Derek's hadn't felt much anger in his entire life, he felt betrayed by the woman he loved, he was such a fool to have fallen for her Innocent looking acts, she was having an affair with Stefan all along, just yesterday, she told him she loved him and today he had caught her with her lover, she had put on such a great show with him and he had fallen for her act, she was all in for his money while plotting to run away with Stefan, he had thought her different but his eyes were now opened to see the truth about her, he carried an almost lifeless Stefan out and threw him outside. Reporters were standing just outside the house and they hoarded him immediately he opened the door, cameras flashed on his face, "Sir what do you have to say about the infidelity of your wife?" One of them questioned and Derek's answering stare had him gulping his saliva in fear, Derek walked to one of them furiously and punched him hard, "get out" he screamed at them and they clampered, he caught one of them s
Dave was having a good time, he had invited some of his buddies for a drink at his house, three showed up but the other two had declined with the reason being that they had some other engagement, he heard the doorbell chimed and opened the door to see a pageboy, he had brought the tabloid asking if Dave would be interested, he declined at first but the corner of his eyes had caught the photographs on the front page and he quickly grabbed it in disbelief, the lady on the photo staring back at him was certainly Kathleen, his run away bride, he quickly paid the pageboy and shut the door on his face, his eyes never leaving the photos, his red rimmed eyes quickly scanned the lines, it said the wife of the only heir to Deloux empire brought in another man to her matrimonial bed and was caught by her husband, one of the photos showed Kathleen wrapped only by a bed quilt, Dave smirked, "scheming little slut" Max, his right-hand man who was already almost drunk regarded him, "who is i
Kathleen was discharged from the hospital, since the day of the incident, she hadn't set her eyes on Derek, neither had he come to the hospital nor called her on phone, she felt depressed, her happy world just came crumbling in a blink of an eye, she wished she could wake up from this terrible nightmare, her precious child was gone and Derek, the love of her life hadn't bothered to come to see her, she flagged down a cab that took her home. She entered the house but met no one at home or so she thought until Marcella came out from the room as if expecting her, she looked at Kathleen with so much hate in her gaze, " why are you back here? She hissed and Kathleen frowned, she was in no mood to face Marcella right now, she was just too heartbroken, so, she made no reply but simply took steps towards the stairs before Marcella blocked her, " you have no shame, you still have the guts to come back here after what you did?"Kathleen felt tears pooled in her eyes, she felt very terrible
Derek's alarm sounded the next morning and he stretched his arms expecting to meet warm flesh as usual but his arms met a cold bed, he opened his eyes and looked at the empty bed, memories of what happened flood into his brain and he closed his eyes as if to put away the pain he was feeling, he desperately wanted to believe her yesterday but he couldn't allow himself to get caught in her lies again, she had been seeing Stefan without his knowledge and had hid it from him and when he had come home that day after receiving those photos, he had heard them discussing, rather planning, she was with him for his money, she might have staged a damsel in distress act in the first place to get him to marry her, afterall, he was a known figure,he was such a fool for falling into her trap and he won't be her fool anymore, he could probably endure the pain of her betrayal but he would not be able to forget the pain of losing his child, he had been so happy thinking that his dreams are finally co
Derek sat in his office, staring at the torn divorce papers on his table, so she had refused to sign the divorce papers, well, he would make her do so, a knock sounded on his door and Jake came in at his command, "what is it, Jake?" He asked not looking up, Jake shuffle on his feet."Someone is here to see you, Nicole by the name" Derek raised his head and looked at Jake, "this is an office, Jake, anyone who wants to see me must have an appointment, you know the rules, why bother me with this?"Jake looked uncomfortable, "I'm sorry boss but she insisted that it was a matter of life and death and when ignored, will affect the company greatly".Derek wondered what Nicole was up to, he contemplated for a moment before nodding to Jake to let her in.She breezed in after a few seconds and Derek regarded her coldly, she sat on the chair in front of him and crossed her legs, making herself comfortable, her eyes moved around his office and she nodded an approval, "nice o
Kathleen paced her small-sized room at the quarters, what was she missing I'm this whole story, where would she start from? Well, Derek had mentioned that Stefan's mother was dead, who was that woman that posed as his mother the other day? She would start from there, she had to somehow clear her name, although, she was still partly to be blamed, she shouldn't have trusted Stefan's offer of friendship, if she had only listened to Derek, she wouldn't be in this mess right now, she had to pay that hospital a visit.Kathleen entered the hospital and entered the fake mom's room, her eyes widened when she saw Kathleen, there was fear and panic in her eyes, " what are you doing here? She whispered to Kathleen, the same fear that Kathleen had seen in her eyes laced her voice."Why did you pose at Stefan's mom to me the other day?" Kathleen asked, not mincing words and the woman's eyes widened, she frowned uneasily, "I...I....don't know what you're talking about""I came here
Kathleen prepared dinner that night, Derek had told the other maids to go on a break that Kathleen would handle everything, even Marcella had come down for dinner. Kathleen promptly set the table and served dinner, she was exhausted and needed her sleep, she had been alone in the kitchen preparing meals that multiple maids do prepare, it took longer than usual. Derek regarded her with a hooded expression as he took his place on the table, she promptly served him his meal, she got to Nicole and hesitated, it hurts her but she had no choice, ignoring the smirk on Nicole's face, she served her and made to leave."Where are you going?" Derek's voice stopped her"Er....to have some rest" his brow shot at her reply"You're not done here and you're about to have some rest?""Do you need anything?" She almost snapped at him, she was drained and almost at her wit's end but she refused to let him see that, it would only make him seem like he has the upper hand, of cause, h
Derek paced his room, agitated, his heart felt pained, he wanted to humiliate Kathleen, to make her feel so much pain but why does it seem like he was hurting himself instead, he felt pained when he saw her pained look as he sent her to bring the drink for Nicole and he felt flame of anger when Nicole had spilled that drink on her, he could no longer hold himself in check when he saw Nicole's hand raised to hit her, what was wrong with him? "Wake up Derek, she never loved you, she was just playing innocent and was with you because you're rich" he chided himself, he needed to visit the clubhouse, a little wining and dancing will do him good, he got dressed and came out from his room, he was at the foot of the stairs when Kathleen came out of nowhere and crashed into him, "what the..." He didn't have time to balance his weight and they both went crashing down.One minute Kathleen was running from the Terrance before anyone would see her, she didn't want Marcella to suspect that
Kathleen went into Marcella's room but couldn't find her, she heard the shower running and believed she must be in the shower, Derek's dad was sleeping, she frowned as she noticed how pale and unhealthy he looked and wondered what exactly was wrong with him, it seems to her that his medications were doing more harm than good to him and briefly wondered about the nature of his illness.She glanced around the room and sighted Marcella's phone on the table, heart pounding, she could hear the shower still running, she quickly grabbed the phone but to her dismay, it has a security lock on it, why would she lock her phone if she had nothing to hide, Kathleen tried a few passwords but couldn't access the phone, just as she was about to give up, a message popped up, it was short and straight to the point, she stared at the message for a while, it simply said: "We have to meet, Stefan." Her heart pounding, she had gotten the proof that she wanted, Marcella was indeed connected with the in
Derek was blindfolded by a man as soon as he got to the address and was led into the building, the blindfold was removed when he was inside and the sight that befell him made his heart sink, he, first of all, saw just the gun pointed at Kathleen's head, his eyes traveled the arms that held the gun and anger lit his eyes, "Dave? How dare you?" He whispered furiously and took a step towards him but he was kicked hard by the man who brought him in and he fell in his face, "this is no time for you to get angry son" Marcella's voice said from behind him a split secondbefore she came into view, "you're behind the kidnapping?" Derek whispered unable to believe what was before him, "how dare you" he gritted"I dare" she replied furiously, "and you must do everything I say if you want to keep her alive"What do you want?" He stared at Marcella angrily and she smiled, "now you're talking" she brought out some papers and threw at him, "it's simple, sign these documents st
It's been two days since Derek had returned from the hospital, he thought about the day Kathleen was abducted and his heart constricted painfully, he had lost three people so close to him in one day, his driver had died that day and Geoffrey, although still alive may never be able to walk again and Kathleen, God, she is now in an unknown destination, perhaps dead, but he doesn't want to think of her dead, she has to be alive, that's the only way he could live, without her, there's no life. He has been called from the rehab center to go and pick up his father, it would have been an I deed memorable and joyous day if only Kathleen was around but he felt hollow and empty inside, he was good for nothing because he wasn't able to protect her. the police were trying their best but he couldn't help but feel that they are wasting so much time in bringing his wife back to him, he has to do something, he has to find her but where could he start from? He was on his way to get his old man when
Derek struggled to open his eyes, there were buzzes and lots of noise, he opened his eyes and squinted against the daylight, he vaguely realized that he was moving and people were surrounding him, he was on a stretcher and soon he was placed inside an ambulance, someone must have informed the police, Kathleen, those men have taken her, he tried to sit up but fell back as his eyes shut, trying to withstand the pain he was feeling on his head, "please don't try to move, you're greatly injured" a medic tried to hold him down, "Kathleen.. " he tried to pronounce her name but his mouth was too heavy to obey him, he was drifting and he fought against the wave, he had to get to Kathleen, "find Kathleen" he rasped before the darkness dragged him under. "I told you not to do anything to Derek" Marcella's angry voice made the men shift on their feet with their heads bowed, she had met with them after they had taken Kathleen to where she had instructed them, she was furious, if a
Kathleen was happy that she would soon be home, the doctor had told her that she would be discharged later in the day, she had missed Derek and although he was never scarce in the hospital, she had missed cuddling up with him at night and waking up in his arms, Derek had told her the previous day that his father has improved a great deal and would be home anytime soon, she smiled when she thought about her father-in-law coming back home, he had been unstable and immobile since she got married to Derek, she was happy she would finally meet him in good state of mind. Her thoughts wandered to Marcella and Dave and her face darkened, as far as they are in that house, they'll always pose a threat but she doesn't think Michael Deloux would let Marcella off the hook that easily this time around, Nicole had been sent to prison and she believed very soon Marcella would join her there, they deserved to pay for all their crimes.The man in the room besides Kathleen watched as she was pi
Derek dashed down the stairs, taking it two at a time, he ran into Mary who was carrying drinks to the sitting room, spilling it all over him, she would have fallen if he hadn't held her by the shoulders to steady her, "I'm sorry" he quickly apologized. She observed him for a second, "is everything okay Sir? You look pale" Derek shook his head, his head pounding furiously in his chest, "I just got a call that my wife is in city memorial hospital, she's been shot""What!" She gasped, completely dropping the tray holding the glasses of juice and tears immediately brimming in her eyesWithout waiting for Mary's response, he dashed off and heard her vaguely saying to him to change his clothes and also Marcella running towards her and asking her what happened, without beckoning to his driver, he got into the driver's seat and drove away.He wasn't allowed to go into Kathleen's room when he got to the hospital as she has been prepared for surgery, he watched Kathleen throug
Kathleen had gone to visit Michael Deloux, the old man seemed sober and she decided to ask him who gave him the dose back there in the other facility and his description of the culprit only confirmed her thoughts, it was Nicole, she was behind this, why would she do that? She decided on a whim to pay Nicole a visit, she had to find out her motive for doing such. Nicole was still staying in the house that was gifted to Kyle by Derek, she opened the door just as Kathleen was about to knock, "well, well, look who is here" she smirked as soon as she opened the door and saw Kathleen, her eyes going cold, she stared at Kathleen with so much hate that Kathleen shivered, " what are you doing here?" She hissed at Kathleen, ignoring her, Kathleen pushed her way in, " I am here to know what you will gain if Derek's father relapsed""I don't understand what you mean by that, please, leave my house"Of cause, you know what I'm talking about and I'm not leaving here until I get an answe
Kàthleen went downstairs the next morning for breakfast to see only Dave seated on the table, she immediately turned to go back in but before she could take two steps, he was fast to go round the table and stood in front of her, blocking her exit."Get out of my way" she gritted"Or else what? He smirked taking two steps towards her and she unconsciously moved backward, he kept coming on to her and she kept moving until her back touched the table, "what the hell do you think you're doing Dave?"What does it seem like?" He asked bringing his head closer to her, she placed her palms on his chest and pushed, fuming in anger, she docks and slide out from beneath him and had almost made her escape but his hand quickly snaked out and dragged her back, forcefully placing his lips on hers, Kathleen bit down on it so hard that she drew blood, he yelped in pain as he pushed her away, Kathleen spat out the blood, heaving furiously and she stared at him through narrowed ey
Kàthleen couldn't have heard it wrong, could she? His wife? So he had gone ahead and married her once best friend, she felt pain in her heart as old wounds were opened, ever since she had run away on her wedding day, she hadn't allowed herself to think about it and hadn't asked about anyone from her past, so she had absolutely no idea that Tasha was married to Dave but in just a matter of days, ghosts from her past kept popping up, first it was her parents, then Dave and now Tasha. seeing Dave was enough to shake her but seeing Tasha, her once best friend who betrayed her was like a bitter pill she just couldn't swallow, she had trusted her and confided in her, she had seen Tasha like the sister she never had and had loved her but all she got for her trouble was a stab on her back, she watched as Tasha slowly sat close to Dave, tears unbiddenly welled in her eyes, she just couldn't take the pain, it was too much for her to bear, these shocks she had gotten, all in one day fin
Kathleen felt like she was sitting on a Ferris wheel as her head spun, "what are you doing here? She managed to gasp out and he looked at her mockingly, "visiting my family" she looked confused and stared at Derek who was also staring at her, his expression confused also, "you two know each other" they asked at the same time and Dave laughed out loud, amused at the situation, "well I can do the honor of clearing the confused air" he turned to Kathleen and smiled, "Derek Deloux here is my lovely bro and to you sweet brother, this lady here is my bride" he said simply and Kathleen flinched at his reference to her as his bride, "we didn't get married" she murmured and Dave laughed evilly, clearly enjoying the scene"He's not my brother either and can never be one" Derek gritted out and Dave chuckled some more, wrapping his arms around Derek, "my mother is your father's wife, we're family" Derek shoved him away and Dave snarled " do you think you can keep my mom locked up forever?"