Amara Nicholas:Mrs. Ifeoma's brows furrowed at me as I quickly greeted her, "Good morning, Ma.""Yes, morning. What are you doing up here? Did you sleep here last night?" She inquired as I wanted to rush downstairs."No, Ma. I only came to ask Darlington if we were going to the church today," I said, but Mrs. Ifeoma had a doubtful look on her face."Just go already and keep your distance away from my son," she said, while I frowned and went downstairs.I went to the kitchen and instructed one of the maids to prepare my tea. I prepared my tea and Bella's as the maids said to me politely that they were busy.As I was done, I went to the guest room and met Bella in the corridor as she was already dressed up in a crimson gown."Big sis, I was searching for you everywhere," she complained, and I offered an apologetic smile her way."I'm sorry, I went to prepare our tea and to know if we're going to the church. Come, let's have something to bite and drink," I said."Okay, but don't you guy
Amara's POV:After we arrived home, Darlington said to Bella, "You can excuse us.""Okay," Bella replied, smiling at me as she alighted the car and went away."What do you want to ask me?" I asked Darlington, not smiling at him, as I knew he wanted to speak to me about Bruce again."I hope that you're aware Bruce is Jenna's elder brother. You shouldn't be communicating with him and try not to be friendly with him," Darlington said, as we were still seated in his car."You already said that before. But Bruce hasn't said anything yet to me, except for the fact that he wants to know me," I replied, pulling my side door open.Darlington gazed back at me and replied, "The same thing I am talking about. You shouldn't tell him anything about us.""There's no 'us'. I know, and you shouldn't be concerned about what I will tell Bruce, since you're still in love with his sister. Can I get down now?" I asked, not looking at Darlington's face as he was still sitting in the driver's seat."Fine," D
Darlington's POV"Mom, Amara isn't the one who asked for Noah's card. I was there when he gave his card to her," I replied, as I saw Amara walking away.The light white gown Amara wore was almost transparent, and it didn't occur to me initially that her gown was almost visible. Not until I saw the way Noah was looking at Amara when she walked away from us. The way her buttocks were swaying and bouncing as she walked away. I desired to have Amara again on the bed with me, but then, I was surprised to see Noah ogling at her, too.It rang an alarm bell in my mind, and I thought to collect Noah's card away from Amara's hand. Blaming myself for going to call her outside, when Amara had clearly refused to see Noah. She was right that Noah would lust after her.After Noah smiled and left us, Samara wasn't happy, and I think she also saw the way her supposed fiancé was ogling after Amara."Mom, you can keep the card if you want to. But it's only business that made Noah give his card to Amara,
Darlington's POV"Hahaha!" I laughed as I drew nearer to Amara. "I didn't lie to you then to sleep with you. You wanted me as much as I wanted you too. Do not worry, the house is for the two of us to live in, and I promise you, I won't go back to Jenna. I just want to wait for her arrival so that we can make it official that it's over between us. If I post it now, it would seem like I cheated on her, whereas she's the one cheating on me and doesn't want to marry me.""But she accepted your engagement ring, and you guys look so in love with each other," Amara said, as she finally looked at me. I approached her even more and sat with Amara on the bed."Come, sit on me," I said, but she frowned."No. Don't you feel like you're cheating on your fiancée?" Amara asked me, but I shrugged my shoulder and replied, "No. I will only feel like I'm cheating on Jenna if I'm still in love with her, but I'm no longer in love with her," I said, hugging Amara closely as I guided her to sit on me. She s
Amara's POV:The following morning, I prepared in my room, knowing that Darlington was leaving very early to his office. I had spoken to him about accompanying Bella back to her school. Although from our research about her school's location, it was an hour's drive from the Briggs Mansion, so I prepared early, as it was 6 AM, knowing that Darlington likes to arrive early for work.As I was done preparing, wearing a cream top and black skirt, since I wasn't so good at wearing trousers, my phone rang. Rushing to answer the call, I saw it was a missed call from Bruce.*What does he want from me?* I wondered, but eventually answered his call on the second ring."Hello, good morning," I greeted Bruce, still wondering why he was calling me so early in the morning."Good morning, Amara. How was your night?" Bruce was asking me, and I replied, "Good. How about your own night?""It was okay. How about Darlington? Is he there with you, as I saw the way he was possessive with you last Sunday? I t
Amara's POV:Darlington got into his car, started it, and drove out of the residence without saying anything to me. While I entered my online page and stared at the silly photo of myself and Darlington that I had captured. The photo looked beautiful, but I didn't want to keep it private. I posted it online without tagging Darlington, as I didn't have him on my friend list.I continued admiring the photo as Darlington drove ahead to Bella's school. The photo I posted was beginning to have many reactions, and some new fans started tagging my page and commenting on it.I kept my phone back in my handbag as we finally arrived at Bella's school. Darlington didn't bother to accompany us, so Bella and I alighted from the car and went into the school premises just as Darlington drove off.My phone rang again, and it was my aunt calling me. She inquired about Bella, and I informed her we had arrived for the school processing. I waved goodbye to Bella shortly after she went into the school, the
Darlington Briggs.I was in my office and the sound of my phone ringing jolted me out of my reverie. I had stopped Amara from coming to my company because I couldn't focus on my office work without thinking about what she was up to in her accounting office.I had prevented Amara from coming to work, and she didn't protest with me. I was at peace, knowing no man would be lusting after her at home. However, I was surprised when I saw my phone ringing. Jenna was the one calling me, and she inquired, "Why did you allow Amara to take that photo with you? Now, a lot of fans are wondering if you both are having an affair?""What photo?" I asked, as it had slipped my mind that Amara had actually recorded me and posted a photo of the two of us online.I quickly paused the phone call to check my online page, and I saw the morning photo that Amara had uploaded had already surpassed a million likes."My goodness. I wasn't aware of this. She was taking her cousin to school this morning, and I had
Darlington's POV:My anger rose to the peak as I saw the photo of Amara and Bruce in his office. I wanted to leave everything I was doing at the company and head home straight to confront Amara, but I kept my cool, not responding to Bruce."Why would Amara go to see Bruce, despite my warnings to her?" I wondered as I finished up my lunch and finally returned to my office.As Bruce saw that I didn't respond to his inbox, he rather gave me a call, inquiring, "What's up, Bro? Did you see my message?""I did. What do you want me to say?" I asked Bruce, suppressing my anger as I heard him out."Honestly, Bro. I was just wondering why you don't want me to have that pretty neighbor of yours. I like her, and today when she came to visit me in my office, she's very nice, and I can't stop thinking about her. I want to settle down, and I plan to marry her."I was listening to everything Bruce was saying to me silently until he asked me, "Are you listening?""Yes. I have heard you. I already told
Jenna's POVThe day of my wedding arrived. I dressed elegantly in a white wedding dress and accepted Collins Kingston as my husband.Collins was nice; he wore a black tux and tried to make me happy, but he wasn't Darlington. He could never be Darlington Briggs. I had to take my husband's permission to invite Darlington and his wife Amara to our wedding, but Darlington didn't want to attend.He only sent me a wedding gift: a big box full of baby clothes.After our wedding, I decided to focus on my career as a model and my husband. It was a private wedding, and it went successfully. Though I was heartbroken not seeing Darlington Briggs around.I had hoped Darlington would grace the event. But throughout the reception, I never saw him and knew that I was married to Collins now and not Darlington.I let go of the remaining feelings that I harbored for Darlington Briggs.A few days after our wedding ceremony ended, my husband and I traveled to California for our honeymoon. That was where I
**Amara Nicholas.**I wasn't happy when I came to Darlington's office and saw Jenna Colton with him again. Darlington assured me that he had nothing to do with Jenna, but upon seeing them standing close, I felt they wanted to kiss each other but quickly separated the moment they saw me enter the office.Jenna also appeared sad when I saw her leaving. She didn't tell Darlington goodbye, and she kept her face downward and fled the top floor where Darlington's office was.I was relieved when I saw that, and I told Darlington that I went to get some of my baby's things and would be heading home. So, I just dropped by his company to see him.Darlington smiled as he cupped my face and told me he was through with his office work. So, we went home together.Upon getting home, I saw the news trend on the television showing the engagement video of Jenna Colton that had gone viral.I couldn't believe my eyes as it hadn't been long since I last saw Jenna in Darlington's office, shedding crocodile
Jenna Colton. "Huh!" My jaw dropped as I saw Collins with a golden ring, down on one knee in front of everyone, proposing to me. We stood in the hallway, not disturbing the others who had come for emergency treatment. Since it was no longer clinic hours, the hospital was less crowded than it usually was in the morning when a lot of outpatients filled the lobby and hallways. "Aww!" My eyes welled up with tears as I saw some fans pulling out their phones to record me. They awaited my response, and since I wanted to get out of the hospital ward quickly, I said yes, knowing that this was a new chapter of my life. Since Collins was ready to marry me, not minding my flaws and wanting to have me as his wife, I had to accept his ring. So I told him, "Yes. I accept." Collins slipped the engagement ring onto my left finger, and tears of joy welled up in my eyes as I hugged him heartily just as he rose. He was taller than me, and he didn't press to kiss me. We just hugged. "Congratulations
**Jenna Colton:**I walked out of Darlington's office to leave the Briggs group and saw him and Amara holding hands as he hugged her to his shoulder and walked ahead with her into his office.I immediately bolted from there like a flash, not sparing another glance their way. I went back downstairs, entered my car, and drove home.My phone rang in the car, but I was in no mood to pick it up.I cried as I found my way home. Soon, I arrived at my father's compound and wanted to drive in, but I recalled my mother would be at home. I then navigated the car and drove to the hospital to see my father.I arrived at the hospital where my father was admitted. I parked my car in the parking lot, and my phone rang again.I wanted to ignore the call as my crying could have made my voice break, and I didn't want to inform my mother about it or make her aware of my broken heart.I took up my handkerchief, wiped my face, and finally got out of the car as I proceeded into the hospital to check with th
**Jenna Colton** I awoke in my room to a fresh start of a new day. I decided to visit Darlington at his company to see him directly, rather than just talking over the phone as we had been trying to do. I knew that Darlington had blocked me, but I still wanted to see him. It had been a week since Darlington told me off and asked me to move on, but I didn’t want to adhere to it. Also, Lily’s brother had invited me to one of his clubs to meet with him, but I didn’t want to visit him. I desired to meet with Darlington first to know if there was still any hope of our relationship rekindling. After finishing my bath, I got out of the bathroom and dressed in a blue sleeveless dress, wanting to look pretty as I paired it with black shoes. I stepped out of my closet and went to adjust my hair in front of my room mirror. I wanted to look presentable before Darlington, so I exited the house, holding onto my car key and my black purse. So far, my father had been improving in his health, but
Amara's POV:I awoke in the bedroom to a brand new morning, and Darlington was preparing to leave for his office. I hadn't expected the wedding gift he bought for me the previous night. I thought he was trying to reconnect with his ex, but he proved me wrong by telling me he had blocked Jenna and didn't want to have anything to do with her again.I smiled as I observed Darlington stepping out of the bathroom and walking up to the luxurious king-sized bed to meet me.He sat on the bed, water dripping from his wet hair, and drew nearer to me. "How are you and my baby doing?""I'm fine; our baby and I are good," I replied, a cute blush on my face. Darlington smiled and said, "That's good. I'm going to the office today. You remember that your dad wants to partner with me. Although he mentioned he would like you to be present, he hasn't spoken about the date for signing the partnership deal.""Does my dad want to come and visit us?" I asked Darlington as I watched him dry off his wet mascu
Jenna's POV:"Seriously, Jenna. You're very funny. Do you know that my brother has been your fan since forever? He really likes you and told me that you're his kind of woman. Hot and spicy," Lily teased me."That's enough of the teasing, Lily," I shouted at her. "I know you want me to move on from Darlington too, but I guess you haven't honestly been in love.""Oh, really? Tell me what love is all about," Lily inquired. I shook my head and went to pack my handbag that my younger sister, Rita, had brought from home."I don't have time to teach you about love. But I know what I want, and what I want, I shall get."Lily's eyes widened as I looked at her, and she burst out laughing once more. "Hahaha, how do you plan to win Darlington back? Tell me. Do you intend to kidnap him and force him to marry you, or do you want to harm his wife and eliminate her to have Darlington all to yourself now?"I paused packing my handbag and looked back at Lily's face."None of the suggestions. I know wha
Jenna's POV:I was still in the hospital, awaiting discharge. Although my father's health had improved and he had been moved from the intensive care unit after waking up, he suffered from a stroke that impaired his left hand and left leg. The doctor informed us that, with time, my father would improve as the stroke didn't affect his vocal cords.I was saddened by this fact as I waited for Darlington, who had promised to show up. However, he didn't. I called his phone several times, but it was switched off.As it got late, I was free to move around my hospital ward. The doctor had treated me after I fainted, so I was no longer confined to the bed. I called Darlington again, knowing he would have closed from his office as it was already past 6 PM. However, Darlington phoned me and told me that he didn't want to have anything to do with me anymore and that he was now dedicated to his wife, Amara.I couldn't believe what Darlington was saying. I knew he was now officially married to Amara
Darlington's POV:"What's wrong, babe?" I asked Amara as I entered our shared bedroom. She didn't reply and instead walked back to the bed to lie down. She wore a long white nightdress and laid on her side, ignoring me and not welcoming me.I frowned, looking from my wife to my briefcase in my hands and the gift I had bought for her.It crossed my mind that she was sad, thinking I went to spend precious time with Jenna when I had been working hard in my office, sitting for hours in my executive chair and focusing on some projects. I would have felt more guilty if I had actually gone to see Jenna, especially since I had switched off my phone after I told her I wouldn’t be able to meet her."Babe," I called Amara's attention as I carefully dropped my briefcase on the couch in our cozy bedroom. I walked over to the bed covered with a white mattress to meet Amara."Babe," I said, sitting on the bed beside her, but she turned to the other side to look away from me, not wanting to speak.I