Alice watched the two men before her argue but she had nothing to say to them both. She could only marvel at the man before her.Richardson had changed a lot. She could see that in his stride, the way he talked and the way he associated with everyone. He smelled like royalty, it was not hard to get his scent. He was different.Watching him in this new form was like a slap to her face. She had not expected that the broken man she had left in the past would turn out to be the confident man before her.The transformation shocked her. She remembered how poor he was. How he used to dress when they were together but here he was dressed like a trillionaire. He could not even afford basic things before. How had he gone from being able to feed to being this confident rich man before her.His smile, his laugh, everything was loud and attractive. He was looking better than Michael. What was going on?She knew that he had not stolen the suit just like Michael had claimed. It was clear Richardso
Alice could do nothing but lay in her seat with regret and pain filling up her heart and mind. It was clear she had lost this one. There was no way she was getting him back.She could try but there were more chances of her being rejected than accepted.The memories of the past started to haunt her. How she had visibly hurt Richardson by dating Michael. It hurt to do that to him and she felt it. She had bitten him hard.She could see the look on his face when he had found out about her affair with his best friend. It had broken him while he was in the holding cell. She had gotten him arrested and lied on top of it.She had really ruined his life, she was sure she was not getting redeemed anymore.The party went hard, drowning her thoughts as she watched couples dance on the dance floor.“Oh come on!” she heard someone yell, glancing to see Jennie dragging Richardson to the dance floor. Everyone clapped their hands to the beat of the song as the dance floor cleared for the both of t
“What would you have, Sir?” the bartender asked Michael who had been leaning over the table, lost in his thoughts. He was still trying to piece together the source of Richardson’s wealth.“A martini,” he sighed, settling into a stool. How did it happen? How had he become so rich overnight, he thought as he sipped his drink.He looked at Richardson with hatred, watching him laugh with some men as they fell into a couch together. They were all having fun and that bothered him.Michael hated that feeling of being low. He hated being walked over.Taking a huge gulp of his drink, he stood to his feet, walking to where Richardson and three of the empire men who he could recognize were seated.He could recognize the men as he had seen them in person a couple of times and they had graced the face of the internet a few times as well. They worked for the company as they were related to the owner of the company.What Michael was unsure of, was Richardson’s relationship to these men.“Hello
“Don’t touch me!” Michael yelled out in anger pushing against the hordes of guards gripping his suit in a rough manner.“Right this way sir,” Tom chuckled, ready to rough handle the man if it ever came down to it.“Alice!” Michael called to his girlfriend. “Alice, come here!”Alice could hear Michael calling her but she was already embarrassed by what was happening. Her boyfriend was being dragged out by seven men, she was already mortified. She secretly wished she was not associated with Michael.Jennie walked to where she sat with a drink in her hand. She watched the man being dragged out before turning to see Alice hiding her face from the crowd.“Isn’t that your man?” Jennie chuckled, almost spilling her drink in amusement. “You’re not going to leave with him? He seems to be in dire need of your care.”Alice gave a fake smile after hearing the sarcastic tone in her voice. “I'm not ready to leave yet,” was all Alice could say. She did not want to show everyone that she knew t
“Another one please,” Alice sighed to the bartender who looked at her with raised brows.“Are you okay ma’am?” he asked in concern, worried about the sanity of the lady before him.“Just get me my damn drink and I’ll worry about myself later,” she growled to the man who had his hands up, ready to get her drink without delay.Moira had gone to meet up with some women, leaving her to herself. She could not help but stare at Richardson at his table. After seeing him mingle with most people at the party, she started to wonder why she was getting attracted to him. He looked better than he was a few months ago. He was more handsome and not to mention richer than he used to be.“Here it is,” the bartender dropped her glass on the table as she nodded, waving him off.She had a plan. She was going to wait for him to be alone before jumping in. She wanted him to be hers for a second. She was going to use her feminine charm on him. It was sure to work. It had worked on other men, Richards
Richardson hated the guts of the woman before him. She had ruined his life and yet she wanted his forgiveness.He did not care about her or what she did at the party so long as she was not in his way. “I…”“Let me finish,” he raised a finger, shutting her instantly. He had spent all his life listening to her speak, it was time she listened to him. “Now, I had my hopes set on you as my mother was unconscious in the hospital. I wanted you Alice. Just you. I had no one else but you and you ditched me!”“Richie…”“I love how all of this is playing out because it shows what kind of person you are and your type disgusts me,” he laughed. “You ditched me for money.”“That’s not…”“…true?” he completed, spreading his arms around. “Look around you girl. Why the actual fuck are you here if not because of that?”“It’s because I love you Richardson.”This statement was what he had not expected to hear from the woman.A light chuckle escaped his lips, “You are delusional, you know that?”“If…”“Y
Driving off into the traffic, Michael slammed his palms across his steering wheel in anger. He had so many embarrassing nights, but this had to be the worst. It had to be at the top of his list.Richardson had thrown him out of a respectable gathering with so many respectable men there. How dare he?! How could he do so with no one stopping him?!Swerving dangerously close to a Nissan with its brake lights on, he flipped off the driver, zooming through the traffic lights.Turning up the volume of his radio, its music blaring dangerously loud from his speakers, he went on to put his foot down on the accelerator.The memory of the party haunted him over and over as he heaved heavily. How he had been carried out with his dignity thrown out of the window. It was crazy to think of.Seeing a bar loom up in the distance, he could feel his throat itch for a drink. He loved the taste of the drink at the party. He wanted something like that.Swerving like a mad man, he parked close to a dumpster
It had been a shock to see the man in an expensive suit but he knew something had happened after their separation.How had he changed so much in so little time? It wasn’t even up to two months and he had gotten rich. What did he do?!He knew when Richardson would beg him for food and he would give him the remnants from his fridge. Their university days had been a bit difficult as he had tried keeping his identity a secret to Richardson.He did not like being associated with him, but he was intelligent and it gave him the open doors he could attain. He had used the man, but it was all for a great cause. If Richardson had known about his money in the university, the man might have requested for some of it which he did not like to give out.He enjoyed making fun of Richardson. He had loved the look on his face after finding out of his affair with his girlfriend.It had elated him so much and made him feel more superior to the poor man.Hitting him across the cheek was part of the plan.
“Pack your things and leave,” Richardson said after returning home to see Jennie lounging around by the pool.“Excuse me?” she scoffed when he had said those words.“You heard me. Pack up and get out of my house.”“May I remind you that I am pregnant.”“You forgot to mention that the baby is not mine.” He said those words as she gasped to her feet. He got out his phone playing the video out loud as she watched it in shock.“That video is a fake!”“It looks pretty real to me. Now I have called my bank manager and every single thing I have sent you since this whole thing started has been refunded back to my account and you are back to where you started.”“But that would be that I would be owing the bank. My account would be in minus a hundred thousand dollars.”“Then I suggest you had better start working for your money as you are not my problem anymore.”He nodded to the security guards he had come with as they entered the house with one of them dragging her into the house.“They will
When the women had gone out of the restaurant, Alice listened to the conversation over and over again and was happy that she had gotten what she needed to use against Jennie.She could not believe that she was going to ruin the woman’s life and she was prepared to do it without remorse. If Jennie was going to have Richardson, then she would ruin what they had with this evidence.She had already known where Richardson would be the next day and she was prepared to meet him there.With a triumphant smile, she stood from her seat, no longer hungry as she went home for the day.***The next day, she garbed on her most wonderful attire as she started for the park where she would see Richardson getting his favorite snack.She arrived early to make sure she did not miss him and when she found his car parking there, she rushed to him with her phone to show him the evidence which she so greatly prided herself for.“Hey,” she smiled to him as he got out of the car but his face was swollen like h
She looked out to watch the heir step out of his car and look around in confusion at how the gate was open and how there was no one around the estate.She wanted to warn him but she could tell that her father would also hear her. She had to stop him from getting into the house.She hissed out of her window trying to get his attention but all he did was look around aimlessly trying to figure out where the noise was coming from.When he was done doing that, he ran into the house getting the lady to smack her forehead in anger.“He’s really going to get himsef killed.”Opening her door slowly to make sure she did not alert the man in the house, she started for the stairs as she watched the heir run into the living room.She tiptoed silently to not make any noise in the house and when she reached the bottom of the stairs, a thud was heard with the two men still having conversations.She hid behind the door of the living room to have a peek into the room as she found Richardson hiding behi
“Do you like your new position? I bet it’s really nice to sit on that very comfy seat and give orders from above. The question is, what would happen if someone decided to take away that power from you? Would you let us…”“What do you want?!” yelled the heir tired of the games. He had grown exhausted and he just wanted to see his grandfather. He wondered if everyone in the house was safe. Jennie, Mary, Damien, Tom and his mother. He did not want anything to happen to any of them. He wanted them all to be safe. He refused to believe that anything had happened to Damien.He stood to his feet to face the man once again. He was not going to be afraid of the man but he was going to face him and kick him out of the house.He knew being at the top would make him an automatic target but why would everyone see him as an enemy. He had done nothing wrong.He knew this was the goal of his family members and that was it. There was no one else mad enough to do this.They had hired this low budget h
Richardson arrived at the company with a sour mood as he was tired of the drama which was unfolding at the estate. The drama between Mary and Jennie was getting out of hand.Why would Mary try to be sexual with him? It was not like he liked her that way.“Sir Richardson,” someone greeted him as he looked to see Jace smiling at him with some files in his hand.“Hey, Jace,” the heir said, coming back to earth. “How are you this morning?”“Oh I’m doing alright. I’m here with the files you asked me to compile for you. They do need your approval and they would soon be used later on by the other team so I compiled it as fast as I could.”“That is great,” Richardson got into his office to see a letter on his desk with his name written on it. “Please, drop the files by the cabinet and I’ll give it a quick look.”“Alright sir,” Jace said, dropping the files before exiting the office with the door closing behind him.When the boy was gone. Richardson picked up the letter to read and found it to
Tom grunted as trying to explain his plans to the man before him could expose his entire plans and he did not want that to happen. He also did not want to end this without a climax which would get him a sure victory.As a master of subtlety he was going to try to win Damien over to his side. That was sure to grant him a win and he was prepared for it.“Listen, Damien,” he said again, shocking the man. “What I am trying to tell you is that I can turn this empire into a greater one. All your enemies I can wipe them out with a thought. No one would look down on us ever again. “We can rule and we can make sure that everyone who hears our name trembles in fear.”“Us? Rule? What are you talking about Thomas? Where are you going with this?” Damien asked in shock. “I already have a grandson who will take over for me when I am gone. I will teach him the ropes around everything. “I have watched him grow over the course of a few months he has stayed with me and I have watched him speak kindly
Tom looked out of his window one morning as Richardson entered his car to drive off for work. His face smeared into a grin as he watched the heir drive off.He had been after the heir since he had known after his existence. He could not believe at first that the heir existed and during the heir’s DNA test he had wished the heir was not real but it had come up positive that he was Damien’s grandson.This had infuriated him but he had decided that he would use this to his advantage instead.Before Richardson entered into his life, for years he had been planning steadily to get the company from the Wilson’s. He had made Damien trust him as the man was without an heir and he was the only person he trusted.He had built that trust until it was broken by Richardson stumbling into his life. And now he was back to zero as he could not get anything with the heir being there. There had to be a way to take back the company without Richardson being a thorn in his flesh so he had been trying to
Michael stared at her for sometime before bursting into laughter shocking Alice for she had not seen that reaction coming. She had expected that he would accept her pleas as usual and they would hug, kiss and make up and get back to the apartment to have mind blowing sex. But instead he had laughed in her face which was like a slap to her. Why was he acting so strangely?“What? You thought you would just crawl back to me after insulting me like I was a child a few days ago?” he asked. “Please, get real. I am not a child.”“Baby, let’s not do this here,” she said, being self conscious of how the public was looking at them.“Oh shut up,” he hissed. “Now they are your biggest concern. Do you know how many times I have begged for your love and attention and all I’ve gotten were scraps? Do you know how many times I wanted to be seen by you? “I loved you for a long time, Alice. Sometimes I would get you food to starve, that was how much I loved you. I got cursed by my parents, I got laid
For days she tried contacting different investigators to help her with her case as they kept sending her files which she kept on compiling.She was ready to destroy Jennie with everything she could find and she went through the files to see if there was anything she could use against the woman.She could see some incriminating evidence against the woman and when she tried to save the files into the desktop to read later a hot coffee poured over her desktop ruining her computer and destroying everything.“What is wrong with you?!” Alice yelled to her feet as she turned to the person who had done it to find Lola staring at her. The manager came out of his office to see what had happened and he found Lola carrying around a trolley of coffee going around to deliver to the workers.“I really do apologize. It was a mistake,” Lola apologized after finding out that her manager was staring at her.“You fool! This is all your fault! You just ruined my whole plan!” Alice was furious as everythi