Singing along to the lyrics of the music playing, Genevieve drove along the busy road. It was five pm already and she just closed from work. It has been a long day and for her first day, she did her best. She should go see her father and report to him all that happened today.
She smiled thinking of his face when he heard that she attended all the meetings. He would be so proud of her. The road was a bit busy due to people rushing home after a long day at work so she knew that she would get there not sooner.“Welcome, Miss Gray.”“Welcome, Miss Gray.”“Welcome.”The servants in the mansion all gathered and bowed their heads to her as she slowly walked past them.“Ma’am, welcome.”“Thanks, Lisa. Where’s father?”“Your father is in the garden. He insisted on taking some fresh air outside.”“Why did you let him leave? We all know that his health is not good right now and he should not be anywhere cold. Did you forget it's winter?”“I know, ma'am. I told your father the same but he didn't listen to me. I'm sorry for being incompetent.”“It's fine. I'll just go outside and see.”Just as she said that, she turned her back to them and headed back to the entrance of the house. Eve swung her bag in her hand as she searched the garden for her father.“This man. He doesn't hear anything from anyone at all, does he? Being in the cold at this time.”Finally, after a few minutes of searching, she found him sitting on a chair not far away from her, and she immediately stormed to him.“Father.”He turned as soon as he heard her voice.“Genevieve, you're here.”“Father, what are you doing outside?”“Taking some fresh breeze. Come on, join me. Let's have a chat.”“Really? Did you suddenly forget all that the doctor said? It's cold outside.”“I'm not cold today. The weather is not cold so stop scolding me as if I'm a child.”She sighed.“It's not about being a child. You're getting older. Your health is weak,” Genevieve said as she sat on the chair astride her old father. She saw the sadness In his eyes as he looked at her causing her to feel a pang of pain in her chest.This man that she finally accepted as her father, she had only known him for ten months but it seemed as if she had known him for ages. Maybe it's the blood bond in their veins or whatever but she felt this strong connection with him.“By the way, why is there a second chair here when you're all alone? Was someone here with you?”“No one was here. I only brought it here to think properly. You know, your mother and I used to sit here every evening and look at the stars together and she used to sit in that same chair. We used to count the stars together and play right here.” He smiled while talking about his wife.“Mother would be proud of you anywhere she is right now. Her husband didn't forget about her even after years of her death. I'm proud of you too, father.”The man cleaned his eyes and laughed. “Right? How was your first day at work?”Eve sighed and glared at her father.“What?”“You know what you did, father.”“Me? Did I do something?”“Yes, you did. How could you make me work so hard on my first day? Goodness. I can't even feel my bones.”“I gave you the easiest things to do on your first day, you know.”“That means there's more work than that?”He nodded. She looked at him in dread. Why didn't anyone warn her about this?“Really, father? I had a lot of meetings today. And those files on your desk? Jeez. It's not easy at all.” She wasn't sure that she wanted to continue this at this rate. How do they do this?“Nothing is easy in this life and if you want to progress and move forward, you have to work hard every single day like you will die if you don't. It's all about being consistent and If I can do it and succeed, I'm sure that my daughter will do even better. Trust me. By the way, how was the deal? Has it been concluded?”“Oh, that? Is it that important to you?”“Every deal is important, Genevieve. It's important to both parties. Though not as much as it is to them.”After chatting with her father for a while, Genevieve stood up from the chair and announced her departure. Her father had first refused to let her go and had questioned why she moved out in the first place.Well, she loves to have her space and wanted somewhere she can live alone without these blocking servants and security everywhere.After much convincing, he finally let her go.She slowly walked to her car and drove out.Once all of these are settled and once she achieves her goals, she is going to move here again so she can spend more time with her father. The loneliness in his eyes was killing her. She doesn't want to get him involved in her plans and troubles. His health won't handle that.She could still remember the first day that she moved in here. The day that she found out that her father was Mr Gray.All her life, she has been told that she was an orphan and her parents died while she was a baby. That was why she was always bullied in school years ago.While growing up, he lived with her grandmother in a small community. She was her mother’s mother and had taken her in as a child. That was until she decided to move to the city for school and work.After the divorce from Noah, her life became a living hell. While staying with him, she didn't think to save any money and because of that, all she had when she moved out was a few bucks and her phone.The money in her hand didn't even last her three days before it finished as she had spent it all on renting somewhere to spend some days.Getting chased from the motel for not having money to pay for food and rent, she stumbled on the street with her luggage and failed to watch where she was going. She was hit by a car and the next time she woke up, she was in the hospital and it was already a month passed and with someone claiming to be her father.She learned that after being hit by a car, she was taken to a hospital and ended up being in a coma for a whole month. The man who hit her showed her a DNA result proving that they were father and daughter and gave her a big hug.Up till this day, the story was not that clear to her but she understood the part that she needed to.He was her father and seeing the striking resemblance in both of them she didn't doubt it. But how?“Boss? Boss.” Bangs and calls from the door woke Noah up from his sleep.“What the fuck?” He cursed as the light from outside the window got to his eyes. Why didn't he close the damn windows last night and who the fuck it was that was banging on his door this early in the morning. “Boss?” He heard the call again and groaned in anger. He was never a morning person and waking up this early in the morning might give him a headache.“What the hell you want?”“Boss, it's urgent.”“It better be or kiss your ass goodbye,” he yelled as he slowly got out of bed and started making his way to the door. “Do you have a death wish?” Noah exclaimed as he opened the door to find his secretary with his head down. He better pray that this was as urgent as it sounds because if it's not, he's going to hear from him for making him wake up this early. “Boss, bad news.”Noah sighed. “What is it this time?”“Th…the media…. Rumor..”“What is it? Say it.”The secretary brought out his phone from his pocket
“This?” Ella handed a dress to Eve as they strode through the clothes section in the big mall. It was one of the biggest malls in the city or let’s say that it was the biggest mall as that was where the members of the elite society bought their dresses. “No. Not expensive enough,” Eve replied as she looked at the price tag on the dress Ella just handed her. It wasn’t expensive enough, not just that. It just wasn’t her type of dress at all. Maybe this would fit Ella but not her. Moreover, she doesn’t like the color black at all. It stopped being her favorite color a long while ago. “Right? I thought as much. Considering that you have to look your best on that day.”“Hmm. We have our biggest execution. Check this.”The dress that she handed Ella was a blue tux gown. She noticed that it was going to fit her a lot. “I guess I’m taking this then. Come, let’s go this way. We’ll see more clothes for you.”They both made their way to the other side of the mall where there were also clothes
“Noah, you promised to be available at my birthday party. Where you at?” Melissa complained on the phone to Noah. He promised to be with her on her birthday and now, the birthday party already started an hour ago but he was nowhere to be found. It was almost time to cut her birthday cake and she wanted them to cut it together. What was she going to tell her friends now that he wasn't showing up? She already made it known to them that Noah would be all over her especially because she looked so good. Come on, she has never felt this pretty in a long while. “Commence without me.”“The party already started an hour ago. Noahh.”“I'm busy right now Melissa. Can we talk later?”“Talk later? What are you even doing? This is my birthday.”“I'll be there before your party ends, okay?”“I dressed up this pretty for you. I'm too good-looking right now for you not to see me. Please come.”“I will. Now go back to the party and continue without me.”“Fine.”She ended the call and placed it on her
Gasps and murmurs followed at the sight of the next pictures and videos that were revealed. The smiling Melissa frowned, wondering what it was that made everyone start murmuring. Her eyes almost popped out of their socket when she turned and saw what was making everyone murmur.“Really? So she has been deceiving everyone?”“I can't believe this.”“This is evil. How dare her deceive us all these while.” Their murmurs increased with each passing second and immediately, she stood up and rushed to the projector. “Turn this off. Someone turn this off,” she yelled.”“Who did this? Didn't you hear what I said? Turn it off immediately.”Like a mad person, Melissa held the remote control of the projector and tried turning it off but it was to no avail as the videos kept playing. “What is that, Melissa? Are these true?” She felt Mrs. Hank’s questioning voice behind her and she turned slowly to shake her head. “Mother, these are fake. Someone faked these.”“They don't look fake to me. Tell m
Hearing that coming from Noah himself, Melissa felt like fainting. She felt blood drain from her at the look on his face. He looked like he was planning on killing her if she didn’t start speaking now. “No…Noah.”“I said Explain.”She flinched at his tone.“Th…this is not true, I swear. It..it’s fake.”She couldn’t even look into his eyes as she lied. Her eyes were on everything except him and good Lord, her hands were shaky and her feet wobbly as if she would fall any minutiae from then. “Is that so?”Melissa nodded. “Is that you on the video or not and don’t you dare lie to me this time. This is your last chance to tell the truth.”“It’s Genevieve. Bitch. She did this. We should throw her out before she causes more commotion. This is my birthday party. Security? Security?” She called and nodded as the security guards came running to them. “Take her away from my birthday party right now. Th…throw her outside and make sure she doesn’t come in again. Do it now.”The guards stopped
“Genevieve, Eve,” Noah called as he ran after her and held her arms before she could get into her car. “What do you want now, Noah?”“Wait. We have to talk.”“About what? You want to question why I did that inside and on her birthday too? Look, I have nothing to say. I have to leave.” “I'm not going to talk about that at all.”Eve rolled her eyes. If he was here to doubt her or say something offensive this time, then she isn't going to take that from him at all. “Fine then. Say what you want. I only have five minutes to spare. I have somewhere to be at.”Noah dipped his hands into his pocket. How was he going to say this? “I'm sorry, Genevieve.” Her eyes widened at this. What? He was apologizing. “What?”“I said I'm sorry.”Noah looked away in embarrassment. It wasn't his thing to apologize at all. Apologizing for something was never in his dictionary and it doesn't matter to him if he was right or wrong. Either way, he never apologized. “I'm sorry for what happened a year ago.
“I'm sure this is all Noah’s doings. Only he can get on my nerves like this. He knows exactly what he’s doing,” Genevieve said to herself as she paced around her room. She was in her blue night dress and was pacing around her room with her fingers on her mouth. She was trying to think of a proper solution to the problem at hand. All through the night, she has been unable to sleep and tossed around till daylight. How could she sleep when her company was in danger? There was no way that she was going to sleep while having trouble in her heart. The previous day’s outing with Ella was of great help to her. The karaoke, the rage room, and everything they did helped her get her mind off things and be happy. But that was just for a while because the moment she got out of there to her house, all her problems came rushing to her and she was unable to stop herself from thinking and worrying about it all through the night. It was way above her. “Gosh. Why is my life from one problem to anothe
“Hey, I saw the news. How did it happen?” “It's my fault, Liam. My Dad was disappointed.”“Sit down, let's talk about it.” Genevieve sat down in the chair astride him in the small Cafe a few blocks away from the hospital. “I need your help, Liam. The Gray Corporation is suddenly in danger. They keep creating bad news about us. I don't know what to do right now and father, he got into this because of the news.”“We'll find a solution. But who would have done this?”“Noah Hank. I'm one hundred percent sure that he did this. Only he is obsessed with bringing me down right now.”Liam frowned. “Noah Hank?”If truly it was Noah Hank who caused this as she just said, Liam wasn't sure that doing anything would be futile at this stage. From what he knows about Noah Hank. He doesn't back down and he has eyes everywhere in the country knowing everything that is going on. Noah Hank was one beast in business and knew it like the back of his palms. Bringing him down might be almost impossible.