“I take it you're already working on getting the shareholder's vote,” Reginald inquired. “Yes I am, but some are being very stubborn,” Christian told his father. “Find a way to handle them, and I'll do my part,” Reginald said. “Our family’s votes will give you forty-five percent of the votes, find a way to get the remaining five percent,” he told his son as if the voting ended up in a tie, Christian would remain the CEO. “Mom did come with you, this time?” Christian raised an eyebrow as knowing his mother, she would have been there as well. “She's still trying to sort out her feelings,” Reginald informed Christian, reminding him of what he had not told Mabel. Before Christian could say anything, Reginald's phone beeped as he had received a message, and Christian saw his father's eyes darken when he read whatever had been sent to him. “What happened?” He asked his father curiously. “Why not see for yourself,” Reginald stated as he gave Christian his phone. A frown also a
Mabel had just finished getting dressed when she heard a knock on her door. “Come in,” she responded and when the door opened, she saw Christian standing with a tie draped over his shoulder.“You’re going to have to learn to knot your tie one day,” Mabel stated as she walked up to him. “Why learn when I have you to do it for me?” Christian shrugged.Mabel shook her head but she grabbed the tie and started to knot it. “How did it go with your father?” she inquired as she hadn’t seen him since she informed him that his father was waiting for him.“It went fairly well,” Christian responded. “And no, he doesn’t blame you or our relationship,” he told her.“That’s good to hear,” Mabel responded just as she finished knotting his tie. She then dusted his suit and adjusted his collar. “Now, do you remember what I told you?” He asked and his expression turned serious.Yes, I won’t be out of your sight,” Mabel assured Christian. She had no intention of getting herself kidnapped again or worse
When Christian and Mabel arrived at the company, they were met by three shareholders and when Mabel turned to look at Christian, she saw that he had a cold expression on his face.“They are the ones who want to get me out of power,” He quickly explained to her as the shareholders walked up to them.“You're late, Christian. Is this what you portray to your workers?” one of the men said to him.“Ambrose, it’s been ages, what brings you here?” Christian asked.“Oh you know, I’ve come to have a look at how the company is being run by you,” Ambrose answered with a smile on his face.“That’s shocking, I thought you'd already know seeing as you called a meeting to fire me as the CEO,” Christian smiled. “I wonder who the incompetent one here is.”The smile on Ambrose's face immediately got wiped off. “This is why you should be stripped of your title,” he scowled.“Because I wondered if you were incompetent?” Christian raised an eyebrow. “Because you're an arrogant and spoiled brat who had ev
Even though she had known that John was cheating, this was the first time she had seen it. Just like Dorian had said, she had been gone for three weeks and he had already moved on.“Get out!” Nala ordered the woman who quickly put on her clothes and scrambled out of the room. The shock that John initially had from being caught cheating slowly changed to one of confusion when he realized that Nala was there with Dorian.“What are you doing here with him? Weren’t you kidnapped?” He inquired as he zipped himself back in. Dorian then walked to the car across John and he sat in it, making himself comfortable.“What were you doing with her, John,” Nala asked, ignoring his question. “Don’t you dare question me,” John flared up, not caring that Dorian was there. “Where have you been for the last three weeks?” He inquired. “Wow, he’s even shitter than I thought, how did you put up with him?” He asked Nala. The asshole had just been caught cheating and not only did he not have a single ounc
The receptionist tried to look at what was going on inside but Nala had made sure that wouldn’t happen. “Where are your manners? I’m here and you’re trying to see what’s going on inside?” she hissed in disbelief.“Something important came up, I wish to speak to…”“If you’re blind and can’t tell, we’re in the middle of something and you’re interrupting it. So unless you want to get fired by a very angry boss and get blacklisted by the other man in there who is fuming in anger, I suggest you return to your desk and stay there until we are done.”Without waiting for a response, Nala slammed the door in her face and she locked it. “You bitch I’m going to kill you!” John growled when Dorian removed his hand from his mouth.“To do that you’ll have to get through him and seeing your state, I doubt that’s going to happen,” Nala mocked as she walked over to his desk and placed the divorce papers on it.“Now I know you won’t sign this so easily but here’s the thing, until the day you sign it, y
He had kissed many women before, but something about kissing Nala felt different, and a good kind of different. The other times were just purely lust, but this didn’t feel like it. He was supposed to have let go, but he put his hand at her nape and tilted her head so he could have better access to her lips.Dorian could taste the strawberry and boy was she addicting! He wanted to take it further but thankfully he came back to his senses as he pulled away from her. He saw her panting and her face entirely red when he pulled away, and his lips curled up into a smirk.From the corner of his eyes, Dorian however noticed something, and he immediately pulled her to himself to kick John where it would hurt the most. The bastard had tried to attack them while they were distracted.“I hope that it takes weeks to heal,” Nala prayed, as she slowly came out of whatever Dorian’s kiss had done to her.“You bitch, you’re cheating on me,” John growled.“I learned how to do it from you,” Nala smiled.
“Is he in?” Dorian asked when he got outside Christian’s office“Yes, he’s waiting for you,” Mabel affirmed, and Dorian immediately headed inside the office.“You’re here,” Mabel said to Nala.“We had just left John’s office when Christian called,” Nala told Mabel.“We’ll talk about that later. Right now, those two are on a ticking time bomb,” Mabel sighed.“What do you mean, he’s gotten all the shareholders on his side?” Dorian interrogated as soon as he entered Christian’s office.“You tell me, you were supposed to be investigating the situation,” Christian fired at Dorian.“I was, and nothing of such came up. I talked to the shareholders, and they gave good signs that they were on your side!” Dorian defended himself. “But they did say they would have preferred if you had come to them yourself.”“Well, you didn’t do a very thorough job!” Christian yelled. “The reports I got tell me that Ambrose had been meeting every one of them for years now, and he has managed to convince them.”
“And the only reason why you’ve come to me, is because you need my one point three percent,” Dean smiled and the urge to punch the smile off his face hit Christian.Why was he acting like he had conquered the world because of a stupid one point three percent. “I know you don’t like it and I’m here to change your opinion about it,” Christian went on regardless of his actual feelings.“You still don’t get it, do you? Your mouth says one thing but your body language says another,” Dean shook his head. “I’m sure in your head, you’re saying all I have is a stupid one point three percent.”“That’s not true,” Christian denied.“You don’t care about anyone other than yourself. You’re proud, rude, arrogant and just a spoiled brat who had the CEO position handed to him on a silver platter,” Dean insulted. “For the past three months, you were away from the office and if it had been anyone else who did such, you would have fired them.”“Don’t speak to me that way,” Christian warned, not caring
Eugene stared at the mansion which was built away from a residential area in the middle of nowhere which was swarming with guards and he squinted his eyes.His brother had to be very foolish if he thought he didn't keep an eye on him even while outside the country. There was no property his brother brought that he didn't know about and that included those that weren't even bought in George's name.He was standing in one of such mansions and he chuckled when he saw the guards as if they would stop him from getting his hands on George.“Dad, please get a move on it!” He heard Mabel say to him through the earpiece that was shoved in his ear.His children as well as Christian had wanted to come along but he refused as this was something he wanted to do by himself. It was a score only brother-to-brother could settle.Seeing as they wanted in on the action, he settled for attaching a camera to himself so they could see what was going on.Hearing how Mabel was impatient, he nodded to his ri
Eugene paced around the room as he waited for the asshole to be brought in. The bastard had dared to treat his daughter like that? He would make him pay for the rest of his pathetic life.The door opened and he came face to face with the bastard. The guard nodded to him after which he closed the door.“Who are you?” Anthony squinted his eyes at Eugene who immediately closed the gap before them and landed a punch to the former's face.“Are you crazy?” Anthony roared as he moved to attack Eugene.Eugene easily dodged and he landed another punch on Anthony. This time, to the gut.“That is nothing compared to the hell you put my daughter through for the last sixteen years,” Eugen growled and the realization hit Anthony.“Eugene Lansley and it's not a pleasure to meet you,” He said as he lifted Anthony and threw him against the table.“Guards!” Anthony called when he realized he wasn't against the man who was allegedly Mabel's father.“You decided to punish my daughter because your fragil
Kate then smiled at her and she smiled back. Mabel felt Christian rub her fingers and when he turned to look at him, he had a smile on his face as he was happy that they had sorted out their differences.Mabel and his mother were the two most important women in his life and he was happy they had found a way to co-exist. “I'm going to kill him,” they suddenly heard Eugen roar. Everyone at the table with the exception of Mabel immediately got up to see what the commotion was all about. When Christian noticed that she wasn't following, he immediately came back and dragged her away from her seat.“What happened?” Mabel heard Reginald ask when they got to where Eugene was. He was currently heading out of their mansion but he stopped upon hearing Reginald speak.“Check your phone, George has made his move,” Eugene told George. He had been in the middle of catching up with Dorian when he got a call from his men asking him to check his phone and when he did, his blood boiled when he saw the
Dorian didn't like how Pauline blamed herself and so he decided to hug her to assure her that he wasn't mad. It wasn't her fault and people dealt with grief differently. He didn't want to imagine what would have gone on in her head after losing her second child. “I'm so sorry, honey,” Pauline apologized as she hugged Dorian back. All those years of suffering immediately vanished from her head as she held her son. Her mind took her to when he was pregnant with him and how he had troubled her by keeping her up late at night. She remembered the first time he kicked her and how she had been so excited to see him. She had been so happy that she got a son as she won the bet against Eugene who prayed for a daughter, one that would look like her while she wanted a mini Eugene.“It’s not your fault,” Dorian stated. If there was one thing the accident that almost claimed his life had taught him, it was that life was too short for him to delay accepting his parents who had already been throu
When Mabel opened her eyes, she saw that it was already morning and when she turned to look at Christian, she saw that he was not beside her and when she touched the bed, it was cold.She immediately picked up her phone to see if he had left a message and sure enough he had. He informed her that he was going to visit George’s mansion as the bastard had gone into hiding. Her eyes darkened when she remembered what George had attempted to do to her had Christian not shown up. As violated as she felt, Christian had made her feel better by holding her in his arms till she fell asleep. Thoughts about Dorian and the two people who were claiming to be her parents rang in her head but she pushed them to the back of her head as she wasn’t playing when she said they weren’t her parents, nor Dorian her brother. Her stomach growled, reminding her of the fact that she didn’t have dinner or lunch the previous day. Without wasting time, she quickly brushed her teeth and headed down to have whatever
Dorian turned to look at the woman who had fallen asleep beside him, which was the reason why he had asked to watch a movie in the first place. He had known that she would be too worried, and he didn’t want that.He gently made her lie on the bed, after which he covered her up. Taking one last look at her, he headed out of the room and gently closed the door behind him.Without wasting time, he headed straight to the liquor room and when he got there, he stopped in his tracks when he saw Christian already seated down and he already had a glass in his hands.“I’ve been waiting for you,” Christian stated as he tapped the other glass he had brought out. “How’s Mabel?” Dorian inquired as he went to sit beside Christian.“She’s sleeping,” Christian answered as he poured a drink for Dorian. “What about Nala?” “Sleeping as well.” Dorian didn’t waste any time in gulping down the contents of the glass. “A lot has happened,” Christian sighed as it still felt surreal to know that his brother
“Dorian, how do you feel?” Nala asked him as she entered his room. They were currently in Christian’s mansion as Kate had refused to allow him to go back home. She wanted the entire family to be together so her mind could be at rest. Nala couldn’t sleep as she wanted to see Dorian to know how he was holding up, hence, the reason she came to his room.“I don’t know, Nala. I don’t feel anything and it’s puzzling,” Dorian answered. He didn’t know how he was supposed to feel after finding out that Mabel was his sister and that his actual parents were back.Ever since he was young, he had wanted to know who his father was and after he had found out that his mother wasn’t his real mother, he had been itching to know who his parents were and now that he had discovered who they were, he didn’t know what to feel. All the taunts about him being a pauper who leeched off a rich family came to his head and he didn’t even feel excited to know that it wasn’t true. He just felt numb.He turned to
Everyone turned to face her and they watched as she stood up. “Because one bastard says you're my biological parents, doesn't mean I'll accept you as my parents,” Mabel stated and it was as if someone had poured ice on Eugene and Pauline.“Mabel…” Eugene was the first to speak.“My mother died because your brother killed her. You two are not my parents and you are not my brother,” she faced Dorian.“So I suggest you don’t think too much about it and leave me alone,” she told them and with that, she turned and headed up to her room so she could finally get the rest she needed.Pauline blinked hard to stop the tears from falling. After years of sorrow, she finally found her happiness and her daughter wasn't accepting of her and that hurt deeply. Christian immediately got up and he followed Mabel as if there was someone she would talk to, it would be him.When he entered his room, he saw her changing into one of his shirts and he smiled before he approached her.“Go have a shower and ch
When they however got back to the mansion, they found something waiting for them there. “What the hell?!” Dorian exclaimed when he saw the gates of the mansion had been brought down.Christian frowned as he had spoken to his father minutes ago and the old man didn't tell him that something had happened or did it happen after the call.The guard at the gate on seeing the car quickly approached them.“What happened?” Aaron was the one who asked and the guard didn't waste any time in narrating all that took place that night.After the guard was done, Mabel raised her head and she turned to look at Dorian especially due to the fact that the guard said the man bore a resemblance to Dorian. It couldn't be, Mabel thought to herself.“Let's go meet them,” Christian simply said and Aaron drove past the gates of the mansion.When they got to the mansion, Dorian was the first to get down and Christian assisted Mabel. Her heart pounded in her chest as there was a possibility that George's brothe