ANDREW'S POV"I have indeed found a beautiful woman and I will do everything to keep her!""Who would have thought that I could find such a lovable person by accident?" I pondered.I might have been moved by her story but what I feel for her is way greater than pity.It's genuine and I know it. My heart longs for her already."Might as well take her out on a nice date next week. She would love that.""On the other hand, that might look like I am being too forward."Wait, let me just call her instead.No! no... What am I thinking? I should let her rest and focus.I don't want her to feel.....A knock on my office door put a halt to my thoughts."Come in," I said without even checking my camera to see who was there.It was my secretary, Susan."I'm sorry sir. The landline seems to be out of signal. I tried calling but it wasn’t going through....." "It's fine. Go on. What do you have for me?""Sherry Investments sent a representative earlier today sir. They are requesting a meeting rega
OLIVIA'S POV"Please, I beg of you! Please! Don't, please!"His eyes were blazing red as he approached me with the table knife in his right hand.I begged for my life as he got closer, holding the knife up high to stab me.His heart was stone cold and his frowny face made me realise I was already done for.He was going to take my life that very day and moment."No oooooo!!!" I screamed out of my sleep, my face covered with sweat as I panted heavily, trying to catch my breath.It was like a horror movie and I was about to be killed by the monster.The monster in my dream was Liam and he still haunts me.I can't seem to forget his beatings and how I ran from him around the house to save myself from being killed.Those scars are still there, physical and emotional. I am still traumatised by them.I looked around and I had to remind myself I was no longer in that house. I stared at the curtains and the beautiful light that pierced through the entirety of the room.I smiled and sighed. I
ANDREWTrouble lurks.I stared in anger at Elliot as he stormed into the office with some guys.I presume those are the friends he hangs out with.The very ones that poison his mind against me the more. "What are you doing here, Elliot?" I frowned at him."Since you have refused to give me what belongs to me, I have come to take it by force!" He responded rudely."Are you okay at all? Did you even notice Andria is here? Are we supposed to be doing this here in front of our baby sister?""I have no business with her. Just give me what I ask for and I will leave," he said.I turned to Andria and asked her to excuse us.She didn't want to leave but I had to signal to her that it was best she left for now."Please don't fight with him," She whispered to me and left the office.This wasn't the first time Elliot would barge into my office, causing a nuisance. It wasn't the second or third.However, this was the first he would come in with these strange faces."Who are these people with you
OLIVIA"Sorry, Andrew. I'm sorry," I said as I tended to the wounds on his head.Thank God, the bleeding was minimal.That Liam is an animal.He was going to hit me with the hard-cover bag in his hands but Andrew got in the way.The officers restrained Liam after he hit Andrew.He was going to have Liam locked in prison after all of that but I still stopped him.Not because of anything. I was just not ready for the drama.I needed to leave that place. I wasn't feeling okay being around Liam. "What do they call that stuff?"PTSD!! I thought that only existed in movies but Looks like I am having it myself."I wonder why you won't allow me just to get him arrested. He should suffer for what he did to you!""I'm sorry, Andrew. Just relax. I don't want anyone getting between us. My life with Liam is gone and over for good. Thanks to you," I said.I kissed him on the cheeks. He smiled.That was the second time I would see him smile. His smile was radiant and I felt like kissing him again
LIAM"This must be a joke!""A very big one!""She thinks she can just have her way like that? I won't allow her.""I own her. No one else but me.""Andrew Huxley, business mogul, hmmm," I said as I scrolled through my laptop reading the search results."I see why the policemen were so afraid of him. He's got influence but that doesn't move me!""She has nowhere to hide. She is coming back to me."Stella walked while I was soliloquizing."Who were you talking to?" she asked."No one," I answered angrily."I hope it's not what I am thinking. You are not looking for her, are you? Because I won't.......""Don't even start. I don't have the time for all this rubbish. I need to be alone. Get out of my sight." There is no way I am letting Stella suspect anything. She is a trouble in my ass.Hahahaha! I plan on dumping her soon anyway.I still need her around for now. At least I have someone to tend to my sexual urges day and night.I went back to surfing the net on Huxley's family and I f
OLIVIAThey stared at me in awe as I walked into the office with Andrew by my side.He made sure I stayed so close to him.I wonder why they won’t stop staring.“Could it be my dress? Not formal enough? Or is it my heels or perhaps my lipstick?I can’t even remember what colour of lipstick I applied. I was nervous and at the same time, excited.Andrew has made sure to secure a position for me in his company.I was working as one of his assistants in the office even though I had an office of my own.“Don’t worry. You will learn on the job and I am pretty sure you will do just fine,” he said as he showed me to my office.It was a small and comfortable office. I like the chairs and the view from the windows.“Do you like it or would you like it changed?” he asked as he helped me with my bag.I looked at him and smiled. I still haven’t given him my reply about dating him.I think that actually made him a little bit down and he would hardly even look at my face when talking.“It’s okay fo
OLIVIA"What's that sound?" I said in a frightened and low tone as I stood up from the rocking chair by the pool. I didn't know exactly where to go but I went in either way.“Andrew! Andrew!!” I called out repeatedly but no response.“Where could he have gone to, just now?”I went upstairs to search the rooms but I couldn't find him.Something else caught my eye. It was his shoes. They were placed beside the bed and his glass cup was sitting beside it.I became suspicious. Something is not right.First the strange sound and now Andrew's shoes. I shouted his name one more time hoping to get a response but there was nothing of such.I stood at the windows and looked downstairs at the pool but he wasn't there either.“Andrew! Please where are you? If this is you teasing me, please stop it. I'm already scared.”There was no response.Everywhere was quiet. I seem to be the only one left here.I became more scared than I was earlier.“Andrew wouldn't just leave me behind or did I do somet
ANDREWI fucked up.I shouldn't have spent so much time outside.All of these wouldn't have happened.I stood at the entrance as the car with Olivia, drove away.She must feel really bad but what could my mother have said to her that made her like that?I went back in to look for my mother.“So your new employee is the one you've been giving special treatment?” My mother's voice came to me as I entered the house.“I see you are now spending on her and even bringing her down to this place.”“Do you think that's wise, Andrew?”I took a step back. Mother was so quick with her hands. She could raise her hands and give me a hot slap if I wasn't cautious.“Mother, I already explained to you. This lady is not just an ordinary employee. I..............” I began but Mother interrupted as usual.“Yes, yes. I know. The one you helped and later began to admire. Fine but just so you know she might be another gold digger who just wants to force herself into the family. Remember what we had to fac
Robert HuxleyMy heartbeat raced with fear.Did I just hear right?Romeo, the man who made available every resource I used for Project X had just been arrested?That was trouble!Big trouble!!Joe wasn't so audible on the phone. I figured he was on the run or something.I turned to Andrew."Go and meet your brother. I need some time alone."If the police had caught up with Romeo, that could have meant trouble for Joe and me too.Romeo was into a lot of illegal tech biz. I have full reason to believe some of the devices at his workhouse were stolen.They were heavy machines that could only be owned by high-profile tech organizations.I wonder how one person could own and control that in such a small warehouse.I became paranoid all of a sudden.I needed to leave as soon as possible. At least away from here for now."What if he tells the authorities about everything? Then I would be in much bigger trouble. He knows everything. The plan, the process, and the execution….every single thing
Robert Huxley“Come here son,” I said to my second son, Andrew.I knew about what he and his brother had been doing whilst I was supposedly asleep or not looking.But there was something else I noticed.Whilst my eldest son was after the stack of cash in my cupboard, Andrew was more interested in my secret business, project X; my very main source of income.“Is there anything you want to talk to me about?” I asked him.“No.. no….no, Dad,” he stammered.“Are you sure about that?” I asked further.This time around, he kept quiet.He paused for a while and answered in haste afterward “No, Dad.”I put my arms around his neck and walked him to the garden just at the corner of the house.“You and your elder brother have been messing around my office lately,” I started.I saw the surprised look on his face when I said that. He tried to deny it but I acted like I believed him.I know your elder brother has been stealing from me but I don't have any issue with that. “It's my money and I am wo
Chapter 43Robert HuxleyI saw that look on Joe's as we approached the farmer's shop or whatever it is he called that place.That look you give a servant when his master is about to show him the secret of his possessions."Is everything alright, Joe?" I asked.He nodded in response. "Please don't fuck this up for me. I have a reputation to protect, Robert," he replied."Don't worry about nothing, Joe. I can do this. I won't let you down," I answered in haste.As we got in, there were a lot of men operating several computers and electronic devices as well as ladies who were dressed half-naked, caressing the men as they worked."What's this place?" I whispered to Joe."The farmhouse."It was nothing like a farmhouse. I was this close to turning back until something caught my attention; a pile of dollars.It must be like a million bucks. How does someone have such an amount of money and leave it lying around carelessly?"You look at that? It's nothing," one of the men interrupted.He we
SOME YEARS BACK,ROBERT HUXLEYI can't keep living like this.I just can't.My wife.My children. How do I take care of them?Working in Dunes isn't paying me so well.I can't be doing this. Working from morning till night only to be paid a chicken fee.I need to find a solution.A workable one."So what do you intend to do?" Joe said.Joe was my friend.A colleague who studied the same course as me; Accountancy.We were potential big boys. That was what he had always called us from school.He was richer. But I was never envious of his wealth and how comfortable he lived.Countless times I paid him visits. We ate and drank together and even made merry.That question rang aloud in my head."What do I intend to do?"I had no answer to that question.Not even at this moment. I was pretty confused. Clueless of what to do next."Joe, you have to help me out. I need your help," I started."What's that, friend?" He asked with an expression that showed utmost concern."I want to make money
CHAPTER 41ANDREWMy ears tingled at the sound of that familiar voice."Who would dare storm into the office like that?" I thought.Looking back, it was Uncle Joe. My father's closest friend whom he calls his brother."I said stop the merry!" He shouted."How dare you throw a party for a son without his father present?" He jested as he threw his arms around me."Uncle Joe!" I said."I never knew you were back.""Well, surprise! Or aren't you happy to see me?" I said"Of course I am, Uncle Joe. When did you arrive in New York City?""A few days ago, son. Here, I got you a present," he said, bringing out a brown envelope from his right pocket.What is this?What is he doing?I smiled. "Uncle Joe," I called out as I tried to unseal the envelope.I was quite anxious. The last person I got a gift from was my dad and that was the most expensive car in the city.I wonder what Uncle Joe had planned.I saw another brown paper inside the envelope and I brought it out to read the contents."Unc
OLIVIA"Is Stella joking or what?"Did she just say Elliot Huxley?The same Elliot Huxley, Andrew's brother.It can't be.How is this even possible? I looked at her in awe.What nonsense am I hearing? "Stella, pregnant for Elliot?"I froze."Are you alright?""How can you say such?" I asked."Say what?" "What happens to Liam?" She laughed. It was the coldest thing I had seen her do.I fear her. I wonder how Liam would feel when he hears all of this."Well, I have no shame. And just so you know, my real love lies with Elliot. I had known him even before now," she explained.How is this even possible?How did she and Elliot get to meet? How did the love and sex begin between them?Was that before she took Liam from me or after? All of these questions ran through my mind as she stood in front of me.She didn't even look bothered."I just chose to tell you cause very soon you will be seeing more of me around Elliot," she said and laughed out loud.Wow! Looks like the player got played.
OLIVIAIt's been a week now since I got the threat notes.I still haven't told Andrew about it.Now I look over my shoulder anytime and every time.That very day I got back from work, I came down with a serious migraine.My body began to ache and my bones were weak.I didn't even get the chance to pull off my clothes completely.“This is so unusual. I can't be sick,” I said to myself as I lay on the couch.My hands on my forehead and feet spread wide like I was preparing for childbirth.I thought of calling Andrew but I had already given him enough trouble.This time around, I am handling it myself.I can't have them thinking I am using him to my advantage.I struggled to pick up my phone.It was then I noticed I didn't lock the door properly.The aches must have gotten my attention.“I hope I met you home alone this time around?” A familiar voice came from the entrance.I looked up and it was Stella.She was looking fatigued.A part of me wanted to care and ask her what the problem
CHAPTER 38ELLIOTI looked at the expression on Liam's face.It was rather discouraging. A mix of shock of fear.Like I just threw a bomb in front of him.I can't have him going around with Stella.What business does he have with her? Why?I frowned at him as he kept staring at me after I had showed him the pictureWe stared at each other before he decided to break in silence.“She can't be your girl, Elliot!” He said repeatedly. He spoke so clearly like he was certain of what he was saying. “I wouldn't want this to cause a dispute between us, Liam. Who exactly is she to you?” I asked…Pretending not to be angry at his boyfriend's confrontation still.“She is my bitch!” He answered sharply. “Your bitch?!”“Yes, you heard me right. We've had sex multiple times while I was with Olivia and even right after your brother decided to pull his rich boy strings on my wife, Stella and I were sharing the same bed,” he explained. For a moment, I thought he was going to laugh off after saying a
STELLA"What's going on?""Why does my head feel so heavy?"I looked around and I felt like the whole building was upside down.Blurry visions, headaches, and all sorts.All at once I rent my head like they own it."Ma'am, you would have to be coming on the scheduled appointment to see the doctor," the nurse who stood beside my bed, said.I was still puzzled by the whole thing.Am I pregnant?Does he know?How would he take all of this?I need to make a call.Can I make a call? It's quite important," I said to the nurse who was in the room with me.Just before that, he walked in."Hey Liam, you are here," I greeted."What is this trash I am hearing, Stella? You are pregnant?""That wasn't the deal.""What are you saying? So what would happen to my baby?" "Oh come on. You are not a child. We both know I can't accept that kid from you. It can't be mine!" Liam responded in a loud tone.He paced around. The nurse walked out gently when she noticed the unsettling atmosphere in the room.I