Amelia dragged her feet down the street her apartment was, crying profusely. Everyone that passed past her stared at her. They all wondered what had happened to her, but never asked her what happened. “How do I call Mr. James now? He is going to be so mad at me tomorrow. If I don’t resume using the phone tomorrow, I’ll be so done!” “All my money has been stolen, I can’t buy another one unless I get home and pick some more cash. But I can’t come back here tonight, it’s already late.” “Why is the world against me so much? Why do you hate me so much!” She cried aloud like a baby. She kept dragging her feet, her head lowered in sadness, and her bag hung carelessly on her shoulder. She didn’t care about the eyes that peered at her. She was devastated. She shuffled past the mall on her street and before she could take five footsteps away from the entrance of the mall, she heard a loud crash behind her. She stood walking and looked back in fear. She saw a woman struggling with alread
“Amelia? What are you doing here?” James asked after he stopped hugging Helen. “I brought her home, because she helped me,” Helen answered before Amelia could, and the men exchanged looks. “I’ll tell you about it later, okay? Come on, James, join me in the kitchen.” Helen held James’ hand and pulled him along with her to the kitchen. After they were gone, Amelia looked at Charles, she didn’t know what to say. “Come and have your seat, Amelia. Let’s talk.” Charles walked to the sofa, and Amelia followed behind him. She sat on the sofa in front of Charles and looked around again. “Welcome to my home, Amelia. I’m still very surprised to see you.”“Thank you, Mr. Charles. I never knew I’d be visiting too. But Ma’am insisted I have dinner with her. I never knew she was your wife.” “Erm, not really. She is my ex-wife.” “Oh… I’m sorry, Mr. Charles.” Amelia lowered her head, and he chuckled. “It’s fine, Amelia. You never knew about it.” *“So, are you going to tell me why Amelia is
Charles parked in front of Amelia’s apartment, and she alighted. He also stepped out of the car and walked up to her. “Thank you so much for the ride. You can go back now. I don’t want to keep you waiting,” Amelia said and bowed. “I would love to talk to you about something. Do you mind if I go in with you?” “Oh really? Sure. Let’s go, Sir.” Amelia led the way and Charles followed behind her. They walked up the stairs and in no time, they got to her floor. She headed to her door and when she drew close, she looked at Elena’s door. “She is probably asleep,” She said aloud, and Charles looked at the door. “Who is asleep?” He asked, and she looked back at him. “My friend, Elena. I’m always coming home late, and I don’t get a chance to talk to her at night:” “Elena?” Charles knitted his brows, and Amelia nodded, opening her door. “Why? Do you know her?” “I know one Elena. She worked as James’ Secretary before she got him pissed, and he fired her. I heard she lives around the co
Amelia got to the company very early in the morning. She got to her table and arranged everywhere. James was yet to arrive, and she was happy she got to the company before him. ‘I’m going to try my best not to piss him off.’ She took a look at her outfit and smiled. She was dressed in a yellow T-shirt and a very tight blue skirt that stopped directly on top of her knee. Her flat shoes were black. Her t-shirt refused to remain tucked in her shirt because her skirt was too tight. As she walked, it kept pulling out. ‘I believe this is a better look. He would be surprised to see me wearing something fitted.’ Amelia thought excitedly. She sat on her chair and placed her bag on the table. She pulled out the file James had given her and began to read through it again. She stayed up all night to make sure she covered everything in the file. She just wanted to brush through to refresh her memory. She was still reading when she heard the elevator open. ‘He is here!’ She sprang to her fee
So many taxis passed by Amelia, but she wasn’t ready to stop one. Her head was full, her eyes were blurry due to her tears, her heart was broken. An hour back, she thought she finally got control over her life. She thought she could now make money and survive without her uncle, but she was wrong. The happy fantasy was washed down the drain by James. She looked at the company’s building for the last time and began to shuffle down the streets. She tried so hard not to call Freddie and tell him about it because she believed he would be busy, and she didn’t want to be a distraction. She held her bag firmly, grasping it tightly under her shoulders as she walked. This time, she wasn’t going to let anyone snatch her new phone and money from her.Almost everyone they passed by Amelia looked at her. Something caught their attention. It was either the way she sobbed home, or her fitted skirt. When Amelia noticed a young couple staring at her, she realized they were whispering things to them
Amelia closed her eyes losing hope of surviving Ava’s cruelty, until she fell into someone’s arms. She opened her eyes and found out she was in arms of a man. She turned her head to look at her savior. “Hey, baby girl,” Hudson uttered with a devilish grin. Amelia wanted to get away from his grip but he was way stronger than her. It had always been like that. “Let me go, Hudson!” Amelia yelled. “Shouldn’t you be grateful I didn’t let you fall off?” “What the hell is going on here?!” Freddie yelled as he walked to the scene. Hudson let Amelia go immediately he heard his father’s voice. He tucked his hand in his pocket and turned to leave. “I’m asking you a question! What is going on here?!” Freddie yelled angrily, and Ava gave way for Amelia to walk to where Freddie was standing. “Nothing happened, okay?! She was about to fall off the stairs, and I grabbed her before she could lull herself!” “We just wanted to help her, Dad! You don’t have to be on her side all the time!” The
James became so busy in his office with paperworks. He for the first time regretted firing Amelia. He would have pushed the whole work to her, and she wouldn’t have complained. He reached for his tea cup and gulped some of his warm tea. He stood up and adjusted his pants before stretching. He was about to sit and resume working when he heard a knock on his door. “It’s not locked,” He responded without bothering to look at who it was. The door opened, and he heard the click-clack of Ava’s high-heels approach him. He lifted his head and when he saw it was her, he raised his eyebrows in surprise. “Ava? What are you doing here?” He asked, and she let out a bright smile. “Do you have to ask me that? I came to see you of course.” She drew the chair backward and sat before he asked her to sit. “You could have done it some other time. I’m so busy right now.” He shifted his attention from her, back to the paperwork on his desk. “Can I help you then? I can assist you now that I’m here
~A MONTH LATER~It was the Saturday morning of Amelia’s wedding with James, and everyone was busy doing one thing or the other. James was at his mansion with his father and friend, Tina. They were helping him look very good for his wedding. James didn’t have many male friends, so Charles hired some of his friends' sons to act like the friends of the groom. Amelia, on the other hand, was scrolling through her phone as she sat in Charles’ apartment. The news about her wedding was everywhere on the internet. This made her so nervous. Helen was next to her, watching closely what the makeup artist was doing. Helen had been so bent on making Amelia look so beautiful on her wedding day. She had also made sure that she got other things like, making the whole city know about the wedding so that women could stay away from James, the hall and church that was going to be used for the wedding, and many more, prepared. The makeup artist stopped working on Amelia’s face and asked her to check