“thank you” Aramide whispered as she pulled herself from the well-needed hug Daniel had given her, the man only gave her a small smile as he sat on the ground Indian style, Aramide chuckled. Daniel raised an eyebrow seemingly confused as to what was amusing.
“W-why are you staring at me like that?” He asked as his eyebrows creased in confusion.
Aramide chuckled once again before sitting in an Indian style too, very aware of Daniel's eye digging into her skin, the melanin beauty finally caught her breath and spoke up “don't mind me,” she began with a small smile, “It's not every day you see a white billionaire sitting on the ground Indian style”
Daniel bit his lip at the racist remark and even though he wanted to say a lot, he knew nothing could change society's view, besides how could he change society when his household was racist, Aramide must have sensed t
Silence fell on both of them, only the sound of the breeze hitting their clothes, and the loud silence between them could be heard. Daniel bit his lip, He had probably realized that this was a bad idea “it's okay if you don't want to talk about it, I would understand, that was so insensitive of me to ask, just because I told you about my past. I think I have overstayed my welcome, good—" He rambled. "Wait," Aramide said before Daniel could take enough steps to the door. He froze just a few steps past her, his eyes still glued to the door, he knew asking such a question was a bad idea and he still did. He had no idea why he did it — why he asked the dreaded question, He was sure Aramide would not talk to him anymore. He had messed up. though Aramide's next words shocked him. "I - I fell in love..." She trailed off, cutting through Daniel's trial of torturous thoughts as he glanced over at her, only to see she had he
“Aramide!” Blaire screamed. She barely registered the fact that she had just used the wrong name but it was certain that even if she knew she couldn't care less at this moment, the woman began to frantically search the room, fear spread across her facial features as her hands shook terribly. It didn't take too long for the army of soldiers they considered workers to storm into the room each other froze in place at the sight of the bed neither daring to make a sound or move. Olivia, Aramide's most trusted maid had tears threatening to spill down her eyes, she was the only one who knew Aramide's true identity apart from Blaire of course, the sight in front of her was one for more than sore eyes, the sheets were completely soaked in blood, and holding written on the mini mirror beside her nightstand table was "247" The trail of blood
The Clough mansion was a sight for elegant eyes; the walls and floors were designed with marble and all the interiors were made of either pure gold, diamonds, or artifacts. The floors were tile black and the whole house was painted with a dark shade of grey. A huge Chandelier hung right above the middle of the sitting room's ceiling. No one needed to be a genius to know it was pure gold. The chairs in the sitting room were made of pure black leather to complement the large portraits of Aramide that sat on the walls and were designed In gold. The house had two floors, initially, Aramide's floor was the bottom and the workers' floor was at the top, but when she arrived Aramide felt that the room on the first floor had too much design and felt choking. Thus, she had moved to the top floor and stayed in the maid quarters while Blaire stayed in her room. and even this room, was elegantly designed too. Though, the beauty of this el
“What’s wrong Cole?” Bola asked. She had just arrived home and had headed up the stairs to check on her son when she caught sight of Cole. She had seen color drain from his face as he turned pale. Bola waited for a few seconds but of course, as expected Cole did not spare her a glance talkless of grace her with a response. Instead, he stopped using his phone and scurried around looking for what she assumed was his car keys “what's wrong Cole? why won't you—” Bola stopped mid-rant as her eyes met the contents in the phone screen. Her hands shook as she picked up the phone to examine what was in her hands, she froze completely as she felt her whole world crumble down. She had to stop Cole now! Apparently, by the time she recovered, it was too late and she was left with yelling out Cole's name as his car pulled out of her driveway, fear
"Bola? When the maid had told me you were here, I didn't believe it,” Mrs Dante said as she saw Bola, as he moved closer she realized the girl was pacing around. The woman raised an eyebrow and asked; "Is something wrong?" Bola chuckled sadly "Is something wrong?" She repeated with an emotion filled voice "Is something wrong? Are you seriously asking me that? Everything is wrong mother! Every single thing!" She said as she threw her purse to the ground breathing heavily as she continued to pace about. "Calm gone and tell me exactly what is wrong,” the woman demanded. "Well what do you expect? It's the same pathetic story. Cole doesn't love me! He doesn't care! And when ever I try to be close to him, his memories of that girl come back! I can't take it anymore. We've been married for two years mother, two years, yet your son can't even bear to stay in a room with me, talk less of share a bed with me! He is like a st
"What is it?" Daniel gritted out as he poked his head out of his room door with a raised eyebrow. He was completely irritated as he glared at his sister who seemed unfazed. He sighed as he came out giving her a look that said "so?" "I need you to call Clarissa's house right now," Mercedes said and Daniel didn't miss the panic in her voice. "Clarissa?" Daniel said as he furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, "why?" He asked "Now is not the time to be asking questions just call her up,” Mercedes demanded desperately "Look, if this is one of your stupid assumptions on who she is then—" "Just call her okay! Five lives depend on this!" She screamed to her brother, Mercedes needed to know if Clarissa and Aramide were the same persons. If so, their whole world was going to come crashing down, and their mother's heart attack would be the least of their worries. S
"What happened?" Daniel demanded the moment he arrived at the Clough mansion. Blaire sighed as she wiped her tears and offered him a sit. He hastily accepted it. "So, what happened? She was fine when I left two days ago!" Daniel exclaimed. Well maybe she wasn't so fine... but she was alive and not missing! "I went up to her room the next morning after you left," Blaire sucked in a deep breath as she whispered "She— she wasn't there, Clarissa had vanished" Aramide's kidnapping had hit her hard, even though she wasn't her real mother — Blaire cared for Aramide as if she were her very own child and nothing compares to when a parent is on the verge of losing their child. "The police have started their investigation and..." she trailed off. In reality, she had nothing to say, the police hadn't been able to gather anything conclusive or any leads that coul
“Checkmate” Tania smirked as she stared at the frown that was growing on Dared's face, her childhood friend had never been one to deal with defeat, in fact, the man rarely failed. She was the exception though. She had always made that clear. The fair-skinned girl stood up and dusted her clothes, they had been at this for a while going back and forth and she was exhausted. Honestly, when she decided to visit her friend in New York, she hadn't imagined she would spend three days, and now she had been here for more than a week. She wasn't complaining though, Dared was great company, he was smart intelligent, tall, influential, and dominant. Being filthy rich as well — a quality, she admired. To Tania, Dared was anyone's spec, and she hoped to everything he had built and his whole career, that this Clarissa girl he was always rambling about, was a