"Tell that to my face," Perry ordered, and she turned around slowly to look at him. Both of them stared into each other's eyes. And for the first time since Gloria, he could swear that he felt his heart race. Being with Autumn a lot these days, he had stopped remembering Gloria, and it was like he had gotten over her. He wasn't ready to admit it yet, but he knew he felt something for Autumn already and a side of him told him that she felt the same. "I said I didn't see your texts, is there anything wrong with that?" She asked him with a serious look on her face. He stared at her without a word, and his eyes began to notice all the little details he never noticed about her before. He looked from her hair down to her eyes, then down to her lips. He felt his heart skip once again and he suddenly looked away without saying anything. Autumn noticed this, and she felt the urge to question him. "Why did you say you love me when you don't?" She suddenly blurted out. Perry
Autumn's eyes opened wide in awe, as she got down from the car and looked at the gigantic building in front of her. The mansion was all concrete and tall glass windows that gave a view of the mountains, a chance to relax and take in the changing of the seasons from the comfort of an easy chair. Its windows were as shy as eyes, large enough to welcome any ray of sun. The rock walls belonged right where it was as if perchance it had grown up right from that hallowed ground. "Woah," she muttered to herself as she admired the beauty of the mansion. Each corner of the wall was beautifully carved, and the designs were made with complete care. With the combination of dark green and spotless white paint, it was looking like a palace from a fairyland. Greeneries around the mansion were adding more beauty to it. As she admired the mansion, she recalled the small house she lived in with her mum and sister, in which some of the roofings in some parts of the house often leaked during ra
When Autumn was done arranging her things in her room, she freshened up and changed into more loose cloth. She tied her hair into a bun and called her mum and sister. She assured them that everything was going well and that she was done setting down. When she was done with the call, she left her room for the kitchen. Since Perry hadn't shown her around the house yet, she struggled to find the kitchen. Opening the door gently, she was shocked to see Perry in an apron. At first, she thought he was making dinner, but when she looked closely and listened to what he was muttering, she couldn't help but muffle a peal of laughter. "Uhm, the blender," he said as he read the paper on the body of the appliance. "Since its name is a blender, then that means it's used to blend stuff," he added. He looked so focused on it that he didn't know Autumn was standing at the door staring at him. "I know this is the gas cooker, but how's this even operated?" He asked himself as he looked a
Autumn stared at him suspiciously, then shrugged before opening the book given to her. Her facial expression changed as she flipped through the pages of the book. When she got to the last page of the book, she flipped it on the kitchen lab and turned to him. "What the fuck is that?" She yelled at him. Perry loved the way she was reacting, so he smiled as he watched her and sipped his juice without saying a word to her. "There are like a thousand rules in that book, what the hell?" She glared at him. "Am I here to live as your slave or something?" She scoffed. "Even a slave doesn't have to go through so many rules to live with his master!" "You're already disobeying one of the rules," he replied calmly and dropped the empty glass of juice on the slab. "Why are you shouting?" "Why wouldn't I shout?!" She raised her voice again. "Dude, those rules are ridiculous. Didn't you read them to yourself?" He shrugged. "Well, it's my house. And guess what? My house, my rules."
Perry was shocked. While he was still processing her attitude toward him, she walked back inside the kitchen. She had almost gotten to her room upstairs when she remembered that she hadn't made the tea she wanted to make for dinner. "Damn," she muttered as she returned to the kitchen. Seeing that Perry gave her a scornful glare, she decided to clear herself. "Come on, think about it, why do I need all those rules?" "You asked for them in the car, young lady." He replied, staring at her intently. She rolled her eyes at him as she remembered asking him if he had rules that she had to follow in his house. "I was only joking about it. "Whatever," he turned to leave, "I'll be in the sitting room. Let me know when dinner is ready," he added before leaving. Autumn stood there staring at the door as if she was mad at it. Whereas, she was mad at the man who just walked out of It. "How the heck has he even been surviving? He has little to no foodstuffs here!" She shook her head an
Autumn made sure to wake up very early the next morning, even earlier than she normally wakes. She had planned the night that she'd leave for work before Perry woke up. She didn't want to have any reason to follow him to work so that gossip and rumors wouldn't fly around about them. As she stood up to prepare for work, her mind went to the event from yesternight. When Perry threw the remote control on the television, the remote fell to the ground and shattered, making the batteries in it scatter around the sitting room. As he passed by her and walked upstairs, she noticed how red his eyes were, coupled with the anger on his face. She knew better than to ask him further about what was wrong. When he was out of sight, she picked up the remote's batteries and fixed them back into the remote control. Then she placed it on a stool and switched off the television before going to bed. "I wonder what happened to him and why he acted like that," she muttered as she yawned and stre
"Go in through the VIP parking area," Perry said to the driver and he nodded his head in reply. "Okay, boss," he replied and drove into the firm through the VIP section. The firm had two parking lots, one which was for the workers and any random persons, and the other for VIPs like Perry, who was the boss himself, his father, Mr. Moore, other dignitaries, and people who came to make contracts with him, including his other business partners. Autumn, however, was shocked to see this. She had no idea the firm had another parking lot. Now she understood why some of the workers knew nothing about Perry. He arrives at work in a tinted car, parks his car in the VIP section, and heads over to his office through the VIP elevator, which is guarded by his men. No random person is allowed to use these services. He doesn't even eat in the cafe. How then would anyone know anything about him? "No wonder he was bent on me following him to work, he knew no one would see us anyway," sh
Autumn covered her mouth with her hand, as the realization of what had just happened hit her. "I'm so sorry, I had no idea you were behind me," she apologized to the lady sincerely. "Oh my God!" The lady yelled as she looked at her soiled top. It wasn't all that stained, but she wanted to create a scene out of it. "You wench!" She yelled at her, the whole cafe now looking at both of them. "I am so sorry, I promise I didn't know you stood so close," Autumn continued to apologize to her with a sincere look on her face. "I could get your shirt cleaned up in the bathroom immediately. There are spare clothes in the women's closet, in case of stuff like this." The lady scoffed at her, then stared at her scornfully. With her attitude, Autumn knew she was in for it that afternoon. "What gave you the audacity to speak to me?" She asked her. "Next, you're telling me to change my clothes to the clothes in the closet," she chuckled lightly. "Me?" She pointed to herself, then turned a
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