"Where have you been? It's been two days and I couldn't even reach you on the phone," Adera asked the minute he stepped into the house. "Busy."He proceeded upstairs to take a shower. Adera was surprised at the curt response, but she waved it off as stress. Zade had never been rude in his responses to her so he was probably in a bad mood and needed space. She opted to fix him something to eat instead of bugging him with questions. He would tell her everything eventually. She had a lot to tell him as well. In just forty-eight hours, a lot of things had gone wrong. First, Roselia had summoned a secret meeting with the shareholders of Parallax and then there were lawsuits against her father for confiscation of private properties and murder. She suspected everything was somehow connected to Roselia but she didn't have proof. The woman was quite smart. While they were busy preparing for her to take the will to court, she'd opted for more strategic targets. Consequently, if she couldn'
It was instant The feeling of regret ate deep into him in the safety of his room. The guilt of rubbing a memory she desperately wanted to forget in her face. His mind was actively spewing echoes of the words that should have never left his lips. The hurt in her eyes haunted him even when he was wide awake. He should have kept his cool. Controlled his temper even though she refused to see things from his point of view. Tyrone had to suffer. Even though Adera thought him cruel and it was heartless of him to keep a child from her parents his morality meant nothing to him at the moment. Tyrone had to learn the hard way that it was not okay to hurt people. His approach to the situation might not be the best but it was the most effective.He could care less if Tyrone did the same to Olivia but Helen was very special to him. That woman was lying helplessly on the hospital bed just because she fell in love with the wrong man and no one seemed to care about it. Helen was like a sister t
Adera squeezed the water out of the cloth and gently wiped Helen's body. "Hey, you. Aren't you tired of just lying down there, doing nothing? People just make decisions for. you because you're not there to give your opinion on anything," Adera spoke to her unconscious form. She dipped the cloth into the warm water again, then paused to look at Helen. "Somehow, I understand why Zade is so angry. You've been with Tyrone for so many years and he does this to you? You must really want to kill him sometimes."She stood up to wipe Helen's neck. "But I think you should wake up soon. Zade is about to do something drastic and I'm pretty sure he will regret it for the rest of his life. I tried to reason with him of course, but I ended up shooting myself in the foot."She heard someone clear their throat behind her and turned. Her brow rose as she pinned the very idiot she was talking about."Something drastic. I wonder what that could be," Tyrone walked into the ward. Adera proceeded to ign
"Dera you need to calm down. This might not even be what you think," Elizabeth tried to calm her down. "You think so? This is his room, Liz. Our room. You know what, let's go there right now," Adera said. "I think you have a point. Let's go check it out ourselves, instead of jumping to conclusions," Elizabeth accepted. They got into the car and drove straight to his mansion. The first thing Adera noticed was the Mercedes. It wasn't one of Zade's cars but she didn't comment on it. She was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Elizabeth understood the situation as well, but she trusted Zade. He wasn't that stupid to let Roselia back into his life after everything she'd done to him.They spotted a female bag as they walked past the living room. Elizabeth glanced at Adera, but the woman's gaze was fixed ahead. Once they got to the room, she turned the knob but the door refused to open. She continued trying until she got angry and resorted to banging on it instead."Zade! Ope
Everything was set in place, ready to be executed until it was time to bring Adera to the safe house. Not only did she return everyone he sent to her, but she also refused to speak with him. He assumed she was still angry over the words he said to her the last time they had an argument and decided to go see her himself to apologize. But then Adera had a surprise waiting for him. He arrived in her place with the intention of ironing things out only to find her in the arms of another man. He tried not to think much of it since they were just cuddling. Perhaps he was a relative or a friend. He tried to come up with several explanations for her actions as he stared at her. "Dera," he called softly, his voice void of anger but when she glanced at him and went back to cuddling the man, it felt like a dagger pierced through his heart."C...Can we talk? Please...?" He asked. She ignored him again. The man lowered his head and kissed her on the lips and then the real heartbreak came. S
"What are you doing, Zade? I thought you would have confronted her by now," Elizabeth asked him. "Confront her? No. All I have been doing since she showed up is talk. She has never taken my words seriously and now, I am going to take action," He answered. "What do you plan to do?" She asked, looking over his shoulder to see his phone screen. "Stalking her boyfriend's social media. His name is Flynn right? If I could just find him on her following list," he mused, scrolling down the long line of accounts. "Perfect, found him!" He clicked on the profile and went through the pictures to confirm he was onto the right person. Once that was settled, he clicked on the message button. "What are you doing?" "Forwarding him the pictures his fiance sent to my woman. She flaunts her relationship with him to everyone who cares to listen so this should be very entertaining," he dropped the phone, staring thoughtfully at Elizabeth."You know I thought of posting the pictures online and taggin
Hurt. Pain. Maybe a little tinge of regret. The main emotions bubbling in her chest as she stared at his number. Since he left, he didn't send her the last thing as a text. No calls to reject or messages to ignore. No matter how much she tried to convince herself that she didn't want him back, her heart long for him.A tiny part of her wished he made an effort to explain instead of letting them separate on a bad note. She wouldn't have believed him anyway, but still, she would have appreciated the effort. She tossed the phone away and forced herself up the bed. She still had a kit of things to put in place. Her mother was beginning to get suspicious of the lawyer's constant calls and the court summonings in their mail box. She didn't know how long the woman would buy her lies. "Maybe I shouldn't have broken up with Zade just yet. He's an expert at dealing with situations like this," she blurted without thinking.When her mind registered her words, she facepalmed. "God, why do I
"Discard it," Tyrone ordered."Sir?""I said discard it, nitwit. Are you fucking deaf?" Tyrone yelled and the guard quickly scurried away with the box. Tyrone ruffled his hair and then buried his face in his face in his palm. The pain in his chest was pouring in torrents. When Zade made the threat, he'd assumed that the man was bluffing. He never really thought that Zade would be heartless enough to kill a child. Clearly, he underestimated the man and his little girl had taken the fall. The instructions were simple. Take care of her and make sure she wakes up in seventy-two hours. Zade obviously knew the latter was impossible to be decided by man and probably expected him to put some effort in the first but he let his arrogance get in the way. How was he going to explain this to Olivia? That her daughter died because he couldn't do something as simple as taking care of an unconscious woman? She would die of heartbreak and if she survived it, she would leave him without looking bac