“Tobias?”Celestine perked up from the couch at the sound of the main door opening and closing.She watched as he walked into the living room, a deep frown marring his face.“Is everything okay?” She stood up from the couch and met him halfway, placing her hands on his shoulders to examine his face.
“But-““Please, take it,” Maria insisted with the type of smile that Amara couldn’t turn down. “Please?”Hesitating a second long, Amara finally nodded and accepted the gift.“Let me put it on for you,” Lorenzo offered and helped her fasten the necklace around her neck.Once she was done, Amara glan
While everyone in the Hall applauded and praised Amara’s beauty, Celestine felt like she was losing her mind.Wasn’t Amara meant to be an orphan from a poor background? Then what was this?! Why was she standing on that stage, smiling, and looking so gorgeous while baring the Crawford name.“What the
“Ah, I see you two already met each other.” Richard said, grinning from ear to ear at how the situation had surprisingly turned out to be In his favor.“Yes, Amara and I, quite close.” Elijah added and Amara looked away, tightening her hold on the wine glass in her hand.Quite closer her ass! If the
“Why?”“I don’t know.” Elijah shrugged. “Probably Because, I enjoy spending time with you. You’re different from all the girls I’ve been with, or even met. That difference made me feel something I actually liked, so I got selfish. I didn’t want to give it up. Not because hatred steamed from somethin
She owed him- a total stranger- zero explanation.“What part of I don’t have to explain anything do you not understand?”Tobias gritted his teeth. “You…”“Do you realize how ridiculous this looks? We are divorced, we are strangers, then why are you making such a big fuss over a simple matter.”“Simp
The party came to an untimely end when Elijah returned with Amara in his arms. The moment Elvis learnt of the injury in her leg, he became frantic, ordering for the guests to leave, and for a doctor to be called.It was a flurry of activity that ended with Amara tucked tightly into her bed, an IV ba
“The Crawford family is a powerful one, If Amara truly is one of them and decides to get back at us for all we’ve done to her, we’re gonna be in a lot of trouble.”Speaking it out loud made reality seem more real and her panic grew, making her have the urge to pull on her hair.“You have to fix this