Bailey was perplexed to see a fleet of cars lined up in her father's compound as the gates opened automatically. Confused as to why there were strange cars, it hastened her process to find out. She pulled the door open and suddenly the room was plunged into silence. Her mother recovered faster than everyone. "Hello, darling. I didn't think that you'd return so soon." "Are you kidding me right now?" She thought but smiled at her mom. "I'm back, Mom, Dad, it's nice to see you all. We closed early today." She responded softly while also staring at the men in the living room who were acting all strange toward her. "Kindly have your seat, daughter." Her father interrupted her quietly, making her a bit also worried about his tone. He was hardly interested in talking to her except it was to instruct her of course. "You might be wondering what's happening here." He began.Bailey nodded vaguely as she tried to understand what exactly was happening. "I'm sure that you've been waiting for m
The house telephone rang loudly, interrupting the serene environment and alerting Archie's mother. 'Why hadn't he gone with his phone?' she thought. She didn't feel like picking it up because she thought that it was one of his business partners or so. However, at the persistent ringing, she groaned, walking towards the table and picked it up without looking at the screen. "Hi, who is speaking?" "Oh, hi... Good evening, ma'am. I need to speak to Archie." Bailey's voice filtered through the other side of the phone. Archie's mother blinked when she heard the words. This was a strange occurrence so she was a bit perplexed by the confidence of the person. "May I know why you want to speak to him?" "Uh... I'm his girlfriend," Bailey responded. It was getting cold on the streets and people were beginning to stare at her like a loose lady. She knew that out of three people, two might know her and report to her father which would make her be carried to his house like a thief. This was abs
Bailey was shivering when Archie saw her, he was pissed that she was undergoing such a stupid condition. There was only one thing that could make her remain that way. It was either there was no one to help her or her father had rejected her. "Babe, let's go!" He called when the cab stopped right in front of her. It was snowing. His mother had said that it was gonna rain not knowing that it was going to snow badly. The issue now was, Simon had refused to get back to him and he didn't want Bailey to come to his house. It wasn't what she was used to. He wanted something with the semblance of the luxury that she was enjoying in her father's house. That would make him a proud boyfriend but right now, it was almost as though he was just taking her through a lot of suffering. Something that she would never experience on a normal day, she was now going to live in a small house. "Hey, thank you for coming!" She called back in the same tone. She didn't doubt her arrival to rescue her but she
Archie tapped his foot impatiently on the ground when his mother didn't return quite early. He knew that Bailey's father couldn't hurt her but his mind still ran wild with thoughts that could cause anyone to collapse.He was impatient after two minutes and decided to go ahead to check on his mother. He wasn't a criminal so he saw no reason for him to be stopped. If there was a change in plans she would have called him or sent him a text. The security guard stopped him the moment he got to the gate. "Who are you?" "I'm here to see my Mom. She just walked in with Bailey but hasn't come out since. I'm worried about her, so if you don't mind, sir. I need to go in right now to talk to her." "That's impossible. We don't allow people to go into the house if they don't have an appointment with either of the residents. Sorry, son. You will have to wait outside." The guard told him, while staring at the young man. He resembled the man that his colleague had spoken about–the one which their b
A new wave of anger rushed through Archie as soon as he learned of the exchange between his mother and Bailey's father. That was wild and he wished he was there to defend her. His face glinted with remorse as he regretted putting her through this. A lot of people were always keen not to admit their mistakes. "I'm sorry, mom. This is entirely my fault.'" he apologized. His mother shook her head. Oh, that man had some lectures coming for him all these while. One of things that he would have done was to begin earlier. There was a change in the way that certain things were done which made it very strange now that one looked at it. "Okay... So, what do you think about me?" He inquired, She shrugged, "Nothing much, just that you don't want to cut your losses. I'm not trying to tell you to go against your wishes for your love interest but believe me when I say that this doesn't always end well." Her lips tilted in a sly smirk. "Especially not after the word baptism I gave him. If I were
Ryder stared at his siblings who were dragging their feet when he summoned them. He tapped his foot impatiently for their arrival. What sort of people were they? They had already given up yet when they were supposed to be thinking about how to get the company in their hands. "What kind of sleep consumed your eyes so much? Don't you care about what might befall you if you don't stand and do the right thing?" He accused them. They shrugged carelessly. "We care but we wouldn't die because we are trying to inherit a company now, would we?" Meg responded, while yawning softly. She had read overnight for a test but here he was trying to disturb her and act like she wasn't serious with her studies or something of the sort. "Can you imagine what you're saying?" Ryder fired at her. "If you get me insanely pissed, I might just be forced to remove your name from the inheritance list." River interrupted, he loved his sister more than he did his brother. That was one of the reasons he wasn't t
The bell rang and the students bustled around the corridor speaking to each other about what happened over the weekend. Archie sauntered into the school with a small smile on his face. There was absolutely no way that anyone could have known what happened to Bailey over the weekend. Little did he know that some people had gotten wind of the information and we're waiting for him in class. As soon as he walked in the class fell silent. He refused to acknowledge them because he knew they were egging for some gist. He went to his seat and opened his locker. He glanced at his watch for a minute and realized that Bailey was running late. He didn't want to be tempted to call her because he knew that it could be a bad idea and as much as he wanted to talk to her, her father wasn't in support of their relationship yet. Anything he did now could make her get transferred . He wanted to focus both on work and her. A hand touched his desk and he looked up. He saw a few of his classmates standi
At the Restaurant. Archie's mother grabbed the heating pad, about to grab the bread from the oven when she saw a large figure towering over her. Startled, she dropped the fork and heard a loud thud on the ground, the bread crashed, it's only saving grace was the fact that the pans were closed over one another. "What are you doing here?" She clutched her chest while looking at the looming figure. Ralph shrugged, he was losing it all in the business sphere and wanted to buy back the restaurant. "I came to see you. I was the one who asked that you shouldn't be told. I'm sorry about that." He apologized before grabbing another pair of heating pads to lift the pan. "Oh... So why are you here? I know there's a purpose. Please don't try to make me a fool by saying that it's only to see me. I wouldn't appreciate that." She told him.Ralph stared at the woman before him. "You don't know why I like you so much. It's because I know that there's absolutely nothing wrong with having you aroun