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Chapter Twenty one ~ Ariana

Author: Ese Gwede
last update Last Updated: 2023-07-23 02:03:00

I had an attitude all through the workday. It was midday, Damien had been away for a week and half and he had the audacity to go a day without talking to me. And even when I tried reaching him, he was not picking up. In fact, he was offline.

Having a 'talk' with Claire had her avoiding me in the office and that made me so fulfilled. I had had enough of drama and I did not sugarcoat words when I spoke to her about her obnoxious attitude. I called her out on her obvious attempt to compete with me over my husband, she blatantly denied it and I warned her to let it be true cause I had my ways of handling such people (even if I didn't).

"Is there a problem Alfred?" I asked him when he had been quiet and staring at me for longer than a minute since he entered my office.

"We have a problem." He said, gulping afterwards.

"Not another scandalous piece of content please?" I groaned, running my fingers through my hair.

"It's not that actually."

"Then what is it?" I asked with a head tilt.

"So
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    "You should have consulted me at least." I said when she told me about how she fired the nannies."What do you mean? They neglected their responsibilities and I took the best decision." Of course she was not going to understand my point."I'm not disputing that but you could have at least let me know before taking such a rash decision." I reasoned. "So when you fire people it's not a rash decision but for me it is?" She fumed. Okay this was going sideways.I sighed, "Ariana don't start. This is not about me.""Pray tell, what is it about?" Her glare was a furious one. I gulped."I'm saying you firing both of them out of nowhere is just unnecessary.""Did you even listen to what I said??" Her voice had gone up a notch."I did." I said with a single nod.She shook her head in disagreement. "No, I don't think you did. These persons neglected your kids, our kids. Not only did they disrespect my authority as one of their employers, they put my children at risk.""Our children." I correcte

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  • Meant To Be HIS    Chapter Twenty four ~ Ariana

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  • Meant To Be HIS    Chapter Twenty six ~ Ariana

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  • Meant To Be HIS    Chapter Twenty nine ~ Ariana

    "That's your final decision?" He asked calmly. His tone was so calm, it sent chills down my spine. This was definitely the calm before the storm, I was so sure of it. "Yes." I said, trying to steady my already shaky voice. He gave me a hurt-filled glance before regaining his rigid composure, "I was right from the onset. This was always going to cause a rift between us." He unlocked the door and walked past me in swift strides. "You can go," he said before leaving me standing in the middle of the room, thinking of what I had just done. I dropped on my knees again and for the lack of tears just stared into space. What was going to happen now? Was he going to leave? Was he going to not talk to me for the rest of our lives? The anxiety bit at the crevices of my mind as I sat on the ground, not having the strength to move from that spot and not bothering to go out anymore cause there was no need at this point. The day had been ruined. The night was no different. All I heard was deep, se

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    I dabbed the blending foam over my cheeks one more time, staring at the finished look in the mirror with as satisfied smile on my face. I was still good at this makeup thing despite doing without it after so long. Damien went out of his way to stock up on my makeup products. I was so shocked that he got the shades right. It was such a pleasant surprise. Things were coming together. With the help of someone in church, through Pastor Anderson, he was able to secure a remote job in a tech startup that paid quite a sum. We had carved out a home office for him in what used to be our guest room and whenever he was in there, he was not to be disturbed. I shut my eyes as I sprayed the setting spray over my face, completing the look and waiting for it to marinate as I set up the tripod and camera I was going to use for my video. "Oh my goodness Mama Mia," Damien came in just then and I blushed as he showered me with compliments. "You are delectably gorgeous. The most beautiful woman to wa

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