In a dark secluded bar, Frank Harper and a friend of his were spotted sitting opposite a man whose face is not visible.
The man gulped down the whiskey in his cup and glared at Frank while face formed a scowl and his arms akimbo. "How dare you ruin my well kept plan by letting Tanya and Kenneth get back together?" He asked "I am sorry Sir, I don't know that he had a relationship with Tanya, I only got to know when they organized a press conference" Frank managed to say. The tears threathing to fall on his face didn't make a difference to the man as he began his words carefully. "Look here Frank Harper, I'll sponsor you and support your career in becoming a good project manager like your want" Frank looked at the man with shock, "What are you saying? You'll sponsor me?" "Yes, I'll sponsor you in everything for now but on one condition" The lone ray of hope and happiness that just ignited in Frank's mind slowly died down. "What condition?" The man became silent and poured himself another heavy shot of whiskey, Frank sat on the chair with apprehension wondering what he needed. "Say something...." He asked but the man seems to be deliberating in his heart whether to talk or not. Then he spoke up... "Help me chase me Tanya" Frank looked up to the man opposite him. He stood up from the chair and advanced towards him. His tears are now dried. "Ryan Griffin, what are you saying? I broke off my marriage with Tanya and now you're expecting me help you get her?" Ryan Griffin, whose face is now visible said without a dignified expression, "I want to get her from Kenneth and make her mine. I don't want her to be with Kenneth" Frank froze as he looked at Ryan Griffin with a questioning gaze. Frank has always been at Ryan's mercy ever since they were young. Frank and Ryan are childhood friends that attend thesame High school, coming from a middle class family, Frank depended mostly on Ryan during their school days. Breaking up with Tanya and calling off the wedding break a huge record in Frank's life has most people including the company where he works questions his loyalty to his to be wife. Ryan has always been there for him to help him whenever he needed anything and today is not an exception but the problem is, how can he help him with his junior brother is married to her already? “Ryan what are you saying? Tanya is now married to your brother, the media is talking about it, why did too want your brother's wife?" he bargained. Ryan Griffin's face held no expression than an ‘I don’t care’ face. “I mean it, Frank! I want to drag Tanya with Kenneth" “Then don’t! Don’t help me anymore! We're classmates, yet you treat me like a dog. Since we're in school, I've been following all you ever say without any repulse, including dating Tanya so she could forget about Kenneth. Now, she's married him for real and you want me to help you get her back, she's not a toy” Frank Harper screamed with a bawl. Ryan knitted his brows like he was angered at her outburst. The tears that streamed down his face made no difference to him as he sobbed. “Nothing goes for nothing Frank! It's your fault for coming from a lowly family. It's your choice for becoming my dog. If you want a decent life for yourself, then try helping me to get Tanya!" he repeated his same proposal this time with some pronounced leniency. Frank cleaned his face, even though the tears from his face were still ticking down despite the fact that he's grown up “What if I refuse? I don't need your help anymore. Next two days is her grandfather's birthday banquet and the one that goes there with her gets recognized as the real husband, that's all I know for now" Ryan Griffin smirked, "That's your issue, about the banquet, I'll handle it, I want you there too" Frank refused his offer immediately, "No, I don't want to go there" "Which company will let a school bully like you into their firm? It's either you stay being an outcast or do my bid" Ryan replied. With that, Ryan left the bar. Frank was still there, he knows that his life is definitely going to end if he doesn't act fast. Frank left the bar afterwards. Back at Immortal, after work that day, Tanya and Kenneth were about to go home when Kenneth's phone rang. Immediately he received the call, his expression changed. "Tanya, you can go back with the driver first I have something to attend to" She was surprised, with the way he looked at her alarmingly, but she nodded and left with the driver. After Tanya had left, Kenneth Griffin rushed back to the main office in frenzy. The caller earlier is someone he can't ignore even if he wants to. Ryan Griffin is definitely a psycho. Getting to his office, Ryan turned around from the chair with a malicious laughter. "You came pretty fast younger brother" he commented. Kenneth breathed heavily and sat on the couch with cold stare at his brother. "Why did you call me?" Ryan maintained his composture and smirked as he said, "I heard your wife's grandfather's birthday banquet is coming up in two days, you must be preparing towards it?" Kenneth frowned. He wondered how his brother got to know about the banquet. He was puzzled, "How did you know about the banquet?" Ryan stood up still smirking evenly as he walked up to his junior brother, "The branch office at Madagascar, I heard that there's a huge problem that only the CEO can solve. But the CEO seems too busy so we can as well let the company go bankrupt" Kenneth gulped hard as he stared straight to his brother's eyes. His hairs stood in in frustration. Kenneth hates to have such conversations with his brother. Kenneth was about to reply when his phone rang, without breaking the eye contact with Ryan, he picked it and listened. "The CEO'S attention is urgently needed at the Madagascar branch" the person reported. Kenneth shot a look at Ryan who was smirking evenly at him. "Whay really happened?" He asked. The voice replied immediately, "The shares have been brought by someone invisible, out shareholders threatened to withdraw their shares since we can't figure out who brought most of the shares and it has affected our sales" Ryan laughed out loud now ans clapped in ecstacy. "Okay I'll be there by next week" he was about to hang up. "Then the company will have gone extinct by then" the voice said again. Kenneth sighed. "Okay, I'll be there tommorow" As he hung up, Ryan was set to leave and he said finally before he left, "You should thank me for coming to tell you" With that he left the office leaving Kenneth in a stupefied state.Returning home that day, Tanya decided to cook for Kenneth. She prepared Omelette and bread and sat down waiting for him while watching TV. Bianca sent a text to her as she settled down, it reads, "I can't wait for the banquet tomorrow sis"Tanya hissed and switched off her phone and waited for him to come back. A hour, two, three until after five hours, Kenneth Griffin is nowhere around. Without knowing, Tanya fell asleep on the sofa. Tanya woke up the next day on the bed. She wondered how she got on the bed and rushed downstairs to look for him perhaps he's around. Feeling disappointed that he wasn't around, Tanya slinked into the bathroom to prepared for the day when she noticed a sticky note on her cheeks. She pulled it and read, "I've gone out for business and won't be back anytime soon. Don't worry, I'll attend your grandfather's birthday banquet. My call lines won't be available from now" Tanya can't help but miss immediately she read it till the end. Still yet, she dres
The next day, Tanya half heartedly left for the long boring day at work.After spending the day with joblessness and tossing around and drinking coffee, she got off work. That's when Tanya realized that Bianca wasn't at work that day. She didn't really mind her, her main concern is Kenneth. She knows that her mother would be shamefaced and the bullying she'll get from Bianca if Kenneth didn't show up will definitely be very embarrassing. She got home quickly and dressed up. She paced up and down before going out to board the cab and left for her grandfather's house. It was 5pm, the old house is welcoming several guests as Tanya's uncle's and aunt's invited alot of people. She stood at the gate for a long time waiting for Kenneth to show up like he promised but none of the cars that are passing looked like that of Kenneth's.After all the guests have arrived, Tanya had prepared herself to leave the occasion since her husband is nowhere to be found when Bianca and Frank's car pull
The stepfather didn't let Kenneth and Tanya have time for each other as he calls him around for show off. Kenneth in turn was following him around and greeting the guests while he showed him off.Tanya on the other hand was surrounded by some ladies Kenneth couldn't identify. Most of them giggling at her and admiring the flowers she was carrying while asking questions about her husband.When Kenneth and the stepfather got to where the grandfather is, the old man was pleased at Kenneth immediately and took a photo with him. "Tanya is my beloved grandchild and I won't stand any harm in her way" The old man said to Kenneth who nodded simply.Frank and Bianca couldn't walk around freely as everyone already knows that Bianca is now with Tanya's to-be husband. From where Tanya was standing, Bianca grabbed a cup of alcohol and walked towards her with a malicious smirk. "Hi sister, good that your husband came around, I wonder how yours and your mother's face will look like if you had disa
PYRAMID HIGH SCHOOL, DANCE ROOMKenneth Griffin watched as the girl dancing elegantly like a Nightingale move swiftly towards him. She was dancing ballet. She also take a sneak peek at him as she danced and spasmodically, they'll both smile at each other. After sometime, the class ended and she came out still wearing the white slacks and the ballet shoes as she came out to see him. "Hi Ken, ain't you ever tired of looking at me all day?" She asked smiling beautifully. Kenneth stroked her cheeks playfully, "Who will ever get tired of seeing a beautiful lady like you by their side always? And besides, you dance so elegantly that I can't take my eyes off you. Which planet are you from?" The girl smiled sweetly, her cheeks burn in embarrassment as the students thar were passing by would ogle at them. "She's so lucky to be close to Kenneth Griffin" "Wow, Who would ever thought that our school prince charming will be with this lowly girl at the end. I'm so jealous of her" "Bia
After finally reaching their home, a problem arouse as they were getting out of the car. Tanya rushed to Kenneth's car and hugged it like a big white darling as she refused to let go. . "Oh my baby, how much I love you" Kenneth's expression was changing furiously like traffic lights as he watched her drunken antics. Remembering that he was the reason for her fallen career, he felt more concerned for her. "Everything is my fault. She would have been a dancer now and be a top star if I hadn't took her to our house" He thought to himself as he looked at her. Tanya moved to the bonnet of the car and flung herself on it, "Oh my big darling, I want to marry you!!" She shouted to the night. Kenneth almost erupted in laughter as he heard this. And suddenly he wanted to curse, he wanted to curse Alcohol! He wanted to curse Bianca for making her so depressed to the stage of getting this drunk. With angry face, he took his phone and called someone. The phone rang for some moments bef
Tanya woke up in a warm embrace with a splitting headache. She slept well, like she never did in days. But due to the effect of the alcohol, she was having headache."Where is this?" She wondered.Lowering her had to scan the environment she got to know that she was at Kenneth's house and she was actually sleeping in a car. To even burst her brain, Kenneth Griffin was sleeping peacefully beside her which means she had slept in his embrace for the night.'What the heck!!"Tanya tried to get up from the car but hit her head on the roof of the car. She bit her finger subconsciously what a mess she had put herself in. "Alcohol is my greatest enemy" she lamented"Oh..!" She was gasped, she had forgotten that Kenneth was beside her and was the one talking to her. She was so frightened that she jumped up and almost hit her head again. But Kenneth quickly used his hand to protect the top of her head. "Ken, Can.. Can we get out now?" she couldn't help but stutter."Yes, Let's leave for t
After the meeting, work resumed again and as usual, Tanya has little or less to do. She sat on her table while Kenneth was busy with his work. Some minutes after lunch, Ryan Griffin appeared at her table with a cheeky smile."Hello Sister-in-law, want to go for shopping? Seems like you're bored" Tanya was taken aback at his sudden hospitality. She looked at him for some moments without a word and replied after sometime, "Oh, you don't have to worry, I'm still working" Ryan was adamant as he took her hands trying to force her out of the cubicle, "Come on, it's bored around here lets go shopping"Tanya was thrown in an abyssal of dilemma as this man was persistent. She quickly snapped her hand away from him, "Okay, let me inform Kenneth, he should know my movement" Ryan dragged her back, "No no, did you think that annoying jerk will let you, his wife follow me? Let's leave now" Bowing to his reluctance, Tanya and Ryan left the office without Kenneth knowing that his wife has left.
Tanya and Ryan stood still for a while as they sighted Kenneth standing on the entrance of his car with a very cold gaze. Tanya dropped the shipping bags she was carrying to rush to Kenneth side but Ryan held her back with one hand and hugged her to himself. A malicious smirk spread to his face as he said to Tanya who was trying to wringle free from his grip. "Look who is here, isn't this my workaholic Junior brother?" Ryan said with jest in his voice. Kenneth ignored him and walked in long strides towards them and took Tanya's hand from him and walked towards his car. "Won't you let her take the clothes we brought?" Ryan asked. Kenneth stopped and looked back to him with a cold gaze, he replied, "No thanks" He opened the passenger side of his car and shove the stunned Tanya into the car without sparing his brother a glance. Ryan took the bags and rushed to him before he could leave. "Keep the clothes to yourself, I don't need you to buy clothes for my wife" Kenneth sto