'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
'What are you talking about?' Richard asked, and laughed at Susan.'You want to sue who? Not me. Most definitely' he scoffed, eyeing Susan contemptuously. The angered look on her face triggered him so much, he thought she would be an exciting person to tease.'Are you a tigress?' he asked her in an annoyingly calm tone. Richard started to harbor fancy sexual thoughts for Susan when the sudden splash of cold water smacked him back to the moment.'SPLASH' ice- cold water from a glass, Susan threw water against the almighty Richard Williams face. The disrespect was stinking.'You poured water on my face, madam' Richard spat drops of water out of his mouth while he said those words. His death row aura was even more beckoning on the grim reaper more than ever before. Everywhere suddenly turned gray in the entire office, even some bulbs started to flicker on and off as a result of Richards anger. He felt like strangling Susan at the spot, no one had ever accorded him that extreme disrespect
Susan was going to pass out. She started to reason if she did not prefer the so-called brother of this horrible man to be the father of the kids, than this man standing in front of her. This was the greatest horror of her life.'Are you sure of what you are saying? An elated Richard asked. 'This is a serious one' Richard told the person he was speaking with over the phone, but the person only confirmed that he or she was positive.'Okay then, send the result over to my email. Or however you will prefer to deliver it to me' Richard ordered, and then hung up. His eyes pierced through Susan's body as if he were the devil himself.Richard started to advance towards her, making Susan wish that there was a way she could find herself outside of that building before it was too late. This horrid man, it could not be true that he was the father of her kids. How and when? She shivered, the closer that Richard got to her, the more her spine started to fail her.'You heard what just happened?' Ric
Susan could have sworn that she was over her past. Five years was enough to make her feel numb about what tragedy happened to her, but Richard Williams had appeared out of the blue and was sticking a knife into an old wound, making it bleed all over again.If only Richard knew what was about to happen to him, he would have defended himself, because the sudden show of disrespect from Susan was alarming. Susan took the cheque from Richard, tore it to pieces, and then threw it back at him. As if her pouring ice water on him was not enough. Not in Richards life had a woman ever disregarded him like this. He could not believe what was happening to him in Susan's hands.'I'm not giving you my kids' she barked at him. Where she suddenly got the push to be rude again was unknown because just a couple of minutes ago, she had passed out of her mind.'You are going too far' Richard warned her, his eyes finally opened to a fine circle. For the first time since Susan met Richard, she was seeing hi
'I do not care about what you have to offer to me, or any criteria's I have to meet up to concerning my own children. I have brought them up for years. You think they look attractive? Well that's because I took care of them at the expense of depraving myself of everything I could have done for a better life. And now, you show up out of nowhere, trying to steal them?' Susan cried.Richard stared at her in astonishment. Other females, as soon as they realized that they were going to have his kids, would be full of joy, no matter how he treated them, yet this woman was acting as if she had been sentenced to death. He could not understand.'I am going to take care of those children, Susan. You won't have to worry about them as far as finances are concerned and what not. I will give them the best education and life that they likely have always dreamed of, because they are my kids at the end of the day. They must know deep down in their heart that they deserve better than you can afford to
The thought of having Richard Williams go to pay her kids a visit all by himself made Susan afraid to her bones. She had to run after him. As much as she hated what was going on between both of them, she was positive that her kids would resist Richard as soon as they saw him, more so if she expressed how much she hated him while they were there, then they would prove difficult and only make him tired of the chase.While he saw Susan running after him into the elevator that was already closing up, Richard put his big hand in between the doors to force them open again and allowed Susan inside. To her surprise. She fit her slender body through the small space that the elevator made, and in the next couple of seconds, she was standing beside Richard. The aura between both of them was cold and unassuming. Both were speechless at each other.Making their way through the vast office space, Richard Williams and Susan following behind him, made several heads turn. None of the Richards employee
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