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2024-10-29 19:42:56Alicia and Taylor left Joy's room and went in the study.
Taylor gestured for Alicia to take a sit right across from him.
"Lovey what were you doing in Joy's room? You know it won't look good in people's eyes if they saw you together like that." She said with a sad face.
"Listen Alicia, you are a very beautiful and wonderful person, but I can't be with you."
"What do you mean you can't be with?!" She shouted and got up from her sit.
"Alicia I can't marry you because of that contract, I'll look for other ways to make our company stronger. I don't wanna hurt you because I don't love you" he tried to point it out without being rude
" You do know this marriage will strengthen our companies ties. Your company will be more known through out the world. Whatever you want I will provide. name it". She tried to persuade him.
" That's the thing. You don't seem to understand my point here Alicia." Taylor said as he stood and held her shoulders. " YouRelated chapters
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"mom?..and I think that Joy is seducing my Taylor..." Alicia added fuel to the fire and sobbed softly."Whaaat!" Mrs Young shouted ignoring the people around her, now she was extremely angry , she hasn't like Joy from the very first encounter, and now this? How dare that little girl get in the way of her plans. Taylor was known to be cold hearted and much as girls tried to seduce him, it never worked, so what did this silly clumsy girl do to seduce her handsome son? Is this the reason he has been going against her wishes these months? Oh hell no. That girl has got to go."Yes Mom it's the truth, I walked on them being very close, only heavens know what would have happened if I didn't go there at that time.. " she looked up to see if Mrs young was listening and more tears dropped from her eyes seeing that Mrs Young seemed remorseful."Or.. what they already did" she covered her face and cried."Can you imagine she even chased me out of her room
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Martin Garcia, a cold, arrogant and ruthless business man in New York, his presence alone will make your knees weak and make you tremble. He is well know amongst the ladies for his looks and feared by many for being a mafia in the dark world.To Amber, he is the man she adores the most in the world, she looks up to him for everything and even though their relationship isn't good, she would move heaven and hell for her beloved father.Well,this all changed on her twenty third birthday, this day was a big deal for her, not only was it her birthday but also the day she graduates from business school. She could finally work with her father which would improve their relationship, at least that's what she thought. Much as she wanted a relationship with her father,he always kept a distance from her. He gave her sister Maria all the love and affection, but she never lost hope. She hoped once she was done with business school, he would pay her more attention since they would ha
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"who are you and what do you want?!" Amber commanded even though though fear could clearly be heard in her voice. She tried to look tough even though she was a wreck deep inside her."Oh you are a tough one hmm, I love tough ones especially when I crack them. Don't you just love that?" The second man spoke looking at her from head to toe then looking at the third man like seeking for approval from him."Yes I love that very much, and this one will be very fun am sure" he responded while licking his lips and walking towards her, he squatted to her lever then started brushing his finger against her face like rubbing dew from a leaf."Don't you dare you psycho!" She spat on his face."How dare you b****" paaw a slap landed on her face and a blow in her abdomen."You like that hmm" paaw another slap landed her. She could smell her blood from her mouth, her head was now hurting and separation creeped in."Please.. my father will pay you whatever
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"Good morning miss and welcome back,you got us worried there for a while." She heard a sweet voice say. Trying to sit up and look around, she found that she was in the hospital.. strange, who brought her here? How did she not die? She wondered."How did I get here miss?" She asked confused."Your boyfriend brought you here miss, do you remember what happened to you?"Everything that happened to her flashed before her eyes and her heart felt heavy, she wanted to cry out loud but couldn't, her eyes just couldn't let her shade a tear. In that moment she decided one thing and that was to make her father pay, to make him so miserable, so much he will beg her to kill him. That naive little girl Amber Garcia died the day her father sold her.Wait. Did she say boyfriend?"Miss what is your name?" The nurse asked with a concerned look on her face noticing that the girl in front of her kept quiet and in deep thought."Oh my name is Joy... Joy Benson, please
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"What do you want to eat?" Taylor asked, breaking the silence while getting up ready to leave."Mr Young,..thank you for everything, but I have some questions to ask you if you don't mind." She said motioning for him to sit."Hey, c'mon,do I look that old? Call me Taylor and we will talk some other time when you are well. Now you have to eat and get better.""Actually am not..""Yes you are and so am I , we are both going to eat. Wait for me, am going to get us something to eat.""But ..." He left before she finished talking not giving her room to say no to him.When he came back, they eat and chatted the whole day, well Taylor did most of the talking. He told her about his family back in Asia
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She suddenly recalled all she went through with those men and she started to panic. She pushed him hard away from her, she was feeling breathless and was sweating."What's wrong Joy? What happened? Talk to me please!""Please leave me!" She screamed at him.He tried to get close to her trying to comfort her and he saw hatered in her eyes as well as fear."Please don't come close to me" she pleaded as she was taking steps back."Am sorry I'll leave ." He said while walking out of the room. This incident made him think back on why she was raped, he couldn't bring himself to ask her what exactly happened but he thought it was about time they talked about it. He decided to talk to her in the morning when she has calm down.Joy on the other hand was pacing back and forth in her room. Why did this have to happen to her? She decided to take a cold bathe to calm herself down. When she was done, she lay on her bed looking up the ceiling thinking of w
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JOY!...JOY!... PLEASE WAKE UP!" Taylor shouted trying to wake her up.Taylor was doing some work in his office and it was passed midnight when he decided to go to sleep, when passing Joy's room, he heard her screaming.."STOP!... PLEASE DON'T..!"He knocked on her door, but no response, so he decided to go inside without invitation even though she clearly told him to give her some space."JOY!..JOY! PLEASE WAKE UP!...JOY!" He shouted trying to wake her up, she was sweating and turning in her sleep.He got some water and splashed her ,she was finally awake and breathing heavily."Joy, calm down it was only a dream... Calm down am here.." he said trying to comfort her, he tried to hug her and comfort her but she became restless."Get away from!..." She screamed moving away from him and baaam! She fell on the ground."Joy...""Leave me alone please.." she said trying to calm herself down."Okay, I'll be in my room if you need anything.
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"I LOVE YOU JOY..AM IN LOVE WITH YOU!"There was pin drop silence. ' flashback'After Joy chased him out of her room, he decided to occupy himself in a lot of work to try and forget about the whole situation that had occurred. After work he went back home and lay in his bed.He was staring at the ceiling, drained and depressed about what happened the previous night. His day had not been too good that day. Life was not being very kind to him for a few weeks now, he had countless work to do and kept worrying about Joy. He has never loved any woman before,and the first woman he falls for is broken and rejected him. He could take no more of this stress. He looked vacantly at the ceiling, trying desperately to restrain and organize the emotions which were trying to force their way out of him. Just then, he heard steps outside his door.Even without opening the door, he could tell that it was her, the woman tormenting him all these week
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"mom?..and I think that Joy is seducing my Taylor..." Alicia added fuel to the fire and sobbed softly."Whaaat!" Mrs Young shouted ignoring the people around her, now she was extremely angry , she hasn't like Joy from the very first encounter, and now this? How dare that little girl get in the way of her plans. Taylor was known to be cold hearted and much as girls tried to seduce him, it never worked, so what did this silly clumsy girl do to seduce her handsome son? Is this the reason he has been going against her wishes these months? Oh hell no. That girl has got to go."Yes Mom it's the truth, I walked on them being very close, only heavens know what would have happened if I didn't go there at that time.. " she looked up to see if Mrs young was listening and more tears dropped from her eyes seeing that Mrs Young seemed remorseful."Or.. what they already did" she covered her face and cried."Can you imagine she even chased me out of her room
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Alicia and Taylor left Joy's room and went in the study.Taylor gestured for Alicia to take a sit right across from him."Lovey what were you doing in Joy's room? You know it won't look good in people's eyes if they saw you together like that." She said with a sad face."Listen Alicia, you are a very beautiful and wonderful person, but I can't be with you.""What do you mean you can't be with?!" She shouted and got up from her sit."Alicia I can't marry you because of that contract, I'll look for other ways to make our company stronger. I don't wanna hurt you because I don't love you" he tried to point it out without being rude" You do know this marriage will strengthen our companies ties. Your company will be more known through out the world. Whatever you want I will provide. name it". She tried to persuade him." That's the thing. You don't seem to understand my point here Alicia." Taylor said as he stood and held her shoulders. " You
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"Come in" she said as she sat up in bed. The door opened and revealed a worried Taylor."What happened Taylor,why do you look worried.?" She asked concerned."It's nothing, are you alright?""Yes am fine" she smiled shyly."Hmm ....Joy I need to talk to you about something very important." He said coldly and Joy knew exactly what he was referring to and she felt uneasy as so many different emotions surged in her body."Yes.. please sit" she said and sat next to him on the couch."Joy you know I will always be here for you right?" He asked as he got her hands and put them in his."I know Taylor and I'm very grateful for all you've...""Am sorry for what happened to you." He hugged her tight like drawing energy from her. Without knowing tears fell down Joy's tender beautiful skin. he wiped them with his fingers and kissed her forehead."No.. don't cry, your tears are too Precious to be shade for your ruthless father Joy. They shoul
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There stoop Luther holding a bunch of flowers and smiling brightly."Luther... Good morning. What are you doing here?" Joy asked as she approached him."I came to make sure you are okay after yesterday, is everything alright?" Joy felt embarrassed mostly because she did not remember what happened last night, and she felt extremely sad for no reason, it felt like her past was relived . She gave him a faint smile and asked him to join them for breakfast, he gave her the beautiful flowers and sat next to her on the table.Taylor on the other hand did not like any of what was happening, he kept quiet the entire time."This is Luther, my friend and workmate" she introduced him to everyone in the dinner room. Shu was feeling uneasy, she noticed that Taylor did not like how Joy and Luther interacted, Xu on the other hand was enjoying the show and Taylor was producing a cold aura."This food is really good" Luther praised as he eat joyfully,"I agre
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Taylor felt like the heavens had been opened as those three words echoed in his ears. He stared at her with confused eyes, thinking it's a dream."I love you Taylor, but I can't love you" she started to cry hysterically and he hugged her"I am really worried about you Joy. What's been bothering you? Tell me, am right here" he asked in a low comforting tone. As her cheek rested upon his palm, his face turned bright red." I'm scared Taylor" she said with a shaking voice,"don't be, am right here" he gently stroked her back."That day you found me..'sob' I was raped...but that's not the heartbreaking part, My father..my own father had me kidnapped and raped..he asked those men to kill me after.."Taylor froze after hearing this, rage filled him to the core, Joy on the other hand was crying non-stop."Why would he do that.Taylor.I'm his own daughter..why.... My own father!" She cried as her heart broke again into thousand pieces.
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" I haven't been completely honest with you Taylor... I have had feelings for you for a while now". She said as she gently placed her arm on Taylor's"I know, I sound a bit off but that's how I truly feel" Alicia's face turned red as she gave off a smile slightly looking down.This came as a surprise to Taylor and he had no words. How was he supposed to tell her he had feelings for another without breaking her heart. They both knew it was an arrangement to strengthen the business ties between their companies, which Taylor solely disapproved of, which she knew from the way he reacted at the party, but changed his mind due to his mother's persistence . At that moment they was a bit of awkward silence between them until Taylor's phone rang, it was from one of his clients. Saved by the call, Taylor excused himself, gave off a sigh as he picked up the call from the men's bathroom.After the call, Taylor looked at himself in the mirror. As he passed his fingers thr
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Joy sighed, lost in her thoughts with a look that showed fear, sadness and confusion. She stared blankly into empty space while swinging from left to right on her office chair holding a pen lightly again her lips."Joy...Joy...hello..." Luther said almost shouting and snapping his fingers in an attempt to capture her attention once more."Yes" she finally responded, startled."I asked you a question" he paused as if to see if he still had her with him."Why do you push him away?" He asked with a smile on his face that hinted that he was both baffled and puzzled by her.She stopped swinging on her seat, fixed her gaze firmly on his face but paying no mind to the perfect white line of teeth revealed by his partially separated lips."sometimes things... People are not as they seem"Luther rapidly moved his head to the side as if to look away from her and then right back to the center to face her directly." What do you mean
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" Hey sunshine, welcome back." Said Xu as he got up ." Tell me, how was your first day.?" He continued, Taylor was trying to look like nothing bothered him but to no avail."Huh it was okay, Taylor are you okay?" She asked concerned"Yes yes yes...I ..I..I.."" He is okay , just not as good looking as me" chucked Xu and gave her a light push."You know Joy, I might just consider doing a DNA test on this fool, I doubt he's my brother. He says the most stupid things at times." Taylor said forcing a laugh out.Joy loved there relationship, they always teased each other but she knew they loved each other even more.Five months had passed with no trouble from Taylor's mother. Joy had settled in very well at the company, and became very close friends with Luther and Taylor.Luther always made her laugh with his playful character and Taylor on the other hand made her stomach feel strange and her heart pound like a drum. She was s
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"Evening?.. it's already evening?" She asked confused as she looked at her watch. The man stood silently and watched her amused by her actions."Oh yes.. good evening, may I help you?" She asked smiling and started organizing her table again."My name is Luther Brando, I'm your vice. I was attending a meeting with the Zong enterprises that's why I wasn't able to welcome you here today." He said with a bright smile while stretching his hand to greet her.She felt even more embarrassed, the first impression had been ruined by her messiness."Oh yes Mr Luther, my name is Joy Benson, Taylor told me a lot about you. Please have a sit.""Please call me Luther, Mr Brando sounds a lot like my dad" he chuckled "or my grandfather if we are being technical about it." Joy was amused by his words and giggled."You look like you've had a loooong day huh." He said pointing at the messy table and Joy felt even more embarrassed and smiled shyly."Yes h
