2024-10-18 18:51:30Outside LR real estate company, Miranda stood there scrolling through her phone. She was looking for Lady Mary's number. When she finally found it, she dialed it and it rang several times. However, no one picked up.
She tried it again and again but the old lady didn't answer her call. This got Miranda worried and she decided to call one of her cousins.
Piper picked up her phone almost immediately. “What is it?" She spoke in a harsh voice and Miranda could tell that she was angry.
“Piper, I uh… I've been trying to reach Lady Mary but she isn't picking up. Go and check if she's doing alright.”
Her cousins and their parents lived with the old lady at the family villa.
“Hmph." Piper scoffed at her and replied sarcastically. “So you know no one else to send that errand of yours and decided to send me, your new servant."
“Moreover, why the hell are you calling Lady Mary? If it's so urgent, why don't you go to the villa and check her up, dear caring Mira."
Piper angrily ended the call even before Miranda could say anything else. She kept wondering why her cousin was so angry at her.
“Oh, I get it now." Miranda muttered to herself as she made her way out to hail a cab. Piper was angry because her proposal was rejected by LR.
Once she was inside their family villa, Miranda raced inside but saw lady Mary sitting at the lounge of the villa. She was engrossed in reading a newspaper and had a bottle and a glass of red wine before her. Beside her chair, was her phone and Miranda kept wondering why she didn't pick her call.
If she had been there all along, why did she have to neglect her calls?
“Lady Mary, I was so worried about you. You haven't been picking up any of my calls." Miranda said as she stared down at the old lady, worry evident on her face.
The lady merely lifted up her head and glanced at Miranda before engrossing herself in her papers again.
“Why were you calling me repeatedly? I hope you came bearing good news. That's all I want to hear now.” Lady Mary replied nonchalantly.
"I was worried about…"
“Why were you worried about me?" Lady Mary interrupted, carefully placing the papers beside her. She reached for her glass of wine and took a sip before lifting her face to glare at Miranda who was still standing.
“I uh, I wanted to tell you."
“Sit down." Lady Mary ordered and Miranda quietly reached for the closest couch and settled in it. She was like a meek lamb and didn't want to do anything that would offend the old lady. Lady Mary just didn't like her and she could not explain the reason.
Her hatred was also fueled by the fact that she refused to divorce Liam who everyone was seeing as a nobody.
“Now, tell me the good news." She said to Miranda, her voice devoid of any emotions.
With a wide grin on her face, Miranda spilled the beans. "My design was accepted and I've been asked to come tomorrow to sign the contract.”
"Wow, that's great news. This calls for celebration.” The old lady declared happily and Miranda was delighted to see the transition of her mood. Atleast, she won't be seen as a worthless person anymore. Since she was able to pull off such a huge deal, then her status in the family would definitely change.
Unfortunately, she wasn't sure about that because Liam was still her husband.
“Come on, join me."
Since she only has one glass, Lady Mary poured some drinks for her with her glass and passed it to Miranda. “Here, have my glass."
Stunned, Miranda reluctantly collected the glass and the old lady sent for another one. “Drink up.”
Although Miranda could not believe what was happening, she took one sip from the drink and was about to say something when her phone started ringing. It was one of her assistants at the diner.
Swiftly, she excused herself and went to answer the call. After she was done, she went back to the old lady.
"Uh, lady Mary. I have to go now because they need me at the restaurant.”
"Ofcourse, go on then. You've done your part as a Weston and I'm proud of you. Although, I'd be more proud if you divorce that worthless man you call a husband.” Lady Mary spoke the last words with her nose but Miranda heard her.
“I'll go ahead now.”
"Is that Miranda leaving? Was her design approved?” Ruby Weston asked as she made her way to meet her aunt in-law. She was inside the house all along and was just arriving at the place when Miranda was leaving.
Lady Mary turned her gaze to the exit door and nodded. “Yeah and she got the contract. We have to start making preparations for it.”
“Yeah, that's good. So tell me, Lady Mary. Will you let her handle the project.” Ruby said as she helped herself with some wine. She was visibly not happy that her daughter lost to Miranda.
Miranda was not better than Piper. How was it possible that her designs were easily accepted while her daughter's was rejected.
Turning her gaze to meet with Ruby, Lady Mary gazed at her but said nothing.
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After Miranda left LR, Liam made her way to Aura cosmetics together with Sean, his manager.
“Go ahead, I'll meet you up at the place." Liam said to him and without any question, the man obeyed. He could not comprehend the kind of person his new boss was.
However, he would not be questioning any of his decisions. All he owed Liam was to do his job right.
“Alright Sir."
Sean got into his car and drove away while Liam went to hail a cab. When he got to Aura cosmetics, Sean was already at the place together with Landon and Rogers. They were waiting for Liam.
Landon was the CEO of Aura cosmetics while Rogers owned the company.
Liam soon arrived at the place and made his way to the conference hall where they'd be sealing the deal and handing over ownership to him. While on his way, he bumped into a few familiar faces who kept giving him a demeaning look. However, Liam ignored all the questioning stare and proceeded to his destination.
“Excuse me Sir, you're not allowed in there." Liam heard the receptionist trying to stop him but he didn't pay heed to her.
“I'll call the security on you if you continue." The young lady threatened. Unfortunately, her threats did nothing to stop Liam so she decided to run after him.
Knowing what was about to transpire at the conference hall, the young lady didn't want to lose her job by letting a stranger disrupt her bosses from their meeting.
Liam got to the place and pushed the door open at the same time the lady caught up with him. With a pleading look on her face, she apologized to the stunned faces of her bosses.
“I'm so sorry Sirs, I tried to stop him but he wouldn't listen."
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"Liam? What are you doing here?” Landon was the first to speak. Turning to the young lady, he said to her,“You can leave now.”"Mr. Liam?” Rogers added, stunned. He gaped at the scarred young man standing before him and to Sean who was seated comfortably on a swivel chair, wearing a serious look.“Is he the one who you referred to as Mr. Sawyer?” Rogers directed the question to Sean and he nodded his head in agreement."Yeah, that's Mr. Sawyer who just acquired Aura cosmetics.” Sean replied while putting on a smile.“What?" Landon froze where he sat. He could not believe his eyes nor what he just heard.Liam used to be a manager at Aura cosmetics and worked under him. He had to fire him after he had the accident that caused the scar on his face.Being a beauty company, they could not have a manager who does not represent their products. So they had to lay him off without thinking twice and with no compensation."Yes, it is me. It's indeed a good thing that you still remember my face.
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Not long after Miranda got to her diner, Hailey walked into the place and helped herself to a seat while waiting for her friend. It was still the morning rush hour so Miranda and her girls had to attend to customers first.Miranda was going to have time for her friend when the rush hour was over.The next one hour, the rush was finally over and she was able to walk up to her friend.“Hi Hailey, I'm sorry for leaving you all by yourself. So tell me, what's going on?" Miranda said with a broad smile on her face. She was very happy and her friend could see it on her face.“Wow! Someone seems to be in a very high spirit this morning. Tell me what happened. Come on, spill the beans."“Did Tyler get you a contract for this diner?"Miranda's smile suddenly disappeared from her face at Hailey's question. All she always talked about was Tyler.With furrowed brows, she replied to Hailey.“No. I haven't seen him since after he left this place the previous day. I'm just happy about something else
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The few people at the restaurant turned their gazes at the retreating figure of Hailey while murmuring among themselves. They were wondering what it was that made her rush outside in that manner.Meanwhile, Hailey had received a distressing text message and a call followed afterwards.Swiftly, she picked up the call as soon as she got outside the restaurant. “Hello, Mr. Landon. I just saw your text message now. I don't quite understand what it means.”From the other end of the line, Mr. Landon let out a deep sigh before replying. "I'm sorry Miss Hailey, the new boss doesn't want you as the face of any of our products so the deal has been canceled. Sorry for the inconveniences.”"What? This is unacceptable.” Hailey barked. She was visibly furious at the news that had just been broken to her.“How can you just wake up and cancel my deal with Aura cosmetics?”"Well, it's not in my place to make the final decision. As I already told you, there's been a change in power and the new boss doe
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Miranda remained silent for a while. She lifted the jewelry with her hands and admired it before turning to face Tyler.“Are you sure it came from you?"Taken aback by the question, Tyler felt embarrassed. He lifted his left hand and scratched the back of his head before saying to the lady."Uh, are you doubting me? Of course they came from me and I can see that they look beautiful on you."Tyler pushed his plate aside and reached for Miranda's hands which were resting on the table. He stared deeply at her and said.“If you don't like the gifts, please let me know. I can always get something better for you because you're precious to me.” Tyler replied while smiling sheepishly.His thoughts drifted back to the time when Patricia, Miranda's mother told him something about her. She was still a virgin and hadn't consummated her marriage with Liam.It meant that she didn't love Liam so there was a possibility that she'd soon leave him. More than anything, Tyler wanted to be the first perso
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After going through the files of all the senior executives in Aura cosmetics, Liam picked one person as the CEO. He had known Mr. Theophilus when he was working as a manager.Theophilus was an honorable and upright man so the position was best for him.The man was the only person who felt bad about his accident and his unfortunate removal as the manager without another compensation. Theophilus did his best and interceded on his behalf but no one listened to him. Knowing the great efforts the man had been putting into the growth of the company, Liam thought that he was the best person for that position. Moreover, he was very experienced. After handing over the position to the man and giving him all the necessary instructions, Liam turned to Sean with a smile on his face.“Come on, let's go and celebrate.”Without another word, Liam made his way to the elevator. He didn't want to introduce himself yet as the new owner of Aura cosmetics. Mr. Theophilus, on the other hand, would have t
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"Hacking skill.” Liam muttered to himself. He gave each of them a quick glance before shaking his head in disagreement.“You must be mistaken. I don't have any hacking skills.”"Of course, you do. You've just proven it by opening this email account. Something that I've been trying to do for some time now, it's always been unsuccessful.”At that moment, Korra stood up from the chair and said to them,"I have to go and fix dinner. You guys get on with it.”.While Korra left the table, Liam's eyes followed her. He wished he could follow her so she could explain everything to him.At that moment, he was confused and he believed that Korra was the one to answer his questions.He only asked them to look for a job for him and they were asking him to do what he didn't understand.“We're waiting to hear from you Mr. Stranger." Slim muttered in a low voice and brought Liam's attention to himself.He didn't like how Liam was looking at Korra's retreating figure. For that reason, he had to call b
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Slim wrapped her with his large arms after she spoke those words. It was still family over everything.They were the only family that Korra had.Although she was not happy that the men would be getting rid of Liam after using him. However, there was nothing she could do.She had promised herself to keep Liam safe and take care of him. But as it stands, things might no longer go the way she had planned.If Liam had regained his lost memories earlier, he would have been gone by now and his life won't be in danger.Slim pulled out of the embrace and asked Korra, staring into her eyes. “Are you ready for us to face him?" Korra nodded her head. "Yes. We need this to improve our standard. We need to be the richest and we could leave the country when we hit it very big.”"When we make a lot of money, we will flee this place for good. What do you guys think?” Korra asked and waited for their response.She scanned their faces and saw that they were buying the idea.They were all nodding in ag
