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41. Cold Feet
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Until she met him 42. Wedded
Taking her bath was not as easy as the three loud and bubbly women outside thought it was, she was sitting in the bath tub and shedding tears uncontrollably. The tears mixed with the water from the shower along with everything she was going through made her pour more emotions into the crying. She thought of everything that made happy her during the last few weeks, the joyful memories as well as the sad ones.‘I feel like I’m selling my conscience and my future by getting married to Alexander with telling him the truth. What will Alex do to me when he eventually finds out the truth in the future?, he is the least person i want to hurt with my actions, I don’t want to disappoint him. How will he behave towards me when he finally get to know the truth? By what means will he get to know the truth?….what will be my fate and…..’, she thought to herself sorrowfully.“Alice, please can you hurry a bit, Mr Alex called a few seconds ago and we are way behind schedule…” Hope spoke to her from the
Until she met him 43. Meeting the In-Laws
They were all gathered in the garden outside the church serving themselves with a small buffet and chatting cheerfully amongst themselves. Grandma Lilly, Jake and Dr. William did all the talking and teasing on Alex whilst Alice snd Mr. Peter laugh and contributes to the conversations occasionally. Dr.William exclaimed,” oh oh oh grandma remember the time Alex didn’t want to seem rude to George ‘s mother by not refusing the peanut butter sandwich offered to him by her because she was super beautiful and his crush then. His best friend’s mother was his crush, ha! His daring!…….he was allergic to peanut but still took the food and ate all of it to please Mrs. Li…hahahaha his face got so swallow that his eyes disappeared..haha…he missed school for a week…”, William uttered amidst his loud laughter.Grandma and Jake’s laughter filled the garden, “true-true-that is so true! I remember very well, he didn’t tell the family that was what happened but put the blame on innocent George for giving
Until she met him 44. Untrue Truth
Alex voice boomed loud and clear in the room,"You want to hit my woman like you've been hitting mother all those years ago Maxwell! Do you want me to wash your dirty linens outside? It been years and I’ve learnt to let it go snd ignore your existence but you want to attempt your foolishness on the wrong woman, on my wife to be precise. Let Alice go this instant before you face my wrath....and never in the remaining years of your life make the mistake of attempting to touch my wife wrongfully...".A voice full of agony shouted before he finished talking,”no!!!!!! No! No!, Alex darling it’s not true right?You won’t have married this poor girl without any identity right? You see I’m also in white, I got all dressed for you. I got this beautiful for you, so if you really want to get married and get a marriage certificate so bad then let’s do it okay. Let’s get married, you know I’ve always been in love with you since our childhood…” She was shaking Alexander harshly and crying her heart
Until she met him 45. Plans and Schemes
Alex Johnson was a proud and arrogant man, he was also very hardworking and been the one managing the company for years. He was also the CEO of all the Johnson family chain of businesses after having brought the company to it feet after his father nearly burnt it to the ground. This singular attachment and intervention from him made him achieve greater heights. The company made it as the number one company in the country making him the most powerful and influential member in the family and the country as a whole. After he left with Alice and Mr. Peter, William left with the excuse of having an emergency at the hospital, Jake excused himself and left quietly without sparing any of them a second glance. Grandma Johnson stood there for a while staring at the group of people who made a fool of themselves with a smirk. Amongst them was William Johnson who was looking everywhere but her, she did warn him earlier but as proud as he was, he refused to listen hence making a fool of himself.Af
Until she met him 46. The planned Attack
On the last Friday of the sixth month since Alice and Alexander got married, Alex had a scheduled appointment to travel to X City for a conference meeting with his other companies. He had been looking forward to this day as it will give him the chance to look at his other projects and meet the various departments heads. He woke up early that morning, took his bath and got dressed, coming out of the walk-in closet he saw a gloomy looking Alice on the bed playing with her fingers nervously. It was obvious she wasn’t happy with his travel.He smiled, they got way closer to each other after their marriage and he able to successfully convince her to share a room with him. “Ally are you okay?, why so gloomy?..”, he asked her with a soft smile.He pinched her cheeks unable to withstand the temptation of making her blush She pouted,”you are traveling and won’t be back till days later, what am I supposed to do with myself all this time you’d be away?. You won’t even allow me to go out, I’ve
Until she met him 47. Making an Escape
Everything was silence until she heard another booming voice,”search the entire house!, I want her found and brought to us here. I want her dead or alive!”, her father in law’s voice boomed throughout the house.She stood rooted on the ground for a while in a confused state until she heard footsteps coming her way, that was when she took on her heels and made her escape. That was when she knew she had to to make a run for it, she knew wasn’t safe when she gets captured by her husband’s family. Over the past few weeks, Peter had been showing her secret doors and passages in the mansion, along with survivor tips and how to make escape easier in case there was a need for it in the future. Alice run as fast her little legs and swollen abdomen could carry her, it wasn’t long till she got to one of the secret doors. She hid silently behind with a heavily pounded heart. She said a short prayer for safety whilst breathing heavily with a pounding heart. She closed her eyes tightly as she kept
Until she met him 48.The Accident
Driving away with a heavy heart and tears filled eyes, Alice’s thoughts kept shifting to Mr. Peter and where to go after she left M city successfully. She had never been away from M city since she was born nor ever gone for school excursions hence hardly know any new places aside the university and the hospital with some fancy places Alexander took her to on their dates.What she didn’t know nor ever occurred to her was a worse fate was awaiting her as she kept thinking about the two men she saw earlier and she couldn’t help shivering at those memories. Ken Li and Maxwell had their men surrounding the entire mansion and one happened to see the car leave the mansion through the rough road when he went to the bush to urinate. He couldn’t tell the location the car was coming from but by the customized car plate, he knew the car belonged to Alexander Johnson. He forced himself to stop urinating and rush to their car containing his other gang member,”hurry! hurry!….start driving already!…”
Until she met him 49. No Body Was Found
Alexander heard their entire conversation over the phone, his heart was heavy and he couldn’t talk for a long time. Instantly he knew an attack was launched and aimed solely at Alice in his absence. From the way they sounded over the phone, it’s most likely that they succeeded in getting her because he left her unprotected. He didn’t think they’d have the gut to go into house to attack his woman because he didn’t think they dare harm his wife. What a shame! He was the most powerful man across the country and beyond yet he couldn’t protect his wife well, he only kept some guards around the house. By all means, they took their time to plot this as it was evident those guards were eliminated first. When Peter and Alice didn’t pick up the phone, he called them but still didn’t hear from them. He had a bad feeling and was about to ask the pilot to turn the plane around when Alice’s call came through.He was feeling numb, heart was beating furiously and his voice cracked when he called out h
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