Nicholas woke up from his slumber shitfaced and hungover as hell. Not to mention the splitting headache that was hitting his forehead. Thankfully, there was usually a bottle of aspirin on the nightstand for days like this, and there was also a bottle of water.He had taken to the habit during his bachelor days, when he woke up almost every day with a splitting headache.Nicholas opened the cap and threw two tablets into his mouth, chasing them down with water. He collapsed in his bed, lying on his pillow, as he felt the drug doing its work. And in two minutes, his head stopped feeling like it didn’t belong to his body.He turned on his side, his hands searching the bed for his phone, till he found the cold electronics, and he picked up. "Shit." Nicholas cursed as he looked at the time. It was past 10 a.m., and he should have been in the office by 9.He unlocked his phone, squinting as the bright light attached him. There were different notifications from a lot of people, but he only o
Nicholas returned to his office after the quizzing session with his father. He had thought his father wanted to tell him something important, but he just wanted to see him.He would have to set his father up with someone so he could stop snooping around his business. It has been years since his mother died, and his father hasn’t moved on yet.Nicholas was able to finish up his workload for the day even before the closing hours, and he decided to head home. It was the first time in a while that he was going home early.If it were before, he would have headed for Cameron’s house, and together they would go to a club or have fun somewhere. Or he would go to his beach house and relax.He had been avoiding his wife for so long, but now he was actually craving her food, and of course he wanted to see her and maybe apologize for all his wrongdoings."I will be going home now, Charlotte." He told his secretary before he left for home.The automatic gate slide open for Nicholas to enter, and h
Mary has slowly acquainted herself with the job. It wasn’t all that hard work, seeing as she came from a convent where they had to do basic things themselves.The pay was also biweekly, but she wasn’t going to get any pay for this month since it all went to her accommodation, feeding, and clothing.But she wasn’t worried.Mary hadn’t gone out since she had been there; she had always been at home, and if she wasn’t at work, she would be at home. Besides, her feeding and clothing were covered by Jack, so she had no true need for money now. And she still had the money Lincoln gave her, so she wasn’t all that worried.Lincoln had surprised her that day, he had given money to a stranger he barely knew. Mary hadn’t seen him around since that day to thank him properly.Work has been great too. Mary adapted to the environment within a week. And due to her personality, people were drawn to her like moths to a flame.She had a charming smile and was very friendly, and she was always ready to at
Amy stilled for a moment, thinking her roommate was playing a fast one with her. "Mary, you can stand up now." She shook her roommate awake, but there was no response. "Mary, this is not funny. You have to wake up now." But there was no response from her roommate, and that was when she decided it was beyond her power.Amy sucked in as much air as she could, and she released an ear-piercing scream. "Someone help us." She continued screaming while she tried to find a way to wake her friend up.She was hysterical, shaking Mary in a rather rough manner in a bid to wake her up. "Someone, help us." Amy screamed again, louder than she had ever attempted before.There was a shuffling of feet, coming closer as they approached the changing room, and they banged on the door. "Can you stop screaming like you were getting kidnapped, Amy? This is a restaurant incase you are not aware and we still have customers in the restaurant, and they were complaining about your noise." Lily cautioned Amy as sh
Amy had been inside with Mary, sitting down with her head on the bed. The doctors have cleared her friend; she just needs to wake up.But what the doctors had told her was still lingering in her mind. She couldn’t even fathom it. But Mary had told her that...There was no need to sweat it; she was just going to wait for her to wake up and confront her. But for now, she was just going to wait.Amy had dozed off on the chair when she heard a shuffling on the bed, and she was awake."Where am I?" Mary murmured, her voice hoarse and dry. She broke into a series of dried coughs, and Amy rushed to get her the bottle of water on the table.She directed the straw to Mary’s mouth, and she began to suck greedily on it before she was forced to remove her mouth and ended up coughing."Take it easy." Amy said, tapping her back. "Welcome back to the living." Amy said as she enveloped her friend in a hug. She was just happy to be alive and awake. Any other rants can come later."What happened to me?
The ride back home was quiet; everyone was deep in their thoughts. Jack had settled the bill and also got the prescribed drugs for her, but it didn’t come at a small cost. Mary was going to have to work for a lot of months for free before she could repay him. Jack had been curious, wanting to know how she got herself knocked up. He had doubted it when Amy told him, but he had no choice but to believe it when the doctor showed him the results. He had decided to leave the questioning all together. It must have been an unpleasant memory since she didn’t tell him at first. Now he felt bad for trying to pimp her out the first time. But it was bygone. The car finally stopped in front of the restaurant, and they all came down. "I believe you are feeling much better now." Jack asked, and Mary nodded. "Yes sir. Thank you, sir." "Good. You can take the day off; I don’t want to be held responsible again if you collapse." "Thank you, sir." She made to go, but Jack passed her the white pharm
Mary looked at them with wide eyes, trying to figure out how she was going to get out of the mess that was happening. "I don’t understand what you are saying." Mary said, and she stood up and made to go."Not so easily, dear." Lily said as she inched closer to her, blocking her from getting to the door. "Why didn’t you tell us?""Tell you what?" Mary was trying to play it safe and be vague in case they didn’t know what was going on."That you were pregnant!" Lily snapped, bringing her face close to her, "Did you think we wouldn’t notice? We are not dumb, Mary.""Calm down, Lily." Daisy intervened as she inserted herself between them before a war broke out. "What Lily meant to say was congratulations and that we are happy for you. But we are also disappointed you didn’t tell us on time.""Yea," Liz added from the back. Daisy nudged Lily with her elbow, and the latter frowned."I'm sorry about the outburst, Mary. Congratulations." Lily said with her teeth. "So who is the father of the ba
"Girl, where have you been?" Amy queried Mary as soon as she walked in."Um, I was outside with..." Mary began, but Amy was quick to interrupt her."No time; just grab your apron and come assist; we are in need of more hands, and this is rush hour." Amy said, already going towards the table."Alright," Mary said, before she went towards the changing room to keep the gift for later and came back wearing her apron."Lemme help." Mary told Amy as she collected the tray from her."Give that to Table 4. And come help me with this one when you are through." Amy ordered, and Mary did as she was told, and together they were able to beat the rush hour.She and Amy were on their way upstairs back to their room when Mary remembered something. "Give me a minute, Amy. I forgot something in the changing room.""Sure." Amy continued on to her room while Mary hurried back to retrieve the gift.Amy had just changed out of her work clothes into her casual clothes when Mary entered the room. She was sit