OLIVIA’S POVAs I walked into the company, I could already feel the frustration building up inside me. I had already been turned down by so many companies, and it was beginning to feel like I would never get a job. The thought of going through another rejection made my heart ache.I tried to hold back my tears, but I couldn't. I felt so weak and vulnerable. The workers looked at me with concern, but I just wanted to be left alone. I walked past them, trying to keep my head down, but I couldn't help but feel their eyes on me."Is everything okay?" one of them asked."Mind your business!" I yelled back, feeling frustrated and embarrassed. I stormed off, not even looking back to see their reactions.As I walked out of the building, my tears began to flow freely. I couldn't believe I had yelled at those workers like that. They were just trying to help, but I couldn't see past my frustration.I took a deep breath and tried to compose myself, but my heart was still racing. I didn't know wha
Olivia’s POVAs I walked away from Davion, I could feel his eyes on my back. His voice calling out to me made me more irritated. I wanted to scream at him and make him understand that he wasn't welcome in my life anymore.I felt my rage building up inside me as I thought of everything he had done to me. How he had lied and betrayed me. I felt sick to my stomach when I saw him standing in front of my apartment building. I tried to ignore him, hoping that he would leave me alone, but he kept calling out to me.I turned around to face him and saw that he was walking towards me. I felt my hands clench into fists, and I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. I didn't want to talk to him. I didn't want to see him again. I just wanted him to go away.But he didn't listen to me. He kept knocking on my door, and I could hear his voice calling out to me. I felt like I was going to explode. I didn't want to let him in, but a part of me was curious to know what he wanted to say.I took a deep
OLIVIA.I couldn't believe my ears. When I had accepted to take on this job, I had no idea that he would fire his secretary to replace her."Why would you fire her?" I asked wide eyed. When he had offered to give me this job, I wasn't expecting to be replacing anyone. Sometimes, I just couldn't understand what was going through that head of his."She's only an assistant." He pointed out nonchalantly. "And so far, she hasn't been doing her job properly. You'll take over from her for the time being and if you're able to impress me with your works then, I'll offer you a promotion to a higher position.""But still.." I took few steps towards his table. "Firing her was too sudden. What if she never finds another job? What if this was her only source of income? You can't just expect her to pick herself up and move." I never expected to see this side of Davion. He had always come onto me like someone sweet and caring and not once did I think that he would act like this.He was always the on
OLIVIA.Something inside me tells me that Davion had an ulterior motive for bringing me here to work with him. Otherwise, why would he be so excited having me next to him? Wasn't he aware that people were going to be constantly talking about us for as long as they see us together?Other than that, didn't he feel or have any sort of shame at all? I want to believe that he is shameless because that's the only reason that I could come up with. He doesn't want to stay away from me and now, he wants us to be together all the time.My office phone rings, jolting me back to reality. I pick it up and place it to my ear. I'm not surprised at who is on the other end because deep down, I already know who it is. This should be the fifth or should I say sixth time he had called me this morning and all for weird reasons too."Olivia, I need you in my office stat."Before I could respond, he disconnected the call leaving me at loss for words. What exactly does he want now?Pushing my chair backward
OLIVIA.I don't know how long I kept on working but I was and deep down, I was grateful that Davion hasn't called or sent for me yet. Although I still felt guilty with the way I turned him down but I couldn't help it. If he wouldn't take the initiative of staying away from me then I would do it myself.The last thing I wanted was getting into another scandal especially now that we were both working together. He had fired his secretary because of me and it's only a matter of time before people started talking about that too. I seem to attract trouble wherever I go and it suddenly isn't funny anymore.Time passed and I was still in that position, invested in whatever I was doing and that's when my cell phone rang. I picked it up to see Davison's name on the screen."Now what could he want?" I blurted out and swiped the receiver's button before placing the phone to my ears."Hello—""To my office." And with that, the call was disconnected. I struggled to understand what exactly he meant
OLIVIA."Don't you watch where you're going? How dare you?" She spat angrily while I rubbed my bruised cheeks that has been brutalized. She was the one who hit me and she was the one who was also yelling at the same time."If you had let me apologize then—""Are you still talking right back at me?" She cut me short. "You stepped on me you idiot. I should hit you again but I would just try my best not to. Now get out!" She yelled at me. I looked around to find everyone staring at me, everyone including Davion. When our eyes met, he looked from me back to the reporter who had hit me before walking away.I felt hurt that he had abandoned me in such manner. I mean, I know that I asked him to stay away from me but I was his employee. Shouldn't he step up to help me? Isn't that what bosses do for their workers? He was just so annoying on a whole lot of levels."You might be Davion's employee but that doesn't give you the right to act more than your status. Filthy peasant." She glared at me
DAVION.I watched Olivia panic in fright when I ushered her to take my place instead. She looked at me and I could see the terror flash through them. I know that I have been nothing but a meanie throughout today but I have no other choice but to do so.She was the one who requested that we should remain professional and in as much as I didn't want to, I had no choice to comply. It was her wish after all and I didn't want to rush her.I won't have to lie though. I felt kinda heartbroken when she turned down my breakfast proposal in the morning. I liked her a lot but all my efforts to make her like me back somehow proved abortive. Not like I could complain though. She recently just came out of a horrible divorce so I don't expect her to open up to me yet but I just wanted her to see me differently and I won't stop until she does.She might hate me now but I was determined to make her see past her hurt, no matter how long it takes."S-Sir?" She stammered, her eyes pleading with me to re
OLIVIA.I was shocked that Davion had stood up for me. I didn't think that he would do something so selfless for me. It made me had a rethink if I maybe did the right thing by declining his request to be my friend. He wasn't so bad after all.Although I loved how he stood up for me but I didn't like how upset it made him. The hell! I almost shit my pants when he yelled at the people present in the board. Damn!And as if it wasn't enough, he had asked me to continue. I don't know if I should feel happy or sad about it. The look on their faces told me that they still didn't approve of me speaking on his behalf but he had specifically asked me to so it wasn't like I had any choice than to continue.I explained what was written on the paper to the best of my ability, making sure to highlight the merits and demerit of what this project might cost us. I felt so elated when they all listened to me. This was the very first time I was given a task such as this one and it made me feel a sudden
OLIVIA.SIX MONTHS LATER.It's been six whole months since the entire incident happened with Sabrina, her dad and my ex-husband. Sabrina and her father were sentenced to life imprisonment while Clinton was sentenced to twenty years in prison with no parole. My divorce with Clinton was officially successful and I got to receive half of his property and money. The evidence against my father was proven to be false and he was also released from prison as well. I visited mum to pay my respects and also tell her that I miss her alongside Davion.We had both decided to tie the knot after many ups and downs in our lives. I was excited because I would finally be getting married to love of my life and my childhood best friend. Mike's job pulled through and he left the country with Ezra. I later got to find out that they were in a official relationship with each other which was cute by the way. Davion promise to be by my side and he promised me forever. That accepted him into the family and he
OLIVIA.I had to say that it felt good to be back home after a these years. I felt refreshed and so alive that I had come back home. Davion and I were finally living together in his place ever since I came back from the hospital because I couldn't afford to go to mine after everything that had happened. My leg was healing slowly at its pace and everything could not have been better.The internet has been buzzing since the issue of my kidnap and who was behind it came to light. Davion's proposal for me had also gotten a whole lot of feedback. While people still trolled me by calling me names and bringing my divorce into the mix, some people actually supported and rooted for our love. I had told Davion that we needed to take things slow with each other because I wanted everything to calm down and the dust to settle."You're up?" He said walking into my bedroom. I had requested for a room of my own because I didn't want to share a bed with him. At least not yet and he was understanding
DAVION.Sabrina is shocked at my outburst and I could see the fear and worry in her eyes. She probably didn't expect me to say such in the presence of everyone gathered here but I don't care less. She has been using me as a puppet and it's finally her turn to be one."Davy what are you doing?" She asked, holding me by my arm. Her eyes opened wide as she looked around the crowd of people gathered who were muttering incoherent words at my outburst. Everyone was quite shocked and confused as well."You signed a contract and you promised to do this." She said through gritted teeth. "Don't embarrass and do the right thing Davion otherwise, you won't get to see the woman that you claim to love anymore."I chuckled. "I'm sorry Sabrina but this time, luck is not in your favour and the game is on you. I believed that you have done so much to ruin my life already so it's high time for you to face the damn music and you are going to face it head on."Her eyes widened and almost popped out of th
SABRINA."There all done" The makeup artist dad had told to make me up said to me. I felt the tears coming out from the corner of my eyes."Don't you want to see how it looks?" she asked again but this time placing the mirror in front of me. I took it from her and stare at my reflection in the mirror. Who would have thought that I will be getting married today and to the love of my life ever since we were little? I have always dreamt of this day and is finally becoming a reality for me.Most people might think that my life is being ruined because I am not getting married to love of my life but I can always say that my life has been nothing but beautiful at this point. Davion might not love me but at least I was finally getting married to him. He was finally going to be my husband after all of these years dreaming and wishing about it. It was finally becoming a reality and I can't help but smile at the outcome of everything.There was a time in my life when I wanted to get married to
DAVION.DAY OF THE WEDDING.I stood in front of the full length mirror as they adjusted the collar to my tuxedo. I can't believe that all my efforts to find Olivia these past few days has been futile. I have not been able to find anything about her and Sabrina had not slipped or given out a clue even by accident. It's as if she was being extra careful with everything.I even tried to fake date her so that she at least lets me know what was happening around her but her lips had been sealed shut. The more I thought about it the more frustrated I became. There was no escaping this one anymore because I was already tired on the spot and there was nothing I could do to free myself from this bind."Is the suit okay to your liking sir?" The man in charge of dressing up asked and I glared at him angrily."Do I look like I care if your suit is okay or not? I do not even want to be here in the first place neither do I care if I have to walk to that place in rags so please just do what you're
SABRINA.I am so happy that Davion had finally accepted that we are going to be together. I don't want to tell him this but I plan to stage Olivia's accident after our wedding so that he won't be able to talk to her anymore. At first I wanted to release her but when I thought about it, I decided against it. If I should release her then he would always find a reason to meet up with her and I won't have my shot at a happy ever after for myself so I will have to eliminate the threat if I am supposed to make things better for myself.My father has been right all along. Letting her live will only complicate things and I won't be able to get a grip of my home if she still alive and breathing so in order to secure my family in the future, I will have to make sure that she is no longer alive.I will make the Davion believe that everything is okay and immediately after the wedding, I am going to release her on on the way, I'm going to plan with someone to kill her so that no matter what happe
DAVION.I arrived at Sabrina's mansion with a box of chocolate on one hand and a rose petal on the other. There is only one way that I know on distracting Sabrina. It's giving her my undivided attention. And the only thing that she has ever wanted was to be with me for the rest of my life without anyone interfering and that's exactly what I was going to do. I am going to make her crave me to the point of utter madness where she would be to occupied to even think about Olivia. So that the investigator and Mike will be able to do their job in trying to locate her.I am right at the front door and security welcomed me in. I'm guessing that she had already told them not to stop me at the gate should in case I come to see her."Where is she?" I asked one of the maid who had come to usher me inside the house."Madam is in her bedroom but I will call her out for you." I nodded my head and she quickly rushed off to do as she had said. Few minutes later, Sabrina rushed down the stairs and flu
OLIVIA.I woke up to the sound of indistinct chattering. What's that smell? I feel like I'm about to throw up. I slowly opened my eyes but blinked severally to adjust the rays of sun passing through them. For how long have I been asleep? Did they drug me again? I opened my eyes tiredly. It took me a minute or two to realize that I was still in the cell looking cage where they had locked me up. My head was throbbing badly. it felt like someone was pulling a saw through it. I tried to move my leg but winced when the wound from the bullet shot through my veins.It has been five days since I was brought here. The people who kidnapped me has refused to tell me anything about my captor or who had sent them. I had spent the last few days shouting at them to at least let me talk to whoever was behind it but they refused. They kept on insisting that I was going to rot in here.I have never had any issue with anyone so I don't see a reason why someone will try to kidnap me when I have done ab
DAVION.I was still talking to Mike when they all arrived. If I didn't know any better, I'd think that they all came together judging by how they trooped into my mansion one after the other. Mike and Finne must really care about Olivia. When we were friends, he was always buried in work and never tried to make out time for anything but he was here today because I had mentioned Olivia. Does he really have feelings for her? Was she considering to be in a relationship with him before she was kidnapped? Does she like him or better question, are they planning to be together?"You called us all here?" He said out loud. "I know that it's about Olivia but why are we all here?""You're all here because I need your help." I said in a straight-forward manner without mincing words. This was already beyond me and I can't waste any more time thinking about the ifs and buts of anything at the moment. The main priority at the moment was figuring out where Olivia was and bringing her back to safety a