Welp, Charles is a trash, don't you all think so too?
Tom was passing by the bridal section as he was returning to his office when he saw Amber in an argument with Charles. He walked into the room to ask what was happening when he heard her demanding an apology. “I am demanding an apology from you right now” she yelled at his face. “What is going on right now? What do you think you are doing?”, he asked, looking at her. “He was touching me appropriately, he was groping me” she explained. “Why would I do that? I only dropped the cup of water by mistake, and she was cleaning it up before she suddenly started yelling at my face to apologize”, Charles said innocently, and she scoffed. “It was true that his cup shattered, but while I was cleaning it up, he suddenly groped me from behind, and it was twice, at that” she insisted. “Is there any proof that he did that? You shouldn’t make false accusations”, Tom said, and her shoulder dropped in shock. She had been working with him for close to three years, and could he still think she had m
Emily left the house very early the next morning after telling Amber that she had an early morning test. Amber dressed up and went to work also in a better mood than that of the previous day, since Eddy had made her feel better last night. She got to the office and saw the text from Tom saying he would be coming to the office late, so she attended the meeting with the heads of teams in his stead. “Whatever” she mouthed as she read the text and removed her long coat to start the day’s work. When it was time for the meeting, she picked up her coat and left for the conference room at the far end of the left side of the top floor of the building. She was shown respect as the secretary to the CEO as she entered and sighed “At least, I still have some respect left for my name”, she thought, and had her seat “The CEO will not be joining us today because he has something urgent to attend to, so we will start the meeting without him. What do we have on the ground?”, she asked, and one of
TWO MONTHS AGO “Elaine, how is the search for small artists going? Have you found anyone yet?”, Phoebe asked as she entered the office in her small black gown barely covering half of her thighs. “The search is going well, but can you just put on some skin hose at least? How would you be comfortable in that?”, Elaine remarked, shaking her head “You are an artist and you are still this judgmental? Don’t you know that one of the beauties of art is the ability to express it freely and lovingly? I am a work of art, so why are you restraining me from expressing myself freely and lovingly?”, Phoebe countered, and the room went silent for a second as they stared at each other. “You could as well go naked then, since you want to display your body art badly”, Elaine stated, and resumed clicking on the art in front of her while Phoebe looked at it together with her until it got to a particular art. “Stop! Stop!!”, Phoebe screamed, making Elaine jump in shock. “Who painted this?” she asked,
As Emily was hanging out with Mark and Jessica at the game house, she kept checking her phone as if she was expecting a call or message. Jessica, who had noticed for quite a while, decided to ask what was going on with her. “You seem restless, why are you staring at your phone all day?” Jessica asked, moving closer to her. “I am expecting a call from home, that’s why” she replied immediately with a nervous smile. “You rarely talk about home, but I hope it is not something serious though,” Jessica remarked, and she shook her head. “No it is not. Do not worry about me and have fun”, she responded with another smile and Jessica left her. A text dropped on her phone and she immediately checked it to see that it was from Amber, who told her that she would be running late that day since something came up at the office. She also let her know that she might not be coming home for the night, so she should not be worried or stay up waiting for her. **** Amber knocked on the door to Eddy’s
Emily left the house after making sure Amber had left and texted Eddy once again about their discussion. She and Eddy were good friends for a long time, way before he met Amber and asked her out. She was the one that introduced them to each other but, unknown to Amber, they had been cheating on her behind her because she wouldn’t notice thanks to her busy life. “I think we should go together now. I have spoken to the doctor”, Emily texted him. “I will meet you there, just text me the address” he responded, and she wore her clothes to move out. As promised, he came to meet her in the hospital and they both went to the doctor who helped them to abort the baby. She found out that she was pregnant a few days before his birthday and texted him on his birthday to inform him, but he told her that he was not ready to be a father yet. When Amber texted her that she would be late that day, she decided to go over to his house and discuss things with him before Amber came around, but her frien
Tom got home in the evening after canceling the meeting and met his mom preparing a large amount of food, so he wondered what was going on. “Is something happening? What’s up with the varieties?” he asked, walking to take a closer look. “The chairman of ITM Construction is coming over for dinner”, she replied, wiping her hands with the napkin as she set the table. “Why would he come over for dinner here? Father can just take him out, so why is he stressing you out?”, he said angrily. “What stress? This is just to support him, you know. I cannot do anything to help you at the company, so I should do this to help you and him too” she said with a smile, and he went into his room angrily. He finished showering and unlocked his safe to check out a document when he saw the contract between them and took it out. He sat down in front of the safe and read through it again before squeezing it all up. “What was I even thinking?”, he muttered, and threw the squeezed paper into the bin and lo
Amber dressed for work the following morning with the determination to turn down the offer and submit her already written resignation letter. She could not get over the guilt of having to deceive many people just because someone told her to, in return for fame and filling her pocket. She escorted her mother back to the hospital where she stopped to have a word with her doctor about her current situation. “I think we will be able to see a donor faster than we expected because some of the patients pulled out of the treatment list. They didn’t have money for the dialysis anymore, and they gave up, so your mother has moved up ten slots on the list”, the doctor informed her, and she didn’t know whether to be happy for her mother or sad for the patients that died or pulled out of the slot. “So we just have to hold on for a little while, right?” she asked to clarify. “Yes, all you have to do is hold on for a little while, and I am sure a miracle will happen sooner” the doctor assured her,
She told Emily that she would be absent at the house for a few days after dropping her things at home. Emily told her not to worry about her since she was already back on her feet now and moving around and just living her own life, so she went over to Eddy’s place. “You are not going to work?”, Eddy asked in surprise when he saw her at his door. “I am taking a leave for now, so I will be spending a few days here”, she said and pushed her way in. She had bought groceries from the store, wine and fruit to keep herself busy and well-fed for the days she would be spending with him. They finished dinner and played several games before settling down to watch a movie while munching on snacks and wine. They took wine to the extent that they started feeling hot and tipsy. Before they knew it, they had yanked off each other’s clothes and made out heavily. This time she was prepared for anything, and it felt as if his warmth would be the biggest antidote she needed to make herself forget her
Ever since Joseph became the president, he had been a big menace to the company. All of his decisions affected the company negatively, which led to the investors grumbling and so much loss occurred. When Chairman Holland couldn’t contain his disappointment and worry, he started to nag Joseph, who got angry at his nagging and when it became unbearable for him, he had him put on house arrest where he cut off his connections to everyone. He began his move to become the chairman and everything was set in place with the help of Charles. On the day of his announcement, he walked briskly into the company with the will he forced the Chairman to sign a few days ago, naming him as the next chairman by transferring all his shares to him. The meeting was ongoing when Tom marched in with the police, to their surprise. No one was expecting him to show up in that place and at that time. Eddy was also brought along to identify and confirm Joseph as the one who told him to hire a man who messed with
Over the months, Tom’s condition was increasing as he became vibrant and cheerful, unlike when the accident had just occurred. He enjoyed listening to stories of the past from his mother, so he knew some information about himself, and they were enough to know who he was. After seeing Amber in his articles over and over, she caught her attention and wondered who she was, but his mother only told him that she was his secretary without including the relationship they had because she was still angry about how she left abruptly. Anita had gone shopping that fateful day and one pretty lady shifted for her to tender her goods first even though she was not obligated to and in the process of thanking her, she saw that it was who she never expected. The shopping basket fell from Amber’s hand at the sight of Tom’s mother, but she was quickly helped by the stores employees who ran to gather the scattered goods. Anita wanted to ignore her, but she didn’t hesitate to tell her side of the story wh
Joseph called Charles, who had been released on bail out, for a party to celebrate his new position, and they laughed about Tom, who thought he was smart but ended up losing everything. Before the inauguration, Charles had learned that it was Tom who helped Joy break away from him, therefore making him and his father lose face in front of Chairman Kim. He was so furious about that and Joseph happened to call him at that time that Tom was on the verge of taking everything away from him. Charles and Joseph resolved to the option of causing him an accident on the inauguration day while making him feel he had the upper hand during the preparations. Joseph also pressured Eddy to make sure he blackmailed Amber to get rid of her from his side so that their plans would be perfect. Eddy was the one that provided them with the man whom they paid to mess with Tom’s car and everything went according to their plans without any hitch or trace to them. “Yo! I haven’t felt this elated in a while”,
Even though the video was doing so many things for her, she still tried to keep her cool and smiled at Tom, who was waiting to take her home. That very day, he decided to take her on a dinner date, which further complicated things for her because she was eager to get home before her anxiousness burst out in front of Tom. Throughout the dinner, he was laughing and smiling more than usual, maybe because he was anticipating the inauguration day, and she tried her best to match his smile while trying hard not to pick on the food in front of her. After a walk to the restroom, she decided to push the thoughts aside and just enjoy the time with him because there was a probability she would be resigning and fleeing to save his face on that day. He had worked hard for that day, and she wouldn’t allow her own past to ruin it for him. Since they have just a little time before the inauguration, she will have to use them wisely. She pressured him to go on dates with her every day, buy her things
At the sound of her mother’s footsteps approaching her room to check up on her, they split apart and bounced to the edge of the room where they both put on their clothes, and they took off in a flash. She placed the pictorial magazine on her dressing table in his hands as he pushed him into the chair and her mother came in at that instant. “You should open the door if you are inside instead of making me go through the stress of passcode. Why do you keep stressing me?” her mother ranted, and immediately her eyes landed on Tom, her lips folded themselves. She was not expecting to see anyone at home with her not to talk of Tom, because she knew they had been in an argument for weeks. Her feet retracted themselves as she went back to the door as quickly as she had come. “You said you won’t be coming until tomorrow, why are you here?”, Amber slammed her, and she had no choice but to stop and answer that the doctor attended to her quickly, so she just thought about coming home instead of
They both got into the car, and they rode for the first few minutes in silence before she tried sparking a conversation between them. “Wow! Did something change in your car? Something looks unfamiliar”, she said, but he only kept his face on the road in silence. “Is it the scent? The seat’s leather or the color of the belts? Something is weird. Has it been that long I got into your car?”, she blabbered, but as much as he wanted to give a response, he held himself back. She knew her tricks to make him talk were not working on him. It was then she realized the extent of the damage she had caused by her hard-headedness. She didn’t even give him any room for explanation, kept on assuming and believing things on her own accord. He also didn’t even make the effort to explain things which he didn’t blame him for because, at that moment, he had requested her trust which she failed in giving to him. The rest of the drive was in silence, and he finally pulled in front of her house after a tw
Even though Mr. Joe offered to drive her back. She declined flatly and told him she would find her way home. She ordered a taxi back home and the thoughts of how Tom could do something drastic at someone’s wedding overflowed her brain. As much as she wanted to laugh so hard at his priceless reaction when his karma came back to bite his ass, the despair the bride must be feeling wouldn’t allow her laugh as much as she wanted. For some reason, she knew within her that Tom only forced her to come, so she could witness the scenario as a payback for what happened back then at the company, but she was still not happy with him. His methods and approach were wrong to her. Nothing could justify the wickedness he had portrayed by ruining someone else’s wedding just for revenge. Time flew by, and she didn’t even know when the taxi would get to her house. The driver had to alert her that they were already at their destination before she jerked out of her deep thoughts. After making payment, she
Charles’ father, who is Chairman Henry, Chairman Holland Steve and Chairman Kim, who is Joy’s father, all gathered at Chairman Kim’s house to discuss the way further in both their politics and also the marriage that would take place between Charles and Joy, their children. The trio had been the first to start their various businesses in Chicago and had a very tight friendship as they grew up over the years. They all have their own successful and thriving businesses, which made them the top three richest in Chicago. They all planned to get their children married to each other in order to strengthen their bonds and also solidify their shares in the economy. Chairman Henry, who was planning to run for the mayor of Chicago, wanted the marriage to be held before the contest season so the support of the two families merging would be helpful in his mayoral race, so they decided to talk together and conclude on a date since the children had already agreed to get married and were already enga
That very day, Charles and Joseph were having that conversation. Tom had gone back to the kitchen to get himself some water when he heard them discussing Amber and what happened at the company. He wanted to burst in and punch Charles hard, but he restrained himself and thought this would be a perfect way to break his wings that he had been planning to get by getting married to a powerful family like Joy’s. He made sure to record everything that he had said without them knowing before moving back to his room. He had been thinking about how to use it since then and didn’t know until he remembered the wedding coming up. The thought of releasing it on their wedding day crept into his mind, but he also thought about how it would ruin the day of Joy, who is the bride. Kicking against the idea, he hid the recording in his safe at home until one fateful day he had to meet with one of the investors at a golf course. The investor received a call and took a twenty-minute excuse before leaving