CHAPTER SEVENTY NINESALLYI lay in my bed thinking about what transpired between Alex and I a while ago. A smile played on my lips nonstop as I thought about it. Alex offered me support. It meant so much to me, and I would not take it for granted. I felt loved. And u felt special. The way he defended me against Beverly also made me smile. I had stopped to listen to their conversation. In fact, I was quiet the whole time because I didn't want Alex to know what I felt. I didn't want him to realise that I felt good about the whole thing. I kept smiling until I finally fell asleep. ***The next morning, I decided to eat breakfast before leaving for my office. I met Beverly seated at the table already eating breakfast.I wondered why she bothered about waking up early. I wouldn't even care about waking up early if I was jobless like her. I walked to the dining and asked the maid to serve me. "I hope you are preparing to leave? Your flight would be here in a few hours," I said sarcas
CHAPTER EIGHTYSALLYI tried to push Alex away, but he grabbed my hands and dropped them down. Alex locked his lips with mine and began to kiss me hard. He stuck his tongue into my mouth and began to suck on my lips. I kissed him back for a while, sticking my tongue into his mouth as well. I suddenly remembered that I was in a hurry and pushed him away quickly. Alex stared at me as I hurried out of the house and drove straight to the restaurant. I walked to the small hotel and stood outside for a while. I peeped through the door and saw the woman seated in front of an empty table. I turned on my camera and walked into the restaurant. After taking my seat, I stylishly held my phone up, with my hands on the table. I tried not to stare at the screen so she wouldn't notice that I was recording her. "Why did you ask to meet with me?" I asked her. "I would only tell you if you give me half a million dollars," she requested. I didn't respond immediately, so she continued talking. "An
CHAPTER EIGHTY ONE SALLYThe video of the woman who had caused the scandal played on my screen with Alicia and I seated in front of the screen watching the video. "Your husband's father is really evil," Alicia scoffed as he watched the video. The scorn on her face proved that she was really angry with Alex's father. We watched the video to the very end, and Alicia played the video in a fast forward mode. After watching the video, she paused it and faced me. "This is a very good weapon in our hand," Alicia told me. I nodded in agreement. "This would have a great effect on Alex's father. We could use it wisely and make something out of it.""We could also reproduce the cream, but that would be after sorting the issue and clearing the air.""You are right, Alicia. The company would put that into consideration."I was hopeful that this would work. While we were still pondering on the issue, Alicia's phone began to ring. "Excuse me," she told me and picked up the call. She listene
CHAPTER EIGHTY TWO SALLY A smile was playing on my lips as I waited for a reply from Ralia. I knew it for a fact that she would say the truth since there was no escape route for her, but again, I underestimated the capability of this sly, innocent looking imp standing in front of me. "I know nothing about what you are talking about," she replied to Alicia and to my shock. I scoffed. She made me completely speechless, and I found myself struggling for what to say to her next. "Am I under arrest?" Shd asked me. There was no point in keeping her here because I had realised that I would not be able to get her to speak, so I decided to just let her go. I waved my hands, and she bowed before walking away from the office. "This girl is really something," Alicia told me, her eyes widely open. "What a tool Mr William has here."I rolled my eyes and shook my head. "I want you to contact my lawyer and file a defamation lawsuit against Alex's father."She nodded her head and penned a few
CHAPTER EIGHTY THREESALLY When I got back to my office, I met my lawyer already waiting in my office. We exchanged pleasantries and began to talk on a lighter note before he raised the issue of the lawsuit. I gave my lawyer duplicates of the call recording and my camera recording. With the spy and with the woman who started the scandal. He plays the record in fast forward for a fee seconds, and is impressed by my smartness. "The evidence is substantial, and it will really help a lot," he said to me. I let out a knowing smile. Of course, I knew that it would work. "But, are you ready to embark on this journey?" He asked, leaning forward. "I am sure you know who you are dealing with."I was confused at first, but I later got to understand where he was driving. "Of course, I know very well who I am dealing with, and I am ready to take this fight wherever he wants to take it."My lawyer smiled and nodded. "You are a very brave woman, and I admire your courage."I knew that Mr Wil
CHAPTER EIGHTY FIVEMR WILLIAMS "How did she get the recording?" I shouted at Ralia. She trembled on the spot she stood. She had been standing with her hands folded behind her back since she walked into my mansion. I was seated in front of her with my legs crossed and my arms spread widely around my couch. "She... I don't know how she was able to get the recording, but she bugged my phone. " I nodded. "Of course she would," I told her. "You are so incompetent that you can not handle a simple assignment. How come she didn't bug my own phone?""I am very sorry, sir, " she apologised. I hissed. I played the recordings again and sighed. I shook my head and bit my lip. "Of course, they would bug her phone," I mumbled. My sitting room door opened, and one of my guards walked into the sitting room. I wanted to shout at him and just ask him to leave, but when I noticed the envelope in his hands, I decided to hear him out. "What do you want?" I demanded. "Can't you see I'm in the mi
CHAPTER EIGHTY SIX SALLYI paced the hospital with my heart racing and my eyes dripping uncontrollably. I wiped my tears continuously, yet my tears would not stop falling. I could hear the sound of my heart as though my heart was in my ear. I kept praying in my heart that nothing bad would happen to Alex. I stared at the operation room again, and my heart sank deeply into my stomach. The force of the accident was so heavy, and it would take only grace to save Alex's life. I was still pacing the hospital when Mr Williams suddenly walked into the hospital. I stopped pacing immediately when I sighted him, and he also stopped pacing. We both engaged in a staring contest as no one said a word to the other. There was this awkward look in his eyes as he stared at me. This look that I really wished I could be able to define. There was something about the way he stared at me, and surprisingly, he didn't move an inch from where he stood, neither did he stop staring at me. The operation
CHAPTER EIGHTY SIXJAMES "Three different groups already submitted their budget for the production," I informed my dad. "Do we have any external sponsors yet?" He asked me. I shook my head. "Not yet, dad," he replied. "This is one of our biggest launches since the beginning of this company. I'm thinking of pitching this idea to potential investors who would invest and not ask for anything in return. "I leaned backwards and placed my finger in my mouth. Was it even possible to get investors who didn't want anything in return? "How do we get those investors?" I asked dad with doubts. "Do they even exist?""Your mom would be able to handle that. It's a very little case for her. She had connections, so...""Why is she not here?" I asked my dad. "She's supposed to be here with us by now. She only asked for two minutes..."My dad looked around his study room and then moved his gaze to his wristwatch. "She would..."Before dad would finish talking, we heard a thud from the sitting roo
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