He looked to be the only one in the area, and the leather couch he was sitting on gave Alice unholy thoughts.It appeared that he was leaving the restroom because it was the same man she had run into when leaving her room. Why was he still at the reception, I wonder? How come he was still waiting while everyone had left? Natalie met his gaze because she was still staring at him when he was using his phone and drinking. After growing weary of staring at him, the girl turned to her drink, but then an idea dawned on her. It was impossible to measure the extent of her pain from what her fiancé had done to her. When she remembered, She downed more than two glasses of vodka and grimaced at the sight of her sister in bed with her fiancé. The bartender tried to intervene at this point, but she made him understand that he had no control over her life. Knowing full well that the man in the corner was staring at her, she drank half of the bottle. Was she bothered? Not at all! She minded him then, as another dense thought occurred to her. He continued to cheat on her, despite her efforts to protect herself financially. What would happen if she followed suit? A lone man who was qualified for the position was there. Alice was unable to think clearly at that particular moment, was beyond sad and simply wanted to trash herself. For heaven's sake, it was her wedding anniversary! Why was today her wedding day?Had she remained unaware of it, he would have simply shown up at the altar and made some foolish promises to her! She was drinking too much and her mind was screaming in agony. Alice mumbled, "No," "No, he has to pay for this," she said in a weak but determined voice. The bartender realized she had had enough, but he should mind his own business if she didn't want him getting involved. Alice stumbled to her feet and saw two of the men who were watching her from the corner. She would lose that flower she had been holding onto for that lowlife tonight! Natalie gave her a smile, at her choice and stumbled into the man's company.
She slammed her buttocks against the couch and sat down next to him since she was too tired to stand."Hey," grinning, she made an attempt to get his attention even though he was turned toward her.The man thought she was pitiful and was simply waiting to go home because he was either too sluggish or didn't want to go there yet. Now that the bride was inebriated and acting so pitiful and foolish, he started to wonder what had become of her."Hi," he said."Would you like to spend a night with me?" She enquired. Alice was experiencing abdominal fullness, which could be the source of her lightheadedness. "I'm gorgeous too," she said when he just stared at her without saying anything, her.Maxwell merely grinned and laughed to himself. "What took place? By now, shouldn't you be married?" Although Alice's heart was already hurting, his question just served to pique his interest."No wedding," she said, letting her head drop to reveal her tears. "No wedding because..." Alice stared up at him, then lowered her head to rest on his shoulder. She had had enough of the lightheadedness."... since I broke up with the groom. What a jerk he is!" She let her frustrations be known.Maxwell didn't say anything while he assembled the puzzle, but eventually he realized what was happening. "You know, no one will question you about it because...as you can see…"She took a swallow. Pushing back her head to look at him, Alice said, "I'm single and willing to sleep with you," his face directly in front of hers. She gave a pitiful smile. "Will you?" She enquired."What's your name?" After a long while of staring at her lips and face, he inquired abruptly. Although he disliked being touched, he felt immobilized at the moment. Yes, as he wasn't there at the reception voluntarily, he didn't know the name of that couple. "Alice..." was her response. "Alice Dennison," she said in closing. "What's yours?" In a whisper, she said. Her head continued to rest on his shoulder.He said, "Maxwell ," to her. "And I acknowledge that you were deceived," he sent her another glance. "Don't make me sad again, just..."The statement, "You want revenge," wasn't a Without a doubt, he was confident."He cheated, and I want to too," she said, her cheeks almost completely red. "And you want to use me as a way to cheat on him. When he turned to face her once again, he grinned, "You dumped him and you are single." "Will you sleep with me then?""Well, there's just this...kind of condition," he said."Condition?"Alice retreated. "Is that something, money? It is not a major concern. She seemed so pleading, "Just go to sleep with me."His words, "I won't let you go, Alice," touched her deeply when he said her name. "Why?""You'll be mine as soon as you lay with me. His eyes conveyed his earnestness, but Alice was too inebriated to comprehend that "I'll own every part of you." For an instant, Alice became emotionless at his remarks and showed no sign of internalizing them. "That's..." When she tried to ask him questions, he would not answer her."That's the deal," he said, finishing it for her. He sounded firm, "You lay with me, I make you mine." "So think about it before you regret getting revenge." Following his remarks, he sipped from his glass, thinking she would withdraw, but her remarks simultaneously startled and thrilled him."I won't regret it, make me yours." Alice made up her mind that she wanted it and wasn't going back."You sure baby girl?" Maxwell had to make sure."I want it." He smirked at her response, which she had given. After that, a deal was made.***Once they were in a hotel room, Maxwell saw the girl undress in front of him. After washing her face, he made her lie in bed beneath him. This was it; although it wasn't what she had planned to do, she was finally going to give her flower away to a stranger. Alice's dream of this particular time, spent with just one man, was the her fiance, the man she adored. And for that reason, "Will you kiss me?" She asked Maxwell to behave more like the first time she had envisaged. She was so tight there that Maxwell quickly discovered she was a virgin when he found himself kissing her and complying with all of her requests.When he made sure to proceed cautiously and carefully with her in order to prevent her from crying any more, their one-night stand transformed into a lovely romantic relationship. The next day was quickly approaching. When Alice awoke, she felt a throbbing sensation run down her spine and a ray of sunlight fell across her face. She forced herself to sit up, still unsure of her life or herself, only to see a naked man sharing a bed with her. She gasped as recollections of last night suddenly flashed through her head as she wondered. After having sex with an unknown person, what has she done?She was wearing her ruined wedding dress and scenes from last night were racing through her head. She needed to, but she had nothing to wear.She was forced to wear her wedding dress since she had to depart before he woke up. She then departed the room.Shortly after she left the room, Maxwell woke up with a grunt.He had been sensing motions, but last night was so pleasant that he didn't even try to wake up until he was facing the sun-facing window. He sat up and noticed the female he had spent the night with wasn't in bed with him. Maxwell hurried to the restroom, and before long, the entire space became aware that she was gone. "How dare she?" With a somber expression, he clinched his teeth and mumbled. Last night, they came to an accord, and now she had; she's going to pay for this! Maxwell looked for his phone and called his helper to let her know he was at the hotel; he had to go find that girl and get her to pay.the man dashed down the hallway, past doors leading to other rooms until he eventually arrived at his destination and shoved open the door. Happily, he arrived at his boss on time. He had been monitoring the time and figuring out how much time he had left.He had been sprinting, so he pushed the door open and let out his remarks. "Boss, I am here, I got here on time." Taylor was Natalie 's aide.Natalie 's honed abs would make any woman go crazy, and he had a towel tied around his waist with water falling from his hair into it. He was insanely attractive.Fortunately for Taylor, his supervisor was about to the restroom. Because of his lack of friendliness, Natalie instilled terror in all of his employees, knowing full well what would happen if they let him down or failed.After gathering his thoughts, Taylor gave the suitcase to his supervisor and said, "Here are your clothes, boss, just as you like them." Taylor handed the bag to Natalie . "Use that phone to locate the girl, and urge ever
They were all aware of his aversion to physical contact "Master, feel free to set her down here. We'll tend to her needs." The men's leader said, but Natalie chose to ignore him and continued approaching the automobile. "Get in the vehicle and head to Idris' mansion (the men's leader's name)." Taylor gives the doctor a call and requests that he arrive at the mansion immediately." Alice was tightly clutched in Natalie 's arms as he got into the automobile and gave an icy instruction. Everyone moved quickly to avert the boss's wrath, and Taylor called the Hawthorne family physician after that.~~~~~ Ace's Estate ~~~~~They all arrived at the mansion in less than thirty minutes, standing at a designated space within the city, Swiftly stepping out of the driver's seat, Taylor unlocked the door and let Ace inside. With the girl still unconscious, Natalie gets out of the car and carries her inside the mansion, where the doctor is waiting for him. "Whatever became of her, master? Is she no long
Oh my, what a wayward son I have, tsk tsk tsk," James muttered, purposefully upsetting Arnold. Arnold said, "Get to the point, dad. I don't have time for your blabbing." He detested it when people, especially his father, acted theatrically around him. "All right, then, this elderly grandmother will explain her caller's reason. I would like to notify you that your cousin, together with his wife and child, has returned to the nation, and you are falling behind in your desire to have an heir. I'll give him the business if you carry on in this manner. You get it?" James said something serious and hung up. Arnold scowled, his eyes and face as cold as the North Pole, the phone he was holding. "I will kill him then, simple"***** Room*After a while of struggling in the dark, Alice noticed a brilliant light at the end of the tunnel. She swam towards it and instantly started to pant for oxygen. She closed her eyes to the blinding brightness as soon as it appeared, and then she opened them w
"I won't sleep with you or have sex with you for you to give birth to my kids, I won't even lay my hands on your body. You will give birth to my heir through artificial insemination and that's it, nothing else " Arnold explained glaring hard at her. Alice's eyes widened in surprise. "What? Artificial what? Why would you do that to me? Why?" Alice screamed as her gaze roamed around the room, "Perhaps are you out of sperms, is that why you are forcing this on me?" Alice questioned when a thought struck her head. Arnold's lips parted in slight shock but it was not noticeable to Alice, he quickly arranged his expression. He wondered what the young lady was thinking in her little head that made her come to such conclusions about him, anger bubbled up from the depth of his heart but he retrained from choking her to death. "I am well and fit not out of those you mentioned, so stop thinking rubbish in your damn head," Arnold grumbled, he blushed slightly from talking about his manhood but
~~~~~ Dennison Mansion ~~~~~ Cold evening.Jia Dennison (Alice's mother.) sat with a sulking expression on her face, her always sparkling pretty eyes looked dull and almost lifeless. She looked like a pregnant mother who had just lost her unborn child through miscarriage, she sat without any aim or motives just staring at the mansion's door waiting for Alice to come home or walk inside with a bright smile like she usually did. "Alice, come to mother. I miss you so much, don't do this to me. Alice." Jia mumbled in an inaudible voice to herself, big fat tears fell from her beautiful blue eyes which Alice got from her. Mr. Dennison sighed gazing at his wife from the top of the stairs, his expression was no less than his wife but the tears in his eyes refused to fall. He too was missing his beautiful daughter, he had sent men to search for her in the whole of city C but she was nowhere to be found. He slowly climbed down the stairs walking towards Jia, a fake smile stretched on his lips
~~~~~ Arnold's Mansion ~~~~~ The next day.When Alice woke up she was met with darkness, she groaned in pain raising her head from the bed. She glanced around her wondering how she had ended up in the bed, The last she remembered was crying close to the window and there she had fallen asleep. A sharp pain shot through her head "Ah! What the heck is happening to me?" She grumbled raising her hand to her head, when she touched her head she jolted backward "Oh my I could boil an egg with my head." She mumbled realizing the pain and weakness in her body.Everything that happened before she passed out flashed before her eyes, she remembered arguing with the weird man who wanted her to bear his child. She remembered how she had firmly refused and he had then told her he would lock her up till she agreed, tears peeked through the corner of her eyes when she remembered his words. Her situation was hopeless, as she wallowed in her pains, sorrows, and regret the door pushed open revealing a yo
~~~~~ Arnold's Mansion ~~~~~Taylor sighed looking at his twin brother walking away, the truth was they were both twins born to the same parents. Their parents had an estate and a rich business but neither of them wanted to run it, Terry wanted to become a doctor and Taylor was willing to sacrifice his life for Arnold. They both chose their various careers leaving their parents helpless. "What did Terry say? Is she alright or dead?" Arnold questioned walking out of the room which jolted Taylor out of his thoughts. "I think she is okay master, there's nothing to worry about." Taylor muttered turning towards Arnold, "That's good then." Arnold mumbled turning back to walk into his room."Master what should we do about her parents? They are looking all over the country for her, we can't keep them in the dark for too long." Taylor remarked talking about Alice's parents. "I got some intel that the mother fell unconscious today, I think we have to return her sooner than later," Taylor adde
~~~~~ Disentangling Mysteries ~~~~~The chateau hummed with strain as Arnold's determined plans unfurled. Taylor conflicted between devotion and concern, kept on executing his lord's requests. The insight about Alice's supposed treachery with the first life partner spread quickly, creating shaded areas over her family's standing.Amid the disarray, Alice ended up bound to the lavish walls of Arnold's house. The room's glory stood out strongly from the trepidation in her eyes as she argued for her opportunity. The housekeeper, trapped in the crossfire, quietly noticed the unfurling show.As days passed, Arnold's tenacious quest for control increased. He moved chess pieces on the leading body of trickery, organizing a story that would keep Alice snared in his web. The pressure inside the manor reflected the tempest seething outside, an illustration of the strife inside its walls.In the meantime, Taylor wrestled with the ethical ramifications of his activities. He was unable to shake of
Alice’s Promotion:Meanwhile, Arnold's father, impressed with Alice's dedication and competence, names her as the new CEO of the Hawthorne corporate empire. This chapter emphasizes Arnold's father's trust and affection for Alice and lays the groundwork for her new role as the company's CEO. In the aftermath of the chaos that had befallen the Hawthorne business empire, a ray of hope emerged from the gloom. Alice, a persistent and diligent employee, had piqued the interest of Arnold's father, Charles Hawthorne. He was impressed by her unwavering passion and skill and identified in her the attributes required to drive the company forward. Charles had seen Alice's unshakable commitment personally. Following Lily's sad death and Samuel's subsequent imprisonment, Alice remained a pillar of strength, guaranteeing the steady operation of the firm. Her tireless efforts and superb leadership abilities had not gone unnoticed by Charles's keen eyes. One afternoon, when Alice was working at her de
Father's Fury:Lily's father, driven by grief and anger over his daughter's sad death, pursues justice and vengeance. Fueled by his emotions, he takes matters into his own hands, determined to hold those guilty accountable. However, his intentions for vengeance are derailed when he is charged and imprisoned for fraud. This chapter looks into the father's desperate quest for justice as well as the ramifications that result. Samuel, Lily's father, was hit hard by the news of her sudden demise. With grief and rage intertwining within him, Samuel became seized by an intense desire for justice. He refused to accept her awful destiny as an accident and was determined to discover the truth about the events that led to his daughter's death. In the days that followed, Samuel dove into a world he never imagined he'd visit. He worked diligently to gather evidence, examine witnesses, and piece together a seemingly never-ending jigsaw. Sleepless hours were spent poring over records, photographs, an
Lily's Downfall:The discovery of Lily's relationship with Arnold's cousin upends her luxurious existence as a supermodel. The media frenzy and public scrutiny have ruined her reputation and career. Lily becomes insane as a result of her inability to cope with the unexpected setback. The chapter delves into her inner anguish and how it leads to a fatal vehicle accident that ends in her untimely death. Lily had always been a symbol of beauty and achievement. Her face appeared on magazine covers, her runway walks captivated audiences, and her every move was watched by loving followers. However, the discovery of her relationship to Arnold's cousin broke her seemingly ideal existence, throwing her into a dark abyss of depression. As the media frenzy grew, headlines screamed allegations, and cameras followed her every move. Lily's world disintegrated under the weight of public scrutiny, and the once-glamorous supermodel became a target for criticism and derision. The walls of her magnificen
Arnold's Cousin:Exposure Arnold had always thought his family was normal, with no skeletons in their closet. But on that terrible day, his life crumbled into a thousand pieces. It began like any other day: Arnold awoke to the sound of birds chirping outside his window. Little did he realize that his cousin's dark secret was about to be revealed, tearing the fabric of their seemingly idyllic existence. As Arnold walked downstairs to the kitchen, he noticed the tension in the air. His parents were crowded together, their faces filled with worry. Arnold approached them with caution, sensing something was amiss. "What is going on?" "Why do you both appear so troubled?" Arnold inquired, his tone tinted with apprehension. His mother looked at his father, her eyes heavy with despair. "Arnold, we have something to tell you. "It is about your cousin, Mark." Arnold felt his heart skip a beat. Mark, his cousin and childhood playmate, was always mischievous but never malicious. He couldn't compr
A New Beginning:The thundering thunder of gunshots rang across the courtyard, and the pungent scent of cordite stung Arnold's nostrils. He clutched Alice against him, ready for the inevitable shower of bullets that would rip through their bodies and end their lives. But the onslaught never arrived. Bewildered, Arnold opened his eyes to see the mercenary firing line swaying in bewilderment. Their raised weapons' barrels were aimed skyward, sending columns of smoke harmlessly into the night air. Alice awoke in his arms, her eyes wide with the same bewildered apprehension as they gradually untangled themselves from their protective hold. The remaining henchmen in the courtyard were in chaos, their attitudes ranging from combat-ready to completely disoriented. A low, rumbling cadence of rotor blades reached Arnold's ears, quickly increasing in loudness. A big black helicopter banked over the estate, its running lights strobing crimson against the clouds of bitter smoke that remained in t
The Final Showdown:The sleek black automobile raced through the night at breakneck speed, its tires screeching as Alice blasted around bends with reckless accuracy. Arnold's knuckles were white on the door handle, his body tight like a bowstring in gloomy expectation of the upcoming struggle. Finally, the formidable gates to Harris' huge estate appeared ahead, flanked by armed soldiers in defensive positions. Alice grimaced as she pressed the pedal, sending the automobile rushing toward the entryway like a bullet. "Get down!" Arnold yelled, grabbing her by the shoulders and yanking them both into a defensive huddle as bullets exploded. Bullets ricocheted off the strengthened chassis as they smashed through the gates, scattering shattered metal and splintered wood. The car fishtailed wildly before Alice regained control, the tires wailing in protest as she slid across the courtyard in a spray of debris. More armed guards approached them from all sides, raising their firearms and aimin
Arnold's Awakening:The heart monitor's steady beep was the only sound in the dimly lit hospital room. Arnold's unmoving figure appeared pallid and emaciated against the stark white blankets. Tubes emerged from his body, carrying vital fluids and medications. Alice kept a single watch at his bedside, her eyes swollen from sleepless nights and a constant stream of tears. "You have to wake up," she said softly, grasping his limp hand. "The kids need you. "I need you." As if responding, Arnold's fingers trembled almost slightly on her hand. Alice's head jolted up, and new tears welled up as she examined his face, looking for any additional indications of consciousness. Arnold's eyelids flickered open gradually and painfully. He blinked owlishly, his brow furrowing in puzzlement as he took in the sterile surroundings. "A...Alice?" His voice was barely more than a croak. "Arnold!" She leaned closer and cradled his face in her quivering hands. "You are awake! Oh, thank God, you are awake!"
Risky Confrontation:The information I had gathered against Damian and Lily felt like a lead weight in my hands as I walked into the heart of their operations—a generic office building that served as the facade for their massive criminal empire. My instincts told me to turn back and wait for the authorities to handle this sensitive case. But a deeper, more basic drive pulled me forward: a burning desire to look into the eyes of the monsters who had attempted to destroy my family and demand answers. My stomach churned with a horrible sense of anticipation as I walked through the magnificent lobby, my heels tapping on the polished marble with each determined stride. I could feel the weight of interested eyes on me, wondering what business a hugely pregnant lady had in this den of dishonesty and deception. If only they knew the truth: the unassuming figure in front of them was a lady forged in the fires of adversity, a force of nature propelled by unbreakable love and an unflinching sens
Unveiling the conspiracy:The farther I went into Lily and Damian's convoluted web, the more I felt like Alice falling down the rabbit hole, with each new revelation more weird and unnerving than the last. Financial data, once a jumble of numbers and figures, began to take on frightening new significance as patterns formed, portraying a picture of systemic fraud and embezzlement on a scale I couldn't fathom. Damian's deceit appeared limitless. He'd spent years painstakingly siphoning money from the Hawthorne empire, using a large network of shell businesses and offshore accounts to hide his activities. And Lily, that nasty snake, had been his willing accomplice, her beauty and guile providing the ideal distraction as Damian worked diligently to undermine Arnold's authority from within. As the scheme unfolded before me, layer by layer, I felt a surge of righteous rage rise in my chest. How could these horrible, soulless animals attempt to destroy what Arnold and I had built? How could