LOGINEarly the next morning, a ringing phone woke Lyra. She sat up thinking it was Slyvia, but it was the Samsung by her bedside ringing. She took a glance at Slyvia; she was lying on the bed, her eyes on her.“Pfff,” Lyra puffed and got out of the bed before picking the call as she walked away. She didn't know who her caller was, but definitely, she didn't want Slyvia to hear her conversation.“Hello.”“Walnut, how are you?” a masculine voice came through.She paused. Walnut?“Who am I unto?” she asked. Then it clicked before he responded. She got into the bathroom and locked the door behind her. “Remy, how did you get…” she paused. How did he get the number he bought for her? That was stupid. “Good morning,” she said.“That's more like it. Good morning. I hope you slept well,” he said.She didn't. She woke up multiple times to Slyvia going through her stuff. She had vexed, they'd quarreled, and still, once she closed her eyes, Slyvia still went through her stuff.“Yeah, yourself?” she li
Lyra sat down after Slyvia left and stared at the phone. As the minutes passed, she opened the pack, brought out the phone, and inspected it. It looked like every other phone, and she turned it on. Soon, she became so invested in inserting the SIM he had added to the pack and setting up the phone that she didn’t notice how time flew...until her door stormed open and her father came in.He looked at her in surprise, as though she were a ghost.“Lyra,” he said slowly.Lyra looked up at her father, wondering why he looked so surprised to see her. Oh, he had expected her never to return home. He was, in fact, happy with his little family.“Who’s he?” Taylor suddenly charged toward Lyra. He stopped when he noticed the phone in her hand and smirked. “He got you a phone? Is that what you’re whoring around for?” he asked.Lyra stood up from the bed, dropping the phone.“Leave my room, Father,” she said.He paused and looked at her. “I will not leave,” he said. “I own this house. This building
Sebastian stared at Remy, wondering what was over his grandson.“Rem, did you have knowledge of where she was… wait, you kidnapped her?” Sebastian suddenly exclaimed. Remy laughed at his grandfather's surprise. “You shouldn't do that. Her parents were worried, I was worried,” he said.“I didn't kidnap her, Grandpa,” Remy said. “I am not going into details, but start preparation for our wedding. We have limited time,” he added. He was more than excited to get married, something he had dreamed of years back. Sebastian took out his phone and started strolling through his contacts.“Mister, are you doubting me?” he asked, and Sebastian stopped.“Have you returned their daughter to them?” he asked.~¥~Lyra got down from the taxi and watched it leave before turning to her house. Finally, a time to die peacefully.She walked to the gate and punched in the passkey, walking through when it opened before heading right in. The butler appeared at the sound of the gate opening, and she saw the cl
Mark pulled apart the curtain of the hotel on the top floor. His phone started ringing, and he brought it out from his unpacked bag on the bed. It was his boss, Cedric Huxley.“Yes, Boss,” he said immediately as he picked up the call.“Mark, where are you?” Cedric asked through the phone in a low, menacing tone.“I’m out of town, Boss.”“Get back now,” he commanded.“I’m sorry, Boss, but I’m running the Chairman's errand,” Mark replied very calmly.“Do it quick and get back here,” Cedric said and ended the call. Mark sighed and dropped his phone on the side table. Pictures of the lady who had bumped in front of their car several nights back, captured by the dashcam, were on the bed. He had limited time to source out one person in the whole of city A, and he'll start walking from tomorrow.¥“Is that all?” Lyra asked when the doctor came back into his office; her prospective husband had personally dropped her off at the hospital for the full-body checkup.“Yes, ma,” he said with a poli
“Wow, congratulations. When are they getting married?” Dorian asked.Ramona cleared her throat lightly. “It’s still in process,” she replied, a small smile forming on her lips.“Congratulations once again.” He watched her as she settled into the seat opposite him before asking, more carefully this time, “Ma… what about Lyra? Is she back home yet?”Ramona scoffed.“That one? She ran off to her man,” she said dismissively.Dorian’s heart dropped.Her man?“Her man?” he repeated, his voice lower now.Ramona waved her hand as if the very thought irritated her. “Yes, her man.”Dorian went still, but he was pissed by the thought of her with another man.“Lyra has a man? Who is he?” he asked trying to remain careful.“Who knows?” Ramona shrugged. “Some mysterious man she’s always sneaking off to meet.”She didn’t notice the change in his expression.Sneaking off to meet him…So she didn’t just leave, she ran to someone. And suddenly, the thought settled heavily in his mind.It was that man. T
“Who would believe that ungrateful girl decided to run away with a man, despite all my efforts on that lady? I raised her,” Ramona said as she chewed on a sliced apple. Slyvia was at the table with her, busy on her phone. It had been days since the dinner incident. “We couldn't even have dinner with Hawthorne, and did you even see the eyes of that grandson....?”“So pretty.”“So scary.”Ramona and Slyvia said at the same time, and Slyvia smiled.“Yeah, he can be scary, but he's so handsome, and even when he's angry, it only gives him a cuter side,” Slyvia said, and Ramona breathed in.“What do you think about getting married to Dorian Bowers?”“Do.... Dorian?” Slyvia coughed. “No, Mom, I can't get married to Bowers.”“But he's a nice person, and you both would work out so well.”“No, Mom, I can't marry Dorian. I mean, I would rather live in the kitchen, mopping the floor every day than....”“Slyvia, this is a respectable man. He studied well, he comes from a reputable background, and
The doctor stiffened as Remy walked in, and Lyra saw it. He stood up straight. “Mr. Hawthorne, I would be leaving now,” he said. “Goodbye, Doctor,” Remy replied, his eyes fixed on Lyra Jenson. He watched as she watched the doctor leave, and something crawled in him. Why would she stare at another
~ City G ~Cedric Huxley walked out of the airport in City G, Mark pulling their bag after him. There was a grey-coloured Bugatti awaiting them. Cedric walked to it, and the door was opened, with the staff greeting him, but his obvious anger got the best of him. His father, Chairman Huxley, was in
“It’s Chairman Hawthorne calling,” Ramona said, and Taylor quickly tied a towel around himself and came out of the bathroom to answer the call. “Good evening, Sir,” he said immediately. “Good evening, Taylor…” His joy knew no bounds at the fact that he was still referred to informally. “Have her
“What was that all about?” Taylor asked the moment their car drove out of the Hawthorne gate.Ramona rolled her eyes at her husband and scoffed. “Shouldn’t you be worried about your kidnapped daughter?”Slyvia turned in her seat from the front and looked back at her parents. “Dad, was she really ki







