“Em, Eric and I can help you out, but we're not sure if it'd work….”. Derek couldn't finish talking because Eric gave him a sign to stop talking. Eric was staring at Xavier with suspicious eyes when he said, “Do you really love my big sister? How can we even trust you're not like Nicholas?”. “Nicholas?”. Xavier muttered since he didn't quite understand Eric's point. “Yes. And as you already know, Nicholas is your half-nephew. Also, he used to be my big sister's fiancè. But to be fair, he used my sister's fame all this while, and when he heard that my big sister's company had gone bankrupt, he instantly broke up with her”. Eric explained while still staring at Xavier with suspicious eyes. Derek suddenly gasped and said, “You're really smart, big twin. If Xavier really loves our big sister, he must prove to us that he's not after her fame”. The twins' behaviour was amusing to Xavier. He was pleased to see how the twins' were overprotective of Vanessa. “I understand your
‘Gosh! I wanted to come here alone, but Nicholas insisted on coming with me! My initial plan was to gain back Vanessa's trust and ruin her company for good! But who knew that Mr Xavier would be here with her?!’. Alexa gritted her teeth in annoyance as she thought to herself. The atmosphere in Vanessa's office totally became quiet. Alexa and Nicholas were just staring at everyone, and were not able to say anything. It reached a certain point, and Eric angrily rose from his seat. Eric pointed his finger against Nicholas and Alexa, and said to them, “How dare you show yourselves here after betraying my big sister?!”. “Yeah, how dare you guys?!”. Derek also stood up from his seat as he supported his twin brother, Eric. Nicholas wasn't affected by the way Eric and Derek scolded him. Rather, a deep feeling of rage was busy consuming his heart. He was really jealous and disturbed, because Xavier was on Vanessa's side. Nicholas regretted breaking up with Vanessa. But most especially,
The bodyguards threw Alexa and Nicholas out of the company. In a hurry, Alexa and Nicholas covered their faces with their hands and ran away because they were greatly humiliated and embarrassed. They entered Nicholas' car, and without hesitation, Alexa glared at him and questioned him, “What was the meaning of that, Nicholas? I- I used you?”. Nicholas stiffed upon hearing Alexa’s question. He avoided staring at her as he was busy trying to come up with an excuse. “Say something, Nicholas! If Vanessa had accepted you back, would you have abandoned me?!”. “Of course not”. Nicholas’ reply made Alexa quiet for a while. She narrowed her eyes in concentration while recalling the event that had recently occurred in Vanessa's office. “Are you telling me the truth, Nicholas? If you're, I need an explanation. And don't you dare lie to me”. Nicholas had already thought of a valid explanation. He suddenly held Alexa's hands, thus, confusing her. His eyes were filled with affection when he s
The taxi stopped in front of the tall gates. The lady with pink hair got out of the car and paid the taxi driver after he'd removed her luggage from the car boot and gave it to her. The taxi driver entered his taxi. He waved his hand at the beautiful young lady and said to her, “Have a nice day, young lady”. He drove off at the same minute. With a sweet smile on her face, Gabriella dragged her luggage and went closer to the gates. She knocked on the gates, and in less than a minute, it was opened by one of the security guards. Gabriella was about to enter the mansion but was stopped by the security guard, who then questioned her, “Who are you, lady? And what business do you have here?”. His voice was harsh, because he purposely wanted Gabriella to be intimidated by him. “In case you're not yet aware, I'm Xavier's fianceè”. Gabriella replied with a smile, but the bright smile on her face completely faded away after the security guard laughed at her and also said something sh
Xavier and the twins were the first to arrive outside the company before Vanessa. They entered Xavier's car. And, of course, Vanessa sat next to Xavier in the front seats, while Eric and Derek sat together in the back seats. Seeing that everyone had already settled down comfortably in their respective seats, Xavier drove off. ‘I bet Cole is in the mansion. I should be angry that he gave away my location to Xavier and made him stay throughout the day with me. But, I'm actually glad that Xavier stayed with me today. He defended me from that jerk. I'm happy. I feel like I owe him a big favour’. Vanessa thought, and was smiling. She glanced at Xavier and admitted in her mind, ‘The more I look at Xavier, he looks aloof, but, I can clearly see that he's a nice guy'. The mansion, It wasn't a long drive, and finally, they had arrived outside Xavier's mansion's gates. Because it was obviously dark outside, the car’s lights were already on. Xavier was just in the process of sounding his
A drop of sweat suddenly formed on Xavier's forehead. With disbelief clearly displaying in his brown eyes, he was looking at Vanessa without averting his gaze from her, not even for a brief minute nor a second. Vanessa had just acted perfectly and naturally, as if she was his legal wife, so everything took him by great surprise, because he could see the sincerity in her eyes! He truly wished he hadn't been mistaken about this. Vanessa glanced at Xavier, before she fixed her gaze on Gabriella and added, “Please leave, young lady. And, you should never approach my husband again”. Even though Gabriella had tried to suppress the annoyance she felt, she was still fuming. She was angry with Vanessa because Xavier used to be hers (Gabriella). He used to be her loving fiancè, before the misunderstanding happened, and she left the city five years ago. Gabriella glared at Vanessa, before she warm-heartedly stared at Xavier, and said to him, “At least, let me stay in your mansion for som
Xavier had no intention of refusing Vanessa's request, so he allowed Gabriella to stay in his mansion, against his own will. Well, he made it clear that Gabriella should stay with them for only one night. Xavier was the first person who entered the mansion. He went to his bedroom without looking back, as he couldn't stand being in the same space as Gabriella. Vanessa led Gabriella into the mansion, while Eric and Derek followed behind. Upon their arrival inside the living room, Vanessa turned to Gabriella, and said to her, “Make yourself at home. But don't feel too comfortable”. Gabriella scoffed, because Vanessa kept on annoying her with her bossy attitude. ‘Sincerely, this lady is strangely getting on my nerves. I can't stand her at all. I can't even understand why I suggested that she stay here with us for the night’. Vanessa thought to herself. Mrs Charlotte went into the living room, and as soon as she saw Gabriella, she exclaimed, “Unbelievable”. Everyone turned to
Vanessa had arrived in Xavier's bedroom corridor. She stood in front of his door. And even though her hand had reached out to the door, she was hesitating to knock on it. “You can do it, Vanessa. It's not so hard. Just knock on the door, enter the room, and say what you must say to Mr Xavier”. Vanessa said this to herself with boldness, because she was strangely feeling nervous about knocking on the door. After taking a deep breath in and out, Vanessa had courage and finally knocked on the door. “Who is it?”. Xavier's deep voice was heard inside the bedroom. “It is I, Xavier”. It hadn't even been more than 10 seconds, and the door to Xavier's room was immediately opened by him. Vanessa couldn't understand the reason why Xavier opened the door for her so quickly, as if he was being chased by something terrifying. “Nessa, what are you doing here?”. He asked her, and was staring right into her eyes. Vanessa couldn't find the right answer to Xavier’s question, causing her to say th
Xavier flinched, and his eyes widened because of what he heard Vanessa say to him. His hands left the steering wheel as he looked at Vanessa’s face. She was staring at him. “Are you serious about this, Nessa?”. A drop of sweat formed on his forehead as he asked her. He had truly expected her not to give him a chance. “Yes, I am serious about this, Xavier. I'm willing to give you a chance. But if by the end of our marriage contract and I do not have any feelings for you, we'll part ways”.Xavier nodded at Vanessa. His heart was pounding against his chest because Vanessa said she would part ways with him if she didn't have any feelings for him. ‘I will try my best to make you love me before our marriage contract ends, Nessa’. He promised himself in his mind, before he drove off. They were returning home. ….After their arrival at the mansion, Vanessa went to her bedroom to freshen up, while Xavier went to his own bedroom and laid on his king-sized bed. He had a big smile on his face
Vanessa had returned home but didn't see Xavier. She thought about going to Mrs Charlotte and asking her about Xavier’s whereabouts, before she remembered that Xavier must be in his company, since he had made an official announcement concerning his companies earlier. Another thought popped into her head. ‘Xavier named his company Xava? What does that name mean?’. She wondered and was about to take a step forward when she gasped upon realising what the name meant. “No way. Xava? Xa- vier? Va- nessa? That can't be”. She shook her head, as she refused to believe that Xavier would go to the extent of using the first two alphabets of her name. After brushing off her thoughts, she tried to leave the mansion and go to one of Xavier’s companies, when she received a call on her cell phone. As she stared at her cell phone’s screen, she saw that the number calling her was unknown. Irrespective of that, she answered the call. ‘What worse could possibly happen if I answered the call?’. That was
Everyone who had watched the evidence of how Sofia and Mrs Wilson had poisoned Xavier's mother, became so angry. Most of them left their houses and were going to Mr Wilson's mansion. Most of the people were Xavier's die-hard fans. Xavier also saw the evidence and was amazed by how fast Vanessa was able to find the culprits. He knew that it was her who had uploaded all that evidence. “She found them so fast. I wasn't even able to do that”. He muttered, before his mind thought about Sofia and Mrs Wilson. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. “I promise I'll make sure that all of them rot in jail”. He declared, before he left the conference hall and quickly went to his car that was parked outside his company. He didn't know where Vanessa was at the moment, but he wanted to go to her company. He knew that even though Vanessa was not in her company, he could collect her cell phone’s number from Eric and Derek and call her. He wanted to collect the complete evidence from her an
The news about the T&N company and the Triple Union company has circulated almost everywhere. People were talking, uploading posts and commenting about it. Meanwhile, inside Cassandra’s office, Cassandra had a smile on her face after she carefully kept her cell phone on her desk. “I knew it and I said it. The slaying dragon would never have attacked the triple union company or anyone without a cause. Too bad for Nicholas and Alexa. Now they have caused their family’s companies to go down the drain. So sad”. She shook her head, before she added, “Why did the slaying dragon help chairman Vanessa? Is she acquainted with chairman Vanessa?”. She paused for a while, and then waved off her imaginations while admitting, “I doubt that. Maybe the slaying dragon simply helped chairman Vanessa, just like she had helped me before. But, I don't understand. That CCTV footage that the Slaying Dragon had uploaded on social media... How did she acquire it? I know she's a great hacker and can easil
‘I guess I should leave Zuri. She deserves punishment, I know that. But, she did what she did out of fear. I should probably leave her in the meantime’. Vanessa thought. And during that moment, she smiled upon remembering something. ‘That day Alexa and Nicholas visited my office to rub what they had done to me on my face... Did I forget that there was a secret CCTV camera in my office? Goodness me. I'll upload that CCTV footage online after I finish avenging myself’. {PS: the scene happened in chapter 8, titled; Meeting ex jerk fiance and best friend} Vanessa couldn't help it and burst out laughing with delight. She only stopped laughing because of Finn, who was still asleep. Her blue eyes darkened. “It's time to get to work”. She muttered as she stretched her fingers and prepared them for typing. A while later, Because it was both companies' main funds that Vanessa was taking away, it took her over an hour to accomplish her mission. She wiped the sweat on her forehead, as
Vanessa was riding her bike side by side with different motorists on the road, and sitting behind her on the bike was Claire, who was hanging on for her life. “Haha. Claire, your brother is tough. But fortunately, I was able to win back his support with the help of my stubbornness and you!”. Vanessa exclaimed. She was happy that even though Blake was upset with her for blaming Claire, he was able to sympathise with her, since it wasn't entirely her fault for blaming Claire.“Yeah, Blake is tough, Chairman Vanessa. But I'm glad we're back to being partners again”. Claire said, while trying to maintain her balance, so that she wouldn't fall off the bike. Because of how stiff Claire sat on the bike, Vanessa chuckled. ‘She must be afraid that she might fall off’. She thought, as she decided not to talk to Claire again until after they had arrived at her company and were standing on foot. Diamond V company,Vanessa's office,Derek and Eric were pacing back and forth together. They had a
Earlier,“What's taking them so long?”. Gabriella frowned as she asked herself. She had gotten tired of staying in the car for so long. The minute she got out of the car, that was when she saw Jasper and Captain Tristan returning with a handcuffed guy.She stared at the handcuffed guy carefully before she realised that he looked exactly like that cyber cafe owner whom Isla and Nova had bribed. “Finally”. She sighed in relief, and her eyes never left Alvin's side. After Jasper, Tristan and Alvin had arrived close to Gabriella, Gabriella forced herself not to attack Alvin. “Let's return to the police station”. Tristan said, after he had used force to make Alvin enter the car. Since Alvin was sitting in the backseat, Jasper told Gabriella to stay in the front seat with Captain Tristan, while he sat in the backseat with Alvin. He could never allow Gabriella to sit together with Alvin. Tristan started the car and drove off to the station. Within a few couples of minutes, they arrived
Inside the airport building,Tristan knew the face of Alvin, so the search was going pretty smoothly for him. After searching for Alvin for a few minutes, but couldn't find him anywhere in the airport, Tristan smirked as he thought to himself, ‘I knew it. There's no way these two amateur siblings would be able to find the people I couldn't find’. There was still a proud look on Tristan's face when he suddenly saw Alvin, who was at the boarding entrance and was holding blue luggage by his side. “What the”. He became utterly speechless and had to look at Jasper who was behind him. “This is impossible”. He clenched his fists as he muttered. “Did you say something just now?”. Jasper asked Tristan, but Tristan, who was stunned, didn't answer him. ‘I don't believe that these two amateur siblings found the culprits on their own. I must ask them how they did that after I arrested that annoying cyber cafe owner’. Tristan thought. He hated to admit it, but he was feeling completely incompete
Jasper and Gabriella had both arrived outside the police station in a taxi. After Jasper paid the taxi driver his money, he and Gabriella stared at each other's faces and nodded twice, before they walked into the building together.Upon their arrival inside the building, they were stopped by one of the police officers. “What can we help you two with?”. He asked them. Since he was assigned to the police station today, he had no idea that Jasper and Gabriella had come to the station before.“We're here to meet Captain Tristan. I hope he's around today?”. Gabriella said to the police officer. The police officer got confused for a second. ‘Both of you are here to meet Captain Tristan? But no one informed me about you two’. He wondered, and when he opened his mouth to say something, a deep voice was heard behind him. “I see both of you are here again”.The police officer turned around quickly and saw Tristan, whose hands were positioned behind his back. As for Gabriella and Jasper, they