CHAPTER FOURTY- ONEVeeda and Rina returned back to the Steele's living room to head back home with their mother. They all exchanged farewells with Maria and exited the Steele's mansion.As the ladies exited the Steele's mansion, They entered their sleek wrangler jeep and began the journey home. Rina was lost in thought and she could not shake off the uneasy feeling she felt of Owen's request to meet up with her. Her encounter with Owen just the day before, still lingered in her mind, with his stinging remark of calling she and her sister "maids" leaving a sour taste in her mouth. She was very much . How would he She couldn't think of why he would want to meet her. Was it some elaborate plan up his sleeves to try to ridicule her further, she certainly did not have time for such or did he have genuine reasons? Veeda, on the other hand, was humming a happy song and was pretty excited about meeting Owen again.To her, he was a really funny handsome guy and she had developed a fondnes
CHAPTER FORTY TWO Veeda's voice was not one he could forget easily. He turned to the direction where he heard the voice from and what he saw next surprised him. Veeda looked stunning in her mid thigh evening dress which enhanced her curves, and her hair was packed in a ponytail. She had little make up on and she looked extremely different from the lady he had met a few days ago. He stared at her for a while and this made Veeda uncomfortable. Noticing her discomfort, Owen took his eyes off her and that was when he realized that someone was standing beside her. He had totally forgotten that she had come here with Rina in the first place. He dragged bus eyes from her toe to her head and he had to say, she cleaned up nice as well Rina was putting on a pepper red long dress that had a slit at the side which exposed her well toned legs and her smooth fair skin. Her earrings were pure diamond and their black colour shone under the light in the restaurant. She was putting on a flat sli
CHAPTER FORTY THREE “You want me to get married to you?” Rina asked as she pointed her hands to her chest using her index finger and Owen nodded in agreement. She shook her head at the absurdity of his words,She found the whole thing amusing and confusing at the same time. “Yeah, that's the whole point” Owen said. He knew he was going to have a hard time convincing her to agree to this marriage but he knew he wouldn't go home without a victorious smile on his face. “Wow, are you naturally dumb? Or you're just delusional?” Rina asked and Veeda glared at her. She couldn't understand why Rina was so plain with her words. She didn't even try to sugarcoat her words or even care about how the person she was referring to would feel. She would just open her mouth and pour out her words without as much as a thought. “What made you believe that I would agree to your useless proposal? If I can actually call this whole drama a proposal? We just met about two days ago and You just called
CHAPTER FORTY FOUR After Kate said those words, the whole place went silent. Owen's heart thumped loudly in his ears. He knew he couldn't hide the truth from Rina, but he couldn't reveal it to her this early. He had planned to tell her after a little while, maybe after their marriage to avoid any complications before the wedding. Rina stared at Kate with a smirk on her face, she couldn't understand what Kate was trying to say, but she knew that whatever it was, it was meant to make her angry so she couldn't give her the satisfaction of knowing that she had succeeded in her plans. Although her words troubled Rina, she shielded it properly. “What do you mean by that?” Veeda spoke up this time, her patience clearly wearing off “You understand what I meant, not just you tho. I think the both of you understand but you would hate to admit it as you clearly know that admitting would only make your joy short lived and you wouldn't want that to happen. “Yeah, he's a divorcee, and so
CHAPTER FORTY FIVE Maria stood in her room as she went through their endorsements for the past few weeks. A wide smile crept its way into her lips as she saw the way their company gained more popularity and recognition. She knew the contract would bring her many gains. But she was still concerned about the fact that she had not heard from Owen ever since the day he came to her office to lend a helping hand. He had collected James' address and that was the last time she saw him. And she had also not heard from James, neither had she heard from the other shareholders. It all seemed surreal, odd but satisfying. She had thought that the shareholders would be on her neck by now, or even withdraw their shares. But it seemed like she was just scared for nothing. All was well and she just had to relax and enjoy her money. She walked into the walk-in wardrobe, took off her clothes and changed into her nightwear before going back to her bed. She was just about to doze off when she remembe
CHAPTER FORTY SIX “Arggh” Rina screamed as she pulled her hair roughly while Veeda stood by her side, trying to calm her down. They had just gotten home and Rina just ran into the house, screaming at the top of her voice. Veeda was hurt, seeing her like this. But she couldn't do anything about it. Rina was always like this anytime she was angry. “Calm down Ri” Veeda tried to pull her into her arms but she couldn't as she resisted with her full strength and she was too strong for her so she let her go before she ended up inflicting injuries on the both of them in her fit of rage. “How dare he? He wasn't planning to tell me that he had been married before. He wanted to trap me in before he would tell me about it. So that I wouldn't be able to leave even if I wanted to” Rina said, her eyes bloodshot red as she dragged her hair more. She herself couldn't understand why she was behaving this way. She was one of the most carefree persons in the world so she found it hard to underst
CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN It's been a week now and things were going well for everyone. Rina had changed her mind and agreed to get married to Owen once again, Tamara had signed the contract with Owen and Maria had been free from the tantrums of the shareholders, Kate was preparing for her marriage with Jake which had been arranged hurriedly, for reasons best known to them. Owen and Rina's relationship has been going smoothly and they had built their relationship based on trust and boundaries over the past week. Owen had told her every important detail there was to know about him and she had told him hers in turn. Kate's and Jake's wedding was set a week from now and Maria couldn't contain her joy. For the past week, their house has been busy with work and the whole environment has been very busy due to Maria's demand. She had brought out her full attention to ensure that the wedding was successful and no mistakes were made. She didn't want to risk the marriage being canceled due to
CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT Daniel was in the club waiting for his friends after they had arranged for a meeting tonight. They had decided to wind off at their usual bar and he had glanced at his watch countless times. He was starting to get impatient as they had never arrived late to a meeting before. He stood up from his seat and was about to leave when he saw them coming. They had company with them and he found the face familiar. He couldn't pinpoint where exactly he had seen the face but he was certain that the face seemed familiar. “Hey” “Yo” the two of his guards greeted “ What took you so long? I was in my way out” Daniel said “Ooh, chill out bro” one of his friends said as he patted him on the back “It was all his fault, he takes time to dress like a woman. He's the reason we arrived late” “ You're a di*k man, Sorry bro, it was my fault” Jake referred his words to Owen. “Daniel” Daniel introduced himself, stretching out his hand for a handshake to Jake. Jake too