Susan was frantic. How could she have possibly offended anyone, just hours after arriving in the country? She had not even spent twenty-four hours in America, yet trouble had caught up with her already.'I hate my damn life' she muttered.'You what?' Susan's godmother asked her. Susan had gone so deep in thought, to the extent that she forgot that her godmother was still on the call, asking to know whose toes Susan had stepped on.'But I just got here. How on earth could I have stepped on any toes? I have not even met anyone apart from...' Susan was saying when she suddenly remembered the man at Joey's party.'Wait, godmother, can you please explain how your CEO looks?' She yelped. Her godmother felt small relief to know that Susan had started to recall an event. She knew that Richard's decision was not an ordinary one, and something must have happened concerning Susan that he was aware of, but she just could not draw up a connection yet.'I just sent you a picture of him' her godmoth
Michael, in a bid to make his mom feel better, thought it best to change the topic of conversation. After all, something interesting had happened at school, and he had looked forward to telling his mom about it the entire time.'Mom, guess what?' he asked her. 'Our teacher showed us a video on his phone. It was a video of us. Me and Judy. He said that we were popular on the internet,' the innocent boy revealed.Susan's eyes widened.'What are you talking about?' She replied in panic, but quickly shifted her mood back to being gentle, thinking that Michael was only making a thoughtless statement. He took his mom's phone from her. Susan allowed him to take it, thinking that he only wanted to play games on it as usual. She busied herself with hugging Judy and trying to make her feel as good as she could because Judy had started sobbing, seeing her mom in pain and tears. Michael scrolled through his mom's phone like an expert. Somehow, he had crammed the title of the video when his teache
'What happened to mom? Is she okay?' Judy asked her brother, Michael. While he was making the call to whoever Judy had no idea about, she looked at him with expectation. Especially when she heard him talk about their mom.'Mom failed her interview' Michael said with a depressed countenance. The kids were very much aware of Susan's new job and what it was about. She was excited back at home in the country they came from when she secured the job. So excited to the extent that she could not afford not to let her kids know about the good news. Now she had lost it, and the kids were sad.In the ever-so-busy city center, there was an area marked out only for the wealthy and influential. Not just anyone could be found around that place unless you wanted to be harassed by the mean-looking security guards that protected the place. That night, there were three men sitting under a bright chandelier that sparkled elegantly above their heads. They were in a light discussion because there were occa
Richard scoffed.'This has got to be the joke of the century,' he said. 'Those are not my kids in any way, what a silly coincidence,' he added.'Then how do you explain the striking resemblance?' Daniel asked. His expression was sure and bent on having Richard do something and try to find out about those kids, and not just assume that they were not his.'If they are not your kids, then they have to belong to your brother, the younger one,' Vector added.'There's no way on earth those kids belong to William's family, not at all. You lot spare me the sermon,' Richard replied.'Okay then, how do you explain this?' Daniel replied, still looking at the video in awe.'My brother has to be out of his damn mind. How irresponsible of him to have kids by the corner. He keeps on disgracing the damn family for crying out loud, he needs to be stopped' Richard ranted.'Your brother is a celebrity. If he has kids that he or your family does not know about, it should not come as a surprise at all,' D
It was a free day for Susan the next morning. If not that Richard had relieved her of her new job, by now she would have been on her way to her new office, but she was without any job.'I'd take you guys to school since I'm not doing anything for now. Don't worry about it Aunt Mabel' Susan said in a cheerful tone. Having slept over the previous day's chaos and disappointment, she was in a better mood at the moment. The kids skipped to school, exhibiting purity and innocence, much like every kid their age should naturally possess.'Mum, why are there all these cars in school today, what is going on?' Michael asked. The kids looked like angels. When the natural light of the morning sky fell on them, it embellished their perfect skin with a golden glow. The number of cars parked at the corner of the street of their school was oppressive. They were all executive cars, all painted black with tinted glasses. Susan didn't consider their presence there as a big deal, given the fact that it ha
'Here ma'am. I am offering you a blank contract with my company. All you have to do is scribble in how long you want to work with us, and then sign it. It's already signed by me' Richard handed Susan the documents as soon as he confirmed that she was not going to yield to giving him the information he needed from her.She could not believe it. Her eyes shone in genuine shock, while she stared at the document in Richard's hand. Somehow, unknown to Susan, Richard forced the contract into her hand. Her kids peeped at Richard from behind her. He was so tall, like the skyscrapers that Michael had seen when they first arrived in the city. He was so commanding as well. The way he stood in front of their mom, towering above her like a mean and bad man, it was obvious to the kids that she was afraid of him because of his big mood.'Mummy, who is this man? Is he a good man or a bad man?' Judy asked in her usual innocent voice. He just made her mother smile and changed her scared disposition ver
'Yea right' Susan rolled her eyes and replied to her kids when she realized that they were teaming up against her. 'Both of you should miss me with the father drama. As if you don't know that you don't have a dad. I don't know where I kept him' she told them.'Huh?' Judy asked in surprise. She started to think of what her mother said. How was it possible that someone would not know where he or she kept another human being? Michael's eyes shone as well inquisitively.'Mom, did you throw him away under the bed? or behind the sofa?' Judy's little angelic voice rang, making Susan burst out laughing.'Mom. I heard that our dad is a superstar like those people in the movies' Michael whispered into his mom's ear. Susan broke out into laughter again.'And where did you hear that from?' she asked her son. Susan had not paid attention to that damn video of her kids flooding the internet. She was too busy sending her CV all over the companies she could lay her hands on, so she was busy with othe
Richard was surprised to see that Susan did not express any form of fear towards him when he stood in front of her, looking like the grim reaper. She made up her mind not to show any weakness, after all, he was the one that came searching for her to come back to work because she had already given up hope of working with his company.Under normal circumstances, Susan ought to be showing off her most gentle and pretty side, just like other women that had an encounter with Richard would have done. They would adjust their outfit and their makeup a thousand times before Richard came to speak with them. Some of them were even wild enough to make all sorts of body adjustments right in front of him. But not Susan. Her indifference was alarming. She had an exterior as cold as ice and as hard as iron as if she looked forward to nothing exciting in life. She was very placid. Richard was uncomfortable.Richard could not deny that Susan looked beautiful and elegant that morning. Unlike the first t
Susan was furious. Joey was trying to bring up her shameful past in front of Jacob, and the way she was going about it was full of mockery and insult. Joey's own mom, who doubled as Susan's stepmother had drugged her, and then when she became unconscious, sent her to the hotel where the disgusting man who was now the father of her kids had broken her innocence while she was not even aware of what was going on with her. How ruthless. How could she be able to tell Jacob that sort of story of her life? Of course not. She was not going to do that.''What is she talking about, Susan?'' Jacob asked. The more Joey hinted at the reason Susan ran away to a foreign country, the more curious Jacob became.''Please dear, let's just continue to eat in peace. There's nothing to know'' Susan told Jacob calmly. She was determined to maintain a smooth relationship with him. If she dared to talk about her nasty experience, she was not sure how Jacob would react.''She has been with other men, Jacob. It
Susan arrived at the Beathrow Restaurant a couple of minutes later. A lot of luxury cars were lined up from side to side, protecting a limousine that stood in its grace and beauty between the cars that guarded it.A tall and handsome man with legs that were as long as stilts stepped out of the car. His face shone brightly as the sun and all heads were turned toward his direction because of the grace and aura he carried. However, these lurking eyes could not behold the stern gaze that the cold and emotionless man returned at them. He oozed arrogance and pomposity, so much so that no one could walk in the same space with him. His presence and appearance definitely felt like a shame to any other men that were not on his level and status.A proud Richard Williams led his bodyguards into the reserved elevator section of the Beathrow restaurant.While he was in the elevator, his jaw clenched and unclenched in nervousness, anxiety, and a bit of anger at the fact that he knew Susan was in tha
''Keep an eye out on them for me. And always call or come back to tell me what is going on, okay?''Richard ordered his bodyguards to man the district where his kids lived with their mother, Susan, and their aunt, Mabel.After what Michael revealed in the car on their way to the district they lived in, Richard could not leave without making sure that he appointed guards to watch over them. If Richard came to hear at any time that his kids were missing, he was sure going to lose his mind. So he acted hurriedly.As expected, Richard did not drive himself home. He sat behind the car and let his thoughts wander away, thinking about his children.''Are you okay, Susan?'' Aunt Mabel asked when Susan entered the house with the kids and shut the door behind her. Susan quickly walked over to the window and appeared to be worried while she peeped outside.''What's going on outside, what are you looking at?'' Aunt Mabel asked.''Mummy is looking at our daddy's car'' Michael the mischievous one r
''Exactly Michael. You know how unsafe it is to have all these mean-looking men glaring at you angrily, so it is better that you stay away from him. Don't go close to him because only mean people move around with these mean men'' Susan told her inquisitive son.Richard's face immediately got distorted after Susan made this unwholly remark. He was upset because he knew that Michael had taken his mother seriously after she made such a comment about him.''My dear boy, I have to move around with them so that I can be safe and get to wherever I am headed, quickly. Don't mind your mom, I'm not a bad person. Okay?'' Richard asked Michael. Michael completely agreed with his dad on this one.''It is true mom. Daddy is right. If we have the mean-looking men with us, you won't have to be afraid that anyone wants to take Judy and I away, you know that you are always afraid of it happening.'' Michael told his mother, Susan.''What did you say?'' Richard barked suddenly at Michael. He slowed down
Judy woke up uncomfortable. She smacked her cheeks urgently as if something was itching her. Maybe Richard's excessive kisses on her face caused her such discomfort.''What?'' Richard asked urgently when Judy's face started to distort. It seemed as if she wanted to cry. He got up in a haste, feeling that Judy had grown tired of the position that he held her in, and started to rock her back to sleep while he held her in his arms, gently cooing her back to dreamland, but Judy woke up. Her eyelashes fluttered open, and her large eyes blinked in front of Richard's face.When Richard looked into her eyes, he saw that they were so pure. Like the sky on a bright sunny day, they shone and gleamed at him, blinking gently and trying to get used to the environment that they were faced with.''Mummy...'' Judy cooed as soon as she got a complete hold of her senses.''It's me, Judy, it's Daddy that's here with you now'' Richard told her.''No, I want mummy now. Not you, mummy. I want mummy''. Judy
''Richard wants to see you''. Susan told the butler when she found him outside the living room, staring in the direction of the ocean.''Take her to look for the boy'' Richard ordered, and soon enough, the butler and Susan were on their way to fetch Michael from wherever he was. They drove in a cart across the expanse of the beach, scheming through the foot of the mountain and past the forest. Susan heaved a deep sigh. This was the definition of wealth. She quickly snapped back to the moment when she realized that she was having pleasant thoughts concerning something that had to do with Richard. Nothing could ever make her see Richard in a pleasant light. The son of a bitch that was trying to take her kids from her, never!The butler took her to a massive toy room, and there she found Michael. He was lost in another world. Focused, yet his face flushed with excitement while he swam in the abundance of toys that graced him in that room.He was in the company of Richard's assistant, who
It was impossible to get Judy to sleep if she was not being cuddled. Susan would usually do the most for Judy, just to appease her to fall asleep, yet this man had easily sent her to dreamland effortlessly.Susan could not explain how upset she was. She could feel it in her bowel. Her insides twisted and turned in pain at the thought of this recent development. She stepped out of the bathroom and got dressed, only for her to see that Judy was still in Richard's arms. The look on his face spoke of contentment. He was fine by himself, sitting on a couch and staring into space while Judy slept peacefully on his shoulder. Susan had hardly ever seen her this peaceful. She wished that she could snatch her daughter away from Richard at once. She felt irked to the core.''Shhh...'' Richard hushed Susan when she suddenly appeared in front of him, looking as if she wanted to continue with her ranting from where she stopped.''Don't make a sound'' he added. Susan was taken aback by the way Richa
Susan was not trying to commit suicide actually. She was embarrassed at the ugliness that her tears and flu had caused on her face. She had been crying her eyes out, literally. When she entered the ocean, she could easily give the excuse that her eyes were swollen because of the seawater, and sand that had made their way into her eyes.While she was trying to step out after succeeding in rinsing her face in the ocean, she felt his arms grab her waist. Richard grabbed her and pulled her out of the water, and she stumbled into his embrace.''You want to commit suicide just because I found my kids?'' Richard asked her. As far as he was concerned, she wanted to take her life for such a trivial reason.''Excuse me?'' Susan replied, clearing her throat violently of the water that had forced its way into her mouth and nose. Suicide? I was not trying to commit suicide''. She replied. If it were possible, Susan wanted to live for another one thousand years.''Get your dirty hands off me. Leave
''Mummy, where are you going?'' Judy asked when she turned around because she heard her mom's footsteps leaving the space that they were in. Judy had almost slept off on Richard's shoulder with that damn hug, and Richard was ready to stay there for as long as Judy deemed fit.''I'm going to take a walk'' Susan replied. Tears! Tears of defeat had filled her eyes, and she did not want Judy nor Richard to see them, so she did not turn back to look at them.''Are you sure mummy? If you are going back home, I will go back home with you'' Judy cooed. Finally, she had come back to her senses. She was afraid that Susan would leave her there with Richard, and never come back to pick her up again. It bothered her a great deal.Judy was only interested in Richard's cake and nothing else. Of course, she wanted to stay with her mother in the long run, not Richard.''Mummy, wait...'' Judy said while she started trying to break free from Richard's grip. Just when he was starting to bask in the eupho