CHAPTER ELEVEN ALEX I swallowed hard and folded my fist. I couldn't believe that James came all the way here. For what? He should be mature enough to know that he is supposed to stay away from couples fights. "Why are you here, Whites?" I demanded and scoffed. "I can't believe you followed us down here."James winked at me and moved even closer to Sally. He placed his hand on her shoulder, and I gritted my teeth. Sally turned around to stare at his hold on her shoulder. She lifted her head, stole a glance at me, and turned back to face James. "What did you mean by the last statement you made?" James asked Sally. I pushed James's hands forcefully off Sally's shoulder. "It is none of your business!" I shouted at him. He turned to me sharply, and I was forced to take a step closer to him. James had an annoying grin on his face. I knew he was trying to ruin my reputation. He wanted to be the biggest thing in the business world, and my foolish contracted wife was helping, too.I po
CHAPTER TWELVESALLYI turned to James and ge gave me a questioning glare. I said nothing to him. He also didn't speak to me, so we just turned around and began walking into the hall together. It was awkward. James was cold. I knew he would have said something funny already, but he didn't. I turned to him when we were close enough to the VVIP seat. "You were here earlier?" I asked him. "Just like you, I excuse myself for a second."I nodded. We walked to my seat together, and he moved my chair backwards for me to sit."Thanks," I muttered and forced a smile. James, the celebrant, beckoned on him to come forward. He walked towards him and lowered himself to his ear. They whispered a few words to each other before James came to sit beside me. "Are you okay?" The celebrant asked me. I nodded and forced a smile. "Of course."I looked around the table and searched the hall of Alexander. I suspected that he had left cause I heard the sound of his car. My heartbeat increased, and I
CHAPTER THIRTEEN SALLYI walked out after the meeting ended. The meeting lasted for longer than sheduled, and the plan was to lock myself up in my office and sleep for thirty minutes. I was completely drained. I opened the door to my office and was shocked to see Beverly parading my office. I tilted my head backwards and turned to my secretary, whose head was buried on her system. I wanted to ask her why she let Beverly in, but decided to let it go. I opened the door freely and walked straight to my table, ignoring Beverly completely. "Hello, love," Beverly greeted me with a mocking tone. "Love?" I asked and scoffed. "I'm very tired right now and do not have the time for your drama.""You always do."Beverly pulled out the chair in front of me and sat on it. She placed her leg on my table, and I rolled my fist. "You didn't even at least ask the reason I'm here.""Asking means I'm ready to entertain you. I'm not, so get the fuck out of my office.""Come on, don't be like that,"
CHAPTER FOURTEENALEXI parked my car and alighted. I saw James helping Sally walk into the mansion. I wondered where they were coming from. I had already warned Sally for the last time to stay away from him so I wouldn't tell her again. I didn't bother to cast them another look as I just walked straight to my room. I was pissed but that was all. There was nothing I could do about what was going on out there. I wished that I could beat James up, but I knew I had to let them be. "Your food is ready, sir," my chief chef came to inform me later that night.I nodded and told her to serve my dinner in my room. I ended up taking only a few spoons before calling her to come clear the table. After that, I walked to my bed and slept off. ***I was going through a few documents on my system. I was just noticing some errors I made because of Sally's distraction. The door opened, and my secretary walked in with her tablet in her hands. I knew that it wasn't her fault that I didn't hear her
CHAPTER FIFTEENJAMES"So Mr Whites, we were so impressed with the videos you sent in earlier," Mr Gabriel said. I smiled. "I have the best ideas when it comes to business and marketing."I wasn't just bragging. I knew I was good, and a lot of people would attest to that. "You are indeed a genius. I don't think anyone else deserves this contract," he said. I picked up my glass and sipped from it. "Thank you so much for the compliments and the opportunity to prove to you that I'm the best.""It is our pleasure to work with you."The meeting with Gabriel soon came to an end. I exchanged handshake with him before walking out of the coffee shop. Gabriel wasn't done yet. I needed to leave, though. I had a meeting to catch up with at my office. I'd be late if I don't leave now. I walked out of the coffee shop and bumped into Alexander. "Watch where you are going?" I scolded him. "You didn't watch out for me either," he reminded me. I decided to ignore him and walk away, but he sto
CHAPTER SIXTEEN ALEXI walked into the restaurant after James walked away. I was very angry at how he spoke. I decided to ignore him. He would find out soon who the real boss was. I searched the restaurant with my eyes and saw Beverly seated on a particular spot. I folded my fist as I began to walk towards her. "Mr handsome, you should smile more often," she teased me with a smile. I grabbed a chair and sat there. I regretted that I agreed to come to this meeting. I didn't respond to her teasing. In fact, it made me angry. "Can you remember this spot?" She asked me. That was the greeting she was supposed to say. "I am a very busy person," I snapped. "Daughters of mere maids who have nothing to inherit would not understand that."She clicked her tongue against her upper gum and rolled her eyes. Beverly crossed her legs in front of me and stared at me with a smile.I wanted her to feel the same amount of emotional pain she was causing me, so I racked my head for words to use that
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN BEVERLYI was gritting my teeth as I watched Alex leave. I couldn't believe that he still supported Sally even when it was obvious that she was cheating on him with James. I knew I needed another threat that would work. "Hello, pretty," I heard a voice and lifted my head to see a stranger standing in front of me. "Hello, stranger," I replied and cast him one last look before lowering my gaze back to my phone. "Can I join you?" He asked me. "Unfortunately, I didn't come here with the chairs," I replied rudely without staring up at him. "So you can sit for as long as you wish."I hissed and stood up from the chair and walked away from the bar. I stood in front of the coffee shop with my finger in my mouth. Threatening Alex may not work. I thought about seducing him again, and a smile appeared on my lips. I unlocked my phone and stared at the money he paid into my account with a smile on my lips. "This would do," I told myself. I walked out of the premises and
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN SALLYIt's been a week already. Luckily, news about James and I had already begun to die down. I avoided Alex to the extreme. I didn't want to look him in the face because I knew he must have seen the news and, worse, of all the bad comments about him. I was driving to my office when I noticed a commotion outside the company. I slowed down and quickly turned my wrist to check the time. It was just a few minutes after six o'clock in the morning. "Didn't they bathe before leaving their houses?" I questioned myself. My gate was open widely, and the crowd lined up from the compound and outside the gate. I drove into the compound at a very slow pace and killed my car engine at the parking lot. I was about to alight when I noticed three men around my car.My heart skipped immediately when I saw them. I still opened the door and walked out. I observed their looks. They were dressed in black and black. A dark shade, and they all had guns. I stared at them from their th
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