OLIVIA . "I'm sorry Miss, but we're not hiring today." The manager broke down the news to me as soon as it got to my turn for the interview. I had been to three different interviews in the space of two hours and all three of them told me the same thing. It was becoming a familiar mantra that didn't sound pleasing to my ears. "Not hiring?" I arched a brow at him "But there are thousands of applicants waiting to get interviewed today and I saw your flier that there was an open position in your restaurant." "Yes, you're right but that doesn't mean that you're fit for the job. I just checked your resumé and you're not a better candidate. I'm sorry." He told me empathetically but I felt like he was just being rude. It as if he was applying salt to my already open wounds. "Listen" I pushed myself forward "I really need this job sir. I'm willing to do anything. I can cook, clean, wash...I can even take out the trash if you want me to but please, don't let me leave this place without a jo
OLIVIA . "I'm sorry ma'am but all the tickets to Fredo has been sold out completely." The booking clerk informed me the minute it got to my turn to pay for a ticket. After finalizing my interview with Freddy, I rushed down straight to the train station to book a ticket for my dad's trial tomorrow. I had been on the queue for as long as I can remember only to be denied access for a ticket simply because it has be bought completely. I had always thought that the advantage of living in a small town would be to have a higher chance and privilege of getting something done but so far, I had only be mistaken. The more I put my mind to do something, it more it backfires almost immediately. "And when would I be able to book another ticket for Fredo?" I asked with an exasperated sigh "Listen, my father's trial is tomorrow and I really need this ticket if I'm going to make it there on time. My whole life depends on this, huh?" I pleaded with her in hopes that she sympathizes with my current
OLIVIA . "Get in Olivia!" He beckoned for the second time when i didn't move an inch. "I don't want to be seen with you Davion. Why don't you understand that?" I yelled at him "I've already lost my job and I'm still suffering from what happened when they caught us together the last time. Why won't you just leave me alone?" "Olivia—" "No Davion!" I countered "We don't even know each other so why are you so insistent on helping me and besides, we're not going the same path?" "We are." He replied sharply "I'm headed towards Kruger and I know that's where you're headed as well. Just stop being stubborn and let's go. Please..." He stressed out. I know that I shouldn't even be talking to him but I really needed to be at dad's trial. I was the only family he has and it won't be nice that no one comes over to support him. I weigh the pros and cons of Davion's offer. What if people see is together? What if they make more assumptions about us? Kruger isn't a small town like Fredo. It's
OLIVIA . "Louis Mayweather, do you promise to say the truth and nothing but the truth?" The Jury asked dad as he held onto the holy book. "Yes your honour." He answered and the case was slated to begin immediately. I watched in utter nervousness as they called dad to the stand as well as the plaintiff who had accused him as well. Everything went on so quickly. My nerves were scattered all over the place and I had no idea what to expect. If dad goes down today, it only meant that I had lost against Clinton. I was one hundred percent sure that he had instigated this as a way to get back at me. Clinton was a billionaire who had millions of properties scattered everywhere and during my visit to dad's prison one time, he had told me that Clinton was close friends with the CEO's son who had accused him of the crime of embezzling the company's fund. I swallowed when I felt Clinton's stare on me. I glanced at him briefly and his lips only stretched out in a huge smile. "How do you ple
OLIVIA.Davion forcefully pushed his hands away "Who gave you the right to lay your hands on her?" He questioned Clinton who shifted his gaze from me to the man who had just intercepted his plan to hit me."And who do you think you are?" Clinton asked through gritted teeth. "Let me guess, you're the new man she's been sleeping with aren't you? Mr Davion Hendrickson?" He gave a faux smile. "You’re quite popular on the internet. How shameless. Aren't you aware that she's a married woman?"Davion chuckled at his outburst in a mocking manner "Married? You're the one to talk. I've heard about you, Mr Clinton. Aren't you the same person who cheated on your wife and opted for a divorce?" He asked and I stared at him wide-eyed. How on earth did he come across such information?I was pretty certain that I hadn't mentioned that part of my life to him? How was he able to figure me out? I haven't even processed the fact that he had driven me here to Kruger for dad's trial. How did he know that I
OLIVIA.Ignoring Davion's outburst, I fearlessly approached our house with nothing but the sole purpose of getting through. I won't let them treat my father like garbage. Clinton had planned all of this. I was pretty certain that he had also arranged for the underground evidence to be brought to Court.He might've fooled the other judges but he most definitely cannot fool me. I would go inside and see for myself where exactly the money was dug out from.Standing in front of the yellow tape that sealed off the area, I rubbed my arms against each other to create warmth and friction as the heavy rain drenched my clothes. I shivered but refused to back down.Reaching for the tape, I lifted it and made my way through. I glanced back at Davion to see that he was still in his car. I was grateful that he didn't follow me. It was much better this way.I am about to march towards the front porch when I heard the blazing sound of sirens coming from afar. At first, I tried to ignore but it only g
OLIVIA."D-Davion?" I called out, stunned that he was standing in front of me. How on earth did he get here? More important question, why do I keep bumping into him at the slightest? Why was he here out of all the hotels that he could've gotten at anywhere in Kruger with his money and influence. Was he here to meet someone or did he follow her here?I suddenly felt irritated. The rich always seemed to have it easy in life while I was always struggling to get even the slightest help when I wanted it.Snatching my eyes away from his his, I turned to my heels and made it out of the hotel but he chased after me and grabbed my hands forcefully causing my breath to hitch."Let go, Now!" I yelled at him but he wouldn't listen. I tried to pull my hands away from his but he only held on tighter so that I couldn't move or get away."Olivia—""Let me go Davion. Please!" I pleaded, the tears suddenly burning my vision. "Just let me go.""I can't Olivia and I won't." He deadpanned. "Why should I i
DAVION."When will you be back?" Karla, my secretary asked and I brushed off the question like it never came."I'm busy with urgent business Karla. My coming has nothing to do with your job or anyone else." I picked up a mug of coffee from my table and took a sip."Urgent business?" She questioned "What kind of urgent business that I don't know anything about? I'm your secretary and if there's anyone who should be aware of your schedule and business then it's me but so far, I know nothing.""Something came up Karla so I had to take care of it myself. It's not in your job description that the CEO should report all his whereabouts to his secretary.""It's her isn't it?" She blurted out "The woman from the internet, she's the one whom you wemt to see right? Your important business project."I rolled my eyes at her sarcastic comment. "And what if I say she is?" I countered. "It's not like anyone would say anything about it.""She's a nobody and you two would have to go through another rou
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