Natasha walked out of her room and met her even planners waiting for her in the sitting room. There were two people there. A young man in his late twenties, and another woman in her early forties. "Hello, ma'am," the boy greeted as he quickly stood up to his feet. Natasha waved him off. The older lady also greeted Natash, and she smiled before settling on the couch facing them. "We are here for your opinion on a few things concerning your birthday," the older lady spoke first. "My dad called you, right?" Natasha asked as she stared at the older lady. "No, your mom did," the old lady responded. Natasha sighed deeply as she beckoned on one of the maids, who just walked out of the kitchen to come forward. The maid walked up to Natasha and bowed in front of her. "Get us something to drink," she ordered the maid. The maid nodded and walked away. "So," Natasha said as she faced the old lady again. "Since my parents called you here, why am I the one talking to you instead of them?"
Henry wondered why he was reconsidering his decision. He had already promised himself that he would give Natasha a gift for her birthday. He smiled deeply. His mom had made him hate Natasha and her affairs so much. If it wasn't from her, then he probably wouldn't be contemplating it. Again, he made up his mind that he would get her that gift since he had already decided that during the ball. He stood up from the dining table and called the maids to clear the table while he went to get his suitcase and leave for work. When he got to the office, he realized that there were a lot of documents for him to sign. He also decided that he would get Natasha's gift on his way from work that day. Henry began to go through a few documents so that he could sign them quickly. He was still at it when he heard a knock on the door. Harrison walked into the office after a while, carrying a few documents. "Sir," Haserion said as he placed the documents on the table. "Here are the documents from th
It was finally the day of Natasha's birthday party, a party which even though was paraded as a birthday party was actually a party meant to gather elites together.The hall had been decorated extravagantly which was what was expected of a big party which was meant for that sole purpose.Natasha had a straight face as her limousine pulled up in front of the venue. She looked through the window at all the glamor and splendor that had been poured out into the venue like there was a very important event going on there.It was indeed an important event, but for her parents and the company, not her.Natasha didn't realize she had been sitting at a spot in her car and staring through the window until her driver came over to the side of her window."Ma'am, I think it's time to go in, everyone is probably waiting for the celebrant by now." The driver said and Natasha rolled her eyes before she got down from the car.As soon as she came down, she looked around the environment and let out a deep
Henry's eyes met Natasha's as soon as he stepped his foot into the hall where her birthday was held, she said standing close to her mom and discussing with a man whom Henry presumed would be his business associate. He could not help but notice her dress and how beautiful she looked.She had on a red strapless dress that flowed all the way to her feet, masking her shoes. The dress was so tight that it clung onto her body and showed her curves in the right places. Her hair was tied beautifully into a smooth ponytail and she had on a light makeup that accentuated her look.Henry swallowed hard as he began to wonder how one person could be this beautiful. If only she wasn't as rude as she was though.Henry however, could not help but notice that she was not all smiley or even happy like a birthday girl should be, instead she had a slight frown on her face like she was being punished and forced to be there. Of course, she was unhappy. Henry remembered the conversation they had on the night
Linda walked out of her room and met her family, discussing and laughing happily. Mary was there, too. She was seated beside Catherine on a couch, while James was seated on the other couch that faced them. Linda stood by the stairs watching them. There was something about the way they were laughing so excitedly. Mary seemed to be telling them about something that happened in their neighborhood, and they were all engrossed in it, and they didn't notice that someone else had joined them. "The way he stood there staring at her as though his whole life depended on it with his mouth open widely. Then, the next minute, we saw him begging the woman who offended him and had come there to ask for his forgiveness." Mary paused for a while and had a good laugh. "I'm sorry for making you cheat on me, I'm sorry for making you hurt me..."By this time, Catherine and James were already on the floor laughing so loudly. "I'm sure you both know that those were not his exact words, but at least th
It's been like two days after Natasha's birthday party and Henry still found himself unable to stop thinking about her. Whenever he was about to concentrate on his work, he managed to find himself thinking about her. He just couldn't get the image of Natasha's face off his mind.The thought of how she had looked in her birthday dress had refused to leave his head and had left him in stitches ever since two nights ago. He could not help but wonder why he had been thinking about her so much. It was certainly not that he was in love with her, right? He didn't have feelings for her, right?Then why did he go out of his way to get her such a gift for her birthday in order to impress her?Henry slapped himself on his forehead.There was no freaking way he was trying to impress her, of course not. How could he even think that way?The only reason he gave her that gift was because he felt bad for her. The way she had spoken so emotionally about how her birthdays were never about her and how s
Natasha must have woken up from the good side of the bed that morning because she seemed exceptionally in a good mood.Especially as one of the first things her eyes caught was the teddy bear sitting by her bed. It had been among the birthday packages Henry had sent to her and she could not help but blush at the thought of it. She could not help but wonder what could have inspired him to give her those gifts.As Natasha got out of bed, she had a slight smile on her face, then she remembered that she had not gotten the chance to thank Henry properly for the gift after her birthday party.She knew she had thanked him at the party, but she didn't think that was enough. She made up her mind that she would find the time to do it.This was the third day after her birthday party and she had taken a very short break from going to the office with the approval of her parents. She could hardly describe it as taking a break from work since she was still working from home. But it felt good to not
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
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