Christian’s eyes flung wide open and his breathing was heavy as the memory stopped. That darn memory had been haunting him for so many years now and it refused to become clearer so he could see the faces of the people he shot.It was like he was being punished for what he did to that woman and her daughter. He ran his hands through his hair as he rested his head on the couch.If only he could turn back the hand of time, then he would have stopped himself from destroying that family but he couldn't and so he had been trying to make amends for it but he was unable to find the girl or her mother.'Ahh!’ he sighed in frustration.****Mabel sighed and a frown appeared on her face. One would think she was awake with the way she turned and tossed on the bed but upon a closer look, they would find out she was asleep.'No, please, Father, don't kill them,’ she mumbled in her sleep. Even though the air conditioner was on, Mabel was sweating profusely due to the nightmare she was having.'I pr
Mabel opened her mouth to speak but no words came out as she couldn't think clearly. She could feel her heart beating faster and she wondered if Christian could hear it as well. His hands on her waist caused goosebumps to appear on her skin and she whimpered. She was so close to Christian and she could perceive his scent which smelt so good. Christian snapped his finger and this brought Mabel back to the present. “Why are you here?!” He asked coldly.Christian didn't like to be disturbed once it was nighttime and the helpers very well knew that which was why they always retried to their quarters and wouldn’t come out unless it was morning or unless he called for them.And so, when he fell asleep on the couch, he didn’t think that anyone would disturb him. From his sleep, he however felt someone’s presence, and a few moments later, he heard his name being called but he didn’t pay attention to it as he thought it was in his head. But then, the person moved closer to him and that w
After Mabel got out of the shower, she had no choice but to wear the clothes Christian had given her the previous night as her clothes were dirty and stained with blood, and this time, she had to wear the pants with itLooking at the time, she saw it was six thirty. She would be able to make it to the office early if she left the mansion at that moment and headed to her house. Without wasting time, she headed out of her room with the intention of going out of the mansion as she wasn't ready to see Christian. Knowing him, she knew that he would ruin her mood and she didn’t want that to happen. However, when she got out, one of the guards stopped her from leaving the mansion. “What’s wrong?” Mabel asked in confusion.“I’m sorry ma’am, you can’t leave without the boss’ permission,” The guard informed her.“But I left yesterday without it,” Mabel frowned. How was Christian able to ruin her mood without even being there?“That’s because sir already informed us to allow you to go home. H
Mabel was trying her best not to stare but she couldn't stop her eyes from wandering. His Abs! She thought to herself as she started counting them in her head.Would she be exaggerating if she said that Christian looked like those Greek gods she had read about?With such a great body she wondered what else it could do and upon that dirty thought, her face turned pink.Mabel didn't realize that she had been staring at him for a while until Christian cleared his throat and snapped his fingers to bring her back to reality "I’ve said it before and I'll say it again, you're not my type so stop staring and making yourself fall for me,” Christian advised, making her embarrassed.She cursed herself silently not realizing she had been admiring Christian's body openly."That's something we can both agree on, sir. You're also not my type,” Mabel retorted."The look you had a few seconds ago suggested otherwise," Christian rolled his eyes as he finally walked away from his door and into his c
"I'll take you home so you'll change,” Christian said to Mabel."That won't be needed. All I need is your permission to go home, I'll take a taxi" Mabel stated as she didn't want to go with Christian. She still hadn’t forgotten his words and a huge part of her was still upset about it."Maybe you've forgotten, but your life is still in danger and I'm frankly not in the mood to leave my work to rescue you again,” he stated as he started to make his way downstairs.“I'll be fine,” Mabel argued, but Christian paid no heed to her as he continued to walk away.“Will you be having breakfast, sir?” The head helper inquired when he got down.“No,” Christian simply answered as he made his way to the exit of the mansion.“Sir,” Mabel called as she ran after him. When they got outside, a car was already waiting outside the mansion to pick Christian up.The driver quickly opened the door upon seeing Christian who stopped just as he got to the entrance of the car.“Get in,” he ordered Mabel who st
When Mabel arrived at her desk, she immediately started working as there was a lot to do. She started to go through the files Christian had dropped on her desk, and she saw that they had to be returned to the Audit department. She immediately stood up and headed to the elevator so she could return the files.As soon as she came out of the elevator onto the floor, she could feel all eyes on her. People started murmuring and pointing fingers at her.Mabel, who had been in that situation countless times, simply ignored, as she always did. She had reached the stage of her life where she didn't bother to ask why they were all murmuring about her.Most of the times when such had happened, it was because it was a lie and so, she had stopped trying to explain herself. Mabel found who she was supposed to submit the files to, and she headed back to her floor.When she got back to her floor, Kenzie already had a message from Christian, which was to see him in his office immediately after she
Christian watched her leave and as soon as she was gone a frown appeared on his face. Mabel didn’t know but he knew that her family would also be at the wedding due to them being a high-class family. And if they were going to be there, it would be another chance for them to bully her. He didn't need to be told for him to know that her family was the reason why Mabel didn't want to go to any party.His phone beeped as he had received a message. He picked up the phone and read the contents of the message, which was from Aaron. ‘Interesting,’ he mused to himself as a sly smile appeared on his face.When Mabel got to the restroom, she went into one of the stalls and silently screamed. She didn’t want to attend any party, but Christian wasn’t going to take no for an answer. At that point, she preferred him to take revenge on her by physically harming her rather than mentally torturing her. At least she was used to the physical torture and would heal from in a few days.Goosebumps appear
After talking to Christian, Dorian called for a meeting of all the heads of department, just as the former had told him to do. After handling other things to ensure that the company’s stock didn’t plunge any further, he headed to the conference room, where the heads of department were already waiting for him.When he got there, he saw them all talking amongst themselves and they were so engrossed in what they were discussing that they didn’t notice he had walked in. One of the heads finally noticed Dorian and immediately alerted his colleagues. They immediately stopped talking and cleared their throats."Good gracious, if the heads are like this, I wonder how the employees will be,” Dorian hissed under his breath as he took his seat. “I apologize, sir,” one of the heads quickly said and the rest followed suit.“Your apology isn't going to do anything now, is it?” Dorian quipped and the heads didn't say anything as there was no way to answer without painting them in a bad light or
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