“Let’s just go, Xavier” Bianca said to him and made to walk away but Nathan was not done yet. He couldn’t see her with another man, his insides were burning with jealousy and rage, how he badly wanted himself to be the one by her side.“You can’t keep running away from me, Audrey” he hissed, “we will keep meeting with each other even if you don’t like it”A smirk appeared on her face as she handed Paige to Xavier and walked towards the father daughter duo before bending down in front of little Esperanza.“Why don’t you go with Paige for now? Let me tell daddy something okay?” The smile on her lips towards the girl was genuine.“Sure”She ran towards Xavier who also picked her up from the ground before making his way out of the school premises but not after giving Nathan a warning glare.“You know for a man who has such a sweet daughter, you are rather foolish”“Were you that desperate that you marry a man who is clearly younger than you?” The big boss didn’t want to hide his frustrati
“What did you say?” Vanessa was taken aback, she must have misheard her husband because Nathan could possibly not be in love with Audrey. How the hell did that even happen?“What the hell did you say Nathan?” She half yelled while coming at him in anger, “how dare you say you are in love with Audrey?” She raised her hand to swipe him but Nathan caught it in mid air with an angry look on his face.“You are tired” he said after a while, “you should get some rest” with that, he turned on his heel and walked out of the room while Vanessa followed him in anger shouting at the top of her voice.“What the hell is happening?” Louisa came at them, “I don’t think you would want to wake your daughter up?” By now the tears that Vanessa was struggling to contain came bursting out of her, she was hurt and upset. It was evident in her eyes.“Why don’t you ask Nathan how dare he tell me that he is in love with Audrey?”“What?” Louisa was lost for words, “what nonsense is that?”“I will do whatever I
Everyone was surprised at Bianca’s outburst, this was the first time anyone was seeing her cursing. The boss was always calm and polite no matter what. Seeing her insulting this woman meant one thing.“How dare you?” Louisa hissed, “I can see you don’t have respect for your elders anymore” she added with an eye roll.“If my elder is acting like a roadside tout, how do you expect me to treat her?” Bianca mocked, “I can’t show respect to a woman of your caliber, now if you have nothing more to say, why don’t you get the hell out of my office? I have work to do '' with that, she turned around to go but Louisa’s next words halted her.“Don’t you think for a woman who lost a baby for my son, you are being too arrogant?”Bianca halted, the words cut through her like a sword and she had to ball her hand into a fist to stop herself from lashing out more than necessary.“I see you are here to reopen past wounds?” This time, her voice was filled with a lot of disrespect towards the old woman
“Here” little Paige stretched out her hand towards her mother, “have some” With a sad smile on her face, Bianca collected the steak from her daughter and gently brought it closer to her mouth. No matter how angry or sad she was, seeing Paige brought her immense joy and the urge to protect her daughter got stronger each minute.“We will watch your favorite cartoon after dinner okay?”“Sure mummy” the little girl winked at her mum and continued her food again while Bianca kept watching her. Even if she hated nathan Hernandez, the little girl in front of her was her life.The fact that she lost one of her babies but God chose to protect Paige made her so happy. After learning that she had a vanishing twin syndrome, Bianca was down for days but trying so hard to get over it was not that easy. No matter how ruthless she has become, the thought of her dead baby continues to torment her every night.“Ma’am” one of the workers walked into in the dining room and Bianca jolted out of her train
“What the hell did you say?” Vanessa flared up, “how can you even say that to me?”“Look” Nathan was forcing himself not to get angry, he was trying not to lash out on her but the woman in front of him was not even trying to calm down which was much more infuriating than anything else.“If you are not going to give me the peace of mind that I so desire, then just go home, Vanessa”“Do you plan on bringing Audrey back to the house? Back to our lives?”“If I can do that, I will” he snapped, “I have hurt her so much and that will be little compared to what i should do exactly”“I will never let you bring that witch into my home” Vanessa retorted while picking up her bag, “I swear I will not”“Go home, Nessa” Nathan ordered again as he walked towards the wine rack, “I want to be left alone” he added.Rolling her eyes to the back of her head, Vanessa sauntered out of the penthouse while Nathan finally heaved a sigh, she was just too impossible at the moment.After waking out of the house,
“Mummy” Esperanza beamed with excitement as she ran into her mother’s waiting arms.“How was school today, princess?” Vanessa asked with a genuine smile plastered across her face, “did you learn a lot?”“Of course mummy” the little girl answered, “but I miss daddy though” Esperanza added with a pout.“Should we go and see him?”“Can we do that?” The little girl was very excited, “can we really go and see daddy?”“Of course, we can” As Vanessa picked up her daughter from the ground, her countenance changed when she saw her sister in front of her and she didn’t look pleased at all.“I can see you also followed me to this school” she blurted, “I wonder what more you want to do”“Why?” Bianca sneered, “you think I will be dead by now because you told mr Baxter to come and threaten me?”“Mummy, do you know her?” Paige inquired.“Of course sweetie” Vanessa responded, “i know your mummy so well”“Hey baby” Bianca bent in front of her, “don’t bother listening to her okay! We should just lea
“Oh sorry” Bianca said as she bumped into someone at the mall, “I didn’t see you there” after talking, she raised her head to see the man in front of her.Dressed in a pair of causal joggers and a white T-shirt to match, Nathan had his head covered with a face cap and a nose mask to protect his face from the dotting eyes of people. He wasn’t expecting to see the lady in front of him at the mall and for a moment, he froze.She was also dressed in a pair of baggy pants and a baggy shirt atop it, she looked like a regular rich woman and not the rich Bianca Baxter.“I wasn’t expecting to see you here” Nathan spoke up.“I didn’t realize that you own the mall” she responded with an eye roll and made to walk away but Nathan held her hand and yanked her closer to himself,“What the hell do you think you are doing?”“You almost bumped into someone” the big boss answered, “I was just trying to protect you from that”“I can take care of myself” with that, she pushed him away before walking awa
Vanessa was fuming up and down as she watched Nathan’s interview. How could he do something like that in front of the whole world?“Nessa?” Mrs Hernandez called as he walked up to her, “are you okay?”“Am I okay?” She scoffed, “can you see what Nathan is doing?”Louisa’s forehead creased into a frown as she turned her attention to the television and after a few seconds, the frown on her face intensified.“Nathan!!!!” She gritted her teeth before picking up her phone and in a few minutes, the person from the other end answered.“Chairwoman” Bruno’s voice filtered into her ears from the other end of the line.“How could you let this happen?” Louisa gritted her teeth, “Aren’t you supposed to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again?”“We are trying to get PR to solve the case ma’am” bruno answered, “I wasn’t expecting the big boss to do something like this”“Better handle it and tell Nathan to come home now” After talking, Mrs Hernandez ended the call and flung the phone on th
The door to his office pushed open and she gently sauntered into the room. Xavier, who was busy with a document, immediately turned his attention to her and stood up. He didn’t flash her any smile as usual but part of him was happy to have her back.“Hey, you”“Aren’t you excited to see me?” Bianca asked him, her face also expressionless.“You are finally here” Xavier forced himself to say, “i actually thought you might not come back but here you are”“Are you upset?” Bianca couldn’t help but ask him as he came face to face with her, “why…“Why?” Xavier flared up while raking his hand through his hair, “how can you casually walk into my office and ask if I am upset B? Of course I am” he paused for a moment, his eyes not leaving hers for even a second,“ I am upset and it's all your fault. How could you just discard me after being with Nathan? Do I mean nothing to you at all?“I said we were going to talk about it when I get back, right?” She inquired, “and I am sorry okay? I was just v
Audrey was all set and ready to leave, she was just giving the finishing touches to her hair when her door pushed open and her aunt sauntered into the room with a smile on her face.“I can see you are all ready to leave?” She asked Bianca while lowering herself on the bed.“Yes aunt” she replied, “fashion week starts next week, I have to put the finishing touches to things”“Well” aunt Aurora shrugged, “your flight leaves in an hour, I was hoping you could spare me a few minutes. I want to discuss something with you, child”A small frown appeared on Bianca’s forehead, now she was wondering what her aunt wanted to talk about.“Of course aunt” she walked over to the bed and gently perched on it, “I am all ears”Aunt Aurora heaved a sigh before turning her full attention to Bianca, a look of pain and sadness looming in her eyes.“My dear” she began almost immediately, “don’t you think it is high time you forgive Nathan for what he did to you?”The frown on Bianca’s face intensified and s
The moment Nathan’s car came to a halt in front of the building, he immediately unbuttoned his suit before making his way towards the reception.This was one of the biggest hotels in New York and he was wondering why his blackmailer asked him to be here. Wasn’t this too exquisite?“Hello sir” the receptionist flashed him a smile, “welcome to sugar”“I am here to see Mr Stefan,” he answered.“One second” the lady muttered and began to type away on her system. After a few seconds, she looked up at him again with a smile on her lips.“Yes, he is expecting you. He is by the poolside”With one last nod, he made his way towards the pool and only one man was seated under a nice shade. Nathan knew he was the caller and didn’t waste time in walking toward him but he was immediately stopped by his guards, a gesture that made his forehead crease into a frown.“Let him go,” Stefan said from where he was seated.Rolling his eyes, the big boss walked up to him and he didn’t even bother to hide the
Dressed in a pair of blue tailored suit, Nathan pulled his hair into a neat bun before making his way out of the room. It was a weekend and everyone was at home, including audrey. It was already an hour to his flight, he didn’t want to miss it. As much as he wanted to stay with Paige, he knew Esperanza also needed him.So with that at the back of his head, he heaved a sigh before walking up to Paige who looked like she was about to cry.“Are you really leaving?” Even if she was just a child, Paige had come to love Nathan more than anything in the world. She was not aware of her relationship with him yet but despite that, she loved him more than the world,“I thought you said you wanted to stay with me”Nathan gently cupped her tiny hands in his own hands and pressed a kiss on her forehead, he felt like a groom leaving his wife behind at the wedding alter,“I have to leave, princess” he said after a while, “something urgent came up and I have to go okay?”“But can I come with you?” Tea
It was already past eight in the night when a soft knock resonated on the door of the room and Bianca gently opened her eyes before making her way to the door and when she saw who it was, her countenance changed. What the heck was he doing so late at night? Wasn’t he tired? Her head was throbbing and she just wanted to go back to bed.“Why are you here, Nathan?” She asked him from the door, not bothering to even invite him into the room, “it is already so late and you are here?”“Can we talk?” The big boss questioned, his voice bland and without any emotions, “I can not sleep and I think we should talk”Bianca rolled her eyes to the back of her head and glanced into the room. Her daughter was sleeping peacefully on the bed and she didn’t want to wake her up.“What exactly do you want to talk about Nathan?” She akdes again, “we have been talking without any new words, I am really not In the mood to talk to you”“We can either talk here in our daughter’s presence or away from her hearin
Xavier gulped at her question and he raked his hand through his hair. He was definitely not expecting what she had just said.He raked his hand through his hair as he stood up from his reclining chair and walked up to the large window that served as a wall in his office.“What are you saying, Bianca?” He was completely lost for words.“You like me, don’t you?” She asked from the other end, “I think we should get married, what do you think?“Why are you suddenly saying all this, B?” He couldn’t help but ask, “did Nathan do something? Are you okay? Should I come over?” She heaved a sigh from the other end and he realized she was just stressed out. His heart broke for a split second, he actually thought she meant it but she wanted to use him to get away from Nathan again. The mere thought of him annoyed me to the core of my being.“You know what?” Bianca began to talk again, “it was a mistake” not bothering to wait for his response, she ended the call while Xavier balled his hand into a
Dressed in a pair of black flay pants and a crisp white shirt neatly tucked into her pants, Louisa made her way into the vip room and she was not surprised to see him standing near the window looking as dashing as always.This was the first man she ever fell in love with and even if she knew that nothing was ever going to happen between them again, she was quite aware that Stefan was always ready to do anything for her. Anything at all.With that at the back of her head, she pressed towards him with an expressionless look hovering over her face.When Stefan heard her walk into the room, he immediately turned to her and for a moment he was tongue tied. This was the woman he had not seen face to face for years and she still looked stunning, how he wished.“I thought you were not going to come” he said while taking slow steps towards her“And here I am”Louisa answered, “we should get straight to business”After talking, she slowly lowered herself on the chair in the room while crossing o
A tall looking man was seated on a reclining chair, a cigarette protruding from his mouth while a glass of whiskey is seated beside him.He is well built with his muscles peeking out of his crisp white shirt while his bare chest had a lot of visible tattoos.His door pushed open and another man sauntered into the room before bowing lightly.“Boss” he greeted, “you sent for me”“I have a job for you, Augusto” he turned his attention to the man who had just entered the room.“I am at your service boss” Augusto answered, “just give the order”“Louisa called,” the man announced again and Augusto's forehead creased into a slight frown when he heard the name. This was a name he had not heard for years and suddenly she was back into their lives? How was that even possible! How did she even get Stefan’s number again?“You are surprised right?” Stefan inquired, “I can see the look on your face” he puffed smoke out of his mouth again.“I have not heard her name for years now boss” Augusto respo
It was already past seven in the evening when Nathan made his way downstairs from his daughter’s room. After having an argument with Bianca, he decided to book a hotel for the night and moreover he didn’t want to stay in a house full of women.“Where are you going?” Aunt Aurora, who was seated in the living room, asked him, “I cleaned up the guest room for you,” she added.“Thank you aunty but I have already booked a hotel, I will come back tomorrow to check on her”“Did you tell Bianca you were leaving?”He shrugged as a painful smile appeared on his face,“She wouldn’t care, thank you so much for taking care of my daughter. I really appreciate”“I am doing it for my niece and not you, Nathan” she told him and he nodded at her.“I will take my leave now”Aunt Aurora didn’t bother to stop him, she knew he was going through a lot too. It was not easy for him just as it was not easy for Bianca.“Wait” a voice called out to him and he halted, Bianca was coming down from the stairs and s