Alexander got home late that night and met his devious wife still awake in their bedroom. She was already in bed, in her night wear. She smirked the moment Alexander walked into the room and paused the activity she was carrying out on her phone to face him."You're back" She said.Alexander did not reply but headed for his walk-in-closet to change his clothes."Did you see her?" Sophia asked again.Alexander stopped just by the door to his closet and turned to face Sophia who was lying on the bed, looking at him."Who?" he asked her."Don't pretend Alex. You and I know that you've never stopped loving that woman. I know that you went to see her" Sophia said."Mind your business, Sophia" Alexander said and reached for the door's handle."This is my business, Alex. You're my husband now and I don't think it is ideal that you go about wanting to rekindle an affair with another woman." Sophia replied."Whatever I do with my life and with my time is absolutely none of your business. If I c
Bella was back to her usual morning duty and she was finally relieved. Finally, she would get to pick up her son from school and tuck him in bad. Luckily for her, Christine's duty also matched hers. So they would go to work together in the morning and return together in the afternoon. Being on morning duty for a week made her miss spending quality time with her little son, Jeremy. Then, she would only take him to school and would not see him the whole day till the next morning. "Why don't you take the bus today?" Christine said to Bella as they prepared for work that morning. Jeremy was still sleeping as it was too early for him to start preparing for school. Bella, being a chef on morning duty, had to be at work as early as 6am to start preparing the food on the menu before the restaurant opens at 8am.Christine, had to resume work at the same 8am, as she was a waitress there. So after Bella would leave the house, Christine would get Jeremy ready and drop him off at his school bef
Bella was intentionally quiet at lunch with Gerald. Gerald and Christine did all the talking, most of which were about her. Bella just blocked her ears to them. After the lunch and after they would have gotten home, she would pour out her heart and anger to Christine and Christine knew this well enough and was ready to receive whatever Bella would tell her from her broken heart without any offense."So, I heard about a Jeremy. Do you mind me asking who he is?" Gerald asked after have a hearty laugh from Christine's funny joke.Christine was caught unawares as she was not expecting him to ask that. She did not think he would have taken note of that."Well, eh..... Jeremy is....." She stammered, not know what the consequences of him knowing that Jeremy was Bella's son would be."He is my son" Bella quickly replied. She finally saw a way to get rid of him for good. She was confidently sure that he would not want a relationship with a single mother when there were lots of other eligible s
Few minutes after Bella's taxi had left, Christine walked up to Alexander. Though Bella still held a little grudge against Christine, it still did not stop her from going home together with Christine. Bella was supposed to wait for Christine outside so that they would go home together. It was as she stood waiting that Alexander came to her and in the course of their conversation and the emotions released, she forgot about Christine and quickly entered the taxi to get away from Alexander."Finally, I get to meet you" Christine frowned at him with her hands folded."Christine" Alexander called."Yes." Christine answered. "I can see how you've made it your goal to bother my friend" She added. She had seen them just at the point when Bella quickly entered the taxi and left."I'm not bothering her" Alexander defended."Then what are you doing?" Christine asked."I'm trying to explain myself to her. To tell her the real reason I left with Sophia" Alexander said.You don't need to repeat tha
It was a huge event for the Grandes and the Michaels. The day for the much awaited and anticipated merger had finally arrived. Claudia had the press present. Sophia and her father were so much excited to see the first phase of their dream come true. Alexander could see them giving themselves a knowing look, smiling.All the parties involved signed the necessary documents and had the two empires merged with the Grandes and the Michaels having 50percent shares equally. Their individual empires were now a huge partnership empire involving only two parties. The name for the newly formed empire was 'INVICTA'.After the signing was completed, the after-party followed. It was a huge party to celebrate the creation of the new unstoppable empire. Big personalities were present for the party. Humphrey, Bella's father was also there being a business partner of Mr Felix Grande. What had happened with Bella and Alexander did not affect their business. Bella's father and his crew, continued to supp
Sophia immediately took the merger contract to her father in his house and showed him. Douglas, Sophia's father was equally stunned as his daughter. He also brought out his own copy of the contract to see that it was the same thing; 49 percent for him and 51 for the Grandes."What sort of treachery is this!" he roared."Alexander is the one responsible for this and I don't know how he did it" Sophia said."Perhaps his parents are involved in this. Especially that woman, Claudia. She is a very cunning and devilish woman" Douglas said."You're right dad" Sophia said."I'm not going to take this lightly" Douglas said.Without any further ado, Douglas called Felix for an urgent meeting at the Invicta. That same evening, Douglas was at the Grandes mansion. He went there because Felix and Claudia insisted that they could not go to the Invicta that evening.They were at the living room upstairs and Douglas showed Felix and Claudia the merger contract. The Grande couple were equally surprised
Alexander went back to his car, with teary eyes. Maybe Bella was right, Jeremy was not his son. 'What if she was lying?' He asked himself again. It was possible that she had said that because she was angry. He did not know what to think. He wondered again about the man who had come to pick them. Maybe he was Bella's boyfriend, he reasoned again. Everything was proving that thought to be true. Jeremy was also so close to him. He thought if that could be the father of Jeremy, but he ruled out that thought when he remembered that the boy addressed him as uncle.Seeming frustrated, he started his car and started driving. He was determined to know the truth about Jeremy. He still perceived that the boy was his son and Bella lied because she was still mad at him for everything. Then about the Gerald guy, he sincerely prayed and hoped that Bella was not in a serious relationship with him, because he wanted to win Bella back and it would be very difficult if that was the case.*****Alexande
Bella realized that she had judged Alexander wrongly for those five years. He was actually a hero who had sacrificed his happiness to save her life and her father's, but she had tagged him a devil who lured her, used her and then dumped her.She was in deep thoughts as she was in the taxi with her son, Jeremy, on their way home. The exciting adventure that Jeremy was narrating to his mother were far from her ears. Bella was thinking, what was going to happen? Is the truth supposed to make her instantly love Alexander again? Is she meant to go back to him and be his mistress? Or did he plan to divorce Sophia and marry her? She kept wondering till she heard and felt Jeremy's hand on her arm;"Mummy" he calledBella came back to realize that she was already in front of her house. She paid the driver and came down with her son.Entering the living room, she saw Gerald in the living room, Christine was just coming out from the kitchen. Jeremy ran to Gerald first and gave him a hug, then h