"These designs are somehow flashy. Don't you see the ones I sent to you? And I heard from the person I sent to you that you definitely said you do not have ‘some’ of the designs, not all. But looking here, I can't seem to find any that look like what I ordered, so why did you lie?”"I'm very sorry, ma'am, but it seems there's misinformation somewhere because I actually told her that we do not have all the designs, but we got something similar.""I trust her. She definitely reported what she heard, so I'm sure you’re the one hiding something here.""Ma'am, there is no way I would do that. If the design is available, I would definitely..."“Team leader, there’s trouble," Liam, one of my teammates, said, rushing in and breathing heavily.He bent his back with his hand on his knees as he tried to catch his breath, and I wondered what he meant by that."What are you talking about? What stupid trouble?" May yelled at him while he took his time to stabilize his breathing. After a while, he ro
As I entered his ward, he tilted his head towards me, and I gave him a light smile. I greeted the other patients that were in the room as I walked to his bed."Who are you?" He asked in his tiny voice, barely audible."I'm your mom's friend from her workplace," I introduced myself as I moved closer to him and then had a seat by his side on the bed.At first, he didn't want to open up to me, but later, he finally did, and I wondered where I got the talent to communicate with kids. I learned he was born sick, and three months ago, his heart became worse, so he has been admitted since then. As we talked about his past, Grace rushed in, breathing heavily.“Kelvin!”"Mom!" The boy called out in excitement as he turned around on hearing his mother's voice, but the look on his mother's face was one of fear.I gently stood up from my seat and caressed the boy's cheeks, telling him to get well soon, and then I headed out of his ward, with Grace following me immediately. I didn't use the elevat
I watched the news as Brooks was now doomed. Many customers have been storming into their company, asking for a refund because the dress they bought was now on the street at a cheap price even the poor can afford it. Checking my phone, a smile crept across my face as I saw their stock price dropping, thanks to Cassius. As the major shareholder has already pulled out, others will definitely do the same. And that's the end of BROOKS!!Reveling in BROOKS total ruin, my phone rang, and I picked it up, only to learn that Brooks has filed charges against me for plagiarism.This old fool really got a lot of nerves, how dare he file charges against me.“Okay, I will be on my way soon.”I ended the call and then placed another call to the legal team, asking them to send a representative. I headed to the police station with my lawyer, and on arrival, I met Brooks' chairman, Walter, a man in his mid-fifties with his head bowed and his hands clenched together as he continuously tapped his feet
CASSIUS'S POV"What the fuck are you talking about? Why did you release her?""I'm very sorry, sir, but we had no evidence against her. Miss May claimed they gave it to her for a review, and Miss Emelia claimed that it’s stolen from her. The worst part is Jamez Walter said he only wanted to have the plagiarist arrested. I'm afraid your wife might be arrested very soon, sir.""What the fuck…" I massaged my temples as my own plan backfired. Emelia must have had everything thoroughly planned out."Sir, what do we do?"I ended the call immediately, not even bothering to reply to him as he got no use for me again. I stood up from the cushion and walked to the beer parlor to pour a drink."Sit, allow me," one of the maids attempted to help me with it."Don't bother."I poured myself a drink, and then a series of questions raced through my mind as I really wondered how exactly Mary's design got changed and why she didn't know that the design was changed and still went ahead to present it. Th
EMELIA'S POV"I think the blue tie will look good on you," I said as I picked out a tie for Maverick. He seems so tense about today.He’s been acting like this since yesterday, practicing his speech while the kids and I were his audience."Do you think I will do great?" This was the thousandth time he would ask me this question, and I even doubt he had a good night's sleep."Maverick, can you please calm down and put your mind at rest? Just do as I told you, and I promise you will be fine. I believe in you. Okay?""Okay, but do you really think so? Or maybe I should just ask someone else to go instead of me? I don't know why I just keep having a bad feeling about it.""Yes, you can, and the kids will be very disappointed in you as they have been seated down there for a while waiting for you to appear on TV while you're here deliberating on whether you will go or not. Do you want to break their hearts?""No, that would be quite bad.""Of course, it will be. So just go there and believe
CASSIUS'S POV"I really pitied him. He has three kids, and his wife is even pregnant. How could he even think of doing such a thing?" Mary banged her fist on her thigh as she seethed in anger, seemingly directing her anger at the deceased.Her eyes were filled with sorrow as she bent down her head and fiddled with her fingers. Seeing her like this makes me wonder how Emelia would be feeling because I remembered seven years ago when someone also lost his life because of her actions.Emelia almost killed herself that time, but I was by her side. Her family was by her side, but now I doubt she really has anyone because I watched the program of her fiancé where he beat the hell out of his stepbrother just because he asked him some questions. I doubt he would even have time for her because of what he's also going through now."I just got the results. I have sent them to you. You can now check them," Kingsley said, tilting her head back to me."Ok, thanks.""What results?" Mary asked."It's
Immediately I saw my wife, I quickly let go of Emelia, pushing her away from me. Turning to my wife Immediately, I intended to give her a justifiable explanation for my actions."Honey, th……""Ouch," Emelia winced in pain and turned back to see what had happened. I noticed her on the ground, massaging her hand and I wondered why she’s sitting down there.Did I push her away too hard? Well, I don't have time to apologize now. I turned back to Mary to explain, but she didn't even listen before walking away. As I wanted to run after her, I turned to Emelia."Did you plan all this for her to see? I thought you would learn your lesson from what had happened but it seems you….." Taking a deep breath, "Forget it, I shouldn't have been nice to you from the beginning."I rushed after Mary, calling after her, but she didn't respond. As soon as I got out, I saw her entering the car. Before I reached her car, it zoomed off."Shit, what am I going to do now," I muttered in frustration, running my
I stood by my car for a while, contemplating what I was going to tell them about the reason for my suddenly changed mind. Emelia would definitely mock me, and considering how I pushed her away in the morning, it would only anger her more. This is really getting annoying."Aren't you getting out?" Kingsley asked me, but I didn't reply to his question.Then I suddenly thought of sending him instead, but Grandfather might be aware of this and might suddenly decide to... ahh, this was really one hell of a shot as I was about to lose my ego. After all the crap I pulled last time, I was here again to do what?I suddenly heard the door opening, and I quickly lowered my head so that Emelia wouldn't see me. She went to dispose of some refuse, and as she’s coming back, heading inside, she suddenly stopped, turned around and started approaching my car."What should we do? It seems she’s coming here." Kinglsey asked."This is really embarrassing," I muttered as I raised my head and adjusted my sh