CHAPTER EIGHTY FOUR The streets were bubbly and all nooks and crannies were illuminated. One would mistake it for a festival, but it was none other than Owen's birthday party. Mai had made sure that the whole city knew of the party. Since she couldn't really decorate the whole city in such a short time, (although she could, but she would end up wasting resources, and she wouldn't want to do that) she decided to pour out her best on the street, since it belonged to Owen in the first place. They had prepared varieties of meals, as they were expecting visitors from different parts of the world, although few had started arriving already. They had planned to start the celebration by 7:00pm, and they would party till 11:00pm. They had prepared as many as possible rooms for their guests that would love to stay the night and return home the next day. Owen had wanted to celebrate it low-key and quietly, but Mia was strongly against it. She had stood strongly on the point that he should
CHAPTER EIGHTY FIVE Owen was startled when he heard the voice, the voice was unmistakably the voice of someone he was familiar with. He couldn't possibly forget that voice in this lifetime. He felt a cold chill went down his spine and his heart rate increased as memories began to flood in. Although it's been a few years, it still felt as if it all happened yesterday. He tried to regulate his heart beat, but all his efforts were futile as it only made him more nervous. “Owen” she called again and Owen turned to her slowly. He was less surprised to see a smile on her face, as she had always been a good one, although he knew she had changed due to some happenings, she had always been one to always smile. Owen wanted to smile back at her, but he couldn't find it in himself to do it. He felt uneasy. And instead of smiling, he just gave her a cocky grin. “Long time no see” Owen said, his voice shaky and she chuckled “It's all on you yuuno, I tried calling, many times, but
CHAPTER EIGHTY SIX Owen was exasperated, he had managed to convince Tyla to leave the party and wait for him outside, and right now, he was with Mia. She had noticed the commotion earlier and she had come to know what was really happening. Owen had told her that it was just a minor disturbance and he had assured her that he would take care of Tyla by himself, but what he needed right now was someone to help me look for Rina while he went to deal with Tyla who was waiting patiently outside. “Ok Mia, you'll just help me inform the security, do it cautiously, I do not want to cause unnecessary panic in the building. I'll go deal with Tyla, I'll be back in no time” Owen said and Mia nodded. “She had said she wanted to go take a pee and I am surprised because she wasn't supposed to stay this long, I don't think something is wrong because if it was, then she would have called either I or my Security guards, but she didn't so..” he shrugged “But just to be on the safe side,
CHAPTER EIGHTY SEVEN Esme had been invited to Owen's birthday party, and she would have loved to honour the invitation as it would even help in taking her mind off things, but for some reason, she didn't attend. She felt the need to stay at home and Katherine had left on her own. She was seat d in her room, going through the pictur frames of she and her sons that were on the wall and she felt dejavu wash over her. Those pictures were pictures of them that were taken when they were still kids and when they were in their early teenage age, she missed those moments. When Jake was still around the both of them would go over those pictures throughout the night, reminiscing old time memories until it was dark and he would sleep in her room because he felt she would be lonely after she lost her husband a few years back. She missed him dearly and it really hurt her because she couldn't really do a thing about it. She hadn't gotten a call or a message from the unknown person and it
CHAPTER EIGHTY EIGHT “What is going on here?” Rina asked and Owen immediately pushed Tyla off as if her body electrocuted him or something and from the way things happened, Tyal already guessed that this morning as his new bride. She was happy that the woman had met them in that position, so she wouldn't have to start explaining her stand. Owen was clearly uneasy and scared at the same time, but she was less concerned, it was none of her business. She had come for a dough, but she had ended up getting the full bakery. She never knew things would escalate to this extent. She thought she would just have a chit chat with him and leave but it seemed like fate had other plans for them. Owen had unknowingly set a trap for himself and it had clamped him tight. She knew it was time for her to leave, and she took a few steps back, picked up her purse that she had dropped on the bed earlier and was on her way out. She was already close to the door where Rina was standing when she heard R
CHAPTER EIGHTY NINE Kate and Jake were having their time at home, they had just started their own honeymoon phase and they couldn't get enough of each other. It was past ten in the night, but none of them wanted to get out of bed. They had been in bed since noon and Kate had just woken up. She rolled on her back and raised her hand in an attempt to place it on Jake, only to feel the empty space, she opened her eyes slowly, he was not there. The place was warm, which meant that it hadn't been long since he got up, but the question was where could he have gone?” She rubbed her eyes with the back of her palms as she stood up from the bed with a long sigh. She felt refreshed, although her neck hurt, probably from her sleeping position. She arranged her robe and put on her flops before walking out of the room. She headed straight to the kitchen as she had an idea that he would be there. She was not surprised to see him there, he had once told her that he loved cooking. Well
CHAPTER NINETY “Hey mum” Kate answered enthusiastically over the phone and Maria chuckled. It's been a while since she got a call from her and she was kinda happy she called. “Hey baby” She replied “Although I love that you call, but I am still curious tho, to what do I owe this unexpected call?” She asked and Kate chuckled “Nothing serious though, it's just that Jake left the house and I am kinda lonely right now. I needed someone to keep me company, and you were my best guess, so I decided to call you. I thought you would be asleep already, but thank God you aren't” Kate said in one long deep breath and Maria nodded. She already guessed so. “So, what's popping?” Kate asked “How's the company and everybody?” She asked again and Maria rolled her eyes as if she could see her “Well, if you wanted to know about the company and the others, you would have come to check up on them, but you didn't and why, if I may ask?” Maria sounded annoyed, but Kate knew that she
CHAPTER NINETY ONE “What was that?” Owen asked Rina, referring to the attitude she displayed earlier. She took slow steps to his bed and she sat on the edge. “What was what?” She asked “Don't try to play dumb with me Rina, what was that you did with Mia?” He asked, annoyance clearly showing in his voice “I did nothing, and if we were placing blames and sharing faults, then you would be the most faulty one in the room, since I walked in to see you happily exchanging saliva with some whore I have no idea where the fucking hell she came from, how do you explain that?” Rina heaved at the end of her statement. Owen took a deep breath to calm himself down. “That is not what happened” Owen tried to justify himself even though he knew she wouldn't listen to him at this moment. She was too hot headed, it was even a miracle that she didn't harm Tyla. “Oh really?” She asked, her brows cocked and her head tilted a little. “It is not what it seemed like, Tyla is an old friend of