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
“I’ll go grab my jacket and then we’ll leave,” Fred finally spoke. It’s been over two minutes since Sylvia had been standing before him and he hadn’t said a word.He took another look at her, his eyes burning with admiration and slowly shut the door.Sylvia smiled and moved away from the door.It was the dress. She knew it. There was something that silk dresses do to her body. It hugged her tightly, projected her curves, and made men stare at her wolfishly.She didn’t choose that dress to mislead Fred. The color of tonight’s fest was red and the red silk dress was the only outfit she could attend the fest with. The other red dresses she came to the mansion with were maxis and Sylvia felt they were inappropriate for the fest.After Fred arrived at the mansion that afternoon, he bumped into her the moment she stepped out of the kitchen.She had agreed to come with him and had seen a bright smile cover his face.A few moments later, Fred stepped out in a black leather jacket. He came out
Chapter 41: HOME ASSISTANTSylvia quickly stood up when she saw Fred approaching the water fountain.“Let’s go!” he said and walked past her like lightning.“Okay.” She replied and hurried after him. By the time Sylvia arrived at the parking lot, Fred had already mounted the driver’s seat and was creating imaginary circles on the speedometer. Sylvia sat beside him in front.“So tonight Fest is held at the famous New York square.” She began while slipping the seat belt around her.“Don’t worry. G****e map is going to lead us right there.” Fred replied and tapped the monitor in front of him.“Forget the app. As a New Yorker, I need you to sit tight and navigate based on my command. That way, I can show you some cool places around here and it will be like a mobile tour.”“Not today.” Fred sharply replied and turned away. He started the car and before Sylvia could speak, he turned on the car radio, relegating her voice to the background. He then began to wheel the car away from the mansio
The guards stationed at the entrance of Leonard’s chamber quickly moved away when they saw David approaching.“Good morning, Young Master!” they hailed the moment David reached the door.“You guys can leave,” David told them. They dispersed. David exhaled and pushed the handle that opens the door into his father’s chamber. It was a few minutes past 6 am and David felt that there was no better time to see his father than at such an hour. He made his way to the bedroom and met Leonard was reading a book.“I knew you’ll be awake,” David said and sat on the royal couch adjacent to his father’s bed. Leonard took off his reading glasses and shut the book. “I’ve been awake for the past 30 minutes.”“You are retired, Dad. You should be waking up by 8 am.”Leonard chuckled.”Well, it will interest you to know that I no longer wake up by 6 am since the day I retired. I get up b 5:30”David shook his head. “You are one complicated man.”Leonard placed his feet on the floor. He turned to
David was tracing his way back to his room when he heard sobs emanating from through the wall. He moved closer to the kitchen, placed his left ear on the door, and could hear the sobs getting louder.He began to land several knocks on the door.Alerted by the knocks, Sylvia quickly got off the floor and resolved to wipe her tears with the edge of her palms. She then hurried to the sink and began to wash her face while the knocks persisted.“I’m coming, Mili.” She hurried to the door and pushed it open.“Master David!” Sylvia called out in surprise. She quickly moved away from the door with her gaze fixated on the floor.David cleared his throat loudly and stepped inside the kitchen. He studied the area for a few seconds and darted his gaze back to Sylvia.“Are you the only one here?”She quickly lifted her head. “Yes, sir!”David surveyed her for a moment. Her face was wet and her eyes had traces of red coloration in them. It was evident that she had cleaned up after he knocked on t
"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