"I am sorry. I was just over-excited," Elorm apologized smiling inwardly."This will be a perfect distraction," he thought. "Please, don't do that again," Zora said sternly and looked around.She was glad Martin and Bryce were nowhere in sight. She shifted her gaze back to Elorm. "I am sure you only came here to confirm if you could work here," Zora said and Elorm nodded with a smile. "Okay, I think you should leave then. I have some work to do," she added and walked away.Elorm watched her walk away towards the elevator. She entered and the elevator door closed. Elorm smiled and walked away from where he stood. He headed for the exit and was soon out of the company premises. He got into his car and pulled his phone out."Everything is in place. I will start work on Monday. I created a distraction. Martin is in love with Zora and he saw me kissing Zora twice. On each occasion, he walked away quickly," Elorm said."The distraction would be for him to engage in a romance with Zora. Th
Meanwhile, at a rooftop restaurant, Angela and Bryce were having a nice time enjoying the night view unaware they were being watched. "It's getting late, we need to go back home so you can rest," Bryce said hugging Angela from behind.Angela turned around and faced him. She rested her hands on his chest and stared into his eyes."I love you," Angela confessed and briefly shifted her gaze to the ring on her finger before returning to Bryce's face.Bryce lowered his head and kissed her. "I love you more. I will protect you for the rest of my life," Bryce whispered on her lips."Thank you, my love. I will love you forever," Angela replied and kissed him.They stood there and kissed for a while under the moonlight before returning to their table. Angela picked up her bag and Bryce wrapped his hand around her. The two headed for the exit.They descended the staircase and exited the restaurant. The guards they had come with quickly looked alive as they saw Bryce and Angela walking towards
Martin grabbed the other car keys and left the apartment to meet up with the guard to see what was happening. At another location, Eduardo sat with a 26-year-old man. A phone was on the table, and it began to ring. The young man's gaze shifted to the phone, and he placed his foot down, leaned forward, and picked it up."Speak?" he said as he held the phone to his ears crossing his legs again.A smile crept up on his face and he dropped the phone on the table in front of them. He shifted his gaze to the cold Eduardo."They are going to complete the work," said the young man who goes by the name Ivan. "Great," Eduardo acknowledged."How do we get my mum out of prison?" Ivan asked."Once we take Angela and Bryce out, that will be easy to do. Everything that was once Bryce's would now belong to us. With such wealth, power is the benefit you receive," Eduardo replied and took a long drag from his cigarette. "So are you ready to take up the position as the new Don? You will lead this mafi
Bryce dropped into the chair and the doctor got closer to ensure he was okay."Mr Moore, are you alright?" the doctor asked, pulled his stethoscope from around his neck and quickly started checking on Bryce. Bryce just sat there lost for a while before his gaze focused on the doctor."Mr. Moore," the doctor called out, and Bryce stared at him. "Can you hear me?" the doctor asked, moving a finger in front of Bryce's face."Please look after my wife for me," Bryce said and stood up."Mr. Moore," the doctor called after him, but Bryce ignored him and took long strides towards the exit.Bryce pulled his phone out and called Martin. "Martin, bring the car around and pick me up," Bryce said sounding very cold."Yes, boss," Martin replied and Bryce waited for Martin in front of the hospital. The Range Rover arrived and Bryce got inside. Martin was surprised to see Bryce with a bandage around the shoulder."Sir, what happened?" Martin asked with a surprised look plastered on his face."The
Bryce stared at the information on his phone screen. He was not surprised by what Ivan did, as he knew him to have such a character. With money and power, he had just upgraded his bullying skills. Bryce sat down in deep thought. Back in school, he never liked Ivan but never engaged him anyway. The day he decided to confront Ivan for beating up a student who came from a poor family, he never came to school and Bryce never saw or heard of him again to date. He was sure Ivan was affecting him because he put his mother, Matilda in prison. "Ivan, I am coming for you," Bryce said, his gaze falling on Angela. He remembered their son, who never got the chance to see the world.Back at another location, Ivan was still with Eduardo, planning how to finally take Bryce out."That bastard is still breathing. How is he escaping?" Ivan thought pacing up and down the balcony."He has guards," Eduardo pointed out. "Again, this is Bryce we are talking about. He is stupid. He has his ways of getting in
Angela Anderson, despite what happened in the past has managed to put it behind her and completed her college education with good grades. Ten years after the tragic incident which happened on her birthday, she was now ready for the real world. With the help of her father, Mr Anderson, Angela was able to apply for a position in a well-known prestigious trillion-dollar company called Diamond Corporation. She had been called for an interview and she prepared herself for it very excited. Angela appeared to have pushed everything behind her growing up and is now focused on her future.The day for the interview finally came and Angela got ready for it. She put on a simple white blouse over a black skirt and completed her dressing with a simple necklace, small earrings and black full shoes with a 2-inch block heel. She held her hair up in a bun and checked herself out in the mirror after applying some lip gloss on her dry lips. Satisfied with her appearance, she exited her bedroom and went d
Angela lowered her head after the first applicant followed the woman in. She didn’t want to demoralise herself and lose her confidence for this interview looking at the people she was competing with. Recalling what the woman said was making her lose hope already. She was already thinking her appearance will disqualify her.While Angela was lost in her thoughts, the inner door was opened within two minutes and the applicant who had entered exited with confusion registered on her face. Angela raised her head when the applicant returned to the waiting room. She was now staring at the inner door and saw that the other applicants were equally just like her wondering what was going on with the first applicants coming out in two minutes. Susan entered the room again.“Next,” Susan called out and went back.The room was soon filled with murmuring with everyone asking the obvious questions what happened and what was going on?Angela’s heart raced against her chest yet she couldn’t get up to le
The day slowly passed and Angela decided to tell her friend Zora, a college bestie about her new employment.Inside Angela’s room, Angela was lying on her bed chatting with Zora on her phone. She swung her legs happily behind her as she laid on her belly holding the phone to her ears.“Trust me I was very scared with the way applicants were coming in as quickly as they entered the room,” Angela expressed.“Wow. You are brave. I would have left the place the moment I realized I didn’t fit the profile,” Zora said.“Well, the only thing that prevented me from leaving was my outfit and fear,” Angela said and Zora laughed on the other end of the call.“Your outfit and fear? How?” Zora asked.“Well, I was the only one who appeared to be poorly dressed. I couldn’t bring myself to walk in front of the expensively dressed applicants. That would be so embarrassing,” Angela said.“Good you dressed poorly then, if not panic would have taken you out of the competition,” Zora said. “You know what.
Bryce stared at the information on his phone screen. He was not surprised by what Ivan did, as he knew him to have such a character. With money and power, he had just upgraded his bullying skills. Bryce sat down in deep thought. Back in school, he never liked Ivan but never engaged him anyway. The day he decided to confront Ivan for beating up a student who came from a poor family, he never came to school and Bryce never saw or heard of him again to date. He was sure Ivan was affecting him because he put his mother, Matilda in prison. "Ivan, I am coming for you," Bryce said, his gaze falling on Angela. He remembered their son, who never got the chance to see the world.Back at another location, Ivan was still with Eduardo, planning how to finally take Bryce out."That bastard is still breathing. How is he escaping?" Ivan thought pacing up and down the balcony."He has guards," Eduardo pointed out. "Again, this is Bryce we are talking about. He is stupid. He has his ways of getting in
Bryce dropped into the chair and the doctor got closer to ensure he was okay."Mr Moore, are you alright?" the doctor asked, pulled his stethoscope from around his neck and quickly started checking on Bryce. Bryce just sat there lost for a while before his gaze focused on the doctor."Mr. Moore," the doctor called out, and Bryce stared at him. "Can you hear me?" the doctor asked, moving a finger in front of Bryce's face."Please look after my wife for me," Bryce said and stood up."Mr. Moore," the doctor called after him, but Bryce ignored him and took long strides towards the exit.Bryce pulled his phone out and called Martin. "Martin, bring the car around and pick me up," Bryce said sounding very cold."Yes, boss," Martin replied and Bryce waited for Martin in front of the hospital. The Range Rover arrived and Bryce got inside. Martin was surprised to see Bryce with a bandage around the shoulder."Sir, what happened?" Martin asked with a surprised look plastered on his face."The
Martin grabbed the other car keys and left the apartment to meet up with the guard to see what was happening. At another location, Eduardo sat with a 26-year-old man. A phone was on the table, and it began to ring. The young man's gaze shifted to the phone, and he placed his foot down, leaned forward, and picked it up."Speak?" he said as he held the phone to his ears crossing his legs again.A smile crept up on his face and he dropped the phone on the table in front of them. He shifted his gaze to the cold Eduardo."They are going to complete the work," said the young man who goes by the name Ivan. "Great," Eduardo acknowledged."How do we get my mum out of prison?" Ivan asked."Once we take Angela and Bryce out, that will be easy to do. Everything that was once Bryce's would now belong to us. With such wealth, power is the benefit you receive," Eduardo replied and took a long drag from his cigarette. "So are you ready to take up the position as the new Don? You will lead this mafi
Meanwhile, at a rooftop restaurant, Angela and Bryce were having a nice time enjoying the night view unaware they were being watched. "It's getting late, we need to go back home so you can rest," Bryce said hugging Angela from behind.Angela turned around and faced him. She rested her hands on his chest and stared into his eyes."I love you," Angela confessed and briefly shifted her gaze to the ring on her finger before returning to Bryce's face.Bryce lowered his head and kissed her. "I love you more. I will protect you for the rest of my life," Bryce whispered on her lips."Thank you, my love. I will love you forever," Angela replied and kissed him.They stood there and kissed for a while under the moonlight before returning to their table. Angela picked up her bag and Bryce wrapped his hand around her. The two headed for the exit.They descended the staircase and exited the restaurant. The guards they had come with quickly looked alive as they saw Bryce and Angela walking towards
"I am sorry. I was just over-excited," Elorm apologized smiling inwardly."This will be a perfect distraction," he thought. "Please, don't do that again," Zora said sternly and looked around.She was glad Martin and Bryce were nowhere in sight. She shifted her gaze back to Elorm. "I am sure you only came here to confirm if you could work here," Zora said and Elorm nodded with a smile. "Okay, I think you should leave then. I have some work to do," she added and walked away.Elorm watched her walk away towards the elevator. She entered and the elevator door closed. Elorm smiled and walked away from where he stood. He headed for the exit and was soon out of the company premises. He got into his car and pulled his phone out."Everything is in place. I will start work on Monday. I created a distraction. Martin is in love with Zora and he saw me kissing Zora twice. On each occasion, he walked away quickly," Elorm said."The distraction would be for him to engage in a romance with Zora. Th
The call ended and Elorm placed his phone on the table. He unbuttoned his sheet and walked towards the bathroom.Back at Bryce's apartment, Zora lay awake staring at the ceiling. "Am I overthinking or Martin is giving me cold shoulders," Zora thought and pulled her phone.She unlocked the screen and opened her WhatsApp chat. She scrolled through her chat and stopped on Martin's name. She tapped on Martin's name and the chat page opened.Hi Martin, how are you? I hope you are okay.Zora typed and sent it. Then, she watched her screen as the message ticked twice, indicating that it had been delivered, but Martin was offline.She stared at her phone and placed it back on the bedside table. She covered herself with the blanket and tried to sleep but the sleep won't come. Her mind wandered around. She could feel something was wrong but she could not tell what.In Martin's room, his phone buzzed with a notification, and he shifted his attention to it. He quickly picked up his phone and saw
Bryce mounted the stage and Martin stood next to him. "Thank you all for coming and I appreciate your commitment to the work we are doing here," Bryce began. "I believe you have all received the results of your appraisal in your emails and know where you stand in your performance," he said. "No one is getting his or her appointment terminated. For those who perform poorly, provision has been made for you to help you become better," he said. "On this note, I would like to introduce the new Deputy HR manager of PEG Industries, in the person of Ms Zora," Bryce said and Zora stood up beaming with smiles.She walked up to the stage smiling and joined Martin and Bryce. She glanced briefly at Martin but his expression was hard and unreadable. He stood there like a guard. She stood next to Bryce and Bryce continued with the introduction."She is going to take you through what the Performance Improvement Programme is all about," Bryce said and moved away from the podium for Zora to take over
Zora stared at the screen with widened eyes, wondering who had posted the news that she had come to work for Diamond Corporation. "Zora, I came here to see you," Elorm said putting his phone away.Zora stared at him with a confused expression and surprise running through her body like shock waves. It's been only a few hours, and she is already in the news. "What is happening?" Zora thought staring at Elorm."Zora, I first want to apologize for how I treated you. I know I was unfair to you. I abandoned you when you needed me the most," Elorm apologized but Zora's mind was still on the news she had just seen. "I left because," Elorm began, paused and lowered his head. "Zora, I am dying," he said snapping Zora's mind out of her thought."What happened?" Zora asked suddenly concerned.Elorm sat down, and Zora sat down next to him, waiting to hear what was wrong with him. She stared at Elorm with concern. Elorm inhaled deeply and picked up a bag lying on the table in front of them. He o
"I will make you pay for ending my father's life," Elorm said under his breath through gritted teeth.The night passed uneventfully and soon it was morning. Martin, Zora and Bryce left the apartment for the company leaving Angela home alone with a few guards and the house servants. On the way to the company, Zora sat next to Martin who was behind the wheel. Bryce was in the back seat of the car working on his tablet. Behind their car was a second car with four guards occupying it. They arrived at Diamond Corporation and Zora stared at the gigantic building from the window as they drove in."Wow!" she exclaimed in awe and Martin smiled.The cars drove into the garage and parked. Martin got out of the car and opened the door for Bryce. and grabbed Bryce's laptop bag. Bryce stepped out and Zora also got out of the car admiring the environment."This way," Martin said to Zora realizing she was still admiring the environment while Bryce was walking towards the elevator. "Yes, sure," Zora