"I'm sorry but what happened? Where is my dad? Can you put him on the line, please?” Stacy pleaded, her eyes full of concern. "No can do. Your dad has crossed the line by gambling with my boss. He gambled because he had his eyes on my boss‘s woman. If your dad wins then he gets to have my boss‘s woman for the night and if he fails he must give my boss twenty million dollars. He agreed to the deal out of a desire to have my boss’s woman for the night,” The voice on the other end chuckled because he found Ethan to be very dumb. Stacy silently prayed that her dad should at least win and have the lady for the night because where on earth was she going to get such a huge sum of money? "D-did he win?” Stacy stuttered hopefully. The man on the other end laughed harder at their situation. "If he won, do you think I will call his only child to come save him from his demise? You better come here in the next forty-five minutes with the sum of twenty million dollars or else your dad will

Stacy jumped when she heard the sound of the line being cut off. "Oh no, how did they see me ?” Stacy pondered, her amber eyes darting around to at least catch a glimpse of who it was but she didn't find anything suspicious. She took in a deep breath and released all her fears. Who was she kidding? She was still damned scared and regretted the fact that she should have told someone about where she was heading instead of being so stupid and coming alone. She got to the entrance of the casino and a burly man approached her. "Follow me,” He commanded but Stacy didn't move with him as she stared at his broad back in apprehension. The burly man halted and turned around with his sharp gaze on her. "Why aren't you moving?” He questioned and Stacy shaked her head. "I don't know you. So I can't just follow you like a zombie,” "You won't even know a lot of people here but in order to get your stupid dad, then you should do the needful,” He uttered and continued walkin

At the same time, she wondered why the supposed guard Dan Hawk had hired refused to do anything to stop her from hitting their boss, and she saw a ray of light shining into the room. Her gaze moved to the door and found two men standing at the entrance. Stacy immediately kicked Dan Hawk away with her shoe and stood up in shock. How did they find her there? She had lied to them about where she was heading. Could they have been spying and keeping track of where she went? "S-sir?” Stacy stuttered in shock. How did they get there? She didn't know but somehow she felt relieved that they found her. But the shock that they also found out that she lied to them was taking over her body, mind, and emotions. Bruce didn't bat his stormy gaze that swirled like a tornado in his eyes as his gaze shot countless daggers at Dan Hawk. Bruce took out his phone and made a call to his PA. Once the call got connected, he spoke through gritted teeth, fighting damned hard to hold in his fury at

Bruce and Stacy drove back home only to be welcomed by a worried little face. "Mummy!” Cherry screamed and ran to hug Stacy’s legs as she sobbed slightly. "I've been looking for you everywhere in the house and I thought you got lost. Or if Uncle Edward and Granny Olivia did something bad to you,” Stacy smiled as she raked her fingers tenderly through Cherry’s blonde hair. "No, I did not get lost and granny and Uncle Edward didn't do anything to me. I just went somewhere to get something,” Bruce almost rolled his eyes. "Yeah, you went to a place where you were almost raped by that donkey without informing anyone including me,” He thought to himself. "Okay, mummy,” Cherry cleaned her teary eyes with the back of her hand then turned to her Dad who was also smiling at her. "And why did you return from work so early? Are you free today?” "Yes, I am. And I thought of taking mummy on a date. Do you want to come with us?” Bruce asked as he knelt on one knee and pulled Cherry’s c

Bruce got to the sitting room and kept the glass of juice on the center table. "have it, it's yours,”"Oh, thank you very much, Mr. Yates,” Eddie took the glass from the table Stacy and Cherry who had just gotten to the top of the stairs were about to climb down with a wide smile. Stacy saw Bruce serving Eddie a chilled glass of juice. The smile on her delicate face faded. she didn't realize when her fingers balled into a fist, digging her nails into her palm as Eddie accepted the glass. "Mom! Why aren't you coming along?? You look very beautiful, mummy, you do not need to be shy,” Cherry reassured not knowing that Stacy was not shy but was rather insecure about the relationship between Bruce and Eddie or maybe she was just overthinking it. Stacy released a deep sigh and released her fingers as she got down the stairs. "Bruce isn't like that. I should stop overthinking and being insecure. He can talk to anyone when he feels like it. I know he won't leave me or stop liking me. B