She felt her head was heavy and throbbing. She tried opening her eyes and after a couple of tries, she gradually opened them only to be met by a white ceiling and white-painted walls. From the room's smell, she knew that she was in the hospital. Trying so hard to think how she ended up here, she later recalled the misfortune she had passed making her sigh deeply.
"You are awake," a deep voice said coldly, making her wonder what kind of a person it was to talk to a patient in that manner.The man who was seated on the couch beside the hospital bed was looking at her emotionless making his secretary who was leaning against the door wonder what his boss was thinking."Go call the doctor and tell him that she is awake," he said still not averting his eyes from her.His words made her realize that there was more than one person in the room. Anxiously, she tried to wake up and sit so that she could know what was going on."W...ho," she tried talking but her throat was aching badly since.The man in the black suit stood up and walked to where the nightstand was before pouring the water that was in the jar into a glass. He later walked to where she was and gave her the glass of water.Without thinking much, she decided to trust the stranger and took the glass before drinking the water."Thank you," she said as she handed him the empty glass.He nodded his head before walking back to the couch."Who are you?" she asked as that question was currently disturbing her. She was against every human being after what happened. To her, no one is trustworthy enough. As she looked at him, she shivered in fear knowing that she was too weak to even protect herself if the man wanted to kill him.Seeing the panic and fear in her eyes, he said, "You need to come down. I am not going to hurt you," he said in a low voice but emotionless making one wonder whether what he said was trustworthy or not.When she did not detect any kind of emotion in his tone, she did not relax even a bit but she became more triggered.When he realized that his words did not have any kind of effect on her, he sighed deeply and wondered what the young lady had gone through to have her guard up against everyone. He looked at her for a while, with no emotion on his face and expressionless as if he was trying to read her. "Please, don't hurt me," she said quickly as she saw the way he was gazing at her. Her heart was racing faster as she closed her eyes since she didn't want to witness how he was going to kill her. She knew that he was sent by her sister to finish her off."I am not going to hurt you. Calm down," he said softly with a little reassurance in it but to Rhiannon, that was all she needed to hear.He was shocked as he had never talked to anyone in such a soft voice. Just as he was about to return his cold face, he saw that she had stopped trembling thus he stopped as he understood that his cold voice and face made her misunderstand and think he was there to harm her.The doctor hurriedly walked in followed closely by the man's secretary."Can you please look at how she is doing," she heard the man say and she opened hers only to see a man in a white coat beside her. Knowing that he was a doctor, she tried her best to calm down."Okay sir," the doctor said before moving closer to her with an ophthalmoscope.Touching her forehead, she flinched, making the doctor take a step backward and look at her."You need to calm down. I won't harm you in any way. I am just going to carry out some check-ups then we will be done," he told her before looking into her eyes using the instrument he had on hand.He later put it aside and took out a small notebook and a pen before writing it down. After that, he took the spirometry and later, he put it down before taking a flexible laryngoscope. After some minutes of check-up and writing on the book, he closed it, packed his instruments then turned to the expressionless man."Everything is fine but her throat is sore and she is suffering from pneumonia. From that and the way she was yesterday, I think that she was caught in the fire before being brought here. I have prescribed some medicines you can buy. After taking them, she will be fine. Also, from how she is behaving, I think she is traumatized maybe you should get her a therapist to help her forget everything that happened to her. Excuse me," with that said, he left."Take this and get what the doctor has written down," the man sitting on the couch said coldly."Okay sir," the guy who had walked in with the doctor previously said."Who are you?" Rhiannon asked immediately the two of them were left behind."You don't know who I am and yet you are the one who walked in front of my car?" He asked coldly and angrily cause he couldn't figure out whether the woman was just pretending to not know him or she seriously didn't. She wasn't the first one neither would she be the last one, that he knew."Ooh, I am very sorry sir. There weren't a lot of vehicles at that time and I needed someone to take me to the hospital. As I said before blacking out, I will pay you for your kindness. How much sir? Is 2 million enough?" she asked, making him scoff and look at her dangerously.He looked at her in disbelief. 'Who does she think I am? Is 2 million an amount to me?' he asked himself as he couldn't comprehend how arrogant the woman was."It isn't enough," he said coldly as he wanted to see how much she could give him if he refused to take the amount she offered.After waiting for her answer for a while without getting it, he raised his head from his tablet only to find the woman looking at the TV coldly and dangerously. Her dark aura was so suffocating reminding him of the old man who had brought him up. His curiosity made him turn and watch the TV."Yesterday, a fire burnt my apartment down. Even though I lived in it, I didn't care much since I could buy anything that was burnt but a few minutes ago, we curiosity realized that my fiancée, Rhiannon Anderson, was in my house," a blonde man."My sister was always caring, kind and beautiful. I still can't believe that she has now left us," a woman who was beside the guy said as she wiped her tears.Rhiannon rolled her eyes at the stupid game they were playing in public. She felt so disgusted and wondered why they weren't in the entertainment industry."Even though she is now gone, the businesses must continue. Since she had 60% shares of the Flores company, the shares will be handed over to Kaylee Flores, her sister. Thank you all but we hope that the public will let the Flores family mourn in peace," another guy who spoke professionally as if he were a lawyer said.Returning his gaze to the woman lying on the bed, he put two and two together before understanding what happened but didn't say anything about it.A few minutes passed before Rhiannon regained her senses and looked at the man in the room with her."Sorry about that. I didn't hear what you said, pardon me please," she said calmly."Do you want to return my kindness?" the man asked in a low tone."Yes I don't like owing others," she said sharply and coldly making him raise his eyebrows. He didn't know that a woman could have such an authoritative tone while a few minutes ago she was so timid and afraid of everyone.With a smirk on his face, he said, "Then marry me."Rhiannon was shocked to hear the words that came from the man's mouth."What makes you think that I would get married? To you especially?" she asked as she tried her best to stay calm.Amused by her cute angry face, the man said with a wicked smile on his face," Why won't you? Aren't I your greatest benefactor? I saved your life. If it weren't for me, you would have been dead by now.""Yes, you are but I will pay you instead. How can I get married to a stranger just because he saved my life?" she asked since to her the man was not been reasonable."I saved your life, can't that be enough reason to want you to also save my life?""But you aren't dying, are you?" she asked curiously since she could tell that the man was so fit and couldn't be suffering from any terminal disease."How would you know if you won't accept my offer?" he asked as he wondered why the woman was still refusing his offer.He looked at himself through his phone's screen wondering whether he wasn't good-looking any
"Rhiannon, is that you?" the person from the other side said in disbelief."Nanny, it's me," Rhiannon said with a smile and her eyes were so calm."How, didn't you die in the fire?" Mary asked."I managed to escape," she said and her eyes turned cold making the atmosphere in the room so terrifying."How? How did you? The fire...." Mary wanted to ask but she couldn't finish her words because just the thought itself made her start crying again."They wanted to kill me. Don't tell anyone that I am alive yet," she said in a cold voice.On the other side, when Mary had a terrifying tone, she was shocked to the core. It reminded her of Rhiannon's mother when she was angry. Nonetheless, this was the first time she had the young lady talk in such a tone making her know that her young mistress was so mad this turn. She knew what kind of bloodline ran in Rhiannon's body and what they were capable of doing when they were mad. After all, she was still the one who had taken care of the young mistr
"What are you waiting for? I don't have all the day to spend with you," Octavius said, making Rhiannon raise her head and look at him."Why are you waiting for me? Just go and do your work. I am going home," she said as she started walking."Are you sure? Do you want them to know that you are still alive?" he asked, making her stop then turned around."You! How do you know?" she asked as she thought she had hidden everything from everyone."What? Do you think that you have a secret?" he asked as he rolled his eyes. "Of course, I know my wife's name and I heard the news. It isn't so hard to put two and two together, is it?""Aaaargh, I think that you are so clever. Fine, take me to your house. We will buy a house later since we are married and we have to buy a new house to represent our new life," she said as Octavius looked at her.He didn't know how to explain what he felt but his heart warmed upon hearing her words. Although he was marrying her just to avoid being nagged by his gran
"Look, everyone is staring at us. If you continue making a scene, aren't you afraid that there might be someone who knows you and will inform them that you are still alive?" he asked making her shut up.She glared at him before turning around.This action made the driver speechless as he had never seen his master tolerating anyone the way he had tolerated Rhiannon."Take us home," Octavius said coldly when he noticed the driver's eyes on Rhiannon.He didn't want anyone to look at his belongings. The mere thought of everyone witnessing how beautiful Rhiannon was made him angry but he knew better than talking about it.The drive was so quiet as none of them spoke to each other.From time to time, Octavius would look at Rhiannon to see what she was doing but he only ended up annoyed that she didn't care about him.He couldn't understand why he was feeling that way, he tried himself to seem as if he didn't care about her but he found his eyes shifting to her once more.The car got in the
“Now that you know, do you want to divorce me?” Octaviu asked as he looked at the little girl in front of him.He had thought that she was mature enough when he first saw her ugly face which was full of heavy makeup and looked hilarious but now staring at her fair white face which seemed flawless, he knew that he was wrong.Not to mention her age which he saw when submitting their certificates in the registrar's office.Rhiannon looked at her with watery big eyes as she blinked innocently.“I have already married you or do you want me to become a divorcee at such a young age?” she asked in a soft tone making Octavious speechless while the driver was shocked by her boldness.“If Mrs Rodriguez wants to be a divorcee, I don’t think Mr Rodriguez can refuse,” Octavius answered making Rhiannon speechless.Why doesn’t he follow the rules? She wondered as she glared at him before averting her eyes.Octavius saw her behavior and didn’t say anything.To him, she was just his wife by name but he
“Morning,” Rhiannon said when she saw Octavius seated in the living room.Octavius looked at his watch and then at her before nodding and continuing to work on the laptop.Rhiannon frowned when she saw his reaction. She wanted to complain but when she remembered that they weren’t familiar with each other although they were married, she closed her mouth and walked towards the kitchen.“Good morning Uncle Alfred,” she said when she saw the man.“Morning young mistress, kindly sit down and I will serve you with your breakfast in a few,” Alfred said as he looked at her.“No need. I can see that you are busy. I will make my breakfast,” Rhiannon said as she walked towards the coffee maker.“No. I am been paid to serve you and the young master thus please allow me to do my job,” he insisted.Hearing this, Rhiannon stopped what she was doing and looked at the man since his words reminded her of her nanny.“Okay. Please prepare a glass of passion juice and a chicken sandwich for me. I think the
“Miss Clark, congratulations on becoming the president of our company,” One of the shareholders said with a smile as he looked at Kaylee.“What’s there to congratulate her? If it wasn’t for the fact that Rhiannon died, she would never have become the president. After all, she neither had enough shares nor is she talented at Rhiannon,” a woman said in a mocking tone.When everyone heard her, they remained silent, even the others who intended to congratulate Kaylee and form a good friendship with her to benefit when she took over.Kaylee’s eyes were filled with hatred as she looked at the woman when the room was filled with silence. She wondered why people were still talking about Rhiannon even after her death.“Sorry. I know that I am not as talented as my sister. I am looking forward to learning more from you so that we move to a higher level,” Kaylee said in a low yet pitiful tone.Many men and women admired her for her words and they didn’t compare her with Rhiannon. Some just rolle
The more she walked at the front, Kaylee took steps backward.“Why was my dear sister running away when she saw me?” Rhiannon asked with a smile on her face but her eyes were cold.“You! Aren’t you dead?” Kaylee asked full of fear.“What? Does my sister want me dead so badly so that she can take away my shares and my fiancée?” Rhiannon asked her making the latter speechless.“Rhiannon, is that how you are talking to your younger sister?” her father rebuked her.Rhiannon’s eyes finally left Kaylee and looked at her beloved father.“Father, you guys couldn’t wait till you buried ‘me’ before you gave the company to Kaylee?” Rhiannon asked with a pained look on her face.“But aren’t you fine?” Her father retorted.“Well, how don’t you know that I am not a ghost?” Rhiannon asked causing Kaylee to scream.“So, you are dead and you still appear in front of me? Why do you hate me so much?” Kaylee asked in a loud voice making everyone present speechless at her foolishness.“Is it the person wh