Chapter One Hundred And Eighty Five; Reflecting on many things. Mr. Patrick had just finished dinner and came to an agreement with the Melaka’s about how they could resolve the problem between the two of them. And the worst part was that the Santos family refused to accept the fact that they were in fact, the genesis of the problem they were facing. Bug instead, blamed the Barons for digging out a story that doesn’t concern them and throwing it out to the public, something that has nothing to do with them. Mr. Ptrick Baron insisted that this was not the case, he promised that they were not aware of the situation until when they saw in on the news did they also find out about it. “By the way, is it true that she’s his mother? How did you allow such a thing to happen?” Patrick had asked the question but it only angered Mr. Malaka. “How are you still asking me this? Are you not satisfied with the results of your investigation? Do you need to hear it from my mouth first so that you
Chapter One Hundred And Eighty Six; How it all started. Patrick sat alone in his office, staring at the flickering flame of the candle on his desk. The room was dimly lit, the shadows playing against the walls in a slow dance. He felt as though he had been sitting there for hours, lost in his thoughts, unable to escape the memories that had immediately plagued his mind.Mr. Patrick had always been a man of great pride and business acumen. Why would he not be when he was the heir of the mighty Baron, a family feared, with power and wealth for generations. Still despite his background, Mr. Patrick was not carried away by the generational wealth left by his ancestors, if anything, he felt the need to compete with his ancestors and acquire even more great wealth, honour and respect to his name, Patrick, so that he'd be something even before someone calls him a Baron. True to his determination, Patrick Baron worked extremely hard for many years to build up his personal fortune and rep
Chapter One Hundred And Eighty Six; Marriage preparationEver since they met, Patrick couldn’t get his mind off of Melissa Raymond, the second he set his eyes on her he was immediately smittened by her that he already decided to get married immediately.As they began planning their wedding, Mr. Patrick could not have been more excited. He looked forward to spending the rest of his life with Melissa and building a life together that would be the envy of all those around them. But on the night before the wedding, everything changed.Mr. Patrick had been out with some of his friends, celebrating his upcoming nuptials, when he received a call from one of his business associates. The associate told him that he had seen Melissa out with another man, and that they appeared to be very close. Mr. Patrick was shocked and heartbroken. He could not believe that the woman he loved would betray him like this, especially on the eve of their wedding.Determined to find out the truth, Mr. Patrick made
Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Eight; Bride To Be.The sun was just beginning to set over the city, indicating that it was already night time, a group of elegantly dressed young women stepped out of a sleek black limousine and made their way into a luxurious penthouse suite of a top five star hotel. They all wore beautiful and fashionable outfits, but only one of them wore a white floor length gown and a band that had the inscription, “Bride To Be.” On it. That’s right, they were there to celebrate the very last day of their friend’s days of being a single and free woman before the upcoming wedding of their dear friend, a stunning and beautiful woman who was about to tie the knot with the man her parents tentatively choose for her, that is Patrick Baron.Truly, she felt lucky that the business mogul was even willing to accept her as his bride, even though she probably wouldn’t bring him much benefit, but in fact, would probably end up being the one benefiting from it. He’s not the
Chapter One Hundred And Eighty Nine; The Story Of The Young Lovers“It’s me.” The voice rang in her head. It was Richard, the man that used to be her lover, the first man she had given her heart to, But what was he doing here? Today was the day before her wedding, and Richard shouldn't be waiting in her room. It was wrong in many ways. Richard was the son of the nephew of her father’s worker at the office. They first met at a company function and got acquainted to each other, after then, they found ways of meeting each other, because his uncle, Mr. Fredrick who was her father’s personal assistant was frequently coming to their house and at time, he would bring their nephew, Richard to the house and they would play together, sometimes, he would even help hee answer their question. They became best of friends at a young age when they realised that they even went to school together, back then, people thought he was the child of the personal assistant since he doesn’t have a child of
Chapter One Hundred And Ninety; Good Bye Kiss. Patrick Baron had just returned home from his bachelor party, buzzing with excitement and anticipation for his upcoming wedding to his beautiful fiancée, Melissa. He had spent most part of the night partying with his closest friends, drinking and laughing and enjoying his last moments of freedom before he became a married man.But as he lay in bed, his mind couldn't help but wander to Melissa. He missed her and really wanted to see her, even though he knew that it was absurd for him to want to do that, but he couldn’t help thinking that in just some hours, she would become his. The excitement bustled in him and he couldn’t contain himself again, he had to see her, and had to do it this night, even if it was just for a few minutes.There was no way Patrick Baton would stay at home and miss his dear wife when he could just go to her at any time of the day, especially now that the adults were not on his neck. These past couple of days,
Chapter One Hundred And Ninety One; The Old School Investigator Was Involved. One of the things Patrick had discovered about his wife’s lover was his identity from a long time ago was that it turns out that he was not only the son of a personal assistant to hee family as people thought, but instead, he was Patrick had always thought that he knew his wife inside and out. They had been married for over two decades and he had thought they had a good relationship, despite his insecurities, he still tried as much as possible to minor think about those times, to just live in the moment with his family, and forget about their worries, they were supposed to be the perfect family that people look up to, people with good background, money and class, people who lacked nothing, this was how he envision his Mattie age was going to be, and so far, he’s tried his possible best to make it turn out the way he wanted.However, thinking about this matter right now made him think about a lot of things,
Chapter One hundred And Ninety Two; The Story Of Richard And MelissaAfter a while of investigation, Patrick was informed of the information regarding the man who had been his wife’s lover, whom he thought used to only be the son of her father’s personal assistant back in the day. Back then, even when he was introduced to the woman he had wanted to marry, he had one day met her having a meal with Richard at one of the restaurants in his hotel.Patrick was walking down the street when he saw her. Melissa. The woman he was supposed to marry. He had been introduced to her the night before, and her beauty had taken his breath away. He had been looking forward to getting to know her better, to spending time with her, to falling in love with her.But now, as he watched her through the window of his restaurant, his heart sank. She was sitting at a table with another man, laughing and chatting as if she didn't have a care in the world. Patrick's mind raced. Who was this man? Why was he with