“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
“What is all the fuss about?” Charles asked as he saw staff going in and out of the house from his window. “Mrs Vale invited a catering service to come to serve Japanese food,” the girl standing behind him said. “I have told you not to address her as that,” Charles said slowly. He never approved of Abigail and will never approve of her. His son Edward had defiled him and gone ahead to marry her against his will. Ana gulped as she did not know the right way to address the woman. She was married to Edward Vale and had taken his last name, all of her official papers carried that name but Charles had victimized her about it for fourteen years now. Charles had forbidden them from referring to her as the lady of the house as well. It was part of that reason that he openly accepted Cade when he came and put him in the family tree while hiding the fact that he was an illegitimate child. His son had declared his undying love for his wife when they eloped and married and then came back to t
Cade left them in the room and Harper tried to follow him out. “Cade Cade Cade” she kept repeating his name as she followed after him. He stopped at the base of the stairs and turned back to her. “What are you doing here?” he asked her. She giggled and then tried to pull a straight face. It was obvious she was drunk. Harper had been so nervous about the situation that she had a glass and two of wine before making it out there. If one did not look closely at her they would think she was sober when in fact she was tipsy. “You are drunk?” he said in the form of a question. “Oh my, that is scary, you still know me so well” she gasped as she walked to him. “What is scary? If one looks well they can tell that you are drunk” Cade said taking a step to the first step to create space between them.“Do you still love me?” she asked clapping her hands excitedly. “Why is everyone doing this to me today?” Cade said under his breath. “Who else did this to you?”“My girlfriend asked me if I w
“What do you say about us getting engaged today?”“What?” Ophelia asked her hand dropping from her face. She was preparing to go out shopping, she had nothing to do and shopping was the best option for her. She would go out and spend as much money as she could. “Let us get engaged today,” he said again. “What has got your panties in a rush?”“That is not an appropriate thing to say to a grown man” Cade let out shocked that she would say something like that to him. “Why? Don’t you wear panties?” she teased. Maybe teasing him would help her relieve some of the stress she was feeling as regards the statement he had made. “I do….” he trailed off. “That is beside the point, the point I am trying to drive at is that I think we should have the engagement today. However, you want it to be public or private”“Don’t you think you are rushing things and jumping the gun here?” Ophelia let out a strained voice. “Rushing it? We are going to get married at the end of the day so doing it earlier
Ophelia and Cade met at the house and to ease the awkwardness of him coming clean about his family to her he suggested that they do a house tour. Ophelia knew the house like the back of her hand but to put him at ease she agreed and followed along. She had chosen the house by herself when she was still much younger. Her father had told her he would give it to her when she got married because she loved the house too much and she had been excited about it at that time, shortly after that she saw the dark side of marriage and suddenly it was no longer enticing to live there. “I got this wedding gift from my dad when I was six years” she let out as they went from room to room. It was well-furnished and perfect. She noticed that her dad had kept the same design but had updated it with newer technology. It must have been a difficult task but of course, Mr Carter Frost was equal to the task. “Six years? Was he preparing to marry you off to some rich old man?” Cade joked trying to wear off
CADE VALE AND OPHELIA FROST WEDDING OF THE YEAR?CAN ONE BE LUCKY TO FIND BOTH LOVE AND MONEY? THE STORY OF CADE AND OPHELIA. HOW MUCH DOES LOVE COST? DIVING INTO THE ENGAGEMENT CEREMONY OF OPHELIA AND CADE. DOES LOVE NEED MONEY TO BE BEAUTIFUL? WEALTH LOVE AND BEAUTIFUL WEDDING RINGSWHAT GUESTS WORE TO THE ENGAGEMENT CEREMONY OF OPHELIA AND CADE.Ophelia smiled at the tab in her hand as she surfed through the internet, the media was surely beautifully spinning the story. Of course, millions of people were interested in the love story of two individuals they had never met in their lives. How wonderful. “Ms Frost I must say you both are doing an awesome job, I am afraid that my services might no longer be needed,” Diana said as Ophelia raised her head. “It is all thanks to you for alerting the media anonymously about the engagement party” Ophelia responded. After the talk with Cade, they decided to have their engagement party that weekend. Ophelia had suggested he gathered his f
“Ophelia?”Ophelia whipped her head to the open door and to Green standing by the doorway. “What are you doing here?” she murmured a bit angry. “You still mad at me yeah?”“Of course, I am,” Ophelia said taking off the covers from her body and pausing her movie before turning to him. “I am here to say I am sorry,” Green said. “Stop saying sorry, it is quite annoying,” Ophelia said taking away the lock of hair in her face and tucking it behind her ears. “I am only saying it because I am sorry” Green responded. He tried to come in but since he could not read the expression on her face, he could not tell if she was angry or not. “It is not because I am angry, I just felt that you did not trust I would make a good choice regarding my life” Ophelia let out. “Is that how you felt?” Green asked and she nodded. “It is not how I wanted it to be passed across, I was worried about you. You know nothing about this man and yet you are trying to get into a lifetime relationship with this man”
Harper had been beating herself up after showing up to Cade’s house drunk and potentially embarrassing herself. When Cael had come to pick her up, he had promised that they would be in touch and even hinted a bit that they might become family in the near future. Cael might have been supportive of her plans to land Cade as her husband but seeing the news about Cade and Ophelia’s wedding it was obvious that Cael did not have the power to do anything as he promised her. She was going to swallow her shame and contact him, she had to swallow her shame to leave Starlit Haven to be here and now she believed that it would not be too much for her to reach out to Cael and ask him of his plans. She had thought she was having help from within the family but it turns out she was on her own now. “Hello, Mr. Cael?” “Mr Cael Vale’s office how can I help you?” an unfamiliar voice rang over the phone. “Is this not his personal line?” she asked. The man at the other end of the line took a deep bre
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
"My mom wanted you here, but I never did, so it is crazy that you are trying to force me to sleep with you," Cael scoffed as they sat on the bed in the room. They had been so preoccupied with other things that it was the night of the wedding that they all realized that they did not have a house, so they went back to the mansion.Charles had taunted them for their poor planning; Cael could not believe that his grandfather had not stepped up to do anything concerning the wedding even after he had leaked the secret to him. He was feeling overwhelmed by the situation and was now convinced that his grandfather was doing the right thing by not allowing him to be the next in line for succession. Even when he had leaked the secret of the wedding to Charles, he did not do anything about it.Even this evening, when they got back to the house after the wedding, Charles was not shocked to see them back at the mansion; he just nodded his head at them and retired to his room. He did not know why he
"You look so beautiful," Fiona gushed over her daughter as she entered the room."I do?" Frances asked, and her mother nodded."Like the star of the show that you are," she murmured, and Frances smiled.She had been so busy stressing and preparing for the wedding that she feared she might not look good in any of the images because of how stressed she was. She felt good to receive a compliment from her mother considering how shallow she was; she would be into complimenting something or else she found it appealing to the eyes."I hope you remember all I have been telling you." Fiona said, and Frances nodded.Her mother had basically turned it into an anthem that was engraved in her mind. She had told her to make sure to get pregnant between the first few weeks of pregnancy so she could have an edge over Ophelia, who was still yet to show any signs of having a baby. She also told her to make sure she sucked up to Charles, even though they all knew how almost impossible that might be."Do
THE FAY OF THE WEDDING Ophelia's eyes fluttered open as she turned to Cade sleeping beside her. She felt his hand that had been holding her head up all night. She snuggled into him and felt his hand pull her in closer."Are you awake?" she murmured, trying to look at his face from her position."No," he drew out, and she laughed."You are asleep yet talking?" she said, and he tried to nod but was failing badly because of the pillow."I talk in my sleep," he added, and she gave him a frown."Then sleep and talk some more. I want to go get myself a cup of tea," she said, trying to stand up from the bed, but his hand on her wrist pulled her back, and she dropped to his chest."What are you doing?" she asked, propping herself up with her hand on his chest."I think you forgot something," he said with a pout and his eyes closed.She traced his pouted lips with her fingertip. "And what can that be?" she asked, feigning ignorance."I know that you very well know what I am talking about," he
A FEW DAYS TO THE WEDDING"I have something to report," Paul said, coming into Charles's office. He had been working in the background to make sure that Aigail and Cael's plan did not work. He knew that they had been so busy with the board meeting, and he had to work too. He was not going to sit down and assume that since he was the chairman, everyone was supposed to be automatically loyal to him.He was meeting with all of the board members and directors while trying to know their stand on the matter; for most of them, they kept trying to play both sides and see which side would favour them. Charles lowered the glasses from his face and dropped them so they dangled by a rope on his neck.The entire company was so tense that even a child could tell that something was up. The staff were trying their best to be careful not to choose sides so they did not find themselves jobless after the board meeting. Everyone was walking on eggshells since the chairman was no longer working from home