RISE OF THE ALMIGHTY HEIR

GOLD AND MAYBE MORE

Maya stood perplexed in the middle of the office. Her eyes went from Nicholas to the door where that tall dark man just walked from. She could swear that he had seen him before but she could not place where and in what circumstance they had met.

“I did not lock your lover up,” Nicholas said. “I did not even know that he was locked up until Mr Morgan told me.”

“Lair!” Maya spat. “You have always been.”

“Says the woman who cheat on me every day with a good for nothing braggart and blackmails me into feeling like I don’t do enough to provide.” Nicholas eyes flashed with what was concealed anger.

Maya stepped back. Tania had told her in the bar the other day that men change once they climb the economic ladder. God knows what man Nicholas had become. His voice came off as more hoarse than usual and the look on his face screamed of rage. But against who?

“He never owed you money, Nicholas.”

“I said I did not lock him up. I did not order for his arrest. If what Mr Morgan tells me is true, th