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
Third personJethro dialed Athena’s number, and she picked it. It was facetime. The Kings were at The Allens estate for a brunch in celebration for the twins graduation so they stayed overnight on Sarah’s request.“Hello Mr. \jethro, what do we have here?” Athena asked as she surveyed the environment where Jethro was.“I am trying to pick a ring, I want to propose to Aubs.”“She is here with me, you should whisper if you don’t want her to hear you.” Athena pranked him.“Phew! He sighed. “She is at home, Mrs. King and I can see your husband behind you.” Athena burst into laughter. “I don’t think there is a specific ring I can ask you to pick.”“Do you think I should buy a gold, a silver, emerald, diamond or I just buy all and ask her to pick?” He was totally confused.“Well, I have never been proposed to, so I wouldn’t know but what I think you should get a diamond ring, every girl likes diamonds, don’t we?”“Is creed sleeping?” Jethro asked her and she looked to see what he was doing
Third person It’s been five years since Luke lost his father. Things have been quite some, Athena had softened towards her father. She was now calm, and made more time for family but there was no doubt that she loved her work so much. Everyone was used to it. Luke’s IT company was now one of the biggest establishments that made a lot of revenues. The couple seemed to plan their life out with work and all. He preferred to work from home and she liked to go to the office. Carrying their second child in her arms, Athena screamed from the sitting room. “Honey, we are going to be late. I need to take Asher to the hospital then head to work after.” “I was brushing Ava’s hair.'' He came downstairs and he looked disappointed. “C’mom, you said you were not going to work till Asher was old enough to walk this time.” “It would have been cool if you had a little interest in business. I already have it hard managing our companies, having to stress about how it would fare in my absence scare
Third person. Luke arrived at his father’s residence instead of going home to clear the air with his wife. The place was rather quiet and he usually had anxiety that attacked him whenever he was going into the building wasn’t there. He didn’t know if his father made a wise decision by sending his stepmom away at his old age. Although there were caregivers to cater to him, they would never be like family. His stepmom wasn’t a saint and had done many evil things but every did deserve a second chance just like the one he was giving his father. If he had the chance to discuss with his father , he was going to mention a thing or two to convince him to let his stepmom back into the huge estate. Waves of feelings flowed through his system as he approached his father’s room, fear wasn’t one of them anymore. He had overcome his biggest problem, the fear of his father. The father left him right after he let go of the grudge he had ashaint him for how he got mistreated. He never had new clo
Third PersonAthena and Luke called each other everyday and never went a day without speaking without speaking to each other. He told her about the progress of his work and how fast things were going.He even assured her that they would be spending less than a year at the training center because the kids were learning so fast. He talked about how their tutor said they completed a two month course in a week and half.He asked his wife to give them a bonus on their usual salary, Athena also told him how work was going, she said her COOs are doing a great job. She told how she never has to go to work too early. She told him how Ava was going to start school soon and she was now called her mama. Athena has started attending Culinary school during the weekends because she is now less busy on weekends.She also worked part time at her mom’s bakery so she could learn to bake. She was determined to impress her husband with her cooking when he came back home. TWO MONTHS LATERAthena was sitt
Third Person “Sir, I don’t think it is the best idea to return home now, we are ending the classes next week, plus testing the AI, team C created and preparing the records we are presenting to the board of shareholder and partnership. We only have the team of service provider and database management on board.” Luke followed Creed closely. “That is enough and Luke I trust you can manage the testing and the records, just fax the analysis and summary to me. I will take it from there and I will be back as soon as I can return, please contact the pilot.” Creed said when he took his shirt off in the changing room and wore a new one. Lukke bowed and he left Creed to dress up. He contacted their pilot and asked him to get the plan ready as soon as possible. He also ordered a car service to Creed to the airport. Creed got on board and he was flown back home. The airport staff welcomed him warmly and provided a car for him to head home. Creed knew Luke had prepared all of that. He drove to
Third Person Athena woke up to her mom’s call, she had argued that she didn’t want to leave the house like her mom had requested but she had to give in. Her mom rambled about how the staff of the bakery were busy and how she didn’t want to leave Athena to strangers before telling her that she needed someone to do some minor grocery shopping. Then she sent the grocery list immediately Athena agreed. She dragged her body into the bathroom for a quick shower. She sat in front of her vanity mirror and took a deep breath. She had bags underneath her eyes from insomnia and crying. She had cried all night, and was unable to sleep, she was heartbroken. She never thought Creed would cheat on her. It must be the woman that seduced him or she fell for his charm, Nevertheless, Athena was so mad that he had been so cozy with the woman in the picture, she was older than him. She rubbed some cream on her body. She went to the wardrobe she had now extended to a closet to pick the clothes she wa
Third PersonAthena and Luke called each other everyday and never went a day without speaking without speaking to each other. He told her about the progress of his work and how fast things were going.He even assured her that they would be spending less than a year at the training center because the kids were learning so fast. He talked about how their tutor said they completed a two month course in a week and half.He asked his wife to give them a bonus on their usual salary, Athena also told him how work was going, she said her COOs are doing a great job. She told how she never has to go to work too early. She told him how Ava was going to start school soon and she was now called her mama. Athena has started attending Culinary school during the weekends because she is now less busy on weekends.She also worked part time at her mom’s bakery so she could learn to bake. She was determined to impress her husband with her cooking when he came back home. TWO MONTHS LATERAthena was sitt
Third person“Papa,” Ava put wet kisses on her father’s face. She always acted like she knew what was going on, she was acting like she knew that he was going to a far place. Athena helped Creed pack his traveling box. She packed every necessity, some gray shirts, skincare products, cotton underwear and his favorite junk food. She carried the traveling box to the lambo’s trunk while he made breakfast for them. She was feeling down because she was going to miss him and she was acting strong so she wouldn't cry.She couldn’t stop him from chasing his dreams. He had the right to especially when he didn’t have the time to chase his dreams immediately after got of college. She ate breakfast in silence, ignoring every talk he threw at her. Creed understood why she was being like that. He stopped throwing the talks at her and fed Ava her breakfast silent. He went to get dressed,Athena got dressed today and drove them down to the airport.“Are you not going to see your father before you le
Third personJethro dialed Athena’s number, and she picked it. It was facetime. The Kings were at The Allens estate for a brunch in celebration for the twins graduation so they stayed overnight on Sarah’s request.“Hello Mr. \jethro, what do we have here?” Athena asked as she surveyed the environment where Jethro was.“I am trying to pick a ring, I want to propose to Aubs.”“She is here with me, you should whisper if you don’t want her to hear you.” Athena pranked him.“Phew! He sighed. “She is at home, Mrs. King and I can see your husband behind you.” Athena burst into laughter. “I don’t think there is a specific ring I can ask you to pick.”“Do you think I should buy a gold, a silver, emerald, diamond or I just buy all and ask her to pick?” He was totally confused.“Well, I have never been proposed to, so I wouldn’t know but what I think you should get a diamond ring, every girl likes diamonds, don’t we?”“Is creed sleeping?” Jethro asked her and she looked to see what he was doing
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