Ivy felt uncomfortable, seeing those men at her back. With her past experiences with abduction, she was always cautious when she walking down any alley, and when she sees a group of men, walking like the way these ones were, too.She shook her head, and fastened her steps to avoid any trouble, looming. And thankfully, the group of men didn't run after her. They seemed to have just been walking down the alley, randomly. Ivy breathed a sigh of relief, and walked down to the cinema.There, she met Alexander. He was there before her, and that made her feel special. She knew there was a likeliness that she got there before him, since there were times when he was overloaded with work. But this time, he was able to get here before her.~flashback~"It's always really good to smile, and you look beautiful when you smile." Claire complimented.~back to reality~"You got here, earlier than I thought." Ivy said, with a smile."I know right? I just want to make enough time for this. By the way, y
Ivy rushed to Liam, immediately, and held him tight.“Liam, are you alright?” She asked, in an alarming tone.“Yes mommy. I’m fine.” Liam answered.Piper came out of the room, with her hair, wet. She had just had a shower, and heard Ivy’s alarming tone, so she came out to find out what was going on.“What’s going on?” Piper asked.“His nostrils. Blood came out.” Ivy said, with a worried expression.Piper bent down to Liam to see the blood from his nostrils.“What happened, Liam?” Piper asked, looking worried as well.“I think it’s because I picked my nose the wrong way.” Liam said, still surprised at their reaction over his nose bleed.“You hurt yourself?” Ivy asked, still looking scared.She knew that if anything happened to Liam, she wouldn’t be able to bear it. Liam was her world, and she felt that she would never be able to move on, if anything crucial, happened to him. Ivy searched online, to confirm if nose bleed, could occur, if he picked his nose, the wrong way, and the intern
“No! Please don’t! I am here, already. What do you want from me?” Alexander asked.The man chuckled. “Wow. It’s so nice to see you in person. You look even more handsome in person, actually.”Alexander could not find the right response to what the man was saying, and what he was more interested in, was ensuring that Bethany was fine.“Anyways, you might not believe me, but I am a big fan of yours. I mean, in the business world, you are a guru, and your business tactics has also helped me to improve on some business ideas. But I am one crazy fan. I want to always keep you in check, so you remain my favorite man.”“I…I don’t understand.” Alexander said, looking baffled.“Recently, you have been having rumors about a scandal. Like you are in a relationship with two women. She, and one other lady. What’s her name, again?” He thought hard. “Yeah! Ivy!” He said as he recalled.“I am not in a relationship with her. People were just trying to spread rumors. None of what you think, is true.”B
"Piper!" She called, and ran to her. Piper tried to wipe her tears immediately, but Ivy had seen them."Piper, what's wrong?" She asked sitting on the floor next to her."Nothing… it's fine. Just had a really bad day." Piper said, and Ivy sighed."I know that's not it. A bad day's not enough for you to cry. What happened? Tell me." Ivy probed, then Piper started to sob again.She cried for minutes and Ivy hugged her, trying to calm her down."You can always tell me what happened? I had a bad day too, we can share it. Come on, Piper, tell me what's wrong." Ivy said, and Piper sniffed.For a while, she didn't say a word, and Ivy thought she wasn't going to respond. But after some minutes, she did."I… today, I lost my job." She said in a whisper, and Ivy's hand flew to her mouth."You don't mean it." Ivy said, in shock."I don't know… I just don't know how, or why… I lost the job." She said, and broke into fresh tears."How?" Ivy asked, as she still couldn't bring herself to believe it.
"I'm so sorry! I'm really sorry sir!" The waitress exclaimed in shock, and fear. Ivy looked at the man with her mouth open, and tried to apologize, but the man stood up abruptly, scaring them."I'm so sorry sir. It was a mistake, I never…" Ivy was saying, but "Shut it! Shut it up! I don't want to hear a single thing from you! This is outrageous!" He exclaimed, and everyone in the restaurant turned to watch them."Sir, it was really a mistake, I had no intention to…" The waitress was trying to say, but he wagged a finger at her."I'm going to get the both of you sacked! Where's the boss? Who's the boss here!?" He asked in outrage."Sir, please you need to calm down, we deeply apologize, and would pay whatever expenses is needed." Claire said, as she rushed to the scene."You know what shampoo I use? Or you're just going to wipe everything off my head? This suit, cost thousands, thousands and thousands of dollars! Are you going to wash it off? This isn't your regular suit, this is an
Ivy tried to move away but they were in every direction.She looked at the cars in fear, and thought about screaming. There was a chance someone would hear her.Men in black suits, and dark shades came down from the car, and rushed towards her, but before she could scream, they stopped.Ivy looked at them, hoping they had a change of mind."She's not the one! Damn it, we lost her! Everyone out now!!" The one who moved closer to Ivy said, and they all backed away. "No one rests till she's found!" He said, and they all got into their cars, and drove away. Ivy put a hand on her chest, and bent till the extent her knees touched her chin.She took in deep breaths, and realized she had been more scared than she had thought. After some seconds, she began to wonder about the lady they were after, was she going to survive? Those men looked ruthless, and it made her realize that she wasn't the only one going through sour days.She stood, and continued to walk home.Even though realizing she wa
Piper felt embarrassed, and ashamed as she walked out of the building. Her former employees hadn't even had the courtesy to keep their mouths shut, and thoughts to themselves. As the security men saw her outside, making sure she stepped out of the company building, they whispered, and their whispers were so loud that tears pricked Piper's eyes.When she was away from the company, she wiped her eyes, took in a deep breath, and sat on a bench. She searched for job openings around the area, and after writing them all down, she took a cab to the nearest one.It was the post of a secretary for a cafe.She put on her best smile, and walked in.She was directed warmly, to the main office, and she walked in."Job application?" He asked, and she nodded."Sit." He said, with a smile, and she sat in the chair opposite him. She took out her documents, and when he checked them out, he took off his glasses."Uh… We're not looking for employees." He said, all of a sudden."Sorry?" She asked politely
Bethany stepped out of the bathroom, and put on a bathrobe.As she blow dried her hair in the mirror, she smiled to herself.Everything had been going well of recent, and she enjoyed it.Little did Ivy know that she wasn't ready to give Alexander up. Bethany had made up her mind to pull them apart at all costs, and she was going to stop at nothing.Then she laughed, as she remembered how she had fooled Alexander into thinking Ivy had been plotting to stay with him just for his money, and leave when she was done.It hadn't been hard, she had simply said those words herself, and fed an AI app with Ivy's vocals, and it had repeated her words, only it was in Ivy's voice.Alexander had looked so shocked when she played the recording for him, of course, it might not have been what Ivy would say, but it did the job nevertheless."Bethany, you're such a mastermind, aren't you? " She said to herself in the mirror, then more seriously, she added. "You're not getting my fiance. Not even if you h
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