RayaIt was finally Saturday, the day I got to spend time with my son and Kendall's family, and we sat at the park where we had taken them to."Hey, are you going to keep working?" Kendall asked, when she came back from the ice cream kiosk where she had just gone to buy some ice-cream for us and I closed my laptop."I'm sorry, I was just gathering some reports that I'll need on Monday""Ugh!" She sighed and sat down on the mat while our sons played around. Her little daughter, Leah, was content with playing with a lead on the mat and I carried her up."Oh my God, isn't she the cutest?""Uh, only when she wants to" I chuckled at the ridiculous expression on her face."And their dad?" She shrugged, "he's having a fun time with his girlfriend."I sighed and patted her hands on the mat, "it'll be okay. It's better that you guys parted ways.""I know right. We're better off without him."We both laid on the mat after getting our ice cream and the sun shone on us happily.I loved this and
Raya"M-mr Sterling?" I stuttered, surprised at the fact that he had gotten into the hotel room. How had he...Oh right, he was probably the one that had orchestrated everything."Hmm, I guess a little glam-up can make anyone look pretty."I paused at that. What?Was that meant to be an insult or a compliment?"Why am I here?" I asked, gaining my composure and moving away from him. It wasn't so comforting that I was alone with him in a hotel room and in this partially exposed dress."I want you to accompany me as my date to my brother's engagement ceremony." All thoughts of discomfort flew from my head."What?""You heard me."No, there was no way."You want me to accompany you as your date to your brother's engagement ceremony?" "Yes.""And why is that?"There was actually no way he was serious."Because I want it to be the most scandalous news ever. Maxwell Sterling and his secretary at his brother's ceremony. It'll take the spotlight off them.""And why would you want to do that?
MaxwellI glanced at Diane and Micheal as they chatted with some of the guests that had come to the engagement party, and she looked exceptionally stunning in the white dress she wore.Even more so than my secretary, who had turned me down."So she had basically said she didn't want your money and walked out on you?" I turned to Ryan, who was having the time of his life laughing at me and scowled."It is her loss, anyway. She missed out on ten million dollars.""Wow, that's a lot, but I must say I admire her though. She is definitely not like the other girls.""Yeah but she ran away with my two million dollar dress. Not to talk about the makeup and accessories.""Right, how did you know the dress Diane would be wearing though?"I shrugged, "I spoke to the department store where her and Micheal ordered the dress.""Oh, that makes sense... But like, how does it feel to get turned down by a mere lady in this day and age" he asked, chuckling again, and I turned to him with a scowl."Will
RayaMy head was aching badly by the time I woke up the next morning and I realized I had drunk way too much after realizing that there was nothing I could do to the tear in the dress.It was disastrous.Kendall had apologized over and over again, and I had tried to find a solution over and over again, not because I didn't know how to stitch up a cloth but because I didn't have the equipment, so I had done the next best thing I could think of, which was drink myself to a stupor.I stood up from bed and went straight to the kitchen where I poured myself a glass of water and I gulped down all its contents before I got my kettle ready to prepare a mug of coffee.My beloved son walked into the kitchen too as I prepared the coffee, and he sat on a stool, "sweetheart, how was your night?" I asked and he shrugged."Okay. And how was yours?"I cocked my head, "okay...""Are you sure though? Because you were swearing a lot last night, and then you started talking in your sleep. It was like you
MaxwellI couldn't believe what I was hearing.Had my secretary just talked back at me, and for a mistake she made by herself?I gaped at her still, unsure of how to reply."You can't be serious," I said after a moment. "Of course I am.""And what if I force you to pay for it...""I'll report you to the headquarters.""What?" I scoffed "I'm a Sterling, not just any employee.""Yeah, but that doesn't give you the right to do just about anything you want. I'm sure your brother would agree with that.""What?" I felt my insides burn at that."My brother?" "Yes, your brother."I ran my hand through my hair, dumping the bag that contained the dress on my couch and I glanced back at her, "Get out."She didn't waste any time in doing that, and I went to the fridge to get a can of beer because of how livid I was, and I went to my private gym underground, to do some punching.My brother?Wow, she's got some guts.Like, everyone I knew would never try to talk back to me or get under my skin th
MaxwellA very loud ring was what woke me up the next morning, its sound unveiling the sleep from my eyes and I immediately caught the finger which had been moving across my torso.I opened my eyes. It was none other than the model who I had spent the night with yesterday.I immediately sat up on the bed, "what the f*ck are you still doing here?"She sat up on the bed as she fluttered her lashes provocatively, "don't you think it's too early to part ways? We could still..." I stood up from the bed and ignored the visible gulp she gave at my full-on nakedness and I headed for the bathroom, "you should answer that phone call first," I said before disappearing behind the bathroom door.The ringing stopped some seconds later, and she started yelling at someone at the other end. A few minutes later, she stopped by the door and whispered, "I need to go now. My manager is calling me"I didn't respond and a few minutes later, she left with the door closing behind her.Then I showered and we
RayaI stood in front of Mr. Sterling that morning, waiting for him to say something as he sipped the coffee I had made for him, and he spat it out almost immediately."What the f*ck?! Are you trying to kill me?"I stared at him surprised at his outburst, "w-what, what is wrong?""It's too sugary. Make another one"I picked up the half-filled mug, and headed out of his office to the office lounge that was by my desk, and I made him another coffee.Maybe I had put in too much sugar because I was too nervous about our argument yesterday.He spat out the next one I brought to him almost immediately, "too bitter! Make another one""Too black! More milk"I scoffed, going out of the office for the third time. There was no way the three cups of coffee I had made for him were that bad. This was just his way of getting back at me, right?I prepared another cup of coffee and handed it to him, "You know what? Just get me a cup of iced Americano from the café downstairs. You obviously can't do an
MaxwellI could feel my insides burning, the hate growing as I walked out of the company lobby and into the parking lot where I grabbed my keys from my secretary who was behind me.She looked agitated, "M-mr Sterling... What's wrong?"I didn't reply and got into the car, barely waiting for her to get in before I sped out of there.I couldn't think properly.Her smileThe way she had looked like she was genuinely enjoying his company. I didn't think she was such a gold digger.She must have been looking to sleep with him, right?"Mr. Sterling!" I heard my secretary say behind the cold voice of unreasoning that was ringing through my head, but I refused to look at her.I kept speeding past the many cars and vans that were on the road and tried to speed past a truck."Mr. Sterling! Stop! Oh my God, please stop! William!"I paused in my rage to see my secretary crying and staring at the road with fear in her eyes.It was like she was in another trance.I immediately stopped the car by the