The guards began pulling Vanessa’s arms without warning as they dragged her out of the door. “What are you doing? Do you know who I am? You, worthless guards, can't reach up to my standards even in the years to come!“ Vanessa yelled at the guards as they effortlessly pulled her feminine body out of the building even after Vanessa struggled not to move an inch but the guard's strength overpowered hers. "Bruce Yates! Get your fucking self out of there! You dare to ruin my career over that wretched wife of yours from a stupid family! Believe me, I would frustrate you guys. I will ruin your relationship with that bitch! I will ruin you all, just watch and see!“ Vanessa screamed. A Rolls Royce Phantom pulled up before the tall glass building of the Yates company and a hefty bodyguard dressed in a black uniform and sunshade came down from the driver's side of the car went to the back seat and opened the door. He bowed before the figure who sat in the car before he stepped to the si
"You should go.." He did not finish talking when Stacy opened the door with her fingerprint on the sensor and barged into the sitting room. The sight that caught Stacy’s gaze was unbelievable. Edward had his hand wrapped around Ethan's neck as he pressed her dad against the wall. Olivia was coughing out blood as she held onto her neck. Eddie was standing far away from the scene but the moment she saw Stacy step in, she rushed to her side. "What is the meaning of all this that I am seeing?" Stacy asked when she came out of her thoughts. " I've been asking him to let go of the old man but Mr. Yates won't listen. I've tried countless times to tell him to stop strangling him or else he might die but he turned deaf ears to my words," Eddie reported, feeling scared for the unknown old man's life. Her eyes moved to Edward and Ethan. Edward relentlessly tightened his grip on Ethan while Ethan kept fighting to pull Edward's hand away. "Get away from me, useless child! it
Edward flashed to his mother's side and yanked her arm around in anger at what she did. "Mom, what was the meaning of that?! why are you behaving like a kid? Even that little brat is much mature than you by what you just did now," Edward yelled at her. Olivia peeled his hand off her arm and gave off a warning as she wore a serious face. "Don't you dare pull me in that manner and yell at me again, Edward. When next you try such you will have my hand running across your face to bring you back to your senses," Olivia warned with a pointed finger. Edward raked his fingers through his long dreads, feeling frustrated due to the multitudes of feelings he felt within him. He let out a deep sigh. "Fine mother. I am sorry but at least stop this and come with me so you can be checked up and attended to by the doctor. you have blood all over you right now,“ Olivia sneered at him and walked out of the mansion without a word. Edward darted his gaze to Stacy’s face for a few seconds
Ethan was stunned once again. it's been a long since he last tasted food prepared by Stacy which was one of the reasons he came for a visit to the Yates Mansion. "So you are saying that because your husband told you not to go into the kitchen; It means you won't cook for your father?" "Yes, I won't. it's a rule I must abide by no matter what. You should freshen up and I will go downstairs to instruct the cook on what to prepare for you," Stacy said and left with no other words. Ethan stared at her retreating figure for some moments before entering the room she had told him was prepared for him. Stacy got to the kitchen entrance and saw Eddie standing close to the cabinet with her back facing her as she trembled slightly. "Eddie?" She called out her name. Eddie jerked in shock and quickly wiped away the tears from her cheek. Making sure she had her tears dried up before turning to face the voice that called out her name. Eddie turned to the kitchen entrance and saw her
"You are talking about Mr. Yates, right?" Eddie laughed it out. "Of course. Do I have two husbands or what that you're asking," Stacy laughed. "Who is the lucky guy that you fell head over the hill in love with to have made you cry so much?“ Stacy asked. A blush crept up Eddie's cheeks. "He lives under the same roof with us,“ She whispered under her breath as she stared at feet with her dark hair falling over her face. "He lives here?“ Stacy's brows creased as she stared at her. who was she referring to? There were only three men currently living under the same roof and she was sure it wasn't Bruce or Ethan. "Edward Yates?“ Stacy asked which came out more like a gasp. Eddie nodded. "Yes, Eddy," She blushed more. "I remember clearly the first day he came to the same school as mine. He gave off that cold aura that I could not even approach him neither could anyone else. He was aloof and quiet in school, always looking mad over something and I kinda found out that he did not w
"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
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