However, getting to the hotel, she entered the wrong room where she met her brother sleeping with another girl who wasn’t his fiance, Amelia. Finally knowing her brother’s secret, she threatened to use it against him if he goes after Asher again. Cullen is a bad boy. Just because he didn’t want to be caught by Amelia, he picked a fight with her and accused her without evidence that she was sleeping around, which ended his relationship and also kept his secret from being exposed. Maybe if he had known that Amelia wasn’t a virgin herself, he wouldn’t have gone to such lengths. So, because Ciara had no idea that the room numbers were changed, her plans for Asher failed and she returned home; waiting for another opportunity. Days passed and she was shocked to find that Amelia had hooked up with Asher. She was enraged but when she saw that Asher wasn’t treating Amelia right, she immediately concluded he was with her as revenge on Cullen. But who would have thought that he had kids for
A week later at the hospital… “Where have you been? For the past one week, you’ve not shown yourself here. Cora, do you hate me now?” Mrs. Woods asked calmly. Cora was leaning by the door. She wouldn’t go in nor out. “The hospital called me. They wanted me to speak with you about your treatment.”“I’m fine, they are exaggerating.”Cora ignored her words and continued: “Mom, you stopped receiving treatment ever since I told you that sister was the one behind your medical care. Fine. If that’s what you want, so be it.” She turned and was about to leave when Mrs. Woods panicked and asked:“Where are you going?” “What? Do you think I have no job? I need to be at work before my shift starts. Otherwise I can’t pay mine and your bills. Since you’ve decided to kill me before my time.” She rolled her eyes and walked away. Mrs. Woods sat there, looking at the shut door. Tears streamed down her eyes but she had no intention of wiping them. Memories of her husband and son flooded her mind aga
Inside the coffee shop, baristas could be seen behind the coffee machines. There were customers sitting quietly and discussing their businesses over coffee when the rich lady barged in and yelled with anger radiating from her. “Where is the manager of this place?!”Cora’s friend and everyone else was stunned. This lady was standing with Cora just now. Hope she’s not here because of Cora? Cora’s friend dragged Cora to the side and asked in a hush voice. “Did you do anything to her?” “She’s a spoiled brat.” Cora replied. “Fuck! How could you offend someone like her?... Wait, who slapped you? Your face is swollen.” Her friend frowned. Cora touched her face and sighed. “Are you all dead? I’ll ask this for the last time, where the hell is your manager!!” “I’m right here… Good afternoon, Miss, how may I help you?” a middle-aged man hurried out from a small side room and stood in front of the rich lady. He smiled to reassure the customers who were looking curious that nothing was wr
“CEO Mika is talking to you!!” “Yes, yes, CEO Mika. Please, what do we offer you?” Mr. Clem hurried forward to take their order. “Mr, I believe it’s her work. Let her do it.” Anamika said. “Oh,” Mr. Clem stepped aside. “I– I’ll just go in and change. I won’t take long.” Cora forced herself not to cry. Anamika chuckled. “Why? Why should I wait for you to go change before I take my drink? I came here because I wanted to drink coffee, not to wait for a barista to change uniforms.” Anamika’s face was devoid of emotions after that. One couldn’t tell what she was thinking. Cora bit the inside of her mouth hard while fumbling with her fingers. She lowered her head, “I’m sorry.” She was so emotional that one could see she was holding back tears. “It seems at this point, I’ll starve to death. Asher, let’s go somewhere else.” All this while, Anamika’s eyes were focused on her sister, totally not seeing the seductress sitting adjacent to them. Mr. Clem immediately raised his head and s
At this point, the matter had escalated to the point where Mr. Clem and the other employees had to rush over to start apologizing and apportioning blame. All the while, Anamika said nothing in Cora’s defence. She just sat there and allowed the matter to keep spreading like wildfire, while Asher was busy drinking his coffee in peace. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that,” Cora kept apologizing and by now, she was already crying. “Cora, you are a professional. You’ve been working for this establishment for three years and such mistakes and complaints have never been made on you. What the heck happened to you today? Did you freak out because of the status of the customers we have today? I’m sure that’s what happened.”Even though the matter was so bad, Mr. Clem was still trying to give her the benefit of the doubt and also change the people’s opinions of her. It was clear that the few customers who dropped by today were new people who had never been attended to by Cora. Anamika start
Cora froze. She slowly looked up at her sister. Yes, this is her sister! This is how forgiving she had always been. Others might offend her and she’d seek revenge but her family was different. No matter what they did to her, she used it as body lotion and never allowed it to sink into her heart. Of course, she’s a human, sometimes she sits alone to think about her life especially when their mother said something hurtful to her but before the day ends, she’d return to the big sister who does all the chores and play with Martin. Remembering everything made Cora feel horrible. She crawled on her knees to her sister and held the hem of her black skirt. “I’m sorry, sister. I… I thought you would hate me. I thought you… I thought… I’m sorry. Waah!” Anamika watched her as she continued to cry like a baby. Her eyes stung with tears too but it won’t be good for her to cry at a place like this. Asher saw she was struggling to hold back tears, so he helped her up. “Let’s return home.” “Hm,
A short while later… Aiden and Nadia could be seen, assessing Cora as they sat in front of her. “They have the same lips, nose, same eyes, thick brows… Smile, I want to confirm something.” Aiden urged Cora. “What do you think you’re doing?” Nadia asked sluggishly. “I want to confirm if she is Mom’s sister.”“Get over it. She’s family.” Nadia continued working on her laptop. “Then, why haven’t we seen her for so many years? Mom even said grandma traveled… I can’t help but think grandma and Aunt don’t like mom.”“No! That’s not true!” Cora panicked. “Knock it off. Aunt is here now.” All the while that Nadia was speaking, she didn’t raise her head from her laptop. “See, she flinched just now.” Aiden refused to give up. Nadia lifted her eyes and glanced at him, then slowly shook her head and continued with her work. Aiden got down from his couch and said, “Miss, can you stand up for a moment?” The kids are super cute and likable at first sight until you start interacting with th
That evening, Asher returned to Anamika’s home to a fuming Anamika waiting for him in the sitting room. Just when he was about to hug her, she pushed him away and yelled;“What’s the meaning of your actions?” “What’s that?” he asked.“Why did you have your men replace my people without my permission?!” She frowned. “Oh, that.” He tried to hold her but she avoided him. “Fine. I changed them because your guards’ skills are too poor.”“And what makes you think that your guards are the best?” He smiled and grabbed her without her consent, then allowed her struggle until she was calm. “My guards are not the best, but trust me, they won’t allow you or the kids to go through what you went through last week.” “My men were hired from ESC, best security agency in Rivera.” She said. “They can’t beat mine in a fight. Mine are better.” Anamika looked at him for a long time, then slowly asked, “Asher, who are you?” Asher also stopped moving and looked intently at her without answering. “Is