Linda and Mary strolled around the mall as they picked clothes for Linda. Mary saw something alluring and grabbed it immediately. "Linda, come over!" She called out with a smile. Linda rushed towards Mary. She met Mary holding up a long gown with a very long slit on front and no arms. "What the fuck is this?" Linda asked as she stared at the boob part of the dress. It was very low. She knew it would barely cover her boobs. "I'll only be able to wear this to dates and night parties. I can not wear this to visit Henry randomly or even go to his office."Mary frowned deeply. She was tired of having her friend behave like she was a child. "You are not underage for god sake!" Mary slapped her forehead. She pulled Linda forcefully into the dressing room and made her wear the dress. It was perfect for Linda. Her hips and every other curve were very visible. Linda stared down at her boobs, and just as she thought, it was barely covered. The slit was up to her thigh, and it revealed a
"If I notice for one that you are doing something else, Ava," Benedict threatened. Ava hissed. Shs stood up to her feet and walked towards his table. They were both seated in his study. While he was behind the table, she sat on the couch there listening to him speak. There was a bowl in front of Benedict, and there were two apples in the bowl. Ava picked one of the apples and walked back to the couch. Shs settled back on the couch, and bit from the apple, and faced Mr Benedict again. "What makes you think I'm doing something else? Why can't you just trust me?" She questioned. Benedict stood up from the chair. He felt like the table in front of him was blocking him from Ava. He grabbed the chair after the table and pulled it towards the couch. He sat on it and faced her. "Are you really not doing something else?" He asked and grabbed Ava by her jaw. She slapped his hands off. "I wouldn't be here if I'd decided to breach the agreement," Ava told Benedict. "I don't know why you s
Henry's eyes widened as soon as his eyes met with that of Natasha whose eyes were equally a bit lowered at the sight of him.What was she doing in his house? Why did she come here?Natasha's presence in Henry's house was so worrisome to him and he couldn't stop questioning why she was there. But more worrisome to him was the fact that his heart couldn't stop beating fast at the sight of her. He was sure it was not fear, neither was it anger. But why was he feeling that way at the sight of her? Henry hated the idea that was coming into his head and he immediately brushed it off.'Why are you here?' Henry wanted to ask but he immediately got rid of the thought. He knew it would be rude to ask that so he remained quiet instead."Uhmm... Are you here to see my mother?" Henry asked, struggling to keep his voice steady."No, I'm here for you." Natasha said, wearing an anxious smile on her face.Henry swallowed hard and dismissed the maid who was standing there.He raised his eyebrows while
On her way back home, Natasha asked the driver to stop by the cosmetic shop so that she could get some cosmetics for herself. She knew she would have asked one of her maids to get it for her later, but she chose to get it since she was passing by that way anyway.When she was done shopping, she went over to the cashier to pay when she suddenly heard a voice behind her.She turned around to see the unfamiliar face of a guy staring back at her with a smile on his face.'Who could he be?' Natasha asked herself inwardly since she could not recognise him."I'm sorry, but do I know you?" Natasha asked with her brows raised.The young man shook his head slowly, he still had a bright smile on his face."Actually, we've not met and I wasn't expecting you to know me. It's just that, I had been watching you from a distance all the while when you were shopping. I must confess that you are really beautiful and I thought that I needed to get familiar with you." He muttered.Natasha rolled her eyes.
"Coffee or tea?" Henry asked Ava, who was seated at the front seat of his car. She turned to him with a smile. "I'd rather we eat something slightly heavy. I don't want to drink," she responded. He nodded his head and continued driving. They stopped at a small restaurant that was not too far from Henry's office. When they alighted from the car, Ava looked around the place as though she wasn't comfortable. "They have very nice food here," he told her to make her feel relaxed. He didn't want to go to a fancy restaurant with Ava because he was scared that they would bump into Natasha there. He didn't know why he was thinking too much about her, and also considering her feelings. He wouldn't have agreed to eat out with Ava if he hadn't promised her earlier. Henry was not someone who played with his promises. I again had to remind myself that there was nothing serious going on with either of them, so it was pointless for him to feel this way. They got into the restaurant, and they b
Benedict and Miguel sat in different couches facing each other. The large screen of their television was turned on, but none of them concentrated on what was being displayed on the screen. Miguel's attention was on his phone while his father's gaze was fixed on a newspaper. Miguel was going through photos from Natasha's birthday when he suddenly stopped. He saw Natasha stealing glances at Henry. He also noticed the way Henry stared at her in most of the photos. "Dad," he called as he suddenly sat up and moved to the edge of the chair.Benedict, who was also leaning on the couch, moved the newspaper to a corner. "What?" Benedict asked. He wondered why the kid was bothering him. "I just got a few pictures from Natasha's birthday," Miguel told his dad. "From?""From someone, look!""Come on, Miguel, those pictures are not even important."Miguel groaned as he stood up from the couch and went to sit beside his dad. "Have you seen the pictures yet? Don't act nonchalant about this
Henry sat behind his office desk, checking his wristwatch every single minute. He hadn't done anything productive the whole day. "Cancel the meeting," he told Harrison earlier when he came to remind him about a meeting with some shareholders. Henry wished he could go home earlier, but he would end up sitting around his bed and doing nothing. The door opened, and Harrison walked into the room. Henry raised an eyebrow at him. It's more of a questioning eyebrow. "I knocked," Harrison explained to Henry. "I knocked more than thrice, and there was no response. I wanted to make sure you were fine here." Henry shook his head. "I scared you for no reason. I am very okay. Just that I've been thinking about too many things lately."Harrison sighed as he walked further into the office. "You don't seem okay," Harrison said. "You've been acting a bit weird since this morning."Henry shook his head again. "I'm okay. I am just stressed, but I'll be fine. I just need a little rest."Harrison
Natasha knew that what she had just said was a lie, it was more than her trying to get friendly with Henry, it was equally more than her trying to get along with him. She wanted to get closer to Henry, and this time around, it was not just about the company anymore. No matter how much she tried to make dinner or lie to herself, she still couldn't erase the fact that she may be falling for that arrogant man."Oh! Dear." Cassandra suddenly exclaimed as her eyes moved to the wall clock. "You must be running late for your date, I'm sorry for keeping you." Natasha rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders."It's not a date, mom." She quickly jumped into her defense. "We just had dinner together." Natasha said with a frown."Oh! Whatever." Mrs Bay exclaimed and waved her hand. "You can leave for your dinner now, we don't want to keep Henry waiting." Natasha rolled her eyes again and started walking out of the room."Wait," she suddenly heard her mother call and turned around."What, mom?
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