“Yes, now I remember where I've seen you” Angela snapped her fingers, her eyes shining with excitement, “Aren’t that actress?” "She's an actress?” Charlotte's colleagues asked in unison as they began to take out their phones to take pictures of Amarie. They wanted to be able to brag that they met an actress even if they could not recognize her. They also wanted to tell people that they were there when an actress dragged her daughter in front of her work place. "She was an actress. She left the entertainment industry as soon as she was exposed as the mistress of a rich man. The man was married, and she has been having an affair with him behind his wife's back, just a year after their marriage. I'm sure Charlotte is the daughter of the man's wife”. Angela has no qualms about exposing Amarie. She did not like Charlotte, but Amarie and Bethany reminded her of her stepmother and step-sister and their evil deeds. They constantly tried to attack her and that was why she also left home a
It was happening again. She came to work today and everyone's eyes were on her. They already knew who she was. She spent the night tossing and turning as she pondered on what to do. Amarie and Bethany have always come to her place of work to attack her, but no one has ever recognized them. Or maybe it was because those other people did not care enough to pay close attention and no one recognized Amarie as a former actress. She had thought that Angela was helping her out, but when she got home and thought deeply about what happened, she realized that she was mistaken. The Angela she knew would not help her no matter what. In fact, Angela would have been happy to see her being dragged. She only stepped in to make matters worse. Everyone would be intrigued about what happened and most of them have already taken pictures and videos. She knew undoubtedly that all those videos and pictures would be uploaded on the internet and would make people go and dig up her past. Anything that has h
Walker placed his hands on top of his desk and leaned forward. He had been keeping this in his mind for a long time, but he was pushed to tell her. He could not have her married to someone else when he wanted her. "I have known you since you were sixteen”. "Pardon?” Charlotte felt like she couldn't hear properly. He had surprised her twice this morning. First, he had asked her to divorce Dalton and now, he was telling her that he knew her when she was sixteen. "Yeah,” Walker nodded his head, “Not even when you're sixteen. I knew you before you turned sixteen, but we officially met on your sixteenth birthday.” Charlotte's brow furrowed in deep thoughts at his words. They met when she was sixteen? She could not remember ever meeting him. Hell, she could not even remember anything that had ever happened to her in her younger days. The only memories she had left were of when Amarie showed up at her father's mansion with Bethany in tow. She believed that because it was a deep scar o
“What on Earth were the both of you thinking when you went to Charlotte's working place to cause trouble?” Hughes yelled in anger as he swept everything from his study desk to the floor. Amarie flinched back in fear. She has always been able to manipulate Hughes and his family, but one thing she knows for sure is that he won't hesitate to push them aside if it means making more money. He would pick money over both she and Bethany. “We were not causing trouble. You don't know everything that happened. Charlotte was the one feeling so big because she got married into the Moore's family, and she also insulted mother. We were just paying her a friendly visit since we can't go to her house. We wanted to eat with her and get to know if she and Dalton's relationship is progressing alright,” Bethany briefly explained. She had never seen her father this angry before. He has never raised his voice at her, and it was all her faults that he was angry with her.If she had listened to her mother
“Oh, I see that the first young Miss of the Enfield's family was scolded and fired this morning for bringing her family's shit to her place of work. Are you going to be doing the walk of shame today?” Angela asked, drawing the name; first young Miss of the Enfield's family as she popped the gum in her mouth.Charlotte rolled her eyes as she resumed walking to her desk. She wondered the expression on her face that must have given away that she was scolded or fired. Now Angela knew her father's name and was addressing her with it, albeit sarcastically. Once she left her father and began to attend college and then started working, she stopped using his name and adopted her mother's maiden name; Cooper.“What? Do you need my help with packing your things?” Angela asked as she propped herself on Charlotte's desk.Charlotte ignored her sarcasm and powered on her computer, “I don't have your time, Angela and no, I don't need your help with packing” Charlotte was right to think that Angela w
Charlotte's heart was beating fast, and her palms were sweaty as the hospital building appeared in her line of sight. She seemed to have forgotten when she woke up this morning that her mother had developed the habit of watching the news and staying current since she got admitted to the hospital. Her mother would even find out what happened before Dalton did. She was sure that her mother waited for her to close from work before calling. Charlotte felt like a sheep to the slaughter as she walked into the hospital and in the direction of the elevator, this would take her to the floor where her mother's room was located. She was grateful that she had eaten. If not, she was so sure that she would have immediately fainted after receiving her mother's call. Her palms were clammy and sweaty as she drew close to her mother's room.Charlotte hesitated when she got to the door, and she could not bring herself to push the door open with her hands, which were suddenly too heavy. She could feel
Charlotte's words were cut off as she heard her mother burst into loud sobs that made her heart stop beating in her chest for a second and when it started beating again, it was very fast.Charlotte immediately let go of her work back to hug her mother, "Mom, please don't cry," as she said these words, she too felt her eyes clouding with tears.One of the reasons she never wanted to tell her mother that she got married even when she knew that she would eventually have too. Charlotte knew that her mother would feel guilty. Her mother would feel like she ruined Charlotte's life because she was sick and couldn't afford her treatment."I'm so sorry Charlotte, it's all my fault. If only I was a good mother, if only I didn't fall sick all this wouldn't have happened. You wouldn't have had to get married to a man you don't know or like, I'm so sorry." Emily said amidst sobsThe tears immediately began to drop down Charlotte's face at her mother's words. She opened her mouth to stop her mother
“How was your day at work today?” Charlotte jumped on one foot, nearly screaming in shock as she spun around and came face to face with Dalton. She swallowed thickly before responding, “I have had better days,” Was it her eyes playing tricks on her, or did his eyes soften at her words?“Right, you are not going to fall sick, right?” He asked as he wheeled himself inside the room.She shook her head, “No, of course not”“Good. Do you have anything you want to tell me?” He asked with his gaze fixed on her.Charlotte shook her head again. When she got home, he was still at work, but she thought that she would meet her luggage outside or be stopped from entering the house, nothing like that happened. Though, the servants all gave her the same looks like the one she was given at work, anytime she caught them staring they would immediately turn away. The only person who behaved like she normally did was Mrs. Brittany. Charlotte half expected Dalton to be waiting for her in the room with