Colby nodded because he could not tell Tanya the truth. She stared at him sympathetically, "I am so sorry, Colby. I wish there was a way I could make you feel better.""You can," Colby replied.Tanya was surprised, "tell me how and I'll gladly do it." Colby smiled, "thanks, Tanya. My head is really aching, can I place it on your lap?"Tanya stared at her exposed lap but didn't think too much about it. She believed that if Colby had amorous thoughts toward her, she would have long discovered it."Okay, go ahead," she replied.Colby heaved a sigh of relief and placed his head on her lap while his body was on the couch. He was surprised at how Tanya took his request. He had hesitated because a part of him felt Tanya would be uncomfortable but she surprisingly wasn't.Tanya soon began to massage his head with her fingers and asked, "does this make any difference?""It makes so much difference, my dear Tanya." Colby began to think that contrary to what he earlier thought, Tanya may have
Tanya's heart began to race the minute Derek said he had something to tell her. She suspected that he was going to ask her to become his girlfriend but hearing that he was in love with her just blew her mind.She stopped herself from squealing in excitement because other students were passing to their classes and some were already staring at them. Tanya thought that it was because Derek was so hot and handsome.He held her hand and kissed it, causing her to shiver slightly."I have had a crush on you since I was a child," she confessed. "I wanted to tell you so many times but I could not bring myself to do so. I cannot believe that my dreams are coming true. Yes, I will be your girlfriend."Derek jumped excitedly and hugged Tanya before letting her go to her class. They agreed to meet later at the cafeteria and Tanya excitedly said she was looking forward to it.Tanya barely paid attention to what the professor taught in class as she could not stop thinking about Derek. She kept looki
After staring at Colby in shock, Tanya closed her eyes, "I'm so sorry. I promise I didn't see anything. I shouldn't have come in here, I'm very sorry."She turned with her eyes closed and walked towards the door but ended up hitting her forehead on the wall.""Tanya, watch out," Colby said a little too late. Tanya winced in pain while Colby quickly picked up his towel from the bed and tied it around his waist before rushing to her side.He placed his thumb on the part of her forehead which had become red and lightly massaged it. However, the pain Tanya felt was the least of her problems as she wanted to leave his room by all means.She thought Colby was still naked and tried to pry his hands off her face while her eyes were still closed. Colby understood why she was feeling uncomfortable and said, "it's okay, Tanya. I'm no longer naked, you can open your eyes."Tanya slowly opened her eyes and saw that Colby was wearing a towel. She lifted her face and looked into his eyes. He was sti
Tanya bent down and pretended as though her tummy was in pain while Miss Lily said, "I'm so sorry my dear, I didn't see you."Colby had not yet noticed her because he was busy trying to help Tanya relief her pain. He finally looked up and was about to chastise her when Tanya stood erect as well. Colby was surprised that it was the admin officer in Tanya's college while Tanya was impressed.She faked surprise and said, "oh my! It's Miss Lily. Don't worry about me, I'm fine and besides, it was an accident. It's nice to see you here. You are looking so different and beautiful."Tanya wasn't lying when she said that Miss Lily was looking different. She barely wore makeup in school, although she still looked beautiful without it. However, now she looked so hot. She was wearing a short red gown. Her hair which she usually tied into a bun fell by her sides. Her makeup was excellent and one would think she was still in her teens. She had clearly outdone herself.Colby thought that Tanya was
After getting off the phone with Derek, Tanya could not bring herself to fall asleep. She kept imagining herself making out with Derek. She thought back to when they were in high school, she would watch Derek and Sheila hold hands and there were times when they would come out of the toilet together.She always suspected that they were making out and felt so jealous. Many times she would wish she was the one in the toilet with him and now her dreams were about to come true. She did not know how she was able to graduate high school without confessing her feelings to Derek but she was grateful that fate still brought them together and that too when she least expected it.She woke up the next morning and realized that Colby had not yet woken up. She contemplated checking on him but after her last experience, she was afraid of going to his room.She made breakfast and left a note for him, asking about his health and telling him that she had gone to college. She called the driver Colby had
Sandra waited for a reply from Colby but did not get one. She had deliberately left out the address of the bar because she wanted Colby to call her and find out more but he surprised her. Could it be that he did not love Tanya as much as she thought or had they broken up? She could clearly see that he had seen the message so what was going on?Did he not mind that Tanya was with someone else? Was he going to still marry her and tolerate being cuckolded? She decided to call him and ask all this but Colby ended her call as soon as it rang.Colby tried his best to control his emotions as he kept reminding himself that Tanya had lost her memory and did not know what she was doing. The last time he saw a video of Tanya with another man, he had lost it and acted wrongly and it almost cost Tanya her life.Despite telling himself all this, Colby still felt angry. He had called Tanya's driver to meet him at the bar and coincidentally it wasn't so far off from his house.Derek cupped Tanya's fa
Sandra who had sadly gone back inside the bar when she saw that Colby was not interested in the information she had given him, missed all the drama outside but her friend who was coming to meet her at the bar did not.When she told her how Colby had punched the guy Tanya was making out with and dragged her out of the bar, Sandra felt so happy. This meant that her work was not in vain and all she needed to do now was sit back and watch their relationship go up in flames.It would be the best news of her life and she did not doubt that it would happen since she knew how much Colby hated being cheated on.Derek was very much surprised by Colby's action. He could not understand why Colby punched him. He was someone he respected and admired so much and he wanted to be successful like him when he grew up but he was disappointed by Colby's actions.Did Colby think that he was not good enough for Tanya or was he upset because they were making out in the parking lot? He hoped that Colby was n
Colby sighed in frustration as he realized he had said too much, "I'm sorry, Tanya but all that doesn't matter. You ended up in danger and I saved you. What matters is that you are safe and I don't want anything bad to happen to you."Tanya's expression softened, "I understand everything you have said, Colby but the truth is that I cannot give Derek up as you want so how can I stay here? It's not proper and I hope you understand me as well."Tanya held the handle of the door and wanted to proceed but Colby held her hand again, "don't leave, Tanya. If it's because of Derek, then it's fine. You can go ahead and date him. You two can be together and I won't stop you. All I ask is that you do not leave because I cannot bear for anything bad to happen to you."Colby locked the door after speaking and took the keys with him while Tanya stood by the door staring at him until he went into his room. She took her luggage and slowly walked back into her room.Tanya climbed onto her bed, curled h
Colby had just arrived at the scene when he saw Sandra push Tanya into the lake. He screamed, "no," and ran out of his car as he ran toward the lake.Sandra stared at him in shock, unable to believe that Colby had caught her in the act. Colby dived into the lake without any hesitation.Meanwhile, Sandra heard sirens blaring and knew that the police had arrived. She did not believe that Colby would send her to jail because he had made a promise to her late sister.However, she was afraid that if the police arrested her there, her face would be all over the news. She decided to run but at that moment, the police officers surrounded her and pointed their guns at her. Colby took Tanya out of the lake and laid her on her back. She had lost consciousness already but he quickly untied her hands, freed her mouth, and applied compressions on her chest until she inhaled and coughed out water from both her nose and mouth.As she stared at Colby, Tanya began to cry. Colby looked at Sandra who had
Sandra quickly pulled Tanya's body out from under the bed and carried her out of the room. She left through the back door and Colby knew that she had come in through the back gate. Someone must have opened it for her.He sent the important parts of the footage to Henry and sent him Sandra's pictures, address, phone number and every other information he felt would be useful to Henry.The police chief quickly sent some officers to Sandra's house and began trying to track her location using her phone number and satellite. Colby paced up and down restlessly as he waited for Henry to get back to him.He tried calling Sandra's number so many times but could not get through to her. He regretted leaving Tanya all by herself. He should have been there with her or gotten her a bodyguard at least. If anything happened to Tanya, he would never be able to forgive himself.Their wedding was already twenty minutes behind schedule and calls were coming in but Colby ignored them because he wasn't in t
In the days leading up to Colby's wedding with Tanya, he spent most of his time working in the office while Tanya spent most of her time trying to catch up in college.This was because Colby had promised her that they were going on a one week trip for their honeymoon. Tanya had no idea where he was taking her since he had insisted that it was a surprise but, she was excited all the same and hoped that the experience would be similar to the one she enjoyed in the Bahamas.In a twinkle of an eye, the day finally arrived. Maria had tried using different numbers to call Tanya and when she did not succeed, she sent her husband to convince Tanya to let him stand in as her father and give her away since they were the only relatives she had left.However, Tanya said, "Colby Tanner is both my father and my mother so do not burden yourself with trying to take on that role. When I need someone to step in, Colby will be there. "After she hung up, her uncle angrily complained to Matt, asking him
"I said yes to the love of my life." Tanya wrote before posting her pictures with Colby on her social media account.Ever since Colby proposed to her, Tanya had felt as though she was living a dream. A few times she had asked Colby to pinch her to confirm to herself that she wasn't dreaming.Her weekend vacation with Colby in the Bahamas had given her some of the sweetest moments of her life. They went swimming together, ate breakfast at the luxurious paradise hotel, and gazed at the stars together at night. She had so many pictures of the brief time they spent and she had almost cried when Colby reminded her that it was time to go back home.He assured her that they would visit again but she knew it wasn't going to be the same. After taking almost two days to pick out some lovely pictures and asking for Colby's opinion, she finally posted the pictures that showed when Colby went on his knees and proposed to her, when they were dancing on the yacht, having breakfast at the paradise ho
Tanya frowned at Colby, "who was it that said, 'everything you need has been packed by me' and yet ended up bringing along only bikinis and swimsuits?"Colby chuckled, "did you really not see your other clothes in the room?"Tanya rolled her eyes while Colby smiled and held her hand as he said, "come with me."He took her back into the room and straight to the closet. Tanya was surprised because she had not noticed the closet before, probably because it did not look like one on the outside. Colby opened it and showed her three different gowns, two pairs of jeans, and two shirts.Tanya covered her face and laughed while Colby said, "I put them here while you were sleeping to make it easier for you. I also left you enough hints about having a surprise for you tonight. I was hoping that you would come out dressed in one of these sexy gowns. Who would have thought that you would come out wearing a swimsuit?""I made a mistake," Tanya replied. "I should have checked properly. I will get dr
Colby and Tanya had lunch in their bedroom inside the yacht. After that, they sat on the bed and sorted out the pictures Tanya had taken and picked the ones that were good enough to be posted on Instagram.Tanya made sure she tagged her cousin, Matt in the post and kept staring at her phone to see if he would react to the pictures.She got some likes and comments from people she didn't even know and thanked them for their kind words. Matt finally reacted with surprise emojis while Tanya screamed in excitement.He messaged her privately and asked, "are you really in the Bahamas?""Yes," Tanya replied. "I'm currently in a yacht and it's so beautiful. I know how much you like this place, perhaps on my next visit, I'll bring you and aunt Maria with me so you can enjoy yourselves as well."When he read Tanya's words, Matt quickly recalled what his mum had said to Tanya years ago and said, "forget it Tanya. I know my mum was horrible to you and I haven't forgotten, don't worry, I will make
Colby pulled Tanya closer to his body and hugged her, "I'm so sorry about everything you suffered in the past, Tanya. I contributed to the sufferings you and your grandma faced back then and for that, I am truly sorry."Tanya stared at him in surprise, "what are you talking about?"Colby hesitated because he was afraid of Tanya's reaction but he did not want them to hide things from each other. He believed that they were at a stage where they could trust each other completely so, after what seemed like an eternity, he said, "back when you and your granny were thrown out of the house, I arranged for it to happen because I wanted you to come running to me. I was desperate and what I did was wrong. I have no excuse for it. "Tanya's eyes widened as tears rolled down get cheeks. She got up and ran towards the toilet while Colby ran after her. She closed the door on him before he could get to her and cried her heart out while inside.She recalled how her granny had cried that day and how sh
Tanya stared at the luggage in front of her in surprise, "is this the only bag I will be taking with me on our trip?" "Yes, it is," Colby replied. "it's just two days, baby and you were so indecisive about what to take with you so I did some shopping, and trust me, everything you need for this trip is right inside this bag."Tanya smiled, "how can you be so sure? What if there's something you forgot to include?""That is not possible," Colby replied confidently. "listen to me, baby girl, I've been to the Bahamas before and so I can say that everything you need is in there. We should get going now, our pilot has been waiting for so long."Tanya thought for a while and finally said, "Okay, I'm choosing to trust you but if you fail me, you will not hear the last of it."Colby laughed before leading the way out of the house. He opened the door of the car for Tanya and said, "this way, ma'am."Tanya took the passenger seat and said, "thank you, sir."They soon arrived at the hangar and as
The private investigator came into the house and they all exchanged pleasantries. After that, he went straight to the point and said, "I was able to put the listening device on Shelia and stayed around until I got the information I wanted. As usual, Derek arrived and they spent time discussing a lot of things. I've trimmed out the boring parts and I know that their conversation will interest you."He played the audio from his phone and in it, Sheila could be heard saying, "I told you not to bring up this Colby Tanner issue again but you are bent on it, Derek. The boyfriend I got who works in Colby's control room was released yesterday along with others and he did not rat us out so let's just cut our losses and forget about this."Derek said, "no Sheila, I've put all my hope on inheriting Colby's wealth when he's gone. I've told you that Tanya is easy to manipulate so how can we let go of such a good opportunity? The first plan was a near success, it was just bad that Colby wasn't the