"Zina, why is your face like this? You don't seem to be happy and you don't seem to be sad. You are just neutral. Besides, you didn't go to work today?""Sandra, a lot happened yesterday.""What do you mean? But you told me you are going for dinner.""Yes, I told you that. You need to see what happened yesterday.""So what exactly happened?""Megan and her mother were present at the dinner.""How?" "You can't believe that it was Megan's boyfriend that invited us. The one we saw at the top city garden. Infact, let me start from the outside of the house. It was looking so beautiful. Oh my God! You will not believe that a young guy build a house as if he is the president of the country.""You don't mean it?""I was so speechless. Now coming inside the house, it was so amazing and then I got the shock of my life. I saw Megan and the mother. The guy even introduced us to them. They were so shocked. You need to see the way they were looking at us. Okay fine, when we now went to the dining
I can't believe that this is happening to me. What just happened over there? How come I was disgraced like this? I know my mom won't take this trash, I know she would do something to pay back the shake we got. When we got to the house. She was so quiet and couldn't make a statement. She moved to her room while I went to my room. I was waiting for her to say something but till the next day she never mentioned anything to me. I wonder what will be going on in her mind. I felt ashamed to even look at my mom. I understand her pain but at the same time, we thought the dinner was in our favor, I never knew that such a thing would happen to me. "Megan! Megan!" I could hear my mother shouting my name. My heart skipped. I wonder why she was calling my name that way. I rushed to her room to know what was wrong but I met her sitting down quietly and looking at the door without blinking. "Mom, you called me." "Megan, what just happened over there?" I never knew she would bring this matter u
"Honestly, I am so surprised at what happened today. I can't believe that I am already in a relationship with Pascal. The richest guy. All this thing came through because of you. I can't really stop appreciating you. Thank you.""You don't need to thank me. It is your lock and a gift for being a very good friend to me. you have never stabbed me at the back and I so much appreciate it."Her joy knows No bounds. It was written all over her. I could see it so clearly and I was so happy for her. She was really in love with the guy already. I could see her with her phone typing and smiling. I already knew they were already chatting together.Pascal was a very nice guy despite his money. Sandra wasn't ready to be spoilt with his money. She was all about for the love and the joy that she don't has a man in her life. I could remember that for the past two years, she has never been with any man. So she kept on hoping that one day, a better man will come for her who would value and respect her.
I don't know how some people feel so comfortable and plan evil against someone. Why did Megan choose to be useless in this life? I have done almost everything a man will do for a woman. What have I not done for Megan? Why did she choose to treat her fellow woman this way? So taking out Zina's documents would have made her happy or would have made me take her back. Huh? What have I done to deserve this? Does helping people now mean it's wrong? I really feel so bad about all these. I don't know how to go about all these but Pascal suggested that I should get Megan and her mother arrested, but I don't know if I should follow the advice or to allow Megan keep playing her card until I figure out what to do with her. This whole thing is getting me upset and driving me crazy. I can't believe that my receptionist was planning so hard with Megan. Now I know that she was the one delivering messages to Megan. Now I know why Megan visited the very first day that Zina started work here. Zina h
I was happy that I was able to make Neil happy. I never knew that the whole house was filled with the aroma. I quickly rounded up what I was doing in the kitchen and cleaned everywhere. I also decorated the dining room and made sure that everywhere was clean and smelling nice with a good fragrance. I immediately rushed to the bathroom and took a nice and quick bath and got dressed in a beautiful brown colored gown. I styled my hair and made it a ponytail. It looks so simple. I also touched my face with light make-up and wore moderate heels. I picked up my phone and called Sandra to know where they were. She told me that they were almost close to Neil's house. I came out to the dining room and saw Neil standing still and was observing the whole place. He didn't know that I was standing at the door and watched him. He opened every dish to check what was inside. He was only saying "wow." It melted my heart. At one point, he shaked his head and turned to see me smiling. He quickly cam
I escorted them out of the house that night and came back to my living room. I met Zina, she was just smiling. "Why the smiles?"" I am just happy that everything went as planned." I smiled because she was the brain behind the success of the dinner but I was disturbed. Pascal reminded me of the contract and it was very bad that I love Zina with all my whole heart and still do not want to admit it. I just want to see what a six month contract marriage will look like. If I am okay with it, then I will be able to continue with her but if it totally becomes a nightmare, then I have to call it quits. I walked towards my room and opened the door only to find Zina bringing out most of my hanged clothes from the wardrobe. I stood still and wondered what she was doing? I also saw my traveling box on my bed. "What are you doing?""I am helping you to select good clothes for the trip. I know you must be tired by now and it would be bad if you start packing them tomorrow in a hurry not to miss
I was already setting the dining table when Neil came out of his room. "What am I perceiving here?" "Good morning my love. I hope you slept well? The breakfast is ready." I could see the surprise on his face. "When did you sleep and now you are awake to prepare breakfast? Zina darling, you need to have time for yourself and don't rush things. I smiled. "I understand you dear, but for now, we have a flight to catch up by 12:00 pm. We still have time to relax. I just need us to get ready. The flight will wait for no one, so we need to meet up with the time. At least we should be there by 11:00 am." He smiled and nodded his head while he massaged his nose. I know I was so excited because that will be my first time to enter a plane and travel. "Alright, I need to brush my teeth before I join you." "Okay, I will be waiting," my phone rang and it was my friend Sandra. "Hello, pretty lady." "Zina darling, I miss you a lot." "Why would you miss me when you have Pascal with you."
I have been staying indoors for the past two days and my mother has not been happy with me for days. She expected me to do something and hinder Zina's trip but it was no longer in my power. I need to talk with Gabriel. He is in the best position to know the next line of action. I quickly picked up my phone and called his line but it was not connecting. My mother barged into my room and I was startled. "You scared me mom.""I don't see the reason why you will be scared. What is the next thing to do?""I am actually calling Gabriel but his number isn't connecting.""You see the reason why I told you that I do not trust that guy but you insisted.""Mom, you are too fast at concluding things. I just told you that his number is not connecting, we just have to exercise patience till his number connects back. Maybe it is out of network coverage or the phone might be switched off." "Will you keep shut! You can't be here and know what is happening there. Why must his line not connect?" I o
Zina’s POV:“You really know how to ruin a surprise.” I said dryly to Kathy who this time around screamed but opened the door widely for me to step in. Sandra was already on her feet when I stepped in. She had tears in her eyes.“Babe, if that make up isn’t waterproof don’t even think about it. I am here to walk you down that aisle to your happily ever after, think you can hold it all in till we are done?” I said to her and opened my arms to give her the hug we both needed. The tears now flow, I was grateful Neil forced me to come. I would not have traded this feeling for anything.We held on to each other until the other girls joined us in our hug. We saw some flashing lights and looked to see the wedding photographer.“I’m sorry, I could not help it. This was too precious to pass up. Wait, I just got an idea. We will do this outside, don’t worry we won’t mess anything up.” The photographer said in a rush but I was not paying any attention to her. I was fixated on my best friend who
Neil’s POV:The PI had to work with Matt and Ian and I did not care, I wanted answers which were pretty easy. The idiot’s name was Jeffrey. I of course remembered him but I could care less about him at the time, he was after Megan and she thought to use it to stir some jealous shit but it failed woefully because I never called him to order or ordered him away from Megan, it infuriated her to no end.So she ended up using him to get to one of the people I loved deeply. Yes, I was admitting that I loved my wife.They had tracked Jeffrey to the flimsy hideout he carved for himself, I say flimsy because it was not difficult to track him. Gabriel of course had skipped town but he was found eventually, and the lady of the hour was picked up from her apartment. She kept screaming that she never meant to hurt me, that Zina was the target. Like that was going to help?Anyway Zina had been by my side all through. My parents have moved to my place temporarily to help them commute to work easier.
Neil’s POV:I woke up feeling immensely tired, like I was run over by a truck. I blinked to try to recognize where I was. I was still in the hospital ward. I remember waking up earlier and I saw Zina who was running around, then some doctors came in.I sighed and turned to see a passed out Zina on the couch, how long she had been there was a mystery to me but I could tell that she had not been sleeping well, even the dim light could not hide the exhaustion from her face.She needed more sleep. Just then the door to the room opened and a nurse peeked in before trying to quietly step in, she did a good job of being quiet until she was next to my bed and saw that I was awake. She gasped but not loud enough to wake Zina.“Sir, you are awake. Let me call the doctor real quick.” She said to me and I nodded my head but I cast a significant look at her and thank goodness she understood and did not make any noise or wake Zina up. The doctor soon came in and after quietly examining me she told
Zina’s POV:Neil was supposed to wake up yesterday according to what the doctor said, but here he is, still lying there and not yet awake. I am really trying not to lose my head, this is becoming overwhelming as the hours pass by. I have seen too many movies and the worst case scenario kept playing in my head. What if he never woke up?What if they declared him brain dead?What if he became a vegetable?Did the last two not mean the same thing?Oh my gosh!I massaged my temple as I felt the beginning of a headache. “Please Neil, just wake up, please just wake up.” I said in my head and lifted my head to see that he was still in the same position. The door opened after a brief knock, a nurse stepped in with some towels.“Good morning ma’am, I am here to wash up Mr. Honduras. May I proceed?” the nurse asked me and I nodded my head. I stood up and stayed at a distance where I was sure that I would not interrupt her or block her movements and watched wipe him down with a towel, soap and
Zina’s POV:I followed the doctor with bated breaths, not really knowing what to expect but I was just glad that I was finally getting to see him. This was not my plan for the day, this was not my plan for any day. The meetings I was rushing out for seem so trivial right now. As we approached the door I felt the hand that I had been clutching unconsciously squeeze mine back. I looked up and saw my mother in-law give me a reassuring smile through the tears that filled her eyes. I nodded my head, bracing myself for this. The door opened and my eye zeroed in on the only bed in the room. The tears I thought were giving me a break came out, I could not control it. I didn't even want to, lying there looking pale with bandage wrapped around his body and wires hooked up to machines was my husband.There was a bandage wrapped around his head, his lip was burst at two places and it was a disturbing color of blue. From the amount of movies I had seen I was glad that the machines were beeping, m
Sandra’s POV:As soon as we arrived at the hospital, some men in suits immediately surrounded the vehicle and opened the door on Pascal’s side. Pascal turned to me, completely ignoring the madness that was the paparazzi. This was the first time I was experiencing them and this was crazy to say the least. From the ones receiving the news updates this was a favor, but to the families involved this was a major nuisance.“No matter what happens, do not let go of this hand and always follow where I tug you to. Do not answer any questions, do not say anything to them. And as much as possible keep your head down. Ready?” Pascal asked me and I nodded, I just wanted to get this show on the road.I nodded and he took my hand in a firm grip.He came down first, waited for me and took his own instructions. He did not say anything to any of them, he kept a firm grip on my hand and kept a steady pull until we got to the hospital entrance where they were banned from entering.“Where are they?” I hea
Zina’s POV:I was already heading out of the doorway but I was so focused on my phone, the girls were giving me reasons to regret not coming with them. They looked to be having so much fun, even the video of them attempting scrubber diving was so hilarious. I was about to scroll to the next video when I looked up and saw Neil’s car parked in front of the entrance instead of my designated car.What was going on?My question was going to be directed to the person that could answer it, I turned and saw Matt walking towards me. He looked uncomfortable.“Good morning Matt, where is my ride?” I asked him with a smile which he smirked in return to.“Boss went for a drive early in the morning. I think he got the day off or something, so he instructed that we ensure his princess got to work safely. And since he took your car I figured he would not mind you stepping in to work today in style.” Matt said and I rolled my eyes, ever since that picture of us surfaced on the internet he has not miss
Zina’s POV:I was two weeks into resuming work and roughly two weeks to the end of my contract with Neil. I was getting depressed as the days went by, I do not know how my heart went and fell for a man that did not want it. And aside from some guarded conversations, we did not spend as much time as I would have wanted. He was immersed in so much work these days and I was left to my own devices.My table was cleared. I was waiting for the afternoon reports so I could work on those as well. On the bright side I was getting reviews from my team. They loved how I worked, how I was giving them short breaks in between. Of course I have asked them not to be too comfortable, rush months are around the corner.I relaxed into my seat and I suddenly felt horrible again. In a matter of weeks I was going to be kissing all of this goodbye. No more Mrs. Honduras, no more special treatments. No more Neil, which was the part that stung the most. I would no longer have the access I have to him right no
Zina’s POV:“I swear he took me by surprise that day. I just never took him for one for public displays of affection, of course the gossip blogs took it up and praised him for not being ashamed to show the world that he loved his wife. I don't even know why we are making the headlines. There are other rich couples out there.” I said to Sandra who encouraged me to abuse my privilege as the boss’s wife and meet up before it was time for the lunch break.“Well not all couples consist of Neil Honduras. What about your mother-in-law? Has she shared any tips on how to survive the madness in the early days?” Sandra asked me and I smiled. My mother in-law was meeting us up for lunch, well me but I was not ready to dismiss Sandra.“Yes, she called me yesterday. I am supposed to meet her for lunch but you are staying because you too will soon be the wife of a CEO. Guess your dream of being a housewife is finally coming to be.” I said to her and she shamelessly raised her tea cup for a toast.“A