David sat at the office,going through some files.
“Good morning David,”Arabella said as she entered the office.“Good morning Arabella,have you heard from the investors,”he asked.“No they haven't called,They said they will call by four pm.”“Okay,”David answered.He was very anxious because this contract means a lot to him and he can't afford to lose it.One thing he was worried about is that he hoped Ray Rawlings would not have a way to bribe them because he had noticed his shrewdness in business.David kept himself busy on his laptop for the meantime.At lunchtime, Arabella came in.“Why don't we go out for lunch David,you have been in the office since this morning,you should take a break.”“Let's go to the restaurant on the other side of the street,” she said,her face bright with excitement.“No!” David said, “I am fine over here,jAs Ray left ,Celine went to David's table and asked for permission to leave,because she couldn't sit another second watching Arabella and her husband having lunch.David declined,as he wanted to taunt her more.“Have you eaten?”he asked her.“No!”she answered.“Why haven't you eaten? Oh, I forgot you were talking to the powerful Mr Rawlings,” he said with sarcasm.“No, it's nothing like that,”Celine said,defending herself,”I was in the kitchen all day,cooking and baking a cake, I was so busy that I didn't know it was lunch time already.”“Then sit down and eat!”He commanded, raising his brows when she tried to protest.Celine sat down and David ordered some fried rice and chicken for her also.When the food was brought,she ate it silently.but was fully aware of David's look even as he talked with Arabella.Celine was wondering what he was thinking as he kept on gi
Celine was appalled and was too bewildered to do or say anything,she just laid back on the bed and wondered what just transferred between her and David.Why was he so angry like this?” Had Ray told him something or made a remark that made him so angry.She has to thread carefully,as she doesn't want anything that will jeopardize her marriage Celine got up and went downstairs for dinner.“How are you my dear?” the baroness said,already down but she made no mention of the conflict that just happened between Celine and her son.Celine knew everyone heard him including the maids but everyone seemed to mind their business."I am fine mother,don't worry about me and David, we will sort it out among ourselves,” she said.The old woman looked at her with a worried look,”I have not seen my son look that way since his fiance left him. Please, my dear, reassure me you will talk to him to make his
David woke up and saw that Celine was still sleeping,he entered the bathroom,had a shower and dressed up early for work.At the office he was feeling down due to the contract he had lost.What has Ray Rawlings done that he could get this contract? He was sure the investors knew he wouldn't be able to handle the contract on his own.Well it is to their loss,David said,if they don't know his worth and commitment to a project.As for Celine,he was so upset with her yesterday and now he regretted telling her what he said, the insults he hurled at her and the way he pushed her away from him,but what he was worried about is the familiarity between his wife and her ex- husband.Celine had promised him not to worry, that it was normal for a familiarity to be between two couples who had been together for some time, but he was still very worried.Even if he trusts Celine as his wife and hopes she wouldn't cro
Celine got home feeling a bit tired,but she needed to prepare for the party tonight She said to herself.David was already on his way home as he had called earlier to inform her.She was wondering what she would wear when David came in.“You are not prepared yet?”he asked.“No David, I am prepared,I am just checking these two dresses and wondering which of them would be suitable for the party.”“Pick the red one!" he said.“Okay!”Celine said,”I think I prefer it too.”They made a beautiful couple as they walked downstairs to the car,David dressed in a blue suit while Celine was dressed in a red dress that complimented them both.Celine held David's arm as they entered the restaurant,she noticed all eyes on her as David introduced her to most of his employees and business partners whom he had invited.“Your wife is really doing good in this restaur
In front of her on the dancing floor was Arabella and David.They were dancing so close that their bodies looked like they were glued together.To everyone's surprise and to her own humiliation when Arabella caught a glimpse of her standing there,she gave David a kiss on the lips.Celine watched as David was surprised by what Arabella did.Celine,already green with jealousy, wanted to go forward and put that woman in her place,but a hand pulled her back.She turned back to see who pulled her back and saw that it was Ray,with an expression that seems to say,"I told you so!”“Do you think he is worth it,”Ray said.“How could you be with a husband that flirts around with his secretary all the time,are you sure they are not having an affair?”Ray asked,coming closer to Celine.David raised his head and looked towards Celine,seeing that her ex-husband had come closer to her,he was worried he m
Hello love birds!”They pulled apart immediately as they noticed they were not alone anymore.“Get a room,”Ray said, as he came out to the balcony,Celine knew he must have come outside to look for her. He was staring at them, jealousy written all over his face.David composed himself and still drew Celine to him as if he was showing Ray that she was now his property.“I don't think it is any of your business whether we get a room or not,as it is our restaurant ,we can do as we please,you are the one trespassing,”David said.“I was also invited by one of the investors you invited,so I came to honour his invitation.”“Are you sure you came to honour his invitation or you came here for something else?” David asked with a sneer.“What do you mean?”Ray said as he gazed at Celine.David put Celine at his back as he faced Ray.“Are you sure you a
A nurse quickly came forward and asked.“Sir what is wrong with her,please bring her to the emergency room,follow me sir,”she said.David followed her quickly, still carrying Celine.They entered the emergency ward and he was told to lie her on the bed in one of the rooms. Immediately the doctor came in and told everyone to go outside so that he could examine her.David went outside and sat on the chairs outside the door.He was restless,standing up and sitting down again.He hoped nothing would happen to Celine.“Please David come and sit down ,so you won't get sick yourself,” Arabella said.“Allow the doctors to do their jobs,she would be fine.”“How do you know she would be fine,” David said, raising his voice at Arabella as he was very worried for Celine.“Please don't be upset David,”Arabella said,"just take it easy,I pray she will be fine,jus
"I am worried for you both,”the baroness said,”this happened at your restaurant and there can be consequences,like closing down the restaurant.”“Yes I am worried too,”David said, “but we are innocent,The restaurant has been running for some time now and no history of such incident.l think the police are conducting the investigation from this night.The head chef called me and told me the police came to the restaurant and questioned most of the staffs there.The only thing I am happy about is that no one died as a result of the poison.“That is good to hear David,”Celine said, relieved also that their guests were fine now and that no one died, because if someone had died,she and David would have been in serious trouble.The doctor came in and said,”Mr Wheeler, the police are here to see you.”“Let them come in,”David said.The police came in and asked David some questions. They also asked Celine about the
Celine woke up to a knocking sound at the door the next day.She used the pillow to cover her ears and groaned when the knocking persisted.“Who is it?” She raised her voice loudly.“My lady, sorry to disturb you,”one of the maids said,”The baroness said I should come and check on you and also ask you if you are coming down for breakfast?”“Tell her, I am fine, okay, and I will soon be down in the next ten minutes.”“Okay my lady,”the maid said and Celine could hear her footsteps as she retreated.She looked at the clock on the table,it was reading nine am.“My God,”she said to herself,she didn't know she had slept that long.”She stood up and felt pains in her abdomen that made her sit back quickly on the bed.The pain was so much that she started breathing high and sweating.But after a while,it subsided.She stood up gradually, and w
David thought of what Celine just did as a wife by coming to see him and bringing some food for him.He really felt satisfied in his heart and happy too. A man is always content and happy when he sees that his wife can go to any lengths to please him because she loves him.He wasn't so worried about the investigation the police were conducting,concerning his case because he knew he was innocent and would soon be released as they have nothing on him.He really couldn't believe that Ray was dead,though it was not what he had in mind for Ray to finally leave Celine alone,but destiny and nemesis took their own cause on him.Well he just hopes he will soon be released because he wants to be there when his wife puts to bed and he can see that the day is fast approaching.****Celine got home late because there was too much traffic on the way home. Already, her whole body was sore,because she had
"Sweetheart you are here,”David said,”you shouldn't have come because of your condition,and it's late already.”Celine shook away the feeling of annoyance that was already boiling in her.“I had to see you darling,”Celine said, ignoring Arabella who was trying to put some order in her face by cleaning her eyes with a handkerchief.She went over to her husband and kissed him on the lips between the cell bars.Then,Celine faced Arabella and said,“Arabella what are you doing here?”“I came here to see my boss ofcourse,”she retorted harshly,because she was jealous of how Celine greeted David with a kiss.“He is not your boss anymore, although I am not saying you shouldn't have come to see him,but what is the crying and wailing about? Is it for him to take you back?”“I am crying because since David met you ,it is one problem to the other,and now finally he is in jail, all bec
Celine slept through the day time because she was so exhausted and when she finally woke up,it was already evening.She stood up and went downstairs to look for her mother in law.She saw her in the living room,reading a book.“Mother, good evening,”Celine said.“Good evening my dear,”she replied.“Hope you slept well my dear.”“Yes I did,thanks mother,but you shouldn't have left me to sleep that long?”"I know but I felt you needed it my dear,you had been stressed this morning,so you need to have a good rest.”“Ok mother,”Celine said.“So what would we do about David?”Celine asked.“We just have to continue praying and hope that he is released my dear,thank God that we have a lot of witnesses testifying that it was a case of self defense and that the gun trigger was released mistakenly by Ray himself.”the baroness said.“Yes that's
"Oh my God!”Celine shouted and was crying hysterically.The doctor looked at David,and said.“Please take your wife outside.”David held Celine and tried to console her,taking her outside the door.After some minutes the police came and started investigating immediately.They were told by the security men that there was a fight for the gun between David and Ray and that the gun went off accidentally.The inspector came towards David and said.“Mr wheelers,I am sorry you have to come to the station with us.”“No ,no!”Celine said out loud, “it was not his fault, Ray wanted to kill my husband and ended up killing himself instead,the trigger was pulled by Ray, accidentally.”“But madam,your husband still has to come with us because he was the one fighting with Mr Rawlings before he was killed.”Celine wanted to protest again but David told her to keep calm a
Where could his wife be?” he pondered,"why is everywhere looking deserted?”He went to the room opposite where Celine was sitting before he left and saw some nurses there.“Please did you see my wife?” He asked .“She was sitting here just a while ago and she is pregnant.”“No we didn't because we just came in a few minutes ago,”said one of the nurses,”but let me ask the nurse that was here earlier,maybe she might know something?”The nurse came forward from another room when she was called.“Please nurse Sharon,”the nurse that called her asked, “did you see the pregnant woman that was sitting here?”“Yes I did,she was closing her eyes and I guess she slept a bit till a doctor came to take her for further tests.”“Which doctor was that?” David asked.“I don't know much,but he was wearing a labcoat and also carrying a folder,so I assumed he was taking her for some
The days moved into weeks as the weeks moved into months,it was just about three months after the trail,Celine was very heavy with pregnancy.The doctor had told her she should be expecting twins and David had become the happiest and dotting father on the earth.She wasn't allowed to do any work ,and she was watched over by everyone in the house.David had told her he had changed Arabella, and had gotten a new job for her at a friend's company.He assured Celine that Arabella was doing good,but he didn't tell Celine that Arabella was feeling resentful and was not happy about the change.He brought in a male secretary ,who was very efficient at his work.But regarding Arabella's resentment,he chose to ignore it.At least there was peace in the house and he could have time for his marriage.His wife has been having cramps lately and he was worried about her.This mo
David took everyone to sit at a coffee shop near the court.Celines father also joined them.“I was surprised Ray had to say I forced him to sign the divorce papers when he got divorced from Celine,”Barrister Elliot,Celine's father said.“I was really happy I could pay him off at that time,as he was abusing my daughter and making her life miserable.”“It's okay father,” David said, “Ray knows he has lost the case and that is why he is so desperate looking for who to blame.”“Yes I guess so,”Mr Elliot said,”he has really brought back his old self by kidnapping Celine and doing all sorts of atrocities,l thought he changed for good.”“I really pity him.”“Yes you are right Dad,”Celine said,”I really wished he would maintain the way he changed some months ago, when he inherited his parents legacy. It's a pity he brought back his bad behavior once again,”They drank their coffee and
The following morning,they both woke up to the maid knocking on their door.“Good morning my lord,”she called out as she heard them waking up.“Good morning,”David answered back loudly so she could hear.“The madam said you should start getting ready for the trail at the court.”“Ok tell my mother, we will soon be out.”David watched as Celine stretched.“I didn't know we overslept,” he said.“Yes I guess we did,” Celine said smiling at him.“Good morning my dear husband,”she said.“Good morning my love,” he answered back.“Hope you didn't wake up with any pain.”“No sweetheart,I am perfectly alright,” she replied.“That's good to hear,”David said.“Now go and shower so we could reach the trail on time,” he said.“Okay,” Celine said,as she walked towards the bathroom.As