"Sorry," Bryson apologized. "It is fine," Dede said feeling excited about getting a kiss from her crush."What happened?" Bryson asked trying to start a conversation to take away the awkwardness from his actions."I was in the living room and heard a knock. I thought it was Alex. So I answered and saw a man in a mask. Everything happened too fast. I felt a sharp pain in my neck and everything went dark," Dede narrated and Bryson sat down on the chair next to the bed.While Dede was talking, Bryson involuntarily held her hand in his and his eyes caught the bruises around the wrist. "When I woke up. I was tied up to a bed and had to fight Mr Brian Jackson. I am glad I wore jeans," Dede said and recalled she was topless.Dede pulled the pillow from behind her head and covered her face with it making Bryson frown. Bryson tried to take the pillow off her face but she held on to it."What happened?" Bryson asked"I know I was found nude again," Dede said in a muffled voice but Bryson heard
Alex turned on his laptop and started working on his report with the information he had received. Bryson on the other hand turned on his laptop and started preparing for work. After working for a while, Bryson left his office heading for his bedroom. He pushed the door open and found Dede sleeping in his bed. He strode into the bedroom and stood by his bed for a while staring at her. She was sleeping halfway on her side. "I don't know how this happened. And I don't know when it happened but I know you have awakened a part of me that I thought was long dead," Bryson whispered on his lips and sat on the side of bed still staring at her. With one side of the bed sinking in, Dede lay on her back fully facing up. Bryson stared at her face and clutched his fist seeing the scars on her face. Evidence of what Melissa's brother did to her. There was a cut on her lip and the swell part of her face had gone down even though that side of her face had changed colour. There was a cut on her no
After exiting the penthouse, Melissa got into her car and asked the driver to take her to her brother's home. "So this girl has managed to snatch Bryson away from me," Melissa thought. "Let's see how long that relationship will last," she thought while sitting in the car's back seat. Her phone rang and seeing who was calling, she frowned. She answered the call anyway. "Why are you calling me," Melissa asked angrily. "I just miss you. Can I see you tonight?" the man asked. "No, I have things to take care of," Melissa said. "You want to sleep in the cold bed alone rather than spend a pleasurable moment with me? Bryson would not touch you and you know it," the man said and started telling Melissa what he would do to her in bed. Melissa listened to him close her eyes and crossed her legs getting aroused. She let out a moan drawing the driver's attention to her. "Ma'am, are you alright?" the driver asked snapping Melissa out of her moment. "What!" Melissa said to the driver l
"Is there any other thing?" Bryson asked seeing Alex was still there after delivering his message."No, sir," Alex replied snapping out of his thought where his focus was on Dede. Alex headed for the exit and Bryson stared at him exiting the rooftop. He did see how Alex was looking at Dede and also read the anger in his eyes which quickly changed to a neutral mood when he asked if there was anything else. Bryson moved his gaze to Dede and could tell from her body language she felt very embarrassed. He bent his knees and rested his hand on her thighs."Hey, you are an adult and you don't have to be embarrassed about things like this," Bryson said and planted a kiss on her forehead and hands before pulling her up with him.The two exited the rooftop and returned to the next floor. They head for the bedroom and Bryson enters his room with Dede. She sat on the couch and Bryson fetched his phone from his bag and saw multiple calls from his mother. He dialled her number and waited for the c
The night passed and Bryson didn't come home.In the morning, Dede woke up from her sleep by the sound of her alarm. Her face looked puffy and her eyes were swollen from crying herself to sleep. She dragged herself out of bed to the bathroom. After taking a shower she dressed up ready for the office. She slept in her room so she didn't know Bryson was still not back. Dede stepped out of her room with no appetite for food. She went out the front door and down to the garage. In the garage, she saw a space between the parked cars. Bryson always has his cars lined up. Even though she had not paid attention to the number of cars Bryson owned, the space between the parked cars was something she didn't expect to see. Alex came downstairs a few minutes later with a frown on his face."Go back upstairs. The boss is not around," Alex said with a deep frown."Is it a break for the company?" Dede asked with no expression."You work directly with the boss. What will you be doing in his absence?" Al
Dede was surprised by Alex's statement. How was it her fault what was happening to Bryson? "Look. I am only trying to help you. You need to leave now before any of the family members see you," Alex warned. Dede turned around shocked to her very bone. She took slow steps towards the exit but heard a familiar voice calling out to her. She turned around to find Melissa. "What are you doing here? Haven't you caused enough trouble? Bryson was doing fine and only visited the hospital for a general health check. Since you showed your face, he has been to the hospital twice. First, you poisoned him and now because of you he went out of his apartment late in the night and had an accident," Melissa accused. Dede couldn't defend herself. She recalled the food poisoning incident in which she blamed herself for not being careful enough but how did she contribute to Bryson stepping out late the previous day? "You have caused enough trouble and I will advise you to stay away from my fiancee.
Bryson left the penthouse for the hospital after his mother invited him over. What convinced him to leave the penthouse was the fact that his mother told him, Melissa had an accident after coming to the penthouse. Seeing his mother at the hospital, and her having nothing important to tell him, he decided to leave the hospital. On his way back to the penthouse, just a 5 km drive away from the hospital, a vehicle crashed into his vehicle. The driver of the vehicle died on the spot and so did the guard sitting next to Bryson. He took most of the impact shielding Bryson. The guard in the co-driver seat, upon seeing what had happened shot himself. He knew what the Adams family would do to him for his failure to protect Bryson. The vehicle Bryson was in had one side mangled. The driver of the other vehicle that crashed into Bryson's vehicle fled the scene before the police and an ambulance arrived at the scene. Bryson was the only one found to be alive after they cut the car to get him out.
It was already late. People were putting on their lights. All the streetlights had been turned on. Alex wondered where Dede could be. He exited the living room and in a few minutes was outside the building. He walked up to the security man at the gate."Hey," he greeted."Have you seen Dede?" Alex asked."No, please. I haven't seen her," replied the security man."Since she left this place in the morning, has she returned?" Alex asked."No," replied the security man."Fuck!" Alex cursed. He recalled the state in which Dede left the hospital. She looked lost. It registered on his mind she may have wandered off after the driver dropped her. He walked through the gate and walked down the pavement heading for the junction. At the junction, the pedestrian walkway goes both ways. Now the question was which one did Dede use? She didn't even have a phone to be called. "Hmmm," Alex growled. How can he go back to the hospital and report he couldn't find Dede? It would be the second time she h