"I called to know what your daughter said about the Brand Ambassador stuff we spoke about? a few days ago," "She agreed to it. But any shoot that's going to be done would have to move to the weekends. I don't want my daughter to get distracted from her school activities by the shoot. She's still little and can't bear the stress of going to school and then shooting for your products," Bruce spoke bluntly and Mr. Anderson hummed. "That's reasonable. Also, Lucas would be doing the shoot with her. it's going to be some bang bang on the commercials!" Mr. Anderson sounded excited. "Having a cute little girl and a handsome boy on the TV as they promote my new product that would be launched once the commercials have been shot; I am sure it would get a lot of audience and they would feel the urge to get the product due to how cute and lovely the two kids look together," Mr. Anderson sounded excited about it. "Yeah, right," Bruce mumbled. "Before I forget, you did not tell me if y
**** After Olivia had done a check-up on herself and took some drugs to stop the hard cough and blood that was pouring out her mouth. Olivia was flabbergasted by what the doctor told her. The doctor maintained a straight but remorseful face as he felt the urge to laugh but did not show it. "Are you telling me that the drugs you gave to Edward two days ago weren't the drugs I told you to give to him?“ Olivia asked for the second time. "I am sorry Mrs. Yates. I had mistaken the drugs for the Vitamin C’s. I did not know that it was the wrong drug till you showed me the rest of the pills in this small bag of drugs“ He apologized. "Is this how you go around making mistakes in your hospital?!" Olivia banged her fist on the doctor's desk and he flinched back slightly." "A common drug I asked you to give me; you still ended up giving me rubbish! How can I kill a pitbull using vitamin C pills? How can it be poisonous when it's giving the dog vitamins and nourishing the bastard
Olivia and Edward got back to the mansion and headed straight into their rooms. Edward slumped flat on his bed, holding his favorite pillow close to his chest but for some reason he was unable to sleep. His mind and heart were restless. He sat up at the edge of the bed with his feet on the tiled ground. "Fuck!" He cursed, rubbing his hand harshly over his face, and then raked his dreads backward away from his face. "What's happening to you Edward?! Just fucking forget about her. She is married already so why is it so hard to let go?!" Edward yelled out at himself as he tugged his dreads from the end of his scalp harshly. He felt pains in his heart. He was the first person to set his eyes on Stacy so why didn't he end up having her?! Why must everything he ever had and love be taken away from him every single time? He tried to forget about Stacy after he had lost contact with her. It was so hard to do it but he did. "It's been so many years already and you wer
Before she could make out anything, Edward captured her plump tender lips in his as his hands gripped her hand on both sides above her head. He kissed her deeply and roughly, as he struggled to keep her in place. Her eyes turned red as she fought to free her hand. She moaned, groaned, and grunted but nothing could stop him from seizing her lips in his. it showed on Stacy's expression that she was very mad at him. Edward throbbed his tongue into her warm mouth and Stacy took the chance. She bit him hard on his tongue till she tasted the metallic taste of his blood in her mouth. It prompted Edward to let out a deep grunt as he released her hand and pulled away from her. A hard slap landed across his face and Stacy angrily pulled his locks out of rage. "You must be very crazy and insane! You are a psychopath, Edward! You should be locked away In the mental asylum 'cause that's where mad and crazy people like you belong!" Stacy yelled at him, pulling his hair as har
"Yep! I am back home and I love the surprise Daddy made for my birthday! All my classmates and my teacher were very happy. They said they loved the Iceman who made the ice cream 'cause it was good and that I should do something close to that next year," She giggled. Stacy laughed. "Okay, go freshen up and I will tell Aunty Eddie to prepare something for you to eat,“ "Okay, mummy. But I will check up on Daisy first. I locked her up in my room because of Uncle Edward. He threatened to kill her so I am just being cautious. I don't want anything bad to happen to her," A side of Cherry's lip fell. Stacy frowned at Cherry's words at the mention of Edward. The scene of what Edward did in the bedroom early that morning replayed in her mind. Her teeth gritted in irritation just at the thought of him. "I did threaten to kill that little bitch but I did not do any of that, did I?“ They turned around and saw Edward approaching from behind with an unusual smile that barely appeared o
**** "Yes, Ma'am. Mr. Yates called my line. He said he us waiting outside the estate gates for me,“ Eddie informed Stacy so she would know before she left for her brother's surgery which Bruce had called her for. "Mummy, let's go along with them! I want to see Aunty Eddie's brother. please!!!“ Cherry pleaded. "I will do my take-home once I get back home, mummy. please I promise, mummy," Eddie laughed at how much Cherry wanted to come along. She looked cute, especially with her hands clasped together as she formed the puppy eyes. "Fine, if you say so. But don't forget to do your take home just as you promised, Pookie," "Yes, I won't forget. So can we go now?!" Cherry asked, feeling excited to leave. "Sure," Stacy laughed as she led the way out of Cherry's room. They got outside the estate gate and saw Bruce's car parked right outside. Bruce leaned onto his car, patiently waiting as he checked his wristwatch and then raised his gaze at them. He saw Stacy, Cherry
The loud honking of the car before them pierced into their ears and they averted their gazes to Bruce who sat in the car with a big frown on his face. "Aren't you guys done exaggerating unnecessarily?“ Bruce asked, "Get into the car in the next five seconds or I will leave. I have important matters that need my attention so do not waste my time," "Exaggerating unnecessarily?“ Stacy repeated in thought as stared at Bruce in disbelief and a slight heartache in her chest. She did not know why he suddenly acted harshly towards her. Could he be mad over something that might have happened earlier or was she the one who got him angry which resorted to him being harsh and cold toward her? But what could she have done cause she had no memory of offending him? Taking a slow gulp down her throat, Stacy turned to Eddie with a smile. "Eddie, you should go. We will be waiting for you at home,“ Stacy urged her and Eddie nodded with a a little reluctance in her eyes. She felt hur
Mika jumped on Cherry in a tight hug out of nowhere making Cherry Yelp for help "Mika, are you crazy?! i'm not breathing, please release your hands around my neck," Cherry pleaded, feeling suffocated in Mika's tight grip. "No Way! I'm not leaving you yet,“ Mika disapproved of Cherry's plea but at least she had released her grip a little to avoid making her best friend blacking out when she ran out of breath. Stacy chuckled at them. "Who brought you here, Mika?" Stacy inquired, and Mika flung one of her hands over Cherry’s shoulder as she turned to Stacy. "It's my mummy. She's on her way here,“ Mika said as her eyes moved outside the door but her mum was not in sight yet. "I guess she is still finding a good spot to park her car outside because Uncle have so many cars in the villa and I sometimes wonder if he drives them all,“ She chuckled and the rest of them joined in the laughter. Edward had silently left tbe scene and stood at the distance away from their boring convers
Stacy just glared at him. "What? it's not like I believed him, did I?" Bruce defended then moved his gaze around the sitting room. "And why isn't Eddie around here?" He asked, suspecting that she might be up to something. "I told the guards to throw her out of the estates. She's doing too much and I can't accept it any longer. I've taken more than I can chew," Stacy snorted, twitching the side of her lips as she folded her arms over her chest. Bruce walked over to Stacy in slow and calculated steps that Stacy had to look up at him, wondering what he wanted to do. " Wh_what?" She stuttered and Bruce swiftly wrapped his hand around her waist, pulling her closer to his chest. "You did a good job by taking out the trash, little birdie," He smirked, leaning closer to her ear. Vanessa glared at the couple romancing before her, her eyes full of hate and jealousy. He had taken everything from her and now he was about to imprison her on top of that? Who does that?! Cough Cough
"Bring her In,” Bruce commanded. One of the police who didn't handcuff anyone went outside and informed his team using a hand sign then he returned to the sitting room. "She is coming,” He informed with a bow. Stacy saw Bruce nodding and soon she saw someone getting pulled into the sitting room by another police officer like she was some sort of criminal and her jaw dropped to the ground! Exact features, exact eyes, exact hair color, and style! The only difference was that the clothes she had on were worn out and looked ragged. Edward's feet staggard back in disbelief. "This can't be true. There's no way she would be the one I fell in love with. She can't be the one,” He whispered to himself, his gaze fixed on her as he shook his head. Edward refused to believe cause the girl he knew back in school didn't look this ragged. She was well-kept and was a good girl who was barely noticed but he did the moment he bumped into her in the hallway when she was in tears. How
Everyone listened to it attentively. * "Bruce, I can't live on like this. I love you. I've always loved you from the beginning! That's why I decided to date Edward, at least that way I'll get a chance to speak to you once at least because I never had a chance to speak to you," CShe confessed, her breath coming out shakily. "I have always loved you right from when we were little but I am just a girl no one took notice of. Just a girl behind the wall and when someone finally did, I did not. I do not Love Edward Yates. I love you, Bruce. It's you I want and love. I can do anything to make you believe me. I can strip myself right before you if that's what you need to see before you believe me, Bruce Yates," her voice begged desperately and for some seconds there wasn't anyone responding to her "I do not love you neither would I do so after you strip yourself. I love someone else and it's only her that I will keep loving," Bruce told her to her face genuinely."You should have some
* * * * After dropping Cherry off at school, it was already noon and she needed to pick her up before the bell rang for closing. Stacy headed upstairs to get her purse as she made a call to Bruce's line for God knows how many times now with no answer from him. She kept calling every time and now she was about to pick Cherry up from school but he was yet to answer his calls. "What's wrong? Why hasn't he been picking up?" Stacy's face was wrinkled as she glared at the screen of her phone. She was bothered about his whereabouts and worried about his well-being. "He should at least pick up and let me know that he is doing good rather than getting me so worked up!" Stacy grumbled, making another call to his which was yet ignored again with no answer. "Pick up the damned phone, Bruce!" Stacy yelled out at the screen, venting her anger and worry on the phone by the way she angrily held it. She climbed up the final stairs and was about to make a right turn when she b
"Where did he go? Wasn’t he here last night?” Stacy gasped, wondering why he wasn't on the bed and it was still very early in the morning. A knock on the door caught her attention and she moved her gaze to the door. "Mummy? Daddy? I've been knocking, why aren't you guys answering the door?” Cherry’s little voice caught Stacy’s ears as Cherry kept knocking on the door, outside the room. She immediately got down from the bed and was about to answer the door when she noticed how rough her hair was the moment her gaze brushed past the mirror. The rough night Bruce had with her replayed harshly in her mind. How could Bruce have left the room just like that without saying anything to her? Or was she thinking too much about it? She blinked her eyes three times, moving the memory and everything concerning Bruce to the back of her mind for the time being, and quickly combed through her hair, fixing the out-of-place strands of her hair. "Mummy?!” Cherry screamed and banged h
"I_i...I do," Her voice came out shakily that she couldn't tell him that she didn't want him. Or perhaps she did. She did miss him, his breath against her sensitive skin, his touch, the way his tongue played on her skin. She missed him a lot in these few hours while he was away, spending his time with Eddie. She just wished she could find out the reason why he was hurting her so much. He hurt her at first and now he was getting close to her like nothing happened before. Why should she let him her close to her again after what he did? He should pay for it. He must pay for it! "You do, huh?" Bruce smirked and slammed the door next to them shut with one of his hands, then twisted the key till it got locked as his gaze remained on Stacy, keeping her in place. "Then why bother to pull away from me when you know you want the same from me? Isn't that being inconsiderate? Being selfish when you know I need you? and miss you so badly? huh?" Bruce confessed as he whispered again aga
"What? How can cockroaches be in here?" Bruce frowned. Eddie hid behind him instantly. "Don't ask me those damned questions! How would I know? First, it was ants, and now cockroaches? What the heck is up with your room?” Eddie asked. “I don't know. It's never been like this,” "What do you mean by that? Are you trying to say all these insects started coming Into your room ever since I came here? Huh?” Eddie asked, glaring at Bruce. "I didn't say anything like that but if you take it that way, it might be true,” Bruce shrugged his shoulders. "I will call the guard to come and clean up the room so you can have some sleep. I might also have to hire another maid to clean up-” "Sleep where? So another type of insect can climb up my body? I can't sleep here, Bruce. I won't sleep in this scary room filled with all sorts of insects!” Eddie suddenly screamed when she felt a cockroach crawl up her feet. "Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!” She screamed but Bruce was confused about what h
An unknown knock was heard on their door and Bruce moved his gaze to the transparent door but could not see who was outside his room due to the way the glass was built. Eddie looked at him and then at the door, she knew that there were only two people who could come to Bruce's room by this time, knocking on his door. "Those witches won't let me enjoy my time here," She whispered under her breath, her eyes full of annoyance. Bruce was about to get up from the bed when she beat him to it. "I will check," She said you him gently and Bruce relaxed back. "Who is at the door?" Eddie asked as she walked to the door and opened it. There was no one before her till she moved her gaze downwards and saw the blonde-haired girl she had expected. She frowned her face at the sight of her before throwing questions at Cherry's face. "What do you want?" Eddie asked but the moment Cherry opened her mouth to answer her questions, she threw another."Shouldn't you be sleeping in your room
Eddie froze midway through her facade as she frowned and pouted her lips at Bruce. "Such a grumpy man. He can't even feed a pregnant lady who is in pain," She complained with a sneer on her lips. "I know that I am not pregnant but what if I was pregnant for him?! Could this have been the way he would have ignored me like I am a nobody all in the name of he is sleepy and tired?" Eddie rolled her eyes. "Douchebag!" She cussed him and sighed. "Goodness! I have to think of something really quick." She thought as she averted her gaze to his broad back that was faced against her. A few moments later_ "Oww!!" A loud cry erupted In the room. "I need water, please. My belly is hurting so bad! Our baby is in danger," The annoying cry pierced into Bruce's ears and he grumbled. "The heck is she up to now?" He almost yelled out. Shutting his eyes tightly, he remembered that damned man who forced him to do this. " Doctor Miles, I will make sure you pay for making me pass through this hel