Creed“Papa,” Ava mumbled, hitting me on my head. “Ava, it’s too early for this.” I lifted my eight months old daughter up and kissed her head. “Where is your mum?” I asked as if she was going to answer.I heard the tap running from the bathroom. “I see your mum is taking her bath, should we go and make some food?” I threw her up in the air and she giggled heartily. The tap stopped running and I heard Athena dip herself into the bathtub filled with water.“You are going to be a great cook like me, I will teach you all about cooking so you won’t be like your mom.” I said loud enough for Athena to hear.“I heard that Papa.” Athena yelled from the bathroom. “You ate my food without complaining to me for two months.”“You made it with love, baby, I had to eat it.” I chuckled.“I don't want to hear you, please speak to your daughter alone,” She yelled again and I could picture her pouting in my head.I smiled to myself. I went downstairs with Ava, I had taken a break from the office and I
Athena“Layla, please see me in my office,” I asked ever smart looking as I walked into my office.‘Yes ma’am.” her heels clicked in sync with mine as we walked into my office. I sat in my swiveling chair.“How far has the project we handled last gone?” I drank the cup of fresh water that was lying on my table.“We have received commendations from the prince and he promised to double our supply like we asked. The consultant for the school project has sent the budget to Miss Aubrey, we have to get her approval before the funds are being released, ”“That is great, pretty impressive, I read about these issues arising with ten of our franchises, please send the sales team to sort that out.” She brought out a notepad and she noted it down.“Okay ma’am.” She nodded.“What is taking Aubrey so long with the approval?” I arranged the files on my table, sorting the ones I had checked and the ones I have not opened.“The Quantity surveyor from our side is still doing his review on the bill of
CreedI changed my plans and asked the cab driver to take me to my Father’s estate. Ava had woken up already, she played with the button of my shirt and mumbled some baby words like she was trying to have a conversation with me.The security man let the cab man enter after seeing me in the car. I directed him to the front of the Villa, as I already saw my father’s figure on the balcony. There was no trace of Regime and Regina around the Villa, maybe they were inside.I paid the cab driver and he left almost immediately. I carried Ava’s bag on my shoulder and made my way inside the house. Ava was being chatty all the time, she was in her greatest mood. I sometimes wonder what her source of joy was.I strode upstairs, there was no sign of my stepmom in the villa. I went to the balcony. My Father had not noticed my presence because he seemed like he was lost in his thoughts. He looked like he was leaner, Athena had mentioned that he said he had a health condition..His laptop sat in fron
Athena“I was never aware of Matilda’s infidelity, she was pretty good at hiding that.There was no one rumor about it.”“You know about her broadcasting company, I bet you don’t. She owns the most shares in all her three children’s names. The Daily news.”“Does that belong to Roger? He is one of the members on our partnership board.”“Yes, he is likely to be the one who Fathered her kids, he is her lover. I will take that broadcast station down for publishing shits about my husband.”“Do whatever you want , Athena, you are an Allen, no one is going to stop you but that is not going to stop my decision about the merger. You should have studied law instead of doing business.”“Father, I don’t think I can agree to this merger, I am an Allen-King. I have given you reasons why I can’t do it. You should consider that he nurtured the company back to its good state and forget the merger. If he didn’t help the company, you would have let go of the company. I may consider getting a law degree
AthenaMy mom came to pick Ava up for the weekend, she had been having a good time back at home. Her face showed that she was happier now that dad had agreed they were no longer going to travel round the world even for business.Her bakery’s launch was soon, Dad had been helping her setting things up and he enlisted the bakery under Allen’s corporation. We had a lot of things going on, Artemis and Apollo have their graduation coming up. The weekend was hectic for me because I had to work from home, the merger was ongoing and I was signing so many documents on behalf of my dad, and holding meetings with the COO and team leaders from every branch King’s corporation had.Thankfully the audit team from Allen had confirmed the transparency of the staff at King’s corporation so I didn’t need to fire anyone. I hated that I had to fire someone on my first day at work at the Allen’s.Father tested me with the test, he wanted to know if I could handle difficult people. The funds manger I fired
CreedFather’s health had been wavy since he found out about my stepmom’s affair with Roger, cEO of The Daily Sun broadcasting Agency. It hurt his pride that he had not treated me well and that he had believed his wife when she told him the woman who bore his only biological child was dead.He felt more guilty because he had not tried to look for my mom for once in his life, he only believed that she was hit by a car and the car got burnt and they were not able to identify her body from the scarpes of the car.Who believes that kind of lie? He believed it because he wanted to, he didn’t forgive himself for cheating on my stepmom, he never did. It was not like my mother had forced him or seduced him. He offered my mom to be his mistress and she accepted because she had responsibilities of her family on her..Luke had taken his time to explain everything in detail, like he had taken his time to find each fact, I also had my investigator dig out some facts for me, that was how I got to k
Third personAthena got home tired in the evening, she parked her car in front of the house and walked into the house. She flung her bag on the chair and she sat on the chair. She kicked her shoes off her feets and massaged her temples with her hand.She heard music coming from the gym side, she knew Creed was exercising, he had started his routine. Her workload was going to reduce soon because the COO would start work fully at the King’s corporation and she had employed a new COO at the Allen’s too.She got up and went to the kitchen to drink some water, Creed had prepared some food for her already. She sat down happily and she began to eat.The doorbell rang, they weren’t expecting anyone, she hissed in annoyance before going to open the door. The person had just ruined her moment with her food. She lamented bitterly in her heart before going to open the door.Matilda launched at Athena as she opened the door. “You wrench.” She pulled her hair while she was at it.“Get off me,” Athe
Third personArtemis had anticipated her graduation so she could focus on her career without having her father on her neck. She majored in songwriting. School was fun for her as she was doing what she loved the most but the life outside school seemed to be appealing to her.She shared an apartment with her twin nerdy twin brother who loved to paint and was obsessed with pottery. The house they shared was filled with paintings of her. Apollo always said his sister was ugly to her face but found it very interesting to paint her every time.She spilled a cup of water on his face. “Wake up grumpy head, we are graduating today.” She yelled in his ear. Apollo got up from the bed and wore his glasses. He was pretty much used to his sister’s attitude.He stopped complaining when she told him it was a sign of love, he knew how he was getting back at her.He strode to the sitting room to pick up their car keys and Artemis followed him clueless. “I see you are quiet this morning? Did you dream o