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's POV:The following morning, I prepared in my room, knowing that Darlington was leaving very early to his office. I had spoken to him about accompanying Bella back to her school. Although from our research about her school's location, it was an hour's drive from the Briggs Mansion, so I prepared early, as it was 6 AM, knowing that Darlington likes to arrive early for work.As I was done preparing, wearing a cream top and black skirt, since I wasn't so good at wearing trousers, my phone rang. Rushing to answer the call, I saw it was a missed call from Bruce.*What does he want from me?* I wondered, but eventually answered his call on the second ring."Hello, good morning," I greeted Bruce, still wondering why he was calling me so early in the morning."Good morning, Amara. How was your night?" Bruce was asking me, and I replied, "Good. How about your own night?""It was okay. How about Darlington? Is he there with you, as I saw the way he was possessive with you last Sunday? I t
Amara's POV:Darlington got into his car, started it, and drove out of the residence without saying anything to me. While I entered my online page and stared at the silly photo of myself and Darlington that I had captured. The photo looked beautiful, but I didn't want to keep it private. I posted it online without tagging Darlington, as I didn't have him on my friend list.I continued admiring the photo as Darlington drove ahead to Bella's school. The photo I posted was beginning to have many reactions, and some new fans started tagging my page and commenting on it.I kept my phone back in my handbag as we finally arrived at Bella's school. Darlington didn't bother to accompany us, so Bella and I alighted from the car and went into the school premises just as Darlington drove off.My phone rang again, and it was my aunt calling me. She inquired about Bella, and I informed her we had arrived for the school processing. I waved goodbye to Bella shortly after she went into the school, the
Darlington Briggs.I was in my office and the sound of my phone ringing jolted me out of my reverie. I had stopped Amara from coming to my company because I couldn't focus on my office work without thinking about what she was up to in her accounting office.I had prevented Amara from coming to work, and she didn't protest with me. I was at peace, knowing no man would be lusting after her at home. However, I was surprised when I saw my phone ringing. Jenna was the one calling me, and she inquired, "Why did you allow Amara to take that photo with you? Now, a lot of fans are wondering if you both are having an affair?""What photo?" I asked, as it had slipped my mind that Amara had actually recorded me and posted a photo of the two of us online.I quickly paused the phone call to check my online page, and I saw the morning photo that Amara had uploaded had already surpassed a million likes."My goodness. I wasn't aware of this. She was taking her cousin to school this morning, and I had
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