After a sumptuous breakfast, they went to the Marriage Registry Center where they were to get married. Ansel drove as he showed her the workings of a car. He first showed her just the important parts and what they do like the handbrake, the gears and how they worked, the clutches, the brakes, the steering wheel and how it works and such.That's when Denise realized that the workings of a car weren't actually complicated and if she put her mind into it, she would learn how to drive within no time. That was how she decided to take driving classes on the weekends although she didn't tell Ansel.She hoped to surprise him once she learned how to drive.When they came to the offices where they were to register their marriage, Kai and a lawyer were there. AIl the documents had been prepared and all these two had to do was to sign, take their wedding photo and have their vows before a judge and they would be legally man and wife.The whole process took them like an hour and they walked ou
Denise knew that the hotel was big but didn't expect it to be this big.However, she was happy to be there because then, she would learn how a hotel was run for her future. It had always her dream that one day, she would have the biggest hotel in Xela and even compete with Imperial.She was told that for the time being as she was still under probation, she would be working on floors number 56 and 57. If ever those floors had guests, she and another girl she would be shown later, would be their responsibility to make sure that the guests were comfortable. She, accepted the challenge whole heartedly for it is through challenges that people learn. It is also through challenges that one is tempered.After that first day, she went home happy. She was eager to start work. The following day, Xavier had told her that her uniform would be ready by the next day and that she would also get herduty rota the following day still and she was eager. The driver, whom she referred to as Uncle Mi
Denise decided to deal with the girl but in her own way and pace.Losing her cool because of such a situation would be very childish according to her. She was Mrs Winston and she did not want to tarnish Ansel's name in any way. She would deal with her in her own way until she decided to leave by herself. Whatever her motive was for treating Denise like that, Denise didn't care. Mandy had decided to make an enemy out of her and an enemy she would be.The following day after an uneventful evening and night, she was at work at thestipulated time, ready and excited to start. Xavier was impressed by her. He thought that since she had close connections to the boss, she would be one those snobbish people who treated those belowthem like nothing. But it looked like Denise was different. Xavier was sure that they were going to get along well.After greetings and a few pleasantries, they were both ready to start their day."Okay, MS, since you are here, it's time you took your first assignm
Denise went to the pantry with one of the girls whose name was Judy. Judy was a nice little lass and she talked a lot and Denise did not mind because she knew that if she wanted people to like her in this house, she had to be friendly and furthermore, she knew how to be beaten and she couldn't treat people like that. She had to be an exemplary boss.Judy was amazed at how Denise seemed to know what she wanted and she didn't ask any questions as she went through the things packed in the pantry. She wondered when a rich lady learned all these. According to Judy, who had come from an ordinary family, she thought that someone like Ansel would only get married to a person of his status. So, she could never think that Denise wasn't rich.When they reached the pantry, Denise was amazed. She wondered what all this food was for. It was like they were stocking up for the apocalypse. But she had to act the part of the lady of the house and she thus didn't show Judy that she was surprised.They t
When Mandy added chilli to the food, she obviously thought that she was alone and she never thought that someone would find out. She was double sure that she wouldn't even be suspected.When Denise requested that she be among those who would join them for dinner, she thought that she wanted to tell Ansel what Mandy did and said in the kitchen the previous day. When that didn't happen and they were welcomed for dinner, she wondered whether Denise feared her that much that she wanted to suck up to her. So, she was feeling all high and mighty as she sat there to eat with them.She felt bad that she had to see how these two behaved like they were the only two people in the world who were in love, but she was also glad at the same time. Due to this foolish woman's thinking, she could sit at the same table with Ansel and eat with him for the first time ever. This was anaccomplishment on Mandy’s part. And if it meant that she had to keep bullying Denise for her to get these favours, she wo
Ansel sat there with a sarcastic smile on his face as he wondered how such a dense woman ended up in his house. Didn't the butler find a better person to employ? Couldn't he have looked for someone better? He wondered who was this idiot of a woman to say that his wife, (His wife for heaven's sake!) wanted to give her hot food on purpose because she hated her? Who did she think she was? Did she think that she was worthy?"Who do you think you are to think that my wife has even the time to waste hating you? Do you think that you are worthy?" He asked her all fired up ready to raise Azazel to deal with her but Denise held his hand.She knew that if she allowed Ansel to deal with her, he would be too brutal and she also didn't want him to act before she could finish what she had planned for Mandy."It's okay baby. Maybe she has a reason to say so. Don't you Mandy? There must be a reason why you think I hate you, right?" Denise asked although she knew the woman would just spout more no
The mansion had more than twenty workers put together and they still lived within the compound in the servants' quarters.Ansel and the butler treated them well andthey never complained. They thus were loyal to their boss and they did their work diligently.They have never ever thought of being malicious towards each other or towards their boss. They lived like a close knit family. That was why it surprised them to see someone sabotage their bosses’ food. It never would have occurred to them that Mandy was that evil. Not in a hundred years. Everyone's attention was on her sneering at the way she looked. Pathetic wasn't the word. Looking at the Mandy who behaved all mighty and important whenever she was with the other workers, she was a far cry from this one kneeling there looking all beat. She looked miserable and to be frank, many did not like her in this house.From the moment Mandy came to work in this house, she always behaved as the mistress of the house. She always behaved as
With that done, lessons to be learnt had been learnt and it was time they called it a night except those who still had dinner to eat.The two lovebirds went to their room and it was after they got in that Denise visibly exhaled. She had to admit that it wasn't easy to act out the part of the lady of the house. She was not used to it but to stamp her authority, she had to.She really wanted to be nice to these people but she also had bottom line. And letting one cross it was like showing them that she could be bullied and that, she couldn't allow."Was it that hard?" Ansel asked, as he patted her hair lovingly. He knew she was young and wasn't used to all this and that's why he was there to help her. He would be her shield and wouldn't allow anyone to hurt even a hair on her head."It was hard. I'm not used to all this. I have to admit that I wasn't sure that I could pull it off. But l'm glad you were there to hold my hand though it all," she honestly said and he pulled her into an em
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.
"So, you guys want to tell me who sent you?" She asked them, looking all nonchalant and they laughed.She looked at them like fools and made herself comfortable at that dusty couch. She even placed one leg on top of the other on the knee and looked all bossy. She didn't look like she was the kidnapee at all."Yeah, we will tell you once we deal with you. Our boss told us to do with you whatever we would and she would come to finish you. Don't worry, we threw your phone away and no one would be able to locate you. So, it's just you and us. You can stop pretending to be all brave. But don't worry, we love breaking the hard ones," one said and he touched his lower lip with his thumb seductively, maybe thinking about how he was going to deal with her."Our boss should have told us you are this beautiful. I swear I would have asked for less than what we demanded. I would have even done it for free. Wah! It has been long since l was with such a beauty," another said and they laughed at that
Denise and Ansel stayed in the suite for the better part of the afternoon and since Ansel wanted to drive her home but they had to let her sign out first, change from her uniform and board her taxi as usual. Then, Uncle Mike dropped her three blocks away from where Ansel picked her.They arrived home together and Denise has never been happier.When she first arrived in Ansel's house, she felt out of place. She felt like a stranger and it took her sometime to get used to the idea that this would be her home for a long time to come. But now, with the workers support and the love of Ansel, she always looked forward to getting home. She felt warmth in the house that she hadn't felt when she was growing up with her own people.Since she didn't have anything better to do the following day and she was staying away from the hotel because she was sure that Georgina would send people to investigate her, she decided to go to the mall to do some shopping and maybe later in the day, visit her hus
Georgina and her minions went back to the room and called room service. She wanted to bribe the girls with food and drinks so that they could stay with her as she tried to figure out a way to know who the person with Ansel was. She knew it was easy to control her friends as she always did using her money and their greed. Then, one if the girls had an epiphany. She knew that Georgina always loved flashing her wealth around and why not take advantage of that? "I know how you can find out who that was!" She said excitedly and the others were all ears. “You could just ask one of the people who work here," she said feeling all clever. "Have you forgotten that anyone who works for Imperial never talks? Even the little information I have on Ansel, I had to pay someone a lot of cash, they won't talk. I have tried prying information out of Imperial employees but they are so tight lipped,” Georgina said feeling all downcast. If it was about using cash to find out about Ansel, she
The best feeling in the world is to love and to be loved. When one has someone who loves them, that's the best feeling ever. For Denise, it was magical because she had literally never experienced any form of love from those she mostly wanted to be loved and appreciated by. The people she always thought were family. She always wanted to feel the love of a mother, a father, a sister or a brother but she never did. She always thought that she had a defect until she realised that the problem with them and not her. They always hated her and at one time, they made her think that she never deserved love. But that was the past and she was now here with a man who would do anything for her. From what she had seen so far, Ansel would move a mountain for her and it felt good. As she waited there, she found herself smiling at the memories they had made so far even though they hadn't been together for long. She had thought that all rich people were snobby but Ansel had proved that the
That night, both Denise and Ansel slept like they had never slept before. They were happy and Denise was grinning like a teenager in love, though she was, literally, a teenager in love. Denise was happy because this was the first time she kissed someone and she actually liked it.She could tell how much Ansel felt for her from that kiss. It was sweet and strange in a good way. She loved it and she loved this man more with each passing day.Ansel on the hand never knew that love could be this SweetThough he would have loved to have her that night, he didn't want to scare her this early. He knew he might be too forward or too rough and scare her into never making love to him ever again. That's why he didn't force anything and took care of his desire by himself. But he knew that he loved her more and more as he discovered how his body reacted to her.The fact that Denise made his body react in such a huge way made him love her even more and he knew that he had made the right call. He s