"I never knew you would agree to talk to me," Miguel told Ava. They were seated facing each other, with a large table in front of them. The table was filled with different types of food. "Miguel, I didn't agree to talk to you. I started talking to you.""What difference does it make?" He asked her. They both giggled. There was a pause for a few seconds. Miguel took his time to admire Ava as she ate. He wondered why it took her so long to warm up to him. He still could not believe that his talent brought them close. She would probably never talk to him if he didn't have that talent. "Would you have warmed up to me if you didn't see me drawing that day? I mean, will you even talk to me?" Ava slowly lifted her head to face Miguel. She was unsure of what would have happened. She didn't know why she was disgusted and irritated at first. She just didn't want to talk to Miguel or have anything at all to do with him. She didn't know why. She also could not tell why his drawing melted he
Natasha straightened up her collar even though it didn't need to be straightened and when she wasn't satisfied, she ran into the bathroom built in her office to check herself out.It was finally the day for the final signing of the contracts, she had done a really good job keeping it away from her parents, she had planned to present the signed contract to them as a surprise and announce to them everything that has been going on if everything goes as planned.She smiled nervously as she looked into the mirror and let out several deep breaths."Everything is already finalized, what is the point of being nervous?" She asked while slapping her face to get rid of all the nervousness and swelling in her face.She took in a deep breath before she walked out of the bathroom. Her eyes moved to the wall clock, the investors would soon be there, it was left for her to put on her best business apparel and show them the stuff she was made of.Although she knew there was no need for all the poise a
Harrison returned to the office to meet Henry waiting for him."Where have you been?" Henry asked him. "I've been going around, trying to gather the information you need about Ava."Henry sighed deeply. He had completely forgotten that he sent Harrison on a mission. He could remember getting angry the previous day because Harrison was not around when he needed him. He had concluded that he would scold him today. He felt guilty even though he hadn't scolded him yet. He had asked where he was coming from calmly. "Do you have any information yet?" Henry asked, almost in a whisper. He looked around and beckoned Harrison to follow him to his office. He had completely forgotten why he was initially looking for him. "Let's not do this here."While they walked into the office, Harrison thought of several ways to distract his boss, but none of them would work. He was not ready to show Henry what he had yet. There was nothing suspicious about it. Henry would regret employing him to do the
It was the weekend already, and Henry was expecting Natasha. He went around, instructing the maids on what to do as they cleaned the house. Madame Gu had left on a business trip the previous day, and she would not be back until after three days. Henry had the whole house to himself. "Take the flowers and place them behind the other chair."Henry walked around the sitting room, spotting things and trying to picture where they would look better. "This flower pot looks old. Take it behind. Bring the other one behind forward... it has nicer flowers."He darted his eyes around the sitting room and sighed satisfactorily. He noticed that the pillows and some of the couch towels needed to be changed. "This towel needs to be washed. Take them away and replace them right away."He moved to the kitchen. The maids were doing a very good job there. They had cleaned up the kitchen and arranged it. There was no correction for him to make. He sighed. They were already preparing a banquet to welc
"Come in," Henry called without asking who was at the door. Natasha cleared her throat and sat properly. Henry didn't bother to know who was at the door because he was just coming from the kitchen, and he already knew who it was. When he went to get Natasha's drink, he scolded the maids to hurry with the food. They were already done, so he asked the maid to be behind him.The door opened lightly, and the maid stepped in. Henry noticed that she had become empty-handed. He tried to peep behind her. There was no one carrying the food and walking behind her. "What do you want?" He asked. One would think she had interrupted something. The way he sounded. "Should I set the dining or bring the food here?" She asked. Henry didn't think about that earlier. He turned to face Natasha. "Should we go downstairs to eat or have them bring it here?" He asked her. "Uhm_" she clicked her tongue. "Let's have it here."Henry turned to the maid who was still standing there and waiting to get the
"It seems like we are a little bit behind," Sylvia said. They were in a meeting in Jason's house. As they sat around the dining table, with assorted dishes in front of them, they spoke more than they ate. They had been in that meeting for more than an hour, yet they had not been able to conclude on anything yet. "Madame Gu has become a bit stiff recently. I can't even get any information from her anymore. She seems to have decided to keep private issues private."Clinton, who was the closest to Madame Gu, kept nagging about the fact that she had stopped telling him so much. It was now difficult for him to keep a record of what was going on. "Do you think there's something going on that she's not telling you. Maybe there's truly nothing important going on right now."Everyone around the table turned to William. How could he suggest something like that? "You must be delusional to think that there's nothing going on in madam Gu's life. They are only looking at us intentionally."Henr
Linda was not paying attention to the conversation her mother and James were having in the dining hall while eating because she was absent minded. Actually, she was thinking about Henry and the board meeting that was coming up the next day.It was the last board meeting before the official launching of Henry's company. They had also been invited to the ball which would launch the new subsidiary of the Floater group.Linda had been down since she received the invitation because she couldn't help thinking that she was supposed to be beside Henry on that day as his wife if she had been patient enough.Even though they eventually got what they wanted by being the company chosen by the Floater group to work with them, Linda's life had never remained the same knowing that she lost Henry because of Richard whom she eventually found out was not even who he claimed to be.She wanted more, she wanted more than just being partners with the Floater group, she wanted to be the wife of the heir of
"Honey you've been sitting static at a place since your dinner was served to you, do you need something different? I can have the maids do that for you." Mrs Bay's voice pulled Natasha rudely out of her thoughts and she immediately looked up.She slowly shook her head and straightened up her face to avoid the blush which she was sure was evident on her face at the moment."Uhmm... No mom, I'm okay." She said sharply and began digging into her food.She let out a soft smile after her mother looked away as she began to think about her moments with Henry the previous day.She kept asking herself repeatedly why she was getting excited but she could explain the reason either. She had hated Henry from the beginning when she was introduced to him, but now, all of a sudden the thought of him suddenly got her smiling.Especially when she thought of their last encounter. She could not forget the look on Henry's face when he saw her off that night, he had even tried to kiss her in front of her c
Every other person in the ballroom went numb and stared at the center of the room like they had seen a ghost. In fact, they had indeed seen a ghost because everyone initially believed that Henry was dead.Yes! Henry Floater was standing in the middle of the room.Miguel was quick to regain his composure immediately, he was the first to speak."What are you doing here? How did you escape?" He asked under his breath, pointing at Henry. "Shouldn't you be in prison? How did you show up here without fear of being thrown back in jail?"It was finally Madame Gu's turn to speak as she turned towards Miguel and cast him an angry glance."Don't you dare speak about my son like that." Madame Gu said and finally ran towards Henry. "Where have you been, my son? What happened to you?" She stood from afar, unsure if she should touch him or not.She swallowed hard as she studied his face, it was really Henry.Henry reached out for his mother and hugged her. His eyes were focused on Natasha who was s
Madame Gu slipped the ring into her middle finger while standing in front of the mirror. It was finally the day for the much awaited ball.She stared at her reflection in the mirror. This was not her, this was not what she used to look like. But everything that had happened within the past few days had reduced her into a shadow of herself.Natasha had also been invited to the ball and Madame Gu wondered why. Her company had not formed any alliance with the Floater group, Henry whom she was supposed to get married to and strengthen the relationship between the two companies is nowhere to be found, and had been presumed dead by the law enforcement agents and the cops.But Madame Gu had refused to believe that her son was dead. But why wasn't there? If he wasn't dead, why was he yet to show up?A tear dropped from Madame Gu's eyes, but she was able to hold it back and run her thumb over her eyes to get rid of the tears the moment she heard her room door pushed open from outside."Miss Na
Natasha woke up that morning to an open window which she had intentionally forgotten to lock the previous night, maybe because she enjoyed the natural breeze that was coming in through the window.It felt so..."Soothing." Natasha said, staring out of the window before she got out of bed. She went to sit in front of her dressing mirror and stared into it. Looking at her reflection now made her realize how much weight she had lost and how neglected she was looking over the last few months. She had practically become a shadow of herself ever since Henry got missing and had been presumed dead. She had found herself unable to live with his absence ever since then.She had gone to bed with her mother banging on her door the previous night, trying to find out what was wrong with her and trying to get her to come downstairs and have something to eat.Even though she felt bad for her mother who was obviously worried about her, she still could not bring herself to go outside, nor could she eve
Linda rolled her eyes and tried to avoid Richard, but she did not have my luck because he had already blocked her by the time she arrived at her car."What do you want?" She fired at him as he blocked the entrance to her car.She gave him a once over in a condescending manner, the kind of manner which would have him rethinking his life for the next few moments."What do you think you are doing, Linda? I hope you know the part you chose isn't the best for you? Instead of coming to me and let's resolve our issue together, you went ahead to cast me away just like that, just because you felt like I would not be useful to you." Richard pressed and Natasha rolled her eyes and let out a heavy scoff."You?" She said in the most condescending manner he had even seen and eyed him viciously. "Who exactly are you?" She asked amused and almost burst into a loud laughter. "And of what use are we supposed to be to me?" She questioned, watching him from head to toe while remembering how he had lied t
Two people were seen on a bed, involved in a steamy, raunchy romance.The two people were eventually revealed to be Miguel and Linda. After a while, Linda broke away from the kiss and slightly pushed Miguel backwards."What?" He questioned, looking deeply into her eyes. "Why did you stop? I was starting to get lost in the moment and you suddenly pulled away." They were both sitting on the bed, facing each other in an intimate position. Their faces were only inches apart, it would not be difficult for things to get steamy between them and for them to get intimidate one more time, Miguel would have easily pulled her into his arms and they would go into another steamy round of romance, but he noticed that she had something important to say, so he just let her speak."You wanted to say something?" He asked, lowering his head to meet hers."I... I actually don't know how you will feel about what I am about to say to you now." Linda began, playing with her fingers. She had her eyes lowered
Henry was seated beside the friendly military personnel who had been showing him around since he showed up there and had been equally trying to help him.He was promised by the military personnels that they were going to help him redeem himself and equally take back his company from his uncles. "Because your father had been very nice to us while he was alive, we are going to do everything within our power to help his son." The military man said to him while tapping his shoulder lightly.There were now in the underground office which Henry had been surprised that existed there in the first place when he was first led there. It was more like a tech room because it was lined with several computers and laptops and equally a strong Internet connection."I've been trying to track down Mr Pierson." The man who was sitting beside Henry said, his eyes were focused on the screen of the computer in front of him. "The person protecting him must be a very powerful person. It seems hard to be able
"You know you can't continue like this," Natasha's mom tried to persuade her. "You haven't eaten anything in days. You have been crying all day... you stopped going to work. Do you want to kill yourself?" "See how lean you look," her father lamented. Natasha just sat there, staring blindly at her parents. They were all seated on her bed. She sat in between her parents. "Natasha," her mom called as she pulled her close and hugged her. "You've done so much to get the company to where it is now. Why do you want to ruin everything?" "Just when I realised that I loved him, mom. They didn't even give me the chance to say it to him. They didn't give me the chance to have the last conversation with him, and they took him away from me." Her mom kept rubbing her shoulder while patting her back. Her parents knew she would ruin the company if she continued with the way she was going. Her father's phone began to ring, and he quickly picked it up. He stood up and walked towards the window to
SIX MONTHS LATER Henry's eyes were fixed on the blue Mercedes as it drove into the military training ground. He didn't shift his gaze from the car for a second. For some reason, he was attracted to the blue Mercedes. It finally stopped at a corner of the training ground, and the door opened. Henry's eyes first caught the silver heels as it alighted from the car, and his heart sank. He rarely saw women since he was brought into the training ground. He only saw them whenever he was outside, which was very rare. The men didn't allow him to go out. Other men were training at the training ground, while Henry was seated at a corner, thinking about his mother and Natasha. He wondered if they were looking for him. He didn't want to disobey the orders of not calling his mother."By the time she realises you're safe and stops searching for you. The police would become suspicious. "He would not forget the words. He sighed deeply as he removed his mind from the thought. The next time he look
It's been two weeks already, and Madam Gu had not been able to figure out where her son was talking to. The police had searched everywhere in the country, and they could not find Henry. There was also no record of Henry leaving the country. Madame Gu told herself that she was going to press charges against Henry's uncles and all of her relatives if Henry was not found. The police would also have to provide her son. If they didn't arrest him for a crime he knew nothing about, then he wouldn't be missing by now. "On what grounds are you going to press charges against them?" Madam Gu's lawyer asked her. "You have no evidence that they have him. Mere assumptions can not even win in the courtroom." Madame Gu sighed deeply. She was deeply worried. She felt that the earlier she started acting, then the better for her and her son. Since no one had called her for ransom yet, then it was not a kidnap to raise funds or something. They kept her son so that they could kill him. It was better t