End of flashback…A knock on the door jerked Lisa out of her train of thought. She frowned, supporting herself off the Victorian black rug that added a professional look to the office. She wiped the tears that had subconsciously run down her cheeks, making sure not to smug her make-up. “Who’s there?” “It’s me, ma’am. It’s three hours already and you have a meeting in thirty minutes.”Lisa sighed. Already? How did time pass so quickly? She took a deep breath to calm her emotions and returning her face to the usual professional look, she walked to her chair behind the mahogany table. “Come in.”The door opened and Sonia entered with her head lowered to the ground. “Are you okay, ma’am? Do you need me to cancel the rest of your schedule today?” Lisa chuckled. “Do I look that incompetent to you?” “I-I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be rude. I was just…” “Concerned? About me?” Another wry chuckle escaped her cheeks. “You don’t need to be. I don’t need it.” “I am sorry, ma’am.”Lisa
His lips inched closer and subconsciously; Lisa’s eyes shut close. She regretted shutting her eyes almost immediately as the picture of Belinda moaning loudly while he pounded her appeared, flooding her head. His lips finally touched her and instead of the pictures going away, it increased; this time, it wasn’t just Belinda but all the ladies she had paid off to leave the country for having a sex scandal with him. She felt his tongue push against her lips, trying to enter her mouth. Ew! Who kisses like that?! Her thoughts scattered as he bit her lips. Her red lips patted immediately and just as his tongue touched hers, bile rose to her throat. Talk about bad timing. She pushed him away immediately. “Goodnight, Raymond.” Her throat still burned a little from the sip of whisky but she ignored it, and him. She took large strides up the stairs without looking back. By God! This was the last time she would ever let his lips touch hers. The minute she was in her room, Lisa banged the d
Lisa sat rigid in the car while Will stood by the door awaiting Sonia.She couldn’t afford to show him a bit of a smile. Raymond may be very comfortable making headlines in newspapers but she didn’t want to.It could cost her her major investors; the Norths.Sonia returned soon to relay the news to her boss that the document she sought couldn’t be found. Lisa dismissed her with a wave of her hand and the journey to the company began. Although she had sworn not to, she couldn’t help but steal glances at him through the rear-view mirror. His eyes were tightly glued to the busy road in front of me. He didn’t even act like he knew she was watching!She closed her eyes and sighed. This was hard. Way harder than she had thought it would be.Perhaps, if he had hurt her or broken up with her in the past, it would have been easier but with the circumstances, they parted. It was going to be hard getting rid of him in her life.Maybe she should consider firing him and hiring another.No! God, no
“Ma’am?”Lisa jerked slightly out of her reverie, shifting her gaze to the young woman on the shotgun seat. “Huh?” “Are you okay? Your ears are red; plus, I have been calling you.” Sonia expressed her concern.From the corner of her eyes, Lisa stole a glance at Will whose eyes were still fixed on the road like he wasn’t in the same car with them. “Yeah. I’m fine.” Readjusting quickly, she stepped down from the already packed car.She had barely taken two steps when her phone rang. One glance at the caller’s ID, her heart did a backflip and she quickly turned to Sonia. “What date is today?” “July, 20th.”Lisa subconsciously heaved a sigh of relief. Raymond’s mother, Mary, hated it when her birthday was forgotten. Luckily, it was still two weeks ahead. “Hello, mother.” “Here I thought that someone had forgotten her mother.” A sharp tone replied to her from the other end. Raymond’s mother had a very sharp and rude-like tone. Most times, it was difficult to tell when she is cracki
Belinda took graceful steps, giving the cameras that flashed at her different exotic poses as she approached the shocked Lisa. The smile on her face was graceful but Lisa couldn’t help but find it pretentious and distasteful. “Lisa!” she sounded surprised. “I have seen you in a long while.”Lisa returned the fake smile with a fake one. “I haven’t seen you in a while either. Although I am glad about that.” One thing her position as CEO had taught her all these years was to have a vile tongue and not to spare frenemies the venom of her tongue. “I missed you.” She hugged her. Lisa felt disgusted. If it weren’t for the cameras snapping away furiously behind them, she would have pushed her away.She feigned a smile and patted Belinda’s back gently. “What are you doing here? I don’t remember sending an invitation card to your family.” She questioned the minute they disengaged. She had been the one in charge of sending out the entire invitations and she didn’t recall sending Belinda or h
“Raymond.”Although Lisa had expected something like that, it still didn’t stop her heart from shattering; neither did it stop her shoulders from slumping. That’s it? She had thought enduring Raymond’s incessant cheating was all she had to endure.And now? He is having a baby? With Belinda?She scoffed to keep the tears bubbling inside her away from her eyes. She had successfully kept her emotions in check all these years. She wasn’t about to blow that now.Mary gripped the girl with both arms. “Are you telling me the truth?” Her face had a serious expression. She was okay to play with any topic except that of her grandchild.Belinda nodded, her expression falling further like a little child who has been wrong. “I was surprised too. We only did it once. I didn’t expect to…to…”Lisa glared at her. It was obvious Belinda was hinting at how fertile she was compared to Lisa. Ouch! That hurt. “Does Raymond know about this?” “I can see you finally got my birthday gift even before I ar
“Where do you want to go to, ma’am?” Will asked for the umpteenth time, his eyes traveling between the dejected woman in the back seat and the road ahead of him. “Keep driving.” She replied absentmindedly, her gaze not leaving the window.It had been almost an hour since she ordered him to take her out of the party. An hour since they had been driving aimlessly around the streets. She didn’t brawl like he had expected her to. She just kept staring at the window, her gaze giving away her turbulent emotions. “Do you want to go home?” He knew he was crossing the line but he was willing to try after all. “Do you have a problem with driving? Or should I take this as a hint that you no longer want your job?” her voice was stern, piercing through the silence of the car. “Sorry, ma’am.”She scoffed, shifting her gaze to look at him for the first time since they started driving. “Are you really sorry? Or are you happy that I am in this position?” she returned her gaze outside the win
Lisa stepped out of the shower, sure enough a clean pair of clothes was awaiting her. It had been three whole days. Three days of locking herself up in this room and downing her misery in a bottle of wine.Okay, not just one bottle of wine.She stepped into the pink, tight fitting dress she had ordered online and did her make-up; thanks to the makeup she carried about in her handbag.When she stepped out of the hotel, Will was already waiting for her with Sonia standing beside the car. “Good morning, ma’am.” They greeted.She replied with a hum before entering the car. It had been three whole days of refreshing her mind. Three days without her phone or newspapers or annoying stalking reporters trying to get a news of her. Although she wondered if the news of Belinda’s pregnancy was out, she doubted it would be. The North’s love their reputation even more than they would love an heir.Thinking about Belinda being pregnant at that moment didn’t hurt as it had three days ago. Thanks fo