Chapter 67OH MY!!!!RYAN'S POV."Oh my goodness!!" I exclaimed as I checked the time again as my car came to a halt at the entrance of the office where we were supposed to have the meeting. I was already an hour late.Having arrived an hour later than the expected time, I could only hope for the very best. Thanks to my curiousity about Sophie, I had been arrested. The unpleasant thing was that I could not verify if it was indeed Sophie, so it was essentially a waste of time. As I walked into the office I hoped that for some reason the meeting had been extended.I checked my phone as I stepped in and discovered that I had a slew of missed calls. Karl had been phoning me repeatedly. "Shit, I hope I am not in trouble." I said as I dashed down to the hall where we were going to hold the meeting. As I arrived to the meeting, Karl was already seated with the clients, and the meeting had begun. Karl was clearly upset by my conduct, as evidenced by his expression. As soon as I stepped insi
Chapter 68 WRONG TIMING.. RYAN'S POV " Wrong timing!!!" I mumbled as I tried to end the call, after noticing my nervousness had done nothing but complicate the issue, I tried to relax and turned off the phone. When I was finally able to turn it off, I could not be more embarrassed. The clients stared at me again as if I were unprofessional, which hurt the most. I stared at them as they glared at me with disappointment on their faces, and I wanted to escape because I knew I would be in big trouble with Karl. "Was he planning to dismiss me?" I puzzled as I glare at their faces. I knew my bonus for this project was gone because I made a complete mess of myself and did not represent the company well, but I was not sure if what I did deserved a termination. " We would be grateful to land this deal, all thanks to my insubordination." I whispered while I stood motionless, looking at their faces. The annoying part was that was Tana was phoning. " What did she want." I grumbled as I gla
Chapter 69 WHERE IS DADDY? TANA'S POV "Where is he?" I enquired, anxious about Ryan. I took up my phone and and realised it was already midnight. "I hope he is okay," I whispered to myself, concerned about Ryan's whereabouts. Ryan never acted this way unless something was wrong. I hope he was fine and that there was nothing wrong. I decided to dial his number again as he had not be picking up nor returning my calls. The phone rang repeatedly without any response. I dropped the phone, confused about what to do. "Where has he gone?" I enquired again as I paced about in the room. Ryan had been acting strangely of late, and I had no idea why. He was keeping late nights and not taking my calls. " But what could I do?" I muttered to myself as I picked up my phone again to dial his number again; it rang but there was no answer. "Why is Ryan acting this way?" I asked myself as I dropped my phone in frustration and sat down.This was becoming too much to handle. As I sat down to thi
Chapter 70 HIRED FOR REVENGE... SOPHIE'S POV. " He is at the office right now, but you can tell me anything." I said to them, anxious about what they had found out about the case. I knew all of my tricks to stall them from knowing the truth was not going to hold for long, but I figured that before they found out, the contract between Karl and I would have been done and then, even if Karl found the truth it would not matter. " I am sorry ma'am, we have strict instructions to talk to him alone." One of the officers responded and I stared at him displeased by his comment." What did he mean that he had to talk to Karl alone?" I questioned myself still staring at them. I knew I had to convince them somehow and went on to talk to them so they could tell me what I wanted to know. " Well, I was there when it happened and I am his wife." I chuckled as I tried to make them see reasons and talk to me about who they had found. I needed to find out about this Ryan and his link to the case.
Chapter 71IS CLAIRE REALLY COMING HOME?SOPHIE'S POV"Congratulations, Sophie, phase one is complete." I muttered as I got ready for the day, I had woken up earlier than usual as I could barely hide my excitement for the job opportunity. Working side by side with Karl and Ryan was more than I could ask for. I could not be more happier.I was not too enthusiastic about the job, and Karl had said he was not going to pay me because he already paid so much for me to be his wife. I was relieved that I could make people who had wronged me years before pay; Karl had no idea what he was getting himself into by hiring me to work for him at his business. I had the perfect opportunity to carry out my intentions both for Ryan and Karl, and I could not afford to miss it."You know what time to resume, right? I would not want any latecomers." He remarked as he was leaving the house. As I watched him leave, my thoughts turned to the day he questioned me why I was so thrilled about a job I was not
Chapter 72ENOUGH WITH THE ACT..SOPHIE'S POVAs I was driving to work, I wondered to myself if what Davis had said were true or they were just the regular talks to upset me. Davis's remarks about Karl's ex-wife coming back upset me since it implied that my stay in his house would be short - lived. I knew it was a temporary contract but this meant I had to leave earlier than anticipated. "Was Claire truly coming back?" I wondered. I shook my head, not wanting to think that Karl would allow her return after hurting him so much when she asked for a divorce. He had said he did not want to have anything to do with her after what she did. " But what if, for the sake of his son, he changed his mind?" I pondered. I shook my head again not wanting to think about the implications of her return. " What is going to happen to my plans then?." I questioned myself. Claire's return was going to completely wreck everything for me and I was not sure I was ready to leave Karl just yet.The traffic l
Chapter 73WAS SHE A DUMMY TOO?CASSENDRA POV." He is still not picking up."I muttered after another failed attempt of reaching Karl. Since our make out at the office, it seemed that Karl had deliberately avoided me as he had refused to pick or respond to any of my calls. " Karl better not be playing with me." I grumbled as I stirred in my bed, unsure what to do about the issue.I was helplessly in love with Karl and now with this opportunity staring me right in the face, I could not possibly let another woman take him from me again." I guess, I better go see him at the office." I mumbled to myself as I thought about how to see Karl. I already missed him and wanted to see him so badly. I got off the bed to go see Karl and just then my phone beeped and I picked up the phone to check who it was." Jordan!!" I mumbled as I sighed and dropped the phone, Jordan repeated calls was annoyed me further, " How hard is it to understand that I do not want you." I yelled at my phone as I dropped
Chapter 74FAILED ACTRESS...KARL'S POV."I hope I am not making a mistake."I mumbled to myself as I headed out of the office, Sophie was expected to resume at the office today, but had not arrived as at the time I left the office for a meeting. Though it was not time for resumption, I expected her to arrive sooner because it was her first day. I sighed as I stared at her seat when leaving the office. "Maybe I should not have been so harsh and suspended my secretary; she arrived an hour early every day." As I walked away to my car, heading for a meeting, I shook my head, refusing to admit that I had overreacted. She definitely deserved it after acting so unprofessionally, and I figured that would teach her not to let outsiders into my office without my permission.When I got at the garage, the driver drove out, and when we arrived at the meeting location, I noticed my phone beeping and wondered who it was. I picked up the phone and realised it was Cassey."No, not now, Cassey." I g