John watch her in amazement, his attention wasn't with the audience, but with the tiny seventeen year's old figure in front of him, standing confidently facing the audience. Ever since he met her, she has done nothing than to protect his image, and slowly, gradually, he is falling in love with her.Something he had never thought would ever happen, an unexpected love he had never imagined with a seventeen year's old girl. He never thought he would find love, not after being ugly, he had always thought he will remain single because of his appearance. But unbeknownst to the public there is something he is hiding.Everything was supposed to be an arranged marriage with her family, but slowly thing's are changing between the both of them, which wasn't as planned.At that moment he felt they were the only ones standing there, everyone is invisible. He look at the warmth in her heart, and how boldly she stood up to defend him.No one has ever stood up for him, not even his brother, it has alw
John held Sharon's hand, and led her to his car, without taking a glance at the child's mother. The apology was enough, there was no point wasting his precious time at the dessert shop, when he had other imperative work that needed his attention.He followed Sharon because of how he saw her leaving her house, and now that she's cheered up, he's leaving.He acted like a gentleman, and opened the door for her to get into the car.Vincent had told him this was also one of the attributes Sharon likes in a man, and for him to win her heart, he needed to act like one.John had no problem with doing such things to please her, he is willing to make her his wife, for that reason, he has no problem doing all that. But will Sharon accept him if she finds out he's not the good man she has always dreamt to have? The rumor of him being cruel turns out to be true, will she be willing to stay with him?Sharon was overwhelmed with happiness, seeing him open the car door for her. "Thank you." She mumble
John is seated in his office, when his assistant Vincent strode into his office after knocking. He bowed his head as always as a sign of respect."Boss we have the boy held hostage, and Mr Warren called, he will be here any moment from now," He informed him.John halt from entering data's on his laptop and lift his head up to look at Vincent."Call them to question him, and if he doesn't speak up, they should inflict pain on him until he speaks." John ordered, and glued his eyes back to his laptop."Yes boss." Vincent responded, and then a knock was heard on the door, which got their attention.Vincent strides to the door and opened it. He came into view with Sharon's father, Mr warren."God day, Please come in." Vincent greeted, making way for him to walk into the office.Mr warren strides further into the office, while Vincent excuse himself, giving them some privacy.Mr warren is a bit tense, Vincent had passed his message to him, and now he's scared to make himself comfortable, jus
John couldn't hid how happy he was, as Vincent drive to Sharon's school. Finally, he will get to see her, after waiting for that long, he will set his eyes on her today, he will spend time with her, he thought.Sharon had insisted she come home herself, but John declined saying he wouldn't want her to stress herself, which wasn't the main reason for his decline.He had many foes, and he's worried she might fall a victim, especially since shedrack knows her name.The drive came to an end. Vincent was about stepping out the car to do his usual job, but John stopped him."You don't have to, I will call her to come over." He said, and pulled out his phone to dial Sharon's contact.After multiple rings, Sharon didn't pick up, and it got John tense. He tried again, and Sharon finally picked up."Where the hell did you keep your phone?" He spat at her, making Sharon shuddered.And at that moment he quickly regretted what he just did. Why did he have to yell at her? Was it because he misses he
They arrived at the Gu family house, and, Sharons heart race rapidly. She has never been this nervous, just meeting someone for the first time.John who was beside her, notice she still wasn't herself, he place his hands in hers, bringing her attention to him.He smiled at her when their gaze met, reassuring her that everything is fine, she don't have to be nervous, and somehow she found comfort.Sharon smile back at him, shook her head, and exhaled deeply to calm herself down. She's not getting killed, theres no reason to be scared, She thought."Are you ready wifey?" John asked, and her eyes snap wide open, hearing the word wifey at the end.'Did he just call me his wife? Does he really like me? But this is just a business marriage, how sure are my that I'm not going to get chased out in the Future' Sharon thought."I'm ready." She replied in a calm tone, and relaxed. John held her hands closely, and so they March into the building. Immediately they strode Inside, Sharon was marvel b
Mandy and her daughter strides to her husband's study, immediately they were done with the dishes. The sound of their pace got Mr Warren's attention, and made he halt from the documents he was reviewing.He looked up to see his wife and daughter strides into his study, their expression looked unhappy to him.Mr Warren sighs, he closed the documents and stood up to pull his daughter into a hug."Come here sweetheart, what happened? Why is your face like that? Come talk to father." He said, with his hands open.Jessie Walked into his hands and he pulled her closer to him, stroking her hair softly.Mandy had planned out with her daughter already, she knows what to tell him."Father, it's nothing serious, Just that since Sharon was taken to the Villa, she hasn't paid us a visit, mum even tried calling her, but she ignores her calls." Jessie lamented lies her mother had fed her with.Mr Warren turn to look his wife, who hasn't uttered a word since they came in. She averted her face to her l
"You have to calm down, you're overthinking things, he is going to be fine, maybe he had something urgent to do." Ann said to Sharon, hoping to calm her down a bit.Sharon wasn't in her right state of mind, she has been pacing non-stop in the house, thinking of what to do.Since she woke up, she hasn't set her eyes on John, and it's been eight hours already, and nothing has been heard from him.She tried calling his line, it rang, but to her surprise, he left his cellphone at home, which made her panic even more.Ann stood up from the sofa, and strides up to her. She held her hands, making her halt from pacing around."I have known the Boss for three years now, I have been working in this house for the past three years, the boss goes out most times, and he doesn't come back until late night, he will be back safe and sound, trust me, you don't have to worry."Sharon sniffs, her eyes almost at the edge of streaming down tears on her cheeks."He can't go out and not tell me where he's hea
Mr GU march into the boardroom, alongside his two sons. The room suddenly became silent, immediately his presence was announced, and they all stood up to honor his presence.He took his reserved seat, while John and his brother Alan sat next to each other, hands crossed."Good morning, Mr Simon." The shareholders greeted, and took their seat back.Mr GU stare at the figures seated in front of him, thinking of who would have summoned the others for the urgent meeting, without making any announcements to the president.He turned to his eldest son Alan, and raised his brows at him, giving him the go ahead to speak in his place. Alan nods and cleared his tone."Good morning, shareholders, Why is this meeting been held? Who requested an urgent meeting?" His husky voice queried.The shareholders shift in their seat, looking at one another, waiting to see who speaks up first, who will represent the others.Mr GU is not a nice person, he has never been nice to any of them, even though they're
FIVE YEARS LATERSharon squinted her face, and slowly opened her eyes. She retracted her gaze to the left to check on her husband, but to her surprise, she didn't see him.'Where did he go to? I hope he isn't playing one of those tricks with me again' She thought inwardly.Her eyes wandered around the room, and landed on the clock. Immediately she saw it was 7:30am, she jerked up from the bed."Sebastian will be late for school" She mumbled, and dashed out of her room to his room.Sharon turned the doorknob, and pushed further into his room, but there was no one.She got perplexed, and started to search his room, thinking maybe John hid him. It was one of their morning plays, and she wasn't ready because she's already late for work.After searching the entire room, and didn't find him, she strode out of the room, and headed to the kitchen.While going to the kitchen, she heard the sound of plates coming from the dining.She redirected her stride to the dining, there she met John and t
Shedrack kneels was on the floor, with his gaze down, and his hands holding tightly to his mother's gown, pleading on behalf of his father.Ever since she got him arrested, Janet has been crying for days. She resented herself for marrying Robert. She wished she could turn back the hands of time back to when her parents were alive.She wished she had made her intentions known to Simon before Robert had asked her out. But it was too late, she already has two grown up children for him, and they will forever remain the father of her kids.She slowly placed her hands on Shedrack, and removed them from her gown, he was holding."I'm sorry, son, I can't do anything regarding your father's case. He has to pay for what he has done, I'm sorry." She said, and stood up.Shedrack crawled on his kneels to where she now stood, with sweat dropping all over his body."Mother, you can do something about it please, if you talk to the DPO of the cops, they will suspend his going to court tomorrow please
Lydia and her son led their way to Warren's mansion. After crying and pleading with the police, they didn't listen and Just threw her out of the station.They got to the door and knocked, waiting for a response. It didn't take too long, before Jessie came and opened the door for them."David." He quickly pulled her into a hug.They all walked into the house, and met Mandy and her husband seated in the living room with a worried faces.They were watching the news of Alan and Robert being arrested before they showed up."Mrs Lydia…" Mr Warren trailed off.Lydia squatted on the ground, with her gaze down, her eyes swollen from crying."Please you're the only person I can ask for help now, my father-in-law doesn't want to see me, please you have to prove my husband's innocent."Mr Warren was lost of words, what she is asking him to do would be difficult. He can't deny that Alan is innocent when he knows he had a hand in it."Mrs Lydia, please get up, I will see what I can do to help, ther
The next day, before Alan could think of leaving the house to the office. The police cops were already at his gate, knocking.The security man declined them from going to the house, but when they showed him their identity cards, he quickly allowed them inside.They knocked for about five minutes, before Lydia hurried downstairs to get the door. She flung the door open, and cringed when she saw some men outside.She stared at them, and was about closing the door back, when one of the cops quickly used his legs to stop her."How can I help you?" Lydia asked, holding tightly to the door.One of the men removed his identity card, and show it to her face to have a look at it."We're the police, we're here to see your husband." He said, and her heart skipped. She knows what her husband has done, but her fear is if someone saw him and reported it to the police."What for? What has he done to get arrested?" Lydia asked, but before the cop could respond, Alan was already on his way downstairs,
Smoke laughed hysterically, with his hands placed on his stomach. Suddenly, he halt and look at Sharon who was ogling at him with a scorn look on her face.He spun around, and stride a bit far from her with two of his men behind him."Did you get me the condom I asked of you?" He asked with exasperation."Yes. Boss she's pregnant, you can't sleep with her, it might affect the baby inside her, don't you think so?" The boy on his right-hand side asked."I don't care what happens to her, I'm going to have my way with her. Then later tonight, have her for dinner." Smoke replied."Boss, what about the money? This wasn't the plan. You lied to Kira because you wanted to collect money from her father-in-law.""Yes, that was the plan, Boss." The other figure on his left added."Idiot's, who said I changed the plan? We need the money to fly out of this city, but first, I'm going to have a taste of her for days, before I call her father-in-law."The two men looked at themselves and back to their
The doctor walked John out of the room he got admitted. They had to discharge him because he requested for it, even though he is yet to recover.John did not die. The doctor pronounces him dead because his heart rate dropped, and he stopped breathing, but he wasn't dead.He lost consciousness while fighting for his life, that was why his heart dropped, and his breathing ceased.Rose insisted she was going to stay with him until he wakes up, and stood her ground that he won't be moved to the mortuary.Luckily for her, the doctor informed the nurse to allow her to stay with the body for the night, then moved it the next day.That night, while Rose and Alex stayed with him in the room, they heard a squeak, followed by someone's groan.They both thought it was coming from outside, not until they heard it again, and the next thing they heard was John calling out the his wife's name.Rose quickly stood up, and walked to him to be sure he was the one. When she saw his eyes flung open, she lef
Simon stride into the living room to meet the president. Xavier had informed him that the president was in the mansion, which he was astounded by the sudden visit."Mr President, I hope all is well?" Simon asked, as soon as he was standing in front of him.The president stood up, they shook hands, exchanged pleasantries, and sat down."All is well Simon, I had to rush down here. What about your son and his wife? Any news about them?"Simon buried his head down, and lifted it up to look at him."My daughter-in-law is fine, but for my son, I haven't heard anything from him. I can't think of anyone as the suspect.""But Simon, we all know your rival, don't you think they're behind it?""He wouldn't go after my son, I don't think he is the one. Robert wouldn't think of kidnapping my son."Robert's aim is to bring JC Group down, so that Simon will run to him for help. That was why he was determined to know how much they had reserved with the central bank.The president embarked on a three
Shedrack stormed into Kira's apartment without ringing the doorbell. He has been to her apartment a couple of times, and Knows the code to her door.He walked pass her living room, to her bedroom, only to find her laying on the bed naked, with her legs slightly parted.Shedrack cussed underneath his breath, and averted his gaze to the right, to abstain from seeing her naked body."Kira, Kira wake up." Shedrack called out to her continuously, tapping her legs, with his gaze still averted to the right.Kira slowly opened her eyes, she was seeing things blurry. Last night, she went to the club and got herself wasted, she had too many drinks because she was heartbroken.The little misunderstanding she had with Shedrack took a toll on her, and the only way to wash her pains away, was to go to the club and have enough drink.Kira blinked her eyes thrice before she started seeing vividly. She saw Shedrack standing with his gaze to the side.She knitted her brows perplexed, and then look at h
Robert sat on his bonnet car, taking his cigarettes, while he waits for Mr GU. He got infuriated by the whole drama that happened between him and his wife, and blames no one but Mr GU. If he had not sent his wife the envelope, he wouldn't have yelled at her.Mr GU had warned him, but he didn't listen, and the worst of all was because Sharon also got kidnapped. Mr GU will go to any length to make sure she returns home, even if he has to reveal Mr Robert secret he has kept long time ago.He was busy taking his cigarettes when a car speed towards him, and halt when it got closer to him.Mr Robert put off the cigarettes, and stood up from his bonnet, and head towards the car. Immediately Mr GU stride out of his car, Robert grabbed him by the neck."You idiot, I can kill you now and dispose your body, no one will find out, not even the media." Mr Robert threatened, and Mr GU smiled."I can consent that you will do it if it pleases you. You're nothing but a murderer, you killed your wife pa