KATERINA I stood up to give the man in front of me a handshake. We had just finished discussing business and he was on his way out. He took my hand and flashed me a creepy smile, one which I returned with one of my awkward ones. I let go of his hand in no time, feeling like bugs were crawling all over my skin with the way he kept eying me with a weird look on his face. "You are simply one of the most beautiful women I have come across. I mean, I may be married but I still want you. You can be my girlfriend, and I would be giving you some allowance every month.. you can add it to your business. Ten million per month.. and I give my wife fifteen. You are a lucky woman, Miss Montego." At that point, I really hoped that my facial expression mirrored the disgust I felt as I looked at the man. But after taking a deep breath, I decided to keep my reply as professional as I could. I started by smiling widely at him again. "Thank you for the generous offer, Sir. But I am not intere
VINCENT "So.. what was that about sharing space with me? As much as I recall, I have been of perfectly good behavior since I stepped in here. I mean, you invited me in yourself." I spoke, settling even more into the couch I had chosen to sit on. It was soft, yet firm. It was standard. Her whole house was an expensive standard. The place did not have much decorations to it, just like mine, and it was exquisite. White walls, luxury lightings that took the shape and make of real diamonds, marble tops and furniture. The flooring was marble too; the shiny Carrara style. The house was huge and spacious; even more expensive than it looked from the outside.. and the outside looked magnificent. Katerina Montego was truly a spoiled princess, and for some reason, I considered such an intellect being beside me as my Queen. Kelvin shrugged at what I had said, going to sit on the Y-shaped couch across me. "Well, for starters, you walked inside even after I told you that she was not in yet
KATERINADa'ana was the first to rush to me on sighting me at the entrance. She was dressed in a beautiful midi length gown that stopped at her knees and hugged her curves perfectly, matching her beautiful grey eyes too. Her hair was beautiful and styled to perfection. She had makeup on too, with her signature red lippie on, which always made her look like an enchantress of some sort.Was it just me, or had anyone else noticed that wicked women were always the prettiest?"Oh, you came! Gorgeous as always, I have no idea why you and my son dislike each other, you both would have made a great couple and powerful teammates!" She recommended, taking my hand in hers. It took plenty willpower and a reassuring look from Kelvin to keep my hand there.It was probably all in my head but I could not deny the fact that it burned. I hated this woman with my being and I just knew that even if it was with my last breath, she would go down and pay for all her sins.The entire city would know Da'ana
KATERINA Da'ana found me as soon as I reentered the hall. Kelvin was about to walk up to me, probably to ask if I was okay, but she beat him to it, taking my hand. His face twisted in a frown as he glared at her. "You were gone for a while. My son, the latest doctor, just arrived. He would be joining us soon." She told me. I nodded.At least one good thing for the night. I really couldn't wait to see Simon. Would he recognize me under this makeup and haircut? And if he did not.. what next?Da'ana took my hand and we finally moved towards one of the tables. She insisted I joined her at her table and showed Kelvin to a different one for other guests.He was not very pleased with that, but I shot him a pleading look, which caused him to take a deep breath, before leaving us alone."He seems to want to be around you all the time." She noted. I nodded. "He does. Kelvin is my… he's family. It's complicated." "Hmm. I see." She shot a look at his direction, her face twisted in a frown, be
KATERINAI held his gaze. I could not look away all of a sudden. It was like everything else had stopped, and we were only able to see each other.Well, until he decided to ruin it by shaking his head and then he looked away, focusing all his attention back to the crowd."Sorry, I got a bit distracted. So, as I was saying…" Simon trailed off, but I could no longer concentrate. What was that? I could not even look at Kelvin in that moment because I knew without a doubt that he would be staring at me with the most disappointed look in his eyes."I knew one of my sons would pick interest in you. I mean, did you notice the way he stared? I know that look too well.. I know my sons, and I know when they want something for themselves." Da'ana revealed to me.She was such a liar. If any mother could bag an award for not knowing a thing about her own offspring, it would certainly be Da'ana. She had been away from them for a while and only returned few years back, after her male sponsors abando
VINCENT"I do not understand, brother." Simon spoke with a confused expression on his face, wiping sweat off his face and neck areas. "What do you mean if I saw someone or anything familiar last night? I just returned for the first time in four years. I mean, everything looks a bit new to me, and granted there had been sone changes but of course, I recognize some things." I watched him keenly, disappointment visible in my tone as I asked, "Did you talk to her? Katerina Montego?"He nodded, his face lighting up in a smile at once as he went to get his bottle of water from one corner of the gym. "I did. Of course, I did. I walked in with her, remember?" He enquired.I nodded, waiting. At this point, I barely cared about the damn workout, but my brother was already checking out another workout machine.It was a private gym located in my house, and so no one could interrupt us here."She is a nice woman. Hot, too. I mean.. extremely hot. I am sure you have checked her out a couple of ti
KATERINAVincent looked the calmest I had ever seen him, but that was a very dangerous kind of calm. I mean, I had experienced it first hand. "Have you both been here long?" Mollie asked, immediately picking up the menu. I had only talked to Mollie on the phone… video calls, normal calls and texts… I had never seen her in person.In person, she was every inch of the princess she was made to be. Her skin was the first thing that anyone would notice, and when she took off her sunshades on getting here, I could not stop staring at her lash extension set. Clean, and perfect for her glowing face.I felt like dropping the whole business talk for a minute to ask, 'Girl, who is your lash technician? And what mapping is that?'Her body looked like it had been touched up in some areas and her doctor did an amazing job. A lot of people, mostly men would not be able to tell.. at all. She was extremely gorgeous, blond, and obviously in her early twenties.. having so much money to invest in busine
KATERINAAfter the incident, I began to make plans on how to start producing white wine just so we could be ahead of Vincent and his team on that… gain some upper hand.I passed by the Winery on a cool evening, watching as the grapes were harvested, pressed and fermented to make our first batch of white wine. The idea had come to me at first, but for some reason, I had chosen to simply make red wine and leave the white wine out. I had decided to just add beverages instead.. what was I thinking?I was too engrossed in the need to make him pay that I felt like I needed to copy exactly what he was doing and try to top it off in my own way.I walked up to one of the workers, returning the smoke she sent my way as I approached her. She looked like a mother. She had wrinkles prominent on her forehead, and she had a worn out dress on.A couple of other people who worked in my wineries dressed like this. They consisted of people from poor provinces who just wanted to make a living and were m