"So what do you want to do now?" Mr DeVille asked the woman sitting in front of him.They had had dinner, had small talks, laughed, held hands, gossiped and now the night was turning darker and the time was drifting away to start all ober again.However, he didn want to go home just yet.The other customers had found their way home and only a few remained in he restaurant. There was a bottle of wine on their table that was a glass away from being empty. Mr DeVille had his eyes on thw woman who's eyes were becoming a bit heavy, she was finding jt hard to stoo herself from smiling because there wasnt really anythimg to smile about, but somehow, the air, yhe way Mr DeVille was holding her hand, the way her heart was racing and how her thoughts could not drift off from the fact that she had not received a reply from Carolene, made her laugh.This was the first time in a long time that she had allowed herself to be free, to drink the wine without thinking about tomorrow.From all th restr
Jade could not contain her heart. The way it was beating against her chest was new to her. The feeling of having another woman's lips on her own was quite unfamiliar and before she could give it a second thought, her hands pushed Carolene away from her.Carolene lifted her eyebrow at jade, the look of pure confusion but apparent lust jn jade's eyes was something that she was quite used to seeing. She understood that questioning gaze that jade held and also the lust she couldn't fight. And just like she thought, jade pulled her in again for another kiss.This time, jade was brave enough to run her hand all over Carolene. Her hands mived like she gad done this before, she fondled, grabbed, held closely to herself all parts od Carolene and when she had had her fill, she pulled away.Carolene couldn't contain her smile, "that's was something" she commented.Jade cleared her throat, looking away from Carolene, she said: "I can't blame that on the alcohol"."You certainly cannot, all of th
Kraig dropped his silverware with a clang. He stared at his grandfather wuth pleading eyes but seeing that his imploration was met with nonchalance, his gaze darted to Jade whonsat beside him. His eyes transformed from pleading to rage.He glowered at her while she returned it with a knowing, victorious smirk.Kraig didn't know what to do, he quickly peeled his eyes away from Jade, but the woman next to him wasn't a sight for sore eyes. He was attacked by a wave of guilt as he saw her.He quickly tose to his feet, "I'll be leaving now"."When should i come see yoy for the whole planning?" Jade asked, sipping from her coffee.Kraig hated the sound of her voice, he shook his head and walked away without giving her a proper reply. As he reached the front door, he fetched his phone out of his pocket and dialed a number."How are you feeling?" He asked shocked that his call had been answered."I'm fine," Wynn replied sounding very tired and stressed."Have you had breakfast?" He asked her
With her hair pulled up in a ponytail, her face void of the usual heavy makeup she usually wore, Leah sat on a table for two whuxh was close to the window where she could see him drive in. She had picked her clothes knowing thst these was the tyoe of clothes wynn usually wore. A bit casual, conservative but still sexy. She had a great body and it was perfect to pull off the clothes. Sbe ordered for coffee and as she took little sips from it, she waited for her company.Leah checked the time over and iver again. She had been waiting for more than thirty minutes feeling that maybe Juan wasnt coming anymore. She decided to call him to ask. But as sbe picked up her phone, the bell on the door of yhe cafe rang and attracted her attention.Leah smiled as she watchrd Juan strut in. He looked quite nice, with his work suit and an air of seriousness, he stopped before her."Juan, I thought you couldn't maje it" she said.Juan sat down, "I didn't want to come here, but I wanted to see exactl
Jade heeded to Carolene's advice and picked out a random blue dress to wear. She realized that confidence truly was the best accessory and so when she finished dressing up, she held her head high and had the chauffeur drive her to the office.She arrived and successfully attracted the attention of workers and passerbys alike. It was known to them that her family and the DeVille normally did business together, but suddenly having her show up in place od her parents was an oddity. Another reason why the stared was because of the news that was everywhere: on the tabloids, social media, news channels and whatnot. Everybody who had a cell phone hesrd about the fire in her laboratory and seeing that she arrived at the DeVille's company, many people were sure thst she had cme to ask for help.Yhe only way she coukd save herself was from yhe help of the DeVille's.They had no idea that it wasnt help she was begging for. She just needed someone to serve their punishment.She walked to the rec
Juan was dumbfounded. The intrigue that the news of her actions had erupted suddenly washed down, he rose to his feet angrily."What do you mean that it was Wynn?"Leah still could not meet his eyes, she rested her chin on her shoulder, avoiding his gaze, avoiding his questions, avoiding anything that woukd cause his anger to worsen."You had people rape Wynn?" He asked loudly which attracted the eyes of some people in the cafe."It's nkt what you think"."That's bullshit, did you or did you not do it?" He asked."I did, but…""But nothing!" He yelled, "you have such a cruel heart, you employed people to rsoe her, why?"Leah coudknt take his yelling anymore, she angrily turned her face to him, matching his eyes as she stood to her feet."It was because of yoh, you had been the one who caused all this. Yoh told me you only had sex wuth me because i was the closest thing yo Wynn thst yoh could find. What the hell does that even mean? Its all your fault. You caused this to happen!"Juan
"Wh..what?" Kraig blinked twice he shook his head as he stared at the woman again. She didn't look to be much older than he was. If anything, she woukd have just a couple of years on him.She smiled at him before moving to the empty chair beside the one jade occuoied, "can we start this meeting now?" She asked as she took a seat even though she wasn't offered one.Jade saw how fixated Kraig was on her, and although she woukd orefer not to leave yet because she really wanted to understand how he fekt about the issue with Wynn, she had to leave. This wasnt her scene and from the look of pure interesf in Kraig's eyes, she fekt that this meeting was going yo turn out to be something else.She cleared her throat, "I think I'll be leaving now". She rose yo her feet. "Please don't leave on my account," Tabitha said with a hand on her chest and innocence in her eyes.Jade shook her head with a smile, "your meeting is about yo start, I cannot impose".Tabitha shook her head, "it doesn't matt
Jade immediately choked on her saliva. She coughed repeatedly, hitting her chest."I didn't mean to surprise you this way". Tabitha said, "you must've suspected that, didn't you?"Jade finally stopped coughing and cleared her throat, she brought her fingers to her eyes to dry the tears that appeared, "yes, I thought so. But I didn't expect you to just come at me like that".Tabitha didn't seem to concern herself wuth hoe Jade was feeling, "you know about me and i know about you, so what's the need to pretend we don't know each other?"Jade shook her head. Tabitha had just been mentioned, there had been no defintie conversation about her and so, to say that she knew anything about Tabitha was wrong. She wanted to clear the air but she coukd read the air and she knew tht Tabitha didnt seem to be quite pleased with her."How do you two know each other?"Tabitha tucked an invisible strand of hair behind her ear, "it diesnt hsve anything tk do with you. All you need to know is that the tw
Juan had definitely had enough of bickering with Jade. He didn't get the whole idea surrounding her relationship with Carolene; if she liked girls, then she did. What was the whole deal?He looked around the room for a while, tired of looking at the blonde, tired of seeing her face and hearing her voice. He had come here for the specific reason of trying to recall how his life used to be so uncomplicated with her. And well, he recalled because entering here, he realized that he was small and minuscule in her life and as a result, insignificant and uncomplicated.Juan waved his hand at her, "just forget everything and just come out if you will.""Are you going to keep it a secret?" Jade asked again."If I'm asked, I will tell, if I'm not, then surely won't go spreading shit about you to who doesn't even want to listen," he said. "I think your biggest issue should be getting yourself better and getting out of this hellhole." He looked around again as if he had reached a new height of di
Daniel felt so frustrated; he didn't know what to say or even how to say whatever would come to his head. He wasn't in any way pleased with what he had just heard. And although he had no say in matters like this, his disgust was apparent.Kraig took in a deep breath, "I know you guys obviously hate that you're listening to this, and you feel that I am stupid." He sighed, "maybe I am stupid. I knew she is a criminal, but I still indulged; I still blurred the lines and just delved into this, and I'm coming to you with excuses such as these."Christian shook his head, "you've never been one to hang onto what has already happened. The whole thing has played out already, and instead of biting our fingers and wishing things were different, we would just be wasting our time.""So what do you propose we do?" Jraug inquired, seeing as one of them was not going to stay on the fact that he had been foolish."Well, I think you taking the initiative, regardless of your feelings for her, to inform
Jade paced around the room. Trying to reason with someone as simple-minded as Juan was proved to be anything but simple. She wanted to explain to him that if he did not change his statement or even pretend to be on her side at this moment, he was risking his head.She didn't know the abilities of Carolene, but surely, silencing a man so small, a man so insignificant would not be such a hard thing to do.However, she couldn't. There was a front that she was putting up for the world; Carolene was appearing as a weakling, a stupid blonde who did nothing but get pregnant for the most important man in the business world.But she was more than that. What she was was actually complicated, something that Jade couldn't guess but rather had an idea for. She was more complex than any of those men or women that would say a thing or two about her.And even this man in front of her had no idea who Carolene was, and that was why his request did not drift from a threesome.What the heck was even wron
Daniel took two steps forward. Though such a small number of steps should not possess the ability to completely obliterate the distance between them, but his strides were the guilty party.With just two steps, he now stood right beside Fabio as he peered into the evidence bag to scrutinize clearly the bullet kept within.Fabio was made cognizant of the imaginary distance between them. He felt Daniel's breath on his neck; he could smell the overpowering cologne, the aura of his being. Everything was too much for him; he had no choice but to take a step away from him.Daniel raised an eyebrow, "what is it?"Fabio rubbed his neck, trying to smoothen out the goosebumps that showed up on his skin, trying to rub away his presence away from him."If you want to look at it, here," he tossed it to him and then turned towards the funeral home where Wesley and his mother were still hiding.As Fabio approached, he saw that an older woman was placed on a stretcher and was being pushed towards the
Tabitha's heart raced violently in her chest. The anger that suddenly arose within her obviously had no recipient. If it was any other day, she could probably rant to Carolene, but the woman in front of her, sitting with a wrinkle between her eyebrows and a tired expression mixed with her livid one, surely wasn't in the mood to hear her bullshit.She cleared her throat and tried to work her way around her emotions, to be careful not to let Carolene's rage come upon her and to not let hers find comfort in Carolene.Tabitha bit her bottom lip until she drew blood. It was the best way to keep her lips shut. Her anger was nowhere near what Carolene would do to her if she spoke out of turn."Juan?"Carolene nodded her head, her fingers twirled in her hair as an exasperated sigh left her mouth."I have more reasons to kill him now." Their eyes met, "you were the one who wanted to keep him alive, why?"Tabitha immediately pulled her eyes away, bringing them beneath, showing the authority Car
Kraig took a step forward, the distance between him and Patricia only the space of two fingers. "I don't know why you are being like this," he said coldly and in utter disrespect. "I am the heir, I am the son of your nephew, and I apologize for the patriarchy, but I wasn't the one who made the rules.""And in addition, we have our own company we manage. Uncle had been quite understanding of how unfavorable the system is, and he gave us a company," Wesley said.Kraig raised an eyebrow in surprise, "so you have your own company, then what is your problem with me?""You own everything; you men took everything," she cried out. "I don't like this, I don't want this."Tabitha stood on the side, watching everything. She noted that surely it was because of the woman's age that was making her cranky and not just that; she might have some sort of disorder.When they first met, the woman had never really liked her, nor even tried to hide her disgust and hate. But as she thought, it could be beca
Leah woke up in the small room she had been waking up in for over a week. She could recall how she had gotten out of prison, but no matter how many times she thought about it, it just didn't make sense to her.The woman arrived at the cell with the keys that would free her, and then the two of them just walked out. There were people there, officers everywhere like a pandemic, but she just waltzed through the crowd like it was nothing, like they were all beneath her.And from what Leah had seen with her eyes. They were really beneath her.She jumped off the bed and checked the time on the small black alarm clock resting on the nightstand. It was over three in the afternoon. She was lucky.She had been given her own space where she would just exist. She had no idea what her role here was, but she assumed that it had something to do with the baby in her womb because they were always giving her food for two people and as such, she had added a lot of weight.She was still tall and slim and
Different exotic cars were parked in front of the simple funeral home. There were people coming from all directions with one aim in their hearts: to get to the funeral of Petrus DeVille. Although it was considered a tragic event, there were still reporters lined up across the place just so they could get an overview of what was going on in that small, cheap-looking funeral home.Kraig stood by the door as he welcomed people; some he recognized, but many were a mystery to him. He had a frown on his face, which should match the ceremony, but his frown had not generated from sadness but rather frustration.The last place he wanted to be caught in was standing by the door and addressing the people coming in and out. His grandfather did not deserve it.The noise reporters kept making and the noise from the funeral home joined together, giving Kraig a severe headache. He hated being there; he hated that he had to be the one welcoming people.His eyes went down to his black suit and ran his
The room was hot, the sun that illuminated it was hot. Thw air-conditioning was doing nothing to help with the heat. Wynn wondered if itnwas a heat wave or she was just too overwhelmed by rage. She paced around the room, unabke to settle, unable to sit still and carefully align her thoughts abd how she was feeling. The only thing shebwas thinking about, the onky thing shebhad been thinking about, the only thing she coykd think about were the words that Juan had told her thw day he came over.She coukd akso recall how poorly Camille had spoken to her blaming her for everything tgat happened to Leah. Ever since Leah was arrested, they basucallt havent heard a word about her. The police refused them to have any interaction with her which agonized the family. They had a rught to see her but they were refused.Camille hsf been very angry, that got a lawyer but howverr, their hands had been tied. They knew what was happening with their daughter, whether she was alive or not.And that ange