"When there is hope, there is life."
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Melody POV
I didn’t know how to go about the rest of the day but I was glad when it ended and I got to go home. Throughout the day, I noticed Giovanni staring at me countless times.
It was a suspicious look.
I knew I was selfish to care about myself but I didn’t deserve the confrontations I got from Lorenzo. His words hurt me and I wanted to run to Giovanni and cried in his arms but I couldn’t. I didn’t know what to say to him.
When the day finally came to an end, I informed Giovanni I was leaving but he didn’t acknowledge my presence.He wanted nothing to do with me.
I left the office with a heavy heart and when I got to the motel, Lorena seemed to notice my mood. She didn’t ask me anything but let me cr
"Have you ever wished for something and it never happens?" •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Melody's POVAfter the incident that happened in the morning, I make sure I kept my distance from the Aderemi brothers. I didn’t bother entering after he gave a straight order that I should cancel all his meetings. The transparent glass on his door that I do use to spy on him was shut and I couldn’t see any of his frustrating movement.When Giovanni pushed me, I hit his desk and it left a nasty bruise on my left side. I got hit because I didn’t know how to mind my business.“I think I deserved it." I tho
"Remember all the time we spent together." Music played: Together by Demi Lovato. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Melody POV I blinked at Giovanni’s question and didn’t know how to answer him. He was close to the truth and sooner or later, he will realize the truth but, the outcome of the truth was all I tried to avoid.“Who are you?” he asked again, his eyes fixed on mine. I tried to avoid his glaring eyes but he grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to him. There was no space between us, our bodies were clung together and I felt his hand on my waist. He caressed my face and held my chin; he lowered his head and whispered into my ears.“I’m not going to ask again Melody. My patience doesn’t last long." His breath sent shivers to my body. I like the feeling but I know he was taunting me.
"What is life to you?" Melody POVThe morning of the presentation came as fast as I expected. I woke up early to prepare for the office and by six am, I was on my way to the office. Before I left for the office, Lorena wished me luck and hope that by the end of the day, I got to stay at the end.I arrived at the office at exactly 6:30 am. When I got to the security checkpoint, they gave me a suspicious look as I came to the office to steal something. After making them understand that I came early for business, I took the elevator to the 35th floor. No one was on the floor yet and it gave me the space and time I needed to prepare for the presentation.For an hour and thirty-minute, I didn't seat and was walking around while reading out the lines for the presentation. "Letting everyone knows that with memories, all the bad memories go away." I ended the prac
Melody's POV"So what should I call you now? A director or an assistant?" Lorena asked for the umpteenth time."Whatever you wished to call me," I replied and pushed the shopping cart down the food aisle. It was a Saturday so Lorena and I decided to do some shopping before moving to our new apartment on Sunday. "So tell me, Lorena, how is it with you and Lorenza?" I dropped a canned fish into the cart."Mummy," Hope pointed to a cereal."I want that.""Then it's all yours baby," I said and grabbed the mickey mouse coco pops from the cereal row and dropped them into the cart. Hope jumped happily inside the cart and grabbed the cereal with so much joy."Marissa seems pretty nice," Lorena replied to my question."What?" I raised my brows in confusion. "Are you sure you know who I'm talking of here?""Sure I do. I know M
Giovanni POV I had no idea of what was going on with melody but I knew it has to do with my family especially Lorenzo. He wanted her gone and he could have done something to her which explains her attitude. "Any information on melody yet?" I reminded him of the task I've given to him weeks ago. "I'm still working on it, sir. Her identity is a mystery. The only information I could get on her was the one I submitted a few weeks back." "So no information on her yet?" I asked and he nodded. I wonder how hard it could be to find just an ordinary person's identity. Someone was behind it and whoever that person was, they didn't want me to find out who she truly is. "Sir, we are here," Dennis announced. The gigantic gate leading to my parent's estate opened wide and I quickly held my chest to stop the panic attack that hit me. It always happens whenever I come to the estate. "Argh," I
"All I want is to be free."Giovanni's POVThe nightmares came again and this time it was worst than the ones I had before. I had a vivid dream about the fire and a woman calling out to me but that was not all. The nightmares I had before melody came into my life were always about the fire and a woman whose face I couldn't see always shouted for my help but this dream was different, I get to see her face but she got shot right in front of me. A bullet pierced her heart and the red liquid gushing out of her heart flows towards me and before I knew it, I was burning and drowning in the pool of her blood. The woman screams for me to help but I couldn't because I was drowning and burning at the same time. Her screams jerked me out of my dream, I woke up sweating and panting hard. I rushed out of the bed, took the stairs down, and head into the kitchen.I took two
"Everything is never enough!" Melody POV At first, I didn't return his hug but when I felt him pulling me closer I returned the hug. I let my arms encircled itself around his waist. His cologne filled my nose and I couldn't help but sniffed the fragrance."I'm sorry for realizing too late," I didn't know why he was apologizing but from what he said, he might have realized the truth."You know the truth?" I asked and he nodded. I quickly detached my arms around his waist and pushed his arm away. He groaned in pain and walked to the couch to take a seat. "Are you alright?" I asked and walked towards him. "Did I hurt you?" He shook his head. I sat down beside him and looked into his eyes. He stared back at me and smiled. I pretend to cough and looked away."Are you back to the office?""Yes. I need to tell you something."
"If love is a crime, I'm willing to be hunted." Giovanni POV "Why are you here?" I asked my mother as soon as melody left the office. "What do you want?" "Stop asking me questions son and listen to what I have to say." She begged and took a seat opposite me. "That's lady shouldn't be here. She is a bit of bad luck." I gave her a suspicious look but didn't say anything. "She needs to go. She doesn't belong here." She added. "Giovanni, you need to send her away." "What is your issue with her? If you know something mother, you better tell me before I find out myself." "Are you threatening me?" "I am not threatening you mother, I am warning you because you might not like the outcome once I find out the truth." "She needs to leave!" "Why?" When she didn't reply, I smil
Listen to 'memories by Maroon 5 ' and shut up and dance by walk the moon while reading this chapter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Five months later, Melody POV " I welcome you all to this wonderful gathering tonight. In conjunction with DReam and company, allow me to introduce the latest brand in the business world." I paused and cleared my throat. "Memories!" I exclaimed and the hall was filled with applause.Five months had passed and a lot had happened. The following week after the funeral, I introduced Giovanni to Hope as her dad. At first, she was surprised but she quickly accepted him as her father. She was happy and cling to Giovanni for days.My aunt who abandoned us, Ruth Glenn visited Lorena in the hospital before she got discharged and apologized for the past. She handed ove
"I wish I knew that I loved you. Trying so hard just to say three words. Baby be mine.." From three words by Francois Klark. Melody POV It has been two weeks since the unfortunate incident happened at the Aderemi's mansion. I could still remember the sound of the explosion. It's was so loud that I couldn't hear for few seconds.The tabloids spread rumors concerning the deaths of the two brothers. Some said they were mental patients and others said that they were attacked by terrorists. No one knows the real truth except myself and the rest of the Aderemi family. It was a tragic day and it's was still fresh in my memory. The rumors spread by the tabloid affected DReam badly. Their stock rate plummeted. When Giovanni heard the news about the stock rate, he locked himself inside his room for a week and when he cam
"Inside the world of beautiful people. Surrounded but still alone. "From Beautiful people by Ed Sheeran feat Khalid. Benjamin POV In life, once a child is born. It calls for joy and celebration but that's wasn't the case for my brother. His heart had been filled with hate ever since he was born. I didn't blame him for everything he was doing but yet, it was just too much. I loved my brother and wished he could realize his mistake and stop acting cruelly before it's too late."I'm a bastard because that's how I was born. When I turned five years old, my father said that I was lucky to be born." I heard my brother explaining his sad story to our family. I never resented my brother for everything he had done for my family. I wanted him to be happy because he was in too much pain and to heal, he became a monster.
"Sooner or later, it ends in goodbye. We all have to break away. " From breakaway by Ella Cummings feat Sarah swire. Melody POV When I woke up, I could not move as my hands and feet were tied together. I was laying on the ground and when I looked around me, I figured I was in a basement. The room was dark and the only light that penetrated the room was the sun through a small window."Hope, " I shouted for my daughter because I couldn't see her anywhere. "Hope," I cried out."It no use," I heard a voice said from the opposite room. It was a woman but her back was facing me so I couldn't see her face. Her feet and hands were also tied together but she looked comfortable."Where is my daughter?" I shouted."She is fine," she repl
"Tell me how to be in this world, tell me how to breathe and feel no hurt. Tell me how 'cause I believe in something, I believe in us. "From 'us' by James bay feat Alicia KeysGiovanni POVJust like Kendra planned, we waited for George's call but it never came. The two days had elapsed but still, he didn't show up neither did he planned anything. I was almost tempted to call him but Melody asked me to wait but time just passed by and I anticipated the worst. While anticipating George's call, I made sure everyone was heavily guarded by highly trained Ex-military men. If he were to attack any member of my family he wouldn't be able to get to them. On the fourth day, I came to the office to review some business proposals and that was when it happened.In the middle of reviewing the proposals, I got a call from an unrestricted number. A number I have been expec
"This is a battlefield and I intend to win."Giovanni POV The deadline ended two days ago. After the attempted attack on Melody and hope, I made sure they were heavily guarded by security. I took time from the office for those two days and also postponed the Chinese project that Melody was in charge of. For those two days, I tried to come up with something to lure George out and sent him to prison once and for all but none came. No ideal came for those two days and I got frustrated to the point that I locked myself inside my room for twelve hours until Melody came to find me. When I opened the door for her and she saw my state, she gave me a warm hug."It's going to be okay, " she assured me."I just want this to be over with," I confessed. "I want everything to end so we could pick up from where we ended things," I poured out my mind because that's was how I felt at that moment.
Music played: love someone by Lukas graham.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Melody POV "Where she is?" Giovanni asked me as soon as he came to the hospital. After the accident happened, I called an ambulance who took Lorena to the hospital. I couldn't help but cry as I rode the ambulance to the hospital while holding Lorena's hand. Just when I had thought I found her, someone wanted to take her away from me. Once the ambulance got to the hospital and Lorena was wheeled into the ER, I called Giovanni. "Franklin," I burst into tears as soon as he picked up the call. "Melody," he shouted. "Where are you? What happened?" "Lorena, she......" I couldn't form any words as I started crying again. "Tell me, what's wrong?" He asked and I gave him the address of the hospital.
"Always fight for what's right." Melody POV"Are you sure this is the right place?" I asked Lorena as we got to the address given to us by sister Mary. The house was a mansion and I wondered why my aunty would maltreat us when she lives in a house as big as that."Wow! Your aunt is a rich woman," Lorena squealed as we tried to open the gigantic black gate leading to the house. "Why is this not opening?" She hit the gate with force but it didn't budge."Calm down Lorena," I said to her and pointed towards the house. "Someone is coming.""The house looks to be abandoned," Lorena commented. We heard the clicking of heels and as it grew louder, Lorena and I exchanged looks. A lady appeared at the gate. She was dressed like a maid but she looked sophisticated like she owns the house."Who might you be?" She asked as she eyed us
Giovanni POV It was so unreal sitting with my family and everyone pretending to be happy. I had invited them to my house for dinner as we planned. They were all surprised when they got my invitation. I had never invited them into my house. After everyone had arrived and settled down to eat the dinner the Lasagna I prepared then began."Thank you all for coming," I said. My mother was the first to reply, she was sitting beside my father on the right-hand side."This is delicious son. You still have your culinary skill." She commented and I gave her a warm smile."Seems you've finally gotten out of your shell," Lucas teased. He sat opposite my mother."Stop that's son," uncle Benjamin warned."Can't you see what he is doing?" Lucas protested. "He is trying to win over the family because he has no one. He invited us for this pathetic