Nicole glanced at Xavier getting ready to tell him off if he disagreed to what she said to Amber but to her surprise, he didn't say a thing, no he felt relaxed and watched them. She turned towards Amber quickly to find her smirking. She didn't actually help the company, did she? What does some lowlife know about the company anyway? Amber felt like being cocky, just once. She can't wait to see the shock on Nicole's face when she tells her who saved the company. Amber started," Well I was the one who saved this company from hitting rock bottom, with my amazing ideas I helped Mr Xavier pull through from his problems, if not for my help, this company would have probably gone bankrupt and maybe Xavier would have ended up in jail and you in the streets, would you still say I'm incompetent?"
Nicole was mortified! She couldn't have done that! She turned towards Xavier in shock,"Is what she's saying true?" Xavier nodded,"Yes mum, she helped me
The silence only lasted for about 5 minutes before Breanna began talking again,"You know? I'm actually just seeing this Charlotte girl around here since she came back, she's not even as fine as how I thought she would be" Breanna said, shaking her head from side to side. Amber stifled a smile. True, Charlotte wasn't gorgeous and her character also was a NO. She wondered how Xavier would end up falling for that kind of girl. Just by thinking about it, she joined Breanna in shaking her head side to side. When Breanna didn't get any response from Amber, she decided to change the topic,"So Amber right? Tell me about yourself, We are colleagues anyway so we can get to know each other also". Amber thought for a while, then facing Breanna, she nodded saying,"Yeah that's true, well there's really not much about me, I am just a plain girl working for her money". It's not like she was going to tell Breanna she was a single mother of triplets whose father might not
Dante clapped his hand once drawing everyone's attention to him as he said,"Without further ado, let's go straight to the reason we are all here" Silence enveloped them as they waited for Dante to continue his words. Xavier watched as fixed his gaze on he and Charlotte, surely he didn't want to say what he's thinking right? "We are very much aware that our children are already successful in their spheres of life and so that should not be in their priorities right now, and they are both single and not getting younger so I suggest that we fix a date for the both of them to get engaged and married, after all they are both childhood friends so it's not like they would be getting married to a stranger right? Or what do you think?" He turned to face Charlotte's parents who nodded their heads in agreement to what he suggested. "I personally think it's a good idea, Charlotte has always liked Xavier anyway so this is a nice plan" Melissa said, making Charlotte blu
Xavier ran his hands across his face in frustration, he said those words out of impulse now he doesn't know what to do. He knew long ago the woman he was attracted to, Amber but the thought of her rejecting him was something he can't face. He still had a two month deadline anyway, he will try as much as possible to make her fall for him in the coming days. He was attractive, literally any woman will fall to her feet at the thought of him, so why not her? Why not the one he likes?He left the mansion and headed to his company, it's better he just engrossed himself in his work instead of thinking of the arrangements his parents made. He pulled up and parked his car properly in the garage. He then came out and headed to his office. He could hear some laughter as he approached the office. He opened the door to find Amber laughing out loud to a movie she was watching, she was so engrossed she didn't even hear him come in. Amber sudde
Amber knew the reason Charlotte was here was to warn her to stay clean from Xavier. She pretended like she understood what Charlotte said and nodded her head,"Okay I will, I also hope you are making the right decision and are not forcing yourself on someone who doesn't like you.." She decided to end her sentence there and moved around Charlotte.Charlotte grabbed her arm immediately digging her long manicured nails into Amber skin. Amber shrieked immediately and tried to remove her hand,"Let me go". But Charlotte didn't let go,"I'll warn you one last time Amber, do not try to do anything that would cause my marriage with Xavier to end, or I swear to you I will kill you" She let Amber hands go pushing her away in the process as she turned to leave.Amber concluded Charlotte was indeed crazy about Xavier, too bad she won't be the reason for their marriage to fall apart, the guy didn't even like her! Amber looked at her arm to see some red bruises on her white skin, it really hurt. She t
Amber got up from bed as soon as her alarm began ringing, she didn't want to repeat the same mistake of ignoring it and waking up late. She woke her kids up to bathe one at a time while she rushed down to prepare something as they changed into their uniforms. Amber was surprised in seeing already doing the dishes and preparing the food. "I must be dreaming, Since when did you start doing that?" Sophia rolled her eyes at her best friend's words. "Just be grateful I am doing this okay?" "Oh I am so grateful mi lady" Amber said while walking towards the fridge to grab some vegetables, she placed the vegetables on the kitchen counter and turned to Sophia "Also, don't forget to add these okay? They are very nutritious in food" Sophia shot her a killer glare which Amber ignored and went upstairs instead,"Thank you!" Amber yelled knowing it was only going to piss Sophia off the more. When Amber entered the room, she saw her kids were fully dressed in their school uniforms so she told them to
Xavier stifled a laugh at Amber's attitude towards his best friend Jake. Poor Jake probably thinks the world and women revolve around him, mostly women, it was nice for Xavier to see that Amber was different, he was beginning to like her more and more now. He couldn't wait to unravel her many exteriors. Amber kept on snubbing Jake who didn't seem to know when to stop pestering someone, Xavier thought that his friend had suffered enough from Amber's ruthless ignorance to him so he came in to save him. "Jake we still have a lot to talk about, quit pestering my secretary, she already has a lot on her table as it is' '. Amber silently thanked Xavier for intervening, she was so close to losing it. Jake who was oblivious of what Xavier was trying to do still didn't budge, he kept on talking to Amber. Xavier shook his head in disappointment and just let him be. Soon after Jake's incessant talking, Amber excused herself from the office. She thought it was better to be anywhere but here, at le
Breanna finally steadied herself and asked,"How do you know him? How do you even know my issue was related to him?" She suddenly wondered if Amber could read minds. Amber smiled at her,"So it does have to do with him" She said then continued when she got Breanna full attention,"Well I basically don't know him, never met him before apart from today but i could already tell he is a no no, a womanizer even". Breanna smiles sadly,"I wish I also could be able to tell a person's character at first sight". Amber noticed Breanna slipping out again,"Mind sharing what's up? Remember I said a problem shared is a problem half solved. But it's okay if you don't want to talk". Breanna instantly cut her off,"No I'll talk, at least it's better that way than bottling up all my emotions" Amber was glad Breanna was finally coming to her senses so she stayed still and waited for Breanna to start talking, she was also curious, she wanted to know what exactly occurred between those two. Breanna sighed and
Breanna felt okay once after Amber's advice, she didn't want to continue loving the same person who didnt even care about her, she decided to put herself first, she thanked Amber for the advice she offered to give her. "Now I realize I just needed to get it out of my mind to become better, thanks for caring for me Amber, you are such a sweet soul". Amber smiled, she felt delighted that she was able to help out in any little way she can. "It's okay, I'm just so happy I was able to help, if you need anything don't hesitate to tell me okay?" Breanna smiled widely at her words,"So we are friends now right?" Amber wasn't sure if she can call Breanna a 'friend' now but when she looked at Breanna's face hoping she would say yes, she couldn't help the words from coming out of her mouth."Sure, we are friends now" They both smiled.Meanwhile Xavier and Jake were inside of Jake's car outside Xavier's company. "So any leads on that woman you were searching for?" Jake asked. Damien's smile dropped
The next stop was Blessed Orphanage. Xavier knew the children must have missed him,he missed them too. He didn't really understand why he had fallen in love with kids so much. Maybe it was because he ended up being the only child after his younger sister died at four. He became sad immediately he remembered and Amber who was also sitting at the back seat noticed when his countenance changed. Amber wondered what Xavier would be thinking that got him looking really sad.She wasn't really comfortable whenever he looked this way and decided to ask. "Is something wrong Xavier?", Amber asked softly as she touched his arm.When he looked at her Amber was shocked to see tears in his house. She didn't even realize what she was doing until she did it. Guess it was an impulse because she hugged him. "It's okay",She cooed softly. Xavier rested more in the embrace. His tears spilled
Xavier got to work really early and few minutes later Amber came in."Good morning sir",Amber said smiling sweetly at Xavier who couldn't help himself but smiled back.'`Good morning Amber,truat you had a goodnight rest?''Xavier said and asked."Yes sir,I did", Amber replied. Amber had seriously been wondering when she woke up this morning preparing her children for school how today was going to be like in the office with Xavier because of that dinner night.She ended up early in the office and that happened because Mrs Jones helped to take the children to school. She really was a lifesaver. "What's our schedule going to be like today sir?",Amber asked as she carried her notepad to jot down all he wanted to say. "Okay firstly we are going to your kids school -",He was about to continue when he got stopped by Amber's wide eyed que
"Mum!"Elena screamed as she swung higher up in the sky. They were all at a children's park. Amber felt the kids had been held up at home far too long and decided to let them have fun. She was smiling at them as they were playing and interacting so well with other children. She decided to get some ice cream for her children. While she was buying if from a nearby stand a tinted black car drove in and some men in black came down. Immediately Amber turned to go give her children the ice creams, she turned white when she saw that the men had entered the park and were moving around.She got so scared she didn't even realize that she had dropped the ice cream cones and was running down to her children. "Jaden!Jenna!Elena!,come here quick!"She was practically screaming and the children were even shocked and ran to their mum immediately wondering what was wrong. She hugged them very close immediately they got to choking them. She was indeed behaving like a mother hen prote
"How could you Charlotte?!",Mrs O'Neill was practically shouting her brains out. The video had gone viral by now and her parents had even gotten to know about it. Charlotte was almost in tears now.she had practically rushed back home so she could do something about the video or call one editor she knew and hacker only to meet her mum mad as hell. "Mum I just got mad because I saw that stupid girl with Xavier", Charlotte said practically sobbing now."Is that why you had to act inappropriately now of all times?"Mrs O'Neill asked, giving her daughter an absurd look. She didn't understand this girl most of the time. She acted like a child throwing tantrums and it got her wondering if she pampered her way too much and had gotten the parental guide all wrong. "Mum, I am sorry", Charlotte said and another part of her was just plotting out a possible revenge on Amber
Charlotte had been so excited about prom and was even more excited because of who her date was. It was no other person than Xavier, in fact,she thought she was going to be dateless because no one had dared to ask her out. She was really beautiful and being beautiful wasn't the reason why no one had asked her out,the boys were all just too scared of her. That's all.She really didn't know the reason why though but she believed it had been because of Xavier. Everyone knew they were best friends and their parents were really close so she believed she boys just assumed that maybe they were dating. Charlotte sighed, because she on the other hand never tried to correct them off that mindset because she had always had a crush on Xavier and had thought or should she say believed that Xavier also would have the same feelings also towards her. This was the very reason she got overly excited when Xavier had asked her out and he also had come to take her from her house to the prom. T
Xavier woke up feeling very happy and he knew that today was going to be a great day. He could already feel it. He had been in his parents house and he was happy that he hadn't been hearing anything about marriage or Charlotte from there lately. It was as though they are just trying their best to keep the end of their bargain. He sighed and told himself to let not to let such thoughts leave so they don't end up spoiling his good day. Xavier went downstairs and was surprised that everywhere was bustling with activities, it got him wondering what the occasion was for because no one had told him about any event happening in their house. He knew it had to be his mum's preparations ; he just had to look for her to get updated on what was happening. He started going around searching for her and when he was sure that she wasn't in the house he stepped outside to look for her. He saw her in the garden instructing people how to gather some roses into the vases laid out on
Charlotte was burning with so much rage and jealousy in fact the main reason she agreed to this outing is so as to remove Xavier especially Amber out of her head.What did the universe now had to do? Being the two people out of the same restaurant she was trying to find Solace."Aaargh!"Charlotte screamed as she threw a glass out of nowhere. Thank God no one had been passing the area because the glass shattered and it's pieces flew everywhere. Her friends gasped. They didn't know what to say infact it was best to leave Charlotte alone when she's in such foul mood. A cleaner came in almost immediately to clean the pieces of glasses everywhere and in few minutes there were some guards escorting her and friends out of Gemstone. Such attitude were not permitted no matter who you were. It was a strict policy and was followed strictly also in the establishment. "I will make her pay for this embarrassment", Charlotte said,her friend's shuddered they could literally feel the hate waves
Amber looked at him and for a while she just enjoyed the view he gave when laughing. Xavier was indeed a God creation.She thought to herself. They began to eat and they both started with rice,Coleslaw and Chicken. After that they both entered the large croaker that was part of the special menu. The juice was also used to wash the food down. There were some slices of different fruits in a bowl. Xavier started putting some fruits in his mouth and Amber followed suit. They were really enjoying themselves. When Amber checked the time and saw it was a few minutes to 9pm she was really surprised that both of them had almost cleaned the plates that were placed before them initially."We really ate everything",Amber said with a look of disbelief as she looked at the table that had been packed with food a few minutes ago. Xavier just continued sipping from his glass of wine quietly as he watched Amber. They both were filled. Amber felt she wouldn't be able to move. Although ther
Amber looked at her daughter in awe of her wisdom. She knew she had to give her children answers and had to also carefully choose her words. "Well, yes mummy is going out with Uncle Xavier and as for your question Jenna I am not so sure about that yet", She said hoping to convince them. "Hmmm, I would love it if uncle Xavier is our daddy", Elena said and Amber was shocked when she saw Jenna actually nodded in affirmation although if you hadn't really looked at her well, you would have missed the fact that she nodded in agreement to her sister's words. Amber looked at Jaden. He had been quiet all through the conversation,as though he was just observing and cooking things up in his head. "What do you have to say Jaden?"Amber asked, already tired of her son's silence. "Well I don't know, I think I do like Mr Xavier but I don't want anyone taking you away from us",Jaden said finally. Amber just looked at her children and tears filled up her eyes.She was indeed blessed