Bella was speechless. “Is that all you want for dinner?” she probed. “You wouldn’t want to fill your stomach first?”She was giving him the chance to have two options but too bad that his head was in the clouds.The response Richard gave to her became embedded in her head for a long time.Instead of using his words, the young energetic man moved to action. He turned Bella around before lifting her and walking towards the dining, drawing a yelp from her lips.“Where are you taking me to?” Bella chuckled as her arms hung loosely around his neck. When he was trying to lift her, her left hand brushed against the butter icing from the big slice of cake she had saved for him. Richard put her down on the dining table with a smile and stood in between her parted legs before gently grabbing her left hand. Meeting her gaze, he brought that palm to his lips to lick off the icing on it.Bella felt a tingling sensation on that part of her skin that his tongue touched and shuddered. “It’

Some days later, Bella and Richard had an outdoor meeting in an open restaurant with a beautiful view. After talking about business, they started chatting about other things and laughing about it when coincidentally, Gerald walked in and saw them.Envy and jealousy burned right into his skin. To think that his ex-wife had a good relationship with one of his family members and secured a good stable job through it while he was kept aside, angered him.Also, as he stopped to watch them, he felt that there was something off about their relationship. They looked like they were so close.Unless they were good friends or close business partners, he thought it wasn’t normal to see a boss and employee interact so closely. Having the worst possible idea with furrowed brows, he immediately matched forward towards them. Richard was the first person to sight him given his seating position and as soon as he saw him approaching them, the smile on his face faltered, but he refused to be move

“How can he date three women at the same time? He is greedy,” Rosie said. Bella sighed. “He shouldn’t have roped you and the other women into this kind of relationship if he was still considering his options. I mean, he should have continued to interact with you all as friends until he made his pick on the one he would date.” “I bet he is crazy,” Venita replied in a low tone. “There is no other explanation for his actions.” “I’m surprised you didn’t break his head yet.” Caro chuckled as she munched on some Pringles. She seemed to be having a lot of fun given the kind of conversation they were having. She and Venita loved gossip and it was no wonder they had similar character traits. “Someone rich enough to insure his entire body?” Venita snapped while giving a little nod of her head thanks to the pressure she felt building up in her chest. She was dealing and reeling with a mixture of two different heavy emotions about to put her under. Anger and annoyance. “What?” Caro

Somehow, Debby and Gerald ended up in a Bistro after she managed to convince him.She talked more about Richard, deliberately showing him how close she was to him and their family.“A few weeks ago, we went to see your grandparents. Your grandfather was sick… You didn’t know about that? You don’t go back home at all? Have you ever met your maternal grandparents?”It didn’t take that long for Gerald to relax and get comfortable with her. At this point, he could say or reveal anything, and that was exactly what Debby aimed at.“Yes, I have met them only a handful of times,” he said, responding to her question. Debby made Gerald know that she was aware of who his mother was. “She got married quite early and I never met her before, except seeing her old photos in the family house. Back then, I was terrified of her after hearing a little story about her. I was still…”Gerald sipped his orange juice as he listened to her while basking in her soft nature. Debby had that effect on peop

Gerald didn’t even need to hear her response to confirm the truth. Her reaction had already bared everything out for him. He was so livid with anger that he balled his fists and closed in on her. “Really?!” he screamed in her ears, causing her to flinch and take a step back until her body hit the car door. “We get a divorce and you go around to seduce my uncle and date him?! Have you lost your mind?!” At this point, he would rather believe Bella if she told him everything was a lie because he really could not fathom how crazy she was with this move she made. “To God, do not take one more step towards me otherwise, you are going to be bagging at least ten years imprisonment,” Bella swore, and she was serious about every word she spoke. Seeing him near her with that deep anger bubbling inside him frightened her to her core. She was afraid that he was going to do something to harm her therefore she had to remind him about the restraining order on him. At that reminder, Gerald