CHAPTER SIX
~ALEXANDER~"I panicked when I saw James's number. Especially when he called her after. I was grateful that he didn't mention the fact that he wasn't the one who called me."Damien was already laughing so hard by the time I finished my story."I guess she didn't ask why he called you," Damien replied.I nodded and continued eating my lunch. I perceived a strong perfume that I was already familiar with and lifted my head to see Sally walking in with elegance.I tried signalling her by winking at her so she would eat with me. I knew this was the only restaurant she would have lunch, and I wanted people to see that I was close to my wife.She didn't even turn towards my direction. She broke into a smile, and I traced her eyes to see that she was smiling at James. I tightened my grip on my spoon when she settled with him instead.I gulped, trying to hide my anger."Are you okay?" Damien asked, staring at me with a furrowed brow."Sally is with James," I told him."It's all business. Never mind them, " he told me.I looked away from them and tried to concentrate on my food. I found myself stealing glances at her and James.I would stir my food for the seventeenth time before I tasted a spoon from it. I found myself chewing a spoonful for close to an hour."I knew it that she would be just like her friend, " I told Damien."You are like that, too," Damien told me.He picked up the serviette and wiped his mouth with it."You slept with her friend before your wedding.""She seduced me," I defended. "After all, I was supposed to meet with her and not her friend.""And, you paid back by sending her rings through a dispatch rider?" He asked me. "Come on, Alex. You don't need to be so harsh on the woman. ""Are you even on my side?" I asked Damien."Of course," he replied. "Since you're not in love with each other. You should advise her to meet her man in private places instead. Or better still, at his house."I eyed Damien and continued eating my food. I tried to convince myself that it was just a business meeting, and others would think the same thing.My phone began to ring again. I stared at the screen, and James was badly written on it.I needed to find another name. Maybe someone else who's also cheating with someone's wife or husband. So, I could edit Beverly's name.I pressed the red button."I thought you already warned the girl to stay away from you?" Damien asked."She's too loose," I replied. "She wouldn't listen to me."I knew I would never have anything to do with someone as loose as Beverly."Are you sure that she doesn't have something important to tell you?" Damien asked.I knew where he was driving."For her to keep calling?" I asked. "She just wants me in her bed. What else?"Damien chuckled.I turned to Sally. James was doing the talking while she kept laughing uncontrollably. I shook my head and faced Damien again."She told me we really need to talk. Of course, it has to be about sex."Damien shook his head."Why do you think so?" He asked me."Someone who disappeared right after the wedding. Only for her to text me that she needed my attention. I thought she was a serious person and went to help...""And she kissed you, and Sally almost caught you both," Damien interrupted me.Throughout the chat, I kept staring at Sally from the corner of my eyes. It no longer looked like a business meeting.I didn't want to create a scene, but they already did with the way they were all over each other.The lustful look in James's eyes as he stared at my wife."We would talk about this some other time," I told Damien before standing up.I stood up and walked towards their table. Sally's eyes went wide when she saw me, but she immediately lowered her face to the food and continued to eat.James stopped eating and taking. He lifted his eyes and fixed his gaze on me.I thought her call was exaggerated last night, but seeing her like this. It changed my mindset, and I completely agreed that she wasn't different from Beverly."Birds of same feather always flock together," I whispered with a smile playing all over my face.Sally lifted her head with a smile. She pretended that she had just seen me, and I chuckled inwardly."Hello," she called out and paused for a while before adding. "Love. ""Why are you having dinner with this?" I paused and turned to Whites.I stared at him from his head down to his toe and up to his head again.."Man," I landed.I didn't want to be much of a troublemaker. Everyone present at the restaurant had their eyes on us.I didn't care because no one would know I was making trouble. Aside from the two in front of me who could hear me.While I boiled in anger badly from within. I acted so calmly, cool, and relaxed. The way moved my body effortlessly.Damien didn't bother to come with me. He knew me too well already."I am only here for business, Alex," Sally replied without even sparing me a glance.I nodded."Business's you say," I mocked. "Why were you laughing like you would win a lottery if you laughed the best?"Sally scoffed."Don't be ridiculous.""Does she not have the right to laugh wh...""Shut the hell up, Whites!" I shut James up before he could finish his statement.I turned to him with a dark look. I stared at him for a while like that before I straightened my face."Why don't you grab a seat and join us then?" James asked with a smile.I didn't look at him. I bit my teeth hard and maintained a calm look outside. My gaze was fixed on Sally, who was eating and pretending like she could not see me anymore.I wanted to threaten Sally, I wanted to grab her by the neck and throw her out through the window.But I didn't want to get violent in public. I decided that whatever I would say to Sally would not be in front of James."You look so pretty, Alex," James began to speak.I turned to face him, so I would watch him finish his statement. I placed both hands in my pocket and took a step forward. You would have been named Princess Alexa instead."I could swear that I heard Sally giggle. I turned to her sharply, and she shifted on her chair.James leaned forward with a smirk."Would you tell your mom, now?" He asked me.I wanted to push their food down the table, but I swallowed it all in.The night would be really cold, and I made up my mind to make Sally sleep out. I would order the guards to make sure she doesn't leave the compound.She wouldn't sleep in the mansion either.With that, I smirked at them and turned to walk away, but my phone began to ring again, betraying me."James," I mumbled under my breath.I turned to Sally. She had seen the name, too, and had now turned to James.She looked back to me, and I hurried out of the restaurant.When I got to my jeep, I saw Damien running towards me. The guards opened the back door for us to climb in.The driver drove off immediately, and the guards followed behind in my camry.I stared at my screen while we drove off, and it was still ringing with the name James Whites displayed on the screen.CHAPTER SEVENALEXI walked into my office, still infuriated about what had happened. I was shocked to see Beverly seated there and waiting for me. I shut the door quickly and opened it again. She was still there. She turned around with a smile, and I quickly walked away, closing the door behind me. I went straight to my secretary's office. She stood up immediately when she saw me, and I knew at once that she could already sense what her offence was. "Who is that woman in my office?" I demanded. "She's your wife's friend," she replied with her hands and feet wobbling. "My wife's friend?" I retorted. "She said she has an appointment with you," she informed me. "You must be out of your mind to think you can let anyone into my office without confirming from me first!""I am sorry, sir. I thought...""You thought what?" I cut in. I pointed to her face as I moved closer to her. She tilted backwards, and her whole body vibrated in fear. "Pray to your stars that I forgive you.""It
CHAPTER EIGHTSALLY Although Alex had a frown on his face when he walked in, I still ignored him. After I heard his door close, I placed my finger on my jaw and wondered what the issue was. Alexander looked disturbed and bothered. He didn't seem okay. He probably got stressed from work.I relaxed back in the chair and crossed my legs. The plate of chin chin in front of me had gone halfway. I picked from it and began to chew as I continued enjoying my movie. Just then, I heard the doorbell ring. I looked around, and there was no maid close by. I stood up, about to walk towards the door, when I saw a maid rush downstairs and hurried to the door. I stood there for a second. I bent over to pick up my pillow so I would relax back when I began to hear raised voices.It sounded like Beverly. My heart sank, but I didn't know the reason. I decided to see for myself what was going on. Maybe Alexander asked his maids to stop my visitors from entering the house. I would deal mercilessly with
CHAPTER NINEALEXI watched Sally until she walked out of the door and shut it. I shut my eyes and bit my lip. I saw the look of disappointment she cast me before entering her room yesterday. Today, the same thing. I turned to Beverly, who was still standing in front of me. The sight of her pointy boobs irritated me. She was already pregnant, yet she still wanted to seduce me. I wondered how many more men had slept with her after I did. "You heard what my wife said, Beverly. I want you to leave.""Your wife," she repeated and scoffed. "Oh, please. Don't act like I do not know the stances you got married.""Whatever it is, this is still her home," I replied. "Since you do not want to take responsibility for your child. Maybe I should go to your fath...""Enough!" I shouted at her. These were the same words she used yesterday that made me let her stay. It wouldn't work this time. Rather than soften me, the words made me angry. I gritted my teeth and grabbed her by the arm. I lower
CHAPTER TENSALLYI kept rolling my eyes as we drove to the hotel in Alex's limousine. A guard was seated in front with the driver, but the back seat was a world of its own. Whatever we did there, the driver and guard would not hear us. We were both quiet all through the ride. As usual, Alex's eyes were fixed on his phone. I stole glances at him and could not stop admiting how charming he was. I wondered why he would not just act right. His phone soon began to ring. I stared at the screen and saw James's name displayed on the screen. He picked it up and placed the phone close to his ear. "You were supposed to send five hundred dollars today, Alex. I'm pretty sure you didn't forget that."Alex turned to me with a nervous look before he quickly pulled the phone from his ear and turned off the speaker. He placed it back beside his ear and cleared his throat before answering. "I have never promised you money. I do not have money to give to you right now. I'd give you money when I h
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 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