"Ahhh..." Sierra didn't actually fall, but she made it look like she did. Both Claire and Adam noticed that too. And Adam had to buy back his smug smile. "Oh my god, Si, Are you alright?" Claire acted along and immediately went to help Sierra up. But Sierra's lower lip wobbled and she wiped her invisible tears. "Claire, my shoulder, it hurts. Ahh..." she cried while covering her face in Claire's shoulder. In reality, Sierra was smiling. She hid her face to cover up her smile. Claire on the other hand could control her laughter. So she glared at Nancy. "You b*tch, how can you be so vicious? Sierra just recovered from her shoulder injury. How can you push her like this? Look at how much pain she is in" Claire scolded Nancy, while Sierra's shoulder started shaking with silent laughter. "Oh my god, Si, let me go and inform Mr. Woods about this. He is not going to be pleased" Adam has no intention to involve Xavier who is busy dealing with the trouble makers who bullied Sierra.
Nancy decided to instigate Derek more against Sierra once she noticed that he seemed to be interested in her. "Derek, did you see that? That Sierra is not satisfied with killing our child. She came here to hurt me too. If not for you, I don't know what she would have done to me today" Nancy started to cry. Daisy rubbed her back, pretending to assure her. "Nancy, don't worry. Now that Derek is here, I am sure he will protect you. He is a gentleman. He will not allow you to suffer anymore" Daisy assured Nancy when Derek didn't respond. Nancy and Daisy looked at Derek, who is glaring daggers in the direction through which Xavier and Sierra disappeared. "Derek?" Nancy approached him and gently caught his arm to gain his attention. But the moment she touched him, he pushed her away as if she broke his trance. "Haa" Nancy gasped with surprise and stumbled a little before righting herself. "Derek, what are you doing? She just had a miscarriage. How can you manhandle her like t
"It's not that I don't trust you. I am trying to protect you from me" Claire confessed, feeling depressed. She couldn't see through Daisy before today. If there is a woman who can be despicable to her daughter, then that would be Daisy. Adam stopped the car near a signal. He turned to face her. "Claire, I love you. And the damage you could do to me at this point is turning your back on me. I know you love me and you are warmest and the sweetest person I have ever seen. So please don't let other people's opinions influence you. No matter what, we are in this together. Please don't pull away from me again. That's the worst feeling I have experienced so far" he showed her his vulnerable side. Claire placed her palm over his feeling guilty. "I promise, I will not hurt you again" she said firmly, truly believing it for the first time. Today's incident made her realise that our life is a sum total of our choices. There is no one or nothing that can make or break our relationship except f
"What is bothering you?" Xavier inquired about Sierra. She sighed heavily and turned to look at him. "You said Nancy intentionally aborted her baby. I was just thinking about why? She protected her child until now, then why did she give up now? Surely it's just not to frame me. Isn't it?" she asked, bothered about it all. Xavier sat beside her on the bed and started feeding her. "It's her personal choice. Why are you breaking your head for her? No matter her reasons, what she did to you is unacceptable. Now you tell me what you were thinking when you decided to shield me in Nathan's party?" he demanded. Everything which happened since the last few days changed his perspective on many things and made him realise how important Sierra is to him. But apart from all that, he is unable to shake the feeling of what if's. She is safe now, but what if something happened to her. A thought which is making him worry about her safety. Sierra frowned when she heard his question. So many thin
"Xavier, someone stole the bidding file of the woods group. We lost the bid and your uncle Benjamin won the contract" Carlos told Xavier over the phone. Xavier was not pleased to hear this. "What do you mean by ' the file was stolen'? Did you not submit that file to the NS group yesterday?" The NS group is also one of the conglomerates who owns the biggest clothing chair in the country. They were in need of a supplier who can supply raw materials to them. The woods group deals in production of fabrics. So they were trying to win the NS group contract, which would earn them huge profits. But now that Benjamin won the contract and the Woods group lost it, the share price of the Franklin group would increase. It's not a secret that Benjamin doesn't like Xavier. So he wouldn't hesitate to go against Xavier. "I couldn't go and submit it personally. So I sent it with one of our managers. I don't know what happened, he came back this morning sporting injuries all over his body an
"I heard you lost a very important file" Xavier spoke in a tone that made the manager understand that he is in trouble. The manager's breathing became uneven with fear. "Y..yes, Mr. Woods" he replied, trying to maintain his tone steady and convincing. But he couldn't hide his fear. Xavier raised his brows in a sympathetic gesture. But it looked like he was mocking the manager. "Is it? Can you explain exactly when and where you were attacked?" he asked again. The manager wiped the sweat off his forehead before replying. He couldn't ignore the man who has been brutally whipped just now. "It happened around three in the afternoon. They came out of nowhere and stole the file after attacking me physically" the manager repeated the same thing which he told Carlos. Xavier smirked. "May I know what you were doing until three in the noon without submitting the file even though you left the company at around ten in the morning" Xavier tugged at the loop holes in his story. T
In the Basement, the manager is crying pathetically. But no one is feeling sorry for him. "So, are you ready to tell me from whom you took money to sell my file?" Xavier asked the manager coldly. The manager nodded and wiped his eyes with his shirt collar. "It's your cousin Derek Franklin. He offered me one million for that file. And they submitted our company file claiming it as their own. And they got the contract" the manager revealed. Xavier gritted his teeth with suppressed anger. He was hoping that Derek would change after coming from abroad. But no. He has turned worse than ever. "You are fired. Get lost" Xavier snapped at the manager. The manager slumped down to his knees. "Please Mr. Woods, I need this job. Please, I will not do this again" he begged. But Xavier gave him a cold stare. "You are lucky that I am not filing a case against you. If you don't leave now, then I might change my mind" he said with cold indifference. The manager understood that he messed up bi
When Sierra woke up from her sleep, she noticed that she was alone. She sighed heavily and looked at the far wall absently. She is in love with Xavier. She shouldn't have been surprised. And she should have seen this coming. He gave her everything she was deprived off. Affection, attention, care and support. After that accident, she had to care about herself and her mother. There were times when she used to feel so lonely and desperate, that she used to longe for someone to care for her too. And that feeling used to be strong whenever she used to see someone who cares about eachother. She used to crave for that. As if God has blessed her, Xavier appeared out of nowhere. 'What if I lose him too? Can I survive his loss? But if I leave now, can I be able to move on from him?' she thought to herself. She doesn't need anyone to tell her that she wouldn't be able to live without Xavier. "God, what a mess. I cannot stay here with the fear that he would never love me back the way I love
Hello guys, Thank you so much for your unwavering support. It's a blessing to have you guys. I want to share the details of my new book with you guys. This will be a sequel to 'Billionaire husband's pursuit for his ex wife'This will be the story of Theo and Nina's son. This is the story of Asher Morrison and Aria White. 'His substitute bride'Asher's first love, Chloe Collins leaves him just a day before their wedding. She was a budding model who gets an opportunity to work with a reputed star hero. To boost her career, she leaves Asher and leaves a note for him asking to wait for her for three years. Asher's couldn't disappoint his family. Mainly his mother, Nina Morrison. So he decided to marry his assistant Aria White with a contract to get a divorce after three years. As the days passed by, they become close as their friendship grows. They are boss and an employee during the day, and close friends outside the Morrison group. Asher's parents and his grandmother Agatha loves A
Sierra and Xavier's honeymoon lasted for a month before they were reluctantly forced to go back. "It was so pleasant here" Sierra said while looking at the pond which she loves so much. It's been a month since their wedding, a month of being away from everyone. It was just Sierra and Xavier together on the island. Their nights are filled with sweet love and passion, while days are filled with fun and laughter. Now she knows every inch of the island. Xavier showed her every beautiful place on the island. But now, they both are forced to go back because it's Nathan and Cathy's wedding. Finally the President is getting married to the girl who managed to capture his heart. Unlike Xavier and Sierra's wedding, Nathan's wedding is going to be filled with people from political backgrounds, officials, and it's going to be a high end much awaited wedding. "It is, we can come back whenever we want" Xavier said and hugged her from behind. He built a beautiful home around the pond with glas
"Dad, dad" Renee bent her head while crying for Augustine who was lying in the pool of his own blood. The metallic scent inside the room is so thick, that it's suffocating. Janine was watching Renee with malice. "Dad" Renee's sobs didn't melt Janine's heart. Instead, her hunger for death only intensified. "What did you think of me Renee?" her voice made Renee jump with shock. Renee snapped her head and looked at Janine who had blood all over her hands. She was holding a bloody knife in her right hand, which was still dripping with blood. "How can you? He is your husband. You used to love him so much. Then what happened? Why did you kill him like this?" Renee demanded Janine with anger and pain. Janine sneered. "You both abandoned me and Maddy. You took their side and ruined my efforts to kill Xavier. If not for you and that dead man, i would have already killed Xavier and we could have gone back to the states once again. But no, you had to find out everything and your father had
The fact that Janine is alive but Noel is dead spread like fire. Noel is not just anyone. He is a famous politician. His death spiked multiple debates across the country. Hunt for Janine began, while Janine was hell bent on killing Sierra and Xavier. 'Who killed Noel Thomas?' 'Can it be Janine?' 'Where is Janine?' 'Why is after Mr. Woods?' Speculations started to float across the country. The story of why Janine started to hate the woods family so much and how she became responsible for Gawin's death along with his father's became a trending topic. Everyone started to feel sorry for Claire and started to hate Daisy for her poor choices. After finding out that she became a pawn for Janine and destroyed her own life, Daisy became depressed. Nancy was still shocked to learn that her father is dead. Douglas was shocked too. When everyone was reeling in the aftermath of Janine's destruction, the lady in question was plotting against her own family. This time she is targeting August
'Its true' 'Some one really dug up Mrs. Augustine's grave' 'How can anyone disrespect a dead person like this?' 'Is it really Mr. Woods and our President behind this?' 'If not, then why will that person tag them along with the pictures?' 'I still can't believe that they can do this' 'Why can't they let a dead person rest in peace?' As the pictures of the grave digging became viral, the media and the curious public rushed to the cemetery to see if it was true. When they saw an open grave of Janine, they started to suspect that it's indeed Xavier and Nathan who are somehow involved in this. Within minutes this news became viral. Every news channel started broadcasting the news live from the Cemetery. Pictures of Xavier, Nathan, Carlos and Adam were shown on the tv screen to build the hype along with Janine's picture. 'Mr. President, are you involved?' 'Is Mr. Woods involved?' News channels started using eye-catching tags like this to drag public interest and escalate scrutiny
Janine stealthily slipped inside Xavier's room where his mobile was ringing. She held the knife tightly with both her hands. She is ready to strike the moment she spotted Xavier. But when she scanned the room, she found no one. She strained her ears to hear any noise apart from the mobile ringing. But she couldn't hear anything. After the mobile stopped ringing, silence greeted her. 'Where are they? This is their room and his mobile is here. Why is he not answering his phone?' Janine thought angrily. She searched the room without bothering to keep quiet. She searched the entire house, but she found herself alone in the dark house. She was so angry, she wanted to light fire and burn the house down. But just then, she heard the unmistakable sound of Sirens wailing at a distance. 'He escaped and alerted the cops? How did he even find out about my plan?' she thought angrily. She escaped from the house through the kitchen door before the cops could catch her. On the other hand, Nath
"Nathan, I think my mom is still alive. Just now i felt like I saw someone who looked similar to my mom just outside Xavier's house" Renee anxiously explained to Nathan. But instead of believing her, Nathan frowned with disapproval. "Renee, I started to believe that you changed. If this is one of your tricks to stop Xavier and Sierra's wedding, then I suggest you stop this. Sierra gave you a chance. Don't ruin it by doing all these nasty things" he reprimanded her. Renee's eyes pooled with unshed tears at the harshness of his words. "I know I have done some things which i shouldn't have, which I regret. But Nathan, this time I am telling the truth. I swear on everything I hold dear. No, I swear on Xavier. I think my mom is still alive. We have to caution Xavier and Sierra, Please" she begged him. Nathan was taken aback when she swore on Xavier, whom Renee loves so much. He suddenly applied brakes on his vehicle and immediately took a 'U' turn. If what Renee said is true, th
Claire was not very happy about Renee, but Cathy decided to stay neutral. Nathan and Xavier were Renee's friends for years, so they forgave her when Sierra decided to give Renee a chance. "I will get going now. Please don't call me if I could be of any help during your wedding preparations" Renee offered. Sierra smiled. "Sure" she agreed. Claire is not ready to trust Renee just yet. She witnessed how vile and vicious Renee can be. So she doesn't want to forgive her so soon. She is feeling that Renee is just pretending to be nice. After Renee left, Claire couldn't hold back any longer. "Si, what are you doing? How can you forget everything she did to you? At her party, at the mall, in this home, she insulted you countless times. How can you just forgive her because she has mommy issues?" she demanded with displeasure. Sierra was quiet. Indeed Renee did all that. "Claire, you cannot label a person as bad based on their past deeds. What she did was wrong. And she is feeling gu
After two weeks, Slowly everyone started to forget about Janine. Augustine decided to take Renee to the states. Maddy passed away too, and her cremation was a close knit affair. Her grave was beside Janine's grave. Renee finally decided to apologise to Sierra before leaving for good. In Xavier's home, everyone was bristling with excitement for the impending wedding of Xavier and Sierra. "I love your wedding dress. It's so beautiful" Cathy said about Sierra's wedding dress which was delivered the previous day. Apart from the wedding dress, Sierra and the ladies don't know anything about the wedding preparations. Like Sierra wished, Xavier was handling everything and is ready to surprise her in a week when she is going to walk the aisle as his bride. "Yes, it is. I am eager to see how Xavier would react to it" Sierra said with a mischievous grin. Cathy giggled with mirth. "He would be thinking about peeling that off of you from the moment he sees you in that dress" she joked.