Andrea opened her eyes the next morning thanks to her phone which vibrated incessantly on her drawer. Reluctantly, she reached towards it and pressed it to her ears without looking at the screen. "You little brat! You finally decided to return after going away for five years!" Those were the loud and harsh words that succeeded in totally eradicating the sleep in her eyes. She sat up and intended to end the call when the voice came up again, "You dare to hang up on me like you've always done and I will directly report you to your father!" 'Ah, what a nuisance!' Andrea thought as she got out of bed. Nevertheless, she didn't let it affect her tone of voice as she asked, "I didn't expect to see your call all of a sudden, master." "I also didn't expect you'll return so soon, Andrea." The man replied, his harsh tone replaced with a soft one. Andrea took the phone away from her ear and stared at the screen. Just like she thought, the man used a new number since she had blocked his number
Andrea arrived at a crowded school. Lots of students lurked within the school's premises looking dispirited as they walked about. "They got rejected." Someone suddenly said and Andrea turned to see who it was. It was an unfamiliar person, one that she didn't even recall in her last life. Like though realizing Andrea was questioning herself about her identity, the girl introduced herself, "I'm Carrie." Andrea nodded and walked away from her. Who had time to make new friends? Carrie's eyes deepened with amusement. Andrea kept giving her a reason to stay around a little more. Nevertheless, she wasn't in a rush. She practically had all the time in the world to tame her. Andrea got to the auditorium where the auditions were being held. Thanks to the vast number of people who had been rejected, only a few people remained. Valerie also happened to arrive late. When she saw Andrea, her pupils dilated. Even though it hadn't gotten to Andrea's turn yet, she already knew the latter would
The door opened and Andrea walked out. She walked to one of the two empty seats remaining and sat on it. At this point, Valerie bit on her lower lip. She didn't need anyone to tell her she would fail the audition. With Andrea not being around to tutor her on what to do, not auditioning sounded like a better option. Jane was soon called in and the latter got up. Valerie cast a worried glance towards Andrea's direction and bit on her lower lip. She got up and walked into the corridor where she phoned Georgina. "Mother, Andrea is auditioning as well. And she has even gotten a spot." Valerie said bitterly as soon as the call connected. Georgina said nothing for a while before sighing, "There are still two more seats, Valerie. Andrea takes one, Jane takes one and you take the other. Then when you three get admitted you can make the life of that little bit.ch a living he.ll.""I wish that was the case, mother." Valerie mumbled, rubbing her forehead, "Damon auditioned as well and he pas
Later that day in the Accardo's Manor "Mother, I don't know why I keep having this feeling Andrea knows what we're up to." Valerie whined as she walked within the room. Georgina who was looking out of the window, turned towards her flustered daughter, disapproval written all over her face. "There's nothing to worry about, Valerie." She sighed, "Unless Andrea went to future and figured out our plan, I doubt she'll ever realize what has been going on." Unlike before, Georgina's words did nothing to calm Valerie. Her mind flashed back to the mocking smile Andrea had given her in school and she shook her head again. "Then how do you explain all her refusals?" Valerie scoffed, coming to a halt, "Ever since the day she had survived from that jump, she has been treating me badly." "Ah, so that's where the problem is!" Georgina suddenly exclaimed and got up. "She's still pissed about what happened that day."Valerie raised a brow in confusion trying to understand. "She can't seem to fo
Andrea's eyes deepened when the man said nothing for a long time. She looked up at him in a slight provocation. "Fine then. I guess the bet is off then." She flashed him a smile which implied he just missed an opportunity to make 200 million. "Fine." He finally blurted out, taking out his phone, "But how am I sure you will keep to your own end of the bargain by giving me three hundred million once I win?" Andrea glanced at Davis who was right beside her with a funny look. "His name is Davis and he lives in Beaufort Estate, house 1, the most beautiful house at the end of the estate. Does he sound like someone who'd run with your money?" Davis was rendered speechless. He already guessed from her previous behavior that she was running low on money and since he refused to lend her the other day, she thought of this. How clever!The man on the other hand, nodded. "Forgive my rude manner. My name is Ryan Myers." Andrea merely hummed and took out her phone as well. She failed to notice
Andrea walked out of the office and hurried down the stairs where she met Georgina and Valerie standing in the living room. Her hurried footsteps attracted their attention and they turned to look at her. "Andrea, how are you? I heard about your successful admission into R.D Law Firm. Congratulations!" Georgina said, walking towards Andrea. A fierce light flashed past Andrea's eyes and was gone the very next second. She stopped walking and waited for the mother and daughter to get to her. "Thank you, Georgina." She replied and Georgina was taken aback. The woman smiled seconds later, choosing to ignore the fact Andrea who often referred to her as 'mother', now referred to her using her first name. "I see you're still upset about the bad advice Valerie gave you the other day." Georgina suddenly sighed. Andrea raised a brow as she sensed a foul play. Glancing between Valerie and Georgina, she finally realized what Georgina planned to do. "Anyone would brood, Georgina. No one is e
Ryker dropped Andrea in Law College where there was a car already waiting for her. "I was invited to a ceremony today and was wondering if you'll want to go with me?" Ryker said hesitantly. Andrea had her back turned to him as she tried to open the door. "Sure. What time is it?" The man raised his eyebrows in surprise. He was getting ready to use his authoritative tone on her. Nevertheless, this attitude of hers kept scaring him the most. "Starts at 8pm. I'll send Hayden to pick you up." He replied and she nodded. Then she opened the door and walked out of it. Almost immediately, Davis drove forward in the Lamborghini. Ryker nodded at him before driving away. "Please don't tell me you made us wait because Andrea!" Jane huffed at the agent. The woman bowed slightly, "I'm sorry for the delay, but I was told not to leave anyone behind. Thankfully, she's here, meaning we can go now."Jane scoffed, but said nothing else. Thankfully, it was a limousine which meant the three of them h
She got back to her new boss' office and gently dropped the coffee on it. "Thirty minutes was what it took to drop some documents with someone just outside my door and buy a cup of coffee from the canteen. How impressive." The man said without looking up at her. He didn't even glance at the coffee. Andrea said nothing. Her eyes settled on the name on the name on his table, Attorney Jeremiah Webber. Ah, no wonder he was being such a douchebag. Although she didn't really care about what went around in her country in her past life, she did know Jeremiah became famous and highly sought after after he was able to incriminate a mafia man who had done so many bad deeds.No attorney could stand up to him for fear of either losing their jobs or lives. Despite what was done to stop Jeremiah, he persevered. Hence, when he came out victorious, he became some sought of a justifiable figure to the netizens. But she also recalled he had also garnered a lot of enemies who wanted him dead. Luckil
Three months later Carrie and Andrea sat on the roof of Ryker's house overlooking that buzzing city. Life had gone back to normal for them. Or at least for the moment. Gabriel had taken back his entire after Andrea refused to take over it just like before. Elaine also bailed out of being the head of the Forbes and the mafia boss. And so did Andrea. Hence, it fell on Carrie's shoulder. Carrie held up the jug of coffee in her hand and chuckled sheepishly, "I've always hated coffee, but for the last three months, it's been my very good friend." "It must be hard finally being at the top of the pyramid, isn't it?" Andrea grinned. "Hard isn't the word you should use. I think difficult and impossible should fit just right. At the rate at which my life is going, being the boss will soon become an impossible task for me. How did you deal with it when you were there?" Carrie breathed out in exasperation. "As a woman, it was hard. Marco dared me, a lot of men in the mafia also dared. All I
"What do you intend to get with all of these, Aindrea? I mean, with me, father and mother gone, you'll have no one on your side. That's going to be such a sad and pathetic life, don't you think?" Andrea tutted. "I've been living that pathetic life since the day I was born because my parents thought my younger sister was the cuter twin. So they did a lot of things for her." "You always talk about being the firstborn and everything. The responsibility of being the first born is to be self-sacrificing. You certainly do not have such quality." Andrea chuckled, her eyes almost losing. Aindrea smiled and squatted beside her, "Do you think I care?" "I know you don't, which is why I'm offering you the best thing that could ever happen to you; take as much money as possible and go far away from us. Start up a new life with your son and live the luxurious life you've always wanted. You can start up your own empire and in the future, we will act like we have no idea who we are to each other.
The Accardo's Manor Gabriel glanced towards Andrea's room where Aindrea now occupied as he heard the sound of so many things smashing and breaking. "Does anyone have any idea what's going on?" He asked no one in particular, but his workers who were in front of him shook their heads. Even those in the mafia who had come into the house on Gabriel's order had no idea. They couldn't go up to check up on Aindrea as she was now their boss. "She's obviously upset and breaking things." Damon said walking into the house. Gabriel tilted his head to look at him before taking his eyes away. He no longer had any control over who came into the house and who didn't. And since Damon was with Aindrea, there was nothing he could do about his appearance. "You don't look surprised to see me? You probably knew I wouldn't spend the rest of my life in jail, didn't you?" Damon hissed, inching closer to Gabriel. "If you're working for Aindrea, you're making the wrong choice. A very wrong choice which
Presley rushed to the station less than ten minutes later, but to her dismay, she found Carrie seated beside Luca as they drank sodas. Luca squirmed closer to Carrie when he saw Presley. He recognized her to be the woman who led him to the warehouse. Carrie takes another can of soda beside her and extends it towards Presley. "I think he recognizes you." "And I think you should return him to me." Presley responded, sitting beside her. Luca held onto Carrie even tighter when he heard Presley. "You're scaring Ryker's son and you're actually admitting to have kidnapped him. Are you, perhaps, tired of loving?" Carrie hissed. "I didn't kidnap him, I only took him in and kept him in a safe place for his parents." Presley corrected. "You took him in without the consent of his parents and have kept silent all these while despite being aware that's one of Andrea's realism for coming to New York, a city she vowed never to visit." Presley snorted, opening her can of soda. "I don't care a
The following morning, Carrie walked out of the ward's bathroom fully dressed to meet the doctor in charge of Cheryl inside the ward. Cheryl was still fast asleep."She seems a whole lot better now." Carrie was the first to comment. The doctor agreed with her as he nodded. Then he pushed the file in his hand towards her, "Her vitals are stable and we've monitored and checked her numerous times to see if she'd have any relapse in the future, but our system states she won't. However, we'll require her to come once a week for regular check-ups until we deem her fit to return back to her normal activities." "Okay, sure." Carrie mumbled, taking the file. He handed her a file and she took and signed on it. Afterwards, they were ready to leave the hospital. Carrie sat on a chair waiting for Cheryl to wake up. Cheryl woke up an hour later, prepared and they were ready to go. The ride back to Carrie's place was slow and silent as none of them wanted to talk about the events of the past few
One hour after Ryker left, two lawyers had been summoned; one for Gabriel and the other for Georgina.Georgina stood defiantly on the other side of the room, her eyes locked with Aindrea's. "I want what's rightfully mine," she insisted, her voice laced with anger. "I deserve half of everything Gabriel owns.""Georgina, you have to understand that Gabriel doesn't have anything anymore. He gave it all to me. There's nothing left to divide. Frankly speaking, since you're the richer spouse, you should be the one giving to my father." Aindrea tutted. Georgina's face twisted with disbelief. "How can that be? He was wealthy. I won't walk away empty-handed. I won't allow it!"Aindrea didn't expect Georgina to understand, so she could only nudge at the family's lawyer to draft out a divorce agreement which would favor both of them.The lawyer quietly began drafting the divorce agreement, carefully outlining the terms and conditions. The pen moved swiftly across the paper as he kept a blank fa
The Accardo's Manor Early that morning, Valerie heads out of the building to jog within the vicinity. Two hours later, she turns and jogs back. However, she is forced to stop when she sights a familiar figure standing in her way. Taking off her earpiece, she tuts silently and asks, "I didn't know you were out of jail. Did Gabriel release you?" "No, he didn't. Aindrea did. She even brought me to live here until I get an apartment." Damon responded, taking slow strides towards her. For each step he took, she took two steps backwards. Seeing this, he scoffed and stopped walking. "Why are you moving away from me? You don't think I'm going to hurt you, do you?""I heard people pick up bad behaviours in jail. I don't think we should continue our relationship. I think it's best if we both go our separate ways." She stated in a righteous voice. "Go our separate ways? Are you trying to abandon me now that I'm worth nothing?" He hissed and continued walking towards her. "Don't take it pe
The Forbes' Manor The next day Elaine walked down the stairs the next morning and straight to the dining room to see Andrea seated already and enjoying her breakfast. "I didn't know you were still around." "I'm not leaving until I find what I came for." Andrea stated, forking a pancake into her mouth. "Why do I have a feeling you're about to do something crazy? Maybe like, umm, snatch my empire from me?" Elaine chuckled, taking her seat opposite Andrea. "I have no business with your empire." Andrea thought she should clarify. "And you're not also upset that the more you hesitate to do what we talked about the other day, the more things you hold dear will keep getting snatched from you?" Elaine inquired, and raised her phone provocatively. She tapped a few things on it before sliding it over to Andrea. "Seen it?"Andrea dropped her fork and took up the phone. When she saw the heading of the news, she paused the video and slid it back to Elaine. "I watched the live broadcast.""
The Forbes' Manor Andrea slipped her phone out of her pocket when she felt it vibrate. It was a text message from Ryker. She read the words on it with a blank face before slipping back into her pocket. "You should respond to his messages." She heard Presley say behind her, but didn't turn to acknowledge her presence. "I'll talk with him when I've organized my thoughts." Andrea breathed out. Presley chuckled and walked towards her. She stood beside her and sighed. "You think you know Ryker Darius, don't you? What if I tell you there are a lot of things you don't know about him." "I'll believe you." Andrea replied almost immediately, catching Presley off guard. "Then you should know better than to believe any word that comes out of his mouth." Presley admonished, getting a grip on her emotions. "Thank you very much, aunt. I'll do well to keep that in mind." Andrea turned to her and smiled. "You're welcome." Presley nodded, returning the smile, "I also know you've been snooping