Damien left early for work. He was angry at Aella and wanted to avoid her at all costs.Aella was worried as Damien was not home when she woke up. She tried calling him, but he did not answer any of the calls.Aella then decided to get ready for work. She had just finished dressing when her phone buzzed.It was a text message from Damien.He sent her a message notifying her of a meeting they had with a client.Aella then figured out that he was at work already. She put on her accessories and packed her hair after checking her fit for the day. She set Aeyra's food and left the house.Aella could not find the driver, so she called a cab. She was halfway to the office when another text from Damien came in. The clients wanted to meet at a restaurant and not the office, so Aella told the cab driver to change direction.The traffic on the way to the restaurant was bad, and Aella arrived late. Damien and the other clients were seated waiting for her."I am sorry, the traffic was quite bad," A
Damien had left the restaurant and headed to his bachelor's pad; it was a place he always visited whenever he needed an escape room.He could not sleep last night, and the pad was close to the office, so he decided to go there for a while to rest.Coming to the office now, he was met with this commotion. "What's going on here?" Damien asked. He looked at the woman kneeling and holding Aella.Damien pulled Aella away from the woman's hold, and this made Aella cry more."Who are you?" Damien asked the woman."I am Aella's mother," Maggie said as she turned to Damien in her kneeling position.Damien was shocked; he had never thought of it before. Aella had a mother! And he was not aware of it.He turned to look at Aella, expecting her to say something, but she kept on crying.Damien dismissed the colleagues who had gathered to watch the show and asked the officers to take Maggie to the visitor lounge.Damien then dragged Aella to his office, and immediately he closed the office door. Aell
"Baby, when I got back, I didn't know how to reach you, so I met with Collins first. I begged and begged for your address, but he wouldn't budge. He said he needed your permission to do so before giving it out to me, but then his phone got stolen, so eventually I got the address from him," Maggie narrated."And Collins told you I was married, and this is my office?" Aella asked; she was drained at this point, and she didn't know whom to direct her anger at."Baby, it took a while for Collins to even talk to me, but he forgave me, and I asked him about you, and he told me everything. He also says that your husband doesn't treat you well, but I don't think that is true," Maggie answered as she turned to smile at Damien.Aella observed this but remained quiet."Won't you introduce me to your husband, Aella?" Maggie asked, with her gaze still fixed on Damien."Of course, Damien, this is Maggie, my mother, and mother, this is Damien, my husband," Aellla introduced.Maggie stood up and walke
"Let us not fight over the phone. Where are you now?" Collins asked as he noticed Aella was upset."Leaving the office, and you?" Aella asked back; she had already calmed down a bit, although she was still angry."At the hospital with Mom and Granny, she told me about the dinner at the restaurant; the driver is here to pick us up; we will be there in a few minutes," Collins replied."See you then," Aella said as she ended the call.She turned, and she saw Damien staring at her. "Is there something on my face?" Aella asked."No, let us get going," Damien said as he opened the door for Aella.They got into the car, and Damien drove to the restaurant. The drive was quiet, and soon they got to the restaurant.Damien parked the car, but Aella refused to get off. He waited for minutes before asking, "Are we going to sit in the car forever?""If possible, yes," Aella replied."Come on, Aella, it is just dinner, food, wine, and talk; how bad can it be?" Damien said."I just need some time," A
Throughout the dinner, Aella was uncomfortable, and Maggie kept on touching Damien and engaging him in meaningless conversation.Dinner was over soon, and Maggie ordered another set of expensive desserts. She laughed at everything Damien said, and this infuriated Aella.Aella could not stand it anymore, so she stood up and excused herself from the table. She saw Damien trying to follow her, but Maggie held him back.Aella walked to the restroom; she needed to catch her breath; the whole dinner with Maggie was suffocating; and watching her mother behave so classless was irritating.Aella bent her head toward the sink as she splashed water on her face while taking deep breaths. When she was finally calm, she used a towel to dry her face as she stared at her reflection in the mirror.Everything Damien said earlier flooded her thoughts again as she smiled. Despite Maggie being around, everything was fine.Her relationship with Damien was progressing. She had a pet. Her work was going well,
Aella got tired of playing with Aeyra, so after setting her meal for the night, she put Aeyra back in the cage and walked into the room to shower.That was where I met Damien, standing shirtless and holding his phone with a frown."What's the matter, Damien?" Aella asked, drawing back Damien's attention."Huh, it's nothing," Damien replied as he dropped the phone on the table.Aella looked at him more, and she walked into the shower. Soon she was out, and Damien was already asleep.The bed cover was touching the ground, so Aella decided to adjust it. She draped the covers properly over Damien as she admired his face. She was so completely lost, staring at Damien, that she didn't realize that water from her was dripping on him.Damien opened his eyes and was met with Aella's intense gaze. Aella let out a loud yelp as she ran to the closet.Aella's heart was pounding very fast, and her cheeks were flushed. Damien had just caught her staring, and she couldn't even deny it.She remained i
"Why are you harsh towards me, Aella?" Maggie said with a frown on her face as she placed the food box on Damien's table. "What do you mean by that? I let you into my life, and in less than forty-eight hours, you are already disrupting my work life," Aella yelled. Damien got up from his seat as he approached Aella. He held her by the shoulders, trying to calm her down. "I just wanted Damien to taste my cooking skills, Aella; he has been taking care of you all this while; this is the little I can do," Maggie defended. "Nobody asked for it, Mother; I don't want it, nor does Damien want it; you thanked him well enough for dinner last night," Aella fired back. "I was at home and decided to cook for you and Damien. I thought you would miss my cooking and would want your mother's food," Maggie said in a low tone. "Mother's food," Aella mocked. "I survived all major and crucial times of my life without my mother; I survived; I learned how to cook; and I can cook for my husband," Aella
Damien continued to stroke Aella's hair as she slept. Damien began to question his feelings towards Aella; the woman he had ever loved was Amelia, until she left him broken and his heart died. Not until he met Aella again did she make him feel things—things he had never felt before. Damien couldn't work as Aella was on his lap, so he also slept off. They both slept throughout the working hours until it was closing time when Damien heard a knock on the door. He opened his eyes and saw that Aella was still asleep, so he woke her up. "Aella, Aella," he called out, tapping Aella, and her eyes opened. She realized the position she was in, and she pulled back slowly. A faint blush made its way to her cheeks as she cleared her throat. "Come in," Damien finally said as he adjusted himself on the couch, hiding the bulge that grew under his pants as Marie walked in carrying some files. When she saw Aella sitting beside Damien, she frowned. "Sir, we are closed for the day, and I had to submi
Aella was swept off her feet more than she could have imagined, but not by someone she had thought. She decided she was not going to think about Damien or anything that has to do with him, or literally anything that is tied to his being.She didn't want to think about it. as much as she knew this was the happiest she had ever been since they got married.The least she could do for herself now was to stop ruminating about the past, not when she was starting to come back to being herself. This was the gift to herself, and this was more like the best gift ever. She will stop thinking about him and focus more on understanding herself; she was planning to get a divorce sooner than later. She wanted to be totally free so she could start living again.She's sat in the car; it's a new hair and a her new self. As they rode across the city, she looked back at Blythe, who seemed to be very happy and seemed to be thinking of something that made him smile every second. She looked away from his fac
Just the right amount of sauce to make him look like God's sent. She stared at Blythe, who just unconsciously did the cutest things. There were times he talked to himself, there were times he just glared out the window, or there were times where he just picked up the salon magazine and read it, and his expressions whenever he came across something controversial made him the perfect partner to give your work the gist.Blythe had taken the initiative to get Aella a snack after every hour at the salon he got her milkshakes and takeouts.“Here's some for you!” Blythe voiced handing over the takeout box to her.By this time she had just started to make her hair; she had first gotten into washing it and then styling it.“Thank you!” She smiled, and he walked back to his seat.“That's an intentional mannn!" The hairstylist teased her as Blythe fully walked away.Aella didn't know what to think, nor did she know what to say to the hairstylist.“He's just my friend!” Aella responded with a smi
He paced back and forth as he struggled to keep to himself for the past three weeks—nothing from her—nothing to keep his feelings in check, not even her green light.It was every risky to go visit her in her workplace, as he appeared to be a potential threat to Damien, especially when Damien was the reason for this whole mess in the first place.He picked up his phone for the billionth time trying to place a call to her and explained things well enough to her. But he couldn't; he couldn't bring himself to explain the truth of the whole matter to her; that would not only end him; it would also end their whole family name and career. The way they had left things off, they knew Marie would probably see him as a bad person or worse, a monster that didn't deserve to live.Seth had always wished he wasn't born into the family he was born into, and quite true, he didn't like it there, but ever since he met Marie, he had wished more for that prayer to come to pass than ever before.He felt c
"Well, I must say you look absolutely beautiful." Blythe complimented Aella as he opened the car door for her.Aella had never had alone time with Blythe before; spending the whole day with him felt so illegal, but she knew she had to leave her room at least once so she wouldn't rot away in misery.She had thought about it all so much that she didn't want to think about it anymore; she just wanted to start living life again.The life she had thought she could live with Damien, but it turns out that she couldn't.It's funny how the same life she craved for was the same life God had helped her package with her mom; she could live freely and not depend on anyone.For the first time, she smiled, and that smile was genuine.“And I must say you don't look bad yourself!”. Aella responded with a soft voice.Seeing her smile is his delight, and he wanted more of it to happen. He kicked the car to a start, and they started their little journey.Aella wasn't used to engaging in conversations wit
Yes, maybe there were people out there who hurt you real bad, but you need to understand that they shouldn't make you stop loving; you just choose to love yourself enough to love them and not overlove them, so you know when to leave or when to live by grace, just like you would give yourself a voice when necessary.Aella had left Vollini and Becca in the living room to discuss while she just went to her roomma. DN just wallowed.She cuddled up in her bed and just stared out the window. She watched as the snow fell lightly; she could think of nothing else than just...Her baby…Damien was no longer on her mind; she couldn't really care less; he had done what he had to do, and he had done his worst already.If he cheated, it really wasn't any of her business; the only thing she blamed herself for was staying that long trying to take her power back.She sighed again, giving the fact that she had so many things planned out for herself and her baby.She looked down at her phone and realize
Chapter 139“Just when you thought you had it all, there another shows up to be the worst."Collins paced back and forth in the living room of Becca's house as he wanted to tell Becca about how unruly Damien had been to his sister. Aella wasn't in the midst of all these; they had allowed her to be alone for a while in her room, which they made sure to check on her on a few occasions.“Does he ever think at all, like why is he being the animal that he delivered me from, why is he being like that forsaken dude called Seth?" Collins raged again.Truthfully, he hadn't known his sister's case until they got home from the hospital, and immediately he heard it took the strength in Becca to keep him grounded and not go to confront Damien.Collins had just arrived at the right time.Becca was instantly notified of how inseparable Collins and Aella are; she saw how much love they both have for each other, and she is more than willing to love them both.But she wondered who this sort of guy Coll
Just at the beginning of dusk, there was a man who you would consider lonely due to his demeanour and the way he looked so unlikely, he looked destabilised he look tormented like he had from NS fetching out his should price by piece. He suddenly realised how much he had taken from her ,how much thing he had stolen and as much he was willing to give it back, he knew he wasn't in the right position to go ve it because initially je had stolen it from her.Damien stood on the highway his car parked by the side of the road as he stared AFR off into the distance his eyes fixated on something -the city lights but his eyes wasn't on them his eyes were remembering and capturing something's that would shine as bright as the city lights.Her eyes Over time he realised that he had witnessed how the glow in her eyes disappeared each was eryryutme he became an asshole, every time he decuded ti step down from being a man to bueng a toddler.He heaved a deep sigh as the whole guilt pulled a weight i
Not all that glittered seems to be gold... But for Damien, his vomit seems to glitter like gold and looks like the most beautiful diamonds from the outside.As he dropped Aella in the hospital, he turned back and went back to work. He didn't bother to ask what happened to her or what might happen to her; he asked then if she was going to be fine, and they said definitely the rest if it was none of his business, but unfortunately enough, they told him as much as he didn't want to hear about everything the doctor called him as he got to the office.The doctor's call came through as he was about to enter his office. On getting into the office, he noticed that Amelia was no longer in the office, including her bag and all. He answered the call and settled down.Luckily, the doctor happened to be his friend!!!“Hey Corniel!” He voiced over the phone, rearranging his fiel and just getting ready to head home.“You seemed to be in a hurry; was there something that came up?” Corniel asked as t
Sometimes things aren't always as they seem, sometimes it's the opposite and sometimes it's true but sometimes it's just complicated.But for Aella it was exactly what it seems like, Damien was slowly bringing in his ex into their marriage to replace her and guess what??She wanted it that way…At least with that she was out of the marriage and out of his life.“What was what?” She asked, popping a lollipop in her mouth.“Hmm, nice strawberry flavour!” She thought to herself after the full taste of the lollipop filled her mouth.She honestly didn't care about the useless and unrecognised tantrum Damien was throwing in fact nothing was going to make her care in this world, and If there's a next, she wouldn't even beat an eyes“That nonsense you did back there you thought was funny, what if everyone believed you?” “Why wouldn't they believe me, none of it was a lie” Aella shruggedAella scater so many months still wondered why Damien's lying capability still shook her,,.“Why does he l