Morgan's pov:"What did you just do?" Sabrina asked, her tone carrying a distinct chill that I recognized. She sounded like my father, when he was very pissed. I shoved down my inhibitions and maintained a glower. "I asked you a question first." Sabrina turned to Nora who was looking at us with a bewildered expression. "Could you excuse us, please?" Sabrina said in a tone that dripped sweet saccharine. Nora looked at me. I gave her an encouraging nod, signaling that it was okay for her to leave. She turned and walked out, the door closing behind her. I faced Sabrina again."Well?" She asked, her head cocked to the side. "What was that just now, Morgan?""Sabrina, now isn't the time to play word games. I asked you, what are you hiding from me?!""Hiding?" She scoffed a bitter laugh. "You know, Morgan, I've been really cool about all of this. You know that , right?"I narrowed my eyes at her. "That wasn't an answer, Sabrina. And you know it.""Hiding anything from you? Why would I ha
MORGAN'S POV:"I can't believe you think I would do such a thing." Dante said. He looked hurt, and I didn't care how he looked.I walked over to my desk and took my handbag. "Either way," I said to him. "I'll figure out who did it. Have a wonderful day, Mr Fontaine. I'm sure you can see yourself out.""Morgan, listen to me." "I don't have to listen to any word that comes out of your mouth, Mr Fontaine." I stood by the open door. "The only business we have together is as business partners. Remember your place."His eyes widened. "Hey, that's uncalled for. I'm here to help you.""Help me with what?""I don't know." He shrugged. "There's been a smear campaign launched against you. I can help you with that. I have a team, we can...""No thank you." I replied calmly. "I can handle this myself. I have a team too, and right now we're working on it.""Morgan," He took a step forward"Get out or I'll throw you out with security." I spat. He looked at me long and hard. Then without any furth
Morgan's POV:"Daddy I'm working on it." I said, meeting my father halfway up. He was red in the face with anger, his lips curled into a snarl."Working on it!" He exploded. "I just saw everyone leaving!""I asked them to go home it's not safe for them here.""You dismissed your workers?! So you have any idea what you've done, how much we could lose!""We will continue to lose more if these rumours aren't addressed!"He pulled back, his eyes narrowed at me. I turned to the tech team, and they all had looks of discomfort all over their faces. I turned back to my father. "I'm sorry, you may leave now."That was all it took for them to scramble out of the conference room. Now it was just I and my father. "Morgan, I told you several times to keep yourself clean. I told you." He said, his voice low with caution."I know, I did all of that. This....this is not me. It's a smear campaign." I said. His eyes narrowed. And for a moment I wondered if he was reconsidering my skills and expertis
Morgan's POV:"Well since you're here," I said, ignoring his previous comment. "We can go right into the annulment of the contract.""There will be no annulment, Morgan. You're not going anywhere. "My eye twitched. Is this how he wants to play this game? Very well. I'll show him what it's like."Good. Now about this whole defamation stunt launched against you, I have a group of men looking into it and—""Wow," I laughed, stunned at what he had just said. "Your arrogance hasn't dulled one bit."He frowned, his head cocked to the side. "Whatever do you mean by that?""Oh now you're playing dumb too!" I sighed in exasperation. "The audacity to assume that I cannot handle matters concerning my company myself. What? You want to show me how much I need to be dependent to you? Just like I was all those years ago?""That's not the case here. I'm not trying to...""But you are!" I cut him off. "Let this be very clear, I can handle this. This is my company, and not yours. My affairs are mine t
Morgan's POV:"Well, that went to hell." Sabrina groaned. She plopped down on the chair, nearly toppling over with the force she used. She raised her hands in defeat and slammed them down on her thighs.I perched on the edge of my desk, a headache brewing in my head like a large storm. The press conference had in one word — flopped. It looked like it was another attempt by whoever planned this to destroy me. My reputation, my name, everything was in the mud."It should blow over soon." Sabrina said. "People have short attention span these days. By end of the week, this should have been over.""Yeah right." I chuckled to myself. "You're not aware of how things run in this cut throat world of ours."Her eyes met mine and she bit her lip. "Do you have any enemies?"The question made me pause. "Yes. A lot in fact.""Any of them you think can do this?""Yes, some of them. But I would know if any of them were behind this." I took my phone out of my pocket. It vibrated with a message. I op
Morgan's POV:My head hurts. It feels like the twins are playing soccer with a metal ball and it's bouncing off the walls of my head. My eyes flickered open, the bright light in the room making me squint and squeeze my eyes shut. The smell of disinfectant hung in the air hidden under notes of flowers and vanilla.Disinfectant?I opened my eyes, taking a while before my vision focused. I looked around me, taking in my surroundings. The large window that was open letting in unholy amounts of light and fresh air. A nightstand that had a large bouquet of red roses, infact flowers were all around me. A hospital room. A private ward for that. I looked down at my hand, the IV connected to my veins. My hand looked weird, so small and thin. I swallowed thickly, My throat dry as the desert.The door opened and hurried footsteps rushed in. "Morgan! You're awake.""No shit." Were the first words that tumbled out of my mouth.I looked up at who walked din and felt guilty twist in my guts at my
Morgan's POV;"Get your hands off her." Dante seethed, storming his way into the hospital room. "Can you just mind your own business?" I snapped at him, annoyed with his intrusion. The color in my face became that of anger as I glared at him.He looked at me briefly before he turned to Winston. "Get out." "Get out?" Winston laughed. "Mr Fontaine, you should really watch yourself. Miss Rosewood is my patient, and I do not take orders from you.""Your patient?! I didn't bring her here! Tell me how that happened huh?!""Dante, you're being a pain right now. You should get out. I don't want to see you here."He turned to me, a spark of annoyance in his eyes. "You're awake now. We're leaving." He said and grabbed my arm, yanking me towards him. I cried out, lost my balance and came crashing into his chest. I gasped, my nose exploding in pain as I slammed into his chest. "Morgan,""Have you lost your damned mind?!" I screamed, shoving him away. "That's enough now," Winston came up in fro
MORGAN'S POV;You need help?Three simple words that are more mocking than anything I've ever heard before. You need help?Meaning that they know what's going on. They've probably seen all the news and social media posts. And now they think it's fine to text me out of the blue, gloating and asking if I need help.Ridiculous. "Morgan?" Sabrina's voice pulled me out of my dark thoughts."I need to get some rest now." I said without looking at her. She got to her feet. "That's fine, I shouldn't have kept you up so late anyway"I wanted to tell her that it wasn't her fault, but my words wouldn't corporate. My phone dinged with another text, except that it wasn't from them. Dante. I deleted it before I could even open it. Sabrina walked out of the room, silence in her wake. I turned the screen of my phone off and pressed it to my chest. After this all blows over and calms down, I want to take a very long vacation. I haven't taken any in the past four years now. Go somewhere with a lot
THIRD PERSON POV:"You abandoned me!" Nova screamed at her brother. "Do you know what that felt like?""I fucking didn't abandon you!" Winston yelled back. "Didn't you see? I was also in jail."She screamed so loud, the men around them, had to rub their ears. "It's all that bitch's fault." She screeched. "I'll make sure to tear her apart when I see her.""You have to sit. The plane is in transit." Exhaling in anger, she sat down as the jet moved off the runway and into the air. "What of mum?"Winston smiled looking out the window. "What do you think?" Before his sister could reply, Dr. Shirley walked in, handing Winston a tablet. "It's still in position." She announced with a smile as Nova walked over to them. "What is that?" She asked."Well my dear sister," Winston said as he looked at the red flashing dot on the screen. "Four years ago, Morgan was Dr Shirley's patient. I had Dr Shirley plant a small tracking device in her."Nova gasped and faced him. She grinned impishly and wi
Morgan's POVMy foot bounced as I waited for the video call to connect. My entire room was in a mess.Come on!The ball connected and Sabrina's face came on the screen. "Morgan?""Okay Rina. I'm freaking out!" I started as soon as she picked the call. I jumped to my feet and placed the tablet on the table. "I need your help!""My help with what?" She asked. She had a sheet mask on her face and was eating a bowl of cut apples.I picked up three gowns and held them up. "Which one?"She bummed and stroked her chin. "Hmm, this is really hard.""Oh come on." "I'm serious Morgan. I can't say. ""Just try.""Okay..." She started. She narrowed her eyes and leaned closer. "The white one... Purity... Nice. The red one... Sexy... Good. The pink one is cute and also good. How do you expect me to pick?""That's not an answer. ""What is this even for?""I have dinner with Dante."Her eyes widened and she let out a long squeak. "Oh my goodness finally! That took longer than I expected!"I rolled m
Morgan's POVSIX MONTHS LATER:I lowered the music blasting through my car radio as I tried to parallel park. "Morgan?!" Sabrina's voice came through the speaker. "Guess what I just saw?" I asked Sabrina on the phone as I made to park my car."What?""Listen and don't interrupt.""Okay..." From her voice, I knew she was confused but nevertheless, she'd figure it out. I cleared my throat and began to recite the headline I had just seen. "CEO Sabrina Emily Rosewood, tops the chart as the youngest CEO of Rosewood enterprises to top first three in profits, assets and company growth in less than seven months.""What the hell?" She burst out laughing. "Seriously... You shouldn't sing my praises like that. It's creepy.""I'm creepy." I said with a chuckle. I took my phone and purse and walked out of my car. I headed up to the building in front of me. "Yeah. You are." She said fondly. "I gotta go. My dad needs my help with something.""Again..." She groaned. "I barely even see you these
Morgan's POVThe consistent ping ponging of the door bell shut me out of my haze of confusion and uncertainty. I stared at the screen of my television watching as the investigators were ceasing boxes an boxes of files from Winston's office as they announced that he had been arrested last night as an accomplice in my dad's murder. How was I supposed to take that? The man that I had lived with since I was disowned by my dad happened to have a hand in his murder. But I couldn't understand it at all. Nova killed my dad, while Winston was an accomplice. How and why? It didn't make sense. The ping-ponging continued, but it seemed too far away as I slipped back into the news. The news droned on saying the had been sent an anonymous tip and we're grateful to whoever it was."During the investigation," The anchor continued. "The police have discovered evidence of slush funds, unethical medical practices alongside malpractices and other law punishable offences that are yet to be discovered.
Sabrina's POVI ended the call, feeling disgusted with myself. I had just lied. A lie that would come back to bite me in the ass. I hadn't told Morgan anything. Infact, I had told her that I wasn't hiding anything from her while I was hiding tons. And Winston, I wasn't looking into him one bit. I already knew everything. I had known everything since the reading of daddy's will. And here I was, going to his house as the sun was setting. By the time I got there, it was night. I rang the doorbell, and was ushered in by a butler with a smiley face as if he had been waiting for me to show up. I was led to Winston's study where he stood by the window, sipping from a glass of wine. He didn't turn nor acknowledge my presence until he had finished his glass of wine. "Does Morgan know you're here?" He finally said. His voice sending chills down my spine. "It's isn't proper of you to visit your sister's boyfriend in the dead of the night. " He turned to me with the most lifeless eyes I had e
Dante's POVI rang her doorbell, shifting from one foot to another. Today, she wasn't going to push me away like before. I was going to make sure of that. The speed she used in opening the door told me that she was expecting someone. Was it Sabrina, or was it Winston? I prayed it wasn't Winston. The last thing I wanted was him him in Morgan's life. "Hey." She moved the door to shut it in my face when I blocked it with my leg. "I won't let you push me away today or ever again Morgan. ""I don't want to talk to you. I have nothing to say to you." We struggled against the door till I exhaled and poured it all out. "I know Morgan. I know. I've always know. " Her grasp loosened making me take advantage of the opportunity and opening the door "You know what?"I paused looking at her as she gasped for breath after our little struggle with the door. "I know about the kids..." She went silent. Including her breathing. "I know they're ours."I finalized, exhaling."What?" Her voice was barel
Morgan's POVA knock sounded, alerting me of Mark's presence. "Hey." I nodded, stepping aside for him to enter. "You live here." He said rubbing his hands together as I moved him to the sitting room and disappeared behind the doors of the kitchen, returning with a can of soda."Sit wherever you want." I said sitting down in front of him. "Right." He sat, staring around the house. "Explain yourself." I said."Explain what..?""You." I exhaled, adjusting myself and exhaling. He nodded, setting the can down in the table in front of us. "You must have a lot of questions." He said."I sure do. And you're taking a long time to answer them.""What do you want to know?""How about everything?"He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. "Everything. Okay. Let me start from the top. I'm Stefan's twin as you know already. He was the golden son of the family and I was the delinquent."I nodded. My father is a delinquent. Good. "My brother and I weren't on good terms because of the judgemental
Sabrina's POVThe stillness around the house was deafening. Morgan hadn't taken anything I had said seriously, and I couldn't blame her. I knew important things about her and didn't tell her about it. I had hurt her and even if she pushes me away when I try to make things right, I wouldn't be surprised. I deserved it. Including what the future held if I was ever to come completely clean and tell her the rest. I couldn't imagine–didn't want to imagine. It would be best for the both of us it I were to tell her the entirety of the truth, but she was still in shock about all that had happened. I couldn't add to that. My eyes drifted to the door, recalling how she had banged the door as she left, and how my mother had spoken to her. How could she be so insensitive? Did she really care for only daddy's will? Did she really love him?Morgan didn't deserve this sort of wickedness. From my mum or any other person. She had lost way too much for no reason and the last thing she needed was s
Morgan's POVIt was only seven in the morning when the doorbell of my door rang and without moving to it, I already knew who was there. I walked to the door, turning the mic on as I watched who stood at the door. "What do you want?" I asked him watching him and the flowers he had in his hands. "I just want to see you Morgan.""Go away Winston." I exhaled. "I don't want to see you or anybody else." I said with a tone of finality in my voice."Morgan wait..." He called out when I was about to turn off the mic. "You've been turning me away each time for days now." He said in protest. "I just want to see you. I... I want to make sure you're doing okay.""I'm telling you that I'm doing okay Winston. And that you don't have to visit me again until further notice. I'm fine." I said as my voice broke. "I'm fine." I said with more firm resolve, turning off the mic and the camera. "Mommy, who was that?" I heard Miranda's voice behind me, stifled with a yawn."No one you have to know of." I s