The office wasn't bubbly as it used to. Even Marshal could notice from the preset of his workers that something happened and had been amiss somewhere. Perhaps the stocks fell and his guards were unable to bribe media houses to bring down the trending recording so as to reduce the backlash his bride was getting. To him, it wasn't necessarily about his company not the stocks plummeting, he was bothered because of Jasmine whose photo was trending with scandalous news of being an engagement wrecker. He wasn't even concerned about himself nor the cheating allegations against him. It was just Jasmine's he was concerned about. It was just her name that made him regret the party. "What is happening?" He asked his secretary as he walked into his office bringing business documents for him to sign. He sighed, not sure if he was right to say what he was about to. "The stocks keep plummeting and because of the inter....." "I wasn't asking about the stocks" Marshal corrected, cutting him shor
"I'm beyond surprised you all have something to say about my daughter and not just her, but about me as a wife, a mother and even as the acting chairperson" an annoyed voice took over and immediately the boarding room went silent. " I do not know how to raise children? I need to take private lectures on how to raise girls? I applaud the insight and more than anything thank you so much for the suggestions but why don't we begin things properly? Shall we?"She walked out of her seat and stood behind the neatest man that had opposed. " It was on a sunny morning when the news broke the internet about an international student who was caught doing drugs on the American Institute of Technology. Worse was that she was underaged, not even up to seventeen but she had already started abusing substances and showed withdrawal signs from addiction" as she spoke and the more she did, the man she stood behind trembled, embarrassedly scanning faces in the hall knowing well that he would be judged wi
"When Marshall Yugo's grandfather came to my father and asked for my hand in marriage to his grandson, I had refused and even fainted my father for having second thoughts towards that union. Then, I was in a secret relationship with my current husband. You might be surprised but it was all complicated and when my father had to force me to become Marshall's betrothed two years ago because of his grandfather's incessant pleadings, my boyfriend has issues and we broke up because of it. He didn't know that I was forced and it was beyond my control to stop it. It didn't take a long time before he was seduced by my step sister whom he married but has other intentions for him. Diligently, I waited and stayed with Marshall even though I was of a marriageable age. I was patient with him for the day he would marry me. A day was set and I gave it my all. It hadn't been too long since after my step sisters death from a burn while she was being transported to the cell she was to serve her jail yea
Mia was her best friend. Her confidante, or so she thought. As she sat behind the back seats of the cab watching Mia walk out of jr uncompleted building with the familiar man she had wished for it not to be, her heart shattered into pieces. She was her partner in crime. Or so she thought. How could she? How could she betray her like this and in such a short spasm of time? She thought they shared everything, that they were sisters at heart. But she guess she was wrong."What did she do to deserve this? To deserve a life and fate such as this? Why did everyone she know end up betraying her? Was Marshal going to do so too?And to think that she was involved with Arun... the man who destroyed her life. The man who left her to rot in prison. How could she? How could she stoop so low?She felt like she'd been punched in the gut. As if the air was knocked out of her and she couldn't breathe. Her eyes were fixed on the figure standing in front of Mia, his height, his shoulders, his stature
Jasmine walked into the house still unable to help but feel a sense of unease. The strange car in the driveway and the overheard conversation about someone looking for her had her curiosity piqued.She made her way to the living room, where she found an aged man sitting on the couch. "You must be the Padmavati daughter" he said to her as he saw her walk in. Jasmine bowed before him a greeted. Nodding her head to admit the information he had shared. Marshal had mentioned to her in the past about the Padmavati's and about how her new face belonged to one of their late daughter's. A daughter people weren't aware that she died, apart from her family. So she had grown accustomed and practiced severally all about the Padmavati's Incase a day like this one were to approach. "I blamed my grand son for his betrayal but now being in your presence and seeing the reason behind his actions, I am not hard on him again. Any man will be set back from his decisions if they were to see the beauty
Jasmine waited for Marshal to return after work, still contemplating if she should or shouldn't tell him about her findings on Mia. To tell or to not? Perhaps not because Mia has been her food friend for years now, the only one that had been genuinely sad when she passed away. Telling Marshal and ruining the trust he had for her for her sake would most definitely feel like torture to her and she didn't want her to suffer anymore than she had in the past. Keeping her at bays hand close to her was the almost perfect solution she could think of. While waiting, she couldn't help but soliloquize as well. What Marshall's granddad had said and the invite he had handed to her. She wondered if she was to attend. She would attend. She would honor his invite with Marshall's permission but only if Marshall were to tell her about the dinner. She knows her family and knew how often they threw company dinners to celebrate company achievements. This was an achievement to them. The Yugo famil
The hall was decorated in an uptrend with standing tables occasioned at most parts, while a huge space stood for the guests to stand. It was looking more like a showcase where guests had to come to drink wines, watch a show and leave. A woman walked across the hall as workers were still assembling decorations. She was bitter and it was all evident on her face. She reached out to a connected wire and tiptoed towards it with a plier she hid beneath her dress. She was going to chop at it so that midway during the party, there would be a power outage. It wasn't much but at least it would be something for her to do to disrupt the plans the Jaiswals had for their party. "What do you think you're about to do?" She was stopped and immediately as she turned to shout on the worker that ha the audacity to ask her such a blatant question, she was surprised and almost lost balance from the shock on seeing Mrs. Jaiswal. Behind her stood her secretary and she resigned all effo
As the night fell, the Jaiswal's company dinner was in full swing. The hall was filled with the who's who of the business world all dressed to impress. The sound of laughter and chatter filled the air, accompanied by the clinking of glasses and the soft music playing in the background.Maya was dressed in a stunning red gown and mingled with the guests, her smile and laughter fake, but convincing. She was a pro at hiding her true emotions, and tonight was no exception.Her dress glittered and was quick to tell apart, trust her to be the most talked about best dresser at her own family's company dinner.She couldn't wait for the party to be over and trend on the media as well as her story that was garnering sympathy from the netizens.Several reporters were also present at the party, all waiting for what personality would show up at the party for them to question Meanwhile, Marshall was dressed in a tailored black tuxedo and stood at the bar sipping on a glass of scotch. He scanned th
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