Andrew's POVI made an effort to keep my distance from Gwen following the incident at work. She made me discover a part of myself that I had never known existed.I tried to keep things between us professional, it has not exactly been easy but I was trying my best.On weekends, I visit my children at her house and try to keep my cool whenever I see Ricky. Maybe Gwen was right, I was trying so hard to get her back that I was pushing her away from me.My main objective right now is to make up for the time I lost with my children by being there for them and developing a close relationship with them.I sat in the car getting impatient. Elena was taking forever to get here. We are attending an Auction for crying out not, not a fashion parade.She always spends extra time getting ready and putting on unnecessary make-up. It only got worse when she discovered she was pregnant.I reached for my phone, which was ringing in my pocket.“Yes Fred”“I am sorry I won't be available to drive you to t
Andrew's POVI looked towards the direction of table 87 but couldn't see who was seated there. The angle where the table was placed was dark and there was no light reflection towards it.Still, whoever that person is, I can not let him get the piece. Nobody publicly challenges me and gets away with it.There were several gasps in the room, and I noticed that everyone, including Elena, turned their gazes to table 87.“Babe, you can't allow him to embarrass you publicly” Elena said, tapping me by the hand. “I want that necklace at all cost”“350,000 dollars” I said, raising my paddle up.“500,000 dollars, anyone,” Daniel said. There was no way he would pay that much for a piece of necklace, right?Yet again, I was proven wrong. Bidder 87 held up his paddle. I decided it was time to up my game.“1 million dollars” I said.The room was dead silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on me.“Baby, what are you doing? That's way too much” Elena said, trying to persuade me to rethink my decision
Gwen's POVIt took me a few seconds to catch my breath from the vigorous kiss Andrew just imposed on me. I felt butterflies fluttering in my stomach. I am not sure why I still felt this strong attraction to Andrew after everything that had happened between us.He released me from his grip as soon as he heard Elena's voice. She looked at both of us, disgusted and enraged. I knew it was not going to end well.I had no idea why he did what he did, but I knew Elena was not going to let this go.“The hell is going on here Andrew?” Elena yelled, pushing him by the chest.“Elena, don't create a scene here” Andrew said indignantly.I turned and was about to walk away when Elena violently grabbed my arm. She continued walking with my hand in hers until we reached the center of the room."Let go of me!" I yelled, pulling my hand away from her. “What is wrong with you?”“What is wrong with me? You filthy lowlife” She screamed at the top of her voice, drawing the guests' attention to us.“Don’t
Gwen's POV "Wash the tumbler quick you sluggish idiot!" George yelled angrily at me as I tried my best to hasten my pace in washing the dishes. The pot-bellied man who was always in a foul mood continued ranting and screaming obscenities at me even as he walked away. It was my second week working in 'Choicest restaurant' and it felt like being in hell already. As someone born with the proverbial silver spoon, I had never in my life thought I would work in a low establishment such as this.I had just gotten home from campus to spend the holiday with my family when I met my father in a sour mood, on enquiring what happened he told me his past involvement in the Mafia had finally caught up with him. The government had all his properties seized and worse he's facing a jail term.Dejectedly, I had left home and made up my mind to search for a job but no one wants to employ the daughter of a criminal, at least for a white collar job so I took the only option left and that's how I found m
Gwen's POV I couldn't believe my father could say something as such, I looked from him to my mother probably to hear he was only joking but that doesn't seem to be the case."Dad, don't tell me you are really serious about what you said just now." I asked, still finding it hard to believe."I am serious, you have to get married to the son of the chief judge, it's the only way we can get out from this mess." His response to me was quick."I wouldn't get married to someone I don't have any emotional connection with!" I declared, my voice was slightly raised."You will and that's final." He yelled back at me and I decided I wasn't listening to him anymore, I stormed off."Victoria, you get your daughter to do this or we are all going to lose out big time." I heard him say to my mother as I opened the door to my room.I was still in my room when I heard a knock on the door. I stood up and opened the door to see my mother staring at me."Can I come in?" She asked, trying to gauge my react
Gwen's POV It's been almost two weeks since Andrew and I got married and it still feels like we are total strangers. He looked totally exhausted, probably from the day's work. "Welcome home, how's the office today?" I asked as Andrew breezed in, my eyes trailing his retreating figure.Andrew stopped in his tracks, turned back and briefly looked at me."Thanks, hectic!" Andrew said curtly without sparing me a glance.I was surprised to see him respond. He hadn't been responding to my greetings since I had moved in. Today was clearly a good day for him."Your food is right there on the table." I said in a low voice, pointing to the dinner table. I was surprised the second time that night when Andrew turned to look at me, for the first time since I knew him, he wasn't scowling. He only nodded before moving off to his room.I was surprised to see him that way, he had never acknowledged any of my greetings but this night seemed different. Maybe he was not so bad after all, I shrugged and
Gwen's POVThe next day, I was cleaning up and arranging the room when I heard Andrew suddenly yell at me."Don't fucking touch my stuffs without my permission first." Andrew's voice was loud and distant making me wonder maybe he wasn't the one all over me last night.Yes, Andrew and I had a great, passionate night. It was okay with me because he was maybe a jerk but he was a handsome man, too. I’ll take it as a one-night stand. Besides, I’m his wife."Why do you always act so cold?" I asked.He looked up at me from what he was doing on his laptop but said nothing, instead he stood up from the bed and decided to walk away."You always treat me like I meant nothing to you" I said feeling hurt in my heart, "I'm your wife so I deserve better."He paused then turned to answer me. "Wife?" He asked me as if it's a strange word to him but when I didn't reply he continued, "you must be really dumb if you haven't noticed we are only married on paper."I could hear the scorn clearly in his tone
Gwen's POVI woke up to my head banging hard and my eyes feeling dizzy. I was feeling completely unaware of my surroundings and couldn't even remember when I went to sleep. I picked up my phone to check the time and was surprised to see missed calls from Andrew. I wondered how that could be, considering I was a light sleeper and would normally wake up even hearing the faintest sounds.I yawned and got up from the bed then strolled towards the bathroom to quickly rinse my face and help lessen the pangs of headache that wanted to burst my head open. I then moved to get a bottle of water from the living room as my throat felt parched. The whole house looked completely quiet and empty save from the occasional sound coming from the TV. I wondered where everyone went and briefly relaxed when I remembered I was the one that sent Veronica, the maid on an errand and Andrew had stepped out earlier talking about meeting a client. I made a mental note to warn Veronica to always turn off the TV