Selene was in the sitting room when she saw the news. Was she dreaming? Luck had finally left that unfortunate girl.“Mum, come and see something.” She screamed, which made Elizabeth come out from the kitchen.They watched the news and confirmed it was really Clara and that she was wanted.Joyfully, Selene asked her mum. “Mum, aren’t we lucky?”“This is just the beginning my dear. This isn’t enough punishment yet.”“Right?” Selene asked.Ever since Young Master Alex tampered with their investment, Elizabeth had been plotting her revenge slowly. Apparently, the revenge isn’t for Young Master Alex, rather it’s for Clara. She is the cause of everything in the first place.Selene knew her mum was right, this was just the beginning of Clara’s misfortune.Annie Cooper and Mrs. Peters had also seen the news. They didn’t know what really happened and how that came about.But because Clara was involved, they wanted the cops to take all the necessary action and would even hand Clara over to th
The cameras were flashing on Clara’s face as she was being taken into the station.“Miss Clara, did you do this?”“Why did you do that?”“It's been rumored you have been trying to get CEO Alex’s attention. Is that true?”“You both have been together a couple of times. What's your relationship with him?”Clara wished the ground would swallow her. She never replied to any of those reporters questioning her.Her mind was occupied with her mum. She saw Alex’s reaction before leaving and kinda prayed he would help her mother.Mr. Peters was in his seat smiling at how perfectly everything played out.Oh poor Clara, look how easy you made this. He took a sip of his wine and continued being busy on his phone.Alex stayed till Mrs. Roberts regained her consciousness. She told the nurses to take care of her while he went to the station to see his wife.Mr. Peters had ordered that no one see Clara or bail her, but when Alex showed up, they couldn’t deny him access since he was Mr. Peter’s son.“
Immediately Alex replied to that question, the camera surrounded him. Every journalist is trying to cover for their media houses.“CEO Alex, is the woman Annie?”“Can you confirm what Annie just said?”“You guys are engaged, when is your marriage?”“What made you choose Annie amongst other women?”Alex smiled as he positioned himself forward to the microphone.“I am not engaged but married.”“Married?”“CEO Alex, are you married to Annie?”“CEO Alex, how long have you been married?”Mr. Peter had suspected that Alex was going to say something so he ordered the reporters to stop but they didn’t.Annie grounded her teeth, she was going to believe that he would talk about that bitch, would he?“I am married but not to Annie here.” Alex finally said again.“Who then are you married to sir?”“But Annie just confirmed you guys are in a secret relationship.”Alex wasn’t even looking back as he spoke. He didn’t care about their facial expression or his parents’ presence.“Well, my wife has be
Alex was rounding up in his office. He kept looking at his time to make sure he got back on time. He mustn't let Clara feel dejected or abandoned.With his face still covered, the strange young man left the room after injecting the drug into Mrs. Roberts.“Thank you,” Clara muttered but the young man had just ignored her and only nodded his head and left.He obviously avoided eye contact and was looking down, though smoothly without any suspicions.After Clara sat close to her mum, she seemed asleep now and was resting. She can't wait for her mum to be finally fine. The memories of how her mum tried to defend her back there in Alex’s house reminded her of all she had lacked.How Elizabeth and Selene maltreated her, and how Mrs. Peters insulted her. If only Mum had been fine all along, none of this would happen to her.She held her mum’s hands tightly as she kept smiling at the memories popping up in her head. “Mum, you have to be fine for me, for us.” As she still smiled, Alex had arr
Alex picked up his car keys and drove to the hospital. He didn’t want Clara to come with him yet so he could see if he could do anything.In the hospital, Mrs. Roberts was surrounded by medical practitioners. There was nothing they could do about it anymore. She was dead.Clara wasn’t convinced by Alex’s reply. She knew something was wrong. Something must have happened again.She decided not to take an act again because of the way her last action implicated her. She decided to secretly follow Alex to where he was going.Clara booked a taxi and told the taxi to follow Alex’s car. She was rather shocked that he wasn’t moving towards the direction of his office but still followed him.Shockingly, it was the hospital that Alex was driving to. Alex went into the ward. Mrs. Roberts was already covered.“What even happened, doctor?” He asked.“We are so sorry Mr. Alex. This has never happened before.”As Alex was still going to ask for more details of what happened, Clara came inside. Was th
The burial date of Mrs. Roberts has been fixed. Mr. Roberts didn't even feel the death of his wife or rather ex-wife.Alex has been supportive of Clara. He was always there for her. He came home more often to stay with her.The burial was fixed on a Friday. Alex helped her with most things and she had also gotten her first allowance.Mr. Roberts refused to contribute a dime to the burial of Mrs. Roberts. Clara had approached him many times but together with Elizabeth, they always sent her out.Elizabeth was feeding Mr. Roberts with lies and evil and telling him not to help Clara in any way.After they fixed the burial, it was going to be a very quiet burial with very few people and the priest.Clara, Alex, Sophia, Henry Brown, and two other friends of Alex attended the burial with the priest. After the burial mass, they dropped the bouquets on Mrs. Roberts's grave to signify their last respect.Clara was wearing her dark goggles, she had been crying out her eyes and Alex was just alway
The young woman who was the mother of the boy went closer to the car, she knew Alex very well in the estate and also knew that he was the son of Mr. Peters. “Young master Alex,” She greeted happily, she wanted Alex to be aware that she knew him. “Hi.” “Sweet, what are you doing?” Alex returned her greeting and immediately queried his wife who was standing still. Was he referring to her all these while? The young lady thought to herself. “I just wanted to take a stroll,” Clara answered her. She wasn’t so audible and only Alex knew what her predicament was. “Alright then, let’s stroll together.” Alex came down from his car and ordered his driver to continue and take the car home. The other young lady was very shocked. Who was this woman that Young Master Alex was taking a stroll with her? “Mummy, does this young master know her?” Charles, her son looked up and asked her, pulling her dress but she ordered her son to shut up. Alex had no idea of what happened so he just took Clara
"Please, give me more time. I don't have a job and I will need to calculate and raise such an amount of money.” Clara tried to plead with Elizabeth because one week was a short period for the amount they were talking about. “There is no extra time, Clara.” After that reply, Elizabeth left her in the middle of nowhere and disappeared. Recollecting herself, Clara reassured herself that whenever it came to her mum, she would do whatever it was to give her a good burial. When Clara got home that day, Alex was already home. He had been waiting for her and wondered where she went. “Did you take a stroll?” There was a bit of delay in Clara’s reply. She had been warned not to tell Alex anything if not her mum’s corpse would be thrown. “No.” she gently replied, shaking her head and avoiding eye contact. Alex waited for her to say something else, where she was coming from or what she went to do, but Clara remained mute. He let that slide and gave her brief details about his day in the o