“Are you in the building already?” Bryan asked Emily in a low tone as he sat on his chair and waited for her to reply.“Yes. I came in a few minutes ago.” She said.“Michael is there with you, I suppose.” He said, asked slowly.“Yes. He is here. Should I bring him to your office?” She asked, and he tilted his head to look at Samantha who was busy on her phone, not paying attention to what he was doing.“Yes. Bring him over, please, would you?” He said, tilting his head away from her and dropping the phone on the table, heaving a heavy sigh.“I have some unfinished business.” He said lowly, but loud enough for Samantha to hear what he said. She only tilted her head slightly to give him a sharp look for a moment before taking her gaze away. All that ran through her mind was how he made her husband lose her job.“Samantha!” She suddenly heard her name, which made her jolt from her reverie as she tilted her head immediately to look at him, not uttering a single word.“What is going on? Yo
Bryan's phone suddenly began to ring, grabbing the attention of both men as they both tilted their heads in the direction of the phone. He quickly leaned forward to see who was calling and gasped when he saw that it was his elder brother, Peter.“Excuse me for a moment.” He whispered, and Michael only nodded his head slowly, heaving a sigh as he leaned backward, waiting for him to finish making his call.“Hello bro.” He said as soon as he picked up the call and placed the phone over his ears.“What's going on?” Peter asked, clearing his throat slightly and heaving a sigh.“Nothing much. I am in a meeting.” He replied, tilting his head to see the expression on Michael's face briefly.“Potential investors? You know we are in need of investors. We need to settle some debts.” He replied, and Bryan began to nod his head slowly.“I understand. I am still trying my best, but right now, this is not a business meeting. It's a personal one.” He said, taking a deep breath as he leaned backward a
Eric turned on his bed, trying to find a comfortable spot, but he could not get any. His heart was troubled by the fact that he was trying to achieve his selfish goal while putting his wife and other loved ones through a hard time. “Perhaps I should just let go of everything and forgive them for all they have done. It's not getting any better, and they will never accept him in this condition.” He thought as he heaved a sigh, sitting up on the bed as different thoughts filled his mind. “Samantha does not deserve to go through all these.” He thought, getting up from the bed and starting to pace around the room slowly.“I shouldn't have kept it away from her. She stood by me even when I did not know that I was the sole heir to my family's corporation.” He thought as he continued to walk slowly around the room. His mind suddenly wandered off to when he met Samantha and their love life began. He had always told her that he had nothing and that he was an only child of his mother before she
“What did he tell you?” Samantha could not help but ask as she raised both eyebrows, as she was anxious to hear what Micheal had told her about Samantha.“Well, if I could remember, he made mention of you and your husband trying to sabotage him and paint him black.” She said slowly as if she were counting her words as she spoke them.“Sabotage?” She repeated loudly in shock as she could not believe her ears. Emily nodded in the affirmative as she tilted her head away from Samantha slowly, recalling the moment that Michael was telling her about everything.It was an evening, about three days after she had asked Michael to move into her house. They both say in the living room, watching television before she clears her throat slightly as a question pops up in her mind to ask him.“How did all this happen? From owning a house to losing your house and family at the same time.” She asked and winced inwardly as she realized the nature of the words that she had used on him.“I am sorry if tha
It was finally the day of the housewarming party. Michael was overly excited about the party since it was going to be an avenue to finalize his deal with Bryan. “I am going to show Eric that I am his superior. I control the game and I decide the rules.” He thought as he rolled out of bed and walked into the bathroom to freshen up. As soon as he walked into the bathroom, he suddenly came to a realization that something had been off with Emily for the past two days. He stopped in front of the mirror to wonder what was going wrong.“Did she hear something about me?” He asked himself, making a puzzled face as if he were talking to his reflection in the mirror. “Even if she did, she should have asked me and asked me to explain. Perhaps I will ask her about the sudden change in character towards me.” He thought as he rapidly took his bath and got dressed. He walked out of the bedroom straight to the living room but could not find Emily. “Where could she be?” He asked himself as he heaved a
Michael could not shake off the thoughts as he walked behind Bryan to an empty table. “Why was Emily giving me such a stern look? Something must definitely be wrong somewhere.” He thought. Not long after, they arrived at an empty table just at the end of the hall, where there were fewer people. “Perfect place for discussing such an issue.” Bryan thought as they sat down on the chair. Drinks were served and they both sipped their drink. Bryan tilted his head slightly and noticed that Michael had a slight frown on his face, and he moved to ask him what was going on with him.“What is wrong?” Bryan asked rapidly as he dropped his glass in front of him. Michael contemplated on whether to tell him what was going on or not. He was quick to decide not to talk about it with Bryan, as he only shook his head.“Nothing. I am just excited, and when I am overly excited, I just stay quiet.” He said, hoping that Bryan would buy that idea from him, but he did not.“No. I can't agree with that at all.
Samantha lay quietly on her own side of the bed as Eric was taking a shower in the bathroom. Her heart raced faster as she thought of everything that had been happening in their lives for the past few weeks. “How did I get myself into this mess with Bryan?” She asked herself as she turned to change the position that she was in. Just then, she heard the squeaking sound of the door, and she tilted her head to look at Eric who walked into the room and gasped. She chuckled at the sight of him, tilting her head away almost immediately.“What?” Eric asked as he scoffed slightly, drying his hair with the towel in his hand.“Why did you leave it dangling like that? You should have used your towel.” She said slowly as if she were counting her words as she spoke them. Eric walked to the front of Samantha unexpectedly, and she began to laugh, placing a palm over her mouth. He leaned forward to whisper into her ears.“Would you rather have it dangling inside of you?” He asked, and she laughed har
“I apologize for the tone. It was not intentional.” Samantha pleaded lowly and tilted her head to glance at her husband who already had a scrunching face as he could not understand what was going on.“Who was that?” He mouthed, and she gestured to him that she was going to explain after the call. He nodded, tilting his head away to look at his phone. “Who could that be?” He wondered as he continued to scroll through his phone. “So, we have been searching for you around the party, but we cannot find you,” Peter said slowly, taking a deep breath.“Uhm…. I…. I….” she stuttered without coming up with a single statement, causing her husband to gaze at her with a puzzled face as he kept on wondering who she was talking to.“You can't tell me that you forgot. Because that is not even feasible.” He said and Samantha let out a heavy sigh as she did not know what else to say or do.“Who is that, babe?” Eric finally asked in a loud tone as he wanted the other person on the phone to know he was