EMMA'S POVFor the past day, Jason hasn’t been answering my calls. At first, I tried to brush it off, convincing myself he was probably busy with work or tied up in something important. But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t shake the uneasy feeling growing inside me. Yesterday at the office, his behavior wasn’t normal— it was strange, almost as if he was deliberately avoiding me. He barely even looked at me, let alone spoke to me like he usually does. Jason is never like that. Even when he’s stressed or under pressure, he always makes time to smile at me or share a few comforting words. Yesterday, though, was different. It was like he was trying to put some invisible wall between us, and I couldn’t understand why.The goodbye kiss he gave me by my car was the clearest sign that something was off. It wasn’t the same as usual. It wasn’t deep or passionate, and it didn’t feel like it came from the heart. Instead, it felt distant, almost like he was holding himself back. I replayed t
SIMEON'S POVI was having a wonderful time in my sitting room, surrounded by laughter and the warm glow of soft lights. The air was rich with the aroma of wine and the faint scent of expensive perfume. Two stunning ladies were with me, each captivating in her unique way. Their beauty was undeniable, their presence mesmerizing. As the evening unfolded, the sound of clinking wine glasses echoed in the room, blending harmoniously with their playful laughter.They were dressed in nothing but radiant smiles, their carefree energy filling the space. I leaned back in my chair, savoring the moment, feeling like I had the world at my feet. Everything was perfect, almost too perfect. Then, out of nowhere, a noise outside shattered the tranquility.At first, I thought it might be the wind or some distant commotion, but then I recognized the voice. It was Emma’s. My heart skipped a beat. That voice, so familiar and yet so sharp at that moment, sent a wave of panic through me. Emma couldn’t see th
EMMA'S POV Ever since I warned Simeon to stay away from Jason, things have been peaceful. Jason and I have been living in harmony, building something I thought was unshakable. Even Daniel, the one who could never let go of the past, got a clear warning from me that same night I went to Simeon’s house. It was clear I was drawing boundaries, protecting what Jason and I had, and ensuring no one meddled in our relationship. I had worked hard to secure the peace I now enjoyed, and I wasn’t about to let anyone ruin it. One thing that stood out during this time was Aunt Grace. She absolutely adored Jason, and I could see it in her every word and action. The way she spoke to him was so warm and kind, nothing like how she used to communicate with Daniel when we were still together. Jason had a charm, a way of winning people over with his charisma and gentle demeanor, and Aunt Grace was no exception. Despite her religious nature and constant mantra of, “Don’t sleep with a man you’re not marri
EMMA'S POV“Jason is your boyfriend?” I asked, barely able to hide the shock in my voice. My heart pounded, and my hands trembled slightly as I tried to process the bombshell Hannah had just dropped. Her words hung in the air, heavy and suffocating, making it hard for me to breathe.“Yes,” Hannah replied, her voice steady and cold. She didn’t flinch or hesitate. Her lips curled into a sharp, knowing smile that sent a shiver down my spine. “And I know you’ve been sleeping with him.”Her accusation hit me like a slap to the face. I felt as if the ground beneath me had vanished. I took a shaky breath, struggling to keep my composure. Simeon’s words from a few weeks ago echoed in my head like a haunting melody. Jason isn’t who he says he is. At the time, I had brushed it off, convincing myself it was just another attempt by Simeon to meddle in my life. But now, everything seemed to fall into place, like puzzle pieces forming an ugly, unwanted picture.“So,” I began cautiously, my voice tr
DANIEL'S POVI wasn’t happy when Simeon told me Emma had someone she was dating now. It felt like a thorn in my plans. She wasn’t supposed to move on. Emma and I had history, and deep down, I still wanted a share in Pixel Forge Studios. Losing that share of the studio was bad enough, but now, with her dating someone else, I knew there was no way she’d open her heart to me again. Not unless we made some drastic moves.“What do we do now?” I asked Simeon, my voice thick with concern.“We’ll set him up,” Simeon replied firmly, his words hanging in the air like a sinister promise. I could see the gears turning in his head as he started forming a plan. “We need to make it look bad— so bad that she has no choice but to walk away from him.”It was a solid start, but I already had a plan brewing in my mind. A better plan. Simeon’s idea would be the first step, but mine would seal the deal. I stayed quiet, letting him believe he was leading the charge for now.When his framing attempt failed a
EMMA'S POVAfter leaving work that evening, I switched on my phone. As expected, a flood of messages from Jason came through almost immediately I switched it back on when Daniel left this morning. Just seeing his name on the screen irritated me. I wasn’t in the mood for his endless explanations, and honestly, I doubted there was anything he could say that would change how I felt. Yet, amidst the stream of his messages, another name caught my eye— Simeon.Despite the anger I felt toward him, my curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to read what he had sent. Perhaps I was hoping to see the nonsense he had sent to me. But when I opened the message, the words left me bitter and cold."I overheard you and the lady in your office this morning. I never believed Jason would do that to you. I warned you, but you never listened," it read.I smiled bitterly. The audacity of that man was absurd. He had the nerve to gloat after everything that had happened. Without giving it much thought,
DANIEL'S POVI had just gotten home from Emma’s place when my phone buzzed. Mary was calling. Her name flashed across the screen, but something about this call felt different. I could sense it before I even answered. When I picked up, her voice came through shaky, barely holding together. It was a trembling echo of failure, a sound I wasn’t prepared for."I’ve failed you," she said suddenly, the words cutting through me like a blade. My stomach churned, and my heart began to race. Dread surged through me as I struggled to process what she meant."What happened?" I asked, my voice sharp, teetering on the edge of panic. I already feared the answer but hoped I was wrong. Maybe it wasn’t what I thought. Maybe she was exaggerating.“She found out,” Mary admitted, her voice barely above a whisper. Those three words hit me like a sledgehammer. My chest tightened, and for a moment, it felt like my lungs forgot how to function. My heartbeat skipped, then started pounding so loudly I could bare
EMMA'S POV"Call 911!" Aunt Grace shouted, her voice breaking with panic. Her urgency jolted me, but my hands shook so badly I could barely hold the phone. My knees felt weak, threatening to give way beneath me. I had just told her what I heard— a gunshot while on the phone with Jason, my Jason. The thought of what might have happened paralyzed me. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t think. I could only stand there, frozen in fear and confusion.Aunt Grace snatched the phone from my trembling hands, her fingers moving swiftly as she dialed for help. Meanwhile, I crumbled onto the couch, tears streaming down my face. My sobs came in gasps as I pressed my hands to my chest, trying to steady my breathing. My heart raced uncontrollably. I felt like I was drowning in a sea of terror and helplessness. All I could do was cry and pray. Pray that Jason was okay. Pray that the gunshot I heard wasn’t the end of him.Each second stretched into an eternity as I sat there, waiting for some kind of news. Mi
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
DANIEL'S POVWhen I turned around, I saw someone I never expected to see, and my heart skipped a beat. What was she doing here, of all places?"Mum?" I blurted out in shock, my grip loosening on the silly girl’s hand. The moment I let go, she clung to me even tighter, wrapping her legs securely around my waist as if her life depended on it."Can we leave the pool now? I'm scared," she whispered softly into my ear, her voice trembling slightly.Without hesitation, I lifted her out of the pool, holding her close. My mother stood nearby, her arms folded, her expression one of pure disgust as she watched us."I want to see you inside immediately," she ordered, her voice sharp and filled with anger. Then, without waiting for a response, she spun around and stormed off, her heels clicking furiously against the floor.Just as I was about to follow, the silly girl in my arms started sneezing uncontrollably. Worried, I quickly reached for a towel hanging on the pool railing and wrapped it arou
DANIEL'S POVI came back from the office feeling so tired. I couldn’t concentrate at work; all I thought about was her smile and playful behavior.I came home early because of her. I wanted to see her so badly. I was sure she would lift my mood and make me feel better.I thought of a way to make her come over, and a perfect idea popped into my mind.I called Rose to prepare the same meal she mentioned the day she came here.I also instructed her to call Cherry over once she was done cooking."Master, Miss Cherry was really worried yesterday. Though she didn’t say anything, I could sense it," Rose informed me."Why didn't I notice this when she was with me?""She was fine when she was with you, but after you left, she came asking for you. She said she needed your help with something.""Why didn't you call me and tell me about it?" I got mad at Rose."Master, you said we shouldn't disturb you when you're at work. That’s why I didn’t bother to call you." She was right. I had actually ins