Everyone had completely left the wedding venue, except for Sofia, Benjamin, Hannah, Mrs Wilson and the wedding couple. The wedding couples, that is, Nicholas and Alexa. Since Thomas, Daniel and Olivia had left with their own cars, only two cars were left. So, Mrs Wilson, Hannah, Sofia and Benjamin entered the same car. While Nicholas and Alexa entered the other car. The chauffeurs who were sitting in the drivers’ seats, drove off almost at the same time. Nicholas and Alexa's car was ahead, while the other car was behind them. “So, where are we going now, babe? Are we going to our own mansion? Yesterday, remember you said that we're both going to start living under the same roof today”. Alexa rested her head on Nicholas’ shoulder as she said to him with a smile on her face. Nicholas smiled at Alexa. He gently patted her hands as he replied to her, “Yeah, I remember I said that. But, I didn't mean we'd live in a new mansion, my sweetheart”. Alexa was stunned. She stopp
“Huh?”. Vanessa became confused after the rain suddenly stopped pouring on her body. She looked up, and that was when she saw the blue umbrella that was above her head. Because Vanessa was surprised, she turned around, only for her to see Xavier standing behind her. He was the one holding the blue umbrella. “Xavier?”. Vanessa muttered as she continued to stare at his face. Xavier was also staring at her. Vanessa began to wonder why Xavier happened to be outside at a time like now. She asked him, “Why are you here? Are you coming from somewhere?”. Xavier saw that a few drops of rain were pouring on Vanessa's body, and that made him cover her even more with the blue umbrella. He smiled at Vanessa for a brief moment, before he replied to her, “I was waiting for you to return home”. Vanessa was puzzled due to Xavier's reply. She had not expected him to be straightforward when answering her question. She was staring at his eyes, and before she knew it, her heart pounded fast, causing
The next day,6:30am, Vanessa woke up early and took her bath. After that, she went to the kitchen to make breakfast for everyone. “What should I cook this morning?”. Her fingers were placed on her chin as she asked herself this question. She sighed and said, “I wish I knew Xavier's favourite food”. After saying this, her eyes widened in disbelief, and she almost laughed at herself. “Why do I care about Xavier’s favourite food?”. She wondered and was confused.Vanessa was preoccupied. She did not even know that Mrs Charlotte had entered the kitchen and was talking to her. “Vanessa, are you alright? You're not replying to me. Are you planning to cook?”. Mrs Charlotte said to her, but Vanessa was not paying any attention to what she was saying. ‘Is something wrong with her?’. Mrs Charlotte thought to herself and was staring at Vanessa who was holding one of the kitchen frying pans. She went ahead and touched Vanessa's shoulder, and instinctively and automatically, Vanessa asked h
“There's no problem. The hamburger and chocolate cookies tasted familiar to me. That's all”. Xavier replied to Vanessa. He sat in his seat and quietly ate his breakfast. Though, his mood had changed drastically. Breakfast was uncomfortable for Eric and Derek because the once cool atmosphere had now become cold and dangerous. They saw that Xavier was quietly eating, but his face made it look obvious that he wasn't in a good mood. And Vanessa, they saw that her actions were similar to those of Xavier. “Let’s wrap our hamburgers and chocolate cookies and take them to the cyber cafe’s secret lair. We will eat them there rather than here. I can't even chew and swallow my hamburger without feeling uncomfortable”. Eric whispered into Derek’s ear as Derek was sitting next to him. Derek nodded without hesitation after hearing what Eric had said to him. He couldn't wait to leave the dining room also. Eric smiled at Derek, before he stood up suddenly and went to the kitchen in order to find
The villa had a gate, so Vanessa gave Xavier a signal for him to stay in his car while she got down from the bike and removed her helmet, before she went and knocked on the gate.She knocked twice, and the gate was opened by an elderly woman. The elderly woman was holding the open gate and did not come out. “Young lady, who are you? What business do you have here?”. The woman asked Vanessa, and Vanessa couldn't answer her question because she had no idea why Xavier had brought her to this place. “I can't answer your question, ma’am. But there's someone who might”. Vanessa said to her. She intended to take Xavier to the elderly woman, but as she turned around, she saw that Xavier was standing behind her. The elderly woman removed the eyeglasses from her eyes as she saw Xavier. “Xavier?”. She muttered in disbelief, before she hugged Xavier and said, “I can't believe you're here, my child. It's been six months since your last visit. And why didn't you inform me that you were coming
Mr Lincoln's company, Mr Lincoln was holding an emergency meeting in the conference room, and from the look on his face, things were not going well at all. Yesterday, after he left the wedding venue and returned home with his wife and Tracey, he received a phone call shortly after from his assistant, Max, who informed him about the unfortunate event that had happened to the Triple Union company. And because of the bad news, Mr Lincoln hurriedly left the mansion and went to his company. He even stayed at the company overnight and did not return home because of the way he was searching for a solution to fix his company's problem. “Chairman Lincoln, this is not the first time our company has been attacked. The last time we were attacked by an unknown source, we weren't able to resolve the issues. Our company lost a lot of potential business partners due to that. And now, we have been attacked again. All our important business files were deleted! And all our computers and laptop
Nicholas’ bedroom, Alexa woke up from sleep and was yawning with her palm placed against her mouth, before she turned to her side and saw Nicholas, who was still asleep. ‘Gosh. Seriously? I forgot that this was not my room. I will not be able to sleep alone from now on, because I'm married to this jerk’. Alexa thought to herself after hissing. She rose up from bed and put on her nightgown’s jacket. After putting on the nightgown’s jacket, she turned to look at Nicholas. In her mind, she said, ‘My plans have changed, Nicholas. At first, I simply approached you because I wanted to ruin your relationship with Vanessa. I was angry that Vanessa was more successful than me, while I had to rely on my father’s wealth. Luckily afterward, my mother gave me a better idea of ruining both the Diamond V company and the T&N company, while using you to accomplish that purpose for us, Nicholas. That was the reason why I used you to steal Vanessa's company's main fund. I thought that after I did th
Melinda kept quiet for a while. She later frowned, and with a dark look in her eyes, she said to Tracey, “I advise you to mind your business, Tracey. Don't cross the line”. “Sure, Melinda. I'll mind my business and not cross the line”. A smirk appeared on Tracey's lips as she said to Melinda. “You rude child! How dare you call me by my name?!”. “Where is my father, stepmom?”. Tracey asked her. She didn't care that Melinda was angry with her. Melinda gritted her teeth and felt the urge to slap Tracey's face. She struck Tracey’s face, but before her hand could land on Tracey's face, Tracey grabbed her hand. “I simply asked for my father, Melinda. How dare you try to slap my face?”. Tracey’s voice was low, but her eyes and face resembled a psychopath. This scared the heck out of Melinda. “Yo- you. Wh- what's wrong with you today, Tracey? You aren't always like this. What suddenly made you have the courage to face me?”. Melinda asked her and hissed in pain after Tracey roughly let
Vanessa returned to her room. She freshened up and wore a black T-shirt with black trousers. She grabbed her bike’s key that was on the table before she left her room and went outside. As soon as she put on her helmet and climbed on her bike, she rode it toward the gates, after which the security guard opened the gates for her. …. Cassandra had arrived outside the Triple Union company with officer Ricky by her side. A broad smirk appeared on her face as she entered the company before her. Max approached Cassandra the moment his eyes landed on her. According to Mr Lincoln’s orders, he must assist detective Cassandra with the investigation by showing her all the infected computers and laptops.“Detective Cassandra, I'm glad you made it”. Max smiled as he said to her. Though he became wary of her because he noticed that she was behaving indifferently towards him. “Plea - please follow me, detective Cassandra. I'll lead you to see the laptops and computers that the hacker had attacke
“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