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Ben didn’t stay for the banquet. He shamelessly passed the torch to Bryan and ran away…. literally!! The others went on to the celebratory dinner; The senior members of the Adalase, Weldon and Evans clans sat together while the juniors occupied another table. They got the waiters to join two tables and place extra chairs to accommodate everyone. Jeff made sure he kept his wife engaged so that she didn’t get a chance to interact with Amber; Amber did try for a window but between Jeff and Bryan, she didn’t stand a chance. Lisa and Amber circled around their table under various pretenses and were confused to find Ben missing. Everyone was excitedly discussing the work of the anonymous designer. Some were bold enough to circle Irene to ask her about her designer. “I really don’t know. My model was in charge of getting the jewelry ready.” Irene helplessly passed the baton to Lara. She couldn’t hold on much longer. Who would try and pry the Major General’s corner? Theo came over to Brya
They gathered near the bonfire in pairs as the chef got their dinner ready. They chatted about random topics before the topic finally settling on yesterday’s competition. Lara and Sarah animatedly told Dana everything after they realized that Dana had no idea about yesterday’s turn of events. “That was nicely done.” Frank smiled. “Wife, do your designs have those nuances?” Ben asked curiously. “Yes. It is something Grandpa Michaël taught me.” Dana smiled “Grandpa Michaël used to be a famous designer back in the day in I2 country. But his best friend stole his designs and left him the infamy of plagiary; He had to leave everything behind and come here.” Dana sighed. “This was the first advice he gave me.” Dana shrugged “I didn’t think Gail pulling out was that straightforward.” She turned to pull Ben’s hand “Think about it… such a lousy excuse…. Ask her to bring me out with her and then break the commitment… doesn’t that smell fishy??” Ben nodded. “And to have someone make those d
Ben’s morning was packed with meetings. Shadow bought him his regular long black before the 11 am meeting along with the news from Jayden regarding Dana’s signature stamp timing. “Boss, should I pass the message to Madam?” “Um” Ben took a sip as he narrowed his eyes “What took them this long?” “Figuring out which transaction came from AE.” Shadow rolled his eyes. The transactions were often piggybacked to several different accounts and tracking the original account wasn’t as simple as the flick of a switch. “Wait. I will tell her later. What if she goes on a lone wolf crusade and gets in trouble?” Shadow shrugged; he didn’t mind either way. “What’s on next?” Ben asked as he signed the documents that he was reviewing. “Briefing with Tanzim representatives.” “Any issues?” Shadow shook his head. “Then you can run the show.” Ben stood up to leave. “Boss” Shadow called out with a frown. Ben arched an eyebrow. “Lou Lin seems to have cleared his diary for this catch up with you.”
Lara came to the Glitz club as pre-arranged with Gail. Gail was already waiting in a shady corner of the club. She watched Lara walk in on her own and taking a seat at the table where the booking was made. She waited for another 10 mins before walking out and towards Lara. “Ms Burton” She extended her hand politely in greeting with a fake smile plastered on her face. “What do you want?” Lara didn’t have time to be pretentious. “Can’t we have a friendly conversation?” Gail smiled charmingly. “Not with you.” Lara smirked with an unfriendly expression. “Lara, how much…” Gail sat down “Please call me Ms. Burton, we are not familiar to be on a first name basis.” Lara interrupted impolitely. She was not going to keep a friendly façade with someone like her. Perhaps she’d been friends with Dana for far too long. “Ms Burton, how much is Ed paying you for this role?” Gail’s lips curled up “I can see that you are enchanted with his performance but let me enlighten you” She paused deliber
Ruth paced uncomfortably in her living room. She couldn’t believe Theo’s audacity to ask for divorce. They had lived together for almost a decade and yet…. It was all going to be over just like that. She wondered if she could use her son as the bargaining chip. She knew that Theo was very fond of their son…. But at the same time, she didn’t want to use her son. She sat back with a tired sigh after walking off most of the resentment. “Ding” Her phone lighted up with a message. She read the message and was surprised. She knew Theo better than anyone. He was stubborn as a mule. He would never take a step back once he put his foot down. However, she replied with a simple ‘okay’. Gail was at her wits end having stayed in the god forsaken place for two nights in a row. At least her previous experience was not this shabby, she had used her connections and had quite a few people believing that she was still Mrs Evans. But this time, the complainant was Major General himself. All her previou
“Mr Carson.” Ben greeted, to break the ice. He knew Anna was very important to Dana since she decided to drop everything and come over and the man in front of him was important to Anna. “You better be worth the trouble I am in.” Osmond gritted his teeth as he shook hands. “Hurt her and I don’t care if you are the uncrowned prince of Dorsen, I will make you pay.” Osmond levelled his gaze at Ben. “You care that much about her?” Frank raised his eyebrows before Ben could respond. “Yes” Osmond paused before adding “My happiness depends on hers.” He spoke as he eyed the woman who was bossily ordering Dana and the others into the car. She didn’t wait for him to come as she drove away. “Your husb…” Sarah stared wide eyed at the four men standing outside with sour faces. “Let him deal with that stinky man.” “That’s my husband.” Dana pouted resentfully. “Sccrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeccccccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhh” Anna braked. She turned her head and looked at Dana as though she discovered a
“Seriously, thank you.” Irene eyes sparkled. “It was nothing.” Dana waved her hand. “No one would do it.” Irene pouted as she remembered feeling helpless after asking almost everyone she knew. Most of the people that usually fawned over her conveniently came up with “can’t squeeze with current commitments” as they were all aware of Ben’s announcement and knew Ben wouldn’t take revenge. “You are Ben’s sister and as such my sister.” Dana smiled shaking her head as if to say not to think too much. “I will owe you this one. You can ask me anything you want.” Irene promised happily. “No one knows.” Ben walked up to Dana and blurted. “Knows what?” Irene looked curiously at Ben. “Did you mean it when you said ask anything?” Dana looked at Irene with a sly smile. Ben shook his head and walked away. “Yes, I promise.” Irene raised her chin arrogantly “An Adalase never breaks a promise.” “Then sit with me for a counselling session.” “Huh?” “I want to help you and understand your prejud
“Come home when you are free in the afternoon, and we can start the counselling session if you want.” Dana told Irene once everyone dispersed for lunch. “Um” Irene nodded before asking curiously “Do you really not hate me?” Dana smiled and shook her head. “Yeah…” Irene smiled cheekily “I am so adorable; it is impossible to be hated.” “Puchi..” Dana giggled “How did you learn to be so shameless? From your brother?” “Nope… I have started taking lessons from Lara.” Irene smirked raising her eyebrows challengingly. The discussion at the dining table shifted to Christmas celebration that was coming up in 2 weeks. Helena declared that everyone would be exempt from the gathering for the next 2 weeks and had to make it home for Christmas eve and stay back till new year as was the tradition every year. “Sister-in-law, don’t forget my birthday is next month.” Bertie reminded Dana with a cheeky smile. Dana arched her eyebrows at Ben. “He is shamelessly asking you for the cufflink- tie cl