Logan grinned "It's the head maid," he said to her before walking towards the door.Olive bit her lower lip, she had guessed wrong and almost flared up. She pouted her lips a little,slightly embarrassed by her earlier outburst.She sat on the couch docilely, waiting for him to come back. She was a little bit nervous about tomorrow.If all doesn't go well tomorrow and his father suspect them, the deal will be off and she won't be able to get help from Logan anymore.She would put in the effort to make sure everything goes well. Even if it means kissing him to convince them. She would do anything to keep this deal going till her mother is well again."So. I thought alcohol would make things even more better" He proudly announced as he made his way into the room after collecting the bottle of alcohol from Mrs Jenkins.Olive shook her head without saying anything, she already had a rough guess of what he planned to do."Let's seat here" Logan called out to her, he sat on the soft plush ha
Waking up with a pounding headache, Logan growled in pain as he held his forehead that was banging. He dragged himself out of bed with a terrible hangover. At that time, Olive was already gone.He didn’t remember her sleeping on his bed the previous night and he was better off not knowing. He slipped his legs into his slippers, pulling himself in the direction of the bathroom. He went in and came out after a few minutes.His eyes were less drowsy because he went to wash his face and brush his teeth but that pounding headache remained. He spotted his phone on the couch and he went to get it, he sighed when he saw the forty missed calls from Ravenna and also three from Scott.The early morning sun brightened up the room and kissed Logan’s skin, he was only in black pants and he was shirtless.He sat on the edge of the bed, his back faced the window, and his hands swiped through his phone screen.It was 8 Am, birds chirping outside and the soft waves made the morning soothing and the c
Olive's already dampened mood immediately dampened even more. Her face fell but in all, anger was evident on her face "I have forgotten my place?? I will never forget that I'm just a contract wife." She screeched.Logan glared at her "Then always turn your face elsewhere when you see me. Why did you take the time to prepare hangover soup for me if you don't have other motives?""Other motives?? I only made the soup because you told me that you will be..."He cut her words when she was trying to explain. "Whatever. Keep your excuses to yourself. Just don't interfere next time else it will lead me to think of you having an interior motive!" Olive balled her fist, too annoyed by everything going wrong that morning "Fine. From now on, no concerns from my part. It will be strictly business!" Logan hummed In agreement, satisfied that she easily grasped what he wanted to convey. Business strictly. That was what he wanted.He didn't want her meddling in his affairs, he didn't like for his p
Walking out of the hospital, the cold air rushed towards Olive's face, drying up her stained face. She let out a mouthful of air as she clutched her bag tightly.Her heavy eyes scanned the road, watching the people move around their own business, and she couldn't help but sigh again.Her thoughts went haywire. Thinking if not for her uncle's involvement in her mother's life, her mother wouldn't have been in this position. She wouldn't have been this stranded.Her uncle stripped her mother of her properties as he plotted with other shareholders who dropped her mother from her position. He confiscated her mother's properties.And few months later, her mother was diagnosed with Leukemia which placed her on life support.If her uncle had released even the smallest house her mother owned and she sold it, her mother's health wouldn't have turned out this bad. She wouldn't have been in this critical condition.The Andersons would pay for everything they've done to her and her mother. She wou
Olive's face turned grim "I never knew all these benefits come along," she said in utter disbelief, her face twisted in surprise.Scott sighed as he began to analyze things for her "How did you think your mother's hospital bills were paid?? He instructed me to place you on the elite list and have you given access to his credit cards so any transactions you make will be removed from his credit card. And that's the exact reason you were able to walk through that gate without being stopped" Olive shook her head "How does it concern the mall?? Was my face plastered somewhere so everyone could recognize me or what?" "Not that. This mall belongs to the Smiths so maybe the workers here recognize you as Mrs Smith 'cause the news has spread amongst all the subsidiaries in the Smiths enterprise" He explained, making Olive sigh. "This is both good and bad" She whispered to herself, her eyes scanning the whole place. The mall is big and has different departmental stores, popular amongst the e
"Still doesn't change the fact that you stole my man and made him yours!! You're despicable, Olive!! And I will get back at you!" Luca wouldn't back down as she growled in hate.Olive rolled her eyes as if Luca had just said something stupid as usual.The whispers filled the air.'What's going on here? One stealing another's man and taking revenge by taking the lady's sister's man?' 'I do not know who to believe here'' I think they are a family who are fighting over men! So shameless'Olive twisted her lips before she sank her words into their ears "And like I said, I never stole him. He chose me, not the other way around. You and your sister are the real bitches!" Joshua pointed an accusatory finger at Olive "Stop being stupid, Olive. I never loved you and you know it. I have always loved Adeline and you are bitter about that frustrating truth. Stop blaming Adeline or spouting trash to gain public sympathy" He bellowed, and that made Olive take a step towards them."You and your f
"What? Scott is not here right now?" Olive's words flooded into the ears of everyone there and Tatiana's loud voice was the first to speak up."Busted. Stop the act already" she said aloud with an air of haughtiness.Hearing this, Luca and Adeline let out a mouthful of air in relief, knowing Scott didn't come with Olive.She probably was lying earlier. They were only worried about nothing. Scott is a busy man so he won't just leave his office to come accompany Olive for shopping.A smile graced Luca's face as she stepped forward to bicker words with Olive.Olive was still on the phone with Logan who heard everything from the other end. Olive quickly said to Logan "I'll just leave then" But his words rushed out from the other end "No. I'm close to the mall so I'll be there soon, wait for me." With that, the call was disconnected.At that point, Olive was already tired of all the stuff happening. She didn't want any more of the bickering, she was too exhausted to deal with the Anderson
Logan didn't have the strength to deal with the senseless couples as he let them deal with themselves. Dropping his eyes to see the woman in his embrace that seemed to fit her so well, he asked softly "Point out the people who offended you?" Hearing that, the people were scared that Olive would call them out but to their relief, she just pointed at Tatiana, Luca, Joshua, and Adeline. "They called me shameless, a bitch, and someone who is unloved by her husband" Olive complained, playing along and it amused Logan how savage she could be. She wasn't giving them a leeway out of their mess. "Someone unloved by her husband??" Logan's brows joined as anger threatened to flow out of his chest "Who said that?" His eyes moved from Joshua's pale face to Adeline's weak figure and Luca's resilient eyes. "I said it. Logan we both know that you don't love her! You chose me first! We were supposed to be married and living a good life together!" Luca cried out. Logan didn't barter words
Ding! Ding! Ding!Olive’s eyes clouded as she stared at the incoming images sent by an anonymous sender. She didn’t need a soothsayer to tell her it was Ravenna behind all this madness.Even though she was aware that Ravenna was trying to provoke her and create a wedge between her and Logan because of the breakup, Olive couldn’t help but feel hurt as she stared at the pictures sent by Ravenna.In the photos was Logan sleeping on Ravenna’s bed while she sat, half-naked close to him. He was sleeping soundly, fully dressed even though some of his buttons were undone.Olive blinked back her tears as they burned her eyes, she threw her phone on the bed before placing her knees close to her chest and wrapping her arms around herself. ‘He lied to me.’ Olive thought amidst anger, she was more than happy when Logan broke the news of his break up with Ravenna but here he was…back on her bed again, sleeping like that was his rightful place, his bedroom. Without reserve. Olive felt a wave of a
Before Logan could utter more words, His phone started to vibrate in his pants, making the wrinkles on his face more pronounced.Logan glared hard at the doctor before turning around to answer the call. He dragged out his phone and saw that it was an unknown number calling. He quickly ignored it.Logan hissed before turning to face the doctor again. “Why didn’t you call me to confirm before giving that to her?? Do you work for her now?? Don’t you know I’m married?!” He screeched.“Sir-you were already married to Miss Anderson when you came to store the sperm and I remember you saying that you’re storing it in case your illness doesn’t get cured, she can have your Child with it. You loved Miss—““Enough!” Logan’s face turned grim in anger, he ran his finger across his hair messing it in between. Just then, his phone started to vibrate again and he mumbled when he saw that it was the same number from earlier.He impatiently answered the call and growled. “Hello.” His brows were tightly
The next few days ran fast, Logan and Olive decided to head over to the Smith family house on Friday for the usual dinner plans. They agreed to share the news of Olive’s pregnancy then. Olive was given multiple access to Logan’s bank cards and it was a time where she lavished. Logan placed in measures to make her comfortable, a female nurse was assigned to her—in all, Logan wanted everything to be convenient for her. Olive was made to wake up, read books,take walks around the garden, eat meals according to time, and stay less stressed. Meanwhile, on Logan’s end, Logan couldn’t wait till Friday that was dragging near ever so slowly than he wanted. Also, Ravenna has been pretty calm unlike how persistent she was when they nearly broke up. She has been rather quiet and it was relieving, he didn’t get to receive multiple texts and calls from anonymous numbers. On this day, Logan was behind his table, sitting with one leg on the other as he flicked his pen between his fingers. He wa
"I'm not some handicapped person who needs private and special attention." Olive countered, her hands were on her hips as she stared at Logan incredulously."You have no choice, Olive. Just to inform you that you will be moving in tonight while your stuff will join you in my bedroom tomorrow." "I'm not moving into your room." She didn't relent even after that.Logan's face twisted as he bicker. "Olive...you do not counter my words, you are pregnant with my child." "It's also my baby and I'm the one with it so do not..." a low whimper escaped her lips as her face twisted while holding onto her flat belly.Rushing to her side, concern and worry laced on Logan’s face. "What happened?? Are you okay.??"Olive only threw him a glare before straightening her back again. Logan asked. "Did the baby kick??"His question made Olive's jaw drop while he just looked at her with curious eyes, waiting for answers. After a while, Olive shook her head in disappointment. "It's too early for that, I j
“Logan…” Olive whispered but Logan cut in on her words.“I know…” His eyes stared deep into Olive’s as if diving into her soul through her eyes. His expression was calm and his tone softened.Olive’s brows dropped. “Know what?” Her heart beating loudly in her ears as she kept gawking at him in anticipation. Her fears were confirmed when he informed her. “I know that you’re pregnant, I saw the pregnancy kit and asked Mrs Jenkins about it and she confirmed that you are indeed pregnant.”For a moment, Olive held her breath, scared of what would happen next. Is he going to ask her to abort the baby?? Is he going to get mad?? Is he going to propose canceling the contract??Her eyes shrieked back in fear as she stammered. “W-what..do you want to do about it?” Her fingers found their way to the helm of her shirt as she gripped them tightly.Squinting his eyes at her, he asked instead. “It’s your body and the pregnancy wasn’t included in the contract. What do you want to do about it?? Your d
Before Olive could control her boiling anger, her hands moved on their own, landing on Joshua's face.The impact of the slap tinged on Joshua's left cheek, throwing his face to the side. A gasp escaped Joshua's lip before he turned to face Olive again with shock written all over his face. His lips were slightly opened and his eyes were bulging out of their sockets.Trembling in hatred, a String of curses escaped Olive's lips as she retorted. "You stupid dick head. You're nothing but my worst mistake and I'm never going back to my vomit." Her eyes shook, her lips quivering due to the raging emotions in her.She forcefully pulled her hand off his grip before threatening him. "If you still want to keep your miserable life intact then stay far away from me else Logan will have you apprehended and you'll rot in jail." She barked at Joshua who was still holding onto his cheek.He was rather stupefied by Olive's bold actions. Her slap on his face was a strong reminder of how brave she was no
Logan quickly turned on his phone again and searched for Ravenna's contact. He paused for a while as if contemplating what to do. After some time, he tapped on the 'block' option and blocked her number. He couldn't deal with Ravenna at this point. He was starting to get back on track again and he could see his dream company already close to his palm, he wouldn't let Ravenna ruin it.For now, he focused on the little woman under his roof. Logan got close to Olive's bedroom door and tapped on it.He waited for a while but didn't get a response so he tried to knock on the door again. After the second time, he still didn't get a response, making his brows join together as a frown fell on his face."I'm coming in." He announced in case she could hear him. He twisted the doorknob and pushed open the door effortlessly.Her scent swept into his nostril the moment he entered, his eyes searched through the room before landing on the empty bed."Where did she go?" He mumbled to himself before
Logan's face chilled as he glared at the two people who were unaware of their presence.Matthew nervously asked. "Sir-sir should I still drive towards them or..." "Drive past them," Logan growled, he lowered the window as he threw a dirty look at the two people.Ravenna, who was busy grinning at her boyfriend, staggered a little when she saw Logan's car approaching.Worst of all, his window was rolled down and his eyes were throwing daggers at her. Ravenna quickly hid her face on her boyfriend's back and the clueless man turned around to try to ask her questions. "What, babe? Why are you suddenly hiding? Is this some sort of play?" He kept smiling, thinking Ravenna was up for jokes again.Ravenna just wanted to shut his mouth up but she could only growl in frustration. "Stop talking!" She scolded him. Just like that, she watched Logan's car drive past and she quickly came out of the man's back, her eyes following Logan's car.Ravenna twisted her face as she ran her hand through her
Torn? Confused?Olive didn't know what to feel as she kept staring mindlessly at the pregnancy kit in her hand, the two red lines glaring back at her.She was sitting on the latrine with her hair dripping wet. She had been washing her face to at least calm herself down but nothing was working.She was glad that she could finally conceive—when she couldn't give Joshua a child she had thought so many negative things. She had thought the problem was from her. Even though she had undergone several medical tests which proved that she was fertile and everything was in order, she still had this lingering thought.Olive was overwhelmed as relief washed over her. She shut her eyes tightly as the tears that burned started to tickle down her cheeks. Even in all the happiness, she was still sad. Olive wasn't sure if the baby came at the right time or not but she was skeptical if Logan would want the child.He's the only man she has slept with since she divorced Joshua but then again...this was a