Aria was quietly staring out the window staring at the scenery of the trees whooshing as Chris drove. "Did he hurt you?" "Not at all." She mumbled staring down at her lap silently as she fiddled her fingers. "I just wanted to take a break from him, that's all." Chris didn't believe her words and wanted to know more about what had caused her to be this frightened. "It's okay to tell me, honey, I'm here for you." Chris held her palm still focused on the road as he was soothing her. She stared up at him, having a sad expression on her face as well as a frightened gaze. Chris considered her silence and decided to drive silently until they got home, she got out of the car and walked into the house slumping on the couch in relief, the heavy weight on her chest had been lifted and she felt a lot safer. "Want something to drink?" Chris asked tucking his keys into his pocket and made his way to the kitchen took out a can of soda and walked back to the living room handing it to her. "Th
Chris had continued to search for information about Briella that could make him expose Kade without getting involved in the whole drama."Here it is sir." His assistant Marcus handed him over a file. Chris stopped what he was doing and took the file, he opened it and saw some photos fall out, he tilted his head and picked them up staring at them."I was able to find her parent's home and saw some photos of her while she was younger," Marcus explained, in the photo, Briella looked in her teens and was in a shabby home, although she looked different from what he knew her as she didn't look different."You can leave, I'll call you later… also move my appointment to the next two hours," Chris ordered Marcus who nodded and left. Aria sat in the corner of his office silently staring at nothing while lost in thoughts.Marcus turned away and left while Chris continued to go through the file finding every detail about Briella who was introduced to Kade by his mother for him to get married to h
"What the hell is going on?" Chris mumbled just then Marcus walked into his office with a worried gaze on his face, Chris could tell it was about the situation going on."Sir there's an issue." Marcus began."Why would they do that without considering factors?" Chris banged his desk with his hands in fury, "I have tried contacting the director but no one is giving me feedback," Marcus explained, Chris turned to his wife Aria, and frowned."I'm not sure if your position is still valid in that company but you were a manager before the accident, is there a way you could help out?" He asked Aria who was still processing what was happening."Well, I could try to do so right?" She shrugged her shoulders and Chris nodded."I feel that this could be Kade warning us not to do anything funny." Melissa sat down and crossed her legs gazing at Chris. "I hand sent someone to find him at his house but he's no longer there.""Seems he found out we already knew." Chris gritted his teeth. "What do you
"What nonsense, who sent this?" Chris mumbles still in shock while staring at the camera in his office. "Are you trying to pin it on me when you early know that there is evidence pointing that you had done what you did?" Chris frowned and stared into the box again.This time he saw the entire content and stared puzzled, why was there a goddammer in here? He also noticed a note that must have been left for him and picked it up in the hope of knowing who had sent the package.It had a smiley face and nothing more on it which made him more puzzled I'd this was delivered to the right place or if there was a setup going on, whichever the case he would need to take this out of his presence and attend to more important situations. He closed the box and put it in a corner when he received a message on his phone from an unknown number, he stared at it skeptically before opening the message to see who it was, he saw there was a video attached to it and furrowed his brows hesitantly clicking on
"Where is my wife?" Chris asked as he barged into the room where the nurses had informed him to enter, he had a worried gaze and his palm sweaty that something had happened to her.She had a doctor check if she was okay before mocking her eyes with Chris who gazed at her with both a worried gaze and s lustful gaze."I can assure you that she is fine and you didn't need to bother too much." The doctor told Chris who nodded in happiness wanting nothing more than to hold Aria."Chris." He heard Aria call his name and immediately walked to her."Are you okay?" He tilted his head. "What caused you to pass out?""I'm fine there's no need to panic, my head just hurts a little." She chuckled at the expression he was making.Oh." He mumbled caressing her face and staring into her eyes wanting to kiss her already but she had thought about that before him,she yanked him by the collar and pulled him close to her making their lips touch, she wasn't going to stop there as she exchanged saliva with
"Do whatever you think is possible to bring me down. I didn't care but be sure that I would pull you down with me." Kade threatened him which made Chris angry but tried hard not to show it in his tone."You think you can do that?" He chuckled, diminishing the courage Kade had initially mustered. "After murdering your wife?""Well then do what you must… I fear nothing." Kade said. "You know quite well what you're going to lose right?" "Listen." Kade implored him. "Although both companies are still in a faulty partnership, if anyone makes a wrong move both would be affected.""Your company did that and I'm taking a fall for it," Chris emphasized. "That is why you would have to make everything right or face the consequences.""Threatening me would make no difference." Kade chuckled darkly. "If you want to play that card then I can boldly say I have a trick up my sleeves."Trick up his sleeves? What crazy plan does he have right now?" Chris wondered and concluded that Kade was probably s
"Ari, stop saying all of this." Chris pulled her in a hug, rubbing her hair gently. "I know you didn't mean what you are saying." Aria shut her eyes as she sniffed her nose, she felt guilty about the chaos because it was caused by Kade. "What the hell makes you think that leaving would make it all better?" "I just think so.""Didn't ever say that honey, I belong to you and don't want to ever leave your side." Chris pleaded lifting her chin for her to see him. "Don't leave me please."The scent of food buying snapped them out of their delusional state as they quickly responded to the food before the smoke alarm went off and drained them.They burst out laughing at each other relieving the tense air that had once consumed them."You seem to have constant calls today." Aria noticed and pointed out to Chris whose phone was seated on the island in the middle of the kitchen, Chris nodded nervously and shoved his phone into his pocket."Honey?" "If something you didn't like happens you d
Chris strode towards her when she didn't respond to his question and swiped away her phone to see what she was referring to, his mouth gaped open in shock."How… how did this happen?" Chris asked her. "Does someone else know about the footage?" "Besides Bricks and Aria, I didn't think anyone knows." Melissa shrugged her shoulders immediately taking a seat on one of the couches, Chris tapped his foot impatiently as he leaned on the table thinking of how this had all come about."We're not done fixing one and then another arises," Melissa mumbled in frustration, she turned her head to Cnris and frowned."Do you think he knew about the footage and decided to release them himself?""I didn't think that would be the situation, if he planned on doing that then why wouldn't he destroy the CCTV footage after murdering her?" Chris thought out loud."What then are you insinuating?" Melissa questioned still processing what he was saying."I'm saying there's someone else." He concluded and just