MICHIGANI had been working hard for months, pitching my ideas and negotiating with potential clients. But it wasn't until I met with the CEO of a major company that I saw a real opportunity. He was impressed by my ideas and my drive, and he saw potential in me that I didn't even see in myself. After hours of discussion and persuasion, I walked out of the meeting with a signed contract. I couldn't believe it. I had secured a billion dollar deal, and it was all thanks to my hard work and determination. As I walked to my car, I couldn't help but think about how different my life was going to be. I was no longer just an average person, I was now a billionaire. I had so many possibilities in front of me, and I was determined to make the most of them. But first, I had to call the one person who had been there for me from the beginning. I pulled out my phone and dialed Armando's number."Hello?" He answered."Armando, it's me, Michigan," I said, my voice shaking with excitement. "I did it!
MICHIGANI woke up feeling so tired and weak. I have had a very busy week and thank goodness that it was the weekend and of course, why would I forget it was Armando's birthday and he will be hosting a party in his house. The first thing I did was to grab my phone and I saw lots of missed calls from Armando. "Shit!" I sat upright immediately on my bed returning the call. "Armando, sorry that I missed your calls, hope there is no problem?""Yeah, everything is fine. I just wanted to remind you of today because I know how busy your schedule has always been""Come on, why would I forget? Believe me, I will be there even before the guest" we laughed. I quickly made a phone call to one of my car dealers to remind him of the surprise package he was to deliver. Armando is that true friend that I wouldn't toil with. I was still in bed when my cook sent a message that the food was ready. I rushed to the bathroom to freshen up because I have a long day to arrange a lot of things. After t
MICHIGAN I remembered my past experience at the bar when Clara sent her friends to humiliate me. What if she has sent another set of people to track me. I picked up my phone with my right hand while the left hand was on the steering. I dialed Armando's number but he was not picking up. I sent him a message immediately but I didn't get the reply. "Michigan, you have to be smart this time around," I consoled myself. I can't move to my house so that the person wouldn't find me one day. I stopped at a place and parked my car. My eyes were steadily on the side mirror of the car. I watched as the person stopped and got down from the car. It was a man. I was seriously breathing in and out of proportion. If I were to check my blood pressure at that time, I think the sphygmomanometer would have exploded. I shut my eyes just to recover and then the stranger knocked on the window. I turned in a haste to see him but I could recognize his face from the party. I pressed the control button t
MICHIGANWhen I heard he wanted to partner with my company, I was shocked. I felt awkward in his presence. I thought he came to proclaim his love to me again. I wiped my face with my hand and sat down next to him. "Sorry for the way I welcomed you.""That's fine, I came here to have a business discussion with you. Armando told me that you own a company and I made a quick research which made me understand the nature of your company and I am interested to partner with you for the growth of my own company." The discussion was really going to be a long one and so I had to excuse myself to go get a drink. That was on Sunday morning and so my domestic staff are on break. I brought out the best non alcoholic wine from my hidden bar, got two glass cups and moved back to the living room to attend to my visitor proper. "Pardon my manners, I should have served you something before letting you spill out your purpose for coming."I said while keeping the cups and trying to open the wine. "No
MICHIGAN Armando surprised us with a lot of food. He actually went to a restaurant and got us a lot. You need to see how we demolished the whole thing. We got back ourselves the moment we drank chilled water. *Thank you Armando, what could we have done if not that you came to check on me." I apologized for those times that I got inflamed and shouted on him even in the presence of his friends. "You see, I wasn't coming to you because I want to take advantage of you or any other thing. I just love your sense of humour but then I noticed you had this low self esteem, I decided to draw myself closer to you so that I can shield you from abusers but you never allowed me." "I am deeply sorry. Now I truly understand what it means to have people that love you genuinely." Armando dropped some money for us and we went to the grocery stores to shop for food items because the house was empty. I promised myself to make all the money just because I don't want my sister to suffer. I want the b
CLARA My son is now four years old and I have been enjoying this marriage. Something seems to be bothering me for some days and I am not happy with the way it is going. Paul is beginning to be a turn on in my flesh and I have to meet him as soon as possible because this is not something I will discuss with him over the phone. The next morning, I made sure that Damien had gone to work before preparing to go and meet Paul. "Why have you been avoiding my calls and you don't want to give me access to visit you?" I don't even know how I feel seeing him spilling out rubbish from his mouth. Everything about him was already irritating me. "Paul, what do you want?" "What do I want? Why can't you grant me access to see my son""Hey, point of correction, he is now Damien's son.""Huh? Since when? Clara, you and I know that you got pregnant before the offer was given to you. Why are you trying to give my son to another man?" I thought of how best to sort out the issue because I wouldn't w
CLARAThree weeks later, I was having a good time with Damien when I got a message notification on my phone from an unknown person. I will be sending these videos to your sister's husband if you don't give me back my son. I checked the video that was attached to the message , I clicked on it only to see that it was my sex video with Paul. I paused the video immediately. "What was that?""No, it's nothing. There is a site that sends videos and I thought it was something reasonable." "Okay," Damien said.Luckily for me, his phone rang and he told me he was expecting some visitors. I moved to my room and called Paul but he wasn't picking. What have I gotten myself into? Now that I am enjoying this marriage is when Paul knows that he will come after me. What do I do now? I will have to come up with a plan. If not, something strange might happen and I will have myself to blame. If Damien finds out, he will throw me away from this mansion and I don't even have any savings. First, I
CLARA I went to the mall to get something for the family. I usually allow the maid to do the grocery shopping but I felt different that day and so we went together.There was nothing to hide from any more. I now have my freedom the way I want it. Some people who knew I was the wife of billionaire Damien greeted me warmly. I was happy to see them even though I haven't met them before but for the fact that I was recognized, it made my shoulders high and my walking steps changed. I shopped for a lot of things. As I was picking, I was dropping them in the trolley that the maid was carrying. I perceived a particular perfume Graham that was very popular to my nostrils. I looked around and I saw someone I know. I was shocked and my leg seized, making me fixd to a spot. My head became clouded. What is happening? I felt dizzy and the entire mall was spinning around. But I was told that he is now dead, so what is he still doing here? Did they lie to me and collect the money from me? Or wa
MICHIGANA few weeks later after the incident at Damien's mansion, I felt sick and became bedridden due to a very unusual flu which I ignored at the start.I thought deeply as to where that moment of fantasy would lead me and Damien, it felt different as I embraced the mutual feeling we both shared and gave in to my heart's deepest desire.The flu kept me from work and doing anything productive leaving me with no other option than to hire a maid. I was too stubborn to go to the hospital as I feared that I would have to spend days thereafter testing.Just as I sat in my room with my wipes on my side and my nose as red as that of the red reindeer, my maid walked into the room and there seemed to be someone at the door as well."Someone is here to see you madam.""Come in."I responded with anticipation as I watched the door to see who it was, surprisingly I saw Damien walk into the room with flowers in his hand.His expression changed when she saw the drain look on my face that hinted a
DAMIENThe death of my father was more than a shock to me as I still could not grasp the level of the situation. What I felt in the aftermath of my father's death was indescribable.I would sometimes be lost in my mind each time I thought about his death, it would seem as if I had lost my mind and driven to madness.A few friends of my father had gathered in the mansion to mourn him after the burial, and countless people all came to me to say the same thing over and over again.It became infuriating but I had no other option than to keep up and put up an understanding face. I left the main room where all the guests were gathered to the outskirts of the mansion.To my greatest surprise, I saw the most unexpected guest I didn't think would come, I watched as she walked out of her car and her driver drove off to park the vehicle."Michigan."I stuttered as I still could not believe my eyes as I saw her in a black dress approach where I stood, she looked even more beautiful in the dress.
ARMANDOI looked at the letter that weakened me from the very moment I saw it, a letter from my long-lost family.All my life I never thought that this day would come when I would meet my people again, a cluster of emotions raided my mind as I couldn't help but feel an outburst of happiness and sadness at the same time.The name I had made for myself as well as Michigan made it easier for anyone to find us as well as my long-lost parents."What about Michigan?"The one thought that made me think straight in the fog of all those emotions, I spent so much time with her as we became a crucial part of each other and I could not help but feel what this message would do to her once she heard.I closed my eyes as tears dripped down my cheeks, there was only one road for me to take and it would be a painful one but the best for us both.I walked into Michigan's office after leaving my desk with a different sense of being, I took my steps slowly in an attempt to find the right words to disclos
CLARAI could not help the fact that my meeting with Paul caught me off-guard as I did not expect anything like the outcome of what I encountered, it made me drive with a worried mind."Why do I keep getting this intuition that something wrong would happen?"I thought aloud in the car as I drove alone, the exact words rang through my mind as I approached the end of my destination.Arriving at the mansion with the same worried and troubled countenance as I walked up to the door, the mansion appeared even more quiet than usual as I stood at the door surprised."What is going on here Damien?"I asked as I saw him sit in anticipation and with a menacing look on his face, he sipped the glass of juice before bringing himself to speak to me."Look at those test results, all the answers you need are in there."He spoke in such a calm tone which made the situation even more frightening as I touched the test slip on the table. He watched me like a predator waiting for me to make the wrong move
ARMANDOTo my greatest surprise, she did not even seem fazed by the fact that I was with Paul, it was almost as if she knew about us the entire time which I highly doubted."Why am I not surprised to see the right-hand man or should I say servant of Michigan, you guys do make quite the duo after all."She spoke with a sense of calmness as none of what had happened seemed to catch her by surprise, even with the element of surprise on our side she was not moved."I haven't got all day Paul, If you have something to say to me you might as well go on with it or save us the stress of having such an absurd meeting.""I did not come here to banter words with you Clara for that time is far behind me, you decided that you do not want me in Benjamin's life knowing fully well that he is my son and not Damien's."I watched as Paul poured out his mind to Clara in a tone that I never heard him use until the moment he accepted the gruesome fate that Clara presented him with."I will leave his life b
ARMANDO"We were able to apprehend the assassin as well as his employer who happened to be an underground drug lord portraying an addictive gambler to the public. I got the drug lord to talk and he confessed to his crimes."The detective said as he revealed the concluding aspects of the investigation, one thing was still ringing in my mind and I waited for him to finish the reveal before I asked."There is still one part of the investigation which seems like you skipped it, it's the part that concerns Michigan and happened to the same thing that linked her to the case.""I was just getting there, the drug lord also revealed that he was working with Clara whose sole aim was to frame your boss for the crime while the main plan was to kill Paul."Such a full disclosure was certain to drive one into a state of unparalleled shock, I stood my ground in disbelief as I slowly assimilated the information that shook me."it is now up to you guys if you will press charges against her or not, you
DAMIEN"Hello madam so sorry to have kept this from you till this time but Benjamin fell sick last night and right now I have him in the hospital receiving treatment."I spoke with a polite tone as I disclosed the current situation with Benjamin to his school management. They were more than ready to give him as much needed time as possible to recover."We will find time to get his classmates and the staff to visit him, my regards to him.""Will do, madam."I responded to the headmistress as I hung up after seeing the presence of one who completely changed my neutralized countenance, someone who needed to be here but not the type I would expect to arrive at anything early."Where is he, where is my son?"Clara asked as she walked straight to the room I was standing close to, I stopped her from entering as the nurse was still administering his medication."Hold your horses right there, you barge in demanding to see a son you didn't even bother to check on before driving off to some busi
DAMIENAfter a day of nonstop paperwork even as the owner of the company, I returned to my mansion with a weighted expression and a tired countenance.All I needed was rest at the moment, nothing more nothing less as I crawled out of the car, trying to lift my entire body and the briefcase I held in hand."Nancy!"I called out to Benjamin's nanny as she was the only maid in the house before crashing into the nearest couch I could find in the living room, loosening my tie as I awaited her arrival.After a few minutes of no response, I decided to call her as I had no more strength left in me to call out at the fullest extent of my lungs."Where are you, Nancy?" I asked immediately if she picked up my call, "I have been calling you since I got back and you are nowhere to be found.""I went to the store to pick up something that Mrs. Clara ordered, she asked me to rush down here a few minutes before you called sir."It was not of her own doing as the task sounded exactly like something Cl
DETECTIVE LEONARDSteven added as he then approached the pair to apprehend them, I could sense that one of the two suspects would want to defy the odds and try to pull a stunt on us.The more deadly tossed the nerdy guy unto Steven as he immediately jumped through the big vent that sat behind him, a smart move that I did not anticipate."Cuff him!"I said to the detective as I ran off to meet up with the escapee who happened to have planned his getaway plot if something like this were to happen. To my greatest surprise, the officer caught him before he could get on his feet, cuffing him up as he could not pull any more tricks out of the bag."You nearly got killed in there, I hope this goose chase you were about to take us on was not for nothing or else you will have me to answer?"The suspect did not want to answer as he held a bold and overconfident expression with me, he wanted to make this even harder than it already was but I knew just what to do to get to him.I drove them back