“Really? Women fall for it?” Nala raised an eyebrow and the smile on Dorian’s face widened, giving her the answer to her question. Either those women had problems with their reasoning or they were just plain dumb “I don’t get what they see in you but okay,” she muttered under her breath but Dorian heard her.“That kiss is just a taste of what many people see in me,” he remarked and he watched Nala immediately turn red.“For the hundredth time, you’re not much of a great kisser,” Nala debunked Dorian’s words.“Of course, keep telling yourself that till you believe it,” Dorian retorted, and cutting his tongue sounded like a good idea to Nala all of a sudden.****“Christian,” Mabel called as he circled her finger around his naked chest.“Keep doing that and I might just have to continue,” Christian told her in a hoarse voice and Mabel immediately stopped doing what she was doing. Just like Christian had planned, he had dessert after having dinner, and hearing Mabel call out his name
“You have a visitor,” the guard tapped on the cell, bringing Anthony out of his thoughts. Wondering if it was his wife or lawyer, he got up and the guards took him to the room where the person was waiting for him.As soon as he laid eyes on who the person was, a deep frown appeared on his face. “Hello Anthony,” Mabel greeted as he was made to sit down.“Come here to bask in seeing me in prison?” Anthony chuckled.“You know me so well,” Mabel returned the smile. “At least, it’s a much fancier prison than the one you trapped me in,” she said. “If you have nothing to say, then leave,” Anthony growled.“Careful there, Anthony, we wouldn’t want to add assault charges to your other one,” Mabel chuckled. She was in total control and the man who once used to leave her shaking in her boots, didn’t even faze her.“I came to tell you that you've just been removed as the CEO of your company,” she informed him.“No, you’re lying,” Anthony fired at Mabel.“Did you think I’d come all the way here
Even though she was scared of John back then, that didn’t stop her from gathering evidence against him as she envisioned the day that she would get out. Plus, her check-up visit to her doctor and gynecologist, would affirm her case and show how she had miscarried three times in her two years with John.As soon as she submitted the evidence to the police, they immediately started an investigation and she was shocked to see that they had reached the point of arresting John. “Dad won’t spare you,” Alica said and Nala could tell that she was delighted at the prospect of her being punished.“Didn’t dad or your darling brother tell you?” Nala asked. “They visited me yesterday and it ended with your brother having a bloody nose and me calling your father an asshole,” she told her sister who screamed again in her ear.“And if we’re talking about marriages, why not focus on yours because if you had been focusing on yours, you’d realize that your darling husband has been cheating on you,” Sh
“You’re annoying,” Christian told Mabel as he watched her arrange his table. “What did I do?” Mabel asked him without turning to look at him. She grabbed a file and then opened it. “You have to sign this,” she then told him.“I want to go home,” Christian said.“You just got out from possibly losing your position, you're staying in the office and working,” Mabel deadpanned as she placed the pen on the file.“If you still have the strength to walk that means I didn't do a thorough job,” he squinted his eyes and Mabel turned to glare at him.“We were at it for over an hour and right now, I'm wearing your oversized slides because my legs are too weak to walk in my heels, don't annoy me,” she warned and Christian lips curled into a wide grin as Mabel had just indirectly admitted that he had done a good job.“You know, we could just go home and get rest,” he suggested and Mabel tapped the file in response. “Sign,” she said to him and Christian clicked his tongue as he picked up the pen an
“I think it’s best if your father explains,” Kate sighed.“Explain what?” Reginald walked in. “This,” Kate responded and she handed the file over to Reginald. The same expressions Kate had were the same that settled on Reginald’s face.“Was she my mother?” Dorian asked straight to the point.“Let me explain,” Reginald appealed.“Was she my mother?” Dorian asked once again, ignoring his father.“No, she wasn't,” Reginald confirmed Dorian's suspicion.“That’s all I needed to know,” Dorian chuckled and he immediately proceeded to leave. “Dorian please wait, at least let us explain,” Kate tried to stop him.“I honestly don't want to hear it. The reason you kept it away from me is the same reason I don't want you to explain,” Dorian told Kate and he left. He was more than angry as he felt like his own life had been a lie. It was bad enough that he was always accused of being a leech. He found out that the woman he thought was his mother wasn't his own which meant he was back to square
“You must have some guts showing yourself to me,” John growled as he took his seat and grabbed the telephone.“You’re more than welcome to try to attack me,” Nala encouraged him.“Why did you come here?” John asked straight to the point. He would have taken up Nala’s challenge if not for the fact that it would be detrimental to him both in his case and there in the prison he was being kept in.“Were you responsible for the attack on Dorian?” Nala went straight to the point. After the doctors came out, the head surgeon informed them that they had been able to keep Dorian alive but that didn’t mean he was out of danger as he had suffered a very fatal hit to her head which they had been trying to stop from graduating into brain damage. Plus, he had suffered from severe internal bleeding and although they had managed to stop the bleeding, he needed to be kept under observation in the ICU to ensure that the bleeding did start once again.Even though it wasn’t good news, Nala was happy to
After the doctors had told them the outcome of the surgery, Mabel dragged him to the coffee shop opposite the hospital to help him gather his thoughts as she could feel him losing his sanity in the hospital.Plus they couldn't stay there for long as only one person would be allowed to stay with Dorian and everyone knew that it would be Kate who stayed.“Drink, Christian,” she told him and he did as she had asked him to do.“Dorian’s a fighter and he’s going to survive this,” Mabel reached out to him and she squeezed his hand.“I hope so,” Christian sighed tiredly. It felt just like yesterday when it was Mabel fighting for her life and he was just coming out of that only for Dorian to get into an accident.“It wasn't an accident,” he frowned as he realized something was wrong. “What?” Mabel asked not quite understanding what Christian meant. “The driver died on the spot,” She pointed out and Christian wished he hadn't so he would have been the one to kill that son of a bitch.“I don'
When Christian returned home, he met Nala and Mabel asleep and not wanting to disturb them, he quietly closed the door. However as soon as he closed the door and intended to walk away, the door opened and Mabel came out.“Christian,” she called sheepishly as she walked up to him and hugged him.Christian sighed in satisfaction as it felt good to come home to her.“I didn't want to wake you,” he told Mabel as he lifted her up and took her to his…no, their room.“Did you find out what you needed to know?” Mabel asked and she yawned as she was still feeling sleepy.“I have a lead, Aaron has started to look into it,” Christian told her as they reached the room and he placed her on the bed. “Let me go and change my clothes,” he told her and she nodded. By the time he came back out, Mabel had gone back to bed.Smiling, he got into the bed, and she immediately turned to snuggle in his arms. The feeling of her in his arms was second to none, and it made him feel better.****“I hate you an
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