The chairman has ordered that you return home sir,” ANta whispered into Cephas’s ear amidst the drama. “I am sorry about this, Mr Teals, we should talk over the phone. I have an important business to attend to.” Cephas shocked Mr Teal's hands. “Sure, see you then.” Cephas unbuttoned his suit jacket as he walked away from the restaurant acting like nothing happened with a team of bodyguards protecting him in case Red tried to attack him again. “What is the reason why he wants me home?” he asked as he wiped the liquid on him with a scarf Anta had offered him. “He didn’t state the reason sir, Jose can you check the intel we have on your end?” “Sure, ah” Jose opened his tab and texted someone he knew from the chairman’s team to get the reason why the Chairman wanted to see his boss. “We cannot return to the suite sir, we have to head back to the airport sir. The plane will be leaving in twenty minutes.” Anta informed him. “This old man is not going to give me breathing space, is he
40“Sarah, wait up.” Cephas called, running after her, “Stop! Wait a minute, I need to talk to you.” He yelled on top of his voice but she didn’t answer instead she got into her car.He quickly got into the backseat with her before she put the car on central lock.“Sarah,” her name came out more like a whisper. “Why?” She demanded angrily.She was boiling so hard. Since she had known Cephas, their parents have always tried to change everything about him.When he was in highschool, they made him change his school so he could have more chances of going to a well recognized college. He agreed back then even when he didn’t like it.“Why what?” He played dumb like he didn’t know what she was talking about.“Why do you always let them decide for you? They keep screwing you over everytime and you never complain, why? It is annoying to see them do it to you. Trying to refuse will not kill you!”“Because, I will always win, Sarah. No matter what they decide, I will always get what I want,” h
41Violet’s phone kept ringing throughout the party but she didn’t pick it up. Her mom had been calling her phone nonstop for over ten minutes. She just sat at a corner of the party, unable to chug down the cups of tequila.She wanted to think about her problems while she was sober. She had begun to realize that moving in with Kade might not have been a good decision.He lost his job right after they started living together. Though he had been sleeping with her for a long time, he has always footed her bills and given her a lot of money.In the past, he used to be all she wanted. The only man that managed to capture her heart as a whole. He always spoiled her with gifts every week.Pampered her like she was a baby, he made her forget her husband. He fucked her to ecstasy. Beautiful times those were, unlike the past few days that had been hell for her.He would not even look at her in the face. He was the one of her problems and the one that bothered her the least.Her mom’s gamblin
The phone rang and Cephas looked at his phone screen. Violet's name flashed on the screen and he groaned.He didn't want to talk to her at the moment but he picked up the phone. He had not had the time to delete her number from his phone.He had been extremely busy lately that he barely had time to look at his phone or even keep Violet in his mind.His love for her had died but he could not deny that he still had a soft spot for her."Hello" He said curtly, flipping the pages of the files on the new bank he just purchased.He had bought the bank on impulse and because he wanted to deal with Violet's parents. If the bank does not meet up with the other banks under his father’s company, then he is in trouble."Hi Cephas, this is Violet," the other voice said."I know," He said again."How are you?" She asked, sounding shy."I'm fine, what do you want?" He said going straight to the point."Can I see you?" She asked."What do you mean?" He asked, confused."Can we meet, I want to tal
“I need to get something in my car, please for me. I will come back soon,” he said as he walked to his car outside.Then he came back almost immediately, Violet was already on a call with some else.“Mommy, I can’t believe you lied to me about him being a hot shot. I literally paid for our meal this afternoon. His card declined because he had insufficient funds in it. Isn’t that wild?” She said in an angry tone. “I told you there was no one like him who would be rich not to talk of being in charge of a bank.”Her side of the line went silent for a while then she spoke again. Put a lock of her hair behind her ear. Cephas fell for that cute act of hers in the past.Her character made everything so unpleasant to him now, she only came to check if he was rich because of what her mom told her, instead joining her at the table, he continued to listen to the conversation.“You must have mistaken him for another person. The Cephas I know doesn’t have enough intellect to work at a bank, do yo
Cephas walked into the Walter Coporations’s building, his assistants were waiting for him to come in.“Good morning sir,” Anta greeted him as soon as they walked up to him. “Good morning, Anta.” He replied pausing to lookat their faces before he continued moving. Jose, you seem to be very angry , I didn’t even get a good morning from you.” He replied while they walked towards the elevator.“I am sorry sir, Good morning,” Jose murmured a reluctant greeting as they got into the elevator. Luckily for them, they were the only ones going into the elevator. ‘What is on your mind? You know you can talk to me about anything.” Cephas said. He had noticed that Jose didn’t want to talk about what was on his mind.“There is nothing sir, “ Anta replied.“Jose?” Cephas asked, he saw Jose look at Anta. “C’mon, don’t resist talking to me because of Anta.”“Say your mind, you are making me seem like a bad person in front of big boss.” Anta gave Jose a scornful look. “Just talk, I am not happy a
“I have sent the address to her , sir.” Anta informed her boss. “That’s great, Anta.” He said as he adjusted his shoes . Jose, please ask Goofy to come and pick me up”“On it!”“Anta, please fill me in on the progress of things at the moment.”“I have cleared your schedule for today, the executives have requested for some tasks transfer.”“They are not even wasting time with the takeover process .” Jose relied.“Let’s leave them be, they’ll only get to enjoy this for two weeks or less depending on how fast you guys find something on Ms Gojo.” Cephas replied to him. “Are they receiving tasks from us or are they ones giving us tasks?”“They are handing their tasks over to us. But don’t worry, the tasks are things Jose and I can handle. We have completed all our tasks except for Marcus' publishing situation.”“Are we going to hand that over to them? We should be the ones to complete that project because I personally want to see Mr and Mrs Marcus crumble for not letting us stay the nigh
“What are you doing?” Cephas got up from his seat, turning till he was face to face with his stepmom.“Was she following me?” He asked in his mind and groaned, he only fixed the dinner at Gojo foods, hoping that his soon to be wife would run into them there and cancel their wedding but his step mom had come instead.“What does it look like, Ceph? I am scolding her for hanging out with an engaged man.” Ruth retorted at her, “Are you not being brazen and reckless? Having a meal with a woman at your in-laws’ restaurant.”Here she goes again, acting like she really cared about him. He didn’t understand why she kept wanting him to get married to heiresses when her son who is around his age was still single and was most probably the hottest bachelor alive.His father never forced Abraham to do anything, they only said yes to do something, his No was no and yes was yes. But it was different in Cephas’ case.Now Ruth, his stepmom, was monitoring his every move.“They are not my in-laws yet. C