Don’t worry Sean as long as you have me as your lawyer you aren’t losing this battle, haven’t I taken care of you and Cole well enough for you to trust me” Naya asked. “It’s not just about that, It’s about the betrayal from my wife, I never thought she would do this to me, she knew how hard I worked my way up there and she’s doing all she can to bring me down, first she accused me of neglect and abandonment, then she said I cheated on her with all our maids, then now she claims I cheated on her with Cole? Can you imagine? She just wants to tarnish my image for no reason” Sean complained bitterly. Naya comforted him by running her hands through his hair as he sat facing her from the opposite side of the coffee table, “Don’t be sad Sean, I promise to help you win this case and also get you a nice lady after the divorce is finalized, all you need to do is help me bring Cole and Bre together” She said with a wink, Sean sighed. “You know I’ll help even if you don’t promise to do all t
“You should come in for a drink bills on me” Brittany offered. Cole shook his head and scribbled on a piece of paper.“I don’t drink, thank you for being so accommodating of me, have a nice day beautiful Brittany” he showed it to her and she smiled warmly.She remembered how he had carried her broken out of Pietro’s office, that day and felt safe to be sharing the room with him.She hugged him “Thanks for everything Vincci” Cole hugged her back and let her go as soon as she let him go of him.She stepped out and waved at him he waved back and drove away slowly. He was getting out of the car park when he saw Sean’s car drive in. He paused and watched as Brittany walked over and hugged Sean and then took his hand and dragged him into the bar.He resisted the urge to get out of the car and go punch, Sean. Finally, he gathered all the energy he could and drove to Naya’s office. He stormed and started taking off his disguise. Naya stared at him in surprise. She got up from the couch and wa
Cole cleared his throat and sat in front of Naya.“Well, well I didn’t come to talk about my dad I’m here because of Bre, can you get her to forgive me and also get Sean out of the way?” Cole asked.Naya chuckled “I’ve seen that you’ve disguised yourself so you can be closer to her, I’d say you should keep it up for now when it’s time to reveal yourself we’ll help you do that”“And what about Sean?” Cole inquired.“Don’t worry about him, he’s there to put in a good word for you” Naya responded yet Cole was doubtful. Back at the bar Lora, Brittany, Boris, and Sean cleaned up. While chitchatting around.“That night the hand that grabbed me wouldn’t have had mercy on me if my savior hadn’t appeared, Boris are you sure you’re not the one who saved me? Because I saw the man dash for the garage, I saw it” Brittany recounted mistaking her savior for Boris again.“I’ve said over and over that it wasn’t me” Boris responded.“Then what were you doing in the garage?” Brittany asked.“I was look
Luna got up from her seat and walked up to Cole and tried to hug him but he pushed her away.“What are you doing? Who let you in?” He asked with a trace of impatience in his voice. “Why am I not allowed in? Can’t I come to see my colleague and friend anymore?” Luna asked.“Last time I checked we weren’t friends you’re the reason Brittany isn’t talking to me” Cole yelled.Luna gasped “Have you forgotten so soon? That she threatened me?”“Where’s your evidence?” Cole responded.“Oh, I get it… now that you’ve had your way with me you don’t see the point in being nice to me anymore” Luna responded trying to play the victim.“What? I never had… wait Luna what are you saying?” Cole said as his breathing got heavy he was scared what happened to him many years ago would happen again.“Have you forgotten so soon? That night in your hotel room? Have you forgotten everything? Ah Cole do you have amnesia?” Luna asked.“When we made love I thought it was because I was special to you, boy now I f
Brittany picked up the bouquet and went to arrange them in the vase by her window. Then turned to Cole.“Why did you get me flowers though,” she asked. Cole gestured for her to wait then took out his phone then played audio. “Because beautiful women like you deserve flowers” the automated voice sounded across the room making Brittany blush.She smiled and then remembered that she had planned to surprise him earlier.“Vincci, apart from tomorrow when is your off day? I was thinking maybe we could go out and… catch up”Cole stroked his artificial bushy beard and started thinking of when he thought was appropriate to reveal his identity to her. Maybe by the end of the month would be fine for now he’d have to keep up the act. He picked up his phone and typed then tapped on the audio icon.“The last day of this month” the automated voice announced. Brittany nodded happily the end of the month was enough time to learn his likes and dislikes which would help her throw a befitting thank-you
Rania walked into the family lawyer’s office dressed like a widow. She sat in the visitors' chair with a long face. Lucio the lawyer stared at her wondering what she was trying to do or what had driven her to the office that early.“Good morning Lucio” she greeted him with a long face.“Good morning, Mrs. Bellini how may I help you”“As you know my husband is still battling with heart disease he’s even scheduled for surgery next month and I’m so scared he might not make it, oh poor Fabricio” she mourned.Lucio was disgusted why mourn someone who wasn’t even in the grave this woman was surely up to no good.“If you’re that worried about your husband I believe you should be talking to his doctor or even better go to the chapel and cry to the priest about it” Lucio responded indifferently. He had been the family lawyer ever since Fabricio took over and was strongly against his marriage to Rania when Vincenza Cole’s mother died. Fabricio Cole’s father however dismissed his concerns and
“What about her? How is she going to be of use to us?” Rania fumed.“In case you didn’t know, they’re separated and his wife came over here to take a break someone tried to molest her and we believe it was Vincci, in fact, I told her that it was Vincci and she hates him for that” Pietro responded. His gaze met the disgusted look on his mother’s face.“You did it right?” She said.“Did what?” He asked innocently.“You tried to have your way with that woman, didn’t you? Pietro, didn’t you learn your lesson with Maria?” Rania barked. “We had to give her so much money and give her father a promotion and when she still wanted to press charges we had to make her blame it on Vincci!”“In the end everyone won, we were finally able to get rid of Vincci and now I’m the undisputed heir of the Bellini fortune, see?” Pietro said with a smirk on his face.“You promised to not force yourself on another woman again why did you do that? And it had to be your brother’s wife of all people” Rania was s
The drive back to Brittany’s apartment was a reflective one for Cole, he was beginning to worry about his father wondering if his stepmother was up to something bad. When he got out of the car he drew in a deep breath and tuned his mind to only focus on Brittany. Everything else could wait.He went to the apartment and started to get the place in order. He single-handedly tidied up the living room, brought in new curtains, and got some lamps. Then placed a humidifier on the small bookshelf sitting in the corner of the room. He then went to the kitchen and made some caramel popcorn. When he was done he checked the time there was still enough time to freshen so he went to the bathroom. He had taken off his mustache beard eyebrows and wig when he heard the door in the living room open.His breathing stopped for a second, Brittany was back earlier than he expected. He panicked and wondered what to do next, he tried dropping things on the floor so Brittany would take a hint.Brittany look
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