All of her warehouses had also caught fire. Not only were the goods in them burnt to the ground, even the buildings collapsed. After hearing yet another heart wrenching news from the manager, Madam Lewis suddenly screamed out loud. Her scream pulled her husband out of the dreamland abruptly. The man was having a very sweet dream. In his dream, his daughter’s former school got shut down and Mrs. Babington was thrown into prison, screaming and pleading with him to have mercy. But he was simply laughing at her nonchalantly. Just when he was about to speak to her, he heard an ear piercing scream beside him. It was his wife’s voice. He instantly woke up.“What’s wrong?” He quickly inquired worriedly.His wife was looking miserable and her face was completely white like she’d just seen a ghost.Did she have a bad dream while he was having a nice one?But Madam Lewis began to weep and he was thrown into confusion. She couldn’t possibly be crying over a dream…“What’s the matter, why ar
Just how?Could it have been Alicia???How could she be so stupid to the extent of ruining, not only his career, but his whole life?Simply because he didn’t fulfil his promise of letting her strut down the runway with top models at Shanghai Fashion Week.But it wasn’t his fault. He just was unable to secure a spot for her. Shanghai Fashion Week was a national occasion. Only A-listers and B-lister models were able to perform. Alicia wasn’t even a D-lister. Different emotions kept flooding through Minister Lewis’ mind. He ignored the man that was still ranting on the phone and slowly turned to take a look at his sleeping wife. He prayed silently for the woman to be fast asleep. But as fate would have it, the woman was wide awake. In fact, she was already in a sitting position, her legs were crossed, her arms folded, and her back was resting against the headboard.The minister met his wife’s piercing gaze and he swallowed the big lump that had formed in his throat uneasily. The cou
How could she?Alicia’s body writhed in pain from all the rigorous shaking but she ignored it. That wasn’t her major concern right now.Little aches here and there were nothing compared to the issue on ground. “I-I didn’t do it.” Her voice broke and hot tears streamed down her face.“I swear on my son’s life, it wasn’t me. I don’t know how it happened. I only just saw the news a while ago. I swear.” She muttered amidst tears. “Liar!” Minister Lewis was not having it.“I swear, I didn’t do it. What benefit will I derive from all of it? My life is also at stake—no agency will want to work with me again—I’m also affected here, I did not do it. Believe me.” Alicia cried harder.The man’s eyes blinked. That was true. Besides, come to think of it, Alicia couldn’t have pulled any of those strings. The reports about him came with concrete proof. Where could his babymama have gotten all those evidence from? And how?It was impossible.“How could it be me? Just how?—You’re my baby’s daddy!”
***About an hour later, Beats Corporation’s headquarters.The CEO was currently seated calmly behind his desk while his assistant simply stood by the side. Both of them had their eyes fixated on the large screen that was in the office. It was a few minutes past midmorning and the news was on. The news channel was recording live. On the large indoor LED screen was Minister Lewis being arrested and hauled away by the police while also being surrounded by reporters who were hungry for details.Turned out to be that even till the very end, the man was promiscuous. The police didn’t find him in his home.He was found at his sidechick’s place. The crazy part was that it was his wife who called the police and told them his current address.Right on the screen, Madam Lewis was there too. As well as Alicia Dawson. The latter looked badly beaten, her face was bruised and swollen.Anyone could roughly guess what happened to her. Hm.Lucas picked the remote from the desk and switched off t
‘Very soon, I’ll find out your secret. Very soon.’ Martha thought to herself. But she maintained a smile on her face, staring sweetly at Mia.She was annoyed that she had no idea what was going on in the girl’s life anymore. Before, she used to know absolutely everything when it came to Mia. For instance, what she was planning, what she was going through at the moment, her family, every detail of her relationship with Max— That was how she was able to come between her and Max. Even when Martha was uninterested in listening to anything, Mia would still discuss everything with her.But now, things had changed.What changed though?The girl had started keeping secrets from her. Since the moment Mia moved out of their room, she no longer let Martha in on anything again.She stopped talking to her about literally everything. To make matters worse, Vicky and her cohort were expelled.And to think that the kids at school had also quietened down these past few days. No one bugged Mia any
—Mia was on her way to the alley and she hadn’t gone far away from the school when someone approached her all of a sudden and said: “Hello.”With a sudden upward glance, Mia was entranced by the beauty of a pair of piercing blue eyes.Right before her was a man standing tall with broad shoulders and a chiseled jawline, the kind that made you take notice. His tousled black hair was styled in a messy quiff and his deep blue eyes held a mischievous glint in them. He was dressed in a well-fitted T-shirt and black jeans that fit him like a glove, which only added to the air of confidence and playfulness he was exuding.For a moment, Mia felt completely lost. She was mesmerized. How could a man look so charming and glamorous?But the man’s soothing voice soon pulled her out of her reverie. “Did you hear what I just said, Miss?“Mia blinked frantically as she gazed at him. She was a bit taller than her so she had to angle up her head to see his face. He had a carefree smile tugged at the
Veronica was saying something to her friends when she suddenly caught sight of Mia. Momentarily, she stopped talking.The girl seemed to be coming in their direction and this made her frown. When Mia came and stood in front of them, she fiddled with her hands. Veronica swept a cold gaze over her. Her friends also had disgust written on their faces as they stared at Mia. They were overwhelmed with the urge to pounce on her but they knew better. Not after what happened recently.What did she want anyway? Why was she there?“What do you want?” One of them finally voiced out. Her voice was filled with irritation.Perhaps she lost her way or something, ‘cause she didn’t belong there.Taking in a very deep breath, Moa faced Veronica directly and opened her mouth to speak. “Hum, Veronica, someone’s waiting for you outside. He says he’s your uncle and he’s here to pick you.”Veronica’s brows creased. Was that so?Her parents were currently out of the country with her younger brother. They we
***By the time Mia arrived at the villa, it was already in the evening. Thankfully, the demi-god usually didn’t get home until midnight or she didn’t know what would have become of her this evening.She had spent a lot of time gallivanting around in search of Veronica and by the time she got to the bus stop, her bus had already moved.She had to wait for over thirty minutes before the next one came. Her dad had cut her off and had to be careful with her spendings so she couldn’t take a taxi.After getting on the bus, heavy traffic then showed Mia hell.Tomorrow was another day to make payment for…Mia heaved a sigh and she dragged her heavy feet into the house.From the front doorway, she yelled out a greeting to everyone to signal that she was back from school. It was what she did everyday, whenever she returned: “Good evening, everybody. I’m back.” The maids in sight sank low in cursy when the saw her. They didn’t bother to approach her to collect her school bag as they knew she