“So where should we begin from? The lies about a college degree in agriculture or you are going to start by giving me a damn explanation.” Sylvia spat the moment she stepped inside her room with Eleanor. As far as Sylvia was concerned, Eleanor studied marketing.Eleanor slammed the door and rested her back against it. She watched Sylvia pacing back and forth,“Don’t be dramatic, Sylvie.”Sylvia walked up to her. “Leonard had just given you a job Eleanor and do you know what this means?” Sylvia arched a brow. “Did you go to him crying about your unemployed state?”Eleanor moved away from the door and crashed into the edge of the bed. “Oh come on, what do you take me for?”“Then stop keeping me in the dark.” Sylvia fired back.Eleanor exhaled. “The thing is.” She gave her forehead a mild scrape and continued. “Miss Castello was the one who spoke to Leonard and I didn’t even think that he was going to buy the idea.”Sylvia’s jaw dropped to the floor.“When I learned that there was an op
Eleanor took her head into her hands and crashed onto the edge of the bed. Soon, the image of Sylvia crying while she hurried out of the room earlier wavered in Eleanor’s mind. “Shit!”She mumbled and stood up. What had she done? She began to pace and kept wondering. Had she gone far? The things she said to Sylvia began to flutter in her mind. Eleanor sighed. Poor Sylvia was still grieving and she had probably placed her on that path tonight. She clenched her jaw. She wasn’t mad at Sylvia. She was mad at herself for saying those hurtful things to Sylvia. Eleanor grabbed her jacket, wore it, and decided to go after her best friend and apologize to her. While she took steps down the hallway, Eleanor kept reminiscing her moments with Sylvia. The best moments in her life were the ones she had with Sylvia. At age 10 when she was struggling to maintain a cheerful life because she was forced to live with her Grandma after her mother’s demise, Sylvia came through for her. She befrien
Sylvia quickly went for her clothes. She hurriedly wore them and slowly opened the door. When she stepped out of David’s chamber, she pressed her back against the door and shut her eyes.What did she just do?She had just gone through one of the most difficult phases in her life. She was willing to go to bed with David in exchange for vital information. Her plan back in his chamber was to get him turned on and use his desires to play with his responses.Sylvia realized that she was fucking wet and even if she didn’t want to admit it, she needed those thrusts from David. Her sexually starved body was awakened tonight and if David opens that door, she might just give in.She heaved a deep sigh and hugged herself as she began taking steps away from his door. The fact that she was able to find out more about Catharina placed her on the winning side. She smiled and headed to her chamber which was just next to David’s.Sylvia was greeted by an open door. She walked inside and was stunned wh
"Ready?"June demanded the moment she stepped foot in David’s room. After he returned from the office around 4 pm, she had categorically stated that he doesn’t appear at the table for dinner.“Just a moment,” David replied and loosened the grip his tie had on him. On his part, he had finalized that June was treating him to a dinner in some fancy restaurant that night. He had acknowledged the idea because he plans to use the medium to discuss her new role in Wells Empire and possibly persuade her from quitting her career.David ran his hands through his head.“You look dashing,” June giggled. She was standing by the door, dazzling in a backless red silk.“Thanks,” David replied and was about to reach for his wallet from the table when she hurried toward him and caught his hand.He arched a brow. “I understand it’s your treat, Miss, Castello but it’s fair if I go with my credit card.”She grabbed his hand and led it to her left butt. She watched him squeeze his butt with all his might.
Both Sylvia and June were stunned by David’s retaliation. On her part, Sylvia was left dumbfounded that David stood up for her against his fiancée while June had just confirmed her suspicions.Before the matter could escalate, Sylvia made her way away from the table and was soon on her heels, far from the balcony. June folded her arms across her chest and stared at David with bloodshot eyes. “What was the meaning of that?”David sighed and shook his head.“Did you just grab my hand in front of a fucking servant?” She thundered.“You should have asked, June but you didn’t. You just showed up and decided to hit her. That was inappropriate.” David retorted.June grabbed the bottle of wine on the table and smashed it against the wall. She went on ranting. “Now you want to talk to me about good manners? Did you just say I should have asked?”“You don’t understand. I need you to calm down and listen to me.” David implored and tried to get close to her.She raised a finger at him, staring
“Do you want anything?”June swung her head from left to right. She was not typical of the woman and had been praying for the past five minutes for the woman’s partner to show up.She was seated in the luxurious living room and for about 5 minutes, no words were spoken between her and her host except for the question the woman had just thrown at her.“He’ll be here soon.” The woman said.June grinned. He had better be here because she had to sneak out of the office on her first day of work to honor his invitation. What would Leonard think if he finds out that she was sneaking out of work to have a private meeting behind his back?A few minutes later, June was alerted by footsteps clicking down the stairs. She sighed in relief. She couldn’t wait to get on with the meeting and get the hell out of the house.The man arrived in the living room and moved to the largest couch. He sat. He greeted June with a familiar smile and she acknowledged him with several nods.“I hope you didn’t get a
“Can you pull up a bit closer, please?”The driver turned to Sylvia. “I’m sorry, miss. This is the farthest I can get. I don’t want those ghosts hovering around my vehicle.” He said and pulled the cab to a halt a few meters away from the entrance.Sylvia sorted the fare and stepped out, pressing a bouquet of fresh roses to her chest.After dropping by the hospital to check up on Luna that morning, she had decided to pay her father a visit at the city cemetery before heading back to the Wells mansion.At the gate, she was acknowledged with a nod by the security guards. She made her way inside the cemetery and didn’t have to go far because Ben Baker was buried less than a month ago so his grave was in the first row. Sylvia hadn’t stepped foot in the cemetery since her father was laid to rest today. She made it to the first row with her eyes shifting from one grave to the other, trying to identify the caption attributed to her father.“Found it!” she mumbled and moved to the end of th
Immediately after his father stormed out of the office fuming, David decided to head out. His meeting with the Russian clients was slated for 1 pm and thirty minutes before the meeting time, David decided to take a stroll to the factory to check out the shipment that had just arrived.When he stepped out, he bumped into a group of people wheeling a bookshelf down the hallway. David was alerted when he saw other messengers walking toward him, lifting a coffee machine. Others were carrying dozens of files.He stopped to wonder why they were moving the structures and before he could utter a word, June appeared. She walked up to him.“Quick, get them inside. We have lots of items to relocate here.” She told the messengers while pointing at the office right next to David’s. “You asked them to move down these items from the third floor?” David turned to June with his eyebrows up, matching his hailine.She smiled and waved her hand down. “Oh come on Dave. They are just doing their job and
"Come in!” Leonard responded from the inside.Sylvia exhaled sharply before reaching for the doorknob. She opened the door and stepped into the chamber feeling quite nervous.For the past two days, she had spent time with Leonard at the table. They had spoken about the future and other things and she was starting to grow comfortable around him and now, he had just summoned her to his room that morning.When she got into his room, he invited her to sit on the sofa adjacent to his bed. While rubbing her palms against each other tenderly, Sylvia sat and cast her gaze to the floor.Leonard cleared his throat loudly and threw his back against his chair.“David told me everything.” he began. He then took a deep breath. “I'm sorry!”Sylvia finally looked up at him.“I'm sorry for lying to you. When the autopsy report came and it was revealed that Ben was strangled, I was lost.” Leonard said.Sylvia sighed.“The thing about influential people is that sometimes, you can't differentiate your fr
Flashback!“What if I can't do it?” she said with trembling lips.The man sighed and walked up to her. He slowly reached for her hand. He then opened her palm and placed two pills inside.“We’ve talked about this over and over again June. You are not a baby. You can pull this off so go out there and show Daddy that you're a smart ass.” he said and patted her hand tenderly.June opened her palm and stared at the pills. Then, she slipped them inside her purse and took a deep breath.“I've done a lot for you child and I'm not asking you to pay me but if you can pull this one trick off, I'll be the happiest man in the world. I won’t ask for another favor other than this but if only she knew that it was just the beginning of his endless demands.She shut her eyes and felt a sense of calmness beginning to envelop her as he continued motivating her. He thenmoved closer to her and grabbed her arm like he was going to hug her.Then he began to whisper into her left ear.“If you want to make it
“You said we were only visiting June. You didn't tell me we were also going to see Cathrina.” Sylvia lamented as they traced their way towards David’s car.“If we are bent on making things right then we have to leave no stone unturned,” David replied. When they got to the car, Sylvia threw her back against the vehicle and heaved a deep sigh. David moved closer to her. He tilted her jaw with two fingers. “As long as you're with me, you don't have to worry about anything.”She threw her arms around him. “I love you, David.”“I love you most.”They got into the car and drove away. After driving for about twenty minutes, they made it to the detention center. As usual, Cathrina was informed of her visitors and she granted them an audience. The moment Sylvia and David walked hand in hand, Cathrina became emotional. She sniffled as tears began to well up in her eyes. The duo settled on the bench facing her. “You know what Sylvia? I used to think you were one of those gold diggers who
“Did you just hear what Fred said?” Sylvia flung the question at David the moment they walked into his room. “We can't get married in ten days.”David crashed by the edge of his bed with a sigh.The restless Sylvia began to pace.“Come and sit with me,” David told her.She didn't. She kept pacing back and forth.David stood up and grabbed her by the hand. He then led her to the bed.“There’s a lot on our plate David. There’s June to deal with, there's Griffin, and now…“Do you trust me?” David interrupted.She turned to him. “You know I do.”David swallowed and took charge of her hands. “There’s something you need to know.”He was staring directly into her eyes. Sylvia felt a tingling in her eyeballs. “There’s something you need to know too.”David sighed and then cleared his throat loudly. “I'll go first.”Sylvia encouraged him with a nod.“I met June recently.”Her eyes widened in horror.David didn't take his eyes off her. “I left home the other day because I couldn't bring myself
“You have five minutes!”Sylvia shut her eyes and opened them immediately. “You can do this, Sylvie.” She muttered under her breath and began marching forward.After making breakfast that morning, she decided to visit Cathrina at the detention center. She had thought about it the whole night and was ready to face one of her demons.She walked up to cell 4 as instructed by the woman at the counter and before opening the door, she stopped to ponder.What if David rages mad at the idea that she went behind his back to confront Cathrina?She sighed and reminded herself that she was on a personal quest. She will only be at peace once the circumstances surrounding her father’s death were laid to rest and now that she was carrying David’s child, she wanted to be at peace with the Wells.Sylvia pushed the door open and when she stepped in, she met Cathrina looking at her straight in the face.“I was taken aback when the officer told me one Sylvia Baker came to see me.” Cathrina spat and motio
David pulled open the door to his chamber. He walked inside with a bright smile and traced his way to the mirror.“I'm going to be a father!” David muttered under his breath as goosebumps took charge of his body. He stared at his reflection with prestige. Amidst the chaos, David never thought that he could be this happy. He cupped his face with his hands and broke into a resounding laughter. He quickly moved to the table beside his bed and began to pull all the cabinets out. When he got to the last cabinet, he collected all the photos and dumped them on the floor.When David returned to New York, he had asked his agent to get him the pictures of all the curvy girls in town; The one's he found appealing to the eye and for the past few months, he had been exploring them.“No more!” David declared and seized the pictures.He grabbed a matchbox and dashed out. When he got to the backyard, he set the pictures ablaze and headed back to his room to continue his cleanup.He then collected
David was about to usher Sylvia into the car when Eleanor slipped out of her corner behind a grocery store. Immediately after David pulled up right in front of Sylvia, Eleanor stayed hidden.Sylvia wiped her tears with the edge of her palms and moved closer to Eleanor who was greeting her with open arms.They shared a warm embrace.“We have a new mummy on the block!” Eleanor spat.Sylvia broke off their embrace and stared at Eleanor with astonishment.Eleanor giggled and squeezed her hands.David faced the women. “Eleanor called me when she saw you walking into that store.”“How did you know the kind of pill I came for?” Sylvia threw the question at Ellie.Eleanor folded her arms across her chest. “Well, I followed you inside the pharmacy and when I saw you pick those abortion pills, I made my judgment and decided to get baby daddy.”Sylvia exhaled.“How could you even think of doing such a thing without informing me, Sylvia? I thought we were each other's rescue mate?” Ellie said and
Chapter 105Sylvia kept tossing from one edge of the bed to the other. She had settled for green tea that night because her stomach couldn't take anything. She had lost count of the times she had thrown up that night.It was past midnight yet she was unable to fall asleep. Her joints were aching and her head was hurting badly. She was just restless. She sighed and tried to sit up. The moment she threw her back against the wall, she felt her intestines tying into a knot. She groaned in agony. Sylvia couldn't wait for morning so she could hit the hospital. She had one thing in mind; food poisoning.***“Are you ready?” Maurice demanded after Sylvia stepped out.It was a few minutes past 9 am. Immediately after she woke up, she told Maurice that he was going to drive her to a hospital so immediately after breakfast, Sylvia got changed and then set out to meet him.“Yeah,” she replied and hurried after Maurice to the parking lot. He helped her get settled in front and after he was r
“You came to gloat? Go ahead son, it's what I deserve. Your father didn't make a mistake by keeping me here.” Cathrina said and hugged her knees with her chest.David moved closer to her and positioned his hands on his hips. “Did you say, my father? The last time I checked, you wanted to give me away to someone very easily.”She exhaled sharply and gave a smile but beneath her smile, David could see her pain.“You didn't care about how I felt or what I stood for. You just wanted to fulfill your selfish wish but I promise you, your lover will be apprehended and you guys might get to enjoy a little reunion before you end up in prison.” David said.“Leonard is a good man!”David chuckled. “Since when did you figure it out?”“I didn't just figure that out but I've always known from the start but to be honest, I have never been fair to him. I married him and never loved him.” she then look up at David. “When you meet someone you love, don't hesitate to spend the rest of your life with them