"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 mistress' mother when she was little. Knowing that her life and loyalty lay in the Anderson family, she calmed herself and reminded herself that all that was not her business other than taking care of Rhiannon and there was no way she was going to betray the family."Okay miss. Where are you right now? Are you okay? Have you eaten?" Mary asked worriedly."Mary, you need to calm down. What if they see you in an agitated and happy mood? Don't you think that that will make them suspicious?" Rhiannon asked while her eyes were looking at her other hand which was playing with the hem of the blanket.Realizing that she had almost lost control of herself, Mary breathed in and out before saying, " Yes, yes. You are right. I am sorry miss.""Okay. Make sure that nothing gets out of hand. I need you to go to my room and pack all the important documents, photos, and jewels. Everything important that belongs to me. Even my mom's belongings and take precautions so that they might not see you," Rhiannon said."I will do that immediately miss, now that they have not yet returned," Mary said as she headed upstairs."Well, that's good. I will be waiting for you," she said as she hung up the call.She later proceeded to install some of the necessary apps that she knew that she needed before contacting her mother's trusted subordinate in the company. Even though that company belonged to her father's family company, she knew that the source of income came from her mother. If it weren't for her mother, the Flore Family would still be as poor as the church mouse as they were years ago. Therefore, it was her right to claim the company and she concluded that that was the reason that her grandparents left the shares to her instead of Kaylee. Thinking about her mother's unique and mysterious background, her eyes dimmed as she wondered whether when day, she would be united with that family. If it weren't for her mother's strategies and hard work, which the company has been using to date, it would have completely vanished from the business world."Hello, who am I talking to?" the man said."Good afternoon, Mr Charles," she said with no emotion in both her tone and face."Miss Anderson? Is that you? But haven't your family announced your death to the social media?" he asked as he wondered what had happened cause as far as he knew, Rhiannon got along with her family well as he had never heard of any dispute."Yes, they did since they think that I am but am not," she said calmly."That's good news then. I was wondering how I would face your mother since she told me to take care of you before she left us," he said sorrowfully as he remembered the day his madam died.Recalling that day, Rhiannon's eyes darkened as she remembered something but later they returned to normal as she controlled her emotions."There is no need for you to feel guilty anymore. Aren't I alive? I need you to inform me of anything that goes on from today through this number and you shouldn't tell anyone that I am still alive," she said as she stared at the white ceiling blankly."Why? Your sister is worried about you. Don't you think that it is best if you inform them?" he asked as he found it difficult to believe that Miss Anderson doesn't care about her family."There is no need. They will find it out soon when I recover," she said as she didn't feel that it was appropriate for her to tell him what happened. "And you better remember who is your master and where your loyalty lies. Don't do anything like informing them when I have prohibited you from doing so. Remember my warnings or you will pay the price," she said coldly, making the man feel fear running down his spine.He removed his phone from his ear and stared at it for some seconds before returning it. He wondered why the young miss sounded like the previous madam. Remembering the cold and heartless woman, Mr Charles trembled even more as he knew what kind of people he served. "I remember Miss Anderson. My loyalty lies to both your mother and you. I won't go against your words.""Good. Keep that in mind," she said coldly before hanging the call.Later that day, Mary walked into the room with the things she was requested and some meals. After making sure that Rhiannon was fine and had eaten the food and taken the medicines, she left before to avoid the people in that mansion being suspicious.The following day, Rhiannon was woken up by someone opening the door. Still feeling tired and sleepy, Rhiannon turned her head to look at the person. After sensing that the person was not a danger to her Rhiannon returned to sleep.Looking at the woman in the bed, the man shook his head helplessly before moving towards her."Do you know what time it is? Wake up, we still need to go to the courthouse," he said softly."Leave me alone, I want to sleep," she said sleepily as she hid her head in the blanket.The little action was enough to make the man annoyed at the tantrums."Do you think that you are a child? Or do you think that I am your mother so that I can entertain you here? Can you stop wasting my time and wake up!" he snapped.His cold words hit Rhiannon's heart as she was reminded that her mother was dead and she had no way to protect her or give in to her demands. Those words put her in a gloomy mood. Even if she wanted to tell the man that she won't marry him, she knew it was impossible since she had already promised and her mother had taught her that she should always fulfill her promises to avoid unnecessary attention or enemies.Not in the mood to get into an argument early morning, she threw the blanket, got out of bed, and walked towards the washrooms without sparing the man even a single glance.Noticing the attitude, the man diverted his eyes from her and rolled his eyes at her childishness. Sitting on the couch, he took his phone.Inside the washroom, Rhiannon looked at her face through the mirror after coming out of the bathroom and became sad. Previously, her stepmother and father hated to see her face since she resembled her mother. Wanting to get their attention and love, she always used a lot of makeup to disguise her real self but now that she knew that they never loved her and even plotted to kill her, she didn't see the need to disguise herself once more. She found that it was high time she showed the world how her real face looked. Taking the makeup kit, Rhiannon applied a little foundation, eyeliner, and lipstick. She later wore a floria nude O neck beaded mermaid dress, Stuart Weitsman Cinderella Slippers her mother's necklace, and the ice jade bracelet. She later took a golden Hermes latest edition handbag. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled, satisfied with how she looked. To her, today was an important day since she was getting married.Walking out of the room, Rhiannon picked up her phone on the bed and walked outside of the ward before saying, " I am done," to the man seated.The man looked up and was shocked to see how beautiful she looked. He had thought that he was doing the woman a favor by marrying her but it seemed that he was the lucky one. He stood up and strolled next to her.Upon arriving at the courthouse, all eyes were on them cause they were so eye-catching since they were beautiful and handsome respectively. For this reason, most people paved the way for them allowing them to get their certificates immediately. Hardly had they received the certificate after signing when Rhiannon's phone beeped making everyone look at herShe took her phone and her eyes darkened after she looked at the message."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
Rhiannon narrowed her eyes as she looked at the lawyer who lowered his head after he met her gaze out of fear and instinct to survive.“Is that so? Then why was Kaylee taking over the office?” Rhiannon asked in an innocent yet curious tone.“That’s her not you. Your mother is the one who put that rule there while Kaylee’s mother never did,” the lawyer answered immediately.“Well, thank you so reminding me that my mother only gave birth to me and that Kaylee isn’t my sister. I almost forgot since she has lived with us for many years,” Rhiannon said innocently but it was enough to make everyone apart from her family and the lawyer laugh.“Rhiannon!” her father shouted in anger as he tried to slap her.Rhiannon held his wrist on time managing g to escape the ruth and pain.“I am sorry but I can’t allow you to slap me in front of people! I am so beautiful that I can’t manage to make my face disfigured,” Rhiannon answered slowly and her tongue carried some fear in them making everyone’s m
No matter how shameless the Clark family were, they didn’t dare say anything thus they could only gnash their teeth as they glared at Rhiannon with deep hatred in their eyes.“Thank you everyone for today. We will be leaving for a board meeting,” Rhiannon said to the reporters with a smile.“Don’t think of taking me as a fool, I have my lawyer with me and I don’t think you want us to go to court as you know that the court will rule in my favor,” Rhiannon told her family in a low tone.“Can we go back to the conference room for a meeting?” she asked the shareholders who nodded their heads after hearing her words.“Also, kindly I do not need outsiders in the meeting.”Her eyes were on Aaron and her stepmother.When the two saw her gaze, they frowned and glared at her but there was nothing they could do as they knew that they shouldn’t go overboard they knew that Rhiannon hated them to the core and she had a lot more power in her hands than they did.“As for my father, since he has hande