When Jade introduced Max as the love of her life and kissed him, Max concluded that it was because she wanted to spite Henry, and decided to play along, to help her complete her revenge. He closed his eyes and his arms went around to hold her waist while she kissed him. However, Henry lost it and pulled Jade away from him. Before Jade could react, a slap landed on her left cheek, instantly turning it red. Not satisfied, Henry lifted his hand to give her another slap but was sent tumbling back by a punch in the face from Max's fist. Jade's hand which was already halfway through the air to retaliate against Henry's slap paused while Henry groaned in pain. The punch Max delivered on his face left him with a nosebleed but that was not the major reason why he was in pain. He immediately got up, ready to fight. "You bitch, I'm going to take you down with me," he spat as he heaved uncontrollably in anger. A few policemen appeared at this time and Max signaled for them to arrest Henry.
Once inside the house, Jade sat down in the living room while Max went into his bedroom and came back with the balm. During this time, Jade wiped off the makeup from her face. The slap from Henry did not really sting but seeing how concerned Max was about it, Jade found herself enjoying the attention. Max seemed like a completely different man. When he had first asked them to make a stop at his house, she had thought it was an excuse to get her to his bed. "So much for letting me go," she had thought. "However, he surprised her by asking her to wait outside. When he appeared in front of her again, he sat down and handed the balm to her. However, she closed her eyes, pretending she hadn't seen him giving the balm to her as she said, "Be gentle while applying it." He stared at her for a while and finally opened the small cup and began to apply the balm gently. "You wiped your makeup off?" He asked. She nodded, "Yeah." "You look beautiful even without it," he stated and
"It was Stacy," Jade revealed. Max furrowed his brows "Stacy?" He lifted Jade from the couch and they both sat down, "Stacy, had you abducted?" Jade nodded, "Yes! At that time I was worried that if you kept on drinking, something terrible would happen to you. After I was kidnapped, I lost consciousness and when I opened my eyes I saw Stacy. She wanted to burn my face. She said it was revenge for what I did to her, so I was terrified. I tried to fight, but the men she had recruited to work for her were too many for me. I was injected with a substance that made me weak, and just when she was so close to burning my face, Ashton appeared and saved me." "Ashton?" Max seemed surprised. Jade nodded, "Yes! Ashton doesn't trust your intentions, because the news about your philandering habit is known by many people. So after finding out, he was worried that you would hurt me. He put a man on your trail. But this man noticed me leaving with our children, and, when he inform
FOUR YEARS AGOANGELAfter saying goodbye to Sia in tears, I paid for a hotel room. I hid there so I could plan out what I wanted to do.After leaving the hotel, I went to a club on the outskirts of the city to meet one of the guys I had once worked with; Fred. He was a nice but dangerous guy and when he saw me, he was surprised."What are you doing in a place like this?" he asked. "Do you know what can happen to you here?"I shrugged. "Well, I have reached the stage where I am not afraid of much. Besides, I knew you were going to be here. I need your help.""What do you need me to do?" he asked."I need you to mobilize seven boys for me, seven strong young men who would not hesitate to do what I want. Murder not included. They don't have to kill anybody, but I need them to help me beat someone up and retrieve something that was taken from me. Can you do that for me?"He sighed. "Well... I can talk to some of my guys, but I doubt some of them will want to do it. I mean, things like th
ANGELAfter everything, I went back to my hotel to plan my next course of action. I knew I could not stay in the city for longer. Mason was a vindictive person and would comb the entire city to get revenge on me when he got better.Even if I left for Paris, I had a feeling he would still search for me because he knew about my plans to relocate there. I didn't want to put Sia in danger or trouble her unnecessarily, so I had to cut off communication with her for the time being.I would have gone to a different city but I had to find my mom. Even if it was the last thing I did, I wanted to let her know that her daughter was alive. I wanted her to know how much I loved her and wished that I had grown up with her.There was a face I could not forget though, no matter how hard I tried; Alex Duke's, Ashton's cousin.As I sat on my bed, my mind traveled back to the first time I met him. From the moment he walked into the room to check my legs, my heart skipped a beat, but only because I was a
ANGELAlex drove almost an hour away from Ashton's house and I did not need a soothe-sayer to tell me why. I had no idea where he was taking me but I quietly followed him because we had a deal. His car finally came to a stop in front of a beautiful, white-painted, luxury apartment. He got out of the car, turned to my side, and opened the door for me."You don't need your wheelchair to get down, do you?" He asked.Hearing his question, I recalled when he had first rolled me out of Ashton's house and lifted me off the wheelchair, putting me in the front seat of his car. As my nose got close to his neck, he had smelled so pleasant that I was tempted to ask him what he used as his aftershave. Nevertheless, the question remained stuck in my mouth while he put the wheelchair at the back of his car got inside, and drove off. I smiled awkwardly, "Yes I can walk." I got out of the car and walked beside him as he entered the house. Last night, I had convinced Sia that she had nothing to
ANGEL I blinked repeatedly and sniffled, "Most of what I've told you is the truth. I was indeed crippled when Sia's boyfriend tried to force himself on me at night, while Sia was out partying. I fought him with all my might and that was the night I got back my legs. However, he did not get to witness my miracle. He had turned his back on me to take off his pants, after throwing me on the bed, because he thought I was helpless. However, I stood up and knocked his head with a pressing iron. I thought he died that night because he bled a lot. I went back to my wheelchair and pretended to still be crippled. When Sia came back in the morning, he was still lying unconscious on the ground. She rushed him to the hospital in tears. When she returned from the hospital, I told her that her boyfriend tried to rape me last night but she wouldn't believe me. She trusted him too much, more than she trusted me. When she met him at the hospital, she told him what I had said after he regained
ANGELTrue to his words, Alex returned an hour later. At this time, I'd already taken my bath and worn back my clothes.I got up the moment he walked into the house and furrowed my brows when I saw him with plastic bags, "You bought something for me?"He scoffed, "Is that why you seem so excited? Well, our deal states that you have to do whatever I ask and right now, I want you to cook for me."My eyes widened in surprise, "Cook?""Why do you seem so surprised?" He asked. "Were you hoping I'd ask you to do something else or you don't know how to cook?"I smiled and took the bags from him, "I learned a little, so I can cook. But the answer is yes. I was hoping you'd ask me to do something else.""And what might that be?" He asked.I took in a deep breath, walked closer to him and stole a quick kiss.His eyes showed surprise as he said, "If I didn't know better, I'd have said that you have a crush on me. Or do you?"I chuckled, "Of course not, I do not have such luxury. I just don't wan