Emmanuel told his wife that James and Victoria were divorced; they needed to visit Serene’s family for a betrothal gift. He asked his wife to contact the Logan family.He wanted to send the engagement invitation cards this week. The billboards would be up as well. Mark had finished designing it. His wife was overjoyed when she heard her husband's words.She immediately called her son and asked for Serene’s phone number. James was very happy. He decided to go home for dinner. After dinner, Emmanuel and his family went to the study room.Mr Johnson said, “James, I want to thank you for keeping your word till the end. I am proud of you, my son.I welcome Serene Logan as my only daughter in law, and there will never be any daughter in law in the Johnson family except Serene. I asked your mother to contact the Logan family to find out if they are available on Saturday.”His wife and son were over the moon. Mrs Johnson indicated that she received Serene’s phone number from James. James than
Mark Anthony was in the office busy with the design; he was concentrating on his work. Then his phone rang, he shouted at Ralph. “I told you to take the message should someone look for me.” Ralph said, “It’s your phone, Sir.” He apologized to Ralph, he tried to answer it, but it was too late, and it was a private number. He continued with his work. The phone rang again, he was so irritated, but he answered the phone. “Hello” with a bad tone. “Hello, its Victoria Lewis, sorry to trouble you, are you busy?” Mark was shocked and said, “I’m not busy, how are you?” Ralph looked at his boss dumbfounded, he nearly beat him up when the phone rang, but he now said he was not busy.Victoria told him she was well and asked him to fetch her today from work at 6 pm. He agreed, Victoria said goodbye and hung up. Mark Anthony was smiling from ear to ear. He wished that he could stand on the roof top and shout. He was no longer interested in work now. He told Ralph that he was going for a haircut
They finished eating. Mark took her home. “Mark, thanks I had a great time. I enjoyed your company. The food was delicious, and I like your father,” said Victoria, blushing. “It was the best day of my life,” said Mark. Victoria hesitated, “Mark, will you marry me?” Mark was shocked but he quickly snapped back to his senses. “Yes, I will marry you.” Victoria was so happy she hugged him. “It seems like I’m dreaming, I’m so happy,” said Victoria with tears in her eyes. When Mark saw her tears, his heart ached. He kissed her tears and said, “I’m the lucky one, who knew that I would meet you when I was meeting my father, so grateful to the Lord,” said Mark sheepishly. “When do you want us to register our marriage?” asked Mark, he was hoping that Victoria would say soon. “Can we register our marriage this week or next week after you asked my father’s permission to marry me?”Mark was so happy and said, “I will visit my father-in-law after work to ask for your hand in marriage.” Victoria
After dinner, Mr Lewis asked Mark Anthony to follow him to his study. He promised his daughter that he was not going to give Mark Anthony a hard time. Victoria stayed in the living room watching television. Mr Lewis pointed at the sofa and asked Mark Anthony to sit. Mark Anthony thanked him and sat down. Mr Lewis looked at Mark Anthony and said, “Victoria told me that she proposed to you.” Mark Anthony smiled, “Yes dad she did, it was the best day of my life. I waited for her for twenty-six years. The first day I saw her I knew that she was my wife.” Mr Lewis was beaming, “I am satisfied with you, son, and I don’t want to hide anything from you. When my company was facing bankruptcy, I tried to commit suicide. Mr Johnson approached me for cooperation provided my daughter Victoria marries his son, James Johnson. Victoria agreed to marry James Johnson for two years. Their marriage was in name only.”Mark Anthony smiled brightly, “thank you dad for telling me. The first time I found
The following day, after work, Mark went to the Anthony Group headquarters to visit his father. He didn’t notify him that he was coming. It was the first time he had been to the Anthony Group; he approached the receptionist, Angela Brown. He said, “I would like to see Mr Anthony.” Angela Brown looked at him. She was stunned; she had never seen a handsome man like him before and said, “Do you have an appointment Sir?” Mark replied, “I don’t have an appointment but if you call Mr Anthony and tell him that Mark is looking for him, he will allow me to see him.” Angela Brown sneered, “sorry Sir, I am not allowed to call the Chairman, not anyone can see our Chairman.” Mark shook his head and decided to call his dad.At that moment, Chairman Anthony was having a meeting with his managers in the conference room. Each department manager was giving feedback, then the phone rang, the conference room became quiet. The managers looked at each other looking for a culprit. They saw the Chairman
Grace Anthony was not happy that her husband, Timothy Anthony, was trying to reconcile with his late wife’s son, Mark Anthony, so she called her son Jonathan to come back home.She was scared that her husband would give her son’s inheritance to Mark. Over her dead body, Mark would never get a cent. Her precious son, Jonathan Anthony, was 24 years old, two years younger than Mark.Jonathan was not an ambitious person, he refused to go to university, and he never worked in his life. When his mother called, he was enjoying himself with his friends in his boat, drinking with beautiful ladies.His mother told him that she had something to tell him, so he rushed home. “Jonathan, you need to change your ways, your father is trying to reconcile with Mark,” said his mother.Jonathan shrugged his shoulders, “Mom, why do you worry about Mark? He is not interested in us. Mom, when you called me, I thought you wanted to tell me that you had bought me an apartment. I am tired of staying with you gu
On Thursday morning, Jonathan woke up and took a shower; he went to his closet and chose a black suit and a grey tie. He looked handsome, he had never worn a suit in his life, and it was the first time for him to go to his father’s company.He knew that he would not survive without his parents' support, so he decided to bite a bullet and report for work. When he went to the dining room to eat, he saw his father reading a newspaper.His father was surprised when he saw him wearing a suit. “Good morning dad, I have decided to join the company.” His father smiled and said, “I knew that you would come around, I am proud of you son, let us eat breakfast.”Grace refused to eat breakfast with her husband, she cried sorrowfully when they went back to their bedroom. She told her husband that she would never forgive him for forcing her son to work and for giving Victoria her restaurant. Timothy looked at his wife and didn’t utter a word.After they finished breakfast, father and son left for wo
On Saturday morning, Mark went to the Anthony mansion. He went early to discuss the betrothal gifts with his father. The Housekeeper opened the gate for him. His father was waiting for him in the living room.“Good morning dad” said Mark, smiling. “Good morning son,” said his father beaming and hugged his son. It felt like a dream, he was over the moon. He never thought that this day would come.He went to the kitchen to prepare tea for his son. He didn’t even ask the helper. He owed his son Mark a lot. He came back with two cups of tea on a tray. Mark thanked his father and took a sip.“How much did you prepare, son?” asked his father smiling. “Dad, I prepared a cheque of one hundred million rand. I am not sure if it is enough. Also, I bought health supplements for my father-in-law. Victoria is priceless, she is my life dad.”His father also prepared a Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime watch, towels, and expensive wines for Mr Lewis.At that moment, Grace entered the living room and s
Mrs Reed’s lawyer was so efficient he came to the mansion with the forms to be completed by Mrs Reed, Mark, and Victoria. He asked for their identity documents in order to register the mansion with their names.Fortunately, they had their identity documents with them. The lawyer indicated that he would send all documents to the Deeds office. He explained that the process of registering the house to the new owner would take three months.Then the Deed office would take ten days to deliver the Title Deeds to the conveyancer after registration. Since there was no bond involved, he believed that the process would be faster.They thanked the lawyer, and then he left the mansion. Mark and Victoria were still shocked. A stranger gave them her stunning mansion for free of charge.Mark smiled at Mrs Reed and said, “Thank you so much for your kindness, Mrs Reed, please allow us to buy you at least your flight ticket to London.I have a request; would you be so kind as to visit our house, before
“Sweetheart, take a nap. I will wake you up when lunch is ready. Do you want something to drink?” asked her husband smiling at her.Victoria smiled back at him and replied, “I want you to hold me in your arms, don’t you want to greet your babies?”Mark smiled mischievously and replied, “I don’t want to tire you up, I will greet our babies tonight.”Victoria smiled beautifully at him; Mark held his wife in his arms and kissed her gently.Mark placed his wife’s head on the pillow, then he left the bed when he saw that his wife was sleeping soundly.He took his digital photo frame to look at their photos again. He was smiling from ear to ear. His wife gave him the most wonderful gift. He would put it on his desk at work.At that moment, he received a WhatsApp message from his brother Jonathan telling him that James had sent 99 red roses to his sister-in-law and asked for a second chance. He sent him the roses’ photo.Mark smiled when he saw the roses. He used to be scared that his beauti
Mark was looking at his lovely sleeping wife with a smile on his face. His wife was breathtakingly beautiful, he loved her so deeply.He walked to the bathroom to wash up, then he walked out of the bathroom wearing a towel around his waist, then he wore jeans and a T-shirt.He looked at his lovely wife again, then he headed down to the kitchen to find Chef Ray to prepare breakfast. Chef Ray was in the kitchen baking croissants and blueberry muffins.When he saw Mark he greeted him with a smile and said, “Mr Anthony, what do you want to eat for breakfast?”Mark asked him to prepare a full English breakfast. He told him that they would come for breakfast in an hour’s time, then he told him that they would have lunch at 1:00 pm and dinner at 18:00.He had invited a pianist to play for them during dinner. He went to the living room to wait for the delivery man. He ordered 100 red roses bouquet as a Valentine’s Day gift. He also bought a red tulip bouquet since his wife loved them.At that
At Lewis Group, the Marketing department had arranged a surprise for the ladies.On Friday, Sam Tate called all department managers and asked them to tell men in their departments to come early on Monday at 8:00 am and joined them at the reception.At 8:00, two rows of handsome men stood at the entrance of the company waiting for the ladies. Sam Tate and Jonathan handed ten roses and ten chocolate slabs with a little card to each gentleman.When the ladies saw them they smiled brightly, each lady was given the goodies with a smile. Some of them didn’t have boyfriends, so they thanked the company from the bottom of their hearts for putting a smile on their faces.The ladies were wearing red and white. They were beautiful. Since it was Valentine’s Day, the flower shops were very busy. They were advised that CEO Lewis would give all the ladies half a day to spend time with their beloved.Some ladies were waiting for the lift talking and laughing, a pretty girl with dimples was looking at
Theodore received a call from his client. After he hung up, he looked at his uncle and said, “Uncle, I have a meeting with a client, I’m leaving. Zion, nice to see you again, don’t be a stranger.” Then he left.Jonathan went to his room as well to call his brother again. Uncle Timothy smiled at Zion and said, “Son, I have something urgent to do, don’t be shy, this is your home.”Zion thanked his father-in-law, and then Uncle Timothy left the lovebirds alone. Zion held Tamara in his arms smiling, “Your family loves you so much Tamara, everyone wants to see you happy.”Tamara smiled sweetly at him and replied, “So you have to treat me well.” Zion kissed her on her forehead, “What time must I fetch you tomorrow?”Tamara replied, “Fetch me around 10 am in order to spend time with my Grandmother-in-law.”Zion smiled brightly at her; his heart skipped a beat. He hugged her tightly, he didn’t want to let her go. He had found his soulmate.Tamara hugged him back and smiled at him. They looked
At the Anthony residence, Zion White was sitting in the living room with Tamara and Theodore laughing. Jonathan was absent-minded thinking about his mother, who wasn’t doing well in prison.Uncle Timothy was surprised when he saw Zion White in his house since he was a prominent figure in the city. He thought Tamara was going to introduce a random person to shut him from nagging.Zion White was a capable young man, and he was compatible with his daughter. His Grandmother prepared health supplements for Mr Timothy as a gift; Uncle Timothy was overjoyed. During lunch, the atmosphere was harmonious.After lunch, Uncle Timothy asked Zion to join him in the study room. “Tamara told me that initially you wanted to get married when you were thirty years old, but you changed your mind because of your Grandmother’s health, do you think you are ready to settle down?”Zion smiled and replied, “Dad, I love your daughter with all my heart, it was selfish of me to ask her to wait for me. I think I w
Mark and Victoria went to their bedroom to pack, he kissed his wife and said, “Sweetheart, take a nap. I will pack our luggage.” Since she was exhausted, she went to bed to take a nap.Mark had designed a beautiful dress for her to wear on Valentine’s Day. He didn’t want her to see it. He had arranged a romantic dinner for her.He quickly packed, then he called Mr Johnson, “Hello Mr Johnson, I designed a dress for Deon’s wife Debby as a gift for her to wear during their honeymoon. His mother liked the dress a lot.She asked Deon to refer him to the designer who designed her daughter-in-law’s dress to design a gown for her. I told Deon that I only designed for my wife.Since his mother is turning fifty in two months’ time, I promised to ask permission from you first.”Mr Johnson smiled and replied, “Go ahead and design a gown for that lady. Mark, we miss you in the Johnson Group. You are so gifted. The baby clothes that you designed are selling like hotcakes. Sugar Lumps is very popula
Tamara packed her small bag and went to the Anthony mansion. Her uncle was in the living room watching a soccer match. He beamed when he saw Tamara, he hugged her and kissed her on both cheeks.“Why don’t you tell me that you are coming?” Tamara smiled brightly at him and said, “Uncle Timothy, someone is coming to see you tomorrow.”Her uncle looked at her suspiciously and said, “Tamara, tell your uncle the truth, where did you find that someone from, didn’t you tell me that you didn’t have a boyfriend last week?”Tamara told her uncle about Grandmother White’s heart condition hence they decided to take things to another level. Uncle Timothy was beaming and asked, “Do you want me to invite your brothers to join us?”Tamara smiled and replied, “I don’t know if Mark and my sister-in-law will be able to come because my sister-in-law had lower-leg cramps, he asked me to organize my Yoga teacher for her, and he is meeting them tomorrow.”Uncle Timothy looked at Tamara with worried eyes and
After lunch, they went to the living room. Tamara was holding hands with Zion, smiling at each other. Mark told them that Jonathan couldn’t come because when he visited his mother he found that his mother was bullied by the inmate.He indicated that he would ask their father to speak to the higher-ups to move her to a single cell. Theodore was rendered speechless, “who is her inmate?”Zion replied, “I asked the warden to transfer Auntie Grace to Beauty’s prison cell because they share the same behavior.Beauty killed all the members of her family, whereas Auntie Grace tried to kill her daughter-in-law and her grandchildren. Beauty is ruthless. I don’t see her surviving in prison.She wants to be moved to a single cell; it will never happen. My baby cried because of her actions. She thought the Anthony family would lose her sister-in-law and the babies.For that, I will never forgive her. I have the final say in this matter.” Victoria was so happy; she kissed her husband. Mark thanked