about Bianca’s family? When they were introducing themselves the day before, she had mentioned that her dad was the CEO of one of the best law firms in the country. He was screwed if her dad got to hear about what he had done. He screamed as he removed his face cap and pulled at his hair. As if he didn’t already have enough trouble to deal with, he had added more.Heartbroken, he called Bella. “Hello cousin. So nice of you to call me after a long while. I’m preparing for a shoot right now and I was going to call you when I finish here,” Bella said over the pho
Bella excused herself from the dining table and went to meet Damion where he stood with his head bowed. “Did something happen?” she rested her hand on his shoulder in a silent show of support.Damion shook his head and touched her hand lightly, “Let’s go eat. I’ll explain later.”Bella looked at him worriedly as he turned and left but she followed, filing everything in her head for later. They all sat down at the table while the chefs brought in the food.“This looks so delicious, Ericson.” Patricia, Bianca’s mother, appraised to which Ericson responded with, “It’s all the chefs. Most times, I have no idea what I want to eat. I learned a long time ago to just leave everything in their hands.”Everyone chuckled at that except Damion and Bianca, each lost in their own thoughts. Ericson sat down on one end of the table, Bella on his right and Damion on his left, while Roberts sat on the other end, his wife on his left and Bianca on his right; that way, Damion and Bianca sat side by side
“What in God’s name was that drama you performed at the Lance mansion all about?” Bianca’s father burst out in rage immediately as they entered the family room.Bianca knew it would come to this, and there was no escaping what was to come. Her father had been silent throughout the car ride and her mother had played some country music to help with the tension in the car.The tension was so alive, brimming with electricity that Bianca had felt it on her skin, even though none of them had said a word.This was one of the days she was thankful that her father had insisted on driving them himself. If a driver had taken them to the Lance mansion, there would have been no way she would escape her father’s wrath in the car.It was when he filed into the family room upon getting to the house that she knew it was not going to be easy at all. Her father was going to lash out on her with everything he’s got, but she was determined to stand her ground. She would not be a pawn any longer.“I just s
Damion left the house with a heavy heart. Life was so fragile and small that the first time he made a mistake, karma decided to payback immediately. There was no opportunity to right his wrongs before the retribution for them came. He had already gotten on his bike before he realized that he had no idea where he was going. He didn’t know where the Gales lived.‘Bianca Gale. The name suited her,’ he thought as he took his phone out of his pocket to message Bella and ask for the address.He could have just gone in to ask but he couldn’t bear seeing the look of disappointment on his grandfather’s face anymore. His words from earlier had crushed his heart but he knew he deserved the harsh words and more.There was no excuse for what he had done to his betrothed, even though he didn’t know she was the one at the time. And just like his grandfather had stated earlier, if he had accepted their help, all these would not have happened in the first place.A notification came in his phone and h
“Can you drive?” Bianca asked, tossing Damion the key to her car as she climbed into the passenger side without waiting for his response.Damion sighed as he watched her get comfortable in the car, checking herself out on her phone camera. He was now in a dilemma because he had wanted to tell her he didn’t drive but she had already made her choice so he got into the driver’s seat and inserted the key.“You know, for a minute there, I thought you were going to say you didn’t drive,” she taunted and Damion decided it would have been a bad idea to tell her he didn’t drive so he steeled his mind and turned the key in the ignition. In truth, Damion had only learnt how to drive when he was still back at the orphanage.Old Mr. Ben, one of the neighbors then, had taught him how to drive his old truck and he had practiced after school everyday for three months. But ever since he left the orphanage, he had not driven any other car.And even though he wanted to say no to Bianca, he started the
Damion slowly stepped on the gas this time around as Bianca guided him into putting the gear in reverse. As he guided the car out of the compound, Bianca had taught him how to work with the gear in her car, and soon they were cruising downtown.As he drove, Bianca connected her bluetooth to the car’s speaker and started to sing along to the music. Damion glanced at her once in a while to see her head thrown back, her hand fisted in front of her mouth to resemble a microphone and she was belting the lyrics, singing along.He smiled as he concentrated fully on the road. This was the first time he was seeing Bianca in her element, happy and carefree. And the realization brought him happiness too.He stopped the car in his old apartment. “Where are we?” Bianca asked, opening her eyes once the car stopped.“Welcome to my compound. I need to go in and change from this suit quickly. You didn’t think I was going to go get ice cream in a five thousand dollar Italian suit, did you?” he asked, r
“I have a question for you. Do you still want to cancel our engagement?” Damion asked after a while. Bianca thought about it for a while and sighed heavily. It wasn’t like she wanted to cancel the engagement earlier, it was just the anger that made her do it. She liked Damion more than she would admit to him but she didn’t want him bound to her just because of a silly betrothal made by their guardians without their consent.Marrying a man out of obligation rather than love was something she had never wanted for herself and she wouldn’t start wanting it now.“Honestly, yes.” Damion tried to hide his disappointment but Bianca noticed it anyway.She held out her hand and rested it on his thighs, causing his attention to shift to her face. “I really like you Damion and I could see myself marrying you, but I don’t want you to feel obligated to marry me. I have always wanted to fall madly in love with the man I’m going to marry and I want the same for you too,” she told him in a soft voi
Damion walked into the office he saw Bianca disappear and he found her on a queue wanting to pay for the rides. He walked up to her and pulled her away.“What are you doing? You just made all my hard work amount to nothing, now I’ll have to queue at the end of the line all over again.” she whined as she crossed her arms over her chest and when she was done talking, her lips pursed into a pout.“Come on. I saw an arena where we could watch the racers on the other end, and if you don’t mind I'd really love to watch a race or two before getting the tickets,” Damion remarked, pulling her as he stalked to the other end of the establishment.She snatched her hand away from his, and squinted her eyes at him.“You’re not using this as a tactic to avoid competing with me, are you?” Damion laughed as if she just said the most ridiculous thing. “Come on, why would I do that?”“Well, because you know I would beat you,” she replied, so confident in her skills. “Babe, even if I was to compete with
It was funny how time flies. Within a twinkle of an eye Damion's much-anticipated wedding was here, this was going to be a wedding that would be talked about for generations to come. Although, right now, many were confused as to which of the weddings they would be attending, this was due to how close the venue of Damion and Wes' wedding was. Of Course, given that Wes was the CEO of W&S holdings, everyone would prefer to attend his wedding instead of that of a common man like Damion. Most people thought that the only reason Damion's wedding was promoted and popular was due to Bianca's status as one of the most popular models in all of Gold City. Right now the whole venue was flooded with people, different people from different places around Gold City, they had all come for Wes and Malika's wedding. The wedding was to be held at the largest event center in the city. While that of Damion was in the second largest, which was just a stone's throw from that of Wes. At the venue
It's been over two months since the incident at the Lance Towers, Gerard has been sentenced to prison together with Mr Smith who was guilty of being an accomplice. Although his father was found as an accomplice, this has not affected Wes's status; he had resigned from the Lance Medical Hospital and decided to begin work as the CEO of W&S holdings. The bitterness in Wes' heart was still there, and since his father was in prison, he decided to ruin Damion's life, although he knew that harming Damon was out of it as he didn't want to end up like his father. However, he vowed that he would make sure he embarrassed Damion in public, belittling him to the point where he would see himself as a low-life pauper with no place in the affairs of the rich. Bella was already well and strong, she had already resumed her acting career which seemed to be soaring higher with the help of Scott. The two had become the talk of the town as their movies broke the internet, any movie they acted tog
Damion watched as the police huddled the already paralyzed Gerard into their vehicle together with the Anslem soldier who was just regaining consciousness. “Dr Damion, we meet again" Detective Reeves commented as he approached Damion, stretching out his hands for a handshake. “You are here just in time detective" Damion replied as he shook the man's hand. “Just in time? Doesn't look like it” Detective Reeves answered. “How did you know about this?" Damion inquired out of curiosity. “Jack called, he also sent a text, summarizing all that was happening, all about the bug and all that" Detective Reeves revealed "I see, this is all Jack's doing," Damion smiled. “Why didn't you report this to the police earlier?" Reeves questioned. “The reason is best known to me" Damion smiled as he turned around and began to walk away, leaving the detective standing with his gaze on Damion. A vehicle suddenly pulled up in front of Damion. “Need a ride?" A voice came from the vehicle and
Immediately the shit was fired, the whole place went into a frenzy and some of the Anslem soldiers rushed to protect their leader, gunshots sounded everywhere. “Are you ok sir?" One of the Anslem soldiers asked Mr Gerard as he helped him back to his feet. “Get the van ready” the man instructed another soldier who quickly ran into the van and started the engine. All this while Damion still had his eyes locked on Gerard, he wouldn't let the man out of his sight, never, he wasn't done with him yet. Damion was about to attack again when fleets of cop cars drove into the place, and as the doors opened, Detective Reeves together with his partner Helen and other police officers stepped out. This was the handiwork of Jack, the person whom he had spoken to on the phone a while ago was none other than Detective Reeves, after the call, he had texted me Reeves, explaining every single detail of what was happening, although it was a summary, it was still enough for reeves to comprehend.
It came as a huge surprise to Mr Lance, to see Bella held captive by Gerard, Mr Lance hadn't thought of this at all, it had never crossed his mind that Bella wouldn't be safe. As Mr Lance stood there, eyes wide open staring at his granddaughter rough-handled and tied to a chair by this animal of a man named Gerard, Mr Lance gritted his teeth. Now he understood clearly what Scott meant when he said his dad would do things they weren't expecting at all. This was one of Mr Lance's fears, getting his family involved in things like this, Bella was the only family he had left before he found Damion, and now that he found Damion they were the only two family members he had left. His hand trembled as he swallowed hard, his mind calculating and thinking of the next course of action to take. Mr Lance knew that he needed to be careful as one little mistake might be the end of everything. The Anslem group soldiers weren't that much anymore, most of them had died, and some fled while o
As Davina lay there on the ground, she could feel the excruciating pains from her face, a part of her hair and shirt was already stained from her blood. Her breath was heavy and she blinked her eyes slowly, staring above, she could feel the energy in her body sipping out of her, and slowly she was beginning to lose consciousness. No matter how Davina tried to blink rapidly, in an attempt to stay awake, it seemed not to be working at all as her eyes felt heavy and the energy drainage on her body wasn't helping. A lone tear streamed down the side of her face down to her ears, and her eyes finally went shut, her mind went blank, and everywhere was dark. On the other hand, Nelly could be seen staggering towards the gun which was far away in the distance. It was funny how the two women had fought to the extent that they had pushed each other far away from the location of the gun. Nelly could already see the weapon, she couldn't walk faster than the way she was walking right
Back inside the lance towers, just outside the vault, Davina could be seen pacing around, her mind occupied, Jack had just confessed his feelings to her. It was something she wasn't expecting at all, although one part of her was very excited about this, the other part was a mixture of anger and fear. She couldn't help but frown deeply. “Why would he do that now, why would he tell me he loves me and run out to die like that just after telling me, what does he take me for, huh” Davina murmured angrily as she paced around. The gunshot sounds coming from outside the building weren't helping at all as they made her angry and scared at the same time. She cared so much for Jack and now that he had confessed his feelings to her, she wanted him back alone more than ever. “Please be safe” she muttered as she pressed her palms together and gritted her teeth. Davina's eyes traveled to the last place where she had seen the administrative assistant, Nelly. Davina frowned as the la
Mr Lance had expected this, he knew the Anslem group wouldn't stop without putting up a fight, it looked more like history was repeating itself. The Lance family had been in a fight like this with the Anslem group years back, it was in that fight that Mr Lance lost his son who turned out to be Damion's father. Damion's father was killed by the Anslem group, his death didn't happen in battle, it happened outside the battlefield, he was murdered alongside his wife, but that would be a story to tell another day.As the call ended, Mr Lance frowned, his eyes darted to the black man who was standing not too far from him. “Seal the doors and windows” Mr Lance ordered and the man nodded in affirmation as he got to work, sealing the windows. “What do we do about this?” Jack asked as he approached Mr Lance together with Davina and Jeremy. The call had been on loudspeaker so they had heard the message that was being passed to Mr lance. “They came for a fight and a fight is what we would g
Damion had never been so happy to see Jack and Davina, Just when he thought that all hope was lost, Jack and Davina came running to the rescue. While in the vehicle which had driven past the able-bodied men after them, splashing a pool of dirty water on them which was lodged by the side of the road, Damion couldn't help but wonder how Jack and Davina had came to know about this, or rather about his whereabouts or what he is up to. If he could remember correctly, he never told them about his visit to Scott and also his trip to the underground city for the second time, talking more about kidnapping Hakim and taking him to the Lance towers. Damion couldn't hold back the curiosity burning inside of him “Jack, I must say I have never been this happy to see you and Davina around, this was indeed a perfect timing.” Damion paused.“But I must ask” Damion continued “how did you get to know about this?, I mean how did you get to know what I wa