Cade and Ophelia had their meal and they were on their way. Cade was still insisting on taking Ophelia home but she was adamant about it."If you try to take me home you will be stuck in traffic and you might even get there late. Knowing the kind of person that my dad is, he would not think you are serious if you get there later than him. You can get there and wait for him" Ophelia said.She wanted to have her alone time but she was more concerned about him getting there before her dad that was the only way he would be moved to think of helping her."Okay then, I will have to wait till the driver gets here before I leave," he said standing beside her. The car came into view a few moments later and she was on her way home. She prayed to every deity she knew that her dad was in a good mood and that they would be able to resolve the issue promptly. She prayed for him as well that he would know how to handle her dad. She only took twenty per cent of her father's attitude at least in her o
Cade got into his car and began to drive home, he was suddenly reminded of the interaction he had with Ophelia earlier. She had been the one to suggest that they go shopping but she did not pick up any of the clothes even though she looked breathtaking in them all. He was convinced that sometimes tabloids and rumours might be true.They had often said that Ophelia had the body of a goddess and could make any dress look fantastic by just wearing it. Dresses sold more just because she wore them and even some brands wished she was an influencer, They would pay just to have her model their dresses.He called the manager of the store, luckily he still had her contact. He was going to pick up the dresses and surprise her with them. He wondered why he wanted to do such a thing. As he thought of it he could not see reason as to why he was doing it but he could not talk himself out of it either way. It was as if he had to do it. What could go wrong with him buying some clothes for her? She wou
As they walked to the car, Ophelia thought of the reason Cade was taking her there. It was late at night why did he need to bring her out? All her questions flew out her head as soon as he opened up the boot of his car and sitting in them were bags from the store they had visited in the afternoon."What are these?" she barely managed to get out because of the shock she felt. She was not expecting that from him honestly if he had pulled up with a puppy she would have not been as surprised as she felt now."These" she said rushing to the bag and taking out the contents from one of them. "These," she said turning to him again with her mouth ajar in confusion. "They are the clothes from the store" he nodded his head like a proud dad who was pulling a moment with his children."They are" he said and she jumped on the spot with joy."These are the clothes from today" she said again and he nodded. "But how?" she asked going to rummage through the bags as she began to discover the shoes and b
"Hello" the voice on the phone was peepy like a little child who was excited about something. Ophelia drew the phone from her ears as she groaned annoyed. She was still sleeping. Who calls this early? The voice was unfamiliar to her but she knew that no one would have her private line except she gave it to them. She did not know any woman who was that happy so early in the morning.She struggled to get into a sitting position knowing that her morning voice sounded horrible. "Hello," she let out. Hearing herself made her realize how much of a growing teenage boy she sounded like in the morning."Oops Cade?" the voice came out and she knew that the person could tell that she was the one but was trying to get on her nerves while maintaining the appearance of being a nice person. The only person she had met in recent times who was that kind of person was Frances Gates and she immediately knew that this was the kind of stunt that she would pull.'Bring it on B**ch' Ophelia thought to herse
"Uggh" Frances exclaimed as she threw the phone to the bed."What is it" Cael groaned as he turned to the side as he stirred from his sleep."How can you be sleeping so soundly when everything is going so wrong" she asked rushing to sit by his side."Because a pretty face does not just happen like that, I have to have my beauty sleep as well," Cade said. She rolled her eyes and slapped his arm not too hard for it to hurt."Your pretty face would not mean anything if you lose to Cade""Why would you bring him up now? It is too early in the morning for you to be talking about him""Is it?" Abigail asked walking into the room. "To win a fight you need to know your enemy" she added going to pull open the windows."Mom? Really? Are you supporting Frances over your son?""Yes, I have to support the most reasonable person in the room" Abigail replied. Sometimes she wondered if her son had gotten switched out at birth. She had even been so extra that she had a DNA test done and it was a perfe
"Did you have to bring me here?" Cade asked as they walked into the house for the party."I had to, and you had to be here""Why?" he whined. Ophelia stopped and turned to him holding the collar of his shirt."If my speculations are right I have a feeling that your brother and girlfriend are trying to play the family card on your grandfather to make him see reasons to leave the company to him""And why does that matter?" Cade asked to shrug. "Isn't it obvious that all those kinds of things barely move grandfather? He is looking at power and competency, not some silly love"Ophelia shook her head as she rolled her eyes. "There is no doubt about that but..." she trailed off her eyes catching the glimpse of someone coming towards them. "Someone is coming, time to act" she leaned in whispering before going back and smiling at him."You look too good, I can barely take my eyes off you" she said dusting off the imaginary dust from his shirt. "Do not allow any girl to look at you okay?" she
"What are you doing here?" Cade asked stepping back so that there could be space between them since it was clear that she had no respect for personal space."Ohhh, your brother's girlfriend called me up and invited me to your brother's party and I was so excited to hear from her because I knew that there was the possibility that I would get to see you here" Harper replied closing the gap that Cade had made."Go on then and enjoy the party" Cade said turning to leave."Is that all you are going to say?" she asked going to stand in his way.Ophelia rolled her eyes in annoyance. She could not believe the nerve of this girl, how dare she try to cling to her husband right in front of her."Hello," Ophelia said trying to catch her attention."Oh, hello," she said with a giggle before adding in an exaggerated high-pitched voice. "I am so sorry, I was just too far excited to see him that was why I did not say my hello before"'Of course, you are far too excited to see my husband that you are
The cake was cut and now they were sitting at tables to eat, Ophelia and Cade were invited by his grandfather to sit at the same table as he was sitting because they were family just as Frances claimed, Frances had earlier planned to remove them from their table but Charles had insisted that Frances knew it was pointless to argue with him about it."Why haven't you come with your wife to visit me one of these days?" Charles asked as they ate."We have both been so busy that we have not been able to squeeze out time""You scoundrels" Charles backed at them. "You should do better" he added."We are sorry about that and we shall soon come to say Hello, very soon," Cade said. He knew that his grandfather was still very traditional in his thinking and there was no separating them, there was nothing he could do about it too."You had better" Charles added."Oh Charles, you are busy going on and on about Cade when it is Cael's birthday today" Abigail said."Do you have to bring that up now?"
"Meeting with investors is tiring," Cael murmured, sitting in his chair, after the person they had been meeting with walked out. None of the members had said that they were giving them their support, and yet his mom seemed full of energy, as if the day had only started."You have been a good sport and on your best behaviour all day; just one more person and we can call it a day," Abigail replied, turning to him and tapping his thighs gently."Can't we just call it a day now?" He groaned, feeling tired. All he had done since lunch was sucking it up to different old bald men who did not seem interested in helping him anyway. He wondered how long he had to continue doing that with them."As I said, this is really important, and it took me so much to get to agree to see us under such short notice; the best you can do here is just do the right thing," Abigail murmured, losing her patience. After what had happened, she was not ready to allow all of these men to trample over her for no reaso
Frances was left alone; she had a lot to do, and she did not even know where to start. Abigail had told her that it was important that they kept it a secret from the entire family until the night before the wedding; that way, there was little to nothing they could do to stop it. If they knew of the plans they had to level up with Cade, she was sure that Charles would try his best to stop it in some way.She knew that with that she had to call a lawyer; all the vendors to be used would be mandated to sign off on an NDA; that way, no secret would be lost if they thought there was something to lose. She called her mom over the phone."My darling daughter that can not seem to settle down, you just left the house, and you are already calling me? How difficult is it for you to stay over at your in-law's place for a bit?" Mrs. Gates said over the phone. "If you screw this up, you would be doomed," she added under her breath.Frances rolled her eyes; it was as if her mom could get rid of her.
"Mom, you called for me?" Frances had waited till Abigail had finished her meal. From the way she fumes all the way from downstairs to her room, Frances could tell that she was very angry and that this meant serious business."I did, but first things first, can you fight?"Frances could not understand the question; it was not the kind that someone would ask you just randomly. "Fight?" she asked, causing Abigail to give her a questioning look."I mean are you willing to do what I want you to do?" Abihail clarified. "It is a dirty fight are you willing to go all in?" she added."Of course," Frances said, shifting till she was at the edge of her seat. "Why else would I stay with Cael like this until now?"Abigail beamed to herself; she was so glad that she had picked Frances. She made a good choice; at first, she was worried that she would be too calm, but she was also as power-driven as she was. It made sense for her to fight this much at the end of the day; she would enjoy it as well.
The breakfast table was very lively. Ophelia did not know if Charles had always been like this; she would have thought that he was just a stuck-up old man who liked to get rich and play matchmaker; however, that morning he was the one making all the jokes and talking at every chance that he got.After breakfast, Charles invited them to his study to sit and have tea with him. "I know you are going to work, but there are some days that you have to take it easy," he said to Ophelia.She had said that she was going to work when she had gotten there earlier, even though she was not. At lunchtime, they were going to meet her father, and then they said that they were going to spend the rest of the day together. Ophelia had asked countless times what they were going to be doing, but Cade had said it was a secret. She wondered what secret or surprise he had planned and when he had the time to plan it.Cade had called Harper; he was going to use this opportunity to pass on to her a very firm me
Ophelia had woken up early and she was ready to go to work. She stood in front of Cade's door, wondering if he was enjoying his break. She had expected to see him come to her room and even stalled all morning, but he did not show up at all, which was a bit of a concern for her. As she raised her hand to knock on the door, it flew open with him standing there, a huge smile plastered across his face."Ophelia," he said, excited to see her since he was going to her room to meet her."You are dressed," she murmured, looking at him from head to toe. She had been expecting to meet him still dressed in his pyjamas. "You are dressed," she said again, raising her head to hum, wondering if he did not hear her the first."Yes, I am," he nodded, and she took a step back to inspect his clothes."Are you going to work?" she asked, and he shook his head. "Then?" she needed answers, and he seemed to be taking his sweet time with responding."We are going to see my grandfather and your father," he said
Frances got to the house at the crack of dawn. She had gotten a message from Cael that his mom wanted to see her, and it was urgent. Frances was happy that Abigail called for her, which was a very rare thing for a woman to do. It was always as if she was independent and did not rely on anybody, but seeing that she was the one to reach out first, she was ready to do what she could do for it to work out. She made her way to Cael's room. She was no stranger there, as she had spent many nights with him. The staff who saw her did not bother to stop her from asking questions. It was like she blended right in. She stood and knocked on the door; when she did not get any response, she let herself in and sat on the bed. It was only when she was inside the room that she noticed he was in the shower. She wondered the reason he was getting up so early. He always stayed in bed till the last minute and spent the day on his winning terms. He never allowed the things happening around him to influenc
"Mom, I heard what had happened," Cael said, going into his mother's room. The staff were already gossiping that a strange woman had come home and had lunch with Charles. They did not know the true tale, and no one could say what it was but Abigail's screaming and throwing of things, who seemed to be enraged."What did you hear? Did you hear the full story or did you hear the gossip from the staff?" Abigail screamed as he got into the room and closed the door. She knew that her energy should have been directed toward someone else, but she could not help the way she felt at that time."I heard what the staff said," Cael said in a careful voice. He had seen his mom get range a few times, even with the way Charles treated her sometimes. All she did was take it with good faith. It was the first time she had made bad gossip on the lips of the staff, and it was bad. Usually, the sons and cousins were the topic of discussion amongst the staff."Okay then, that means you do not know what happ
"I will make dinner for you," Ophelia murmured. She felt bad that he had waited to eat with her only for her to come home with a full stomach."You will cook for me?" he asked, staring at her."Of course," she said, trying to wiggle her way out of his arms that were now firmly wrapped around her. "Let me go; I would love to make a meal for my husband.""I like the sound of that." Cade's voice had suddenly gone down from the tone he had and was now sounding deeper than usual."That I am going to make you dinner?" She asked confused. It was not the first time she cooked for him, so what was so fascinating about it?"Not that," he whispered, shifting closer to her with his arms still wrapped around her."Then what?" She said her face scrunched up as she replayed the conversation in her mind. "Husband?" she asked, realizing that maybe that was what he meant, even though she hoped it was not."Yes," he said, trying to nod his head in that position."This is not the first time I have called
Cade got into the house, his mind thinking of how chaotic the day had been. The drama and how his grandfather handled the situation were very foreign to him. His grandfather had never reacted so childishly ever. He was a bit afraid of what his teacher could do. After all, she had the advantage of being publically declared the madam of the Vale family.He was going to make dinner for Ophelia since she was so busy they could not go out for dinner, but it seemed as if the events of the day drained him so much that he decided to lie down in the living room for a moment, and somehow he fell asleep on the spot.Ophelia felt so drained as she walked in through the door; she had been on her feet all day and had barely had any time to sit down and rest. It was so bad that she had gone from one meeting to another without fail. She was working so hard to show her dad that aside from giving him an heir to take over his company, she was more capable of taking care of it herself as well.She walked