Bella walked into the office to meet the shocked reactions from the ladies, like they weren't expecting her but she didn't care about what they expected or not. She was on with her A-game and ready to play her role to make everything look even more convincing to anyone who was doubting.The ladies in the sisterhood turned their faces away from her and put up an attitude, including Elizabeth. Britney noticed the tension and the animosity between the ladies who she hoped to become friends with. Lisa on the other hand, adjusted herself for what was to come. This was part of the plan all along, to get all the ladies together and watch the relationship between them to figure out if truly Bella was legit with her case. The plan to get them together was to get Britney to invite them.Finally, the key person just came in and it was time for her to figure out what was going on. Meanwhile, only Sonia and Ivy really knew who Lisa was and her ill intent for the group.“Hey, Bella. You made it,”
Lisa asking Sonia to see her outside of Elizabeth's office tripped fear down Sonia and Ivy's spine as they knew it wasn't a pleasant discussion they were going to have contrary to what Elizabeth and Britney may think.The ladies walked past the office to the hallway leading to the elevator and then she stopped them to speak with them. It was a clear area and no one was watching them.“You ladies did well in there,” she said to them, commending their acting show they put up when they first saw her in the office.The girls nodded their heads fearfully as they waited for her to proceed with her next line of words. “Now, it's important you know which team you belong with. I have been stationed here by Mr. Barnes to work directly with Elizabeth and also keep a close eye on you girls. So, avoid anything that would blow our cover, do you understand me?” She said to them with every girlish seriousness in her.“Yes, we do.” The ladies answered, nodding their heads also in response.“Very well,
Philip got the ladies to sit down and relax, seeing how tensed up and cold they were. He had figured something bad was going on with them and he needed to make them more comfortable so they could freely tell him everything they had to.“Here you go, ladies. Drink and tell,” he said to them as he handed them each a glass of alcohol so they could drop their tension and get their minds straight enough to speak.The ladies drank from their glasses and sighed, ready to divulge all that brought them there. All the while, Ivy was yet to say a word and Philip tried his best to pet her and cheer her up.Sonia took in another deep breath and let out slowly, making Philip wonder the more what the situation could possibly be.“I've never seen you like this, Sonia. This is really serious, tell me about it, please.” He made more efforts to finally get the girls to talk.They delayed the more, not because they didn't want to tell the truth but because they feared what the aftermath would be for them
“Okay, what was the meeting about?” Philip asked her. He was already seeing how beneficial the information she was sharing would be to their efforts in uncovering who the shadowy group were.Sonia had arrived at the point where she had to tell Philip of their role in everything and the fear of what may happen next once she divulged the information gripped her. At some point, she wished there was another way to go about the situation but there was none and they were trapped in it already. She looked at Ivy across from Philip and Ivy was as mute and cold as a rock. Philip noticed her hesitation and stepped in to help her continue.“Look, whatever it is, it will be sorted out fine. There's nothing to be afraid of.” He said to her to ease her up.Sonia sighed again and took the risk to continue anyway,“We've always thought the Barnes were our biological parents but we were wrong, they were our adopted parents. They confessed to adopting us from our parents as a settlement for debt and o
“Joyce works for Mr. Barnes now,” Sonia dropped another bombshell on Philip who was already bamboozled by the deep exposé she had given. “Fuck no!” Philip reacted. Joyce had escaped the Tokyo plan because she was abducted by unknown forces and the team were yet to hear from her. Now, Philip is getting to know from an inside source that she now works for their newly unravelled principal enemy.“Mr. Barnes told us so himself, he claimed to have met her in Italy.” Sonia stated more to provide better information to Philip. Joyce's part of her revelation to Philip remained a major problem for the guys because it threatened everything for them. They may have not lied about their knowledge of what Bella's current play is but they sure did lie about their knowledge of her involvement in Joyce's case. And Mr. Barnes’ news about Joyce working for him was sure going to expose them.“So, Joyce has chosen to play more games, huh?” Philip said rhetorically, nodding his head to the Joyce part but
The meeting with the Richmond sisters and Philip had gone better than they expected, Philip handled the situation with balance. His reactions and decisions were just enough to give the girls hope for better outcomes in the end as well as conceal privy information from them. He kept them just where he wanted them to be.The ladies went home with confidence after he had encouraged them to not bother much about the situation and only hoped for Damon's leniency towards them. They returned back to Sonia's place as Philip advised them to for the sake of their personal security, and also to take the next day off from work.It was the next day and Philip had planned for Sonia's trip to Italy to meet with Damon. Ivy's case with him was scheduled for another time after Damon had made his decision on the matter and a plan was put in place. He had related the situation with Damon and Brandley through their private channel but Elizabeth and Bella were yet to be in the know.Secretly, Philip had pl
From the moment Sonia entered the Rolls Royce outside the tower, she became drowsy and slept off all through the journey. It was a fail-safe security measure to keep her from knowing the routes of the journey. It was both to conceal the route and also to keep her ignorant of it in the event of unfortunate situations happening to her and she was asked about it.Waking up in this strange room was a shock for her, and even more shocking was the face she saw. She screamed in fear like she wasn't expecting to see him, that was her first reaction but then she held her chest, panting for relief as she caught her breath.“Damon,” she called out, the pace of her breathing dropping faster by the second. Damon stood by the bed and watched her with a bright smile on his face.His smile was another confusing thing for her, she didn't expect him to be smiling at her, she expected to see a furious Damon and hence why she screamed out when she opened her eyes and saw his face.“Hey, babe. Come here,”
Sonia had gone into the bathroom to take a shower while the Prince still lay on the bed waiting for her to come out. Inside the bathroom alone, she smiled so brightly at how everything was turning out already, she didn't think of him to respond the way he did to the situation. But deep down, she had some fears that he may be playing an angle with her.“Whatever it is, it's not to hurt me nor Ivy,” she said to herself to clear the doubts she was having.After a moment of standing naked in the shower and just allowing the water to drip all over her as she ran her thoughts about her Prince, she heard Damon on the phone with someone. She tiptoed towards the door to hear his conversation over the phone. “Of course…it's all fine…tomorrow, yes…okay?” She could barely hear the complete conversation he was having but hoped it was not about her as her fears came back flooding her.“Babe!” She called him after he had dropped the call.“Yes,” Damon answered her, concerned about the reason for he