“It…it. She said her name is Genevieve Brent Gray.”“What?” Eve exclaimed, her brows furrowing. “Do you know what you’re saying, Lisa?” Mr Gray asked. “I’m sure of what I’m saying, sir. I was surprised too when she said so and tried to chase her out but she refused to leave and she… she…”“She what?”“She looked like it.”Eve dropped the fork back into the plate, her gasps loud and clear. Who was it at the door and why was that person pretending to be her? She wondered. With her eyes on Lisa, she ordered. “Bring her in then. Let’s see who it was.”Lisa lowered her head and walked out of the dining hall. “She must really have a death wish,” Mr Gray attested. “Claiming to be you when you’re here. Must be one of those lowlifes who need money.”“I’m sure that’s the case. Continue with your meal Father.”“I’m not hungry anymore.” Not only him but it seemed no one was interested in the meal as their spoons settled on the table. They were no longer interested in eating after eating after
Eve turned her face to the side, preparing herself for the lady’s hit but after a few seconds of not receiving it, she looked to the side only to see Noah's hand wrapped around her throat, choking her. Noah pushed the woman to the table, her spine colliding with the hard surface as she struggled to catch her breath. At the scene, everyone stood up from their chairs and surrounded them. The woman wrapped her both hands on Noah’s big palm wrapped around her throat, trying to get him off her. “You dare try to raise your hands at my wife? You’re asking for death?” He pressed further, her hands around his becoming too weak to try further. She looked at Noah with so much horror and shock. She never thought that he cared about his side a lot to react in such a way to her. Before her life could slip away, Eve rushed to Noah’s side, her hands coming around his to pull them off the woman’s neck. “Noah, it’s fine. Get your hands off her,” she pleaded. “She fucking tried to harm you.”“But I’
“Genevieve.” Eve stopped at her father’s call, turning to look back at the man in hopes that he would say something better, that he would say that he believed in her one hundred percent and that she was his daughter. But the next words that came out from the man’s lips, shattered her world totally, perhaps forever. “I didn’t expect this from you.”Before the man could speak further, Noah grabbed Eve’s wrist and glared at the man. “If you don’t mind, Mr Gray. We’ll take our leave now. My wife is tired.”At that, he held her wrist and led her out of the hall. Together, they made their way out of the mansion to the parking lot and got into their car. Her tears streamed freely once they got into the car, her shoulders and lips trembling as she tried to register the situation in her head. How exactly did things turn out to be how it was? One moment she had the love of her father and in the next, he was disappointed in her. No, she wasn’t hurt and angry that an imposter was taking her pla
The next morning, a light headache woke Eve up the next day. She struggled to open her eyes and when she eventually did, she closed them back due to the ray of sunlight that threatened to blind her. She felt someone hurry to the windows and drew the curtains closed before hurriedly walking back to her. She slowly opened her eyes.“Ella?” She asked, her eyes widening in surprise. Was it a dream? She looked around her. She was in her house, Noah and her room of course but what was Ella doing with her? “Eve, you’re finally awake.” Ella stepped to her side with a bowl in her hand. She dropped the bowl on the bedside table and dipped a towel into it.“What are you doing? God, my head hurts.”“You caught a fever, girl.” Ella touched her head. “You’re burning as fuck. I’ll take care of you.” She squeezed the water out of the towel, folded it perfectly, and dabbed it on Eve’s head. After a while, she helped her sit up on the bed and poured her a glass of water. Eve passed a grateful look,
Ella and Eve walked into the Gray Corporation a few minutes later. They stepped in like normal people with scarves and glasses protecting them from the eyes of the reporters who flanked the company. They walked past them like normal employees and made their way inside the building, heading toward the elevator. “Don’t worry, I’m sure no one recognized us,” Ella reassured, grabbing Eve’s trembling hands in hers. Eve nodded. She felt nervous walking into the company, not as usual. She had to hide her appearance which is something she’d never done before. She was worried that if the reporters found out who they were, they wouldn’t hesitate to shove their cameras in her face and force her to speak. Not now that everyone hates her. She would have a breakdown. Only when they got to the top floor where the CEO's office was located did they pull off their scarves and glasses, standing before the security guards who stood before the office. “Get out of our way,” Ella ordered them. “Didn’t y
“Trust me, you’re going to regret ever messing with me, I swear,” looking at Genevieve dead in the eye, Eve swore. “The one who’s regretting now is you. Deal with your problem before thinking about making me regret it, okay.”“Watch and see. You’ll be pleading very soon.”Saying that, Eve swiveled around and stormed out of the office followed by Ella. They both walked side by side until they got to the last floor.“We should take the back exit,” Ella suggested. Eve nodded and together, they walked to the back exit that only a few people knew about. They put on their scarf and glasses and pushed the metal door open. Once they were out, they climbed the stairs downward that led to the parking lot. Finally getting to the parking lot, Eve let out a puff of breath. “Back there, I felt like strangling her to death,” she gritted her teeth. “Not just you, Eve. If you’d given me the chance, I would have done it right there and then.”“Then we’ll fall into more trouble. Don’t forget that fa
“Damn, girl. I can’t believe Melissa had the guts to snitch on us.” Ella groaned once they got out of the premises, her hands tightening around the steering wheel in anger. “We should’ve created a fight and beat her to a pulp.”“I can’t believe it too. How did she know we were going to be at the Gray Corporation at that time? Do you think she’s spying on us?”Ella shook her head. “Melissa wouldn’t dare. Not with your husband’s security around us. I think she simply just guessed.” No one in their right senses would dare spy on Eve. Noah’s security team was everywhere around her. There were shadow bodyguards and others too. Ella knew Melissa wouldn’t be able to go spy on them even though she wanted to. “I guess that’s the case too. Goodness, this is upsetting.” Eve placed her head on the window beside her, her eyes staring into space as the incident played in her head over and over again. “We need to do something about this imposter stuff. Did you see how she spoke to us?”“We can’t bl
Once Ella was sure that Elaine had been put in good condition, she turned around and made her way out of the mansion. Entering into her car, she headed to the nearest Cafe, needing an urgent cup of coffee. She parked her car at the parking space and climbed down from the car, walking into the cafe and taking her seat at the end of the building, right beside the floor-to-ceiling glass window.“Do you want your usual coffee, ma’am?” She raised her head at the familiar voice before her.“Hey, Olive, what’s up with the ‘ma’am?’” “Was just trying to be professional, you know. What are you taking?”“The usual, cookies too. I’m starving.”“You know that you should eat if you’re starving. Coffee doesn’t serve as food.”Ella let out an exasperated sigh, pinching the path between her brows. “Just do as you’re told, Olive. I’m already exhausted.” “Alright, ma’am. I’ll go do your bidding.”Once Olive left, Ella dipped her hand in her bag and fished out her phone, staring at the incoming call wh
Eve’s anger burned over. The room suddenly became twice as cold as usual from the glare that the two parties passed each other. She slammed her hand on the table and rose, her eyes glaring daggers at the girl. “No, you didn’t get deceived. You deceived us and we’re here to have you pay for it.”“Wait.” Genevieve chuckled but there was no hint of amusement on her face. She had a panicked expression as she shook her head from side to side. “You mean that everything was a lie? That you’re not on the same page as me? Yesterday you told me.”“Yeah yeah, I deceived you. But that was little compared to the lie that you told. Unfortunately for you, you’ve been busted. Right there is the proof that you fixed your face to look like my father’s and of course, you have someone behind you, directing you and ordering you around like a fucking puppet.”“I’m not a puppet,” the girl screamed. “I told you I’m not a puppet and you’re lying. I’d never fix my face…”Ella cut her off. “I think it’s high ti
A day later, Ella and Eve parked their car in the same spot that they did the previous day. They both had a veil and thick sunglasses on their eyes and their gazes were fixated on the entrance of the company. “How did you get in yesterday?” Ella couldn’t help but ask about the tight security of the company. “By using the pass father gave me.”“They’re not going to question our attire?”“They won’t. They wouldn’t dare question people sent by their boss. Come on, let’s leave. Is everything ready?”“Never been more ready. Although, yesterday, I almost lost the envelope.”Eve’s eyes widened and her head whipped to Ella. “What? Where is it now?”“Relax,” Ella laughed. “I found it at the bottom of Liam’s passenger’s seat after finding it for minutes. It’s a miracle.” If Liam hadn’t sighted the envelope under her chair and picked it up for her, she wondered what she’d have done considering that the success of the operation lies in it. Eve would’ve nagged her to death. Eve let out a breath
A few minutes later, the girls strode hand in hand into the top floor of Noah’s company. As they drew closer, Adam’s eyes rose from his desk and they widened when they fell on them. “Mrs Hank,” he greeted.“Adam. There is no need to give him a call. He knows.”“Sure, please go in.”As they stepped into the office, their eyes fell on Noah who had his back to them. His right hand was dipped into his pocket and the other held his phone to his ears as he stared down at the city from the floor-to-ceiling window. At the click of the door shutting close, he looked behind him and his lips stretched into a smile at the sight of Eve.“I’ll give you a call when the file is ready,” he spoke into the phone before retracting it from his ear and throwing it to the desk. He sidestepped the table and walked to stand before her. “How was it?” His words were followed with a kiss on her neck that rode up to her cheek and he acknowledged Ella with a nod. “Superb. I told you I’m going to be fine. We suc
“A truce. We’re done being enemies. Why don’t we be friends and work together?”In Genevieve’s moment of shock, Eve sidestepped her and walked to the table, leaning against it with her hands squeezing together under her breast. She picked up the new nameplate on the table and ran her hand through it. “Pink is quite pretty for you, you know.”Her words made the girl snap out of her daze. She stormed toward Eve and snatched the nameplate from her. “I’m quite particular about my belongings. I suggest that you don’t touch anything here.”“Don’t worry. I won’t steal anything. Like I said, I’m here for peace. I want us to reconcile.”“Reconcile? Don’t be daft. You offended me by stealing my identity. I can never be friends with you.”Eve clicked her tongue severally and pushed away from the table, her eyes on Genevieve. “You know, it’s the opposite. Look around you.” She stretched her hands around the office, Genevieve’s eyes following every move. “Just look around. Everything here is mine
Two hours later, their car stopped before the building of the Gray Corporation. Eve wore a face mask on her lower face with a scarf around her hair and turned to Ella who sat behind the wheel. “I’m ready,” she announced. “Great. I’ll be waiting here. You got what we practiced, right?”“One hundred percent.”Simultaneously, their lips curled into a smile and after clapping their hands together in a high-five motion, Eve stepped out of the car. “I’ll be back real quick.”“Good luck, babe.”Eve nodded and continued her journey into the company. As she was about to step into the main building, the security man at the door stood before her. He was way tall and huge and he was a new face in the company. “You are?” He eyed her suspiciously. “Me? Here.” She dipped her hand into her purse and handed him a card. It was a free pass that her father had gotten her to get into the company freely. “I’m Mr Gray’s messenger. I need to deliver something to the CEO.”At the sight of the card, the secu
The dim morning sun seeping from the windows assaulted Ella’s eyes and pulled her from sleep. Her eyelids slowly fluttered open, a small yawn escaping her lips. She tried to raise her head from the slightly uncomfortable position that she was in only to find a strong force holding her down. She gasped when she fully woke from the daze of sleep, realizing that she was not laying her head on her pillow as she’d imagined but in fact, her head was on a hard surface. Liam’s shoulder. The smell of lavender and mint aftershave assaulted her nose and she felt her heart immediately skip a beat as always. She glanced back at his hand that was around her upper back, keeping her close to him with a blue blanket around them. Slowly and gently, she held his hand and pulled it away from herself before retracting her head off his shoulder. Ella grunted at the pounding headache that hit her when her eyes fell on the dozens of beer cans on the table and floor before them, the memories of the previou
After slamming those words to Matthew’s face, Ella got into her car and drove out of the impoverished compound and then the town. By the time she arrived back in the city, it was already night’s time and she made her way to Liam’s apartment. Speaking about Liam. Ella’s eyes fell on her phone on the phone stand beside her in the car. She’d purposely switched it off after she arrived at the town days ago and she knew there would be bunches of calls that she missed. Did he call? She wondered, considering that he never called her except when he needed to ask about Eve. Her week had taken a toll on her and she knew she wasn’t in the right state of mind to think of Liam with other issues that she had. Her mother needed surgery and at least for Jaden’s sake, she needed to provide for her surgery. She wouldn’t want the child to go through something like the death of a parent at such an early age. Finally, she arrived at the garage and parked, a deep sigh escaping her lips. Was she in the
“Why can’t I come with you, big sister? I promise I’ll be good.”Ella looked down at the boy beneath her. He fisted her tailored pants with his small fist and looked up at her in pleading glossy eyes. He was way skinnier than the last time she saw him a few months ago. Her younger brother was barely nine years old yet he had to see how fucked up things were with their family. As she stared at his dark wet eyes, she suddenly had the urge to pull him into her embrace and take him away from the toxic household. Fuck, she wanted to do that more than anything. She wanted to take him away and make sure that he lived a better life than she did. But she was in no good position to have him. She didn’t have a good place or a stable job and her mental health was something else. But one day though. One day. She could still remember when the little boy was born nine years ago. Might she add, out of accident? They neglected him. Their parents. And they didn’t care to give him a name or celebrat
“Noah, where the hell are you taking me,” Eve demanded as he led her away from the garden into the mansion. “Adventure, darling. You’re not tired of socializing yet?”“I’m not. Let go of me. We’re not in a talking situation.”“You’re my wife. You can’t avoid me.”“Where are we even going? It’s someone else’s house.”“Don’t know.”She realized he didn’t know the way around the house when he looked twice before turning in a hallway, his grip on her wrist tightening. She sighed and let him pull her. Well, she was due for an adventure after all, and right, it’s sucked to socialize with old friends and guests that looked at her with cold judgy eyes. She could tell that they had the scandal in mind and they regarded her as a shameless imposter. She’d rather be away from them.“You better don’t get caught and accused of being a spy or a thief.”“Thief?” He chuckled. “I could buy everything in this house for you.”“Yeah yeah, you don’t have to boast about your wealth.”“Shh.” Suddenly, he pu