Harper.“Harper!” I heard Mom call sternly as I was about to walk out of the office, I paused in my tracks and slowly looked up at Collin, I nodded for him to go ahead, he responded with a bow and walked out alongside the other board of directors. I turned around and walked back towards her.“What’s this?” She grunted stretching her phone out to my face, my gaze lazily left her face and landed on her phone screen, subconsciously leaning closer to the phone, it was the video I asked Collin to post earlier.“What the hell are you playing at Harper!” She snorted retrieving her hands forcefully from my front.“After seeing this video, do you still want me to get married to Novan” I said my voice firm but low and cool as I slowly stood up straight and looked her dead in the eye. She spluttered in an attempt to speak, looking everywhere but my eyes.“W-what w-w-what does it matter?!” She stuttered “Folks in love correct themselves how they deem fit, it shouldn’t mean anything serious, and
Harper."How could she stay with him after this?""Poor girl, she must be terrified.""I hope she gets help. This is heartbreaking.""She's just attention-seeking."“The rich also cry, I tell you. This is bad! I hope she gets out of that Toxic relationship”"Seeing this breaks my heart. I hope she finds the strength to leave him and start healing."“This particular lady eyes has actually seen a lot for a lifetime, first it was her family behaving like she wasn’t part of them and now this? I really hope she heals”"She probably deserved it. Why would anyone put up with that unless they liked it?""Why didn’t she fight back? I don’t get why she just took it.""Maybe she’s exaggerating things to get attention. Who knows what really happened?" "She’s not innocent in this. It takes two to tango.""Why is this even a big deal? Relationships have ups and downs.""If it was that bad, she would’ve left already. There’s more to this story.""She’s just staying with him for the drama. Some peop
Later that day , Damon’s office.Harper.“Collin is asking for some hours off, apparently he wants to meet up with Daphne,” I said looking up from my phone to Damon at his desk, he hummed and nodded slowly his eyes not leaving his PC.“Yeah, I think Daphne mentioned something about it,” he replied.“Oh wow, I didn’t know they are now that close,” i said, he raised his shoulder in a shrug still working on his laptop.“Why do I get the feeling that you do not like the idea,” I said to him as I stood up from where I was seated and walked up to him, I folded my hands across my chest and leaned on his table in front of him. He exhaled deeply and finally looked up from his laptop and looked up at me.“Eh, I don’t know, I don’t know how I feel about it,” he muttered.“Don’t be like that Damon, you’ve talked about this before and I told you, you can’t be the only man in her life,”“She has never been any relationship right, the least you can do for her right now is to support her right?”“Sh
Daphne.I picked up my jacket at the entrance and began to put it on as I walked out of the house.“Hi,” I stood up straight immediately I heard the voice, I just knew it was Collin I could recognize his annoying but sexy voice anywhere.“I told you not to come,” I muttered my face suddenly turning red, “I know,” he muttered moving closer to me with a small gift bag in his hands, immediately he got to me he stretched out the bag to me, I looked down at it and back up at him,“I told you, you don’t have to get me gift all the time, I’m no longer angry,” I said to him, he nodded firmly with a small smile his hand still stretched out to me.“I wanted to, let me” he simply replied, just as I was about to take the bag from him, the door pushed open sort of shoving me to the side.“Ohh my God, I thought you had gone,” Mom said as soon as she stepped outside, just before I could reply to her, she noticed I wasn’t standing alone. Her eyes dimmed in recognition and she leapt forward to him wi
Daphne.“So what you’re trying to tell me now is that we don’t have a shot at getting justice for our parent?!” I muttered folding my hands across my chest immediately Damon told me everything that had happened in the last few days. “No no, that’s not what I’m saying, I’ll make sure do everything in my power to make sure that our parent did not die in vain,” he said to me, I scoffed and wiped the small tears that streaked down my eye.“You’re still not saying what I want to hear, what if you don’t find this doctor? Or this doctor is not interested in listening to you what are we going to do then?!” I asked, he spluttered in an attempt to speak, he stepped forward and held my shoulders calmly,“Relax Daphne, just trust me,” he whispered calmly.“Why should I ?!” I snapped lowly.“No no Daphne please don’t be like this,” he muttered.“Then why didn’t you tell me?!” I whispered as my tears flowed down my cheeks.“I promise I was going to tell you, I just didn’t want you to worry,” he re
One day later, 5:30am …Harper.California.My eyes slowly fluttered open, I groaned deeply and stretched tiredly on the bed, earning a soft pop from my joint. We arrived California yesterday at about 4pm in the evening and I slept off immediately.My phone beeped by my bed side, I stretched my hands towards it and swiped on the answer button, I gently pushed myself up to a sitting position raising the duvet up my body.“Hey Collin, how’s the future,” I said sarcastically but still quite drowsily earning an hearty chuckle from him.“It’s just a one hour difference, how long have you been waiting to say that?!” He asked , I giggled slowly rubbing my face. “You have no idea,” I chuckled.“I’ll be heading to work soon, that reminds me, I sent you a link yesterday, you apparently haven’t seen it?!” He said and I nodded slowly like he could see me.“I was so burned out yesterday, I didn’t bother opening my phone, but I’ll do that now,” I said, I swiped away from the call and clicked in h
DamonLater that day … “So, how is Daphne?!” Cindy asked as we walked through the Bailey’s field, I slowly folded my hands behind me and nodded slowly.“I’m very confident she’s doing well” “I mean, she’s going for therapy and she has a kind man by her side,” I replied,“Ouu,” she muttered with raised brows as she slowly turned to me, “A kind man by her side? And you’re okay with that?! You’ve always not liked Daphne being around guys,” she said, I raised my brows at what she said, and bursted out laughing, although I wasn’t too surprised, everybody knew Cindy to be a straight talker.“What do you mean I don’t like Daphne being around guys?!” I asked.“Really?! Should I give you a list?!”“Okay fine! Maybe I’ve been a little strict on guys she had gotten close to in the past but …” she scoffed cutting my statement off.“A little?! You call everything you did back then a little?!” She asked, I chuckled lightly and exhaled deeply, okay, thinking about it now maybe I actually did a lo
Harper.- I decided to keep my cool and stay quiet, you know, Because it’s a woman’s world. But after seeing this video at the airport I could not hold it in any more. My heart shattered into pieces as I watched every second of the video. My fiance in another Man’s arms. I decided to release the real video, the one Harper Walter altered to garner attention to herself. Prior to the time of the video taken, I confronted her about Damon brown and she confirmed to my face that she had been sleeping around with him. She also said she would get married to me if I was interested in been in an open marriage with her. I was very angry, I mean who wouldn’t be! We used to be so in love, what changed? But she insisted that she wanted to keep having sex with Damon Brown. I wouldn’t lie that I wasn’t provoked! Because I was, but I didn’t lay a finger on her, I never would. I’m just happy that the public is starting to see the issue for what it really is! -“Shit! Shit!” I hissed loudly as I finally
One months later .Harper.As Damon and I walked out of the wedding reception hall, hand in hand, the sound of cheers and applause surrounded us. The air was filled with excitement, love, and celebration as our family and friends gathered around, clapping and throwing rose petals into the air. My heart pounded in my chest, the reality of what we had just accomplished sinking in—we were finally married. After all had been said and done, I was finally spending the rest of my life with the man I loved the most.I looked up at him, my husband, and he gave me that smile, the one that made my knees weak every time. It felt surreal. After everything we had been through to get here, after all the obstacles and moments of doubt, we had made it. We were bound together, forever.The cool evening breeze hit my face as we stepped outside, but all I could feel was the warmth radiating from his hand in mine. Our family followed close behind, their joyful laughter echoing around us as they took pict
Five days later. Geraldine.I paced through the bustling terminal of the international airport, I was putting on sunglases and an oversized hoodie and sweatpants to hide my identity.I had carefully been planning my escape, I had prepared these travel documents a long time ago as plan B, I used my maiden name nobody ever knew me as. Two days ago, Michelle was arrested, the investigations Harper began were finally completed, also she happened to have been involved in Damon’s Ex plans, she was taken into custody alongside Jade awaiting trial. Novan was also caught trying to kill Harper, and trust these little bastard to drag me right into the mud with them, they both became very sentimental and unreasonable after Michelle got pregnant. These are the issues! These are the exact reasons I hate children. My grip on my box tightened as I pushed it along, as if that wasn’t enough, Evidences of what happened Eighteen years ago began to resurface, I thought I had wiped clean all eveidence b
4:00pmDamon. “Harper was dismissed?!” I repeated immediately Collin mentioned it, he nodded slowly in response to my words and he went on to explain how it happened.“Shit!” “How is she ?! Is she doing fine?!” I asked as I looked up at Rose.“Obviously not, she’s still in her feelings and she says she just wants to be alone,” Rose replied.“How can she just want to be alone, someone has to be with her,” I said, she shook her head slowly.“No I think she should be left alone,” Rose said, I exhaled deeply and leaned into the chair, I dipped my hands in my hair ruffling it slightly. “What do we do guys, honestly we channeled all our effort in one direction, we didn’t have any plan B,” I muttered, Rose sat up straight in her chair looking between Collin and I.“There’s someone I’ll like you to meet,” she muttered and almost immediately the door open revealing Lisa and someone else behind her, “Thank you Lisa,” Rose said, she responded with a slight bow and with that she turned arou
Meanwhile, that same morning.Damon. I parked in front of the Jade apartment, I stepped out of my car and dashed to her front porch, I banged my hands on her door continuously, my patience waning by the second. The door went open, without even letting her say a word I violently pushed the door wider and walked in, she flinched lightly as she let go of the door knob and stepped away immediately. “It was you! You did this!”“You saw that I was drunk and you took advantage of me!” I yelled the veins in my neck popping out, she scoffed as she slowly folded her hands around her chest, “I took advantage of you?! Everyone saw the video and it seems to be the other way around,” “Your hands were all over me, you couldn’t get enough of me! You enjoyed it as much as I did!”“Can’t you see Damon?! We are meant to be, you love me,” she muttered stepping close to me, as she raised her hands to my chest, I angrily grabbed her hands and twisted it behind her,“Oww, that hurts!” She squeaked and
(Immediately after the meeting)Rose. “Have you found Michelle?!!” I paused in my tracks, my hands slowly loosened around the knob to Geraldine’s office , I stepped close and pressed my ear against the door“No ma’am, she’s not at her place , Novan is confused also, her friend’s apartment have been under locks for a while, I guess they ran away together,” “Leslie at this point I don’t need any negative answers from you, you should do your job perfectly,” I raised my hands over my mouth immediately she mentioned the name of the person she was having a conversation with. Oh my God! Who would have thought! Leslie?!“What about Harper?! Anything I need to know?!”“Ma’am Everything is under control, you’ve ruined all their evidences against you, at the moment everything is going south for them,”“Good! Now get back to your work station before anybody suspects anything,” I heard Geraldine say, I immediately stepped away and hurried over to the next passage way, after some seconds, I peak
Next Day Damon.My eyes slowly fluttered open, the moment I opened my eyes I felt a banging ache in my head, I winced in pain as I raised my hands to my head and rubbed my forehead slowly, I slowly sat up on the sofa where I was seated. There was a glass of alcoholic wine and a cup on the floor, I mistakenly kicked the glass with my legs but luckily it didn’t break. I looked down at my self, my shirt was undone, even the zip of my pant trousers, I exhaled deeply, the pain in my head still as prevalent as ever, just how much did I have to drink yesterday. I picked up my phone laying carelessly on the floor and stared in it, 07:00 am. It was already morning, I’m sure some workers would have arrived, I buttoned up my shirt and dressed up properly, I wanted to pick up my laptop bag but I decided against it, I’ll be coming back to the office very soon, I just wanted to go home and get changed, and come back to the office. I picked up my jacket and headed out of the office. “Ohh!” Lisa s
Damon.9:00pm I didn’t even know what to think right now, my head was empty, very empty, I already drank every single thing in my head away. I was dead drunk, I don’t usually drink talk more of getting drunk but with everything that had been happening recently I drank way more than my liquor limit. I’m amazed at the fact that I was able to drive without getting into an accident. I slowly looked up at the building I was parked in front of, ohh shit! The office. How can I be here, I really thought I was driving home and had gotten home. Ohh boy, I might as well pass the night here, I pushed the door open, staggered out barely keeping my acts together, I almost fell but I quickly grabbed onto the car door to steady myself, I squeezed my eyes shut tightly hoping to steady all the images spiralling before my eyes but I couldn’t, I gave up, slammed the door shut, locked it and headed into the office. Everyone had locked up and gone home, I fumbled with the lock for quite some minutes befo
Harper.“You misplaced the drive?!” Mr Henry exclaimed over the phone, I dipped my hands in my hair and ruffled it rigorously, pacing my office aimlessly. “I’ll make sure to find it I promise,”“There’s no need for that, Geraldine just left my office, she had it and she has destroyed it,” he said, I paused in my tracks immediately and looked up.“What!”“Yes! Obviously,”“But who could have told her about it,” he exhaled, I exhaled deeply and slowly dropped on to the sofa behind me,“That’s the thing! I have no idea,” I sighed frustratingly, I heard him exhale deeply over the phone,“Okay, let’s talk later, I’ve got to go” he said, I nodded slowly as I gently removed the phone from my ear and dropped it on the table. Just then the door opened and Collin walked in, “Harper ..”“Mr Henry just called,” I said cutting Collin off, he stepped forward and propped closer to me,“What did he say?!”“That we shouldn’t bother searching for it, Geraldine destroyed it right in front of his eye
Meanwhile.Michelle.“Tell me why you haven’t been picking up my calls!”I looked up to see Novan barge into my hospital room and slammed the door behind me, I rolled my eyes to the back of my head, obviously he’d be able to enter now, I sent the guy my mom out to monitor me on an endless exhausting errand, he paused in his tracks and looked up at me,“You’re packing, you’re leaving?! Did the doctor say you can leave?!” He asked all at once, I ignored him and kept on packing my things, I didn’t want to stay here anymore, it’s no longer safe for me, I want to leave. “Atleast tell me where you’re going!” He said as he grabbed my hands and turned me to face him, I bit the insides of my lips and snatched my hands away from him, I looked around the room, immediately I sighted the CCTV camera, I took off my platform slippers and aimed it at it, I didn’t miss, the CCTV camera came shattering down, “I’m going somewhere safe!” I finally said as I walked up to where I threw my slippers , pick