It was close to 9 pm and the hall was gradually becoming full. Everyone was seated on a table that corresponded to their standard, and only their level of influence could determine that. Modella was seated at table 16, meaning she and the other people seated at her table were ranked among the 16th most important person of the party. It was quite a pity for her to see her granddaughter seated at table 5. This showed how far she had overthrown her."Elizabeth, can you see what I'm seeing? Your daughter has taken it upon herself to destroy the family." Modella said while scanning the whole environment. She made sure her voice was low enough for the other people around her not to get what she was saying."I don't understand what you mean. How is she destroying the family?" Elizabeth played deaf ears to what her mom was saying. She knew what her mom meant by 'destroying the family' but she chose to be neutral because she didn't know whom to support."What I'm trying to say is-" loud music
"Excuse me, Sirs." Jace bowed his head and quickly dismissed himself. Fear stroke down every damn corner of his body. He walked till the end of the hall where all the controllers could not have access to him. He looked in the direction where his father was and they did eye contact. He brought his hands together and started begging his father in distance. This plead was for him not to reveal to Mayor Lamenz that he was his son.His father kept a contorted face but there was nothing he could do. He just changed his direction and served himself another drink.Once this problem was solved, his heart got back to normal. There was something that caught his attention. They were three reporters who were interviewing a man and a lady. He couldn't see their faces as they were in his back.What got intriguing was when he had access to the lady's gown. Those were the same clothes Amelia wore. To confirm his suspicion, he went a little bit ahead, and boom it was Amelia and Daryl who were holding
The party ended and the hall was full of murmurs as everyone tried to make their way out of the hall. To this effect, Amelia squeezed herself out of the hall and reached for her car. She zoomed it off and she was home in no time.Her legs were painful so she removed the shoes and started walking bare feet, clutching her shoes. She had entered the house and was reaching the stairs when she heard someone clapping. "Well done, Amelia." Granny Modella approached her."Granny, you are home already." Amelia turned around and declared with a tired tone."Don't you dare change the topic of our conversation. You knew about this collaboration between Storm and Marchburry, yet, you went ahead and hide it away from us? This only shows how egoistic you are." Modella said with lots of disdain."I'm not ready for that. If you want we can talk about it tomorrow. Good night." Amelia muttered. She turned again and was walking up the stairs."Young woman, stop there," Modella yelled, but it wasn't enoug
Jace was panicking in his trousers when he heard that question. He had no idea Amelia was in the bathroom when he harshly commanded through the phone.She was still cold towards him concerning the mayor's birthday, and how he deliberately turned himself into a waiter."I-I…." He stammered one more time."Will you just stop stammering and tell me who you were yelling to a while ago?" She straightened her back before yelling."I was just asking the doctor to take good care of Madam Gouvan. You know she has really helped me." Jace said immediately.That was the first idea that popped into his head, and without thinking if there was going to be a side effect, he bombarded.After sighing, she patted her lips before declaring, "You should have done that using a low tune. Remember, you have no money with you, so you should be begging him and not the contrary." She said."Yes, you are right. I think the idea of losing her scares me." He said slowly."Better," She halted before continuing, "No
Amelia rose on her feet, took her purse, and started walking towards the door, once she rested her hands on the doorknob, she turned and gazed at her grandma before smiling."Grandma, please…" She declared beneath her lips.Modella let out a deep breath before bundling herself into one. When she arrived close to the door, she whispered in Amelia's ears before walking away. She said Amelia was not going to run away from their conversation for long.Indeed Amelia was running away from their conversation. She was not ready to change the name of her company and not go into a collaboration with her granny. That was perhaps the last thing she wanted to do.She really had lots of work to do at the office, but she couldn't concentrate on them. She had to lie to her granny that she was going somewhere else.On reaching the login, she stumbled and nearly fell. Luckily a man was behind her, he was right on point in preventing her from falling."Ouch, be careful belle." The man who saved her said
"This is again something you want to please your wife with. I don't even know why you keep wanting to help her whereas she isn't doing anything to help you. Why don't you just divorce her, son?" Damian asked calmly. He rose from his seat and walked to the chair where Jace was comfortably seated."Dad, it's not what you think." Jace tried to convince his dad."Then make me understand. Because from this story the only thing coming to mind is the fact you are trying to do everything for her to forget about that guy. Can you tell me how you met this lady?" Damian asked sarcastically."I know Amelia is behaving this way because she thinks that dumbass is the one helping her. She thinks he has been the one providing her with everything she needs for her business" Jace uttered firmly.After some rounds of walks, Damian finally patted his lips and declared, "Instead of wanting to ruin him, why don't you just tell your wife who you are? I mean, you can tell her you had no idea you were a billi
"It was nice sharing a moment with you, Mrs. Amelia," Blake uttered with a smile on his face just after opening the car door for her."I can say the same here, it was much fun having breakfast with you." Amelia smiled at him before climbing down the car. With her purse clutched to her stomach, she gradually took her time when walking since she was wearing pointed heels.Just when she was about to enter the H-building, she heard someone call her name from the other side of the road. When she turned her head in that direction, she was faced with Daryl standing beside his car with his car keys shaking in his hands.Her shoulders dropped, at the same time she took a deep breath before starting to walk toward him. "Daryl what-" Before she could complete her statement, Daryl harshly interrupted her statement."What were you doing with that guy and why did you have breakfast with him?" Daryl asked her, his face full of irritation.Amelia turned her head in the direction of Blake's car and
"Good morning, darling. I made fruits and vegetables. Please have some before leaving the house." Jace stated with a bowl of fruits in his hands.Amelia dropped her jaws before replying to his plead, "You know I don't consume fruits in the morning." She said icily."I know that, but please just do this. It's been three days since you refused to talk to me. I know you are angry, so I made this for you." Jace stated hoping to make Amelia change her mind."Okay, okay. I will eat, not because of your pitiful face here. I'll eat just because I don't want your efforts to be reduced to nothing." Amelia said before dragging a chair out off the table. She tucked herself comfortably and began piercing on the fruits with a cutlery."I hope you are enjoying them, my love." Jace summoned his courage and stated with a bright smile beneath his lips. He gazed at his wife hoping she was going to say something. On the contrary, she gazed at him dangerously before concentrating back on her plate of frui
“I think we should take things slower. Let’s not rush things so we can learn to know each other better. Let’s define our priorities and goals.” Amelia mentioned while they were having dinner.“That’s true, you are very correct. I don’t want us to rush things. Let’s take the process gradually.” Jace confirmed.They spent another hour and it was time to leave. Jace opted to drop her at her house but she insisted that she wants to get a cab.“You have to chill, I’m not gonna allow you to go home on your own.” Jace insisted as he opened the car door for her. Left with no choice, she entered.She didn’t want in any way to be a burden to him, that's why she kept on refusing most of his services. This one she wasn’t going to escape.“Have a sound sleep.” Jace said. He dropped her in front of her gate and waved his hands at her.“Thanks, do have a nice sleep too.” Once he dropped her, he was off to his father’s house. It was literally two weeks since he had last set his foot in their house.
Elsy summoned her courtage and managed to go back to her house. She went there for just two reasons. Firstly, to get her luggage out of his house and secondly, to confront him. If he thinks he was going to go free of charge then he should step off his high horse. She went through his documents and fell on allthe contracts he signed with Marchburry. Going through every damn content, she was able to go through the terms and conditions of the contact. Indeed, Jace didn’t lie when he said Carlos' automobile no longer belonged to him.“My god, how come I didn’t see all this? I have been living in this house for as long as possible and it was just below my nose. How stupid I could be.” Elsy yelled at herself. She continued going through some documents of his. She found a pull of money. Not minding how much it was, she removed five lots of it and put that in her purse. She now kept the other pull back in its rightful position. When she heard the door creaking, she knew it was Carlos. She
“Start the car, we are visiting my father. I hope his maids are aware of my visit?” Jace asked Angelo as he struggled to arrange the files that laid scattered on his table.“Yes, young master. I told them already. The cook asked to know what you’ll love to eat. In no particular order, I stated all meals you love.” Angelo stated.With a smile, Jace heaved heavily. “Thank you, Angelo. Just give me some minutes, when I get done we will go home.” Jace proposed.“Oh, young master let me help you out.” Angelo proposed but Jace refused. He said he could do it on his own.Done at Storm, Angelo accompanied him home. He took his bath, wore one of the expensive suits he got and associated it with an expensive brogue. Looking at himself, he was ready to reintroduce himself to the world.“I’m ready, we can now take our leave.” He said. Angelo opened the door for him and sauntered out, heading to his father's mansion.In the surroundings, he could come into view with his father’s gate. It was bold
Twenty four hours passed and Daryl was still not home. He had spent the night at a nearby bar where he kept drinking and commanding for others.“Serve me and then serve the rest here in my bills. I’m gonna pay for all of them.” He ordered after he had taken his fifth bottle of beer. It was visible that he was tipsy and his statement was as a result of his drunkenness. The bartender knew him so he did just as he said. He served each and everyone present a bottle of beer.“Thank you biggest boss,” Those were the words the young dudes uttered after getting a bottle of beer free of charge.“You kids are all welcome,” He raised his hands and accepted their recognition. He was someone who was in love with those kinds of words.In forty minutes he was done with his drink. He called the bartender to sage him another drink. Quickly, the dude burst out with another bottle in his hand.Once the beer was opened, he sipped for a while before depositing it on his table. He glared and noticed that
“Look at me this teenager, who do you take yourself for? Is it because you had the opportunity to get married to a beautiful and wealthy lady who took you in and sponsored your uselessness?” Robert said. At the end of his statement, he stressed out the last word.“It’s not only about getting married to her. But if calling me useless is because you are interested in her then you can have her to yourself, I don’t care about that. But don’t call me useless ever in your life.” Jace warned.“Get lost, you are useless and that won’t change what I feel regarding you.” Robert challenged him.“Since you are too relaxed and proud of yourself, I’m gonna show you what I have reserved for you.” He said and reached for his pocket. He brought out his phone and dialled Corey’s number. Within seconds of ringing, he picked up his call.“Young master, it’s my pleasure to be on the phone with you. Is there anything I can do for the young master?” Corry asked, his voice growing softer.“Yes, there’s some
“Fired, Sir?” Her eyes widened at this statement. What did she do for her to warrant such evil treatment from him?“Yeah, you heard me correctly. You are here by fired. I don’t want to meet you anytime I come around, like I won’t take it lightly with you.” He made it crystal clear.She raised her hands and dropped them on her head, “Sir, is there anything bad I did? All these years I have served Storm with passion. I have always been loyal and punctual. I am always at work and always delivers at time. If not for that useless Angelo, I wouldn’t have been sent home for two weeks. It’s his fault and not mine.” Alma tried to explain herself.Jace’s face became dark when she referred to Angelo as useless. He would never allow anyone to talk down on Angelo no matter if he was only his driver.“Hey, watch your mouth. This is not the place where you can use any kind of slang.” He said, his brows furrowing, “Do you think just being at work on time is all that is required to run a successful co
“This is a true definition of our lives can change at all times. Can you imagine I just got to found out I was working for my husband without knowing? I had signed contracts with his companies without even knowing they belonged to him.” Amelia said desperately.“I will advice you to start using the term ex-husband as from today, because I’m sure he is gonna cimd back for you. He won’t spare you when he begins the divorce procedure.” Elsy reminded her.“I am still his legal wife, Elsy. You aren’t tell me what to do or how to adress him. He is still my husband.” Amelia yelled.“Oh, darling. Please can you come down your high horse? The same husband you had accepted someone else’s proposal? The same husband you asked him to pack out? Is that the same one you are talking about?” Elsy bombarded.It just dawned on her that she had not treated Jace in the last couple of months. She and her mother were the same. She had everything her mother instructed her to do.“I will be in my room now, I
“I was preparing my revenge.” The word stick them again. There was an absolute silent, as if someone had taken their voices and ran away with it.Amelia finally gathered her courage and spoke up, “So we’ve been staying under the sand roof and you thought it wise to hide things away from me? As couples, that isn’t supposed to take place. It simply shows you hsve been fake from the onset.” Amelia declared.“Oh, spare me that shit. I did everything I could to be a good man to you. Yet you didn’t see that. You kept treating me like a little toy.” Jace bombarded.“What about my grandmother? What did her company got to do with you? What wrong did shd ever do to you?” Amelia continued with her question.“That question is very simple to answer.” Jace started talking, “She was constantly talking down on me. She always insulted and said all kind of trash concerning my unknown family.” Jace pocketed his hands before saying.“That wasn’t her fault. It wasn’t her fault that she didn’t like you. Y
“Daryl, who is Tessie?” The question played again in his head.Daryl removed his hand off Amelia’s shoulders and took some distance. Amelia turned and looked at him, “What is he talking about? And who is Tessie in the first place?” She implored.“You can ask him, I don’t know what he is talking about.” Daryl said pretentiously. His eyes were interlocking with that of Jace.“Jace, if you don’t know what to say walk away and let me go have a nap.” Amelia started talking.“Why are you in a haste? Look him in the face and see how unfree he is. Do you think he doesn’t know who I am talking about?” Jace continued with his questioned. “Daryl, what is he trying to say? Who is this Tessie lady?” Amelia took some distance and asked.“Yes, Daryl, we need to know who is the Tessie, Jace is talking about.” Elsy added as she was eager to know what misery was behind the Tessie.“How can you ask Amelia to het married to you when you already have a fiancée? Is that normal?” Again, Jace asked. This qu