Chapter 1*5pm..**Riverview Cemetery *Lisa's POVHe is late…Did he forget what today is already? How can he miss such an important day? Today happens to be my parents death anniversary and my husband was supposed to pick up the flowers. I brought out my phone, running out of patience already. The weather feels so calm and showing signs that it might rain later tonight, meaning I need to go home early.. I dialed Daniel’s number and it was out of reach…Good God!!! I place my left hand on my head in frustration. How on earth am I going to reach him? Should I be worried? He owes me an explanation for not coming.. I took a deep breath with my eyes closed and my hands rearranging my hair.. I believe my late parents will understand. If I had known my husband would not show up today, I could have gone there myself to pick up the flowers myself.I sat close to my parents grave, I remembered when I heard the news of my parents death last year. I was ruined completely, losing both parents t
Chapter 2*7AM**DANIEL Fletcher MANSIOn*Lisa's POV I slowly opened my eyes and moved my hands gently to check if he was next to me. I thought wrong. He has left already. Is this his new way of doing things now? Coming home late in the evening and leaving very early in the morning.I just need to calm down a bit and get ready for work. I was feeling nauseous. In the bathroom, about to turn on the shower, I ended up throwing up. Don’t tell me I have fallen sick already.. Come on, not today. I need to be fully okay so I will be able to teach my students. Oh mine is Friday,, I guess I will visit the hospital to carry out a general checkup so I can know what is wrong with me and commence treatment already. I hope when he returns home tonight, things will be better and I will make sure our conversation doesn't end up in a serious argument again.I managed to have my bath and made some chocolate tea as I drove off to school. I recited a poem to the kids and I loved the way they smiled whi
Chapter 3*11am **BEDROOM*Lisa's POV Why am I feeling so weak like I had a lot to drink? I struggled to get off the bed. Is it because I am pregnant? My head is banging really hard.. Where is everyone? How did I even end up in my bedroom? I remembered I was eating with Rosa and her boyfriend.. I felt dizzy but someone helped me and I presume that person might be my husband. Maybe he helped me home. Gosh, now I didn’t even get the chance to tell him about us being pregnant. This is one of the worst birthdays ever, I can’t even remember a thing that took place on my 25th birthday. I walked sluggishly to the bathroom to freshen up. Thank the Lord it’s Saturday, I will be able to get enough rest and my husband will be home early today, so we can catch up and I am hundred percent sure he will be the happiest man on earth once he discovers we are pregnant. I picked up my phone and saw tons of missed calls from Daniel. What happened? Why was he calling when he set up a surprise birthday
Chapter 4Lisa's POV I remained on the floor all night trying to tell myself I was dreaming, Daniel could never cheat on me right? I need to wake up from this bad dream and face reality….What hurts the most is the fact that all these are real.. Does this mean men are born to cheat? I am not his girlfriend but his wife…his wife.. How could he do this to me? I did everything right from the day I became his wife. I didn’t love him to this level but he was such a dotty husband that led me on and made me fall deeply. I don’t deserve any of this ….. I cried non-stop and just like that I dozed off right on the spot. What’s weird was the face I had a dream about seeing Amanda telling me, “Men are scorn, I told you before, no matter how good a wife you are to them, it’s never enough, learn to live with it..” Turning to the other direction I saw Daniel engaging his new mistress and I got kicked out.I cried from the dream to reality, the tears still in my eyes… What am I going to do now? Sho
Chapter 5*Five Years Later*Lisa’s POVI slowly opened my eyes, it’s a brand new day, thank you heavenly Father for the gift of life. I said my short prayer and pressed the green button. Immediately the door opened with all the maid rushing in and staying in a straight line in both directions of my bed.“Good morning Madam Graham, we trust you had a restful night’s sleep?” They said in unison and their heads lowered down in respect.“Yes I did.” I replied with a big smile, I know today is going to be great. Getting off the bed, the maid in charge of my slippers rushed to place it close to me so I could wear it.“Madam Graham, it’s time for you to have your bath..” “Okay.” They slowly took off my clothes and prepared my bath for me. I won’t lie, I enjoy this luxurious life, I will never get tired of it. As soon as I finished having my bath, I dried up and applied the lotion on my skin, I wore my underwear , sat close to my dressing mirror with my legs crossed thinking of what outfit
Chapter 6Lisa’s POVJust as Vera made mention of his name, the rage inside me awakened and my mood changed just like a bulb switch.. Daniel Fletcher that bastard!!!!!… I have waited patiently to get my revenge and I will never forgive him.. I would have lost everything if Vera didn’t step in at the right time to help me…I looked at Vera and gave a brief sly smile, “I think this is a sign Vera…..” I paused looking out the window, “It’s obvious my ex-husband doesn’t know I am The Graham precious daughter.”“You are right, he doesn’t have a clue about it, why don’t we turn him down as a way to get back at him?” She suggested..“Too easy….” I said, returning my gaze to her..“So what do you suggest we do?”“Hummm. What should we do? But then again… I can’t stop thinking.. How on earth did he.. I mean the once almighty Daniel Fletcher ends up asking for a loan? He runs his family estate so well or should I say God is fighting my battles? It’s about time..” I laughed out loud as soon as I
Chapter 7Lisa’s POVAmanda came in as soon as possible. I know you all are surprised, yeah Amanda was once my colleague at New Elementary School, she got divorced after everything her husband did to her and little Mirabel is already 7, she also attends the same school with my twins and Vera son. One happy family succeeding with our hard work. I made her in charge of the Philanthropic Arm of supporting women, she is really doing a great job at the Graham foundation.“Thanks for coming.” I hugged her, “You know I don’t joke with my duties and also I missed you, handling affairs of the ladies is not really easy,can’t wait for weekends so we can have time for ourselves.” She said with a smile beaming on her face.“Same here.” The lawyer assigned to the foundation was also with her, we sat down with Vera beside me.“Mrs Sophia,now Amanda is here please tell us everything..Every little detail also matters and also no lies please, be transparent like a glass in everything you say,..” Vera s
Chapter 8Lisa’s POV*LADIES NIGHT*As usual, the maids brought in several outfits. I decided to go with the silver gown and heels with fitting accessories. They did my make up and I was all set. Ladies night is something I do for fun with my friends, that’s the only time I forget about work and other stress. The only moment I have fun. This time around. I decided to use my private yacht owned by the Graham for fun. This is the only time I drive my car myself, the others already on their way to the location I shared for them. We arrived at the location and we got on board with the team carrying out their duties…“Tonight is going to be a blast, how wish we could pay some male strippers so we can go wild.” Cynthia suggested.“Hell no.” Vere kicked against it, same as Amanda..“You guys are no fun at all, well after tonight, I am getting one, just to get down there working.”“Gross!!!! Can someone please check if Cynthia is okay? She deserves an award for tasting all the dicks….” I teas
Chapter 17Lisa’s POVI shut the door at once and faced Vera who couldn’t look into my eyes, “Don’t look at me like that…” She said and I gave her a deadly glare.“I was trying to tell you but you were so filled with rage all because I mentioned Eugene…”“Really?” I snarled at her.“Okay fine, he wouldn’t leave and insisted he needed to speak with you about the project he is working on but if you ask me…” She moved closer to me and whispered to my hearing, “Or maybe it’s working, I guess you made him jealous last night so get your revenge, I will cancel the other meetings.” “I guess so and I am sorry the way I yelled at you, I got worked out so don’t be angry at me.”“I understand.” We hugged each other and she took her leave while I took a deep breath walking into my office to find out why my ex-husband wants to see me. Maybe Vera is right,he is jealous judging from the way he left the dining room last night.“Why are you here?” I asked rudely, avoiding looking at him while I took
Chapter 16Lisa’s POV I thought about it over and over again, what am I going to do now? I really need him to play along with me when it comes to my plan in getting revenge. It’s not that he could harm me or something. He doesn't look like someone who would want to force himself on me against my will. I will just sleep over, it’s just for tonight and that’s all.I let out a smile and faced him, “Why are you smiling? Is that a yes?” He asked, looking at me with those cute eyes of his.“Yes, I will sleep over, if that’s enough to prove to you that I am not upset with..” He didn’t let me finish when he hugged me feeling so excited and he pulled my hands in saying he has a lot of things to tell me about.He looks like a kid now looking so happy to behold his mother. I know he told me he never got the opportunity to enjoy life with his mother because she died when he was just a kid.We talked about a lot of things, at first I thought I was just playing along but I kind of enjoyed each con
Chapter 15Lisa’s POVI felt fulfilled seeing how Daniel left the dining room but I just had to put on an acting face of being worried, wondering why he left that way.“Is my food not up to his liking?” I asked Eugene, playing along so well.“Don’t say that my love, your food is top notch.”“But why did he leave that way? Does he hate me? You know I want each of your relatives to accept us so we can have a blessed union.” I said to him acting really sad.“Baby, he likes you okay, he approves of you too, he is just being stressed and that’s all, I will speak with him now and thank you for the food.” He held my hands and looked at me with those cute hazel eyes.“Stop looking at me like that.” I said in a hurry taking my hands off and standing on my feet ready to clear the dishes. “I am sorry if I did something wrong.”“Your cousin needs you and stop saying sorry to me when you did nothing wrong,it’s annoying ..” I said walking away with some of the dishes to avoid him. He pisses me o
Chapter 14Lisa’s POVAfter the hug,he finally hugged his cousin with a smile on his face, “It’s been ages man, I guess the last time we saw was the last christmas when I was 16.” Eugene said bringing up their old memories.“Your memories are still intact, I am happy to see you, cousin.” “That doesn’t mean I have forgiven you,ever since that day,you stopped communicating with me, I don’t know what I did wrong but I gave space too.”“Come on, that’s all in the past now, let’s not ruin your coming to town.” They hugged again, I could read the look on Daniel’s face to Eugene. “Oh, my bad, meet Lisa Graham, my girlfriend, the lady I wish to spend the rest of my life with.” He finally introduced me. Did he just say he wants to spend his rest of his life with me? Come on, I am not even taking this relationship very seriously. He needs to stop having a future vision of what will never happen. “Baby, meet my cousin Daniel Fletcher.” He pulled me closer, “Nice to meet you Daniel, your cousi
Chapter 13Lisa’s POVI returned home early, had my bath and was ready for action. I brought out my phone and dialed Eugene's number.He didn’t even let the call ring for seconds, it was like he was expecting my call already.“Lisa, I am so happy you called.” He said with excitement, I thought he would be so upset with me because I have been snubbing him for a very long time. Even when he tries to reach me, I never pick his calls or return it either. And here I was thinking on how to start a conversation with him and also apologies. I guess everything is working out for me already, he just made it so easy.“Eugene, I am so sorry I have not been..” He interrupted me at once, “Please Lisa, don’t apologize to me, you did nothing wrong, I know you are a Graham and you have a lot of things to handle, so you are always busy.” He said, gosh, how could he be this caring when I have been harsh and rude towards him.“It’s my job to wait for the time you will be free to speak with me, that’s why
Chapter 12Lisa’s POVA few days later, I woke up from sleep and as usual the maids rushed In and everything got done. Immediately after breakfast I headed directly to the company where I received the news about the court sentencing Mr Julius to twenty years in prison. There were felony charges too because of the abuse,Mary got serious physical injuries and for the sentencing enhancement there was evidence too that she was pregnant when she lost her baby due to his abuse. I am so happy knowing that the bastard is finally down and I hope he rots and dies in there.I need to celebrate this moment, it’s a thing of joy but not yet. I am praying for innocent Mary to wake up from the state she is in, then we can call for a proper celebration.Vera came in with a smile on her face, “Tell me, what’s the good news?” I asked feeling eager to know because she has a knack of giving me news that always makes me happy and whole,“I will tell you but first of all, I think I need to take extra classe
Chapter 11Lisa’s POVI got into my car and let out a crazy laugh.. So he thinks I slept with everyone to become the Graham daughter? He must be out of his damn mind. Has he forgotten what he did so soon? Now he wants to act all good, all of a sudden, I am now the whore. Men must be men, they are something else I must say. I ignited my engine and drove off to the house. The maids rushed to meet me to take in everything I got. I dropped the car key and sat on the couch feeling so tired. I need a foot massage right now. Just a flip of my finger, two of the maids rushed to me, one massaging my leg and the other my shoulder. I was calm finally and asked them to leave when Vera came in.“Guess who I saw at the grocery store?”“Eugene?” She said sitting close to me on the couch.“Not him, you guessed wrong.” “Then tell me already, I’m dying of curiosity here.” She played with my leg.“Daniel.” She got up with full energy saying, “Tell me you are joking? Did he come to you? What exactly di
Chapter 10Lisa’s POVThe office fell silent and just the sound of the clock ticking could be heard and just like the TV shows when the unbelievable took place, he suddenly made the attempt to go on his knees.. That’s it Daniel, kneel for me..You are nothing without me.. You almost stole my life from me and this is just the start to steal yours..I will break you and you will regret ever hurting me from day one..“I apologize about my rude behaviour during the last meeting, I had no clue you were the boss, forgive my incompetence and do not let my actions affect the reason for setting up the meeting with you..” He said but I am certain he doesn’t mean a word.. He just did that because he has no choice..“Okay, you may all have your seat.” “Vera..”“Yes ma’am.” She rushed to me.“Get Noah here with the important team so we can get to business…”“On it.” She rushed out, Daniel's team thanked me but he didn’t utter a word, his countenance was cold but who cares. A few moments later after
Chapter 9Lisa’s POV“Is this a joke? Where is the camera?” He said out loud and I noticed the people with him tried so hard to signal him to remain calm.“Don’t tell me to calm down…we are here to meet Graham's daughter herself right?” They nodded but I just kept calm waiting for my cue to shut him down. “Yes sir and she is Graham's daughter, please let’s not disrespect her..”“Are you insane, this is Lisa, there is no way she is Graham's daughter… Lisa, if this is a joke,stop this madness..”“HOW DARE YOU!!!!” I hit the table with rage and everyone tried to calm me down, “Noah,did you set up this meeting so I can get insulted? Vera what is the meaning of this??”“We are sorry ma’am…”“Mr Daniel, you need to apologize immediately …” Noah said to him..I got ready to leave and I gave my warning loud and clear, “Since I was brought here to be humiliated by an unstable CEO of a crashed company, this meeting is over.. As for you Daniel, I will need a proper apology otherwise kiss your fi