"Please marry me Arun""What do you mean?" He asked pretending not to have heard her the first time she asked." I'm begging you Arun, please marry me" the voice came again, lower this time around yet steady.Arun let out a chuckle in his heart.He hadn't expected this to happen but as it had, he was happy it ended that way.Who would have thought that the almighty Maya Jaiswal would plead with him, and beg him to marry her after all she said to him before.She had boasted and on all her ears talking about how she was going to get wedded to Marshall Yugo, while keeping him as her side cock for whenever she wanted to come to him for some stress relieving activities.Not just did she rate him low and downgrade him even though he became a billionaire through crooked means for her sake, but she had the momentum to suggest him being her cheating partner after she got married to the man of her dreams, and not him who had been there for her.So when he had gotten his hand on hold of the info
Everything else seemed to pause as Arun watched Maya walk into his office.Had she realized her mistake? How bad it had been of her slapping him; he who was her husband and head.He wanted to believe that was the case and reason she had come to meet him at his office at such an auspicious time.It didn't take her time to. Had anything happened that warranted her regretting her actions or she was just doing so on her own accord.There had to be something. Maya was not one to be moved unless something or an external force propelled her to, so it couldn't be that she had realized her mistake.It was either that she needed a new bag or jewellery and had to take money from him to pay for them. Her cards had been limited by her mom of recent, so it was explainable why she was coming to his office to see him.A thought made him look at her face as she continued to walk in. It was then he realized that none of his thoughts were right.No, she hadn't realized anything yet, nothing has propelle
"Mr. Gabriel sold his shares out. I just received his email a few minutes ago. He forwarded his contract documents with the new share holder to me sir. Should I forward it to you as well?" The petite woman asked , oblivious to the fact that Arun didn't know anything about the transfer of shares prior to her telling him about it.Arun stood gazing hazily at nothing in particular for a minute still wanting to believe that what his secretary had just said were all lies.Mr Gabriel has the highest shares in his company. He had been one of his core investors and that reason had made him let him have up to the 15% share holder right he just transferred to someone else."Should I forward the contract to you sir?" The secretary repeated noticing the silence and tension wearing more in the room.Arun still stood tongue tied as he fell back to the chair he had been sitting on before. It had to be a lie. He had to be dreaming." Who is the new share holder?" He finally found his tongue and asked
Maya angrily walked out of Arun's office.This wasn't what she had expected when she followed the voice in her head to marry him.He had been head over heels for her for years and she knew it, which meant that he would treat her so nicely that even she would get bored of. But with the way things were going, it seemed to her as if she had made a wrong decision. "She shouldn't have married him"A voice in her head told her. Yes, she shouldn't have because if she had not, he wouldn't have done this to her.He wouldn't have betrayed her this way hoping to be bigger than her, though such a cheap trick.And what the fuck was with the facade he just pulled with his secretary earlier.Did he honestly think she would fall for such a little piece of scam?Being a retired manipulator herself, she could atleast tell when and when not someone was trying to manipulate her into believing a lie, just like she had done to her half sister before her death, did Arun honestly think he would be able
"But I must ask why you are doing this? Why should I believe your reasons?" An elderly man asked the lady sitting in front of him.Some Photos and documents were scattered all over the table where she sat opposite to him.Jasmine looked at him and smiled before she spoke up."I fell inlove once with a smile that didn't belong to me, a laugh which wasn't mine and a person I couldn't call mine..." She began slowly, staring intermittently at him as she did."It really wasn't meant to be a love story but I did believe it could become one. And because of that hope, I denied the whole world for him, but in the end, it seemed as if my... only world had denied me."" What makes a villain Mr Gabriel?"" People who do evil things?" The aged man replied as he adjusted his glasses while still staring at the woman in front of him."I had never minded not being people’s first choice until when he looked me in the eyes and told me he never loved me. That’s when I broke""Even you Mr. Gabriel, you
"I chose the second Jaiswal" Maya could not take her mind off the content of the piece of paper Mr Gabriel has left for her as he boarded his plane to leave the country. It was too plain and at the same time hard to understand. She couldn't tell what he meant by the one sentence, even to someone else she wouldn't be able to explain it. The Second Jaiswal. Who was that? Who exactly was that and what influence did the person have that made him give up his 20% stakeholder shares at her father's company. It just didn't make any sense to her considering how the company was the second best in terms of profit in the whole of Qhezon City, why would he give up his shares that easily without flinching and relocating abroad. Her heart missed beats the more she pondered on what had happened right in the twinkle of an eye. The elevator door she was in with a few other people at the Jasmine Company opened. She stared at the lady before her. She looked awkwardly familiar. It was the l
Mia was that friend everyone would want to have. Bold, courageous, assertive and always looking out for other people's good regardless of the situation she found herself in.She never for once envious or jealous of the fact that Jasmine had been a Jaiswal throughout the years of their friendship.Seeing her reflection from the computer after what she had told her made Jasmine's heart break.Perhaps she was just annoyed that she wasn't listening to her advice. That must be it. There was no way Mia would be jealous of her. What was there about her for her to be jealous of.Perhaps someone had annoyed her and she didn't know any perfect time to express her anger but at her. Perhaps that was what had happened."Am I doing too much, Mia?" Jasmine asked.She felt the need to ask to get the reassurance she so desperately needed after seeing Mia's expression."No Jasmine. You're not. Don't for once think you are. Many that might be in your shoes will do worst. I'm surprised you haven't done a
Arun sat quietly at the back seat of the bar he was at, so angry and fidgety.Since time immemorial, even before he ascended ranks to be amongst the top ten billionaires of Qhezon City, no woman or human born of one had given him such disrespect Maya had.He was left wondering if he had done wrong loving her and all, framing and divorcing his wife, her sister for her and practically doing everything just to be with her.Now that he was with her, he couldn't even get a check of his emotions nor tell what the reason had been why he loved her so much in the past.She was so full of flaws, why couldn't he have seen the red flags before so he wouldn't have committed to her like he had.Though he tried as hard as he could to keep his emotions in check and not to dwell on his regret, he couldn't find a way to and without noticing, he constant saw himself and his thoughts in the direction he had wanted to pull them out from."What was so special about Maya that had made him abandon his ex sub
Mr Jaiswal's face switched from the calm demeanor it had been to a busy heartbeat.What he had just heard from the news was not one that required him sitting down to hear. Something had happened since the day he was unconscious due to his poisoning.He picked up the remote controller and switched back to the news channel he had slipped before." A bizarre thing happened at the board members election of Jaiswal Corporations and his daughter revealed that she had been adopted. What made it more shocking was how she went on to reveal that the heir to the managing director position of the company whom everyone believed to be a true Jaiswal was also a fake. He was the product of Mrs. Jaiswal's fling with her then driver who happened to have died last week. Netizens are speculating that she might have had a hand in his death because of the time frame. But those are all speculations and no one can tell because Mrs. Jaiswal who has also been called by the police for questioning regarding the
Mrs Jaiswal's car arrived at a venue she had been texted and walked out cautiously out of her car, turning to check her back all the time to ascertain if anyone was following her or might have done so. "Are you sure this facility is hidden enough? I don't want the media or people to find out my son is at this place. Are you sure with it being empty and hidden?" She pressed the man at the counter so kept replying her in the affirmative. It was hidden enough, he couldn't tell why she was finding it hard to believe when it truly was hidden. He watched from the door as she entered the last room where her son was at. It was the only room having a patient, like she had requested.. The others were empty and only her son was a psychiatric patient at the facility. Mrs Jaiswal hugged her son tightly. She couldn't afford watching her only child go to jail over a meagre substance abuse case and had worked her butt off getting him freed illegally out of jail. Only this psychiatric facility
Another bullet was fired and this hit Maya before she could pull the trigger of her gun. A police man had gunned her down and she fell to the floor, bleeding as well, regret and anger etched all over her face. But her motivation still burned deeply inside her and propelled her to still aim at Jasmine even as she was unconscious on the floor. She had to kill her, to her that was all that mattered. Marshall used the distraction caused by Maya being gunned down to rush over to where Jasmine was and carried her. "Please save my baby" Arun managed to whisper as he held on tightly to Marshall's leg. "Save my child" he continued to plead but Marshal pulled his leg away from him and carried Jasmine and ran off as he could. Arun stayed back while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. The police had said they called them. No one rushed towards him, not even one person. Jasmine would have if this had been in the past. She would have rushed to him even if she were wounded. He was to be bla
"14billion!! For both Mother and child. You don't have to perform a surgery on her, just give me both and I will relinquish 14billion to you" Arun screamed on top of his lungs. "What?" Marshall shouted, angry with the way he was quick in pricing his woman as if she were some sort of property. He glanced over his wrist watch. Two minutes had passed and the police would probably be on their way. But his men would reach within the next few minutes so till then, he had to stall for some time. "Do you have any other solutions you propose Marshall?" Arun asked him desperately seeing that they had been cornered and Maya didn't care for whatever decision she was preparing to take next. For him he wanted both Jasmine and the baby. The mere thoughts of her being with Marshall gave him goosebumps that made his skin itch. This was an ample opportunity as well for him. If things were well, he didn't mind kidnapping her in the ending and running away with her. She was his from the onset. Marsh
Marshall had anticipated a day like this and had done a DNA masking surgery on Jasmine. And as if she knew Maya was cooking something sinister for her, she had come prepared as that was he only bullet Maya had at hand against her. "I'll go by the chauffeur ma'am. The men are coming here soon, please wait behind" her secretary said and made way to rush to drive the car to where she was at.It wasn't up to a few minutes after her secretary left to drive the car towards her that she felt a hand cover her nose. She hadn't anticipated that her safety would be compromised so she hadn't been alert and had allowed the security off her sight for a second. Slowly, she lost her balance and dizzied as the smell oozing from the handkerchief her nose was covered with took control over her. Arun's three s reached as he saw what happened and he immediately began chasing after the car that Jasmine had been put into. He had been trailing her the few days and for a brief second he had taken his eye
Maya's eyes locked onto Jasmine's with a fierce determination burning within them. "I think it's time we settled this once and for all so that those that have ajil terms to serve would continue" Maya said with her voice steady, subtly making a diss at Jasmine.The room fell silent with all eyes on Maya. She gestured to a technician from the DNA testing house she had invited. "Please, reveal the results."The technician nodded and began to explain. "We've conducted DNA tests on Maya Jaiswal. The results show..." The technician paused, scanning the room before continuing. "Jasmine Jaiswal is indeed the biological daughter of the Chairman Jaiswal."The room erupted into chaos with gasps and murmurs spreading like wildfire. Maya's eyes never left Jasmine's face with a mixture of emotions swirling within her.Mrs. Jaiswal's face turned ashen, her eyes wide with shock. "This can't be," she whispered, her voice trembling, pretending to be shocked even though it was all an act she hoped
"Isn't that the man that was reported dead a few days ago on the news?" A lady asked from the crowd and only them did it occur to Mrs Jaiswal that she had called two media women and a man to cover when her son would become acting cooperation president. She never expected anything to go sour and then still recording. "Make them stop!! Immediately!! Make them stop!!!" Mrs Jaiswal's lips moved at her secretary who was a meters close to her. "Make them stop? They're already live mother and whatever is happening here is already available and accessible to internet users. Wasn't that the instructions you gave them?" Mrs Jaiswal's face fell. Her plans were backfiring and working against her and she couldn't control it from happening. "What does this dead man have to do with what we're discussing here Maya? He is not even a politician or a well known person" Maya turned the speaker down with a flick of her finger."To you he might not be. Beloved mother, do you mind telling your board o
Maya's eyes narrowed while turning to her mother's direction. "Don't think you can hide it from us, Mrs. Jaiswal," she said with her voice dripping with malice. "We all know what's really going on here."The room fell silent, with all eyes on Maya and Mrs. Jaiswal. The tension was palpable, and it seemed like the entire room was holding its breath."What are you talking about, Maya?" Mrs. Jaiswal asked, trying to keep her composure."I'm talking about your son's addiction," Maya replied, her voice firm. "I'm talking about how you've been hiding it from the board members and the rest of the world."The room erupted into chaos with board members shouting and demanding answers. Mrs. Jaiswal's face turned bright red with rage and she looked like she was about to explode."How dare you!" she shouted at Maya, her voice echoing through the room. "You have no right to accuse my son of such things!"But Maya just smiled, a triumphant look on her face. "I have every right," she said. "And I
It was finally the D-day for the board to decide if Mr. Jaiswal's heir should begin working as the new CEO of the corporation. The CEO had been absent from work for a few days now but his wife was able to hide the news of his disappearance with a fake document of him travelling abroad for treatments. She had wanted to stage it as a death of the chairman but because his body had not been found regardless of how many divers she sent to the ocean to search for it in the past few days, none had found his body. This had caused her to call for the meeting with her board immediately, fearing that someone would be out with an incriminating evidence against her son. "Alright, we've gathered here today to vote if the new CEO should begin acting as one" the microphone man announced and Jasmine shared a gaze to her step mother who caught her doing so. They smiled. Jasmine too. She knew she must have already found out whom she was. Mrs Jaiswal fought hard to keep her composure calm. This wa