A little after midnight Lora closed the bar and got in a taxi headed for Brittany’s residence. She took a spare key so she doesn’t wake her friend up. She opened the door and stepped in looking around, Brittany wasn’t in the living room sleeping on the couch like she had done for the past three weeks. She tiptoed to the bedroom to find it empty too, she checked the washroom, then the kitchen and then the storeroom, then finally the balcony. She walked back to the bedroom and noticed the sticky note on the dressing mirror. She tried calling her friend but the number was off. “Bre!” She screamed and then stopped it was still dawn she couldn’t wake her neighbors up. She took a look at the note which read [please get me a tenant who is willing to stay for two months and let them send the money to my bank account… love Bre] She had written her account details at the end of her note. Lora sighed and stretched out on the bed. She fell asleep before her head touched the pillow because
Boris walked dejectedly to Cole’s living room his heart pounding with every step he took. Cole was seated in his armchair looking gloomy. There was a half-empty glass of wine on the coffee table in front of him. He had arrived from the break just about 15 minutes ago and hadn’t even gone to his room yet. He was anxious to see Brittany and when Boris told him he was on his way he sat in the chair waiting. He thought Brittany had agreed to come with him. He thought of what he’d say to her, he didn’t want to apologize his ego was still too big for that but he wanted to make it up to her somehow. Maybe take her shopping to replace the things he sold, he was still thinking it through when Boris stepped in and walked slowly towards him his face on the ground. Cole looked around thinking Brittany would follow but there was no sign of her. His heart sunk even further. “Where is she?” He said and looked at him “have a seat” “I went to see her friend last week… she gave me a sheet of paper t
Boris ran to the car and tapped on the glass, Cole lowered the glass and gave him a stern look. “Sir! I asked her to name her price and she said 4000 bucks… it’s a good deal right?” Boris asked happily. Cole scoffed “So she was that cheap after all? You see I always say that all people are the same, she’s even willing to sell her friend out for 4000 bucks…. Traitors everywhere” “So do we pay her?” Boris asked eagerly. “Go do the transactions with her, take the address and let’s go” Cole instructed. Boris smiled “Yes sir!” He ran back into the bar and made the payments straight into the bank account Lora gave him(which was Brittany’s bank account) “Thanks, Miss Schumer it was great doing business with you” Boris thanked her and left with the address written on a piece of paper. He got into the car and handed the address to the driver, “let’s head here” Cole’s heart started beating unrhythmic as they headed for Brittany’s residence, he started rehearsing again what he was going
Boris called Cole to ask him about the next move but Cole told him to go home. He then turned off his phone and remained seated in front of Brittany’s door, he sat there till he fell asleep. The next time he woke up he was lying on the floor his hand was numb and so were his feet. He slapped it severally and managed to get up. He turned on his phone and checked the time, it was 11 a.m. He gasped and dashed for the elevator when he got downstairs his driver was waiting for him. He paused and frowned then got into the car. “How long have you been here?” He asked trying to hide his embarrassment. He didn’t want anyone to know he had sat there all night, if the driver wasn’t out there he would’ve simply lied and said he was out with Sean. “All night sir” the driver responded Cole nodded. “Let it remain between the two of us” he instructed. “Yes sir!” The driver responded and drove away. Back at Cole’s villa Luna stood at the entrance elegantly dressed but visibly upset. “What do yo
Brittany pulled the blankets over her body as coiled up in her bunk bed. She had applied as a farmhand on a large grape processing farm and shared a cabin with three other girls. Though the girls were friendly towards she still kept to herself because she was afraid they might recognize who she is and bully her like those in the city. She had come to the countryside to work on a farm and also to get far away from the mess. Here the farmers had little time for their phones or to follow celebrity gossip. She was able to move around without a nose mask because no one recognized her or cared anyway. Over here she was Brittany the old Brittany that no one knew and that made her happy. She drifted off to sleep and dreamt about Cole reaching out for her. She turned around and walked away and he started to run after her Brittany ran fast so he wouldn’t catch up but she fell the falling effect woke her up feeling her slumber. She sat up on the bed and panted for breath. “Damn, you Cole!” She
Naya had paid someone to play ‘paparazzi’ for Luna. Since Luna was used to having the media and reporters chase her everywhere she went, she wouldn’t suspect that someone was following her and taking pictures, that way she could spy on the model without her knowledge. She felt whatever was going on was the doing of Luna and wanted to know what the model was trying to achieve. She had a call from the spy and quickly answered it. “Hello miss…. I think there’s something fishy going on” the spy said immediately after Naya answered the call. “What is it?” Naya curiously inquired. “Before Luna went on the date with Mr. Williams he wasn’t allowing her to touch him or even get too close… now they’re coming out of a club and he’s all over her and as we speak they’re en route to her place” the spy informed her. Naya immediately sprung up from her couch and raced to the exit. “Thanks for informing me I’m on my way there, do the best you can to delay them” “Noted” the spy responded and han
Luna went into the room fuming, once again her plans had been messed with. Her main goal wasn’t achieved and she didn’t know who to blame, whether it was the fault of the driver whose car broke down or it was Naya or it was just fate that had messed up with her. Then she remembered what Naya had said to her about Brittany belonging with Cole. She grew worried. Had they reconciled? It didn’t look like it Cole didn’t believe Brittany was innocent and also Brittany seemed to have been mad at Cole too. But the confidence with which Naya spoke made her uncomfortable. She had to find Brittany and put more hatred in her. She took her phone and texted one of her investigators to find Brittany and report her location to her. When she put the phone down her eye caught the table at the corner of the room, which had her glue, magazines, and scissors. Her heart skipped a beat, she hoped Cole hadn’t seen them. She had to find out if he had, and if she was able to confirm that he had seen it she’
Soon a week was up and Cole reluctantly returned to Avondale Hotel. With Brittany gone, he had no desire to continue to be the host of the show. The truth was he only agreed because of Brittany, he figured his absence would give Sean the confidence to flirt with her that’s why he agreed to do it. Now that he had sent her away the show had no meaning to it, there was no passion, no excitement whatsoever. He turned to Naya in the car and stared at her for a while before talking. “Naya,” he said softly. Naya who was still upset with him for about a week now stared at him with displeasure in her eyes. “I want to pull out of the show” he announced to her. She sat up looking shocked. “Why?” “I’m not in the best of health… and it’ll start showing in my performance” he lied. “What’s wrong with you? It must be all the drugs Luna has been feeding you with” Naya stated “I told you to stay away from that girl” “Okay, so can I quit now?” Cole asked. “Cole we signed a contract if you pull o
Luna broke down and wept as Pietro hugged her and consoled her. After she sniffed and composed herself she stared at Pietro and wiped her tears. “I want to write an apology to Cole and ask him to forgive me, I’ll admit my wrongdoing and beg him to not sue me… I’ve already started losing my modeling contracts” she cried.“If that’s what you want I’ll help you write it, anything you want just tell me, and I’ll do it with you” Pietro offered. Luna wiped her tears with a smile on her face and nodded.“Okay,” she turned around and made for her couch,“Won’t you at least give me a hug?” Pietro asked Luna rolled her eyes at him. Brittany was seeing that all her things were packed into Cole’s villa, alongside the new equipment she had bought for her vlog. Fabricio walked slowly around the villa holding his walking stick, it was part of his morning exercise routine to help him recover from his surgery and strengthen his heart. He stopped beside Brittany who was standing a few meters away fr
So Cole had been doing his underground investigation and never mentioned it to anyone? Naya thought to herself she had to applaud him on that one. Brittany stood by her husband as he revealed everything little by little and couldn’t help but admire him even more.“Mr. Williams does it mean that you are not going to accept responsibility for the baby she’s carrying,” Arabella asked suddenly trying to defend Luna even though all odds were against her.Cole stared straight into her eyes and gave her a half smile, “that leads me to the most important video in this entire collection”He fast-forwarded the video to Luna’s wardrobe where there were all kinds of silicone baby bumps starked in there at all levels of pregnancy. “What you see are fake baby bumps Luna purchased to fool me into thinking I made her pregnant… if you think I’m lying I bring in the delivery guy who brought all her purchases and I will show you her receipt of the list of items she paid in the past two months”Arabell
The internet was running wild after seeing Cole and Brittany outside having fun together and were anxiously waiting for a response from the couple. While people were waiting to hear something from the couple, they were fast asleep in each other’s arms. However, their beautiful sleep was interrupted by Naya’s loud pounding on the door. Cole opened his eyes and rolled his eyes, he lay Brittany down gently and got out of bed to attend to the knocker.Naya stormed in looking very angry, “Cole don’t you know how to treat things urgently, how can you be asleep when your career is in danger?”“Ssh my baby is sleeping” he hushed her infuriating her even more. Brittany yawned and sat up.“Now you’ve woken her up” Cole sighed.“God, I want you two to get dressed up and come to my office but at 9:00 we have a press conference to address the public about everything that has gone on and also Cole you’re announcing your return to the holy magic game show as a host”“But…”“No buts you two should
When paparazzi saw Cole and Brittany in public they started taking photos of them. They hurried inside the boutique holding hands.“Cole, was this a bad idea?” Brittany asked as the paparazzi continued to follow them.“Mr. Williams, how do you feel now that your stepmother is in prison?” One reporter asked.“Mr. Williams, is it true that you bribed Brittany to marry you to hide your sexuality?” Another asked.Cole chuckled while holding on tightly to Brittany’s hand.“Some women swear you’re gay when you reject them” Cole mumbled but it was loud enough for the reporters to hear them.“So is it true that you beat Miss Luna up?” Came yet another question.“Miss Brittany Byers, is it true that Cole fooled you with marriage?” One reporter asked Brittany.Brittany stopped and grabbed the mic from him and with a stern look yelled “Cole is my husband period! If you believe what some delusional woman tells you that’s your problem” She dropped the mic on the floor and took Cole’s hand draggin
They both sat on the bed and had their breakfast from the bed tray table Cole turned on the TV while Brittany screamed.“No!”But the TV was already on and there Luna sat in a round table discussion crying and playing victim.“At that time my father was just a lowly foreman of the Bellini farm, we dared not disobey Rania, so I had no option than to blame Cole… it was hard and I was so sad I wanted to beg him but how to do that without reminding him of the past? This is why I kept my identity hidden from him, to protect him from the trauma” she said sadly.Cole’s grip tightened around the tv remote as he closed his eyes in anguishThat’s enough!” Britany said and snatched the remote from him and turned the tv off.“I will kill her! She blamed me because of money how dare she lie about it… I’ll kill her with my bare hands”Brittany cupped his face in her palms and kissed his forehead.“The last thing I need is for you to go to jail okay? let’s teach her a lesson, one she’ll never forge
“I’m envious of my friend. He gets to have such a beautiful gem like you by his side…” Sean remarked.“Sean, why are you here?” Brittany asked and offered him a seat while settling in an armchair beside him.“Bre, Cole was arrested right after we left the hangar on accusations from people he didn’t even know about”Brittany gasped, how come no one told her about it? She wondered to herself.“Is he okay?” She asked about getting out of her seat when Sean touched her hand and patted it gently.“Luna offered to help him only if he married her, she even offered to help him expose Rania to the world … to which he agreed because he was desperate, but guess what”“What?”“When Cole was preparing to wed her he told her to keep it a secret he intended to ditch her after he had exposed Luna but barely had he gotten dressed when he found out one shocking secret”Brittany’s heart skipped a beat, why had Sean stopped talking? What did Cole find out? Was he okay?“Why have you stopped? Talk I’m li
Luna shook her head, “No… no I won’t do it… I can’t do it”Pietro went into the room and closed the door behind him “Maria, my dad is suing my mum for a huge amount in the name of defamation, if she loses this case then she will not only go to jail but have a lot of money to pay too” “It’s unlikely that she’ll win even if I claim Cole raped me, Cole still won the case if I make a statement I’ll also be in trouble” Luna tried to explain to him.“Maria, you remember how Cole stood you up at the altar? Don’t you want to get back at him?” Pietro queried her.“I do!” She responded.“So say it, tell the world that he raped you”Maria stared at Pietro, now she was seeing him well, he looked like his brother Cole, and yes he was just as handsome as him but why did she hate him so much? Certainly, it was only because of what he did to her but something more, was it because he never apologized or became his mother treated the case as if giving her money would cure the pain he caused her?Now
She was indirectly threatening anyone who opposed her and the executives knew it. “Let the voting begin!” Soon the projector was displaying a number of votes with people bold enough to side with Lucio and those scared to disagree with Rania.“We will be taking notes of your votes for future use thank you” Rania passively warned them. When the voting session was over Rania smiled it was a tie with no majority. She smirked “Since it was a tie the new CEO and I will cast our votes too…”“Which new CEO? When was a new CEO announced?” Fabricio’s voice boomed through the speakers and startled everyone. Fabricio stormed in, in the company of some guards and Naya.Rania and Pietro ran from the podium in shock.“Hello, Rania!” Fabricio greeted with a sarcastic smile on his face.“Oh my darling Fabricio so you were alive” She shed some crocodile tears and tried to run to his side but Fabricio brushed her aside and took over the podium and adjusted the mic to a better position.“Hello every
Rania helped Pietro dress up while Luna sat outside the room waiting for them. Soon they both stepped out and Luna sprung up from the stool on which she sat. The trio marched to the corridor about to exit the hotel room when Rania stopped immediately and turned to Pietro. She fixed the collar of his shirt with a proud smile on her face,“Finally son, we’re here the world is waiting to see the new CEO” “Are the autopsy results out?” Pietro asked feeling uneasy about the whole situation. They had promised to not announce a new CEO till the results were out and Fabricio was buried. Why the rush? Was the merger that important to her?“Today is your day and all you can think about is some stupid autopsy?” Rania snapped at him.“I’m asking because it would make my day complete if we had the report of what caused Dad’s death” he leaned in closer and whispered in his mother’s ear “We could end the day by accusing Cole of murdering him” He stared at Luna’s face maybe if Cole goes to jail Lu