The room was struck with silence as they all stared at the jotter without saying a word. Amelia frowned. Did he know whoever wanted to erase them from earth? Did he find out about their identity? She couldn’t take the silence anymore as her head started to ache with the numerous questions she kept filing it with these days. “Who are they?” She questioned.Her voice seemed to bring the rest out of whatever trance they were in. Mike nodded along with her. Although, they knew he could barely talk, yet they looked at his mouth for a response. After a minute, Mike pushed the jotter and pen back to him. “Just tell us whatever you know; we are going to figure the rest out.”He started writing again; this time he wrote slowly as he had to take pauses to cough. ‘Board of Directors. Someone is involved in a crime, the victim was one of the orphans your parents were helping. They decided to kill everyone aware of the crime.’Amelia blinked. It was starting to make some sense to her. It w
Amelia woke up hoping the day was going to be a promising day. Last night after dealing with Ava, they had decided to follow his aunt's suggestion and resume work. She was looking forward to work as she had missed her friends at work, and also what it felt like to have a normal life without thoughts of who killed their family.For the first time, Mike waited for her as there was no reason for them to go to work separately. Amelia wore a wide smile until she got out of the room and saw Ava sitting in the living room. She was dressed up in a white suit skirt and a white top. She completed her outfit with a black wedge and a black handbag. Amelia blinked not believing her eyes; it was the first time Ava had dressed decently.Amelia raised a brow, “What’s going on here?”Ava dusted her suit skirt although there was nothing on it. “I was waiting for you. I think it will be a good idea to take the same car with you guys to work.”Amelia frowned and shared a look with Mike. He didn’t
Keeping her hands off Mike seemed to be difficult, and she wondered how she had restrained from him all this while. The moment they got to their bedroom, Mike kicked the door lock with his hind leg; they both got lost in each other.Amelia ripped his shirt off sending the buttons flying around, not that she cared about it. She allowed Mike to push her to the bed and gently lay her flat on the bed while he hovered above her, kissing her breath out of her. She felt hot and her body tingled everywhere. The sensation seemed to drive her crazy.“Are you sure of this?”She nodded. The last thing he wanted was for her to regret it, but judging from the look on her face and the way she kept thrusting herself into his hand, he could feel that she wanted this as much as he did.He smiled, “I promise to be gentle.”He sat down and pulled her into his leg making her straddle him. He slowly pulled her clothes off leaving her in her underwear. For a minute all he did was stare at her, “Beautif
Something was strange, but Amelia couldn’t pinpoint what. The space between her legs was sore, and her nose perceived something like pancake and coffee. She sniffed, inhaling the sweet aroma, but didn’t dare to move as she felt weak.Fuck! Her stomach rambled and she turned without opening her eyes. Her hand moved to the left but there was no one there. She frowned. She remembered Mike was there all night, and if she couldn’t move then he shouldn’t be able to. No one had told her she was going to be immobile for having sex.She heard a chuckle before hearing his voice, “Are you searching for me, Wifey? Good morning, beautiful. I figured you would be hungry this morning.”Her eyes slowly opened and moved to a shirtless Mike serving pancake and coffee on a tray. Although her stomach grumbled at the thought of being fed, her gaze moved slowly to his bicep, and she saw the traces of nails scratch on him. Her cheeks tinted pink. Did she do that to him?He must have seen the look
“What does that mean? Is he talking about your real father or your uncle?” Amelia could barely hold her curiosity, but Mike had no idea. Yet, unlike Amelia, who was flustered about it, he wasn’t going to let some strange word shift his focus.“Let’s go visit Anna later. I hope she is doing better.”Amelia nodded. She would always want to visit Anna.“I hope she is too.”Her phone beeped; it was a message from the group. The girls were going to Bani’s and wanted to know if she would like to go. She kissed Mike on the cheek and excused herself.The moment she got to Bani’s, she knew something had happened. Normally, the ladies were chatty, but at the moment, the attention of everyone was on them, and they didn’t care, or they were so engrossed in their conversation that they had no idea what was going on around them. They hadn’t noticed her walking towards them.“What’s going on?” She touched Christie, who jumped up before turning to face her. The frown on her lips turned to a smile.“G
Mike gulped another bottle of alcohol-like water while Steve stared at him strangely. It had been a while since he got in touch with him; getting back to the country after a long time had made them both busy, but he had learned about some of the things happening in his life through Sharon, not that he would tell Mike that. He knew how he felt about this relationship with Sharon. So, he decided to tease Mike.“Trouble in Paradise?”Mike stared at him with a raised brow, “Are you trying to be funny right now?”Steve shrugged, “The last time you drank this badly was because you were getting married. I don’t think you’re about to get married again. Are you?”For the first since their meeting, Mike smiled at him, “I won’t change my bride for any reason, but I don’t mind changing the circumstances that brought us together. Maybe, she wouldn't be going through so much pain then.”Steve nodded. After a few more minutes, he dived into what he had been going through. He had never been good at
As Sharon urged Mike to move faster towards their parent’s bedroom, his conversation with Steve came rushing back. Sharon deserved to know what was happening in her life. She wouldn’t understand the refusal to take their father to the hospital. Amelia was right behind them, blinking back tears from her eyes. She hated this whole situation.When they arrived, his uncle lay on the bed, silent. Too silent. He wasn’t coughing anymore. His aunt sat beside him, wiping his body with a towel as Amelia did to Mike. At that moment, Amelia could understand a bit of her feeling. If it were Mike on this bed, she would do anything to make him feel better. Mike stood in front of his uncle. His eyes weren’t closed, but they were barely opened. He stared briefly before declaring they were going to the hospital.His uncle couldn’t refuse as he couldn’t talk, and his aunt was glad someone was finally doing something. She didn’t want to disobey her husband but wanted to save him. He turned to Sharon, “M
For some reason, Anne felt comfortable having them with her. It might be because she knows the kind of relationship they had with her now. She sat beside Amelia, pulling her hair gently, not wanting to be away from her, even for a minute. Mike stared at them, a feeling of longing in his heart. If only he was privileged to meet with one of his parents too, but knowing it was a futile wish, he asked Anne about his parents. Anne smiled bitterly, “Nate and Mira.” She choked on her breath, her hand pausing on Amelia’s hair, and breathed in. Her eyes were teary, like she was just mourning her friends. It took her twenty years to mourn friends who were like family to her. She didn’t want to cry in front of Mike. He might be an adult now, but to her, he was just a little child who never got to meet his parents. “Nate and Mira were the kindest people I ever met in my life; Nate especially. It was difficult to tell that he was an heir to an empire like Afonso’s. When we met him, we were just