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Duke’s POV Seeing Ashley who crouched down on the floor, humiliated and embarrassed breaks my heart. I hate that she still believed that Kane might consider giving her a job. It's obvious now that they all have neglected her, even her mother. She calls her mother every day but Amal never picks up or even returns the calls or text messages. It reminds me of the time I left my father's house to pursue my dream. I have always wanted to have a business of my own, I didn't mind taking over my father's company. I wanted to do things my own way, but he wants things to be done in his way, any other way is wrong. “I have been in this position longer than you have. If you don’t do it my way, then let it be.” He doesn’t trust me with his company. “We need to pay more attention to this part, Dad, or else all we do is for waste.” “What happened to the funds I gave you for that?” “You gave me five hundred thousand dollars for a project that cost more than two million dollars.” “If you

Soon after, confusion and emotional heaviness began to settle in my heart. Thoughts become scattered, my heart feels tight, and I feel a mix of sadness, anger, fear, and helplessness. As the truth begins to sink in, my feeling deepens into hurt or grief, the betrayal from my mother is worse than the one from my father. I couldn’t believe she would turn her back on me. This doesn’t feel real, my heart is as heavy as a rock. “I love you Ashley, but you know I can’t cope with this broken lifestyle. You should have done better when your father was alive, he saw a fault and now you’re paying for this.” What fault did he see that he couldn’t teach me? What must I have done to deserve this heavy and wicked betrayal? I lay on the couch all day, didn’t eat, and didn't change my clothes. I couldn’t cry anymore, I was distressed and I couldn’t handle betrayal anymore. I got a call from Duke, I had forgotten I have a husband. “Hey, Ashley. How are you doing?” “I’m okay, thank

I wasted no time getting ready to go to the company that was taking away from me. I had to go and see Kane, get my inheritance, and invest it as soon as possible. I took a taxi to the company and I couldn’t stop thinking about last night, my first sex dream with Duke. I couldn’t stop thinking about how his lips would have felt so good on my nipples. But I can’t be thinking about that now, it’s wasted time. “Time is expensive, you know.” My father will always say when he sees that I’m being sluggish. He hates it when I’m like that. I got downstairs, didn’t bother with breakfast, mom kissed me goodbye, and wished me good luck. When I got to the Cortez empire, there were a lot of changes that Kane had made, mostly with the employees, they weren’t the ones who were working with my father and me. Because I know my way around the building, I knew that Kane would be in my father’s office. I wanted to walk straight in, but a lady stopped me, she’s his assistant. She called h

Asking Duke to marry me wasn’t a bad idea for me. “I mean, we can get married in four days, I get my five percent, that’s it.” “Getting married is not something that happens overnight, Ashley, you sure can’t marry a stranger.” “You’re not a stranger to me, Duke.” “Are you sure about that? What do you know about me?” “Well, I know you left your father’s business to start yours but ended up with multiple failed attempts and…” “Okay enough, I know I’m a failure, but that’s not what I’m talking about. Do you know anything about my attitude and behavior?” “You don’t seem like a killer or wife beater.” “Is that what you are scared of?” “Look, Duke, I just need to get my five percent inheritance to get my life back on track, I really need this.” “So what do I get from it?” “I was expecting that question.” “I mean, you don’t expect me to get married to you without getting anything from it.” “Okay, I will give you three million naira after I get my inheritance, I div

My thoughts stray to the day; my dreams fade into the leaden sky, promises run away. Today has just been a different day, too many things happening at the same time. I lost my dad, he was my hero, and all I wanted was to be like him. He owns the Cortez Empire and he has been training me since I was sixteen years old. He has taken me to places I should be, and I have learnt a lot about companies and how to navigate my way around businesses. I learnt a lot from him. But now, I regret everything I have done to be like him. I gave up my teenage years, dedicated my life to the company, only for him to give it to his secret son. I am the only child of my mother, but my father has a second wife, Donna, my stepmother, and she has a daughter, my stepsister Selina. My mother went rogue when she found out that my father had a mistress, she threatened to divorce him, but she loves him so much, she forgave him and he made Donna his second wife. Unknown to my mother and me, Donna had a so