-Gabby's POV- Mark called that he wanted to see me and talk to me about something, only to become a completely different person. I returned from the restroom and started giving my attitude. But I'm just so confused really. Does that mean nothing was troubling Mark? Is that a sort of plan to take me out and then treat me like trash afterward? I have problems on my table that need attention. But I abandoned them to check on Mark's instead. Why do my good deeds always turn into disaster? Should I have known, I would kindly sit my ass down and not step an inch. On second thought, what exactly did Mark say he found in my handbag to start with? The last time I checked, I only had my perfumes, makeover products, and quite a number of my work samples. What exactly did he see that threw him off balance? Because I have thought about it. But I can't seem to have anything Cross my mind. It's fine. Maybe I need to take a proper look at my handbag once more, hope to see what this non
I was shocked when I heard Richard say that, cause it's getting close to a month now since Richard last spoke to me. He was the last person I expected to speak to me, at least not yet. I hurried to my room, picked up my handbag, and quickly ran outside to meet them, to my surprise. Richard was right in the car waiting for me to arrive. So he could drive off. I thought it was a joke. But it wasn't. It was real. He dropped the girls off at school and drove to the office. Till we got to our destination Richard never said jack to me, he completely ghosted me. But I wasn't bothered because I didn't expect him to be chatty. We got to the office, he ensured he wasn't forgetting anything. He went down and banged the door on me. What could I have said? Absolutely nothing. I got down myself and was walking down to my office when I saw Maria coming towards me. I wanted to pretend I hadn't seen her when she directly walked up to me with her unsolicited questions. I didn’t want to
A few minutes after talking with Mark on the phone, I decided to go through my phone, to see if I could see something that would cheer me up at least because Mark almost added another salt to my injury. And I needed not to think about what he said, because what does he mean by wanting to see me and real fast? I felt I was being too attentive to all the nonsense happening around me. So I decided to shake that off my head by going through my phone, probably looking at pictures or watching movies would help. While going through my phone, I saw a certain clip and I decided to click on it, because it looked quite interesting, when I saw Veronica sitting with a certain person I wondered what a video of Veronica was doing on my phone. I watched till the end but could not understand why I had that on my phone. I left it for something else. It took me some minutes to get tired of sitting in the cafeteria. I got my stuff and left the cafe to my office, the video of Veronica I ju
I stood still without uttering a single word. I was ready to see what was going to happen next. I had suffered all at the hands of Veronica. A few minutes later, she majestically walked in and adjusted her clothes in Richard's presence, then went on to say to Richard. " you send for me sir? " She said, walking towards Richard's table and suddenly placing her hand on Richard's table with chewing gum in her mouth. That lady got some nerve though. Imagine how careless she can be in the presence of Richard. I live with him. But I can never try this nonsense with him, not for any reason. But Veronica's case seems to be a different one here, just wondering how she's able to do all of this, with zero manners. "Can you stand properly?" Richard said, following her standing position, which she reluctantly changed, still chewing her gum. Richard took my phone and was about to go to the gallery when he asked me if he could and I permitted him without wasting time. He went to my ga
" I am sorry sir, please forgive me " Her whole body was shaking and you could tell the heat was much on her, Richard didn't seem like he wanted to hear any apology from her, all he wanted was answers. " I just want to understand your reason, Veronica, and not this thing you are saying here " " Please Sir I didn't know what came over me " Richard looked at her, smiled, then shook his head and said. " You are still not answering my question, Veronica " Veronica was going to say something when I begged Richard to take my leave. But he doesn't seem like he wants me to go just yet. I was tired of standing already and needed some rest, plus I have been stressing my brain lately, so I was thinking I could go rest. At least a part of my problem had been sorted out. But Richard declined, his reasons best known to him. I was completely tired and didn't think I could stand any further. So I asked " Can I at least sit for a minute? Please, I'm losing strength " "Go on, you can
Got home and Richard was still being sorry. Sorry about what exactly? He said it once. And I think that should be enough already. Why does he keep being sorry? He started checking up on me every minute to know how I was feeling . He was just here. and there and I was becoming even more uncomfortable, that I wished we remained the way we were. What if he finds out Mark already know we are in a contract marriage? What is he going to do this time, kill me? Finally, he came to find out if I could hang out with him, but I was surprised to why he would want to hang out with me for just proving my innocence, any body could have been the victim. So does that mean this is how he would treat every other staffs or am I suddenly becoming special? and I didn't notice? He came up to me while trying to do laundry and asked. " What day is today? " I looked at the cloth on my hand and wondered why he was suddenly asking for days, something he never did in the past . I was going to pr
-Veronica's POV- The game continues, and I may be out of their office. But I'm not out of their lives. At this point, I think they have successfully made me a part of their family. I will try everything in my power to get down with Richard. After all Gabriella was accused of, Richard still kept her around him. I guess he's very much in love with her, but no problem, I won't give up just yet. I think I will need to come up with an idea of what to do and real fast. But come to think of it. If I get down with Mark and Gabriella can't stand the betrayal, it shows she’s the weak one here. She takes things to heart easily and doesn't know how to control her emotions. Cause I'm sure Mark must have apologized to her and probably tried to explain what happened to her. But her feelings at that moment won't let her listen to anything. Since the guys' love towards her is always stronger, I will try it again, and this time around I'm getting down with Richard. I don't care what it takes.
“ Today is Saturday, remember? " Richard, who was sitting in the living room, said to Gabriella, who was holding Amber's hand and coming down from the kids' room. " Yea I remember, but I have to take care of something first " Richard looked at Amber and noticed her eyes were red and her face swollen. He was surprised to see Amber looking that way. " And Amber, What happened to her? " " She's been crying since, just came up to see her this way. ""You joking right? I just gave them ice cream a few hours ago. What's making her cry? " "You Daddy!" Richard was surprised and looked around himself to see if there was a scary spirit following him that would make Amber cry to the point of having a swollen face. " How baby, What did I do? " " You got me the wrong ice cream flavor" Richard almost burst into laughter but suddenly realized himself and bent down to her level to apologize to her. " You know Daddy would never do that intentionally, right? Just that I'm yet to ma
Shortly, after, the rest started coming down from the car one after the other and immediately Christy's countenance changed on seeing Gabriella, Richard noticed and said to her, " Mother please not now" she passed Gabriella went straight to the twin and opened her arms for them to come in." I have really missed you girls, do you miss grandmother at all?""Yes grand mother we do, good to see you again" the girls said at same time, immediately Richard came and interrupted them with his question, " Mother have you seen grandfather today?"" Haven't set my eyes on him since today, but he should be in his room"" I should go look for him now mother"" You should actually Richard, your grandfather is really mad at what he heard about you" Christy whispered to Richard's ear.Immediately he turned to go after his grandfather the mother said to him, " Richard make sure you only listen when he speaks okay?" he looked and smiled then headed off to his grandfather's room, he got there
On their way Richard had the urge to call John and invite him over to his family house, he called the first and second time but notice John was on another call so he decided to give him sometime and probably call him back.Few minutes later John called Richard back and he didn’t hesitate to take his call, " Hello John my good friend" " Sorry man, I was on a call with Chloe the time you called"" Chloe again, has she said yes already?"" Yes man she just did, I'm so happy".Richard smiled then turned to Gabriella and saw her smiling too, he didn't go asking her why she was smiling cause he already knows, he then continued, " That's good man, I'm glad she did, I actually called you to invite you over to my family’s house today"" Is there a problem Richard?"" Not at all man, I just need you my close pal by my side and that's all"" Nice one man but can i come around with Chloe?"" Feel free man, she's your girl now isn't she?" You can say that again Richard, meanwhile I need to i
Richard smiled and gently walked her to the couch to sit, few minutes later she looked and saw Sofia and amber looking at her and smiling, then she proceeded to ask them," What is it girls, are you both okay?"" Are we missing something mummy?"" How do you mean, did something happen?"" Your Look happened mummy, what in the name of beauty is this?". Sofia said with smiles all over face." You mean I look beautiful like this?" " Yes mummy, you are more than beautiful, please what are we celebrating mummy, daddy?" Sofia said looking at Gabriella and Richard, and they in turn looked at each other and said at same time," Nothing actually girls, is just a visit to the granny's"" I doubt this mummy, but we gonna find out soon"" Find what out Sofia, what is wrong with this girls?"" Nothing mummy, please who are we waiting for again?"" Ma'am Caroline Sofia, she's not in our midst" Amber said" What is holding her back? please let me quickly go get her".Sofia got up and about going o
-Mark's POV-After all the hard I fought I still ended up in this place without achieving my plans, how was I suppose to know uncle Richard would come for me that early?.My plan was to strike the third time then forcefully take Gabriella with me, cause that lady is my whole life, little did I know he has his own plans going on in his mind too, but come to think of it, how did this people find out I was the person behind the accident? yea I know I made the girls own quite open to them cause I was actually beclouded by my emotions.But this car thing got me really surprised, how were they able to know I was the person behind it? I just ended up a looser after all the hard I fought, if only I can turn the hands of clock, who knows where he would be taking me to after now. My mum will be surprised hearing the things I did so far just to have a woman for myself, csuse I know in the next family gathering grandfather would definitely want her to be there, and all this will be unveiled.R
She dragged her hands off and immediately ran to block Chloe's walk way, when Chloe saw she was shedding tears already she had to draw her closer and said to her, " Please don't cry Jessica, aunty is fine okay?"" So what is the problem aunty Chloe, why are you acting so strange?"" I'm not acting strange Jessica, I'm just overwhelmed by the moment"" Overwhelmed by the moment? what does that even mean?".When Chloe saw Jessica wasn't going to give on the questions, she then slowly whispered to her ear, " Uncle John was here" Jessica was excited and almost ran off with the excitement to go meet John outside when Chloe said to her, " He just left Jessica and he sends his regards and that pack you are holding"" Wow, I'm so happy aunty Chloe, did you guys hang out?" " Yes we did Jessica, can we go in peaceful now?"" Off course aunty, but did he say anything to you?"" Yes he did ma'am, and I'm sure you already know what that is".Jessica screamed and hugged Chloe very tight but
" Can I Please think about this John?"" Take your time Chloe, but just know I anticipate a good answer in the future"" It's fine John, I've heard all you said, I need to leave now I didn't tell Jessica I was coming here"" Yeah you would but you need to eat something first and possibly take some home to Jessica".He stood and held Chloe's hand then adjusted the chair to give her space to walk through, " Thank you John" " You are most welcome, now let’s go grab something to eat".They walked to where John parked his car and drove to the restaurant Chloe earlier mentioned she would like to eat in, soon their were there and placed their orders but John was shocked with how Chloe was rushing on the food, " But you never mentioned you were this hungry Chloe?".She looked up with her mouth filled up but didn't know what to actually say to John, she slowly bent and continued devouring her meal but suddenly said to John, " This food taste really nice?"" I know right?"" Yeah I had alwa
She became worried as John doesn't want to come straight and tell her what the problem is, she decided to stay calm and observe him but when she saw John was not ready to speak, she said, " How long will this continue?" she asked John and bent over the table.When John saw she was going emotional he had to quickly say to her, " Chloe?" she raised her head but completely down, " What is it John?" she asked him with eyes already turning red" I actually asked Jessica to speak with you on my behalf".For a complete 1 minute Chloe's eyes were still wide open, the shock completely took over her that John had to hold her two hands, immediately she looked down and saw John holding her hands.-Chloe's POV-Holy Jesus! what exactly is happening here right now ? I'm I being pranked on or something? what did John just said now? and why does his face look like he mean everything he is saying? my God, I seriously need someone to wake me up from this sleep cause I'm tired of dreaming.What if t
" But I told you to stop talking about that right?"" I'm sorry aunty Chloe but I can not, he likes you for real".She stood up from the bed in anger and kept walking round the room, Jessica herself became really uncomfortable as she doesn't know what she can do to make Chloe feel relaxed at that point, she stood up walked towards Chloe who was standing at the window and looking out from there.She got close and about to hold Chloe's hand when she screamed at her, " Get your hands off me Jessica!"" I'm sorry aunty I didn't mean to get you this upset Please" Jessica said going on her knees" But I told you Jessica, didn't I?"" You did aunty Chloe, but he just told me that himself"" He did what?".She quickly turned and rested her back at the window while looking at Jessica, " Yes aunty Chloe he actually did, he said he doesn't know how you may feel about it"" Really?"" Yes aunty Chloe"Chloe held Jessica's hand and said to her, " Going foreword Jessica I don't ever want you t
John took his time explaining his feelings to Jessica and she was shock at first, she thought about how herself and John could be thinking in same direction, " Uncle John should I see this as a joke or something?"" No Jessica, it's definitely not a joke, I myself can't explain how I came this far, and I can't put a stop to it either".-Jessica's POV-My goddess, my goodness, my goodness! he finally spilled the beans, my God I’m I dreaming? I told aunty Chloe Nothing is ever impossible and she thought is part of the kiddies talk.Now loook at it he has actually been feeling same way to the point of expressing his feelings, oh my God how can I hold back this joy so I don't make it too obvious to him that I have always wished for this my fairy plan to come to an existence?.But Nothing is wrong with him finding out anyways, at least it's a good deal on my side cause my aunty will end up buying me the dinner gown, wow! finally I'm going to own that same gown that I have always cherish