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When Mr Lewis arrived at the restaurant, the Anthony family was already there. Victoria was drinking fruit cocktail juice. Patrick greeted everyone. Victoria looked at him and asked with concern, “What is wrong Dad?”Her father smiled and replied, “Glen Edwards visited me at the office, and he wanted me to ask your father-in-law to approve his proposal for cooperation.When my company was facing bankruptcy, he refused to help me even though he owed me billions of rand, provided you marry his good-for-nothing son, Robert. I refused and I chased him out of my office. From that day, we stopped talking.The sad part is that I valued our friendship, not knowing that he was using me. Most of my friends turned their backs on me when I was down. He didn’t even apologize or ask for forgiveness.I will never trust him again, once beaten twice shy.” Victoria was so shocked; her father didn’t tell her that.Victoria went to her father and hugged him tightly, “I love you Dad, and you are the best
When Mark woke up, his wife was fast asleep. He kissed her passionately until she woke up. “Good morning my love, did you sleep well?” asked Victoria smiling.“Good morning my beautiful wife, I slept well thank you, are you well?” Victoria told her husband that she was well, “I tried to wait for you last night, but I was so tired.”Mark rubbed her stomach and replied, “Sorry Sweetheart, thank you for preparing water for me. Dad dragged me to the guest rooms. He indicated that they would like to decorate the babies' nursery and playroom today.Since Jonathan is here, we will move the furniture to the storeroom.” Victoria smiled sweetly at her husband, “Baby, let them be, I think they are excited to have grandchildren for the first time.”Mark looked at his wife gentle, “Sweetheart, how was your presentation? Did the board approve your project?”Victoria replied smiling, “Our project was approved, and Dad gave the Marketing department two days’ time off. Ladies decided to take their tim
Ravi went to his office; he wrote a letter indicating that he was instructed by Mr Lewis to collect the sum of five billion rand within three days. The letter was addressed to Mr Glen Edwards with Ravi’s company letterhead.He decided not to delegate this matter to his subordinate since it was instructions from Mr Anthony, so he decided to go to the Edwards Group himself.Mr Glen Edwards was in his office, trying to get funds from his friends. Nobody was willing to lend him money.They reminded him that when his company was flourishing he looked down on them. They went to him for help, but he never helped them.One of his friends reminded him that two years ago they were attending a Business Conference; he had been sitting with ordinary people since he was late.Glen Edwards was sitting in a VIP area when he saw him; he became excited and called him. He saw him taking his phone and ending the call. He thought that maybe it was a mistake.He called him again, but Glen Edwards looked at
Glen Edwards walked to the bank and went straight to the enquiries. He indicated that he would like to apply for a loan.He was ushered to the Consultant’s room; he showed her the letter that he received from the bank indicating that they would lend him ten billion rand. The consultant asked him what he would put down as security.He indicated that he would put his house as security. He had a beautiful mansion at Sandton. It was a triple-story with eight bedrooms. The consultant requested to see the company documents in order to finalize the application.He gave her cash flow statements, balance sheets, and annual financial statements. She took the documents and promised to come back to him before the end of the week.She indicated that the loan department didn’t operate on weekends. She stated that they had to verify the documents provided by contacting relevant people during the week.In his case, they had to contact the Finance department to ensure that the information provided was
At five in the morning, Patrick and Timothy were exercising on the third floor. They were lifting weights. “It’s been a while since I went to the gym. I’m glad that Mark has a gym in his mansion,” said Timothy sweating.Patrick smiled and replied, “I used to jog with Victoria when she was still at home. I became lazy after she left.” Patrick and Timothy had an athletic body. It showed that they were regularly in the gym.Timothy looked at Patrick and said, “I don’t know how to thank my daughter in love for everything she has done for my family. My sons used to be strangers, but look at them now, they have a good relationship.She encouraged Jonathan to go back to school to be a better person. He became a responsible young man, I’m so grateful to the Lord for blessing us with such a treasure.”Patrick nodded his head; he was glad that Victoria was blessed with a warm family. “Timothy, in the match between Rafa and Daniil who do you think is going to win?”Timothy replied, “I was listen
They were chatting and joking, and then Mark’s phone rang. He smiled when he saw the caller ID, “Hello Tamara, are you well?” Tamara replied, “Mark please open the gate, we are outside.”Mark opened the gate and walked to the door to open it for Tamara. Theodore and Tamara got out of their car and walked to the door.Tamara was carrying desserts. “Good morning my handsome brother, we are here to give our sister-in-law support.” Mark hugged her and shook Theodore’s hand.When they saw Uncle Anthony in the living room, their eyes lit up. Tamara walked to Uncle Anthony and said, “Hello Uncle Anthony, I’m so happy to see you.” Uncle Timothy smiled at her and hugged her. Then she hugged Uncle Lewis.She ignored Jonathan and hugged her sister-in-law. She didn’t like Jonathan because his mother, Grace, was not friendly to them. Grace saw them as a threat to Jonathan.Theodore greeted everyone and sat down next to Uncle Anthony. Tamara took the desserts to the kitchen. She bought Malva pudding
“Wow, what a match, my daughter in love. What an astonishing recovery from Rafa. He was outstanding, it was the best Final ever,” said her father-in-law beaming.Victoria was grinning from ear to ear and replied, “I believe that the Lord was moved by the fan’s prayers, Medvedev was playing very well. Rafa fought hard to keep Medvedev at bay.I’m so grateful to the Lord for answering our prayers. It was a phenomenal match; Rafa showed more hunger than Medvedev.” Her father-in-law nodded his head, it was a miracle.Theodore and Jonathan washed their hands and started putting a spice on the meat, and then Jonathan took charcoal to start a fire. Tamara was cooking chakalaka and pap.When the meat was done, they sat around the table to eat. Victoria smiled at Tamara and said, “Sister-in-law, your pap is delicious.” Theodore looked at Victoria smiling, “What about the meat sister-in-law?”Victoria smiled back at him and replied, “The meat is tender and succulent.” Theodore beamed, he held Vi
Out of respect, the hospital Manager called Mr Johnson to let him know that his wife was discharged. He thanked the hospital Manager and rushed to the hospital to fetch his wife.She stopped throwing tantrums; she took all her medication on time and stopped being rude to nurses. Her broken ribs were healed; she was told to come back to the hospital after a month to take off the cast on her arm.She was happy to see her husband, she was grinning from ear to ear. She was scared that her husband would abandon her. Her heart was bitter because her beloved son, James, didn’t visit her in the hospital.Her husband took her back home. He told her that tomorrow was Serene’s bail application.She was overjoyed to hear that Serene would be coming back home. “Hubby, why don’t we ask James to reconcile with Serene and forget about Victoria? I don’t see Victoria divorcing Mark because he is the son of Mr Anthony.”Her husband looked at her and sneered, “When Victoria met Mark she didn’t know he wa
When they arrived at His Wings restaurant, they bumped into Mr Johnson at the door. He had a meeting with a client. Mr Lewis invited him to join them, and he agreed. They sat around the table.Mr Lewis told him that they were coming from the hospital to do a 3D ultrasound scan. He took out his phone and showed him the photos they had taken. Mr Johnson’s heart melted when he saw baby Pat hugging baby Tim.He wished that the twins belonged to the Johnson family. He lost a good daughter-in-law; James was really blind not to treat Victoria well. Victoria flashed him a bright smile, she was happy to see him.Victoria looked at Jonathan and said, “Brother-in-law, you heard what Dr Cain said, I have to deliver the babies earlier, I think you have to organize a baby shower to be next month.”Jonathan was reminded that he was tasked to organize the baby shower then he smiled brightly and said, “Tamara, would you be so kind as to help me organize this party for my cute nephews?”Tamara smiled a
On their way back home, Victoria was sitting in the car quietly, she missed her mother so much. Her father had sacrificed a lot for her. He was thirty-two years old when his wife passed away.He decided not to remarry to protect his lovely daughter from an evil stepmother. Mark didn’t know what to say to his wife to comfort her.When they arrived home, Mark took his wife to their bedroom, then he helped her to wear pajamas, “Sweetheart, take a nap. I will wake you up when lunch is ready.”Victoria nodded her head; Mark took her in his arms and caressed her back until she fell asleep. Then he headed down to the living room where Aunt Olga was drinking tea. Mark looked at her and asked, “How are you feeling, Aunt Olga?”She smiled and replied, “Nephew-in-law, the Lord has been faithful in my life, my heart was full of hatred towards my father and my monster-in-law. The hatred I used to have towards my father is gone.I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulder. When my hus
After dinner, Tamara looked at her sister-in-law with anticipation in her eyes. Victoria laughed out loud, then she took her bag, she gave her father-in-law and her father their gifts. They were so happy they thanked her.Then she gave Zion and Jonathan their gifts. Zion was shocked. He didn’t expect anything from Victoria. She asked Auntie Angel and Uncle Goodman to join them in the living room, then she gave them their gifts.Auntie Angel was over the moon, she held her gifts close to her chest as if they were treasure. She was touched that Victoria bought them something. She thanked her from the bottom of her heart. Then she gave Tamara her gifts.She was so happy. She hugged and kissed her sister-in-law. She quickly wore her beaded earrings, then she asked her sister-in-law to help her with the necklace. She ran to the mirror to look at herself. She was stunning.Zion looked at her smiling and said, “You look beautiful my love.” Tamara smiled sweetly at him; she was grinning from
Aunt Olga looked at Mr Lewis and said, “Brother-in-law, I’m sorry for not contacting my sister all these years, please forgive me. I really loved my parents and my sister; it wasn’t my intention to hurt them, but I couldn’t face my father.”Mr Lewis nodded his head, then Olga walked to her brother-in-law and hugged him. Aunt Olga wiped the tears from her eyes and said, “Let me look at you, my beautiful niece.”Victoria wiped her tears and smiled at her Aunt. Her Aunt looked at her smiling and said, “You look like your mother. People used to praise me for my beauty, but when they saw your mother she took their breath away.When I saw your photo in the Sunday Times something happened in my heart, your beauty captured my heart. When I put my house on the market, I had you in my mind and I was praying for you to come.I have received so many offers, but I turned them down. I told my daughter that I was waiting for you to come. I told her that there was something about you that I couldn’t
On their way home, Mark invited his father-in-law and his father to have dinner with them. He briefly told them that he had a surprise for them.He didn’t want to tell them over the phone that Mrs Reed had given them a beautiful house without paying her a cent.In the meantime, Victoria was on the phone talking to Tamara. She invited her for dinner and asked her to bring her brothers and Zion. Tamara was over the moon and asked, “What did you bring me sister-in-law?”Victoria smiled and replied, “You will see when you are here.” Tamara was so excited she promised to bring Zion and her brothers along.Mark and Victoria agreed to have dinner at home instead of going to His Wings restaurant. Victoria smiled sweetly at her husband and said, “Let’s go to the supermarket to buy meat. I will cook a delicious dinner for our family, my love.”Her husband looked at her smiling and replied, “Sweetheart, you are forbidden to enter the kitchen until you give birth to our babies. What will happen i
Victoria was sitting on her husband’s lap on the balcony watching the ocean. Mark was looking at his wife affectionately, “Sweetheart, do you want to go somewhere before we go back home?”Victoria looked at her handsome husband and replied, “Baby, I would like to buy a gift for Mrs Reed as a token of appreciation, please take me to Ballito Mall. Also, I want to buy gifts for our family. Durban is famous for its beautiful beadwork.”Mark nodded his head and replied, “I saw stalls of beadwork along the beach, we will go there after we check out.” Victoria wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him gentle. Then they headed down to the dining room for breakfast.Chef Ray was in the kitchen when he saw them he took the dishes to the dining room. He prepared porridge, a full English breakfast with croissants. He greeted them, then he started serving them.Victoria smiled at him and said, “Thank you Chef Ray for the delicious food, we enjoyed every meal you prepared for us.”Chef Ray wa
James’ words hurt Serene deeply. Did he just call her trash? For the first time, she wished that her parents were still alive. She was the apple of her parents’ eye, she missed them so much. Her parents passed away because of Victoria.She killed her parents, and her husband just called her trash because of Victoria. Her father-in-law wished that Victoria was still his daughter-in-law. She felt that the world had abandoned her.Deep down in her heart, she knew that she was the cause of everything that was happening in her life. She took James’ love for granted, she wanted to be Mrs Johnson so badly.Since she was young, her goal was to marry into a wealthy family. Was it worth it? She was starting to doubt her decision to be with James even though she didn’t love him.James walked out of the bathroom wearing a robe, then he dressed and headed down to the dining room to eat.His parents were already in the dining room eating. He sat down, then poured coffee into his cup. The Housekeepe
While they were eating, Mr Johnson received a call from the company's Fashion designer, “Hello Mr Johnson, sorry to trouble you, don’t you have Mr Mark Anthony’s phone number?”Mr Johnson looked annoyed and asked, “Why do you want Mark’s phone number for since he is no longer working at Johnson Group?”The Fashion designer replied, “A lot of people are placing orders for baby clothes that he designed but I don’t have his designs. I want to ask him to send me his designs.”Mr Johnson became so upset and sneered, “Are you not a Fashion designer yourself? Why did I hire you if you cannot surpass Mark?Don’t you ever call me about this matter again or contact Mark. Mark designed baby clothes as a gift for me.” Then he hung up the phone.His wife looked at her husband with worried eyes and asked, “Hubby, what’s the matter?” Her husband replied, “Sugar Lump received lots of baby clothes orders which were designed by Mark before he left.I don’t understand why he wants Mark’s phone number, s
Last night, Mrs Johnson went to the kitchen to drink some water. She was surprised to see James in the living room.Before she asked him why he was not with Serene, she heard James telling someone that he had ordered 99 red roses for Valentine’s Day. She was over the moon. She assumed that James was preparing flowers for Serene.She couldn’t wait to tell her husband her precious son was over Victoria. She forgot that she was thirsty, so she returned to their bedroom without drinking water.When she arrived in the bedroom, she was so excited, but she was so disappointed to see her husband fast asleep.In the morning, Mr Johnson kissed his wife and said, “Happy Valentine’s Day my lovely wife.”Mrs Johnson smiled and replied, “Happy Valentine’s Day to you too, Hubby. I think we made a wise decision by forcing James to take responsibility for Serene.I overheard him telling someone that he ordered 99 red roses for Valentine’s Day.”Her husband looked at her and replied, “My love, please d