PARISAfter he hugged me, Brad offered me a seat and asked if I was hungry and I told him no. How could I afford to eat at such a time? My mind was a mess and I felt like I was imagining everything. The fact that I was in Brad's house and he had hugged me seemed too good to be true to me."I'll quickly take my bath," Brad said and went into his bedroom.There weren't many items of furniture in the living room, only a table and the chair I was sitting on. Was I going to sleep on the floor? It wouldn't be the first time though, so I didn't mind. I believed Brad had already done so much for me by offering me his place to pass the night.He came out of his bedroom wearing only his boxers. I closed my eyes the moment I saw him but he laughed, "Come on, Paris, stop being so shy. I've already told you, I am your boyfriend so there's no need for us to hide anything from each other. Come inside.""Your bedroom?" I asked."Where else would I be speaking about?" He asked back. "Or do you intend
PARIS I could not understand what was happening or why Brad whom I believed loved me so much was hurting me.I tried to speak but could not get any words out. I had not still eaten because I was in a hurry to get to school, so I felt weak.My face turned red and my eyes stung with tears. When I could not bear the pain anymore, I held Brad's hands to stop him from hurting me.However, he pushed me backward and I ended up falling into the arms of one of the other three boys. He cried out, "She's too heavy," and quickly let go of me.I fell on my back with a shriek while they all laughed at me.As I sat up, I stared at Brad with tears rolling down my cheeks. The only word I could manage was, "Why?""Because you disgust me," he replied as he walked closer to me.He squatted in front of me and continued, "I know you are dumb and stupid but don't you have a mirror? How could you think you are beautiful just because I said so?FYI, every time I said those words to you, I felt like puking.
PARISI lost my balance and fell on my back but the person who had pulled me back, took the hit as I landed on his body.I heard a painful groan as he freed his hold on me. I rolled to the side, so he could get up but unfortunately, struck my head against a stone and began to bleed from the head.The last thing I saw before I blacked out was the silhouette of a much older man as he stood in front of me and tried to get me up.I opened my eyes to the smell of disinfectant. I looked around the room and struggled to adjust to the light, I was in a hospital room. My head had been bandaged and beside me sat a man whom I later found out was in his early fifties.He smiled at me, causing me to become alarmed since people were usually not nice to me. I tried to get up but it all came back to me; the betrayal and humiliation I had suffered at the hands of Brad Stanton.I suddenly remembered the man beside me as the person who stopped me from jumping over a bridge. My heart was in a lot of pain
PARISONE WEEK LATERLike a dream, my life suddenly turned around. I still could not believe I had gotten a new father and mother. I stayed at the hospital during the time they worked out my adoption papers.I was skeptical about everything at first, but then I wondered; what did I have to lose? I was someone who had already given up on life and almost committed suicide. What could be worse than that?I had also looked up my new family and most of what I had heard from them was what I saw on the internet. Mrs. Lawson was very sweet and kind. She visited me every day and made sure I ate and slept properly while at the hospital.The doctor explained my health condition and Mrs. Lawson assured me that everything would be fine. As I was being driven home, I looked at both of them from the back where I sat and wondered; how could such kind people exist?When we arrived at their mansion, they led me into the house. I was surprised to see a small crowd, waiting to welcome me into their famil
PRESENT TIME( Seven Years Later)Paris opened her eyes when the sound of her alarm rang into her ears. Her nephew, Reign had gotten married to the love of his life the previous day.Everyone in the family had been so happy, including her. She had stayed out late, drinking and celebrating with them before they finally called it a night.Her driver had taken her back home and she had immediately gone to bed. After waking up, her head ached from drinking so much but she knew she had to get ready for work.Lawson Corporation had just landed a billion-dollar contract. A small but important part of the project needed to be executed by a different company since it wasn't their specialty.BRITTS; a small company that started out years ago as a rival company had qualified to handle a small part of the project and the presentation was to take place that morning.As the CEO of Lawson Corporation, she was expected to be present while the manager of BRITTS gave his presentation because she had the
PARISI went back to my seat, and stared at the plaque on my table, "Paris Lawson," my name was boldly written in capital letters. I smiled as I stared at it for a while. I paged my secretary afterward and she came in immediately."You called for me, ma'am.""Push all my meetings to tomorrow, Linda, I'm going home, I need to rest my head.""Okay, ma'am," Linda replied and left my office.I called my driver and asked him to get the car ready.On my way out of the company, I got a call from my sister, Paige."Hey, Paris," Paige's sweet voice rang from the other side when I answered the call.I couldn't help but smile as I replied, "Big sis, I was about to call you, are you home? I'd like to stop by for a bit, there's something I need to share with you.""How about we meet at home?" She suggested. "I'd like to say hi to mom and dad."I immediately agreed, and she said, "See you in a bit."After the call ended, I walked into my private elevator and got on it. When I got down, I walked pas
BRADI got ready the next morning, I was all pumped up, ready to make a good impression on Ms. Lawson.I drove to Lawson Corporation after having my breakfast. I hurriedly took the elevator because I didn't want to be late, and went into the room the presentation was to be held.As I walked in, I stared at all the executives present and my eyes landed on Ms. Lawson. She wore a red dress today and was looking so beautiful. Her dark hair was tied into a knot and she had a Jade necklace on and a gold bracelet around her wrist. Her head was lowered as she read from a file.Her lashes were dark and long, and she had a perfect, pointed nose. Her soft lips were painted in bold red and her skin shone brightly. I suddenly felt like running my palms on her smooth face. "Amazing!" If I was asked to describe her in one word, it would be "Amazing."I was still caught up in my own world when one of the executives cleared his throat and I came back to my senses. I briefly bowed and greeted them all
Brad called, Nick, and said, "Hey, how about we have that drink right now?""Okay," Nick replied. "I just got into the house now and will be stepping out in a bit, let's meet at our favorite bar."About thirty minutes later, Nick stared at Brad and asked, "What's going on? Why do you look so worried?" Brad sighed, "It's something that has to do with my past.""Okay, I'm all ears," Nick urged him to go on. He sighed again, "Well, you do remember how I told you I found Miss. Paris Lawson familiar, right?" "Oh, come on, don't go down that road again," Nick replied. "No, no, just listen to what I have to say. Well, after she gave our company the contract today, I was so excited.But then I remembered something that happened in the past. There was this girl... when I was in high school, she was very fat and people picked on her.I had some nasty friends, and I was nasty myself, so I made a bet.My friends were doubting me and I bet some money that I was going to have sex with her withi