It was some minutes to six p.m., and Sarah had just finished signing the payment documents sent to her by her accountant at Ethic Textiles, which was in England. Since the month was already coming to an end, the salaries of the employees needed to be paid to them, but before the payment could be initiated by the accountant, Sarah's signature was needed.Since she wasn't around, she contacted her accountant to send her the numeric format of the payment documents, which she signed and sent back to her so that she could initiate the payments of the employees.Despite how rude she was to the employees sometimes, one thing she never did was deprive them of their salaries or not pay them on time; sometimes she even paid them before the agreed time.After signing the documents and resending them to her accountant in England and also signing those of the company where she was, she took her phone and started playing the temple run game with it, a game she always played whenever she was bored or
It was a fifteen-minute ride from the company to the restaurant. Once they got to the restaurant, Sarah widened her eyes in surprise, seeing how huge the restaurant was. It was partly a restaurant and a nightclub.Judging from the disco lights, the parking lot, the building, and the people entering and coming out of the restaurant, one could already tell that it was a restaurant frequented by rich people."Jeez, Lucy, I said a restaurant, not a nightclub," Sarah said to Lucy, who was busy applying some makeup to her face with her makeup kits. "Don't worry, it's merged with a restaurant," Lucy said to Sarah before passing her the makeup kit she was holding. "And why are you giving me this?" Sarah asked her with furrowed brows. "What is a makeup kit used for? Polish your face a little bit; you look awful," Lucy said to Sarah, and immediately she sighed heavily before returning the makeup kit to Lucy. "I have mine in my bag, and I don't see any reason why I should polish my face; we a
Furrowing her brows in surprise, she opened the piece of paper on which it was written, "LOOK BACK." Without hesitating, she slowly looked back, and immediately her jaw dropped in surprise."Oh my goodness, Charles is here," she said to Lucy, forgetting that Lucy didn't know who Charles was."Who is Charles?" Lucy asked her with a furrowed eyebrow, and at the same time, Charles approached them while grinning ear to ear.Once Lucy saw him, she gasped in surprise because to how handsome he was; she didn't need a fortune-teller before knowing it was Charles she was talking about."Good evening, handsome," Lucy greeted him before standing up."Sarah, I'm already full. I will go and dance a little bit before we start going back home," Lucy said to Sarah, and before she could utter a word, Lucy had already left. With that, Charles sat down on the chair next to Sarah."Good evening," Charles said, greeting Sarah, who was avoiding his gaze."Good evening, Charles. How are you?" Sarah asked him
It was a hectic day at work for Xavier; once he drove back home, he parked his car in the garage and started heading inside. Once he came in, Justin, who was busy watching TV, ran towards him and hugged him tightly before greeting him."How was school today?" Xavier asked him after disengaging from the hug."School was fine, Daddy, and how was work?" Justin asked him."Work was fine," Xavier said to him before sitting down on the couch. With that, Justin went to the kitchen and brought Xavier a cup of water."Thank you," Xavier said to him before collecting the cup of water from him and gulping it down."Where's your mom?" Xavier asked him before removing his tie and his suit."She's in her room; she said that I should tell you that your food is on the dining table whenever you are back, and in case it's already cold, that I should tell one of the maids to warm it," Justin said to Xavier, and at the same time, Claudia came down from the stairs."Good evening, babe, how was your day?"
"Stay away from me; you aren't my mother," Justin thundered angrily at Sarah while ignoring the tears streaming down her cheeks."What are you saying, Justin? I'm your mother," Sarah said to him while trying to touch him, but immediately he shifted back, moving closer to Xavier and Claudia, who were busy smirking at her."If you were really my mother, you wouldn't have abandoned me; please stay away from me; these are my real parents," Justin said to her before pointing at Xavier and Claudia."As for you, you are nothing to me," Justin said to Sarah with no emotion."Hearing these statements coming from Justin, Sarah's heart shattered into pieces."Please, Justin, I didn't abandon you; I swear I didn't abandon you," Sarah said to Justin while trying to touch him, but immediately Claudia grabbed her hand and pushed her away."Didn't you hear what he said? He asked you to stay away from him; he doesn't want to see you, so get lost," Claudia said to Sarah, hatred evident in her voice."I
It was seven a.m., and Charles was still sleeping peacefully on his bed when his small alarm clock started ringing for the third time. Stretching out his hand, he tapped the clock, and immediately it stopped ringing. With that, he used the blanket on the bed and covered himself properly before dozing off once again.A few minutes after he dozed off, his phone started ringing, jolting him up again. Sighing heavily, he took his phone and, with sleepy eyes, checked the caller ID, which was Adrian.Sighing heavily, he picked up the call and activated the loudspeaker before keeping the phone beside him on the bed."Good morning, man, how are you?" Charles asked him with a sleepy tone."I'm good, bro; don't tell me you were still sleeping till this time," Adrian said to him."Of course I was still sleeping; if not for your call, I would still be asleep, or is there a reason for me not to be asleep?" Charles asked him."No, of course; after all, you are the CEO, and you can come to work whene
After discussing with her uncle for a little while, Sarah went and prepared for work. She wasn't going to allow a small issue like this one to prevent her from going to work; after all, it wasn't as if she did something wrong; she's a single lady, and dancing at her club with a man wasn't that bad after all; maybe the man in question might have been her boyfriend or fiancée. The issue there is that the masses wouldn't see it that way; instead, each one of them would draw their own conclusions, and worst of all, the face of the man who she was dancing with wasn't visible, and they might compare him to anyone.After getting prepared, she joined her uncle at sitting for breakfast. After saying a word of prayer, they started eating their food. "Are you sure you want to go to work today? You know you can take a day off today. It's true that none of your employees would say anything about it, but it would be good if you waited for the tension to reduce a little bit before resuming," her un
It was a fifteen-minute ride to Zenith Express Charles Company.Once Sarah got to the company, she walked directly to where the receptionist was."Good morning, ma'am. How may I help you?" The receptionist asked her."I have an appointment with the CEO," Sarah said to him."OK, a minute, let me inform him about your arrival," the receptionist said to her before placing a call across through Charles, who picked up after some minutes of ringing."Good morning, sir. Mrs. Sarah is here; she said she has an appointment with you," the receptionist said to Charles over the phone."Yes, please show her to my office," Charles said to the receptionist before hanging up."Ma'am, please follow me," the receptionist said to Sarah after hanging up. Without hesitating, Sarah followed her from behind as they started heading towards the elevator.Once they got in, she selected the fifth floor, and after some minutes, the elevator suddenly stopped, and the receptionist walked her to the front of an off
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