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THE ONLY HEIR chapter 46
“He needs someone to work as his house keeper."" Then what?. “" Jesus, Mark you're supposed to be the smart one, how come you're not picking up on this fast?. “" You can as well tell me and stop beating about the bush. “" If we get a housekeeper, means that we could get a housekeeper of our choice, means that she could steal from him that way. ““So he wants her now?." “He doesn't like to be kept waiting, I told him that I would get back to him."“Well, do you have someone?." “Yeah, I do. Her name is Rosetta, she's my best friend."“Is she going to be good for the job."“She's perfect for it."“Okay then, tell him."One day she had walked into his office, looking as beautiful as she could, she stood in the door, waiting for his eyes to catch her, so he could watch her walk into his office. So he could drink from her image. Then she saw Adrian and knew that her world was over, or so she thought.“Mark, something bad has happened."“What?."“I saw Adrian in Darwin's office, he
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 47
It was cold. That was my first thought. I had woken up with a proper hangover. The phone was ringing, I didn't know what to focus on, I didn't know if I should focus on my freezing feet, my migraine or my ringing phone. But, I picked up the phone nevertheless and I saw it was Mandeline calling me. I picked up the phone and I tried to sound active, I didn't want to sound as if I was just waking up.“Hello, Madeline how are you doing?."“I'm sorry, did I wake you, it's the time difference, it's crazy." I tried to make my voice sound alert but it sounded the opposite, I still felt drowsy." Yeah, the time difference is crazy, I'm coming straight to Ireland. I'd love to see around, isn't that where Rosé is from?. “" Yeah, she's from here."“How's she doing?."“She's good, she loves it here."“What about you?."“I love it here."“I'll be there soon but not too soon." " I'll be waiting here for you, okay?. “" Okay. “ I drove to my house and I got dressed. To be honest, I
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 48
I took a walk outside. I wanted to take in the scene of everything. I remembered Lily, my old classmate, who had red hair and freckles on her face, but she was a nice sight. She has those pretty faces that you could gaze on for hours on end and you would never get enough of the beauty. Then I remembered Ará, she had those beautiful faces too, I remembered the time I had gotten in trouble because I was going to see Ará at night in the girls' hostel. I remember the time after that, I remember the time we tried to sneak out of the school... I shake my head desperately trying to get Ará out if my thoughts, nostalgia wasn't going to get me anywhere right now and plus I haven't even heard from Ará in a long time. Although I missed her so much, I missed her and I was worried about her. I shifted my focus from my thoughts to the serene environment around me. I walked amongst the trees, I felt a clean sweep of sir envelope me. I seriously needed advice, I needed a clue as
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 49
I drove towards Mark's house. I didn't expect to find him there, I just wanted to find something, a clue, I don't even know what I wanted to find, I just wanted to know what my next line of action would be. I was helpless. I felt too dormant, I needed a good plan now that Mark was gone…he used to be the master planner. If I don't find anything in Mark's house, I would go home to Darwin and then I would leave him, I wouldn't play him, not that I didn't want to but, I would just leave because there was no reason to play him or I could just stay with him and try to see if I could love him. Was I incapable of love?. I couldn't continue faking a smile, I couldn't keep on faking to be calm even when i was scared, I couldn't keep on living this life. What if he catches me and Rosetta, what would we do, we had avoided deaths too many times in the past, how long could we keep this going. As I was driving I was thinking of the house I would love to have, I was thinking of m
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 50
I left Marks' house in a stable state. And I was really grateful for this. Formerly I almost ran mad thinking of the fact that our company was literally going down hills, there was no Darwin to run it, no Mark, no Hensley and then there was nobody who could fit the shoes of a credible and effective CEO, at least no body we have found. Not even my husband could fill in the shoes.Anderson Cooper was an intelligent man, yes, he was handsome, certainly, he was wealthy of course but could be run a company? No, not even the slightest. How could he run a company, when he was running the one in New York that time, he was suffering, his workers did all the things for him. He couldn't even insert a light bulb into a lamp. He was like a small child, that was smart but unwise, a small child that always fidgeted with things amd always had people to do his biding. When my papa had introduced me to Anderson, he swept me off my feet with his beautiful eyes and his beautiful sweet talk
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 51
Mandeline was happy. She really was. She had paid the rental company off for the car she had broken, she didn't technically break it but still they didn't care less. She got to the airport and she was a bit edgy, she was thinking of the man that followed her when she was going to Detroit. But she relaxed when she got into the plane, but her mind was racing. Then the thought struck her, amongst all the other of her thoughts, this one was loud and clear, she heard it vividly.It was the fact that she likes to do the job of other people and not work on her own. Technically, the voice in her head was telling her that she liked to work under someone else. She liked to be the shadow, she liked to be led. Of course she didn't like the thought, she tried to brush it off but the more she tried the more it dawned on her that it was true. She though about it very much, she had all the time to think about it lenghtily and she did. She had always been the body while Rosé had
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 52
It was 7:35am. I was wide awake, I've been awake for hours. I had woken up by five in the morning, even before the sun came. I had to get up early to prepare for a meeting that I had in Brighton. I had taken my bath and I went downstairs to meet Mandeline and Rosetta making breakfast. Mandeline turned to see me and she smiled.I smiled too.I remember that I had sent someone to follow her and he lost her, I knew that she didn't go to see any friend of hers, what I didn't know was where she went. But I also knew that she didn't know it was me who sent him. She was clueless about it, I knew when she got home that she still thought that I was in the dark and it was an advantage on my side.“Good morning." Rosetta said.“Good morning." I told her.“Darling, you're all set to go." Mandeline told me. “Yeah. I have a busy day ahead of me today."“Where are you having the meeting in?."“Brighton."“When are you going to be back?."“Tomorrow."“What's the meeting about?."“I
THE ONLY HEIR chapter 53
I got home but I didn't come with the chopper, I drove myself home from the airport. I walked into the living room, it was empty.I wondered if anybody was home.. I went to check the patio, I went to the waiting room, I went to the keeping room, there was nobody. So I decided that if I got upstairs, I would call Mandeline to ask where she was. I went to my room and the door was slightly ajar. Mandeline might be inside.When I walked in, she was inside alright, she was with Rosetta and another man. My safe had been cracked, I could see that, everything was coming to me slowly, but still they were coming. I saw Mandeline tossing the suitcase to Rosetta, that was the suitcase containing the five hundred grand, there was another bigher case containing five million euro, that too, was in Rosetta's hand.“What's happening here?." I asked, my mind was still processing things but it was working too slow. I saw Mandeline reach into the safe, brought out a gun and then she