"Why?"
"It's wet." Cathy's face was all sour, she knew that Whitney had cried through the night and her food had not touched. "Did you..." "Cathy!" She called to stop her, but Cathy didn't say a word, she left to get him juice. Gregory notices something is not right, he thinks if she is a bed wetter, he shakes his head. "I didn't..." Cathy was coming back because it's a small apartment, she was shocked that Whitney wanted to explain to him. "Here, have some juice." "Thanks!" He sits and looks back at Whitney. "You didn't do what?" He wants an explanation, Cathy just shakes her head all men are the same, there is this one standing a few minutes ago like a lost child, and now is all authoritative. "Whitney, you should go have your bath before you infect us with your dirt while Gregory fills his eyes with pictures." Whitney gasped for air, and she walked away, as Gregory watched his eyes darkening, almost the entire album was filled with Whitney and George, and Cathy noticed it. "That is my brother, George, he is very fond of Whitney, she is George's Princess." As she was explaining to him, Gregory look at her, how can a girl read his thoughts, she is just as queer as the one who is in love with her, he knows his cousin might be madly in love with her. "Brother can do anything to make her happy." "What are you two talking about?" Her eyes caught the album in Gregory's hand, she grabbed it in a hurry, she didn't know that was the album Cathy had given him, she knew the next picture would be worse. "Why do you close it?" "You should watch this." "If it's not this then it is no one." "Are you mad at me?" She pouted and held her ears, Whenever she got Gregory angry, he pulled his face to her to show he forgave her, she pulled him by the chin that is how they behaved towards each other back then, Gregory smiled. Cathy knows that Whitney and George play closely and that the act of Whitney is not that of flirting but what George and Whitney have is siblings love this boy before they love Whitney but she doesn't know and Cathy is not ready to let Whitney get hurt. "Have you eaten?" Whitney asked, he wanted to shake his head but his tummy grew. "You naughty boy, you are hungry and you are telling lies." She pulled his chin, and he smiled in a second he pulled her into a hug, he had been dying to hug her and he had made up his mind that he was going to hug her even with this little thing acting like her mother in front of him."Ahem! Whitney!" She called her. "Yes, do you want to eat too?" "Yes, do you have food?" Gregory knows that Cathy wants to get Whitney back on track, it seems she is losing her senses and clipping too much on him. "Why don't we go to my condominium? You can cook there." "No! I will not allow it." Cathy said almost like a big sister protecting her kid sister when in a real sense they are both the same age, she is just a few months older than her. 'Do you think I will hurt her?" "I didn't say..." she didn't finish before Gregory spoke up. "You can come with her if you don't trust me." Gregory knows that is the only way to drag Cathy to come with him, he needs to drag this little one, Cathy can't afford to let her angel go alone with a man who has a werewolf as a betrothed but she had some strange feeling for Craig, she had an endless dream about she and Craig in a romantic relationship, that was the main reason she want to go to Whitney before she met Gregory, she has no choice than to agree with Gregory. "Fine but I don't think is today." "Of course, maybe we should go to a nearby eatery, to grab a quick bite.""I know somewhere affordable we can get good food," Cathy said in a hurry forgetting that Gregory is worth billions of dollars. "Sure, Greg, you will like it." He didn't say anything, and they both walked behind Gregory, he looked like an elite from his wears, appearance, and the way he walked elegantly, to the financial aspect he was flawless, and he started driving. "Greg!""What is it, Whitney?" "Is this your car?" He never expected her to ask, she and Cathy had never entered such a machine before now, and he scratched his head. "Go on." His phone rang. "Pick your call." Gregory looked at it, Cathy was looking at his countenance, it was not good, so she just assumed that maybe his betrothed was the one calling him. "Whitney, can't you see that he is driving?" "Since when do you become careful? Come on Greg leave this friend of mine pick your call." Before he could pick up, a voicenote came up and, she pressed it. "Oh! You don't want to come home? You gallivanting around town with that prostitute..." Cathy closes her eyes, Whitney's tears drop from her eyes, and the voicenote continues. "You left me to go be with that social climber, that pig that is as cheap as a use..." Gregory didn't wait for it to finish, he ended it. "I am...""Stop! Stop the car!" She yelled."I am sorry dear, I didn't..." "If you don't stop I will jump out." Gregory pulls over, and she gets down so fast, Cathy gets down as well, she and Whitney get into a tricycle, and the tricycle just takes a turn. "Pack!" She stops it, she gets down. "You can go, I will get another.""Whitney; where are you going?" "Don't follow." She gets another. "Whitney!" She called. "Don't worry I will be fine, go on." The tricycle zooms off, leaving Cathy behind, Gregory watches, seeing that Whitney has gotten into another, Cathy pays the former and asks him to leave, Gregory ignores the traffic light, and he almost gets hit by a moving vehicle, she closes her eyes in fear. "Don't you all think, I can't handle all of this?" She said in pain, she had been stressed because of Whitney, and seeing that he was almost hit, gave her more pain; Gregory didn't know what to do, so he pulled her into a hug. I am sorry. She finally regains herself. "Sorry, you have to deal with two annoying girls." Gregory smile. "I thought brave girls don't get scared." "Don't be mean." "Where is Whitney going to?" "I don't know but I will just go to her apartment maybe she is going there." "I am coming with you." "No, I will do that myself." "Can I have your number so you tell me when you found her?" "No problem." She brought out her phone and collected the number. "I go on now."**** Gregory's drive back was like forever, he hit the steering over and over in frustration, he wanted to get fast to his condominium but that was not possible, he was far in thought when he eventually got to the condominium, he entered his private elevator, he wasn't caught up for any drama of girls "Where are you coming from?" "Jane, back off." "Really? You spend an entire morning out there with a low life." "Jane, I have told you times without numbers to stay off my case but you don't listen, you are trying my patience." "That woman is a prostitute." He pushed Jane to the wall, Craig opened the door and met the two quarreling. "You are not allowed to call anyone dear to me names.""Oh! It's finally out, you are sleeping with that whore." "Jane, you should know your limit.""My limit? You are my betrothed." "No, in the eyes of my parents but not in my eyes.""Fine, you should care for her well because I will make her crippled." Craig's eyes bulge out, Gregory pushes Jane more, and her back hits the wall. "You know me, no one will tell you about me Jane, you should stay away from her if you don't want my madness.""I don't make empty threats, I will kill her." "If you provoke me, I will lock my lips with her right in front of you and you will do nothing." *****He grabbed his keys back, he darted out, Craig darted after him, he ignored the elevator, and so did Craig, as they passed anyone around couldn't help but drool over them, on a norm it would bother them but it didn't, he get to the car, his driver was ready to get the key from him. "Sir...""Get lost!" He yelled at Ian, his driver, Ian was scared, he had never seen him like that in the past three years he had worked with him, he knew that Craig was the cold one not that he was wicked but his facial appearance was enough to scare people, he just step outside and he gets into the car, so do Craig. "Where are you going?" "I don't even know." Craig tapped his shoulder and ran his hand on Gregory's back, the only one that knows Gregory is weak is Craig and Gregory is the only one that also knew Craig was soft-hearted, in a second, Gregory hugged Craig, and his phone rang. "Who is calling?" "Oh! That could be Whitney's phone." The phone had fallen from her bag when she was in a hurry to get down. "Go on and pick before it ends, baby in love." He teases Gregory. "Maybe you should answer it." "No!"He said almost screaming now it was Gregory's turn to tease him. "Chicken in love."He runs his hand on his neck, and the phone rings again"Hello, Cathy!""Gregory? Is she with you?" "No oh! Is like her phone fell from her bag, have you seen her?" "No, I have gone to our favorite spot but she is not there.""I am sorry, I didn't mean to hurt her.""Don't beat yourself up too much, you are not the cause of it, she had other issues with her..." "With who? Go on and tell me." "Please, I can't tell." "But..." Craig knows if he is too pushy, they will get no information from her, so he grabs the phone. "Hello!" Cathy goes mute, Craig's voice is cool, it sounds nice, and she is trying to compose herself, to sound normal. "Why is she not talking to me? Did I say something wrong?" "No, I am here." "Ahem! Call us, if you can get her, or hear any news about her." "I will." She didn't say anything else, the line just went off. "Woe! She ends the call." "Maybe you should use one of your charms on her." Craig smiled and pushed his head. "What are you going to do now?" He throws Whitney's phone to him. "What should I do with it? I want the phone unlocked, I want to be able to get access to everything on it in less than an hour." Craig's eyes opened wide, Cathy didn't bother that her friend's phone would be invaded because she Locked it with her face and some apps with her fingerprint but she didn't know she was dealing with a demon. "Do you want to invade her privacy boss?" "If I am your boss, you will not argue with me." "Fine, but you should eat before I return, you may need a whole lot of strength to handle it." "Go on," Gregory said to him, when Craig left he had waited for him, in all this time he kept calling Cathy but still no news, he was dead frustrated, Jane had gone to the poolside to cool off her nerves, he picked up his car's key to go out again when the door open wide. "You are going out?""I just can't sit here and do nothing." "Here is the phone." Gregory grabbed the phone from him, the first thing was her message. "That already?" "What was I supposed to do? Look at her pictures, Maybe that too but for now it's not relevant." "You should be mindful of the things you look at...""Can you stop Craig?" He raises his hand in surrender. "I will just go and sleep." "Better, and stop meddling in my business." He didn't have a choice but to leave, in a few minutes Gregory had gone through all her messages but he could not find what he was dying in need of, there he saw WordPress on her phone. I am sure this is just her note. But he was desperate to get information, so he opened and read, it's much, he just flipped through many pages but something caught his attention. "My pain! What is her pain?" He read, "I told him I was sorry, and I wanted him to forgive me but he didn't, I don't even know what I was begging for, I know we have been dating for a year but I didn't let him touch me, I have decided to give him myself after I get my chamber attachment close to him, but he was with another when I got there, he told me I was selfish and that he wants to break up with me but it was late, so I asked him to let me passed the night there but he asked for something, he sai
"Shit!" He curses under his breath. "What is it?" She asked in surprise but Craig was carried away he pressed his lips on her and kissed her, at first he was slow, but he increased the pace, Gregory on the other hand was still feeding Whitney, she opened her mouth and his tongue slipped into her mouth to prevent her from closing her teeth on his tongue, he pushed his lips into her mouth, he also start kissing her, Craig was still kissing Cathy, when she pushed him. "Stop!" She had knocked some senses into him, and his breath was heavy, if she hadn't stopped him, he wouldn't know what he would have done to her, he picks his keys again. "You should not go out there, it's dangerous." "I can't stay here with you." "But you can..." "I can't control myself." Cathy's heart raced but she still didn't want him to go, he had texted one of the hooligans in the ghetto to watch over Craig's car, and she knew they would harass him if he went out. "Don't, it's not safe out there.""Go to your roo
Craig walks into the living room to give Gregory a report, seeing the two together, he wants to go back but he stops. "Yes, anything, if it will make you happy." "I want to go to the club, will you take me there?" His eyes bulge out. "You promised to do anything that would make me happy?" Craig looks in shock, Women are trouble, how can she use his own words to blackmail him? "I will if that will make you happy." Craig's laptop almost fell from his hand. "Thanks, you are a darling, I will just go and bathe." "Whenever you want to go, just let me know." "I want to go tonight." Gregory closed his eyes, she ran into the bathroom, and he sighed in frustration. "Do you want to do that?" "What do you expect me to do?" "You don't have to hurt yourself to please her.' "You told me to break those rules for her, here I am breaking one of my rules." "Boss!" He looks at Craig, he gives up. "Here is the file of the chocolate factory that wants us to invest in their company." "Alright, how
"The rich kid is here to buy her freedom. he said he wants to fight?""I never did say I wanted to fight, I only said I would buy her freedom." "You still have the boldness to speak." Another said, throwing a punch in his face, it met the side of his lips. "Do you still want to fight or we should get the girl?" The Ghetto king wants to touch Cathy. "You won't dare." "Why are you stubborn? Leave I will be fine." Another raised a punch to hit him, and Craig held his hand in space. "Step aside." He said in a low voice, she closed her eyes in fear, and he twisted his hand and pushed him. He staggered back hitting another he bent and two of the boys hit each other, he hit one by the jaw, sending him to the floor, he got two and hit their heads together, one was about to attack him but he hit him on the stomach, seeing what had happened to the others, the last boy develops cold feet, he falls to the ground. "Please, don't..." "Get off my way," he ran from Craig like a frightening cat,
"Come on, let's go, you are driving like a snail and, we are finally here, you are standing, do you want it to close?" He closed his eyes. "Do you want to go in? I should ask you that, if you don't want to go, you should as well leave." Gregory gasped for air. "I didn't say so, I am just asking." "Don't ask to go home, I can care for myself." She darted inside, and Gregory darted after her, he felt like a stranger in his body, he hated himself but what could he do, her happiness was his joy. "Welcome Sir and Ma to the VIP section, what can we serve you?" "Pomegranate." "At your service sir." In a blink he is back with it, she slips on it and her face turns sour. "What is it?" "Why did you ask them to get me fruit juice?" "Don't you like it?" "Who goes to a club and drinks juice? I want alcohol." Gregory closes his eyes to suppress his anger, he has no patience for women but Whitney is special to him. "You want alcohol?" She nodded, "Don't worry I will get it for you
The night is almost gone, so they just work all through the early mornings, when it's six, Gregory and Craig, have already groomed to go meet with an investor, and Whitney walks in on them. "Are you going out?" "Yes, we have an investor to meet this morning, there is food in the dining.""I can't stay alone in this place." "Don't worry, there is security down outside and Mr. Beck will be checking on you from time to time." "I will go with you." "But...""It will not take long I will be out." Gregory hadn't replied to her, so she hurried inside, Craig looked at Gregory, they wanted to leave before she came out. "I am out already, I am fast right?" Gregory nodded, she rushed into the kitchen, she just got some pack. "Let me pack the food so you can eat on our way." They both watch as she packs the food in a hurry. "Shall we?" "Let me help you carry it." Whitney was surprised when Craig offered to help her, she was a bit scared of Craig but he looked simple. "Thank you." Ian drive
"You even said you are my driver but that didn't change her mind." Ian laughed. "You shouldn't be laughing with this man, he wants to take your job." "If Whitney didn't save me, I would have been a dead man and this boss of mine doesn't want to help""Why should I help you when you are taking my friend away from me?" "You Know that is not true, no one can replace you in my heart." Whitney drags Gregory's chin. "Is there still food?" Craig asked. "Sure, you can have it." Whitney hand him the food. "you are a princess" "Call me Princess again?" "Don't worry, your..." "Craig stop it." He didn't say a word, as he ate, Whitney's mouth fell open when she saw the message from Cathy, she had not been able to go through the message before. "Craig thank you." Gregory and Craig look at each other, if Gregory and Craig didn't understand each other, there would have been issues between them, the way Whitney praised him. "For what?" "Cathy told me how you saved her." "Do she tell you every
"Where is Whitney?" "She left with Gregory, they said they need to get something from your local market." "Oh!" She stands to leave. "Are you leaving me here?" Craig asked, she sit not a word came from Craig to her, he kept looking at her, too many things flashed through his mind, one was to make her his woman and never let any other man come near, he wanted to pull her on his legs right there and now, run his hand all over her body but he can't. "Why are you staring at me like that?" "Ahem!" He clears his throat. "Sorry, I will wait outside." "No, sit, Whitney will feel bad if I let you stand under the sun, because you are, her best friend cousin." He sits, and another long silence goes on. "Do you live abroad?" She had noticed that everything about him looked special, so she felt that he could only live abroad. "No!" "Here at county C in Marvel City?" "No!" "Then where do you live?" "Do you want to go with me?" she shakes her head. "I will be going for my chamber attachme
It was like a dream come true for Cathy and Craig. She never thought she could find love and Craig never thought he could fall for any girl but now they found love and want to stay in love. Craig; Cathy, Whitney, and Gregory, suffer a lot having one life tangled with another it's a bad dream even when you have your issues. Talk more of adding to it, they finally found rest, after the curse was broken, not for just them but for their entire clan, Craig didn't become the king when the gods asked him to request what he wanted him to do for him, he pleaded with the gods to appoint someone's else in his place, now people of the clan could plant and eat their fruit, no more high death rate, Craig can paint freely so do Roe, he can act movies but they still run the business. when the two companies finally merged they hit success in the very first year, and Roland's dream of his two sons working side by side came true. Not as enemies but as an ally, they became best of friends and siblings l
"I have done my part, so, let her start moving before I get mad." Craig orders, Ruth and Jessica laugh, and they go to her and return. "We need more cash, she is hungry," Betty said."Food? Didn't she eat before leaving home?" Craig yelled, Gregory hit his head slightly. "Stop doing everything with force," Gregory said, he dragged his phone out and dropped it on Betty's hand. "I have nothing left just don't ask for more." "we will see about that?" Betty got it and left Then they turned instead of Cathy moving forward, she was going backward, he wanted to run after her but the little ones stood in front of him"What is it? Get off my way, I have nothing, go away." "Relax, we should blindfold you, if you can touch your Cathy then she will be all yours," Clara said"What?" "Yes, are you doing it?" Wendy asked, he looked at them."You have two seconds to decide or we leave," Riley added, he agreed, and then Roe stepped forward"You, you are in this with them?""Sorry just doing my wo
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Two days before the wedding, Cathy had tried almost all the wedding gown designs for her, Craig could criticize them, some hands were too exposed, some of the cleavages were out, and some part of her chest was too revealing"Craig, what about this? Don't you like it?" Cathy is on one but all her cleavage is out. "You are not asking about this? Are you?" Craig said indifferently, Cathy looked at him. "Yes, I don't like it and you should know that.""You should just say, I should go with a quilt." "I never said that they should change it, I don't just like it, I want something perfect.""You don't like it or boys will stare at her?" Whitney asked him. "Yes, you understand me, someone is finally on the same page as me. I don't want people looking at her cleavage like that.""I don't understand you, it's her day, let her have it special," Betty said"I don't want it, let me see the collection of another designer, I need something glamorous," Craig said. Cathy just stood up. "It's fine,
"Did I also tell you that I love you more than life?'"You just did." 'And that you send goosebumps on me when you kiss my neck?'"You also just did.""And when you just told me, that you are Reliance, it means you wanted me to be happy all the time, you know I missed a friend and you want to fill that loneliness in me, you are always thinking about my welfare.""Is because I love you, and I don't want you hurt, even when you reject my love, even if you push me away, I will still keep coming back because I am hooked and no one will want me.""Who told you so?""I just know, I know that, if you go away, my life with be empty." "And mine will be too, so I love you more until my last breath." Whitney looked at Craig and then at Cathy, she wanted to ask Cathy but then she pointed at Craig, and Cathy smiled. "How many exes do you have?" Whitney asked him, Gregory laughed. "What is funny?" George asked Gregory. "You should ask him how many flings has he had." Craig hit him. "Are you by
"I want to tell you, let's go on a cruise, where I will...""Cathy stops," she looks at Craig. "Skip that part." "Why?" Gregory asked. "It's made for my ear alone, so continued after that." Cathy gasped for air. "After that, I will tell you; thank you for...""Stop there and skip," Craig said again if Cathy took the next word all of them would know what that first part said she had practically told him that she would go nude in front of him and asked him to make her a woman. "Then after that, I will force you to marry me," Cathy said low."Can you do all that for me?" Craig asked she just nodded! "Okay, you said you would force me to marry you but you didn't, when we meet again.""I was jealous of Zoe because she is the one in your hands, not me." Craig laughed hard and hugged her tight. "Maybe, we should go do the other part of the letter." "No, let me read the others," Cathy said. "No, I want that part to be fulfilled." "Let's keep it till our wedding night." When Cathy said it
"Thank you, dad." Gregory hugged Jeremy, and Roland stepped on the stage. "Am I welcome?" He asked Craig hugged him, his tears falling. "I am sorry, sorry for hurting you and your mother." "And thank you for hurting me, I am stronger because of you, I forgive you the very day, you let me seek refuge in your house, that is while I call you dad." Roland hugged him again after a long cry, he tapped his shoulder. "Men don't cry, you should come back to work, remember you are the CEO, and Mega Touch Aviation Empire Intl needs you." Gregory looks at Craig. "I am sorry Dad, I can't, I think Roe should continue being the CEO, I will let Cathy assist him for some time, and if he needs any assistance...""No, you should work with him, you can make the company fly, I am not as good as you." Cathy said, Craig doesn't want to leave Gregory, when they are together, they could move mountains. Roe walks to the stage. "You don't have to choose, the two companies can be merged, imagine, how the co
When the marriage drew closer, Cathy realized that Craig hadn't engaged her, she was so sad"Cathy, are you alright?" Whitney asked. "You don't like any of the gowns?" Betty asked. "I do but when you two got married, didn't you get engaged?" "Yes, we did." Betty reply. "Then why is mine different?" Cathy asked, At that moment, Craig and Gregory walked in, and she rushed to Craig. "Craig, I need an engagement ring, since I should tell you everything." "How many times will I engage you?" He asked Cathy to look at him with a sad face, he put his hands on her top to bring out the ring from her neck. "What are you doing?" She asked as Craig grabbed the ring. "You want everything twice, you are such a selfish girl." "No, you haven't engaged me, go on and do it.""Silly girl; do you ever let me talk?" Craig drags her nails. "Stop it, you should not engage me with someone else ring.""But the ring is from me," Craig said, Cathy, looked at him surprised. "Yes, the ring is mine, I wante
"Creamy! What is it?" Gregory hugged her behind, as her back pressed against his chest while Gregory rested lazily on his shoulder. "Why can't you treat me like Craig do to Cathy? Craig loves Cathy.""I love you creamy.""I know but do you love me?" Whitney asked him, Gregory caressed her arms."Come on, I do, I love you, you should know better." "But you don't show me love the way Craig does to Cathy, you don't worship my ground, Craig calls her my lady." "But I call you creamy." "Fine, I know but...""Whitney, I love you and you break my heart when you think I don't." "Alright, fine, I need to rest." "Whitney!" "Let me be, I want to rest." Whitney walks passed him and returns to his room, Gregory scratches his head, he knows that Whitney is mad, Craig is in the living room, and when Gregory returns, he looks at Craig. "How do you do it?" "Do what?" Craig asked Gregory. "Show your affection," George added he knows that, even if Betty doesn't say, she too wants such attention