I turned to look at Alex, surprised and embrassed that I did not believe him. From the look on his face, I could tell that the young man did not know that I had also doubted everything that came out of his mouth and suddenly, I was grateful that I did not make it to be so obvious. But Ivy knew me well enough and she knew the words that I didn't say. As I looked at Alex trembling, she placed her hands in mine and somehow, I got strength from her. She stopped to look at me and I could not help but wonder if it was so evident on my face that I had not trusted nor believed the words that came out from this man. At that moment, I decided that the best thing I could do was to keep mute and not allow any words to come out from my mouth. I turned to look at Stacy and I could understand what the girl was feeling. Regret, sadness, fear and pain at having to lose everything. It wasn't a very good feeling and I wondered if Alex would give him to her cries and allow her uncle to keep working wi
The question sounded very interesting to Alex and I wished it didn't. I wished he could just see it as nothing other than a little misunderstanding between the both of us but this man was so eager to know and hear everything that Stacy had to say about the subject. So much so that I became worried that he was actually going to say words that he finally did not mean. "Alex, this girl that you are about to pour all your money into is nothing but a slut. That's right. She is having sex with her very own brother and she is even dragging the man with me. Is that the kind of woman that you want to be part of your prestigious family. I am telling you the honest truth, she is going to wreck everything your family has fought to have for years and I can bet you, you do not want that to actually happen." "So what you are telling me now is that Olivia here is fucking her brother and wants to keep him all to herself and that is why you are bullying her?" "I am not bullying her. All I am trying
My heart began racing. I had thought that he was probably done with all the various questions and answers, nothing in me was preparing me for what he was about to say to me. I was not ready to be questioned in such a manner and yet here I was, sitting in a leather seated car facing a beautiful man and being asked if I had cheated on him before. I tried to take in deep breaths but I could not succeed at that seeing as he was right there in front of me and so I tried to talk to myself, to remind myself that I wasn't dating this man and so I owed him no explanation. Still, he had saved me from the clutches of Stacy and I knew that no matter how much I wanted to lie to myself, I did owe him an explanation and I was going to give him the explanation that he longed for. "Alex you need to listen to me and not jump into any sort of conclusion," I said, trying to calm him down. But Alex had a very soft smile on his face and I could not tell if he was angry or if he was trying to suppress h
I froze, not knowing what to say of how to react. it felt like a trick question to me but for the life of me, I did not know how to answer it and still keep the personality of a good person. I knew I didn't owe him anything but Alex had been by my side when I had no one else to stand with me, I could not just tell him that I had feelings for another man when I knew very well that he loved me and he also wanted to be with me.And so I kept mute and searched myself. I took a minute to ask myself if I truly actually loved Daniel or I was just lusting over him. The truth was that Daniel was not a very nice person to me. He did not treat me in the way I would have loved to be treated and he did not go the extra mile to show me that he cared. He was very good at shouting it in my ears though but didn't a wise man once say that love is an action word and one needs action to back up such words?Daniel had not done any action work to prove to me that he loved me. He constantly embrassmed me
"God I have yearned for you for too long," he said softly as he left my lips and kissed down my neck. I hated myself at that moment. Simply because I was not as drawn to him as I was to Daniel. I did not crave for his hands to explore every part of me and my entire body was not on fire as it was whenever Daniel held me. Maybe I was just not so comfortable with him yet. Or maybe I was too comfortable with him. Maybe being with Alex was not as dramatic and toxic as being with Daniel and a part of me craved that drama, longed for that toxic nature. Maybe just maybe I was drawn in to Daniel simply because of the drama that constantly revolved with being around him. Everything did not make sense to me at that time but I knew very well that sooner than later, I would fall in love with Alex and I would forget all about Daniel. The only reason I still liked or even thought about Daniel was because he was my brother, he was constantly in my face and he was the first guy I had ever had sexu
I held the entrance of the dressing room in fear, wondering if the woman had heard everything we say and worse, if she knew who we were talking about. "Oh God no!" I muttered under my breath as I looked at Ivy shaking. "Do you think she heard everything we said?" I asked Ivy "Is that what you are really worried about right now? What you should be thinking about is if she even knows the person we were talking about because if she does and with that look that she gave us, I am very much sure that she is going to go to him and tell him everything that we have just said." Ivy words did not make me feel any better and all I could do was pray that the young lady did not know Alex. "I don't think so but even if she did, I do not want a situation where I will be embrassed again in another mall on the same day. Please let's go," I said hurriedly. "What? What are you talking about? We haven't even taken the clothes that we want to take. We can't just leave like that!" "Are you listening
I couldn't afford to look at Alex. I knew that sooner than later, he was going to find out. I had only wished that it would be later rather than sooner. But now he had found out and he was going to leave. Maybe he would even return back the cloths he had bought for us and take back his money. I honestly won't blame him if he decides to do that. It would be nothing else but my fault and I would take whatever consequences that came with it. And so I kept my face on the floor, not daring to look into his angry eyes and just waiting for him to do whatever it was that he wanted to do. But for a while, I didn't hear any word from him and then suddenly, I heard him sighing and I was tempted to look up. But he wasn't looking at me, he was looking at the girl that had come to deliver such terrible news and his stance did not look like one of a person who wanted to do anything good. "So young lady," he spoke out. "Let me understand something. You left what you were doing, you left the sho
Alex dropped Ivy off at her place and she was beaming as she took her clothes and walked into her apartment. Alex's driver zoomed off and the next destination was my house. "How about we go to your place? I mean I have never seen it before and I feel like now will be the best time for me to actually see where you live." I suggested. "I don't think that's necessary babe. I don't have any tampons at my place so you unfortunately can't come to mine but I will definitely take you to my place sooner than later and I can assure you that I will treat you to a very lovely meal when you come." I smiled in assurance and thanked God that I did not blow my cover and tell him that I wasn't actually seeing my period and it was all a stage to get out of there before that woman ruined me, little did I know that I won't even need it because Alex was going to defend me like his life depended on it. It didn't take his driver that long before he finally reached my home. "Here is your stop beautiful
I rushed over to the location she sent to me as fast as I could. Only for me to get there and see her standing by the road, waiting for me. As soon as she saw me highlighting from my car, she moved towards a restaurant and I followed her. But she didn't sit, instead she moved to the backroom and I wondered why they would just allow her to go in there. Doesn't one need some sort of punishment to get in there? I decided that I was not in the place to ask. After all, I had come there for something much more important. Finally, I was going to put an end to the madness that was happening because of those pictures. "Good afternoon ma, how may I help you today?" Stacy was stopped at the entrance to the backroom by a petite looking girl wearing a uniform. "I am here with this handsome man," she said and brought out a card and showed it to the woman. The woman nodded her head immediately and opened the door for her. "Would you be needing anything as you stay ma?" She asked. "No, I won't
I rushed over to the location she sent to me as fast as I could. Only for me to get there and see her standing by the road, waiting for me. As soon as she saw me highlighting from my car, she moved towards a restaurant and I followed her. But she didn't sit, instead she moved to the backroom and I wondered why they would just allow her to go in there. Doesn't one need some sort of punishment to get in there? I decided that I was not in the place to ask. After all, I had come there for something much more important. Finally, I was going to put an end to the madness that was happening because of those pictures. "Good afternoon ma, how may I help you today?" Stacy was stopped at the entrance to the backroom by a petite looking girl wearing a uniform. "I am here with this handsome man," she said and brought out a card and showed it to the woman. The woman nodded her head immediately and opened the door for her. "Would you be needing anything as you stay ma?" She asked. "No, I won't
"Liv, trust me when I tell you this, we will not get anyway if you keep lying to me like this. Just tell me what you know and we can work together to get you out of whatever mess you are in," I said calmly. I needed her to see me in the light of a big brother and I was desperate to get her to trust me. It was very obvious to me that she won't though and no matter what I tried, it won't get her to change her mind. But I hoped that it will. "You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Listen to me when I tell you this okay, I don't know or have any kind of information. I should even be the one asking you all these questions since you are the one who actually brought me out of my house to come here on such a short notice. Now can you please just tell me what you know so that I can go." "Liv." "Daniel, for fuck's sake, you said that I am in trouble! Now tell me what kind of trouble it is because I am really fighting hard now to believe that you did not just lie to me just t
"Daniel?" Tony called out but I was no longer interested in anything he had to say. I needed to get to Olivia. I had to tell her everything I knew. The sooner I did it, the better it would be for me"I will have to go now. I'll talk to you later, okay?" I said as I walked out Immediately I was outside, I placed a call across to her. Thankfully, she picked on the first ring"I don't care where you are right now but I need you to come meet me. I can't explain everything over the phone but I need to see you right now," I said and I could tell that I was scaring her"What's going on?" She asked but I was not about to answer her over the phone"Look, I really can't say much now and I can't talk over the phone but I need you to come meet me right now Liv.""You are seriously scaring me Daniel. What's going on?""I need to be sure that you are safe. Meet me at where we agreed. I will be there in like an hour time," I said. "You will be there right?" I heard hesitation in her voice before
Tony waited patiently till Reuben had left before he walked up to me and said, "You know you should have told him everything you know, right?" He said. "I did tell him everything I know man." I answered him as I walked to get a cup of water to drink. "Oh come on. You know you can lie to everyone else but you really can't lie to me, I know when you are not saying the truth. I have been your friend for an awfully long amount of time." "You sound like you are not so pleased about that. Could it be because I lied to your accomplice?" I asked as I poured the water into a glass and drank it whole. "What do you mean by that?" "I am not a fool Tony. I..." "Are you by any chance implying that I am working with Reuben to get rid of Olivia?" He was getting enraged and it was quiet visible but still, I wasn't going to allow his emotions to turn me away from the real questions I needed to ask him "How does this even make sense to you as you are saying it? Do you really think that I will s
"What do you mean by that? Of course I would want to know so that I can know what our next step will be." Reuben was quick to answer but he was skillful enough to not give a very conclusive answer. "Well how exactly do you mean? Who exactly is this we that you speak of?" He asked. "Look I don't know what you think you are trying to do now but you will need to stop it and actually start trusting me," he continued. "I never said that I don't trust you. I just said that I don't understand why you so badly needed the information. If I didn't trust you, I won't still be standing here and talking to you. You know this very well and so does your friend here." Tony didn't say a word after that. He could not understand what I was doing but he was not going to open his mouth and say something that would cause any kind of trouble with him and his friend. It made me wonder if he truly trusted the man like he said he does or if I should even trust the man the way I did. "Tony are you just go
"How am I supposed to know that?" I asked, being offended that they would actually say a thing like that to me. Was I supposed to know what was on her back? But then again I did have access to her back when we were always fooling around and I could remember perfectly well, the night that we actually did something together, she did have a mole on her back. I could remember it so vividly because I honestly thought that it was very weird that she would have a red mark that big and it didn't hurt her. I also could remember asking her about it but she didn't say anything to me, she didn't even try to hide the fact that she didn't know how it got there. "I honestly have no idea how that thing got there but I believe it's because of all these drama that is constantly going on around me. I may have been hurt there without knowing," she had said before. Before now, I have always thought that maybe, just maybe, she was kidding but the more I looked at it, the more I realized that she knew ex
"Wait, is this some type of joke? Please tell me that this is some type of joke? What exactly is going on here?" I asked him. Was he actually serious about everything he said or was everything he said just a means to get to me and get me to do something that I was definitely going to regret? Could he actually be serious? Because if he was serious then that simply meant that everyone that Olivia was surrounding herself with were bad news on a good day. All of them can easily hurt her and get away with it if they were really working with Billy.I immediately felt an urge to protect her some more, I could not allow anything to happen to her and now that I knew that no one around her was actually sincere or a good person, I could not sit back and allow her be with such people. "Is it the same Alexander as I one I showed you?" Tony asked him and Reuben nodded his head. I didn't like to be kept in the dark. "Which Alexander did you show him? Is it the same one that I know?" I asked Tony
"What?" The more Reuben spoke, the more I realized that I knew very little about the drama that was actually going on all these years. But now, it was beginning to make sense. The pieces of the puzzle were beginning to add up. "Yes. The woman was already pregnant and when Billy found out, he was very upset because he knew that even if he got Valerie, all of her attention would be on the child and not on him. His new plan was simple, get rid of the same kid and remove her from Valerie's life," Reuben said. "What?" Tony asked. "I mean, I know he can be very very evil but isn't this just supposed to be downright cruel. Why separate a mother from her child? Please tell me that he wasn't successful?" "Oh he was. However, he didn't do it alone. He found out how far gone Valerie was and during the time he found this out, she was about to give birth. That was when he paid Deborah to do the needful and take the baby away from the mother after birth." "And she did?" I asked, surprised that