Julia, who felt she was perfect in the act of baking, decided to engage herself in some work that Sunday afternoon. Not only that, she decided to make a live video about it on her IG page. Just as she was about to begin, Raymond joined her in the kitchen. He wanted to get a glass of water before heading back to his room but she stopped him from leaving. "I want to teach you how to make sponge cake." She said, stretching her hands apart so he wouldn't cross. Amused, Raymond burst into laughter causing her to crease her brow. "Are you mocking me?" She scoffed. "Why should I? I was just wondering what possessed you. Remember you said you hated cooking and would soon resign from the kitchen.""That was last week." "Okay, okay, my bad." He chuckled lightly again but the time around, he had to stifle it with the glass he was holding. Glad that he agreed to be present for her video, she led him to the island table before heading to start the video. "Okay, Julia, you can do this. Just
When Raymond got to his office, he quickly went to the bathroom. He took off his shirt and after soaking his hurting hand under the running water, he dabbed it dry before applying ointment to it. "Funny how these guys think they can break me down with some childish act." Chuckling, he added, "I have already been through a worse situation than this." Done, he joined Mayor in the office. "Who did that to you?" Mayor asked immediately as he stepped into the office. "Oh, that. It wasn't intentional. He was hurrying and I was in his way, that's why." He shrugged, flashing a smile at him. "If you say so," Mayor said with a tone of unbelief. "You are just overthinking things and I advise you to stop." He smirked. Mayor had nothing to say to him so he just pursed his lips and then pushed the files he wanted him to work on that day toward him. "Treat them as urgent. Meanwhile, there would be a general inspection, just try to get the books up to date before month end." "The book
"What is my family saying about the scandal?" Julia asked. She was in the car with Raymond. He was taking her to school that morning before heading for work. "Nothing." Came the curt response from him. "For real?" she asked with widened eyes. She had never thought of this until now. Pursing her lips, she looked straight ahead. Not wanting Raymond to hate her family she didn't bother to say what she had in her mind. Right inside her, she was fuming. She expected her family to do better. Foremost, the image of the company was tarnished, secondly, one of the victims was their son-in-law but they didn't raise a finger. "Can you do something?" She asked suddenly. "Something? Like what?" He asked, casting her a brief glance before returning his gaze to the road. "Reminding them. I guess they had forgotten about it or probably they haven't heard about it just yet." "It's fine. Your family are busy people. You wouldn't want to bother them with silly things like this." He replied,
After crying for a very long time, Sarah fell asleep only to wake up to hunger pangs that were hitting her in bolts. She sat up, running her eyes through her once lively house even without the presence of children. Seeing her husband and domestic staff each day gave her immense joy but it was no more. No one cared about her anymore, not even her friends who were always loitering on the mansion grounds. Sighing, she pulled herself up only to fall back on the floor with a thud. She was hungry and the little strength left in her could only serve her for a few more hours before she passed out. Later that evening, determined to find something to eat, she went out. This time around, she ignored the names she was being called. Her worms which were protesting gave her the needed courage to find something to eat. "I'm going to ignore them completely." She said repeatedly in her head as she marched towards the first supermarket. With her purse filled with enough money, she began sho
James sat in his hotel room scrolling through his phone after several weeks of staying offline because of his fight with Sarah at the restaurant. After a few minutes of scrolling, he was relieved that he didn't see any video about his fight with Sarah floating online. With this newfound joy, he continued scrolling through his phone but his joy was cut short when he saw his wife being humiliated in a supermarket. To make it worse, it wasn't even the video where the embarrassment was mild, rather it was the one where an egg was tossed at her. "People acting as if they aren't sinners." He read the comment of someone under the video. He read several other comments causing him to hiss as anger welled up in his chest. Most comments reminded him of Raymond and the others. He could only imagine what she had done to them. Pursing his lips, he set his phone aside so he wouldn't do something stupid. Even though he was not on talking terms with her, he still had empathy for her. For
For more than two hours, the couples sat at the dining table without a word to each other. Each was waiting for the first to kick start the conversation. James was waiting for the perfect time to present the divorce papers to her. Before making his way into the house earlier, he had signed his part of the divorce leaving her spot for her. Meanwhile, Sarah was glad that he had forgiven her and so she vowed not to return to her mistakes. She was grateful he had given her the opportunity to start all over. "Excuse me." She said, breaking the ominous silence. James, thinking she wanted to talk about their relationship, began to shift uneasily in his seat. "Let me take the foodstuffs to the kitchen." She said and almost immediately, James' raging nerves became calm. The foodstuffs James had gotten were more than enough for her. If she used it wisely, she would be able to live on them for three months and so there was no need to visit the supermarkets. A lone tear escaped her ey
Liam had just returned from work that evening. After freshening up and having a quick dinner he had gotten on his way back from work, he decided to relax with his TV. The first two shows were short-lived so he had to start looking for new shows. It was during his search that he stumbled on James' press conference. At first, he thought it was his replica but on closer look, at his voice, and his movement, he realized it was really James. He felt bad about the whole thing. He had trusted him only for him to do otherwise. "I won't call him. I'll pretend as if I didn't see this." He said to himself, turning off his TV. He had lost interest. For the rest of the evening, Liam couldn't think of anything else apart from James' broken home. He never wished for him to be in his shoes. His divorce wasn't a result of unfaithfulness; rather, it was his wife who instigated it. She felt their marriage was boring because of a lack of communication. She spoke to him several times about i
The more he got criticized for the press conference, the more frustrated he became. James began to regret his action, wishing he had handled it more maturely. He began to receive emails from different people he had no idea of their existence. Because of this, he had no choice but to temporarily deactivate all his social media accounts. To make matters worse, Dexx sent him a text to return to duty. His absence was putting a hold on the company's progress. When he got the text, he sought an audience with Liam. He dared not venture out of the hotel because if he was spotted, he would be under attack from the journalists who were looking around for him. Liam, although he was annoyed with his decision, honored his invitation. Without beating about the bush, James went straight to his reason for calling him over. Liam listened attentively, and at the end, he said, "You should be lucky they didn't fire you. It means you aren't in their bad books." "So what are you saying?" He as