The purring of a cat wakes Kayla from her deep sleep. She yawns and covers her mouth with the back of her hand. She rolls her eyes tiredly and stretches her figure lazily on the affluent bed that she sleeps on. “Ahh!” she winches in pain when her hand mistakenly hit the side of her face. She brings her hand up to her face and rubs the side of her face, with her thumb. Suddenly, something jumps on her and she sprang up to her two feet, slapping off whatever thing jumped on her with her left hand. She moves her hand to the side of her body, attempting to bring out a handgun, but seems surprised when she couldn't feel it. She stares at her body to see that she's clad in a white baggy nightie that swallows her body. Her mouth twisted in surprise, couldn't remember having this nightie in her collection. Standing on the floor her eyes roam around the room, then drifted her gaze to the king-size bed and her gaze later meet with a cat on the bed. “Oh, dear!” Kayla gasps and rushes ba
MELANIE’S P.O.VMy head snaps to the door the moment I hear that voice.Wait, what is he doing here? I didn't know what to say or do at the moment. I glance at Mr Gordon who also seems to be lost in his thoughts.I mean, Archie is his son, the son whom he doesn't want to have around him and also, Archie must not find him here either. Archie trusts me, even if it's a little bit, still trusts me and I can't shatter his trust in me.There comes another knock on the door and a stupid idea poop in my head. I rush to the closet and grab a hair towel.I tied it on my head and grab a bottle of water behind Mr Gordon. I splash the water on my face and I rush for the door.I can feel Mr Gordon’s eyes gored on my skin, I leave him to watch on since I have a big boy to deal with.“Hey, you okay?” I flung the door open a bit, popping my face out of the door with the towel hanging tightly on my head.“Oops, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were in the bathroom I wouldn't have disturbed.” H
Melanie’s P.O.VI gather enough courage and stand on my feet. My hands are a little shaking from what I heard but I encourage myself by clenching my fist on both sides.I don't have any relationship with Mr Gordon so I shouldn't let any of these get to me.The relationship that his family thinks we have is nothing but an act. If he has his reasons for starting it, so I'm going to stop at nothing until I help him get what he wanted.He's not as evil as they claimed. After seeing the frightened side of him last night, I realised that he also has an inner wound that he's nursing which seems like no one knows about it.I rest my back on the counter and I sigh as I'm already confused about what I should do. I'm mentally exhausted and I don't know what to think at the moment.For the first time in five years, my brain went blank. Everything in my head seems like it has been deserted, I don't feel anything in there which makes me wonder if I'm doing the right thing by getting myself involved
Clammy rays of light shine through the glassy window of Mr Gordon’s room. He walk gently to the window and part the curtain sideways. There, he stands in front of the mammoth window of his room, gazing at the compound from up there.A light sigh escape his red plump heart shape mouth and he moves his hands to his waist. Caressing the side of his waist with his thumb through the plain black shirt he's putting on.Then, Melanie walks into the room, closing the door behind her.She trace her steps to his back and stop right behind him, exhaling through her mouth before speaking up.“You ask me to meet you here, sir… Alfred.” She says to him as soon as she finds the right way to announce her presence.“Mel…” He turns, facing her with his mouth watering face, his eyes flicker under the damp ray. There is a dribble of sweat on his forehead.“Do you think I'm pushing things too far?” He asks. There's a worried frown on his face. Worrying that he might endanger her life, by sending her to ha
Melanie glance at her room door, peeking out from her hidden place to know when Archie will be out of her room.She hides quietly behind the rail, with her eyes wide open. Watching out for the little boy to exit her room.Just then, there comes the sound of the opening door. She heaves a sigh of relief when she sees Archie working out of the room, grinning widely. She scoffs dumbly at him, and without making a sound she steps out of her hiding.“Oh, Lord! Thank you.” She puffs out air, does a cross sign then proceeds to walk back to her room.“I’m tired of them.”She stares into space, “Everyone of the Gordos.” She groans, dragging her feet towards her bed.She takes her to sit at the edge of her bed and picks up her phone when her eyes imprecisely land on the poor phone, beside the nightstand lamp.She decides to check her social media handle since she doesn't have anything to do at the moment. Logging into her insta account, notification starts flooding her phone which makes her wan
Walking inside the store, Melanie glances around, eyes searching for Hannah.When she's tired of searching, she decides to check if she's attending to someone in the dressing room.She strides toward the section that leads to the section and she beholds a guy there, standing with a lady in uniform, his hands intertwined behind his back.“Ehm, excuse me, please is Hannah here?” Melanie asks, if she's going to pick anything here, then she needs the help of Hannah. The last time that she came, she seemed to know what suited her body perfectly.“She no longer works here.” She hears the voice of a young lady, not taking a glimpse of her.“Okay.” She says shortly, turning around to leave the section when she hears the familiar voice stopping her from walking away.“Why are you looking for her?” The voice asks, his voice is so calm and soft.Melanie turns around to have a glimpse of the person that is talking to her.“Andy Reid?” She gasps, seeing the face of the man she was chatting with ea
Melanie looks from one lady to another. Her face beams with a beautiful smile.“Please come in!” She opens the door wider for them to enter.She closes the gate behind them, “Please follow me.” She says gently, leading the way to the living room, as the ladies trail quietly behind her. Only the sounds of their shoes hitting the ground could be heard.Melanie stands in the middle of the circled settee. She stretches out her hand forward, “Have your seat, please.” she invited them to sit when she sees that no one is making a move to sit down.They nod, as they sink onto the couches.Melanie kneads her palms together, feeling nervous around them “So, what are those?” She slightly raises her brows and the ladies smile sweetly at her.“These are the dresses Mr Gordon mandated us to deliver to you, ma'am.” The same lady that spoke at the door early, utter. Melanie nods shyly and stands up to take the boxes.“I will have to take these inside. You…”“Elena!” The lady smiles at her name.“So,
The car pulls to a halt inside a large garage that is filled with cars of different brands. The driver sways off his seatbelt, pulls out the key from the ignition and steps down from the car.He walks over to the passenger side and opens the car door for Melanie while holding onto the handle.He stretches out his palm to her and helps her down without her tripping on her heel.“Thank you!” Melanie smiled, and she halted as soon as she stepped down from the car. She tucks a strand of hair behind her ear as she waits keenly for the driver to lock the car so he can take the lead.Not like she knows where they're heading anyways.“This way please.” The driver says, walking towards the front door of the drop-dead gorgeous house that's likely to fit thousands of people.Walking behind the driver, Melanie roams her gaze around the house and she loves what she's seeing.There is a pool at the right angle of the building, the blue water calls out to her and she wonders if they all love water l