Silence descended on the conference hall.For five minutes straight no one said anything. Daniel and Valerie stared at each other wondering if it was okay for them to break this icy silence.Priscilla Malvern stood with her back towards her children, she stared at the tiled wall with her hands clenched in a fist, tears fought her will and rolled down her face … memories flashed through her face.“Priscilla, I don't love you, I am really sorry I can’t reciprocate.”“I love someone else and no matter what you, your family or my aunty says I am getting married to her.”“She is with my child!”Priscilla will never forget the happiness that radiated Albert's face when he discovered his secretary was pregnant with his child, she had cried and cried her eyes out.When she died and Albert agreed to marry her, she was so happy that finally the man she loves has married her hoping Albert has come to love her but she was dead wrong because he had married her because he wanted his daughter to hav
No, this can’t be! … Valerie's thought shaking her head trying to somehow reverse what has happened.“It has to be a joke. Definitely!”She kept chanting as she hurried barefoot toward her aunt’s office.Her eyes keeps moving from looking in front of her to her phone in her hand, she had been trying to reach her so-called fiancé, Justin, but he wasn’t answering. Her heart pounded wildly against her chest. Fear consumed her.“Please, this can’t be true,” she muttered, increasing her pace.Employees, fellow actresses, and models stopped to stare at the usually composed and admired Valerie Malvern. Some couldn’t believe their eyes as they watched the almighty and favorite actress walking like a madwoman, her hair messy, her expression frantic.Valerie noticed the stares and hushed whispers around her but she was too much in trouble to care.What mattered now was that if she wasn’t fast enough, everything she had envisioned for herself would be ripped away.As she approached her aunt’s off
“Should I be worried or happy?” Red’s voice pulled his best friend out of his thoughts, the same thoughts that had left Romero grinning like a fool.Damn, it feels good to be this happy.“Hey, buddy!” Romero exclaimed, his joy evident as he sprang from his seat and wrapped Red in a warm hug. Red tilted his head slightly once they pulled apart, giving the billionaire a look.They both sat on the couch.“I think I should be happy. Because when was the last time you willingly, without being forced, gave your amazing best friend a hug?”Romero rolled his eyes, still smiling. “Stop being dramatic, Red.”“You know I’m not.” Red sighed. “It’s just really good seeing you this happy. I mean, you were grumpy and in the worst mood just a few days ago.”Romero chuckled. “I know, right?”Red reached out and patted his back. “I’m really happy for you, man.”“Thanks. I’m happy to be happy too,” Romero replied with a nod and a wider smile.“So how’s she doing?” Red asked as he got up and walked over
*Flash Back.* As soon as the Alwards entered into the office. Georgina turned facing her sobbing son, she released her grip on his wrist and before anyone of them could say anything, she landed four eyes blinking slaps across his cheeks. The force of the slaps sent Justin backwards, both of his cheeks burned, tears found their ways to his eyes and rolled down his cheeks, his sobbing broke into a full blow crying. Goodness gracious! Darling!” James exclaimed with shock as he quickly moved to his son and hugged him, Justin cried shamelessly in his father's embrace. “I… am ….sorry.” His broken words found their way out of his mouth, “I …was….stupid ….and wasn't thinking.” James sighed “It's okay dear, it's fine.” His father tried to console him but his tears kept pouring, the pain in his heart was far more greater than that, that stung his cheeks. What the hell was he thinking when he forced himself to dance with Aliyah and even touched her? He was fucking stupid… very stupid
It was supposed to be a gentle, sweet, and short kiss, but the more Romero tried to pull away, the more the softness of Aliyah’s lips pulled him in.Damn! He was indeed a finished man, just as his best friend had said. But did he care? Hell no!Aliyah couldn’t keep up with the intensity of his kiss … the dominance of his tongue against hers, the ownership he seemed to be claiming in her mouth. She simply let him savor her.“Ah,” Aliyah moaned as Romero bit and licked her lower lip.Romero smiled against his little wife’s lips. Her moan was like music to his ears, and he wanted more strings of it.His wandering hand moved from her neck and landed on a small, perfect curve that fit his palm just right. The softness against his hand made him linger, wonder what it was ….Wait? Was that – a little hardened bud pressing against his palm alongside the softness?Aliyah drew in a breath when his hand landed on her breast.Romero’s eyes widened, and he broke the kiss, staring down at her. He
“Hospital?” Aliyah asked as she looked from the big building before them to the man seated beside her, who wore a blank expression.Romero didn't respond.Aliyah had been more than worried since the drive because the billionaire had said nothing to her since he had carried her into the car, she knew he was upset with her.“Sir, I am okay.” She said, trying to sound cheerful, “It was just slaps, I can't possibly get sick from slaps and a little crying.” Still he said nothing, he came down from the car and soon her door opened, he carried her in bridal style again and walked into the hospital, she saw as nurses and doctors hurried towards him showing him to a ward.Getting into the ward, Aliyah marveled at the beauty of the ward, it looked very comfortable just as a room in a house, he placed her gently on the bed and sat beside her.Romero turned to the two doctors and two nurses behind him, “Take care of her and her hand too, the right one.”Aliyah snapped up her head, “I..I…” She st