Towards the evening time, Sarah went to the garden to enjoy the cool natural breeze. Two servants were waiting on her, some guards standing not far from them. Sarah was sitting before a plate of fruit salad and slowly chewing the succulent fruits. Her phone rang and she picked it up to see who the caller was. It was Daisy. Sarah had not seen Daisy for a long time now though they spoke on phone at times. She had planned to invite her over this weekend since Richard had permitted her to receive visitors and move around if she had the strength to. Her face lit up and she quickly picked the call. "Just when will your husband forgive you and permit you to go out? So many things have happened recently and I need to share them with you," Daisy cried out over the phone. "Richard reversed his decision yesterday. I can go out now and have visitors too but I wasn't feeling too strong earlier today so I couldn't come to see you," Sarah explained. "You're not feeling
Having sat outside for almost an hour now, Sarah felt chilly. She threw her hands across her shoulders to protect herself from the uncomfortable weather. Richard noticed this and pulled out his jacket immediately. He wrapped his jacket around Sarah's shoulders. "Let's go," he said as he stood up. Sarah was still pouting and sulking so she didn't say anything to him nor stand up to follow him. Richard bent down and carried her from the chair then went inside. The servants all looked down at once, not daring to take a second glance at the lovey-dovey couple. Because they were all super single, such sight wasn't good to behold. Since Sarah wanted to relax in the living room, Richard went upstairs to get a blanket for her. He covered Sarah up before going back upstairs to freshen up. The aroma of porridge plantain garnished with smoked fish and fresh vegetables wafted from the kitchen and filled the entire living room. Nanny Vera had instructed Clara to prepare porridge planta
In the afternoon, Richard came to the mall to see Sarah. The customer service representative quickly came to inform Sarah that the CEO requested her presence in his office but saw Sarah attending to a customer so she went straight to her supervisor and relayed the message to her. The blond-haired lady widened her eyes in shock, raising her eyebrows high as she did this. Although most of them didn't know who the CEO of the Wilson industry was, from what they heard, he was as cold as an iceberg and very ruthless too. She wondered if Mr. Wilson had gotten wind of Sarah's regular absence from work and had decided to deal with her himself. Then Sarah was done for! This was something that the manager could handle, so if he had come here himself, then he surely had something bigger for Sarah. Else, why would he be here and asking for her? She reasoned.She quickly instructed someone to take over from Sarah while Sarah went up to see the CEO. As Sarah left, the cashiers began to speculate
Sarah came down an hour later. Because she had taken her lunch already, she didn't plan to take a break any longer. The cashiers who were on morning shift had signed out from their computers in readiness for a break by the time that Sarah came back. Usually, every staff member on the morning shift had a particular time for their break but since Sarah had told the manager that she was on medication, she was permitted to take her break any time she liked. As Sarah got back to her section, the cashiers all gazed at her quizzically. When Sarah didn't give them the impression that she would say anything, they tactfully gathered around her, determined to find out what happened upstairs, maybe from her facial expressions if she refuses to talk.However, Sarah's expression was the same as before and even had a hint of happiness in it so they couldn't make head or tail of what happened upstairs. Sarah looked at them and realized what they were thinking immediately. "What did the CEO
"Bella, show us the pictures you saw on the internet so we can all see him too. Many of us were on morning shift the day he was shown on television during the industry's ownership saga and didn't even see him," Bella gave her a mocking look. "Are you even in this country? Do you think that Mr. Wilson's pictures will still be on the internet by now? Of course they were all deleted from every platform within a few minutes that they were shared. As for the live broadcast of him, it's very unfortunate that you weren't there to watch him yourself," Bella said proudly as if she had just discovered that she was many poles ahead of them. Yes, she hadn't seen Richard physically just like some of them but at least, she had seen him on TV and the internet as well. This was enough to give her an edge over them. "I envy Petra and the old staff who had seen him here on some occasions. I should have submitted my application letter at the same time as them. How am I even sure
Since they hadn't seen each other for a while now, Frank suggested that they chill out in a restaurant located within the same compound as the supermarket. Sarah agreed to it instantly and they both headed towards the restaurant. After all, Richard wouldn't be back until around 10pm or 11pm and going back to the villa now would only result in loneliness. Nanny Vera was always very busy, supervising the servants and making sure that everything was in order and was usually unavailable to keep Sarah company. Frank grabbed Sarah's hand as they chatted along and walked into the restaurant. Sarah felt something like light flash across their faces immediately they entered the restaurant. She looked around but only saw some couples dining together and so engrossed in their own worlds that they didn't pay any attention to the people who had just entered. Maybe it was just her imagination or one of the signs of pregnancy at an early stage. They walked to a vacant table and sat down. Frank
Richard jerked the car door open, put Sarah on the passenger's seat then walked around to the driver's side. Sarah looked out of the car window and at the entrance of the restaurant. Two bodyguards dressed in black suits, white dress shirts and black ties, stepped out of the restaurant, dragging Frank to a car parked outside. They roughly threw him into the backseat of the car and entered the car too. More bodyguards came out from the inside of the restaurant and entered their different cars then drove away. Richard leaned over Sarah and fastened her seat belt as Sarah was so carried away, staring outside that she forgot to wear her seat belt. "Where are they taking him to?" Sarah queried with a trembling voice, her hands so white now. Her face was covered with fright and her eyes filled with painful agitation. Richard didn't say anything. It was as if Sarah wasn't talking to him. He turned the key in the ignition switch, pressed the accelerator and whizzed away. Sarah clen
"You locked him up somewhere, didn't you? Where did they take him to!" Sarah asked impatiently. Richard gave Sarah a wry smile and said, "If you're thinking of seeing him, then get rid of that dream cos that will not happen even in your next life since you'll still be my wife. A friend who's so greedy as to try to covet my woman doesn't deserve to live. I'll make sure he dies a natural death," Sarah froze immediately. This was exactly what he was doing to Philip now. She overheard his conversation with someone over the phone the other day. He had explicitly instructed them to torture Philip more until life becomes so bitter to him and protract his death until he begins to wish that he could die right away then in the end, kill him if he didn't die from the torture. Sarah's fingers slowly slipped away from his wrist that she had been grabbing. "You'll do no such thing to Frank, Richard," Sarah said in a voice that sounded almost like a whisper. Sarah's da