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One True Heir Chapter 46
"This is the third time I'm calling him and he's still not picking up. Why isn't he answering my calls? I'm very sure he's with his phone because he's never without his phone" Sandra murmurs to herself, pacing with her phone in her hand.She dialed Jake once more and it went straight to voicemail this time around. With a rather displeasing look on her face, she stared at her phone like so hard, like staring it would prompt Jake to pick up the phone or return her call in the least."What could possibly be the reason he's not picking up my calls? He shouldn't be at the company or the foundation by this time so what exactly is keeping him?" Sandra asks no one in particular, anger evident in her voice."If he's not at the company or the foundation then could he possibly be? Could something have happened or maybe......." Sandra trailed off and stopped pacing as realization hit her."No no no no no. There's no way, it's not possible. It can't be. He can't possibly he's with her can he?" Sa
One True Heir Chapter 47
Jake is seen in his office, flipping through the pages of a document, to any person looking at him they'd think he was actually paying attention to what he was looking at.But he was absent-minded as his mind had wandered back to the events of last night, especially back to the company he had with him and the words that were spoken.Zara made Jake feel alive and like himself, he laughed more yesterday than he had in a very long while which said a lot about her.Jake smiled to himself as he remembered how she looked in her green dress, her beautiful smile, and her delicate features. Zara was a very expressive person, you could tell how she was feeling at a particular time just by looking at her.And to think she had feelings for him made his brain go into overdrive and made his heart hammer loudly against his chest.Suddenly, a knock on his door interrupted his train of thought and he frowned for a moment before remembering he was in his office.Clearing his throat and adjusting his ti
One True Heir Chapter 48
"Well, my day started nice because I was thinking of last night, you in particular. It just took a wrong turn though, as a result of the news getting to me not less than about 30 minutes ago" Jake says to Zara on the other end.He proceeds to narrate the events that took place not too long ago to Zara and it leaves her speechless, bemused, and very much engaged because she detests people who take advantage of others."The nerve of those men, I can't believe they did that and still dared to deny it in front of you and those poor, innocent women. I'm sure they both have families, yet they dare to do this to someone else?" Zara is enraged at what Jake just told her."That's exactly how I felt when I heard of it, and the fact that it was reported before but nothing was said or done to those scumbags, no form of action was taken against them. It fills me with rage to even imagine what those women would have been going through. I'm not even related to them and I'm this pissed just imagine i
One True Heir Chapter 49
Jake and Zara are seen in the restaurant preparing to have dinner together as they earlier planned.They chose to have dinner in an Italian restaurant this time. The waiter comes forward, offers them the menu, and asks if they're ready to order."Umm not yet, you can leave the menu. We'll let you know when we're ready, for now, we'll just have a glass of water each" Zara says first."Instead of the water, bring us your best wine, a glass for both of us, or just bring the bottle" Jake counters while smiling at Zara causing her mouth to hang open."What color sir? Red or white?" The waiter asks Jake."White wine please, thank you," Jake says as the waiter nods before leaving. "Why'd you do that Jake? Why did you ask for wine when we could have just had water and why ask for the whole bottle?" Zara asks Jake, still in shock."I presume you told the waiter to hold with the food because you wanted to say or ask me something and you didn't want to have to share your attention between the f
One True Heir Chapter 50
Jake is in his office, facing the floor-to-ceiling windows opposite his office door, resting even though it is very early in the morning. He seems tired because of the turnout of events at the restaurant where he and Zara alone were supposed to have dinner.He tried calling Zara last night but she didn't pick up and it got him worried. If he was to look at it properly, if he were her he wouldn't pick up either so he just stopped calling her and let her decide to call her the next morning.She was so humiliated yesterday by his brother and Sandra and she took everything without saying a word in her defense.The one thing she asked of him, he couldn't do it for her. She begged him that she didn't want to be involved in any kind of drama at all but the exact opposite happened.He had already tried calling her this morning, it just kept ringing, and she didn't pick up. Maybe she was still mad at him, if she still was, he couldn't blame her.He had already made up his mind to go to the fou
One True Heir Chapter 51
“Could Georgina have been the one who tried to kill Zara? Otherwise, why would she ask after her all of a sudden? I actually thought it was Sandra or Jefferson, I forgot about Georgina and how vile she can be when she wants something.”“I need to talk to Max and find out if he has any leads on Zara's attempted murder. I won't be able to rest easy until all of this is over and Zara is safe and sound, out of danger.”Walking through the hallway on his way to his office absentminded, Jake suddenly stopped at his secretary's desk to ask her a question but she wasn't there which was very unusual for her, she was always at her desk if she wasn't there then maybe she was in his office or downstairs so he decided not to think too much about it.Jake decided to put a call through to Max to ask how Zara was doing since he couldn't go back to the hospital yesterday. Max picked up on the third ring. "Hey Max, how's it going? How is she doing now, any improvements?" Jake asks Max who just sighs d
One True Heir Chapter 52
Jake continued his routine of going to work in the mornings and spending the rest of his day at the hospital in Zara's room talking to her, taking turns with Max and his father to monitor Zara's progress and relieve her family for two days. Today makes it the third dayLaura, Jake's assistant secretary played a very important role in this new routine as she had to draft and adjust his schedule to suit the new routine. Laura always rose to the occasion and this time wasn't an exception.He made a promise to himself to give her a raise for she did most of the work and handled his absence very well.Speaking of the angel, she just came into his office."Sir, I'm here to give the feedback on the assignment you gave to me," Laura says upon her entry."Okay proceed, I'm listening" Jake answers, paying her his full attention."So as per your request, I asked Georgina's direct superior about her recent attitude, if there was any difference, and if she was now compliant and obedient. She said
One True Heir Chapter 53
“What do you mean Sandra?” Jake questioned irritably as he glared at Mike.“I know it's hard to believe, but she was the one who hired those hitmen. I don't know what she had against Zara though.” Mike sighed as he brought out his phone.“I can't believe Sandra would do such a thing,” Jake mumbled in disbelief. Of all people, he never expected Sandra to do this to Zara. From what he knows, Sandra only encountered Zara twice and those times were explanatory since he introduced Zara as his best friend then.“How sure are you about this information?” Jake asked seriously and Mike handed him his phone. “I'm sure. And yeah, she's got an accomplice, they were in cahoot. I was able to tap through her phone and hack her social media account. There's some guy she chats with. His picture is there, have a look.” Mike urged and Jake gulped down nothing as he grabbed the phone from him.As soon as he saw who the man that was in cahoot with Sandra was, his eyes bulged in shock and dismay.” What th