Jennifer glanced at Avalon who was equally as surprised as she was. His father literally told her to show him what she is made of. That has to be good news, right? "Sir?" Jennifer said. "What…did you say to me right now?" She asked, not because she didn't hear him correctly the first time but because she wanted to be sure she was not being anxious over nothing. "I believe you heard me clearly the first time," Mr Hall replied. His face was without any sort of expression. That made it even more serious. There was no way of saying what he had in mind or what he would probably be thinking. "Dad, are you being serious right now?" Avalon asked. The man got up to his feet. "Does it look like I'm not? Have you ever seen your father play around, especially over important matters like this?" Avalon knew better than to go on with his questions. He just glanced at Jennifer and kept mute. He could tell the pretty lady was already being set on edge by his father. He just hoped that she
Avalon too was in total shock. He had no idea Jennifer was a genius. He just knew she was a good girl who was good with whatever she did. She did mention to him a couple of times that she was good with numbers. But not even his wildest imaginations could he have imagined that the same lady he had been talking casually with was a super human being. "What…did you just say?" Mr Hall asked with eyes that were bulging out. He was surprised and could not hide it. In fact, beyond surprise, one could say he was shocked. The surprise was for what he had witnessed. He already had different brains looking at the screen for a good while at different times. He too had spent time looking at the screen. But somehow,this lady he called riff raff was able to pull it off without any assistance. She did it in less than five freaking minutes!!! "I'm pretty sure you have had different people look at this. And somehow, none of them was able to figure it out." "Oh my goodness," Mr Hall said. "You are
Jennifer could clearly remember the day she gave him that name for the automobile business. As at that time, it was only a dream, something he wanted to do. So, she knew it was him. That name belonged to someone she used to imagine her future with. But she got brutally stabbed in the back. "Donald?" Mr Hall asked. "Who is this person? It can't be the Donald I know." Donald was initially a president in the business. Mr Hall always knew him as someone who was industrious and gave him his trust. In recent times, Mr Hall had to step down from his position as the Chief Executive Officer of the business. He needed his son to step in. But Avalon wasn't ready. He had just returned to the country and needed time to breathe. There was just one candidate very suitable for the office at that time. And it was no other person than Donald. "You made him the Chief Executive Officer of the business just recently," Avalon replied and scoffed. Mr Hall could see the look of sadness on Jennifer's
Avalon grabbed her shoulders. "If this is a joke,you have to stop it right now." Jennifer smiled at him. "I wish I was joking. But I'm not, Avalon. I'm sorry but I have to go to where I will keep my respect." "And where exactly is that?" Mr Hall asked. Jennifer had no response to give him as an answer. Truth was,she knew that there was nowhere for her to go. No one valued her as she should. The only people that she thought really cared for her were fake people. They never did. And one of those morons was just discovered to be a thief. "Do you even have such a place in your life?" Mr Hall asked. Avalon threw a glare at his own father. He was too brazen with his words. "Father!" He said in anger. "You can't keep up like this!" "At least, not having a place like that is still more worthwhile than being with people who only value you because of the use they can make of you." "Jenny, you have to calm down," Avalon said. "It's not like that. I can assure you about th
Two days later, Donald was dressed for work. He was already dressed but needed to get his tie fixed properly. He stood in front of the mirror while doing so. While he looked in the mirror, his memory played the tape of Jennifer lying on his bed. He looked back. There was no one there. As a matter of fact, he was the only breathing soul in the entire room. That kind of made him miss Jennifer. When she was around, he didn't have to struggle with his tie in the morning before leaving for work. She would gladly walk up to him and have it fixed properly. Well, there was no one to do it. A couple of moments later, he stepped out of the staircase and into the living room. Lucy idled with her phone on one of the couches. On seeing her, Donald felt flushed away. He threw his gaze to the dining room. The table was empty. Damn it! She made nothing for him to have for breakfast again. "Babe," he called her. Lucy got up. "Sweetheart,you are already dressed." "Yes, I am." Lucy crossed her
Donald scanned his head for a possible answer to the question. But he had none to give to her. He too was really curious about Jennifer. He spent most of the time thinking about her. He just had that unending curiosity to know what she was up to. Could she have moved on from him? That shouldn't be the case. He wanted Jennifer to keep back to him. That way, he would have peace of mind. He had paid Ms Mabel to have her sacked because he was very certain that she would come fuming to him. It was his only way of seeing her face once more. He never expected that she would really move on from him so quickly. To even think of the fact that she settled for an ordinary cab driver was enough reason for him to go nuts. "I have no idea," he replied. "But is that not really strange?" Lucy asked. "Is it supposed to be strange?" Donald asked. She sat down and rubbed her palms. "I mean, it's just unlike her to keep calm. Or does it mean she has moved on already? If that's the case, then i
About thirty minutes later, Donald drove into the parking lot of Mr Hall's enormous premises. His joy knew no bounds. His grins stretched from one ear to the other. He was proud of himself. He had literally achieved many things in his life. And yeah,if he would get his hands on the crown of the Avalon Group, that would be the most appropriate way to seal his labor. With a smile of relief and self appraisal, he got out of the car and headed into the big mansion. It was one of the biggest honors in his life. Mr Hall was a very discreet man. He led a really quiet life that didn't have to do with many people. If anyone ever got the opportunity to visit his home, it was a clear indication that such a person already won the lottery to his heart. Well, was he supposed to be surprised by this sudden invitation? Not at all. Considering the way the man has treated him recently, it was just to be expected that one of these days, he would get a call up to the big house.
When the day finally came, Donald made sure to be dressed in his most expensive suit. He even had to get himself a brand new Bugatti to match perfectly with the big day. Unlike any other occasion where the chairman would announce the next to the over and step down from his position, this one was special. It had to do with the prestigious man called Mr Hall. The Avalon Group was not just any average establishment. It belonged to the most influential business Mogul in the entire country. Just after their discussion two days ago, Mr Hall went online and announced that he would be stepping down from his position in two days. And today, the media houses were flooding the whole premises. This was a big scoop for everyone. They all wanted to capture the moment live. Donald's phone rang. It was Lucy. "Hello,babe," he said as he picked the call. "I'm watching everything live from here," Lucy said. "Make me proud, okay? You can
Meanwhile, Vicky, on the other hand, was feeling frustrated. Not because she had not gotten what she wanted—of course she always wanted Mike, and now she had him. What else could she possibly want except one thing? To give him a child. Yes, she always said that she would be able to easily give Mike a child. But now that she's in the same situation as Jennifer, it seems as though she could not even do what Jennifer could do. Despite always getting intimate with Mike, she was unable to bring a child for him at all. Instead, it was after a long time that she got pregnant. She was surprised because during those weeks, two weeks or more, she was not in any intimate session with Mike, but she got pregnant. That was when she realized the pregnancy was definitely not for Mike and was for her boyfriend, Ronald. She went to see the doctor to confirm, and he told her the pregnancy was just a few days old, which clearly meant it belonged to Ronald. She felt so frustrated and thought she sho
“Why are you shouting at me? Don’t you remember what happened?” she shouted back, but Mike couldn’t recall anything, his mind blank from the alcohol. “You planned this, didn’t you?” he accused, hoping it was all a dream. “How could I plan this? Did I take you to the bar to get drunk?” she replied, feigning anger while secretly enjoying the situation. Mike realized that while being drunk was his fault, he couldn’t entirely blame Vicky. He stood silently, looking at her before speaking. “You won’t tell anyone about this. Jennifer must not find out. I made a mistake, and it won't happen again. Do you understand?” he said. Vicky, knowing that once Mike had been intimate with her, he would want more, just nodded. “Why would I tell Jennifer? I want the best for your marriage. This was your mistake, and I warned you about it. But here you are, finally making that huge mistake,” she said, grabbing the bedsheet and leaving the room. Mike sat on the bed, frustrated and confused about
“I am not running away from you. Get that into your head. I’m just going out, okay? You can stay and do whatever you want. I don’t plan on getting involved with you again. I made a huge mistake getting involved with you, and I won’t go back on it. Instead, I’ll avoid it as much as possible,” Mike said to Vicky. Deep down, he wanted to give in to his lust and pursue her, but he knew that would lead to complications. He believed that if he indulged, Vicky would begin to threaten him. What Mike thought wasn’t how Vicky felt. She was madly in love with him and believed he was all she needed. Vicky knew that if she pressured him, she would lose him again. Watching Mike step out of his room earlier, she noticed his conflicted feelings. She recognized it as lust and planned to use it to her advantage. She nodded slowly, allowing Mike to pass. As he walked away, she bit her lip, determined to win him over. She couldn’t believe someone like Jennifer had him and didn’t appreciate him enough t
When Vicky looked at him, he walked away almost immediately. But Jennifer, who seemed so happy to see Vicky back, helped Vicky with her luggage. She opened the door back to Vicky's room, only for Vicky to see that everything was still intact and Jennifer had not changed anything. She looked at Jennifer with a teary face as Jennifer hugged her once again. “Of course you don't think that I would let my husband chase you away like that. I knew that you would come back. I just needed to persuade him. But for me to do that, you had to leave first. That is why I did not change anything in the room. I left it exactly the way it was because I wanted you. I wanted you back. And I don't want to stay with Mom because that's a lot of torture. I know the kind of person she can be sometimes, and for someone like you who is so open-minded, you two would just end up fighting each other all day long,” Jennifer said to Vicky. As Vicky was arranging all her things, she thought of a good plan. She
Even though Vicky had left just as Mike wanted, he couldn't help but see that Jennifer was not happy about it. She was most definitely not happy that her sister had left, and now Mike was happy. But she was missing Vicky, and most especially since Jennifer did not have the heart to be cruel to anyone, she felt that she was being too wicked to her sister. She worried that her sister might continue to misjudge her for as long as possible, and that alone caused a lot of thinking for Jennifer. It had been two nights since Vicky left when Jennifer finally spoke to Mike about how she felt. Mike was in the sitting room scrolling through his phone when she sat beside him. He turned to her and noticed her sad expression as he dropped his phone and moved closer to her, wrapping his arm around her. She choked back tears but did not smile. He looked at her and raised her chin so they would be staring into each other's eyes as he shook his head sideways. “You are not supposed to act this way. Wh
Meanwhile, Jennifer, who was unable to understand what was going on, refused to accept the fact that Mike would say such a thing about her sister. Even though Vicky was very rude and quite stubborn, she would never say her sister would want to ruin her marriage, no matter what. For that reason, she could never believe what Mike said. She shook her head sideways, stood up from the bed, and faced Mike as she placed her hand on his shoulder and lifted his chin with her right hand, looking deep into his eyes. “Trust me, Vicky would never want anything bad for me,” she said. “In short, Vicky cares about me, and she just wants the best for me. She always says it, and just so you know, she's the one putting in so much effort and so much of her time so that I can get pregnant for you and let our marriage flourish. So when you say that Vicky wants to do something like that, I am not going to believe it, no matter what you tell me. I could never believe something like that.” Jennifer contin
As Vicky watched Mike walk away, she couldn’t help but feel more determined. She could see it in the way he was a bit hesitant that he still wanted her and would want to be with her. “If he got the chance, I would definitely use this against him. I would come back another day. I would not just give up. Instead, this was like motivation for me to do better,” she said to herself and then left the apartment. Meanwhile, Mike was inside his room feeling frustrated about himself. He couldn’t even take a rest or even take a quick nap because he was so frustrated. He could not understand why he even had the thought of thinking or even cheating on Jennifer with Vicky. Vicky looked like somebody who didn’t even know what she wanted. Mike decided to take a quick rest. But a few minutes after he had tried all his best to sleep, Jennifer walked into the room looking all exhausted. As she rushed towards him with her hands wide open, Mike also stood up as they hugged
Vicky wasted no time in getting closer to Mike as her shoulders bumped with his. He looked at her from head to toe, and that was when Mike also realized that she was dressed very skimpily. Even the way she sat down felt like she was opening her body totally to him. Mike tried his best just to look away because he did not want to get involved with Vicky in any way.“Don’t try to act slutty. I didn’t expect you to be slutty in any way. Why are you trying to touch me this way? Jennifer was not here. You can go back to your room now,” Mike said to Vicky, who shook her head sideways.“You can’t tell me to leave. I know you want me. I know you need me here. It was obvious I could see it in you. So stop trying to push me away because at the end of the day, you need me even more,” Vicky said to Mike, even though she doubted that Mike might actually fall for it.Meanwhile, Mike contemplated that he really did need someone, and Jennifer seemed to be busy these few days, and he wanted a child in
Vicky arrived at her sister's house and knocked on the door only to be stunned to see that it was Mike who answered the door.He looked at her with an expressionless face and just walked in. She followed behind him and squealed in happiness as she felt so much joy at the fact that she would be alone with Mike. She quickly covered up her excitement with a frown on her face as she looked around like she was still searching for Jennifer.Mike sat on the chair and crossed his leg, and then his attention went back to Vicky who was still standing and trying to act all polite. "Where is Jennifer?" she had said with a quiet tone as Mike rolled his eyes at her."Are you really looking for Jennifer? Because she left and I'm more than sure she would have told you about it that she's going somewhere," Mike had said and went back to scrolling through his phone.Jennifer did not know how to come up with her plan but she knew that today was going to be her chance to get Mike to like her. "This was a