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Alex took Sophia out to an amusement park as a way of cheering her up. Jayden and Cynthia tagged along. They went on different activities in the park. They entered Mary go round. They did horse riding. They also played a shooting game and a fighting in which they were paired in twos. They were playing Mortal Kombat now and it was Alex and Sophia's turn. Sophia's voice was loud and her face was full of smiles. She was happy that she agreed to come to the park. At first, she was reluctant to come because she thought that amusement parks were for kids."Gosh, be nice Alex. Have you forgotten that I'm a lady? You don't hit a lady like that." Sophia said while Alex was beating up her representative on the screen. Sophia was not good at all these electronic games but she was still happy playing them even though they keep flogging her ass.Alex chuckles in amusement. Women will never cease to amuse him. "Even before we started playing any game at all–when we arrived, you already started mak
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Jayden and Cynthia have left. Alex was driving home with Sophia. Ever since that wish that Sophia made, everyone started acting awkward except Alex who had been deep in thought. His interpretation of the wish was totally different. He thought that maybe he wasn't showing Sophia enough love and that that's why she made that request in the first place."I didn't know that the love I've been showing you all these people hasn't been enough." Alex broke the awkward silence. They have been driving home for the past few minutes but none of them has uttered a word to the other.Sophia didn't say anything in return. She was so embarrassed by the way Alex handled the whole situation. Was he really oblivious to the true meaning of her request?When they got to Alex's house, Sophia immediately came down from the car and entered the house. She went upstairs to her room and didn't spare Alex even a glance.Alex entered the house looking more confused and perplexed. He really thought that the whole
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Alex woke up the next day and made his way to Sophia's room just to discover that she had already left the house. He wanted them to talk about what happened the previous day before going to their different companies today.As for him, he wasn't going to the office just yet. He's waiting for the security guards and police officers to bring Marcus and his group to their new home. Alex went back to his room, freshened up, and dressed up for the day. He wore a three-piece navy blue suit which complemented his skin tone. He came downstairs and sat at the dining table. It didn't take long for Anastacia to serve him his food.He started eating and casually scrolling through his phone. He was just being slow on purpose because he didn't want to leave the house without seeing his new servants. He wanted to issue some orders to them before going to work.After what felt like an eternity later, the door was opened, and Marcus Kingston and his partners in crime walked in. Alex quickly finished u
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Sophia was at her office buried in work when she got a notification from Jayden telling her to rush to Golden Spade Restaurant that it was very urgent. Sophia immediately left all that she was doing and ran out.She drove like a crackhead cos she was panicking that something wrong might be happening. It didn't take long for her to get to the restaurant. She entered the restaurant looking disheveled and breathing hard. She looked around the restaurant and saw Jayden and Cynthia in a reserved corner. She quickly made her way to them.When Sophia got to them, she ran her eyes to and fro from them to decipher if they were hurt in any way but she was a little taken aback when she found out that there was nothing wrong with them. This leaves her with the question 'Why did they give her a heart attack with that type of message?'"Why did you both make me drive here like a maniac all for nothing? What if the road securities caught me? Have you thought of that?" Sophia asked a series of questi
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Jayden gestured for Cynthia to fill Sophia in on what the plan was all about. Cynthia was skeptical about being the one to start the talk. She was hoping that Jayden would do the talking and she would just back him up."I'm still waiting guys. What plan do you guys have up your sleeves?" Sophia asked, still having her earlier abandoned sandwich.After much back and forth moments, Cynthia decided to do the honors. She cleared her throat to know if she could clear her nerves a little bit. She really doesn't know why Sophia gets her nervous. Maybe because she's still yet to fully let go of what she put them all through."I'd like to make a request first before going ahead and voicing out the plan." Cynthia directed at Sophia whose attention was now solely on Cynthia."And what might that be? For the record, I don't have money to give out, I'm still looking for a way to gather the money my father owes the Howells. As much as I would have loved for him to suffer for his mistakes, he's stil
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It is night already and Sophia is back at Alex's house. She has stopped her house hunting for now seeing that she has a lot of money to pay the Howells so she can't just misuse the one she has currently. She has been working so hard to gather the whole money so that her father doesn't have any reason to push her off to a man.Unlike the previous day, Sophia came down for dinner. She didn't lock herself up like she did last night. Well, Jayden and Cynthia spoke to her over the phone earlier and told her to be as nice as she could towards Alex. They told her to drop her sassy attitude for now that it will help their plan to be more effective.When she joined Alex in the dining, you could see the surprised look he gave her. He was taken aback to see Sophia joining him for dinner and even smiled at him. The Sophia he knows would never want to be seen anywhere near him. She would avoid him with everything she has got.Alex was happy because he didn't know how to start resolving the issue t
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Sophia was still catching up with Alex when her phone rang. She looked at the caller ID to find out that it was Jayden who was calling her. She knows that it's because of the text message she sent to him a few minutes ago.Sophia sent that message because Alex does romantic stuff and says that it's what he would normally do for a friend, so she has to go ahead with the plan to know if he's actually being truthful that he doesn't see her in a romantic way."Um…I really enjoyed my time with you tonight. I'm happy that we got to talk. And I'm also happy that we have squashed our little beef. Now, I have to retire to bed." Sophia said, still looking at her vibrating phone. She wanted to leave the dining room immediately and answer the call."Are we back to hiding stuff from each other?" Alex asked out of the blue. He was sipping his black coffee because it helps him stay up at night and get some work done."I don't understand–what do you mean?" Sophia asked in a confused tone. She didn't
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Alex sat down for quite some time absorbing the shock of the revelation that he just discovered. He doesn't even know how to feel about the whole thing. "I guess that I should be happy for her." He voiced out his thoughts. But why does it seem like he is truly not happy about this revelation? His thoughts were just messed up, he is trying so hard to forget about the whole admirer shit but it seems to be the only thing he can think of.Just so that he would not run mad with overthinking, he stood up and made his way to the back of the house. He was going to the staff quarters to see how his latest servants were holding up. He didn't check on them when he got back because his thought was occupied by Sophia's debt and how to be of help to her.Alex got to the staff quarters to meet the four criminals outside. They are eating and casually chatting. He couldn't make out what they were saying until he got closer."I don't think I can survive a long time in this place. What's the difference
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“Please explain what you mean,” Jayden said, still looking a bit taken off guard by her response.“I knew that I was pregnant. Well… I didn't know for a fact because I didn’t do any tests in the hospital but I did a urine test with a pregnancy test kit and it came out positive. I didn't know how to tell my boyfriend because I didn't know how he would take it. I also knew that I would lose the child when I started bleeding out.” She was a bit sceptical about telling him because they had only been intimate just once and that was on the night after his birthday. They had already been aroused even before they went to the party venue, it was only natural that they completed what they started earlier.“I can't believe that you are saying this. Why would you keep something like that away from me? Have I ever given you any reasons to doubt my love for you? It takes two to tangle, have you forgotten?” Alex asked a series of questions. He was bothered that Sophia would think that he would by an
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Sophia woke up to see her boyfriend and her friends surrounding her in their various positions. There was this happiness that filled her soul to know that they slept in the same room with her without considering the uncomfortable position they slept in. The closest person to her right now is Cynthia who was sleeping an inch beside her. She gently tapped Cynthia which made Cynthia open her eyes almost immediately she was touched because she thought that Sophia might be in any form of discomfort.“Sophia, is everything okay? Do you want me to call the doctor?” Cynthia rushed out.Sophia shook her head sideways, “No, I'm fine. Just help me and touch the men.” Sophia requested.Cynthia walked over to them and tapped them. They both woke up with a startle, just like Cynthia, they thought that something was wrong with Sophia. When they looked around, they saw Sophia who already sat up on her bed. In a split second, Alex swiftly rushed to where she was sitting down and engulfed her in a hug.
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The ladies knew that they were in for a lot. They trembled in fear and strikes of tears ran down their faces, “Please spare us.” Cassandra pleaded in a shaky voice. She was against this whole arrangement at first because she knew that there would be no easy way out if they were caught, but they had to emotionally blackmail her into taking part in it, now look where that had gotten them.Cassandra’s answer caused Alex to chuckle in amusement, “I just lost my child because of you guys and for some shitty reason you think that I would want to let you go?” He asked in his newly adapted mild voice. This particular tone of his feared them more than the loud and snappy tone.“We didn't know that she was pregnant, and the poison wasn't even for her,” Clare replied.Alex huffed in disbelief, “Should that make me feel better? If it wasn't the baby who died, it would have been Sophia. And… would it have been better if you guys succeeded in your plans to kill me? There's one particular question t
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‘Kaboom’ Alex's fist lands on Victor Mancini's face.“You had the nerve to try to kill my girlfriend. You must really be fearless.” Alex spat. Over the past 10 minutes after Sophia's call, he had been with the Kingston family, or better put– the notorious four. They were tied up in circles with their backs to each other on the floor. He had the urge to just end them completely, but he knew that the law would take its course no matter his status in society. He had to come home after hearing the news of Sophia's miscarriage. He had to look for where to let out his anger and the only place that came to his mind was the perpetrator's body. He wanted them to feel half of what he was feeling right now. This is very much unlike him but they have done more than enough, whom much is given, much is expected also.“As I said earlier, your girlfriend was not the target. We wanted you to be the one to take the drink but no! Sophia had to get in the way of our revenge. Well, I guess that half-bread
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“Please can you repeat what you said earlier?” Alex reiterated, still shocked by the news.“I said that my team and I are so sorry to announce to you that she lost the baby. We did our best to save her but the poison in her system would have succeeded in killing her if it didn't kill the baby.” The doctor repeated while he thought that they didn't hear him the first time.“Shit!” Alex cussed out and punched the closest wall. This motion startled both the doctor and Cynthia who was too dumbstruck to say anything. “Um… we didn't know that she was pregnant.” Cynthia finally speaks.The doctor looked surprised at this. It was then that he realised that they asked him to recap what he said earlier not because they didn't hear him but because they were hearing it for the first time– they were shocked at the news.“She was a few weeks gone from the scan we carried out on her earlier… precisely 4 weeks gone.” The doctor answered. He saw how the news disoriented Alex– how he was going around
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“Cynthia, please ask my baby to wake up.” Alex strained out from the driver's seat. He looked between the road and at his girlfriend through the rearview mirror. He frustratedly hit his hands on the driving wheel when the traffic light turned red. If he were to be the one in front, he wouldn’t have minded the traffic light at all.At the back of the car, Cynthia was shaking profusely. Her lips trembled and her eyes kept overflowing with tears. They were all to be blamed for Sophia's current condition. If anything happens to Sophia, they will all be doomed.“Is there no other way for you to get to the hospital? Sophia is bleeding profusely– Alex, she's losing a lot of blood.” Cynthia was able to get out of her jittery nerves.Alex looked to his right to see that the cars were moving to the right side, but he was supposed to take the straight road cos that's the road leading to the hospital. It was about 30 seconds remaining for the traffic light to turn to green but that felt like an e
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Sophia picks up a gift card from the list of items lying on the floor, “Oh… this is not for me.” She hands it over to Alex, “This card has your name on it.”Alex took it and looked at it. It didn't go beyond his notice that his girlfriend totally avoided what he said to her earlier, but he would just let it go.They ended up exchanging their gifts. At some point during the process, they all got emotional about the thoughtful gifts they all got. Sophia got a box of diamond pieces of jewellery, a Christmas card, a big teddy bear– that got her cackling though, and a MacBook.Alex got a Christmas card too, some sports attire– he had an inkling that it would be from Cynthia cos that girl wanted him to go boxing on his birthday, he got a headset too because he likes music a lot and he finally got a Rolex designer wristwatch.Cynthia was the only one who didn't get a Christmas card. This made them conclude that the lovely cards were from her. Well, She got some cake equipment like an oven, a
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“Merry Christmas.” That has been what has been exchanged so many times since daybreak. Alex invited all his staff to have Christmas dinner with them. The dinner was to start by 7 pm while the exchange of gifts between him and his friends was to happen by 5 pm. It was half past 4 pm already and they were all now surrounding the Christmas tree. It happened that every one of them sneaked in their Christmas gifts for one another before daybreak. They did it in such a way that the recipient of the gift wouldn't know the giver– the only way to know that the gift is for you is from the name written on it.As for what they had been doing since morning, Well, they all woke up quite late and when they did, they had their brunch and drove to the cemetery where they stayed with Mr Christopher for quite some time. On their way back, they dropped by the orphanage and celebrated Christmas with the children there. They took pictures and played around with the babies. When they were about to leave, th
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It's Christmas Eve and Alex, his girlfriend and his friends went to the movie theater to spend it. They had been outside the whole day, going from one fun place to the other. They already mounted a Christmas tree earlier in the day before leaving the house. They were going to place their gifts on the tree after they got home from the theatre. “This is like the hundredth time I'm seeing this movie and it still ended up making me emotional as always,” Cynthia said dabbing her eyes and wiping the snot running down her nose. “Yeah… Romeo and Juliet always have a way of penetrating someone's heart. Every time I watched the movie, I kept praying that they would live happily ever after while still knowing that they would still die.” Sophia chipped in. They were done watching their movie and they were on their way home. As the women conversed about the movie, the men sat down quietly and listened to them. They don't want to say anything that would make them call any of them inconsiderate or
