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2024-06-21 22:18:29Mrs Hill raised her chin in a haughty manner. She dressed in expensive clothes and wore one of her heel shoes that often made Ryan wonder how she found it convenient to walk in them. She was accompanied by some women wearing expensive clothes too. Each of them were carrying shopping bags, making it obvious that they had just gone on another show-off shopping, displaying how much money they had.
Ryan's eyes moved back to Mrs Hill who was looking at him in total disdain. "What is wrong?" He asked. Mrs Hill was slightly caught off guard by the cold manner in which Ryan responded to her. If it were some other time, he would have bowed immediately he saw her. Is he sick? "What are you doing here? You are supposed to be home getting the breakfast ready for the family, you ungrateful idiot," She said in disdain. "Ungrateful idiot?" Ryan asked coldly. "What more do I have to do so that you can be satisfied?" He moved closer to her and looked her straight in the eyes. "Ever since I got married to Stephanie, you have driven all the villa's servants away, treated me like a slave and you have even accused me of stealing your jewelries so that the shares grandfather had intended for me will be withheld." Mrs Hill's shopping bag almost fell from her hand. If Ryan must say something stupid, should he say it here? For goodness sake, these are the society women and news spread really fast when their mouths are at work. All her attempts to make Ryan stop talking didn't work. She glared hard at him, it didn't work too. Where did Ryan suddenly get this aura of confidence? Just a glare from her in the past would have made him swallowed whenever his stupid mouth wants to say. "You have gone really far, ma'am," Ryan continued, the pain from the memory of how this woman had treated him in the past resurfacing. "Remember the day you didn't allow me to enter the house? There was heavy rain that night! Even after doing all those things, you aren't satisfied." There was murmuring from the women that had come with Mrs Hill to the meeting that they had to hold in the building which Ryan had been standing in front of. "Isn't that Stephanie's husband?" Mrs Hill could hear one of them ask. "I can't believe Mrs Hill is as cruel as this!" "She didn't allow her son in-law inside the house when it was raining?" "Is the man really their houseboy?" "Mrs Hill is such a hypocrite!" Mrs Hill turned back to face the women. Although they were whispering, they were loud enough for her to hear everything they were saying. Scared that what they thought might be happening between herself and this good-for-nothing son-in-law might tarnish her image, she tried to intervene. "It is not what you think," Mrs Hill said loudly. The whispering stopped and all the women looked at her. She smiled at them, hoping the smile didn't seem too off. "This guy is just —" "Mrs Hill, I am not done." Ryan snapped. "Don't ever provoke me again, otherwise, you will regret it," Ryan said in a firm voice that demanded obedience. The smile on Mrs Hill's face died off. She turned to face Ryan. Whatever has made him get the boldness to speak to her in this way in front of all these people should be ready to fend for him. "You this stupid thing!" She said under her breath. He should have known when to stop! She turned back to face the society women. "You should go in before me. I have to take care of this." She gave them a convincing smile when they seemed hesitant to go. "You can start the meeting, I will join you," she added. The society women left but not before giving Ryan and Mrs Hill meaningful glances that indicated they knew what was happening. Once Mrs Hill saw that the society women were out of hearshot, she turned back to Ryan. Eyes blaring in fury. "You this good-for-nothing boy!" She dropped her shopping bags on the floor. "If you have gone insane, go display your madness somewhere else." She raised her hand toward Ryan in a bid to slap him as hard as she could so that he would know the gravity of what he just did talking to her that way, but Ryan held her hand. "Not anymore, ma'am. You can't treat me as you please anymore." "Shut up that mouth now." She jerked her hand from his hold. "It is enough humiliation that you are one of the Hill family. How dare you show up in front of me and open your mouth to address me?!" Mrs Hill took out her phone from her bag and searched for her daughter, Stephanie's number. "I am going to make sure my daughter divorce you and throws you out of my house," she said with rage as she dialed the number.
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Ryan could not help the smile that came on his face as he listened to the woman who used to be his mother-in-law threatening him with divorce. "Ma'am, I already divorced your daughter. Save yourself the bother," Ryan said. The confusion on her face and the way her veins appeared because of her tight grip on the phone amused Ryan. He has never thought he would be able to get any reaction from her other than disdain and mockery. The call connected and Mrs Hill heard Stephanie's voice at the other end. She wondered if what Ryan just said was true but if it was, then it is a dream come true. Stephanie deserved to be married to a wealthy man. "Stephanie, I can't put up with your husband's attitude anymore. I can't! He is getting more rebellious every second." Mrs Hill saw Ryan sneer and walk away. "Ryan…?" Stephanie asked at the other end. "He disrespected me in front of the society women just because I asked him why he isn't home to cook breakfast. As if that is not enough, he wa
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"I see you are new here, call me if you ever feel stuck. I will be at your service even if it is in the middle of the night," the cab man said. Ryan looked from the cab man to the card. He wanted to ask the man why he thought he would need his service again but he collected it. Inside the car, the cab man had made him two different men, maybe there would be another rumour that would make him a man with three contrasting identities if he spent more time with the cab man. Outside the Villa, Ryan stared at the building for a long time. He's spent six years in this place. He let out a deep breath and went inside, deliberately using the steps instead of the elevator to go inside the room he used to share with Stephanie. He had only taken two steps when he saw a man climbing down the staircase. The man Stephanie had moaned his name. Ryan felt a bile rising in his throat as his eyes met with Anderson's eyes. Anderson grinned at him. Deciding to ignore Anderson, Ryan continued c
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"I am not saying you shouldn't call the police if you want, but you should take a look at this first so that you will know who to get arrested," Ryan said. Stephanie glanced from the papers Ryan was holding to him. She wondered what he was up to. She grabbed the papers from him and opened it. Inside was the details of the debts that Anderson owed and something else… she scanned through the evidence She had been drugged the night before. She let out a gasp as she realized who had planned the whole thing. Anderson! There were pictures that had been taken from the CCTV camera of the bar where she had been last night. The bar man had added something to her drink after he was seen with Anderson. "What…?" Her lips quivered. The papers fell from her. She slowly looked at Anderson. "What's wrong?" Anderson scrambled from the floor. He ran up the stairs to where she was and picked the papers from the floor. His eyes scanned through the page. He ran his hand through his ha
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After Ryan left, his words seemed to hang on and cause an uncomfortable silence in the room. Stephanie remained where she was, staring at Anderson. But Anderson needed no one to tell him that even though she was staring at him, her mind was faraway. Anderson finally decided to move closer to her. He took a step toward her, but she took two steps backward. "Babe—" "Stop. Don't come closer." She raised her hand to accompany how well she meant what she said. "I am sorry, babe. I didn't do it for my own selfish interest. I did it for you," Anderson said. Noticing Stephanie's puzzled face, he continued talking, adding his excuses together. "I wanted to help you escape this miserable life quickly. Even if you had come to me last night, nothing would have happened between us. I swear. You mean a lot more to me than you can ever imagine," Anderson said. His lies seemed to have some effects on her as her face slowly began to lit up. "Can't you see the freedom you have now? Tha
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She hissed, rolled her eyes on Ryan before she looked back at the laptop to continue watching the movie she had been secretly watching. If not for the movie, she would sleep throughout all the time of her shift since nothing happens here except watching very rich people come in and go out."Call the general manager directly and —"The receptionist hit her fist on her desk, interrupting Ryan."Do you have any difficulty in locating the door leading outside?" She asked. Irritation evident on her round face.Ryan frowned. He looked her straight in the eye, waiting for her to do what he asked.When she saw how determined the man dressed in Walmart clothes was, the receptionist picked the phone. She couldn't wait to see him thrown out by the security men. After all these days, maybe she could watch a live drama in the company. She rolled her eyes on the man in disdain again and snorted. He has a real gut. Does he think he is special or something coming here without an appointment?"Ma'am.
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Stephanie pushed Anderson away from her and dashed across to where Ryan and Brenda were. They were on the last step of the staircase that led to the hall and had stopped to look at her."Have you been cheating on me all this while?" She shouted at Ryan. Her face, a mask of anger. She looked at Brenda through the corner of her eyes."What?" Ryan frowned, completely surprised with her accusation."If you haven't been cheating on me, there is no way you have gotten involved with her all of a sudden." She looked from Ryan to Brenda. "She is a famous and capable managing director in the city." Ryan wanted to ask her why she would think of something like that but he didn't. There was no use of wasting his energy on an argument with her."Your slanderous words would be taken to court, Miss Stephanie," Brenda said. She shot Stephanie a cold stare. Does she think she can say whatever she wants to Ryan and get away with it? Not anymore. Stephanie had done enough to Ryan and now that she found
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"Apologize for what you just said to Brenda right now," Ryan said in a no nonsense tone.Anderson scoffed. "Never. I only exposed what was going on between you and her. Why should I apologize for that?" If Ryan thinks he can make him do what he wants just because he is holding him slightly by the collar, Ryan should stop fooling… Anderson suppressed a groan as Ryan's grip on his collar tightened."Do all you can. I will never apologize," Anderson said. Although he wished Ryan would release the grip on his collar, he didn't make it obvious in his voice.Ryan lifted him higher. Anderson's feet were no longer touching the ground. A sense of fear overcame him. It slowly turned to one of oppression. One that he had never felt before. He had never thought Ryan had this much power. And somewhere at the back of his mind, Anderson realized that Ryan was no longer the househusband he used to know."I am sorry!" He tried not to yelp out the words."Say it well," Ryan said."I am sorry, Brenda. I
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