It was an hectic day for Jason, he had come all the way from Las Vegas down to Cambonian town just to get away from his grandmother.
His effort to take a break from all the heart wrenching and counterfeit life he had been living seems like it was going to be a waste as he was still being stalked by his controlling grandmother.
"Sir the car is ready." A man dressed up in a driver's uniform said to him.
He sighed as he took his long coat on the couch and put it on, then he placed his cowboy hat on his head.
He looked at the expensive Rolex watch on his hand and it was 10am.
"Is he gone?" He asked the driver."Yes he is sir. He left about 30mins ago." The driver responded.
He walked to the terrace that was covered with curtain. He opened the curtain a bit and looked outside the street analyzing the cars packed opposite the hotel building, when he didn't find anything and anyone suspicious he sighed heavily.
Ever since he left home for what he called vacation, his grandmother had been stalking him trying to figure out what he was up to. He changed hotel every two days but still, her handymen always figured out his location.
Last night was the height of it, as his grandmother had ones again figured out the present hotel he was lodged in.
Standing in the terrace with millions of thoughts on his mind, Jason felt the urge that he had to get things done as soon as possible.
"Let's go" He said to the driver.
"How about the girl?" He stopped and asked the driver.
"I haven't found anyone yet sir." The driver answered.
Jason sighed again and headed towards the door. He set up his mind to find a girl as soon as possible.
The driver took his luggage and they walked out of the hotel room.
When they got out of the room and was heading towards the elevator, he saw a man whom looked suspicious to him, Jason bent his head and placed his hands inside his pocket.He walked slow and steady ready to take action if he needed to. He noticed the man staring at him, he bent his head and pushed his hat down to cover his face, then he placed his right hand inside his coat, and held his gun by the side of his pants ready to pull the trigger.
"Daddy" A five year old young girl shouted at the man.
"Baby girl." The man shouted as he ran towards the child and hugged her.
Jason sighed heavily and released his hand from the gun. For a moment there he thought the man was a henchman of the Alfredo's. His family's business rival in Las Vegas.
Jason's grandmother owned one of the biggest and famous Casinos in Las Vegas. Having the Alfredo's-the second biggest Casino as a business rival.
It had been chaos since the two families have been having dispute over some of their client's inconsistency.
The two Casinos held alluring activities several times in a year to draw more clients. Their clients found it difficult to pledge loyalty to either Casinos as both were fascinating. With the two Casinos situated right opposite each other in the heart of Vegas, it had been quite a business feud.
When they got to the car pack, Jason took his time to check if it was clear for them to leave. After he was certain that he wasn't being followed he went into the car and they drove away.
'Beep pop pop' His phone kept ringing.
He picked it up from the car seat, and saw it was Harry-his best friend and lawyer calling him."Hey." He answered after sliding the call button.
"So where are you now? Lemme guess, you are moving away from the sixth hotel?" Harry asked him.
"I'm being followed." He said to him
"Yeah right, by your grandmother, she isn't going to kill you. Man, this is like the sixth time you have changed hotel since you have been there." Harry scolded him.
"I know she won't harm me, but this time I think it's the Alfredo's." Jason said to him as his tone changed.
He was certain he was being followed by the Alfredo's, but how they got his location he wasn't quite sure.
"Hello, hello, hello." Jason kept calling out to Harry who froze when he heard Jason mentioned the Alfredo's.
"Are you sure?" Harry asked. Jason could sense the curiosity in his voice.
"Yes, I'm sure." He replied.
Harry exhaled on the phone and then asked-"So where are you heading to now, which hotel?"
"We are..." Jason paused. He figured he didn't know how the Alfredo's kept on locating him, his only ally he had been communicating with that was in the city was Harry, he then thought he would keep his current location to himself, until he figured out who was setting him up.
"I'm not quite sure for now, I will communicate it to you later." He said to Harry.
"Okay, be safe out there. But I'm quite sure it's your grandmother, but if you insist, then no problem." Harry said to him and hung up.
There was three people in his mind he knew would be the ones following him. His grandmother, the Alfredo's or his step grandfather.
He thought that until he figured out who apart from his grandmother was trying to get his location, he would no longer give out any information even to his trusted best friend Harry.
He erupted out of his thoughts when the driver suddenly stepped on the brake of the car, taking a rough short turn to the left.
"What dah." He screamed at his driver.
"I'm sorry sir, a woman ran into the road." The driver apologised and stepped out of the car.
Jason kept looking at the driver as he was exchanging words with a woman on a wedding dress. He was perplexed, what would a bride be doing in the middle of the highway.
Jason kept watching his driver struggling to get the woman off him, he didn't know why the woman gripped his driver by his pants, he thought to give them some minutes to finish it up, but within few seconds he ran out of patience, he dropped his phone and the file he was holding behind him and thought he would go and figure out what was happening."What the hell.." Jason groaned. He opened the car door and step out of the car. Just before he could take a step forward he heard his phone ringing.'Beep beep beep' His phone kept on ringing, he looked at the phone and tried to pick it up but it was not within his reach, he had stepped out of the car and the phone was at the other end."Hmm, later please." He groaned again as he slammed the car door.He walked to where his driver and the woman were, he bent his head to take a proper look at her. She looked chaordic in her messy wedding gown. He was quite amazed by the sight of a bride on her wedding gown, knee
She saw how the church was grandly decorated, she couldn't believe that Tom would spend so much on decoration. They planned a simple wedding because he kept complaining he didn't had any money to spend and waste on things that ain't important-and to Tom, decorating the church and the party hall was too much.Gripping her wedding gown, and gulping down her saliva every minute, Kitty walked slowly towards the church front door. Her heart kept pounding fast and her whole body shaking, what if it's actually Tom she thought and gripped her gown even tightly.She slightly opened her mouth audibly breathing heavily. When she got to the front of the church, she beheld the decorative entrance. It was lavishly decorated, hers was plain and they didn't even paid for booking, the priest was a friend of her Aunt.Her gaze travelled straight up to the alter, she espied how beautiful the bride's gown were, hers was cheap and plain, Tom told her he had no money, that they neede
As he watched the pathetic bride walking into the church of another's person's wedding, Jason couldn't resist the sight of her knees quivering. She looked like she was struggling with each step she took."Sir, should I go?" The driver asked.But he was focused on the pathetic bride. Watching her gripped her wedding gown tightly, made him scoffed piteously."Why come here if you don't want to?" He muttered to himself.His attention was suddenly divided when he saw a familiar face. It was the same man at the hotel. The man was holding the five year hold girl, and along side was a pretty blonde, she seemed like she was in her thirties. The man's hand was wrapped around her waist."What is this?" He muttered again to himself as he kept thinking that it was too much of a coincidence."Sorry Sir, I didn't get what you said." The driver said to him turning his head in ninet
JASONHis deep sea blue eyes which always portrays seductiveness and deep affection, admirable eyes that always graced his charismatic look were suddenly intruded by confusion as he stood there groaning silently in excruciating pain.Jason's confusion couldn't be masked as he kept beating himself hard on how he would escape the next bullet.The man's hand held tightly to the trigger and shot again at Jason.Jason ducked at the moment he saw the man released his hand from the trigger. He heard the silent sound of the bullet as it shot at the iron rod beside him.The man's gun had a silencer that made everyone not to notice what was happening.Jason's breath rapidly increased, as he glanced at the shooter. 'Pretty good' he thought of the shooter. The shooter seemed like a professional to him as he was able to shoot at him from such a
His heart ached when his gaze drifted towards the glass at the alter from whilst he could see the reflection of the hitter. Jason's heart started beating erratically, he knew he could escape getting shot, but the pathetic bride in front of him, whom he found charming in her dirty wedding gown would be hit. Flustered with no idea of how he would get over the situation, he gave up and set his gaze on the pathetic whom was glaring at the groom. 'How did I get here' He thought groaning in his soul. 'I should leave, and just get this over with, I will find someone else, I don't need to get married to this one, I will definitely meet someone else' He tried to convince himself, but then his feet refused to move, his heart had embraced the idea of getting married to Kitty. The fact that she would die if he make any move made his countenance ponderously changed
She couldn't stop staring at the stranger, thoughts of why he would want to get married to her overwhelmed her. She felt stuck in the middle of her own decision. Marrying him seems just fine and same time wrong, but if it's just for a week, what then could go wrong she thought.Emersed by his charming eyes and perfectly shape facial bone structure, seriously to her, there couldn't be anyone so perfect.Suddenly she felt his grip on her tighten and his eyes widely opened, he looked liked he'd seen a ghost which made her heart pound very fast."Is he a psycho? Why hold me so tight? why look like he just saw a ghost?" Thoughts run through her mind as she tries to get his hands off her.But in an instance she felt his hand swing her around"What the hell?" She screamed.She fixed her eyes on his, staring at him with so much rage, kitty r
A raging desire to break every bone of his fingers brew up inside of her as she kept glaring intensely at her so called husband whom she was yet to know his name."Why are you glaring at me" His deep manly voice struck her off her thoughts then she grabbed his hand and shoved it off her head with full force.She heard the sound of her shoulder joint cracked, but cause of her pride she shut her eyes as she moaned. When she opened her eyes, she noticed his gaze still on her as his brow raised waiting for her explanation but she wasn't ready to explain.Their eyes were fixed on each other, and kitty's rage continued to escalate as she kept a daring gaze.Seeing how they were both intensified, Mirabel thought of how best she would interrupt. Then she walked in between them and stretched her hands towards him."Hi, I'm Mirabel, Kitty's younger sister."
Kitty scoffed as she watched Jason carried the child back inside the church. She knew it wasn't a good idea, which made her to wonder what kind of man he is that would carry a child inside a place where the shooting culprit was still inside.She erupted out of her thoughts when she heard her sister- Mirabel's voice screamed"Aunt Silvia, Aunt Margaret"Mirabel walked to where their aunt was.Gulping down her saliva, kitty slowly walked behind her, the pain on her feet was becoming next to impossible to bare, but still she wasn't willing to ask for help. She struggled her way towards her aunt."Kitty" Silvia said as she hugged kitty seeing the way she looked a mess."Are you okay my child, hope you weren't hurt?" Staring into Kitty's eyes she waited for a reply."No Aunt" Kitty removed her hand from her cheeks."
Dear readers, Thank you so much for going on this journey with me. During the process of writing this book, I fell in love with the characters Jason and Kitty. It breaks my heart to end their story, but every story surely has an ending. I wish I can see just how well they live their life, but we can only just imagine and that's the fun of it. Please as you read do vote and leave your comment. I will love to know which characters are your favorite. This story is the first draft and will surely be revised and edited. Thank you once again.
"Kitty said you surprised her with Mira's arrival, so she wanted to do the same to you, " Aunt Silvia said to Jason. "Well, it is indeed a wonderful surprise and fit for the occasion." Jason smiled. "What occasion?" Kitty asked wondering what Jason meant. Her gaze drifted from Jason to Mira thinking that they were up to mischief, but to her surprise, Mira had no idea of what Jason was talking about. "Why don't we have dinner together, as a family, I will get grandma." Jason walked out straight to Madamme Rosa's room. When he got there he meant the caregiver combing her hair, Jason sent Charity away and took the comb from her. "I know a lot has happened, and it's too bad we got here. I hope you will find it in your heart to forgive me, I'm finding it hard to forgive you, every day I pray, hoping that one day I will awake and hold no grudge against you, but those prayers haven't been answered."
It's been a month since Lucia's death. Jason buried her right next to his parents. Every day he would visit and place a flower on her grave and that of her parents as well. Most times Kitty followed him, but sometimes he felt like going alone and never pestered her. He was bemoaning, he never left the house except to the grave. He would lock himself up in his study every night and inundate himself in bottles of whiskey, in the morning he always had a hangover but lied to Kitty that he was sick. Luca kept on rescheduling his meeting with the board members at the Alfredo's but Jason missed every one of them.He was shattered, yet he pretended to be okay. ... The night wind was extremely cold that evening, Jason had just finished having dinner with his family. Like his normal routine for a month now, he went from the dining and locked himself up in his study. He opened the fridge in his study and found only one bottle of whiskey le
From the look in his eyes, she realized that he must be dying of regret. She couldn't stop him from leaving. She waited for him to come back but he was taking forever.She was pacing around in the living room anxiously, she prayed for Lucia to be unharmed. When it was late, she tried to call him. But then Luca answered his phone.Kitty asked him about Jason and he told her what had happened. Words left her lips, she didn't know what else to say. She knew that he definitely would not easily recover from such loss. After the call, she waited around in the living room, waiting for him to come.It was already past 9 pm and yet he was still out. She was dizzy but yet couldn't sleep. Her heart was unsettled.She thought to check on Mira to make sure she was alright. As soon as she walked inside Mira's room she switched on the lights."Kitty is that you?" Mira sat on her bed."Hey, don't do that laydown." Kitty rushed to the
Jason walked out of the room down to his study. He emptied a bottle of whiskey. Then it crossed his mind that his grandmother was still locked up. He rushed to his room to get the keys from the pants he wore earlier.When he entered the room, it was stuffy. He found his grandmother all dressed up with makeup on. He wondered why she had worn makeup. Jason scoffed as he walked closer to her."Why would an old wan wear makeup?" He mocked her.Madamme Rosa ignored him as though he wanted there. She was placing her earrings on her ears, when she was done she looked at Jason who was standing by her mirror."How do I look?" She asked Jason."Ugly." He scoffed at her. "No makeup will be good enough to cover your wicked heart. Kitty an unborn baby, and your son, and you think that by wearing makeup you would be able to hide that darkness inside of you?" Jason walked closer to her."Maybe not. If I were as wicked as you say, why didn't I
Jason couldn't believe what was happening, he kept screaming and wanted to go into the fire. But he was held back by the police there. He fell to his knees wailing bitterly. All that was in his head was Lucia's voice promising him that she was going to be at the mansion that morning. He wished he had realized she wouldn't be coming, he wished he didn't allow her to leave him at the hotel.Regrets were all that engulfed him. He wanted to turn back the hands of time, for one last chance to treat her better. But it was impossible, and that made him even more depressed. He kept beating his chest severally. On his knees, he remained there, with his head bent on the ground.The police were shocked at the sight, even the bodyguards that escaped the fire as well as the employees, no one knew that Jason was Lucia's brother.With the hope to figure out why he was affected, one of the police officers decided to approach Jason. But Jason pushed him to the
"You still have the guts to tell at me, better start respecting yourself or your favorite daughter will go boom" Lucia pressed on the lighter to lite and placed it close to Camilla's hair."Now behave, you have to be a good boy Daddy." Lucia laughed.I Alfredo was glaring at her, wishing he could just slap her and kill her himself."After everything I did for you, you have the guts to pour gasoline on my daughter. You are an animal." He yelled at her."After everything you've done for me?" Lucia raised her brows in shock, and paddled slowly towards him "What exactly did you do for me, Alfredo?" She yelled at him."Was it the constant hitting? or being yelled at? What exactly have you done for me? Because I remember nothing, absolutely nothing, that's how horrific my childhood was because of you." She slapped Mr. Alfredo."What did you expect from me, a fatherly love, when you were a child I never fathered, and from a monster of a family, you don
BEFORE THE FIRE AT THE ALFREDO'S MANSION 16 HOURS AGO Lucia wasn't certain how she would escape, but all she wanted was for Kitty and Jason to be able to leave the hotel without any harm. After finding out Jason was indeed her brother, she was frustrated but then, she felt somewhat lucky. Since staying at the hotel, Lucia was busy going through every photo she has of Jason, she found it interesting that he was indeed her brother. She wished she knew earlier, and despite the feud between their families, she and Jason never really had any personal fights until Kitty came along. ... At the hotel, after Kitty killed Carlos, Lucia took it upon herself to distract her father's men so Kitty and Jason could flee. When she got to the lobby, she was surrounded by fifty of her father's men. She surrendered and so did Philip. They apprehended her and handcuffed her in one of the vans they came with, both her and Philip. "Take her to th
When he walked inside the ICU, he saw that Mira was already awake. It had been such a long day. He had dark circles around his eyes. "You are awake." Jason walked up to Mira. "Yes, I am. Kitty is so worried, why did you leave her here alone?" Mira questioned Jason. "I went out for work. I couldn't delay it." He sat close to Kitty and whispered in her ears"Why make her worried about you?" "Shut up," Kitty whispered back. They joked and laughed. Jason ordered breakfast as it was already past 6 am. After eating, Kitty told Jason that it will be best they take Mira home and a doctor to tend to her. Jason understood pretty well, that Kitty still felt threatened by Alfredo and didn't know when they see will attack. Jason hired a doctor from the same hospital Mira was receiving treatment from. They discharge Mira and they all went back home. She was laid on the bed and the equipment needed for her treatment like the oxygen just in c