"Ready?"June demanded the moment she stepped foot in David’s room. After he returned from the office around 4 pm, she had categorically stated that he doesn’t appear at the table for dinner.“Just a moment,” David replied and loosened the grip his tie had on him. On his part, he had finalized that June was treating him to a dinner in some fancy restaurant that night. He had acknowledged the idea because he plans to use the medium to discuss her new role in Wells Empire and possibly persuade her from quitting her career.David ran his hands through his head.“You look dashing,” June giggled. She was standing by the door, dazzling in a backless red silk.“Thanks,” David replied and was about to reach for his wallet from the table when she hurried toward him and caught his hand.He arched a brow. “I understand it’s your treat, Miss, Castello but it’s fair if I go with my credit card.”She grabbed his hand and led it to her left butt. She watched him squeeze his butt with all his might.
Both Sylvia and June were stunned by David’s retaliation. On her part, Sylvia was left dumbfounded that David stood up for her against his fiancée while June had just confirmed her suspicions.Before the matter could escalate, Sylvia made her way away from the table and was soon on her heels, far from the balcony. June folded her arms across her chest and stared at David with bloodshot eyes. “What was the meaning of that?”David sighed and shook his head.“Did you just grab my hand in front of a fucking servant?” She thundered.“You should have asked, June but you didn’t. You just showed up and decided to hit her. That was inappropriate.” David retorted.June grabbed the bottle of wine on the table and smashed it against the wall. She went on ranting. “Now you want to talk to me about good manners? Did you just say I should have asked?”“You don’t understand. I need you to calm down and listen to me.” David implored and tried to get close to her.She raised a finger at him, staring
“Do you want anything?”June swung her head from left to right. She was not typical of the woman and had been praying for the past five minutes for the woman’s partner to show up.She was seated in the luxurious living room and for about 5 minutes, no words were spoken between her and her host except for the question the woman had just thrown at her.“He’ll be here soon.” The woman said.June grinned. He had better be here because she had to sneak out of the office on her first day of work to honor his invitation. What would Leonard think if he finds out that she was sneaking out of work to have a private meeting behind his back?A few minutes later, June was alerted by footsteps clicking down the stairs. She sighed in relief. She couldn’t wait to get on with the meeting and get the hell out of the house.The man arrived in the living room and moved to the largest couch. He sat. He greeted June with a familiar smile and she acknowledged him with several nods.“I hope you didn’t get a
“Can you pull up a bit closer, please?”The driver turned to Sylvia. “I’m sorry, miss. This is the farthest I can get. I don’t want those ghosts hovering around my vehicle.” He said and pulled the cab to a halt a few meters away from the entrance.Sylvia sorted the fare and stepped out, pressing a bouquet of fresh roses to her chest.After dropping by the hospital to check up on Luna that morning, she had decided to pay her father a visit at the city cemetery before heading back to the Wells mansion.At the gate, she was acknowledged with a nod by the security guards. She made her way inside the cemetery and didn’t have to go far because Ben Baker was buried less than a month ago so his grave was in the first row. Sylvia hadn’t stepped foot in the cemetery since her father was laid to rest today. She made it to the first row with her eyes shifting from one grave to the other, trying to identify the caption attributed to her father.“Found it!” she mumbled and moved to the end of th
Immediately after his father stormed out of the office fuming, David decided to head out. His meeting with the Russian clients was slated for 1 pm and thirty minutes before the meeting time, David decided to take a stroll to the factory to check out the shipment that had just arrived.When he stepped out, he bumped into a group of people wheeling a bookshelf down the hallway. David was alerted when he saw other messengers walking toward him, lifting a coffee machine. Others were carrying dozens of files.He stopped to wonder why they were moving the structures and before he could utter a word, June appeared. She walked up to him.“Quick, get them inside. We have lots of items to relocate here.” She told the messengers while pointing at the office right next to David’s. “You asked them to move down these items from the third floor?” David turned to June with his eyebrows up, matching his hailine.She smiled and waved her hand down. “Oh come on Dave. They are just doing their job and
“I’ll go grab my jacket and then we’ll leave,” Fred finally spoke. It’s been over two minutes since Sylvia had been standing before him and he hadn’t said a word.He took another look at her, his eyes burning with admiration and slowly shut the door.Sylvia smiled and moved away from the door.It was the dress. She knew it. There was something that silk dresses do to her body. It hugged her tightly, projected her curves, and made men stare at her wolfishly.She didn’t choose that dress to mislead Fred. The color of tonight’s fest was red and the red silk dress was the only outfit she could attend the fest with. The other red dresses she came to the mansion with were maxis and Sylvia felt they were inappropriate for the fest.After Fred arrived at the mansion that afternoon, he bumped into her the moment she stepped out of the kitchen.She had agreed to come with him and had seen a bright smile cover his face.A few moments later, Fred stepped out in a black leather jacket. He came out
Chapter 41: HOME ASSISTANTSylvia quickly stood up when she saw Fred approaching the water fountain.“Let’s go!” he said and walked past her like lightning.“Okay.” She replied and hurried after him. By the time Sylvia arrived at the parking lot, Fred had already mounted the driver’s seat and was creating imaginary circles on the speedometer. Sylvia sat beside him in front.“So tonight Fest is held at the famous New York square.” She began while slipping the seat belt around her.“Don’t worry. G****e map is going to lead us right there.” Fred replied and tapped the monitor in front of him.“Forget the app. As a New Yorker, I need you to sit tight and navigate based on my command. That way, I can show you some cool places around here and it will be like a mobile tour.”“Not today.” Fred sharply replied and turned away. He started the car and before Sylvia could speak, he turned on the car radio, relegating her voice to the background. He then began to wheel the car away from the mansio
The guards stationed at the entrance of Leonard’s chamber quickly moved away when they saw David approaching.“Good morning, Young Master!” they hailed the moment David reached the door.“You guys can leave,” David told them. They dispersed. David exhaled and pushed the handle that opens the door into his father’s chamber. It was a few minutes past 6 am and David felt that there was no better time to see his father than at such an hour. He made his way to the bedroom and met Leonard was reading a book.“I knew you’ll be awake,” David said and sat on the royal couch adjacent to his father’s bed. Leonard took off his reading glasses and shut the book. “I’ve been awake for the past 30 minutes.”“You are retired, Dad. You should be waking up by 8 am.”Leonard chuckled.”Well, it will interest you to know that I no longer wake up by 6 am since the day I retired. I get up b 5:30”David shook his head. “You are one complicated man.”Leonard placed his feet on the floor. He turned to