MAYAIf anyone would tell me that the CEO of Grey Textile and Clothing would ask me to be his model, I would call the person a big liar. But surprisingly he asked me to be his model.He even told me to drop the formalities and call him by his first name, Silver. It was like I was dreaming. But what bothered me was that Liam didn’t look too happy about the whole thing.It made me feel bad because if not for Liam, I wouldn't have met Silver and indulged in conversations with him enough for me to be his model.I didn’t want to accept the offer at first because I felt I wouldn’t do well, but Eve drew me aside and spoke some sense into me.She told me that I would be paid well and finally get the chance to get myself a new apartment. A new apartment meant that I wouldn’t be reminded of Lucas and Chloe’s betrayal anytime I entered my house.Also, it meant that my standard of living would improve and I would be able to have three square meals. When Eve took me to the dressing room and began
LIAMWhen Eve said we needed to talk, she had a serious look on her face like none I had seen before. I instantly knew it was something serious that she wanted us to talk about because Eve was normally a cheerful and lively person.She walked over to me while I saw Silver and Maya still conversing. Silver was smiling and chuckling occasionally but from where I stood I couldn't see if Maya was doing the same because she had her back to me.“ Alright, what's the problem, Eve? “ I asked her with a straight face because I wasn't in a good mood.If it were another person who asked to talk to me right now I would have ignored the person and gotten the hell out of here. But because Eve and I’s friendship has been since childhood. Hence, I decided to show her some respect and keep my anger at bay.“ Why didn't you comment on how Maya looked? She's your model Liam!! You didn't even stay close to her during the whole process of the photo shoot as you were supposed to!! Why are you treating her
MAYAEven though Liam was the most annoying and arrogant human I have ever met in my life, he was still my boss, and most of all I needed the money.To think of the fact that I had to play along with Silver just to please Liam because I knew if I didn’t the contract with Silver could go south and Liam would pay a compensation fee for wasting Silver's time. Liam didn’t even appreciate it.I saw no reason why I should waste my time falling for someone like him so I decided to erase all thoughts of me ever loving him from my head.I knew I would still find love again, so I decided to keep an open mind and give love a chance. At least that would help speed the healing of the heartbreak Lucas and Chloe caused me.When Silver sent Eve’s assistant to me with all the travel bags filled with the used for the photo shoot I was utterly surprised. Could this also be stated in the contract? I asked myself as I frowned.Of course, I rejected the outfits but the girl said Silver insisted that the ou
MAYAI opened my eyes and the person I didn’t expect to be tapping me was standing right in front of me. It wasn’t Liam like I expected it would be. It was someone else.I opened my eyes and in front of me stood the Air hostess with a frown on her face. I groaned and lazily unstrapped my seat belt. I turned and saw that Liam wasn't on the plane anymore.“ So that asshole left me here without waking me up, “ I mumbled and scoffed. “ Excuse me? I didn’t quite get what you said. “ The Air hostess asked me with a mean look on her face.“ That’s why it’s called mumbling, “ I retorted because I was in a bad mood for being woken up when I was just beginning to enjoy my sleep.“ Mr Taylor is waiting for you in his car outside, “ The Air hostess said and scoffed before walking away from me.When I looked at my phone to check the time, it was 8:25 p.m. But another thing caught my attention. It was a notification from my bank.I had to open the message to be able to see the main contents of it
MAYABefore I could sit on my office chair, Liam and I heard a knock on the door. I sat down anyway and the door opened revealing Henry with a bouquet of roses on his hands as he came and closed the door behind him.He had a big grin on his face and twitched his brows at me playfully which made me frown. I didn’t understand why he was twitching both his brows at me playfully and grinning widely.“ What are you doing Henry? “ Liam asked Henry with a blank expression on his face which made Henry immediately comport himself and keep a straight face.“ Uhm, Sir, these beautiful roses were sent to Mrs Allen, just now, “ Henry said as he walked over to me and gave me the roses.I looked at them with creased brows wondering who sent them. I knew for sure Lucas wasn’t the one who sent them, then who did? I saw a note on the roses and took it out to read.“ May I know who sent them? “ Liam asked Henry who nodded his head with a smile.“ Mr. Silver Grey was the one who sent these flowers for Mi
MAYAI flinched with fear when the door to the office suddenly opened with force. Liam and I turned to see the person who barged into our office only to see Bianca with a neck aid on her neck storm into the office with an angry look on her face.“ You bitch!!! How dare you steal my spot?? You go around parading yourself like an innocent person but in truth, you’re a pretentious poor girl. You think I don’t know you’re poor? Oh, I do and that’s how I know you’re just a gold digger. I want my… “ Bianca kept raining insults on me and wanted to continue but Liam cut her short.“ Enough!!!! “ Liam yelled and hit his hands on his desk angrily. He had a murderous look on his face like none I had ever seen before. Bianca flinched when Liam hit his hands on his desk and so did I. I wasn’t surprised that Bianca was acting this way. But what I found unacceptable was the way she was insulting me.“ How is it my fault that I did what I was asked to do? You had an accident and I was the only perso
MAYA“ Please don’t go with him, “ Liam said to me with the angry look on his face being replaced with a pleading look after a while of what seemed like he was thinking.“ Why Sir, “ I asked him. Deep down I had a feeling that I knew what he was about to say.“ If at all that is what he is about to say then it would be a miracle, “ My subconscious shot back at me with a laughter of mockery.Liam looked at me and this was the first time I had seen him nervous. He wanted to speak to me but didn't know how to. The Liam I knew never ran out of how to express himself.“ Just please don't go with him because if you do, it'll break my heart, “ Liam said with a tender look on his face.I was astounded by what he just said. Did he just indirectly confess that he feels something for me? Yeah, I knew sometimes he behaved like he cared about me but I thought my feelings for him were unrequited.“ I…I don't understand what you mean Sir, “ I answered him with a stutter.I was at a loss for words, h
LIAM’S POVWhen Maya left the office in a hurry with a blushing face I couldn’t help but chuckle. She looked so cute. After a few moments, she didn’t come back, which raised my worry so I went outside to check on her.Henry wasn’t at his office either, not like I was expecting him to be in his office since it was already time for lunch. I tried calling Maya but her line wasn’t reachable.“ Sir, are you searching for Miss Allen? “ One of my female staff members, Elvina, asked me.I straightened my suit jacket and nodded my head. Was it that obvious that I was looking out to see her? I frowned at the thought.“ Sir, she went for lunch with some guy. They just left the office to the cafe opposite our building, “ Elvina said as she batted her eyelashes at me.“ Alright thanks, “ I said and got into the elevator. When I heard Elvina tell me that Maya went for lunch with some guy my thoughts went to Silver.That conniving asshole is trying to manipulate Maya into his bed like he does with o
LIAM’S POVWhen Mason told me to hurry, that in most cases if a kidnapper called, they transferred their victims to another location in case their location had been found out, I never expected to find out that Eve was behind their kidnapping.Nor did I expect to find out that he had lived with me since childhood. I made a mental note to tell her that, even though Maya didn't show up, I would never have had romantic feelings for her.I saw her like a younger sister, and even imagining having any romantic feelings for her seemed gross to me.I was glad that we had gotten my kids, and they were playing and talking throughout the drive home as though they didn't just witness a fierce shootout.Reaching our gate, it looked like there was a commotion going on there, so we got down from the car, leaving the kids in the car as we went there.Only to see Chloe and Lucas when we got there. Maya and I frowned, and so did my mom and sister, Anna.“What’s going on here?” I asked.“We were in the c
MAYA’S POVAnna and Liam’s mom were trying to calm down while we sat together patiently waiting for Liam and Silver to get back.Eve got an emergency call at her boutique and left, promising to come back once she had attended to the VIP client who demanded to see her.My phone began ringing, and when I checked, it was Liam calling. I informed his mom and sister, and we all sat up eager to hear what he had to say.“We have gotten the address of where our kids are being kept. We have called for backup from the police and are heading there now. I’ll text you the address for you to meet us there. Be quiet as possible,” Liam said the moment I picked up the call.“Alright,” I said and ended the call.I was glad that they got the address but hoped that the kidnapper wouldn’t harm my kids. I couldn’t afford to lose them.I wanted to call Eve to inform her of the latest development, but due to how Liam’s mom and sister were in a hurry for us to leave, I decided to call her later after we got t
LIAM’S POVIt had been four years since that night of passion Maya and I shared, which afterward I got down on my naked and proposed to her.She was happy and surprised that she began to shed tears of joy before she accepted to be my wife.We have two children now, Jaden and Janelle. They are twins.Jaden takes after me while Janelle takes after her mother. In these years Eve and Maya have been best of friends.While Silver and I reconciled and were close again.Of course, Chloe and Lucas tried to sabotage my wedding, but thanks to Maya, who requested that I tighten the security at the wedding, Chloe’s plans didn't succeed.After I was done reminiscing about these past years, I continued with the documents I was trying to sort out when my phone began ringing, and I smiled when I saw that it was Maya calling.“Hey honey, what’s up?” I answered the call with a smile, but my smile froze when I heard the way she sounded.“I went to pick up Jaden and Janelle, but the teacher told me that I
MAYA’s POVWhen I opened the door, I saw Liam standing in the room, which was decorated with posters and balloons that had “I am sorry and please be the love of my life” written on them.All of a sudden, his mom and sister popped out of various corners in the room.“Surprise!!!” They exclaimed.“What’s going on?” I asked them as I chuckled.“Uhm…. Trying to make you accept Liam back?” Anna, Liam’s sister replied.“He is sorry, Child,” Liam’s mother walked to me and said before patting me on the shoulders, and they excused themselves from the room, giving Liam and me privacy.The fact that Liam and his family did this warmed my heart. The fact they were in support of my relationship with Liam despite my social status gladdened my heart.“I want you in my life, Maya; please don’t say no,” Liam said to me, and I couldn’t hold back any longer.I closed the space between us, wrapped my hands around his neck, and kissed him.Liam wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer as our li
MAYA’S POV“So I approached Chloe to talk to her on behalf of Liam. I didn't know he had mustered up the courage to speak to her, and when we both saw him coming, she….” Silver paused and swallowed nervously.“She what?” I asked him curiously, urging him to complete what he was saying.“She kissed me,” he said, making me gasp.I thought I knew Chloe, but listening to Silver now made me very sure that Chlor had a disgusting character.“Did she know that you were friends with Liam?” I asked just to be sure.“She did. Thereafter, Liam thought I betrayed him and stopped talking to me, and I became angry that he believed I would actually betray him. That's our story.” He completed and clasped his palms together.I now realized one thing for sure, which was that I wasn’t going to work with Silver now that I resigned my job from Liam’s company.I didn't want to cause more enmity between the duo than there already was.“I think you both misunderstood each other. I feel both can resolve this i
LIAM’S POVI stared at nothing in particular wondering what the hell just happened. I was hoping to see Maya at work today but I sure as hell didn’t expect her to quit work.When I asked if yesterday meant nothing to her, it pained me more than when Chloe broke my heart after I heard Maya make up a very silly excuse.I knew I deserved her outburst after the way I treated when she came to our family house but I didn’t expect that she would take this far.“Well, that went….” Chloe wanted to continue but I didn’t give the opportunity. I pushed her out of my office and locked my door.I grabbed the flower vase close to where I stood and smashed it to the wall.Just then I heard a knock on my door. I was angry at myself because I was the cause of Maya’s decision now.I composed myself because I had no option to. I was at work. Thereafter I opened my office door only to see Henry standing by the door.I left the door open for him and went to sit on my chair. He had a look which signified th
MAYA’S POV After the series of hate comments, I got from netizens because of Liam and also after going to his family house to see him and him practically chasing me away. Here I was walking to his office to ask him what I did wrong only to meet him with Chloe in his arms. I was pained but there was no way I was going to let it show. So I just smiled which made Liam’s brows crease. “Good morning Sir, I’m here to tender my resignation letter,” I said and removed the letter from my bag. After what he did back at his family house, Silver helped me come up with a solution. Which was to resign and he would help me post that Liam was helping me rehearse for a commercial and that we were not dating at all. He said this would help calm netizen’s hate comments. I didn’t want to agree at first because there was no way I was going to deny my love for Liam, but seeing him now, Silver’s advice seemed to be the best option I’ve got. “What??” Liam asked, utterly shocked while Chloe stood by h
LIAM’S POV I followed Anna downstairs, curious as to what she said I would want to see. Hardly had I walked down the stairs, when I saw Silver and Maya talking to my mom. They had the nerve to come to my house? I was pissed and disappointed at Maya for even accepting to come to my family residence with Silver. “ What are you both doing here? Leave!! “ I said angrily and pointed at the door. Maya looked perplexed at my outburst, which made me wonder why she acted that way after knowing what she did. “ Calm down Liam… We just… '' Silver began to speak but I cut him short. “ You don’t get to talk in my house after what you did, “ I yelled at Silver angrily, making him flinch at my sudden outburst. “ That’s your problem, Liam!! “ He yelled at me angrily too which made me pause for a moment in surprise. “ You always suspect any slight move I make. You blame me without knowing the full story or at least hearing from my side. That incident on that fateful day, I didn’t do it. I would
LIAM’S POVMy mom and my sister stood in front of me with menacing looks on their faces while I stood like a kid who had been caught doing something bad.“ Let's get on with it already shall we? Bring it on, “ I said to them with a bored look on my face and at the same time gesturing with my hands for them to come closer.I stood expecting them to lash out at me. I couldn't wait for them to get it over with so I could go find my Maya. The poor girl must be in bad shape right now, I thought to myself.But much to my surprise my mom and sister began to smile and giggle.“ That's weird, “ I muttered with a surprised and confused look on my face as my brows creased.“ Where did you meet her? “ My mom asked with a smile as she walked towards me while I took steps backward. I was still trying to process and digest their reactions.“ She’s cute. I especially love her hair, “ Anna said and giggled as she walked towards me. They kept walking towards me while in response I kept taking steps bac