“Let’s go to the garden. We need to talk.” I tell him as we walk.“Sure. No problem. How have you been?”“I’ve been fine, and you?”“Okay, mostly.”“So, why have you been avoiding me?” I ask him, seeing no reason to beat about the bush.“I thought it was what you wanted.”“You thought it was what I wanted?” I repeat incredulously.“Well, yes. You were giving me attitude, and everything I did seemed to annoy you. Also, no matter how many times I asked, you didn’t tell me whatever it was that I did wrong, and neither did you accept my apologies. Then to worsen matters … well, you know how that last time we were talking and I yelled at you turned out. I hate that I frightened you so badly that it made you remember …"We were having an argument. People have arguments all the time. I yelled at you too. I definitely don't hold that against you." I interrupt him."Anyway, after that, I figured it is best if I kept my distance from you and we only relate where Ava is concerned. After all, yo
CHARLESThings between Jessica and I get much better after we profess our love to each other. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life. I have a beautiful girlfriend, who I’m planning to ask to marry me, as I see no point in waiting, and I have a very cute daughter, whom I love to death.Now that Jessica and I are official, I’m thinking about asking her to move in with me as I once did. After all, nowadays, she spends a lot of time in my house and has even helped me with the design and so many other things, so on one of the nights when she’s sleeping over, I decide to ask her about it.“So … I’ve been meaning to tell you something,” Jessica speaks first, beating me to it. We’re lying in bed in my bedroom at my house, after a fun-filled day.“I’ve decided to move back to my former house.”“Excuse me? Why would you want to do that?” I ask incredulously.“Well, I was once a top model in this country, before all that happened, happened. Anyway, I’ve been looking to get back into the ent
CHARLESI had proposed to Jessica on the spur of the moment, thereby ruining the perfect proposal which I had in mind when I bought the ring. I’m talking about the standard proposal with roses and the rest. She doesn’t seem to mind, though. Instead, she happily showed her ring to Carol and Aunty, who ‘oohed’ and ‘aahed’ over it as expected.Still, I want to do something romantic for her, so I ask her to choose an exotic location, so we can go honeymoon there, after the wedding, which is going to be a very small affair with only our closest friends present. The last thing we need is more publicity.Jessica and I now live together at my house with our daughter. I had never pictured myself as a family man, let alone a happy one before now, but now that I am one, I can’t picture my life without my beautiful fiancée and daughter in it. The house, in contrast to my former one, has state-of-the-art security, and I’ve employed three guards … two male and one female for extra protection.Whene
JESSICAWithout anyone telling me, I already know that it is Veronica who leaked the news of our wedding to the press. It just makes sense, after all, she’s the only stranger who was present at the wedding, and as foolish as I was, I had told her that Charles and I were going on a honeymoon, along with our daughter. I have forgotten just how talkative she can be, otherwise, I wouldn’t have told her about it. One call to her proves me correct.“Veronica, did you tell anyone about the wedding?” I asked her, unable to mask the anger in my voice.“Of course not! But of course, my husband knew about it. There’s no way that I would travel and leave the kids with him without telling him where I’m going. You need not worry, though. He definitely won’t tell anyone about it. You know Leo is the quiet type. Oh … and I took some videos, which you knew very well that I took, because you saw me taking them, and even posed for them. I wanted to upload the videos to my story, but I remembered that yo
CHARLOTTEOutraged is an understatement for the emotion which I’m feeling right now. I have a brother, and not just a brother at that, but a twin, who shared the same womb as me at the same time, but apparently, I mean nothing to him, which is a damn shame.I’ve been hiding like a common criminal all these while, meanwhile, he is busy gallivanting about with that irritating vermin called Jessica. I really should have offed that woman while I had the chance. No doubt she’s laughing at me and having a swell time owing to the fact that she has my dear brother in the palm of her hand.I’m not surprised, though. Since we were young, Charles has always been a puppet with no balls. He has always been annoying to me, but now more than ever, his stupidity is a thorn in my flesh. Still, I love him in my own way even though I’m sure that most people won’t believe that.He no doubt thinks that I was trying to kill him that day when I shot at him, but I was only trying to teach him a lesson. Trust
What was this condition, I hear you ask? Well, the condition was that Sebastian had to enter into a contract marriage with a woman of Mr. James’s choice for a year and six months at least. That has to be the most ridiculous thing that anyone has heard, but instead of scoffing at such a ridiculous offer, Sebastian grabbed it with both hands.Enter, Carol. At first, Carol’s bubblier, livelier, and more beautiful younger sister, Victoria, (I had her killed, because Jessica befriended her, so she knew about me) was the bride who was hand-picked by Mr. James for his dear Sebastian. Donald, their father, and Mr. James had been friends back in the day. Apparently, the old fool felt that with Victoria’s beauty and liveliness, she will be able to bring Sebastian out of his funk.Little did he bargain for the fact that Carol would manage to talk her younger sister out of marrying a total stranger, which is what Sebastian was to both girls. The result of this was that Victoria absconded on the v
I had gotten under Carol’s skin, and become her friend, even though it was clear that she did not like me a lot. Who needed her to like me, anyway? I just needed to use her to do what needed to be done, after which she could go hang for all I care.As I said earlier, Carol proved to be the most foolish and accommodating person that I have ever met in my entire life, so much so that till today, I wonder what Sebastian saw in her, with all his intelligence. Maybe it was her big boobs. Intelligent men too fall for big boobs.Anyway, that’s by the way. Once I befriended Carol, I began to pry into her private life. She was very willing to talk, since she had no friends she could talk to, and she was already in love with Sebastian, who showed no signs of reciprocating her feelings. By this time, I had released Jessica, and during an ‘operation,’ one of my goons had shot at and injured her, instead of killing her, so she was in a coma in the hospital.Carol was worried about whether Sebastia
"Okay." Carol conceded, glaring at me, but I did not even bother to glance her way. Instead, I was looking around the spacious living room with its tasteful decorations and all the expensive artifacts that graced its walls. Before long, the maid was back to tell us that Mr. James was awake and had instructed that we be allowed to come to see him immediately. The maid then left us to go upstairs by ourselves, since Carol knew the way. She led the way slowly, and I followed her behind, my heart pounding for reasons best known to it. "Take note that he is a very sick man. Please, do not strain him too much." Carol cautioned. "You keep saying that, but I still don't know what you mean. Do you think that I'm going to make him run a marathon, or make him do hard labor, or what?" "No, but you kind of talk a lot, no offense. I talk a lot too, but that’s according to Sebastian, though. Besides, you are sometimes rude. I respect Mr. James a lot, and so I would not like it if you were disre