NATHANIEL'S POV:I watched as Kelvin walked in with a smile on his face holding two boxes of pizza. My heart fell and rather than heading over to greet him or welcome him, I just went into my home office and began to call Jenny repeatedly. I called her for the last time and it rang continuously rather than going straight to voicemail."Come on, pick up." I paced back and forth waiting patiently and through the corner of my eye I saw Kelvin entering the large office which was also a study, containing my old books, college textbooks and educational books on running a company and being the best at my field."Hello Nathaniel, what's up? Is everything alright?" She asked cooly, yet her tone sounded worried once she picked up the goddamn call."I'm meant to be asking you that. Are you okay? Where are you? Who are you with?" I bombarded her with questions out of worry but realized it might make her feel some type of way that I was being top protective."Nathaniel, I'm a big girl and I know w
LYDIA'S POV:2 A.M:I passed out hours ago probably due to lack of sleep these past few days. I was laying on the couch in Andrew's room and my phone was underneath the little pillow I placed my head on, and the continuous vibration from the phone jerked me awake. I searched around the room for Ariana then I remembered I had sent her home to get adequate rest in a comfortable bed.I lazily sat straight on the couch and took my phone. I blinked repeatedly adjusting the lighting of the screen and scratched my eyes. My heart raced seeing the multiple messages from friends and family asking if I was okay after hearing the news. I was curious about what news, the sleep instantly disappeared as I went online in search of the news.My noses flared and my brows knitted together as I was now angry as I listened to DCC news. Did the police take my family and I as a joke? I opened my father and I chat thread and he had already sent a message saying he was working on it. The chief detective had
3RD POV:EARLY MORNING:Jennifer had packed her things and loaded it up into the car but she thought for a moment if it was smart to take the car or not. "I'm definitely not going to walk all that way." She spoke to herself hopping into the car and starting it up. She had locked the house and packed anything that might come in handy such as a small pistol, Glock 26, and a small phone and one other device she thought might come handy.She zoomed out driving in the bush and as the day was still dark since it was 5am, she found herself shivering as the morning cold breeze blew. Driving further, she was quite restless, everything kept bothering her such as the zip at the sleeve of her leather jacket, the birds flying and chirping, and the bushy areas. "Ugggggggh, what in the world is happening?" She groaned asking herself and after thirty minutes of driving, she finally arrived at the tiled roads.The police who had been searching around the area all night were around the area. Two poli
3RD POV: She grabbed her gun from her back and pointed in the direction of the policeman and shot at his leg. "Calling for backup and an ambulance. It seems the suspect is heading to the sea as well." One police officer spoke into the radio and the chief detective sucked his teeth sharply. Jenny felt like she was in cloud 9 until the police released tear gas making her eyes hurt and burn but she had soon arrived at the shore of the sea and still shot about three times though she couldn't see clearly. "I can barely see, uggghhhh." She cried as her eyes were burning and she coughed. The police officer who was near to her felt accomplished as they would finally apprehend her. "It's over, raise your hands up and drop your weapon." The officer commanded and there was still some distance between them. Jenny raised her hands up showing off her gun and muttered, "Over my dead body." The second she said that, the echoing sound of the gun in the woods was heard. The police officer looked
LYDIA'S POV:A MONTH LATER:It had been a month since the news of Jennifer's death and the police had discovered a dead body which had been eaten by sharks. The forensic pathologist had been working on discovering if the body belonged to Jenny truly or if it was another body. I had been told and I also researched and discovered that it takes weeks or even months before they can actually tell if the body belongs to Jennifer or not as there's a lot to do since the body was unrecognizable.The Kings had come to terms with her death but Mrs King refused the empty casket ceremony a few weeks ago after much preparation for it. Anytime I felt guilty about Jenny, seeing Andrew struggle with his physical therapy I'd just feel like justice was served because I just might have been dead because of her. Andrew had been struggling with the exercise and Ariana and I have been his backbone, especially Ariana. She was a true gem because sometimes it was so hard for me to see Andrew at the brink of t
LYDIA'S POV:"I will think about it and let you know." I responded and I heard him exhale deeply."Alright, beautiful. Have a lovely day." I blushed, nodding my hair like he could see me."You too." I said then hung up the call afterwards. I loved this weird feeling so much, it was so amazing.A knock interrupted my lovey dovey moment, and I rose up from my seat seeing the Chief Operating Officer entering into my office. The COO was a quiet man with the most adorable daughter as he had brought her over one time, no one knew anything about him as he remained mysterious. But he was a good looking man with black full hair but he was a tall and chubby man."Good morning." I greeted them as he walked towards me with a file."Good morning." He greeted me and I gestured for him to take a seat and he nodded."So let's get right into it. The owner of Lenox mall has stated that his mall has gone bankrupt and he wants to sell it to us. The meeting with him is at noon, and it's important for you
LYDIA'S POV:SAME NIGHT: I walked out of the building and instantly placed my hands in my coat pocket. It was quite chilly as the atmosphere had been quite cold lately. I stared straight ahead and I was shocked to see Nathaniel leaning on his black Lamborghini truck with his eyes glued to his phone looking amazing in his blue suit. He had changed from wearing his usual black suit and this color went well with skin tone. The suit highlighted his biceps and broad shoulders. "O My God, is that Nathaniel King?" Two employees argued and one flashed a camera at him. I rolled my eyes in a full circle about to just head to my car as planned."Good evening." They chorused in a flirty tone walking off, Nathaniel looked up meeting my eyes and flashed me a charming smile. I forced a smile and walked towards him. I was uncertain if we should even be interacting in public as there were eyes everywhere from the media. And the last thing I needed right now was to have my face on the news right befo
Lydia's POV:"You're so gorgeous. Since Nathaniel won't introduce me, my name is Riley and I'm the bride to be. It's so lovely to meet you, I have heard so much about you." She rambled grinning from ear to ear and I smiled. She was petite with the most bright blue eyes I had ever seen and shoulder length blonde hair. She was very beautiful and her white gown which stopped around her knee was amazing. It must have been custom made because it fit her perfectly. "I'm sorry." Nathaniel laughed and Riley just rolled her eyes in full circle at him."Thank you, you're so gorgeous as well. Your gown is to die for." I responded and she smiled shyly which made me laugh."It's so nice to see you again." Melissa, whom I remembered clearly, embraced me and I hugged her back, giving Jacob a polite smile and a side hug.The two were so amazing and kind, they were indeed made for each other.Riley led me to sit next to her which was directly opposite of Nathaniel as the men were opposite the women. I