"Well, there's nothing to talk about as we are past that, because like I said it's not a big deal.""Well if it's not a big deal then we might as well talk about it, you slapped me remember.""What exactly do you want to ask me? Is it about the kiss or my feelings?""Both.""I will not have this discussion with you so just take me home.""Will you be my girlfriend?""Drop me home Cam, Mum will be back soon."Bella wasn't interested in this conversation, she remembered that night and what had happened between them, how she had kissed Cam back, how he had grabbed her on the butt and instinct had awakened her to give him a dirty slap.It wasn't that she couldn't talk about it but Leonard was certainly not going to entertain it, she didn't know how he had gotten to see them together but the next day he had come to her room to warn her to be very careful and she knew the underlying meaning under the word careful.When they were younger, Leonard had gotten into a fight with one of her class
Emily remained quiet throughout the ride, she still couldn't believe what had happened and she didn't understand why Leonard and Karen had gone to the car and stayed for quite some while. All she wanted to do was go home and Leonard seemed to be doing just that.He drove her straight home and dropped her off without saying a word, when she came down he zoomed off and left her there. Emily watched his car in full speed as far as she walked into her house, the first thing she noticed was that the door was opened.Was Chloe also just coming, Chloe was fond of leaving the door open when she stepped in. It was after she had settled in she would remember what she had done.When Emily entered she stared at a man sitting on their chair with two bodyguards beside him and her mother and father sat on the floor tied together and ducked taped.What was going on? Who was this man? It wasn't long ago that they had all gotten kidnapped and now this? How many people was her father owing? Was this wha
"No Sir, actually I....""Get off my phone, you idiot," Leonard yelled cutting the call angrily. What was going on tonight? First Karen, then Bella, and now this nonsense. How could that idiot man be owing Travis? He and Travis had been long-time rivals and to put an end to it they had decided not to ever cross paths.Leonard stayed in his lane and Travis on his.This was so not good."Is everything alright Dam?" Bianca asked worried."Yes," he replied. "Excuse me."He walked out of the office and headed for his car as he heard Cam shouting at him."Hold on," Cam rushed to his side."What the fuck do you want?" Leonard asked stopping in his tracks.Cam took a step back to avoid Leonard from hitting him again, his eye was already getting dark from the blow, and he didn't need another."What is going on? Is it the company?""Nothing I can't handle," Leonard replied walking again."Really... nothing...then why did Jack just message me? And you need to stop making your mother so worried s
A dress?What was going on? Did kidnappers now dress up their victims and make them comfortable also this could mean her father had exchanged her to be the woman of whoever might be their boss. If she played it cool and explained her terms to pay back the money, she could certainly get out of there and once she did she was ready to face her father's heads for the nonsense that was happening to her right now.She rolled out of bed slowly and walked to the window to look at the environment, she could see a lot of different cars parked outside and bodyguards in black suits parading around. How the bloody hell was she going to get out of here? She thought to herself.She walked to the wardrobe, opened it, she stared at the little dress. It was just a mini long-sleeved black gown, what was this?It wasn't like it wasn't her style but if she wore it didn't that mean she was already obeying his rules it was best she obeyed and be a good girl if she wanted to get out of there.She brought the
Dead? That would be the last thing Riverstone would want to hear as regards his daughter not after the threat he had just faced a few hours back, he just hoped his daughter was on her best behavior and not doing anything that would warrant Travis to want to blow her brains out because he would surely do it without a blink of an eye.As Travis walked hurriedly to the backyard of his mansion, he hopped into his car as the other guards drove behind him because the swimming section was far from the mansion. When he arrived, he didn't fully get down from his car when he caught sight of a lady driving his car at full speed passing him as Stone followed suit in a motorbike shooting at his car continuously."What the hell?" He shouted, getting back into his car as he signaled his men to chase after her. "This fucking bitch," he kissed his teeth twirling his car at full speed towards the direction Stone went.Emily ducked a couple of times as bullets flew in different towards her. She gasped
When they got to the hospital, the doctor had already been informed beforehand of their arrival as Leonard didn't want their normal nurses and doctors to attend to her, so they assisted him and placed her on their hospital bed on the top floor which was for private cases."Sir you don't...""Let him." The doctor cut in on the nurse who was trying to inform Leonard that he couldn't follow them into the theatre as he had been holding on to Emily's left hand right from the car, the elevator, and now to the theatre room.When they got into the theatre room, the doctor informed Leonard to put on their hospital clothes and wear a nose mask, which Leonard obeyed without complaint. The doctor was confused at how quickly Leonard had gone to change while they transferred Emily to the surgery bed.When Leonard came back he stood afar allowing them to do what they needed to do, the first thing was to get her back to live. She seemed like she was dead as she lay lifeless on the bed. The doctor ad
He released his hands from her mouth and stepped back still pointing the gun at her forehead, he shaked the gun motioning her to get out of the bed quickly, Emily slowly struggled to get out of the bed but she just couldn't.She never left the bed just like that, they always placed her in the wheelchair after Leonard or Cam carried her gently on it.Leonard wasn't aware that Cam was carrying her once in a while, she was sure if he was aware he would cut Cam's hand."I..I.. can't.." Emily groaned in pain holding on to her stomach and leaning back into the bed, where was Leonard? Maybe she could stall a bit till he got here but how was Stone able to get in so easily. Her room was well guarded by Leonard's men, except he killed them.She watched Stone roll the wheelchair to her side, he slowly adjusted her on the wheelchair and no matter how he tried, he was nothing like Leonard or Cam. He threw her on the chair as she groaned in pain."Shut it," he warned. Motioning the wheelchair slowl
"Leonard," Emily called out opening her eyes. She couldn't see anything but darkness, she felt the cold floor on her body and an awful smell on her nose as a ray of light flashed through her eyes followed by a plate thrown in, she watched a shadow close by rush to take the food."Leo..nard," she stuttered again."Shhhhh," she heard the shadow whisper. "He will beat you up," she heard the voice again, and from the sound of it, it was a lady.What was going on? Was she hallucinating? She touched her stomach and groaned in pain as she felt her stitch reaping apart.* * * Stone rolled the wheelchair running down the floor to the elevator leading to the park, at intervals he touched his bleeding arm feeling the pain. When he got to the elevator he could hear Emily groaning as he pushed her into the elevator. When they got to the down floor, he grabbed Emily up by the waist from the wheelchair and pulled her out slowly as Leonard and Cam came into view alongside some of their guards, they
Riverstone gritted his teeth as he stared at Emily, he had not expected Emily to slap him hard across the face, he was tempted to slap her right back but he refrained from doing it because he knew his actions would come with consequences as everyone in the room seemed to be looking at him in annoyance and disappointment.Well, what did they all expect? They carried on with their life like he didn't exist, like he wasn't part of the family or that he didn't contribute one bit to them being where they were right now. He had tried to get on with his life but by the time he was back things had changed, his house rent had expired and he was forced to live on the street for days, he tried to reach out to his wife Rose but each time she turned him down. Eventually, he had to look for an alternative, one that could give him money and take him back to his comfortable lifestyle."Alright young man, let's go inside and check on the new toy Dada bought for you," Chloe smiled at Nathan as she hel
"What the hell is he doing here?" Chloe barked staring at her mother in annoyance, she didn't even want to look at Riverstone again, the sight of him brought back memories into her head that she had started to forget about because she hadn't seen him or heard from him for a very long time.How could her mother do something like this? What was she thinking about bringing this man here? Emily was not aware of this, neither was Leonard because if Emily was, she would have had him kicked out the moment she set her eyes on him.After everything he had done to them, especially her mother, her mother was still able to bring him here."Calm down Chloe, I was going to discuss it with you and Emily, I just hadn't figured out how to put it to you both that me and your father are....""Don't call him my father," Chloe interrupted angrily. "After everything he has done to you...even if you wanted to see him so bad why did it have to be in this house... how did you even get him into this house?""Ch
Bella walked down the stairs to the dining as she noticed the dining was set with all sorts of delicacies Matilda and Cam were sited waiting for her to take a seat. Cam stood up when she was close by and helped her with her seat."Thank you," she appreciated him sitting down. She didn't know why but of late she was becoming selective about what she ate and the cooks just had to make different dishes and hope she at least picked one.It was so bad that the last time she told Matilda to make her rice and when the rice was eventually brought to her she refused to eat it.Sometimes she would cry for no reason at all, it was comforting to her that Cam was now with her and keeping a close eye on her and when he wasn't Matilda was there. She wanted to ask him what had happened to Gary or what was the nitwit's name but she decided not to bother about it as she didn't want to upset him more. He seemed angry at himself about the whole situation.She still couldn't believe her father would do s
"Hey, careful," Stone motioned Chloe slowly holding her as they stepped into the house. He stepped in staring at Emily and Cam discussing, it seemed they were aware he had stepped into the compound but decided to not leave what they were doing until they noticed Chloe was in serious pain.Emily rushed to Chloe's side realizing the bandage on her waist, what the hell happened to her? They had been gone for over two weeks and she is back worse than ever."What the hell happened to you?""Kyle stabbed me," Chloe cried."Kyle?" Emily said not believing any of it"let's get her to her room."Emily said to Stone as they held on to her leaving Cam alone, when they got to Chloe's room, Emily informed them that there was a party going on as regards the partnership between Dark Age and Klar and that Chloe and Stone might be home alone but first she had to inform Leonard."I won't be staying over," Stone announced."Okay," Emily replied."No, stay here. Please.." Chloe said not letting go of his
- BACK AT IVY'S MANSION -"Where is Chloe?" Stone asked Astrid and hoped he wouldn't ask again; he didn't care about all the nonsense she had going on with Ivy. Now that he knew Ivy was alive, he had something to prove to Emily. He had spent his life taking orders from Travis, and he wasn't going to continue taking orders.Chloe was here for him even though she tried not to say it; she was here for him, and he couldn't just leave her like that after Astrid just told him she was stabbed by Kyle. Why would Kyle stab her? Didn't she have a thing going on with Kyle, and even if he didn't like her, it wouldn't have warranted him to stab her, or was there more to the story that he wasn't getting at all?"Stone, listen to me," Astrid pleaded as Stone dashed out of the bathroom, and it dawned on Astrid that her plan in her head wasn't going to happen as Stone was not going to pay any attention to her."Don't let me repeat myself.""She is in the warehouse," Astrid said as she watched Sto
- LEONARD'S MANSION -- LEONARD'S OFFICE -"Dark Age are willing to accept the partnership deal," Mark informed Leonard in his office. He had driven here immediately after he got the paper work.Leonard stared at the paperwork they had mailed to the company, and it was well-detailed. Whoever wrote it took their time in such a way that every offer that looked unprofitable had a comeback to back it up.Dark Age and Klar had been in the fashion industry for so long that, at some point, Klar had offered to buy Dark Age. Buying companies wasn't a new thing for Leonard, especially companies he felt were going to ruin his business or become a competition for him in the future.All he had to do was find out how much their company would cost and double the price. This way, the price was too good for anyone in their right minds to refuse it, but this company, Dark Age, had refused his offer without a reason, and even when he tripled it, they still rejected it, which only angered him.He had imm
"Hey!" Astrid yelled at Chloe as they pushed her into the ward. Where the fuck was Stone, and why wasn't he answering his darn phone? Hopefully, nothing will happen to Chloe, she thought. As she paced around in the reception with her blood-stain gown, she could see someone staring at her."What?" she asked as the person looked away. She rolled her eyes and tried to dial Stone's number again, and this time it went through, but she couldn't hear him properly; all she could hear were faint sounds of gunshots. Where was he? Was he okay? Did he even pick up the call, or was it a mistake?"Get Chloe out of the hospital now," she said, finally hearing Stone's voice."Hello," she said, but the phone disconnected. What did he mean by getting Chloe out? Was he in trouble? How did he know she was in the hospital? Astrid stared at her phone and dialed his number again, but this time the line didn't go through."Fuck!" she yelled, going to the reception desk to talk to the nurse. "How long will t
"Kyle," Chloe said, staring at him as they swayed around the dance floor swiftly. She kept her eyes fixed on him, but the young man didn't say anything, or was she wrong? She was not wrong because she knew what she was feeling right now, and only someone had that effect on her. How is he here now? She knew he was alive, but he had been in hiding for so long that Thana and she were forced to hide Nathan. At some point, they felt that he didn't even want Nathan, and he never reached out to them again.The music was finally coming to an end as the man pulled her closer to him. He placed his lips on her ear, and she could feel his breath on the tip of her ear and a tingling erupt in her stomach. It was Kyle."You shouldn't be here, Anna," she heard him say as the music came to an end before she could process what he had said. The music came down as the lights went dark, then back to its normal color as Kyle was nowhere to be found. Chloe stared around, perplexed, looking for any sign of
Chloe looked around through her lashes; she could see someone familiar again. She stared towards Stone, and he was dancing with Astrid, and the bitch seemed to know how to dance better than her. She watched Astrid sway her waist to the music as she leaned in, whispering something into Stone's ear as he burst into laughter instantly with his head laid back.Chloe wondered what Astrid had told him that was so funny that he wanted to cry from laughing. She could also be funny if that was what he was into."Someone seems to have your man on a hook."'He is not mine,' Chloe was about to say, but she couldn't because Travis thought that they were both here to spend time together. She had to play her part and keep Travis out of what was about to occur here, but from the situation, it seemed she had to get to that person because Stone and Astrid seemed focused on whatever nonsense they were discussing.The music tone changed again, and this time Chloe swayed into the arms of the person her in