Ashton's eyes widened when he saw Rebecca seated amongst Elizabeth's friends. Sure enough, he had his suspicions that somehow Rebecca had become friends with Elizabeth, but what he didn't expect was that he would get to meet her as Elizabeth's friend and so soon. He cleared his throat as he saw Rebecca continue to glare angrily at him, as if it was his idea for Elizabeth to bring him here in the first place. He could well have just gone on with that plan of his lounging around with a bunch of strangers, drinking beer and watching the white tigers play soccer.."Hi guys!" Elizabeth greeted her friends excitedly. They were all smiling and happy to meet her. All of them except for two people, Ashton could see. One of them was, you know who. And the second one was some guy that was seated beside her. Ashton couldn't tell why the other guy was regarding him coldly. He understood why Rebecca would glare at him, but why was the total stranger already disliking him? Unless,..... unless he s
Ashton took a deep breath, feeling the magnitude of Rebecca’s question hang in the air. Everyone’s eyes were on him, waiting for his response. He could feel the tension in the room grow thicker with each passing second. His mind raced, contemplating the best way to handle this situation.He had always known Rebecca to be a master manipulator, someone who thrives on chaos and conflict. This question was a deliberate attempt to stir the pot, to create friction where there was none. Ashton knew he had the option to refuse to answer, but that might only give Rebecca more ammunition. He decided it was better to confront the question head-on, rather than ignoring her like he already planned to do and going on ahead to have more drinks. He leaned back in his chair, maintaining eye contact with Rebecca. "Elizabeth and I are just friends," he began, his voice calm and measured. "She invited me here tonight because she thought it would be good for me to socialise and meet new people. There’s
Rebecca walked back home, she had left her car after it had developed a flat tire on the road. Thankfully, she was almost home and it didn't take her more than twenty minutes to walk to her mother's house. She got to the gate and buzzed the door for the door keeper to open up. It took her well over another ten minutes before the door man came to let her in. Thankfully this time she wasn't seen as a stranger again. She rolled her eyes at his lackadaisical attitude and sluggishness as she made a mental note to back lash him when she was in a better frame of mind, probably the next day. She walked into the living room and opened the door in time to see Theron immediately get up from the couch as she spotted a strange lady underneath him. She eyed them both with a bored expression on her face. "Jeez Rebecca!" Theron yelled as he zipped up his pants. "Freaking knock before getting in!" He yelled to her and she rolled her eyes at his words.As if that would change anything. "Why don't y
"Rebecca, are you sure about this?" Elizabeth asked, her voice was steady as she spoke. "It seems a bit too risky for my taste." She said to her and Rebecca eyed her in a strange manner. She immediately waved her hand dismissively at Elizabeth. "Oh, come on, Elizabeth. You have to take risks to make money. This is a golden opportunity." She told her. Ashton tried his hardest to hide the obvious smirk that was on his face. His plans were working.."And why the hell did you have to bring me here in the first place?" She asked Elizabeth. "I don't want to have anything to do with you and this friend of yours." She told Elizabeth who looked at Ashton. She wanted to call Rebecca out. To tell her that she knew about her past with Ashton. How she was his ex wife and how she had divorced him so cruelly. But she didn't do that, she didn't want to. She wanted to bid her time to see the kind of person Rebecca Knowles was. And so instead of saying any words to the contrary, she nodded bee head s
Rebecca smiled inside of herself as she drove to Myles Jameson's office. She was glad she had successfully deceived them into believing that she had bought their idea. How stupid did they really think she was? She let out a laugh. Did they really think that she would get to the heights she had attained with such mediocre thoughts and moves? Did they really think that she was that low in thoughts? How did they think she was able to clinch Knowles Corps and take the business to the place it was? Did they really think that it was through making such foolish investments and advances? She rolled her eyes as she tried to not get riled up..To them, they had succeeded in exposing her to Elizabeth Cooper, little did they know that this was all going well into her own plan. Now she was headed to Myles office to finalise all the arrangements and the gun Ashton and Thomas had put to shoot at her would backfire and shoot them right in their asses! She giggled a little at the thought of how frus
Rebecca dialled Elizabeth's phone and it rang for a while before the call went dead. Elizabeth wasn't taking the call and it was quite unlike her. She recalled the line again and she heard it ring again for another couple of seconds before it went dead...again. She glanced at Myles who watched her in equal confusion. "She seems to not be taking her calls. Rebecca said to Myles and that made him let out a huff in frustration. She guessed that what Ashton had tried to prove to Elizabeth about her had gotten to Elizabeth. Ashton had finally had those ugly claws of his deep into the life of Elizabeth Cooper. Somehow that seemed to make her laugh. Myles eyed her in confusion as she laughed loudly and heartily as if what was happening wasn't getting to her. He didn't know that this was an angry laugh. One that people let out before they did vile things. And it was no exception for this case. Myles eyed her again before he spoke up. "What are you laughing about?" He asked her, wondering h
Ashton's cab stopped at the gate of the Coopers' villa. He got down and walked to the gates. It's been quite a while since he last came here. He thought the last time he was here was when he had been making enquiries about the ashwagandha plant and that had been the last time he was at the Coopers' place. This time too, just like the last time, he didn't go with Thomas and he hoped that he would be recognized at the gate since it had been quite a while since he last visited. He got to the gate and buzzed himself in. A door man appeared and recognized him, thankfully and he let him into the estate. Ashton nodded his thanks as he began to find his way into the building without any help from anyone. He fished out his phone and called Elizabeth's line. She probably wasn't expecting him. He had informed her that he would come see Angel but he thought that she may not believe him or something. He heard the phone ringing for a while and then it went silent. He tried it again for the second
Rebecca and Myles had decided that they would be visiting the Coopers' villa that day. Rebecca was glad about this. She had intended to use this opportunity to see if she could speak to Theophilus Cooper, she was looking forward to presenting to him a more better and probably more acceptable perception of herself to him so that whatever the hell it was that, that shameless conniving ex husband of hers had painted about her would be wiped. She got into Myles' car at the front of her house. He had opted to come pick her instead of them to both have to drive separately. This way was more profitable and less expensive, she thought. Myles got into the car and was about to drive away when Rebecca spotted someone running towards them. When she saw who it was she let out an eye roll in disgust. Theron! "What the hell?" She asked him as she stared at him in confusion at what he was doing. "Wait up!" He said to them, " I'm coming with you." He announced and that seemed to get Rebecca to rol