Sofia sat in her car and wound up all the windows. It was raining outside and so was it inside. Her makeup was done for. Her heart was no longer beating she was devastated.Her phone rang again amidst her sobbing. It was Alice. She couldn't receive any call right now. She really needed to be by herself. The ringing persisted. Sofia finally picked up the call. She waited patiently for the person at the other end of the line to speak up first. "Hey, what's going on? You're not picking up your calls. Is everything okay?""Cut to the chase Alice, don't pretend to care," Sofia responded coldly. It seemed like whenever she was this broken Alice was always the first to call and mock her. This wasn't concern it was mockery!"Sofia, I love you and I care for you! You need to start thinking things through. The way you're going, you could end up in a mess soon, and I might not be able to get you out," Alice tried to cajole her but Sofia was now disgusted by her sister. Not only did she think A
The door bell rang. "Just a minute!" Sofia sang. She was in the bathroom. Water was running but she wasn't taking a bath. She had been playing with her toys again. She put on her bathing suit and went for the door. Awestruck, Sofia appeared to have seen a ghost. "Hey, Sofia Brentwood. Nice to see you again." It was Noah. He walked pass her with his normal sense of arrogance like he owned the place.Sofia shut the door and watched as he made himself at home. He crossed his legs as he ate from the grapes in a bowl. "Where's Lily?" Sofia growled."Forget about my mother. She's too old to understand many things," Noah said casually. Sofia sat. Still wondering what was going on. "Why the hell did she send you?" "Look, Sofia. I get it. You're intimidated by my looks and intelligence. But I'm more useful to you than my mother can be. And certainly more than Ethan could ever be," he said and winked. Noah, just like his brother Matt had the sweetest of mouth. The problem was, he didn'
Chapter 144:Calhoun swung on his swivel chair from side to side as he flipped through the memories he had made with Ariana. He couldn't believe she was all his now. There was no way he could get over her beauty, her softness. Last night they made love, and it felt more amazing than ever. Initially, Ariana was worried about the episode with her parents. But the ecstasy of the lovemaking erased every bit of her distress. They both knew how to satisfy each other until exhaustion took over. Calhoun's phone beeped. It was a message. It was from Ariana. "Hey babe," it read. Calhoun smiled sheepishly. He was in love. He'd never really known what it felt or meant. Now he was intoxicated with it. "I'm okay, honeypie. Was just thinking about you and last night," he sent, still smiling and turning on his swivel chair. "Can we talk?" came the reply. Calhoun paused. Something had gone wrong. He could sense it. "Meet me at the parking lot." Calhoun cancelled all his appointments for the da
Chapter 145:Mr. Lawson Senior was already seated on the other chair. Calhoun braced himself for whatever he had coming his way. He sat down and faced his grandfather. Calhoun could see the seriousness amidst the wrinkles on his grandfather's face."I see what you've done with the business," his grandfather spoke, "I must say that I'm proud of who you've become." Calhoun sensed that there was a twist in all of this. "But I must say," his grandfather implied, "I'm disappointed with your choice of women.""There's only one woman in my life grandpa," Calhoun objected. "My point exactly," grandfather replied. "She's not the best of choices you've made my boy.""But you've not even given her a chance." "I think I've seen enough of her in her parents.""Ow great, you've seen the news," Calhoun rolled his eyes. "Of course I have.""But she's nothing like them grandpa. She's different.""Boy, the fruit never falls too far off the tree," grandfather cautioned. "I'm sure you'll be saying
The night rains continued through to the next day. The two love birds kept clinging to each other on their bed. Ariana slipped away carefully from Calhoun and walked bare-bottom to the wardrobe. She got out one of his shirts and put it on. It was oversized but fitted somewhat cutely and sexy. Ariana got to the kitchen and began preparing breakfast. She couldn't help smiling all along as she broke the eggs to make the omelette. She was in love. It wasn't like with Ethan. This was different. Calhoun made her feel special. He always wanted her to be safe and didn't want anything to harm her. But she was afraid. It all seemed too good to be true. How sure was she that Calhoun wouldn't turn out to be another Ethan? After all, he's got a lot of money. He could get any girl in the world if he wanted. Not one, but many. What was so special about her that he wouldn't look elsewhere? Ariana didn't want to give in her whole heart just yet. She didn't want it to get broken. But she loved Ca
Meanwhile, Sofia phoned Lily. She was disappointed that she sent her son to do her bidding the last time."If it isn't the bravest of the Brentwoods," Lily tried to tease."Oh, cut the crap," Sofia was irritated. "A good one you pulled on me sending your son.""Ow dear, you sound offended. He didn't try anything funny did he? I know my boy, he can be very naive. Ah, children, but what can you do without them?" Lily sang dramatically."Enough of this nonsense, Lily. I don't care what you do or don't do with your son. That's none of my business. But the next time he comes to my door, I swear, I won't be as nice as I was.""Ow great, you were nice?" Lily planted a sarcasm.Sofia rolled her eyes. She didn't want to get any more upset. Besides, this wasn't why she called."I'm guessing you didn't just call to chit chat me about your affection for my son," Lily continued."Affection? urgh! look... Lily, I really don't have time for this.""Neither do I, my dear." Lily called sharply in repl
Calhoun was waiting at the end of the staircase. He kept on checking on his gold-plated Rolex watch. He had got it at the boutique earlier today. Ariana had said it looked good on him and he knew in that moment that the wristwatch had automatically become his favourite. He straightened his tuxedo one more time. Making sure he made the right choice of shoes as well. Finally, the door opened. Calhoun could hear the sound of Ariana's heeled shoes as she approached. He lifted his eyes and at the top of the stairs was an angel. His angel. Her radiance flooded the room. Ariana appeared like a goddess in the glittering red gown that started off from her chest midway, down, as it swept the floor. Calhoun gasped as he noticed all her curves perfectly displaying. She descended the stairs with elegance. Every step took Calhoun's breath away. When Ariana got down and was close to him, Calhoun was still tongue-tied. Her hair was packed to a side and the sheen she had applied made it shiny
The next morning felt like waking up to a new universe. To a new life. Everything looked different. Not different in a bad way, but in a way that created a sense of finaly achieving some pleasurable purpose in life. Ariana made to get up from bed. The lovemaking last night was one compared to none. She had hoped it would never ended. Calhoun held her back, "stay in bed with me. Don't leave me all alone."Ariana smiled and kissed him. "We've not been at work for a couple of days now my love. People will be asking questions."Calhoun took out his phone and texted. As he did so, he read what he was texting aloud:"How's the office?""Running smoothly." Came the reply. "Okay," Calhoun sighed and continued typing aloud, "I'll not be in for a while, do cancel all my unimportant meetings, and reschedule whatever itinery till next week. PS. Miss Ariana will also not be in office as well.""See?" he turned and drew Ariana to himself, "we've got all the time to ourselves."Ariana was defence
(EPILOGUE)A soft knock resonated against Lim and Laura's bedroom door. Laura was in the bathroom and she had left Lim still sprawled on the bed with their handsome son.She expected him to have answered the door but when the knock resonated again, she hurriedly rinsed off the soap from her body and hurried out of the bathroom with a towel sparsely tied around her body."Lim, didn't you hear the door?" She hissed as she made her way to the door."I pay them to handle things in the house not bring every little thing to me... I am tired..." He mumbled softly against his son's head.Laura couldn't help but roll her eyes. Lim was a changed person but sometimes he couldn't help but be cruel at the smallest of things.She ignored him and went to pull the door open. There was her maid standing with her head lowered to the floor."I am sorry for disturbing your afternoon ma'am but the driver taking you to the venue is here... You said I should let you know..."Laura smiled. "Oh, thank you so
LOST IN YOUR ARMS: (NEW)"Laura, you need to eat more," Jasmine said as she kept filling the plate with more beef meatballs. But Laura never paid her any attention. Her advice was like extra water to an ocean.For the past three days, she had become a food monster. She couldn't do anything without eating. She even woke up early in the morning to get food from the kitchen. Was that how pregnancy changed women? To night thieves?"Don't you think you'll turn her into a fatty?" Charles asked. He was sitting on the other side of the dining table with Dennis."That's none of your business! She is pregnant and she needs to eat more!" Jasmine retorted."Whatever..." Charles rolled his eyes and turned to Dennis, who was busy biting off his meatballs with both hands like a hungry lion. When he noticed that his hands were stained with the stew from the food, he dropped the fork in his hands and started licking his fingers.Charles got irritated by this and made pulled up a scowl that said exact
Marcus opened his eyes and the first thing that welcomed him was darkness. He looked around, desperate to see the surrounding he was in but it was difficult to see through the darkness. He should have known that Lim had a mind of his own. As far as he could remember, back in the abandoned house, he heard the sirens of the police cars outside. Wondering if Lim was ready to damage the family's reputation name by exposing them to the public as kidnappers. At first, that was what he thought but to his disappointment, the little boy had another plan.After the police left and they got moved, he became deeply concerned with what Lim was going to do to him and Thomas. Maybe being exposed to the police was going to be a better option.Fear suddenly cupped him. He became edgy like a psychopath. He had to free himself at all costs before the devil laid a hand on him.Just as he was about to move, he found out he was cuffed against a chair. "Fuck! I'm tied!" He grumbled in frustration. Then,
The police officer's eyes were strained on Lim's injured arm. He was eager to help in any way that he could but Lim waved him off."Don't worry, it is just a mere scratch. My woman is more important now. I need to leave.""Alright, sir!" The police officer saluted again.Lim turned to Charles and gestured to him, using an eye look that only the two of them understood."Don't worry, I can handle the situation here. You need to get Laura to the hospital. Go!" Charles said.Lim nodded and made to move but Steve shouted behind him."I'm coming too!"Lim glared over his shoulder. "Suit yourself!" he said and got into the car that had just parked in front of him. Steve ran the rest of the distance and also jumped into the car before the driver pulled off.The atmosphere in the car was thick as the two of them faced opposite sides, never saying a word to the other.Steve could not stop blaming himself. He wanted to speak out but he didn't want to anger the devil that was beside him.Soon, t
Her hands were covered in blood.The world went silent as her eyes scanned the man in her arms. Her heart was dragging painfully down her throat and she thought she would pass out from the pain."Lim!" Laura screamed in horror.Instantly, the men pushed Marcus down on the floor with great force. They were red with anger, both at themselves for letting this happen and at Marcus. How dare a rat like him shoot at their boss in their presence!?Marcus couldn't believe he blocked the shot. The bullet wasn't aimed at Lim but at Laura. She was the target Marcus had planned to shoot but stupid Lim took the hit instead. Marcus was so stunned that, his body became numb. Even as Lim's men continued beating him, he couldn't feel a thing.Their plan was completely messed up!Thomas, on the other hand, couldn't do a thing but stare at his brother with pitiful eyes. Lim's men were kicking and punching Marcus. Blood seeped out of him yet no sound came out.Thomas couldn't do anything to help him. H
"Why don't you take a seat?" Marcus stated, motioning to the couch in the corner of the room, just across the bed.Thomas moved briskly to the side and took Lim's gun.Lim gritted his teeth as his eyes shifted to Laura. She was so scared, he could feel it in his bones. He knew she wanted to say something due to the movement of her eyes but she couldn't, because of the gag in her mouth.Lim's heart squeezed in pain. He felt like an erupting volcano, but he couldn't bring himself to that state, he had to stay calm for the safety of Laura.He composed himself and sat on the couch with his legs crossed. Trying to be in a character that would not show his anger."So, where should we start?" He asked them with a smirk.Marcus smiled and gestured to Thomas to handle the files. As Thomas messed with the papers, Lim's eyes moved over the room, that was when he noticed Brent, tied up and left sprawled on the bed. "Hmm..." Lim sighed and raised an eyebrow. His brothers must have had another pl
As soon as the call ended, a grin of excitement appeared on Marcus's lips. He was happy that everything was going according to plan.A few minutes from now, he would become the rightful CEO of Walter's occupation all thanks to the little dove he kidnapped.Speaking of the dove, he turned to look at the other side of the room where Laura was tied up on the bed hopelessly like a lamb.There was now a light in the room, enough for Laura to picture the faces of her kidnappers. She should have known that not all of Lim's family members liked him. But now it was too late, they had her.The smile on Marcus's face expanded. It was just amazing to watch fear and all crawl into the girl.He was grateful that she had come into Lim's life when she did because if it wasn't for her, they wouldn't have known how to get the mighty Lim to surrender."So what did he say?" Thomas, who was sitting on a couch with Brent by his side, asked his brother. Marcus turned to them with his hands in his pockets.
Lim got down from his car in a hurry and rushed into the mansion, ignoring the servant's greetings at the doorway. Charles strode behind him trying to keep up with his speed. "Laura!" Lim called as soon as he entered the living room.His heart was thumping and panic was already flowing in his veins. He didn't want to think the worst, but at this point it was inevitable."Laura!" He called again. Not caring that he was being extremely loud."Lau—" Before he could complete his words, his father stepped out of his room into the living room looking wild."Lim, what's going on?" Old Walter asked from the stairs. He was walking down with the support of his butler, Mr May."Where is my wife?" Lim snarled like a wounded snake. His voice was filled with authority and anger so thick it was like a volcano.Old Walter looked at him quizzically. What was he saying? Wasn't the girl home yet?"Laura took her leave in the morning. Isn't she home yet?" Old Walter asked as he went down to the last st
Lim tried almost ten times and yet, it still said the same thing. At this point, he couldn't put the feeling away, something was wrong."The line still says the same thing," Lim said worriedly. He had sweat all over his face from the pressure.Charles was having the same thoughts and as much as he tried to calm his friend, he couldn't bring up the right words. "Isn't Laura coming already?" Jasmine asked as she walked closer to them. Lim sighed and returned his phone to his trousers pocket. There was no time to waste, he needed to go to Walter's mansion and find out for himself what was happening."We're going to Walter's mansion!" Lim stated coldly and walked out of the room. His expression had changed to something so dark and scary that even Jasmine could feel the change in the atmosphere on her skin.Everywhere suddenly turned cold and it wasn't the good kind.She turned to Charles with a worried look. "Is everything okay? Why is Mr. Ice so cold?" She stared at Lim's retreating w