Chairman Holland got dressed and sat down at the dining table to have breakfast that was placed in front of him. He took a spoon of the sauce from his plate and spat it out at the speed of light. A deep frown etched on his forehead as he turned to yell at Anita, who was busy overseeing the other dishes in the kitchen few meters away from the table. “What is this trash? Did you lose your sense of taste? Why have you been cooking rubbish in this house for some time?”, he shouted as he slammed his hand on the table at the mention of each word. Anita was taken aback and enveloped with fear at his fuming site that she didn’t know if she should apologize first or rush over to change his sauce. She wiped her hand continuously on her apron in fear as Chairman rained a heap of insults on her while she just stood there with nothing to say. Joseph, who overheard the commotion from his room, went outside to check what was happening to his father, who was fuming mad in the house. He approached t

She kept staring at him as she lied on his rock-hard chest while Tom slowly drifted back to sleep. When she came to her senses, she flew up and quickly rushed out of the room back to the studio. She could not understand the feeling that was going on with her body because she was familiar with it, but she knew it shouldn’t be, he’s her boss. It’s not like she hasn’t fallen in love before, so she knew that she was crushing on him right now. She quickly shook her head and slapped her cheeks several times, so she could wake up to reality before puffing out two rounds of air from her tensed lungs. She spent all day catching up with the world of art by reading the books he picked out for her while he was sleeping soundly on the sofa. She was happy to stay in that place because she didn’t want to stay in the same house with Emily, who was always restless and uncomfortable around the house. Although she was enjoying her display of guilty show, she still needed to give herself space because s

Anita had woken up that morning with an extreme pain all over her face. She was having some headaches too, accompanied by a runny nose, but she took a painkiller instead to relieve the pain and planned to visit the doctor when she’s through with her chores for the day in the kitchen. She was the only one at home since the other maid was on vacation and was almost done with her work when Amber came to retrieve the file from Tom’s room. She was led inside by the security and Anita ran to greet her when she entered the house with him. “You are Tom’s secretary, right? Thank you for the other day. I haven’t been able to thank you properly, I am so sorry”, she said with a smile, and Amber returned the warm smile immediately. She moved closer to her and bowed a little, “It was nothing. I am glad that I was able to help out, so you don’t to have to thank me anymore.”, Amber replied and she nodded. “What are you here for?” Anita asked further, and she replied that she was here at Tom’s reque

He stood with her at the airport while going over the things they had previously discussed about his works, inspirations and all other things that pertained to his work and profile. The flight to Paris boarding announcement blasted through the speakers, and she left for her flight after he wished her good luck and thanked her for helping him out. **** Since there was not much work at the company, thanks to Amber, who got everything sorted out before she traveled, he went home early and saw the series of dishes his mother had prepared. He settled on the chair and blurted out “Why are there so many dishes? Are we having a guest?” in confusion and before his mother could reply, Chairman Holland and Joseph appeared at the table. He raised his brow at his younger brother’s presence at the table and questioned, “I thought you said you wouldn’t be eating at home anymore? What are you doing here?” but Joseph only scoffed before settling down. “I don’t think I have to answer that question”,

Emily didn’t show up at school for days and was not picking up her calls which forced Jessica and Mark to come around looking for her. She was coming from the small mart where she went to restock her beer collection after consuming almost seven cans the previous night. She would have ran away to hide from them but they walked up on her unexpectedly so she didn’t have a choice than to entertain them. Jessica yelled angrily as she sighted her from afar and ran to catch up with her while shouting “Is your phone for decoration? Why are you not picking up our calls? Are you asking for a death wish?” loudly making her scared for a second. On seeing that it was her friends, she just sighed and asked why they were there but that earned her a smack from Jessica and a puzzled look from Mark. “Are you serious right now? Are you asking us why we are here? After ghosting us for days?” Jessica yelled at her and the passersby began to take interest in whatever was going on with them. On seeing the