Amber gasped after Charlotte accused her of stealing the file, she would never do such a thing to anyone, of what benefit will be to her anyway? Amber raised her brow at Charlotte,"What nonsense are you saying? Why would I even do that in the first place?" Amber asked staring directly at Charlotte who didn't look fazed at all and kept on saying,"I should be asking you that? Why would you do such a thing? I remember coming into this office early in the morning to see you were already here and it seems you were quite busy with something, when I asked you about it, you flinched right? You did, so that only means you were the person who stole it". Amber felt a headache coming up, she didn't understand why Charlotte would turn the table against her so casually when she was indeed the one who caught her in the office that morning, what's with the lies? Amber looked at Xavier and her heart dropped instantly to his stomach when he looked at her as if he didn't wa
"Do not turn the tables on me Charlotte, I saw you here first in the office, didn't I? So why the lies huh? You know very well I wasn't the one who stole that file so what's the use blaming it on me?" Amber finally replied back at Charlotte, who didn't seem fazed at all but let out a dry chuckle, glaring at Amber she asked,"What are you implying Amber? That I'm telling lies?" Amber stared at her with the same equal glare and replied,"Yes and not only that, you might even be the person who st-"You know what? Nobody cares about your opinion anyway so keep it to yourself" Charlotte cut Amber's words short and turned to Xavier,"So what are you going to do now Xavier? Surely you can't let her continue working here right? Here is the proof that she's not only a Sly but she could be working for other people in pretext that she's working for you just to dig up things about you" After Charlotte said that, she stared at Amber and smirked, she was 100% sure
Charlotte instantly understood what she was talking about, she looked around to see if there were any listening ears before facing Amber and smirked,"Glad you got brains at least, yes, I was the one who stole the file and kept it in your drawer, I planned everything but nobody's gonna know about that" Amber knew it, She knew Charlotte was indeed behind this but she just wanted her to confirm it with her own lips. When Amber didn't respond, Charlotte figured she might still be shocked for learning the truth, she didn't want to waste her precious time with her,"You know what? If I were you Amber, I'll take my bag and just use the exit door behind you never to return again to save yourself from the upcoming embarrassment you'll receive once Xavier tells you that you are fired. "Ta ta" Charlotte said to Amber while laughing at her, she then walked towards the door leaving the company. Amber turned and stared at her retreating back smirking to herself, holding
Ariel's mouth was still hanging open as she listened to what Xavier was saying, he knew?! But how?! Xavier saw her reaction and thought of explaining to her how he found out. So he started explaining, "I found it hard to believe that you could actually do such a thing because even if we don't spend much time with each other, I know you wouldn't be able to do such a thing and that's why I decided to find out the truth myself hence why I told the both of you to leave my office" Xavier ended and waited to see if she was understanding what he was saying, when she nodded in understanding, he continued,"And then that was when I told Hector to send the CCTV footage from this morning" The last sentence he said made Ariel open her mouth in disbelief, she looked up immediately and surveyed the area but she couldn't see a single CCTV camera there, was he lying to her? Xavier almost smiled at her reaction, of course she would try to see if she could find the CCTV cam
"You really trust me this much huh?" Amber joked but deep down she wanted to hear what he would say, he trusted her so much that he went through the stress of retrieving the CCTV footage when the fact that the file was lying in her drawer was already enough proof that she was at fault. Xavier blew a breath, she looked directly at her eyes,"Yes I do" Amber was transfixed by his eyes, she couldn't move from her spot but instead got lost in his eyes. They held their position until the office door suddenly flew open, Amber was the first to remove her gaze from his eyes and looked towards the door to see who had the guts to barge into Xavier's office that way and of course if it isn't Charlotte. Amber thought to herself as she watched Charlotte walk into the office with pride, she was probably here to stir up some trouble since that was what she was mostly good at. Charlotte didn't see Amber around when she got back from the restaurant she dropped by some minu
Amber didn't understand why Charlotte kept doing dumb things all in the name of love, doesn't she have any idea how her acts and attitude were simply unattractive, if she was simply trying to get Xavier to herself, doing all of these evil acts and even putting him at risk wasn't the best choice. Amber almost shook her head in disappointment at her. Charlotte was speechless, she didn't know what to say or do so she simply kept silent and turned towards his door leaving. She slammed the door shut after her. Amber hoped Charlotte would stop trying to devise means to make sure Xavier isn't involved with other women and just focus on herself instead. After Charlotte left, Amber realized there was no need to stand there again so she proceeded to go to her seat when Xavier called her back. Amber paused in her steps and turned to look at him,"Yes?" Xavier smiled at her and said,"Good job and I'm sorry for Charlotte's acts, it won't repeat itself again" Amber smiled back, he didn't need to apo
The persistence in his mother's call distracted him in his other activities, he wondered if she really wanted to call him so bad to complain about Charlotte's attitude or if it as for something urgent. When she called a few more times again, he decided to answer it unwillingly."Hello mum""Have you been ignoring my calls Xavier? Don't lie to me" His mother's voice rang out, she sounded annoyed at him as if she suspected he has been ignoring her calls and just to answer now. "Why did you call mum, I'm kinda busy" Xavier said urging him mum to get straight to the point. He heard his mum let out a frustrated breath as she almost yell through the phone,"What did you to Charlotte that made her angry young man?" Xavier rolled his eyes, and as he suspected it was about Charlotte, he doesn't seem to understand why his mum was to inevsted in that family, was it just because they were richer than them? Xavier could already feel a headache building up as his mum continued ranting,"Apparently he
Sophia still had a fake smile on her lips before Amber left the room which instantly dropped to the lowest when Amber left. She held the dress in her hand and stared at it, she could vividly remember how the dress came about, of course she didn't get it for herself, it was gifted to her by someone. After her incident with Jake four years ago, she received a door delivery a week later, it was a package for her, she remembered asking the delivery man who sent it before she signed because she wasn't expecting a gift from anyone, the delivery man had replied her with a disembodied voice that the package was from Jake Elrod, she remembered how those words gladdened her heart as she quickly signed the paper and told the delivery man a sweet "Bye". She was so happy that a guy like Jake was interested in her, who knew all her joy would be shattered one day when she came to apply as a secretary in his company, she could recall the pain she felt in her heart when he simply looked at her like sh
"Whatever, let's just forget about it now, I don't like the guy anyway" Sophia said dismissively, trying not to be sure of her emotions to make Amber suspect anything. "Well you should girl, come to think of it, you've never had a real relationship after Tyler The toxic Maniac" Amber said to Sophia which made Sophia almost laugh, she told Amber about Tyler at that time also and how he kept pestering her so Amber basically knew everything about him. Sophia sighed and turned towards Amber,"I will be okay? I just want to find the perfect person to be with" She said truthfully, she indeed wanted to find the perfect guy to be with, she didn't trust Jake, if he ever ask her out, she will downright refuse because she already knows his playboy ways, she couldn't risk getting her heart broken one more time. "I hope you do, '' Amber replied. "So what event are you attending?" Amber didn't remember Sophia telling her about any event she was going to attend. "Well apparently my boss got invited t
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