With his mouth agape, Arthur stood there for a while and kept staring at the elevator even though the girl was no longer in his sight."What just happened? Why is she acting that way?" Arthur mumbled incoherently to himself. He glanced around the place with furrowed brows and promised to get to the root of the matter.The girl was being intimidated by someone. With a resolute mind, Arthur scurried into the elevator just to catch up with the girl. As soon as he got out, she was nowhere to be found.He browsed the place with his eyes and found that there was no one who looked like the girl around the place. She had disappeared among the crowd of people. Unfortunately, he found something else. Janet was at the mall with two of her friends. Arthur stopped for a while to glare at her. However, she began to make her way to where he was but he turned around and walked away. He got into the elevator and waved the lady goodbye. Arthur was not running away because he was scared of Janet, he j
As days went by with no positive news about Arthur, Gregg's health kept deteriorating. Fortunately, Oscar was always by his side to help him. The maids were also assigned to watch over him in Oscar's absence."Oscar, I think your boys are not doing enough. How long before they find Arthur. I'm tired of hearing the same stories over and over again. It's frustrating." Gregg, who had not left the house since Rosaline and Bryan were thrown out, had turned his room around. Everything at his reach had been destroyed. Unless it was something that could not be destroyed. Sometimes, Gregg hurts himself in the process."You have to calm down Sir. I promise you that Arthur will be found. If you continue like this, you'll badly hurt yourself."Oscar continued to pacify him. Although, he made sure to remove anything that will cause him harm."Please, try harder.""I will. You just have to be strong." Oscar replied as he went ahead to pat Gregg. "Everything will be fine. Just try and stay stronger
Quietly, Jesse turned around and made her way back to the restaurant. She was in a state of perplexity. Why would Arthur pretend to be poor? Was he really her boss?Jesse didn't know if she heard wrong. If her ears weren't deceiving her, then Arthu had been lying to her all the while. Jesse was in so much pain as she thought about what she just overhead. It was even more painful as she had accepted to be his girlfriend.She got to their table and sat down with her head resting on her hands. The look on her face was worrisome and Jenny could not help but notice the change in her sister's countenance. She had just gone to use the restroom but came back with a long face."Jess, are you ok? You just went to use the restroom in a cheerful state. Why do you look so worried?"With a deep sigh, Jesse lifted her face to look at her sister. She forced a smile and with furrowed brows, she replied to her sister. "I suddenly feel sick. My stomach aches a little and I think we should start going h
After pondering on the matter for sometime, Arthur had no choice but to call the cab driver who took him home. Meanwhile, the sisters soon got home in their apartment. Jesse stormed into the place with her hands on her head as she began to pace around the sitting room. She would often stop and sit briefly on the sofa.As she stood up to continue pacing, a soft hand held her, stopping her in her tracks. "The last time I checked, we are sisters who should look out for each other. When did you start keeping things from me? Do you know that I'm completely lost since you decided to keep me in the dark? How can I even help you when I don't know what the problem is?"Jenny helped her sister sit down and she managed to calm down after letting out a deep sigh."What did Arthur do to you?" Jenny probed further."He's been lying to me all these while." Jesse replied to her sister in a disappointed tone. "Can you believe that Arthur is my boss and has been pretending to be a security mall guard.
After a long pause, Jesse threw a glance at Arthur before she finally made it back to her seat and dropped her bag on the table. With her face up, she spoke to Arthur in a voice devoid of emotions."So I'm listening. Talk to me now and make sure you reveal everything that I need to know. You should also make sure that no detail is spared."Arthur sighed and nodded his head. He never wanted things to turn out that way. He intended to tell her everything but at a perfect time. Arthur didn't want Jesse to find out about him in that manner but as it was, he no longer had a choice."I…I'm sorry about everything." Arthur started with an apology and Jesse just scoffed."What are you sorry about? You haven't even said anything to me and you're already apologizing. Look Arthur, if you have nothing to say to me, it's best that I start leaving."Jesse attempted to stand but Arthur stopped her. "I'll speak now, you just have to be a little patient with me. But Jess, you have to order something wh
"You must be dreaming. What children are you talking about?" Jesse sneered at him and he swallowed hard."I thought that…""Just continue with what you're saying." Jesse was not laughing at him and he didn't need to be told."Just like me, my mother was thrown out of the house by her father. Although her own case was because she got pregnant with me out of wedlock. At that time, my father was still struggling. It was both of them who worked so hard to build the wealth that those people are now enjoying."Arthur's face ruffled into a frown as he thought of Bryan and his mother. He was so oblivious of the things happening in his father's house. Because his father sent him to prison, he decided to have nothing to do with him again.Jesse's expression was still unfazed."It was the same day that my grandpa told me everything that happened. They asked for my forgiveness and made me their heir. I started acting as a mall guard to know who my real staff are. I needed to know those who are tr
Jesse said those words to Arthur's astonishment. He didn't tell her about the cab driver and she had figured it out herself. Of course she had seen the man with him a few times and had been able to deduce something."But how…." Jesse didn't wait for him to ask the question before leaving."Goodbye Arthur."Arthur's eyes followed the retreating lady in expectation. A lot of things were running through his mind. He thought she would suddenly turn around and come back to him. She would just claim to be bluffing and they'd settle their differences and be a couple again.As his fantasy didn't actualize, Arthur sighed and turned his face back to the table. He tilted his head and reminisced on his relationship with Jesse. It had been going well even though they had just started a relationship not long ago. It'll surely take a lot of work for him to get Jesse back.What would happen now that Jesse had found out? He would no longer be comfortable at the mall.After a moment of silence, Arthur
Janet's mouth fell apart and she stared continuously at Bryan. What was he talking about?"Ugh, I don't understand. What do you mean by what you just said? Why would I be thrown out in a shameful manner and who was going to embarrass me?"Bryan fell silent. Turning around, he began to make his way back to where Janet stood.Standing face to face with the lady, Bryan held her by the chin and lifted her face. "A lot of things have happened these past few days that you are unaware of. It was the reason I haven't spoken to you. I didn't know how to explain things to you, that's why I haven't called."With her face ruffled into a frown, Janet shoved Bryan's hand aside and stared intently at him. "What are you talking about? Will you just go straight to the point." Janet was already losing her patience and was no longer in the mood. Clearly, Bryan brought her to the place just to waste her time. At first, she thought that he was depressed and tried to end his life but that was not true. "