Chapter One Hundred and Seventy FiveA day earlier.Henry thought the storm was over, after Jackson defended them during that job. He had deleted all those anonymous messages. Happy and content, he turned his Focus to the king conglomerate. The director had informed him of a business they were going to acquire. He didn’t want to but when he heard the name of the business, his interest was piqued.“Did you say Duke Fashion house?” he asked. The director nodded.“Yes sir. It was part of the business Luther had mapped out to own, before he died” he replied. Henry went through the files. Reading through it. Then something struck him.“Is this not where Elena worked” he muttered.“I didn’t get that sir” the director said.“Oh it’s alright. “He said aloud. As he stared at the papers, an idea sprang up from his head. He smirked. Elena could reject him but he couldn’t wait to see her face, when she realized he was her boss. “Come on we will buy it. Commence meetings” he said and the directo
Ruby’s POVEver since I had that confrontation with Marissa, Hercules had been complaining that I had grown distant. He said I rarely came up to his room, neither did I let him come to mine. I couldn’t tell him my reasons, I just prayed he understood me. After breakfast, I took a walk in the garden and I looked up and froze. I couldn’t believe it.Hercules was staring at me. My heart raced.Was anything on my face? Was it the make up? Does he know? Immediately I looked away. In my head, I was running around like a headless chicken. OMG! What does that mean? Why was he staring at me? Did Marissa say anything?I instantly ran upstairs and straight to my room. The moment I shut the door behind me, I leaned into it as my heart raced. I didn’t leave my room again. So I began to target when he wasn’t around to come out of the house, but weirdly I always bumped into him. I felt sad that I had to avoid him these days.Two days later, the house was getting fumigated. Henry said he had seen
Jackson was restless all through the night. He kept asking himself questions. Questions he had no answers to. He had thought he was now in Henry’s good graces but with the way Henry spoke to him that evening, he knew something was wrong. “Boys!” he heard Marcus come into the other room. “ We have a meeting with the boss” Jackson stood up, grabbed his phone from the night stand. He walked out the door and saw Marcus.“Hey man” Jackson closed the door. Marcus watched as he was coming out. He didn’t know how to say it so he coughed.“what?” Jackson asked. He wasn’t oblivious to what was happening. He just wanted to hear it from the horses mouth. “Emm I think you will have to sit this one out”“Why?” Jackson said almost immediately. Marcus looked away. He didn’t want to be the one to say it but he had to.Marcus went silent.Jackson stormed out of the house. His footsteps echoing off the cold concrete walls.Marcus followed him. Then he stopped at a distance. Jackson. Stopped too. Hi
Elena had been enjoying a quiet Saturday afternoon at Danny’s home. Not she loved staying at Danny’s. He had compelled her to come over.She was lost in the pages of a novel that offered her an escape from the annoying life she was living. The soft murmur of the air conditioner and the distant chirping of birds outside were the only sounds that filled the cozy apartment. Happy that the devil of Danny had left the house earlier. She was free to fantasize about she and Henry. And of course she took the job but didn’t mention to Danny that her now boss was Henry.The doorbell shattered the quietness, jolting Elena out of her literary world. She hesitated, wondering who could be visiting unannounced on a weekend. Danny didn’t tell her that someone was coming.Setting her book aside, she moved towards the door and opened it to find Claire standing there, her usually bright eyes clouded with unease. What was she doing here? She wondered. Who even told her she was here?."Elena, can we talk
The week began on a good note for Elena. Danny had apologized a lot of times. Buying her expensive bags and shoes. Elena accepted them meanwhile having her plans in check.She walked into the office, wearing one of those clothes, Danny had bought for him. While others gushed at her clothes, she kept peering her head towards Henry’s office. He had not come out of his office, since he walked in.“Elena your dress is so beautiful” Shelly, a colleague gushed at her dress.“Oh thank you” she smiled and continued looking at Henry’s office door.“Where did you get it? and how much” she quizzed Elena. Elena blinked. Irritation stapled on her eyelids. She was tired of the incessant questions. She wanted Shelly to let her be. And she couldn’t find anyway of saying this without sounding rude. So she smiled at her.“It was a gift”. She parked the papers on get desk. “ I need to work on this” she muttered. Hoping Shelly would pick that as her cue to leave. Shelly stated at the clothes smiling.“I
When Henry drove into the house, he last thing he expected to see was Marissa, that friend of Ruby kicking the ball. It was like she was so good with the ball. Henry turned off the ignition of the car and immediately walked to the field. Just then the ball swayed to where he stood. He kicked the ball and when Marissa saw him, she blushed red.“I’m sorry I didn’t—” she began.“You didn’t what? And by the way what are you sorry for” he smiled at her.Marissa pointed towards the house.” I think I should get back inside” she laughed nervously.“Come on, I just got here. Play with you me” he kicked the ball and it landed at her feet.“ Nah I —” “Unless you are a chicken” Henry smirked.“No I’m definitely not” Marissa laughed nervously.“Okay you can go. I guess you are not confident enough in those skills of yours” he said looking away.Marissa’s laugh turned to a scoff. “Mr. Henry I am everything and confident” “It’s just Henry” he squinted at his watch. “ Then why are you running a
If there was something Ruby thought she had knew about Marissa, she was wrong. A lot had changed since the last time they were together. Marissa was no longer that softie, who cried at every injustice. The poor girl had learnt to stand up for herself. With this attitude, Marissa was now known as the sly one. She was like snake. She watched her prey quietly and attacked when they least expected it. And that was she planned to do with Henry. She was not one bit deterred by Ruby’s words. She knew her secret and as long as Ruby was not yet ready to die, she would do little to nothing to stop her plans with henry. Now Marissa being the sly demon, that she was, she didn’t go all out to show Ruby she wasn’t going to do anything she wanted, rather she did the opposite.She put up a front of avoiding henry. That way Ruby would think her plans worked, then she watched Henry. Day after day, Marissa would make an effort to be where Henry was. Just like that, they began to spend time with each ot
When Marissa went to get her phone from the balcony and found Laura's name flashing on the screen, she had her stomach knot. All her happiness was gone. She could still see Henry standing, waiting for her. She hesitated for a moment, then swiftly cut the call and turned to Henry, who was now lounging on the couch, flipping through a stack of papers.“Oh it’s nothing it’s just my troublesome ex," Marissa lied smoothly, slipping the phone into her pocket. "Always calling at the worst times." She rolled her eyes.Henry raised an eyebrow, his piercing gaze fixing on her. "You okay?""Yeah, just annoying," Marissa replied with a dismissive wave, hoping her calm demeanor masked the unease churning inside her. She looked at him to avoid looking away. That would reassure him. She had missed Laura’s call the day before. She knew deep down, she couldn't keep avoiding Laura's calls forever, especially not when she was supposed to be gathering information for her. She had given her much details