Chapter 73As Sheila's exclamation that there was a problem echoed through the air, Lucas felt a sense of urgency. Little did he know that the unexpected visit of Sheila's parents would disturb his plan. "You said there was a problem, what is the problem all about? He asked There was silence for a while before she could say what was on her mind and she said stammering "I just need your help; I need your help. My parents, my dad, and my mom have been pressuring me to introduce the person I'm dating, or they will arrange a marriage for me. I told them two years ago that I was in love with someone, and whenever they asked, I always came up with a series of excuses to avoid introducing my partner. Six months ago, I informed them that my fiance had a housing problem, and we moved in together. Since then, I've been pretending to be a man whenever they ask me to put him on the call. Now, they are coming home due to their business facing bankruptcy, and they would like to know who I'm datin
Chapter 74Sheila fought against the invisible chains of the CCTV, well aware that the appointment letter explicitly forbade office romance, threatening the very essence of job security. The contradiction between risking the contract and losing Lucas loomed over her.As the possibility of losing Lucas dawned on her, she seized the moment, using her hands to encircle him. The sudden connection snapped Lucas out of his reverie; he was startled to realize he had hugged Sheila, and the warmth lingered between them.Slowly, he began to release his grip, a gradual unravelling of the unconsenting embrace. Sheila mirrored his movements, acknowledging the necessity to disentangle themselves.Embarrassment settled over Lucas like a heavy shroud; he couldn't bring himself to meet Sheila's gaze, the weight of an unspoken understanding hanging in the air. Sheila thought he remembered Lydia and wanted someone to lean on that was why she reciprocated. "I know how hard it is to lose someone you love
Chapter 75 Lucas began hearing noise and decided to trace it further, halting at the entrance of Sheila's room. He heard a man spewing horrible words at Sheila, and he believed it was her father due to the way he accused the woman beside her of having given birth to a useless daughter. Anger surged within him, and he clenched his hands into fists, contemplating whether to go inside and drag Sheila out. Just as he was considering this, Sheila ran into his arms. The man then came to lock the door saw them together and cursed them as useless. Lucas looked at Sheila and said "It is well, you can go and sleep in the room and I will sleep here" "You can't sleep here, I have my reason, maybe we should sleep in your room together" she suggested. One of them would have also been in the living room but Sheila's father would get angry if he saw any of them around. They both walked into Lucas's room, he told Sheila to sleep on the bed while he would sleep on the floor but Sheila disagreed t
Chapter 76.Mrs. Blake felt sorry for Lucas for being an orphan at a tender age, she had gone through the same shoe and she knew how painful to grow up without parents. She decided to offer words of advice and scourge his son-in-law-to-be when Mr.Blade who had never said anything other than eating and looking at them with bombastic eyes broke the silence and abused the hell out of Lucas. Lucas was surprised at his behaviour because he had never seen a mouth with a sharp mouth as Mr. Blake. He remembered that Lydia's father was not this brutal, he always got tired after one or two curses, his wife used to help him hurl the remaining negative words he was supposed to say to him, but the reverse was the case with Sheila's father as he could abuse for eternity non-stop. His dark lips never stopped dancing like a live chicken that enters hot water. Lucas's fury ignited, his fist clenched beside him, he felt like beating the hell out of Sheila's father, he looked at Sheila and their eyes m
Chapter 77David and May loved each other before the birth of Sheila, despite their age differences, he always looked out for her and they cared for each other. May had been the brain behind the DM company, she named the business her name and that of her husband, she started the small business at the front of her house and the business grew after the birth of Sheila, hence she added her daughter's name to the business name. Their love became sour after the birth of Sheila because David had always wanted a male child and May gave birth to a female child, he had named the child before she was born, thinking that his wife would give birth to a male child.He refused to name the child and May changed the male name given to the unborn child and named her child. He always mocks his wife for giving birth to a 'thing' not a child. He beat Sheila up at the slightest encounter; May feared that he might kill the child one day and decided to take her away from home. She started living from family
Chapter 78.Lucas got the list of companies that Philla Group partnered with and decided to teach him a lesson. Sheila was dumbfounded when Lucas was requesting for the list, she wanted to laugh but did not want him to feel less of himself in the presence of her mother. They finished and Sheila cleared the table. She later went to meet Lucas in his room, she didn't feel shy because she slept there the previous day. She stood at the entrance and started looking at Lucas with a side eye when he was changing into another dress. "Are you set to work?" she asked jokingly "Which work?" he asked "The one you just took from my mum now, you are a consultant, engineer and now lawyer or police which of the two? She sneered "Can you leave the entrance I want to pass, please?" he begged "Wait, let's stop joking, where are you going? She asked him with a serious look"I want to get something for you to eat" he lied"I'm not hungry, tell me where you are going, if you don't I will lock the
Chapter 79He picked up his phone and called Sean, he said he was on his way to Coppers Entertainment and that he must meet him there in the next 30 minutes. He arrived at the copper entertainment industry not long after and headed to the boardroom, he sent for only Sean but was surprised to see Tristian and Madam Jane also, they rose to their feet when they saw him except Madam Jane, who remained in her wheelchair. "Where is Kendrick?" He asked Madam Jane quickly responded "I sent for him but he refuses to come""I didn't send for you either, why are you here? Oh, I guess, you must be hungry. Your presence here earns you all 10,000 dollars" he insulted them"Do you mean each of us? " asked Madam Jane"What have you done that you deserved to be paid 10,000 dollars? Tell me how much you made this month. you have wretched the company with your carelessness and greed" he slammed his hand on the table and yelled at them. He walked to Sean and asked him what had happened to his hand.
Chapter 80.Lucas was angry that Mr. Blake left home because of him and he decided to go out and find him but was stopped by Sheila and her mother saying that he should not disturb himself and that he would come home. "I just want to find him," he said "You don't need to, he will come back home when he is tired of being outside, that is what he turned himself into 27 years ago, leave him. He has a concubine he always finds solace with in the next street," Mrs. Blake explained with expressionless face. It showed that she wasn't bothered anymore that her husband kept a mistress."You said in the morning I should get ready to get my business back, I got a call from one of my managers today that Maxwell reached out to us for collaboration and also cut ties with Gourment Harvests, Do you know Maxwell that you can command the big company like?" she asked, and her face was glittered with a smile"No, ma, I have not done anything to the list you gave me," he said, looking at Sheila's face to