This was the question he was curious to know its answer."Why are you both quiet? Paxton's voice ate her up, she turned to Jaxton, her eyes filled with tears, he turned to his brother,"It's bad to eavesdrop on a conversation""I try to mind my business but you two are not helping me do that, your voices got to me from my office," he said calmly, he turned swiftly to Sydney,"I underestimated you. How close are you with my brother for him to know a secret of yours you badly don't want to tell anyone? He was playing mind games and Jaxton was aware of it. He had to step in before it was late"Can you just stop? Paxton turned to him, "And why should I?"Because she was a friend of mine even before she got the job and that has got nothing to do with how she came here. We met here." Paxton doesn't need to know what they are keeping but he was curious and partly jealous that his brother was so close off to this lady,"Yes, we're friends and that's that," she said with finality."Well, th
CHAPTER 13: SYDNEY'S POV*** Continuous buzzing of the alarm I set on the eve of my first day at work made me stumble out of bed as I dashed towards my bathroom to get prepared for work. After having a warm bath, I stepped out and couldn't settle on a particular fit. I stared at the clothes in my wardrobe and discovered I needed a change as casuals weren't much in it. I settled on a blue skirt with a slit at the front and white chiffon sleeve and a pair of black heels. After putting on the fit, I completed my look with light makeup as usual and detangle my hair with a hot comb, letting it rest on my back without packing it in a ponytail or wrapping in a bun. I picked up my bag and stepped out of my apartment without having breakfast, hurrying to get a taxi with the aim of not falling in the trap of the devil duo. I boarded a taxi which dropped me at the entrance of the company and I paid the driver for his services before he drove off. I took a deep breath
CHAPTER 14: I reached my office and found it difficult to focus on work. I stood up from my seat and stepped out of the office, walking towards a particular direction I didn't know where it led. I reached the end and took another turn and in the next ten minutes after taking several routes, I reached the rooftops where I sat down and bawled my eyes out. I felt thousands of daggers, piercing through my heart as the scene replayed in my mind as tears slid down my cheeks, wetting my skirt. I remained like that for over an hour till realization hit me. "Why am I hurting myself because of him?" I questioned myself. "Why am I feeling attached to him?" I continued. "Do I even have the right to be angry?" I interrogated myself inwardly, trying to convince myself that all we had or shared was nothing but a one night stand. I stood up and returned to the office and realized my makeup was ruined and anyone will be able to notice I cried and I immediately dashed into
SYDNEY'S POV "I went there for a party so I decided to grab few drinks and I mistook you for someone else" I lied partially, trying not to maintain eye contact with him as he stared at me, as if trying to read my mind. "Did he believe me?" I asked myself. "Make me coffee" he ordered and squinted my gaze at him. "That's Dana's duty,why me?"I asked myself but reluctantly stood up and headed out of his office. I noticed Dana staring at me awkwardly on my way out and I just walked away without sparing her a glance.I didn't know his preference, so I made the coffee warm and returned to his office in fifteen minutes time as Dana gave me a questioning look, seeing me with the cup and saucer I just walked past her, ignoring the look. If I were in her shoes I'll feel the same way though because it seems like I'm trying to do her job, unknown to her the devil himself gave me the order. I reached the door to his office and opened it subconsciously without knoc
Cynthia glared at her, still shocked at her guts,"Wrench!" She squeals like a kid, attacking Sydney by the hair,"I'd kill you today, " dragging her hair, Sydney winched in pain, holding onto her roots,She immediately pushed her off herself,"You do what to get beaten up, don't you!?" Almost throwing a punch at her but she instead held herself, The receding walking steps of a familiar man resonated with her hearing, she turned to see Paxton, looking quiet,"Paxton, she...?" He held out his palm to silence her, looked at Sydney as she immediately hid her face in embarrassment, then silently walked away"Paxton!" Cynthia ran after him, standing there looking like a messed up kid, Sydney scoffed," you better let him be." Walked away heading for the bathroom, "Damnit!" She cursed at Cynthia as she saw herself in the mirror,"Why can't she just stay away from me and not bother me," she hissed, bringing her comb out of her bag,"Great to have an incompetent boss, who only seems to be i
In his office, fully designed to his taste, he tried to focus but nothing was coming through, he needed to finish up this work before the next meeting, he looked at his wristwatch it was almost dismissal time, he wanted to see, Sydney before he left for the clubhouse,Getting up, he walked out of his office, but Miss Dana was already at his door, "Miss Dana?" He whined, she must have come again with work."Boss, this is the final file for the drafting," she smiled handing him the big brown envelope."Where's Sydney? He asked, she looked at him, she had been itching to ask what their relationship was, Sir Jaxton seemed pretty much close to her as she was to Sir Paxton. Those two were like cats and rats."She fought with ma'am Cynthia and she's in Boss's office, am afraid that it might not end well." She clarified."Why did you bring the file and not Sydney." She walks in and keeps it on his table before saying, "Sydney is the company's marketer, not Secretary." He bits his lips, Paxt
It's been days since the last outburst between the two, and they both avoided themselves like plaques. Sydney naturally did everything to not annoy or provoke him, seeing her straight face each day, Paxton was more pleased to see her determination, and her slacking reduced to a minimum."Sir, this is the file you asked me to bring?" She spoke with a straight face and a voice sharp. He raised his head,"All done?" Surprised, she had finished this in less than an hour was intriguing. "Let me take a look" he requested, she immediately handed it over to him, and as he read he stole glances at her,"You know you don't have to stand like that, this is not a military camp" He sounded caring but he was being sarcastic,"Sorry, Sir I still have a lot of work to do but if that's ok by you I could go back to what I was doing or I could cross-check them for errors?" She answered ignoring his words,"Well, from what I see here, it seemed ok. You can go, have them duplicated into three places and
Chapter 19In his office, fully designed to his taste, he tried to focus but nothing was coming through, he needed to finish up this work before the next meeting, he looked at his wristwatch it was almost dismissal time, he wanted to see, Sydney before he left for the clubhouse,Getting up, he walked out of his office, but Miss Dana was already at his door, "Miss Dana?" He whined, she must have come again with work."Boss, this is the final file for the drafting," she smiled handing him the big brown envelope."Where's Sydney? He asked, she looked at him, she had been itching to ask what their relationship was, Sir Jaxton seemed pretty much close to her as she was to Sir Paxton. Those two were like cats and rats."She fought with ma'am Cynthia and she's in Boss's office, am afraid that it might not end well." She clarified."Why did you bring the file and not Sydney." She walks in and keeps it on his table before saying, "Sydney is the company's marketer, not Secretary." He bits his
Chapter 120Sydney was so lost staring into his eyes with shock and Confusion that she didn't realize when he got so close to her that she could even feel his breath and listen to his heart beating hard against his chest. Sydney pulled her face away from him immediately. "No, this is too good to be true," she whispered to herself. He thought that he had some hidden agenda that he was trying to hide from her and trap her into it before she was going to realize it. "He thinks I am such a dumbass," she thought in her head. "I will have to run away immediately before he begins to unveil his true reason for coming here," she said to herself. She got set immediately. She calculated when she was going to run away from him in her head. "On a one, two three, go.." she finalized and tried to run but he caught her in the air. She tried hard to break free from her strong grip but he held her so tightly that her skin cells could hardly breathe.She stared into his eyes and he stared back into
Chapter 119 With every single step that he took, his heart raced ten times faster and he was gasping for breath like someone that just finished a race. *Signs*After much inquiry, Paxton discovered that Sydney was now working as a waitress in one of the restaurants. "What should I do now," he said to him in his car, hitting his hands on the story. "Go to her house or her workplace," he thought again. But then, a thought crossed his mind that answered all his questions. "Would you want a public embarrassment?" A voice rang in his head. Paxton thought about his for some time and decided that it would be preferable to go to her house. He could feel his heart beating hard against his chest as though it was going to burst through as he drove his car to her house. When he got there, the door was bolted just as he had expected. "I will just have to wait for her here," he said to himself as another long line of laughter escaped from his mouth.Meanwhile, Sydney was just returning from w
CHAPTER 118Chapter 118Jaxton stared into his eyes with a racing heart, still contemplating if what he was going to say would get him angry or not. Then he asked him the question first. "His anything the matter?" Paxton inquired noticing that Jaxton was a little bit unsettled. Seeing this as the perfect opportunity, Jaxton dropped down to the ground and picked up the photo of Sydney on the floor."It's about her," Jaxton returned showing the photo to him but immediately he saw her photo, his eyes shit back into their sockets in sudden grief and he shook his head side by side. "No, I don't want to talk about her. Not now, not ever," Paxton returned. Jaxton's heart sank with disappointment but he wasn't just going to give up like that, he was going to press until he agreed. "But," he tried to say but Paxton would not listen to a single word that he had to say. "No buts," he returned. "I only told you that I don't want to talk about her," he ended. But as Paxton already knew, Jaxto
CHAPTER 117 FINALLY, the day for the stakeholders' meeting came. Hearts pounded, the tension rose, arrangements were being made and even calls for celebration.That morning, Jaxton got dressed as soon as he could into his White suit worth over ten thousand dollars. He had to present himself well to the stakeholders as the next CEO of the company in place of his father. He was so sure that his brother Paxton was unaware of whatever was around and he was going to take him unaware. A dark smile hovered on his face as he thought about taking over the company. "I can't even imagine the look on his face with it would be announced to him," he thought in his head as a dark laughter escaped from his mouth."And once I get this position, I will be able to get Sydney back," he said to himself"I can't wait to see that look on his face when Paxton would be eventually dismissed as the CEO.When he got to the venue for the event, most of the stakeholders were already seated. A smile hovered on
CHAPTER 116 Paxton stared into the stakeholder's eyes as cold shivers ran down his spine and streams of sweat were already forming at the corner of his eyes. "I can't believe you, my twin brother can't betray me this way after all we had gone through together," he returned with his heart beating hard against his chest as though it was going to burst through. "And why should I be lying to you" the stallholder returned without a trace of Deciet in his his eyes. Paxton Didn't know who to trust or whom to believe, him or my blood brother. "I can show you proof of it," he returned.Paxton watched him as he brought out his phone from his pocket and showed the message that he had gotten from Jaxton and he felt as though he had been trust a dagger right in the heart. "What are you going to do now?" The stallholder inquired. Paxton felt betrayed and he could feel his anger rising so badly that he had to clutch his hands to control my rising anger. "How could you do this to me Jaxton?"
Chapter 115Paxton POV"I swear boss, I would find a means to attach more finances to the already dilapidated market. Just give me time." The words coming out from Justin, the marketing directors were utterly irritating and even propelled my already sour mood."You had one week Justin, one week to make things right. We both know it was your fault that the stock dropped. You were too negligent, too lazy to take the risks that I so desire from you." Despite his stupidity, I tried my best to remain calm, as emotions were only meant to be expressed by the weak."Boss, please give me one more week. I swear to you, one more week and we would be back on top again. One more fucking week boss." I had his termination letter waiting."Take that brown envelope and get the fuck out of my office." I instructed. Slowly I observed his hesitation, before eventually walking towards the brown envelope. Once Justin unveiled the content of the envelope, he dropped to his knees begging."You don't want me
Chapter 114"Feelings? The night at Hawaii? If anyone had told me that something had happened between you both in Hawaii, I would have slit such a person's throat off." Jaxton had obviously eavsdropped on our conversation. I looked around to see Paxton was up on his feet and the look of guilt was expressed in his countenance."I knew something was off about selecting Sydney to go with you to Hawaii. Heck I was the stupid one. I should have realized right on time that you both had a thing going on." "Jaxton." He shushed me up as as I tried to speak."You do not speak when I am talking to my brother." His words were filled with venom and his eyes held so much rage in them. This was the dangerous version of Jaxton, that I never thought would exist."So tell me brother, how was it? Was it intense? I bet you enjoyed her sucking down your dick and going all the way to your nutsack." Jaxton playing mind games was seriously getting to not only Paxton but myself."Don't speak about her in su
Chapter 113Sydney POV.Several works to be completed in the office today, but my mind wasn't focused. The memories of the night in Hawaii kept replaying in my head. While the night was fun filled; from my perspective, I knew above everything that it had implications. Regardless of the fact that Paxton may have dropped his unruly attitude towards me, I still can't get over the fact that Jaxton would blow the roof off with his rage, when he hears of my sexual adventure with his brother. The situation was complicated and one that I wish above everything never to happen. While filling up some of the loopholes, left in the documents, the telephone buzzed."Hello?" "My office, now." Paxton's deep voice came through the other side. My heart rate increased and anxiety crept through my skin, wondering what he would think of our adventures. None of us had been able to have a meaningful conversation about it and while it could mean nothing to him, it meant everything to me.Staring at the i
Chapter 112Paxton and Sydney had been back from New York for a few months before they decided to binge-watch a movie together just for the sake of being happy.They both agreed on a funny romantic comedy, laughing and joking throughout. As the night went on, things got more heated between them and soon enough they were making out. It felt right and natural at the moment. Before they knew it, they were in Paxton’s bedroom and things escalated quickly. They both wanted it, and they were soon having sex. Even though they were both consenting adults, Sydney felt a twinge of regret afterwards. She hadn't expected things to move so fast and wasn't sure if she was ready for the complexities that come with a relationship. Paxton was just as confused. He had feelings for her, but he also knew they were new to each other and the enormity of what had just happened was starting to sink in. They both opted to take a step back and try to process everything that had happened. In the end, th