Mia’s POV“Ms. Mia?” My clerk walked into my office, she bumped into me crying“I'm sorry" She said as she tried to go back out, I quickly wiped my face“Yes?” I replied“You want me to get you anything for dinner?” She asked me“It's getting really late” She added“I'm not hungry” I said to her with my face bent to the ground“Okay” She said but stood there for a while“You can go” I said to her dismissing her“Um, I have reports that are due” She replied explaining why she can't go home yet“Okay” I replied“Are you sure you are okay?” She asked again“I'm fine” I replied her“Okay, Mrs. Jones has called several times” She said to me“Did she leave a message?” I asked“Yeah, she keeps asking when the filing will take place for her divorce from Mr. Liam Jones” She explained“And what did you tell her?” I asked“That you were on it” She replied confidently“Okay, thank you” I said to her“I didn't see it on the manifest to get filed” She said, I haven’t done anything on it and now she
Mia’s POVI was sitting helplessly, crying on the floor by the kitchen table when I heard a cloud knock on my front door and I wasn’t going to take it, I just want to be alone.“Mia?” Ana shouted and I raised my head in surprise, how did she know I was here, I said to myself but I kept silent because I didn’t want any company“Mia...” she said while knocking continuously then I wiped my face roughly and opened the door for her“What's wrong?” She asked me as she rushed inside and looking worried, she quickly closed the door and held my hands“What's going on?” She asked again but there was no comment from me“Mia, just come on” She said then she pulled me to sit down with her“Tell me what's going on, please” She requested“What's going on?” She asked me again“Hey, Mia what's wrong, honey” Ana placed her palm on my cheek and said to me“Can you get me some water, please?” I said to Ana and she gave me a shocking look“What the hell is water going to do?” She asked me in an angry tone
“Looks like I walked into something" He added while rubbing his palm together"Mm-hmm, Yeah. What are you doing here, hmm?" Ana stood up and asked him in an angry tone"Whoa, calm down, i just came to see the woman I love" Liam replied and I just bent my head down covered with my palm“Uh, is this a bad time?" Liam asked confused by the mood in the room"Your damn right, it is" Ana replied"What? Mia, what's going on?" Liam directed his question to me, expecting me to say something"Get the hell out of here" Ana yelled at him"Mia?" Liam called while approaching to hold me then Ana pushed him roughly and tore out some buttons from his dress“Bitch, you just broke my button, I have to pay for that" He yelled"Then i suggest you font come any closer" Ana warned"This is about Mia?" He asked Ana"Mia, what's going on?" Liam asked me again"Hey, don't you dare come any closer to her cos am ready to fight you off" Ana said to him "can I mess him up?" Ana asked me"Please do" I replied and
After he closed the door behind him, Ana turned to me "Explain this shit" she said immediately in an amazed tone “Come on, tell me what's going on" She said“What?" I asked pretending I didn't know what she was talking about“How did you do that?" She asked me again “You just like pack all your shit in and bring them in like a horse" She said "I'm a lawyer, remember?" I replied"Girl, that was brilliant" Ana said happy that I was playing Liam back"It was, wasn't it?" I asked taking the credit"I wish I had what you have" She said to me impressed“Really?" I asked looking at her "Because am tired and am sick of this shit" I said to her“I'm sick of having to be strong because a man wants me to be weak. I'm sick of playing these games with men, I am sick of being a fool for love, am looking at this fucker tell me lies, and am taking it because I want it to be true" I continued angry"I got you" She said and pulled me closer into a hug“Why can't they just tell the truth?" I whispered
I was still unable to speak because of the shock I was experiencing. After sometime, I managed to put myself together and say something."Well, miss Jones..." I began to her recovering a little from the shock"Sit down, bitch!" She yelled, ordering me to sit down"I am not going to allow you to come to my office and disrespect me" I replied her"I said sit down" She yelled"Please, she didn't want to come, but I convinced her" The Private investigator said to me "Please" She added"And why would I sit down? So you can destroy me?" I asked"Miss Mia" The P.I called"You know what, do whatever you are gonna do or plan to do okay? I don't have to be a part of this" I said to both of them and picked up my things to leave to conference room"Sit, please, please" The P.I pleaded with me"You...are the lowest kind of whore there is, you knew he was married, and you let me come in here, pour my heart out to you, and you knew. I'm going to have you disbarred and fired, and your name? that'll b
I got home after a while, I rested a little bit then took a shower while preparing to call Liam, I heard a knock on my door"Who is it?" I asked while listening on the door“It's Benny" She replied, Benny the P.I I said to myself before I went over to open the door"What are you doing here?" I asked her“Can I come in?" She requested"I don't want you in my house" I replied her while still standing in her way and blocking the entrance to my apartment“Please, I...am just trying to help" She said to me“Why?" I asked her suspicious“Because I don't think this is your fault, it's his and that son of a bitch should pay, please, just let me come in let us figure this out" She explained and I thought about it or a second "Come on in" I said to her and moved out of the way for her to come in“This place is really nice" She commented while looking around"Thank you' I said to her "I'll be selling it soon" I added"Oh, am sorry about that" She said"What's she saying?" I asked her so that sh
After they left my apartment. I picked up my phone and dialed Ana’s number “Hey girl, how are you doing?” she said once just picked up but I didn’t respond “Hey, Mia, are you there? What happened? Did you meet up with him? What did he say?” she asked worried“i…don’t…” was all I could muster up before I went silent again“Girl, you have to talk to me okay”“Can you come over?” I asked her“Of course I will come over” she replied and I was grateful for her answer “then we talk, right?” she added“Then, we talk” I repeated“Alright, I will head over the minute I finish up from here” she said “Yeah, pack a bag” I said which was a way of letting her know she will be spending the night over“Okay, then I have to go home before coming out okay?” she said “Okay” I replied“Alright, see you soon, bye” she said“Bye” I replied before ending the callI went over to the bathroom and took a cold shower, then climbed up my bed and wrapped myself in and sobbed, I have been holding in the tears
After he left I laid down and cried some more then slept off from there. After what seems like an hour, my phone rang and woke me, I picked it up to know who was calling and it was the private investigator, I signed and dropped my phone, after like two minutes it rang again, I picked it up without looking a the caller ID this time “Leave me the fuck alone!” I screamed“Geez Mia, it’s me, Ana your best friend” Ana said from the other side of the call“Oh sorry, I thought you were someone else” I apologized“Okay but what is wrong, I just called to check up on you” she said“He came here and got me a riled up” I explained“Who? Liam?” she asked“Yea coming here to tell me to choose him over my life and career and…and accusing me of not loving him because I would tell him to stay” I explained“Oh no, he crossed the line this time, am coming over so we can talk okay?” she said“Wait for me okay? I won’t be long” she added“Alright, am waiting” I said before ending the callI went to the
Mia's PoVThe next morning I prepared and headed to the office, I had a plan and the plan was to expose my boss for who he truly is and what he has truly done. I know he is smart enough not to implicate himself so I have to be very crafty with this. I need to push the call ight buttons or all is lost. I don't have the evidence the P.I gave me with me anymore since they were confiscated by the police after Liam dragged me into his mess once again. I have to be really smart about this actually because I do not have any other plan, if this doesn't work, I don't know what next to do. I have just one shot and I plan on making good use of it. I took a taxi to the office, ones I entered the premises, I told my secretary to let Mr. Edward know am here and that I want to meet with him. After she made the call, she told me that he said to send me in, which I know he wouod,. He must have been curious as to what brought me back here with everything that is going on in my life right now which am
"He said one thing at a time and promised everything is going to be alright" I said sitting down on the couch and stretching out my legs. It's been a really long day and my legs are aching badly. A massage would be such a bad idea right now. I desperately need one"Ana, do you think am stupid?" I asked"What? No, not at all" she answered quickly and I smiled"You are a good friend and I know you love me but I need an honest answer this time please" I said to her"Mia, you are the smartest woman that I know, I don't think you are stupid, you just made some wrong choices that's all and hell, who doesn't at some point?" She said"I'm not so sure about the smart part" I said as I started to get emotional again and tears started to line up"Mia, opening your heart to someone doesn't make you stupid, you were in love, it's not something that you can control, we can't control who we love" she said in a sweet voice"I don't know, I feel really stupid, I feel so empty" I said sobbing"Hey stop
"Liam took me there to see a building, he wanted me to start up private practice there, to start my own firm in the middle of nowhere. His wife said some things about him being an isolator and a control freak and am seeing that now"This is bad Mia" she said taking a sip from her glass then her phone began to ring, it was an unknown number. She picked up"Hello, who is this?" She asked"Hi Ana, this is Liam" he replied "It's Liam" she said to me"What?" I asked coming closer and whispering to her to put it on speaker"How the hell did you get this number?" she asked him"I just spoke to my lawyer, we really need to talk to Mia, it's really important, is she there with you?" He asked ignoring Ana's question"No she is not, whatever you want to tell her, you can tell it to me, i will just pass it on later" she said to him"I know you don't know me like that but I promise I didn't do all these things am being charged for, am innocent. It's just my wife and her lawyer that is doing all th
Mia PoVWhen we got to Ana's place, I sat down like someone whom the body was present but the mind was absent. Ana went over to her fridge and got out a bottle of alcohol and two glass cups. We came over to the couch and dropped them on the table then poured out the drinks into the two cups, and slide one my way as she took up her own glass and drank from it, a slight frown appeared on her face as she did"Are you going to tell me what happened now?" She said taking another sip"He was laundering money and dealing with really dangerous people" I said still sitting still"What? Mia did you know about this?" She asked surprised"No, I did not. You know I can never involve myself in something like that. Why would you even ask that" I said looking at her"Then why are they in your house and taking all your stuff?" She asked still doubting that I didn't know anything at all about the crimes "He asked me to move some money into my account but that was to keep it away from his wife, not bec
Ana's PovI drove over to Mia's place after she said not to come pick her again, I waiting for over an hour but she didn't come in, so I went across the street to get dinner but when I came back up the door was unlocked and wide open and there were police all over the place tossing everything around and moving things. I was so shocked I thought I went to the wrong room, but looking inside I realized I didn't go to the wrong room, I am at the right room, all of Mia's properties were there and the police officers were just touching everything."What the heck? What is going on here?" I asked as one police officer rushed out to stop me from entering the premises "is Mia inside that house?" I asked the police officer but before he was able to respond, Mia showed up, she was coming from the stairs and has no idea about all of this."You again?" She said to the police officer that came out to stop me from entering the place, I guess they know each other or have met at least"What the hell is
"Good news, he accepted to let you meet with him, he should be here any second" he said and I breathed out in relief and my face brightened up"Thank you" I said happy he did me the favour"Sure" he said. Then the door opened up and another officer led Liam into the room in handcuffs. I should really get used to seeing him like this since it's now happening more often. After the other officer brought him in, he left the room"I will let you two talk" the nice officer said before leaving us both alone in the room and closing the door behind him"Hey, listen" Liam started but I could wait for him to talk not after what he put me through today and all the things I found out about him"What the fuck Liam" I said upset"Look, listen to me. It's my wife and her lawyer lover, they are the ones setting me up, they are the ones doing all this. I can tell you I didn't do anything. They had all this planned out" he said desperately"Do you know how worried I was, when those guys carried you, I
"Look the charges are all legit" he said apologetically but still confident"You should know that his wife is really on to him, she could have plotted all of this, believe that woman is crazy, I wouldn't put it pass her, maybe you should be focusing on her instead torturing me" I said upset"No, this isn't his wife. He has been doing this for a very long time now, even before he met her,tl this one is on him not her" he said"Okay I think am gonna go" I said getting off the car seat but he got off the driver's seat and stopped me "Please just calm down, I know this is a whole lot for you but being angry about it isn't going to make it go away and besides where are you going to go?" he said to me"No am not upset about what you are telling me, I guess am just angry at myself for not figuring it out on time. You think you know someone but–shit!" I said with a mixed feeling. This is just all too much"Hey listen, you know I really can drive you back to the city, instead of sitting here
Once he heard my reply, he parked by the side of the road and got down from his car"Hey, are you okay?" He said coming toward me, I became scared and alert I took some steps backwards to put a space between us at least to give me a headstart if something should happen. What is he is a psychopath or a kiddnapper or a killer? There were many things running through my mind and my insecurities set in. If anything should happen to me here, nobody will know because Liam drove me out here very early in the morning, I didn't get the chance to call or tell anybody where I was headed and now I am left here no phone, absolutely nothing on me but my cloth"Obviously not" I said still suspicious"Well, did your car break down somewhere? I can help you to fix it, I am not a mechanic but I know a few things" he said nicely. How is he so nice, it's awkward I thought to myself"No" I said keeping my eyes on him and studying him"In that case, can I give you a ride back to wherever?" He asked"Do you
It was a building, a complete building. I did not know if I show uod get excited or not. "Liam what is this?" I asked a little confused"It's a building, you can start your firm here. I mean it looks a little bit old, we can fix it up a bit" he said smiling. I stood there still confused, why would I want my firm an hour away the city? Was he joking and I specifically told him I don't want to go private"It fit the profile perfectly, it's spacious has all the equipments and fittings intact, you will love it, let's just take a look inside" he continued"Liam, we didn't talk about this, you didn't think this is something you should have mentioned to me before now? Instead of driving us out here this early?" I asked a little upset"Just wait a second okay, let's go take a look inside first, am sure you will love it" he said. I just felt that he wasn't hearing me"I'm a city girl, I love the city, I don't want to be here Liam, out alone here in the middle of nowhere?. All my friends are i