Zach sat on his bed, feeling very sad. His mind was filled with thoughts of Paige and despite how hard he tried, he couldn't stop thinking about her.In the end, he couldn't take it anymore. He removed her number from his blacklist and wanted to just hear her voice but he gave up at the last minute.He finally left his room and went into her room, after ensuring that no one saw him. He lay on her bed and her fragrance which lingered on the sheets, filled his nostrils."I shouldn't have sent you away, Paige. What have I done?" He regretted his decision and lay face down, sniffing her scent until he eventually fell asleep.While Paige was lying in her room, Melvin went in with a plate of food and tapped her gently, "Get up, Paige. Dinner is ready."Paige turned and stared at him, "I don't feel like eating, Dad.""I know you don't but you still need to eat, okay? Sit up."Paige sighed, got up, and sat down. Her dad picked up the spoon, scooped the rice, and took it to her mouth.She smil
The moment Paige fainted, Zach lifted her bridal style and ran out of the garden. Without a word to Hailey or Williams, he put her in the passenger seat of his car, got in the driver's side, and zoomed off.Williams turned to stare at Hailey who was in shock and while smiling said, "I guess he got the birthday gift he really wanted. We should head back now."Hailey remained in the same spot without making any effort to move. When Williams turned and saw her still standing, he walked back to ask her what was wrong.She had turned her back to him because she did not want him to see her crying. He tapped her back to ask what she was thinking about but she fell into his arms and fainted."What happened to you?" Williams became both afraid and shocked. He quickly carried Hailey to where he parked his car and drove her to the hospital.Meanwhile, Zach drove Paige to the same hospital he had taken her to, the first time he met her. The doctor quickly attended to her and during this time, he h
Hailey opened her eyes in the hospital; she noticed Williams and turned her face away. She curled her body and continued to cry, much to his surprise.He got up from where he sat and approached her from behind."What is going on, Hailey?" he asked. "The doctors couldn't tell what happened to you, and you won't stop crying. Let me tell Zach what is going on."Williams called Zach repeatedly, but the latter did not take his calls. In the end, he gave up as he concluded that Zach was with Paige and didn't want to be disturbed.When the doctor discharged Hailey, he led her out of the hospital and began driving to Zach's house.However, Hailey said, "No, Williams, take me back home."Not saying a word, Williams obeyed and drove her back to his house. He was tired and hungry since he didn't sleep well last night and hadn't eaten all morning.Once they got home, he took Hailey to her room and was about to leave when she said, "Please help me, Williams."He sat beside her and said, "Of course
Candy got ready to leave for school but her mom held her back, "How can you still want to go to school, candy?"She rolled her eyes, "Come on, Mom! Dad is a grown man. Why should I miss school just because he didn't come home last night? He will show up eventually, don't worry too much.""No, he won't," her mom cried. "He is not picking up my calls and he has never acted this way before."Beverly's phone suddenly rang and she answered it. She gasped as she listened to the person on the other end and after hanging up, she said to Candy, "Your father has been found but his condition is very bad. He is being transported back home as we speak. Don't go anywhere until he arrives."Candy sighed and sat down. They both waited until twenty minutes later when a car stopped in front of their house and two men carried Anthony Summers into the house. He looked disheveled and reeked of alcohol."We found him lying by the side of the roadside," one of the men said.Candy and Beverly were shocked at
Melvin stared at Paige in surprise and back at Lina. He found it hard to believe that Paige had done such a thing because it wasn't consistent with her personality.Paige had already made up her mind that she wouldn't give Lina the chance to ruin the relationship she had with her father."Oh, stop pretending, Lina," Paige told her. "What do you think? That by playing all these little pranks, you'd ruin my relationship with my father? Why are you so selfish, by the way? I was separated from him for eighteen years; you've enjoyed this love for so long. Give me a chance to get to know my father better and stop all these unnecessary pranks because you're jealous. They won't take you anywhere, and won't change the fact that I am 'Paige Melvin Lawson.'""I'm sorry, both of you. Sorry, Lina, but just go back to your room. Come on, Paige, we need to talk." Melvin said to both of them."Yeah, I do too," Paige replied.Melvin held her hand and led her to the room while Lina stood there starin
Paige spent time, talking to Zach on video after freshening up, until she began to feel sleepy."You should get enough sleep, although I doubt that is possible now," Zach told her after hours of speaking to each other. "It's already two a.m., and since you're going to school tomorrow, I should allow you to sleep.""But I really don't want to sleep," Paige replied."Yeah, I don't want you to sleep either, but it's very important for you to do so.""Alright, in that case, goodnight, Mr. Zach." She said."Goodnight, Sunshine."After the call ended, Paige thought about how amazing her day had been until she finally drifted off to sleep.The following morning, she got dressed for school, and when she came out, her dad was waiting for her so they could have breakfast together.Lina was also at the dining table. Paige didn't know what her dad had said to Lina, but the latter smiled at her and said, "Good morning, Paige.""Good morning, Lina," she replied with a smile. "Good morning, Dad, sor
Minutes earlier, Zach sat in his office, staring at Paige's picture with a smile on his face. He was thinking about how she would react to the surprise he wanted to give her when his phone rang.Seeing that she was the one, he quickly answered the call.He answered the call and placed the phone by his ear, but heard nothing from Paige."Hello, Sunshine. Are you there?" He kept asking; however, there was no reply.He repeatedly called out Paige's name until five minutes elapsed. Afterward, he concluded that her network might be bad and hung up.He waited, just in case she tried calling again, but she did not, so he tried calling her.When he called her, however, she did not answer the call. He kept on calling more than six times, but she still did not take his calls. He became worried and realized that something was wrong.Now that the misunderstanding between him and Paige had been cleared up, he was convinced that she would not ignore his calls for any reason.Besides, she had been t
Hailey paced up and down, waiting for Williams' call. She stared at her wrist, which she had slit, and smiled. "It was all worth it," she said.Having understood her brother, Williams, all these years, she knew that if she merely requested, he would not have agreed to go against Zach's relationship for her sake. So she had deliberately put up the drama of fainting on the day Zach confessed his feelings to Paige.She also slit her wrist because she knew he would not let her die, and she'd eventually succeeded in blackmailing him emotionally. Now that he had agreed to help make Zach hers, she felt a lot at ease.All she had to do was sit back and wait for the results to happen. He had left the house, telling her that he wanted to observe Paige for a few days to understand her better; the things she liked, and what she spent most of her time doing. That way, he'd be able to know how best to win her over and create misunderstandings between her and Zach.She was waiting for his call beca