THE TOURWinnie.I had gotten back to the mansion from my bakery and I met Catherine earnestly waiting for me in the living room.“Welcome back dear”. She said with a warm smile.“Thank you ma”. I replied with a smile of my own.“How was your outing?” She asked.“It was fine thank you ma”. I replied, still smiling.“Why don't you go and freshen up while I quickly prepare something for you to eat”. Mrs Catherine said and was about to get going.“Don't worry about that ma, I'm not hungry. I just had breakfast a few minutes ago, remember? I'll just go and freshen up and will be right back”. I said and immediately started going upstairs so the woman wouldn't insist.I quickly went to my room, took off my clothes, had my bath and dressed in something comfortable then I went downstairs to meet her.“You are really beautiful my dear, don't let anyone make you feel otherwise”. Mrs Catherine said as I approached her.“Thanks a lot ma, I'll keep that in mind”. I replied“So, where do we start?”
Wedding Bells.Ares. “Is she here already?” I asked Judy as we were still making preparations for the wedding.“Yes she is”. He replied.“And you're sure you told her everything?” I asked to be sure.“Yes I did”. He replied.“Send her in then, let's talk better”. I told Judy and he went to fetch the events planner.“Good morning sir”. She greeted shakily.“I heard you're the best events planner there is”. I went straight to the point, ignoring her greeting. I didn't have the time for silly exchange of pleasantries.“Yes I am sir”. She replied, nodding her head.“Judy here said he has explained what I want to you so, any questions?”“Yes he has sir and I fully understood everything. I just need to see the bride so that the fashion designer can take her measurements for the gown”. “That won't be a problem, she'll be awake soon”. I replied as I looked at my watch.“Remember, I don't want any mistakes or you can kiss your job goodbye. And trust me, no one will ever know of your existenc
Wedding Bells 2.“Where are we going?” I asked him.He kept on pressing his phone like i wasn't talking to him.“I want to know how I'm to dress , that's why I'm asking where we are going”. I added.“Dress simple, we aren't going on a formal outing”. He finally replied.I went upstairs to my room and decided to change into something simple like he said.I looked through my wardrobe and chose a pair of black pants and a loose fitted sky blue top. I packed my hair into a high ponytail and applied a little bit of lip gloss. I also wore a pair of slippers. When I was done, I looked at myself in the mirror and hoped I wasn't over dressed or under dressed for wherever we were going.I came downstairs to see that he was ready already but, he was still on his phone.“I'm ready”. I said, as I came downstairs.He looked at me carefully from head to toe.And I thought I saw a look of approval on his face but it was gone immediately it came as if it were never there. I was beginning to doubt if I
WEDDING BELLS 3.Ares. Immediately I was in their presence, their composure changed. They were all trying not to make any mistakes because of course they knew that it'll cost them their jobs. That's the way it's supposed to be. I thought to myself, smiling.“I wonder what's going on in that little head of yours”. I said to Winnifred.“Ohh me?, nothing. Nothing at all”. She replied, smiling at me.“Let's begin, shall we?” I asked referring to the events planner as I got comfortable on one of the chairs.It was then I realized that Catherine was here too. They brought out the wedding gown and gave it to Winnifred to go and test to see how it looks. She went with Catherine and two of the designers to one of the rooms downstairs to test it out.Few minutes later, they were all back.The gown looked beautiful on her to be honest but I'll definitely not tell her that. I loved the way it fitted her body, it br—“Woww Winnie, you look stunning”. I heard Judy say, interrupting my mental anal
THE WEDDINGAres. The day was finally here. The day I get married and finally claim my position as the CEO of Masters Global.Winnie.I suddenly woke up by 3:00 am feeling thirsty, so I went to the kitchen to get water to drink. On my way to my room, I noticed the light in Ares's study was still on and the door was half open meaning he was inside.“He's working on his wedding day?” I asked myself, surprised.“Who works on their wedding day?” I asked myself again.“Ohh that's true, today is also his birthday”. I said, suddenly remembering.I started going towards his study with hopes of wishing him a happy birthday.I got to his study and knocked twice then I entered afterwards.I found him busy on his laptop, so I cleared my throat to announce my presence. He didn't take his eyes off his laptop.“Happy birthday”. I said, to get his attention. That seemed to do the trick because he looked up from his laptop, but I really wasn't expecting what he did next.“Ok”. He replied, and continu
THE WEDDING 2.Winnie.“Would you please walk me down the aisle?” I asked Mrs Catherine as we got to the entrance of the hall.“Of course my child, you didn't need to ask”. She replied beaming with smiles.Mrs Catherine took my arm in hers as she walked me down the aisle.The hall was filled to the brim with guests as they all turned to look at me as I was making my walk down the aisle.Ares was looking hotter than usual in his expensive three piece tux. With those mesmerizing eyes of his that could get the ladies lost in them.As I got to the altar where the officiator and Ares were waiting for me, the pounding in my chest became louder.It was time to say the wedding vows.The officiator looked at Ares and said, “do you, Ares Masters, take her, Winnifred Hugh, to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?” “Yes, I do”. Ares responded with a smirk on his f
CHAPTER NINETEEN. A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE. Winnie. The rest of the program was going on smoothly until…“Let's have our newest couple come out to the dance floor”. I suddenly heard the MC say.I began praying silently that there was another couple that just got married whom he was referring to, and not Ares and I.I was a terrible dancer and I certainly couldn't imagine dancing in front of all these people.“I know you know nothing about dancing, so try not to disgrace yourself on the dance floor”. Ares whispered in my ears with his usual smirk on his face again as he stood up and extended his hand to me for a dance.I accepted it and he led me to the dance floor as a slow song began playing.He put his arms around my waist and my arms were around his shoulder as he pulled me closer to himself. We were really close that our noses were touching and any little move, our lips would make contact.We remained in that position moving to the rhythm of the song with our eyes locked on each
THE HONEYMOON.Ares. I got to my room after Winnie and I had left the reception venue. Everything went according to plan. Come to think of it, that wife of mine came to my study to wish me a happy birthday earlier today. Who does that? What's happy about a birthday? By the way, she looked good in that wedding gown of hers. I couldn't seem to take my eyes off her for some reason. Fuckk Ares, what's wrong with you? Why are you thinking about this girl again? She's not supposed to be part of the things you should be thinking about. Get that straight.Winnie.We were back at the mansion and it felt good to be home. Mrs Catherine and I were in the living room, talking and laughing when…“Get ready, we're leaving for our honeymoon later this evening”. We heard Ares say as he entered the mansion.“Pack light”. He added as he headed to his room.“Come, I'll help you”. Mrs Catherine said when Ares had left.I followed her to my room as we began to pack.“What type of clothes do people pack fo
THE PROPOSAL.Winnie.I couldn't believe what just happened. I began replaying everything over and over in my head again. It all began when I woke up and was preparing coffee. Ares went to the living room without greeting me and started watching the News. He suddenly called for me and I went to the living room to meet him.“Where did you go yesterday?” He asked me and I was just staring at him, trying to process what happened yesterday.“I asked you a fucking question!!” He yelled at me and I blinked with a surprised look on my face. Ok, I had definitely remembered now. Why is he asking me this suddenly and why didn't he go to work today?“I didn't go anywhere.” I replied as I sat down on the couch.“Alright then, let me be more specific. What did you go to do at the hospital yesterday?” He asked me. I was shocked as to how he found out about my visit to the hospital.“I went for a check up.” I replied, not meeting his gaze. I knew that I had promised not to lie to him but this situat
THE DIVORCE.Ares.I was in my office when I got a call from Adam, Winnifred's driver. I hope nothing happened to Winnifred. I picked up the call immediately.“Yes Adam, what is it?” I asked impatiently and he hesitated for a moment before replying.“Good afternoon sir. I wanted to inform you that your wife went to the hospital today”. He said and I immediately stood up from my seat.“Hospital? What happened to her? What was she doing there?!!” I thundered over the phone as I started getting ready to leave the office.“No no sir, nothing happened to her. She's fine. She said she wanted to go for a check up”. He said as I sighed in relief.“Why did you call me then?” I asked, calmer this time around.“I think she lied sir.” He said and that got me curious. “And what makes you think so?” I asked him again, curious to hear his response.“I just had the feeling that she was lying and when she came back from the hospital, she seemed lost. I kept on asking her what happened but she was jus
PREGNANCY?Winnie.I didn't know when I slept off but I found myself on the floor of my room when I woke up and I was feeling really tired. It took me minutes to stand up from the floor and when I finally got up, the whole room began to spin and I had to hold on to the wall close to me to prevent me from falling down.I wondered why I had started feeling dizzy all of a sudden but I couldn't seem to come up with an answer. My stomach started grumbling and I wanted to ignore it but it only got worse so I decided to pay attention to it.Since I was obviously really hungry, I went downstairs to find something to eat after the room had stopped spinning. When I got to the kitchen, I found a note on the counter addressed to me from Ares. It read…“I've gone to work, don't think I have run away again or that something happened to me. I'm perfectly fine and will be back in the evening.”I smiled after reading the note and for a second, I thought that things were back to normal but I woke up fr
BACK HOME.Ares.Winnifred had been calling me for sometime now but I didn't pick up. I'll just look at it ringing until it cuts. I knew she would be worried because I didn't tell her anything but I couldn't care less.By the way, why should she be worried? She can as well go and meet the guy that was flirting with her at her bakery earlier today and not bother about me. I'm sure that wouldn't be hard to do.She stopped calling for sometime then after a few minutes, Judy called and I picked up immediately.“Good morning sir, your wife said that you're not at home and she's been calling you but you're not picking her calls. She's been waiting for you to come back home.” Judy said over the phone and I paused a little before replying to him.“You can tell her not to bother waiting up for me as I won't be going back to that villa for sometime. I'm in one of my other houses and I don't want to see her either. I need space away from her. If that's all, I'll hang up now.” I said and immediat
WISHFUL THINKING.Judy.I was surprised seeing Winnifred's name as the caller ID when my phone began ringing by 1:00am. What could be the problem? I picked after the second ring and I was shocked by what she said.“Hello, I'm sorry for disturbing you but do you know if Ares is still at the office? He's not yet back and I've been calling him but he isn't picking my calls”. She said, clearly worried.“Ares didn't come to work today. Didn't he tell you? I'll try calling him and see if he picks up”. I told her as I yawned.“He didn't tell me. Well, I left for work before him so there was no way he would have told me. Alright please do and call me back if he picks your call”. She said and ended the call.Why didn't Ares tell his wife that he didn't go to work and most of all where could he be by this time? I decided to call him and I was surprised when he picked up immediately.“Good morning sir, your wife said that you're not at home and she's been calling you but you're not picking her c
THE BREAKDOWN.Winnie.I stayed awake all through the night waiting for Ares to return but he never did. I lay on his bed as I watched the sunrise and my heart was heavy. I decided to dial Judy's number again and luckily, it went through.“You never called to give me feedback.” I told him immediately he picked up the call.“I'm sorry about that, I just didn't know how to tell you.” He responded, his voice a little bit shaky.“How to tell me what?” I asked, more curious now.“When I called Ares, he said that he isn't coming back home so you shouldn't bother waiting up for him and that he needs space away from you.” Judy replied and my face fell immediately.“He isn't coming back? Did he say where he was and how long he'll stay there?” I asked again, my voice beginning to break up as I fought hard to control my tears.“He's in another of his apartments but he didn't say how long he'll stay there.” Judy responded.“Do you know that I stayed awake the whole night waiting to see if Ares wo
THE BIG DECISION.Ares.As I was driving, it all became clearer to me. All these changes I had been noticing concerning me. The way I was now calm towards her. I never wanted to see her sad. I never wanted anything that would hurt her. I always wanted to see her smile and happy.How did I let all these happen? Where is the cold hearted Ares that doesn't give a fuck about anybody's feelings? “Aaaarrrrrggggggggg”. I shouted after parking my car by the corner of the road. I wanted to throw and scatter something so badly but I couldn't do that. Instead, I slammed my hands on the steering wheel so hard that it hurt.When I had calmed down a little and was able to drive properly, I resumed driving. I definitely couldn't go to my company in this mood so I decided to go home.Home? I can't do that. I took another turn that led me away from my mansion. I had made a decision. I won't live under the same roof as Winnifred again. That way, I can avoid her with ease.This was what I'd have to do
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.Winnie.I sat down in my office as thoughts of last night flashed through my mind. I couldn't help the blush that crept up my face when I recalled all that had happened.From the surprise to the dinner to the sex in the pool to the continuous sex in his room, all were very memorable and I enjoyed every one of them. Last night was a really fun night.“Someone's here to see you ma”. I heard Anna say, bringing me back from my thoughts.“Who is the person? Did the person leave a name?” I asked, curious because I wasn't expecting anyone.“No ma, he just said he wanted to see the owner of the bakery”. She replied.“Alright, I'll be out shortly”. I told her and she left. Who could be looking for me? I guess I better go and find out then. I left my office and went to see who it was.When I came out of my office, I saw a handsome young man with very black hair and green eyes that reminded me of Ares. He looked like he was in his early thirties. Well he is good looking I'll g
SUCH A CUTE THING.Judy.I was still finding it hard to believe that Ares actually thought of something like this and helped in executing it. If not for the fact that I was there when it all happened, I wouldn't believe that the Ares I know would do something as romantic as this.I was really happy when he suggested the idea and I observed how joyful he was when he was picking out Winnifred's outfit. I don't think I had seen him that happy in a long while and to think that Winnifred was the source of his happiness warmed my heart.I hoped things continued this way without changing. I was also glad that Winnifred loved the surprise because her expression when the light lit up was priceless. My hard work paid off.They didn't even wait for dinner to be over or at least for me to go before they started their make out session. They started doing it right there in my presence.“Isn't it too early for that?”. I had told them when I couldn't take it anymore and they composed themselves. I ch