Gabriella's eyes widened, and she exclaimed in horror after reading the new messages that some unknown source had sent to her cell phone. Xavier hesitated at first, before he turned around and was staring at Gabriella with a confused expression on his handsome face. “What’s wrong?”. He asked Gabriella, but she was too stunned to speak. Vanessa stole a glance at Xavier's face, before she went to Gabriella and collected the cell phone from her hand. She read the messages out of curiosity, and after seeing what the messages' content were all about, she frowned, and also furrowed her brows. Mrs Charlotte couldn't understand what was going on, so she descended the stairs and went into the living room where Gabriella, Vanessa and Xavier were. “What happened, Vanessa?”. Mrs Charlotte asked her after she had arrived inside the living room. Her mouth was slightly opened because she was looking forward to hearing Vanessa's reply. “I see you've returned to the city. I've told you several ti
The next morning,Gabriella left the guest room which she had slept in last night. She went to the living room, as she was hoping to cross paths with Xavier there. She couldn't sleep properly last night because she couldn't stop thinking about the way Xavier reacted last night. Gabriella sat down on one of the sofas, and in her hand, she was holding her cell phone.It hadn't even been up to 5 minutes since Gabriella arrived in the living room, and Mrs Charlotte came inside the living room. She gasped, as she was surprised to see Gabriella there. As if Mrs Charlotte knew the exact reason why Gabriella was inside the living room, she asked, “Why are you up so early? Are you planning to meet Master Xavier?”. “Em, yes, Mrs Charlotte”. Gabriella replied. She was being sincere, because she didn't want to commit the same mistake of hiding the truth from the people who were, in one way or the other, close to her. Mrs Charlotte sighed deeply. She wanted to leave the living room, but halted
‘Now, this is definitely an awkward moment’. Vanessa thought to herself, and was already feeling sweaty. She thought to herself again, ‘What exactly made me tell Derek and Eric that I have proof? No, wrong. Why did I even offer to help Gabriella out in the first place? I should have clearly understood that my hacking abilities would be at great risk of being discovered!’. ‘I must have been a fool. Why couldn't I understand in time that Nessa was hiding something important from Eric and I? After all, it's totally impossible for her to discover any proof in one night. Even as a pro hacker, I can't solve such a tricky task in one night’. Derek nodded in agreement as he thought to himself. It didn't reach a minute, and Derek's eyes widened in shock because he remembered something. He thought, ‘Wait a sec. After Eric and I had successfully hacked Xavier’s information a day before yesterday, didn't Eric mention Gabriella? Didn't he also mention that Gabriella was once Xavier's fianc
Derek became scared because Vanessa's face was undeniably scary to look at. He quickly rose from Vanessa's bed and hurried toward the exit door. His hand held the door knob, but he didn't open the door yet. “Come on, Nessa. No need for you to chase us out. It's not as if we forced you to tell us the identity of the genius right now”. Eric tried to reason with her. Vanessa's eyes flashed with anger for a brief moment. She breathed deeply, with the aim of calming herself. “I'll count to one. If I finish counting, and you're both still here ….”. Vanessa purposely didn't finish talking. Instead, she started the countdown, “Three”. “Bu- but, is all this drama really necessary, Nessa? Can't you easily reveal the identity of the genius right now to Derek and me? It's not as if something bad is going to happen to you after you tell us”. “Two”. Eric gasped, because he now understood that Vanessa was serious. He rushed to the exit door. “Why haven't you opened the door, Derek?”. “On
“So, does that mean the genius you were both discussing earlier, was the same genius who helped figure out the culprits behind all my troublesome problems?”. Gabriella asked Eric and Derek, as she was greatly amazed. What she couldn't discover in a whole 10 years, someone else discovered it for her within a single night! “Yes. It's the same genius, Gabriella”. Eric nodded at her as he admitted this. Gabriella smiled so brightly because she couldn't control her fired-up excitement. She was genuinely happy. She had a lot to say to Vanessa, but feeling that it would be too much, she said calmly, “I’m speechless, CEO of Diamond V company. I don't know what to say. At first, I thought you were bluffing. But now, I can clearly see you’re serious”. “Of course I was serious, Gabriella. I'm the kind of person who rarely jokes around”. Vanessa smirked and announced. She didn't give anyone a chance to speak, and added, “Come on, Gabriella. I want you to see all the proof with your own eye
“Gabriella, the address of the cyber-cafe your best friends frequented is not that far from Xavier’s mansion”. Vanessa announced. Her eyes widened after she noticed her mistake. She quickly added, “I mean, the address of the cyber-cafe your best friends frequented is not that far from my husband’s mansion”. Eric and Derek forced themselves not to laugh at Vanessa. They found Vanessa funny because of her mistake and shocked reaction. ‘This is so sad. Poor Gabriella. All these years, I had misunderstood and blamed her. She didn't cheat on Master Xavier. Neither did she betray his love for her. Her best friends were the main genesis of everything’. Mrs Charlotte shook her head in pity as she thought. Gabriella was lost in her thoughts that she couldn't even realise the mistake Vanessa had made. “Didn't you hear what I said to you, Gabriella?”. Vanessa asked her, but there was no reply. Turning to Xavier, Vanessa noticed that he was staring at Gabriella with a poker expression on
After Mrs Charlotte left the living room, Vanessa and her twin brothers ate breakfast. They couldn't wait for Xavier because they couldn't find him anywhere in the mansion. When they saw that one of his cars was missing, they realised that he had left the mansion. It took them a few minutes to finish eating breakfast because Vanessa had hurried them to eat faster. She wanted all of them to report to her Diamond V company at once, because she had an important investor coming over today. “Seriously, who's the important investor you're refusing to tell us about, Vanessa?”. Derek raised an eyebrow as he asked her. “Yeah. And why didn't he show up and help you when your company was facing a crisis?”. Eric asked Vanessa too, and was impatiently waiting to hear what her reply would be. “Both of you are getting more annoying lately. Seriously. Now, shut up and quietly follow me outside”. Vanessa ordered them. After they went outside, they entered Vanessa's car, and she drove off and was
Gabriella thought about going to the airport to await Jasper's return. But after thinking much about it, she understood that it wasn't such a good idea. Because, what if she missed Jasper and couldn't find him at the airport? As she was walking around with her luggage, she came across a payphone on the way. Seeing this, an instant sigh of relief escaped from her mouth. Without any delay, she walked towards the payphone. She pressed Jasper's number and called it. After many attempts at calling Jasper, he finally answered the phone call. “Who is it?”. Gabriella flinched, and her eyes also widened, because Jasper's voice sounded cold and distant. She never knew that her own brother's voice could intimidate her to this extent. She was puzzled, but had to compose herself. She knew Jasper was being cold to her because he had no idea that it was her calling him. “Brother, it's me, Gabriella”. Jasper had come out of the airport. He initially wanted to hang up the phone call, but halte
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