"Adaline, we need to have a serious talk, now!".
Without waiting for a reply from Adaline, she walked into the dimmed room with a grey, black and white color decor, she sat on a couch beside the bed and stared arrogantly at Adaline and Adaline returned the stare with a frown on her delicate face.Adele scoffed loudly as she rolled her eyes towards the heaven, a mockery smile played on her lips."Oh my bad, how could I forget that you are actually dumb and can't talk so I should say it this way, I want you to listen to me very good. Since we can't have a conversation, I'll do the talking and you listen and listen good"Adele stared at Adaline, making sure her words sank in. On a normal bright day, she never cared about anything that had to do with Adaline because to her, a dumb girl wasn't worth her time and attention, she hated the fact that she shared the same face with someone who did nothing but brought ugly remarks from the public to their family. Adele never liked it when people talked about Adaline whether good or bad while they ignored her presence and that was why she always did everything she could to get noticed and praised from people. Ever since she was a child, she loved being noticed and hated to be a background.But now, it seems like she would need to acknowledge Adaline's presence and make sure that Adaline would never get married to Mr Drew."I want to go to that lunch date with Mr Drew in replace of you"It sounded more like an order to a question, Adaline just stood where she was without saying a thing but her face was crumbled in question. As much as she would have loved to consider Adele's offer but she hated her manner of approach. She never knew Adele as someone arrogant and it made her wonder what exactly was the reason why Adele was obsessed with marrying Mr Drew, yes obsession because Adaline now knew that Adele would stop at nothing to get married to Mr Drew. Now she was getting more curious about seeing who Mr Drew was in terms of appearance. She continued staring and Adele stared back with an air of arrogance."Are you going to stand there and stare the whole day? I know you never wanted this marriage in the first place and that's why am bringing you a good offer, then I'll take your silence as a yes."She stood from the couch ready to take her steps to leave the room and prepare her self to look more like Adaline, that is, wearing a wig with a dark color to make it look like Adaline's hair and a dark contact lenses to change her brown eyes to look like Adaline's eyes and everything is done, the only thing that would be left was to play dumb and act like a living dead just like Adaline. If there was anything to differentiate the twin was the difference in their hair, eyes and behavior.But she suddenly saw Adaline shook her head negatively with her face showing an angry emotion which took Adele by surprise because she had never seen Adaline express herself emotionally whether happy or angry."What? Are you rejecting my offer now? You have the nerve to say no, you ingrate bitch!"Adele was now angry as she glared hard at Adaline with disgust evidence on her face. Adaline was now wondering when she had accepted Adele's so-called offer, she never gave a reply so there was no way she could reject what she never accepted. If Adele had come to her in a better way, then maybe she would have agreed to let her go to the date disguised as her(Adaline) but because of her (Adele) arrogance towards her (Adaline), she would have to say no. She may be dumb but she wasn't stupid.Adele looked intently at Adaline and she finally came to realize that the kind of method she was using on Adaline would not work at all, it would only Infuriate her where she would only come to keep rejecting, so she decided to go nicer with Adaline then maybe she would then finally comply."Alright, I understand that I am not nice but I apologize for that but please help me this once, allow me to go, just only today after all, it's still you who would get married to Mr Drew and not me so just let me go, okay?"If Adaline didn't know better, she would have fallen for Adele's trick but she knew very well, it was all an act and it was clearly evidence with the 360 degree sudden change in her expression, although, she looked nice with the smile on her face but Adaline knew it was because she was aiming for something and the smile would not stay too long on that face before the pretence would wear off.Adaline's angry face turned to the one of tiredness and confusion as if she was confused about Adele's reason why she wanted to marry Mr Drew by all means, then was tired that no matter how she wracks her brain, no reasonable answer could pop in and all the more was she seriously curious to know who Mr Drew was that Adele was suddenly behaving out of it.Adele saw the change in Adaline's expression and wanted to scratch out Adaline's eyes, she clenched her fist as she tried to hide her anger. She knew that unlike her, Adaline had no idea what Mr Drew looked like in real life and thought he was an old ugly man but only she knew how handsome he was and she wanted to marry him. It should have been her who was to be his wife and not her dumb sister and she could not sit and watch Adaline shatter her dreams for her in the name of business marriage."What I mean is, I want the marriage date to be pushed nearer. I want the marriage to take place quickly, father. I have finally accepted that I wouldn't be the one to marry Mr Drew and I'm happy for my sister. I want the celebration to take place as quickly as possible, father."Adele's statement did not only shock Mr Thom but also Mirabelle, she was awed at Adele's acting prowess. Why didn't she join the movie industry? She would be the best actress of all time!Although surprised, he didn't reply immediately. He looked intently at Adele, gauging her expression as if wanting to read through her thoughts."I'm happy you've finally understood why I didn't want you to marry that psychopath. You've finally grown and can now understand situations, that's good." He nodded but Adele wasn't pleased with her father's words. She held on the hem of her dress tightly so that her anger wouldn't show on her face.Psychopath?! He is not who you think he is, urghh!"Your idea sounds great too. The
"Look at that. Mirabelle, don't you agree that my father is such a hardworking man?"Adele spoke and held a proud smile, her words brought the attention of both men on them. But the person whom the question was directed at was lost in her own world. Mirabelle held a dreamy look and her eyes that were glued on the man who stood beside the CEO's table were filled with unspoken emotions. Obviously infatuation. –Author rolls her eyes–The man Mirabelle was staring at shamelessly, undressing him with her eyes, was Matthew Edgerly, Mr Thom's personal assistant.He was a tall man with a nice build, shoulder length strawberry blonde hair which he swept to the back, making his chiseled face more prominent.His voice was deep and he spoke smoothly that Mirabelle felt like she should swallow his mouth whole. In a few words, Matthew was sexy and Mirabelle was obviously hooked. She wanted him.The urge of having him to herself had her clenching her hands and thighs together, to calm herself down.
Mirabelle felt her insides churn the moment they arrived at Cintron's company. She quickly got out of the car and she thought she would throw up everything inside her, but thankfully, she didn't."Hey, that's so much of a ride. We could have died." Mirabelle gasped as she threw an accusatory look at Adele."My apologies that I'm not sorry. Maybe next time you could use your own car." Adele had her brows raised in nonchalance which had Mirabelle snorting in disbelief."I bet you don't know how ugly you look with your bish attitude towards me. For the love of God, am your one and only bestie." She pointed her index finger towards herself as if the whole world had wronged her."And that's why I'm lovingly being honest with you. If you're going to keep sulking, then just shut up." Adele spoke to have Mirabelle roll her eyes upwards and they both stepped into the building.They didn't have to go through any formal process to gain entrance into the building because everyone in the company,
Justin didn't protest to Drew's words, he was more than happy to abide by whatever Drew requested him to do but the same could not be said for Natalie. Her face crumbled the moment Drew stopped them from entering the backseat, he gestured for her to go to the front passenger seat beside Justin."Why should I sit there when I am your guest? Don't tell me you don't know how to treat people right." Natalie widened her eyes at Drew in anger and disbelief. She was really getting fed up at how she was being treated today and how Drew was behaving towards her. Nobody had ever dared to embarrass her to this much extent, she was being treated with respect wherever she went and she was finding Drew's attitude towards her very insultive.But Drew was the least bothered. "Ms Madison, if you have no interest in accompanying us for breakfast then you can leave rather than disrupt our time." Drew said dryly without sparing her a glance. Knowing that if she kept arguing with Drew it would change n
"I still can't hear you." There was a devilish grin on Drew's face and Adaline wanted to so much punch his face so hard that those smiles would disappear."I said I want them to join us." She repeated and Drew silently stared at her. His hands were still around her waist and he could feel how soft and small she was in his hands. Drew was elated that Adaline spoke to him. Her voice was soft and melodious, he could kill to hear her speak to him. Drew felt Adaline struggle in his hold."No." His voice was firm and Adaline didn't know what he said the no for. Was the no for her struggling to leave his grasp or for her words. She stopped struggling and tilted her head with a frown."They won't come. It's just the both of us and I am trying to make up for not being present yesterday." Drew spoke with a frown. He wasn't present yesterday but when he arrived at night, he saw her sleeping soundlessly on his bed. After helping her change from her uncomfortable dress in the dark room, he slept r
Drew was taken aback by Adaline's gesture. He stiffened and finally relaxed when she patted his chest. Is she trying to calm me down? Drew asked himself in inward amusement and he felt satisfied."Am fine." Drew whispered but Adaline still stood where she was and didn't move. She also didn't know why she suddenly leaned close to Drew and patted his chest but it happened even before she could comprehend it. But it doesn't look so bad. She thought back at what Natalie said to Drew, though she was in full support of his decision, she didn't think this was the right time. Judging from what she heard and understood from Natalie, there could be a consequences for Drew if he left Natalie like that when she came to see him, probably for business related things.Adaline wasn't into business like her father, but she knew how this things work. The business world was filled with people who hated to be dominated by another yet they still desire to dominate another to rise to the top. And she knew