It was a fifteen-minute ride from the church to Charles's mansion.Getting to the mansion, Adrian pulled over in front of the mansion before walking to the gate and placing a knock on the gate, but got no response after some minutes of waiting.Sighing heavily, he knocked on the gate once again, but this time more harder, thinking that the security guard watching over the gate would probably be sleeping or didn't hear the knock.But after some minutes of waiting, he still didn't get any reply. This time around, he didn't need a fortune teller before knowing that something wasn't right.Taking hold of the handle of the gate, he tried pushing it backwards to see if it was open, but unfortunately, it was firmly locked."Damnit," he muttered to himself before ruffling his hair in frustration, and at the same time, he remembered that he had the spare key to the gate. Charles had sent him once to go and get him some documents he forgot at home, but on returning, Charles wasn't around, so he
*A Day Before*After calling his men and discovering that they didn't succeed in retrieving the audio recording device from Xavier, Charles collapsed on the sofa and started thinking about how he was going to get out of the mess in which he got himself.Even though Xavier didn't agree that he was the one who placed the audio recording device in his office, Charles knew well that Xavier was the one behind it, and if he hadn't posted the audios online, it's because he was waiting for the perfect time, which was the day on which he was getting married, and if he eventually does that, not only is his reputation going to be ruined, but he might spend the rest of his life behind bars. After discovering everything Sarah did to Xavier in the name of revenge, surely his own case was going to be worse. She will do everything in her power to make sure he spends the rest of his life behind bars.Aside from her was the one man; surely he too won't keep silent about the issue because he knows well
Back in the church, the sound of the melodies could still be heard as the choir kept singing tirelessly in order to entertain the guests who were patiently awaiting the arrival of the bride and the groom.Only if they knew that the groom had disappeared, leaving his bride behind.Meanwhile, the old man has been busy trying to reach Charles through his phone, but his line haven't been going through, and at the same time, he hasn't yet gotten any feedback from Adrian, who went in search of Charles.No matter how hard the old man tried to remain calm, he just knew that something was wrong, but he couldn't yet grasp what it was about.Some minutes later, when the old man couldn't take it anymore, he stood up and started walking out of the church, heading to his car.Once he came out, he looked around to see if anyone was around the area, and when he realized that he was alone, he opened his car, got inside, and whined the glasses of the window up before placing a call across to Adrian, wh
Meanwhile, it's been over two hours since the guests have been waiting for the groom and the bride to walk in so that the ceremony would commence, but there was no sign of them.The choir, on the other hand, had taken a break, unable to continue singing in order to entertain the guests.Murmurs could be heard from every angle of the church as the guests, already tired of waiting, started complaining about the incompetence of the groom and the bride.Even though they didn't say whatever they were saying among each other aloud, their anger and disappointment could clearly be seen on their faces. It wasn't as if they couldn't take their leave, but everyone was curious, wanting to know how everything was going to end. Probably they have heard about brides abandoning their grooms on their marriage day, but the groom abandoning his bride on the marriage day was something that rarely happens, but right now it was about to happen, and it wasn't just about to happen to any ordinary person but
Meanwhile, Sarah could be seen in her car, feeling as restless as never before.She still couldn't bring herself to believe that Charles abandoned her on their wedding day.Even though it wasn't yet confirmed that he wouldn't arrive, it was already clear that he wouldn't be present; after all, it's been more than two hours since she has been waiting for him, and his line wasn't going through either.Well, the fact that he abandoned her wasn't the main issue; after all, she wasn't fully into the wedding; she had always had second thoughts about the wedding, so even though he didn't show up, it was still good. The main issue was the impact it was going to have on her afterwards, especially on her companies. The fact that she was the one who was abandoned was going to make everyone think that she's the bad person while Charles is the good person. After all, why would a man in his right senses abandon his fiancée on their wedding day unless she did something horrible to him? As these tho
As the audio recording started playing, Xavier stood up, and without uttering a word to anyone, he started heading outside.Once he came out, he walked directly to the garage where his car was, and on getting there, he opened the door of the back seat and entered inside."Thank you, Ben; you really did a nice job," Xavier said to Ben."I'm happy to hear that, sir. So where are we heading?" Ben asked him."Take me back home; I need to get some rest before tomorrow," Xavier said to him."Okay, boss," Ben said to him before igniting the car, and with that, Xavier whined the mirrors of the windows up, not wanting to be disturbed by the reporters who were outside."Boss, now that we have exposed Charles, what is the next step?" Ben asked Xavier while driving out of the church."Well, the next step is finding out who Charles' boss is," Xavier said to him."You mean the old man?" Ben asked him."Yes, exactly," Xavier said to him."I think there's a way we can find him," Ben said to Xavier be
It was three PM in New York city. After the disappearance of Charles, the old man had called a meeting among his high-ranking men in order for them to discuss how they were going to bring Charles back to New York City and make him pay for betraying the old man, but that wouldn't be without him figuring out a way to apologize to Sarah and get her to accept to marry him.As the men were gathering in the meeting hall, which is in the old man's mansion, Adrian too walked in, and without uttering a word to any of them, he went to one of the seats, sat down, and started manipulating his phone.As he was busy manipulating his phone, the men started murmuring words about him to each other, especially those who were present the day he killed some of their colleagues in order to rescue Charles, but none dared say whatever they wanted loudly, but despite that, Adrian could still get a glimpse of what they were saying. "As they were still waiting for the old man to come out, the men kept on whi
As the audio was playing, the old man kept on staring at Adrian, anger and rage evident in his eyes.From the way the old man was staring at Adrian, the others had already predicted that he was going to kill him; after all, this wasn't the first time they had seen the old man this angry, and they all know what he's capable of doing when he's angry."Adrian, what is the meaning of this?" The old man roared angrily once the video finished playing, causing everyone to jolt in fright."To be sincere, sir, I'm as surprised as you are; I don't know how this got out or who uploaded it online."What do you mean by being as surprised as I am?" The old man roared angrily."Wait just a minute, was this the reason why Adrian left New York City?" The old man asked Adrian."To be sincere, sir, I don't know anything about all this, and I can't also tell if this is the reason why Charles left New York City, because he didn't tell me anything about it. You know me well, sir; I would have probably stop
A Year Later "Xavier !!! Xavier !!!" The name of Xavier echoed from the sitting room.Once Xavier heard Sarah screaming his name from the sitting room, he immediately dashed out of the kitchen, where he was preparing a cup of tea for Sarah , and started running towards the sitting room.Once he came to the sitting room, he saw Sarah wriggling in pain while holding her protruding stomach."Babe, are you okay?" Xavier asked Sarah ."How can you be asking me if I'm okay? Can't you see that my water has already broken?"Sarah asked Xavier . Her voice was filled with agony."But, babe, I still don't get it. What do you mean by your water has already broken?" Xavier asked Sarah with a confused tone."Argh!!! The baby is already coming out," Sarah screamed in pain."Oh my gosh, that was what you were supposed to say instead of saying that your water has broken," Xavier said to Sarah ."Argh!!!" Sarah screamed once again in pain."It's okay, babe, let's start going to the hospital," Xavier sa
It's been a month since Xavier was discharged from the hospital, and since all this time he has been on very good terms with Sarah and Richard. The first week after he was discharged from the hospital, Sarah spent the whole week at his house with Justin in order to keep an eye on him and also to be sure that he had recovered completely. It was during this period that she discovered that Xavier had another company aside from Quim Corporation that he had sold to her. Hearing this made her feel less guilty for everything she had done to him; if not, she was already feeling sorry for him and was even considering handing the company back to him, but Xavier had told her that it wasn't necessary and the company was doing much better with her as the CEO, so it would be better if she kept on managing it while he, on the other hand, concentrated on building up his new company. When they announced their upcoming marriage which would be taking place very soon, it immediately became the top trend
*Five Months Later* It's been five months since Xavier have been in coma, after taking a bullet for Sarah when she was kidnapped by Charles, he nearly lost his life, but fortunately he was brought to the hospital where they did surgery on him in order to retrieve the bullets. But since when the bullets were retrieved, he have been in coma and the doctor have also informed Sarah that he wasn't sure of when he would wake up and that it was also possible that he never wakes up, so she shouldn't keep her hopes high. Since the past five months that Xavier have been in coma, Sarah makes sure to visit him every day to see if he have waken up and sometimes she even visits him with Justin who have been greatly affected by his father's absence. Ever since he heard that his father was in Coma, he haven't been himself, he has been a shadow of himself even at school. Hr hardly talk, laugh or discuss about the things that happened at school like he used to do. Sometimes Sarah and Richard takes him
"I thought I asked you not to tell anyone about this?" He asked Sarah with a fierce tone while pointing his gun at her."I swear I didn't inform anyone before coming I swear," Sarah said to him while trembling in fear and at the same time the gunshots resounded once again."Damnit," he muttered before lowering the gun. "Go on put on the clothes we are leaving now," Charles said to Sarah."What?" Sarah asked him in surprise."I said you should put on the damn clothes," he yelled at her before pointing the gun at her."Okay, okay," Sarah said to him with a frightened tone before removing the clothes she was putting on and beginning to put on the one given to her by Charles. ______________________________________As she was putting on the clothes, Charles brought out his phone and placed a call across some of his men but none of them picked up.Damnit," he muttered once again before placing a call across someone else who picked up after some minutes of ringing."Hello is the jet read
After discussing with Ben on the phone, Xavier drove to Sarah's house to see if she was at home or whether her Richard had any idea about her whereabouts, but on getting to their house, he was informed by the security guard that none of them were at home, that Richard had gone to the hospital for some checkups and since when Sarah left for work in the morning, she haven't gotten back home. On hearing this, Xavier collected Richard's phone number from the security guard and placed a call across him to ask about Sarah's whereabouts but to his greatest astonishment, his phone wasn't going through, it was switched off. Seeing this, he immediately got more suspicious, and at the same time, thousands of thoughts started running through his mind. As he was still trying to connect the whole puzzle, he immediately got the idea of Richard being abducted and then the abductor requesting for her to show up if not he or she would hurt her uncle. Even though he wasn't sure about it, he knew that i
Meanwhile, Sarah woke up some minutes later only to find herself lying down on a huge comfortable bed and in a well decorated room.Once she woke up the memories of her being shot with a strange syringe and a walking towards her as she was passing out came back playing in her head and without hesitating she jolted up from the bed while panting heavily and at the same time she remembered about her uncle and without hesitating she rushed to the door to open it but found out that it was locked. After twisting the handle of the door for some minutes, she started banging on it so that whoever was outside could hear it and just as expected, she heard the footsteps of someone walking towards the direction of the door and when the person got to the front of the door he stopped and with that she started hearing the sound of keys as the person was about to open the door.Once the door bursted open Charles walked inside while looking fierce like never before and followed by him were two armed m
"Okay, whenever you do it, just let me know," Xavier said to Sarah, who rolled her eyes at him before walking away. Getting into her office, she sat down on her chair and switched on her computer and was about to start working when her phone started ringing once again. Sighing heavily, she took the phone and checked the caller ID, which was her uncle, before picking it up, but when she placed the phone on her ear, the voice of the person she heard was totally different from that of her uncle, and hearing the person's voice alone sent shivers down her spine._________________________________________"Charles," Sarah muttered as her hand started trembling."Hello sweetheart, surprise!! How have you been?" Charles asked her through the phone."Charles, what are you doing with my father's phone?" Sarah asked him with a frightened tone, fearing that it shouldn't be what she was thinking."Ooh that, we are just having a chitchat," Charles said to her through the phone."What do you mean by
"Switch on the television and go and go to any news channel," Richard said to her."Okay, Dad," Sarah said to him before standing up and walking to where the remote of the television in the conference room was, and with that, she switched it on and started searching for a news channel and at the same time wondering what the issue was._______________________________________As she found the news channel, she immediately switched to it before hanging up the phone in order to hear clearly what was being said on the television. Meanwhile, Xavier, seeing her switch on the television while taking the call, sat down in order to see what was going to be displayed on the television.Immediately she switched to the news channel, the news about the arrest of the famous syndicate named Old Man started displaying. According to the news, an anonymous contact sent every single piece of information about him to the cops, including his three hidden warehouses, giving the cops the opportunity to arre
It was a Tuesday morning. Sarah was supposed to meet up with a new client who she wanted to finalize a very important deal that will profit the company enormously. They were supposed to finalize the deal a week or two after her marriage with Charles, but since the marriage didn't take place anymore, she called the client and asked him if he would be able to come over during the week so that they could finalize the deal. Since the client was a little bit free, he told her that he would come over the following day, which is Tuesday.Walking into the company, Sarah went to her office and dropped her bag before taking all the necessary documents that were needed for the finalization of the deal, and with that, she started heading to the conference room where the meeting was going to take place. Getting into the conference room, she was surprised to see only Xavier and the secretary inside the conference room discussing with each other, but the client wasn't present.Seeing them, she immed