Hadley left the apartment building with different thoughts running through her mind and she felt that she needed to get herself a drink. Those thoughts were just clumping her mind.Hadley stepped into the crowded club and she instantly felt like it was a bad idea but she was already there to care.The smell of drugs, people making out nearby and the sweat of people gyrating to the blasting music in the club filled her nose and she wondered if that was what the people in the city referred to as having the best of their lives.If she needed to clear her mind at her place in the countryside she would have to go to the lake that gives her the serenity she needed or to the night market that was always full of life.Hadley decided to not care about what was happening in the club as she moved to the bartender. "Can you please get me your strongest drink here," she says and the man looks at her weirdly but he gives her orders anyway.Hadley started gulping down the drinks one after the other
The dining hall felt suffocating to Hadley and she tries to regulate her breathing because she doesn't know what to tell Maurice.If she tells him that she went to her father's place how was she going to explain getting drunk that was the only explanation she could come up with.'Maybe I can just tell him about having some drinks with Father' Hadley thought and she sighed in relief at the plan she came up with."I was at my father's and we had done drinks, that's why I came home also drunk," Hadley says and Maurice's heart sank hearing her words."Ohhh," that was all that he said as he gulped the water in front of him in a hurry trying to suppress the surging emotions and hurt."Is that why you came home in a taxi? Your dad could not be kind enough to ask his driver to drive you home?" Maurice asked, and Hadley's eyes widened."What? I came home in a taxi. I didn't know that I was too drunk to remember," Hadley says and Maurice nods his head not questioning her anymore."So what did y
Hadley looked at Dave in fear wondering what narrative she was going to tell the man by searching the CEO's office.'I don't have to tell him that I am searching the office, rather I can say…I am arranging it' Hadley thought and I smiled inwardly at my idea."Hi Dave," Hadley said, with an awkward smile trying to get the man to not look at her weirdly but she did not succeed so she decided to talk."I am arranging the office everything looks messed up and I decided to tidy it up," Hadley says, and she was relieved to see the man buy her lie."Are you having problems at home?" Dave asked and Hadley beamed a fake smile at him wondering what the man meant by that."No, what did you mean?" She asked and the man shook her head. "Never mind…just trash talk," he says walking towards the table and Hadley adjusted the files very well to show how diligent she was."You are done here, right?" Dave asked and Hadley nodded her head knowing it was better for her to go out before the man started susp
The sound of the ambulance siren filled the accident scene and paramedics could be seen taking Maurice's body inside the ambulance. Maurice was rushed to one of the best hospitals in the city with the doctors waiting in line to treat him and immediately he arrived he was wheeled to the surgery room.The news about the accident flew through the country with different news outlets publishing it and the country was in complete mourning even though the man had not been announced dead they all could still be worried.immediately Hadley heard the news of the accident. She was completely disorganized and she ran out of the company without caring about anything but she was lucky that Dave followed her out. She enters the hospital with no sense of direction but she is lucky to have Dave who directs her to the hallway and she is surprised to find Maurice's family already waiting there."Oh, my child!" Maurice's mother called immediately after she saw Hadley and the lady was stiffed since that
Everyone waited outside till the doctor was done, no one moving an inch fearing that whenever the doctor came out they were going to miss him.They watched as the surgery room light went off and they all anticipated the doctor coming out and it was just as they expected some doctors walked out in their surgical scrubs."Good evening," one of them greeted the family but most of them were too overwhelmed to answer his greeting."Goud even…" Maurice's father was about to reply but Maurice's mother and Hadley's mother broke into his words."How is he, doctor?" They both chorused and they shared a pained look before they returned their gaze to the doctors."The surgery…went well. He is okay now and he will be waking up soon," the doctor announced.They all breathed out a sigh of relief after what the doctor said and it was like they were just relieved of a life sentence.Maurice was wheeled out of the surgery room and Hadley's eyes trailed after him and she wanted to follow them."I am sor
Hadley looked at Maurice keenly and she almost laughed out loud but seeing the man's weary eyes were not holding signs of jokes she decided to spell it out. "What? You really meant it?" Hadley asked and Maurice nodded his head. "Yes, I want to have kids with you," he says and Hadley looks at him rather weirdly. "But why now? Why all of a sudden?" Hadley asked, and she watched as the man got drowsy as his eyes were closing back gently on their own and she knew the effect of the anesthesia must not have worn out."It's just that when…I felt my life slipping away from me…I think.." Maurice was saying but he fell asleep without finishing up his words and Hadley panicked thinking it was something else.She rushed to call a doctor and Maurice was attended to and his family also came to the hospital after hearing that he had woke up.After the doctors attended to him they made sure to keep him sedated so he could get enough rest.After some time Maurice woke up and his eyes searched for Ha
Hadley's face twisted in confusion seeing Maurice standing with a walker as he gazed at the two people in front of him.He walked out of the room claiming to be stuffed and needing fresh air but he never expected the sight he saw in the hallway.Nicholas's expression was blissful when he saw him but Hadley's was surprised and she also looked worried that he could not decipher her intentions.He didn't know why she was looking worried and her surprised expression was beyond him too."Oh, my goodness Maurice! What are you doing outside?" Hadley asked rushing over to Maurice and the man smiled tightly hearing her words."I just have bandages on my head, I am not crippled," Maurice says, touching Hadley's face."I know but you just woke up and recovered, of course, I should make a fuss if I see you doing something that dangerous when you are just recovering," Hadley scolded and Maurice smiled, loving how the woman was worried but Nicholas's voice made his expression turn gloomy. "Hi Maur
The time stopped as Hadley watched Nicholas let go of Maurice's grip on him and she felt her world stop as she closed her eyes hoping that she was hallucinating.Hadley opened her eyes back still hearing the breathing sound of the man and she knew that it was no joke. Maurice has really fallen."Ahhh! You demon! What have you done?" Hadley yelled rushing to the man and she reached to slap the man's cheek but Nicholas held her hands in midair."What are you doing!" He yelled, looking at Hadley, whose eyes were brimming with tears."Are you crazy you just dropped…what ammi doing…I should go and ask for help!" Hadley bellowed, jerking her hands away from the man and she took her heels trying to go look for help but Maurice's voice behind her stopped her movement."Where are you going?" Maurice asked, and when she turned around thinking that her ears were playing tricks on her she was surprised to find Maurice standing unscathed looking at her."What? You are.." Hadley could not complete
Maurice was transported to a room in the hospital after he fainted in the hospital's hallway, and the doctors attended to him. They couldn't find the reason for his rash, but they ran a test on his brain, which he was examined to be suffering from shock.“What are you saying, doctor?” Mr. Elliot, Maurice's father, asked the doctor because whatever he was hearing sounded strange to him. “It's just as you heard chairman, your son might be suffering from a great shock which leads to his allergy coming back.” The doctor said, referring to Maurice's allergy to woman's touch.“But that's not possible, I mean he doesn't have the rash, no matter who he touches now and..” she was saying, but the doctor interrupted her.“I understood your stance ma'am, but that doesn't change the fact that his allergy has returned, and it might be best if you consulted a psychiatrist.” The doctor said, and Mrs. Elliot burst into tears.She didn't know her son was that vulnerable, and his wife's death would be a
Inside the Gilbert’s mansion, Robert was seen sitting alone in the living room. After Robert Gilbert, Hadley, and Ella's father, ordered for the explosion of the building, he went home like he did nothing wrong to create a perfect alibi for himself. “Hello, I hope you did a clean job.” He breathed into his phone as he watched the news broadcasting about the explosion of the building. “Yes boss.” The person at the other end of the phone assured him.“That's good, make sure you go into hiding because the police might get up to something we wouldn't want, right?” He said, hanging up on the phone.He would make sure that he cleaned off any evidence that might make the people suspicious of him. He needed to save his empire, and if sacrificing his two daughters was the price, he surely wouldn't hold it down.“Now that I have this with me, I don't think anything would ever stand in my way in the business world.” Robert beamed, and he picked up the file to go to his room, but his wife rushed
The news about Ella's death reached the Elliott's family, and they all rushed down to the police station to confirm it because it was unbelievable to them. “Where is my son?” Mrs. Elliot asked, and the police officers took her to Maurice, who was sulking at the check room where Hadley's body was placed. “Maurice.” Mrs. Elliot called slowly as she walked to Maurice, but the man didn't bother to look at her. “They are telling a lie, Mom. They are all saying that the woman on that table is my wife, how can that be?” Maurice blurted, and his mother's feast aches watching her son suffer so much. Her eyes trailed to the body on the table, which was covered with clothes, and she knew that officers couldn't be wrong with the identity. “Maurice, please, I'm sure that they couldn't be wrong with the identity of the body..” Mrs. Elliot was saying, but Maurice cut her off. “What did you mean by body? How is that a body? What if she is my wife, she has a name and..” Maurice trailed off seeing t
An Hour Before The ExplosionHadley, Ella, and their mother were locked in a dark room by their father, with no way out. Hadley looked at her sister, who was in pain, and barely hanging on, and she hated herself for not telling Maurice about her father's plot.He would have prevented this from happening, but she was too stupid to grooved that her father was not the monster he was.“Are you okay, Ella? Are they in pain?” Hadley asked an obvious question, but Ella just chuckled. “I don't think that we should worry about me because I feared that any of us would be able to escape from here.” Ella said.“No, we would be able to escape, believe me, okay?” Hadley assured, but she knew she was the one that needed that assurance.“But how? Did you think we can..” Ella was saying, but she broke into tears. “Why are you crying, Ella? Can you not handle the pain?” Her mother asked, and Hadley got worried.“I'm sorry, I got you all into all this mess.” she said, but Hadley shook her head. “That's
The afternoon sun slithered into the room, and Maurice groaned as he turned around on the bed. He has a horrible night, and coupled with his drunk self he has to wake up with a hangover.“Damn!” Maurice cursed as he felt his head banging with a headache, he pried his eyes open gently, and looked around the room he was in.He wasn't surprised that he wasn't in his room because he feared he might do something Hadley would hate him for if he stayed there.“This is crazy!” He cursed as he got down from the bed, but he almost lost his balance because his eyes were a bit blurry. He couldn't believe that he drank himself to stupor. “It's all her fault.” Maurice murmured.A part of him believed that Hadley didn't betray him, but he was too jealous and he acted rashly. He walked to the kitchen to fix himself a hangover soup, but he hoped that he wouldn't bump into Hadley because he feared he might not be able to control himself.He might have fallen to his knees and begged her not to divorce h
Hadley's heartbeat increased as she feared who was coming into the room, but she released her breath when she saw the person, who just came in.“Are you okay, ma'am?” The maid, who just entered the room asked, and Hadley let out the breath she was holding.“Yes, I am.” She replied hurriedly, and hid the file she was holding. The maid was suspicious about Hadley's movement, but she couldn't pressure her if she wasn't ready to talk.She wouldn't want to lose her job. “Ok ma'am, then I will leave you to it.” The maid said, as age walked off and Hadley let out the breath she was holding. “Oh my goodness! That was such a narrow escape.” She mumbled.She looked at the file in her hand, and she knew she had to get out of the house before Maurice woke up. She wouldn't want to get caught by the man.“I have to get this to the heartless man before he does something to my sister.” She muttered, and walked out of that room. She got to the backdoor of the house, and sneaked out without anyone seei
The starry night was illuminated by the moon, but Hadley felt gloomy as she looked at it. She was devastated and didn't know what to do.After she left the party while chasing after Maurice, she had this unsettling feeling that something was going wrong, and she didn't even know what that could be.“Are you not coming in, ma'am?" Hadley heard one of the maids ask, and she beamed her a smile telling her that she was fine.“No, I am going to wait for my husband," Hadley replied, asking the maid not to worry about her. Yes, Maurice wasn't home even though they left the party together. He was kind of her to ask her to enter the car but immediately he dropped her off the zoomed off without saying a thing.How was she supposed to explain to him when he wasn't even giving her a chance to do that?“It is all that prick's fault, how could he have hugged me? That demon from hell should be castrated!" Hadley cursed but she stopped herself seeing that she was yelling at that quiet night.“I just
The whole ballroom fell into silence, and Nicholas's gesture raised an eyebrow to everyone in the room, and they were all curious as to what Hadley was going to do. “What are you doing, Mr. Sanders?” Hadley asked through gritted teeth warning the man to behave herself, and she wondered why Maurice was silent on the matter.He wasn't that quiet, so she understood what was going on. Maybe she should be worried after all.“I am asking you to dance, Mrs. Elliot? Did you find it so wrong?” he asked, and she hissed hearing his words.She was sure that he was trying to get Maurice to lose his temper in front of those people, and when Hadley started wanting to lash out at the man, Maurice interrupted her.“You are really funny, Mr. Sanders I almost mistaken you for a comedian instead of a businessman. How could you ask my wife to accompany you?” Maurice asked, and his chilly voice resonated through the room, and the bustling atmosphere dampened.Maurice has that effect, his voice alone was e
Days passed, and Maurice was finally discharged from the hospital but as time passed Hadley kept getting withdrawn because of her father's pressure on her.He kept pressuring her about her sister's health, and making different threats about her so that Hadley couldn't succumb to his threats. She hasn't come up with a plan, and she couldn't inform Maurice who just woke up to help her out.“What are you thinking about?” Maurice asked, and Hadley jolted in fear hearing his words because she didn't know that the man was behind her.“When did you get here?” she asked, trying to get the man's hand off her but the man wasn't letting her go.He could sense that she hadn't herself the past few days, and it might be that his secret fears were finally surfacing.Maybe she wanted to leave him, Maurice thought, but he was planning to hold onto her no matter what.“Did you just get out of the shower? You have to change or you are going to catch a cold!” she reprimanded seeing that Maurice was dripp