Fred was about to head to the dining for breakfast when he saw Eleanor walking up to him. With his arms folded across his chest, he stopped and waited for her to reach him.The nervous Eleanor walked up to him with a grin Fred considered sheepish. Lately, he had noticed how nervous and quite different she seemed around him. It was unlike her.“Good morning!” She hailed, lifting her right palm.“Morning, Elly.” He replied, facing her.She cleared her throat loudly and began. “I was thinking maybe we could hang out tonight.”Fred raised an eyebrow.She shook her head. “Not in that kind of way.” She exhaled and continued. “So there’s a bonfire in my community tonight and judging by the fact that you loved the Fest, I thought maybe you would want to attend tonight’s event. It’s camping, barbecue, and some other stuff.“It sounds interesting. I’ll love to come.” Fred replied.Eleanor’s eyes widened in surprise. That was quite fast she thought and decided to drop the part that might make h
“What was the meaning of that?” David flung the question at Fred the moment he stepped out. David was leaning against his Rolls Royce.Fred ignored David’s ferocious glare and pulled the door to the backseat. He hopped into the car and wrapped the seatbelt around him. He then threw his back against the car seat. David quickly joined him in the car. Derrick, the professional chauffeur was already in the driver’s seat.The moment Derrick stepped on the wheels, David turned toward Fred with his brows furrowing in anger. “You are the reason my dad wants to send Sylvia away right?”Fred folded his arms across his chest and arched a brow. “Are you kidding me?”“It was your idea. Wasn’t it?” David protested. “Unbelievable!” Fred marveled. First, David had flared up at breakfast and had barely touched his meal and now, he was looking like a volcano that was going to erupt simply because they came up with a theory with June. David loosened the grip his necktie had on him. “Just because y
Sylvia remained transfixed in her spot as she dived deeper into the pool of confusion. Suddenly, Cathrina’s phone began to ring and Sylvia was forced to return to her hiding spot.Catherina gave Leonard a final glare before leaving the corridor. Fredrick went inside his room and slammed his door in fury. Sylvia stepped out, her face was covered with confusion. **** “Open the damn door, fast!” Fred muttered under his breath and slapped the speedometer. The automatic gate was slowly opening to make way for him to wheel the car inside but judging by his schedule, Fred felt that the gate was taking an eternity to be opened. After they dropped off at the office that morning, Fred recollected leaving his journal back in his room. In the journal, he had taken note of all the points he was going to use to cheer the board meeting. David had suggested that Fred handles the meeting without the journal but the prim and proper Fred was scared of being a flop. In his father’s company, he ser
With shock coursing through his veins, Fred slowly turned around and headed back to his office. The moment he stepped in, he slammed the door against him and allowed June’s pen to drop to the floor.Fred needed no one to inform him that he had underestimated June Castello. She had admitted to framing Sylvia David’s sex video owing to jealousy but he had never imagined that she was going to have Sylvia assassinated. He cupped his face in his hands with sweat dripping down his forehead. He needed to do something fast to prevent June from launching her evil plan. Was collaborating with her a mistake? Fred wondered. *** Sylvia hurried down the staircase clinging to the fruit basket while Mili and Shane were behind her with the food trays. It was a few minutes past 2 pm.David, Fred, and June were back from the office. It was Friday and on Fridays, they leave the office around 2 pm. Fred didn’t drive back home with the couple. He pretended to be engaged in some work so June and Davi
Flashback: Five years ago“So you don’t like parties too?” David threw the question at June. They were standing on the balcony on the night of the 25th Anniversary of Wells Empire.She giggled without taking her eyes off David. He was incredibly handsome; the most devilishly handsome man she had seen.“Not really. I just wanted to get a good view of your house so I wandered here.”David nodded and studied the name tag strapped around her. “You must be very famous. You are Miss New York City. Now I know why my father invited you to this party. He has a thing for famous people.”June took bold steps toward David and stood beside him. They looked down at the pool. “This is the first time I’m meeting your dad. He sent me an invitation via email and as someone keen on meeting renowned people, I had to jump on the offer. I also met lots of iconic people tonight.”David stole a glance at June. “So tell me, would you be Miss Universe in the future?”She held up his stare with admiration. “I w
Sylvia couldn’t wait for dawn to hit St. Francis Hospital. Immediately after David left that night, she went back to her room and grabbed her fur coat. After putting it on, she dashed out to the male quarters located opposite the garden.She felt lucky when she saw Morris emanating out of the garden. She hurried toward him.“Can you give me a ride to the hospital?”“Now?” He asked, looking surprised.Sylvia gave her forehead a delicate scrape. “I need to see Luna tonight.”Morris heaved a frustrated sigh. “Go wait for me at the parking lot. I’ll go get the van keys.” He said and went inside. Sylvia left the spot with a victorious smile. She moved to the parking lot and rested her back against the blue van. She was about to slip her cell phone into her coat pocket when Eleanor appeared.“Where are you headed?” Asked Elly the moment she walked up to Sylvia.“I need to see Luna.”“Okay..” Eleanor slurred and roved her eyes all over Sylvia. “You’re not taking any package tonight and isn
Crappy insolence! June almost blurted and clenched her jaw. Did Cathrina mistook her for a servant? She shook her head, dismissing the thought. Everyone had seen her face once or twice on TV and she was certain that Cathrina was just being tacky.“Why are you still standing there like a log?”Denim swallowed and was about to intervene when Leonard appeared. None of them noticed the moment he showed up.“Well, here comes the man of the house.” Cathrina declared and flipped her curly hair. She turned to look at Leonard’s direction.“Dogs never cease barking,” Leonard said when he got to the living room, his eyes bearing disgust for Cathrina.“Well, this dog has come to stay.” Cathrina retorted and pointed at herself.It was at that point that Leonard noticed the luggage bag beside her. She began to take furious steps toward her. When he finally reached her, Cathrina pulled out a folded paper from her bag.Meanwhile, the most domestic servants had already formed a colony upstairs and wer
Fred’s hands were tied. If he had his way, he’ll pause Cathrina like a video game to run after David and Sylvia.She walked up to him and stood very close to him.“Can I help you?” He asked and took a few steps backward.“Yes, Fred. I need your help and the truth is, I’ll be needing your help for as long as I’m here.” She replied.“I see,” Fred said and folded his arms across his chest. “Isn’t it a shame that you need someone to give you updates on your son or is that not what you need? You need info to keep up with his life I guess.”She giggled. “I guess if I had been a better mother then I wouldn’t be seeking your help but it’s sad that I wasn’t ideal,” she cleared her throat loudly and pointed at the gate. “Who was that maiden that went into David’s car anyway?”Fred sighed. It appears that he wasn’t the only one who saw the duo leaving.“She’s Sylvia. The head chef.”Cathrina placed two fingers on her lips and hummed. “I see!”“She replaced Luna,” Fred added.“Yeah. I learned tha
"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