CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENALEXANDER I wouldn't say I was unconscious when my eyes were clearly open. But I only realised that it was Beverly who had been riding me and not Sally when I saw Sally standing by the door with her hands in her mouth and tears streaming down her cheeks. I was shocked.How did it happen? I looked back at Beverly, who was still on top of me. She didn't seem remorseful at all. I immediately realised that Beverly had done something to me. I pushed her away from me immediately and turned to Sally, who quickly rushed out in tears. I wore my dress as quickly as I could and began running towards the door when Beverly grabbed my arm. "Alex, please let her be."I turned to her with red eyes and pushed her forcely. I heard a big thud as she fell to the floor and let out a faint scream. I didn't turn around for a second. I didn't care about Beverly or the baby in her womb, and the truth was that I hated him even more than I hated his mom. I never asked for
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN BEVERLY I felt completely weak. I felt like It was my last day on earth. I began to say my last prayer inwardly. My head was spinning, and my vision was getting blurred. I could feel my eyes popping out of my eye socket, but I was now too weak to struggle. Alex finally let go of me, and I fell to the floor and began to cough roughly. I was shocked. I never expected Alex to act this way over this little issue. "A... let," I grabbed his foot, trying to get him to talk to me, but he pulled away from me forcefully. "Let go!" He scolded and pushed me to the floor. He stormed out of the room while I continued struggling to breathe. The maids rushed into the room and tried to help me up. "Get away!" I shouted at the top of my voice, and they both ran out of the room together. "Why are you just coming? Didn't you realise I was dying a while ago?"I struggled to sit up on the bed and began to rub my neck gently. I messaged my neck using both hands, as
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTYSALLY "Ma'am," Alicia snapped me out of my thoughts. I had been staring into space and blanking out throughout the meeting. I had done everything to try and concentrate, yet nothing was working. I couldn't stop thinking about the fact Alex was still seeing Beverly. I kept replaying the image of Beverly riding Alex so hard in my head. I couldn't pay attention in the meeting. "Are you okay, ma'am?" Alicia asked me. I nodded and forced a smile. "Have you been able to sign those?" Mr Johnson asked me. "Sir, please I didn't get the last information. I was a little distracted. "The board members began to murmur among themselves. I got carried away once again. Alicia tapped me. She had this worried look in her eyes. She wasn't confused that I was okay. "Can this meeting be adjourned?" I requested. There was a pause for a while before the board members began to murmur among themselves. After deliberating on the matter, we decided to end the meeting.
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONEALEXANDER I finished packing up my stuff to leave since I was done for the day. I pulled my phone out of my pocket to check what the time was and sighed since it was still a bit early. I would use some time to rest as much as I could. I needed a break, and I also needed to cool off. I picked up my bag and walked out of the office. Immediately as I stepped out of my office, I met Clinton by the door. He looked down at the bag in my hand and then up at me. "You're leaving already?" Clinton asked. I smiled and nodded my head. "I have closed for today. Any other work would have to be carried over to tomorrow. "Clinton pulled out a file and stretched it towards me. I didn't hesitate to take the file from him immediately. "This is the file to transfer Sally's shares back to her," Clinton informed me. I smiled, seeing how I almost forgot the fact that we were supposed to be working on this. If Clinton didn't remind me right now, I would not even re
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWOALEXANDER I was now in my room, trying to take in what Sally had told me. The whole drama back there. The rage in Sally's eyes. It was possible that she was telling the truth, and at the same time, it was possible that she was being misled to believe that what she was telling was the truth. I knew that I would be glad to realise that the child in Beverly's womb wasn't mine since I would easily cut all ties with her and be with Sally without any interruptions. I suddenly remembered that Sally spoke about the video of what happened the day I was accused of fucking Beverly. I wondered if she now knew the truth. Were we cool right now?I sighed deeply and leaned backwards. It didn't matter, after all. Sally couldn't trust me. Instead, she went ahead to confide in the person I hated the most in this world. Someone that she shouldn't be seen with. I wasn't sure what was going on with her. I only took a glance at her soured face and walked out of the ro
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREESALLY When dinner was ready, I walked downstairs to eat. I was expecting to meet Alex and Beverly already eating at the dining room. I was surprised when I got there and met an empty table. "Where's everyone?" I asked the assistant chef when I walked into the dining room. She was there, setting the dining room alongside other maids. She lifted her head to look at me. "I tried to reach out to the master but I couldn't reach him. The mistress is already asleep. She has a high fever and severe headache.""Go to his room and tell him dinner is ready," I ordered, pretending like I didn't hear the part she spoke about Beverly. She bowed and walked away. I sat down on my seat, and the other maids began to dish my food into my plate. After dishing out the food, they walked back into the kitchen to fix things back there. I leaned forward as the aroma of the food filled my nose. I began to salivate. I was very hungry, but I didn't want to eat until
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOURBEVERLY I just walked out of my room when I heard Sally whimpering softly. I stood by the door and listened to her footsteps as they steadied into her toilet. I could hear her puking, and I also heard her stagger out of the bathroom.I walked away from her room hastily when I noticed she was already coming out of her room. I placed my finger in my mouth and bit it gently. I hoped that it wasn't what I was thinking. I hid behind the pillar and watched Sally as she walked out of the house lazily. I shook my head and walked back to my room. I quickly dressed up and walked out of the room. I went straight to Peter's house. I was fuming in anger when I walked into his house. I never knew Peter would be so stupid to have done something as extreme as going to report me to Sally. How dare he go ahead and tell her everything, ruing all the things we worked so hard to build. I stormed into Peter's room, only to meet him seated on the couch in his sitting
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE JAMESI checked my wristwatch. I was already feeling empty, so I decided to grab lunch. I wasn't able to eat lunch during the lunch break because I I had too much to do so I decided to grab something light. I was walking down the stairs when a woman rushed up to me. She looked pregnant. I looked down at her stomach and up to her face. Her face didn't look familiar at first. In fact, I didn't recall seeing her from anywhere. She stopped in front of me, and two of my guards rushed up o grab her. "Wait!" I ordered them, with my hands lifted in the air. They both stopped, and I waved them away. "What do you want?" I asked her with a raised eyebrow. "My name is Beverly, and I...""You are here to beg for some cash," I completed before she could finish talking. Her expression got soured, and I saw her fold her fist. A smile appeared on my lips because I knew she couldn't punch me. I was excited to see how pained she was, and there was nothing she
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN SALLYSEVEN YEARS LATER I walked around the kitchen as the maid prepared the banquet for dinner. While I was supervising the dinner, I could hear my kids laughing and playing in the sitting room.Alex had already left the house a while ago. He gad gone to pick his father up from the prison. We were glad that they had to reduce the term he was supposed to serve in prison, seeing that he was good during his stay. I was excited that we would no longer have to frequent the prison with my kids just to say hello to their grandpa."Mom!" Lucy cried as she rushed into the kitchen. "Lucas hit my eyes."I patted her head and whispered, "Sorry," to her.She ran off, feeling excited about the fact that I apologised on behalf of her twin brother. I didn't meddle in their fights. I just apologised on behalf of the other person, and it was okay.I knew that Lucy was more troublesome, but I would never take sides. I didn't want any of them to feel that I loved t
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIXSALLYI felt my life slipping away from me. All I saw was darkness. I felt like I was floating. I couldn't open my eyes even though I wanted to..I could hear people running around, even though the sounds echoed. I could hear the machine beeping very loudly. I heard the doctor asking the nurses to chathe the defibrillator. I could feel it on my chest severally. I wanted to just rest. I wished that they would stop trying to revive me and let me be. I could feel my floating body moving up and down without my consent.I thought I was going to die, but the doctors and Alex were not ready to give up on me. They kept trying until I opened my eyes. Alex gasped when he noticed that I opened my eyes. Everything stopped, and everyone stopped moving."Sally," Alex whispered under his breath before rushing towards me. He hugged me tightly and whimpered. There was a celebration in the room. My parents rushed in with Jessica and Diana when they heard the celebrat
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVEALEXANDER Before we got to the hospital with the ambulance carrying Sally, I already called her parents and told them to be on their way there. I had to hold Jessica throughout the journey because she was having a panic attack. She kept asking me if her sister would die. I didn't know how else to assure her that Sally would be fine. I was also hoping, just like her. I didn't have any supernatural powers.We got to the hospital, and while she was being transferred to the bed, her parents drove in. Her mom alighted from the car before it even stopped and rushed towards us. Her heart was racing as she approached us. "My daughter," she cried out in pain. She held Sally and began to cry and call out Sally's name. She was pulled away from Sally by the nurses, and they wheeled Sally into the ward where surgery would be conducted on her.Jessica hugged her parents tightly. "Thanl goodness, you are safe," Mrs Anderson said as she turned her daughter arou
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOURNARRATORSally's heart sank immediately when she heard the gunshot. She turned to Jessica immediately. She sighed when she noticed that Jessica wasn't hurt. She only shut her eyes tightly with her fist clenched. "This is not a toy, Sally," Beverly warned.She intentionally shot at the wall to make Sally see that they weren't joking about killing Jessica if she didn't sign the papers. "One," Beverly counted. Sally was already shaken. She remembered how she felt after hearing the gunshot. When she thought that Beverly killed her sister for real. Her hands were shaking.She knew what Beverly could do, and she could not afford to lose her sister. She knew that she would end up signing the papers even after they killed her sister."Let me have the papers," she requested. James handed the papers to her, and she quickly placed her signature in every single place that it requested.James collected the papers from her. He had a triumphant smile on his fac
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREEALEXANDER I was panicking, but I stayed calm until we got to the office. I told Clinton what was going on, and he advised that I tried calling Sally again, which I quickly did, but I could not reach her..I became alarmed. I kept calling going Sally's number. Sometimes, it rang, other time, it didn't. I kept trying to reach Sally even though it was getting frustrating. When I called again, it was switched off. This made me stand up to my feet. "Calm down, Alex," Clinton advised me. I could not think straight. I logged into the app and tried to track Sally's phone again, but it got disconnected. I could no longer track her, and it was because her phone was switched off. "Let me have your phone," I asked Clinton. "Of course," he replied as he dipped his hands into his pocket and brought out his phone. He handed his phone over to me. I took it from Clinton and dialled Sally's number. It was still switched off. My head began to spin.I had a bad
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO SALLYI tried to steady my thoughts as I drove to the location on the map Beverly forwarded to me. I was sure that I didn't leave any traces, and I was certain that no one followed me down to this place.As I drove, I could feel my hands shaking terribly. A lot ran through my head at the same time. I finally got to the location. I parked my car outside the building, and alighted from the car..I called Beverly to inform her that I was at the location. After a while, she arrived with two men. I opened the car boot for them to get the money. They pulled the bag out of the car and dropped it on the floor. They opened the zip and quickly searched through it."It's intact," one of them to Beverly. "We can't trust this woman," Beverly told them. "We have to count the money first.""Where's she?" I asked Beverly. "We would only release her to you after counting the money and making sure that it is complete."I didn't want to go in with them, but my sister
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONEALEXANDER I found it difficult to sleep. I had walled in on Sally when she was demanding money from her mom. I knew that she cried the moment I walked in and saw her eyes. Even though Sally kept insisting that she was fine until she slept off, I knew that she was not fine. She was only saying so to get me off her back. I tried to go through her phone, but it seemed like she had deleted her recent calls. The only call I saw was that of her mom and other unimportant calls. I walked back to the bag lying on the floor of our room. I opened the bag and stared into it for a while. I hoped that all was well. I returned to the bed and kept rolling there. I didn't even notice when I slept off.The next morning, I felt someone shaking me tenderly. I opened my eyes slowly, and I rubbed them with both hands. When I opened my eyes widely, I saw Sally seated in front of me. She was smiling, but I could tell that the smile was a fake smile."Morning, love," she
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BEVERLYI was excited when my driver walked into the small house with Jessica. I didn't believe my eyes at first. How would I have known that it would be so easy to get Jessica."Hard nut to crack," I teased her as I touched her chin.She whimpered fearfully."Was this the reason you came to my school the other day pretending to be nice?" She asked me.I was just smiling at her as I touched her chin. She slapped my hands off."Hold her!" I ordered the driver who had brought her in. He held her hands tightly, and she struggled with him. "Let go of me!" She commanded with so much authority.I grabbed her chin and squeezed her face.She whimpered as she struggled to free herself from my grip, but I wouldn't let her go. "Who do you think you are to think that you can behave whichever way that pleases you?"She spat on my face immediately after I freed her from my grip. My eyes and mouth opened widely."I knew that a prostitute like you should not be trust
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTY NINESALLYI walked out of the meeting room and went straight to my office. immediately when I sat down, my phone began to ring. I stared at the screen and saw that it was Jessica who was calling me. I smiled because I had missed her. I wondered what she had to say this time.Nevertheless, I picked up the call. "Hello, Jessi," I called out, but there was no response.I continued calling out Jessica, but there was no response from her end. I kept calling Jessica's name, but still, there was no reply until it hung up. I tried calling her again, but there was no response. I dialled her number thrice. When she didn't pick the third time, I decided to let her be..I left my phone in my office and decided to go supervise the packaging of the scandal goods that had been reproduced. I strolled around the room and made sure that everyone present there had something doing.I also supervised the faces of those who were in the team just to ensure that there were n