When Anthony finally decided on what to do, he decided to send her to a boarding school. That way, he wouldn’t have to deal with her for a while and his children would learn to dial it down. “It seems making you stay here is already becoming a bigger problem. Pack your bags, you're moving to another school,” her father said and she was shipped to the boarding school.Not wanting to be associated with her, her father sent one of his guards to drop her off at the boarding school and to give instructions on what was to be done.Arriving at the principal’s office, they were immediately ushered into his office. "Come in, I have been expecting you," He said as he stepped aside to allow Mabel and the guard to enter."Please, have a seat," The principal said and they all sat down. He looked at the girl and he smiled. "You must be Mabel" “Hmm,” Mabel simply answered. Even though she hadn’t said anything while leaving, she was more than happy to be away from her father’s house even if it mea
Thankfully it was only water and when Mabel opened her eyes, she found four boys and three girls glaring at her."Who does this bitch think she is to sit at our table?” One of the girls sneered. By now, the entire cafeteria had turned their attention to them and it terrified Mabel as she hated being the center of attention as it was never a good thing.“I’m sorry, I’m new here and I didn’t know,” Mabel immediately apologized and she proceeded to leave. However, another girl stood in her way making her unable to do so.“I already apologized, please let me go,” Mabel pleaded.“If we let you go just like that, it wouldn’t speak too well of our reputation, now would it,” one of the boys said and before Mabel could respond, the first girl grabbed her bowl of food and poured it over her head.Was she really destined to be bullied wherever she went? She gritted her teeth. Would it be too much of her if she showed these people their place? She wondered.“You’ve already had your fun, why not l
“Can I go home now? I was unable to enjoy my day off,” Mabel stated.“The last time I dropped you home, you got kidnapped and I had to take out time to rescue you.”“Only because you want to get me back,” Mabel retorted. If he had no intention of destroying her then he wouldn't have come for her.“Oh look, you're not as dumb as you look,” Christian said in awe and he watched as Mabel's face grew red with anger.“Let's call it a day, sir. I want to go home!” Mabel stated."Don't you understand that your life is in danger?" Christian asked irritably. “Brooker escaped and his men are dead. He is going to come after you.”"You spoiled Brooker's plan. He might decide to lay low for a while,” Mabel deadpanned not wanting to give in."How were you able to graduate at the top of your class with such a low IQ?" Christian berated Mabel. “Stop attacking me,” Mabel cried out. He was always implying that she was stupid and she was fed up.“No, if you're being dumb, I'll say you're being dumb, no
There was silence in the car for a while until Mabel spoke up as she realized something. “Wait, if you're not dropping me at home and you're not letting me go to a motel, where are you going to take me to?” Mabel inquired.“I'll think about that later. I have something to take care of first,” he said as he started the car.The two then drove in silence as neither wanted to talk to the other. While Christian wanted silence to gather his thoughts, Mabel was mad at him and so she didn't speak to him. Christian glanced at Mabel every once in a while and could see that she was angry as she didn't get what she wanted. Like he said he didn't want anyone else but him to cause her pain.He would think about where to drop her off later for now, he needed to get to dinner as his mother wouldn't spare him if he was late.Mabel sat quietly waiting to see where Christian was taking her and her eyes widened when she saw him driving into an estate that was exclusively for the elite. It was just lik
Mabel on seeing that Reginald wasn’t ready to take no for an answer, Mabel slowly approached the table and she sat down on the other side of Dorian.As she sat, Kate also returned to her seat and Mabel saw her silently glare at her. Mabel immediately guessed that the woman didn’t like her as she assumed she was a gold digger who was just using her son for money. A maid came forward and served her.“So how was the meeting with the Devilles?” Reginald asked and Mabel’s heart skipped a beat at the mention of her family’s name.“They stole our presentation and passed it off as theirs,” Dorian told his father.“Typical behaviour expected of them,” Reginald commented. “Take it, you handled it?” he stared at the two men.“Miss Pearson made a better presentation which got us the deal,” Christian finally spoke and Reginald’s eyes fell on Mabel who hadn’t touched her plate."That’s impressive, especially in such a short amount of time," He praised with a smile on his face."Thank you, sir,” Mab
“That's sad,” Dorian remarked as both of them knew the answer to his question. "So what are you going to do about them? You aren't going to let this slide, are you?""Obviously not. They crossed their limits today by stealing our presentation, plus, they assaulted my pawn,” Christian said calmly.“Are you still on about getting revenge on her?” Dorian sighed in resignation, as there was no changing Christian's mind once he had decided on something. “I never left it,” Christian stated. "We also have to find out who the mole in our company is, to stop such a thing from happening again,” Dorian moved on. “I'll ask Aaron to investigate it.”"It's high time we brought the DeVilles down and what better way to do it than with the same pawn they sent to destroy us?" Dorian said with a grin on his face."I couldn't agree more," Christian replied with an evil smile as he and Dorian were on the same page. ****He looked around him multiple times to ensure that he hadn’t been followed. Brooke
Meanwhile, after his conversation with Dorian, the latter left for his mansion leaving Christian to work on the files he had left pending at the office while he was on rescue duty.In the middle of it, he received a call from his head of security, who was calling to update him about Brooker. "Go on," Christian said to Aaron after he received his call."Brooker has gone into hiding," Aaron informed Christian.As expected, Christian mused. "Anything else?" Christian inquired."Yes sir," Spencer answered. “One of the men you left alive confessed that Brooker had ordered them to kidnap Mabel on the orders of a man and apparently, this wasn’t the first time Brooker had dealings with the man as he had paid him to torture Mabel while they were both in high school.”“Do we have a name?” Christian probed.“No, the man said he didn’t have any idea but I’ll look into it,” Aaron said.“One more thing, find out where Kelvin and Anthony Deville are,” Christian ordered and he disconnected the call.
“There’s one more place where I’m hurt,” Mabel quickly told him. Even though he wasn’t applying too much pressure, the bruise there was still fresh and so, it was painful.In her defense, she had totally forgotten about that place but it appeared Christian didn't. “So why did you lie?” Christian probed. “I really don’t like lies,” he then added and Mabel’s heart skipped a beat as she was lying to him about everything.“I’m sorry, I forgot all about it,” Mabel answered and it was the truth.Christian stopped applying pressure and Mabel let out the breath she had been holding in. “Raise your shirt,” he ordered her.It felt very weird to do so but Mabel didn’t want to further test Christian so, she slowly lifted her shirt to reveal the skin which had turned dark red. Christian gritted his teeth as he stared at the large bruise. He immediately moved to apply the ointment and Mabel hissed in pain once more. “You’re sure this was as a result of falling?” he asked once more, wanting her t
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