AuroraMr. King casually looked up from his phone as I stepped into his office. The way his eyes instantly went to my neck was like a soft punch to my self-confidence."I see you're all better, Ms. Stone," came his first remark. It seemed that he was in a good mood today because he had that particular annoying look that usually came before trouble.His facial expressions usually gave him away most times, and I made it a goal of mine to personally study them.A scowl meant he was in a bad mood, like most people. A stoic face meant that he was eventually going to get annoyed over something, and was still in his deciding phase. A smirk meant that there was trouble, but he wouldn't be as harsh as he would have been when he was scowling.But he wouldn't actually have called me here just to insult me again, right?"Where I come from when people check up on you, it is polite to respond," he said, voice still clear and even.I caught his stare. "I'm good. I'd have said that it's wonderful to
AMELIA There was a faint ringing in my ears that just wouldn't go away. My self control is like a rubber band ready to snap. How dare he look so smug when he was basically threatening me?"Well?" he asked, hand pressed against his chin. The faint stubble there was a new look on him. Usually, he was clean shaven: immaculate, and perfectly put together. Not that he didn't make it look good. But that's beside the point. What mattered what he'd done to me. Pressuring me into a corner was something I'd endured for quite a long time, but I knew better now. I couldn't just give in to his demands just like that.I walked over to his table, and placed both palms atop it, supporting my weight. "Fine. 80 percent increase.""This isn't a negotiation, sweetheart.""Well now it is. Take it, or leave it."He tapped his fingers on the desk, looking up at me feom under his long lashes. "60 percent.""65," I countered back. My suspicions were right after all. This man gave me more credit than he wou
AMELIAI turned the coffee in the cup around with my pen before taking a sip. My eyes were fixed on Mr. King's form, watching, thinking, and regretting.I was seriously struggling to understand everything that was happening. The evidence had been right in front of me, but my mknd didn't want to accept. And how could I?I took another sip of the warm coffee. If only I could have gotten intoxicated on just it alone. I needed my mind muddled for a while; I needed distraction. I looked at the app, rereading all the messages that had been sent between us. I couldn't believe that someone like him would be capable of even being remotely nice. What was worse, I couldn't believe that for the past couple of days, I'd given him a front row seat to viewing the intimate parts of my body. God, I wanted to laugh so badly, but he'd catch on to the fact tthat something was wrong.SugarDaddy was Mr. King. Who was the fool now? I pressed my fingers into the side of my head and sighed. It felt so wro
ALEXANDERI wanted to punch him so badly in the face. That nose of his was too long anyways; a readjustment wouldn't have been so bad. But I swallowed down my anger, because I still had a reputation to uphold. The one thing that I could hold on to was the fact that even though I was flesh and blood, and got angry just like everyone else, I seldom showed it.I flung the torn document at Mr. Bernard's feet. "Don't ever come here again, unless you want this 'little' error of yours to become public.""W-wait, Mr. King, could you explain what's going on?" Ms. Stone pleads, finally coming off her high horse. At least now she understood who owned this place. Her blood red manicured nails and freshly curled blonde locks did not seem appropriate for her begging. I didn't pity her though. Amelia, on the other hand, looked so shocked that her eyeballs looked ready to pop out of her head. She kept looking at me loke.I was a messiah of some sorts. It felt weird inside, and I wasn't quite sure if
ALEXANDERThe day went by smoothly. I had to chastise about five workers instead of the usual eight or nine. But that was probably because if the reduced workload I had to attend to today.Amelia and I worked in uncomfortable silence. So many times, I wanted to ask her what was going through her mind, but thought better of it. I didn’t need her to think I actually wanted to start chasing a friendship with her or something.The tension nagged at me, coupled with her incessant surreptitious glances that I picked up on despite her best to hide them.The moment 6pm clocked, she was out of her seat, giving me a quick rundown of the notable events that had happened. I watched her little mouth move, enunciating specific vowels and letting the rest move over her mouth soundlessly. Her accent was even better now, because when she first came, I thought she had some kind of speech impairment.When she'd stepped into my office for the first time, I'd had my eyes so deep into my mind that I almost
ALEXANDERI rushed out of the car like a madman, ignoring our long-time butler, Mr. Dubois, who came over to welcome me.He fell into step beside me as I rushed towards the entrance of King's Manor. "Mr. Alex, you're back?"I'd basically grown up with the man, so his use of my nickname didn't bother me. What got on my nerves was that his proximity was adding to the pressure that seemed to have built up in my head.I turned to him sharply, never losing one step. "Where's she?""Who, young master?""My mom! Where is she?"Mr. Dubois' expression shifted into something indescribable. "She's right inside, in her bedroom."Without another word, I hastened my steps and entered the building. For the past six years since I'd left home, it hadn't changed one bit. Affluence and grandeur spilled from every nook and cranny. Chairs fit for royalty, doors embellished with the finest quality materials, and halls that spread far and wide. Playing here as a child brought me so much joy. My mom would c
AMELIA*DREAM*I was in a darkened room with minimal lighting, and was seated on a bed. The red dress sitting on my skin hugged my body and accentuated my curves. A slit ran down from high up on my thigh to the end of the dress. Even as I sat, the side of my leg was exposed to the cool night air.But it didn't matter, because soon, he'd come and take it off.A door opened, and he walked in. My SugarDaddy. Somehow, the shadows around us wouldn't let me see his face. All I could see was his dark hair that fell over his obscure facial features.I reached out for him impatiently, so eager to run my hands over his skin. He was wearing a black tank top with an exaggerated neckline that exposed most of his chest.He took my hand in his. I couldn't tell if he was smiling or not, but the aura around him was peaceful, with a touch of desire."You're magnificent," he said, voice breathy like one out of breath. The quality of his voice was one that would always have me down and lost. It ran over
AuroraI didn't have the time to lament over the problem that had just been created as I reluctantly got ready for work, I couldn't get my mind over the fact that I would be seeing his face again, the man who made her life miserable at work was also the same person who made her feel overjoyed at night or whenever she sees his text.I finally made it to work quite earlier than usual, I walked towards the office noticing some of the staff members staring at me but I was so engulfed in my thoughts that I didn't mind them. I noticed Mr. King was already seated behind his desk with his gaze glued to his computer not bothering to acknowledge my existence which I was grateful for.I sat behind my desk quickly checking his schedule to know if he had any appointments."You should be here before me." I heard him say to me as I resisted the urge to roll my eyes but hit him with a plank in my mind."Good morning sir, I am quite sure I came early but it was your choice to come earlier…. That you c
Our happily ever after Preparation has began for the wedding ceremony, finally after two years of war and near-death experience they are finally getting married. “I am so happy for you my dear, you are getting married!” Aurora’s mum said excitedly has she hugged her daughter. “I remember the day I was getting married___” “For the hundredth time mum, You’ve said that story like a thousand time now but can just stay my side and comfort me and tell em I am going to be ok and that you love me and that you are proud of me and that____” Aurora could not stop talking and her mum gave her a tight hug. “I am so proud of you, you are going to be okay, King loves you and you are in good hands, go get married my dear, married live is sweet” Her mum said and gave her a peck. “Aunt, The twins won't stop crying” Lilith rushed into Aurora’s room. “Oh, I will take it from there” Aurora’s mum said and rushed out of the room to go check on the twins. “Look at you in white!” Lilith teased and sat
“Woah, I think my account is empty. I can't afford to check how much I have left” Jerry joked as he saw the debit notification dropping on his phone.They all burst into laughter from his joke but soon they all received the same debit and soon they were making a joke of themselves.“I am glad I am not the only one experiencing this debit,” Jerry said, still laughing.“I am glad you decided to ask Georgia to marry you, both of you deserve to be together given what you’ve been through together,” Mr. King said and patted Mark on his shoulder.“I know, I hope she feels the same way” Mark said looking down, he dropped the petals on his hands on the floor and walked slowly to take a seat.Mr. King and Jerry walked toward him and sat next to him in their garden.“After what happened that night, when I was in a coma at the hospital I heard Georgia cry and blame herself for what happened to me that night, every night at the hospital she would cry and pray that I would wake up, do you know she
“Lilith, you have to get ready today for his burial ceremony, I get that you are sad about it, the little time you spent together meant a lot to you but you still have to attend” Jerry comforted Lilith.“I can't believe he is gone, I don't want to believe it” Lilith said in denial.Jerry looked at her and smiled, he pulled her into his arms and rocked.“What about Aurora?” Lilith asked with a worried look on her face.He sighed and nodded his head.“She is with Georgia upstairs,” Jerry replied.“I should go check on her, I am sure she is more hurt than I am” Lilith said and made her way out of the room to check on Aurora.“I’ll come with you” Jerry offered and followed Lilith to Aurora’s room.“Ok” she replied._________“Hey guys!” Lilith said as she opened the door after knocking.She saw Arora sitting in front of her dressing table with a black flowing dress on.Aurora turned around and saw Lilith walk into the room also dressed in black.“You’re here,” Aurora said barely.“Yea, of
“Hey!Hey! Look at me don't do this please I am begging you please!” Tears flowed out of Aurora’s eyes as she saw Mr. King was covered in blood with two bullets one on his right arm and the other in his stomach without an exit point which means the bullet is still stuck inside him, which is bound to cause a lot of internal bleeding.I__I__Lo_ve __you Aurora” Mr. King stuttered as blood kept rushing out of his mouth.A sharp pain from Aurora's head, it was like her head was going to split in two.“Hey!“Hey!“So you brought my mum, dad and Charles?”“Of course u know you miss them”“So can I call you sweet names when we are together?”“Will you marry me King?”“Will you marry me Aurora?”“I love you forever Aurora”“I love you forever King”“No! My love no please don't leave me, I remember___ I remember everything, so please fight my love fight please, I missed you so much” Aurora bawled out still holding on to Mr. King’s hands.Mr. King smiled and tried to place his hands on Aurora’s f
“Don is out of the picture, now let's get down to business shall we?” Max said as he used the gun with him to itch the back of his head.“There is only one way out, Take Aurora and leave and I will help King get to safety,” Olive suggested to Max.They both turned toward Aurora and Mr. King “Make your choice!” they both said in unison.Mr King pulled back Aurora to himself “in your wildest dreams” He said as he held Aurora firmly.“Do you think she will let us go in peace, just take a look at her, can you see the way she is staring at you? She will never let us go alive and you know it!” Aurora blurted out.Max turned to Olive “Do you think I am not aware about that?” Max said with a mysterious smile on his face.Olive gave him a weird look “Well as long as you don't lay a finger on King we're good” Olive said admitting that she did have the thought of killing the both of them.Max turned to her “And so you are saying, if we leave you will let us go without laying a finger on Aurora e
“BREAKING NEWS!”‘The President of JETTING HOLDINGS was said to be kidnapped by Don Gonzales with his accomplices Max Washington and Olive BakerThey were said to be located outside the city and also there has been an accident blocking entrances out of the city, making it difficult for the police or anyone to do anything at the moment.Police officers around the town where Don was said to have placed his hostages have been alerted and are all doing ground checks to find Mr. King, Miss Aurora, Attorney Mark and Georgia, Lilith Washington, and Jerry Smoke.The location was given but the spot was not mentioned in the tip we received from Mr. King before he went out of contact.So if you are out there out of the city in the following location that is displayed on this screen please help us out, helicopters have been dispatched as well.“Hang in there Mr. King we are coming to your rescue” The reporters ended the information.And just as she said in her report on the news, helicopters were
Aurora ran over to Georgia.“Are you alright?” Aurora asked as she searched her but there was no gunshot, not even a scratch on her body.“I’m fine, I'm ok!” Georgia said as she could not also believe that Don did shoot her.They all look at Don with confusion written all over their faces.“What are you doing?” Aurora asked as she was using her body to block Don from firing again if he was going to.Don just stood there like he was lost as well, he had a look of disbelief on his face.“Well, I guess, you are a chicken as well then,” Olive said as she used the gun on her hands to itch the back of her ear.“Nah, I don't miss, I have never missed,” Don said with a smile on his face and he slowly walked back to his corner.Lilith and Aurora looked around Georgia again but there were no bullet holes or whatsoever.“What game are you playing?” Georgia yelled.“Just get this over with Don!” Georgia yelled again.“Ok let me give you a hint, I did fire but where did I fire at or by any chance,
While the argument was going on, Don saw how Olive continued to struggle to set herself free but the rope tied to her chair where so sight she could not set loose no matter how hard she struggles.Don took the opportunity and walked up to Olive, he pulled her away to a separate corner, without anyone noticing due to the chaos between Max, Aurora, Lilith, Georgia and Mark.“Who would you kill if I gave you the gun instead?” Don asked“Aurora and Max, they are the biggest pest of my life,” Olive said without flinching.“But you know I will kill you after you kill them right?” Don said smiling with his tobacco in his hands.“Well, why don't we strike a deal, I will be you get off the country and help you start your business again in any country you want, I can help you get back everything you’ve lost and when things die down, I will bring you back to the country and by them there will be nothing left for them to do to you, I just need you to help me achieve my goals right now and I will
Max looked around, as he placed his hands on the trigger, he felt chills all over his body.“Why are you resisting?” Don asked as he placed his hands around Max’s neck.“Are you having doubts now that the gun is in your hands?” Don asked as he looked at Mr. King.“I don't have anything against you Mr. King, I just want him to accomplish something before he breathes his last breath and this is the least I can do for him,” Don said and have Mr. King a wink.Max stood looking at Mr King but he could not bring himself to point the gun at him or even fire it.“Oh Come on, Max, are you telling me there is absolutely no one here you would like to kill?” Don said.He took away the gun from him and walked toward Mark “This guy here, do you know how many lawsuits he filed against you, and how many times he help Aurora escape your grip, if it doesn't upset you enough fine, we can forgive him,” He pushed Mark away from the way and went toward Lilith.“What about your little sister, well you never