Chapter Eight It was the next morning, Marianne was still asleep when Anna had woke up to prepare for work already. The sound of her plates crumble, woke Marianne up. Marianne stretched her hand as she woke up, “Why are you dressed this early? What's the time” she took up her phone to check the time “It's 7:30 am and I am still sleeping” she said as she removed the duvet from her body, running to the bathroom. “Why didn't you wake me up, Anna?” Marianne said, while running to the bathroom. “I forgot,” she said, rushing her food. Minutes after Marianne came out of the bathroom, “Probably because I came back late yesterday, the time is going already” Anna drank water, and took her bag from the table, “I am going to be going now, see you later” she said and exited the door. Marianne was rushing that she couldn't eat. She left home and to Anna surprised she got there before her. Marianne reached the office, feeling slightly disoriented from her rushed morning. She w
Chapter Nine “Good Morning sir, I am sorry for disturbing you boss I came to drop a file regarding the ongoing project.Mr. Thompson cleared his throat, trying to regain his composure. “Good morning, Anna. Thank you. I’ll review this later.”Anna looked at Marianne who was standing and trying to gain her composure after the kiss.Anna smiled, “Marianne, is everything alright?”“Yes, everything is fine,” Marianne said, forcing a smile. “I was just discussing my new role here with Mr. Thompson and trying to remove the dirt's in his lips same time”Anna’s eyes narrowed slightly, sensing there was more to the conversation. “I see. Well, if you need any assistance or have questions about your new role, don’t hesitate to ask.”“Thank you, Anna. I’ll keep that in mind,” Marianne said, still trying to mask her discomfort.Anna left the office, casting one last curious glance at Marianne and Mr. Thompson before closing the door behind her.As the door clicked shut, Marianne turned to Mr. Thom
Chapter Ten“Anna, why are you doing this to me?” She asked with a pitiful face, “This is unfair, I thought you wanted to help me, where do you want me to go now?”“You thought I wanted to help? Really? So what I have done, I haven't helped right? You stayed in my place for three weeks and I helped you look for work, I haven't helped you?”“I didn't say you haven't helped me, where do you want me to go?”“Go back to your husband and child, go and beg him. If he didn't answer, traveled far away to enjoy life”Marianne couldn't hold her tears as Anna's word hit her like a punch.She had no where to go.The reality of her situation weigh her down, and she plead, “Anna, please we are friend since childhood, I love you and I know you love. I wasn't getting close to him, I tried rejecting his offer, but he kept insisting, please. I don't have anywhere to go and I feel you can help me more, two months to get myself”Anna crossed her arms, her expression hardening. “What I understand is that
Chapter ElevenAs Marianne left the living room to the siting room, she fell asleep.She woke up the next day and started preparing for work.“Good morning” Anna greeted.“Good morning, how was your night?” Rachel responded.“Fine… Where are you going? Are you already preparing to take your leave?”“No, I think I should go there to tell him directly that I will be quiting the work”“Not necessary, you can send a mail”“I went there for interview, so I think I should go there to inform him”“If you wish, don't remember you have five days more”“Five or six?”“Five or six” Anna responded.Marianne left home, leaving Anna alone.****As Marianne got to the working place, she was already tired.“Do I need to go through everything Mr. Thompson would need today? I would be leaving this job today after all” she said to herself, settling down behind her desk.She took a file and went through his appointment.As soon as she heard that Mr. Thompson has arrived, she left her office to meet him
Chapter TwelveMarianne stared at Thompson in disbelief, her mind struggling to process his words. "Sir? What do you mean by staying in your house?" she asked, her voice tinged with confusion and a hint of alarm.Mr. Thompson, who had just proposed the idea moments before, looked at her with calm, serious eyes. “You aren't living in my place forever, this is for the meantime. I should have just looked for a house immediately. But I don't just rent any house, I need to investigate the house and I want you to leave that house today”Marianne doesn't even know how to react, it felt so sudden, “I don't think this will be possible, you just promote me and see the way they are reacting towards me. Living with you now, I don't know how they will react”“Do you want to announce to them you are staying in my house? Do you want to take a microphone and announce that you are staying at my place? We won't be coming to work together….”“It’s not easy the way you are saying it Mr. Thompson”“So wh
Chapter Thirteen“Close by? You don't have to leave the workplace? What are you saying? What do you mean? Are you joking? If you are joking, kindly stop it!” Anna yelled and continued, “I introduced you to the work and I want you to stop, there's nothing you can do now than to listen, understand?Marianne ignored her, the driver opened the car and she sat down. She waved hand to Anna who was standing furiously."Marianne, don't you dare ignore me!" Anna shouted, stepping closer to the car. "You can't just leave like this! You owe me an explanation!”“We will see each other at work tomorrow!” Marianne said to Anna before turning to the driver, “wine up the window please”She said and the driver started the engine.Anna watched them leave dissatisfied.Anna stood frozen, watching as Marianne's car disappeared down the street. Her heart raced with a mix of anger and concern, her mind replaying the last few minutes over and over. She couldn’t believe Marianne would dismiss her like that,
Chapter FourteenAs Thompson left Marianne's room. Marianne began to get worried and regret her action.Marianne stared at the empty doorway, her heart racing as the reality of what she'd done began to sink in."Why did I do that? Why did I kiss him?" she whispered to herself. "What was I thinking? He's my boss, for goodness sake! What should I do? The first day of me living here I had to kiss him? What will happen for the rest of my stay here?”She paced the room, her mind swirling with thoughts and emotions."I've got to get my head straight," she thought. "I can't let my feelings for him cloud my judgment.As she sat down on the bed, she touched her lips, “Oh! Though I enjoyed him, he's so romantic, and ....” Marianne said as she slept off*****In Thompson room*“It was so sudden but enjoyable, I think this is the perfect time to let her know how I feel towards her” he said, smiling, “I am already dreaming of my relationship with her. She is a calm, pretty and a responsible lady”
Chapter FifttenMarianne walked down the hallway toward Mr. Thompson's office, her mind racing with thoughts about her conversation with Anna. She couldn't deny the feelings that Anna had also helped her when she needs her. But, she doesn't want to leave the job because of Marianne though she introduced and help her, but Marianne felt like that was an opportunity she should not loose, especially when she has been promoted to a secretary.As she gets to Thompson's office. She took a deep breath and hesitated first before entering. She knocked.“Come in” She heard Thompson's voice from his office.Marianne opened the door and entered, she closed it gently behind her.Thompson was seated at his desk. He lifted his eyes from the document he was going through, in front of him as she entered.He offered her a warm smile, which instantly put her at ease."Good morning, Marianne," he greeted, setting his pen down. "I was wondering when you would come to see me, you left home early""Good morn
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