My team and I have been trying to reach Maggie Marie for the commercial shoot which was scheduled to be held over hours ago but the woman had just ditched me after signing a contract worth millions of dollars. I wouldn’t have been fussing this much if she wasn’t a respected artist. She was the perfect fit for the commercial shoot and I was very infuriated that I had to be at her beck and call. I was angrily pacing the room when Donald walked into my office with news. “Sir, we have found the location of Maggie Marie.” At first I felt relieved. At least that confirms that she didn’t somehow wound up dead and the money I spent on her hadn’t gone to waste. Then I felt angry because this woman had just ditched my commercial shoot for some other goddamned plan. “Where is she?” I spat out, anger mixed with race laced in my voice that made Donald squirm. “She’s at the Houston Elementary School, sir.” He answered. “An Elementary school?” I scoffed. “She ditched my commercial shoot to go t

“I trusted him,” Rebecca's sniff, blowing into the tissue she had been folding endlessly. “I thought he was my ride or die, you know, my soulmate. I really thought we were going to end up together, Diamond.” The tears didn’t stop following for the past half hour when Rebecca pulled up in my house. It was my day off today. I had really been looking forward to spending my off day with my kids, taking a little break from work. But here I was, consoling my friend after her son of a bitch boyfriend whom she caught fucking another woman in his house. Apparently that has been the reason Rebecca couldn’t get to my kids again. According to the story, she was on her way driving to school when her phone chun with a video message notification. She got curious at who would send her a video and what was video was that? And stranger part is that it was from an unsaved number. Driving with one hand, she quickly click on the notification box to check it out and as she played the video, her heart

A feeling of relief washed over my tired body when I entered the living room of my mansion. I was finally home after a long, stressful day at work. All I wanted to do was freshen up, eat, read a bedtime story to my daughter and go to bed. No matter how stressed I am, I always try to read Natalia a couple of bedtime stories or more, at least until she falls asleep. That was one of the only things I enjoyed coming back home to these days. Actually, that might be the only thing. Removing my suit jacket, I tossed it to the sofa and slumped on the couch, eliciting a sigh of relief when my body touched the softness of the couch. This was the first time I was sitting in hours, except for when I had to spend long hours in the traffic. That didn’t count. My eyes fluttered close as I allowed the satisfactory feeling to overcome every nerve in my body. But not long after, I heard the angry footsteps of Agatha which was accompanied by a series of yelling. “Where have you been, Lennox?” She

KarlI laid on my bed replaying that moment at the beach over and over again. Diamond looked so stunning in that dress, I don’t think she realized just how breathtaking she was. I literally couldn’t take my eyes off her no matter how discreet I tried to be. From the moment she came out of her room, all through the car ride, in the gallery, in the restaurant and on the beach. She had only caught me staring at her on the beach. As the wind blew her hair every which way exposing her long neck which I itched to run my mouth along, I suddenly forgot about the act of being discreet as I was lost in my imaginations. It was only when she looked at me that I realized I had been caught dead. But there was no use trying to pretend I wasn’t just ravishing her with my eyes. And when our eyes locked, I felt all the hair on skin stand—something I had imagined was mutual. And I tried to do the one thing on my mind at that moment, I tried to kiss her but then she pulled away. At first I felt deflate

I waved him goodbye and in less than ten minutes, I was on my way home. Texas might be drama free but the traffic is hell. I spent more than an hour navigating through it and by the time I got back home, the kids were already in bed. I half expected that they would be jumping around in their PJ’s, playing with their Uncle Karl but somehow, Karl managed to put them to sleep. I found Karl watching a sports channel when I walked into the living room. On seeing me, he smiled into my eyes, standing from the sofa. “I’m glad you’re home safely, Diamond. I was worried about you.” “Thank you, Karl.” That was the only thought in my head—thoughts of gratitude. “Thank you for staying up this late for me, for watching over the kids. Thank you for being there for them. Honestly, I don’t know what I would have done without you.” He shrugged his shoulders, that smile not disappearing from his face. “It’s really not a problem, Diamond. I told you, I like doing this—spending time with the boys and