"Ah..". Kate screamed as she felt oil splash on her body. She couldn't believe that she was actually cooking for Richie.Although she didn't get the chance to cook much as she was always serving Gordons back then, she was still an excellent cook. "Yep. You murdered it girl" Kate said as she tasted the soup. "You sure?" Mariam teased as Kate let out a playful grumble. "Why haven't you gone yet? I don't like being watched while cooking. I might slip up or something?""Are sure that's not just an excuse for bad cooking?" Mariam teased as Kate grumbled again. "Fine, I'll leave". Finally having the kitchen all to herself, Kate switched over to a master chef as she started dicing the onions alongside other vegetables as she turned them into the pan. When she saw it was looking good, she broke some eggs into it. "First dish done". She said with a smile. Next she moved to the side dishes. She brought out the frozen chicken from the refrigerator as she defrosted it. When it was defrosted
Chapter 40. Richie got down from his car, alongside his assistant. Richie had a question in his mind that burned and grazed his mind like Waters that hit the shore. He had his hands in his pockets. He walked a few steps before he asked his assistant the question that burned him. He knew he needed answers JHis eyes rolled at the thought. He sighed and finally did. "Would it be a crime if I let Kate go out alone?" He asked as they walked along. He needed his P.A was smart and he would have the perfect answer that he needed. He knew how well his P.A opinion could affect or alter his own decision. His P.A heard the question, he was shocked. He knew he wouldn't say anything that would make him a victim. He has heard stories. Stories that grip him tightly. He heard what Richie did to John, his former assistant. He heard the torment that John had gone through all because of Kate. In seconds he flashed the whole review and ordeal. He knew better not to show any sign of care or what not
Richie was restless, he tried to close his eyes hoping he would be calm and still. But his mind was up and active. He laid next to Kate. Stark naked she was but his mind wasn't really bothered about her physique or what state she was in.He sat up and sighed. His palms covered his eyes. "Luxander isn't the angel he portrays himself to be. He can't be pure. I know he is up to something. I can feel it. I know it." Richie said and he relaxed his legs."He is up to something evil and I will make sure I find out what.'" He grit his teeth and added. His guts have never been wrong, they have never failed him. They were always right. He flashed back to the moment when his P.A walked up to him in his office and stated he had a visitor. He didn't expect anyone yet, let alone any visitor. He rolled his eyes and sighed at his P.A. Richie was a man of discipline and things being done at the right time. He didn't understand when people worked at the wrong time and then rushed when they had a de
Chapter 42.Unsure of how to react Richie knew he had to keep his guard up around Lu. "If he doesn't trust me, then I don't trust him. He decided to call his P.A.He doesn't have plans to report or to explain to him. Rather he wanted to know why his P.A was at that moment it was around past three in the morning..He reached out to his mobile phone. He dialed his P.A's number.In seconds of when the phone rang. His P.A picked up. He removed the phone from his ear, just so he can be sure that it was his P.A that indeed picked up.He was surprised to see that his P.A was wide awake and not asleep like he expected.
Chapter 43 Kate woke up rather in a happy mood, excitement shooting out of the roof and emotions flying. Richie was in his study but before that, they had a little talk. They took turns in bathing but they both got ready for the new day together. She escorted him to the door as he went on to work. She waited until he locked the door. With a jump, she ran inside and went straight to the kitchen. She knows how busy he gets when he is locked inside. And for sure by the time she is done cooking, he would still be busy. "I will cook whenever he isn't here." She muttered as she grabbed the apron. She walked past the counter where they had spicy time. She replayed the whole scene and bit her lips. She stood by the door and reminisced. The way he looked at her and how gently he was when he touched her. She remembered how his lip0s tasted. She giggled at the little scenes that she saw. She smiled and waved it off. She moved away from the counter. It gave her another boost of happiness. S
Chapter 45The next morning, Kate woke up feeling cheerful and energetic, while he was in the mood to work. She knew she wouldn't be able to cook since he is home. Instead she wanted to do a chore. She made the bed and cleaned the room, she opened the windows too, she had smiles all over her. She did a little happy dance. If anyone walked they would have she was the happiest soul on earth. Richie was in his study, working as usual. She knew better not to disturb his work. With her robe on, She left the room and went downstairs. Mariam wasn't anywhere to be found. She saw the dishes had been done, the laundry and even the cooking; not like she could do it but still she had it at the back of her mind. Kate had a disappointed look on. She tried so hard to make sure she finds something to do but she didn’t. Just when she was about to give up, she found it. She found the bar that needed to be cleaned. Her eyes dilated with excitement. She was ready to do some work. She was pumped.
Chapter 46Kate turned away and walked out. She rolled her eyes. She didn't like the words that Jane used.Richie saw her and he saw how fast her mood changed. He didn't understand what transpired between the two of them but he found it funny. Kate looked like a jealous house wife as she left his presence. He scoffed as he turned back to look at the visitors. Even if it was just around late in the evening, he wondered what summoned their presence. He had a straight face even when he knew he had unfinished business with Kate. Richie always loved his comfort, he was so sure they didn't come to him for business affairs.He stood straight and tall as he looked at them. He had different thoughts about each of them but he was sure not to let that cloud his mind or mess up what he had in mind. He didn't want anything to interfere with his day so he went straight to the point with Jane and the male PA. “What’s so important you couldn’t wait until the next day Jane?” He directed the qu
Chapter 47Gordon stared at Nancy who stripped herself in front of him with her beautiful shape and figure appeasing the clients but he wasn't any interested in her, he looked disgusted. Nancy was moving waist to her neck,boobs, stomach, and hips to the rhythm of the music.She was a really good stripper with a beautiful and admirable shape,any client won't possibly be able to resist her charming and beautiful figure.Everyone is against Gordon, that is,he wasn't any interested in what she has to offer.She was a star stripper that would make clients drool their way to the hotel and she was very expensive and expensive to watch.She performed for politicians privately due to how beautiful she was,she was at the top of her game.She was getting the moves right and it all seemed interesting but it was really quite boring and uninteresting to him.It all felt off,he didn't hate Nancy, she was just a normal stripper but he wanted someone else. didn't she wasn't the one supposed to be in
Days later…(Taormina, Sicily)“Please be quick about it..” Kate said to the hotel receptionist and quickly dropped the phone almost as soon as Richie waltzed out of the bathroom looking as though he was running an ad for a modeling agency.He looked so handsome in his bathrobe and had droplets of water on his hair and face which only made him look more breathtaking to Kate; and she couldn’t help but thank her stars for allowing her to get to meet someone as perfect as him.He was the perfect depiction of her childhood dream man; and sometimes she feared that he was just too good for her.Their eyes locked and held; and for a moment they were so enthralled by each other that nothing else mattered anymore.Not even the fact that they were clad in nothing but their birthday suit. Richie winked at her, making her blush fiercely.After a long while of comfortable silence, Kate let out a long sigh and screamed excitedly;“I still can’t believe that I’m right here in Atlantis bay! My dream
Chapter 91Kate“Stay back!” Jane growled fiercely but Kate couldn’t exactly say if she was yelling at her or at Richie.Her body shook with fear as she stared at the black metallic object clasped in Jane’s hands but she didn’t show her fear; She couldn’t bring herself to because she knew that that was exactly what people like Jane thrived on.She couldn’t give her that satisfaction.Before she came here, she had braced herself for the absolute worst; had expected Jane to pull a stunt like this from the very beginning that now it no longer surprised her.All she wanted right now was to get out of this situation unscathed. She didn’t care how she intended to do that but knew that that was her only aim.Ashley had told her that a thing like this would happen; had warned her and thankfully she had listened.At first she didn’t want to be scared but when she looked into Jane’s eyes, and saw the crazed maniacal look in them, her fear only intensified.This witch was crazy enough to do anyt
Richie.Richie wanted to snap. He was pissed at everyone’s overly bubbly attitude today and was beginning to wonder if the day was his or theirs.He couldn’t really say that the day was his though because he was practically being forced…more like threatened to do this.He still couldn’t comprehend why his grandfather would present him with a decision as difficult as this for his own personal interest, and it made him mad.The brightly lit air conditioned room still felt unbearably hot for Richie as he yanked uncomfortably at his necktie and glared against the high fluorescent lights that seemed to want to blind him.He didn’t care that his discomfort was being let out in the open and that the press could make a fuss out of it later, all he cared about was getting done with this accursed wedding ceremony and being back to the confines of his room.He drowned out the loud cheerful noises around him, wondering to himself why these people seemed a lot more happy that he was getting marrie
Richie.“Try it again and again.” The male voice from the tv spoke loudly but to Richie it felt like he was being spoken to.He loosened his tie, copying the gestures of the young magician on the screen and began mimicking the man’s actions.A few minutes went past, and after a while of copying the magician’s actions Richie decided to stop. It was no longer fun to him; in fact nothing felt like fun anymore.The world felt like it was spinning in circles, and to Richie everything was in a flux. He couldn’t say exactly what stand his life held right now or what its meaning was but knew he was simply going with the flow that came.Pressing the bottle of liquor to his lips, Richie took a big gulp and winced when the fiery liquid burned its way from the back of his throat down to his chest.He loved the feeling though, but the aftermath was what he disliked.He hated how it usually made him feel crappy and how his fingers shook like that of an epileptic person whenever he took it excessive
Richie‘Wait, something didn’t feel right.’ Richie thought to himself as he sat unmoving on the large red sofa he had adored as a kid but now it held no significance to him, and all he could think about was how to get out of it and fast.Right in front of him sat Jane and his grandfather Phillip and Richie could do nothing but glare at the both of them as they went about chattering between each other like he wasn’t in the room.Jane’s loud giggles infuriated him, even the way she had suddenly changed her sitting position into some sort of lazy style while she rubbed continuously on her flattened stomach.On a normal day, he would’ve sent her out of the house but this was his grandfather’s and not his… he had no right to do that here and that was her saving grace.“How aren’t you sure that this isn’t some sort of joke the same way you thought Kate had lied about being pregnant?” He snarled at his grandfather who seemed too enthralled with talking to Jane that nothing else mattered.To
RichieRichie staggered up the airy flight of stairs with only a bottle of chilled liquor clasped in his cold stiff hands.“One green bottle standing on the wall… one green bottle standing on the wall…” he sang drunkenly as he trudged upwards, absolutely oblivious to the shocked stares his workers threw at him as he walked past.Truth is, he didn’t even notice they were staring nor did he care if they actually did.He rubbed his hands again and again across his face to stop himself from falling asleep as he walked but that seemed as impossible as walking on eggshells and praying that it does not crack.His body suddenly shook with a kind of cold that he hadn’t experienced before but then he couldn’t quite explain if it was as a result of the weather or due to how cold he actually felt inside.He couldn’t bring himself to talk to anyone about how he truly felt…about how his dreams were constantly plagued with memories of Kate and how he felt he would go crazy soon if nothing was done a
Kate“How’s this even possible?” Kate mumbled very quietly under her breath after taking her first bite of the almost half cooked cheese sandwich which smelled way tastier than it actually tasted.Her taste buds which had previously been on overdrive immediately came to a rest and then she began to munch slowly on the food whilst fighting the urge to drop it in order not to offend Ashley.That would be bad.She couldn’t even bring herself to tell Ashley that she wasn’t such a good cook and that the food tasted bad, instead she ate on slowly and decided to strike a conversation with her.“I get the part where you always had people working for you and so you should always have them doing your biddings. Why then did you still learn to cook?” Kate asked whilst chewing.She grinned when Ashley frowned at her half opened mouth but wasn’t remorseful as she kept chewing absentmindedly on the offensive tasting sandwich.Ashley rolled her eyes; “I never learnt to cook pumpkin, and I know exact
KateHer eyelids were heavy, almost like they’d been previously sealed shut with a cement and then forcefully ripped open after it had gotten dry moments later due to indecision.Kate winced under the pain. It was a little too much and her body throbbed from it.She could feel her stomach twist painfully from it too but she didn’t care, all she wanted was to understand what she was doing here when only moments ago, she was at the back of Richie’s Rolls Royce…on her way to her wedding reception.She wanted to understand why anyone would decide to kidnap and beat her up when in fact, she could swear she hadn’t done anything to warrant such treatment from anyone.She was confused and at the same time shocked but was also scared because she was quite unsure about who was behind all these.What if it was Luxander… Or Ashley?Her eyes widened at the thoughts as her heartbeat accelerated. She prayed that It shouldn’t be any of those two because she knew of how crazy they could get and she di
RichieThe tie clung onto his neck like a choker but he didn’t notice it as his mind was somewhere else entirely.He yawned, rubbing at his heavy eyelids only to sit up in shock when he discovered that he was still inside his car since the previous night and that he was still clad in his wedding suit.His wedding suit…The suit that he had planned to take off the instant he was alone with Kate after their ending; the suit he no longer had the strength to take off his body because suddenly it felt like all of his dreams were already going up in smoke.…a thick choking smoke.He slowly trudged out of the car, walked all the way into the house, and stood hopefully in front of the large TV screen which only brought news of the exploded warehouse over and over again.He couldn’t believe that something this drastic could simply happen only a few hours to something he’d always dreamed of.It felt like a dream, a very terrible dream that he had still not woken up from and at the same time he