\Meelah’s POV/“Ari! Ember! Dianne!” Aurora shouts as she approaches the mansion, making me shake my head because I didn’t know that she was serious.“What is the deal between you and Aurora?” I turn back to question him.“You don’t have to know that” he answers smugly, making me eye him suspiciously.“I don’t trust you guys” I make it known to him and he just smiles confirming the fact that everything is suspicious about him and Aurora's sudden alliance.“You don’t have to trust us, just help me to bring out the things in the car so that I can leave you guys to enjoy yourselves” Brian says as he opens the door of the car and starts to bring out the gift bags.“Hmmmmmm…...” I mentally prepare myself to question him.“Did Aurora mention that the girl’s night is a sleep over thing?” I question him so that he can be carried along in my program.“It is very obvious from the name” he chuckles.“If you need me to pick you up tomorrow, you need to, give me heads up in advance……...like an hou
/Meelah’s POV/“So are you ready to tell me why exactly you are avoiding me” she inquires again and I start to rack my brain for what to say?“Your drink is ready,” Nelson says passing me a glass of juice.“thank you” I acknowledge, grateful that I have finally gotten the interruption that I needed, and I will be able to escape having any serious conversation with Eden.“I need to ask my boss a few questions, so I will leave you guys to it,” Nelson says as he excuses himself from the kitchen and makes me sigh in disappointment.“Since you are not ready to talk to me, I am ready to have that conversation now instead of continuously postponing it so I will ask questions, and you have no choice but to answer because I can feel our friendship dissipating into thin air because of the events that happened over the past one week and I can’t keep letting that happen” Eden infers and my jaw drops in shock.“Melanie Caleb or Melanie Brian-Kings” she starts making me gulf nervously and shift unc
/Brian’s POV/After bribing my best friend on Friday afternoon, our relationship went back to what it used to be and we got talking about a lot of things, then he gave me his candid advice about putting efforts into trying to get into Aurora’s good books because things will get very bad when they start thinking that I am trying to take meelah for granted because she is only a substitute. Me being the generous person that I am, I called the Michelin stared chef in my house to make delicacies for the Emeralds since I and the Weston sisters used to be really good friends that grew to together because of how close our parents are, and we only drifted apart when my feelings started to conflict my friendship for Ember. Asking my chef to make delicacies also felt right because going over to someone’s house empty handed doesn’t speak well of me, but Elliot was not satisfied with just the food option and he kept on complaining that he feels that it is not enough so we had to come up with a p
/Meelah’s POV/The girl's night commenced with my girls and I downing cocktails, the snacks that was sponsored by Brian and a whole lot of gossip that I and Eden have missed out from.At that point, I realized and there was nowhere I will rather be at that moment because my girls are just like my second family.Ember and Dianne took turns in telling us about how Embers first day at work went, and what made it twice as interesting was because Dianne escorted Ember escorted her office on her first day at work after two weeks of un avoidable silence due to the whole pregnancy saga and her being grounded by her father.Dianne told us that she followed Ember to the office because her gut feeling kept on telling her that the second in command of her company, Rhea who happens to be both brian and Adrians friends were going to kick up trouble for Ember and that was exactly what happened. Just like Brians secretary made it look like I was trying to be bossy because I am now married to the b
Meelah's POV/"Mrs. Kings" Eden calls out to me from her dressing mirror and I raise an eyebrow at her before taking my attention back to my instagram simply because Aurora tagged my real account to one of the pictures at the press conference but I completely forgot that I had a social life because I have been dealing with some real-life shit, but now I have to deal with everything."Are you intentionally ignoring me or your hairs are plugged" Eden inquires glancing in my direction and locking eyes with me as I take my attention away from her and I invest it in what I am doing"Who are you busy talking to on that phone with uttermost concentration?" Eden inquires and I sigh because I can tell that she is starting to scrutinize me like a typical myrtle circle mom, just because it looks like I am lazing around which is not the case at all."don't tell me you suddenly made up with Ryan" she suddenly concludes. "hell no" I answer her firmly. "If I have made up with Ryker you would have
/Meelah’s pov/Eden’s drama eventually dies down and the car goes dead silent, gravevyard standard because the glass was all wound up with the air condition turned on, so there is no disturbance from the outside world as I lean into my chair and watch the other cars skid past us at high speed or pherhaps we were the one skidding past them at high speed with the way my bestie is driving dangerously fast which is different from how should drive normally, but I guess since it took only one day for the whole orientation of my life to gravely change, a lot could have happened to my Eden in one week. The drive to kings villa continues quietly till Eden pulls up in front of kings villa, the building in kings estate occupied by Mr and Mrs kings. “I was not paying attention to the environment when drove in, if not I would have described Brian and my apartment to you, but it spilled my mind if not I would have told you in advance” I take the blame almost immediately. “Wait a minute” she says
/Meelah’s POV/“Hey mama…..come back here” Eden states making me stop in my track but I don’t dare turn back because I don’t want to be considered as defying Mrs kings orders because I am sure that Brian won’t be happy when he hears that I disrespected him mom. “If I am the guest that you just asked her to serve, then I am not a guest and meelah was going to give me a tour of the kitchen so if I really wanted something to drink, there is nothing wrong with my hands do I can sissy’s grab something to drink myself”Eden speaks up for making making me sigh because speaking out for me won’t help at all when Mrs kings had already formed her opinion of me. “I can see that despite everything that she did to you, you guys still didn’t fall out” Mrs kings points out. “With all due respect aunt if you were trying to pass a comment about both meelah and my friendship when you were making the comment about “people that I considered ny close friends but they don’t have my good interest at heart
/Brians POV/"What exactly is going on here?" I ask again as I walk further into the sitting room, looking back and forth between the three heroines of chaos standing right before me but no one is saying anything."Mom!" I urge"I thought you agreed to give Meelah and I the privacy that we need, so what exactly are you doing here?" I question her because I can't believe that there isn't more to why my mom and ex-girlfriend decided to show up in my house unannounced. "So, what you are trying to tell me is that I am hot welcomed in my sons house?" my mom says literally putting words in my mouth. "I did not say that you are not welcomed in your sons house, but that minion of yours is not welcomed here at all and I guess I made myself very clear." I emphasize. "Since I am very much welcomed in your house, then you are not allowed to whine about the person that I decided to bring along with me because whether you like it or not, that person is my business partner so get over yourself an
|Meelah’s POV|I start rounding up the exercise of decluttering my space because this is the first time I am getting back home at the normal closing hour instead of working overtime like I have been doing with Brian, only for my phone to start ringing, so I pause what I am doing to pick up the call.“Hey babes… how are you doing?” Eden says as soon as I pick up the video calls and before I can reply to her, the other girls join the call.“Melanie Caleb… you skipped two girl’s nights without any call nor explanation to justify your actions,” Aurora accuses as soon as she joins the call.“Hmmm,” I sigh deeply.“The past two weeks have been crazy in Kings Corporation, with me trying to stay out of my husband’s ex-girlfriend who tries to sabotage me at any opportunity that she gets, the latest project of Kings Corporation that has been making both Brian and I work overtime because he needs to prove to his father that he can handle the company while I have had to prove to people that I did
|Meelah’s POV|Sunday went by in a blur with my girls showing up at mine and Brian’s house because they were worried sick about me switching off my phone after the incident that happened at the movie premier not only did they just help uplift my mood, but they also mentally prepared me to face the cold world (Kings Corp).It's Monday morning and instead of excitedly walking towards the tall and imposing structure that is standing out against the sky, reaching for the clouds in front of me with the windows arranged in a grid-like pattern in front of me, I am quite nervous but also eager to start work after being away for a while.I park my latest baby (the Tesla that was gifted to me by my father-in-law), then I take out a few of my necessities while clutching my ID badge, my bag, and other necessities, and then head towards the reception desk.I greet the security guard with a friendly smile and I swipe my badge at the entrance turnstile, hearing the satisfying beep that confirms my a
|BRIAN’s POV|“Can you stop being difficult and just tell me who the photographer nigga at the movie premier is?” I urge Meelah because her nonchalant attitude is seriously starting to piss me off.“No one important,” she answers, waving the issue like it is nothing important as she focuses on her breakfast.“Photographer nigga is no one important, but you and your sister were fighting over him?” I remark to get a reaction from Meelah, and judging from the way she pauses dramatically from reaching for the baked beans that are a part of the breakfast platter, I know that I must have struck a nerve.“Fighting over him?” she scoffs.“Are you for real right now?” she questions, looking at me dead in the eyes.“How was I minding my business and getting my pictures taken, only for me to get drenched by the torn in my flesh the same things as me fighting over a man?” she expresses painfully and that makes me realize that I must have gone too far.“Fine…. I apologize for my insensitive choice
|Meelah’s POV|I should have known that running into RK the previous night was not going to end well or should I say that I should not have unblocked that villain and tried to give him the benefit of doubt by thinking he must have had a valid reason for decamping to the enemies camp, but it was obvious from all indication that RK chose Jayden Conor and Skylar over me because of the money that they offered him, but the question that has been on my mind since yesterday was why RK Is still trying so hard to be in my good graces after everything that happened.To say that I was livid when Skylar tried to mess up my life once again by using RK was an understatement, and even though I had so many unanswered questions for Ryan, I was way too blinded by rage to hear him out, and now that everything ended up blowing out of proportion, I kinda wished that I was patient enough to hear him out so that I can at least get closure and move on with my life.I ended up avoiding Brain after we got home
|Brian’s POV|After trying to get Meelah familiar with the movie she didn’t look interested in the slightest, probably because this type of movie is not her kind of thing, she stepped out of the cinema to get some fresh air, but she went for a long time.Even though I want to keep enjoying my movie, I have no choice but to step out to check up on Meelah simply because I brought her here and I have to make sure that she has a wonderful experience, or else the aim of bringing her here will be defeated.I stand in front of the event hall, scanning around to see if my eyes can capture Meelah from afar to assure myself that she is fine so that I can return to the movie theater but I see her with a man who is busy taking pictures of her and from the looks of it, I don’t think this is the first time they are meeting because of how he is putting his hands on her to direct each pose he wanted her to strike when he could have just described it tor her or strike the pose instead of touching her
MEELAH’S POV|I wasn’t expecting that sly human being to take advantage of the situation by offering to help me if only I agreed to hear him out but I had to agree because I couldn’t let my girl’s efforts be in vain, and instead of sending the driver to get me a random ring, but Brian stepped down from the car himself to get me a ring which made me wonder what he is playing at.Anyway, Brian got me a pretty simple and elegant ring that doesn’t look as complicated as the previous ring and I love it because I think this ring sits my personality more, more so you will barely know that it is a counterfeit ring, so a win is a win for me.We are now at the event venue, and here is Brian stepping out of the car while I am waiting for him to open the door for me because even though I agreed to hear him out, he still has to make up for how miserable and rejected I felt during the week so that I can feel his sincerity.Big Daddy Brian has finally put the gentlemanly teachings he got from his wo
|Brian’s POV|After racking my brain, thinking of the best way to ask Meelah out to the movie premier, I decided to abandon the responsibility to the butler because I knew for a fact that I was the one whom Meelah had issues with, and she was not the kind of person that will take her anger out on an innocent butler by intentionally making his task difficult for him, and it worked because just when I was driving into kings estate yesterday, I saw Meelah’s driving out.I actually thought of driving out of the estate to block her wherever she was going to have a conversation with her, but for someone who made a conscious effort not to run into me even while we were living under the same roof, I knew better than to try, and thank goodness I decided against it because on getting home, I was informed by the butler that his part of the task was completed.I went about my after-work schedule normally, and while I finally settled down to eat dinner, I got a message from Elva that she had been
Everyone in this house except for me stayed up all night trying to help with the outfit and everything because my fashion enthusiast friend decided to make an outfit for me from scratch after she found out about the movie premier at the dying minute and she had got her team of designers here as early as 5 am to help with the process of making me an outfit despite my protest that it wasn’t necessary.Brian's sister also showed up with her team of makeup artists, hairstylists, and nail technicians, just to get me dolled up for the event, and I have been sitting here since I took my bath while they dress me up like a doll.“Your bestie wants to talk to you,” Aurora says, handing me her phone hours later after I sat to get my hair, nails, and makeup done without being allowed to check the mirror. “Are you not scared that I will see myself through the camera of the phone?” I question Aurora and that makes Elva block the camera from my view.“I still stand on the existing protocol that I w
\Meelah’s POV\After being made to feel stupid by Brian and like a total failure by my mother-in-law on Wednesday, I needed a way to vent, and the last thing I would have wanted in this life was to put a call through to my girls because I just like me, they had stuff going on in their lives, and it won’t make any sense for me to put everyone in a bad mood just because things were going sideways for me, so I went to mine and Brian’s bedroom to sleep but the more I laid on the bed, everything I could think about was how Brian kickstarted my day by overreacting to the perfume that was supposed to boost my confidence, so I ended up smashing the perfume bottle into the wall hoping it will make feel better but it barely did anything for me.I tried to snap out of the negative emotions that I was feeling so that I could be prepared for the next day’s work, but nothing seemed to be working so I resorted to something that I wouldn’t normally resort to just to escape my problems even if it was t