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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Soo, l'Il be marrying you for real?"
"Why do you say it like it's such a bad thing, i'd also be helping you out since you just lost both your jobs and you need to take care of your mother".
"Are you stalking me?" She asked shocked at how he knew all this about her.
"Stalking you? You wish Lu".
He says while signing the paper in front of him.
"Then how do you.."
"I wouldn't propose something like this to you if I haven't done a full background check on you, and I'm really grateful I bumped into you that night".
"I... can I sleep on it?"
"There's no time for you to sleep on it, you're getting a rich husband for free, you should be happy".
"How long are we going to keep up this act for?"
"A year and you're not allowed to fall in love with me".
"Who's falling in love with you?"
"I'm being serious" Brian said with a straight cold face.
Seeing his mood change from playful to cold so fast Stacy became a little scared, "why can't he just tell his parents that he likes men, I mean the whole city already knows" Stacy said in her head while reading and signing the papers.
"What kind of ridiculous terms and conditions are these, he's the one who needs help but he's still soo sassy about it, gosh! Gay men really do the most" she said in her head again but scoffed out loud unknowingly to her.
"What?"hearing Brian's voice but not what he said she looked up at him waiting for him to speak.
"You sound and look like you don't like my terms and conditions" he says with a genuinely concerned
face
"Yes, I don't like most of it" she says in reply, and he looks at her sharply, "I mean for a gay man you think a little bit too highly of yourself" she says then signs the paper and passes it to him.
"Gay? Who is gay?" Brian asked her to look confused, then she gets up and walks over to him, "don't worry I get the whole story now, you're gay but you can't come out to your parents, and they want you to get married soon so you can fully own Smith Holdings, I completely get it" she says then sits on his lap, at that moment, Stacy heard the door open followed with heel clicks.
Stacy was about to get off Brian, but he pulls her back causing her back to collide with his chest, she turned to looking at him with scolding eyes, making their position look more intimate but just then a high-pitched female voice said out loud, "Brian! I'm..." Stacy turn to see a lady about her age glaring daggers at her.
"Brian who is she?" The lady said almost sounding like she was going to cry.
STACY'S POV
I was going to get off this blockhead's body and he had to pull me back "What the hell is wrong with this guy, now look he has gotten me a hater, this girl is so pitiful she doesn't know this man is gay".
"Avery, when did you get back?" | heard Brian ask the girl in front of us who now looks like a dejected puppy, "poor girl".
"Brian you didn't answer my" ... "she's my girlfriend" Brian says then I sneaked a glance at him, i would be lying if I said I didn't feel anything when he said that.
"G-Gi-Girlfriend!? How?! When?! Why didn't I know, Brian I'm your best Friend!" She yelled and tears began to form in her eyes.
"What kind of best friend reacts like you when their best friend introduces them to their girlfriend, what? Are you in love with him?
BRIANS POV
Hearing the question Stacy threw at Avery, even I was curious because Ryan used to say the same thing.
"Brian are you going to sit and watch her disrespect me?!" Avery yelled again, can she lower her
voice, Jesus
"What kind of lady are you anyways, why are you so noisy? Lower your voice, you'll break the glasses in here". Stacy said and I accidentally let out a laugh, Gosh Avery will start yelling again.
"Brian! You're laughing at me!? How can you? I just got back today, and I had the driver take my luggage home, so I can surprise you, but you disgrace me in front of your so-called girlfriend! I won't take this this! I will tell uncle and Aunt, I'm sure they won't approve of your cheap looking girlfriend!" I could feel Stacy's body shaking, is she angry?
"Avery you won't disrespect Stacy, disrespecting her is equivalent to disrespecting me".
"I will go to Uncle!" She yells again then storms out of the office.
END POV
Stacy got off Brian and went back to where she sat initially, "You know that girl likes you right? When will you tell her you're not interested in her, or even tell her you're not interested in girls"?
"Again with this nonsense, where exactly did she even get the idea that I am gay, I might not show interest in the ladies around me, but that doesn't mean l'm gay" Brian thought to himself in his head.
"Um Brian, since I'm hired but not exactly hired, what exactly would I be doing? ... I.." Stacy asked nervously after remembering she still need to take care of her mother's medications.
"Instead of being my secretary, you'll be my PA, so we can be closer to each other, and don't worry, I will definitely take care of your mother and ..
Brian was interrupted when his phone began to ring, know fully well that it was either his Mum or Dad calling, he clenched his jaw and called Avery's name, and after picking up his phone he saw it was his Dad calling.
"Hey Dad"
"Brian, what did you do to Avery?"
"Dad did she blackmail you into calling me, because you'd only call me for business"
"She showed up at the house crying and kept saying you hurt her, your mother is trying to comfort her, what happened?" Brian's Dad asked and waited for Brian to speak, after not hearing him for a while, he calls his name.
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Brian took his time to Analyze everything his dad says then he made a self-realization that Avery is a little bit dumb."I hurt her? Oh please, when is she going to stop behaving like a spoiled child? Remind her that she 24 and will be 25 soon and she needs to start working on getting herself a suitable husband, instead of clinging onto someone who isn't interested, that's all I have to say, you can hang up now" Brian says then put down his phone, then sneakily glanced at Stacy and saw she was already looking at his then he looked down at his table."Stacy, do you want to go out tonight?"he asks while arranging the papers on his table."Huh? Oh, um I don't know, I don't know if Gina is better, so I have to go home and check up on her"."Oh, is that so? Send my regards to her, and I will see you bright and early tomorrow morning".Brian says then Stacy gets up from the chair and turns to walk out."What kind of girlfriend doesn't kiss her boyfriend goodbye?" Brian says before Stacy cou
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Gina walked back to Stacy with two bottles of water and plain donuts, then she passed the bottle to her first, “Here, drink some water first, I got donuts, you have to eat something” she said and Stacy nodded her head in response.Stacy was eating the donut when a nurse finally came out, Stacy immediately rushed towards her “h-how is my mom, is she okay?”“I’m sorry you have to wait for the doctor, sorry again I’ll take my leave now” the nurse said then hurriedly walked away, Stacy stood waiting for the door to open again, she started feeling slightly dizzy and wanted to sit down but just then the doctor came out and she hurried to meet him, “doctor doctor,tell me how is my mom she- she’s going to be alright right?”“Can we speak in my office please?” The doctor asked seeing how shaky and unstable Stacy was. “No please tell me here, is there anything wrong with my mom? Tell me!”“Did you know that you mother has arrhythmia?“I knew... I know, it’s just that I...”“She now also has a br
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Stacy?” Gina whispered to herself when she got to the door she looked from the glass and saw the nurses in the the room using a defibrillator on her, then the doctor arrived with Brian.“Doc-Doctor what’s happening, why is she- what- why is she like that?” She asked holding on to the doctor's coat.“I’m not exactly sure, please excuse me let me go and and see What’s wrong” seeing that she had no choice but to let go, she released her hold on the doctor and began to cry.“Dear God, please! Please! Save mom and Stacy, I cannot lose another family! God please!” She shouted and fell to the ground, Ryan not knowing how to react simply hugged her tightly till she stopped crying, then he led her to sit on the bench chair again.Brian followed behind them slowly, he looked at Gina and felt really bad for her, then he gave her and Ryan some distance again. who said Brain Smith didn’t have a heart, he does. Brian is also struggling with the whole situation, he’s extremely worried about Stacy, b
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“Stacy!”A voice called and they all turned at once to see who it was. To Stacy and Gina, they wondered who the elderly looking woman was and how she knew Stacy, while Brian was shocked to see his mother speed walking towards them.“M-Mmmom” Brian called but only got ignored as his mom went to hug the Stacy who immediately turned stiff when she felt the hug.“Oh, my dear future daughter-in-law! dear child! Are you okay? I came as fast as I could” she said worriedly then turned to Brian and hit his shoulder, “you horrible horrible child! My future daughter- in-law and her mother were in danger, and you didn’t tell me! Why did I even give birth to you” she yelled then turned to Stacy again, “Stacy dear are you okay?”“Ma’am, I’m okay I...”“No you’re not okay! I know Brian has been treating you badly right? That’s why he didn’t tell me you were all at the hospital right?” She asked holding on to Stacy’s shoulder, seeing Stacy turning to look at Brian and not giving any response, she let
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After Brian and his mother had left, Stacy and Gina sat on the Bench chair. Gina continued to sigh trying to get Stacy’s attention.“Gina, I know what you’re trying to do” Stacy said and rolled her eyes.“I don’t want it to seem like I bombarded you with questions when you’re already so stressed” Gina replied then folded her arms and sat up, “you know, I’m a really good friend if you ask me, I’m letting you rest before I attack you for not telling me what exactly is going on with you and my boss”.“Gina aren’t you already asking me right now?” Stacy said while turning to look at her best friend and sister.“Well still!” … “Alright tell me!” Gina said then grabbed on to Stacy’s cloth.After looking at Gina for a while Stacy opened her mouth to speak “Well Aegina, since you are so curious about your boss’s personal life…”“Wait no! Correction! I’m curious of my sister’s personal life, now tell me what exactly is going on, why is my boss so nice to you and mom? Will I get special treatme
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“Argghhh” the painful cry of a man’s voice comes from a dimly lit huge room.“So, Cyrus, what exactly have you the idea that you could walk away freely after what you had done hmm?”“You who are you?! I’ll call the police, what you’re doing is against the law! You have no right to keep me here!”“So how about we report your case with Miss Stacy to the police, I think that one goes perfectly well with the law, don’t you think?”“Do you know who I am!? I’ll sue you and have you beaten up to death!”The blindfolded Cyrus shouted then Brian steps away from him and then orders one of his men to remove the blindfold before leaving the room.Feeling someone coming close to him again Cyrus began to scream even more, then suddenly his blindfold came off, then he saw a group of men all dressed in black and he could barely see their faces.“Who are you people?! Release me now or you’ll regret it!” He shouted almost manically.“And exactly why would I regret it?” Brian said slowly strolling into
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“Miss Bennet, I don’t think we can have that conversation here, please let’s go into my office” The doctor said to Stacy then Valerie arrives with Isabella.“Doctor, can I come with them?” She asks looking hopeful.“Sorry madam, this is a conversation between me and the patient’s relatives, very sorry madam”. “I understand, Stacy Gina I’ll wait out here”.“Okay aunt” Stacy replied respectfully.“Miss Stacy, your sister might have informed you about the patient with a matching heart, but then the family of the patient is reluctant, but then we need to still look for other matches”“Um Doctor, is it okay for me to talk to that family?” Stacy asked softly.“I honestly don’t know miss, but then they would be coming in today, you can talk to them if you really want to I guess.“Okay then, thank you doc”.Valerie and Isabella sat outside while waiting for Gina and Stacy to come out, “Aunt, how sure are you that Brian is actually dating that girl, I mean look at her, she’s obviously up to st
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“Loves me..., Lu Bennet what drama did you perform for my mother” Brian says with a soft laugh in then goes to prepare.After Valerie had made her call, she came right back to meet Stacy alone in the room sobbing to herself.“Stacy dear, what’s wrong now? Why are you crying?” She asks then goes to touch Stacy’s arm, but she was stunned when Stacy turns to hug tightly and began crying even harder.“Stacy dear don’t cry anymore” Valerie says while patting Stacy lightly.“Don’t cry so much, come on tell me what’s making you cry? Hmm? Didn’t the doctor already say she was stable for the moment? Don’t cry” Valerie says then slowly pushes Stacy back and lifts up her face.“She’s not showing signs of waking up, if not for these machines, she might not even be half alive, aunt I’m really worried”.“Look at me Stacy, everything will be fine”.Right after Valerie spoke there was a knock on the door then after a few seconds a lady around Stacy’s age and a man came in, then Stacy recognized them
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At the hospital, Stacy slept for a really long while and when she eventually woke up, she saw a buff man standing not too far away from her bed, she was about to scream, and seeingthat she was about to, the man rushed forward to cover her mouth then he spoke. “Mister Smith sent me”After that he felt her calm down, then he hastily removed his hands and stepped back, and began the pack her belongings in the room.Stacy watched as the imposing figure of Brian’s bodyguard, clad in a tailored suit, moved around swiftly in the room as he picked up things that looked like they belonged to her and also asked for her to confirm ownership.“Is this man only surrounded by beautiful people, even his bodyguard is so handsome!”She thought to herself as she watched the bodyguard.Someone enough was done, and Stacy had freshened up and changed her clothes, the guard walks ahead of her to open the door. Unfamiliar with such treatment, she hesitates before stepping out of the room, he helps her chec
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After she was done scolding Gina, Stacy raised her gaze to meet Brian's, but as their eyes connected, Brian quickly averted his gaze from her."Are you blushing, Boss?" Gina remarked, observing the slight redness on Brian's face."Aegina!" Stacy sharply called out, lightly reprimanding Gina with a smack on the arm."Stacy, Gina is not mistaken. Look at him – his face and even his ears are red," Anna pointed out, making Stacy a bit nervous but she promptly responded. "Mom, it's getting late. I think you should go home and rest now. You've just recently been discharged from the hospital, and I..." Stacy began hurriedly, but her mom interrupted her."I understand how much you want me to leave right now, and I was about to go anyways. Take care of yourself," Anna expressed before picking up her bag and gently guiding Gina to stand.Brian remained rigid at the door, visibly embarrassed. He found himself in an unfamiliar situation and was uncertain about how to retro it. As Anna spoke with
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The shop owner forcefully dragged Evie back into the shop, pulling her to a corner. After briefly stepping out, he returned. In that moment, Evie was in tears, because she knew exactly what awaited her.While driving to the hospital, Brian called Ryan, who answered promptly. "Brian, I'm your half-brother and personal assistant, not your girlfriend. How many times will you call me in a day?" Ryan said playfully. Brian who could tell he was joking around chose to be serious in response."If you don't want me to call you anymore, that's fine; I won't call you," he said, waiting for Ryan's reply, but it never came."Aren't you going to answer?" he asked, feeling slightly frustrated."Oh, I thought you were going to hang up after you were done talking, so I decided not to say anything.""RYAN!""AARON!""I'll get you!" Brian said with a laugh, then switched up immediately, remembering the reason for his call."I was at a bakery a few minutes ago; I could sense the owner of that place is sh
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After leaving his house, Brian drove back to the hospital to check on Stacy. While driving, thoughts of the look Ryan had given him earlier that day when he saw him holding Stacy’s hand lingered. He understood the meaning behind that look – Ryan was teasing him, teasing him about Stacy. Brian, realizing he was getting distracted, slowed down and parked his car by the side of the road.“Why can’t I stop thinking about her?” he exclaimed out loud, then rested his head on the steering wheel in irritation. After some minutes, a knock on his car window interrupted his thoughts. Looking up, he saw a young girl staring at him intently. Brian rolled down the window to hear what she had to say.Frustration evident on his face, he asked “what?!”.“Um sorry you can’t park here, you’re parked directly in front of our shop” she said then pointed to the bakery behind her.“We didn’t say anything earlier because we thought you were a customer who wanted to quickly get something because even customer
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After thinking to herself Valerie made an internal decision that Avery won’t easily be forgiven this time, she finally looked at Avery’s parents and spoke up. “Rita, Jacob...” she called to them but Avery’s father, Jacob immediately replied. “We will book a flight for Avery, she’ll go back to her modeling, i...we will make sure she doesn’t bother Brian and will definitely reflect on her mistake, she will also apologize to Stacy before she leaves.“WHAT!!!”Avery sat on the floor as she listened to everything her father said, and as much as she was against it, she didn’t have the strength to refute anymore but the minute her father mentioned her apologizing to Stacy, her body reacted before she could think."Dad! No! I can do anything but apologize to that lowlife!" She yelled. The moment she uttered her sentence, a hard slap landed on her face, shocking both her and her parents. The person who had slapped her was Valerie.After Valerie had slapped Avery, one of the housemaids discreet
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Although it wasn’t easy to find the actual location of the men holding Avery, Ryan managed to locate it, enabling Brian’s team to save her and take her to his house. For the first time in his life, Bryan left his work unattended, sitting at the hospital waiting for Stacy to wake up. Anna and Gina joined him, after a while they back to worry about Stacy not waking up yet.Noticing their worry Brian then spoke up, “she is probably just really tired, that’s why she hasn’t woken up yet, I was here through the night, nothing could have happened to her, don’t worry too much”. He said and Anna looked at him in shock, surprised that he had noticed her worriedness, Gina’s reaction was no different, she began to wonder when her cold boss became so attentive.In that’s moment, Brian’s phone rang, he then picked it up and saw it was Ryan calling, that was when he remembered about Avery, then he hurriedly picked up the call.“Sorry Ryan I completely forgot about Avery’s issue”. He said immediately
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Brian stayed with Stacy longer than he had expected, even after she fell asleep. He took a seat close to her bed, eventually reaching out to hold her hand while staring at her with mixed emotions. As his eyes grew heavy, he fell asleep, still holding onto her hand.Outside, Gina, feeling tired, grabbed the bag of clothes she had brought for Stacy and entered the room. Seeing Brian asleep with his head on Stacy’s bed, holding her hand, Gina smiled happily before quietly leaving. Once outside, she spotted Anna and signaled her to be quiet when she noticed she was about to speak.Approaching Anna, she whispered, “Stacy and Brian are asleep.” Anna then took Gina's hand, leading her to sit on the bench chair. “Mom, I'm starting to feel hopeful about their relationship,” Gina said eagerly the moment they sat down.“Why all of a sudden?” Anna asked, observing Gina's expression.“Mom I’ve known Stacy almost my entire life, I can tell she feels something for Brian, it’s probably their contract
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Avery rushed inside in a panic after Brian left, frantically calling Jeff again since he hadn’t text her or called back.“Why isn’t he picking up!?” She yelled in a hushed tone then threw her phone to the ground after Jeff had still not picked up any of her calls, and just then her phone lit up and began ringing, she rushed towards the phone and saw it was Jeff calling, she immediately picked up and did wait for him to speak then she started asking him questions.“Why haven’t you been picking up!? Did you do what I asked? Where is she now? Why did Brian come to my house, did he catch you? Look I’ll send you the money once you send me the video!” After noticing that the other side said nothing Avery looked at her phone to see if he hung up, but the call was still on.“Jeff why aren’t you saying anything!?” She asked, “Avery really?” A chillingly familiar voice answered and Avery’s whole body went cold in shock as sherecognized the voice to be Valerie’s."Aunt, why are you... Why did y
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Stacy woke up in a hospital room and realized she was moved to a recovery room. Arlo excused himself, leaving Gina with Anna, and Valerie. Gina explained the chaotic events that led to this moment, and as Stacy processed it all, she thought about Brian and remembered how he fought against Jeff while carrying her, and how hard he tried to protect her from him.Feeling concerned about Brian's whereabouts, Stacy asked, "Where is Brian?" Her hoarse voice and a sharp hiss of pain revealed the toll her injuries took as she tried to sit up.Upon hearing the question Stacy had asked, not wanting Gina to let her know about Avery having anything to do with what happened to her, Valerie came closer to Stacy, searing herself beside her, she gently took her hand and answered her saying “Stacy dear, Brian is going to be here soon, he just stepped out for a while” realizing what Valerie was trying to do, Anna felt a little bit angry but she decided not to say anything as well, Gina who was completel
