Davide eyes went round in fear, he was so scared that he immediately ran to hold Cassie. She was lying on the ground helplessly and not just that, her temperature was frighteningly high, she waa running a fever and he couldn't help but wonder what could've happened to her. He lifted her off the floor and laid her on the bed, she moaned and shifted slightly, her eyes opened up and a weak smile graced her face. Davide's heart ached as he saw her in that situation. He was very sad and scared for her. "What's going on Cassie?" He asked. She shook her head, "I'm just so tired". Davide turned to Zeta, "hurry up, get the maid, call a doctor". Zeta quickly rushed out of the room to do what he had just ordered. Cassie held Davide's face with her small hands, "I think you should go to your meeting, I'll be fine". Davude shook his head, "Avery can go fuck herself, I don't want to leave you". Cassie shook her head weakly, "let's not do that, I want you to divorce her, just to get everythi
"Davide cannot settle me except he has a secret safe with cash and if he does have it, then I'm not divorcing him".Avery's words kept replaying over and over again in Davide's head. He could not fathom why she was being so annoying. She obviously didn't love him and wanted to trap him in the marriage just because she needed his blood. Avery was after only that one thing and she was willing to sacrifice her freedom for such.Davide was angry, staring at the woman sitting before him, she had a devious smile on her face as she played with her hair, she was getting very excited over the fact that she had such a hold on him. She loved that she was in the position to determine Davide's life. She was strong enough to determine what would happen next in his life.Aver was smiling at him and also winking at Silas because the man sitting there was too handsome to be ignored. She was in the midst of two very attractive men and she could not pick one if she were asked to.Davide had skin almost
Avery looked between Derek and Davide, she was unsure of what was happening between them. As she looked at Derek more, she suddenly remebered where she had met him. When she had found out where Davide was saying, Derek had been there and he had calls Davide his servant.However, it wasnt afding up to Avery why Derek waa takingbit upoj himself to set his servant free. She wondered the sort of relationship that was going on between them. There were a lot.of ideas going though jer head but she had to keep herself grounded. To think of reality, every possibility.Her hand hovered over the envelope and it was temtping to her, she wantws to see how much derek really wanted to oay just to get his servant free from her clutches, she wanted to see how much Davide waa worth to Derek.So she grabbed the envelope and opened it, it contained a cheque. She smirkes when she read it over and saw the price written on it. It obviously excited her, the amount was huge but if he was willing to give out s
Derek tapped on Davide's face after dropping the bombshell on him and then he left with his guards.Davide couldn't stop thinking about what his uncle had told him. He needed to prove himself in this event, he was heading jt and he needed to make sure that everything was perfect and if everything was perfect, a lot of people will praise him and then Derek could proudly announce him as the heir.Davide was already seeing hiw everything woukd go. He wasn't happy about it. He thought he needed a lot to learn, he wasn't really confident in the few knowledge he had acquired and thought that he could surely do better. He felt tgar more time could shape him uo pretty nice but as it seems, Derek was in a hurry.And then yhere was also him saying Davide should get married to Cassie. He had not been able to stop thinking about Derek's words. Him and Cassie had only shared a kiss and he wasnt a child who didn't kmow that be was crushing on her. She was beautiful and it was expected of him to cru
Davide looked at Cassie quizzically, he couldn't think of a definite reason why Cassie would say something like that, to him, she must be feeling very delirious to say such a thing and it may be because of the fever. Davide was trying to understand her situation.He saw in her eyes the weakness and how she moved and ate the apples, he knew she wasn't in her right mind to even think of saying something kike that. Derek was his family and Cassie and Derek were more or less, friends and it couldn't be said that she didn't trust him. Their families had a lot of businesses together, making deals, signing contracts and it couldn't be done if there did not exist trust between them. So it was unlikely that Cassie knew what she waa saying when she said it."You must really be feeling sick" he placed the back of his hand against her forehead and as his hand came in contact with her, her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she passed out.Davide was immediately scared, he pressed the nurse'
Avery had seen them walking in, when she saw them, thwy hadn't realized she was there. She had heard about how good they looked togethrr and that was what prompted her to look at the entrance. She didn't exoect that the people her colleagues were talking about was her husband and his stupid mistress. Her blonde hair was in loose curls and her makeup was simple and it was all she needed to look exceptional. As she entered the room, it was like the lights shone brighter.Avery shook her head, she should not be praising the beauty of her enemy, she hated the fact that she couldn't laugh at Cassie for being ugly, thw woman was yoo beautiful and standing close to Davide like that, they looked like thwy fell off from a movie. Avery was infuriated. She hated how good they looked togethrr and how Davide was acting around the bitch.That was when Davide's eyes fell on her, she saw thw transformation, how his eyes suddenly grew cold and his smile disappeared after he saw her. Avery felt a pang
CH 73Davide had had enough of Avery. He had bee quiet ever since this conversation started because he believed that Cassie would do her magic and so far, she had been great. He coukd see that Cheryl was glimmering with the excitement of having her collection displayed at the event, he knew cassie had managed to convince her and now Avery was trying to ruin everything for him by bringing up their marriage.But of course, he wasnt going to sit back and ket Avery do as she wished. This was his business and he also had a say in their marriage."Please, Avery just drop it, are you forgetting that we're signing the divorce papers in a few days?"Avery was angry, she wanted to say so many thinhs to Davide, to twll him that he was insane and stupid but before she coukd open her mouth, Cheryl decided to speak up."And it doesn't even matter, Avery. The West empire is one of the biggest in the world. They are wealthy, they have connections everywhere and imagine my designs being displayed in t
Davide was perplexed by her request. He was keft speechless, he looked at Cassie who was snickering silently. Unlike Davide, she found the humor in it. She wanted to.kaugh but they were in a public soace so she had to put a pin in it. Davide however, was unable to say anything. Cheryl was looking at him like shendidnt just say the most brazen thing in the world. Davide didn't know how to tell her that it cannot be possible. She was looking at him with hopeful, round dow eyes that made her look very innocent. Davide shook his head. He had to say something but he couldn't say anything, his mind was going through all the possible ways this conversation would turn out and making a decision was getting very uncomfortable for him. He looked at cassie for help but yhe woman was only smilimg at him, putting her hands up intending that she wantwd nothing to do with the conversation. Davide reakized that he was left alone, betrayed by Cassie. Davide had no choice, he had tongibe her an an
Davide and Mr Lee decided to check on the designers. The car ride had been silent, upon the discovery they just made considering Avery and even Mr Lee himself, one would believe they would be talking non stop about it but surprisingly, they weren't.They were both silent. Keeping their thoughts in, wondering if the other would like to talk. "How do you feel?" Mr Lee broke the silence, "you've been quiet, it makes me anxious".Davide chuckled, "I'm just thinking about what happened"."You have a suspect in mind" it wasn't a question, it was more of a declaration because it was the truth. These past few days, Mr Lee could say that he knew Davide to a extent and he knew that Davide had been thinking about this since Avery had said itFor Davide to have been told that he knew who the person was, his thoughts had not been able to settle, the erraticness of his heart was what shut his mouth up. He could not voice how he was feeling, where was hurting or would he come up with what to do abo
Cassie and Avery were no doubt excited about this. Seeing that Avery knew a lot about fashion and knew a lot of designers, Cassie decided that in this secret mission of theirs, Avery was going to be her assistant."I think it'll help tremendously if we were to leave the country". Avery said.Cassie, Davide and Mr Lee looked at her in confusion. They couldn't understand how this would help, they couldn't see it from her point of view.Avery recognized the confusion in them and only smiled before further explaining: "I know Cassie would be the last person they would think to search, but she will still be on the list, they know you guys are together and that Cassie is obviously on your side. So the best way to ensure that they don't find out about this, is to do this in another country".Davide nodded his head, "you're right," he said. "Leaving the country is a good pla
Mr Lee sounded so broken as he talked about his father. When he had told Davide about his family, he never really went into details about anything, only sliding over the surface as he spoke about the things his parents had put him through. He didn't talk about the punches, about how he had to defend himself against them, about how he had felt to see the man he called his father, the man he was supposed to love, the man that was supposed to be his hero turn into his greatest adversary. He never spoke about how those punches destroyed him, he only talked about how his mother's words broke him acting like the effect of his father's actions had not in any way affected him when in actuality it had made him less of a person. He had lived with the trauma, he had received abuses, punches from people just because it felt natural. But he was an adult now and he knew nothing about fighting back. He could not fight back because he was broken, he had been made less by the most important person to
Davide's heart was beating against his chest violently like drums at a carnival as he waited impatiently for Avery to say what she wanted to say. He was anxious, he wondered if Avery was confident in her own answer, if she really believed that she knew the person.He figured that if she really does know who it was that had come for the gold, then he would know that person as well. Sure, Avery did know a lot of people that he didn't know but the list of suspects was reduced to the people that Avery knew who also knew Davide. This attack, this hate was only against him. It was too strong to be said that It was targeted at the people that were around Avery. This person was coming for Davide directly and so he must know them.A fear gripped his heart, he had known for a while now that the person who was plotting against him in such a way was an acquaintance or even a friend, but being met with facts that proved his deductions had been corr
It did not cross Avery's mind that that was a question she should be asking a perpetrator who was clothed in black clothes. She was, however, anxious and also very scared. The physique of the person was tiny, they looked short and for some reason very curvy.Avery kept scrutinizing the person as the two of them stayed in the same position, eyes focused on the other. Avery wss unrelenting, she was not going to back down, she had been trying her hardest to atone for her sins and now that it seemed she really didn't need atonement the least she could do was give back what she had taken. But this person was going to rob her of that chance.It was highly impossible that Avery was going to let them.The person's eyes darted around the room, possibly looking for an opportunity to escape, but it was unlike it seeing that the room was messy and the only way that they would be able to escape was to jump over heaps of clothes or maybe fly, and it was very impossible that the person could fly.Av
The car ride was silent. But it was mainly because they both just got in. Avery wanted to say a lot of things to him but they mostly just circled around the words: "Thank you".She didn't know where to begin, his eyes were on the road as he drove, she wondered if she was the only one feeling this way. It wasn't so hard to guess that he was just being nice, he just pitied her. Though she felt that maybe it was more than that, maybe there was something else but she couldn't really say. She didn't know how to start the conversation. She didn't know how to start telling him thank you.Mr Lee however was more nervous than she was. He was sweating in places he didn't think existed. His heart was beating very fast and he was surely in need of a conversation.He wanted to talk to her about what happened, however, he was worried that maybe she would get the wrong idea, it was mainly that he wanted to talk about when the depression started, when she started to feel like there was nothing holdin
Cassie had not been expecting that Davide would suddenly ask her that question and especially at a time that really wasn't conducive. They had just more or less had a slight misunderstanding, they were still regulating being a couple. This was the first relationship she had ever been in. And although for Davide it was different, he had even been married but this was all new to her.She had had flings in the past, she had had one night stands but never a relationship. She loved Davide, truthfully. She had always loved him and when he came back into her life, it had been an earth shattering effect on her. She did imagine how it would be like to get married to Davide but it was still so soon. It was too soon for her. "I know you might think that I'm crazy that I'm making a very hasty decision but if everything goes south with this then i want to have the experience of being married to you before I die" Cassie shook her head, "you're not going to die." She had wanted to deflect, probabl
I don't care," Avery said, "I don't care if I die, I have nothing, I have no one in this world anymore. I only bring pain so yes, let them exterminate me. I have lived a fulfilling life".Mr Lee's heart lurched at those words. He was the only one other than Avery who had ever found himself at that place in life where he couldn't bother himself to stay alive, the time where he had just left the hospital. Then it had dawned on him that his mother would prefer that he was dead. At that time, he actually wanted to die, he didn't know what he was staying alive for. His family didn't want him, life was too hard, nothing was going his way. He really wanted to die and get it over and done with.He related quite well with what Avery was feeling and he pitied her because he knew how hard it must've been on her to make that decision that she didn't care. She was being brave but also very suicidal. He recalled the conversation he had with Davide, looking at her, he could see the shadow of that wo
Cassie got serious, she adjusted in her car and then looked around to the people who were with her."An address came to my phone" she said, "it said I would find the person who tried to kill my mother there".Avery's heart skipped a beat. If she had been holding a glass of anything, that glass would've fallen down, scattered, never could it be glued together again.She didn't need a professor to let her know that those people had discarded her. Since she didn't have anybody they could threaten her with, now they wanted to do away with her. Avery wanted to laugh, she shook her head slightly, her mother left her, her daughter did and now even these people wanted to leave her. Avery felt like she was no different from a used tissue, once she had served her purpose, she was thrown away into a waste bin.This was the waste bin she had found herself. She was also kind of happy that they didn't try to kill her, rather they wanted someone else to send her to prison. "And of course I didn't