Xavier sat by his grandfather's side on the hospital bed, Mr Smith was slowly drifting out of his comatose state and gradually regaining his consciousness."Grandfather.." Xavier whispered, he was bent over, staring keenly at the elderly man's face to see if there were any signs of him waking up, his grandfather's brows lifted slightly to his relief.He rang a bell by the bedside to alert a nurse, less than a minute later, a female doctor walked into the hospital ward, accompanied by some nurses who held trays with medicines in them." We're going to wake him up completely now" The doctor explained to Xavier, she picked a syringe from one of the trays and drew liquid from a glass vial into the syringe.She injected the content of the syringe into the bag of intravenous drip that was going into Mr Smith's body."Is he well?" Xavier asked the doctor, he looked hopefully at the doctor."He's still extremely weak as there are still signs of the poison in his body but right now he's strong
Mr Smith wanted the wedding done as soon as possible, which means little time to round up preparations. He was to be discharged from the hospital a day before the wedding.It was going to be a grand wedding, maybe not as grand as it was meant to be initially but it was not lacking in terms of elegance and class.The wedding will be held tomorrow and Celine had to make a quick stop at the dress shop for the final fittings of her wedding dress. Alexis went with her . "I see the way you both look at yourselves, so fondly. You didn't tell me you've fallen this deeply " Alexis teased, Celine was twirling in front of a mirror in a gown and was admiring the neckline."Eh…it's just happened" she shrugged, looking away trying to hide to blush on her face, but she was too late as Alexis already saw it."Ooh ..look at you blushing at the thought of him. I'm sure you really want to see his face…too bad .." Alexis teased further."I could just facetime him…" Celine tried to reach for her phone b
"Your F"cking wife!" Maria had screamed before she passed on. Xavier's face fell as he stared at her lifeless body. To think he had really felt an iota of sympathy for her and yet here she was ruining his bride's name with her final breath…"How dare you…" he muttered under his breath and stood away from her dead body."Did you like my wedding present?" A deep, dark voice sounded at the door and like earlier, all eyes turned towards the door. It was Celine's turn to be shocked…"What in heaven's name…." She murmured as her eyes met Zack's cold eyes.'What is he doing here? I thought he had finally left my life for good ' she thought to herself…She stared at him as he made his way towards where Maria's dead body lay and kicked it, he had a gun in one hand and a knife in the other…"This gun eh…" Zack said with a maniacal smile on his face, "no don't be scared.." he said seeing that people's faces were already pale with fear. "It's not mine.." He pointed the nozzle to Maria's still bod
Zack had been arrested and Maria was dead, The wedding didn't turn out to be anyone's dream wedding but still Xavier and Celine were legally married and their bond couldn't have gotten any more stronger.The couple put in their best effort to let go of the memory of the incident that happened at their wedding ceremony and channeled all of their energy into enjoying their honeymoon.The honeymoon was enough to make up for the horrible mess of a wedding they had and they were okay with it.Sadly, their honeymoon had to be cut short as Celine had to return to the university for her finals and Xavier had to take over running the family business fully as Mr. Smith had officially retired. "I didn't want my death to meet me behind an office desk." Mr Smith had joked at his retirement party."My grandson, here,..."He said, raising his wine glass towards Xavier who stood hands intertwined with his wife. "He is very smart and diligent and I'm glad to announce to you all that Smith group of co
He was biting at his nails… they weren't neat, dirt had found its way into the gap between the nail and the flesh of his finger but he didn't care, he was lost in thought. Time was ticking, the moment was drawing near and nearer. Finally, all that he had suffered for was finally going to be worth it, all he needed was a reason to finally leave this hellhole of a place. He needed to cause a distraction, one big enough to enable him to slip away from this place without being seen, after that all he needed was a simple conversation with Celine and that would be it, the end of Xavier Smith. 'if only Xavier knew what was coming to him' Zack thought and snickered devilishly."Hey, Inmate 5467, it's time for duty" a prison Warden called from outside his cell room, snapping him out of his wild imagination. Zack gave a hiss at the unwarranted interruption but he had no choice but to oblige. After all, being a model inmate was all part of the plan. 5 MONTHS LATER… .Celine woke up with a split
Zack was sitting on the floor in his jailroom, his jaw was supporting his chin, he was lost in thoughts. He had been writing letters to Celine from the prison; he was wondering if she got any of the numerous letters he had sent. He was sure he got the address correctly. It wasn't easy getting her new address, he had to write to lots of other people who knew her before one of them finally gave in and let him in on her new address. It was in a fancy neighborhood but Zack didn't care, all he wanted was to get through to Celine. Their plan had to still be in place, right? He was thinking, "all she had with the rich kid was just a facade…" he murmured to himself."Bang!!" There was a loud bang coming from outside his cell… Zack jumped up with a start, he didn't know what to do? Was there a riot? He moved towards the cell gate and tried peeking through the bars….he could see the prison guards shuffling through…they were angrily hitting the bars with their batons…Zack hastily removed his han
"I'm pregnant?..." Celine asked, eyes wide opened in shock…she couldn't believe she was going to be a mom very soon."Yes baby…we are having a baby…" Xavier responded, holding her tighter."This is the best news ever!!"Celine's joy knew no bounds, she was finally living the life she had always dreamed of, she could imagine seeing her kid smiling into her eyes….she squealed at the thought."I'm so happy for us Celine…"Xavier started to say "But we might have a little problem" He said, bursting the bubble.Celine signed as her shoulders sunk down, she knew what the problem was, it was Zack. She was beginning to wonder just how foolish and naive she must have been to have been in love with him once upon a time. How come she didn't see all his red flags. He was so sweet when they were together until things went sour and he became an alcoholic."You must have seen the news too.." she told her husband. "He wouldn't dare come near me." Celine said, half mindedly, she knew that what she said
Zack kept hitting the car window signaling to Celine to open it. "You have nowhere else to run to" he screamed from outside.Celine could feel her anger boiling at this point, why was he after her life so bad... what was it that she owed him that he tortured her so much with his existence. Picking her phone from her car's dashboard, she hurriedly dialed Xavier's number. Zack sensed that she was calling for help so he brought out a hammer from his pocket and started hitting the car window with it. "Come out of the car, Celine" he said while hitting the window, there was a crack on the window and he kept hitting.Xavier picked up the call as soon as it went through "Celine?".. he called from the other end of the line, he could hear her breathing heavily from her end of the line, he stood abruptly from the end of the desk where he sat, the meeting needed to stop, his wife needed him. "What is it?" He was beginning to hear the sound of glass smashing. "Where are you?"Celine was aware th