2024-04-01 04:44:59Ryan Scott faced yet another disappointment, as he trudged home, from yet another fruitless job interview.
Are things ever going to get better for him? he asked, as he kicked off a can on the road side. He had been living off his father's penny salary from being a driver to the wealthiest man in Atlanta. One would have thought that being a personal driver to Damien Brick, he would be wealthy himself, but he is still as broke as Ryan remembers. It was because of his frequent excuses about not having enough to provide for the excesses of his wife, that she had left, seeking for a better life. With a feeling of dejection, He pushed the door, to the cramped three-room apartment, he shared with his father. He was wearing a gloomy face, because of all his disappointments, and he was also expecting such gloom that accompanied their modest living, but to his surprise, his father who was supposed to be at work, driving Damien Brick around town was not only home, but appeared unusually content, sipping on what seemed to be an expensive wine. Ryan had to look closely to confirm that his father is actually drinking an expensive wine.
He looked around the house, before looking behind him, to be sure, he was safe, then he inquired.
"Dad! What's going on? His father looked up at him, wondering what he was talking about. then he noticed his eyes was on the wine, he smiles, but still ignores him.
"Do you know how much that wine costs? Ryan asked, closing the door, behind him, concern evident in his voice.
" I know how much it is cost, I bought it myself. Very soon, this is how I will be drinking rich wine, every single day.
Sit down, son. We're about to be wealthy", his father said, gesturing for Ryan to join him.
Ryan's mind raced with possibilities. Things have not been easy for them, if his father say, they are about to be wealthy, then something must have happened, but what could it be? He thought. Had his father won the lottery? Or found a hidden treasure? Or perhaps he'd received an unexpected inheritance? Yes, that could be it, he thought further. After all, he used to claim his great grand father was wealthy, and had properties everywhere, and though Ryan never saw any of the acclaimed wealth, he has dreams of becoming rich some day.
Ryan settled into the chair, eager for his father to explain.
"You remember when you visited me, at Mr Damien's Brick's house, right? He asked, and Ryan nodded affirmatively. "You remember the way he looked at you? he asked again, and Ryan did same.
I knew he liked you. He had asked about you that day, wanting to know what you do, he was concerned about you, But that wife of his, though she is a different story, so wicked, and not welcoming at all", Mr Scott said, taking another sip of wine.
"Dad, it's not right to speak Ill of people. And I don't think Mrs Brick is that bad. She's just very private, Ryan interjected, but his father waved off his concerns.
"That is what you think. Most people outside the Damien Mansion think same, but if only you live with them or work with them, you will know her better.
You don't know them like I do. Damien Brick used to be an Angel, but Things changed after his first wife passed, and marrying that Lindsay, was his biggest mistake", his father continued, ignoring Ryan's protests.
" Father you have to stop, if she hears what you say about her, you will be shown the way out, and we will both be out of jobs". Mr Scott tries arguing about Lindsay's cruelty, but Ryan was not ready to gossip. "Father, can we get to the point? What's this all about? Ryan asked, growing impatient.
"Alright, alright. I will tell you. So after dropping Mr Brick at home, he called me into his study and offered me something big". Ryan's eye open wide with expectations, inquiring to know just how big the offer is " He wants you, my son, Ryan Scott, to marry his daughter, Alexander", Mr Scott said, beaming with pride. "He didn't pick anyone from his class of friends, he didn't go looking for a wealthy young man like he, he looked down, because he knows what he wants.
Ryan was taken aback.
Marry someone he didn't know? And what about the rumors surrounding her appearance after the accident with her mother?
What about all the talk of her looking like a female beast, which is why her father had kept her hidden for years, that not even the workers in the house, knew how she really looks. With these thoughts in mind, Ryan shook his head in the negative.
"I can't do that , Dad", He says, Mr Scott had expected his reply, so he attacked him back with yet another question.
"You can't do what? he asked, getting angry.
"I can't marry someone I don't know, and what about the rumors? I can't be part of this, Ryan protested, shaking his head.
Mr Scott looked angry, and he dropped his glass aside, getting up from the couch, he looked Ryan directly in the eye.
"Ryan, I've done everything for you since your mother left. This is the least, you can do for us. If you refuse, I will have nothing more to do with you", his father said, his tone firm and resolute.
Ryan was stunned. Disown him? He had never heard his father speak like this before. He was thunderstruck. The words hung in the air, heavy and final. Like a door, slamming shut.
As his father turned away, Ryan realized he was faced with an impossible choice- Marry a stranger or lose his father's love and support.
His father, usually so kind and understanding, truely he has sacrificed a lot for him, but now, he had just delivered an ultimatum that shook him to his core. The choice between marrying a stranger or losing his father's love was a cruel twist of fate he never saw coming.
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"I was so close to getting him back, there is no way I would let that little brat, get in my way". She screamed, throwing things around, but little did she know, that she wasn't alone, that she had company, a company she probably wouldn't want to have."He fucked me, and he just thought he would send me away like that? She asked rhetorically, getting even angrier, while pacing round the room, she looked around the house, thinking of what to pick, that would ease her, but non seem to work. she soon sat on the floor, with her phone in hand, contemplating if she should call Damien or call someone else, but who else would she call, and what would the person do for her? Juliana hud behind the door, she didn't want her to know that she had broken into her house, she needed money badly that breaking into Lindsay's house was the only thought that came to her mind. She had heard her say she was going to have a great time with Damien Brick, and she was hoping they come back together, so that s
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Lindsay was so sure that by the time Damien wakes up, they would surely have to go another round. she prided herself of being so beautiful, as she took another look at herself in the mirror. She was in smile all through as she kept checking herself out, and she finally convinced herself that, she has won. She noticed wrinkles on her face and she blamed it on the stress of last night, so she decided that she should have a beauty bath, in his personal bathroom, where all the cosmetics are, before he wakes up.She had barely started bathing, when Damien awoke, and he could have sworn that everything that happened the previous night was a dream, but as he looked around, and her things litter the area, he hit his head in anger, he had been so depressed and high that he let his guard down. Truely his son had been begging that he takes her back, but he didn't want to, and now,the had done the unpardonable. He regretted it and was ready to pay her off, so she never shows her face again. While
"You taste different".
She thought she would have a little time to do a little ladies thing, but surprisingly, as he sucked on her breast, while fondling at the same time with it, reminded her of the night she drugged Ryan. He had been so angry about getting married to Alexander and had been so fierce with her. Damien also looks very angry, and is also acting strangely. Though she was married to him for years, she never saw him, so fierce and needy before, she tries to blame it on the substance, but then it isn't also the first time, she was using a substance on him. Her marriage with him have been more like a child's play, that she always tries to spice their sex life up in one way or another, which never really gave her the vibe and energy she so long for. Which is also why she meets withen outside her marriage."You are different". She confessed, with the way he was fondling with her, and moving his hands all around her, it felt like he had been hungry for too long."Yes I know, and you taste differen
He grabbed her breast and started sucking on it.
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Juliana feigned a smile, then walked in slowly, as though she had come into the wrong house to steal, but they were all giving her a shocking look, that she sensed to already know the reason for their looks. But she still needs to confirm."Hello everyone". She greeted, but they didn't respond to her greeting, they kept looking at her, like she is some kind of a burglar. The other younger sisters, that probably didn't know her, even clinched to their purses, and phones."I know I didn't visit when I said I would and I have been away for too long, but it's been a really long journey for me, as the man I thought was going to be a father to our daughter is misbehaving. He abandoned me to be with a billionaire's daughter, and they took Emily away from me by force". She thought of playing the pity card, but the stories that the head sister have heard was enough for her, not to believe any act she puts up. When they didn't respond still, she looked around her, and seeing so much gifts a
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Alexander noticed how worried Ryan was all through, she knows she has to get all documents ready for them to visit the court, Ryan may have been worried that she spends times with Emily more, but the truth is that the girl is full of wisdom, and she has given her more informations than she expect to get from her, she used the gotten informations, to take the first step of visiting the mother less home, where Emily grew up. Ryan was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't even notice when she left, he was trying to bring himself as to how to tell Alexander what happened between him and Lindsay, he lay on the bed, looking up at the ceiling, when Alexander stepped out unnoticed, but that was also because she didn't want him to know when she left. She had already called the sisters in charge, so they were expecting her. She initially didn't tell them her aim, she just told them, she wanted to come visit the kids there with something, and they were happy to have her visit.When she got t
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Ryan was glued to his phone at the house, as he lay on the couch with Alexander whom had been with him, cuddling him and not paying attention to everything Juliana was saying, she even laughed at her, at some point, especially those times she let out tears.She tries to kiss him, to get him back to a mood of wildness, and not a mood of worry, but Ryan seem lost.He could barely believe his eyes as Juliana twisted every event, painting herself as the victim, a woman scorned and reply hurt by his actions. "She left me for money and she was never pregnant, what the hell is she saying? he asked out loud, angry at the way the world seem to believe her.He clenched his fists, feeling the rage boil beneath the surface. If she were to be with him at the time, she would have forgotten the rules against hitting women and get violent with her. How could she do this to him, his thoughts raced, torn between the betrayal and the sinking realization of the public fallout. He hadn't told the world
