Max POV.It's been 3 days since the night I received that dreadful message from the unknown number.Life has been boring, the voice hadn't contacted me for days, it has been from work to the gym and my apartment.I just couldn't help but wonder if Josephine's father, Jerry Oniels and his wife Sandra Oniels are even as concerned as I am towards the wellbeing of their daughter.Staring at my phone I deleted all the nude videos a strange girl called Amelia had been sending me.I mean it's annoying, she just chatted some weeks back telling me how she loves me and blah…blah…blah.The other day she sent me $100,000, quite a huge amount of money, I had to send it back, telling her my heart and soul belonged to another.I asked her how she got my number and till now she hasn't responded.Sending me nude videos wouldn't make me love her, it rather irritates me and makes me see her as a desperate cheap chick."Max! Guess what…" My eyes rolled up and my gaze fell on Thomas Berkeley my brother, h
Josephine POV.It's been over a week since I last spoke to my love Max Berkeley, the heist we had planned together didn't work out.I really wished it had worked as planned, I am but a shadow of my own self, the prison I call a mansion stands to remind me of my Sacrifice…a sacrifice I made to save a father, a decision I made with unwavering commitment and love.Looking at my phone, I could see recent uploads of Max Berkeley on Snapchat.His brother has graduated and my dad offered him a job at MetapleX, a company standing today because of the selfless actions I took.My life is in total shambles right now, what baffles me is the fact that only my mom Sandra Oniels seems to care about my well-being in this dungeon.My dad rarely calls, he just sends me text messages. Something I find very annoying, I was literally closer to my dad than I was to my mom.Something isn't right, and I will get to the root of it.Knock! Knock!! Knock!!!The subtle knock on my door jolted me out of my though
Josephine's POV"Turn around and place your heads behind your head." His voice was hoarse, a sinister undertone lingering in each word.My heart pounds like a runaway drum, its thunderous rhythm echoing in my ears.Beads of sweat form a glistening constellation on my forehead, pooling at temples before succumbing to gravity.Each droplet descended with agonizing slowness, their soft echoing splashes on the floor a cruel reminder of the danger before me.I was facing the window, my heart was thumping really fast.I thought of pulling out the knife strapped to my thigh, but that would be almost impossible to do without being shot."Am talking to you…turn around now!!!"His loud voice causes me to shudder.And before I could turn, I heard a voice, the voice of a young girl, fragile and trembling yet laced with authority.Her voice pierced through the tense air like a fragile crystal chime in a storm, making my heart skip a beat."Let her be…She's one of us." The voice is mellifluous, flo
Josephine's POV."Wait! What?... You can't expect me to leave my career and marry that man."My voice is tremulous. I still couldn't believe what my dad just told me."Mom, you know Dad is asking for an impossible thing… I just can't give up my dreams just like that… and what will I tell Max?""Sweetheart, you know your dad loves you so much… he is asking you for something hard… but if you think of it, if you don't help him out, he will be going to jail for a pretty long time." My mom says, her voice tremulous, she has been crying all night.I run my hands into my hair, this is too much for me to take in.Tears welled down my eyes as I looked up at the high ceiling, the Hermitage Chandelier hanging above my head really did add colour to the luxury sitting room where we were all seated."Sweetheart!" My dad called, his voice very quaky. From the look on his face, he really needed this arranged marriage to work out and really fast."I received a call from my lawyer at the international
Josephine's POV.The sun came up quite early today, as I turned to the left side of my bed stretching every part of my body.Last night I had cried myself to bed. Waking up this morning something is troubling me, my heart is so heavy as though a storm of emotions is raging within, tearing at the seams of my soul.Ah! Now I remember, Last night I broke up with my true love Max Berkeley. It's as if a part of me is missing, leaving an emptiness that only time can heal. I got up from my bed, stretched my back, and my eyes met the luxury wedding gown on my dressing table, it was exactly the wedding gown worn by Serena Williams worth $3.5 million."This is not happening," I say as I plopped right back into my bed.__________________________________" I wished he could stop ringing that loud bell." My dad said as he held my hand, while I made my way out of the car.We just arrived at the cathedral, the venue for the wedding.A wedding that makes me wanna puke.I looked back and my bridesmai
Max POV.It's been 3 weeks since I last heard from Josephine, my love. I have tried calling her line but I keep getting this stupid message.'The number you are trying to call doesn't exist.'Her number was working perfectly well until she got married to that dweebish fellow.The office has been boring without her; all I see are shadows of the vibrant moments we used to share.The worst part is Mr Jerry O'Neil and his wife refused to say anything about it."Max!!!"I finally heard my name vehemently.Raising my head from the counter, I looked up and it was Luke the bartender."Sup Max, I have been calling your name forever… look, your phone has been ringing." His voice was hoarse.I looked down at my phone only to see 87 missed calls. My brother had been calling me."Hello""Hi Max, I have been trying to reach you, some weird dude left a package at the house… they said it was a gift from a friend." His voice is feathery." A gift," I asked as my eyes furrowed in bewilderment." Are th
Max POV." Excuse me!!!"" Emergency!!!"The loud feet of the doctors and nurses stamping on the tiles were all I could hear." Doctor! Is she gonna make it" my voice tremulous. Trepidation gripped me as though I were standing on the precipice of the unknown, peering into the abyss of uncertainty, my heart pounding like a drum in the silence of anticipation." She will be fine ok… just sit right there… Hey, nurse Joe attend to the deep cut on his leg."—------------------------------------------------------Beep.Beep.Beep.The annoying sound of the electrocardiographic heart monitor was all I could hear.The moment I realized that the package delivered to my house was from 'my mystery fellow' I ran back to my car before I could reach the apartment, the firefighters were already there putting off the fire from the explosion.To my surprise, they weren't putting off the fire in our main building.I ran out of my car, towards the site of the incident, and I met my brother Thomas Berkel
Josephine POV.My life in this prison cell I call a house is a never-ending nightmare. A constant reminder of the shackles of Iron that binds me to a man I despised.Since after the marriage, I have received slaps for nothing.It's as though Thwane Clark derives joy from hurting women.He rarely touches me, the last time he did, he didn't last for two minutes.I mean how can he, when all he does is to eat junk that only harms his sexual well-being?The cold breeze flickers the long blue velvet curtains, sending a cold freezing sensation down my spine.I could remember the good old times I and Max used to enjoy together, and in those moments the world seemed to fade away, leaving just the two of us, lost in each other's gaze and the enchanting melodies of our hearts intertwined.Thwane Clark is the opposite, all he demands is sex which he isn't good at, something I can't help but wonder if he has sexual infertility issues.Knock! Knock! " Ma'am! Boss asks you to prepare him his noodle
Josephine's POV"Turn around and place your heads behind your head." His voice was hoarse, a sinister undertone lingering in each word.My heart pounds like a runaway drum, its thunderous rhythm echoing in my ears.Beads of sweat form a glistening constellation on my forehead, pooling at temples before succumbing to gravity.Each droplet descended with agonizing slowness, their soft echoing splashes on the floor a cruel reminder of the danger before me.I was facing the window, my heart was thumping really fast.I thought of pulling out the knife strapped to my thigh, but that would be almost impossible to do without being shot."Am talking to you…turn around now!!!"His loud voice causes me to shudder.And before I could turn, I heard a voice, the voice of a young girl, fragile and trembling yet laced with authority.Her voice pierced through the tense air like a fragile crystal chime in a storm, making my heart skip a beat."Let her be…She's one of us." The voice is mellifluous, flo
Josephine POV.It's been over a week since I last spoke to my love Max Berkeley, the heist we had planned together didn't work out.I really wished it had worked as planned, I am but a shadow of my own self, the prison I call a mansion stands to remind me of my Sacrifice…a sacrifice I made to save a father, a decision I made with unwavering commitment and love.Looking at my phone, I could see recent uploads of Max Berkeley on Snapchat.His brother has graduated and my dad offered him a job at MetapleX, a company standing today because of the selfless actions I took.My life is in total shambles right now, what baffles me is the fact that only my mom Sandra Oniels seems to care about my well-being in this dungeon.My dad rarely calls, he just sends me text messages. Something I find very annoying, I was literally closer to my dad than I was to my mom.Something isn't right, and I will get to the root of it.Knock! Knock!! Knock!!!The subtle knock on my door jolted me out of my though
Max POV.It's been 3 days since the night I received that dreadful message from the unknown number.Life has been boring, the voice hadn't contacted me for days, it has been from work to the gym and my apartment.I just couldn't help but wonder if Josephine's father, Jerry Oniels and his wife Sandra Oniels are even as concerned as I am towards the wellbeing of their daughter.Staring at my phone I deleted all the nude videos a strange girl called Amelia had been sending me.I mean it's annoying, she just chatted some weeks back telling me how she loves me and blah…blah…blah.The other day she sent me $100,000, quite a huge amount of money, I had to send it back, telling her my heart and soul belonged to another.I asked her how she got my number and till now she hasn't responded.Sending me nude videos wouldn't make me love her, it rather irritates me and makes me see her as a desperate cheap chick."Max! Guess what…" My eyes rolled up and my gaze fell on Thomas Berkeley my brother, h
Max POV."Max!... This is a very bad idea… I mean if you get caught… that might be the end of you."Thomas said as he helped me connect the wires to my supercomputer.I had managed to reach out to Josephine, my love and she would be waiting for me at the window of her bedroom.Looking at the building plan of the Thwane's mansion, my brother and I drew our plan, the break-in time and the break-out time.Looking at the plan I pointed out the points that had alarm triggers and made sure I didn't go to those spots.Everything was finally set and ready.Thomas was to mount the communications system telling me where and where not to go.I had also hacked a satellite to enable us to have a real-time assessment of the entire mansion.Tonight is the night I break my love out of her confinements.Moments later…I crawled out into the compound from under the last truck that entered the mansion.The compound was more splendid than what I had seen in the picture, leaving me in awe of the magnifice
Max POV.It's been two days since I got the message from Josephine Oniels at the hospital.My mom has been discharged, she is well and hearty.I tried calling her number, but It didn't connect.Seems her captor Mr Thwane Clark had really been up to no good recently, the call really sounded like an emergency.But why then hasn't she replied to any of the messages, my text messages went through, but my calls are repelled off.My life is so fucked up right now."Max!!!"I looked up only to see Director Lex, the head of token economics and economics modelling, standing in front of my office desk.He wore his anti-glare glasses almost exactly like the one I had on.His hair is superb. Every strand of his hair is meticulously arranged, creating a flawless magical art of wonder.His cologne was just perfect, a subtle blend of earthly notes and a hint of citrus lingered in the air like a captivating mystery.It was a fragrance that spoke of confidence and sophistication and his blue eyes matc
Josephine POV.My life in this prison cell I call a house is a never-ending nightmare. A constant reminder of the shackles of Iron that binds me to a man I despised.Since after the marriage, I have received slaps for nothing.It's as though Thwane Clark derives joy from hurting women.He rarely touches me, the last time he did, he didn't last for two minutes.I mean how can he, when all he does is to eat junk that only harms his sexual well-being?The cold breeze flickers the long blue velvet curtains, sending a cold freezing sensation down my spine.I could remember the good old times I and Max used to enjoy together, and in those moments the world seemed to fade away, leaving just the two of us, lost in each other's gaze and the enchanting melodies of our hearts intertwined.Thwane Clark is the opposite, all he demands is sex which he isn't good at, something I can't help but wonder if he has sexual infertility issues.Knock! Knock! " Ma'am! Boss asks you to prepare him his noodle
Max POV." Excuse me!!!"" Emergency!!!"The loud feet of the doctors and nurses stamping on the tiles were all I could hear." Doctor! Is she gonna make it" my voice tremulous. Trepidation gripped me as though I were standing on the precipice of the unknown, peering into the abyss of uncertainty, my heart pounding like a drum in the silence of anticipation." She will be fine ok… just sit right there… Hey, nurse Joe attend to the deep cut on his leg."—------------------------------------------------------Beep.Beep.Beep.The annoying sound of the electrocardiographic heart monitor was all I could hear.The moment I realized that the package delivered to my house was from 'my mystery fellow' I ran back to my car before I could reach the apartment, the firefighters were already there putting off the fire from the explosion.To my surprise, they weren't putting off the fire in our main building.I ran out of my car, towards the site of the incident, and I met my brother Thomas Berkel
Max POV.It's been 3 weeks since I last heard from Josephine, my love. I have tried calling her line but I keep getting this stupid message.'The number you are trying to call doesn't exist.'Her number was working perfectly well until she got married to that dweebish fellow.The office has been boring without her; all I see are shadows of the vibrant moments we used to share.The worst part is Mr Jerry O'Neil and his wife refused to say anything about it."Max!!!"I finally heard my name vehemently.Raising my head from the counter, I looked up and it was Luke the bartender."Sup Max, I have been calling your name forever… look, your phone has been ringing." His voice was hoarse.I looked down at my phone only to see 87 missed calls. My brother had been calling me."Hello""Hi Max, I have been trying to reach you, some weird dude left a package at the house… they said it was a gift from a friend." His voice is feathery." A gift," I asked as my eyes furrowed in bewilderment." Are th
Josephine's POV.The sun came up quite early today, as I turned to the left side of my bed stretching every part of my body.Last night I had cried myself to bed. Waking up this morning something is troubling me, my heart is so heavy as though a storm of emotions is raging within, tearing at the seams of my soul.Ah! Now I remember, Last night I broke up with my true love Max Berkeley. It's as if a part of me is missing, leaving an emptiness that only time can heal. I got up from my bed, stretched my back, and my eyes met the luxury wedding gown on my dressing table, it was exactly the wedding gown worn by Serena Williams worth $3.5 million."This is not happening," I say as I plopped right back into my bed.__________________________________" I wished he could stop ringing that loud bell." My dad said as he held my hand, while I made my way out of the car.We just arrived at the cathedral, the venue for the wedding.A wedding that makes me wanna puke.I looked back and my bridesmai