Darlington Briggs:"Mom.." I breathed out in relief that Amara was nowhere in sight. I turned to my mother and replied, "Mom, you remember that you don't want me to get a house of my own or move out of here, except I have a child or two children, so I had to hide it from you."I moved away from the stairs to take a seat on the living room couch as I was tired, while my mother also went up to sit on one of the black couches across from me."You didn't have to tell me lies, Darlington. I do not like that," my mother complained."I'm sorry, Mom. Jenna wants me to move out from here. She fears that I will fall in love with Amara, and I think I have already fallen for her."My mother's eyes blazed red, and she looked at me and rebuked me, "Do not say that. You cannot fall in love with Amara. In short, since you have already acquired a new home, I think it will help you to keep your distance from Amara. You will move over to the new house to stay there until your father returns."I frowned.
Darlington Briggs"Mom, you and Darlington cannot know him, and he's a record label boss," Samara said, smiling as she flashed us her engagement ring.A diamond ring.It occurred to me the day I had proposed to Jenna to marry me a few months ago, and now seeing that my sister was engaged, I'm happy for her as I had been wondering if Samara wasn't into men."Congratulations, but I do not like the fact that he's a record label boss. Won't he be cheating on you? I don't like men who work in the entertainment houses," My mother complained, while I looked at her in surprise to hear her say that she disapproved of a man who works in the entertainment house to be her son-in-law, while she wanted me to marry Jenna Colton.Although I was the one who had courted with Jenna and introduced her to my family."Mom, why would you say that?! Isn't Darlington dating Jenna for years, and you're clamoring for them to marry? Noah is different, and he loves me very much," Samara said as she looked sad, ha
Amara Nicholas:After I saw Darlington and his family discussing a new house in the dining room, it broke my heart. I believe his lies about ending his affair with Jenna. I couldn't believe that I fell for his charm. He was different at first, when he didn't fall for me, even after seeing me naked. So I had thought he was a different man and meant his promise to stay away from Jenna, but I was only dreaming and realized that I was stupid to have believed him.When I was having my dinner with Bella in my room, and just before Bella left me, I created a facade with her that I was fine, so she wouldn't be worried about me.Bella was annoyed after she witnessed Mrs. Ifeoma's rude behavior. She told me that she wouldn't tolerate a mean mother-in-law or a man who wouldn't speak up for her and watch his family maltreat her.I sighed, not able to defend Darlington as he isn't able to confront his mother and caution her about her behavior with me. Instead, he kept on feeding all of us lies and
Amara Nicholas:Mrs. Ifeoma's brows furrowed at me as I quickly greeted her, "Good morning, Ma.""Yes, morning. What are you doing up here? Did you sleep here last night?" She inquired as I wanted to rush downstairs."No, Ma. I only came to ask Darlington if we were going to the church today," I said, but Mrs. Ifeoma had a doubtful look on her face."Just go already and keep your distance away from my son," she said, while I frowned and went downstairs.I went to the kitchen and instructed one of the maids to prepare my tea. I prepared my tea and Bella's as the maids said to me politely that they were busy.As I was done, I went to the guest room and met Bella in the corridor as she was already dressed up in a crimson gown."Big sis, I was searching for you everywhere," she complained, and I offered an apologetic smile her way."I'm sorry, I went to prepare our tea and to know if we're going to the church. Come, let's have something to bite and drink," I said."Okay, but don't you guy
Amara's POV:After we arrived home, Darlington said to Bella, "You can excuse us.""Okay," Bella replied, smiling at me as she alighted the car and went away."What do you want to ask me?" I asked Darlington, not smiling at him, as I knew he wanted to speak to me about Bruce again."I hope that you're aware Bruce is Jenna's elder brother. You shouldn't be communicating with him and try not to be friendly with him," Darlington said, as we were still seated in his car."You already said that before. But Bruce hasn't said anything yet to me, except for the fact that he wants to know me," I replied, pulling my side door open.Darlington gazed back at me and replied, "The same thing I am talking about. You shouldn't tell him anything about us.""There's no 'us'. I know, and you shouldn't be concerned about what I will tell Bruce, since you're still in love with his sister. Can I get down now?" I asked, not looking at Darlington's face as he was still sitting in the driver's seat."Fine," D
Darlington's POV"Mom, Amara isn't the one who asked for Noah's card. I was there when he gave his card to her," I replied, as I saw Amara walking away.The light white gown Amara wore was almost transparent, and it didn't occur to me initially that her gown was almost visible. Not until I saw the way Noah was looking at Amara when she walked away from us. The way her buttocks were swaying and bouncing as she walked away. I desired to have Amara again on the bed with me, but then, I was surprised to see Noah ogling at her, too.It rang an alarm bell in my mind, and I thought to collect Noah's card away from Amara's hand. Blaming myself for going to call her outside, when Amara had clearly refused to see Noah. She was right that Noah would lust after her.After Noah smiled and left us, Samara wasn't happy, and I think she also saw the way her supposed fiancé was ogling after Amara."Mom, you can keep the card if you want to. But it's only business that made Noah give his card to Amara,
Darlington's POV"Hahaha!" I laughed as I drew nearer to Amara. "I didn't lie to you then to sleep with you. You wanted me as much as I wanted you too. Do not worry, the house is for the two of us to live in, and I promise you, I won't go back to Jenna. I just want to wait for her arrival so that we can make it official that it's over between us. If I post it now, it would seem like I cheated on her, whereas she's the one cheating on me and doesn't want to marry me.""But she accepted your engagement ring, and you guys look so in love with each other," Amara said, as she finally looked at me. I approached her even more and sat with Amara on the bed."Come, sit on me," I said, but she frowned."No. Don't you feel like you're cheating on your fiancée?" Amara asked me, but I shrugged my shoulder and replied, "No. I will only feel like I'm cheating on Jenna if I'm still in love with her, but I'm no longer in love with her," I said, hugging Amara closely as I guided her to sit on me. She s
Amara Nicholas,I was in my room when I heard a knock on the door. I walked up to the door and pulled it open, and then I saw my mother's maid, Agnes, smiling at me.Agnes was dressed in a long blue gown; she was light-skinned and a young lady of my height. I am 24 years old. I was wearing a long blue nightgown, too, as it was already nighttime at around 9 p.m. on the 31st of December.We were waiting for the crossover celebration to begin, and I had pulled my hair into a bun shortly after drying it from taking my bath in my bathroom."What do you want, Agnes?" I asked her, looking at her face, and she smiled back at me."Good evening, Amara. If you have a moment, your father sent for you downstairs," Agnes informed me. I sighed and replied, "But we just finished having our dinner in the dining room. What does my father want to say to me again? I am not interested in the New Year celebration."Agnes smiled faintly at me and replied, "I don't know, but he's downstairs with your mom, and