Cintron's Manor.
The family of four were having their breakfast while servants attended to them, Mr Thom in particular was in a very happy mood because his dreams has finally come true, a grin glued on his lips that caught the curious attention of everyone in the dinning table.Just this morning, he received a business email from Mr Drew's assistant, telling him that they would love to partner with him and told him about the conference meeting that would be held for an interchange of views and his company, Cintron's Group would be introduced to Euston's business partners from all over the world. That alone was a huge step for the success of his company, yes, Mr Thom was known among the social circle but his company had no vast connection and not many people wanted to invest in his company with the fear that things might go wrong concidering how the status of the company was.Another thing that was stated on the email was that Mr Drew wanted a lunch date with Adaline, Mr Thom was in cloud nine when he read the emails, he was too happy and it made him smile widely that morning, he couldn't help himself.Everyone in the dinning room stared at him with questions and confusion in their eyes and Adele being the open minded person could not take it anymore, so she asked.."Dad? What's with that smile this morning? it's creeping me out"She frowned as she ran her hands on her arms, she had not seen her father in such a good mood in a long time, since things began to go wrong with their company, he was always with a wrinkled face and a sour mood but today seem different which was a very rare thing to behold."Yes yes, Mr Drew accepted to give me a helping shoulder and a conference meeting would be held in a few coming days where our company would be introduced to other business partners of the Euston's Corporations world wide"His joy and happiness were reflected in his voice which everyone heard clearly and immediately everyone including the servants smiled in jubilee as they clapped their hands for the new turn of event. Mrs Freda had a proud smile on her face as she looked at her happy husband, finally glory would be restored to them in larger folds.Adele smiled brightly and her admiration for Mr Drew grew in greater heights, her heart was pumping faster than normal and she saw a good opportunity to meet with Mr Drew and quickly said to her father.."Dad, that's good news! Mr Drew is really a nice man, but Dad, why don't I go on a lunch date with him as a thank you gesture for helping us? It would be very rude if we don't thank him properly"Her eyes shine brightly as the single thought of meeting with the man that hunted and dominated her dreams and gave her sleepless nights, but her words made a frown to settle on everyone's face."No because Mr Drew's assistant already sent an email stating that Adaline would be going on a lunch date with him and not you."Her father's words was like a bucket of cold water emptied on her, Adaline again!, That name was beginning to sound ugly in her ears this days but giving up was not her kind of thing, she smiled back and said.."But Dad, Adaline can't speak and it'll be awkward and disrespectful if she would remain mute before him instead of speaking out her appreciation, let me go instead of her to save us a face."Adaline who had been quiet all the while finally turned towards Adele, she felt nothing and thought that Adele was right, it was better Adele went to the lunch date instead of her and thank Mr Drew for his help but her parent weren't thinking the same at all, her father's mood which was happy before turned into a sour one at Adele's words."Be quiet! Do you think I made the decision? It was his choice to date Adaline over lunch not mine and not you or either of us have a say in this, now I don't want to ever hear you say anything that would connect Mr Drew and yourself, he is not a good match for you and that's final, no spouting of nonsense, now face your food, and as for you Adaline, your mother will accompany you to the shopping mall to shop for clothes and other things that you would be needing and don't complain."Adele felt angry and she clenched her fist under the table and said nothing more. Mrs Freda gave her two daughters a pitiful look, unlike her husband, she wasn't biased and it hurt her so much to see her mute daughter getting married to a psychopath, she loved both daughters equally but there was nothing she could do because their company was at stake.Adaline, although mute but wasn't stupid, amongst the both of them, she knew Adele was her father's favourite and she was just a property he could use to his own advantage, Mr Drew wasn't a good match for Adele but he was a good match for her? How funny but she didn't mind it at all. She was labeled as the useless daughter of the Cintron while Adele was the best and everybody thought she would get the best suitor but today Adaline was getting useful and would be used to salvage their falling empire.They finished their breakfast which didn't end well for Adele, Adaline was the first to excuse herself and Adele followed but instead of Adele taking the opposite direction, Adaline felt Adele taking her own direction but she said nothing and kept moving, she needed to get prepared to go shopping with her mother for her blind date with Mr Drew.A girl of her caliber wouldn't need anything much but in order to not only impress Mr Drew but her father as well, she decided to be a little bit extravagant if not for that, she wouldn't be needing to go to any shopping because she could just wear anything from her closet.Adaline entered her room and was about to close the door when she felt something hindering it, she turned with a puzzeled look and saw Adele push open her door and walked in without seeking for permission."Adaline, we need to have a serious talk, now!"."Does he have to be so harsh?"Justin mumbled as he walked out and into the elevator, as much as he wanted to still provoke Drew to no end, he was also curious too about the girl. What kind of traumatic experience could have possibly made her like that? His thoughts were interrupted by the female masculine voice he was very familiar with."What has made your mood sour today?"It was Phoebe whom he did not notice was inside the elevator and standing beside her was Cecil, Phoebe's younger sister. When Justin saw it was Phoebe with him inside the elevator, he wanted to ignore her but immediately he saw the pretty lady standing beside her, and he changed his mind."What's up Phoebe? Going somewhere?"He made sure to put up his sweetest smile on his face to catch the other lady's attention."Yeah, and what's with that smile all of a sudden? Weren't you looking like a dejected pig just now?"Of course, Phoebe very well understood what Justin was trying to do but she decided to play it dumb.
"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
They stepped out of the elevator when they heard the sound that indicated that they've reached their destination.Justin totally forgot that Drew gave him something to do, he offered to give them a ride home but Phoebe refused because she was heading to a different place while Cecil was heading straight to the house.Phoebe Roland was a dancer in a well known company, she was popular and loved by fans because of her sexual orientation and the fact she was lesbian and behaved like a boy made fan girls crazy about her.She debuted three years ago and it didn't take her time to become a famous dancer and also with the fact that she was Justin's close friend was something that got people admiring her because Justin Bellomy the virgin Casanova barely kept a female friend close to him for a week not to say how long they've both been close friends but although she wasn't close to me Drew however, being close to his personal assistant was equivalent to being close to him and that was the only
Then, a plan suddenly popped up in Adele's head and it made her smile inwardly, what a perfect plan! She thought in her head.Adele looked around the room for something but could not find what she wanted inside the room, without a word, she left the room to God knows where only to return in less than three minutes but what she came back with made Adaline tilt her head in question.Adele held a long thick rope in her hands and stared at Adaline for e few seconds and said.."Do you really think I would let you marry the person am supposed to get married to? You are nothing to this family and you don't deserve nothing, you hear me?"Adaline's head were filled with thousand question as to what Adele was going to do, she was getting too confused by each seconds and with each word Adele spilled from her mouth.Just few minutes ago, Adele was all nice and was even pleading with Adaline and now she was already back to her arrogant mode, it was funny to Adaline, she narrowed her eyes at Adele
"Yeah, she does care about me too much. So, tell me something about your company."Cecil said, by now the car had stopped and was packed in the garage of Phoebe's small villa, it was a villa painted with white colour on the outside, not exactly big but good enough for a person like herself. Phoebe being the kind of person she was, never liked a showy life, just wanted a simple life of doing her dance career, go out on a date with sexy ladies and make sure her sister doesn't lack anything.Justin was the first to get out of the car and he quickly went to open the door for Cecil like a perfect gentleman with a smile on his face. Cecil who noticed it said nothing because she thought he was just trying to be nice and not wanting to look rude towards her so she smiled back at him and led the way towards the front door of the villa.The living room had a boylike decor, infact it was stylishly manly as if owned by a man even though it was two ladies living in the house just that, one was far
Inside the CEO's office of Euston's Corporations, Drew sat behind his table, occupied with loads and loads of office work. This has been the normal daily activities of his life, he would just keep working and working without bothering about his own personal self.Being the CEO of a large world wide company wasn't an easy task to do, his unrelented hard work for a few years had gained him the title of the youngest billionaire of the century. Growing up as a child from a family who were legends in the business world, he had only been taught on how to run a business and survive among competitors in the field, to be very tactic in dealing with work.Though he came from a rich family where life would have always been easy but that wasn't the case for the only child and heir of the Euston's, he had been taught life the hard way, he grew up to understand how the world works and not to only spend money but to also make money and dominate the world and gain power to control the world in his ow
Mrs Freda along with Adaline left the house after about an hour of getting prepared, they left for the city's most expensive shopping mall that was arranged by Justin, Drew's assistant to get Adaline's clothes for the lunch date, the mall was classic and huge with luxurious items being sold.A shop attendant showed them around the mall and gave them different kinds of dresses to try on and if asked, Adaline would only nod or shook her head in reply. As they kept shopping, people's gazes did not leave the mother and daughter pair for a second, of course they knew who the infamous Adaline was, the pretty dumb girl. People continued to stared as they murmured gossips with scornful looks on their faces but neither does Mrs Freda nor Adaline cared, although they felt the hot gazes on them but they pretended like nothing was happening and continued shopping.It took them minutes before they finally found the dress they wanted, it was a black armless short gown with a black jacket of the sam
The car door was opened by the driver and Justin stood patiently waiting for the person to come out and when the person came out, Justin was awed, his mouth hung open as his jaw dropped, he was stupefied at what he saw, he blinked twice to make sure he saw right but he was right, his sight wasn't deceiving him at all.Adaline came out of the car and stood before Justin, giving him a slight bow. Justin squinted his eyes and looked at Adaline closely to be sure he was seeing the right person, maybe it was the other twin sister because they had the same look.But with the kind of aura Adaline was emitting, Justin knew it was definitely the right person but she looked so different from all the times he had seen her in the past, she looked more beautiful and alluring but her cold and blank eyes were the things that never changed not even a little bit, it looked similar to Drew's eyes, they had the same cold and aloof vibes around them that was capable of freezing a person. They fitted perf