Vera quickly moved away from the door and ran to her room so she could hide from the person coming out. She clenched her hands tightly as soon as she got to their room. "His driver?" She gritted her teeth angrily then looked away."I'll rather die than be in this house in poverty!" She clenched her hands tightly and returned to her room. She waited for some few minutes without hearing anything from Rex. She thought he might have gone out of the house so she decided to execute her plan right away. She quickly put on some sexy clothes in her hand bag and walked out of the room. She looked around then silently sneaked out of the mansion."The guards aren't in the gate," She muttered on seeing how silent outside was. She looked around the ran straight at the gate and dashed away.She looked around like she was waiting for someone.She took out her phone and dialed a number,"Where are you?" She asked the instant the call connected."Come foward, I can see you," A cold voice answered. Sh
Vera smiled to herself as she stared at the document. This was the last thing she expected. Rex surely knew how to keep a secret. Did he actually think she was as gullible as Ariana? She brought out her phone and dialed a number. It rang twice before the other person slurred."Vera, you should know how much I value my beauty sleep...""Rex had been lying to me to me!" Vera said, cutting him off. She calmly explained what she saw and the reason she called him."What?!" Sam's voice sounded from the phone. He sounded excited yet, doubtful. "A mansion?! You told me he had no money so how come he bought a mansion!?" Sam yelled angrily."I- I don't know, I am as confused as you and right now I don't know what to do," She said biting her nails."How much does it cost," He asked, breathing heavily."$20,000" She answered."That's a lot of money, damn it!" He cursed angrily."We have to either get that mansion or sell it!" He said."We need the money to start up a new life together and eve
"I am not leaving this place until I hear the said words from Vincenzo! He ha to tell me by himself that he is wedded to Harriet!" Ariana yelled angrily. She looked around and picked her phone to dial Vincenzo's number but the mother was quick to snatch the phone from her."You wouldn't dare to do and if I were you, I will pick my bag in shame and leave this premises instantly!" She said firecely then threw the phone away. "I see all these as tricks you and Lily are trying to pull on me but I will tell you this for the last time. Vincenzo isn't one to betray me!" She defended."Did I hear that right?" Harriet's voice sounded from the living. Her voice was filled with mockery and sarcasm.Ariana's eyes widened in disbelief as she slowly turned towards where the voice came from "What are you doing here?" She asked coldly. Everything felt like a mess, why does she have this feeling that they were trying to ruin their relationship?!"Isn't obvious or are you now blind that you can't see
"Ariana!" Shirley screamed her name. As soon as Ariana got into the apartment, she could finally let go of her emotions and before she knew it, she slumped down, unconscious. Shirley quickly rushed forward, grabbing her. She wanted to take her to the hospital but she couldn't lift Ariana up. "Please help me sir! My friend is heavily covered in blood and I am afraid she might-" Shirley dashed out of the house hoping to get a cab but none was working at this time of the hour.But thankfully a neighbor was about going out. Hearing Shirley's voice, he quickly walked toward them."Oh, my God. What happened to her?" The man asked and quickly followed after Shirley towards where Ariana was on the floor.Her clothes were still wet and there were few bloods stain on her wet shirt."Come on," The woman carried her and they got inside the car and drove out of the place."Please help me! I need a streacher!" Shirley yelled the instant she got inside the hospital.A nurse turned towards her dir
"Ariana, I am home!" Vincenzo's domineering voice echoed in the quiet house. He placed the briefcase on the table while he took out his phone to check the time with his hands covered in gloves.His meeting involved shaking hands with women representatives. In order not to cause misunderstanding, he always put on gloves to those meetings. Due to his haste to get home, he couldn't take off the gloves. "It's 6am already," He thought then climbed the stairs that linked to their rooms."Ariana?" He called out knocking at the door but no one answered him and just as he was about to call Martin, a crash sounded from the room."Ariana?" He held the knob and pushed the door open. He looked around and frowned at the dark room before him."Why are you hiding in the dark, Ari. What are you doing?" He chuckled lightly and turned on the light but was shocked to see the person before him. "Harriet," He spat out coldly. Harriet smiled alluringly then slide off the bed walking seductively towards hi
"Were you able to get in touch with Shirley?" Vincenzo's cold voice resonated in the car as he got inside. He had just returned from the office to pick up a file."No, she isn't answering her phone," Martin replied and the sound of objects crashing could be heard in the background."Are you sure you are okay there?" Vincenzo asked."I am fine, just a little dizzy. I'll send my men to check her house and you should go to Ariana's house or any place you think she can go to," Martin said."I am already there. Give me feedbacks later," Vincenzo said then hang up the call.He turned on the engine of the car and drove off into the streets. He quickly dialed Mark's number and instructed him to search for Ariana's whereabouts but there was a problem."You found her?" He asked slowly waiting in line for the traffic light to enter green."No sir. We searched all the places we know that she would be but nothing," Mark replied. " Her phone is with me and it will be very difficult to find her w
Half an hour ago…Ariana's apartment."What are you doing here?" Ariana's brows furrowed tightly as she stares vigilantly at the haggered looking man."I am here to see you," His voice sounded hoarse and his breath reaks of alcohol."Please leave," Ariana said through clenched teeth."Oh, no I can't," He leaned towards her but she quickly backed away."I do not know what you are doing here but you have to leave immediately!" She said angrily." Please darling, just give us a second chance." He burped then smiled sheepishly." I know that I messed up the first time and I regret it and i want you back in my life. That woman, Vera isn't treating me right," He burped again then sluggishly walked towards her." You treated me right and i need you," He spread his arms open for a hug." Disgusting!" Ariana clenched her hands tightly as memories resurfaced in her mind. She held the luggage tightly as an uncontrollable amount of anger well up inside of her and that voice came again.'Kill him.
Rex watched the woman he married hurling insults at him. He became a pauper in her eyes just because he had lost everything. This was the same woman he sacrificed everything for. The same woman who made him leave Ariana, who loves him so much."Vera, you don't love me even a little bit? I promise to work hard ag...""And you think I would waste my beauty and time on a poor man like you until someone pitifully hands some peanut to you?" Vera cuts him off with a sneer." That's not what I mean. I need you, Vera...""I will leave now and do not even think of calling me because I will not answer you," Vera said coldly, not wanting to waste time there. She slammed the door shut eliciting a shocked reality on Rex. His wife just left home... In anger Rex left the house and went to a bar to drink himself to stupor. He kept visiting the bar for days, thinking about Vera who truly left him. Rex didn't want to believe that he made a mistake in choosing Vera.He was drinking at the bar one day
"What are you talking about?" Vincenzo asked after a long silent contest between him and Ariana."The men who attacked are behind bars," She sighed heavily then leaned against the chair. Her hands went to her belly, rubbing it with a soft smile on her face."My heart sank when I heard the news about you being in the hospital, my love."Ariana muttered, her hands were still rubbing her tummy but one could see the sadness in her eyes."Come here," Vincenzo said with a worried look on his face. He won't forgive himself if anything happened to her.And the last thing he wanted at this moment was for her to be sad.Ariana glanced at him then stood up from the chair she sat on. She slowly walked towards him and sat on the bed."Look here, Ariana. There's nothing for you to be sad about. I love you and that's the one thing you should know." He cupped his hands around her cheeks.Ariana stared into his eyes for a while then nodded."I'll stay strong," She smiled. She held his hands for a while
The man from before stepped out from the prison with a calm look on his face. He took out his phone and dialed a number."Hello boss," the speaker said from the other side of the call. There were noises from the background but the man knew exactly what was going on. He looked around and whispered a few words to the phone."Get the car ready and make sure you monitor them very well. The man has already asked us to unleash the plan so we must clear this case tonight and leave no trace behind, you get that?" He asked slowly, still looking around. The responder replied with an affirmation and the man nodded and ended the call."Let's see how you're going to escape from this. You're going to die tonight and I will make sure I leave no traces behind. This job caused me a lot and it's a risk to my life," He muttered then left the place.The man stepped inside his car and drove out of the place towards the bustling city. A few minutes later he packed his car in front of Vincenzo's mansion."
Hours passed by in a flash and the sound of people whispering drifted into Rex's ears. He tried to open his eyes but it seems like his muscles weren't ready to answer him.He struggled for a while but when he saw that it was pointless he laid on the bed and listened to what they were saying."Just take a look at how broken his fingers are, not even surgery can repair them. It is so unfortunate that he has to end up with those people. It seems they haven't stopped their endless and stupid traditions. Oh! I feel for him," A male sighed heavily and from the look of it. It seems he was in the prison hospital.'Was I taken here by them?' Rex thought."Come on, stop it already, look at the way you are speaking?! It's not like the one sleeping on the bed is innocent too! They are all criminals!" The white haired man yelled angrily."They committed a crime! They went against the rules and regulations of the country and so they must be punished by the law! So it is better you keep your mout
Rex sat in the far corner of the cell monitoring the other mates who were shooting glares at him. His mind was filled with thoughts. "It has been a day or two since I got trapped in this cell, while Ariana is out there with that fool," Rex clenched his hands tightly as waves of emotions overwhelmed him. "As long as my plans work out, I will never regret being in this place" He thought while still watching them. One of the burly men in the cell pointed at him and the duos behind him nodded.'I can sense trouble,' His eyes narrowed slightly as the huge man in the middle stood up and walked towards him with a cold and sinister look on his face."Newbie, isn't it about time you pay your respect to the elders in this place? I gave you two good days to come to your senses. Haven't I been generous enough?" He smirked. Rex calmly stared at him for a while then at the men behind him. He kept quiet and focused on the plan he had in mind."Hey you!" The man yelled angrily."You punk! Aren't
Vincenzo looked around his office, he didn't want to be here today, he knew that well, he would rather be at home with his beautiful wife and unborn child.But he also needed to work and sort things out and leave the house because he despised the idea of lying to Ariana.She didn't approve of him getting to the root of the matter, she was chill 'It's out there already' she said, justifying her nonchalant attitude toward the whole issue.He is like that she was not worried he would hate that, with her condition she need not worry. He had read that somewhere.As much as he wanted to let go of the issue, he also wanted to find out where the press had gotten the information, it couldn't have just been out there. He knew how much he had guarded this secret.Finding the truth was not going to be easy. He knew this, these journalists and media people can be very uptight, and getting answers from them would be extremely hard.But he was a determined man and was set to do anything within his po
In between all the chaos of trying to clear the air about the news that came out, Vincenzo also started to get calls from investors in his company saying they wanted to pull out.Everything was crumbling right in front of him.He could afford the investors pulling out at this moment. He had just invested all the company's money, including the ones the investors wanted to pull out. So whatever happened would have to come from him.He'd go bankrupt if that happened.He called the investigator he hired to find out the root of everything. He prayed to God that if it was Rex, he'd make him suffer for a long time.Ariana was the only one doing everything for him at that moment because everyone he had given tasks had turned up with bad news.She requested that she go in to head the meeting with the investors in hopes that she'd stop them from pulling out of the company. After all when they have their child, it would be his property, and she couldn't afford that slipping from him.After the
Rex felt bad that Ariana's feelings were hurt in the process, his plan had only been to hurt Vincenzo.But it was inevitable actually, Ariana had made him admit instead of taking things the way they were she had sought closure and hurt herself in the process.He knew Vincenzo would come for him once he knew the truth, he loved Ariana too much to not have any Justice for what he did, and he was well-prepared for anything.Being well aware of the influence Vincenzo had, Rex knew he couldn't do it alone, he required help, some sort of backup, someone to be there for him if things went South.He found a perfect partner in Marcus, their hate for Vincenzo had brought them together, and they intended to take him out of the way, certainly.When Rex heard the sirens just outside his house, he wasn't scared, he had backup, and he knew he wouldn't stay there for long.***“Trending on many social media platforms now is the contract paper that seems to belong to Mr. Vincenzo and his wife.”“The c
Ariana got up without a word and walked out of the house without looking back, she got what she wanted and her mission was done.She took off her heels immediately, she slammed the door behind her. Holding the tears back until she got into the waiting cab.“Go,” she said as she stepped in, slamming the door and making the driver jolt in his seat before turning to look at her.“I'm sorry” she apologized as she caught a glimpse of the look on his face.Without another word, he drove out of the premises.She let the tears flow, Rex had abused her. He probably didn't realize it, but he did, taking off her clothes and taking those illicit photos of her.Safe to say, he was and still is sickly obsessed with her. If he truly loved her, why did he chose Vera over her? Why did he hurt her or was she meant to be hurt by all the men she loves?Was it her fate? She looked out the window, watching as the street went by as they drove with her mind reeling with different thoughts. Wondering what V
Vincenzo woke up a happy man. Every day was good for him as long as he had her with him. Everything in the world seemed okay.The sky was sunny, the birds were chirping, and all was right.He got up from bed, but not without kissing her on her forehead and her protruding stomach.He was careful not to wake her up.Furthermore, he felt she needed more rest. Likewise, he wanted to avoid anything that would cause any complications to arise.He got up, showered, got dressed in a particular suit he had chosen for that day, and dashed on her perfume. He wanted to be reminded of her all day long.He went to check on her before he left, in case she had already woken up.Panic coarse through him as he didn't find her on the bed. He felt his heart starting to race.He calmed down when he called out her name, and he heard her voice from the bathroom. “Is everything alright?” She asked as she stepped out of the bathroom, confused as to why he looked so worried.“Everything's wonderful, darling"