CHAPTER 16Nancy understood very well that Kaleb was still insecure because of Lloyd’s reappearance. He even said it just now himself. Sure, she was slowly starting to develop feelings for him but she didn’t know if she wanted to rush into a thing like marriage just yet.Honestly, the thought of committing herself wholly to a man like she did before with Lloyd still scared her. What if Kaleb changed after marriage? But she didn’t want to tell him outright.“Really? Proposing to me without a ring? I thought you were a romantic,” She said coyly, giving him a flirtatious smile.Kaleb's eyes snapped to her in pleasant surprise, he couldn’t believe she was already asking for a ring. He expected her to at least put up some resistance. Oh! He was greatly overjoyed.“Oh babe,” He took one of his hands off the steering wheel and placed it on Nancy’s thigh, caressing her inner thigh as he continued. “You know I’ll get you the biggest diamond ring in the world…..I just wanted to talk to you abou
CHAPTER 17Lloyd had been in the building since morning. It was the Friday he was supposed to bring Leo back to Brandon after school but he needed to come earlier to finish signing some paperwork for the hotel he just bought. His mother had insisted that she wanted to meet Nancy so after dropping him at the airport, he sent his private jet back to pick her and Leo after school that day.He had witnessed the whole drama between Nancy and Catlyn and he was greatly impressed by how she handled the situation. She had really changed. She really wasn’t the timid girl she used to be. His desire only grew more for the new strong and confident tigress she had become.“Lloyd?” Nancy queried when she saw him standing at the door.Mr. Patel was stunned. Who exactly was Nancy? First she knew the former owner's wife by first name and now she knew the new Boss too? He wondered if she was disguising her true identity.“Have a seat Miss Drew,” Lloyd said in his business tone, flashing Nancy a small smi
CHAPTER 18“It’s not that easy Lloyd. You broke me,” Nancy said as she tried to stifle her sobs. It was hard for her. Remembering everything that happened, leading to her escape just brought back too much pain. Pain that she had locked up deep inside her and forgotten and here the very cause of the pain was, urging her to dig it back up.“I know,” Lloyd gulped. “I know how much pain I must have put you through. I just want to make things right.”He knew? What exactly did he know? Did he know how many nights she cried? Did he know her own father disowned her because of him? Did he know the many sacrifices she made for him only for him to treat her like he did? No! He didn’t know anything.Nancy wiped her tears. “But that’s the thing Lloyd, you don’t know and things aren’t wrong for you to make them right. At least not for me.”“Nancy….” “No Lloyd, what you did,” She paused, trying to calm the raging inferno that was slowly burning inside her as she remembered his actions years ago.“Wh
CHAPTER 19While Nancy and Lloyd were having their moment, handling their issues, Kaleb had heard about the new ownership. He didn’t know who it was yet but he was on his way to his friend, Patel’s office to find out. It was his influence with Patel that helped Nancy secure her job in the hotel. He also brought a bouquet of lilies to apologize to Nancy for the other day.He called Patel on the phone when he got to the hotel and the man asked him to meet him at the bar. It was there that Patel told him everything that happened that morning and especially how surprised he was that the new boss and Nancy seemed to know each other. When Kaleb heard about the transfer, his fears only intensified. He was sweating and easily became restless. If Nancy agreed, that would be bad for him. Infact, it would be his end.The thought of Nancy and Lloyd being together in Patel’s office filled him with so much rage and jealousy. He found it so hard to control himself that he told Patel he wanted to us
CHAPTER 20***FLASHBACK***FOUR HOURS EARLIER“Our flight is being delayed due to bad weather conditions. Seems like we’ll be flying in later than expected,” Veronica said over the phone to Lloyd as he stepped out of the meeting with the management staff.There was a lot he didn’t know about the hospitality business but he understood finance and numbers and from the books of the hotel in the past years, they have been consistently turning in good profit margins so he was counting on duplicating their efforts here over at Coral city. It would seem that Nancy wasn’t the only staff that he would need to have transferred if the other franchise was to be successful.“Alright mom, just let me know when you’re finally able to fly,” Lloyd replied.He wanted to still talk to Nancy but he didn’t want to disturb her work. The restaurant had a lot of guests at the moment. When she told him they could be friends, his joy knew no bounds. He wound up hugging her so tight and the urge to kiss her wa
CHAPTER 21“Kaleb Trevor, where can I find him? I got a call from your hospital some minutes ago that he was brought here,” Nancy said to the nurse at the hotel reception.The whole drive to the hospital, she was in a panic. The last time she felt such fear and panic was when she was being chased by Lloyd after she went to give him Lex.“Kaleb Trevor…..” the nurse trailed, looking at her laptop for a while. “He’s been moved from the emergency ward. Take the elevator on your left to the third floor, room 12B.” “Thank you,” Nancy replied as she ran off.When Nancy saw the state Kaleb was in, her heart ran straight into the pit of her stomach. Her purse unconsciously slipped out of her hand as she clutched her chest and ran to his side with tears instantly running down her cheeks. Who could have done such a horrible thing to her beautiful Kaleb?He had a cast around his neck and his right eye was swollen shut. He had a huge cast on one of his hands. His fair face has turned red in so ma
CHAPTER 22Lloyd was quick to reach her before she could reach for the vase. He held her arms and her skin crawled at his touch. She shoved him back and attempted to follow it up with a slap but Lloyd caught her hand in the air.“Whoa! Relax,” He said teasingly but his expression quickly turned serious when he saw the venom in her eyes.With her free hand, Nancy grabbed the vase but before she could strike, Lloyd caught it again, wrestling it off her and as it shattered upon impact with the floor, He tackled her to the bed.“What’s wrong with you? Calm down,” he said. His tone laced with surprise and confusion.His body pressed against her and he had her legs trapped between his, while his hands held hers in place. Their eyes met. Nancy glared at him, her eyes full of disdain for the man above her. Lloyd only admired her feistiness. His eyes dipped to her breast cleavage sprawling out of her V neck gown briefly and he gulped before looking away.“Get the fuck off me Lloyd, you monster
CHAPTER 23“Luke, do you still have our man following Kaleb?” Lloyd asked his PA over the phone as he drove him and his mother to the penthouse of their hotel.“Yes Boss,” Luke replied.“Send him to my hotel.”“Tonight sir?”“Right fucking now Luke!” Lloyd barked “Okay sir,” Luke replied with a tremble in his voice.“Does this have something to do with Nancy?” Veronica asked as soon as Lloyd ended the call.When Lloyd came out of Nancy’s room, he only told her and the kids that he had to leave for an emergency and that Nancy was a bit under the weather so Veronica would have to wait till tomorrow to talk to her. It was only in the car that he told his mother the truth that Nancy was angry at him but he didn’t mention her asking them both to leave.“It’s nothing to worry about mom. Just someone trying to mess with me when I’ve been trying hard not to mess him up,” Lloyd replied, flaring his nose and squeezing the steering wheel tighter.“The Kaleb guy?” Veronica asked. Lloyd had told