Bella placed both hands in a pleading gesture as she stared at the manager, "Please, help me, Sir, this customer tried to take advantage of me"The manager scoffed at her, "What advantage? You signed up for it, I asked if you could handle the job and you said yes"Realization dawned on Bella, "n..n..no Sir, I didn't know...?""You didn't know? The manager cuts her off, "Well, too bad because you will have to keep your end of the bargain because Mr Meyer here is a valuable customer and I won't want to displease him"The manager dragged her into the room, "Now, apologize to Mr Meyer and do as he wants""No, please, I'm married...""Well, you should have thought of that before coming here""I like this girl, she is the one I want and no one else" Mr. Meyer groaned from where he was still lying in pain on the ground, "I'll triple your payment, whatever you want, I'm ready to give to you""Did you hear that? Can your damn husband offer what he is willing to pay?" The manager asked"I won't
Bella's mouth hung open as she stared at Nicholas Calvin's huge mansion, she had never seen anything like this and even before stepping inside, she already felt so out of place. She had been stunned when Daniel had told her that they would be attending the anniversary of his father and had given her a quite expensive dinner gown to wear to the party. She had been hesitant about the gown because first and foremost, it was way too expensive and higher than their budget but Daniel had told her that she had no reason to worry because he bought the dress on credit and would have to pay in installments.The party was boozing with the rich, all glamorous and classy and Bella felt out of place even when she was dressed in such an expensive dress, she felt she did not have the poise and carriage of a rich and classy lady.Heads turned as soon as Daniel and Bella entered the Calvin's mansion, the party was being held in the garden, and with Bella's hand in his arm, Daniel led her into the garden
Bella walked towards the direction given to her for the restroom and got lost. The mansion is so big and one could easily get lost, she retraced her steps and headed towards the direction she came from, at least that's what she thought.She stopped on her track when she heard voices"Rollo was shot by Nikolai Klaus and the cottage was taken from him" a voice was saying and Bella slowly walked towards that direction, it was coming from a dark room at the left wing of the building. "I do not understand why Nikolai Klaus will be interested in that cottage, something is not adding up. Did he see his face?" Bella recognized this voice to be Daniel's father but who are they talking about?" Well, she might as well just ask them for directions to go to the washroom and that's it, she shouldn't care what they're talking about"I don't think he is after the cottage, he is after his pen drive and Rollo was stupid enough to tell him that the pen drive is with you""That fool, I want you to get r
"where are we?" Bella asked as they stopped in front of a big mansion, she was nervous when Daniel started going in like he owned the place, she knew that it's not possible for him to own such a big mansion hence, she was curious, "are you breaking into someone's house?"Daniel scoffed at her question, "Don't you see I am opening each gate and door with a key? Is that how to break in?""Oh well...so?""This house belongs to a friend of mine, he is currently out of the country and wants me to occupy it until he comes. his only condition is to take good care of it"Bella gasped in awe as he opened the door, the inside of the house left her speechless, "I...I...never knew you had a friend who is this rich""Er...em.... yeah.... actually, this is the only house left to him by his mother, and his mother had inherited it from her parents""Oh, I see" Gingerly, she sat on the sofa while Daniel went to the bar and brought a bottle of wine "Do you think we should be drinking his stuff?""Trus
"Calm down, I'll get to the bottom of this, just get some rest" he patted her back and stood up, he wanted to make some calls to find out who was behind this.Bella grabbed his hand when he made to leave her room, "Please, don't go...I... I'm scared"Daniel loves sleeping alone and he needed to be alone that night so as to find out things."I'm sorry to ask that from you, it's just that I can't think of sleeping here alone this night after what just happened"Daniel sighed, much as he hated it, he'll have to oblige her, she is his wife after all even if it's just on paper. "I'll sleep on the couch", he turned off the light and lay on the couch, he watched her until her breath even out before he closed his eyes to sleep. He can't take the chance of making calls in the room or he will be risking her hearing, whatever call he has to make, he will do it tomorrow.His eyes snapped open and he quickly grabbed his gun when he heard Bella scream, his eyes located her on the bed and he release
"Damn", Daniel cursed as he pushed Bella behind a street pole just as a bullet whizzed past her ears, he didn't even come out with his gun and so could not return fire. With what Bella had told him, he was certain that his father was behind this.He gazed around for what to do. If they don't leave here, the shooter will be able to get to them very soon. He sighted a flower roll and whispered in her ears"I'll count to three, then you'll make a run for that flower roll and I'll distract whoever is shooting at us""No Daniel, I....""One...two...three..." He counted, not minding her outburst, and pushed her towards the flowers. Bella made a mad dash for it, she had never been so scared her whole life. She had been hurt, betrayed, and lost faith but had never been so scared, she finally hid behind the flowers as Daniel had instructed her and gasped for air. Damn, what's wrong with her? Why does her heart hurt so much? Her breath came out in a painful gasp, it was as if the air was being
Bella stood in front of J. Nikolai Textile Ltd.It was a very big company just as Brittany had told her. This is just one of Nikolai Klaus's many companies and this one deals with textiles, he has several other companies that produce different products, she even heard he had one that produces skincare products and was also the owner of the biggest shopping mall in the country.The mysterious Nikolai Klaus whom many people have not seen, his mysteriousness is what intrigues her, and she finds herself wishing to run into him someday.She was directed to go to the HR office with her profile, she badly needed this job and really hopes she gets it. Since the shooting event, there haven't been any more attacks on her and she had been too shaken to leave the house in search of a job or anything and her husband has mostly been absent from home. She felt a dampening in her mood just thinking of how he had coldly shunned her on the day of the shoot-out like she goes about looking for who to sh
Daniel was tired and really needed to go home and rest, he hadn't rested for weeks because he had been constantly on the trail of those shareholders and now that he had succeeded with his plans, he just needed to unwind. "How dare she lock me out of my own house" he gritted as he banged on the door. He used to have servants and cleaners everywhere in this house but he had to tell all of them to leave so as to maintain his status in the eyes of Bella, although, he didn't stop paying them, he had asked them to go on vacation until he sends for them and not once had one of them dared to lock him out, even though he didn't return for a month, the door is always opened to whenever he comes back and his new wife now thinks that because he hadn't been back home for days means she can lock him out?He banged on the door once more but harder and after a moment, the door opened dressed in her nightie looking like someone who had just woken up"The nerve of you to lock me out of my house and go