When Laura Johnson got into her husband's car and he started to drive, she was still worried and decided to place a call to Belle's sister, Brie.Meanwhile, Nathan stood for some good seconds after Mrs Johnson left. He was trying to guess her whereabouts. He knew she didn't talk much with many of the people who worked here so she most likely wasn't with anyone in their cubicle.He scratched his head, more worried than Mrs Johnson now after he ask her not to be worried. He was also disappointed because he planned to tell her how he felt but it seemed to him that today wasn't just his day.******"Brie, can I borrow your..." Cherry stopped when she saw that her friend had a long face."What's the matter?""Belle's missing again." "O my god, how? When?" Cherry asked."I don't know, you remember her boss? Mrs Johnson, the one who helped out with putting the news that she was missing before, she just called, she said that Belle hadn't returned since she went for a break and that her phone
Just like he carried her to the bathroom, he took her back to the bed, pulling the blanket over her."Are you leaving?" She asked."No." He said and joined her in bed, pulling the blanket over himself too. When they had both laid separately for a while, Belle turned to him and decided to ask her thoughts."Why don't you believe in love?" Ben heard her disrupt the silence with a question he was tired of giving answers to."Go to sleep, Belle, I know you are tired." He didn't look at her while he said this so she went closer to him on the bed and laid her head on his chest.He started to caress her hair, it soothed him to do that more than herself."I don't want to hurt you Belle," she heard him say after his caressing hands went from her hair to her arm."Who says I would get hurt?" She asked."Love is hurtful." He told her."Yeah, maybe, but it is also a beautiful thing, you know.""No, it isn't. There is nothing beautiful about love, it just ruins you." He disagreed."Let us not talk
Crisp-tv media house.Ben just dropped her off. The elevator door was about to close after she got in when Nathan hurried to her. She sighed, wishing the door hadn't been closing slowly."Are you okay?" He asked her while they went up in the elevator together. Belle thought he was asking the obvious, because she knew she didn't look like she was in trouble.She just nodded. Nathan wondered quietly, if she didn't remember they were supposed to go to a coffee place yesterday, he didn't want to remind her, for fear that he might sound stupid so he just sighed inwardly."Mrs Johnson was worried yesterday when you didn't return." He thought he should tell her."I'll explain to her when I get to the office." She smiled."She isn't there...""Oh, she might come later today then." Belle cut him short, trying to not have a conversation with him."No, she won't. She gave birth early this morning, went into labour yesterday." Nathan informed her."O my gosh, really?" She smiled happily."Yeah, a
When both her sister and friend left, Belle sat in her corner and cried. She thought about what Brie said to her before leaving, then she remembered confessing her feelings to Ben and his response. She would be angry at Ben but he had told her from the beginning that he couldn't love her and she was okay with it till recently. She found herself wanting to hear him call her sweeter names, she wanted him to get her flowers, she wanted him to show the world that he was in love with her but that was not going to happen and she knew.After crying, she wiped her tears. Maybe she needed a break from him, she needed to space herself from him because for all she knew, this could be a mere infatuation she felt towards him and nothing more, it had to be.She asked herself how possible it was to develop feelings for someone who you know would never love you back, and so she decided that it was just infatuation.She would stop spending the night with him, maybe return to her sister's apartment. I
They got to the hospital but were told that Mrs Johnson had already been permitted by the doctor to leave.Nathan knew this before now but needed a good reason earlier to spend time with Belle. "I guess I will just call her to congratulate her," Belle said to herself, disappointed that she couldn't see her to do that in person and also apologize."What did you want to talk about?" She decided to ask Nathan when they got back to his car. She felt like it had lingered too long."Oh that...we should go somewhere, maybe a restaurant, are you hungry?" He asked her, expecting a yes and he got it."Yeah, I am." Belle nodded, she had nothing to lose having some food with him.Nathan had never been happier since he started having feelings for her. He quickly started the car and drove them to a nice restaurant.They were both ushered to a table by the window so they went and took their seats. They were given a menu card to pick a dish from."I will have this," Belle showed the waiter what she
While they drove out of the restaurant driveway, Belle had her quiet time to think because Nathan had been silent since her reply back at the restaurant. She thought about Ben then compared him to Nathan. ‘Nathan isn't so a bad person,’ she started to think. Spending time with him today made her reconsider avoiding him all the time before.Meanwhile, Ben was a kind of man she never saw herself falling in love with. She had heard of him previously while still living in her small town with her grandma but never though she would meet him one day.It was funny to her, how she met him. She just wanted a one-time affair but now she was in love with him. "Do I drop you off at the junction here? Or can I take you home?" Nathan's question broke her thoughts."Take me home, I'll direct you there," she replied him. She didn't want to walk all the way to Brie's apartment so she didn't mind if he knew where she stayed now."There won't be a need for that.""Hmmn?""I know the way to your place,"
"You don't get to tell me who to stay away from or who to relate with, you don't even have a right to be acting the way you are now, we are not in a relationship, are we?" She said her mind to him but realized late, that she shouldn't have.He came to where she stood and had her against the wall. Her breathing got faster because of the way he eyes got scarier."What do you mean by that?" His words were calm, unlike what she expected."...." She said nothing, no words were willing to leave her mouth."I should let you know that I don't like to share what's mine, Belle, and you? You are mine. Whether we are in a relationship or not, you are mine and no one else's. I won't tolerate anyone trying to have with you what I do if that ever happens," he paused and scoffed, "that person is going to pay, Belle."Belle swallowed, trying to ingest his every word."If anyone ever does as much as touching you the way I do, that person will pay with his life. Do you understand?" He looked her in the
"No, I didn't." Belle folded her hands as she opposed."I told you that I would think about it and I did today. I'm done, Ben." She heard herself say something she didn't plan on saying. At first, she just wanted a break from him but she just told him that she was ‘done’.As her last three words resounded in her ears, she saw a reaction from him for the first time since she started talking. It was a smile, a scary one."No, you are not." He told her and came to her. She tried to control her breathing when he came back in front of her. "It's my body, I get to decide when I don't want...""Your body belongs to me, Belle." He grabbed her by the waist and made the little space between the vanish. Belle gasped when he suddenly pulled her by the waist.Her breathing could not be controlled now when he brought his lips to her right ear. She heard his magnetic voice tell her;"Think again about your decision, Belle, but this time know that stopping what we have already started is not an optio
"Are you okay?" Jenna asked her when she noticed she was acting somewhat different."Yeah, it's just..." Belle stopped and sighed. "Can I tell you something?""Yes girl, I'm all ears.""Well, you see..." Belle sighed once more after sitting next to her on the sofa in the living room."I thought and thought but couldn't get Ben a good gift. He got me those cars outside and all I could get him was tickets to go see a movie with me. I realized that I couldn't even go out to see a movie with him because he's him, you know. I feel bad but I'm trying not to because he was so excited gifting me the cars.""You got him tickets?" Jenna laughed after listening to her say all she had."Yeah?""Three of his houses in city S have private cinemas in them." Jenna couldn't stop laughing."Awwww, that makes me feel worse." Belle almost sobbed."I'm sorry. It's just funny but don't stress about it. I used to feel that way years back but then I realized he really didn't care what it was I bought, he only
Back in city S.Belle woke up and didn't see Ben by her side so she got out of bed and went to the bathroom to check for him but when she didn't see him, she decided to just do her morning routine of brushing her teeth and cleansing her face.After that, she decided to go to the balcony to check if he was there because lately, he was there using his laptop whenever she woke up late.She got there and didn't see him but she saw something surprising. There were seven cars parked downstairs. She turned around to go look for him but saw him just there, he had been behind her while she counted the cars."Good morning, my queen," he told her with a smile."Good morning," she held his face and kissed his right cheek."And happy birthday," she got on her tippy toes and hugged him and felt his arms go round her waist."You're finally awake, I've been waiting and my excitement almost died while waiting." He laughed after the hug."The cars?" She didn't know how to react though he was laughing."T
Larkson mansion.I"Aww, she has such a pretty face." Mrs Larkson said after some silent minutes of admiration.Belle looked up from her dish and smiled at the woman sitting opposite to her on the dining table. Things were great since she came by unlike all she assumed. Mrs Larkson didn't ask the many questions she assumed she had to prepare for so things were alright till she said:"My grandchildren will be so cute, I can already imagine." Belle almost choked on what she was about to swallow when Mrs Larkson blurted that out.Ben stood and filled a glass of water, rubbing Belle's back slowly while bending to speak to her as she had her head down."Water?" He proposed and she took the glass from him and took a big sip. While Belle was drinking water, Ben took the chance to give his mother a questioning look about what she just said.Belle returned the glass to him and he kept it on the table and sat back down. Mrs Larkson didn't say anything else; she didn't mean to make Belle uncomfor
Morning, the next day."Did you think about it?" Ben leaned against the wall with both his hands in the trouser pockets as he watched Belle arrange her hair."Think about what," she dropped her hairbrush and turned to him."Please tell me you gave a thought to what I told you last night.""Be direct, we talked about quite a lot yesterday," she started to put lipstick on her lips while facing the mirror again."..." Ben scratched the back of his neck and bit his lips because he knew that she remembered what he was talking about."Alright, I'm ready." She stood up from the chair in front of the mirror."Will you drop me off at my sister's or will someone else take me?" She asked, walking past him after picking her purse and hoping he followed like she wanted but he didn't. Ben pulled her back by her waist and he did it so easily, it made her wonder if to do a weight gain diet so he couldn't do that anymore."Please?" Be didn't let her go after bringing her back to himself. His arms around
"Hey man, come take a look." Belle watched as one of the men assigned to be with her called to the other after collecting her ring from her ring finger."Is it original diamond?" The man who was called asked."What do you think? Of course, it is, can't you see?" The first man held it up to the light."She's wearing a ring that's probably worth an amount I've never touched in my entire life.""Are we going to sell it?" The second man asked."We? Did you just say we? I'm the one who noticed it on her finger first...""Guys," someone came in while panting loudly."Yeah?" "I was upstairs..." The man stopped to pant for some seconds."I was upstairs, and I saw these vehicles...""Is the boss back?" The first man asked, putting the ring in his jacket pocket."I don't think so, he usually comes alone. When I said that I saw cars, I meant that there were at least seven of them.""Seven?" The second man asked."Yeah," the informant nodded."I would be far off if I had started to run when I saw th
Richard was now being tied up in her living room while she watched alongside Ben. She was excited at first, that Ben came to her rescue then realized sooner that he came solely for Richard."What did he do?" She asked Ben but didn't get a reply. "Search for it," she heard him order instead. The men started up her stairs."Search for what?" She asked again but got no reply. She saw Ben go over to one of the sofas opposite to where Richard was tied up to take a seat. She saw a look on Ben's face that she saw the day he came by and injected her with an overdose of the drug that landed her at the hospital. It was a masked look because he seemed calm but she knew he was angry and unhappy at the same time.When she got a chance, she moved to where Richard was and decided to ask him what she asked Ben earlier, hoping for a response."What did you do, Richie?" She asked and got a glare from him that made her move back."Where is she?" Richard's eyes turned from Alex to Ben when he heard the q
Alex was starting to get scared of Richard's presence when they heard her doorbell ring downstairs."Are you expecting someone?" He asked her."N...yes!" She lied and left him for downstairs before he could hold her back. Happily opening the door to at least be free from him, she saw Randy."Ma'am, I was sent by Mr Larkson..." Randy saw that she was in a towel and looked away immediately."Randy, thank goodness it's you." She pushed him outside and followed, closing the door behind her."Ma'am I...""Shhhh. I need you to help me okay? There's someone in there whom I am currently not very comfortable with," she started and when she saw that he was listening, she continued."I want you to act like we planned to leave together and that you came to pick me up. Can you?""I was actually sent by Mr Larkson to...""Aren't you listening to me?!" She whispered shakily."I need your help, someone broke into my house.""I'm not the police, ma'am." Randy remained polite though he didn't believe what
11:49 pm Cherry returned from the restroom and saw Brie seated on the bed, not sleeping. She lay on her side of the bed and pulled the blanket over herself to go back to sleep but couldn't, not when Brie was awake."You are overthinking shit again, aren't you?" She sat and joined Brie."I just have a bad feeling. It's been two days since Belle went to that wedding, I find it weird that she hasn't called or come over to tell us about what happened that day. You know how excited she gets, she should have come by to see us, you know.""Urggh, Brie, really? Is that why you are not sleeping?""Is it not a good enough reason?""No, it isn't. Get some sleep, Belle is FINE. She's probably cuddling in bed with him right now and you're here, worrying your ass over nothing.""I'll call her tomorrow morning, please remind me?""Yeah, sure. Can we return to sleeping now?""Okay." Brie rested her head on the pillows."Oh wow, that was actually easier than usual, you agree to go back to sleep. Good
Weeks later.Late night.Alex's heels made some noise as she walked into the quiet house. It woke Richard up; he had been sitting and waiting for her till he fell asleep."You're finally back, I've been waiting for you. Why didn't you pick up your calls? The least you could have done is answer the goddamn call and let me know if you're busy, you fucking left me worried.""You didn't see my text?" Alex raised a brow."I didn't.""Well, I sent you a text to let you know that I would be visiting Doctor Dan to fix an appointment for my abortion.""What? I thought we talked about that, we're keeping the baby, aren't we?""I changed my mind," she shrugged."You changed your mind? Seriously? Tell me you're joking, Alex.""Do you see me laughing right now? Look, Richie, I'll be honest with you. I went out with my friends after seeing the doctor and I'm as hell as I speak so please let me just go have a good shower so I can get some sleep." She started to walk towards the stairs."You can't mak