“Hahaha! Hahaha! This guy has finally gone crazy”
Even though Carla’s family was laughing at him, it was an evil laughter as they mocked him. His grandmother in-law looked like she was about to pop a vein on her forehead.“You must be mad. Do you think you think I’m joking with you here? Or you’re trying to take advantage of the house that we have you and swindle someone with it?”His wife’s grandmother was obviously very irritated at him and she looked like she was about to explode.“After everything we’ve done for you ingrate, this is how you choose to reward our benevolence towards you? We provided a house for you to live in, gave you a job and now you think of it as a perfect time to show your true colours?”In her mind she had always disapproved of Carla getting married to Darius but her granddaughter was just to stubborn. Despite knowing Darius’ financial state, she still stayed with him. Her grandmother never knew what was going through her mind and she had always failed to get them separated.One would think that it was because she didn’t want Carla to regret her life choices but it was just a facade. Deep down the real reason she hated Darius was because he was poor and abandoned by his father. Him marrying into their family would only spoil their reputation and make them the scorn of the society.That was why she had tried to make him look alright by giving him a house and a job. Well, it wasn’t like he really gained much because the money he manages to earn from his job would be spent on his house rent.However, now that the opportunity to carry out her plan to get rid of him had presented itself, there was no way she was going to pass it up. This was just the perfect opportunity for her to put some of her plans to action.She spoke to her son, Carla’s Father. “Johnson, call Galliard the butler for me.”Johnson picked his phone and called Galliard then gave the phone to his mother. She cleared her throat and when Galliard picked the call she began to give him orders.“Galliard. This is Felicia Morris, your employer. I want you to do some things for me. Call the company and tell the boss there to fire Darius Featherington from the company. There’s no longer a job for him there. Also send some guys to the house we have Darius and move out all his personal belongings out of the housea and also confiscate the keys of the car we have the bastard.”Darius just stood there as he frowned a little because they would mishandle his stuff. But well, his life was about to change so he just smiled again. Felicia seeing this finally turned to her granddaughter Carla and tried to convince her again.“Carla can you see what I’ve been warning you about? This guy has nothing to offer you. He was cast out his father’s house with his decrepit mother and he has been trying to use our family as his stepping stone to rise again in society. He doesn’t have anything to offer you. Now that he’s on the streets can you see how useless he is?”Carla was starting to get annoyed as her grandmother insulted her husband and basically ruined his life. She was fuming from deep inside and feeling sad. But she was also feeling confused and uncertain at the same time.Darius was a good man who never lied to her, and she knew that he couldn’t just say something like that without any basis. Why would Darius suddenly say something like that? Was there a secret she didn’t know about? Thinking about it she never really knew much about Darius’ mother and even he had said several times that he doesn’t know about his mother’s family because she always refused to tell him, always saying she will tell him everything when the time was right.So there was a slim possibility that he was saying the truth but it was just to ridiculous to believe. Plus she didn’t really care about his present financial state.But her grandmother continued to speak.“Carla, Darius is no good for you. I’ve been trying to link you up with Philip but you won’t just listen. Why do you keep clinging to this man. Philip is everything he is and more. He is rich, he has a rich family and even his own company. He would be able to provide for every single thing that you need.”“His family has always been close to our Morris family from ages. There’s really no one better for your dear. Divorce this man and marry Philip.”Seeing that Carla was still ignoring her words she switched to using emotional blackmail.“Carla, if you care about your family you’ll do what is right. Have you considered that you continually make I and your parents sad as you going to this pauper. Look now, he has even gone crazy. Think about your family dear. You’ll make your entire family proud of you. Just come marry Philip, he’s a little rough around the edges but he’s a million times better than this Darius.Carla couldn’t keep quiet anymore, she was sick of her family trying to convince her to marry Philip. He was a playboy that slept with different women everywhere and everyone knew about it. Added to the fact that he was ugly and the only thing he had going for him was his money, family and big belly. There was no way she would marry that punk. So she finally decided to tell her family what she could not say all this while.“I don’t care about Phillip! I don’t care if he has money or not! For crying out loud, I don’t even like the guy! Tell him to keep whatever fucking thing he has to himself!” She yelled out.The whole room was silent for a moment. Everyone was stunned. Though grandmother had known that Carla did not want to marry Philip, she never Carla expected to speak of Phillip like that.Darius who had been listening to how Felicia was telling his wife to divorce him and marry another guy had. Frown on his face.Though he was a bit relieved that Carla was very determined to disobey Felicia’s wishes, it was still annoying that Felicia would say something like that in his presence. It just meant he was nothing in her eyes.But after that call this morning, he knew that things were bound to change. He wouldn’t be subject to such disrespect if he was rich in the first place. Though it would be a headache, he had to convince them somehow.“Madam Felicia, you don’t have to worry about my financial situation anymore. I received a call just on my way here and it’s good news. I can handle all the problems now.Darius tried to sound convincing but they just didn’t believe him.Carla’s mother,
Darius felt much better with himself as he watched other cars pass by the ones he was in. A little while later he heard a loud growl from his stomach. It was protesting that he had not eaten since the previous day. ‘Calm down, almost there. Things are going to be so much better now.’He picked up his phone and called the hospital. He wanted to check up on his mother and see if she was faring well. A nurse picked the call and assured him that the surgery had been completed successfully and that his mother was resting. He told the nurse he wanted to speak with his mother so the nurse took the directed the call to his mother’s bed.“Hello mum, how are you doing?” There was a tone of worry in his voice. He heard a low chuckle as his mother replied him weakly.“I’m doing well Darry, you don’t have to keep calling me everytime.” *cough* She paused and swallowed. She sounded weak and tired.“The doctors have performed the surgery on me. I’m feeling much better but I need to rest. I hope you’
Darius was relieved but also angry at those men for humiliating him that way. Thanks to this lady he had been saved from further embarrassment and they apologized. Darius just shook his head, there were a lot of dumb people around these days.Then he was wondering why the beautiful lady had decided to help him despite how he looked and the fact that they had never met before.He was unsure of how to address her so he kind of stuttered. “Uhm... Thank you miss...”“You don’t have to.” She cut him short without smiling.Darius looked at her face and was a bit mesmerized by how beautiful she looked. He hadn’t got a chance to take a good look at her yet and now that he did, she was nothing short of awesome. However, he brought his thoughts back to the moment and spoke again.“Why did you help me? Have we met somewhere before?” He asked curiously and a little uneasy. But she just glanced at him as she sighed softly.“Do I need to know you to help you? Not everyone is heartless you know? Bes
Darius was quite surprised that his wife called him. They hadn’t spoken since the argument the previous day, but he picked up nonetheless.“Hello, Good morning dear.” He greeted in a full tone.“Hey Darius, I had a discussion with Grandma after you left yesterday.”‘Wow, no greeting..’ Darius thoughtShe continued. “She still wants to you sign the divorce papers but after I spoke to her she agreed to let you stay on one condition. I’m trying to get a 10 Million Dollars deal from the Charlton group of companies. She said we must seal the deal before she’ll allow us to stay together.”‘Charlton Company? Isn’t that my company now?’ Darius thought.“That’s great news, Carla. Why don’t you go on ahead. I’ll come meet you there. We’ll work it out together.” Darius said with a little relief and excitement. Perhaps this was his opportunity to show who he was now and make them respect him. He’ll surely gat his wife back.“Okay, I’ll be there in 30 mins. You don’t really need to do anything. Dr
The butler had come to receive Darius himself so people didn’t really know who he was because he didn’t often show his face.After leading Darius into the office. They both sat down and the secretary served Darius a hot cup of coffee and some biscuits.Darius got himself to relax and then he began to explain to Maxwell about the 10 Million Dollars deal his wife wanted to get.Meanwhile, Darius’ wife, Carla arrived at the company and was at the receptionists desk. She was asking for an audience with the CEO of the company.She had been Chasing the deal for a long time but she handy been able to get it because it took a long time to book an appointment with the CEO. She couldn’t wait any longer and was asking to see the CEO to make things faster.The receptionist kept trying to delay her and was telling her that the CEO wasn’t available. Combined with the fact that an appointment hadn’t been booked beforehand. Carla began to plead with the receptionist.“Please, I need to see him urgent
Immediately Carla left the office. She approached Philip.“Thank you very much Philip. I really couldn’t have done it without your help.”“This is a small thing Carla. It didn’t even take much to convince the CEO. My dad had everything handled. I can do much more than I'd ever need. You just need to ask.” He said smugly.She opened her mouth to talk but was abruptly cut off again, “I have influence all over the companies here. Just let me know anyone, I won’t hesitate to destroy them for you. When it comes to my woman, I’ll do anything.” He added arrogantly, a cocky grin on his face.“Alright Philip, I’ll take you by your word. I won’t hesitate to call you when I need a favour.” Carla replied, managing to throw him a smile before walking away.Suddenly, he grabbed her hand and pulled her back towards him, catching Carla in surprise as she widened her eyes.“Let me drop you at home. It won’t be nice after signing a deal that was granted because of me and taking a cab home. I’ll drop yo
Darius sighed deeply inwardly. He then proceeded to sit down and relax for a bit. He had come with the intention to celebrate his accomplishments with his wife but another man was taking the glory.He saw some drinks on the table and began to drink while watching everyone else. He saw Carla sitting at another table silently while Philip was trying to talk to her but she just gave him short responses and smiled a little from time to time. Darius wanted to stand up and get her somewhere to talk privately but she didn’t even give him the opportunity by looking away from him. Even her grandmother Felicia was looking at Darius like he was a pest that she couldn’t wait to get rid of.Darius knew that he wouldn’t be able to talk with Carla here and sighed inwardly again. Maybe he should just leave because It was a little embarrassing for him to remain there.He stood up and left the house. No one even saw him off like it was a relief to see him go. He boarded a taxi and headed back to the co
Darius had been very sneaky in asking Alicia out. He just hoped it wouldn’t have sounded to awkward to her. Meanwhile Alicia who had been caught off-guard recovered herself. She was even getting a bit excited. “Oh yeah, I don’t mind.” She said with a smile. This was her opportunity to know more about this guy so she definitely wasn’t going to let it pass.Darius was relieved internally, he had plans that would involve her help so it was good that she agreed. They then exchanged numbers and then Darius went back to the car. He then started to discuss with Maxwell about what he wanted to do.“Maxwell, I came up with an idea. Since no one believes that I’m the grandson of the McArthur patriarch, I’ll continue that way. I want to fully observe and test some people.” There was a dangerous glint in Darius’ eyes as he continued. “I’ll start with my wife first. To do that I want you to find out more details about who this Alicia is. I’ll fake a relationship with Alicia and make Carla jealous