~~~~~ Dennison Mansion ~~~~~ Cold evening.Jia Dennison (Alice's mother.) sat with a sulking expression on her face, her always sparkling pretty eyes looked dull and almost lifeless. She looked like a pregnant mother who had just lost her unborn child through miscarriage, she sat without any aim or motives just staring at the mansion's door waiting for Alice to come home or walk inside with a bright smile like she usually did. "Alice, come to mother. I miss you so much, don't do this to me. Alice." Jia mumbled in an inaudible voice to herself, big fat tears fell from her beautiful blue eyes which Alice got from her. Mr. Dennison sighed gazing at his wife from the top of the stairs, his expression was no less than his wife but the tears in his eyes refused to fall. He too was missing his beautiful daughter, he had sent men to search for her in the whole of city C but she was nowhere to be found. He slowly climbed down the stairs walking towards Jia, a fake smile stretched on his lips
~~~~~ Arnold's Mansion ~~~~~ The next day.When Alice woke up she was met with darkness, she groaned in pain raising her head from the bed. She glanced around her wondering how she had ended up in the bed, The last she remembered was crying close to the window and there she had fallen asleep. A sharp pain shot through her head "Ah! What the heck is happening to me?" She grumbled raising her hand to her head, when she touched her head she jolted backward "Oh my I could boil an egg with my head." She mumbled realizing the pain and weakness in her body.Everything that happened before she passed out flashed before her eyes, she remembered arguing with the weird man who wanted her to bear his child. She remembered how she had firmly refused and he had then told her he would lock her up till she agreed, tears peeked through the corner of her eyes when she remembered his words. Her situation was hopeless, as she wallowed in her pains, sorrows, and regret the door pushed open revealing a yo
~~~~~ Arnold's Mansion ~~~~~Taylor sighed looking at his twin brother walking away, the truth was they were both twins born to the same parents. Their parents had an estate and a rich business but neither of them wanted to run it, Terry wanted to become a doctor and Taylor was willing to sacrifice his life for Arnold. They both chose their various careers leaving their parents helpless. "What did Terry say? Is she alright or dead?" Arnold questioned walking out of the room which jolted Taylor out of his thoughts. "I think she is okay master, there's nothing to worry about." Taylor muttered turning towards Arnold, "That's good then." Arnold mumbled turning back to walk into his room."Master what should we do about her parents? They are looking all over the country for her, we can't keep them in the dark for too long." Taylor remarked talking about Alice's parents. "I got some intel that the mother fell unconscious today, I think we have to return her sooner than later," Taylor adde
~~~~~ Disentangling Mysteries ~~~~~The chateau hummed with strain as Arnold's determined plans unfurled. Taylor conflicted between devotion and concern, kept on executing his lord's requests. The insight about Alice's supposed treachery with the first life partner spread quickly, creating shaded areas over her family's standing.Amid the disarray, Alice ended up bound to the lavish walls of Arnold's house. The room's glory stood out strongly from the trepidation in her eyes as she argued for her opportunity. The housekeeper, trapped in the crossfire, quietly noticed the unfurling show.As days passed, Arnold's tenacious quest for control increased. He moved chess pieces on the leading body of trickery, organizing a story that would keep Alice snared in his web. The pressure inside the manor reflected the tempest seething outside, an illustration of the strife inside its walls.In the meantime, Taylor wrestled with the ethical ramifications of his activities. He was unable to shake of
Alice raised her eyes to glare hard at him, she wondered helplessly why he wanted only her for his heir. "I can't do that, you see am sorry for messing with you but the truth is I am not interested in all this. I just want to go home, let me go home please." Alice mumbled with a pleading expression, she looked helplessly and lost. "I can't just let you go, I need an heir to my empire and I want you to be the mother of my heir. No one else, if you keep refusing to accept my request then I will keep you locked in here. " Arnold muttered in a cold tone, he turned around ready to walk away after giving her his piece."You are a demon, you are a devil, you are heartless. How can you do this to me? I have never offended you or come across your path, what hatred do you have for me?" Alice asked raising her head, she stared at him with a disgusted expression. "My marriage got called off, my fiancee cheated with my sister I never wanted her to do that. I never wanted to be here at first, I wa
~~~~~ Brooks Mansion ~~~~~Sophia and Jade both paddled their way into the mansion after getting out of the car, Jade held onto Sophia's hand pulling her into the mansion. "Are you alright? Don't worry mum and dad will accept us back, we just have to plead with them and that's all." Jade muttered standing in front of Sophia and holding her hands. Her face was red from the slaps she received from her parents, her eyes had a bit of a cold expression in them. Jade lovingly rubbed her face to clear the color from it, he placed a peck on it when she didn't answer him."I understand Jade, will they tell us to get out of the house as my parents did? I don't know what to do if they tell us that, why can't everyone understand that we love each? Why? Why can't they see our love and yearning for one another?" Sophia questioned faking a pitiful expression, she acted docile with tears flowing down her eyes. Jade felt touched by her tears making his heart ache in pain, he raised his hand and broug
Mr. Brook glared at his son with disgust and disappointment, he was highly disappointed in his son for choosing to go on this path, and he ( Jade ) thought the path he chose was the right one to trend on. "Honey? What are you doing? Won't you stop them? Honey, please stop them, if they leave people will talk about our family." Mrs. Brook muttered running to her husband and holding onto his hands, she pleaded with him to stop their son from leaving. "Honey please listen to me, stop him from going. Stop him already." She shook her husband harder.Sophia glared at Jade from the corner of her eyes as he attempted to pull her out of the mansion, she wondered what he was thinking. "Jade, let's just have a reasonable conversation with your father. You don't want him to be angry with us, you know this isn't the right way to solve things." Sophia muttered trying to stop him from leaving, "listen to me Jade, we can plead with him to accept us. He is your father, after all, I don't want you to g
~~~~~ Arnold's Mansion ~~~~~Two days passed in the blink of an eye, everything that happened within those days was like a dream to Alice. She had remained adamant and stubborn about not listening to his words or bearing his child, she had refused to eat for two days wanting to starve herself to death and to convince him ( Arnold) too. But Arnold refused to budge either, he instructed the maids to keep sending her food regardless of her content denial. He also intensified the suffering of her family by 10 folds each passing day as she denied his request."Get some food upstairs, prepare a new dish and present it to her. Make sure she finishes it." Arnold ordered the maids, after walking into the kitchen to get a glass of water. He was ready to continue in the cat and mouse game with Alice till she gave up, taking a phone from the insides of his pocket he placed it on the tray. "Also show her the videos on the phone and tell her, I am waiting for her reply." He added and the maids nodd