She looked away from him to stare at her baring phone, moving over to grab it. She groaned at the caller ID before swiping on the green button. “If you’re calling to ask why I’m late, Maya, then please end the call. I’ll be arriving soon,” she snapped at the person on the other line.“That’s not it, boss. There is a problem.”Anna straightened, suddenly interested in whatever it was that May was about saying. “A problem? What problem?”“There is a huge problem, boss. Your mother… she..”“She’s what?”“She’s causing trouble for everyone here. The police are here too.”At the mention of the police, Anna’s eyes grew wide. What had her stepmother done to require the police's attention? “I’m on my way.” The line went off. She looked over to Caspian, the snacks becoming irrelevant to her.“What is it?”“There is a problem at work.”“Come on, I’ll drop you off.”She didn’t flinch when he threw the snacks in the waste bin and simply walked behind him, grabbed her bag from Mariam and they bo
“Mom, mom, what’s going on?” Elle charged towards her mother, her overly high heels clicking in urgency on the tiled floor at each step she took. She snatched her mother from the policemen’s grip, her eyes glaring daggers at them. “If you come close to my mother one more time, I’ll make you regret it.”She let out exasperated sighs before turning to stare at her mother again, her hands searching for any trace of injury. “Mom, are you alright? Did these people hurt you?”Sylvia's shoulders trembled as she struggled to hold back tears. Letting go of her mother for a while, Elle stepped forward to Anna. She lowered her head.“You’re the only hope that we have, sister Anna.” She clasped her hands together. “Please don’t let the police take mother away. Please help us this one time. I swear, if you don’t let Mother go to jail, I’ll come get you immediately, I’ll make sure to get you out.”Anna leaned back with her hands behind her and her chin tilted upward. Her gaze traveled from the top
‘Anna Riordan revealed as a snitch.’ Anna read the first line of the heading inwardly, her eyes widening as she let the words settle in her head. She continued. ‘Sold company’s secret, big bully to her family, and a gold digger. Anna Riordan must be canceled.”Her forehead creased with mortified lines, eyes rolling to the back of her head. She continued reading the article. The netizens were requesting that she get canceled for a crime she didn’t even know anything about, for a crime that she knew the culprit not. They accused her of leaking the company’s secret to the rival company for a few bucks and they even went as far as to bring her marriage into the matter. They called her a gold digger, one who had intentions to use her husband for money. The audacity of them to call her a gold digger. “Mrs Riordan, say something. Are the allegations about you true?”She returned the tablet to Maya and cleared her throat, ready to address the flock of reporters. “I know nothing about these
“Elle Cooper, stop right there!”Elle froze in her spot immediately and her hands clutched her purse tighter that her fingers became red. She flinched when everyone’s eyes turned to her, her body trembling slightly. How had Anna seen her? She’d done her best to be silent, slipping away when everyone’s attention was on Anna. She didn't want to get caught or be involved in the drama playing out in the company. She intended to slip away despite Anna’s call but before she could get into the elevator, she heard footsteps behind her and slowly, oh so slowly, she turned only to see her sister marching toward her with a ferocious expression.Anna’s eyes brewed with anger, walking toward Elle in fast strides. Seeing the impending danger on her way, she stepped backward in fear. Anna had never looked at her this way before. Her sister was kind, naive, and seraphic. She wasn’t irascible or Animated. But the Anna stepping to her was different from the Anna that she knew. Gooseflesh covered her
Anna coughed, hitting Elle’s arms to get out of her hold, but she didn’t relent. She kept on pressing until she felt life slipping off her slowly. Her eyes became blurry, her hands weakened on Elle’s arms but before she could succumb to the darkness that threatened to envelop her, she felt Elle suddenly pried away from her with a force and her body collided with a much-needed warmth. With her hands wrapped around the new source of warmth, she coughed loudly, burying herself in the warm body as a pat began on her back. She’d thought that she would die in Elle's hands for a second time, she’d literally felt like she failed in her mission to get revenge. Elle was way too strong of an opponent. “The next time you lay a hand on my wife, I’ll make sure you'll never be able to use those two hands of yours ever again.”Anna finally caught her breath and raised her head slowly, her eyes falling on Caspian who had his blazing eyes behind her. An arm of his was wrapped around her waist, keepin
~Cooper Mansion. 7 pm, same day ~“Now, what are you pleading with me for? What do you want me to do about this situation?” Mr Cooper threw his hands in the air as he yelled at his daughter who knelt beneath him. Elle’s knees were pressed to the cold floor as her tears streamed down her cheek in the Cooper large living room. She had her palms pressed together, her lips drawn in a thin line.“Father please,” she pleaded.“Don’t fucking plead with me. I didn’t ask you to do shits that land you in trouble.”“I didn’t want to do it,” her sobs increased. “It’s all Anna’s fault. She pushed me to the wall. Please help me, father.”The man looked over to his wife who had the same pleading look plastered on her face. He shook his head. “You better caution your daughter. This insolence is not going to happen in my house.”Sylvie swiftly rushed to his side and held his hands. “Calm down honey. You know how these kids are, they’re still kids.”“Kids? Do you even hear yourself? She’s a grown-ass
Finally, after a while of coaxing, Elle’s tears ceased their flow. She slowly broke away from the warmth that was Jason and raised her head to stare at him. She gave him a grateful stare. “Thank you.” “Don’t mention, Elle. You know that I’ll do anything for you. If you ask me to jump off a bridge, I will.” Her eyes widened. It was the same man that she’d spoken cutely to the other day, the same man she threw out of her car and humiliated. Yet he was the only one there for her when everyone else had vacated her. “Do you really mean that?” She stared at him with teary eyes. It was the first time she actually felt that she meant something to someone. It was the first time anyone had whispered such words into her ears. Never before had she had anyone hold her so close that it felt like home. Yet she couldn’t stand the thought of being with him. If she wasn’t so sad and needed comfort, she would have chased him out of the house already or worse exposed him to her father. But she neede
From the moment Anna got married to her husband, she knew that her life was going to become easier. She knew that her life would become better, especially in the part of her revenge schemes. And she was right, her life did become better, much better than she expected.She had the people that she loved around her and there were no longer any fake people around her. There was no one who pretended to love her but then turned around and stabbed her in the back just like Jason, Elle and Sylvia. No more negative people. There was only Caspian, Dali, and her brother, Elias. She was surrounded by genuine people who liked her for real. After the whole incident that played out, Dali and Elias had insisted on taking her somewhere fun to get the day’s situation out of her mind. They took her to fun places and at the end of the day, they all ended up having dinner in a fancy restaurant.It was both pleasing and scary. On one hand, she couldn’t believe that she was back in time, that she wasn’t in
FOURTEEN MONTHS LATER! The hall erupted in a loud thunder of applause as Wendy kissed her newly wedded husband, more like devoured his face. Anna was sure her clap and scream were the loudest as the priest pronounced the new couple, husband and wife. She hooted and applauded and made all the noises with Dali, Mia, and a few of their friends. They were all dressed in purple bridesmaid dresses, white heels, and a white butterfly hair clip on their heads. Well, it was all her idea. She’d practically planned the wedding. Wendy’s wedding came as a shock to everyone. Just months ago, she’d introduced them to Tory, and now, he was her husband. Their romance has caught everyone off guard and their sudden decision to tie the knot left no time to waste. Anna had single-handedly planned the wedding and she was the reason Wendy had chosen the pretty wedding dress that she wore. It literally made her look like a fairy tale princess. It was a dream wedding according to Wendy. Her big day. On A
Jason flipped the backpack and let the items in it scatter on the floor, the sound sending chills down Anna’s spine. She gasped as her eyes trailed from the thick white rope to sharp knives and then to a gas mask that lay limply on the floor. “What are you trying to do, Jason? Don’t you dare…”“Shut the fuck up.” He stormed toward her, bent to her size, and gripped her chin so hard that she heard the sound of her bones cracking and she let out a sharp cry. “I’m the one who has the upper hand here. I’m the one who should speak and not you, you fucking cunt.”“Ahh,” she cried when he gripped her chin tighter and forced her to gaze at him, tears beginning to stream down her cheek.“You think you can ruin my life and get away with it? You fucking ruined everyone’s lives and if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have killed Elle!”Anna froze. Her eyes widened, Jason’s words echoing in her ears over and over again. She shook her head in denial as tears burst from her eyes. She didn’t want to b
“Fuck, is she dead?” Jason gasped as he stepped toward Elle and checked her pulse with his fingers. He froze and returned his gaze to the blonde. “She’s dead. Oh, fuck.” He clasped his hands around his mouth and rose from the floor, his eyes staring at the blonde in shock. “She was carrying my baby, Lia.”Lia rushed to his side in desperation and wrapped her hands around his arms. She didn’t carry the panic that Jason did. “Jason, if it's a baby that you want, I can give you one. Just forget about her, after all, she gave us a lot of trouble. It’s good riddance.”“What do I say to my mother? She spent a lot on the wedding and now, her daughter-in-law and grand baby are dead.” His legs trembled tremendously. “We’ll tell everyone that she slipped. She slipped while bathing. Wait..” their eyes widened at the sound of siren from outside. “Is that the police?”“Police? Who called them? Do you think it’s for us?”“Babe, do something.” Jason pushed the girl aside, threw his shirt and trous
The house was usually noisy. If they weren’t fighting, they were cooking foods that made her stomach churn and if not that, they were waiting for her with their hands on their hands on their hips. Fucking pathetic family! Now that she knew she might not live longer after birthing her baby, it was her turn to make their lives a living hell. As for her mother-in-law, she would make sure that the woman died way before her. Poisoning her tea wasn’t a bad idea, right? After all, she dared to hit her several times, forced her to stop eating much, and called her all sorts of names. She deserved to die. Elle held onto the paper tighter coupled with the small pack of poison that she’d bought on her way to the house and she stepped deeper into the house. It was only after she got to the room that she shared with Jason did she realized that indeed, there was no one at home. She dumped her bag on the floor and took exhausted steps that led her to the bed. She slumped on it, her breathing rough
For the rest of the day, Anna watched Caspian walk and other times took a tour of his office and the company and after the close of day, they both made their way out of the company hand in hand. “How about my car?” She asked when he opened the front passenger’s side of his favorite white Rolls Royce for her, the one that she’d stolen on the first day they met in this life. “I’ll ask someone to get it home.” Shrugging, Anna slipped into the car and he closed the door after her and walked around to get to the driver’s side. Just as the car began to move through the road, she felt a bile rise up her throat. Her hands immediately flew to her chest. Caspian cocked his head to the side, worry laced in his voice as he spoke. “What is wrong?”“I…I think I’m going to puke.” She brought a hand around her mouth and gestured with her hand that he stopped the car. The car immediately swerved to the side and stopped. “Puke, why?”She didn’t bother to answer him and opened the door and threw he
“The couple are hilarious as fuck,” Dali laughed with Anna as they both jumped into the car. “Did you see their faces? They looked like they were forced to get married.” Anna started the car and drove out of the wedding premises, her laughter all the while not dying down. “They were clearly forced.” It was clear as day. “And that gift, she’s going to be shocked as hell when she finds out.” It was her intention to get Elle to find out that the husband she just married was a stank ass useless bastard who couldn’t keep his dick in check. She’d only asked someone to trail the both of them a few days ago and to her surprise- not really a surprise though, he came back with pictures and videos of Jason’s infidelity which she printed out, boxed, and tied as a gift to Elle. What kind of man would cheat on the day before his wedding to a girl half as beautiful as his wife-to-be? Anna wasn’t going to act like it wasn’t disgusting to her like Elle was ugly or unattractive. She had a beauty th
When Anna was told that someone had to steal her ill fate for her to live longer, she didn’t think that she wouldn’t do a single work to get the person to steal her fate. All she had to do was push them together and fold her hands to watch the drama unfold before her eyes. It was the best part of the whole traveling back in time and revenge schemes. To sit back and witness the very people who’d caused her so much pain in the past steal her evil fate from her. It was, in its own way, a form of justice. Today, she watched as Elle took the part, walking down the aisle of the same hall where she’d gotten married to Jason in the past. Not only was her dress and jewelry identical, the hall too, its decorations and everything seemed identical. The man too.She sat at the back of the hall and her eyes burned with unshed tears as she watched the newlywed couple say their vows and pledge to love each other reluctantly. She knew the truth. Each word was a lie, a carefully constructed facade.
“The food,” Anna whined, holding his head away when their kiss became even more intense. She said that yet her legs wrapped around his waist, pulling him further into her to feel the hard rod that poked her. “The food can wait. I’ll reheat it after this.”He wound his hands on her ass and lift her up from the table. He pressed her against himself and caught her lips in his again as he began to lead them both to their bedroom. A kick from him sent the door opening as he got there and he gently dropped her on her feet. “You have five seconds to get to the bed before I lose my shit.” He began taking off his tie and kicking his shoes off his feet. Instantly, Anna nodded and hurried to the bed. But before she could get to the end, he caught up to her and threw her on the bed before getting in after her, looming over her. With his hands, he tugged off the top of her jumpsuit until the material bunched up on her waist. “No bra?” He raised a brow, his eyes on her perky red nipples that sto
Anna had never driven as fast as she did today in her entire life. She didn’t realize that her desire to see her husband was so strong until she got into her car and began the journey to their house. She sped past the cars on the road, realizing for the first time that she was at least a bit of an expert in driving. In a few minutes, she arrived at their private garage at the apartment building, parking her car amongst the others. She noticed that Caspian’s collection of cars had increased over the past few weeks. Her man was crazy about getting new cars every now and then. She wasted no time in throwing herself out of the car and raced into the building, to the elevator. Soon, she got to the door of their penthouse and swiped her card to open it. “Why is everywhere so dark?” A smile stretched on her lips when she opened the door only to be welcomed by darkness. Well, she hadn’t expected it. She felt something on her feet at the first step that she took and bending a bit to the f