"Are you sure you want to give this to me?" Charles asked, looking up to Cael, who stood uncomfortably in the corner."Of course I do; why would you ask me that?" Cael said."Because you are avoiding my eyes and you keep shifting uncomfortably, when I asked you to sit, you refused, so I am led to believe that you do not want to give this to me, and if that is the case then it is okay," Charles said. As much as what he wanted to do was important, he knew that Cael had a strong bond with his mother, and throwing her under the bus might be a little difficult for him."I am here to do the right thing," he said, shaking his head. His mother would freak out if she knew she had been played into handing over the documents to him. He could not believe how easily she gave them to him. She trusted him so much, but he had done this to her. She was going to lose her mind."Do you know that the right things sometimes have consequences?" Charles asked Cael to drop the file on the table. He would let
"Are you sure that grandfather has enough evidence to make sure that you stay as the heir?" Ophelia asked. Since they got the memo that the shareholders meeting was going to be held, she had been worried about it and biting the insides of her cheeks. No matter how much Cade had told her not to worry, she could not help but worry."I am sure that we have nothing to worry about," Cade said, holding her hand and rubbing his finger against it. "Can you stop worrying about it already?" he said."How can I not worry? See how much we have had to face in just a few days," she muttered as he bent her head."With the way you are worrying, I would have thought that you were with me for my money," he said in a teasing tone. "It seems like you do not want me to go broke; are you going to leave me if I go broke?" he asked, and she raised her head slowly. He could tell from her expression that she knew that he was teasing her, but she did not like the sound of it."I might leave you," she said, a se
Marie looked around the room. She was grateful that the crowd had fizzled out. She looked up to Cade, who was standing behind Ophelia, starstruck by what he had just heard. She wondered what thoughts must have been running through his mind."You are my mom, right?" Ophelia asked again after a while. Marie wished she could shake her head and just get out of this situation. She wondered what story her daughter had been carrying all these years and how much she must hate her now. A lot of thoughts ran through her mind, and she could not steady even one of them."Marie?" Carter said, moving away from the position she had left him in. He stood beside his daughter, staring at her. "What are you doing here?" he added."Are you sad that I am alive and well?" she asked, turning her head to him."What?" Carter let out shock at her statement."I mean, you wanted me dead, as at that time, I wonder if it is still the same." She knew that Carter would never tell Ophelia the truth about how they got
The light in the club was low but blinding, Cade looked around trying to soak in the face of everyone there. This was his last night at Starlit Haven. He had spent the last six years of his life studying and partying so hard, that he could not believe it was finally over and that he had to return home. He had taken early admissions because the school offered admission to those less than eighteen years of age. He had gotten in with his brains and family influence when he was just sixteen years old and had spent the next few years completing his bachelor's degree and two master's degrees in business management. He was adamant and determined to take over his family’s company. He was twenty-three now and this was finally his escape from all the studying he had to do. He was a regular at this club and he always loved it here, there were always girls to pick up, especially those who willingly threw themselves at him because of his wealth. Yes, his family back home in Rosewood City were in
Ophelia lied but only because she did not see the need to let him know her real identity. She went to chill around there but it was not the same campus and every time she wanted to party hard she left her campus and travelled all the way to party. “Toria,” he said as though he was testing the name on his tongue. “Toria” he said again and this time his tone was telling her that he liked it. “That is a pretty name for a pretty girl like you” he said in a way of complimenting her. “Oh really?” she asked pushing herself forward and slowly taking her hand off his grip. She was used to men swimming around her because of her looks. She smiled briefly and it was suddenly replaced with a frown.“I have to say that is such a nineties thing to say” she added which made him shift uncomfortably in his seat. “Just joking” she finished raising her hand in the air.He took a deep breath and forced his teeth to show through a small smile, she was giving this off-putting air to him. “Should we have s
TWO YEARS LATER“Welcome young master, the chairman is in the study downstairs” Lisa said as Cade walked into the house. “Thank you… erm..” Cade lingered as he waited for the young girl to remind him of her name. “It is Lisa,” she said. She was used to it already, the entire family was basically the same, amongst them all only Cade even tried his best to remember the names of the staff. The rest only referred to them in condescending manners. Most times they were not even offended, they probably had better things to think about than to be thinking about the name of a house staff. Cade nodded and said. “Thank you, Lisa, please have someone prepare my room”“Would you be staying here?” Lisa replied with visible fear in her eyes. “Yes, is there anything wrong?” Cade asked confused why a house staff would show so much fear that he was finally coming home after three months. He had been living in the penthouse at the headquarters building all this while and had just come back from a bu
“I do hope you are happy, you finally found a way to drag me down to this hell” Ophelia said as she sat into the chair at the dining table.“Remember the deal we made before you left to study abroad?” Carter asked ignoring his daughter. “That was not a deal, you wanted to get rid of me because I was embarrassing you,” she said air quoting the last two words and tilting her head to the side “So you made me withdraw from school here and go there to start over just because of your reputation” her voice carried spite and she was not hiding it. “I told you that you would have to do anything I asked as long as I did not pry into your life during your stay in school and I think I did a good job at keeping the end of my bargain, now it's your turn to do the needful” Carter said taking his cup and siping the water in it. “You are forcing this on me, this is against human rights,” Ophelia said, she had agreed when her father had forced her but now that she had to do it she was feeling a litt
“What?”“What?”“Is the almighty Daddy’s puppet not going to tell me to listen to Daddy this time around?” Ophelia asked and he shifted to the edge of his seat. “What do you mean?” he asked before adding. “What do you daddy’s puppet?”“Haven't you always advised me to do things my dad wants me to?” she asked and he looked at her with a puzzled expression on his face. “I have always known”“And yet you still did them?”“Yeah because you asked and you are my friend so I did not think you would ever want me to be hurt soooo…” she trailed off. “You knew and you still them? That is shocking considering that you are so independent”“Hey, I never wanted to be independent, I was forced to become one” she said brushing her hair away from her face. “You don't think I should get married though why?”“I believe you should get married to the one you love, I think marriage is a big deal, I can't imagine living in the same house as someone who you don't like” “Then I guess the fortune of the Fros
Marie looked around the room. She was grateful that the crowd had fizzled out. She looked up to Cade, who was standing behind Ophelia, starstruck by what he had just heard. She wondered what thoughts must have been running through his mind."You are my mom, right?" Ophelia asked again after a while. Marie wished she could shake her head and just get out of this situation. She wondered what story her daughter had been carrying all these years and how much she must hate her now. A lot of thoughts ran through her mind, and she could not steady even one of them."Marie?" Carter said, moving away from the position she had left him in. He stood beside his daughter, staring at her. "What are you doing here?" he added."Are you sad that I am alive and well?" she asked, turning her head to him."What?" Carter let out shock at her statement."I mean, you wanted me dead, as at that time, I wonder if it is still the same." She knew that Carter would never tell Ophelia the truth about how they got
"Are you sure that grandfather has enough evidence to make sure that you stay as the heir?" Ophelia asked. Since they got the memo that the shareholders meeting was going to be held, she had been worried about it and biting the insides of her cheeks. No matter how much Cade had told her not to worry, she could not help but worry."I am sure that we have nothing to worry about," Cade said, holding her hand and rubbing his finger against it. "Can you stop worrying about it already?" he said."How can I not worry? See how much we have had to face in just a few days," she muttered as he bent her head."With the way you are worrying, I would have thought that you were with me for my money," he said in a teasing tone. "It seems like you do not want me to go broke; are you going to leave me if I go broke?" he asked, and she raised her head slowly. He could tell from her expression that she knew that he was teasing her, but she did not like the sound of it."I might leave you," she said, a se
"Are you sure you want to give this to me?" Charles asked, looking up to Cael, who stood uncomfortably in the corner."Of course I do; why would you ask me that?" Cael said."Because you are avoiding my eyes and you keep shifting uncomfortably, when I asked you to sit, you refused, so I am led to believe that you do not want to give this to me, and if that is the case then it is okay," Charles said. As much as what he wanted to do was important, he knew that Cael had a strong bond with his mother, and throwing her under the bus might be a little difficult for him."I am here to do the right thing," he said, shaking his head. His mother would freak out if she knew she had been played into handing over the documents to him. He could not believe how easily she gave them to him. She trusted him so much, but he had done this to her. She was going to lose her mind."Do you know that the right things sometimes have consequences?" Charles asked Cael to drop the file on the table. He would let
Marie felt the air of the city touch her skin; she had not been here for years, and she had sworn to herself that she was never going to come back here, but one word from Charles and she was here again. She took a deep breath; her goal was clear: help Chatles out and be out of the city before anyone catches a whiff of her. Charles knew very well not to ask her back, but it must be that it was a situation he could not avoid.She looked around the departure hall, hoping that he had sent someone to her. Her eyes caught the signpost with her name, Marie Frost, on it. "Marie Frost?" she murmured to herself as she walked at a slow pace towards it. "I haven't used that name in years; who can he still think of referring to me as that?" she asked as she walked towards the man."Mrs. Frost?" the man asked when she stopped in front of him."Just call me Marie," she said, clutching her small suitcase she had been rolling after herself."I cannot do that, ma'am," he said before his eyes caught the
Abigail could not believe that instead of debunking the rumours that Cade was an illegitimate child, he was owning it like it was his identity. He was still facing so much backlash for keeping it a secret from the public that the people seemed not to like the idea behind the fact that he was not a full-bodied Cade.The girls who swooned over him before suddenly began to dislike him. Abigail was thrilled, but she knew that the battle was not easily over; there was no way that Charles would just let him go; she needed to do something that would make the board of directors and all of the people of the nation want him to leave the company. She had to make him unfit.She was glad that she always prepared for this; while she was busy siphoning money away, she was still actively preparing for someone else to take the blame in her stead, and now it meant that she could easily take all of the blame and dump it on him. She had called Frances into the room to share the news with her; she knew th
Carl had come to meet his grandfather earlier. He was tired of his mother's games and how she kept trying to put him in the middle of it all. He knew he was incapable of being the good chairman the company needed, and amongst all the grandchildren, only Cade had been preparing for this moment his whole life.The rest of them sat with their hands folded because they believed that since they were affiliated with the Vale family, a responsibility was going to drop on their laps soon, and they could get on with their lives. Even without the jobs in the company, they could live good lives on the return on the shares they owned because they all owned a lot, and the company was always doing well."But Grandpa, if we do that, the prices of the shares?""See this," Charles said, showing an electronic tablet that had been resting on his lap since he came in. "This is supposed to go up tomorrow, so are you saying we should do nothing about it?"Cade took it up and read through it. His face chang
"I did not think that you would help me out," Harper said to Green with a smile on her face. She had called him about a week ago to tell him that Ophelia and Cade were now locked in. Green had been so angry about it. He waited years for Ophelia, only for her to end up Cade. He had expected that he could pull them apart, but now he was hearing that she was together with Cade and they loved each other now.When they kept telling the public that they were deeply locked in, he could tell that she was doing this just because her father asked her to do it. He waited, hoping that there would be a time when they went their separate ways and then he would swoop in to save the damsel in distress."I refuse to lose to Cade.""I like how you think," Harper said, and her phone began to ring. She took up her phone and stared at the screen. "Ophelia is calling me?" She murmured, looking at the screen, her eyes growing wide and wider."What are you waiting for? Pick it up," Green urged her."I should
Frances was sitting in a coffee shop; she had gotten a message from Ophelia that they had to meet up. As much as she did not want to have to go out there to meet her, she was curious to see her face after reading the news. She had not thought to publish the news like that because she did not want to do anything that might affect Cael, be it directly or indirectly, because she still believed that they would be able to get together soon.She was however happy for whoever had taken that news and ran with it; the entire city was buzzing while waiting for a statement on the family. She felt that now that Cade was so put in the public eye, Charles might consider Cael as a better-suited candidate for the position."Did I keep you waiting for long?" Ophelia asked as she sat down.Frances swallowed as she saw how good she looked; she was tempted to almost comment on it; she did not look like she had seen the news. "No, I just sat down a minute ago," she said, and Ophelia nodded."Have you orde
THREE DAYS AFTER THE WEDDING TUESDAY MORNING "Honey" Ophelia sat by the side of the bed shaking Cade; his eyes opened slowly as he wrapped his hand around her waist and pulled her in."Good morning, darling," he said and pouted, waiting for a kiss. She closed her eyes and bent down to kiss his lips. "That was so short," he said, his eyes opening wider. "Something is wrong; what is wrong?" he asked, his eyes catching a glimpse of the frown on her face. "What happened?" he asked, sitting in bed quickly."You might want to see this," she said, taking her phone and giving it to him. He took the phone from her hand and sat up straight. He read through the screen as his eyes widened with each statement he came across."What is this?""The number one trending news in the city this morning.""From what source?""Apparently it started as a rumour from a blog but when the reporters reached out to Abigail yesterday evening for an interview, she did not confirm or deny it so they are just carry