“Let me help with your luggage,” Oliver said and took Esther’s luggage from her.
Esther and Oliver were discussing the 125th founding anniversary of the school while they made their way to the bus and unaware that a pair of emerald green eyes were watching them like a hawk.
“Can I sit next to you?” Oliver asked with a flushed face but Esther didn’t notice it as she was listless seeing Maverick coming out of his car with Agnes.
Seeing her being absent minded, Oliver repeated and his voice a little louder this time. “Can I sit here next to you?”
This effectively caught Esther's attention. “Sure!” Esther said and took the seat beside the wind
Esther looked at Betty and it gave her strength to see Betty’s reassuring smile. She lifted her foot to take a step away from Maverick, however just as she had taken a step, Maverick spoke. “Running away from me Esther?”Esther paused and turned to look at Maverick. Suddenly a snowball crashed into her shoulder, accompanied by the man’s chuckle. It startled Esther for a moment but she gathered herself shortly, seeing the man was laughing. ‘He isn’t angry.’Quickly, Esther crouched down to form a snowball and threw it to Maverick. The employees who were waiting to see Esther humiliated were equally surprised. Instead of dwelling on it, they resume the snowball fight.“Time out! Time out!” Esther lifted her hand
Night time fell, Esther received a message from Maverick asking her location while she was waiting for Betty to come out of the bathroom.[Still in our room, waiting for Betty.]Maverick, dressed casually, looked more handsome. Many female employees could not help but look at their young and handsome CEO with admiration.Agnes saw Maverick sitting alone on the couch and her eyes glinted. It’s an opportunity for her to seduce him. She sashayed towards Maverick and sat beside him with almost no space between.With a frown Maverick looked up from his phone and scooted away from Agnes to create a safe distance between them. Although Maverick was young and only in his early twenties he could see through
Slowly, Spencer closed the door of their room and returned to his parents. “She’s asleep,” Spencer gave his parents an apologetic look. Both Frank and Gloria chuckled remembering the time she was pregnant with Spencer. It was in the dead of night and it was raining cats and dogs when she asked Frank to buy a pizza. And when Frank returned with the box of pizza, Gloria was fast asleep and no matter how Frank woke her up to eat the pizza she just refused to stir up. The pizza ended up in the fridge but later discarded as Gloria didn’t want it anymore. “We totally understand it. Don’t worry about me and your mom.” Frank reached out to squeeze his son’s shoulder, reassuring him. “Thanks, dad, mom.” Spencer went back to their room after his parents retired for the night. *** Zoey visited her new three-month- old cafe branch. As she entered the cafe the staff were in a hurry. “What’s going on here?” Seeing more than fifty cups of coffee on the countertop. “The CEO of the comp
“I’m not rich yet.” Comparing herself to business tycoons, Zoey has a long way to go. Having spoken her thoughts, Zoey left. After Maurice was done with his meeting. He stood before the floor to ceiling window overlooking the coffee shop across the company building. His mind went to that feisty woman. Maurice shook his head. “What am I thinking?” Although she was undeniably beautiful, he would never be attracted to women who act tougher than him. She was like a man. He likes women who are gentle and quiet. Maurice's phone rang, taking him back from his thoughts. “What do you want this time?” Maurice's cold voice rang in the spacious office. “Maurice, I’m sorry. Please give me another chance,” Niki’s pleading voice was heard by Maurice but it didn’t move him a bit. He did not listen to his mom and fought for her but what did she do? She cheated on him. The man she introduced to him as her cousin wasn’t really her cousin but her lover. She made him a fool. Talking to her
Zoey didn’t even try to hide her exasperation and rolled her eyes. Maurice’s eyes narrowed considerably in displeasure. However, it would be rude if he just walked past the old woman without acknowledging her. He’ll just ignore the granddaughter of the old woman. “Good evening, Mrs. Desmond,” Maurice said and trained his eyes on the old woman, refusing to give the young woman beside her another glance. “It must be fate that we ran into each other again.” Mrs Desmond said with a light chuckle. Not ignorant of the meaning, Maurice said dryly, “It’s a coincidence, Mrs. Desmond.” He lifted his hand checking the time just to find an excuse. “Please excuse me, Mrs Desmond, it’s a long drive from here to my house, so I have to go. Bye.” Maurice strode away but he heard Zoey say, “Arrogant!” His hands that were relaxed the whole time clenched into fists at what he heard. ‘She had the nerve to say that to me.’ As usual Zoey woke up with the chickens. As her daily routine, Zoey jogge
Clayton shifted his attention away from his phone to the person seated across from him. Instead of being attracted or aroused at the provocatively dressed woman. Disgust welled up in him and it was displayed in his handsome face. Kwanjai was taken aback by the visible disgust Clayton had for her. No man had ever looked at her the way the man looked at her at the moment. They either look at her with an amorous glint in their eyes or with adoration. However, this man, an unconcealed repulsion was written all over his beautiful face. Without a word, Clayton stood up and left filled with disgust. And walked in the direction where the restrooms were located. “Hey, what are you doing here?” Emerald was surprised to see Clayton waiting at the door of the ladies restroom. “A woman tried to seduce me.” Clayton complained as he surrounded Emerald with his arms. “If you only allowed me to come here, she wouldn’t have the chance to come near me.” Emerald looked up at the sullen expressi
Although she had made a decision to let her know that she saw Maverick leaving the hotel with a beautiful woman, she found it hard to begin. “What? Cat got your tongue?” Esther teased her to alleviate the tense atmosphere. Betty swallowed before opening her mouth to speak but the phone atop her desk rang, stopping her from disclosing what she saw. She picked up the handset. “Come to my office,” Betty heard the familiar voice and her body went straight like a ramrod. “Okay sir,” Betty answered and she looked at Esther while putting down the handset. “I’ll talk to you later, the boss wants me to report to his office.” “Okay,” Esther sighed. Meanwhile in his office, Maverick was tapping his fingers on his table as he waited for Betty. “Come in,” he said as the first knock. “Betty, I need your help,” Maverick said as soon as he saw Betty enter the office. Betty couldn't help but frown, she couldn’t forget that he and a woman got into the same car, leaving the hotel. B
“Congratulations, Mr Strong and Ms Wagner,” Zoey said when she was near them. Maverick and Esther, shook hands with Zoey. On the other hand, Maurice who was near them took his phone and pretended to check on his messages.“You did a great job, Ms Desmond,” Maverick gave her two thumbs up. “Thanks Mr Strong but I only managed to come up with that idea because of the information you gave to me about Ms Wagner.” Zoey didn’t want to take all the credits. With clients' willingness to give her an input she was able to come up with such ideas. “By the way, Ms Desmond, I will introduce you to my siblings and in - laws, who knows, perhaps they will be your clients soon. That man wearing a black suit with gold tie is Theo, my eldest brother and his wife, Tracy. Next to her is my sister, Maya. Well we are triplets, and Maurice is my identical twin. Next to Maya is her husband, Spencer. And also the one seated on Maurice’s left side is Esther's best friend, Betty with her boyfriend, Rex.” Zoe