Carissa woke up the next day and found herself on the hospital bed, her younger sister, Ashley was sitting beside her. "You are awake, I was waiting for you to wake up and pay the hospital bills. These nurses almost threw us out last night" Ashley told her as soon as she regained herself."What do you mean by that, why didn't you pay for the bills?" Carissa winced in pain, she had a slight headache from the side of her head that hit the ground when she fell."The family is bankrupt Carissa, the last thing Ma would wants, is to remove any dime again. We might be homeless in few weeks " Ashley responded."Don't worry I'll pay" Carissa tried to put on her flip flop when her phone buzzed.She picked up her phone and saw that she had received fifteen missed calls from her personal assistant, and ten from other modelling agencies she worked with. Her phone began to ring again so she picked the call only to hear the panicked voice of her PA."Ma I have been calling you since yesterday, be
The long eerie silence that followed Laila's announcement was deafening. Laila? Grandpa? Marriage? When did it get to this extent without anyone noticing it? Greg stabbed into the plate of bacon before him as if it was responsible for the bad news he just received. The silence was only momentarily interrupted by the sound of clicking cutleries as everyone was looking for the right word to say first."Hello, I am talking to you both. You have a new step mother" Laila called their attention again, it looked like they had forgotten about her existence. Emirian instantly burst out laughing."That was a really funny one, nurse Laila, how did you come about that joke?" She said trying really hard to hold back the streak of tears that were about escaping from her eyes as a result of the laughter. Emirian had really liked Laila the first time she met her. Her charming and always smiling face was like a magnet. You can't help but admire her. But the truth was that there was more to Lai
The combination of Abby designs and the Haute Couture House that Greg bought for Emirian was renamed Mariam Wears and Co. It was now the biggest fashion store in the whole country and hubub of activities, since people traveled from far and wide to shop there. They hoped to run into Grandpa Alberto or his son Greg one day at the office. Emirian drove into the big office building, it's been over a month since she started working as the CEO. Although most of the office duties were still handled by Fiona, her personal assistant. Considering the extension, it has now become a doubled workload added on what Fiona used to handle, but she was a loyal a resilient lady so she pulled it off like it was nothing.Emirian was late to the office that morning because of the emergency she had with Laila. She had to ensure that Laila was admitted in the hospital before driving back to her office and by the time she arrived, her worker's were already gossipping about the social media post made by an
"Are you sure this going to work Mom, you know we are in big trouble if this plan goes south " Laila was beginning to feel guilty for taking advantage of Grandpa Alberto, an old man that had done absolutely nothing to her."Even if it doesn't, the risk is worth it. Do you have any idea how much we will stand to gain if Grandpa Alberto signed 10% of his wealth to us?" Monalisa, Laila's mother was a renouned lawyer notorious for claiming people's properties. She'll plant a maid or care giver in the victims house and the maid will gain the victims trust and through the maid she'll finally gain access to the victims properties. When she her daughter Laila who was a private nurse was employed in Alberto's household to take care of Grandpa Alberto, Monalisa knew she had hit yet another jackpot. But the problem lies in getting her daughter who was soft hearted and too honest for her liking to agree to her plan.It took two years of constant conviction and manipulation to get Laila to agre
"Laila do it now!""You are delaying our plans!" Mrs Gavita yelled at Laila over the phone.It's been two weeks since she has been persuading Laila to poison Grandpa Alberto. But her heart was too weak for that."The earlier the better, if we keep wasting time, we are giving Greg more time to gain more ground" Mrs Gavita persuaded her daughter."Yes Mom, I'm already on it," Laila replied with a very shaky voice.she paced nervously in the kitchen, her heart pounding in her chest. "Make sure no one sees you, that will be a very big case against us. Did you camouflage the CCTV camera just the way I told you?" Mrs Gavita asked."Yes Mom I did, no one will see me. The maids are on a break, they have retired to their quarters Laila assured her mother."Good, go ahead, be fast about it "Laila picked tea cup in her trembling hands and placed it on the tray.Convincing Grandpa Alberto to take his green tea was the easiest task because of his almost vegetative state. His dementia got him be
"Bast*rd!""oh my God!" Mat almost screamed as he hit his knuckles on floor."bast*rd!"Mat swore again. he had waited until Greg left his office with Leo following closely behind her. "How dare he humiliate me this way""I, Mathew Edinburgh. The CEO of Edinburgh construction. Who does he think that he is?" Mat swore under his breath."Gre Alberto, little boy of yesterday.""Just because you mistakenly found power, you think you can use it on anyone?""We have always been the people in this power game, and I promise you from the depth of my heart, that after I am done with you, you will wish you had stayed back ack the santiago's family" May was fuming with anger.He stood up from the floor immediately and hastily cleaned his knees. He had bruised his knees while hastily kneeling to be Greg, and the area around the wound was now pure red.He rushed to the tap to wash off the blood.A call flashed out came in from his father. "Mathew!""Did you beg him?""Did he accept your apology?
8:00am Emirian gracefully makes her way through the grand hallways of the Albertos mansion. It has been two days since she last set her eyes on Greg after the scandal between her and George. It really hard to tell if Greg was really busy at work or if he was just avoiding her.She had decided to let everything slide without even trying to find out who perpetrated the slander.She knows she's innocent and being the fact that she was a virgin, Greg will find out about her sincerity on that special night."But what if he kicks me out before then?" She thought to herself."Don't think much about it Emirian, you never really wanted any of this, just enjoy the moment " she cancelled herself.This morning, she was dressed in an elegant outfit that perfectly complements slender figure. And carrying herself with all the confidence she could muster, She headed to the garage.Emirian was greeted by her chauffeurs, impeccably dressed in tailored uniforms. Holding the handle they ushered her
The sleek, black chauffeured limousine glided to a stop in front of the grand entrance of Les Haute Monde.Drawing the attention of onlookers. There were a few social climbers or Nouveau rich people, especially ladies who stood outside the gate hoping for a billionaire to pick them up so they could get access into the club. Only a few individuals and their descendants were allowed in the club and those were the top one percent of the society, they have a special card that when presented give them automatic asses and whomever they come with as well. So these gold diggers, very beautiful ladies and sometimes millionaires stand outside hoping for a blue blood, whether male or female who will have mercy on them and let them tag along with them to go inside the club. When the limousine arrived at the entrance of the club, the ladies were all anxiously smiling, hoping it's one of those single and handsome hairs who had come to squander their father's money. They were all showcasing them