"Make a promise that you will never leave me, tell me that you will stay with me till the end," Mark asked Elena stared into his eyes with a smile on her face as she kissed his soft lips, a romantic move that eased Mark's tensed spirit. "I will never leave you, I love you forever and you will always be my husband no matter the odds," she revealed. They stared at their wedding rings and made a toast before they kissed each other in perfect harmony. Mark woke up and coughed aggressively and he realized that the romantic moment he was trapped in was nothing but a bloody dream and his blood was all over the streets, he kept bleeding under the heavy rain but managed to stand with the help of his crutch, he managed to drag his soaked bag off the road and breathed heavily, he groaned in pain while trying to tie up his bleeding leg, people watched as he suffered but none came to help him. He stared at the cars that drove pass him and the passersby that walked past him with their umb
Back at the Brooks penthouse, Elena stared at her phone with nothing more than a frown on her beautiful face, she had been alone for hours, scrolling through hate speeches on her I*******m profile. She couldn't fathom where she went wrong and as she took a sip from her glass of wine, different thoughts ran through her mind until Judith tenderly touched her shoulder. "What's it, Elena?" she asked. Elena wasn't ready to speak, she kept mute and stared at the bottle of wine before her face, how could she explain that she had made the biggest mistake of her life?. "Do you think I made the wrong choice, Mother?" she asked. "Not for a second, Mark has nothing to do in your life, Bruce is the man who can give you the life you want, not that poor bastard!" Judith answered with hate and disgust in her voice. A smile slowly grew on her face until her phone rang, it was the president of the modeling company she worked for. "Miss Elena, I'm deeply concerned about the videos flying all over t
At the lonely alley road, Mark was brutally beaten to pulp, the thugs tore his clothes and inflicted wounds on his body, he was close to death as he stared at them without an atom of strength in his body. "Next time, you will know better than to lie to men like us!" the leader said and grabbed the five hundred dollar notes they could find. "Please, that's all the money I have, please" Mark begged with his last strength, his voice was cracked and they laughed hysterically as they watched him groan in pains, he kept bleeding from his legs and arms, they were merciless. "Let's move, the cops could be here at any moment," one of the thugs revealed. "No, they won't, they don't answer to the calls of poor men like him, let's leave him to his maker, see you later," the leader said and they disbanded themselves immediately. Mark could hardly see anything in front of him, his vision was blurry, and all he could do was gasp for oxygen before he passed out for the second time. The alley road
Mark was harassed and spat on by passersby who stared scornfully at him. He knew everyone hated him, but what hurt the most were the lies they believed. He could never accept that Elena would lie against him and try to make his life miserable. What had he done to deserve such pain?"You deserve to die. Thank goodness Elena Brooks escaped from your torture," the passersby said, hatred in their eyes. Diego watched Mark from a distance and shook his head pitifully. They would have watched him suffer and die on the streets if he chose to turn a blind eye."Mark, let's go," Diego whispered when he got close. As everyone watched Diego carry the wounded son-in-law in his arms, they could hardly explain his intentions, but no one cared—they wanted to see Mark suffer."What they said about me are all lies. I would never hurt anyone," Mark protested, tears in his eyes. He could hardly hold his emotions together. His heart was broken, and his body was defeated."I have to treat your wounds. The
Elena felt relieved as she made her way to the jacuzzi, life had been nothing more than perfect for her ever since Mark stepped out of the picture. She took a sip from the glass of wine close to her and exhaled with joy as a beautiful smile grew on her face, everyone had turned against her ex-husband for her sake and they would bow at her feet even though she's utterly wrong, she had the influence and Bruce had the money to always make things go her way."Look at her beautiful and calm you have become, it's been a long time since I have seen you this happy," Her maid said as she brought her towel to her."When a pest is out of your life, calmness follows, tell the chef to make me a good breakfast, I have an appointment to meet up with" she ordered.She had her breakfast swiftly and before driving out of her garage, a black Rolls-Royce formed an obstacle on her path, she smiled on recognizing the owner."Where are you heading to?" Bruce asked."I have an appointment with my modeling pr
"Where's that fool that calls himself my Son-in-law?, where is he?" Elena's mother, Judith asked the maids with fury in her eyes. She was feared in the house as her actions were cruel and painful, no one dared to disobey her orders no matter how hard it was. "He's sleeping peacefully ma'am" the maid answered with fear as Judith glared at her face with anger. She rushed to Mark's room with a bowl of warm water she grabbed from the kitchen and without hesitation, she poured it at Mike who slept innocently. "Wake up, you pathetic fool!" she screamed and threw the bowl at his face in anger. Mark choked aggressively as the water got into his nostrils, he fell off the bed with a loud thud and coughed heavily with water dripping from his nose. "Why haven't you started your chores?, the cars are yet to be washed and the living room is dirty, the plates are unwashed and you sleep here like a corpse while the maids are doing their duties!" she screamed. Mark tried to speak but chok
"How dare you talk back at me!" Judith screamed and before Mark could open his mouth to speak, a reckoning force landed on his cheeks, disrupting his stance and without anything to hold on to, he fell to the ground with a loud thud. He groaned in pain as he held his unhealed leg that was badly bruised, Bruce stared at him with a smile on his face, he knew Elena's mother wouldn't stand and watch her pathetic Son-in-law challenge him "Now get up and clean up this mess before I rain down hell on your pathetic body, but first, you must apologize to Mr Bruce," Judith ordered Mark stared at Bruce who still had a mischievous smile on his face, his heart raced with anger but what could he do?. Bruce had obviously won the heart of Mrs Judith in minutes and she had once again turned against the Son-in-law who she once respected and loved. He bit his lower lips in anger and struggled to stand but breathed heavily as he was losing strength. "I'm sorry, Mr Bruce," Mark struggled to say
Mark watched as they zoomed off, leaving him with nothing but a bag full of insults, he cursed the day he woke up from the hospital bed and kicked his working equipment to the ground but soon regretted it due to the intense pain he felt. He got dressed and stepped out with his crutches, the only thing on his mind was to get a gift for his cruel mother-in-law because he loved his wife and never wished for her to get upset. On arriving at the gift mall, he stared at some expensive gifts he obviously couldn't afford, Judith stripped him of any cash he could lay his hands on, she considered him a worthless servant that deserved no penny to his name. "What are you looking for sir?, are you here to steal?" a beautiful lady in uniform asked. She obviously was one of the security personnel in the mall "No, I'm simply here to get a gift for someone, perhaps some beautiful flowers, I can barely afford any of these exotic gifts I see" he revealed she stared scornfully at him, his old fad