JASON'S POVWe are on our way to the hospital to confirm the result of the test I did three days ago.I just hope it won't be that I have dementia.“You look worried Jason, what's wrong?”. Emma, who was observing my facial expression, asked.“I am fine”. I replied simply.“But you look worried Jason. I told you that I will always be by your side no matter what the result says”.“I just want to be fine. I don't want to be diagnosed with dementia”. “I don't want that either, but if the result says otherwise, we can't do anything about it”.“I understand. Thank you for your support Emma”.“C'om I thought we've passed the stage of saying thank you?”. I smiled and held her hand while I continued to drive.When we got to the hospital, we saw the doctor and he explained the result to us.My fear came through. I had dementia. The doctor gave me some medication that would help and Emma tried her very best to encourage me to be strong.Emma was my only strength. Since she is not going to leave
EMMA'S POVI walked into Daniel’s office building with excitement bubbling inside me. Today was his birthday, and I had spent weeks planning the perfect surprise for him. I could already picture his face lighting up when he saw the box in my hand—his favorite cake—and the gift I had carefully picked out for him. I couldn’t wait to see his smile, to celebrate the man I loved so much.I stepped off the elevator and walked down the hallway to his office. The closer I got, the more I imagined how the day would unfold. It would be just the two of us, laughing together, sharing a quiet moment. It was supposed to be perfect.But then, I rounded the corner.I froze.Through the glass of the office door, I saw them. Daniel was sitting there, relaxed, smiling at someone. And that someone wasn’t me. It was Veronica—his colleague, someone I’d heard of but never really paid attention to. They were sitting close to each other, their laughter blending together, and Veronica’s hand was resting casuall
EMMA'S POV I tried to make it through the rest of the day at work, but my mind wouldn’t stop replaying what I saw in Daniel’s office. Veronica’s laughter, her hand on his arm, the way he didn’t pull away—it all haunted me. I stared at my computer screen for hours, unable to focus on anything. When the clock struck five, I grabbed my bag and headed home, hoping the familiar comfort of our house would ease my turmoil. As I stepped inside, I noticed the lights were on. Daniel was already home. My heart clenched. Maybe this was my chance to talk to him, to confront him about what I saw and get the truth. I set my bag down and took a deep breath, preparing myself for the conversation. But then, something caught my eye. Clothes were scattered across the floor of the living room—Daniel’s shirt, a pair of pants—and then, there it was. A bra. Not mine. My breath hitched as dread pooled in my stomach. I stood frozen for a moment, trying to convince myself that I was jumping to conclusions,
EMMA'S POV The next morning, I woke up to an empty bed. Simeon was gone, and the sheets beside me were cold. My heart sank for a moment, but I quickly brushed off the feeling. What was I expecting—a good morning kiss and breakfast in bed? I sighed, ran my fingers through my tangled hair, and sat up. The events of the previous day played on a loop in my mind. I couldn’t take it anymore. Today, I had to confront Daniel. It was time to end this nightmare. I left the bar without bothering to grab breakfast, straightened my hair in the rearview mirror, and drove straight home, rehearsing what I’d say. As soon as I stepped into the house, the smell of freshly cooked food greeted me. My stomach churned. The aroma wasn’t welcoming; it felt like mockery. How dare they carry on like nothing happened? From where I stood, I could see Daniel slouched on the couch, staring blankly at the television. His fingers fumbled with the remote control, his expression unreadable. Suddenly, he snapped and
SIMEON'S POV The bar had become my second home. Ever since Veronica left me, I’d been drowning my emotions in alcohol. It was the only way I knew how to cope. I never used to be this way, but something in me broke when she walked out. I didn’t know it then, but that heartbreak set me on a path I never thought I’d walk. Three years ago, if someone—anyone—had told me that I’d be a billionaire today, I would have laughed in their face. Me? A billionaire? I could hardly imagine it back then. But Veronica... she changed everything. Her departure, as painful as it was, lit a fire in me. I started working harder, thinking smarter, and pushing myself beyond limits I didn’t even know I had. The pain she left in me was what made me who I am now—the richest man in New York, as of yesterday. But no matter how much money I had, no matter how many deals I closed, it didn’t fill the emptiness inside me. I still drank. I still felt the sting of what I lost. I never thought I’d care about another wo
EMMA'S POVI never expected to see Simeon again, let alone in the middle of my workday, sitting across from me in my office. Of all people, why him? The moment I saw him step into my office, I felt my heart skip. Simeon Grant, the man I’d met at the bar yester-night, was now here to buy fifty percent of Daniel's shares in Pixel Forge Studios.Before I could fully process his presence, my phone rang. The name flashing on the screen made my stomach twist: Daniel.“I heard there’s a buyer for my shares,” his familiar, cold voice said as soon as I picked up.“Yes,” I replied cautiously. “But why are you selling? The company is doing so well.”“What I do with my money is none of your business,” Daniel snapped, his tone loud enough that I was sure Simeon could hear him.I clenched my jaw, biting back the words I wanted to hurl at him. Daniel’s selfishness never failed to surprise me. Part of me wanted to tell him that Simeon Grant—his business rival—was the one buying his shares. I imagined
EMMA'S POVI stepped out of the building, the cool evening air hitting me as I made my way to the sidewalk. My heart was still racing, and I could hear Simeon’s voice calling after me, but I didn’t look back. I couldn’t. I didn’t want to. I was done with all of this—done with him, done with Daniel.I hailed a cab and slid into the back seat without a second thought. “Take me to Pixel Forge Studios,” I said to the driver, trying to push the chaos of the last few hours out of my mind. As the cab pulled away, I stared out the window, my thoughts a tangled mess. It wasn’t until we reached the company that I felt the weight of everything settling in.I paid the driver and stepped out, heading straight for the parking lot. I needed my car. I needed space. I needed to get away from everything that had happened.After a short drive, I pulled up in front of my Aunt’s house in Queens. She was the one person who never judged me, and I needed her now more than ever.As I walked up the front steps
DANIEL'S POVThe past few days have been a nightmare. Everywhere I turn, the media is buzzing with one question: Why did you sell his shares to Simeon Grant? It's a question I can't bring myself to answer, not to the press, not even to myself. The truth is too messy, too humiliating. It all happened so suddenly, like a tornado ripping through my carefully constructed life.The real reason? Emma. She wants a divorce.I’ve built my life around my image, around the reputation of being New York's most successful businessman. A divorce would destroy that. It would cost me everything—half my properties, my rank, my pride. I couldn’t let that happen.Veronica, as always, had a plan. She told me to sell my shares and move my properties into another name. “When the divorce happens, Emma gets nothing,” she had said confidently. At the time, it seemed like a brilliant idea. But now, looking at the fallout, I’m not so sure.Selling those shares went wrong in every possible way. Sure, I got the mo
JASON'S POVWe are on our way to the hospital to confirm the result of the test I did three days ago.I just hope it won't be that I have dementia.“You look worried Jason, what's wrong?”. Emma, who was observing my facial expression, asked.“I am fine”. I replied simply.“But you look worried Jason. I told you that I will always be by your side no matter what the result says”.“I just want to be fine. I don't want to be diagnosed with dementia”. “I don't want that either, but if the result says otherwise, we can't do anything about it”.“I understand. Thank you for your support Emma”.“C'om I thought we've passed the stage of saying thank you?”. I smiled and held her hand while I continued to drive.When we got to the hospital, we saw the doctor and he explained the result to us.My fear came through. I had dementia. The doctor gave me some medication that would help and Emma tried her very best to encourage me to be strong.Emma was my only strength. Since she is not going to leave
CHERRY'S POVI was sent an email to resume work in one of the company's I applied to work as a cleaner.I got dressed and made sure to eat enough food before heading out.My Mum was asleep when I left but I left a note for her in her room to explain to her where I was going. When I got there, I was asked to see the manager first by my supervisor.He also asked me to come back to his office to see him so that he will introduce me to everyone and take me on a tour around the building. When I got to the manager's office, I knocked on the door but no one responded. I knocked for the second time, but still no one responded to me.When I twisted the door knob, I noticed that it was locked. I went back to my supervisor to tell him that the manager wasn't in his office yet.“Alright, change into these clothes and come back to my office. I will take you round the office and introduce you to everyone”“Alright, supervisor”. I replied to him.“My name is Andrew. You can call me Sir Andrew”.
VERONICA'S POV:I got a call that the city council meeting will be held by 3:00pm in the afternoon. My aim is to build a strong team which will support me when needed.I am secretly building my team. I got dressed, I made sure to wear the best clothes and I hired a convoy to escort me to the meeting. “Madam, you look so pretty”. My new assistant, Bella said as I came out to enter the car.“Thank you”. I got into the car and we drove off.When I got to the meeting venue, I saw different candidates who were interested in becoming the mayor of the city.I need to influence these people so that I will be the mayor, and I will do it either by crook or by hook.And the first step to take in order to achieve that goal is to dig into their past and expose any secret that will make the masses not vote for them.I will get very close to them and strike when they least expect it.I walked into the conference hall with a smile on my face. Everyone looked at me in shock except the head of the pa
DANIEL'S POVWhen I left the restaurant I went straight to my mother's house. I needed to know if she had a hand in the incident that happened last night.When I got to the family house she was in the garden sipping her juice and holding a newspaper in her hand.“Why did you ask someone to drug me last night mum?”. I asked her as I got to the garden.“Now, you can't even greet your own mother and you walked in here rudely and accused me of drugging you”.“If you didn't drug me, then who did? You were the one that arranged a blind date for me”.“What evidence do you have to prove that I drugged you?”.I was speechless at her question. And the way she spoke so calmly it seems she is innocent of the whole thing.“I don't have any evidence yet, but I will definitely get to the bottom of this”. I said to her and tried to walk out but she stopped me. “I want you to go to the office, there is urgent work that needs your attention. I will help you investigate who drugged you. But if you have
CHERRY'S POVI woke up when I heard the noise in the room. I opened my eyes to see a nurse and big sis with her fiance in the room.When I checked the time, it was 10:00am in the morning. I stood up to go and say hi to my big sis and her fiance.“You are finally awake, sleepy head”. Big sis said with sarcasm.“Actually it was the game you downloaded on the phone that made me sleep late. I played the game till 4:00am this morning”. Her eyes widened at my words and I smiled shyly.“Mum, how are you? Do you feel better today?”. I asked my mum who was playing a game on her phone. “Yes, my dear. I feel so Much better today”. She said with a smile on her face. “I have already met the doctor and he said she would be discharged home this morning”. Big sis fiancé said with a calm voice. He looks so handsome.My stomach rumbled loudly enough for everyone in the room to hear. I felt like slapping it. Must it tell everyone in the room that I didn't feed it last night? No one will believe me an
DANIEL'S POVMy eyes opened gradually because I was trying to adjust to the light in the room.When I tried to turn my head, I felt an excruciating pain. I had a migraine. I heard a noise that sounded as if someone was sobbing. I covered my eyes with my palms in order for me to open my eyes.When my eyes opened, the first thing I noticed was that I wasn't in my room. Where was I? My eyes observed the room until it met a lady sitting on the bed while sobbing. I didn't recognize her at all.“Lady, what's going on here? Why are we both in this room? How did I get here?”. “Are you pretending not to know what happened last night?”. She asked with a furious facial expression. “I am clueless right now. Please explain to me what happened?”.“You forced yourself on me yesterday because you were drugged. And it's my first time. You took my pride away”. I looked under the duvet and noticed that I was naked. I tried to remember what really happened last night.I was able to remember a litt
CHERRY'S POVWhile I was in the hospital, I decided to step out for a while and explore the hospital, with Miss Emma's permission, I left.On my way to the ground floor, I bumped into Daniel's mother who looked so unhappy.“You are the one that I saw with Daniel, right?” I nodded and greeted her. “Please I need your help, I think my son is in some sort of trouble”. She said in a panicked voice.I wanted to ignore her and tell her that I won't help him because he betrayed me.But I thought of it again and decided to help, not for Daniel's sake but for the sake of his mother.“What can I do in this situation ma'am?”. “He needs his inhaler. This is an expensive inhaler and this only works for him. I would have gone there myself but my daughter is in labour right now and I need to be here for her”.“Alright I will give him the inhaler”. She gave me the address of the restaurant and also money to get there.I treated this matter as an emergency. I was so worried about him. I almost fough
DANIEL'S POVI packed the car at the underground parking lot with a screeching sound. I got down and took the elevator upstairs to meet up with Simeon.When I got to his apartment, he was on a call. “I killed her because she was ready to expose me and the bomb implant was already removed by the person that kidnapped her. And I want you to find out who this person is as well because he is also a threat”.What is Simeon up to now? And who did he kill? I hid myself so that he wouldn't know that I had been eavesdropping on his conversation. I knocked by the time I noticed that he was done with the call and he asked me to come in.“What's up man?” I asked with a mocking smile on my face.“It's been bad. Veronica wants to ruin my life but I won't let her do so”. He complained with gritted teeth.“That's why I didn't fight much for the baby because I knew that Veronica would be an issue in my life. So why did you call me here? Do you have any plans?”“Yeah I do have a plan. I want you to p
EMMA'S POVI woke up the next day with pains all over my body. I couldn't even get off the bed.When I checked the time, it was 1:00 pm at noon. How could I have slept for so long? And Jason didn't even bother to wake me up.Maybe he didn't want to disturb me but I planned to visit the office today.I searched the table close to my bed for my phone, that was when my eyes caught a paper that was folded.I took it to read the content.Good morning or probably afternoon depending on when you must have woken up. I had to rush to the office for something important. I made breakfast for you. You can eat and have some rest. I will be back to eat you, you were so delicious last night”I blushed at his last sentence. I wanted to go to the office today to attend to some official matters but since he is there, I will stay back.I need to go and see madam Susan to know how she's faring. I need to find out their financial situation.I freshened up and rewarmed the food he made. I ate the food be