/Brian’s POV/ “Shall we?” she inquires and I let out an awkward smile. “shall we?” I ask her confused “shall we be on our way to see your dad like you sister just informed?” she answers with irritation evident in the tone of her voice “when was there a we in the equation” I question her and she stops for a moment to probably process my question. “you agreed to see my father not me so stop trying to impose your decision on me” I caution her.“Are you planning to avoid your father forever” she answers with the look on her face suddenly softening “I don’t plan to ignore the old man forever, I just plan do ignore him for as long as I can” I answer her because I know that my father is literally going to kill me for what I did earlier today because no one goes against Xander kings and comes out unscratched so if I was asked if I regret what I did? My answer will be a resounding NO.“I have successfully gotten myself out of the alliance between the kings and the Weston’s for life.In
/Meelah’s POV/“Since your mother is out of the room, I guess we can have a proper conversation now” Mr. kings speaks up as he gestures to the seat in front of him for us to be seated, but I hesitate because I am not sure if that Is the right thing to do or not but Brian pulls me to the seat, and we are both seated faces to face with Mr. Kings.“it is funny how you had unwavering confidence to noy only substitute your friend as the bride, but you were able to pull through the whole ceremony, so why are you acting like I am going to swallow you alive” Mr. Kings cackles and the twisted feeling in my stomach multiplies knowing“The marriage is done, you guys are married already and there is no need crying over a spilt milk, but I want to ask if you thought this marriage through before going ahead to marry Brian?” Mr. Kings inquires looking into my eyes with an emotion that I can’t place.“Wait a minute,,,,,,,,”“This scenario right here is not following the script that I wrote in my head
/Brian’s POV/I won’t say that I saw the fact that my father was going to accept Meelah with open hands coming, I was just thinking that he wasn’t going to punish her severely because he has a soft spot for her, but in this case, he didn’t only accept her as his daughter in law, but as his own daughter.Also, when my father mentioned that I could move out of Kings villa into one of the houses in the kings estate, I could not believe my ears because I have been begging my father to allow me move out of the house{kings Villa} for three years now but he didn’t heed my request because he claimed he wanted one big and happy family, but today, he broke those rules for Meelah just because he feels that she won’t be comfortable with the idea of living as a live-in daughter in law.I don’t mind that my father is giving Meelah preferential treatment because what she did for her friend today has earned her a lot of respect from me, more so she will go through hell if she had to live under the sa
/Meelah’s POV/I clench my fist in anger as I walk away from Mr. and Mrs. Kings room, silently praying that I won’t be having any major interactions with Mrs. kings because that woman is all shades of scary, then since we won’t be living under the same roof with Brian’s parents, I don’t have to worry myself about wanting to fit into how an ideal daughter in law should behave because I am not cut out for these wifely duties at all.I can’t believe that it has been less than 24 hours that I got married, but I am more than exhausted already. I think the best thing for me to do at this point will be to go to bed and then deal with my problems tomorrow.“Goodness gracious!” I suddenly exclaim.“I got caught up in all the wedding activities that I completely forgot to ask about how my baby is doing” I mentally chastise myself as I take out my phone to talk to Aurora since it was with help of her boyfriend that we were able to send Eden to the hospital without being found out.I dial Aurora'
/Meelah’s POV/I wake up from my deep sleep to the sound of my phone buzzing loudly.Half-conscious, I get my hand out of the comfortable duvet as I started searching the bed side drawer frantically as my phone's persistent ringing delved into my brain.I didn’t want to open my eyes because I was scared that the sleep was going to clear off my face, so I silently hoped that the caller would stop calling as I knocked a few things over, trying to trace my phone.I found the phone and I took it closer to my face to see if the call was worth picking or not despite how blurry my vision is.“G Mama” I pronounce half asleep, almost swiping right on the caller ID to pick the call but on recapitulating who it is, my eyes widened in horror, and the sleep completely cleared off my face.“G mama?” I pronounced as I quickly dump my phone on the bed side as if it burnt me so that I won’t mistakenly pick her call. I sit up on the bed and watch the phone ring, unsure of what to do.I am in a dilemma
\Meelah’s POV\“Melanie Caleb!”“ How could you?” I mentally chastise myself.Staying in the same room with another man is bad enough, how could you forget to lock the door” I scold myself again as I look in the direction of the door and I realize that I still didn’t bolt the door.“You really need to look out for yourself more” I mumble as I walk towards the door to bolt it.After locking the door, I look around the room and I find my box carefully placed in one corner, so I take out the last outfit that Eden prepared to travel back to silver city in, which is an orange sweatpants and a white crop top which I was not going to be such a bad idea since I was going to be travelling back to silver city with my girls.Normally, I am not really the type to wear clothes that will expose too much skin, but according to Eden’s well laid plan, she was going to show up at the airport in crop top and sweatpants to piss her mother-in-law off, and she begged me to travel with mine so that we could
/Brian’s POV/After leaving the room that my own sister kicked me out of, I located the bridal chamber that Elva didn’t want to shut up about.when I got into the room, my things were arranged the same way I arranged them in my previous room, so it was easy for me to freshen up and change into something comfortable.After freshening up, the event of the Bride twist replayed in my mouth and all I could say was “dammmnn!!’’ Because I didn’t see it coming at all, and up on till this present moment, it still doesn’t feel real.While I was still trying to process and reprocess the events that happened during the day, I got a message from Elva that Meelah was in the room that I was kicked out of, insisting to see Eden.I didn’t find it strange that Meelah went over to see her best friend, but for some reason Elva didn’t want her to spend a few moment with the friend that she sacrificed so much for.I told Elva to just leave both Meelah and her Bestie to have their moment, but my sister told
/Brian’s POV/We have been at the airport for a while now, but for some reason my mom sent me over with the details of the four of us that are traveling back to silver city so that I can get the clearance done at once so that it can be fast.I told my mom that everyone had to go through their clearance themselves, but she refused and told me that it was possible so I had to choice but to walk over to the clearance desk to give it a try.I really didn’t want to leave MEelj with my mom because out of everyone in the kings family, my mom didn’t take the news very well neither did she hide how the bride switch made her feel.I know that meelah was left alone with my mom tge ireviiusvreason, and she managed to return to the room in one piece, but this time around I can’t help but feel weird about the situation.I wanted to take Meelah with me, but I realized that she was feeling kinda uncomfortable and I am guessing it is what she is wearing which is not likely to be the case because she p
|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