It was no new news that the couples were always being spoken ill of, or bullied even in public gatherings.Days in the past, Brenda had always been the envy of all, even Mauri herself despised and hated her, for her stunning beauty. And with the fact that Brenda was the eye of the whole school.Even when Mauri discovered how related they were, she never ceased to back down… Her thirst for jealousy kept growing day after day.Several people were on Brenda's side because of her level of popularity. However, everything came to an end the moment she got married to Derek.Everyone who was once her friend, turned out to be a mocker. Instead of being a source of comfort, they all became a voice of thorns.One after the other, they turned their back on her until she was left with just Clarine by herself.However, it seems Mauri had begun to win instead.At first, Mauri had talked about them coming to the venue in a taxi. Now, she referred to Derek's status as a good for nothing son-in-law as
All Mauri and Jackson were after nothing but connection. As far as you held none of the two as power and position, you are obviously nothing to them.A more reason they had an eye on Brenda. Before, she was the beautiful and untouchable daughter of the Reids, but now to all, she was nothing but trash alongside Derek.In society, nothing made more sense than holding on to the two prominent things. And what is love when both don't exist?The courage instilled in Brenda at which she proudly introduced her husband was quite alarming. No shame, no iota of disgust to prove how shameful she was married to a thrash. Derek also never found it ridiculous either to proudly announce his friendship with a chef. Yet, he had done so without batting an eye. “Derek, you mentioned Chef Miller to be your friend. Does that imply that you’re a chef too?” Mauri threw in the question that raised an outburst.Brenda was equally surprised, she wondered what Derek was trying to do announcing himself to be th
The gathering consisted of prominent personalities such as Mauri and Jackson. Even if others were less prominent at least they had all graduated from the most prestigious school in Dominican.Even Brenda was from a second tier family in Dominican. A more reason they had chosen a more luxurious place for their meeting.However, it surprises them to know that Derek called a mere chef to dine with them in the same place.‘This private and luxurious room was chosen because we want some privacy. How dare you disturb us by inviting a mere chef into our midst. It shows how little you respect our gathering and how lowly you think of us."Jackson didn’t even glance at the door before he pointed and yelled out angrily. “Scram!”‘I am the one giving a treat today, not you, Derek.’Different people turned to Derek and said. “If you want to meet that chef, you should get out too.”Hunter added on with a sneer, “Derek, It's all over the place that you don’t even dare to fight back or rebuke any
Nobody in the room even dared to take a deep breath.Derek's command had been quite alarming, but no one dared to counter it.Hunter's expression clearly begged for mercy but none were forthcoming from Derek.Even Miller dared not to disobey his order. Hurriedly, Brenda strolled towards him, clutched tight to him before she whispered."Derek, I know you really are trying to protect me, but don't you think throwing him off the building is going too far? Look, he's still got a family to take care of. Let him go."Her words were as though a veil was taken off his sight. Meanwhile Miller was close to reaching the window with Hunter in his close grip. "Let him go, Miller!" Derek commanded exactly as said by his wife.Instantly, he did as ordered. Hunter crawled towards Derek to apologize. However, Derek turned and bade Miller goodbye before leaving with his spouse and Clarine.As for the others, they wanted to leave but were stopped by Miller. “Hand your phones over.”Just one sentence fr
Derek had received a message from an anonymous number immediately after they left PrimeStar."If you are willing to know more about Autumn and how to pull her down, meet me at Ivy club."The message caught his attention and ignited curiosity. He was too engulfed in the message to process the fact that he needed to call Gage first before he headed out.However he left hurriedly.He was a bit worried when he got to the basement, and at the same time he instantly contemplated on calling Gage as he was with no body guard in a club like Ivy.Ivy was known for promiscuity and a lot of abominable acts. In short, it was known to accommodate criminals.While he thought of calling Gage, somebody from behind had suddenly thrown a blindfold into his face and tied his hands. He tried earnestly to struggle off the blind folds and the holds on his hands but the person was just too strong for him.In a short while, he felt the room was void and there were no traces of movement.Derek regained his str
Derek vowed to get back at whoever was involved in the kidnapping and shared his picture to the net.That same morning, he sent Gage a message, stating that it happened to him at the Ivy club and he asked him to investigate whoever was in charge if whatever happened to him.Derek dressed up and left the house for work, only to receive the information after a few hours. It stated that Autumn was the one who orchestrated the whole drama for reasons obviously unknown.Angrily, he went in search of Autumn with the evil eye bracelet she had gifted to his wife.He dashed into her house without courtesy, after he bypassed the security men.Her sitting room was filled with people who seems to be her business partners, but he cared less about that. All he wanted was to get his pound of flesh back."Yes, my good friend Derek, what do you any here?" she leaned back into the chair with her legs crossed."Autumn, would it be good to explain why you are after my wife and I?""What are you talking a
The honk was repeated, alarming and disturbing at the same time.Derek took the first initiative to check whom it was.His first step out of the door, he was greeted by insulting words. "Hey looser! You are still alive huh!"Such words were no surprise to him, it wasn't the first time Morphie would orchestrate such neither would it be the last.He smiled and said. "Of course I'm alive. Why have you come Morphie?" his presence was suspicious, he had never paid such visit, not even the time when Brenda was taken as a rejected child."Just hold it. I'm not here for you. I am here to see my sister.""She isn't…""Morphie!" Derek was about covering up her presence with words, but she came out cutting him midway."Morphie! Why have you come? Why are you here?" she was equally surprised and couldn't find back her home of surprises."Why! Can't I come visiting my sister! Has that also become a crime because of this trash?!" Morphie sneered in contempt."Visiting! You obviously don't do that!
The once elated atmosphere suddenly became intense.Mrs Reids mounting the podium felt like a sting to Brenda.She had a moment of gaze locking with Mrs Reids, everything about her breathed suspicion.Nevertheless, Brenda curved a slight smile, applauded the moment everyone also did. Then the long expected speech started."Ladies and gentlemen, most highly respected and honored in the whole of Dominican, I welcome you to this lovely gathering. But before I proceed, I'll like to open today's ceremony with a beautiful speech."Applause was all over the place, all eyes were fixed on her as each person tried to anticipate what she really had stuck for them."Well, as you all know, the Reids family are officially four which I would be so grateful for the impact every one of them had made to form togetherness as a family.There were several applause from every angle while she called out names.Smiles found its way to Brenda's face, she never expected that to come from her mum, not even at t