‘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
{ Flashback; 10 years ago } Golden Valley high school, Gabriella was a high school student who was in 11th grade. Meanwhile, Xavier was graduating from 12th grade. During high school's graduation, Xavier prepared a special love message and gave it to Gabriella. He had a crush on her for quite a long time, and since he was graduating out of school, he decided to confess his love for her before he would leave for university. Xavier's classmates stood close-by as they observed Gabriella who was reading the love message that Xavier had given to her. “What's your answer going to be?!”. The students graduating from high school cheered, as they were anticipating Gabriella's reply. After carefully reading the love confession that was boldly written on the fancy piece of paper, Gabriella smiled at Xavier, and nodded at him. She said, “Yes, I'll become your girlfriend”. Unknown to everyone, Gabriella also had a crush on Xavier, exactly the same way Xavier had a crush on her.
“Say something, Mr Xavier”. Vanessa demanded. “Yes. I loved you even before I made you sign the marriage contract agreement”. Xavier said to Vanessa, and that made her gasp in disbelief. “Yo- you didn't even deny it?”. She exclaimed, and was feeling anxious. “Why would I deny it when my feelings for you are true, Nessa?”. What Xavier said made him and Vanessa stop talking. They stared at each other for a few seconds. “I-” Xavier saw that Vanessa was pressured. He didn't want her to be overwhelmed, so he quickly assured her, saying, “It’s alright, Nessa. I won't ever force you to do what you don't want to do”. He added with a smile, “But you should know that my love for you is true. I would never take any advantage of you or betray you like Nicholas”. “I'll take my leave then”. Xavier left the room after glancing at Vanessa's face. He was going to the living room. Meanwhile, Vanessa couldn't understand the strange feeling she was feeling deep inside her heart as s
Xavier said nothing else after he had finished muttering. He was frowning as he made his way outside. Eric and Derek followed Xavier outside, as they were curious. But Mrs Charlotte remained inside the mansion. She suddenly began to wonder about something that had already been bothering her before, “Why are Master Xavier and his wife still staying in different rooms? And what day would I get to witness their wedding ceremony?”. Mrs Charlotte wondered about Vanessa and Xavier’s wedding ceremony because she knew that Vanessa and Xavier had enough money and were both more than capable of hosting a wedding ceremony. Again, she has yet to understand the reason behind them sleeping in different bedrooms. ‘Are they staying in different rooms because they haven't had their wedding ceremony? But haven't they already registered their marriage?’. She thought and was confused. “Ha”. She sighed in defeat when she realised that she had spaced out. She brushed off all her curious thoughts and
“Calm down, Claire. Stop crying. Give me some minutes, and I'll come and meet you today”. Vanessa said to her, but that only made Claire cry more.Claire thought that what Vanessa had said was an excuse to hang up the phone call. “Claire-”. “Do you hate me, chairman Vanessa? Is that why you purposely said those words to me so that you could hang up the call?”. Claire asked her, before her eyes widened in shock after she thought of something. She asked, “Did you call me by mistake?”. ‘Claire has never behaved like this before. I must have really broken her heart. Thanks to Zuri for framing her. And thanks to me, who believed that she betrayed me! I casted her aside! I'm also at fault’. Vanessa thought to herself. She gritted her teeth, causing the veins in her neck to pop out after she had done that. She felt the urge to vent her anger right now on Zuri. Fortunately, she suppressed and chained all the boiling rage she was feeling. She sighed and said to Claire, “Please listen to me
8:30am in the morning, “Should we knock again, Derek? We have been standing here for an hour”. Eric asked him, but Derek shook his head, indicating that he didn't know. They were standing outside Vanessa’s room, and had knocked several times on the door. But up to this very moment, Vanessa had not opened the door for them. Derek's fingers were on his chin as he wondered. He later said to Eric, “Maybe she's still sleeping”. “But that's unlike Nessa”. Eric said and frowned. He was feeling desperate and unsettled because he wanted Vanessa to tell Derek and him everything that happened last night. Xavier’s bedroom happened to be the closest room to Vanessa’s bedroom. He went out of his room, before he coincidentally saw the way Eric and Derek were about to knock on Vanessa’s room door. “Don't do that, twins. She might still be asleep”. Xavier said to them, causing them to retrieve their hands that had almost knocked on the door. Eric and Derek stopped facing the door a
“What should we do with her?”. Xavier asked Vanessa. There was a dark look in his eyes, and one glance at his face, one could tell that he was ready to unleash his wrath upon Zuri. While still glaring at Zuri, whose hands had become sweaty, Vanessa replied to Xavier, “We should leave her be, Xavier. At least now I know that Claire is truly innocent”. After saying that to Xavier, Vanessa got closer to Zuri and squatted on one knee. She grabbed Zuri’s jaw and raised it up, so that Zuri was staring at her. “Live well, Zuri. Don't you dare try to escape from this house after I leave. One day, I might have a use for you, thanks to your dreadful talent. If you try to escape from this neighbourhood, please know that you will surely end up in jail for framing Claire”. Vanessa let go of Zuri's jaw. She turned to Xavier, who was standing behind. She said to him, “Xavier, I guess there's no need for us to compensate our host for the door you broke. After all, our humble host has a debt to pay
Upon arriving outside the mansion, Vanessa and Xavier rushed to the same car that Xavier had driven to the villa. Using the car key in his hand, Xavier unlocked the car's doors, before he and Vanessa quickly got into the car. Xavier drove off after that. As he was drawing nearer to the gates, he sounded his car horn twice, causing the security guy to come out of his house and open the gates immediately, for Xavier’s car to pass through. Now, Xavier's car was driving on the main road. “According to the location of that strange person, we have to drive for a whole hour before we arrive there, Xavier”. Vanessa sighed in defeat as she said to him. Because of the long distance, her hunch was telling her that the strange person must have committed a crime, for he or she to be staying at such a far distance. Seeing the impatient look on Vanessa’s face, Xavier noticed that she couldn't wait to get her hands on that strange person. A smirk appeared on the corner of his lips, and he said
“Yes, twin brothers. Xavier knows everything because I told him”. Vanessa nodded and said to them. She didn't want Mrs Charlotte to hear their conversation, so she said to them, “All of you, follow me to my bedroom”. Xavier, Eric and Derek obeyed Vanessa and followed her to her bedroom. As they arrived outside Vanessa’s bedroom corridor, they entered the room after they saw that Vanessa had entered the room before them. “Make yourself comfortable, guys”. Vanessa said to them, and she was also the first person who sat down. She was sitting on her bed, while the guys sat on the sofa. “Eric, Derek, you guys should understand that I have told Xavier about our secrets and our hidden identity. So please, I'm not ready to explain further concerning this matter. I'm tired of explaining stuff”. Vanessa spoke her mind. Though they seemed to agree with what she had said to them, and that was enough to make her glad. “Concerning the matter I have tasked both of you guys with, I h
Many hours passed and it was now evening. Gabriella was forced out of her bedroom because she was starving. She needed something to eat since she felt like she was dying. As soon as she came out of her bedroom, she saw Jasper, who was standing in the corridor and was staring at her with a smile on his face. “Oh. Has my princess finally decided to go out of her room? Tell me, are you starving already, princess?”. Jasper asked her. He forced himself not to laugh at her after seeing the pale look on her face. Gabriella didn't say anything and was quietly staring at her big brother who was busy having fun teasing her. “My princess, stop staring at me like that. I was not the one who told you not to eat anything”. Jasper said to her, before he became serious and added, “Let's go to the dining room. It hasn't been long since I made dinner”. Gabriella nodded at Jasper and followed him to the dining room. As they both arrived, she apologised to Jasper, saying, “I’m sorry, brother, for
‘What did I hear her just say?’. Tracey was glaring at Alexa who was panting fast, as she thought. Mr Lincoln was also staring at Alexa. He was speechless because of what he had heard her say. When Alexa saw that both Tracey and Mr Lincoln were staring at her in disbelief, she suddenly covered her mouth in shock after she realised the mistake that she had made. “Fa- father-”. “What was the meaning of those words you said, Alexa? Since when did my father's company become yours?”. Tracey asked her. Although she was composed, her heart was burning with intense rage as she continued to glare at Alexa. Alexa, who had never seen Tracey's true colours before, flinched, because of how Tracey was staring at her as if she wanted her to disappear. She also saw that Mr Lincoln was staring at her with suspicious eyes, and that was enough to make her shed tears. “Fa- father. It's not what you think. Waah! I- I- I recently saw the news about your company. I was so heartbroken and rushed