"Do you not know that she's pregnant already?" Max chuckled. "I know quite well, and that's why I'm telling you this because her baby is mine and not yours." Perry paused for a minute and stared at him like he didn't just hear what he said. He scoffed, wondering if he was aware of what he was talking about. "Can you even hear yourself?" Max smiled. "I know you'd never believe me just by my words, so I made sure to gather my evidence to show you." "What the heck?" Perry stared at him unbelievably, as he felt his heart beating heavily. "Even if what you're saying is true, why are you telling me now?" Max let out a sigh. "You might call it selfishness, but my heart hasn't healed from the hurt she put me through. I know your engagement with her is very close, and I don't want to see her happy after everything she did to me." "And what did she do to you exactly?" Perry asked as he sat up in his seat curiously "What could she have done that made you despise her so much to com
Becky's surgery was done successfully, and Autumn was caught between working, taking care of her mom in the hospital, and her younger sister This made her quite stressed that she almost fell sick. Soon, her mum was discharged and they returned home Meanwhile, Perry had been thinking of ways to apologize to Autumn and urge her to return home as his wife. After much thought about it, Khalid gave him advice about what to do. He made some findings on where Autumn now works, and he found out it was with one of his business partners Immediately, he reached out to Marco, Autumn's new boss, and also her family and asked for their help in getting her back. He told her boss that he should send her on a business trip to Vegas, and her boss agreed. Autumn was very surprised when her boss told her to do this. She had just taken a leave from work to Los Angeles to take care of herself, and he had granted her the leave All of a sudden, he called her to come with him on a business trip t
Ella raised her glass of wine up, and every one on the table followed suit. "To Autumn!" "To Autumn!" The other girls on the table chorused. "To me!" Autumn squealed, a bright smile appearing on her face. "Cheers!" Every one chorused as they all gulped down their glass of wine. It was one of the best days in Autumn's entire life. The young lady had been unemployed for a while now, and had tried on several occasions to change that title. It's been half a year, and despite being someone who doesn't give up easily, it was beginning to get tiring for her. But here she was in one of the biggest bars in Las Vegas celebrating with some of her closest friends on her acquisition of a new job. It was a dream come true for her because it was not just any job. It was her dream job. She had invited her friends through calls days before, and they all agreed to meet up at the bar that evening and have fun. It was the weekend before she started at her new workplace, so she had to enj
The guy kissed her and she closed her eyes once again, losing herself in his soft lips. His kisses were wet and passionate as his hands played with her breasts. He didn't hurry to move, he only focused on arousing her even more, kissing, biting her lips, her neck, and fondling her perky breasts. She put her hands around his neck and kissed him with everything she had, moaning and feeling his hard crotch on her beneath. He suddenly paused and dropped her gently on the floor. "I think we need to get a room," he said with a smirk on his face. "Right away." "Meet me outside then." He said before heading over to the exit of the bar. While Autumn hurried to her table and grabbed her purse. Not caring to tell her girls who were still on the dance floor that she was leaving already, she hurried out of the bar to meet the young man outside. In a small chapel whose lights brightened every nook and cranny of its insides, was Autumn and the young man she had met at the bar. They
"What is this?" She asked no one in particular as she kept on reading the paper in her hand. She scoffed, unable to fathom what she was seeing. "What the fuck?!" She yelled when she got to the end of the paper and saw her signature, making the man on the bed turn to see who had just woken him up from his beautiful sleep. "What the fuck?!" Autumn's scream woke Perry immediately. At first, he couldn't quite fathom where he was, but in a few seconds, he realized he was in a hotel room. Then, he slowly turned to look at the lady behind him who had just screamed. "And… who are you?" He asked with raised eyebrows. His well-sculpted pointed Grecian nose scrunched up as his dark brown eyes stared into Autumn's hazel eyes. She was about to yell again while holding the marriage certificate in her hands when he added. "Besides, do you not know that it's wrong in every manner to wake someone up? Worst still, with a scream?" He asked and scoffed, still staring at her with an annoyed loo
"It's a legal certificate," Perry blurted out. He already knew what her reaction would be, and he wasn't in any way surprised when he got the exact reaction he had expected. "What the fuck?!" Autumn exclaimed. "I'm so dead! How did we even get to this point? How and when in the world did we sign this in the first place?" "When we were both drunk, he said we went to a chapel last night, we had some shit done and we got married." He said and sighed. "It's just fucked up," "So, what's the way out uh?" Autumn asked and began to pace around the room. "We have to find something to do about this, or else it'll hurt my career. My career is on the line!" She exclaimed. "Calm down, young woman!" Perry snapped at her, getting tired of how she kept pacing around. "How do you expect me to—" "There's a solution," Perry blurted out, making Autumn stop in her tracks as she looked at Perry with a glint of hope in her eyes. "There is?" She asked. "What is the solution?" Perry parted wa
He rolled his eyes before standing up and he headed to the table where he placed the phone. Checking the caller ID, it was a very close friend of his, Khalid, immediately, he picked up the call. "Yo, man." "My guy, how're you doing?" "Trying to be sane, man, this shit is all fucked up." He said to Khalid over the phone, then sighed right after. When Gloria refused his proposal, he called Khalid on his way to the bar to express his pain and frustration to him. Right after he left the hotel room and parted ways with Autumn too, he called Khalid and told him about the marriage certificate. So, Khalid knew exactly everything that was going on. "Have you talked to your old man yet?" Khalid asked. "Yeah. He badly wants me to get married. He was a bit pissed to know that Gloria said no to me." "So, what did you tell him?" "What else, Khalid?" Perry scoffed. "I mean, the one time I tried to be committed to someone, she left for someone else! Dude, I can only get married whe
"Yeah, yeah. What did you call his name just now?" Raya also asked curiously. Wondering why her friends were so interested in his name, she repeated it to them. "Perry Moore. Why do you ask? Do you guys know him or something?" She asked them with raised eyebrows. "The question should be how do you not know him?" Ella exclaimed. "Almost, if not all ladies in the country know that name!" Raya supported. "Who is he?" "The fucking famous golden bachelor of the city, Autumn!" Ella exclaimed and scoffed. "Are you even in this city at all?" "I bet she's not," Raya replied. Autumn shrugged, unbothered by their hype of the said man. "So? What if he's the wanted bachelor, or whatever you guys called him?" "He's not just that. He's the fucking CEO of this popular company!" Raya said to her. "I can't remember the name of the company though." She then turned to Ella. "Do you?" "Nah, I don't," Ella replied to her. Autumn shrugged her shoulders once again. "I don't mind whoever
Becky's surgery was done successfully, and Autumn was caught between working, taking care of her mom in the hospital, and her younger sister This made her quite stressed that she almost fell sick. Soon, her mum was discharged and they returned home Meanwhile, Perry had been thinking of ways to apologize to Autumn and urge her to return home as his wife. After much thought about it, Khalid gave him advice about what to do. He made some findings on where Autumn now works, and he found out it was with one of his business partners Immediately, he reached out to Marco, Autumn's new boss, and also her family and asked for their help in getting her back. He told her boss that he should send her on a business trip to Vegas, and her boss agreed. Autumn was very surprised when her boss told her to do this. She had just taken a leave from work to Los Angeles to take care of herself, and he had granted her the leave All of a sudden, he called her to come with him on a business trip t
"Do you not know that she's pregnant already?" Max chuckled. "I know quite well, and that's why I'm telling you this because her baby is mine and not yours." Perry paused for a minute and stared at him like he didn't just hear what he said. He scoffed, wondering if he was aware of what he was talking about. "Can you even hear yourself?" Max smiled. "I know you'd never believe me just by my words, so I made sure to gather my evidence to show you." "What the heck?" Perry stared at him unbelievably, as he felt his heart beating heavily. "Even if what you're saying is true, why are you telling me now?" Max let out a sigh. "You might call it selfishness, but my heart hasn't healed from the hurt she put me through. I know your engagement with her is very close, and I don't want to see her happy after everything she did to me." "And what did she do to you exactly?" Perry asked as he sat up in his seat curiously "What could she have done that made you despise her so much to com
"Autumn is my ex-wife!" "Excuse me?" Gloria responded. She heard him well, but she wanted to believe she didn't. "Autumn is your ex-wife? You married your secretary?" She scoffed. "Am I good to go now that I've told you?" "What the… you're serious?" Her eyes opened wide in shock. "Was she also the one at the party the other night?" "Yes," he simply replied. Only then did the realization hit her. She knew she had heard that voice before, but she didn't know where it was She had wondered why his secretary was rude to her the very first time they set eyes on each other, but now she could tell why she had behaved like that to her. "You dated that thing?" She asked, her face filled with irritation. "Watch your words, Gloria. I'm not in the best mood at the moment, and you know that" he responded. "Do you even know how I feel about that at the moment?!" He raised his voice at him. "You claimed to divorce her and now you're coming to pay her bills?" "Please—" "Oh, spar
"Where are you headed?" Perry asked his parents as he looked from Lucy to his dad and back at Lucy "Gloria and I are here to have a surprise dinner with you," he added, and Gloria simply smiled at them. Lucy rolled her eyes at him. "That's none of your business. We have somewhere urgent to go," she said and walked past him, but Perry was quick to drag his mum back by the hand. "Perry!" She snapped at him and yanked his hand off her arm. "Can someone at least tell me what's happening?!" He asked at the top of his voice, while Gloria stood there staring at them. Mr. Moore checked the time on his wristwatch, and seeing that arguing with Perry would only make them late, he decided to tell him what happened "Autumn's mother needs to go through an operation and the fee is a little high for her." Perry's eyes went wide open in shock. "Her sister called us for help, and that's where we're going. Is that okay now?" He then turned to Gloria "My dear, we won't be available tonight
Autumn rubbed her hands together anxiously as she awaited the response of the doctor. He cleared his table and sat on his office chair, while she sat opposite him. "What's going on with her?" She asked him with a look of fear on her face. The doctor looked at her, then at the paper in his hand, then back at her. He then started to explain his diagnosis. "She happened to have arrhythmias, heart valve problems, and high blood pressure in her lung arteries, which led to a heart failure that made her collapse." "Oh my God," Autumn gasped, as she covered her mouth with her hands. Her eyes were teary by now as she stared at the doctor. "Isn't there anything that could be done about it?" She added after a couple of seconds. "Will she survive it? What do I have to do to make her feel better? Will she get better? She won't die now, will she? Please, be honest with me," she begged with teary eyes as her heart began to beat heavily. She had arguments with her mother a lot, but she w
Autumn arrived at Biarritz Tech Company and rushed over to the receptionist's table. The young lady looked at her with an emotionless face, expecting her to say something since she had no idea who she was or whom she was there to see. "Good afternoon," Autumn said and stood in front of the receptionist. "I was called a couple of minutes back to come over to this company right away." "Name?" "Autumn." "Autumn?" The receptionist raised her head to look at Autumn again, giving her a disapproving stare. "Do you not have a last name?" "It's Dax. Autumn Dax." Confirming that 'Autumn Dax' was on the list of new employees, she gave Autumn a brisk nod. "Go to the office on the last end of the next floor." "Thank you," Autumn replied with false pleasantness and skipped towards the elevator. On getting to the next floor's waiting hall, a young lady stepped out of the office directly opposite her and called out, "Autumn Dax." "Here!" She replied and launched to her feet. The
A couple of weeks later, Lisa and Olive took a day off from work to see Autumn. When they noticed that she hadn't been coming, they reached out to her. They were shocked to hear that she had resigned from work. Seeing that there was no other way to see her, they picked a date and decided to meet up at a nearby restaurant. Autumn arrived there first and ordered a drink while she awaited the arrival of her friends. The television was on, and it was set to a news channel. She was lost in thought about her search for a new job when someone mentioned Perry's name, which jerked her back to reality. "Isn't that the billionaire CEO of Trek Tech?" A lady squealed from her seat as she pointed at the tv. "Omg! It's him! He's getting engaged again!" Another one exclaimed and murmurs aroused in the room. Autumn managed to listen to the news amidst the murmurs, to know what exactly was happening. "...and had divorced his ex-wife, whom he didn't mention her name to cover her identity.
Perry looked at his mum, who was stunned at how he shouted at her. "I'm sorry for raising my voice at you, mum. But I just want you to understand that nobody else has a say in my marriage affairs." "Your father and I have come to see Autumn as our daughter, and we knew how happy you were and how positively you changed in a couple of things," Lucy replied with a serious but concerned look on her face. "So I don't understand why you should divorce her over—" "The whole thing was fake!" Perry blurted out, while his parents just stared at him like they had no idea what he was saying. "Everything was fake from the start, mum. We signed a deal with each other when dad wanted me to get married at all costs." "Perry Moore!" His father growled as he shot a deadly glare at Perry. "You both deceived us all along?!" "I've said all I can. I'm off to work," Perry said and walked towards the exit. "Perry!" His father called, but he didn't turn back. He walked out of the house and slamme
Becky walked to sit beside Autumn on her bed. She looked tattered and rough, and Becky's heart sank to see her daughter that way. That was the first time she had ever seen her so bedridden over a guy. "Do you want to talk about it now?" Becky asked her calmly. Autumn reached for the cupboard next to her bed and picked up some papers on it, then gave her. Becky collected them wondering what it was about. She went through it and was shocked to see that they were divorce papers. She was even more shocked to see that Autumn had signed her part. "You signed these?" Her eyes were wide open in shock as she stared at her daughter like she knew not what she was doing. "I've made up my mind, mum. He sent these papers because he has moved on. I'm ready to do that too," she got up from her bed. "I'm going to drop the papers at the mailbox, so they can be delivered back to him." "Are you sure about this? Do you think you're doing the right thing?" Becky asked with a face filled with