The news travelled fast like wildfire, and before the day was over, a hashtag on all social media platforms was trending. It was tagged #ceocadeisarapist. It started from the young lady who had recorded the live event, and got so many shares and engagements, till it was the talk of the whole country. Cade sat in his office with a scowl on his face and was even more shocked. How did Hailey think of such a demeaning thing to do? To have run out of his office almost naked? Didn't she have any shame? And to cry about being raped? Where did that come from? He had not even touched her! Matter of fact, he was going to give the security staff an order to never let her in the company's premises again, but look at what she did. He shuddered whenever he looked into his phone. It was one post or another on Facebook, or one aggravating tweet on Twitter. It did not end at the social media platforms, the news channels had begun to circulate a video that Cade could guess was from the people who rec
Cade decided that it was time to act. He had not come out publicly to address the whole situation concerning the alleged rape that Hailey accused him of, even though his PR and marketing team thought it was wise of him to, since the trending hashtag had gone from just a hashtag, to calling for Cade's arrest. He had decided not to do any of that because he wanted to prove his innocence in court not on social media. Alex had also come out, using the whole situation for his own advantage. He even began a move against Cade, saying that he was no part of Cade's misdoings, as if anyone asked him. And was now actively campaigning to take Cade’s spo as CEO. Cade did not mind Alex's noise on the social media. He knew that Alex was always looking for something against him, and Hailey had served him that opportunity on a golden platter. Cade thought of giving her the option of coming out to the public with the truth by herself instead of fighting it out at court, but that would just be him bein
"Mr Milton was like my business hero and role model," Evan began to speak. "This won’t be a surprise to anyone listening to me. Until now, he has proved to be an impeccable business man. In fact, my fiancee who is the victim of his condemnable act asked me to partner with his company because it would do us a lot of good. And so I took her advice and sent him a proposal. But when we were at his office to sign off the paperwork, he commented on my wife's breasts. I was offended and I immediately made my displeasure known. He also spoke to her in a familiar way when they were meeting for the first time.""Did you say he commented on your fiancee's breasts?" The lawyer asked. "Yes, sir.""What were his exact words?""I can't really remember, but he said something along the lines of ‘your fiancee would be really brilliant, only if she was not showing me her breasts. I was seated right there with her so how could she have done such a thing without my notice? And she wore a modest gown sinc
Hailey sat down on the recliner in her house filing her nails. She was indoors more nowadays than she was before the false accusation of rape she passed on Cade. Since the lawsuit, she had been receiving cancellations from so many social media platforms and even people on the physical level. All she could do now was hide behind the shelter of her grandfather's mansion. Her fiance had also called off their engagement, due to the fact that Hailey had been lying to him all these while. Before he called off the engagement, he made sure to get the truth from her that day."Tell me the truth, Hailey," he said while they sat in his room after the court case, "I deserve to be told the truth. I want to hear it from you. Were you really trying to seduce the man? Was all he said true?" Evan had asked.Hailey pitied the man more than she respected him. So, out of that pity she told him the truth. She sighed before she began. It was going to be a long story. "He was my husband before, while we we
Mrs Bellwether arrived at the mansion only a few minutes after Hailey called her. She met the duo sitting in silence in the living room, Hailey sipping on a glass of wine. She rushed down to the house as fast as possible."Oh, Dennis!" She feigned excitement when she got in and saw Cade. In truth, Mrs Bellwether was shaking on the inside. The reason for her fear being that she had somehow been expecting Cade to come back and get his revenge on them, and now that Hailey informed her of his presence in their house, she was almost coming apart with fear. But just like her daughter, Mrs Bellwether knew how to pull a show. "Oh, ma'am," Cade smiled and pretended that all was well just to make them more afraid. "Please join us."They probably expected him to be angry and scowling but with his calm attitude, their anxiety would be worse."You're not having some wine?" Mrs Bellwether asked, still feigning concern. Cade wondered when she began to have concern for anybody else but herself."Oh,
It was a week now since Cade's visit to Papa's mansion, and each time he remembered Mrs Bellwether's confession, he fumed with anger. He thought long and hard about what Hailey said to him and could understand her pain to an extent but it was no excuse to mistreat him the way they had done. But what he could not understand was why they had kept silent about Papa's will and even changed it to what they wanted. For the first time in a long while, Cade did not know what to do. He was torn between letting the Bellwethers be, or taking his revenge on them, especially for depriving him of his full privilege. He wanted to leave them alone because he could understand from Hailey's point of view, but he wanted to teach them a lesson for being so corrupt, so wicked. He wanted to get his revenge on them for being treated like trash. He made up his mind. He would get to the root of this. He would find Barnes and only when he found him would he carry out any action he had in mind for the Bellwethe
Cade was determined to find to find Barnes. From what he could draw from Hailey and her mother's confession, Barnes had forsaken the mother and daughter. And since they kept insisting that he was the mastermind behind the plan to chase him out of the mansion and deprive him of his right, he just had to find the man and bring him down here. But Cade also had a new matter at hand that was more important than his revenge on the Bellwethers. A rival company was rising up against him. Far away in a different country where the Milton Conglomerate had one of its biggest branches, a new company had been opened and was gaining so much recognition and battling with the branch for contracts, investors and media attention. While this was fine and poised no threat to the Milton Conglomerate, Cade could tell from the many similar ventures that the new company had, that it was not a healthy competition for them. The company was trying to imitate the Milton Conglomerate’s business strategies. Also,
Gale was proficient when it came to running Cade's errands, and as Cade had asked, Gale had found the two men who could carry out his spy mission efficiently. He did not even have to go far, though he had initially thought it would be a hard task to find the spies as asked by Cade. But when he got home that day, he had the task figured out. And now, on his way to work, he whistled in excitement. He wondered how Cade would take it, he hoped his boss would like his choice. The day at work started with meetings held by the board concerning the matter at hand. The board had not come to a decision on the matter in their previous meeting, and even though Gale knew Cade had already decided, the board would still hold a meeting to make a final decision that included every member of the board. The meeting began a few minutes after everyone had assembled in the board room. Cade looked calmer today than he was yesterday. He was neither rattled nor surprised like he was the previous day. Today,