Ophelia came down for breakfast, she had been in the city now for three weeks and this was the first time she was getting to have breakfast with her father, unfortunately for her, she did not know that Green was at the table before she came down otherwise she might have tried her best to avoid him. “How hard can it be for a father to see his daughter?” Carter said as Ophelia sat beside him where they had set her utensils down for use trying her best to avoid eye contact with Green.“One would think you actually care if they heard you, be careful not to spread misconceptions” Ophelia replied taking the coffee to her mouth and throwing it back into the cup in annoyance. “WHO DID THIS?” she shrieked. Green had made it clear she was not a fan of anything bitter, she wondered why black unprocessed and unsweetened coffee was sitting in front of her. “I asked them to prepare that for you” Carter said using his hand to dismiss the staff who came to respond. “Why would you do that?” she sa
Harper looked around the plane, she could not believe that after saving all her income for such a long time she was still unable to save enough to afford a first-class ticket. After paying the deposit for the house she intended to rent and putting some other things in place she had nothing left and could barely scrap enough for a nice airline. She hated the condition of the plane but she was sucking it up because she had a plan. If Cade could once be interested in her she was sure that she could find a way to make him interested in her once again. They had dated while he was in school, to her he was everything he wanted and to him, she was nothing more than a fling. “Just a few more hours” she muttered to herself. By the time they landed at the international airport of Rosewood City, she was convinced that it should be called the business hub. The airport was teeming with men in suits and women in corporate wear. In Starlit Haven, things were quite different. The airport was mostly
Talking with Rose Harper was able to get useful information about the Vale family. Now she knew that she needed to show up at his office and she even knew how to get there, she was sure he would be happy to see her, probably filled with overwhelming joy. She looked up at the building in front of her and it was so big that she wondered how many floors there were, pointing to the building she began to try to count the floors by the window but was interrupted by a security guard coming to stand beside her. “Can I help you?” she asked taking her eyes off the building and landing it on him. She studied him from up to down and wondered if it was something in the air or it was the universe's way of telling her good luck but she had only been meeting smoking hot people since she got there. “Uhm, ma'am I should be asking you that, how can I help you?” he asked and she could not believe his voice as well. It was as deep as she thought it would sound but she wondered why she still felt surpri
“Mom, are you going to allow an illegitimate son to take over what you and Dad worked so hard to build?” Cael asked. They had just had a very uncomfortable breakfast at the table with everyone sitting at the table and Charles continuously throwing praises at Cade for being able to use his marriage to pump up the image of the company. Everyone knew they were putting on a show and Cael regretted it a bit because if he had known that his grandfather's choice for marriage was Ophelia Fris maybe he would have considered it. She was hot and he had tried to ask her out at a club before, she had brutally turned him down and trampled on his ego but that did not make her less hot and sexy to him, in fact, it made her more special in his eyes. “Of course not,” Abigail said with a deep sigh. She could not say it but most times she wished Cade was her son. He was independent and got things done, Cael on the other hand just waited for his mom to get things done for him instead. Just like how it
As Cade’s car rounded up the corner to the office he saw a familiar body and figure but believed his mind was playing tricks on him and as he got up close sure enough Harper Davis was standing there at the front door of his office building. “What is she doing here?” he asked himself causing his driver to look at him from the glass. “Sir?”“Not you,” Cade said dismissively. “Park the car” he said suddenly causing him to come to a halt and the cars in his convoy at the back too suddenly stopping. When Harper saw the convoy come in she knew he was the one and all she had to do was find a way to approach him. She blessed her stars now that their cars suddenly stopped a few meters from her. Luke the driver waited for instructions and Sue who was in the front right next to the driver kept checking his face for instructions. “Ms Sue, can you get security?”“For who or what sir?” Sue asked confused as she tried to review the environment from the side mirror and her eyes landed on the lady
“You need to see this” Diana said to Ophelia. Opelia had requested an assistant to help her out, she was going to resume work soon anyway so it was not difficult to assign her one. Carter had it all planned out, after her wedding and maybe honeymoon he would introduce her to the company as a subsidiary CEO while she planned to take over maybe after a year or two depending on how well she was able to get people on her side. “See what?” Ophelia stretched out to take out the tablet from her hand. Staring back at her from the screen was a picture of a woman hugging Cade. She stared at the picture intently, she told herself that she did not care about the image. “So what should I do?” she asked trying to sound nonchalant about it. “Erm” Diana started but stopped because she did not know how to say what she wanted to say to her in a way she would be okay with. “Speak” Ophelia commanded. “So, Mr Frost has filled me in on the situation with Mr Vale and I know you are getting married to
“I am calling him up now,” Ophelia said putting the dialling tone phone on her ears. She had to call repeatedly because he was not picking up his calls. “I am at work and I can not tolerate you continuously calling me while I am at work” Cade said as he finally picked up putting the phone to his ears. “But surely you would have time to explain the pictures circulating?” Ophelia asked annoyed he was okay with the pictures. “What pictures?” he asked switching his phone from his ears to loudspeaker and typing furiously on his computer in front of him. Soon enough the picture was staring at him. “Mr Vale there is an emergency” Sue said bursting forth into the room. Cade looked up from his system to her. “I have seen it” he dismissed her and she left sheepishly. “Care to explain yourself?” Ophelia asked.Cade did not know if it was a wise idea to explain himself over the phone or if he had to keep to himself. “You better speak up and not leave anything out. I can not be working so ha
“Mom, did you see this?” Cael asked entering his mom’s room again. He had only left a few hours ago but he was back there to show his mother how helpful the entire universe was to them. “See what?” Abigail asked taking the phone he was stretching to her and reading the contents of the article there. “Wonderful isn’t it?” Cael asked giddy about the situation. “What do we know about her?” Abigail asked. Girls always flocked around Cade so seeing him with a woman was not useful unless the woman was in some sort of way useful to them. Cael had a confused expression on his face as he watched his mother. “Don’t tell me you came in here without having any information regarding her and you are expecting me to applaud you? For what? For finding an article that was posted in a public space?” she was going to be harder on her son. That would be the only way he would get wiser and do better. “I do not know anything about her yet but we can invite her to our house and find something out from
Cade had managed to convince Valerie to be standing in front of the Vale mansion at that moment. Her palms were sweating, and no matter the number of times she rubbed them against her skirt and handkerchief, the sweat flowed so freely that it made her think that maybe she was sick."Cade, let me just go back," she said suddenly as she thought that maybe he did not really need to get his apology. She was fine with whatever happened; she definitely could not show up in front of the almighty Charles Vale."Ms. Valerie, I really do want to forgive you and begin to figure out a way that we can have a relationship," Cade said, turning to him. "If you do not want that, you can walk away again," he said harshly before adding in a low tone but still trying his best to make it heard by her. "Just like you did before."The words were enough to get Valerie riled up; she had to do what it took to restore the relationship with her son, and that was the reason she came here after all. She returned t
Cade had agreed to meet with his mom; she said she had something to tell him, and even though this was tough for him, he agreed to have lunch with her. After meeting with her, he was scheduled to go home and meet with his grandfather. He had to iron out the problems now before they went on to pose problems for him soon."Thank you for meeting me," Valerie said as Cade sat down on the chair in the cafe. They agreed to meet. He only agreed to meet her out in the open because he was sure that this wouldn't spark any rumours, and in case anything came up from Haperr posting any images, this could serve as evidence that it was just a friendly meeting like this one."Everyone needs to get a chance to right the wrong," he said, like he was giving him the opportunity of a lifetime."Thank you," she said again. She raised her head and looked around. "Do you want something to drink?" she said, fumbling with her bag to get out her purse from it. "I will buy you something," she said, holding onto
"You barely even touched your breakfast," Cade said, following behind her as she rushed out the door."I am late and would be even later if I spared a second to eat." She said with a full mouth as she tried to chew down the bite of the sandwich she had taken. She had taken as many bites as her mouth could take because she felt bad for not eating the meal he had taken his time to prepare for her."You are the boss; I am sure the company can run without you for a few seconds," he said."You know what you are right but still wrong," she said, stopping in her tracks. She turned to him and planted a quick kiss on his lips, and then she was out of the door before he could say a word.He just realized that maybe she would have gotten to eat the breakfast if he had packed it fully, so he rushed back to the kitchen to get the sandwiches left out on the table into a clear disposable bag for her, but by the time he got out of the floor, she was already long gone. "What am I going to do all by my
Cade opened his eyes and looked beside him almost immediately; it was like he was trying to confirm if he was in a dream or if everything that happened at night was real, and Ophelia was beside him, sleeping soundly. It felt too surreal as he stretched out his hand and patted down her head. "It's real," he said, kissing her forehead gently. He silently pulled himself off the bed. He was supposed to go to work, but luckily for him, he had given his assistant off days, meaning he could also use that as an excuse to skip work.Ophelia's eyes fluttered open as she looked around."It's not my room," she said in a loving tone."It's not mine," she said, sitting up in bed, wrapping the blanket over her body.She watched the door open, and Cade came in with two glasses on a tray in his hand. "There you are," she said, biting her bottom lips in a coy manner."You are awake already," he said, rushing to the side of the bed as he carefully dropped the tray to the side of the bed and sat down bes
They sat there for a good moment discussing back and forth how she could be Toria and why she was confessing now. She told him that she had to tell him so he would know when the seed of liking him was sowed into her life. By the time they had concluded talking about it, it was already well into the evening."I was jealous" Ophelia murmured. Now they were sitting comfortably with her hand on his forearm. It was a better position than the upright position they had before."Jealous?" he asked, shocked that she would ever say that. Did he ever do anything to make her jealous?"Yes, how could you even think to leave me all alone here and go on a trip with your ex-girlfriend?""I did not go on a trip with my ex-girlfriend; I went on a trip, and my ex-girlfriend, who happens to be my assistant, accompanied me on the work trip, he said, trying to defend himself."You still went on one and if anyone ever hears this they would not be able to understand it" she replied."I had no choice" he trie
"You are going to hurt your back," Cade finally murmured after they had stayed in the bent position for a few more seconds. "And mine too," he added in a strained voice and let out a loud groan as he put her to her feet and held her waist to himself."Stand still I wanted to look at you more" she said. He stared into her eyes and it was like she was passed or something. He could not understand what she was saying. Her actions and words did not seem to match, she had been so angry and stormed out on him earlier but now she was back and asking him to stand still so she could stare at him."The food" he murmured. She placed a finger across his lips and made a shushing sound to him. "It would get burnt" he said, she felt his mouth move under her finger and cause a certain kind of vibration through her entire being."I am really holding myself back here," she said taking a step back. His hands that had been wrapped around her waist fell to his side."So am I" she said taking more steps unt
Ophelia paced around her room; she could not believe her ears. She wondered why she felt so angry and violated to hear him say that he liked her when that was what she wanted. It truly did not make sense, but that was how her mind decided it wanted to work at that time.She sat on her bed, pressed her forehead with her fingers, and closed her eyes tightly. This was not how any of this was supposed to go. She did not know how it was supposed to go, but this was not it.She nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard a knock on the door. "I know you do not want to talk to me," his voice rang through the door.She held in a breath inside her cheeks and stood up. "I know you are angry, but I do not know why, even though it seems like I should know why, and it is killing me not to know," he added.She began to walk to the door, trying to make sure her feet did not make too much sound as they touched the ground. "We can talk about this any time you are ready, but please do not take too lon
Ophelia blinked rapidly; her brain was trying to tell her to say something, but her mouth could not process what she was to say. She gulped and tried to close her mouth that had been left open, but nothing worked. It was as if her brain had gone frozen and her body was working without it."Ophelia?" Cade said, snapping his fingers in her face. She blinked and snapped back to reality."What did you say?" She murmured, almost chewing on her finger."I said I like you; that is what I want to say.""That's impossible," she said, beginning to pace the entire floor. "That cannot be," she added, and he shook his head."I do like you," he said as if to make sure that she heard what he was saying to her."You like me?" she said again, sitting back on the stool and then jumping off it and then pacing around again."You are going to bore a hole into the floor," he said when he did notice that she was pacing around more than someone should."I don't care," she muttered, stopping suddenly, turning
Ophelia swallowed the pride that she had and followed him home. The staff at her office looked at them lovingly, and she even heard comments from some of them on how they wanted exactly what they had. She wished she could tell them to be careful about what they wished. To everyone, they were this loving power couple, but she exactly knew what they were to each other—two strangers who barely spiked with one another who just had a marriage certificate and lived together.The ride home was awfully quiet, and it made words float around in her brain as she tried to think of what he could want to talk about with her. She fumbled with the radio until she was able to put on a station that was not setting a mood for them. She turned out of the rambling from the radio as she began to think of how the trip was and what went down between Harper and him. She wanted to tell him what she had found about Green and how she had thought of bringing him down.They got home, and Cade walked to the kitchen