I and Ria seemed like we didn't get along. But in actuality we were starting to get closer than we were ready to admit. I also loved that she was always ready to help me in different ways.Ria and Rene didn't quite get along, but their father insisted they both run the company. The mansion was outrageously beautiful. I could see a little glimpse of attraction in Rene's eyes, but I dismissed that as the normal attraction I received from ladies, I was gorgeous so that was expected.I guessed it'll all fade off with time, so to me it counted for nothing. "Thank you so much, Ria, for honouring my invite," I said to her, casting my glance on them, I greeted them as well.They had finally seen me after walking for minutes into the main hall. I noticed a slight decline in their exciting demeanor, immediately their eyes landed on Doris, my acquittance. The party progressed beautifully.We sat at out table, it was a sumptuous party, so much to eat and drink. But I noticed they were now uneasy
Morris seemed bothered, but we were long gone, I looked back as a queerly dressed man stood behind him, I just hoped he was safe, but now I had to put me first.I made it to my room safely, I couldn't stop myself from thinking about all that transpired at the party. From the dissapointment on Morris's face, upon finding that I didn't come alone, to the invasion.I now had started to have suspicious thoughts towards both of them, this had never happened. The security was very tight. It was impossible to penetrate that level of security, except you had a connection to either of them.Everything was artificial intelligence and the mansion was tightly secured. I wondered, how these men were able to get past the security and knew exactly where to find him.They had even gone directly to the table he'd walked away from, some minutes prior to the time. So he knew, even now he could still be watched by the cruel eyes of whoever was behind all this.I had slight speculations it could be his su
"I'm the oldest Nanny alive, other nannies my age, who tried to prove and show they knew better are all six feet deep. My major aim was to keep them alive by God's grace, I'm glad I achieved that. You are the one in the rightful position to deal with Ard, with their help and serve Ard his karma.""My advice is, don't act like I told you anything, your strength would be that you now know more than they could imagine you know, so now you're acting from a place of knowledge and of course, wisdom." She continued."Marianne, the ball is in your court. Play it well." She concluded, turning around with these last words, as she headed for the door. "Wait, please," I said, weakly."I have one last question to ask. How are you so sure that you don't have much time left to live? And why did you skip my question, the one about other family they might have?" I asked."You said one, now there's two of them, huh?" She chuckled, pasting a motherly smile on her face, looking soberly at me. "They remin
I watched silently as the sound of the ticking clock repeated it's rhymes, I was still in bed and it was almost my wake up time.I had awoken earlier than I used to. This alone seemed to me like a huge sign and indication of something I couldn't even lay my hand on just yet. Shoving my long fingers through my hair, I sat up in my bed, my head drenched in thoughts of all Nadia had uncovered.I wanted so bad to connect the dots, I wanted so bad to have my revenge, even if it meant getting on Mark's side.But I didn't know getting on his side, having my revenge would prove this hard. I pushed myself out of my silky bed into the wash room.As I the showers of water flowed all over my body, it was to me a huge relief. My head ached already, from the raging thoughts I was having.I found myself talking to myself as I had my bath, "You can do this, May, get with Mark, make him a friend, get with Morris if you wish, just have allies that would help you through" I said to myself, wiping my bod
"Yes! I did! And I'm gonna do it again, if you don't take your shitty self else where! You disgust me to say the least!" I let out, getting up and pushing her out of the way."Morris is the only reason I didn't beat the living daylight out of you!" She fumed, arranging her hair that was in disarray."Go on now, fix your hair... And your mouth... And your bad attitude! Because if you don't I would fix it for you!" I let out, standing by my door which was wide open."Get the hell out!" I shouted, looking sternly at her, my heart racing. "I was on my way out. Save your poor self the energy." She insulted, walking out the door."Good!" I let out, slamming the door behind her, I ran my fingers through my hair, as I paced about in my office, trying to calm myself down.What if she told Morris about the incident? What if this would make me get in their bad books ? So many thoughts raced through my head, I felt like my head would explode.I sat in my chair, deep in thoughts, immediately I rem
I was in utter shock, I soliloquized, refusing to believe that Nadia was actually gone. As I rode on to the hospital, my hands were shaking as I held on to the steering, tears poured down my now red face, my make up was messed up.I didn't care. All I wanted in that moment was to hear her sweet frail voice again, the warmth I felt whenever I got home. She made home, home to me. Her kind and sincere words of love and advice! I didn't want to accept the fact that I was never getting all of that again.She had always joked around with me, "you might fume, you might freak, you might get mad, when I offer my advice, but you'll sure miss me when I'm gone!" She had joked, most of times. And boy was I missing her! She was one of the few persons who would tell me what the truth to my face, not minding what I chose to make out of it.She just always believed that one was safer with the truth, no matter how bitter it was. Sitting in the reception hall. I couldn't put myself together.I was weepi
"Can you think of any persons whom you think might in some way be responsible?" He asked, looking calmly at me, this time, trying to suggest he wasn't seeing me as a culprit."I can't. I'm already racking my brain. I can't think of anyone." I said, "I'll let you know when I do." I added, pain welling up inside me.Chills ran down my spine, at the thought of an enemy who was currently on the loose, if they could get Nadia, then I only wondered how close they were to me."She was poisoned, our tests show the poison with which she was killed, it was one of the venomous poison types on the planet." He said, interrupting my thoughts."People only make use of such poisons when they are dealing with someone they hate with a special kind of passion.""Did she leave any last words? Clues? Anything at all?" He asked, trying to give me clues, hoping they might help with remembering something."Clues? None that I can remember, but I'll get across to you, if I do." I said, feigning sincerity. I ha
"This has to be between the both of us." I let out, "Sure, you can bank on me." She assured, "I need to do something, and I need to do it quickly.""What exactly are you talking about?" She asked, her eyes widening. "I need to find Blake." I blurted, a stern look pasted on my face."That's a herculean task, you know." She said, "Exactly why I need your help. You're in the medical field and you would most likely know how I'm supposed to go about this." I said, trying to avoid being explicit.""What I would suggest is, you go undercover, plot a better plan. One that wouldn't involve risking one's job. I hope you understand what I mean." She adviced."I don't understand, is that how much of a risk it is to you?" I asked, scratching my chin in displeasure, but I didn't have a choice."I could loose my license. If I help you kill or sedate someone." She stated. "And who says I was asking you to kill or sedate anyone?!" I defended, looking squarely at her."I could already understand. But w
Butterflies grew in her belly, Lau had a jovial demeanor and he was good looking too. He was irresistible."Take a break! Lau!" Ris said calmly, she was a bit envious now, but was good at hiding it. Nan on the other hand, pulled Lau to herself, pretending to play.Dita wasn't even about any of that, she admired how well they got along. She found Lau attractive and that was all there was to it.She knew she was too young for any kind of emotional entanglement. She had a strong resolve to be very studious and thus she often came tops in her class."What did you say your name was again?" A rude voice asked, from behind her. "My name is Dita, she let out."I only asked of your name. Why are you so nervous?" The rude voice had now become soft, Dita was used to hearing those phrases, as much as she hated hearing them, there was not much she could do."I'm Mr.Ri" he said, speaking on when she didn't give an answer to his question. He was a new teacher and strikingly hot! He was drop dead gor
"You shouldn't have gone through the stress." I said, looking sweetly at him. "It's no stress when it has to do with you my love." He said. We talked briefly, he then left the office to his as work was calling. Thompson was such a sweet and loving man. I blessed the day I met him in my heart.I arrived home after work, reminiscing on how beautiful the day had been, it was indeed a beautiful day and indeed a sweet one. I couldn't stop thinking about the sweet treatment Thane gave me. He seemed different from Mariano, I tried to convince myself of that. But you couldn't tell by the fact what these men were capable of, I thought to myself. They always seemed nice at first. I arrived at work the next day, to find we had a new recruit. "Goodness! She's so gorgeous!" I heard one of staff sat from behind me. For some weird reason, I felt a surge of envy rise within me.Nuka had just been recruited by the company, she was excited and sad at the same time. Excited at the fact that she'd mee
"Yeah, you shouldn't. You should just use the door. That's something I'll recommend you do now." I answered, I could see she was getting angry already. "Did you think bringing that up was necessary? And how did you even know about that? Are you watching me or something?" "I don't know why I'm the one you're asking these questions. You should he trying to explain to your fiance what was going on." I added, about to walk away, before stopping in my tracks. "Don't worry, I'm not anything like you, I didn't give him any details, although he begged that I give him details.""Next time, be more careful, the wall had ears and the air has eyes. That's just something for you to remember, if you would want to remember of course, not like I'm forcing you to." I added, "anything else I can help you with?" I asked, looking sternly at her. "Um.... Thank you." She said, as if forcing the words out of her mouth. "Thank you for the save. For... Not revealing every detail." She added."I'm curious t
His fiance made her way in, "what exactly is going on here?" She asked, looking at him irritated, "nothing. She's a top staff." He said, for lack of words and how to start explaining the fact that there was nothing going on. "Staff you say?" She questioned calmly, in almost a whisper.She came close to Mark, inches away from him, she whispered something in his ears, from the expression on her face and his, it wasn't good. "There's nothing going on between us. We're just colleagues. If there was something going on, I'll tell you to your face, you know me too well, right?" I said, looking squarely at her now. "By the way, you don't want us to get started on your time at the beach, yesterday." I let out. "What.... What are you talking about?" She stammered, "Time at the beach?" Mark let out. "What is she talking about?" He continued."I don't know what she's talking about, I have no idea." She lied, "Are you serious? You are supposed to know what I'm talking about, or should I just go
There's no point in thanking me! I'm going to be needing your help in no time! I said to myself as I watched him walk out of the door. I was hopeful about my wish on getting my revenge, because I knew if the odds were on my side there's a lot I can better work on in that direction.The day slowly came to an end as always, I was always excited when it was finally time to go home, I missed the cozy arms of my bed. This time however, I didn't want to go home, I was feeling nostalgic, I wanted to take a walk.I stayed close to a beautiful beach bar. The streets were always beautifully decorated and everything was so naturally alluring. I got home just in time to get prepared and head for the beach.I wasn't exactly going there to run along the beach, just a way of resting, but not in my bed this time, resting around nature this time. I lay on the warm mat I had seen, as I watched the oceans swirl back and forth, slapping against the white sand of it's own shores.I thought back to how bea
"She was my friend, so as you might have guessed rightly, I have a lot of information, even the ones you might be hiding. She told me everything before her passing. I'm letting you both in on this because I want to help you. But I'll be needing that help in return. I'll tell you when and why.""Your father, or let me say, the person you know as your father, he's not your real father." I let out, whispering into his ears. "Let this stay between you, the boss and I." I added, looking around the room before bringing my gaze back to him."You must be sick. That's not true!" He let out, screaming a whisper. "What do I gain by lieing to you? I'm just trying to save my face here, at least I'm not the one who is an accomplice to crime in anyway." I said, taking my focus back to the screen of my computer."I'm not sick at all. I'm just telling you the simple truth. What you choose to make of it is up to you. Let me continue. Please don't cut me off again, it's to your own detriment because the
Marianne's POV "Hallucinations? Why would I have hallucinations? I'm not mentally deranged or something." I added, "not only mentally deranged people experience it. Those who are going through a tough time emotionally might also experience that, if they're not careful." He explained."I don't think I'm having hallucinations. Issues? There's nothing that even has to be about it in the first place. I'm very fine." I defended again, refusing to accept something that was so clear. "Well, here, that's the picture. And don't ask me how I got that because you wouldn't want...""Wouldn't want to know?" He cut in, collecting the picture from my hand. "Wow." He mentioned, with suspense in his tone, as he looked on fearfully at the paper he held in his hand. "Wow?" I asked, "who's Wow?" I asked again. He had now slowly sat back in his seat.He suddenly, finally seemed to understand what I was going through. "Talk to me! Do you know him?" I let out, confused. "Yes, I do. But you must keep this a
Marianne's POV Sitting in my office, I felt a strange nudging to get up and head for the door. I didn't know why but I knew something might be going on. I was no more with Blake but I still felt a strong attachment to him.It was like I could almost tell when he was in danger. I had a strong nudging on my inside to scroll through his face profile. What I saw shattered me into tiny pieces. I was not completely over him I'll be a liar to say I was. Driya, the lady I knew he had been cheating on me with before the divorce, I was following her on all platforms. That was how obsessed I was with Blake. I noticed Driya had a sister too, Dranca.Maybe that would be the helping hand she had to tear down all I and Blake had built over the years. I stood at the door, pacing around it like I was chained to it by an invisible chain. I came across another name Ifti, quite a rare name.From the nature of the comment he left on the post, he was obviously angry at Driya's mother, Gifa and the entire
Ifti's Point of View“Bastards! And you let them escape!” I stare at my men in anger. I squeeze my fists so tight my hands become hot. “Track them now!” I slide my phone from my pocket and I dial Imelia’s phone. I can hear the phone ringing but the stupid girl does not pick up. “God damn it!” Veins in my head shows boldly. “Track them!” I can feel my pulse rising, if I as much as set my eyes on them, I would kill that stupid Driya of a girl and the rest, I will make sure they grovelnon their knees and beg for death. My men run around looking like confused chickens too scared to disobey my command, their faces pale with fear, I throw a blind eye to it. Anything outside laying my hands on Driya has nothing to do with me at this moment. They know better than to fail me again.I pace to and fro in the living room, my mind racing with anger and betrayal, my brain cannot seem to contain a simple thought. How could they escape? How could Driya defy me like this? No one, absolutely no on