Two months before Mark and Victoria’s engagement banquet, Timothy Anthony called his son to his office and said, “Son, I kept the ring that I proposed to your mother with. I want to give it to you for your proposal to Victoria.”Mark was surprised and he hugged his father and became emotional. He wished his mother was still alive to witness the marriage between him and Victoria. “Thank you, dad, the ring is so beautiful, I’m sure that Victoria will be over the moon, this ring is so special to me.” He hugged his father again.Mark decided to take his wife to Mauritius Resorts; he immediately booked their flights and accommodation. He called his father-in-law and said, “Dad, I want to propose to Victoria, I’m taking her to Mauritius. Can she take a week’s leave, dad?” His father-in-law agreed.Mark told him that it was a surprise. He went to Mr Johnson’s office and applied for one week’s leave.After work, he went to the Lewis Group to fetch his wife. Mark held his wife in his arms, “M
Grace was having lunch with her friend Bongiwe at His Wings restaurant. Bongiwe looked at her, “is everything alright, my friend?” Grace sighed, “Timothy hasn’t been home since the argument, I don’t know if he wants to divorce me.”Bongiwe was shocked, “Timothy loves you Grace, have you tried to call him?” Grace looked at her friend with sad eyes, “I lack courage to call him, I’m so sad. Jonathan is blaming me for ruining his life.When he came back from his trip, he told me that he wanted to work hard and make his father proud, but I told his father that I would never forgive him for forcing him to work.Since Jonathan came back, he locks himself in his room; he doesn’t even talk to me. He hates me Bongiwe; I don’t know what to do.” Grace had lost a lot of weight.Bongiwe comforted her friend, “sorry my friend, but you need to stop competing with Mark. I’m glad that Jonathan is turning over a new leaf; there will be peace in your house. Don’t make Timothy regret marrying you.Why don
Timothy went straight to his wife and slapped her twice and said, “Why did you beat up my daughter in love?”Grace was astonished; it was the first time her husband laid his hands on her. “You hit me,” said his wife crying.Her husband looked at her annoyed, “I asked you a question. Why did you beat up my daughter in love?”His wife was rubbing her burning cheeks, “Your precious divorcee is the cause you are divorcing me.”Timothy was stunned; he took his phone and called the police. He went to Patrick and said, “I’m so sorry that my wife caused a commotion in your company. She’ll pay for what she’s done today.”Patrick patted Timothy on his shoulder, “it is not your fault, what are you going to do?” Timothy looked at Patrick, “I want her to be arrested and I will surely divorce her.”Timothy turned to his son Jonathan, “Thank you son for being here, it was a wise move for your mother to come to Victoria, since she is my weakness. If she had begged Victoria to ask me to forgive her, I
Mark was sitting on their bed looking at his sleeping wife, her beautiful face was swollen, and his face became dark. Who gave his stepmother the confidence to bully his precious wife?He would take revenge on his dearest wife; he was just waiting to see how his father would resolve this matter. His wife was not a punching bag. His life was empty before he met his lovely wife. Now he was complete.His wife was his life; he loved her with his soul. He learnt how to smile. He kissed his wife and headed down to the living room.When he arrived in the living room, he saw his father and his father-in-law talking. When they saw him, they stopped talking and looked at him, “How is my daughter in love?”Mark replied, “She is sleeping. Dr Cain told us that it was superficial wounds, and he gave us ointment to relieve the pain.”His father looked at his son with sadness, “I’m sorry, son, for bringing trouble into your house, please forgive me. I decided to divorce your Auntie as soon as she is
The following day, Bongiwe visited her best friend in police custody. She brought food and clothes.Grace was so happy to see her, “Thank you for coming, my friend. I know that Timothy is going to divorce me, and I don’t care. As long as he gave me His Wings restaurant as a divorce settlement, I will agree.”Bongiwe was speechless, “Grace, you don’t deserve to get a cent from Timothy, and the restaurant is no longer his, but it was given to Victoria as a betrothal gift, do you remember?”Grace sneered, “I don’t care, if he refused to give me what I want, he must forget divorcing me.”Bongiwe was dumbfounded, “Grace, I don’t know what to say to you because you don’t listen to me. When are they releasing you here?”Grace looked at her friend and laughed, “I think Timothy will release me after Mark’s engagement banquet since he is scared that I will disrupt the engagement.”Bongiwe shook her head, and then she promised her friend that she would visit her after the engagement banquet. The
After work, Mark fetched his wife to the company; he went to her office and sat down on the sofa. Victoria went to him and kissed him on the chin, “Honey, please give me five minutes. I want to finalize this report and send it to my dad.”Mark nodded his head; he took his phone and took a photo of his wife. He became angry when he thought about James' words. His wife rose her head up and said, “What is wrong?”Mark told her that James said he wanted to compete fairly with him. Victoria sent the report to her father and sat on the sofa next to her husband and held his arm.“Don’t be angry my love, James came to see me, but I rejected him. I told him that he must respect you as my husband. I will only love you in my lifetime. My heart will always be yours.”Mark was happy and kissed his wife fiercely, and then he released her. Victoria packed her stuff; she switched off the lights and they left the office hand in hand.He opened the car door for her and fastened the seatbelt for her. He
Victoria woke up and tried to hold her husband, but she remembered that she was at the Lewis mansion. She called her husband, “Good morning my handsome husband, did you sleep well?”Mark told her that he hadn’t slept at all, he was missing someone. Victoria giggled and told him that she fell asleep after playing his music video clip several times.Then she hung up, she walked to the bathroom, and soaked herself in the bathtub. She walked to her closet and wore casual clothes. She headed down to the living room.Her father was reading a newspaper, his eyes lit up when he saw his daughter, “Good morning my beautiful daughter, did you sleep well? Victoria hugged her father and replied, “Good morning dad, I slept well thank you.”She flashed her father with a big smile, “The weather is beautiful, I can’t wait to see my husband.” Her father laughed; they went to the dining room to eat breakfast. Her relatives were still sleeping.She didn’t want to see her Aunt and her cousins, so she went
On Monday morning, Grace was released from police custody. She wanted to take a bath to wash off being locked up in police custody. When she arrived home, Jonathan was in the living room watching television. He just ignored his mother.Grace’s heart ached because everything she did was for her precious son. She went to the bathroom and took a long bath.While she was bathing, she received a call from her husband’s lawyer, Mr Cole, requesting to meet her at His Wings restaurant to discuss the divorce settlement. She asked Bongiwe to get her a divorce lawyer.Bongiwe managed to get Mr Donald for her. The meeting with Mr Cole was at 3:00 pm, and then she met her lawyer, Mr Donald, at 1:00 pm.She didn’t tell him about the Prenuptial Agreement, she told him that she would agree to divorce her husband if he gave her His Wings restaurant as a divorce settlement. She didn’t tell him that the restaurant belonged to her husband’s daughter-in-law.When Grace and Mr Donald arrived at His Wings r
Six months later, at the Lewis mansion, the atmosphere was lively. The Fish family and the Paul family arrived a week earlier. They couldn't wait to witness the wedding of Victoria and Mark.Grandma Fish was over the moon. She was smiling from ear to ear. Mr Lewis' brothers came with their daughters and their sister, Rebecca. They arrived on Friday afternoon.Their big brother was surprised to see them because they told him that they wouldn't make it to the wedding. He felt that they were not happy to be around him.He looked at his sister, Rebecca, and asked, "Did you force your brothers to come?" Rebecca smiled but she didn't utter a word.At that moment, Victoria entered the house. She was coming from the premarital counseling with Pastor Basil. She didn't know the men sitting with her father.She greeted everyone, and then she hugged her aunt. She wasn't happy to see her but Aunt Rebecca was a relative. Her father smiled at Victoria and said, "Sweetheart, greet your uncles properl
Since Victoria was thirty-nine weeks pregnant, the Anthony siblings decided to hold their father's 50th birthday banquet at the Anthony residence. Dr Cain advised Victoria to give birth naturally and it was an easy pregnancy.Victoria was resting in their bedroom. She was uncomfortable; she visited the bathroom several times to pee. She was cramping and her lower back was painful. She asked her husband to rub her.Mark looked at his wife nervously and asked, "Love, are you having contractions?" Victoria smiled and replied, "I think so, but I will go to the hospital when my water breaks. Please don't tell Dad."Mark was reluctant; he wanted to take her to the hospital. Victoria kissed him passionately and said, "Don't be nervous my handsome husband, it's just an early labour."Mark called Dr Cain and told him that Victoria was in labour but the water hadn't broken yet. Dr Cain said, "Mark, please bring her to the hospital when the contractions are five minutes apart."Mark thanked Dr Ca
It was Friday, the day before Jonathan's graduation ceremony. Mark and his family were at the Anthony mansion. His wife, Victoria, was seven months pregnant. She was resting on the bed with Rafael and Gabriel sitting next to her.They became fascinated when they saw their baby sister kicking their mother. They put their little hands on their mother's stomach and giggled when she kicked them.The Anthony family went to do a 3D Ultrasound scan to see the gender of the baby. They were over the moon when they found that it was a girl.Grandpa Anthony named her after his late wife, Kimberly. The boys were looking forward to meeting their baby sister.The mansion was lively, the White family, Johnson family, and Fish family were laughing in the living room. They came to celebrate Jonathan's Graduation Ceremony.The Anthony family was over the moon. No one knew that Jonathan would ever achieve anything. He proved everyone wrong. His friends were reminded of the day when he told them that he w
After work, Mark fetched his beloved wife from work. On the way home, he stopped his car beside the road. He looked at his wife and said, "Sweetheart, the grandchild of the Young Group accused Rafael of stealing his food.His mother went to His Blessings Day Care and beat up our son. Dad took him to Dr Cain, he gave him something for swelling and pain."Victoria was so angry her eyes turned red. Her husband hugged her tightly and said, "Dad has dealt with the matter." Then he drove the car to their home.When they arrived home, Rafael and Gabriel were waiting for them at the door. As soon as they saw their parents, they rushed to them. "Daddy, Mommy."Rafael ran to his father, and he picked him up. Gabriel ran to his mother, and she picked him up. When Mark saw Rafael's cheek he was so angry and asked gentle, "Son, is it still hurting?"Rafael smiled and replied, "It's not hurting anymore, Daddy. Grandpa put medicine on my cheek." His mother smiled and said, "Let me kiss your cheek to
Mr Anthony asked Zane to take them to JHB General Hospital. He sat with his grandsons in the back seat. He took his phone and dialed Deon's number. "Hello, Mr Anthony."He was puzzled why his boss was calling him, since Mark was in the office. Mr Anthony said, "Cedric Young's daughter-in-law beat up my grandson, Rafael. She accused him of stealing food.I give you three days to deal with them. Please don't tell Mark." They hung up the phone. Deon was so shocked he couldn't believe his ears. Who had the guts to provoke Mr Anthony?When Mr Anthony became a grandfather he delegated most of his work to Mark. Mr Anthony and Mr Lewis agreed to take turns fetching their grandchildren from Day Care.When it was his turn to fetch his dumplings, he would drop everything and leave the office smiling. Theodore sent him the surveillance footage. When he saw Owen bullying his precious grandchild, he was so angry his heart ached.He went to Dr Cain's office with his grandsons in his arms. He decided
Two years later….It was Grandpa Anthony's turn to fetch his little dumplings from His Blessings Day Care that week. His grandsons were two and a half years old. They were his pride and joy.He parked his black Mercedes Benz in the parking lot, then he walked slowly to the school gate and waited. He was fifteen minutes early, he didn't want his little dumplings to wait for him.His trusted bodyguard, Zane, parked his car beside his boss' car. He was responsible for the well-being of Mr Anthony's grandchildren. A few minutes later, more parents came.As soon as the security guard opened the gate, the young lady rushed towards the three-year-old classroom. As soon as she entered the classroom, she shouted and said, "Baby, show me the boy who ate your sandwiches."Her son pointed his finger at Rafael; the young lady rushed to Rafael and slapped him hard. Mr Anthony tried to block the slap but he was a second too late. He took crying Rafael in his arms and asked fuming, "Why are you beatin
Abigail was in her mansion watching the Press Conference crying. She didn't know that there was evidence proving that her beloved mother had been killed by her stepmother.She was shocked like everyone else when the name of the Limpopo Pharmacy was displayed on the big screen. She was reminded of her father's slaps when she told him that her mother had been killed by her stepmother.She was glad when she saw her stepmother being arrested together with Rosemary. She was so angry with Rosemary for slandering her. Her husband encouraged her to press charges against Rosemary.Even though she was reluctant, she decided to press charges. Her husband went with her to the police station before he went to work. Chief Smith was waiting for them in his office. Mr Cole met with them at the police station.Abigail looked at Chief Smith and said, "I want to press charges against Miss Rosemary Gable for malicious intent. She knowingly made a false statement against me in front of my father.As a resu
Rosemary was annoyed but she didn't utter a word. Mrs Gates was fuming, it was clear to her that Rosemary had taken them for a ride. However, it was too late to regret, that the damage was already done.Mr Gates' heart was bleeding; he was reminded of his daughter's words when she asked him why he believed Mrs Johnson but not her.When he thought about the slaps he felt suffocated. There was sorrow in his eyes. He really let down his late wife.Mrs Gates looked at her husband and said, "Dear, we have to go to Abigail's company and ask for forgiveness. We have wronged her. We can shift all the blame to Miss Gable and tell her that we were misled by her."Her husband shook his head and said, "I think it is too late, my love. I don't think she will ever forgive me. You didn't see the hatred in her eyes.Also, we have already cut off all ties with her. Let's go back home after tomorrow and forget about her." He was disappointed in himself.The following day, Mr Johnson called Mr Anthony to
When Theodore saw Aunt Abigail's scandal on social media, he was beyond shocked. He quickly called his uncle and said, "Uncle Timothy, have you seen what is written on social media about Aunt Abigail?"Uncle Timothy replied, "Yes, Rosemary fetched Abigail's father to teach her a lesson. Also, she arranged for the reporters to interview her stepmother." Theodore was dumbfounded and asked, "How did she find out about their existence?"Uncle Timothy smiled and replied, "Rosemary investigated Abigail through my friend, Rich. I allowed him to provide information to Rosemary because I wanted to see what she would do with it.Now, it is time for her to face the consequences. I want to see how Emmanuel will protect his wife, Abigail, first before I make my move." Theodore was so shocked, Rosemary was ruthless but he was relieved to hear his uncle's words. "Uncle Timothy, in honestly speaking, I don't have any faith in Mr Johnson. He is too soft-hearted."Uncle Timothy laughed and replied, "Th