Ivy walked to the house with all the things she had bought, she had made sure to buy sweet things for both Piper and Liam to eat, since gifts weren't complete without sweet things to eat.She rang the door bell and Liam came to answer it. "Who's there?" He asked trying to see who it was and then he screamed upon recognizing Ivy.Ivy smiled.Then she heard Piper shout."Liam! What's that!?"Ivy smiled as Liam opened the door and jumped on her, causing her to stumble backwards."Mum is back!" He shouted in reply."Ivy? Oh my God!" She heard Piper scream."Did you miss me? Little pumpkin?" She asked Liam and he smiled."The word missing cannot express how I felt." He said and she laughed."You've changed a lot, you became so big." Ivy said and started to tickle Liam who burst out giggling.Then Piper emerged from the door in an apron and she embraced the both of them in a tight hug."It's so good to see you. How has it been?" She asked and Ivy smiled. "I heard about all those horrible n
"Mummy, was that a fight?" Liam asked as he watched Alexander leave."No, he just has a loud voice. He's talking about work." She said and Liam nodded."Mummy you're not taking me to school?" He asked and Ivy shook her head sadly."I'm afraid I'm running late already, I have to leave quickly okay? Aunt Piper will take you sweetie." She said and he smiled."I'll only let you go because of the super hero outfit you got me." He said and she laughed."Oh really. You're so nice spiderman." She said and he opened up his arms."A hug?" He asked and she nodded."Definitely." She said and embraced him.As Ivy took the taxi to work, she began to wonder about the photo, where had he gotten the photo from and why was he always accusing her whenever photos like that came up. She had no idea about it but he spoke to her as though she was the one who took the photo. She had been so shocked that night, a man had been chasing her, it made no sense that she had time to make a person take a photo.She
He sat in his office with his elbows on the desk and his face in his hands. Milllions of thoughts flooded through his mind and he didn't know what to do about it.One thing was for sure. Someone was watching him, stalking and following him.Someone knew his every move. He'd have loved to fix another appointment with Mr Wayne to show him the messages but there were two things that made it impossible.One was, Mr Wayne was a very busy person and it took a while before his schedule was free.The second was, he'd have to show Mr Wayne the photos used to blackmail him and he was afraid that would change the way Mr Wayne saw him.Then his secretary came in."Here are the reports of everything that happened in the company while you were away." He said giving Alexander the reports. Alexander looked at them."You can leave." He said and began to check though the reports but as he feared, he was unable to concentrate.Then he got a call from Bethany. He sighed and picked it."Hi Sweetie. I k
Ivy's eyes opened wide as she saw the photos and there were lots of negative comments all over it. They called Alexander names and they didn't leave her out of it.She was also insulted and slammed for having an affair with her Boss' Fiance."No this is bad." She said as she stared at the screen."How did all these happen?" Piper asked but Ivy was speechless."I have no idea! This is all a lie!! " Ivy shouted in rage."What do we do about this Ivy? Even if you go out, everyone would recognize you and some of these crazy people might try to harm you." Piper said worried.Ivy put a hand to her head.She wondered how Alexander was doing on his side. He had been so anxious for her to help him when he told her about it.Back then, she didn't even know she was going to be dragged into it. If she had known, she wouldn't even have rejected it in the first place.She stood up, took her bath and left the house with a cap and a hoodie on her work outfit.How was she to face Bethany? She went to
"Bethany! Bethany!!" Alexander screamed but only heard the fraudster's maniacal laugh. "Are you scared now?" He asked and Alexander lost it."I'm going to get you! I'll get you and put behind bars!! If you dare touch a hair on her head, I'm going to..." He threatened but was interrupted by the fraudster."Oh my. It's such a pity you can't see me right now. I just plucked about five hairs off her pretty head. Now what are you going to do?" He asked and ended his sentence with a laugh."I'm going to find you. Don't think you're safe. I have the best people to use and trust me, you wouldn't survive it when I get you. The only safe choice is for you to bring Bethany back and I'll let you go. " Alexander said seething with rage."Oh, you'll let me go? I thought that was up to the police. I'm scared to bring her back you know. They'll catch me." He said in mockery."Where the hell are you!?" Alexander bellowed in rage."You should watch the tone. I might get angry. Is that how your momma t
Everyone had seemed to hear the scream on the phone as they all turned to Alexander."Okay! Just wait!! I'm not involving the police, just don't do anything to harm her." Alexander said in a worried hush."You broke the rules." He said and Alexander took in a deep breath."Your only rule was forty-eight hours. You didn't mention anything about the police." Alexander said as he paced around."Speaker. Loud." The detective mouthed to him and he immediately put the call on speaker." You should always know in a kidnapping case that the police are not allowed. I see everything you do, Mr Grayson. You made me hurt her real bad just now. And it's all your fault. I'm watching you Mr Grayson. The police are not to be involved." He said and ended the call. "That's the fraudster. Give me the number." He said and Alexander gave him the phone.The detective tried tracking it but didn't seem to be getting the results he wanted and so he dialed the number and it told him the number didn't exist.
Ivy put her hands over her mouth. Bethany was in the basement. They had not gone out through the back door, that had just been to mislead them. She looked through the little space she had opened up, but all she saw was the darkness. She tried to close it gently but discovered they had stopped talking. She waited, because it suddenly felt like she had been overthinking things. As she moved closer, the door suddenly opened wide and a lady dressed in tight grey pants and a sleeveless white top came out.Ivy tried to turn and run but the lady took hold of her neck and pushed her into the basement.Ivy rolled down the stairs painfully, groaning as her head hit each step hardly. The basement was so dark, she couldn't see. Then she heard the door close. "Who's the new one?" She heard the voice of a man say."Someone snooping around where she isn't supposed to snoop. Wrong place at the wrong time." The lady said coming down the steps. The man flashed a torch at Ivy."Oh my. This is her. T
It was night when Alexander arrived at the police station."Mr Grayson." The man called but Alexander didn't wait for greetings."Ivy has been taken." He said and they looked at him."How sure are you?" The detective asked.Alexander felt they were wasting time but decided to explain nevertheless.He explained to the last detail."That's good news." He heard the Detective said and he immediately sat behind his system and began to click away."Why's that good news?" Alexander asked."Is her cellphone switched off? If you could remember clearly, when I suggested her as bait, I installed a tracker to her phone. And that means, if we can find Ivy's phone, we're finding Bethany, and the criminals." He said and Alexander felt a little joy."Okay, so I think her phone is still on, it's just unreachable." He said and tried the number again. "It's on." He said."Found it. They're in Woodburn county, somewhere in the woods." He said and stood up, taking his jacket. "You're all going with me, b
Brandon was pacing around as he kept calling Ivy but she wasn’t answering the call. He felt she had taken too long as it was already 2 hours past. Then he turned to Liam who was still looking scared.“I guess your mommy doesn’t really care about you, after all.” Then he removed the plaster from his mouth.“What do you say to that, kiddo? You should hate your mom, because she now leaves me no choice than to sell you to child traffickers.” Brandon said to Liam.“Please don’t sell me. Take me back to my mother.” Liam cried out as he began to hiccup.“Well, if only your tears were strong enough to thaw my heart.” “Please take me back to my mom.” Liam continued crying.“This is the reason I plastered up your mouth the other time. Do you want me to plaster it up again!” Brandon lashed out on Liam, angrily.Liam shook his head, feeling more scared.“Good. Now, I will feed you because I wouldn’t like to sell you when you are on an empty stomach, so I’ll lose these ropes and take you to the
Bethany who was watching Ivy from her car, cackled and she felt satisfied that she kept laughing out loud in her car. She had come to talk to her to congratulate her for winning Alexander, although sarcastically, but seeing as Brandon had carried out the task easily, she didn’t bother anymore.“Now, you ought to know that it is completely dangerous to compete with someone like me.” She said to the air, then put on her sun shade and dialed Brandon’s number.“I see you have the child. Good job. Text me the hideout?” She inquired, feeling like a successful mafia boss.The location of the hideout was texted to her seconds after she hung up the call and then she smirked and drove off to the location. While Bethany was driving through different roads and streets, she discovered that they weren’t as quiet as she thought they were going to be.“Why the hell is this place so loud? Why would he do business around places like this?” She complained as she drove through a street until she got to t
Brandon then stared at her with keen interest. Looking at the way she dressed and comported herself, he could tell that she was influential and had money "What deal?"Then Bethany showed him Ivy's picture and Brandon was startled that he choked on his drink. He didn't understand why Bethany was showing him Ivy's picture instead and he couldn't look into Ivy's eyes in the picture because of what he did to her in the picture."Remember your sister whom you dated her fiancè?""It doesn't matter. He was gay. And what does her picture have to do with our deal?" Brandon inquired, trying to understand what was going on.Then Ivy showed him Liam's picture as well."This is her boy. I want you to kidnap him as soon as possible."Brandon took the picture and took a good look at it and then smirked."So, she has a boy now, uhn? She must be living a happy life. Well, I don't think I can do this. I'm not interested." He rejected the job and handed over the picture to Bethany."Are you sure? I'm o
Alexander was surprised to see his mother and his sister smiling at him.“Won’t you give me a hug, Alexander?” His mom blurted out, with a smile on her face.Alexander was overwhelmed with joy to see her and he walked briskly to her and gave her a tight hug and his sister didn’t hesitate to hug him as well.“I have missed you so much son.” His mother said as she withdrew from him.“I have missed you too, mother. And you have gotten more beautiful, Alicia.” He complimented his sister.“Oh, come on, brother. By the way, I am so glad to see you. Thanks to Bethany who urged us to make this beautiful surprise.” Alicia revealed.Alexander glanced at Bethany who was beaming with smiles and then she hugged him affectionately.“Thank you, Bethany.” He thanked her, still feeling elated about the surprise.“You are welcome. Alright, I prepared breakfast already. So, let’s get to the dining room.” Bethany notified and walked up to the dining room to offer Alexander’s mother a seat.“Thank you, my
Alexander was surprised that a month had passed by so fast and he wondered what surprise Bethany had for him.“That’s good news. I hope your journey back to the city wasn’t hectic.” “It wasn’t. Why would it be when the joy of seeing you has filled my heart?” Bethany blushed over the phone.Alexander chuckled awkwardly, then he decided to get off that awkward situation by asking a question. “You said you have a surprise for me. What is it? I am actually curious about what surprise you have for me.” “Yeah. Let’s meet at my house, tomorrow’s morning, then you’ll marvel.” She squealed in excitement. “Honey, I have to go. We’ll talk tomorrow, alright?”“Alright then. Bye.”He let out a troubled sigh and slammed his hand on his face. He was used to life without Bethany already and her sudden arrival just made his seemingly bright and happy life, feel like the cloud was nearby. He knew that Ivy was going to feel somehow once she becomes aware that Bethany is back. “I know what to do.” He
Ivy’s gaze was fixed at Liam’s body and she was trying to make sense of what was going on at the moment. Alexander walked in as he had gotten his shot pretty fast. He noticed the atmosphere and touched Ivy’s shoulder.“What’s going on Ivy?” He asked as he wondered why she was staring that way and looking a bit lost.Then Ivy looked up at Alexander and pointed at Liam.“Why is he covered up?” She asked as tears began to fill her eyes up.“Oh, Liam was actually acting stubborn today and I was about calling his favorite doctor as he wanted to see him. He was being rebellious, so he remained adamant about having the bed cover, covering his face as well.”“Mommy?” Liam called out to her in a low tone as he removed the bed cover from his face.“Oh, my goodness. Liam, my baby.” She said, in relief as she walked up to him in joy.She hugged him tight and sniffed his neck.“I missed you mom. Hey daddy!”Even if Ivy knew that Alexander was Liam’s father, she still felt cringe whenever he calls
” Alexander asked, out of worry.“Uhm… It’s just good news. Piper texted me that she was just sent a text for a transfer to the main headquarters of where she works at.” Ivy squealed in a high-pitched tone.“Whoa! That’s good news. It calls for celebration.” Alexander rejoiced with her.“I know right?” Ivy smiled widely.“I think it would be best if we celebrate tomorrow’s evening. We’ll all celebrate with Liam as well.” Alexander suggested as he rubbed his palms.“I’ll love that. That’s going to be perfect.” Ivy beamed in smiles.“Alright then. So, let’s get back to praying, shall we?”“Sure.”Both Ivy and Alexander closed their eyes and Ivy prayed and blessed the food, then they started eating.“I was thinking if we can go on a date tomorrow after I take my shot. We’ll have fun until evening when we get prepared to celebrate Piper’s success.” Alexander suggested while chewing.“Hmm. That’s a good idea. Does that mean you won’t be going to work?” “Yes. I won’t. I am going to spend t
Night had fallen and Alexander had just closed from work. He got into his car and went through his phone. He noticed that he had missed Ivy’s calls and he wondered why she could have called him repeatedly when it wasn’t really long after they had seen each other.As he was about to call her back, a call from Bethany came up and he answered it.“Hey Bethany, I just closed from work. I will be at your place in less than 45 minutes.”“Oh, I think we won’t be able to meet tonight, Alexander.”“And why is that?” Alexander asked, out of curiosity.“An important meeting came up and I am no longer in the city. I couldn’t inform you because I had to be quick. I am back at Spain and will explain to you later on the emergency meeting. That would be when I get back.” Bethany informed, in a low tone.“But are you okay?” Alexander asked, noticing Bethany’s low tone.“I’m fine. I am going to miss you, Alexander. I wish we were able to have that dinner.”“Same here. I would have loved to taste your f
“Piper!” Ivy exclaimed as she stood up immediately and walked towards her slowly. “I thought you left.” Ivy said, with tears, strolling down her chin.“I did. But Bethany texted me, saying you were about to ridicule yourself in the company I worked at recently.” Piper replied, looking sad. “And, I am sorry for leaving. I just thought that was the best. You know very well that I did it for your good, right?” Piper sniffed, looking into Ivy’s eyes as she got teary.Then the CEO slammed his hands on the table in anger as he stood up.“Take your emotional drama out of my office, this instant!” He ordered, with his right eyebrow arched.Ivy cupped Piper’s face carefully, with her hands and pursed her lips as she looked at her pitifully.“You have been doing things for me. Now, it is my turn to do things for you.” Ivy said, with firmness, then released Piper’s face and turned to the CEO who was fuming in anger.“I know very well that your phone is probably filled with threatening texts from