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Dressed in a sweatpants and tee-shirt, Logan got off his car and found his way into Braun Companies. Walking in there, he met the receptionist at the front desk.“I'm here for the CEO. Where is his office?” He asked.At first the woman failed to recognize him as this would be her first time seeing him in anything other than a business suit.“Do you have an appointment with him?” She asked.“Do I need an appointment to see him?” Logan asked back, giving the woman a death stare.“I'll inform him of your presence,” she backed down, picking up the telephone.“Show him to the CEO's office,” she instructed one of the security guards, who quickly bowed at Logan before leading him away.Logan had a grim look on his face as he approached Nathaniel's office.Andrea had tried to persuade him not to confront Nathaniel but he didn't want to hear any of that. He could provide shelter for Andrea if her life was ever in danger because of this. After all, it would be his payment to her for having Gemm
Back home, Gemma and Derek were seated on the bed. Derek was nearly losing his mind, it hasn't been more than three hours since his so called siblings arrived, yet Nora had fought them up to five times. The constant drama was making his head ache. Gemma just sat right next to him, smiling while listening to Nora's exchange with Roselle.When it all got too much, Gemma couldn't stop herself from giggling. Her giggle brought a nearly frustrated Derek's attention to her.“What?” He asked, staring at her and wondering what the heck was making her giggle.“Nothing,” Gemma responded, covering her mouth with her palm.Derek gave her a suspicious look but then looked away.“Get the fools out of here, Derek!” Nora's loud voice sounded right outside the door. Her shouts was followed by a banging sound on the door.“Fuck!” Derek cursed.“I'll get the door,” Gemma smiled, rising from her seat.Walking over to the door, Gemma pulled it open and out there stood Nora with a very disorganised hair and
“No, I'm not leaving, Derek!” Nora protested the moment Gemma turned around to walk over to Derek.Gemma smiled at her stubbornness but didn't say a word and simply proceeded to sit on the bed, observing them.“We're done with this conversation, Nora!” Derek declared.“We're no way from done, Derek! I don't want those people here, please. Our home have always been perfect with them. Having that man who called himself our father is one thing, having his other kids here is another. Derek, please! You have to throw them out or soon that man will show up with his mistress to live here too!”“You have no say, Nora. This is my home. I built this place. I can decide who stays and who leaves,” Derek declared.Nora's statement made a lot of sense but then he wasn't going to give her the satisfaction of listening to her. The Nora right in front of him was very different from the sister he had known all his life. Unless, she looked back at herself and amend her ways, he won't give in.“This is my
“We have to find a way to kick Andrea out, without offending Gemma or making Andrea suspicious,” Derek suggested.The duo stayed silent. Each think of the best approach to the matter.“Your step-siblings…Does Gemma have any close relationship or bond with them?” Logan asked.“They just arrived today. Today ia her first time of seeing them, what sort of relationship could they possibly have?” Derek answered, wondering why Logan was suddenly bringing them up.“Well, let's use them,” Logan smiled.“How?”Logan was quick to brief him on his plans, bringing a smile to Derek's face.“Which one of them should we use, the little one? Esther, is her name, I think,” Logan proposed.“No, no. You can't. Not her, Logan,” Derek quickly protested.“What? Why?” Logan who thought they were both on the same page, stared at him confused.“Gemma seems fond of her. We can't use her. Who knows she might end up becoming close to Gemma. I can't ruin her potential relationships. Even the ones that seems insign
“Serves you right, Gemma,” Nora flashed Gemma an overly sweet smile just as she reached the hallway.“Since you want to ruin my relationship with my brother, yours won't survive either. This is just karma coming for you,” Nora smiled yet again, bringing Gemma to halt.“What?” Gemma asked, looking at her.“Karma?” She scoffed.“Take a good look at yourself, then look at me. Who does your brother value most? Me or you?” Gemma returned her sweet smile.“You're not dumb, Nora. Think about it….Or maybe you already know the answer,” Gemma laughed, then made to walk away from her, but Nora wasn't letting go.“I'm his sister. It's me first before you, or anyone!” Nora was getting agitated.“Oh, really,” Gemma paused yet again, raised a brow and let out a mocking laugh.“You!” Nora glared at her.“Whatever helps you sleep at night, Nora,” Gemma walked away.“You saw what happened just now? Your relationship with him will be ruined, before you can even think of putting a strain on ours!” Nora de
“Gemma, something happened! Your name is on the news!” A loud banging followed by Esther’s loud voice woke Gemma from sleep the next morning.“What?” She mumbled, her eyes flickering open.“Open the door! Your name is all over the news!” Esther yelled yet again, banging on Gemma's door.“Get away from there,” Gemma could hear the butler hushing the little girl.Not bothering to slip her foot into her house slippers, Gemma got off the bed and pulled the door open.Esther raced in that instant, escaping Samuel who was just about to grab her.“Come see,” she waved at Gemma.Shutting the door, merely acknowledging the butler, Gemma walked over to the bed where Esther was already seated.“Derek's company released a new product with you as the model. Then two hours later, your family company released the same product…you're also the model,” Esther announced.“What?” Gemma was so stunned that she took Esther's phone from her.“What the?” Her eyes nearly wide as saucers.“It has sparked a deba
“How is this possible?” Gemma was shocked, she stared down at her phone on the ground.Rubbing her hand on her eyes to make sure she had seen the content of the text, she picked up her phone one again and gazed at the content of the text.“Gemma, I didn't find your phone in the room, you said I could use it!” Esther called out, walking into the room, just when Gemma was about smashing her phone on the ground the second time.“Gemma! What's wrong?” Esther yelled, rushing over to her. The door was open so she didn't see any need to knock.“Why do you want to smash your phone?” She asked, startled.Quickly, she grabbed Gemma's phone from her to prevent her from smashing it on the floor.And just as she grabbed it, her eyes caught sight of the text.“Gemma,” she whispered, looking up at Gemma.Gemma was quick to snatch the phone from her.“Don't tell anyone about this?” Gemma told her.“You should tell Derek,” Esther suggested, looking up at her.“No one should know, most especially him,”
“I can't, Esther,” Gemma mumbled and without saying another word, she grabbed her phone and exited the room. Esther stood looking at her. If only this lady realizes how much Derek loves and is willing to sacrifice for her. The truth was that after getting to know she was related to Derek Ferguson, she had made her research about him and found out he had a wife whom he was crazy about. As someone who researched and monitored Derek and Gemma for months. She knew they were head over heels for each other, most especially Derek. It wouldn't surprise her if Gemma brings up this abortion issue to Derek and he actually supports it. That was the extent he would go for Gemma's happiness and peace of mind. But why has Gemma not realized this yet? Esther couldn't help but question herself while staring at the door Gemma had walked through. Sighing, she went after Gemma and just then she saw her exiting the mansion. Esther hurried over to the room right next to hers, knocking like her life depend
ABOUT FIVE YEARS LATER “Gemgem!” “Gemgem!! What's taking you so long in there!!” Derek yelled from inside their bedroom. Gemma was inside the bathroom and was taking too long to get done and come outside. “Mom, daddy and I will leave without you!” Little Melina shouted from Derek's arms. “Mummy!!” She yelled yet again. Derek didn't bother trying to call out to Gemma again. Since Melina had taken over, he knew Gemma would be out in a minute or two, she doesn't joke with their little princess. “Dad, go check what mummy is doing in there…I'll go check if Aunt Esther is ready,” Melina said, getting off Derek's arms. She ran over to the door and just before she ran out, she suddenly halted. “Dad, don't waste any time in there, get mommy and meet us downstairs,” Melina warned. “Emmm….that's exactly what I'm going in there to do, I'm already dressed up,” Derek smiled at her. “Good, cause I don't want you two doing adult things in there, it takes way too much time,” Melin
“Congratulations, sweetheart!” Derek smiled broadly, proudly patting Gemma's head. It was though his words brought sudden realization on the faces of the executives. Those in favour of Gemma had proud smiles on their faces, while those against her murmured in dissatisfaction. “Congratulations!” Logan quickly hugged Gemma, also smiling broadly. “Thank you, big bro,” she laughed. “Say that again!” Derek said aloud, not minding the presence of other people in the room or the fact that they were live on air. “Big bro,” Gemma laughed. Logan smiled broadly, winking at Derek. “Hear that?” He raised a brow. Derek laughed, shaking his head. But then he was very happy. Gemma didn't have just him, she has Logan and Victor too. “Where is Victor?” He asked the moment he recalled that Victor was supposed to be up here. “He is having a party with the reporters downstairs,” Gemma laughed, recalling how they ditched him barely an hour ago. “You devils!” Victor's loud voice rang. “You left
“The person we've all been waiting for is finally here. Let's begin,” Derek announced.Inside the meeting room, seated around the enormous table were the executive members of the company with voting rights.“The entire country is curious about what is going on here right now, to keep the company's prestiges and reputation, I suggest we air the voting live,” Derek spoke.His words were met with both acceptance and rejection and soon the meeting room became noisy with everyone debating his suggestion aloud.Gemma stepped further into the meeting room, taking a stand right next to the vacant CEO seat.“We will air the voting!” She announced loudly, bringing the stop to the arguments.Most of the executives began to murmur in displeasure.“I won't have a woman tell us what to do?” One of the executives openly expressed his displeasure.“A woman you say,” Gemma didn't bother hiding her own displeasure.“Mr. Darlington, what are the qualities of a great CEO?” Gemma threw an unexpected quest
Gemma and Victor were quick to get into Logan's car. Logan didn't bother saying a word and got into the driver's seat. And sped off to Braun's company. Soon, the trio arrived at the company which had already been overtaken by reporters, the number of reporters in front of the company was very overwhelming. The moment Gemma stepped out of Logan's car, they all rushed over to her. “You said your husband was putting on a show here, there is no sign of life out here,” one of the reporters said. “Did you lie to get us away from Ferguson's residence?” Another asked. “You deceived us, Mrs. Ferguson, how are we to believe a word you said on the national television today?” Another asked. “That's my husband's car over there,” Gemma pointed in the direction of a black Veyron. “How sure are we that that's his car. We all saw his car get crushed by a Mack truck barely an hour ago,” another person countered. “Are you blind or simply don't want to check the plate number?” Logan who had just
“Where is Derek Ferguson and his wife?” One of the reporters asked aloud.To Logan, the question didn't matter. The fact that Derek and Gemma were not inside the crushed car, made his heart leap with joy. It meant they were probably safe somewhere and to him, that's the best news.“I can find them later,” he told himself.Finally looking away from the car, his eyes met some of the press who were gathered around the Mack truck. Victor seemed to be the centre of attention, making Logan rush over to know what was going on.Due to his display for madness earlier, the press easily cleared the way for him to get up the truck. Once he got up, he saw Victor dealing out punches to a nearly lifeless James.“That’s enough, Victor,” he grabbed Victor's shoulder and pulled him away from James.“The police are here, they'll do the needful. Let him go,” he kept pulling a pissed off Victor.His words were met with a scoff from James.“Who did you do that for?” Logan glared at James.“You,” the fool r
Elena, whom Mr. Brown had dragged back home with him, was awakened by the noisy shattering of what seemed like glass in the early hours of the new day. She was tired and worn out from the previous night's strenuous activities Mr. Brown put her through. Dragging herself out of his bed, she found her way down the stairs, limping. After getting discharged, her father had failed to win against Mr. Brown and then the man took her home with him. Since then, she hasn't had a single day of rest. She was forced to share his bed with him, she was forced to do all sorts of things in bed with a man old enough to be her father. And it was all because of Gemma. She blamed Gemma for her predicament. If Gemma hadn't pushed her to the wall, she wouldn't have gone to the damn club that day and wouldn't have been married to the old monster. She cursed Gemma for her fate. Few weeks ago, when Gemma came to the hospital and acted like she wanted them to become really good and close sisters, she hated it,
Gemma took an extra hour to answer the series of questions the news anchor had for her. The truth was that after waking up to a new life, she knew she had to do something to deal with the people that messed with her. Appearing harmful only by her spoken words was the only way to keep them off her back. It was the only way she could dig out their dirty, rotten and disgusting secrets and affairs without them having any knowledge of it. When she woke up to a new life, she had started with James, gathering evidence of every single thing he had done to her. The evidence she submitted for his assault on her was from years ago. She had placed a video recorder on her room that day for fear of James eventually having his way with her. She had taken that recording to show Sylvia and Max that James was serious about having his way with her. But then after she complained to Sylvia about it the second time and she brushed it off as nothing, she had set the recording aside. She never knew it would
Daniel and Victor walked out the Motel and stood right out there, watching drag her luggage across the street. Once she was out of sight, Logan turned to Victor. “You did put the tracker on her, right?” He asked and Victor nodded. “We have to call Derek and update him,” Victor mumbled. “Not yet. We never planned on taking care of Daniel with him. Let's just speak to him later,” Logan told him. Victor, who had already pulled out his phone, sighed, nodding in understanding. “It's still 5am, I doubt he would even be awake now,” Victor muttered, about to press the power button to turn off his phone. But then, a notification popped up on his phone. “Look,” he tapped Logan. Logan, who was very invested in getting things done and done for all, didn't bother looking down at his phone, thinking it was one of his silly jokes. “It's Gemma,” Victor said in utter disbelief. That instant, Logan snatched the phone from him. Victor sighed and stood just next to him watching Gemma who was live
“Andrea said she met Rachel at Dalking street. Which means she is somewhere around there. That bitch isn’t wise enough to plan a full proof operation…” Victor was saying but was cut off by Logan.“I know all this, Victor. Where is Rachel right now?” he asked.“I don’t have her exact location but she should be in any hotel around Dalking street or that area. Rachel is in debt right now. That’s probably why she is in the slums…Dalking street is in the slums. She should be in any cheap hotel or motel around there…” Victor responded.“Well then, let's start with the cheapest one,” Logan suggested.Getting into Logan's car, the duo drove till they came to a stop at a public parking lot. The both knew it was probably not safe to take an exotic looking car into the slum. They would end up bringing unwarranted attention to themselves.Once they got out of the car, they found their way into the alleyway that led to slums. Both never said a word to each other again and simply focused on the tas