Denise felt like her heart had jumped out of her chest. No, it literally did. What was this? Didn't Alex say that it would just be the two of them? So, what was this? What was he doing here of all places?She didn't think that she would have to go through this again. Not that she hated it, no. In fact, she really liked it. What she didn't like was making a fool of herself the way she did last time by fainting.There, standing at the door and smiling at them, was Ansel. Yes you heard that right. The same Ansel who never smiled. The iceberg of Xela, was standing there smiling at them like it was nothing but natural for him to be there. He didn't even seem like he was surprised that they were there at all."Hey you two," he began and up-to now, Denise was just staring at him hoping that he was just anapparition. But did apparitions talk or smile at people?"Hopes you dont mind my coming here unannounced. I was having a meeting here in my office and when I was leaving, Xavier told me tha
They talked and laughed and didn't actually notice that time was moving. It was much, much later when the waiter came to pick the used plates that they realized that they had been talking and laughing like old pals for almost two hours.Denise was actually surprised that she could hold her own for that long when faced with an enigma like Ansel. She also realised that he was an easy going man and she shouldn't have feared him as much.Ansel, on the other hand, was on cloud nine. He was ecstatic. Who would have told him that his crush was that fun to be with. They were like two sides of the same coin. All Ansel knew was the high class stuff, business and closing deals but Denise knew the street life. She had been there and she knew more about the life of the poor and the middle class than Ansel did. They thus talked about all this and that without any care in the world but the downside came when Ansel asked her about her family. This was a topic she had never talked about with or to an
In the nineteen years of her life, Denise had been through hell and back. She had literally gone through the valley of death and had emerged on the other side victorious and she did because from an early age, she learnt that the only person she could trust was herself and herself alone.That was why she didn't have any friends. If even the people she called her own family didn't want her, what of strangers? Thus, she had built these huge walls around herself and hadn't found anyone who could break them or to put it rightly, she had never let anyone near her. She had barricaded herself and trust wasn't something she gave readily.She had also learnt, from an early age, that tears didn't solve anything. They only made one look weaker than they already were and gave people reason to want to hurt and bulky her more.And there is nothing bad in this world the enemy knowing that they affect you with their actions. There are some psychopathic and sadistic people in the world who derive plea
Denise sat there for a while frozen as if she was suspended in time. Her heart was beating a thousand beats a minute. If body organs could talk, her heart, her lungs and her small intestines would have talked of how nervous she was at that moment. She felt the proverbial butterflies in her stomach. If Dwayne wanted her dead, he had succeeded because if she didn't calm down and quickly, she would get a heart attack. She could feel the palpitations coming. "l am definitely hallucinating! That's it. I must be sick. Or have I been overworking myself? That must be it." Denise thought to herself as she sat there trying to control her breathing and staring at Ansel like a ghost.She thought she had heard him wrong. She must have. He couldn't have been serious, could he? She stood wanting some fresh air to help her think and when Ansel saw that, he felt his heart miss a beat. Did she want to leave without saying anything? Was he too direct and he frightened her?He couldn't let her just l
"Do not be afraid of love or the course it will take. There is no certainty in life. Choose love first and choose love last and it will give you more than you ever give it." – Donna Goddard, Waldmeer.What Denise was experiencing right then was the fear of uncertainty. She knew that she was a nobody (not that she had ever let that stop her from wanting to become somebody) and she couldn't be with Ansel.There were a lot of 'ifs' and'what ifs'. This fear waswhat was making her want to refuse Ansel's proposal as early as now before she got in too deep.What she didn't realise was the fact that, the fact that she didn't want to disappoint Ansel by marrying him and then making him find out that she was a disappointment and she wasn't what he was looking for in a wife, all meant one thing: she was head over heels for him already and he meant the world to her. But being the naive girl she was having in mind that she had never been in a relationship nor fallen in love before, there was no
As is norm with all people, fear of losing is innate. No one loves losing and hope helps one deal with such fear. It is said that hope is the last thing we lose in anysituation. Thus, Ansel was hopeful that he had convinced Denise to agree to his proposal and he had this mininised his fear of rejection by hoping that she was in. He was hopeful that all would go well.After finishing his long speech, he stood there looking at her withva hopeful expression and his eyes fixated on her. She also looked at him wondering if he was the one who had said that much. Like everyone in Xela, she also had the same view about Ansel. The reason why he had been nicknamed the lceberg of Xera was not only because of his cold demeanor but also because of the fact that he rarely talked. Even when he was having a proper conversation with anyone, he would only give one word perfunctory answers or short commands. He thus gave people people this picture and impression that he never talked. There was in fa
When someone has a happy thing going on, days seem to fly and the opposite is true too. When there is something troubling someone and they want days to just get a move on, they drag themselves like an old grandma going to the market or just walking her tired bones.For these two, it was really confusing which one and one didn't even know which to apply to who. For Denise, she wanted days to drag themselves so that she could have enough time to think and avoid seeing Ansel but time just didn't listen to her. One time, she was in the hotel room with Ansel when he confessed and then boom! Three days were gone and she knew Ansel was waiting for her answer.On the other hand, the same three days seemed to be dragging themselves without an end for Ansel. He wished that he was a god and had powers, or a cultivator and had powers to manipulate space and time. Three days would just be done in a blink because he would have done his magic and she would be here telling him her answer. He waited
The following morning, Denise woke up naturally and she felt refreshed. She realized that all she needed was a good night's sleep but the downside was that all the dreams she had had that night were all about Ansel. But she would rather dream about him than dream about anything else.The most vivid one she had was one about their wedding. She had said yes to Ansel and the next thing that happened was the wedding. The wedding happened on a beautiful big terrace of the biggest hotel in Xela and it was decorated beautifully and they had more than a thousand guests but Denise didn't know any of them.Her family wasn't there but she didn't expect them to be because in her memories, she hadn't invited them. She didn't want to invite them because she had an inkling that Georgina would destroy her wedding. She was wearing a long white flowing gown that was shaped like a fish that really accentuated her important parts and features making her look like a mermaid because it had a long shimme
WARNING: Mature content. If you are not comfortable reading explicit material, please skip this chapter. For those who enjoy one on one action, happy reading!Denise was Ansel's first love and likewise, Ansel was Denise's first love. What that meant was that they both were clumsy in their actions but they were both really determined to make it memorable. Denise had never done this again but she didn't just want it to be like any other night for Ansel. She wanted it to be something that would be remembered by this man for a long long time to come.After that kiss, she excused herself to go to the bathroom and Ansel did just that. He was already aroused and if Denise was experienced enough, she could have told from the way his eyes clouded with desire. But she didn't and thus she couldn't tell. All that was on her mind was to make this night special and Ansel was also happy she chose to go to the bathroom at that time because he was feeling like his boner would explode from all the ne
When Denise got out of the bath and wore her night clothes, food was already waiting for her on the small table in their bedroom. She looked at the arrangement and wondered whether Ansel had been sent by someone to torture her heart. He had already done enough but he never got tired of doing things for her. He never got tired of taking care of her and that really made her heart warm. This was a brand new feeling for her and she loved it. She also wanted to experience that feeling for the rest of her life.What Denise didn't know was that to Ansel, he didn't think that he had done anything special for her. To him, this was the normal treatment one should give to the person he cares about let alone the one he loves. But to Denise, who had never experienced any kind of care at all in her whole life, this was humongous. She appreciated every little thing he did because she knew what it was like to lack. She thus appreciated him big time for what he was doing for her no matter how minimal.
Denise slept for the better part of the afternoon into the late evening.All this time, Ansel was sitting there like a faithful dog waiting for her to wake up. She had requested him to be by his side and he was going to honour that promise even if it meant not going back to work. For Denise, he was ready to work overtime for the hours he would miss. He also loved being near her and seeing her this peaceful as she slept like a baby actually made him feel peaceful in his heart. Her abduction had really shaken him and he had to be here to make sure that it was true that she was here and safe.During the time that she was asleep, he had taken a shower and asked the butler to prepare light foods for her for when she woke up. He was sure that she would wake up famished since she had missed lunch. He was thus ready.Denise had the best dream she has had in her entire life. In her dream, she and Ansel had been married for ten years and they had two children: girls. Ansel had spoilt the chil
Ansel helped Denise board their car on the gun shot seat and he drove them personally but there was a bodyguards’ car behind them. He could not trust anybody else to drive her home after the scare he got. He had never felt so scared in all his life and he just wanted to make sure that she got hone safe. He wanted to stay with her to reassure his troubled heart.Denise sat there obediently like a school girl holding onto her bags. She didn't want to talk because she knew that her emotions were allover and she didn't want to annoy the man who sat there looking at the road. She just felt so happy and grateful that she had this man in her life. Denise had never been this emotional and she felt embarrassed about it and she didn't want to embarrass herself more than she already had."A penny for your thoughts," Ansel said bringing her back from her stupor.She turned and looked at him but lacked words to tell him. She really didn't want to talk because she knew that if she did, the well th
At the same time that Denise was settling scores with Mandy and her goons, Ansel was going crazy looking for her. It was after thirty minutes that one of thebodyguards who took the driver to the hospital called Kai and told them that the driver was conscious now and had told him something.The vehicle had a GPS tracker and it was on when he was carjacked and beaten and he didn't think that the kidnappers knew about it.This was the breakthrough they had been waiting and praying for. Ansel had really prayed even though it was a long time since he had.Immediately Kai was told this, they sent the information to their IT guru and within minutes, he had the location of the vehicle. He immediately sent it to Kai and Ansel and his men immediately drove towards thatarea.It was a run down building where there was no sign of life and what gave them hope was when they found the taxi and another car parked next to it. Since they didn't know how many people were there, they waited for all the
Denise looked at Mandy and wondered why and where all the hatred came from. She didn't know the other woman and she really didn't think that even if it was a grudge because of taking Ansel or humiliating her the other day, it warranted her asking her people to kill her."Why do you hate me so much first of all? Do we know each other from somewhere?" Denise asked Mandy because she thought all this crazy.How can one hate someone else out of their own delusions? It wasn't normal. But she needed to hear it from Mandy herself because maybe she had a reason."Do I have any reason to hate you? You took my man away from me. Isn't that reason enough? I hate your very guts!" Mandy said through gritted teeth but Denise just looked at her with pity in her eyes. Really? Did Mandy just call Ansel her man?"Has Ansel ever told you that he loves you or has he ever given you any reason to believe that he does? Has he ever behaved in a way to suggest that he mightwant you?" Denise asked her again,
Denise had known that marrying Ansel would come with its own troubles but she didn't expect it to come so soon. She should have expected that there were people who were in love with Ansel in his own home but she never suspected that any of them would go as far as trying to take her life.But it was okay, they were giving her the experience she needed to live in this world that she had found herself in. She loved Ansel and she was ready to fight for him… literally.She sat on the couch again but her heart was still aching. Every time she would look at the bag that had been holding the food she had bought for Ansel and then think of how these fools had eaten it, she would feel so bad that she would feel better after beating them again.This time, even the guy who had been shot was no exception. They were beaten so badly that they could not speak well because their lips were the sizes of sausages.On the other side of the town, Ansel was going mad as his people tried tracking that taxi
These men regretted underestimating Denise and taking her nonchalance as fear and helplessness. If they had known that she could handle a gun and she knew how to fight, they would have recruited more men or even dealt with her more ruthlessly and without delay. They sat on the floor in a line like obedient school children and faced her. She then sat back on the couch and bent her back a little, parted her legs and placed her elbows on her knees and looked at them the way one would look at children. She was like a mother teaching her children how to be good boys. She was dangling the gun before them and they seemed visibly scared until one decided to be brave. "Do you even know how to use that thing? Stop pretending! Our young miss told us that you are a nobody. So, stop pretending to be brave. Why don't we fight and see what you can do?" He said and she smiled at that. An eerily scary smile that had him regretting why he said that. "Okay," she said just that and pulled the tri
These men regretted underestimating Denise and taking her nonchalance as fear and helplessness. If they had known that she could handle a gun and she knew how to fight, they would have recruited more men or even dealt with her more ruthlessly and without delay.They sat on the floor in a line like obedient school children and faced her. She then sat back on the couch and bent her back a little, parted her legs and placed her elbows on her knees and looked at them the way one would look at children.She was like a mother teaching her children how to be good boys. She was dangling the gun before them and they seemed visibly scared until one decided to be brave."Do you even know how to use that thing? Stop pretending! Our young miss told us that you are a nobody. So, stop pretending to be brave. Why don't we fight and see what you can do?" He said and she smiled at that. An eerily scary smile that had him regretting why he said that."Okay," she said just that and pulled the trigger.