So much trashing and crashing was heard loudly inside the classic living room with modern luxurious decor, the supposed French-styled living room was now a total mess, expensive flower vase, table lamp, China wears and porcelain jug were in a sorry state as their pieces were lying on the expensive tiled floor.
The older couple tried to coax and explain things to their ignorant daughter but it was all useless as the girl was adamant about getting what she wanted and that was something impossible for her parent to do, she was devastated as she sat on the bare floor with her hair scattered not caring about her perfect image, what she wanted was what was important to her at the moment.On a cream-coloured couch, there sat a calm yet beautiful girl, she just stared at the mess her twin had created as if it was nothing, no one could blame her for her indifference, she had selective mutism, she never talked, not even when she was alone with her family, no one knew if it was her selective mutism or she purposely chose to be quiet for the reason best known to her but everyone knew her as the pretty dumb girl, a total difference from her lively and jovial twin.She stared at her twin sister who was crying and throwing tantrums while her parents tried to cajole her but she was strong-headed and kept her mind on the same thing her parent was against and that was to get married to Mr Drew Euston, the ruthless and heartless CEO of a large company, he was rumoured to be a psychopath and derived pleasure from hurting others.Adaline had no reason why her parent made an arranged marriage between her and the cold-blooded devil, she could see with her very own eyes that her twin sister wanted to be the one to get married to the devil yet they refused."Enough!! We are doing this for you, we can't let you get married to someone who is psychologically abnormal, you've heard the rumours surrounding him yourself, stop being a fool and see how we are looking out for you, everything is for your good"Mr Thom's voice growled out loudly in the whole room shutting the crybaby to silence, he could not stand his stupid daughter's behaviour anymore, he only wanted the best for her. Adele was shaken by her father's thunderous shout and it made her keep quiet and sob silently as she hiccuped.Adaline frowned deeply at her father's statement, she was finding it hard to understand the logic in what he spouted, he said he would not let his daughter get married to a psychologically abnormal man but what about her? she was also his daughter too right? They were twin sisters and she was the younger one, then what did he mean by his words?She was wondering who Mr Drew was because she never met him in person, Adele was the only person who had seen him. She was wondering what he would look like, how old was he. Fifty years old? Sixty years old? Or even higher or maybe lower.Mrs Freda silently lifted her sobbing daughter from the floor and escorted her to her room, she felt sorry for her daughter but what her daughter was asking for was impossible. The whole arranged marriage thing was only a business alliance and nothing else, their company was falling at a fast pace and was close to bankruptcy, they needed a partner to help them and Mr Drew was their only hope, they decided to get him married to their mute daughter, they also saw this as a good opportunity to get their dumb daughter a husband because they knew no man would ever want to get married to a girl suffering from selective mutism and could not even talk, though the man they were marrying their daughter to wasn't good but was better than living as a dumb old maid.Mr Thom glanced at Adaline and turned his back to her, he was feeling guilty but it was still better than leaving her hopelessly without a man to marry, he could not find any other person, Mr Drew was their only choice and it surprised him that Mr Drew had no complaints when he told him that his daughter was dumb but he didn't ponder much and moved forward to other preparations."Adaline, get prepared because anytime soon Mr Drew will be coming to take you and don't disappoint us, this is our only hope for a better future"After talking without looking at her, he matched out of the house through the front door. Adaline finally registered everything, she now understood but she did not mind that her parent was using her to salvage their company because she was dumb. Even if she wanted to do something, what could she do? She knew how hard things were for them so the least she could do to contribute was to get married for a business alliance and save their falling empire. A small smile fell on her lips for the first time in a very long time.It was just two years ago that the Cintron twins graduated from the university, they both studied fashion design together. Adele decided to study fashion design but because of Adaline's disorder, she was asked to study fashion design along with her twin and she obliged without any further questioning.Though fashion designing was suggested to Adaline by her parent, she still did well and excelled.Adaline and Adele were a pair of identical twins, opposite of themselves. Adele was known to love people acknowledging and praising her like a goddess, she always had a warm and lovely smile on her beautiful face that was no different from Adaline.Adaline was a dumb girl, she was always mute and was known to always be alone with a poker face giving out no emotion on her expressionless face. It was as if she hated her presence being known and if she and Adele made an appearance in public gatherings together, it was always Adele who caught the attention while she was like an unwanted backgrou
Loud music booming, loud enough to have one deaf for a good period of time but it seems like the people inside the bar were used to the loud sound, something they loved apart from hooking up with the opposite sex, drinking to their heart content, meeting with people and having fun, the loud music just happens to bring them to the world they love, the world of sweet pleasure, distraction from the real world.The bar was of a dim red and blue light, people sat on different tables, having shots of expensive alcohol bringing them to the mood they so much enjoy, in the middle of the bar was a pole, half naked women were twisting and dancing erotically on the pole in order to seduce and entertain the guest, at another side was a dance floor having a small crowd of people moving and rocking their bodies to the beat of the music, a lot of touching, rubbing and grabbing were carried out on the dance floor with sexy ladies moving their asses on crotch of their dance partner, not hesitating to d
Inside the spacious and luxurious but dull-coloured CEO's office of the Euston's Corporations, a handsome looking man with a serious face bent down facing the documents he was scribbling something on, he kept the document at one side of the table after a while of going through them and took out another paper from the drawer of his expensive mahogany office table, his dark eyes narrowed as he scanned through the paper and a deep frown settled on his brows while massaging his forehead with a pen."Hey, Drew! What's up, bro?"Justin suddenly entered the office without bothering to knock or seek permission before entering and it earned him a glare he was used to from Drew, it wasn't his first time barging into his office like that when he wasn't needed because it happens almost all the time.Justin Bellomy wasn't just a personal assistant to Drew Euston, he was also a very close friend and he was the only person who knew Drew very well he never missed a chance to tease and poke at Drew be
Cintron's Manor.The family of four were having their breakfast while servants attended to them, Mr Thom in particular was in a very happy mood because his dreams has finally come true, a grin glued on his lips that caught the curious attention of everyone in the dinning table.Just this morning, he received a business email from Mr Drew's assistant, telling him that they would love to partner with him and told him about the conference meeting that would be held for an interchange of views and his company, Cintron's Group would be introduced to Euston's business partners from all over the world. That alone was a huge step for the success of his company, yes, Mr Thom was known among the social circle but his company had no vast connection and not many people wanted to invest in his company with the fear that things might go wrong concidering how the status of the company was. Another thing that was stated on the email was that Mr Drew wanted a lunch date with Adaline, Mr Thom was in c
"Does he have to be so harsh?"Justin mumbled as he walked out and into the elevator, as much as he wanted to still provoke Drew to no end, he was also curious too about the girl. What kind of traumatic experience could have possibly made her like that? His thoughts were interrupted by the female masculine voice he was very familiar with."What has made your mood sour today?"It was Phoebe whom he did not notice was inside the elevator and standing beside her was Cecil, Phoebe's younger sister. When Justin saw it was Phoebe with him inside the elevator, he wanted to ignore her but immediately he saw the pretty lady standing beside her, and he changed his mind."What's up Phoebe? Going somewhere?"He made sure to put up his sweetest smile on his face to catch the other lady's attention."Yeah, and what's with that smile all of a sudden? Weren't you looking like a dejected pig just now?"Of course, Phoebe very well understood what Justin was trying to do but she decided to play it dumb.
"Adaline, we need to have a serious talk, now!".Without waiting for a reply from Adaline, she walked into the dimmed room with a grey, black and white color decor, she sat on a couch beside the bed and stared arrogantly at Adaline and Adaline returned the stare with a frown on her delicate face.Adele scoffed loudly as she rolled her eyes towards the heaven, a mockery smile played on her lips."Oh my bad, how could I forget that you are actually dumb and can't talk so I should say it this way, I want you to listen to me very good. Since we can't have a conversation, I'll do the talking and you listen and listen good"Adele stared at Adaline, making sure her words sank in. On a normal bright day, she never cared about anything that had to do with Adaline because to her, a dumb girl wasn't worth her time and attention, she hated the fact that she shared the same face with someone who did nothing but brought ugly remarks from the public to their family. Adele never liked it when people
They stepped out of the elevator when they heard the sound that indicated that they've reached their destination.Justin totally forgot that Drew gave him something to do, he offered to give them a ride home but Phoebe refused because she was heading to a different place while Cecil was heading straight to the house.Phoebe Roland was a dancer in a well known company, she was popular and loved by fans because of her sexual orientation and the fact she was lesbian and behaved like a boy made fan girls crazy about her.She debuted three years ago and it didn't take her time to become a famous dancer and also with the fact that she was Justin's close friend was something that got people admiring her because Justin Bellomy the virgin Casanova barely kept a female friend close to him for a week not to say how long they've both been close friends but although she wasn't close to me Drew however, being close to his personal assistant was equivalent to being close to him and that was the only
Then, a plan suddenly popped up in Adele's head and it made her smile inwardly, what a perfect plan! She thought in her head.Adele looked around the room for something but could not find what she wanted inside the room, without a word, she left the room to God knows where only to return in less than three minutes but what she came back with made Adaline tilt her head in question.Adele held a long thick rope in her hands and stared at Adaline for e few seconds and said.."Do you really think I would let you marry the person am supposed to get married to? You are nothing to this family and you don't deserve nothing, you hear me?"Adaline's head were filled with thousand question as to what Adele was going to do, she was getting too confused by each seconds and with each word Adele spilled from her mouth.Just few minutes ago, Adele was all nice and was even pleading with Adaline and now she was already back to her arrogant mode, it was funny to Adaline, she narrowed her eyes at Adele
"What I mean is, I want the marriage date to be pushed nearer. I want the marriage to take place quickly, father. I have finally accepted that I wouldn't be the one to marry Mr Drew and I'm happy for my sister. I want the celebration to take place as quickly as possible, father."Adele's statement did not only shock Mr Thom but also Mirabelle, she was awed at Adele's acting prowess. Why didn't she join the movie industry? She would be the best actress of all time!Although surprised, he didn't reply immediately. He looked intently at Adele, gauging her expression as if wanting to read through her thoughts."I'm happy you've finally understood why I didn't want you to marry that psychopath. You've finally grown and can now understand situations, that's good." He nodded but Adele wasn't pleased with her father's words. She held on the hem of her dress tightly so that her anger wouldn't show on her face.Psychopath?! He is not who you think he is, urghh!"Your idea sounds great too. The
"Look at that. Mirabelle, don't you agree that my father is such a hardworking man?"Adele spoke and held a proud smile, her words brought the attention of both men on them. But the person whom the question was directed at was lost in her own world. Mirabelle held a dreamy look and her eyes that were glued on the man who stood beside the CEO's table were filled with unspoken emotions. Obviously infatuation. –Author rolls her eyes–The man Mirabelle was staring at shamelessly, undressing him with her eyes, was Matthew Edgerly, Mr Thom's personal assistant.He was a tall man with a nice build, shoulder length strawberry blonde hair which he swept to the back, making his chiseled face more prominent.His voice was deep and he spoke smoothly that Mirabelle felt like she should swallow his mouth whole. In a few words, Matthew was sexy and Mirabelle was obviously hooked. She wanted him.The urge of having him to herself had her clenching her hands and thighs together, to calm herself down.
Mirabelle felt her insides churn the moment they arrived at Cintron's company. She quickly got out of the car and she thought she would throw up everything inside her, but thankfully, she didn't."Hey, that's so much of a ride. We could have died." Mirabelle gasped as she threw an accusatory look at Adele."My apologies that I'm not sorry. Maybe next time you could use your own car." Adele had her brows raised in nonchalance which had Mirabelle snorting in disbelief."I bet you don't know how ugly you look with your bish attitude towards me. For the love of God, am your one and only bestie." She pointed her index finger towards herself as if the whole world had wronged her."And that's why I'm lovingly being honest with you. If you're going to keep sulking, then just shut up." Adele spoke to have Mirabelle roll her eyes upwards and they both stepped into the building.They didn't have to go through any formal process to gain entrance into the building because everyone in the company,
Justin didn't protest to Drew's words, he was more than happy to abide by whatever Drew requested him to do but the same could not be said for Natalie. Her face crumbled the moment Drew stopped them from entering the backseat, he gestured for her to go to the front passenger seat beside Justin."Why should I sit there when I am your guest? Don't tell me you don't know how to treat people right." Natalie widened her eyes at Drew in anger and disbelief. She was really getting fed up at how she was being treated today and how Drew was behaving towards her. Nobody had ever dared to embarrass her to this much extent, she was being treated with respect wherever she went and she was finding Drew's attitude towards her very insultive.But Drew was the least bothered. "Ms Madison, if you have no interest in accompanying us for breakfast then you can leave rather than disrupt our time." Drew said dryly without sparing her a glance. Knowing that if she kept arguing with Drew it would change n
"I still can't hear you." There was a devilish grin on Drew's face and Adaline wanted to so much punch his face so hard that those smiles would disappear."I said I want them to join us." She repeated and Drew silently stared at her. His hands were still around her waist and he could feel how soft and small she was in his hands. Drew was elated that Adaline spoke to him. Her voice was soft and melodious, he could kill to hear her speak to him. Drew felt Adaline struggle in his hold."No." His voice was firm and Adaline didn't know what he said the no for. Was the no for her struggling to leave his grasp or for her words. She stopped struggling and tilted her head with a frown."They won't come. It's just the both of us and I am trying to make up for not being present yesterday." Drew spoke with a frown. He wasn't present yesterday but when he arrived at night, he saw her sleeping soundlessly on his bed. After helping her change from her uncomfortable dress in the dark room, he slept r
Drew was taken aback by Adaline's gesture. He stiffened and finally relaxed when she patted his chest. Is she trying to calm me down? Drew asked himself in inward amusement and he felt satisfied."Am fine." Drew whispered but Adaline still stood where she was and didn't move. She also didn't know why she suddenly leaned close to Drew and patted his chest but it happened even before she could comprehend it. But it doesn't look so bad. She thought back at what Natalie said to Drew, though she was in full support of his decision, she didn't think this was the right time. Judging from what she heard and understood from Natalie, there could be a consequences for Drew if he left Natalie like that when she came to see him, probably for business related things.Adaline wasn't into business like her father, but she knew how this things work. The business world was filled with people who hated to be dominated by another yet they still desire to dominate another to rise to the top. And she knew
Few seconds ran by with Adaline’s hand still stretched out towards Drew. Though Drew was still delaying, there was no backing down for Adaline. She was determined to show her appreciation, this was the least she could do. Everyone’s eyes were still glued on the two people who stood staring at each other where the other had her hands stretched out. The secretary was already scoffing at Adaline because she already guessed that Mr Drew would never accept her handshake.He never did to anyone irrelevant and this Ms right now was irrelevant. Though the secretary had no idea why Adaline was here, but she already concluded she was one of those whores seeking favours from rich men. She was indeed irrelevant. How pitiful.Drew stared down at Adaline’s small hands that was stretched out towards him. He already knew it was her way of showing his appreciation and it warmed his heart. All the past few years he knew her and was secretly watching her, he never once saw her interact with any other pe
"Howdy Ms Natalie."Justin broke the silence by greeting Natalie who still had her eyes glued on Adaline. She smiled at Justin and waved at him. Drew who had been glaring at Justin that if his eyes were to be a gun, Justin would have received series of shots finally spoke up."Justin? What are you doing? Ms Adaline was supposed to wait for me."There was heavy load of irritation very evident in Drew's voice. But Justin wasn't bothered at all, instead he said."I found it heartless to leave the pretty lady all by herself. She has been waiting for you since yesterday, don't you think it's unfair to have her wait again?"Justin was obviously poking at Drew as usual and he enjoyed seeing the heavy irritation in Drew. Actually, Justin had arrived here since long ago. He over heard half of Drew's conversation with Natalie and he quickly rushed back to get Adaline. Though he found Adaline's dressing amusing, he was satisfied with it. And the moment the both of them came back to where Natalie
With an air of charisma. Drew walked out of the office and to his secretary's table were the lady was said to await him. He honestly wasn't surprised. Seeing his father's surprised visit today, Drew already got an inkling that his father would pull some strings. Everything that concerns Drew Euston was purely business, even if it was simply a lunch date or tea party, it was always business and the same could be told about the person who was waiting for him. If he rejected meeting with the woman, his father would conclude he was incompetent and would rub it on his face even though it was simply something so minor. He didn't want to give his father any reason to do such.Drew arrived at his secretary's desk and from where he stood, he could already see the lady sitting while waiting for him. At first glance, he recognized the lady. She was one of his international business partners, a strong and important one at that. From what he knew, she was supposed to be in Japan at the moment, did