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
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
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
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
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.