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
Amara Nicholas,"Dad, I don't want to go to the city. I don't want to marry a city man," I protest. Tears are gathering in my eyes.My father stood up from the blue couch. He is a very tall man and dark-skinned in complexion, unlike me and my mother, who are both light-skinned.My father sighed and said, "Amara, we are not disowning you from being our daughter. You will always be our daughter, but you must start your own life and family to give your mother and me grandchildren. We also do not want you to leave us, but we cannot trust all these people here to look after you, so your mother and I decided on this: for you to go to the city, and there, you will be genuinely loved, not by greedy people who may be pretending with you to gain favor from us.""Dad!" Tears flowed freely from my eyes like taps, and my mother stood up and walked up to meet me."You don't have to cry. I can assure you that the Briggs family are good people, and Mr. Joshua Briggs is my childhood friend. You will be
Amara Nicholas,We got into my bedroom, which was very large, and my mother accompanied me to pack some of my things. She didn't want me to carry all my loads, reminding me that the Briggs family was wealthy and I didn't have to stress about arranging all my things and packing everything that I owned.We finished packing all the boxes around 1 a.m., and my mother was exhausted. She stretched and yawned and told me, "I have to go back now to my room to meet your father. Good night, my princess.""Okay, Mom, but I am still not happy about this marriage. Can't you speak to my father again about this?" I asked my mother. I am looking at her face with my blue-shining eyes that glimmer with hope at hearing her agree."No, Amara. I want you to marry and give me a grandchild. I cannot speak to your father about this again. Not to worry, when you get there to the city, I will be calling you from time to time to know how you're faring," my mother told me, and hot tears freely streamed down from