Kate gave Catherine a disbelieving look. “Fun!? They almost got caught and now Rose had proof that she had sneaked into the company. Not her exactly - yes her - but as Kate not Taylor, Rose wouldn't be able to trace it to her but still she wasn't willing to take that chance”.Catherine stopped ranting, replaced with a confused expression on her face. “Why did you sneak into Rose's company__I mean your family's company anyway?”.Kate rolled her eyes, deciding to tell Catherine how she had found a replica of her car, and what Alexander and Gracie had found out about her accident. And now she was working with them – Charles, Gracie and Alexander – to find out who was the culprit behind her accident - of course she knew already, Rose.“A virus!” Catherine exclaimed loudly.“Catherine!” Kate gave her a pointed glare, making a sign for her to shush.“And the virus used is rare and expensive but Rose is poor, she can't afford it”, she added in a hushed tone, so others won't hear.“What Alex
“You know how he is, busy with investments and his dad's other businesses, as you know Charles can't handle it all on his own even though he acts like he can”.Stephanie snorted at the thought of her son. He had been avoiding her and all attempts to make him come home went down the drain.“And you know it's almost fall, a lot of festivals and parties to plan, so I've been busy myself too”. Stephanie was an event planner. She planned the biggest and most luxurious events in the city.“Still we try to make time for each other out of our busy schedule, to keep the love alive”, she added, a wistful smile on her face.“Oh that's nice”.Stephanie didn't miss the dejected look on her friend's face, as she signaled to the workers to leave them alone.“What's wrong? Did you and Nath have a fight?” she asked, concerned.Tiffany shook her head, burying her face in her palm. Letting out a shaky breath.“No, me and Nath didn't have a fight. I've been feeling lonely lately, lost”, she confessed, a
At FastTech Limited.Catherine knocked on Rose's office door, not waiting for a response before walking into the empty office, a file in her hand.Rose's secretary, Stacy, had already told her beforehand Rose wasn't in her office. "Perfect!”.She glanced at the CCTV camera with the corner of her eye. She just had to find a way to switch the earrings without making it look suspicious.Kate's words replayed in her head. “There are CCTV cameras in Rose's office, switching the earring will be difficult but possible you just have to make it look like an accident”.“She just had to find where Rose kept the earring”, she said to herself. “She had a strong feeling it was in one of her drawers”.Catherine walked to the side of Rose's desk, placing the file on it, knocking over a stapler with her elbow in the process, causing it to fall.“Shit!” She exclaimed, squatting to pick it, hiding her grin. She quickly opened the drawers, trying not to make a sound.“Found you”, taking out the jewelry
“Kyle and Rose together”, the thought didn't sit well with her. Heck! Whatever Rose did she found it suspicious.“They were Kate's ex boyfriend and best friend, not anymore anyways”.Kate herself hadn't told her Kyle was her ex or if she had a boyfriend before her accident. She had come across a picture of them on social media. They both looked intimate in it, ‘Happy anniversary to my fav couple’, was the caption beneath it, and that was how she found out.“Too bad he turned out to be a jerk too”.Catherine was about walking away, when she heard the faint unmistakable sound of a moan. It wasn't loud but loud enough for her to guess the sound.She walked closer to the door, placing her ear to it.“She knew ease-dropping was bad, but this was about Rose!”.She heard the sound again, this time more clearly, followed by the groan of a man.“They were having sex”, the thought registered in her head, shock written all over her face, turning to a mortified expression.“Rose was having an af
Andrew?” Charles asked, as they rode the elevator to the cave unlike the first time Charles had driven them there with his car. “Yes”, she answered with a nod “Work?”. Kate nodded again, their conversation ending, neither of them spoke again as silence took over. The elevator stopped with a ding, they both walked out, going deeper into the cave to find Alexander and Gracie already waiting for them. “There they are”. Alexander was the first to notice their presence. Gracie turned to look at them suspiciously, not saying a word. Kate avoided Gracie suspicious look, she didn't need the latter to speak to know what was going on in her mind “So Alex, why did you call us here?”. “Good question Taylor”. “Get to the point”, Charles hissed. “Buzzkill”, Alexander muttered. “Last time we were able to conclude that a virus is the cause of Kate's accident”. “Which we confirmed with the real test report”, he added, turning to wink at Kate. “So?” Gracie probbed, a bored expression on he
Kate closed her eyes and then opened them again in an attempt to shut the voice in her head.“If anyone is going to know how Rose got the virus and who sold it to her, it's her”, she reasoned. “If we can find out who bought the virus, and gave it to Rose. Then we'll be able to prove that Rose was behind the accident, and not some brake failure”.The others nodded in agreement at Kate's reasoning, but Charles still had a contemplating look on his face.Kate turned her front to Charles, taking both his hands in hers. “You want justice for Kate don't you? Then do it for her and my sake”, she coaxed softly.“And maybe this might be your chance to have Rose out of your life permanently”, she added, only to their hearing.“Taylor was right. This might be the solution he was looking for to end his engagement with Rose. If he could get solid evidence that she was behind Kate's accident as they suspected, the engagement will be called off. Deal or no deal”.“Fine I'll go”, Charles cupped the s
Gripping the steering wheel, imagining she was strangling Curl’s neck, no, his d*ck, castrating him. Let's see if he'll still be cocky, when he's stripped off his manhood.She was heading straight home to soak herself in a long honey and milk bath, the thought made her ease her grip on the steering wheel. And that was exactly what she did.Catherine got into her room, kicking off her shoes, her clothes soon followed after, forming a pile beneath her feet. She walked out of her clothes, careful not to step on them. Getting the bathtub ready, not bothering to go about her ritual like she normally would, soaking herself in. The face of a devastating handsome man popped in her head. Curly dirty blonde hair, hazel eyes, pointed nose, defined jawline, clean shaven. Yeah, she noticed and so what.And yeah it was because of his curly hair she nicknamed him Curl. Yes! She was bad at coming up with nicknames, not her fault.He wasn't as handsome as Kate's Handsome Devil – Charles. Still he was
If Old Man Andino had really thrown her out of the house, she won't still be going to the office, and it would have made the headline - ADOPTED DAUGHTER AND FUTURE HEIRESS OF THE ANDINO FAMILY KICKED OUT OF THE ANDINO'S MANSION - but there was no such headline so it had to be the latter.“Rose had left the house to live with Kyle, interesting - now that will make a headline”.The video Catherine took would be really useful but she needed more - a video of them in the act. They had been having sex under everyone's noses, time for the whole world to find out.“Then the Donovan's will have to call off the engagement. Charles won't be engaged to Rose anymore and he'll be yours”, a voice sang in her head.Kate swore her heart fluttered at the thought, and even did a happy dance in her head. She shook her head to brush off the thought.“It will also be a good present for her ex best friend and ex boyfriend”.“What do you plan on doing?” Catherine asked, bringing Kate out of her thoughts.“E
At Charles penthouse Charles stared at his injured palm now wrapped in a bandage. Fred had come over to help clean it up. Running his hand through his hair. Had he read the signs wrongly? Taylor didn't love him like he thought . “He would have accepted it, if it was any other guy but it had to be Kyle”. The world had to be playing some cruel game with him. First Kate and now Taylor. His phone rang, disrupting his thoughts. He eagerly took his phone, a frown appearing on his face seeing it wasn't her – Taylor – placing his phone at his ear. “What now?” He hissed. “Woah dude! Woke up on the wrong side of the bed I see” the other person chuckled. “I don't have all day Vincy”, he hissed again. He knew he was behaving like an ass, a big jerk, but that's what happens when Taylor makes him mad. “Just wanted to remind you, I'm coming home next week, permanently “, Vincent said, ignoring his friend's cocky attitude. “And!?”. “You're picking me up from the airport. Damn! du
Rose eyed Catherine, sitting across from her, making the other weary. “Is there a problem ma?” Catherine asked, seeing as Rose hadn't said a word since she called for her. Rose kept staring at her, her gaze particularly on the two diamond cluster earrings which hung on Catherine's ear. “Why did she lie?” Was the thought on Rose's mind. “Or was she telling the truth?”. “After going through the CCTV footage for the past 2 hours - majorly skipping some parts - she found something interesting”. “Catherine had been to her office last week, when she went out, it was the day Kyle had walked in on her”. She had watched Catherine drop the file, accidentally knocking the stapler over, then bending down to pick it, nothing strange there, except it took her 5 minutes to pick up a stapler - a whole 5 minutes. She didn't miss the way Catherine stood rigid after she stood up, with the stapler in her hand, like someone caught doing something wrong, when Kyle had entered her office. “
At FastTech Limited, Everyone was seated around a conference table. Old Man Andino sat at the head chair, on his left was his secretary when he was the CEO and beside the man was Nathaniel, while on his right was an empty seat, and beside the seat was Rose, as the shareholders and the heads of departments filled the rest of the seats. It was the seasonal meeting held mid month of the start of a new season between the shareholders, and heads of department. Everyone was present, except one person, the seat beside Rose, at Old Man Andino right was empty. Rose wondered who the person was for the Old Man to wait patiently and make every other person wait as well. She had heard the person was going to be the new CFO, and was once an employer, and someone close to the Old Man – courtesy of her gossiping workers. 30 mins later and still no sign of their newcomer. Rose glanced at the wall clock, an annoyed expression on her face. It was time for the meeting to start but the Old Man wasn't
Kate rushed over to him worriedly, about to grab his bleeding hands which had shreds of glass in it. He held out his other hand stopping her. She stared at him confused, turning to an angered expression, was he really going to act stubborn now. She stared at his injured hand again, blood dripping onto the tiles. “Don't be stubborn Charles, you are badly injured”, she argued. “You don't want to go to the hospital, no problem, at least let me take a look at it”, she coaxed. She groaned frustratedly, seeing as Charles wasn't listening to her. “What was wrong with him, didn't he feel hurt”. Charles raised his head to stare at her, an unreadable expression on his face, his eyes cold and lifeless. Kate felt chills run down her spine at his stare, noticing something was amiss about him. “Charles”, she called out softly. “You're hurt”, she continued, trying to touch him again but he stepped back, leaving her hand floating in mid-air. Kate felt a pang in her chest at Charles' ac
"Accept who? back!” Kate thought with an incredulous look. “Yes, he really loves you can’t you see that”, another supported. “Girl, you're lucky to have him as your boyfriend. Just forgive him and get back together already”, “Who said anything about them ever dating?” Kate thought lost for words. Soon the crowd began to chant. “Take him back!”, howling and clapping in excitement. She turned to face Kyle, his arm holding out the bouquet to her already, a pleading look on his face but she didn't miss the mischievous glint in his eyes and slight smirk on his face. He would surely get an oscar for his acting skills, his plan had work. She took the bouquet from him with her free hand, plastering a fake smile on her face. “Fine I forgive you but don't ever do that again”. “Kyle was so desperate to worm his way into Taylor's life, fine. He won't be the same or look at any other woman by the time she is done with him. Taylor will do the one thing Kate couldn't do, “make Kyle fall in
The lush green leaves on trees were starting to turn yellow, it was autumn already. The chilly air of September replaced the cool breeze of spring, light clothes and sandals were replaced with thick woolen coats and boots to protect themselves from the harsh wind. Kate couldn't believe it. She had spent 2 months in City S, a month working at Donovan’s, and it was almost a week since Rose’s and Kyle’s scandal, things had been quiet since then. Charles had been away from the office since the day of the scandal being released. Jack had informed her that his boss had gone out for a very important work and he wasn't sure when he would be back. How could he leave without saying goodbye, she thought angrily when Jack had told her, but with each passing day her anger had only reduced to worry. She had tried calling him, but it only said the same thing over and over again – the number you're trying to dial is not rechargeable. In the meantime, she buried herself in work, things at the And
"___Infact she was the perfect wife in my parents eyes, my dad even loved her more than he loved me, his own son”, he snarled, anger in his tone.Yes, she could imagine. Kyle's parents loved her very much especially Mr Bruce who praised her anytime FastTech Limited had a profit, saying she would make a good wife and also grow their business – the Bruce’s – once she got married to Kyle.“No father would be proud to have an irresponsible son like Kyle who only spent his money on girls and parties, and didn’t take the family business seriously’.“How the hell had she fallen in love with him. Kyle was definitely not her type”. As black dark orbs flashed in her head, she shook her head, “no Kate you can't be thinking about him now”.“I had to get her back for my parents sake and my sake as well. Once my parents find out I was single again they'll make me go on blind dates with their stupid rich friends' daughters. Kate would continue to be my perfect girlfriend, while I go on with my busin
She looked around the floor, rooms were arranged on both the left and right side, separated with tinted glasses, having 2 booths inside each room. She bet whoever was inside could clearly see outside.She entered the first room on the right, directly facing the dance floor as it looked empty, walking over to the booth on the right side, where she could see the dance floor clearly below her.She had just taken 5 steps towards it when she turned to the left, spotting a familiar figure, lying lazily on the cushioned booth, a wine glass in his hand“Not him”. She hissed annoyed, turning to leave, taking hurried steps towards the exit, when he noticed her.“Beauty!?”.“Shit”, Kate cursed under her breath, stopping in her tracks. “She just had to meet Kyle in the same club! She had decided to celebrate her victory against him”. She slowly turned to face him.A grin formed on his face seeing he guessed right. “I knew it was you. What are you doing here, at a club__”, he paused, to take in he
Charles stared at his grandpa. He hadn't wanted to say anything because the others were there but now that they were alone in his grandpa's room, it took all his willpower to stop the foul words that threatened to come out of his mouth.One of them included a big Fuck!!!.“Do you plan on staring at me all day or will you talk?” Ryn asked his grandson, “We can talk about your upcoming wedding if you want, I know it's still months away, but the earlier the better don't you think”.Now the F word was just inches away from slipping out of his mouth before he forced it back.“Why did you do that?” Charles asked, surpassing his anger.“Do what?” Ryn stared at his grandson, feigning ignorance.“Haha! Very funny Grandpa”, he said sarcastically.“Fine you caught your old man”, Ryn said in surrender.“After what she did, you were meant to call off the engagement but you didn't”, Charles stated, saying what everyone had expected Old Man Donovan to do.“What she did was…”, Ryn paused.“Utterly di