*Beep Beep… Beep beep*Catherine groaned at the sound of her ringing alarm, she stretched her arm to reach the side stool where the alarm clock was aggressively vibrating on. "Ugh!" She groaned again in annoyance as she angrily slammed the alarm clock off.She groaned again as she covered herself with the duvet and closed her sleepy eyes shut and then suddenly, when she got comfortable, she heard the sound of a loud car horn. Following the blaring sound of a car horn, she heard the sound of a couple other cars wheeling into the mansion.Immediately, it occured to her that Mr and Mrs Bentley were to return today and that most definitely must be them. "shit! Shit! Shit!" She cursed quietly as she instantly jumped off the bed. Mr and Mrs Bentley are not supposed to find out that she had been sleeping in the guest room all through their trip.She rushed to the bathroom and gathered all her toiletries. She held them on her chest and laid them on the table so she could easily pick them up
"William, please, you already broke my elbow and you hurt my wrist, I'm asking you nicely now, let go off me."William glared at her and exhaled sharply Before letting go of her arm. "We're already running late, hurry up." William said and stepped out. As he descended the stairs, the memory of when he hurt Catherine's wrist played in his head and he wasn't happy about it because he didn't mean to. It was a big mistake and it never should have happened but he let his pride get the best of him by not apologizing to her or showing any remorse for his actions.While waiting for Catherine, he texts Vanessa.William: Babe? Good morning.Vanessa: 😤William: Vanessa? Are you okay? You've been ignoring my calls? Vanessa: Give me reasons why I shouldn't, William? After what you did to me!William: Babe, what are you talking about? You're being dramatic.Vanessa: oh, I'm being dramatic?! Catherine or whatever she calls herself, insulted me and what did you do about it? You pampered her and lef
"We're here sir." The driver mumbled, drawing William's attention away from Catherine as he moved the gear and put the car in park. William turned away from the driver fixed his gaze back on Catherine. Then he angrily stepped out of the car and marched into the office.While Catherine was making her way in, she was thinking about how to leave the office. She knew Charlotte was dieing to hear the reason why she made her stop her father from signing the documents they received from William earlier on about a deal. Once William stepped in, Jorge - his assistant stepped out and walked by his side holding an ipad and a pen in his hand. As he walked with William to his office, he updated him on his schedule for that day. "Is that all?" William asked when he was done reading. He slid his keys in his door knob and unlocked it. Jorge walked in with him and responded, "Yes sir ... Temporarily, that's if nothing comes up, an emergency maybe.""Okay. So you're going to make some adjustments t
"How do you know that?" Micheal whispered."Daddy, I know it's sounds very unbelievable, but... I snuck into his office--""Honey! Why would you do that?" Charlotte interrupted."Mommy, that's not important," Catherine turned to her father, "we had a meeting with Mr. Dunlop Knowles... I'm not sure you know him but you must have heard of him... He's a very close business partner to the Bentleys. They never talked about taking the company till I left to the bathroom, and I'm my way back, I overheard the conversation, I wasn't sure why they would want that neither did I want to jump into conclusions and that was why I had to sneak into his office to find anything that could prove my thoughts right." She then turned her gaze to her mother."Mommy, yes, you taught me better but I had no other choice." Catherine turned to her father and took his hand and spoke softly to him, "Daddy, please, I don't want you to consider that deal with William. You and mother might think I'm crazy but just be
"Don't worry, I'm fine." William responded as he rubbed his hand gently against his forehead. William was mostly worried about the situation that just played out, he hoped that the paparazzi people were unable to get a clear photo of him and Vanessa's faces even though it was still night time and dark there."Babe are you sure?" Vanessa asked as she rubbed his arm gently.William pulled away from her, making it obvious that he was no longer in the mood to be all lovey-dovey and something else was bothering him."Babe --""Vanessa, I'll take you home straight from here alright?" William interrupted."Okay." Vanessa responded, resting on his shoulders.It was almost midnight and William had just returned home. He stormed into the living room where he barged in on Catherine, chewing on some popcorn and watching a movie this meant his parents were already fast asleep. From the look on her face, it was obvious that she startled at his strong push at the door.They both shared awkward eye c
"Babe, why are you acting so strange?" Vanessa asked over the phone."Vanessa, I'm a bit busy now and I have a lot to take care of." William responded in a firm tone."I'm hanging up till you tell me what's going on, is it because of the images? Do not tell me that is the reason you're upset.""Vanessa, you don't understand do you?" William asked, slightly raising his voice since he was unable to hide the annoyance in his tone."Wait, so this is how it really is right? So you're ashamed of me William? I literally thought you decided to take me out because you love me and my happiness mattered a lot to you!""Vanessa,... Look, you don't understand how bad this affects my name and my family's reputation. I'm married Vanessa, I shouldn't be seen outside with someone who isn't my wife. You know how this thing goes.""No! No I do not, at the end of the day, we're talking about same old Catherine, I can't believe you William, so this is why you've been trying to reach all the social media b
William descended the stairs, making his way to the living room. He met his mother, his father and Catherine already seated in the living room, they looked like they had been waiting on him to meet them down there already.The air was filled with an awkward silence. William took his seat, and Bradley cleared his throat, "William," he started, "According to Jorge and the rest of our sources, your illicit images and posts related to it have been brought down from all the social media pla--""Father, they weren't illicit images!" William interrupted."Yes. Exactly, they're eyesore-ic, William!" Bradley snapped.William's sighed and turned his gaze away from his father, "I just hope you have learned your lesson, and such silly mistake won't take place again. Simply because the posts have been take down, it doesn't mean people aren't still talking about it, some of them still have it saved on their phones, and always remember the Internet never forgets." Bradley pointed out, while darting
"You've grown even more prettier over the years, ma'am." Pete gushed over Vanessa with sparks in his eyes."Yeah I know, but that's not why I called you here." Vanessa shunned him and slid into her seat. "I have limited time, so let's get over with this... I have better things to do." Vanessa mumbled."So tell me what exactly you want me to do this time around." Pete said, rubbing his two hands against each other in excitement. "I just want to remind you once more that I called you here because I trust you. You've done many mini jobs and ran miniature errands for me in the past, but this time around, I need to be sure that I can actually trust you for bigger jobs.""Woah! Of course ma'am, is that even a problem, I'm ready to do whatever you want me to, provided money will be involved, then we have absolutely o problem." Pete said leaning in closer to her.Vanessa slid her hand into her purse and pulled out a long brown envelope, placed it on the table and slid it to Pete, her eyes d
William got to the room and saw Catherine in the bathroom, struggling to breath while starring at her reflection in the mirror. Her face was soaked with tears and she gripped her hands tightly to the sink. William's presence startled her and she moved backwards, "do... Don't come near me." Her voice broke as she spoke, tears uncontrollably rolled down her cheeks."Babe, calm down." William started."Don't come near me " she burst into tears and covered her face with her arms. William stole the opportunity and embraced her in a warm hug. She cried bitterly on his shoulders. William instantly felt remorse for her. He rubbed her back gently and kissed her forehead as she hit him on his chest out of pain."Why would you like to me!" She muffled." Babe, just ... Let me explain at least."" This is exactly what I was avoiding, I didn't want any of this to happen. I don't ever want to have any entanglement with Vanessa, now look, look at this?! So what now? She'll start living with us, we
Catherine woke up and turned to the other side of the bed but William was out of sight. She immediately grabbed the closest piece of clothe next to her, and headed downstairs. On her way down, she could person the aroma coming from the kitchen. When she got down, she finally saw William standing shirtless by the gas cooker. He looked over his shoulder and saw Catherine, standing by the door and drooling over him while in his t-shirt. "Good morning babe." He said as he continued cooking. .Catherine was kicked out of her head by the sound of his voice. She approached him, "Good morning." She said as he hugged him from behind, putting her entire body weight on him. "What are you cooking?""Breakfast?""That's not your job?" She chuckled."I know, I wanted to do it, specially for you. You deserve to see and taste how good my food is." He said with smirk. " I wanted to get you breakfast in bed but since you're already up, we can have it at the table." William's said as he grabbed the pla
Michelle stepped out of the police station, stunned, angry and disappointed all at the same time. She immediately placed a call across to William to make her complaints, "Hello?""How are you doing mother?" William spoke through his speaker having nothing other than expecting his mother was calling to know his well being and Catherine's in mind."I'm leaving the station now." Michelle couldn't hide the disappointment in her tone."The police station? What happened?" William's asked paying his full attention to her."Joel invited me for a meeting." She said as she got into her car, "I got there only to find out that somehow all of a sudden, Vanessa has nothing to do with the case.""Had nothing to do with the case? Wait I thought she's the prime suspect? How come now she has nothing to do with the case?"Michelle put her car in reverse, "I don't know how it happened but with all the results Joel showed me she had nothing to do with the case at all."William scoffed, " How's that even p
Catherine and William had just moved into their new mansion. The task wasn't stressful at all especially since it was already furnished and everything was already made available to them. William ran his arm around her shoulder while she leaned against him, as they both stood and admired how far they had come. "So all this, belongs to us?" "Yes darling." William responded to her, beaming her a smile. " Our kids will sit and play in the living room and we'll dwim together most nights in that pool at the back. We'll drive together in the car, Babe, we have so many memories to make." He continued. He then kissed her on the forehead and rubbed her shoulder. "So what now?" "We'll call mom and dad to let them know we've successfully moved in, then we can go on to living." " Can I, invite Felice over?" " Yes of course Honey, it's your house too." He responded. William moved away to let his parents know that they were done with the moving in process while Catherine moved to the
~ 5 days later ~The car drove into the Bentley mansion and cornered at the water fountain. William's got out of the car and went to the door for his wife Catherine. He held her hand as she got donw from the vehicle. As the driver and bodyguard was helping them get their luggage out of the car Catherine and William made their way inside the house, " Honey?! They're here!" Michelle yelled towards the staircase, immediately she envelope Catherine in a warm hug and then William, " How was the flight back?" She asked with so much excitement.Before they could respond, Bradley came running down. " Welcome, both of you." He said with a grin" How was it?" He probed.William shit Catherine a smiled and gripped onto her hands gently, "it was the best experience yet.""Wow! This is amazing news.. come come, have a seat, Gertrude is preparing lunch for you two." Catherine sat beside William and rested her head on his shoulders. "I'm so glad the trip was successful, Catherine dear, have you let
"Well, Sir..." Joel cleared his throat. I heard no idea that the culprit we're searching for is the same person who slaughtered a person in your city, this means we should probably join forces yo catch who ever it is."" So what are you saying Joel? You have any leads? Let's see."Joel instantly sat up straight in his seat, " Sir, can you please let me know what you know about the case?" He pulled a folder out of his lower drawer and placed it on his desk. The information embedded in that folder was information on Catherine's case. The same case which Mrs Bentley warned Joel to keep private."Sir, do you have a name? Or something, an identity maybe?"" No, we don't have any of that." Damien gently rubbed his jaw. " What do you have there though?"Joel considered the fact that damien in fact was a good officer, and the case being confidential didn't completely mean that damien couldn't help them crack it. It was possible that he could actually help them resolve the case, this was the
It might piss me you off though, but... whatever happened between you and Vanessa?" " We broke up... I broke up with her." William responded without hesitation. "Vanessa shouldn't be someone you should be worrying about. Plus we've had this conversation before." William spoke calmly. He turned to Catherine, gently tucking a part of her hair to the back of her ear, "I made sure to get rid of anything that could get in between us, I told you, don't worry about any of that." " Oh... Okay...I'm sorry but a few nights ago I just overheard your mom talking about her with you ... Over the phone, I just thought you two were still talking to e ah other that's all." " Wait, you heard my mom and I talking about Vanessa?" Immediately, William's mind wondered back to when he had a conversation concerning Vanessa being responsible for Catherine's accident but as a suspect. From the way Catherine sounded, she did hear them talking about Vanessa but she didn't hear what exactly they were talking a
William's cold parted lips landed on Catherine's thin lips, he pulled her in closer by the waist and she gripped on his shirt tightly. She shit her eyes and let his tongue dance with her. Her heart was racing and she could barely catch her breathe.In Catherine's head, she could not describe how she felt. Jolts of electricity travelled down her spine in currents each time William's hands caressed her side. He made her want more than just his lips when he tilted his head and traveled to her neck. Goosebumps appeared all over her body, she could feel her body vibrating in excitement. Her eyes were shut tight, her mind was void. "Are you okay?" William asked as he continued planting hickeys on Catherine's neck but all he got was a very soft light moan that escaped her lips.William felt her grip on his shoulders tighten she he lifted her by her inner thighs and took her to the bed. In that moment, they shared eye contact. "Are you okay?" William asked again when he noticed how hard it wa
" Ten thousand dollars doesn't sound so bad. You'll have to make payments befo--"" You mean installments," Zayne interrupted. " I want you to do something about it, stat."" Okay then, in this case how about you make the first installment then I'll head over there immediately." Damien and Vanessa watched Zayne type away on his phone, after a minute, he turned his phone screen to Damien who took a glance of the payment receipt. "The job is done." Damien assured."I and Vanessa will be on our way now." Zayne said as he stood up, taking a hold of Vanessa's hand.As they exited the the station, they were welcomed by the sound of blaring car horns, and murmuring sounds of people on the street. Zayne crossed his hand in his long brown French coat, as they made their way to the car. The breeze of the air blew through their hair and faces. Vanessa, with her hand, covered the side of her face as the slowly walked across the parking lot. Vanessa started, "So what now?"Zayne pulled his keys