"What's the meaning of the stunt you played at work?" Amelia had just closed the door behind her before she turned to look at Mike. He looked at peace with himself, like he hadn't just flirted in her present. A smug smile replaced his unbothered look, making Amelia want to swipe the stupid smile off his face. She wasn't violent, but they had promised to be faithful to each other. How could he go ahead flirting with the ladies, on the first day of work?"What stunt?" He asked innocently.She blinked; was that how he wanted to play this game? Acting as if he had no idea what she was talking about when he fully knows what she was talking about. Instead of responding, she stormed into their room locking the door behind immediately. She took comfort in the fact that he would be in the living room without a change of cloth. She picked up her phone and sent a message to the two most important people in her life.Pheonix12: Good to hear you are happy to be married, Vold. I had some i
"I have to show you, Wifey. Let me show you what you are missing."Amelia pushed him away, and he burst into a fit of laughter. She could feel her heart in her hand. Deciding to focus on anger than her frantic heartbeat, she glared at him. "What was the meaning of that?""I'm just joking, Wifey.""Well, I don't like your joke. Find something else to joke about."Before Mike could come up with a reasonable response, the ringing of the phone in their room cut the conversation off, he turned to her, "I will be back, soon. It might be from my parents."Amelia nodded. It was best he took off to wherever he was going. She held her chest. What was wrong with her? Was she sick or something? She had never experienced this before. It was the first time her heart will go all crazy on her. She tried to calm her beating heart; breathing in and out, until Mike came back in, and it was back to how it was. Mike's face had lost all the laughter; he was frowning. Curious, Amelia asked what was
“What do you have on my mother?” Those were the first words Amelia spoke to Ava. The only reason Ava was in the house was because of the information she had. The sooner Amelia could get the information, the sooner she could dispose of Ava altogether.“Good morning to you, too, sister. What’s for breakfast?” Ava strolled past her and moved to the dining table. “Are we not having breakfast today?”Amelia cared nothing about breakfast. “You will have breakfast at your working place. We are busy people here?”Ava frowned, “Are you guys not supposed to be in your honeymoon phase or something? I get that you have that secret wedding and stuff, and our parent was asked to sign NDA, but you guys deserve a honeymoon, right?”Amelia hadn’t heard anything about her parents signing NDA. “Dad signed an NDA. Why?”Ava smiled and made small noises with her throat. “Amelia. Amelia. There are so many things you have no idea about. Do you think our parents married you into this home because the
The tying of the keyboard and random ringing of phones kept cutting into Amelia’s thoughts. All she could think of was the picture Ava had shown her. What was it all about? Ava was ruthless that she hadn’t told her any more information. She had insisted on her offer, and Amelia knew Ava would go to any length to achieve what she wanted regardless of who was hurt in the process. Amelia sat down with her head in her hand; the constant random thoughts were beginning to show signs of a headache. She was used to being alone in her room with only Loveth as her only company.A shadow loomed over her, causing her to lift her head up involuntarily. Florence wore a smirk and thrust different folders toward her. “You came late to work, and you haven’t been doing anything. Since you have all the time in the world at your disposal. How about you work on making photocopies of these files?”Amelia blinked, trying to stand upright to meet Florence's level, but the other thrust the files at her
The day was busy for Amelia and Mike. Amelia had no idea that the duties of a secretary were that much; no wonder Christie was always busy with her system. She had made sure to separate the documents Mike had sent to her according to how he had instructed her. She felt as if her bottom was already attached to the chair she was sitting on. She wondered how much Mike's work was going to be if hers was this much. It was exhilarating.“I see you finally know what you are in for.” Florence's voice sounded behind her head. She smiled down at her. “I need you to do the copies of those files I told you earlier. Don’t think you are going to escape it because of the little work you are doing.”Amelia could hardly believe her ears, she already had work that she couldn’t finish in a day pilled in front of her, and Florence was thinking about adding more to it. “I’m sorry, but I am busy. It’s best if you do your work yourself.”The response didn’t meet Florence well. “Are you refusing to g
Loveth: I jus hear ur mada name, Mis Amelia. Ha name is Anne Devano and she waz ur step mada best fend. I hear ha talking to ur fada about it. I hope diz wil hep yu, Miss.Amelia had to read the message twice to understand what she was saying. For the first time, she knew her mother’s name; Anne Devano. She remembered asking her father for her mother’s name and picture, but he had ignored her, claiming she didn’t need to know. Her mother was gone and out of their life, keeping anything to bring back her memory was only going to hurt them. He had burnt all her pictures, and Amelia could barely recognize her.“Anne Devano,”“What!” Christie asked. She had forgotten that there was someone else beside her. “Who’s Anne Devano?”“Sorry. I didn’t know I said that out.”Christie nodded, already forgetting about it. “What do you say to us eating together?”Amelia hadn’t planned to go on a break, as she had lots of work to do, but her stomach grumbled and gave her away. “I am fine with it
Amelia paused where she was; she was just a few steps from his seat. She frowned not saying a word, as she was still deciding if she had heard the word or her ears were deceiving her. Just the second day in office and her husband was already flirting with some guy, and to think he trusted her.Noticing the sudden silence, as Miss Florence was rather chatty, Mike lifted his head to stare at his wife. She stood still like status with a bag clutched in her hand. Mike cursed, he had mistaken his wife for some strange woman. He closed the file in his hand, “Amelia, what are you doing here?”She raised her brow in mockery. “Not the person you were expecting to see. You must have been disappointed.”He shook his head. “Sorry. I shouldn’t have mistaken you for that woman. I got carried away with the work at hand.” He tilted his head at the bag in her hand, “What’s that for? Is it mine?”Amelia's gaze fell on the bag in her hand, and although she had packed it with him in mind, the last
‘I’m sorry, Phoenix, but there was nothing much about Anne Devano. It was as if she ceased to exist twenty years ago, and most of the information about her was being erased. Did you get the name of the school she attended with your stepmother?’Amelia stared at the message Vold as sent to her. After listening to Ava's words, she could barely sleep, and that resulted in her asking Vold for help since he was the only other person that knows about her mother. Why would anyone erase information about her mother? Was it her father, because he had made sure there were no traces of her mother left in the house?“What are you staring at?” She heard Mike’s voice. She had thought he was asleep as they had divided the bed, and she lay on her side of the bed. But his voice was as clear as day. She closed her phone and hid it under the bed. No one was to know that she was looking for her mother. “Nothing.”Mike sat up, “It doesn’t seem like nothing. Did something happen with Ava before I