“I am sorry if my presence wasn't what you expected to see. My boss wants to see you.” “Sorry for yourself. And who is your god-damned boss?” Isa was about to yell back at him but she held back herself.She was tired and weak. All she needed at that moment was rest. Not going to see the face of one annoying billionaire son. But she urged herself to follow the guard.“It will only take an hour.”“An hour is too much.” She mumbled fiercely back to herself.“Maybe some minutes and I will be done with him. And never go to his house ever again.” She cursed under a deep breath and got led by the guard.Isa walked into Raymond's Mansion with faint steps. She wanted to appear strong in Raymond's eyes but her appearance would likely betray her. She was battered emotionally, not aware of her own footsteps. Not also aware that the guard wasn't following behind her anymore.When she finally arrived in front of a giant, polished door, she turned around and didn't see the guard. It was then that s
Isa stares with open mouth as they arrived at the L-shaped kitchen. It was so enormous that she felt that someone could get lost inside of it. Raymond lifted her and placed her on the kitchen unit. She really wanted to help out but got declined by him.She watched him opening one of the under counters and wished she could see the contents of each pantry and cabinets.She wondered what he was making to be perceiving such a sweet fragrance of mixed spices. She looked at him and admired him. Every movement he took made her throat inch for his food. She even wondered who taught him how to prepare food.“Who taught you how to cook?” Isa asked, breaking the deafening silence. He smiled and tilted his head as if thinking of what to say.“The chief cook did. She was like a mother after my Mom.” Isa was surprised to hear him say he had a Mom.“Is your Mom in this house?” She asked, astounded but he scoffed.“I am just playing my card of safety, you know. I know you won't be doing this if your
What seemed like a deafening silence drifted in. Isa stares into his tender face and all she could see was a strong desire, lust and want for what she couldn't fathom.His words resonated a strong urge in her to ask him more questions. To ask him who he was currently into. She wanted to laugh at his words, hearing that he was currently into someone.She knew that was a bittersweet lie because he had several classes of girls lined up for him and was dying to be his girl. Girls that are ready to do anything to make him see them.She smiled again at the thought that a billionaire son like Raymond would settle down for only one woman when several pretty women were dying for him.It was hard to believe his words but she couldn't ignore the powerful aura of genuine authoritation she was getting from him.Her mouth was watering to ask him.“Can there be an additional question?” She puffed, nerve-wrecked in nervousness.Raymond nodded with his storming dark eyes, staring intensely at her unus
“You can't possibly be my son's wife.” The elderly woman yelled at the top of her voice. Isa just stood, dumbstruck. She had no idea that the grumpy old lady standing before her was Douglas's Mom. Nobody ever talked about her so she didn't know what she would look like.Isa gazed at the woman's face. A thick brown, rounded face with one side of her cheek steeped by wrinkles. Seeing her, made the picture of Mrs Rhoda Bennett appear in her head.There seems to be not much difference between them. The woman in front of her could even be worse.The guards and maids trotted into the kitchen on hearing her loud voice. She turned around and faced them.“When did Douglas get married to this thing? This was not the woman he talked to me about.” She asked the guard with a fierce voice, it flowed out like a storm battering across their faces.The guard pinched his beards and threw a pitiful gaze over her shoulders, at Isa. He knew Isa's situation and needed to explain things to Douglas's Mother
“What? Which Contract?” Evelyn asked, hoping she heard wrongly.She didn't hear wrongly. Earlier that morning, Douglas's cell phone vibrated on his desk. He thought it was one of the numerous requests from small companies to partner with him.Many companies requested partnership with him but he declined all of them because they weren't big companies. His interests lay only in top companies that could help skyrocket his company to the top list as well.He was fond of ignoring those messages but something unusual strucked his heart to open the inbox. With his head softly placed on the headrest, he searched the desk with his long hand, bumping into several files before his fingertips touched it.He suddenly straightened up himself seeing the message's subheading bearing the Commissioner for the department of housing preservation and development. He clicked on the message to open and was petrified for some minutes at what he saw. The commissioner suspended the Hudson yards contract!“But
Isa picked up her cell phone and dialed the Doctor's number. Her hands went numb as the phone began to ring at the other end. She became a bit infuriated as per him not answering the call.Isa's face twitched with gloom. Why was the Doctor not answering her calls? Was he avoiding her call because of her predicament or what? She called his line again but it only rang and ended. She heaved a sigh and dropped on the bed, staring intensely at the ceiling. Her instincts told her that he might be handling some patients and couldn't answer her call.She was about to ask him if he could give her any other assignment. The one he gave her seemed really tough for her. She didn't have anyone that could help her accomplish them. Not even her husband who was always busy with work and never had her time.At a point, she even wondered what making wishes got to do with her therapy. She needed to figure out a way instead of burying her head in deep thoughts. She rose, walked to her window and peeped
“How did you know it was my first wish?” Isa said in whimpers. Her face glimmered with curiosity.“From your jotter.” Raymond mumbled, putting on an apologetic look. He felt sorry for invading her privacy.Her gaze followed him to the stunning view of a dining table. She gasped at the sight of the red canopy decorated with endearing star lights and furrowed her eyebrows through the beaded curtains hung on the entrance of the canopy.She forced her gaze through it and saw well selected wine bottles, cocktails and several mouth watery food.He returned back to her, holding the jotter in his hand. She wanted to ask him how he got the jotter. It dawned on her how far her mind has traveled at the alluring sight of the dining table. Her mind has already left her body.How come she didn't notice when he walked in and out of the canopy? Raymond glanced at his wrist watch.“It is almost time.” He mumbled, taking the lead. She followed him, narrowing her eyes like a small child. She felt like
As he dished a portion of the food into her plate, the hot steam wafted a sweet aroma into her nostrils. A mixture of spices and his cologne.Isa's stomach tightened, feeling a sexual arousal at his demigod image. She stared intensely at him , from head to his torso which stopped at the length of the table top. A creature like him was made with perfection. Everything about him was perfect. His curly, black hair sparkling under the star lights, his dark blue eyes that he uses to pin her down at a spot for minutes. She skipped his nose and focused her gaze on his full lips between his vibrating chiseled jawline as he chewed up some meat.“Eat up.” He said with a commanding tone. She snapped out of her visualizations.Isa was shocked when she looked at him and saw a plate of food before him. She couldn't believe that he could eat this much. It was his usual fried meats but he added some veggies to it this time around.She watched him eating with concentration and threw away her gaze eac
Raymond shot a glance at the taxi's speedometer. It was at its highest but the car wasn't running as fast as he had expected.He urged the driver to drive faster as he could sense danger from afar. Not too far away. The nearer the black Honda came, the deeper he could feel the danger.Suddenly, the black honda pulled itself into the same level with the taxi. He saw four men putting on black masks. They were unrecognizable except from the tiny holes around their eyes which permitted them to see through and the tiny hole below their nostrils which allowed the passage of air.At this point, Raymond knew that he was in very big trouble. He could see a long pistol hanging across each man's chest and he saw a burning rage flaming in each of their eyeballs.He thought of nothing else but Isabella. How she was doing, what she might be doing at the moment or what could be going on through her thoughts. He recalled how she pleaded with him not to leave and how she told him it was dangerous outs
Isabella muttered one last prayer before she shifted the laptop to herself to input the password.Sure, she wouldn't let him see the password because she couldn't trust anybody.She added more energy to hasten whatsoever she was doing. She wasn't sure who the suspect was.It could be the chairman but she hoped it shouldn't be him.On her first try, she unlocked the company's shares. She threw a galbce at the chairman who widened his eyes in shock.“How did you manage to know this?” The chairman suddenly asked in amazement.Isa just made a smirk.“Chairman, you forget things so easily. You must have forgotten that I was the same person that built this company to the top ten. Who do you think created the password to the company's shares?” She asked, making another cold smirk.The chairman took a deep breath and laughed.He couldn't possibly believe what she just said.“How is that possible. I thought Douglas was a smart man. Why didn't he change the password to the company's shares, kno
As soon as they got inside the upper room, the system operators began to tremble on seeing the police men.The manager had to assure them that they weren't here to get them arrested.“All I need is your cooperation and nothing more.” The inspector mumbled to them to put their hearts at ease.He knew what they were scared of. Of course, they were young, vibrant guys and they might probably be involved in cyber crimes or internet fraud but he wasn't interested in any of that.The only thing he set his mind to do is to dig out who the culprit is.“Replay the clips, starting from this morning.” He said, narrowing his eyes.They turned on the TV that was connected to the cameras at the morgue attendant's room.The inspector watched the TV with every gusto in him. His eyes widened in shock as he saw Isa and Raymond walk inside the office.He maintained his steeze as they watched the TV from the moment the duo walked in to the moment the uniformed able bodied men left the morgue with the mor
In the middle of their interaction, a call came in from the Federal Government. One of the ladies picked up the call and pressed the loud speaker button for everyone to hear what they had to say to each other.At this point, the case was resting in the hollow palms of the citizens. They were disappointed in the federal government for what happened.The individual who communicated with them wasn't specifically the federal government but an arm and messenger from the federal government.“This message is coming directly from the Federal government. I am here to tell you all that you have falsely been accusing them for what they know nothing about.” The baritone voice began from the other end and paused halfway to catch a breath.An unusual deafening silence drifted in. It was so quiet that if a pin was thrown on the floor, the sound would be heard clearly.“They have heard all your complaints and have decided to find the suspects behind the death of the morgue attendant and the patholog
As the cool evening wrapped closer, the police station became crowded as officers trotted out from the inspector general's office.They were all coming from the inspector general's office. He called them after the news reported the death of the lady.Actually, the police station branch where Mrs Rhoda Bennett was arrested had nothing to do with the case of the dead lady but the inspector general took it upon himself to investigate the case.He called the inspector general of that branch and requested that the case be transferred to his own branch.And yes was his answer because they were once good friends.The inspector general called his officers afterwards and commanded them to go and fetch any evidence that could be linked to the death of the lady.“Go out there. Do whatever you have to do to fetch me the cause of the lady's death.” He had said when he was addressing the officers. They were all lined up like soldiers ready for war. Their faces were staring into the empty space whil
Isa was still curled up like a baby in the duvet when her phone began to ring. She became so scared and wondered who it might be.She alighted from the bed and grabbed the phone from the top of the drawer. She glanced at her phone screen and saw that it was the chairman. She was supposed to meet up with him after getting the autopsy results but the car crash accident became a big barrier.Since then, she hasn't gotten the opportunity to reschedule their meeting and now he is calling her phone.She didn't know what to do; whether to pick up the call and tell him that a lot of things went wrong from the time they were meant to meet or give him a run down of the trouble they were in which got them into another city.On a second thought, she restrained herself. She couldn't possibly trust anyone, not when they couldn't wrap their hands around who the suspect might be.She allowed the phone to ring for some minutes, thinking of the right words to utter to him.She desperately needed to se
She shut her eyes, allowing her memory to dance in the ecstasy of his kiss.He began to suck her mouth slowly, sliding his tongue into every corner of her mouth. He almost choked her to death.He kept on sliding in as if he was searching for something precious to him.Suddenly, he paused and looked into her eyes. She reciprocated with an alluring smile and licked her lips.At that moment, she felt safe and satisfied with him and wished there would be a way for her to repay him for all that he has done for her.Staring into her face, his eyes slowly traveled to the nape of her neck. He felt like sucking the hell out of her lith skin.The manner in which she stared at him showed that she was longing for more of his kisses but what he felt at that moment was more than a kiss.He wished she was his already so he could toss her into his arms and deal with her in the measure he longed for.“Why are you staring at me like that?” He whispered to her.She became quite flustered at his words. H
How would she make this lady understand that she is on the run? And that she can't trust anyone at the moment.“Hey, pretty…don't act like you don't like what I'm offering you.” The lady said sarcastically, tugging at Isabella's blouse.Isa became alert and looked up at the lady. Why did she tug at her in that manner? Is it mandatory to accept her nasty offers?Something about her made her feel so uncomfortable. She threw a gaze towards Raymond but he was still focused on filling the form.The moment he lifted his head and saw the lady on the black blazers, he screamed Isabella's name.“Run.” He shouted with the top of his voice, looking through a crowd that suddenly appeared from nowhere.Perhaps, it was time to board the plane.Isabella sprang up from the bench and began to run, forcing herself through the crowd.She was panting like never before. There was nothing else on her mind other than to get hold of Raymond's hands.She managed to tilt her neck backwards as she caught a gli
He suddenly pulled the car to the side of the road. Everything seemed like a dream to him. It's barely ten minutes since they drove out of the morgue and barely fifteen minutes since those uniformed men took the pathologist and the morgue attendant away.How possible could it be that they were both found dead? Actually the Airlines news station doesn't give fake information.“The pathologist and the morgue attendant are both dead?” Isa asked, perplexed.“How could that be possible?” He replied with scrutiny on his face.A while ago, three uniformed men who claimed to come from the Federal Government came and cuffed them out of the morgue.According to the news, their death didn't result from any form of car accident.Which only means one thing. Those men were sent to kill the pathologist and the morgue attendant.But why? Raymond shaked his head vehemently as a series of thoughts stormed into his head.If those men truly came from the Federal Government, they would kill only the path