"Getting married?!" Jason bellowed, unable to believe what he was hearing. "You can't be serious right now, Dad, please tell me this is not true!"
"What's the matter, son, you should be happy that I'm finally getting married again since your mother died." "Father please you can't get married to this woman!" Jason's brows furrowed as he got closer to them. "Why not, isn't she beautiful?!" Logan asked, his eyes darting from his son to Mia. "Father, this woman is my...." "I think you've heard enough sweetheart!" Mia cut in rudely, stopping Jason from revealing who she truly was to Logan. She shot Jason a hateful look as she relished the look of defeat that was plastered across his face. "Why don't you take me inside, sweetheart?" Mia said to Logan and brushed the side of his hair. "No problem, come with me," Logan said intertwining his fingers in Mia's and leading her Inside the house. "Father, please we need to talk!" Jason tried again to get his father's attention but it looked like Logan was more focused on his wife than replying to Jason. "Uhm, I believe that whatever it is you have to say it wait, Mia seems very tired and I have to take her into the house." Logan. "Can we at least talk later..." Jason asked but then Mia intercepted the question with a scream. "Is everything the matter darling?" Logan asked with genuine concern etched in his voice. "Yes....I mean...no." Mia said, feigning a deep frown on her face. "My back hurts, I need to go inside and rest, and I need you by my side....all day." "Uhm..." Logan started, circling her hand around Mia's waist. "I have a meeting to attend in the next one hour and I'm not sure that I can stay by your side all day, maybe I could send a maid to..." "No, I want you!" Mia resisted, grabbing Logan by his shirt. Logan looked at her for a moment and thought she was in a lot of pain. "Well, I guess I could call my assistant and ask him to fill in for me until you're well," Logan said and heaved a huge sigh. "Thank you so much, darling," Mia said and kissed Logan on the cheek. Jason stood there watching Mia pull off her stunt, he was visibly trembling with anger and he curved his hand into a ball, as Mia continued to fake whatever was wrong with her, Jason couldn't take it anymore and exploded. "Can't you see that she's faking it father, she's obviously faking it, nothing is wrong with her!" He let out, his brows creasing in anger. "Calm down, son, don't be insensitive, now help me take her inside the house," Logan responded. "Take this thing inside..." "Bup,bup,bup, she's going to be my wife soon, so I'll appreciate it if you show her some respect, now c'mon, let's take her inside." "I'm sorry father, but I'm not going to," Jason said averted his gaze, while still fuming. "Are you going against my orders?" Logan asked him with a slightly irritated tone, he hated it whenever his son disobeyed him. "No father, it's just that..." "I don't want to hear it!" Logan said sternly and Mia tried to hide the smile that was slowly creeping its way into her face. To get into character, Mia deepened her frown. "Jason love, would you please do as your father says and help me inside." She said, stretching her hands toward Jason. Jason could hear the mockery in her voice and it only fuelled his anger. He wanted to storm away but he couldn't because he didn't want to disrespect his father and he knew the consequences that came with disrespecting his father and he was trying to avoid that. Mia smiled slightly at Jason and he clenched his teeth in rage, visible lines were running across his forehead to show how angry he was. "Hurry now, Jason!" Mia said again, pushing Jason to the edge. She knew that he was powerless as long as his father was there, in that split second, she had understood how much Jason dreaded his father and that was a good sign for Mia, she could easily manipulate Logan into treating Jason however she wanted. "Come over here!" Logan let out, jolting Jason out of his train of thought. Jason swallowed the words he was about to say and started making his way slowly toward them. Reluctance was evident in his movements as he placed his hands around Mia with his father. Mia pretended to place her hand behind Jason's back, she slid her hand down and groped his buttocks. Jason flinched but kept his head straight ahead and clenched his teeth, his anger was slowly toppling over. "Let's take her inside Father!" Jason said immediately, trying to conceal the anger and irritation that had enveloped him. Logan nodded his head and together, they helped Mia up to the room she was going to be occupying while Mia pretended to limp until she got to the room. "You can go now, Jason," Logan said when they got in front of the room's door. Jason mustered everything within him to avoid Mia's gaze but he could feel her eyes lingering on him with the wicked smirk still on her face. Jason hurriedly made his way out, he was so angry that he was having a hard time breathing, he needed to clear his head, the air in the house was too tight and it felt as if someone was constricting his airflow. Mia watched Jason leave until his back disappeared. "I'm so sorry for my son's attitude." Logan apologized genuinely. "It's fine darling, I hope he gets used to having me around," Mia said. "Of course, he's going to, he has no other choice," Logan said and opened the door, he helped Mia to the king's bed. "Thank you!" Mia said. It surprised her a bit that Logan was showing her much affection even though she had been the one to threaten him to get married to her. As she watched Logan take her shoes off, she knew that she had tread cautiously because she suspected that Logan might have plans of his own.Mia's eyes gleamed with seduction as she sidled up to Logan on the couch. She had been trying to get his attention all night, and she wasn't about to give up now. "Hey, Logan," she purred, running her hand up his arm. "Why don't we take this party to the bedroom?" Logan shifted uncomfortably, trying to extricate himself from her grasp. "Mia, I don't think that's a good idea. Besides, I have work in the morning." Mia's smile faltered for a moment, but she quickly recovered. "Oh, come on," she whispered, her breath hot against his ear. "I know you want me. I can see it in your eyes." Logan stood up, trying to put some distance between them. "Mia, I'm tired. I need to sleep." Mia's eyes flashed with annoyance, but she refused to give up. She stood up, her body inches from Logan's. "You can sleep tomorrow when you're back from work," she whispered, her hands roaming over his chest. Logan caught her wrists, holding her back. "Mia, stop. I mean it. I need to sleep." For a momen
"What in the world!!" Jason exclaimed as he jumped out of his bed. The next minute, his phone was buzzing with text messages before a call finally came in. Jason was too stunned to pick up the call as he stared at naked videos of him in bed with Mia. "How did this make its way to the internet?" He questioned as his eyes bulged with bewilderment. He scrolled through the media and still found more videos of them and even pictures. Most of the videos had been recorded by them months ago and Jason knew that the only person apart from him who had the videos and the pictures would be Mia. "But she can't be the one who must have leaked the videos. It's not possible!" He said, but he had to be sure, that even though he was convinced that Mia wasn't the one responsible, he still had to get answers from her and find out if she was aware of the videos online. He threw his phone onto the bed and hurriedly looked around for something to wear since he was only on his shorts. He slapped his foreh
it felt like all the air had been sucked out of Jason's lungs as he held onto the wall closest to him and struggled to breathe. Something inside of him wanted to dash out and confront the maids he was hearing gossip about him but he found his foot rooted to the spot. After a while, Jason heard the sounds of footsteps walking away from where the maid had formally stood, still, Jason was frozen, his eyes darting back and forth across the floors rapidly. "This isn't happening!" Jason mouthed to himself and clutched the glass cup still filled with wine so tightly, the edge of the glass cup sustained a crack. Jason hadn't recovered from the thought of hearing his own father sleeping with his ex. Even though he had not felt the impact of her breaking up with him initially, he had not gotten past his feelings for her and the special moments that the both of them shared and now, This! He clutched his head, tightly, pulling at the strands of his hair. He felt like ripping off every strand
"It is really strange of you to act this way? It makes me think that you're keeping something back from me." Jason let out, watching Rosa scamper to the floor as she struggled to pick the paper up. "Keep something back from you?" Rosa scoffed and jumped back to her feet with the papers all crumpled up in her hands, "I will never. These files are just confidential. That's all."Jason rolled his eyes at her and made his way back to the bed while watching Rosa intently. He watched her whisper something inaudible to the strange man still outside the room taking long drags from his ciga. "No way, miss, you're going to hand over my balance to me right now, else, I'm going to take back those papers!" The strange man said aloud, refusing to maintain Rosa's quite tone. Rosa's eyes darted back to Jason before pushing the strange man out of the hotel room, "just give me a moment, my love." Rosa said, holding out her index finger to Jason and walking out of the room. "What the fuck is wrong
The conviction had been more swift than Jason had intended it to be. He knew Rosa would always compromise whenever it came to him—even when it had to do with her morlas or something she stood strongly for or against, but Rosa was never a saint herself. He was aware that she soiled her hands with drug deals once in a while and did dirty jobs for her high paying clients such as jeopardising her client rival's business and reputations, but she was a respected lady and highly sought after in her field of business so she didn't have to worry about the authorities because she also had their dirty secrets stored away in her purse and could whip them out anytime she wanted. Jason promised to meet with her the evening of the following day so they could put their plan into motion. As he walked out of the hotel, heading straight for his car, he saw the strange man from earlier, still hanging around the hotel premises, smoking like his life depended on it. His brows creased in anger as he wat
With his heart pounding incessantly against his chest, he made his way back to his room. He couldn't afford to be under the same roof with Mia. As he made his way back, he wondered why he hadn't left the moment his father had announced that he was to get married to Mia. Jason kicked against the room of his door, pushing it open. "Argh!" He groaned deeply and ran his fingers nervously through his already dishevelled hair, "I'm so going to show, Mia. I'm swear I'm going to!" He let out. "But first, I need to calm my nerves down, I feel like I'm about to explode right now." He added and sank into the bed. His phone chimed in his pocket—signalling to him that he had received a notification. "I really this notification isn't about Mia posting another picture of my butt!" He said to himself and whipped out his phone angrily from his pocket. It was a text from his father. He felt a mix of anger and fear ripple through him, his eyes scanning through the message floating on the top bar.
By the time Logan got back home, he refreshed the news site for the umpteenth time to make sure that Jason's videos had been taken down from the site. He heaved a sigh of relief when he discovered that the video had been taken down and the next thing he received on his phone was a text from the blog's company CEO with his account details informing him that the videos had all been taken down and efforts are being to completely take down the video from the internet. Logan wiped the sweat that was dripping down his face and called his secretary, Emily, asking that money should be sent into the CEO's account before dusk. The moment he ended the call, he forwarded the CEO's account details to his secretary. As soon as Logan stepped out of the car, he didn't bother to go in with his suitcase ot the rest of the things he left the office with—leaving the chauffuer with the items to bring Into the house. "Jason!!" Logan roared as he made his way into his mansion, "get out here this instan
Jason stared blankly at the screen for what seemed like forever before he picked up the call. "Rosa!" Jason called out the moment he picked up the phone. Rosa's sultry voice purred through the phone, sending a shiver down Jason's spine. "Hey, baby. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I've been thinking about what you told me earlier today..." Jason's heart skipped a beat as he anticipated what she might say next."...and I'm willing to change my mind about your plan." Jason's eyes lit up with excitement as he listened to Rosa's words. "For real?!" Jason could not contain his excitement the minute he heard those words. Rosa's voice dropped to a whisper. "But I need you to do something for me first. Something that requires your... particular set of skills." Jason's mind racing, he knew that he would regret this later. But right now, nothing mattered more to him than getting back at Mia."Anything, Rosa, anything at all, just ask me." Jason said, his voice low and husky. "I'll d
The last thing that Jason could make out before the whole place went blank was the men dragging Rosa out from the car while she screamed and flared her hands in the air. His entire body had felt weak the moment he felt those cold hands on his neck. The pain had been swift—swift enough to put him in a lethal state. "Ro...Rosa!" He called out to her, trying to get up to his feet but his legs wobbled and he fell to the ground. His knees could not support his weight at that moment. The whole world had started to spin around him, causing him to be hazy. He made a second attempt to get up to his feet, but again, it was futile. "You damn bastard, you caused this, you knew that they were coming yet, you turned off the headlights and drove really slowly, didn't you?!" Jason scratched his fingers against the floor, brusing his nails in the process as he struggled to stay awake. "I'm sorry, boss. It was an order given to me, I had to obey it." The chauffeur replied, his whole body vibrating
By the time they ordered their second round of alcohol, Rosa was already drowned heavily in alcohol, but she kept on drinking away regardless. At the party, Jason noticed the way a lot of men had been flocking around Rosa even when she with him, pretending like he wasn't there, but the worst part of it all was that Rosa didn't turn them off when they approached her. Jason didn't want to think much of it and just kept on sipping his alcohol and bobbing his head to the rhythm of the music playing in the background. He wanted to believe that the men coming towards her were some people she knew in her line of work, but the way they checked her out in front of Jason said otherwise. "Rosa, we'll be leaving in a few minutes." Jason had announced as he took his last glass of alcohol and gulped it down his throat. "Leaving already? But the fun is just getting started!" She let out in a drunken state and the next thing, she was singing along to the lyrics of the song, throwing her hands in t
Jason’s journey ended at dusk, the darkening sky mirroring the turmoil inside him. The long drive to his father’s penthouse had drained him more than he had imagined. Every mile felt like an endless reminder of the mistakes he’d made and the heavy burden of betrayal he carried with him. His body ached from fatigue, but he was determined to reach his destination—a place that, for tonight, would serve as his escape from the chaos of his recent life.When Jason finally pulled up in front of the penthouse, Two silent, imposing guards stood at the entrance, their expressions were stoic and unreadable. They exchanged a brief nod of recognition when they saw him, as if acknowledging both his arrival and the weight he bore. the guards helped him unload his luggage from the sleek, black car. Stepping inside, Jason was immediately enveloped by the quiet elegance of the penthouse. The spacious foyer was softly lit, and a gentle warmth emanated from the polished marble floors. Word had traveled
"Hey, open this door, you damned bastards!" Mia yelles out as she heard the guards locking her in the room from outside. "Logan you cannot do this to me. Tell them to open this damn door now!" Mia yelled at the top of her lungs as she pounded her fist against the door. "No, no, no, this cant be happening!" Mia let out in frustration, pulling at her hair in frustration. How had Logan been able to see through her lies? She placed her other hand over her stomach and subconsciously gave it a little rub. If Logan found out the truth from that night that he had not actually raped her then she was done for, with the attitude he had just displayed a few minute ago, she was sure that Logan would make sure not to spare her and punish her for ever lying to him. "Damn it!" Mia cussed under her breath. This was not what she had in mind, her plan was already going a wire and this was not meant to happen. If Logan stopped believing her now, all her efforts to get back at Jason and become his f
Logan had almost fallen out of his seat the moment Mia spat out those words. "No, not this..." He muttered to himself, "you cannot be pregnant for me." Logan let out. "I'm pregnant for you and I have proof." Mia said rather too calmly. She noticed that what she had revealed to him had thrown him off guard—the opposite of what she had expected. Logan struggled to make it his feet, bridging the gap between the both of them. "Mia, you cannot have that child!" He repeated in a more serious tone, "Then what do you suggest I do instead, because the damage had already been done, I'm pregnant for you, Logan!" "You cannot keep that child!" Logan insisted, his eyes fell to her flat stomach, "you have to get rid of that child. No, you will get rid of that child!" He said in a stern tone. "You're insane if you think that I'm going to kill my child!" Mia shot back as she took a step backward. "Listen to me, young lady!" Logan said through gritted teeth, "you have no idea what I'm capab
"Look dear. I already told you that I had a really bad day at work today and I have to take my rest." Logan let out, walking past her. Mia watched in anger as he walked away from her. She pressed her lips against each other and turned to walk away. She had given Logan enough time to settle down and when it was already dusk, she decided that it was time to pay him a visit in the room. With her heart pounding with anticipation. She smoothed her dress, ensuring every detail of her appearance was flawless. Tonight was her chance. She had heard the argument earlier that day. Logan had been livid after seeing Jason's private photos leaked online. The scandal was plastered all over social media, an embarrassment to the well-respected businessman. Jason had tried to defend himself, but Logan had snapped. “If you want to act like a reckless fool, then you don’t deserve a damn thing from me,” Logan had shouted. “I won’t have my legacy tarnished by your stupidity! Don’t think for a seco
Jason stared blankly at the screen for what seemed like forever before he picked up the call. "Rosa!" Jason called out the moment he picked up the phone. Rosa's sultry voice purred through the phone, sending a shiver down Jason's spine. "Hey, baby. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I've been thinking about what you told me earlier today..." Jason's heart skipped a beat as he anticipated what she might say next."...and I'm willing to change my mind about your plan." Jason's eyes lit up with excitement as he listened to Rosa's words. "For real?!" Jason could not contain his excitement the minute he heard those words. Rosa's voice dropped to a whisper. "But I need you to do something for me first. Something that requires your... particular set of skills." Jason's mind racing, he knew that he would regret this later. But right now, nothing mattered more to him than getting back at Mia."Anything, Rosa, anything at all, just ask me." Jason said, his voice low and husky. "I'll d
By the time Logan got back home, he refreshed the news site for the umpteenth time to make sure that Jason's videos had been taken down from the site. He heaved a sigh of relief when he discovered that the video had been taken down and the next thing he received on his phone was a text from the blog's company CEO with his account details informing him that the videos had all been taken down and efforts are being to completely take down the video from the internet. Logan wiped the sweat that was dripping down his face and called his secretary, Emily, asking that money should be sent into the CEO's account before dusk. The moment he ended the call, he forwarded the CEO's account details to his secretary. As soon as Logan stepped out of the car, he didn't bother to go in with his suitcase ot the rest of the things he left the office with—leaving the chauffuer with the items to bring Into the house. "Jason!!" Logan roared as he made his way into his mansion, "get out here this instan
With his heart pounding incessantly against his chest, he made his way back to his room. He couldn't afford to be under the same roof with Mia. As he made his way back, he wondered why he hadn't left the moment his father had announced that he was to get married to Mia. Jason kicked against the room of his door, pushing it open. "Argh!" He groaned deeply and ran his fingers nervously through his already dishevelled hair, "I'm so going to show, Mia. I'm swear I'm going to!" He let out. "But first, I need to calm my nerves down, I feel like I'm about to explode right now." He added and sank into the bed. His phone chimed in his pocket—signalling to him that he had received a notification. "I really this notification isn't about Mia posting another picture of my butt!" He said to himself and whipped out his phone angrily from his pocket. It was a text from his father. He felt a mix of anger and fear ripple through him, his eyes scanning through the message floating on the top bar.