Amira grinned mischievously as she leaned in, a sly glint in her eye. "Summer, you won't believe what I managed to pull off yesterday," she said, barely containing her excitement. She wondered the height of issues that Aiden and Marina would be having at that moment and it made her glee in excitement. Summer raised an eyebrow, intrigued. "Try me," she replied, her curiosity piqued. Amira chuckled, clearly proud of herself. "I sabotaged Aiden's work schedule, and he ended up staying late at the office. And to top it off, I 'accidentally' hid his phone, so he missed Marina's calls." She snickered, clearly pleased with her cunning plan. Summer's eyes widened in surprise. "Wow, Amira, that's quite a feat! I'm impressed." She laughed, shaking her head in amusement. "You're a master manipulator, I'll give you that." Amira beamed with pride, clearly thrilled with her success. "Hey, desperate times call for desperate measures, right?" She winked, her grin still plastered on her face.
"Can someone explain how these stock books aren't adding up? Why do we have a shortage?" Marina backed, anger visible on her face as she scrutinized the stock books everything seemed pretty clean but nothing was adding up."Ma'am, the—" Susan tried saying but was hushed by a menacing glare from Marina as her anger was revolting and none of them had seen their Madam in such a fit of rage."I don't even want to hear a single word from any of you," Marina warned, half growling as she looked at them in the eye like she was seeing through them."Don't I pay you enough?" She asked, hitting the tip of her fingers on the table."You do ma'am." They replied in unison as they wondered where her questions were headed. All they were well aware of was the fact that it wasn't a good path that she was treading at this point. It was a part that was capable of making them lose their jobs."Do I ever delay your salaries?" She asked again in a more adamant and stern voice."You don't ma'am." They replie
"Is there something going on that I need to know about, Amira?" Jayden queried with a scrutinizing gaze and Amira shuddered. This wasn't the time to blow her cover and make everything that she had worked for already mess up."Jayden, what in the world do you mean? You know I don't mean it like that. I just don't want you to stress yourself out for me, like I told you; I want to experience this work life just as every other person here." Amira said adjusting Jayden's tie as she she slyly rubbed his shoulders in a bid to twist his reasoning and make him take his mind off how tense she was a few minutes ago."It's as if you don't want me close. Like you're getting detached as the day goes by. Like yesterday, you didn't even return home and you just told me over text by midnight that you just wanted to spend the night at your place. That's not like you." Jayden complained but from the look in his eyes, Amira knew that he was slowly letting go of it.."I'm sorry, it's just work," she comme
Amira dialed Summer's number, her hand trembling with anger and frustration. As soon as Summer answered, Amira blurted out the news. "Summer, it's Amira. I just got out of a meeting with Aiden. He suspended me from the company!"There was a pause on the other end of the line before Summer responded, her voice laced with shock and disbelief. "What? That can't be right! What happened?"Amira took a deep breath, trying to calm down. "He claims I've been 'underperforming' and that my 'attitude' has been a problem. But we both know that's not true. He's been gunning for me since I spoke up against his precious wife. I think Marina has a hand in all of this."Summer's voice was fierce. "That's ridiculous! You're one of the hardest workers I know. We'll get to the bottom of this, Amira. I'll talk to HR and see what's going on."Amira felt a surge of gratitude towards Summer. "Thanks, Summer. Just knowing you're on my side makes me feel better. I'll keep you posted on what happens next."As t
"I'm still trying to understand why you would give Amira the go-ahead to stay over at the guest house knowing well that I own the company and I make the rules around my company," Aiden yelled as he was physically vibrating leaving the old man in thought of why his grandson was vibrating in such I tense level of anger. Aiden had gone over to see his grandfather the next day after the incident with Amira not because he couldn't enforce his own rules but because he didn't want to. That would mean bypassing his grandfather and though he was tough and rigid Eve to his father, he had never disobeyed his grandfather apart from the time he had to get married without his consent. "I could easily fire her completely but I'm still basking on the little, tiny thread of respect that I have left for you which you seem to be shredding bit by bit." Aiden bellowed as he slammed his fist into the table right in front of his grandfather who his grandfather sat there looking unperturbed. "Firstly, m
Chapter 34 "Tsk, like father like son. What did I do to warrant this now?" Summer asked rolling her eyes as she crossed her legs on top of each other. "Summer, have you been troubling your brother's wife?" The old man asked taking a series of deep breaths to calm himself from yelling at Summer. "Why are we still talking about Marina? Did she say I trouble her because I don't remember doing such?" Summer sighed as she stood up from the one-seater chair and went to the water dispenser across the room, gulping down a glass of water she went back and resumed her seat. "Summer, I want you to leave their house." The old man said abruptly and Summer's eyes widened before she regained composure. "Why? I just started bonding with my sister-in-law. No, I won't leave." Summer protested but a glare from her granddad was enough to shut her up. "That wasn't an option to consider, it was an order." The old man yelled and Summer kept mute having nothing to say at that moment. "Dad, so you're j
"What?" Summer, Aiden, and their grandfather all bawled out in jinx. "Yeah. Amira and Summer are quite close and the guest house being a little bit far away from our house is kind of an issue for their friendship so Amira should just move in with us." Marina concluded and Aiden was at a loss for words. "You're going to be okay with Amira staying with us in your husband's house?" Summer found herself asking and Marina nodded her head in positivity. "Yeah, so just tell her to come back with you. If that is all, I and Aiden would take our leave now." Marina said and with that, after exchanging some pleasantries with Aiden's grandfather and a little chit-chat, the couple were on their way home with silence hanging like a mist between them. AIDEN'S MANSION. "I don't understand this." Aiden blurted out the instant they walked past the front door and his tone of speech alerted the maids in the living room cleaning making them scurry away in fear. "What?" Marina queried feigning ig
"Marina, I need you to leave the room right now!" He warned and as she took several steps closer to him, he took several steps away from her till his back hit the hard wall."Marina, I said leave!!!" He yelled and the next minute, he was throwing the bottle of wine that was resting on one of the unbroken glass tables in the room."I'm going to hurt you and you don't want that so just leave while you still can," Aiden warned as the beads of sweat on his forehead glimmered under the white light in the room"Aiden, I know you want me to leave but you're right. I don't listen to instructions, they're not exactly my area of experience. Now do you mind telling me what's going on with you?" Marina pressed and Aiden stared at her in disbelief."Marina, please listen to me and leave." He yelled slamming his fist into a wall and Marina shuddered.She had to leave, she needed to leave for her safety. This looked like an estranged murder scene but for some unexplainable reason, she felt like it w