While Melanie waits for Valeri, her knight in shining armor, she hooks herself up with a new episode of her latest and favorite series, The Resident. Melanie doesn’t realize that time has gone by fast, because she was busy doing something she loves so much till Valeri came to her to call her.“We can be on our way now, ma’am,” she says politely to Melanie. Melanie pauses her movie as she immediately gets up because she understands that Valeri doesn’t have time to spend all day with her.Melanie and Valeri start their journey to Oakwood Essentials, which takes only a few minutes. They chat about random things.“You won't believe that ai first when Ryan, my best friend brought me over to the resort, I didn’t know what to expect, but I was looking forward to having fun, which did until this morning when I had issues with my best friend because he crossed a line he shouldn’t have crossed,” Melanie informs Valeri because she just finds herself drawn to the red-haired woman.“Ouch” Valeri m
Earlier that day,“Hey man…you woman is in trouble, so you better come and save her” Caleb receives a text message from Alistair who is in the lobby, on his way back to their room for his CODM tournament, which takes place on weekends and it is scheduled for 9 am but his phone starts to wring immediately Caleb reads his text message because Caleb saw the WhatsApp text message on his smartwatch immediately in entered, and he starts calling Alistair because he didn’t have the patience that it will take for Alistair to start typing.“You have no chills in your body, man,” Alistair remarks as soon as he picks up the call.“What exactly happened?” Caleb is not even in the mood to joke, so he questions, with urgency in his voice “I don't know, but a few people are gathered here so just drop the call and allow me to make a few inquiries,” Alistair tells him. “Don’t drop the call” Caleb barks out his order from the phone, which makes Alistair’s finger that is about to press red on the call
“I don’t even need to ask if you are Ryan Wellinton’s son or not because I can see the resemblance written all over you,” She points out, mentioning Caleb's father who has been dead for almost 10 years and who completely takes Caleb aback.“You know my father?” Caleb asks her shocked and she nods.“My father has been dead for almost twenty years, so how do you know him?” Caleb questions“During the time Ryan Wellington was still alive, I was an intern here while he was one of the shareholders but after his death, all of his shares were managed by his lawyers who came to Silver Oaks at the time of his death to read the clause of his will that says that his shares will be taken over by his first son, Caleb Ryan Wellington but it mustn't be released until 10years later” Ava states.“Is my father kidding me?” Caleb scoffs as he says.“No, he is not…I have a personal relationship with him and he mentioned that your father had a good reason for doing what he did, and you will find out in th
“Fine…” Ava agrees as she leaves the sitting area and goes to her table. She picks up her phone and wallet and both of them make their way out of the office to the surveillance room.“You agreed to make a quick stop by the HR department to inform the HR to prepare Phil’s sack letter in case it comes in handy” Caleb reminds Ava and she glares at him.“You might want to add his reason for dismissal as misconduct…in case he is found guilty,” Caleb adds.“Can’t he just apologize to your wife if he is found guilty?” Ava asks Caleb and he shakes his head.“There is nothing my beautiful wife and I are going to do with apology,” Caleb tells her.“Then what exactly do you want?” Ava questions him.“I thought I made myself clear, earlier that I wanted him sacked,” Caleb’s eyes start to dart back and forth as he says.“Come on, Caleb…why do you want him sacked when he can just apologize to your wife” Ava tries to negotiate because she knows that after they watch the footage, Phil may end up gett
“I don’t understand,” Caleb says “What exactly do you mean by our food?” Caleb asks him trying to get what his best friend is trying to say. “No homo,” Alistair starts and Caleb just knows that he is about to say nonsense, but he still keeps quiet and listens to what he has to say. “You don’t have to deny that you don’t love me like a brother, just because food is involved, because I know that you love me as much as you love your biological brother, Benjamin” Alistair boasts and Caleb wonders where he is going with what he is saying. “so, is it your toast and coffee that you won't be able to share with me?” Alistair rolls his eyes as he picks up one of the two toasts on Caleb's plate which makes Caleb blink back in shock. “In that case, just take the whole food, since you don’t want me to eat,” Caleb gives up his food for his best friend.“You saying I don’t want you to eat when I just want to share your food is plain dramatic” Alistair cautions him. “In that case, you can just
Caleb returns to his and Alistair’s shared room before Alistair comes back, and then he picks up Alistair's PC, logs into Alistair's Netflix account, selects his profile under Alistair's account instead of login out the account and logging in his own, and he goes straight his list to check out of the series of movies that he added earlier. He selects the first movie on his list that is not a seasonal movie, just a 1-hour 36-minute movie, called Happiness Is, while he snacks on his French toast that is supposed to be his breakfast. He starts the movie with no hope or expectations whatsoever, he is just watching it because he doesn't want to commit himself to yet another seasonal film that he knows he doesn't have time to keep up with. When he started watching the movie, the movie was really chaotic and he couldn't understand what the focus was, so he started hoping and praying for Alistair to just show up.Then the movie seems to resonate with what is going on in his life at the mom
“What the hell just happened” Calen questions himself because he can’t seem to wrap his head around it. “Anybody who doesn't know the type of relationship that Alistair and Sophie share will think she is either his sister or he is in love with her because I don't get why he is trying to make an enemy out of me for something that happened 12 years ago,” Caleb mutters as he hisses. “Now he walked out of the room angrily, but he didn't feed me back about the details of the reservation that I asked him to make” Caleb mutters,“I was so engrossed with the movie that I was watching and the fact that I wanted to make it up to him by giving him the gifts that I starved him of, that I completely forgot to ask about the reservation that he went to put in place” he blames himself.“Well, in my defense…I had no idea that he was going to blow a conversation as simple as that out of proportion and even end up walking out on me” he tries to justify his actions.“At this point, I don't know if I ow
After Valeri left Melanie with instructions on how to look for her date, before leaving the boutique, the sales representative returned with the same dress in two sizes, one two sizes lower and the other her exact size that she tried on earlier.“Explain to me why you have two dresses with you,” Melanie asks the sales representative after inspecting the sizes of the two dresses.“We are in a bit of a pickle because your upper body is a size eight since you have a relatively smaller upper body up your hips is where we have an issue since your lower body is a size twelve” the sales representative explains.“I understand your concerns and one size lower would have been understandable, but two sizes lower?” Melanie expresses her hesitation as she inspects the size 8 with clear judgment in her eyes before returning the dress and shaking her head that she doesn’t want to try it on.“Why don’t you just step into the fitting room to fit it out first,” the sales rep says as she returns the dre
“I don’t understand why are being so stubborn and inconsiderate of my feelings, babe,” Caleb says, his eyes flashing with frustration. “I am not being stubborn Caleb, but what part of I don’t want to talk to right now so you do not understand?” Sophia’s eyes narrow. Just as it seems like the argument between Melanie and Caleb is about to escalate, Sophia clears her throat and drops her clutch on the antique glass table. Sophia is dressed to the nines in a sleek black pencil grown and red stilettos heels, her silky black hair cascading down her back. “Caleb, darling… since she doesn’t want to talk to you, I am here ready to talk to you, so let’s catch up because we have so much to talk about!” Sophia exclaims, her eyes lighting up as she sees Caleb’s attention on her, she rushes over to him, throwing her arms around him in a tight hug to mark her territory in front of Melanie. Caleb’s eyes meet Melanie’s over Sophia’s shoulder, and for a moment, they just stare at each other. Mela
As Alistair navigates the streets of Blackwood, he can’t help but feel a sense of unease. He does t know a lot of things about Melanie, but from what Caleb told him, she seems to be really close to her twin sister, for her to leave her comfort zone to come to stay with her, but her sudden refusal to go to her sister's house, sort of threw him off guard, and now Caleb is not saying anything concerning where they are supposed to go from here, and now he is left wondering where to take them.He glances at the rearview mirror, catching a glimpse of his best friend's concerned expression and his babe's stony silence. It is clear that something that she isn’t willing to talk about is seriously bothering her. Alistair’s eyes flick back to the road ahead, his mind racing with possibilities. He contemplates between taking them to Caleb’s house and the hotel since Melanie doesn’t have a place to stay, but just dumping her at his father’s hotel may not be the best idea. Given the tension betwee
As Melanie steps out of the guest house, she can't help but feel a mix of excitement and nervousness because the day started well for her with that really thoughtful gesture from Caleb. However, Shirley's call sort of negatively altered her day. She has been trying not to let it get to her and just figure out a way to deal with her issue with her mom so that things will not get messy at all.She has also been looking forward to seeing Caleb all morning. For some reason, she wanted to speak to him about the latest development, because she didn’t want him to think that he was the problem, or he did something to her when she decided to go MIA like she always does because she can’t come up with a better option, and especially after the lovely breakfast that he had sent her way, she had even taken extra care to dress nicely after Alistair left her room, hoping to make a nice good impression.She has a yellow and black long off-shoulder sundress, with a slit that reaches all the way to the
As soon as Kali drops the call, Melanie’s mind reels. She wonders how she will deal with the situation when she finally gets to that bridge while stuffing all her things in the mini-traveling bag she brought with her.“In the next few hours, I should be out of here, but where do I go from here?” Melanie questions herself as she routinely stops forcing her unfolded clothes into the bag.“The only people I know here are Kali and her little family, but I can't even go back there because what if I get comfortable in my sister's house and my mom decides to pay her a surprise visit?” Melanie ponders, and she shakes her head, to dismiss the idea of going to Kalinin’s house because she knows that for her mom to wake up one morning, and decide to visit her, then she can also do the same to her other daughter and it won't be strange in her dictionary.“I also know Ryan, but that man wants nothing to do with me since he hasn’t left me a message since he left, nor has he tried to even call or rea
As soon as Melanie hangs up the call with Shirley, she puts a call through to Kalinin almost immediately. It tells her that the line is busy, but instead of just letting her sister call her back, she persists with the call until her sister picks up her call. “What the F is wrong with you?” Kalinin asks her angrily as soon as she picks up her call. “Shirley told me that Mom went to Pearl Coast, and I wanted us to agree on what you are going to tell her before you spoil things way beyond what I can salvage for her,” Melanie informs her sister. “What is that supposed to mean?” Kalinin asks pissed. “I figured that you may not be able to come up with something very fast, so I decided to call you immediately,” Melanie let’s get sister know. “You should know that I won’t tell our mother something that you haven’t told her, because I know how she likes to blow things out of proportion and also overreact,” Kalinin hisses as she says. “Whoosh!” Melanie exclaims. “I can’t believe that you
“Hey, I got the surprise delivery that you asked your best friend to deliver to my room, and I am grateful for that.” Melanie’s eyes sparkle with gratitude as she types the text that she wants to send to Caleb before she procrastinates and forgets to do so. As she types, she smiles to herself.She hit send, but the messages only ticked once; they didn’t double-tick, which can only mean one thing: his data is not on or he is not available.“Excuse me, Alistair, do you know where Caleb is? I tried texting him to thank him for the breakfast, but the message didn’t deliver,” Melanie says, frowning as she turns to Alistair.“I’m afraid Caleb is unavailable at the moment, and that is exactly why he sent me here to drop food off for you, so that you can know that you are still on his mind,” Alistair’s expression turns sympathetic.“Is he okay?” Melanie asks with furrowed brows.“He is perfectly fine, there are just a few things that he needs to sort out quickly, which is exactly why he is in
After sorting Caleb out, he goes to the side of the room where Caleb’s stuff is arranged to get an outfit change out of the duffel bag so that he can have a warm bath and change into something fresh. He then goes into the bathroom to take a quick bath because he starts feeling really uncomfortable.While he is busy drying his body, the landline in the room starts to beep, so he quickly gets the call so that it won't disturb Caleb.“Alistair Rolands from room 77B speaking,” He introduces as he picks up the call.“You placed an order for a breakfast platter to room 16B on the fifth floor right?” the caller confirms from him.“yes I did…is there any problem with delivering my order?” Alistair inquires, concerned because the other was placed way over 30 minutes ago.“We brought the delivery to her room door five minutes ago, and we have been knocking since then, but there has been no response from the person inside since then,” The person at the other end of the phone informs Alistair.“
Location: Silver Oaks Resorts, Maple Ridge, Orion.Alistair's eyes slowly flutter open to the soft glow of the morning light peeking through the curtains. He stretches, feeling refreshed and fully sober after a good night's sleep. He glances around the room, expecting to see Caleb asleep in the adjacent bed, but he is nowhere around.Alistair hisses, he throws off the covers and gets out of bed, thinking that Caleb ditched him to go and spend time with Melanie again while he is left lonely and sad in the room at a vacation that was told was going to be compensation for being away from the country for a whole week with a woman that he just met, without giving him a proper explanation, and just shoving all his duties down his throat.On getting into the bathroom, Alistair stands in front of the bathroom mirror, brushing his teeth with a rhythmic motion. As he scrubs, his mind begins to wander to the events of the previous night. Specifically, he isn’t able to shake off the feeling of ma
Location: Silver Oaks Resorts, Maple Ridge, Oakland.Melanie returns to her room, reeling in her good sorts because she didn’t expect to have such a nice time with Caleb. Still, him setting up such a surprise for her during the day, just because she insisted that she didn’t want to talk to him is something that she isn’t able to get over, and then the date wasn’t something out of the extraordinary. However, it was still perfect in its own way, exuding its own uniqueness.She isn’t the type to agree to go on a date easily with someone, but first, it was the dating site that she didn’t have a choice but to check out, then the first date with Caleb at his club where he left a sour taste in her mouth and she made up her mind not to have anything to do with him again, but then the man keeps following her everywhere like he wants more from her.In all honesty, Caleb Wellinton is a good-looking man who screams money even though Melanie doesn’t know his net worth, but after she did him dirty