Aunt Maya ushered Mrs Kord into the house and helped her with the loads of shopping bags."What are these, Marie??" thinking it was for the household, Amaya added "It is not necessary, Marie. I cannot accept these from you."Mrs Kord placed them on the center table and turned back at Amaya with a smile on her face. "What do you mean, Amaya?? It's for my daughter in law. Tomorrow's the engagement.""I promised to cover all of the expenses, don't feel like you owe me Amaya."Checking out the bags, Amaya returned a gleeful smile to her friend. "They're all pretty. I'm sure Karen will love them.""Speaking of her, I haven't seen her?" Mrs Kord looked around the house."She's-"Zachary strode out of his room and stopped in front of the women, "It's been an hour, Karen's not back yet."Realizing the tensed atmosphere, Aunt Maya casually smiled"It's nothing to be worried about, she probably closed later than usual.""That's what I thought but her cellphone isn't going through," Zachary repl
Her face aflame, Karen was in a daze. Whoever this is, he certainly had a grudge against Kevin."Relax, don't be scared yet" his grip tightened on her hair and Karen winced in pain "I won't hurt you, at least not if you do what I'm asking you to do.""I..I love Kevin," Karen said "Why are you asking me to..to break the engagement?"The figure slowly let go off her hair and grabbed her neck instead, Karen began to choke as she kicked her legs."I'm the wrong person to joke with," his deep voice resonated in the dark room "I don't give a damn if you're in love with him!""Ah!" He released his grip and watched Karen cough terribly, "Or would you rather choose your love for him over your family??" the voice asked "Huh? Do you not love your Aunt Maya?? Would you want to see her dead-"Karen shrieked, "Don't you dare! Don't you dare involve my family! I don't know who you are, I have never offended you. Why are you doing this?!""Uh-huh," he hushed "Don't ever raise your voice at me. I'm
The family gathered in front of the house waiting impatiently. It has been four hours since Karen got abducted and nothing has been heard.While Mrs Kord sat on the front step trying to console Aunt Maya, Zachary kept pacing and throwing a deadly gaze at Kevin. Meanwhile, Kevin was on his feet at the sound of his phone ringing.Although his guards were progressing, Karen has not been found. Kevin was loosing his cool. Earlier he had wrongly prejudiced Karen, however judging from Aunt Maya's actions since her disappearance, he knew that he'd been wrong about her. He knew how vicious Elliot can be and the feisty character of Karen was not any good. He was already thinking of involving the FBI when the time struck six. However, at that moment a black sedan pulled up in front of the house. The door jerked open and Karen was thrown, unconscious out of the car. "It's Karen!" Zachary said as he took to his heels. Everyone else followed suit."God, Karen open your eyes!" Zachary shook her
The atmosphere became tensed.In anger, Elliot dumped his suit jacket on the ground and surged towards Kevin. Mrs Kord yelled for them to stop however it seemed that Kevin was prepared for Elliot.Unexpectedly, Kevin stuck his stick out and Elliot crashed into it nose first. Groaning, Elliot held his nose with both palms as blood seeped unto the tiled floor.Kevin was not done. He left the breakfast table and sent Elliot to the ground with a punch. Mrs Kord was scared to get in the middle of the fight as she had never seen Kevin this furious. All she could do was yell for him to stop but Kevin did not.He rained punches on Elliot and when he was satisfied, he grabbed his now stained collar."You tried it with Selene and I let it pass, and then you dare to abduct an innocent woman just for your wicked schemes. You won't get away with it."Elliot began to laugh as more blood poured out from his lips. He stared up at Kevin,"You don't think that these few punches of yours will stop me fr
Karen was shocked to find Kevin. She wondered when he got there. After he closed the distance between them, Karen answered his question."He's my boss,""Do bosses kiss their employees hands??" "Wait," Karen's brow twitched "How did you know he kissed my hands?"Kevin shrugged and found his way into the house without answering her question. Karen did not think too much about it as well. Aunt Maya served Kevin and Karen hot chocolate drink."You should thank your fiancee, Karen" Aunt Maya was saying as she poured the chocolate in the mug "He had the police and his guards everywhere in Willow-ridge looking for you the moment he found that you were missing."Handing them their mugs, she continued "Immediately you arrived, he had his jacket around you as no one thought about it because we were too worried. He also found a doctor for you." Aunt Maya smiled broadly "I have no doubt that Kevin will make a good husband."Karen nodded and feigned a smile. Turning to Kevin, Aunt Maya said,"So
Karen regretted the words the moment they came out of her mouth as her conscience pricked her when she saw Kevin's countenance fall. Slipping a hand into his suit pocket, Kevin easily grabbed his walking stick. "That's fine," he said "I actually saw it coming." Watching him leave, Karen wanted to stop him and apologize but she couldn't whenever she thought of how he could have deceived her. She clenched her chest as pain striked through her heart.Kevin stopped with his hands on the door knob, "The guards will be here like I said to protect you and your family. Here's my number," he pulled out a card from his back pocket "Call whenever you need me," and dumped it on the couch.With that he disappeared through the door. Karen fell on the couch and whimpered as her heart squeezed in pain. Aunt Maya appeared from nowhere with her inhaler and helped Karen to it. "Did you both have a fight?" she asked after Karen was alright.Looking away, Karen didn't know what to say. Aunt Maya would
"Are you sure about this?" Zachary asked Karen as she stared at her reflection in the mirror of the Kord's mansion."Stop asking me that," Karen breathed out "I don't want to think about this until it's over"Zachary paused and stared at her. Realizing his gaze, she turned and looked at him."What?""You look gorgeous," he complimented with a wink. Karen smiled despite herself and took his hand in his."I know things went sour between us these past few days, Zach but nothing changes right? I'm still your little sister and I love you very much,"Karen continued, "Kevin might not be the man you wanted for me but this is not a marriage of convenience. My time will be up soon and Aunt Maya suggested we keep this a secret from Kevin and his family even if I don't want to.""I understand, Karen. Just don't hesitate to ring me up should there be any problems.""Really??" Karen's face lit up in surprise "You're not mad about all of this anymore??""Yeah," Zachary grinned "But I still don't li
While Karen was on her feet, Kevin still hesitated. Mrs Kord walked up to him and pretended to help him with his walker when she leaned in and whispered with a smile on her face."Everyone's watching, please get up and hold Karen's hand," Left with no choice, Kevin got up on his feet and gave his hand to Karen. Karen took it in hers despite the frown that was already forming on Kevin's face. "The game is called finding your true love!" the director announced and the crowd yelled in anticipation. Elliot wore a clean smirk on his face while Selene could only feel her hatred for Karen grow."Now, I know that Mr Kord is blind but the rules of the game says to blindfold him just so there wouldn't be any form of cheating,""Do it! Do it! Do it!" the crowd chanted and having gotten their approval the director brought out a black blindfold and placed it over Kevin's eyes.Karen did not know what to expect as she tried to keep her anxiety at bay. "Now, I'll need just ten female to step out"