Someone tapped me on my shoulder, I opened my eyes a little bit because I was in a deep sleep that I didn't know it was dawn. Everything was so blurred that I had to use my hand and wipe my face so that I could open my eyes well. I saw Neil seated beside me and smiling. "Good morning." I said. "Good morning my lovely woman. How was your night?""It was fine." I stretched myself."Breakfast on bed," at first I couldn't believe what he said, till I sat upright and saw a tray with a small cup of coffee and sandwich. I was amazed. "Wow! When did you wake up to prepare for this?""I promised myself to surprise you. You need the rest and I know you would be very tired to go into the kitchen to prepare breakfast." Wow! That was so romantic of him. I never expected this to happen to me. I had no option than to hug him and thank him. I stood up to go and brush my teeth so that my mouth would be fresh as I ate the sumptuous breakfast. I really have a lot to gist with my friend and I can't
"Neil, I just got a call from a woman who used to be my late mom's friend. She is really stranded. Please, I need your permission to allow me to get her to stay with us, by tomorrow she will continue her journey.""Where exactly is she?""She told me that she is at the junction.""The junction before our entrance?""Yes." "This is almost 8:00 p.m and it is risky out there. I think we need to go there together.""You don't have to worry yourself Neil, I can get her myself." I don't know why I felt it was not safe for her to be out there alone. I have to follow her and get the woman. How will I allow her to trek down to the junction and besides the woman must be tired. "If only you knew how to drive. The woman must also be tired of trekking. Let me get my car keys, we are going there together." I know she doesn't want to disturb me but I don't want to listen to her excuses. My dressing was okay, I just picked up my car keys from the table in my room."Alright, let's move." Zina and
I don't even know what is happening. I picked my phone and called Sandra. "Hello Sandra.""Zina, what's wrong? Your voice is not pleasant.""I am fine.""You are fine and you are sounding this way. Where are you?""I am at work in my office.""Okay, I will be there. I know something is wrong and you have to talk to me." I was about telling her not to bother coming but then she ended the conversation. I was busy in my office when I got a call from the receptionist that someone wanted to see me. Of course I knew who the person was and I told her to let the visitor inside. Not quite long, I heard a knock on my door and it was Sandra. "You are welcome.""Thank you. You sounded so distressed on the phone and I had to leave what I was doing to come and see you.""You left your office?""I didn't go to work today. I was actually working from home.""I see… Pascal has really made things comfortable for you.""Let's leave that aside. Talk to me, what's the problem? Did Megan show up again?"
Why did this plan go wrong? I really feel like strangling Neil to death. I know he would be the one to insist on going with her because I know what she can do. I didn't even suspect that Neil would be coming out with her. This plan has failed and now I wonder what they will be thinking. Neil is smarter than Zina and I am sure. He will understand what is going on. I got a notification message from Gabriel. Why does he want to see me? Everything is getting me upset, I don't want to talk to anyone about this unless he has a new development. I quickly got dressed to go and meet him. I was about to leave when my mom asked where I was heading to. "Mom, I am coming back soon. Just want to see a friend at the junction." "I have noticed that you have not been happy since yesterday. What is the problem?""Nothing." I left the house to avoid more stories. I used the location Gabriel sent to me and located him. He was sitting down with three other guys that I have not met before. I was scared
Neil came back that evening because he told me to go home when it's closing time and that he wouldn't have the time to come and pick me up from work. He was looking so neutral unlike other days when he puts up a smiling face or an angry look. "Babe, you are welcome." "Thank you." He moved over to his room while I rushed to the kitchen to microwave his food and make it hot. Neil loves hot food and I have tried to maintain that since I started staying with him. I dished out the food and placed it on the dining table. I waited for a while for him to come out but I didn't see him. I had to summon my courage and moved to his room and knocked. There was no response. I opened the door and found out it was not locked. I saw Neil lying on the bed with his eyes closed. I wondered what could be the problem. I walked closer to him and tapped him on his legs. "Neil, are you okay?"He turned to me and opened his eyes. "Zina, I am fine. I just want to have some rest.""But you can't rest withou
I really don't know why someone would want to treat another person badly all because of love or rather I should say money. Megan has really crossed the boundary and I am really going to deal with her. I think the mother needs to serve punishment for bringing up the suggestion. Imagine what a mother will be advising the daughter. I am really lucky if not I would have married a devil as a wife. Why are women this heartless? It is because of money that Megan has been with me not because she cares about me. I think I need to meet with Megan's mother. This is a serious criminal case. How can a woman think of kidnapping? This is really annoying. I told Zina to stay back at home while I go to the office. I don't want her to know that I have plans of visiting Megan's mother. "I am off to work already." "Won't you eat?" "Not at all, I am not hungry. I have something to catch up with in the office and I have somewhere to go. Just take care of the house." "Alright." I saw her face and
Hmmm, who would believe that I can find true love. I mean a woman who would want me and Iove me for who I am and not just because of the money I have acquired. I have studied Sandra the days that she has been in my house and I discovered that she was well trained. I can remember one certain day that I met a lady who asked if know Sandra too well and I was eager to know why she was asking. I was shocked when she told me that Sandra works as a prostitute and that she is not being truthful to me. The lady went ahead to warn me to stay away from her because when she is done gathering all the money she needs, she will leave. I was shocked because I never knew that women hate themselves. How can a lady talk I'll of her friend and I asked her if someone does this to her, how would she feel? She told me that she will feel normal. I was shocked but I have been with Sandra and she hasn't been answering any strange calls in my house. She keeps her phone anywhere and nobody will call her excep
I was in my office when someone knocked on my door and I allowed the person inside only to find out it was the new person that was employed. He was to be my assistant and also share the office with me. "Good morning ma." "Welcome, and you are?""I am Fredrick, the new assistant employee." "Oh! You are welcome." I stood up from my seat and shook hands with him. "Please, you can have your seat." He sat down opposite to me and looked around the office. I noticed his physical looks, he was looking all cute and has a very nice haircut. The scent of his perfume were all over the office. I couldn't perceive another smell apart from his because it was domineering. "So I welcome you to this factory. The owner of the factory is not present yet, if not he would have been the one to welcome you officially.""No problem." "Anyways I am Sandra. Nice meeting you. Just hold on for a few minutes." I picked up my office telephone and called the receptionist and told her to announce to all depar
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