Noah pulled out a seat and sat. He brought out a packet of cigarettes from his pocket, took one stick and lit it, then tossed the packet to Abel.Abel lit his stick and took a long drag. He released his breath and smoke filled the air. He had missed smoking. It had been a long while since he last smoked. That was when his life was perfect before women came in and ruined everything .Abel vowed never to love again. Women are painful distractions. Avery laughed and Noah’s attention was diverted to the Lovers Nook where it came from.“They looked perfect, didn’t they?” Noah said and looked at Abel, whose face suddenly turned red. He clenched his hands tightly at his wine bottle. Seeing this, Noah smirked. and moved closer to him.“Don’t worry, Evanston will take good care of your ex-wife. He has an excellent reputation with women and knows how to handle them in bed,” Abel scowls, but Noah ignores him and puffs out a huge smoke from his mouth, covering the whole place with smoke.“you
“Thank you so much for tonight. You have sincerely saved my ass,” Avery said.Evanston smiled. “Anything for the boss lady. You can always count on me any day, anytime.”Evanston was truly glad that Avery was co-operative. He was not ready to get into any arranged marriage with anyone.When his grandfather mentioned his intentions to him two months ago, Evanston couldn’t believe his ears. George has sworn to disinherit him and his mother if he refuses to marry Avery Clinton. Being the son of Ruben’s mistress and the youngest among his siblings, Evanston was abused and mistreated by his brothers. However, he was loved by their grandfather because he was the most sincere among his siblings. The love George showered to Evanston attracted his brother’s hatred and made them bullied and maltreated him.Evanston lived a miserable life in the Stone family and when his brother’s hatred became unbearable, he moved out of his family's mansion and secretly started his own business, disguising
Behind the garden was Riana, listening to Avery and Evanston. She was coming out of the VIP room, where she was shamefully disgraced by Mr. Douglas and his men.As soon as Abel left the VIP room, Mr. Douglas grabbed Riana’s wrist and pulled her back to the couch.“Where do you think you are going, huh? You got me beaten up and disgraced. Do you think I will let that slide?” Douglas speaks with contempt, blood oozing out of his mouth.“Take her to my room and get her ready. She will finish what she just started.” Douglas’ eyes were red and filled with hate.An evil smirk left his mouth when Riana gasped in horror. After her disgrace, Riana escaped through the back door which led to the garden. That was how she saw Avery and Evanston discussing. She hid behind one of the flower plants and overheard what they said. Avery was pregnant, and no one knows about it? But for whom? Riana thought to herself.She did not allow herself to dwell much on Avery’s pregnancy because of her present
“Thank you for accommodating me last night and for respecting my decisions,” Riana said. expressing her gratitude to Jessica “You know I would do anything for you. We are not just colleagues, but also friends.” Jessica said.Riana smiled.“Did Jessica truly consider her a friend even when she never treated her as one?” Riana thought to herself. Riana hates to consider her subordinate as a friend. Instead, she loves to put them in their rightful position, but despite her ill attitude towards Jessica, she still considers her as a friend.“What happened to you last night and how did you get a pass at Blue Diamond”“Someone invited me over for business but things didn’t work out between us”“And the bruises and swollen eyes?”“Some men fought and got me beaten up”“Why didn’t I know about this? I scheduled all your meetings. Who did you have a meeting with?”“Is nothing to concern yourself with. It was Peter’s client but he couldn’t meet him because of his condition so I went to represe
Tobias came into Avery’s office with a plate of vanilla ice cream and a box of cookies. He dropped the items on the table and said.“Come, let me massage your feet.”“Not now, I still have some inspection to do,” Avery answered and opened the plate of ice cream.She scooped a spoon full and shoved them into her mouth, then closed her eyes to let it melt down her throat.Tobias smiled at her cute face, then took her feet to massage it.Avery opened her eyes and frowned.“This place is an office and if you continue to behave like this, people will start talking. Please stop”“Let them talk. Your legs were hurting because you wore heels for long hours last night. What crime did I commit to make you feel better?”As Tobias’s grip on her feet remained unyielding, Avery took out her phone and began watching the news.Suddenly, Abel’s face popped up on her screen, and Avery pulled her brows.“What is Mr Copper doing in an early hour interview with Ronnie?”Tobias stopped the massage and look
“I’m sorry boss lady, there is something I think will interest you. Can you come to the pawn office?” Celina said.Celina has been working for Avery for more than a decade.After Erica Clinton died, the Clinton family wanted to sell off her pawn shop, but Avery kept the shop instead, without the knowledge of her father. She left the shop under the care of Celina’s mother, Edna, who was her mother’s most trusted employee.Now that Edna has retired, Celina took over the shop. She has a great eyes for valuable items and won’t hesitate to buy them once she sees one.Avery knew she won’t have called unless it was necessary. She has tried her best to avoid the pawn shop, because it reminds her of her late mother.The only reason she was keeping the store was because her mother inherited it from her grandmother and she loved the store so much.Avery spent most of her childhood in that store and so she got emotional each time she visited. To avoid this, she instructed Celina to stop calling d
At Meghan’s mansion, Peter was fuming, while Elizabeth was crying.The news of Riana’s broken engagement was such a heavy blow to both of them, and Peter couldn’t control his anger anymore. He blames Riana for the terrible misfortunePeter grabbed his phone and shoved it into Elizabeth’s hands. “Call Riana and tell her to come home right away.”“I have called her severally, but she won’t pick my calls.” “Call her again”Elizabeth took the phone, but instead of calling Riana, she called Nora. “Please Nora, what is going on? Why did Abel break his engagement with Riana?”“I am confused too. He promised to continue with the wedding when everything stabilized. I don’t know the reason for his sudden change of mind. Please help me console Riana. I will come and see her later,” Nora speaks through the phone.Elizabeth cried out bitterly.“What’s wrong? Why are you crying in that manner?”“Please help me speak with Riana. She refused to pick my calls. I’m worried, I hope she is alright”“R
“Really? You are sorry? Sorry about what exactly? About disgracing and disrespecting yourself around or about your broken engagement”“Peter, how dare you hit Riana,” Elizabeth scolded.“I will still hit her again if she refuses to answer my questions,” Peter yelled.“What did you do to Mr. Douglas last night? What happened between you two” Peter could not hide his disappointment. His heart was hurting, but he cared not; he only held this chest tightly and held the cabinet for support.Riana’s face dropped; how could Peter talk about Mr. Douglas while she had something more important to deal with? Her broken engagement should be her father’s concern, not Mr. Douglas.“Father, I just got my engagement broken. Shouldn’t you talk about that instead?”Peter was cold, and his emotions were bottomless. he glared at Riana and she trembled.“You know exactly what I can do if you refuse to answer my questions.” Riana was speechless; how could she explain her terrible misfortune to her parents?