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Sheryl turned back and kicked the stool that was lying quietly in her path in anger. She narrowed her eyes as she saw Emile who was lying down, tied up like a sacrificial lamb that was totally at her mercy. Her lips curled up cruelly. “Are we comfortable?” Sheryl walked forward like a proud peacock. “No” Emile's lips curled in disdain “But I don’t assume you brought me here to make me comfortable.” “At least you have self-awareness.” Sheryl’s lips curled viciously as she approached Emile. Just as she was approaching Emile, Eva walked in, rushed in would be more apt. “I was delayed as I was making sure I had an alibi for the Walters to stare at so that we won’t be inconvenienced here.” Eva explained as she slowed her steps, feigning a relaxed expression. “Not delayed…” Sheryl chuckled. She didn’t blow Eva’s farce even though she saw through it. Eva was her scapegoat, why would she compete with a short- lived ghost? “Where’s Larry?” Eva asked in caution as she saw that Sheryl’s sha
“AAAAAHHHHHHHH” Emile cried out and spoke with great difficulty "My husband will avenge me and his child.... don't slander my husband. I will not doubt his love as I have been fortunate to receive it unconditionally." Following Emile cry, before anyone had the chance to react, two bullets pierced through the air one after the other followed by another scream “AAAAHHHHH” The only difference was this time, the cry wasn’t from Emile, but rather Eva. The two shots fired were calculated; one was aimed at her hand and the other at the knife to deflect its projection from falling onto Emile. Everyone’s gaze turned to look at the direction the bullets came to see a furious Chris rushing over with Night Wing who had his guns drawn in both hands. Emile smiled through tears as she saw the man rushing towards her without a care for his life. How could she not love and trust such a man…... she was truly fortunate in this lifetime to have met him…...however short lived, she was truly blessed to
At the warehouse- Sheryl looked at the furious Chris who barged in, with shock. She didn’t expect Emile to hold so much value his heart nor did she expect him to find them so fast. Her arrangements were meticulous. She had made an appointment in a beauty saloon in the shopping centre that Emile was at but booked a 4-hour session so that her timelines would clash with the time of kidnapping, taking her off the list. She even got her look-alike to drive back to the hotel where she was staying in her car so that anyone chasing her would be led in circles but would not be anywhere near her. Even the car used to kidnap Emile was meticulously planned. Larry had rented the modified 7-seater from a local rental, of course under a false name and had parked the car in an inconspicuous spot. Neither she nor Larry went back to the car or did anything in proximity to the car while it was within the scope of surveillance. “This is all her.” Eva screamed waking from her stupor of being shot, looki
Adam arrived at the Goodwill Samaritan hospital with Elizabeth, his daughters (and daughters-in-laws) and Abbey shortly after Mark called to inform him that Emile was sent here. Among the ladies, Elizabeth was the calmest. She kept pacifying the others not to stress and it was understandable to get a fright when something like this happens. Adam pursed his lips, his jaws taut as he noticed his wife’s oddity, but he didn’t voice his opinion; inwardly he hoped the current situation didn’t have anything to do with his wife. Otherwise, given his son’s nature, he was sure that he would break all ties with them. Elizabeth by nature was a worry wart; she was never calm, even the smallest of concerns would get her worked up. Not just Adam even the kids knew what their mother was like. However, other than Angel and Veronica, no one noticed that anything was amiss due to the stress from the ordeal. Adam was shocked to see a lifeless Chris sitting outside the operation theatre, his clothes soa
Although the expression of Adrian and Marcus attracted the attention of all the Walters, none of them were brave enough to touch the tiger’s whiskers. They just stood ready to support if and when they were needed. However, Elizabeth didn’t have the discernment of the other Walters, she strode towards Neil with a haughty expression and took the papers out of Neil’s hands impolitely. Neil could have stopped her. He wasn’t weak nor was he gentle and polished like most doctors; he, Adrian and Chris were like peas in a pod. But he let her take the paperwork; it wasn’t out of respect or fear of her ‘Senior Mrs Walter’ title like she thought nor because of her status as Chris’s mother…. Heh! Why would he respect the mother that Chris himself wanted to kill right now? The only reason for his indulgence was because he wanted to see what expression she would have once she realized the outcome of all her scheming. He was not an idiot. He had seen the results of Chris’s investigation and also he
Chris didn’t take Marcus’s request into account and hence didn’t respond; he kept walking forward thinking in his head how to organize everything. Marcus wasn’t discouraged by Chris’s inattention and kept on chattering in his ears. “Little uncle, the baby is my responsibility if anything happens to you. I will protect little aunt and my nephew.” Marcus tugged Chris’s hand and looked at his squarely “Little uncle, don’t look at how young I am. I have taken your advice on board from the time I got into that accident and have developed my own strength.” Chris looked at Marcus’s serious expression with an amused smile. “Although I cannot compare to you yet, I am not far off.” Marcus pursed his lips stubbornly “I will not let anything happen to little aunt and my nephew. I am the nephew that you have nurtured, you should at least believe in your skills if not mine.” “Ha…ha…ha…ha…” Chris laughed sincerely although there was a hidden sorrow in them. “I do not doubt your sincerity even fo
Everyone walked in solemn silence towards the operation theatre after Chris’s heart to heart. No one voiced any objections as they knew that Chris’s analysis was spot on. “Any update?” Eric asked Mark as he walked towards him. “Still going.” Mark shook his head; he waited till Eric got close and asked in a whisper, “What happened?” “Everything’s a mess.” Eric sighed in frustration as he sat next to Diana, hugging her in his embrace; he needed to calm his depressed heart. If roles were reversed, he knew Chris would hold the skies for him even though he was his younger brother. However, he had to confess that he didn’t have absolute confidence to refute any of Chris’s claims and could only listen to his arrangements with a heavy heart. Mark felt his heart grow heavy as he noted that Chris nor Eric had any intention to explain. He knew this was not the time and place and yet he felt terrible. He too sighed as he thought of the imminent estrangement between brothers! “Big brother, thi
“Emile…. Emile… my little girl….” Agatha’s sobbing voice came through even before anyone saw the owners of the rushed footsteps. Soon, the Burkes who were rushing towards the theatre as though their life depended on it, appeared in everyone’s sight. The men looked like they were ready to murder while the women were distraught, both old and young without exception. Mark and the rest of the Walter brothers wanted to stand in front of Chris like a wall and moved with this intent in mind however, they were still a step slower than Henry who was like a hungry lion, unleased from its restraint. Chris was in a world of his own, cherishing his last moments with his kids; he didn’t even register the presence of the Burkes. He raised his eyes in confusion as Henry lifted him by his collar. He didn’t even have the strength to hold the babies steady, let alone resist, not that he would have resisted even if had the strength. “Mom take the babies.” Henry growled in a low voice, noticing somethi
Chris and Emile didn’t have any difficulty sneaking out from under the watchful eyes of the press nor the guests…they had a genius son who had mapped everything to the dot for making their most important day picture perfect. It was so magical that both, Chris and Emile were afraid that it was a dream, and reality would kick in once they woke up; Both had to agree that it was better than what either of them could have imagined even in their wildest dreams.As they sat in the getaway car, Emile kept pinching Chris and asking him “Hubby, does it hurt?” while Chris kept answering “Wife, I am too excited to feel pain.” His answer wasn’t helping but there was nothing anyone could do, no one could understand their mental state unless they had been in the same situation.Once the excitement calmed down, Emile rested in Chris’s embrace with a blissful smile, her mind unwinding, relishing the mad rush or rather excitement from yesterday evening till the moment she saw Chris climbing into the ba
“I know you are married…” the man who answered previously spoke once again, the helplessness in his voice reverberating through the hall “but I have never seen you with Mrs Walter and I have always seen you with Ms Bell, who was your companion for banquets and social dinners. I have no reason to doubt your words when you introduced her this morning although it did seem a bit redundant.” He shrugged opening his palms upward.“No… no….no… this is all wrong…” Daniel shook his head in disbelief as he took a step back.“How can it be wrong?” Chris Jnr’s stern voice rang through the hall, loud and clear, filled with rage “Didn’t you like playing mind games?”“Can you not take it when you are on the receiving end?” Emm too asked in righteous anger; her mommy forgot her for 2 whole months.“You…. you bastard… you stole my wife…” Daniel roared without registering what Chris Jnr and Emm said and lunged towards Chris, who was standing with a relatively calm expression, although his brows were sl
Chris and Emile made their way through the reception hall, toasting guests at each table, in the order of the closeness of their relationship. Adrian, Neil and Night Wing took their roles seriously as they blocked the drinks for Chris. Emile had her supply of fruit tea that Abbey religiously re-filled for her; No one knew why, nor did they think much into it as this was Chris Jnr’s arrangement.Chris and Emile had just reached the table where Grandpa Holston was seated when Chris Jnr slowly stood up from his seat and walked towards them, holding little treasures hand. The rest, along with Bruno in the lead followed with excitement as they knew that the fun Emm mentioned before was about to start.“Thank you for coming and blessing our special day with your presence.” Chris raised the toast towards Ron and the rest; he didn’t even spare Grandpa Holston a glance. It was not in his nature to grin and bear grievances.“It was our pleasure.” Several associates including Ron hurriedly joined
Chris and Emile moved to the cake-cutting event with the reminder from little treasure. Cake cutting had a little twist, contrary to the norm where the bride and groom feed each other with the first cut, Emile fed the piece she took to Little treasure while Chris fed Big treasure before letting the two treasures feed them.Although it wasn’t planned and neither big treasure nor little treasure were ready for the surprise, both husband and wife knew each other’s thoughts the moment they looked at each other; they didn’t need to plan or coordinate for such flawless action. The action from the duo that followed also wasn’t planned nor coordinated, it was their norm, the duo would always feed daddy and mommy with their little hands in reciprocation from when they were old enough to grasp things.While the shadow guards took it upon themselves to deliver cake to each and every individual that attended the reception, Chris and Emile personally hand delivered the ones for family and relatives
Once all the guests were seated comfortably according to their table arrangement leaving the seats in the front vacated for family, Augusta as the coordinator for the wedding, announced the entry of the bride and groom, in all its grandeur while the DJ set the background scores for the romantic entry of the bride and groom.Emile’s favorite symphony floated through the air as she and Chris made their grand entrance, once again wearing a couple set; they had changed out of their traditional wedding attire they wore in the morning to a champagne-colored gown and suit. They walked in, Emile holding onto Chris’s arm with a blissful smile, like a pair of immortals strolling through the mortal realm as they walked through the hall to the center, followed by their little tails also wearing a mini version of their set. The adorable little dolls had their heads held high, a proud smile hanging on their faces as they followed in their parents’ footsteps.The bridal entourage followed behind with
Everyone went back to their rooms to rest and change before the reception banquet, which was also the continuation of the wedding extravaganza with no expense spared. With all the guests housed in Royal Lux, the hotel was closed to outside business, other than the ones that had a pre-booking and couldn’t be changed to another date.“Where’s Christian?” Daniel turned to question Ceilier as soon as he reached their room; It was not that he didn’t notice that Christian wasn’t with them, but the truth of the matter was that he didn’t get a chance till now.“He went off with the Walters.” Ceilier twisted his lips awkwardly as he replied in a low voice.“That bastard…” Daniel gritted his teeth as he muttered under his breath before turning his attention to Emile. He waved his hand, instructing Ceilier to step down before walking up to Emile and taking a seat facing her.“What’s wrong?” Emile asked in concern as she saw Daniel staring at her with knitted brows.“Nothing ….” Daniel shrugged be
“Senior Master Walter, the ride for returning to the hotel is ready.” One of the shadow guards from the team who were assigned to the Walters and Burkes announced as he stood respectably by Adam’s side.“Um…” Adam nodded as he took the treasures and Bruno with him “Lead the way.” Adam walked forward holding Big treasure and Bruno while Elizabeth held little treasure’s hand. No matter how uncomfortable she was, little treasure put on a brave smile and walked forward, as though she was heading for the gallows. Both Adam and Elizabeth feigned ignorance although they were laughing in their heads; she looked too adorable!Adam purposefully left Little treasure to Elizabeth’s care even though he knew that she would be uncomfortable. His intention was well meaning; to give them a chance to get to know each other better. He just didn’t expect the extent of aversion he saw in little treasure’s subtle actions; there was not just aversion but also fear mixed with guilt which Adam never expected;
The groom kissing the bride, captured in the backdrop of the rising sun, was too magical to say the least; Other than the younger generation of the Burke and Walter household who were causing a ruckus by whistling and cheering, all the other guests were mesmerized by the magical moment that was unfolding before their eyes.“Wow! That was so magical.” One of the guests exclaimed as she turned around with a dreamy expression, stretching her hands; no one could despise her excitement as this was the thought in the hearts of most of the people who came to attend the wedding; the finale of the wedding was too mesmerizing for even the most grounded and rationale minds.They would never forget this magical moment for the rest of their lives; the moment they witnessed nature proclaiming the fulfillment of a man’s undying affection and loyalty; the moment they witnessed the groom and his bride finally attaining their happily ever after, despite all the odds that fate had stacked against them.A
“Mommy, you better take care of your man from here on…there's only so much a little girl can do…” Emm’s bell-like voice rang out as she advised seriously forgetting that her mouthpiece was still on “It was hard work, but we got him here for you.”Everyone burst out laughing as they heard the childish reprimand, leading Emm to wince in embarrassment as she hid behind her elder brother biting her tongue.“Uff….uff…” Chris Jnr cleared his throat like a little adult to attract everyone’s attention before he continued “As you have witnessed, our daddy’s journey to his happily ever after has been anything but smooth; whether it was our mommy’s blindness to recognize his unwavering affection and love….”The laughter from the crowd continued while the bride shyly lowered her head, but not without glaring at the flower boy who suddenly became talkative. Emm didn’t have any solidarity with the bride as she covered her mouth and giggled.“or whether it was the judgmental eyes of the world around