[ Denise's Pov ]I woke up at exactly 9am the following morning, this wasn't the usual time I woke up every morning. I always wake up at 6am in the morning, but today was totally different, and that's because I stayed up at night thinking about so many things.I tried to sleep last night, but not a single bit of sleep came to me. My head was occupied with the relationship I have with Jake and also my future, since I failed in being an intern in the most popular food company in America.What if I don't get the chance to fulfill my second dream? Thereby not being able to support my mom and send my younger sister to school. I vowed to myself that I was going to make sure my sister completes her education, without dropping out like me, but what if I won't be able to fulfill that promise?All this was why I couldn't sleep last night. I only slept when the clock hits 4am in the morning of the next day, only to wake up at 9am.I looked around the room and I couldn't find Angela sleeping in
[ Denise's POV ]I could feel my mom and sister's faces on me, as they were waiting for me to explain myself to them, and there was no way I could tell them the main details about what transpired between me and Mavis.I cleared my throat and found myself lying to them. "He said I wasn't qualified to be an intern in his company," I said. I hated the fact that I'm lying to my mom and sister, but this was the only thing I could come up with. I don't want my mom to get worried that I was almost sexually harassed."That is so cruel of the CEO of Starlight Food company," My sister said.And I agreed with her on that, Mavis. C. Brown is indeed so cruel. He was the cause why I punched his face and he even went to the extent of demanding for my body, he's an annoying jerk, I thought within me."Are you all right?" My mom asked, looking at me with a worried face."Of course I am mom. I'm fine" I said, but I know within me that wasn't true. It hurts a lot that I couldn't get a chance to work in
[ Mavis's POV ]I got to find out from Ethan that she usually worked in a restaurant during the evenings. I looked into the restaurant and discovered that I'm familiar with the restaurant because they get their food supplies from my company.The owner of the restaurant was once a chef in my company, before he quitted and said he'll like to start up a little restaurant of his own, and I didn't hesitate to assist him in raising his restaurant.That's me, I might be cold, arrogant and sometimes ruthless, but I'm prone to render help to people, not most of the time, but at least I'm trying.I arrived at the restaurant where Denise works, way before her shift started, and the owner of the restaurant was surprised to see me in his restaurant, because he knows me to be a man with class."What brings you here Mavis. C. Brown?" He asked me when we arrived at his office.I sat down with the usual creepy smile on my face. "I'm here to see someone" I said to him."Who?" He asked me."Denise Ander
[ Denise POV ]I walked back inside the restaurant with so much indignation inside of me. Who does Mavis. C. Brown thinks he is, to come to my place of work and ask me to marry him?If that was how marriage works, a lot of single ladies would have been married by now. If anyone taps me and says the man I just talked with is a psychopath, I will quickly believe he is.That man even dared to use my desperation to work as an intern at his company, but no matter how desperate I'm to achieve my dream of becoming a popular chef, I won't lower myself and get married to that arrogant man."Are you all right Denise?" Becca asked me, when she noticed how angry I was.Becca was also a waitress in the restaurant where I work. She is just the same age as me, but she was already a mom. A single mom though, because her supposed boyfriend eloped with another woman.This is also one of the reasons I don't want to have sexual intercourse with a man, till I am married to him. I don't want a situation wh
[ Denise's POV ]The siren sound of the ambulance could be heard loudly as it entered the hospital premises. After I found my sister lying on the bathroom floor unconscious, I screamed so loudly and my scream alerted my mom.My mom rushed inside the bathroom, and she almost lost it when she saw Angela unconscious on the floor, she broke into tears immediately, carrying Angela on her lap.I gathered up the little strength inside of me, although balls of tears were dropping down my eyes.My hands were shaking as I called 911, and immediately they picked, I told them the state my sister was in, with a crying voice.In just a few seconds, the ambulance bus arrived at my house. My sister was taken inside the ambulance bus, while mom and I followed suit, crying so heartbreakingly.Few nurses rushed out with a stretcher and my sister was placed on it. We tried to go inside the ER, but the doctor stopped us from entering inside the ER."My daughter needs me, I need to be with her" My mom sai
[ Denise's POV ]I covered my mom with the duvet, patting her gently. After hearing about my sister's condition from the doctor, my mom has cried so much in the hospital.I brought her home, and after lots of consoling she was able to sleep. Angela was still at the hospital, the doctor said, she needs to be given IV fluids and as such she needs to be in the hospital for a couple of days, and after that she is going to be discharged, until we are able to raise the money for her treatment.Six hundred thousand dollars was not a mere change, even if I work myself to death, we won't be able to raise the money for Angela's treatment, and according to the doctor, he said Angela needed the surgery, so it won't get out of hand.With tears in my eyes, I stood up from the bed, and walked towards the wardrobe, and I brought out the piggy bank from the wardrobe.Ever since I was a kid, I always had this habit of saving money in a piggy bank, in case of emergencies, or for urgent needs and my savi
[ Denise's POV ]Bella left my house after I told her I wasn't going to go to Jake for help. She is so mad at me and I won't blame her, but I still stood my ground that I wasn't going to go to Jake for help.I checked my phone and I haven't received any call from Jake ever since we met at the restaurant a few days ago, he didn't even reply to my text.But that didn't bother me, all that mattered was raising money for my sister's surgery, and due to over-thinking, I arrived at my workplace late, and my boss, who didn't know what I was going through, scolded me for coming to my shift late.I apologized to him, and quickly began to attend to the available customers at the restaurant.Becca noticed my sad face, but since she was still mad at me for raising my voice at her when she talked about Mavis, she didn't bother to ask me what was wrong.After my shift at the restaurant, I decided to try my luck to see if the owner of the restaurant was going to give me a helping hand in raising mon
[ Denise's POV ]My heart shattered immediately when I saw Jake having sex with another woman. For a few seconds, I went numb. The only thing that was moving was my eyes, because it kept producing tears.So this is the reason why Jake never had time for me, and if by chance he asks us to meet up, he is always in a hurry to leave.Why was I so stupid not to have thought Jake was cheating on me? I saw the signs but I chose to ignore it.Regaining myself from the shock I just saw, I looked at the both of them again, the lady he was having sex with was using her clothes to cover herself, and as for Jake he was already wearing his boxer with his erected dick, showing in his boxer.He walked up to me, and before he could say a word to me, I landed a slap on his face. This is what a lady will do when she catches her boyfriend cheating, right?.Jake touched his cheek and looked at me with a surprised face. The slap must have been painful, but it was nothing compared to the pains I was going t
[ Denise's POV ]I had a happy smile as I walked towards the altar to meet the most handsome man in the world, waiting for me to tie the knot with him for the second time.Mavis and I decided to get married again, because a lot of things have happened to us over the past few months. I have been in so many dangers, Audrey came into our lives pretending to be Ava just to separate Mavis and I. Ethan also tried to kill me, which led to me having miscarriage, and forgetting who my lovely husband was to me, so that's why we decide to get married again to start all of again, and this time we are getting married because we love each other and not because we didn't have an option.It hurts losing my child, but I know that Mavis and I are going to have our own kids now that we are getting married again. The grand hall of our wedding was top notch, and it wasn't a simple wedding like our previous wedding.Mavis assured that this time around, our wedding was going to be done in a glamorous way, ev
[ Mavis's POV ]I haven't visited Denise ever since I left the hospital the day she told me to. I was scared that she might be mad at me if she saw my face. Even if I miss her so much, I kept restraining myself from going to her. I have called Bella several times and she said Denise was still the same, and didn't remember who I was. I don't concentrate on work because my head is always occupied with the thought of Denise. It's just a week since Denise had her partial amnesia, but I have lost so much weight, because food doesn't pass through my throat no matter how delicious it tastes. It was as if Denise was my reason for living.I love Denise so much, more than my own life. If my wealth could bring back her lost memories, I don't mind giving all of it out, just so I can have her back in my arms. As for the bastard that calls himself Ethan, he is already paying for his sins in jail, and I made sure he never had it easy in prison. I was trying to focus on work, when the doorbell rang,
[ Mavis's POV ]I held my face after Denise slapped me. I wasn't expecting her to slap me, and that's why my eyes widened in shock when she slapped me. "Why did you slap me, Denise?" I asked as my eyes became misty."Because you punched my boyfriend" She answered, looking at me with so much hatred, and the hatred in her eyes broke my heart into a billion pieces."I punched him because he is trying to kiss you, Denise. How can I allow him to kiss my wife" I said, allowing my tears to fall down from my eyes.Denise looked at me, and the hatred in her eyes was slowly fading away. She didn't say a word to me, she only looked at me, and even if I wasn't in her heart, I knew she was feeling something for me, even without remembering who I was to her. I could feel it in her eyes because of the way she was looking at me right now.I tried going close to her, but she stepped backward. "I am sorry I slapped you, I shouldn't have done that, but can you leave me alone? I want to be alone" Denise
[ Mavis's POV ]The way Denise was hugging Jake ignited so much pain inside my heart, and she made it worst by saying she missed Jake. I was wondering why she hugged Jake and tell him that she miss him, but then I remembered Denise only remembers half of her memories, and that memory she remembered, Jake was in it.With a heartbreaking heart, and not minding that I was injured, I stood up from the wheelchair, and separated both of them from each other."What's your problem?" Denise asked, almost raising her voice at me."You shouldn't be hugging him, Denise" I said calmly, while glaring at Jake."Why can't I hug my boyfriend?" She asked, and my eyes widen why Denise called Jake her boyfriend. Does that mean she doesn't remember the pains Jake inflicted on her? Does it mean she only remembers her happy times with Jake? These where the question I keep asking myself as I looked at Denise with sad eyes. I took in my lips and said."He is not your boyfriend, Denise"Denise looked at me and
[ Mavis's POV ]I looked at Denise, surprised that she can't remember me. She was looking at me like someone she just met. My mom, Leo, Bella and likewise Denise's mom was also caught by surprise that she can't remember me."You don't remember me?" I asked, heartbreakingly. Denise looked at me from head to toe, and shook her head. "I don't know you Mr" She said, looking at me."What about me?" Her mom asked. She looked at her mom and smiled. "I know you, you're my mom" She said smiling."Do you remember me?" Bella asked."Of course I know you. You are my best friend, Bella smith""What about me?" Both Leo and my mom asked at the same time, and Denise looked at them confusedly."I don't know you both. Have we met before?" She asked, and my mom and Leo looked at me."Denise it's me" I said, holding her hand."Get your heads off me!" She shouted at me, taking her hand from me."Denise!" I muttered."I don't know you, so why do you keep touching me like this? Bella, do you know this man?"
[ Mavis's POV ]I got out of the car immediately I arrived at the scene. The place was quiet and filled with grass. "Ethan!" I shouted his name."Over here, Mavis" Ethan said with a dangerous smirk on his face, and he was holding Denise, and she had tears in her eyes, even her lips had bruises on them."How dare you lay your hands on Denise?" I tried to get close to him, but I stopped halfway because Ethan pointed a gun at me."Not so fast, Mavis," He said, smiling creepily."Why are you doing this Ethan? What have I ever done to you!" I said shouting at him, because from what I can remember, I have been nice to him."You have done a lot Mavis. You belittle me like I was nothing!""What the heck are you saying Ethan? When and how did I belittle you. I never treated you unfairly" "Yes you have Mavis. You send me errands like I was your houseboy. I wasn't Denise's driver, but you always made me drive her, but I took all of it, hoping that you'd see I am worth having the position of the
[ Denise's POV ]Ethan had a smirk on his face, as I continued to look at him with so much surprise. I have never thought for once that the person trying to kill Mavis and I, and Audrey's brother, will turned out to be Ethan. Mavis and I have been looking for him, not knowing he was right under our nose. Ethan is the one who has always tried to harm Mavis and I, and yet he is portrayed to be someone who can never hurt a fly."Why are you surprised to see me, Denise? Don't you know who I am anymore?" He asked with a creepy smile on his face."Was it you all this while? The man under the mask was you?" I asked, and Ethan smiled. He squatted beside me, trying to touch my face, but I used my head to jerk his hand off."Yes Denise. I am the man under the mask. I am responsible for everything that has happened to you, including you falling inside the swimming pool, the elevator, and so many other dangers that you were involved in" Ethan smiled and continued."I so badly wanted to kill you,
[ Mavis's POV ]I ran out of the house sweating dreadfully, after I read the short note on the bed. My heart was beating so fast, because I was afraid of what Audrey's brother might do to Denise. What if he kills her just like he has written on the note.I wasn't the one who pushed Audrey, she fell on her own Accord, when she was trying to push Denise. They were the ones who started all of this, so why are they coming after us again? I looked around the quiet street of my house, and there wasn't any form of a strange person or car leaving the premises."Dad, are you alright? Where's momma?" Alex asked, coming out from the house. I looked at Alex, but I couldn't answer his question because I was so scared of what might happen to Denise. I ran back inside the house, and innocent Alex followed me inside, wondering why I was running in and out of the house. I rushed inside my room, and quickly got possession of my laptop, and I logged in to the footage outside, and I gasped when I saw a m
[ Denise's POV ]My eyes widened immediately Audrey fell down from the rooftop, and I could see my body vibrating as a result of it. "Are you okay, Denise?" Mavis asked me, and I nodded my head before looking down from the rooftop, and I saw Audrey laying flat on the ground with a broken head, and blood was coming out from her head in a rush."Mavis… she's… she is bleeding" I said stuttering, because this is the first time I am seeing someone dying in my presence. With the help of Mavis, we rushed Audrey to the hospital, but she died even before the doctor could perform treatment on her."What are we going to do, Mavis? We didn't kill her right?" I asked, shaking because I don't want Mavis to be blamed for killing Audrey. She was the one who wanted to kill me, and Mavis was only trying to help me. Is this what they call self defense? I thought, shaking.Mavis saw the way I was shaking, and he pulled me into a hug, hugging me tightly. "We didn't kill Audrey. She fell from the rooftop, b