Chapter 5
I slowly walked into my work place with my head down, trying to avoid the curious gaze of my co workers, I usually had a reputation of being the most punctual employee, but Lisa and Jeremiah just had to ruin my streak. I walked into my office and took a seat, I did not even care to pull the blinds up, I was a having a banging headache because of the stupid drug, Lisa used on me. I sighed as I opened my files and got straight to work. I was a journalist for a very reputable media comapany, The news Co, and I was not the best at my job but I was still managable,I remeber one time when I slapped a client who I was interviewing in the face because she was such a bitch, but I ended up sleeping in jail for the night, luckily she did not press charges, or the time a client said something innapropriate and I mistakenly published the article without cutting it out. I should have been fired, but my boss let me off because he had some relations to the Taleson family. With all that had taken place, it would not be long before they finallt fire me. It was not like I wanted to be a journalist in the first place, ever since I was little, I always waned to be an actress and a musician, and my parents promised me that they would make my d****e come through, that was why they created they entertainment company.But my uncle buried my dream. I remeber that day, I still saw Lisa as a friend when I told her that I wanted to be an actress, but she just wanted what I wanted. So she convinced her parents in supporting her to become an actress, and my uncle came to me and told me that he would not support me if I tried becoming one. Just as I was lost in thought, my door swung open, and the devil herself walked in, she was wearing a seven inch higheels on a monday morning and I was pretty sure she had no where to be. “Sorry to interrupt your work Lizzy” She said sarcastically as she majestically sat down on the chair with a smug look on her face, she looked around the office with a digusted look. “Wow cousin, this is where you work? This place does not fit your status” She said with smug smile, and I just faked a smile, I did not want her to have the satisfaction of being able to rile me up. Just as I was about to reply her, I saw my co workers looking at us through my open door with curiosity, there were all probably wondering why the A list actress, Lisa Greene would come to my office, little did they know that she was my backstabbing cousin. I stood up and closed the door before I went back to my seat. “What do you want?” I asked calmly, even though my blood was boiling, I was filled with anger at the thought of what she wanted to do to me yesterday.And she still had the guts to show her face. “You are a very lucky person Lizz, even with a very strong aphrodisiac in your body, you still managed to escape” she smiled and I wondered what she had under her sleeves, should she not be angry that her plan failed. “What did I ever do to you Lisa, I have always compromised for you, every single f*cking time and you still had the guts to cast your dirty evil eye on my parents company, what the hell is wrong with you?” I asked as I stood up angrilly, I could not hold my anger anymore, because of her ,I was humiliated and had a one night stand with a stranger luckily he was an handsome one. “What is wrong with me?” She said while standing up and giving me a mocking gaze. “What is wrong with me is that I just hate you Eliza, I hate you so much I want you to live a life worst than death. I want everything you have, I want you to revel at my feet” she answered with a crazy look in her eyes making me to reel back in shock, I knew Lisa had problems with me, but it was then I relalized that it was way deeper than I thought. “I have never done anything wrong to you Lisa, you are a devil” I said . “You have never done anything wrong? So bold of you to say my dear cousin Lizzy, when your parents were alive, you always looked down on me, because you had more money, always gave me your left over clothes, shoes and bags like I was a begger, you thought that I would forget didnt you? But i never freaking did” She said craziy and my eyes just grew wider, all those times I gave her my stuff, I did it out of love and mosty because she asked, who knew that she was habouring a deep hatred for me. She was indeed crazy. “Lisa, are you okay? A normal human being would know that I gave you all those things out of love, and I never looked down on you, but now I do, you are a stupid and pathetic asshole, goodluck in hell” I said while greeting my teeth in anger. “Well I know I am going to hell, but I want to drag you down with me. You think that you are safe because you escaped yesterday, sorry you tell you but I will keep on trying everyway to make your life miserable, I will not let you know peace.” She smiled inncoently, her usual innocnet smile she used top decieve her fans, Jeremiah and every single person, but me. “Anyhoo, all gist aside” she laughed like we were having a nice conversation, as if she did not just threaten me seconds ago. “Daddy has agreed to get me and Jerry baby engaged, our engagement ceremony is next week,you know I did not want to invite you at first because your stupid ugly face manages to ruin my good mood all the time, but I think seeing me get engaged to Jeremiah who was once your fiance, it would cause a great deal of pain to you, right?” She said with her soft innocent voice, but I could only slowly raise up my hands and point at the door. “Leave my office, now” I told her. “Okay, okay, no need to be hostile, I was about to leave anyways” She said as she put on her limited edition sunglasses and strutted out of my office while leaving the door wide open. I saw as my co workers gathered around her with books in their hands while asking for her authograph and she smiled warmly at them saying nice words, in contrast to the threat she gave me not quite long. I closed the door and sat down on my chair letting out a frustrated sigh, I tried my best to not let the situation to have a hold on me but deep down I knew that I just wanted to cry. Just as I was about to get to work again, my manager, Luke walked in . I was immediately alert because the only reason Luke usually came to my office was when I causeed some type of trouble. “I did not do anything, I swear” I said immediately while he sighed with a smile. Luke and I where cool, he was cool to everyone,but he always turned into a monster, anytime I got in trouble because of my clients or article. “I did not say anything about you being in trouble” he laughed. “Okay why are you here then?” I asked with a smile while letting down my guard. “Well Latisha and Daniel called in sick” he sighed and I got confused. I, Latisha and Damien were the top journalist in The news Co, even though I caused trouble some times, my works were always still up to standard, that was another reason why they could not fire me. “How did they both get sick at the same time?” I asked curiously. “Well they both went for an assignment together and one of them probably gave the other the sickness.” he said while looking down. “Thats not true Luke, you are hiding something from me I know it” I said while trying to guess what he was hiding. “Eliza..” he started, but i caught him off. “Oh my gosh, are they are couple!” I shouted causing Luke to immediatly run to my side and cover my mouth. “Shhh, nobody should hear about this, okay?” he warned and I nodded before he removed his hands and cleard his throat awkawardly after realizing what he had done. “ So I am right then?” I asked again. “Sure” he sighed as he raised his hands up in defeat and took a seat. “They are both getting married” he said and I widened my eyes in shock. “What!” I shouted again while he looked at me with tthreathening gaze, causing me to lower my voice. “How is that possible?” I asked in disbelief. “That is non of your business Eliza” he said. “Okay luke, what do you want?” I asked. “Well you know that our company was the only media company that the Blaqk family invited to cover Ryan Blaqk’s wedding of the century?” he started. “Yes I do” “Well, Daniel and Latisha were supposed to cover it, but now that they are both not available, I have no choice than to send you to cover it:”he said in defeat and I understood him, he did not want me to cause another mess as I had already caused enough. “What!Are you serious about this, this wedding is a pretty big deal, I dont want to mess anything up” I said nervously. “Believe me I also dont want you to go there and mess things up,but i have no choice, you are too good at your job. Just stay in you lane and do not do anything stood, even this company would not be able to save you if you anger the Blaqk family” he said as he stood up and walked out. After the shock of the entire situation was gone, I stood up with riverie and pucnched my fist in the air with elation, I was going to the wedding of the century. A place were even my uncle or the patriach of the Taleson family could attend, it was a party preserved for the inner upper circle and I was invited. To work technically, but I was still invited.Ryan basically every woman’s dream was getting married to Angela Dalton at 27 years old, he was only two years older than me.Still a young man but so successful. “Without another thought, I whipped out my phone and dialed Alex’s number and after a few rings, she picked up. “What?” that was the first thing she said immediately she picked my call. “Okay good morning to you too dear Alex how is your day going too” I said sarcastically and I am pretty sure that she rolled her eyes on the other end,she was just too predictable. “What do you want Liza, I am at work so make it quick.” she said. “Okay, guess who is going to the Blaqk family wedding?” I asked elatedly. “I dont know tell me” She answered in an unintrested voice. “Its me bitch, I am going to the wedding of the century” I laughed waiting to hear her shocked reply. “You are kidding” She said in disbelief. “Girl you know I wont kid about stuff like this” I laughed. “Aaaaaaaagrh!’ She screamed making me laugh even louder that a co worker had to walk in and shush me. “Awn Liza that is great” She said happilyy. “I know right, my manger sent me there to cover the wedding” I said while finally calmin g down. “That is so cool Eliza, please take a bunch of cool pictures for me”She said. “Girl you are talking as if i am about to go there now, dont you know that it is in a week”I said . “Thats great!” she shouted elatedly. “That gives us the chance to shop for a nice outfit, you cant go there looking like a social reject” She said over the phone. “What is wrong with my usual clothes?” I asked her confusedly. “Lizzy do you even look at the mirror” She laughed while I pouted, Alex sure had a way with her words. Just as I was about to counter her she had to go because her boss caught her on the phone and just sighed. I finally got back to work when I realized that I had to prepare my interview questions, something that would not offend any of the Blaqk family members.Chapter 6 I walked into the bustling venue of Jerimiah and Lisa’s engagement party. At first, I did not want to grace Lisa with my presence, but then I thought, if I could not play the disgusting video of Jeremiah and Lisa at our wedding since it got cancelled, then I could play it at their engagement. That way, I would get the satisfaction of revenge by ruining their special day, and get the guest to feel sorry for me, and I would also use it as an opportunity to get back my parents' company from my uncle. I strutted with my head held high as I walked in, I ignored the murmurs about me from the guests. Just as I was about to take a seat in a very un-noticeable corner, I was approached by Mrs Taleson, who was none other than Jeremiah’s mother. Growing up, she was always kind to me and treated me like her daughter. She was the last person I thought would betray me. “Liza darling, I did not expect to see you here”, she said nervously while trying to avoid eye contact. “Oh, well, you
It was finally the day of the wedding of the century. The wedding was between Ryan Blaqk, the youngest multibillionaire and CEO of the Blaqk industry, and Angela Dalton, the heiress of the Dalton family, who was also a famous socialite. These two families joining together would be so powerful, but it was the Dalton family that was going to benefit the most, as the Blaqk family was already united in whatever they did. I wore a royal blue sequin gown that dazzled in the sun. The gown ran below my ankle, but I was still able to showcase my beautiful legs and my heels because of the slit that started just below my knees. I did quite a simple make-up look as I did not want to draw any attention to myself, and also, I was not even a proper guest at the wedding. I just came to work. I parked in the parking lot of the hotel, as I did not want to draw any attention by parking while the red carpet was taking place. Before I came down from my car, I grabbed my bag that had all the things I need
Chapter 8 “What ?” I asked angrily. How dare they pull me into their family drama? They actually wanted me to be fool Ryan Blaqk and get married in the place of their daughter. If I actually agreed, I would not even know how I passed away. “You have to do it,” Mrs. Dalton said condescendingly. “I won't. I am sorry, but I will not marry Mr. Blaqk at your daughter's place. It is not my freaking fault your daughter decided to run away, so why do I have to suffer for it?" I screamed. Yes, I was scared of the two bigshot families, the Dalton’s and the Blaqks, but I was even more afraid of the Blaqks. “Whether you like it or not, you are already involved in this matter; you have no choice but to do what we say, unless we make you wish you were dead. I will ruin your career, your family, and everything."Mrs. Dalton threatened, but the rest looked like they agreed with her method. “I am sorry, but do whatever you want to do to me; I will not suffer for the crimes of your family. Yes, I am
I sat in the car, trying my best to block out the event that had just taken place, the shocked places of the the guest when they found out that I was the bride and not Angela, how I met plenty both shots who I never even dreamt of meeting them, but they all showed me respect, as Ryan's wife. I literally got married to Ryan Blaqk, the Ryan Blaqk, but I did not feel good about it, even after all the respect I was getting, I was used as collateral damage for the mistake that Angela made, and I hated the Dalton family so much because of that. Too bad I now had to act like their lovely goddaughter from then on in public. The Blaqk family made Mr Dalton give a speech during our wedding reception, and in that speech, he addressed me as his goddaughter, which cleared the air of doubt for the guests. I could only watch helplessly as the event that determined my happiness took place without my consent. I wanted to lift up my dress and run away, just like Angela did. But I knew that after the
Just as I was thinking of how to overpower my body and stop, Ryan suddenly stopped as if he read my mind. I looked at him with an inquisitive gaze while he took a deep breath as his head was buried in the nape of my neck. “I would not mind having you right here, but you are not ready,” he said, and once he said this, he walked away like nothing had happened. Leaving me shocked and confused, but weirdly wanting more. *** Due to my persistence, Ryan allowed me to use a pillow to demarcate the bed. I inwardly laughed at my hypocrisy, like I was not just about to sleep with Ryan some hours ago. The lights were off, and we were ready to sleep. “When are we leaving?” I asked him. “So what was the point of coming here? We could just have stayed at your family hotel in the first place,” I said angrily as I cursed at his stupidity in my mind. “I was right back then; you are stupid,” I whispered, but unfortunately, he still heard me. "Stupid, hun?” he asked, making my cheeks flush. “No,
“What did you say?” I asked him with a confused smile. I was really hoping, but I heard him wrong. “I said you are fired, Eliza,” he said while trying to avoid contact. Was it because I published the article late, but I already explained my situation to him? No, that could not be the reason. “But why?” I asked with a shaky voice. “Is it because I did not publish that article last night; I already told you my predicament and you understood why, or is it because I came late twice in a role? Why would you do this to me?” I asked angrily, especially because I did not expect Look to fire me since we had a little bit of friendship between us. “I am not the one who fired you, Eliza,” he suddenly said as he looked up and finally made eye contact. “It was the CEO; he said you offended someone important." Luke explained, and I just looked at him with a confused gaze. I was sure that it was definitely not the Blaqk family or the Dalton family that got me fired, since I practically did them a
Instead of going back home, I decided to make a turn to go to my uncle's house. When I got there, I was stopped by the security, and they had to get permission from my uncle before I was allowed to enter. My body seethed with anger; they had the guts to occupy the home that my parents left for me, and they did not even let me come in and go freely. They were all snakes. I went to their ‘house’ to make one thing clear to them: that I was going to cut all ties with their family and that I would be their enemy from now on. Without thinking twice, I got down from my car and catwalked into the small villa. The living room was empty, but I did not care. I took a seat and patiently waited. They knew I was around, but they took their time before they came down to meet me; that was how they always did. Their lowly minds wanted to establish a sense of superiority, but I never cared. When I heard footsteps, I looked right and saw that it was my uncle and aunt, and when she made eye contact w
"That must be the person Ryan sent over,” I mumbled to myself when I heard my doorbell ring. I grabbed my bag and made my way to the front door. “Why is it you?” I asked with surprise and a slight anger in my eyes. “You don't look very happy to see me, Eliza,” he said, with his hands in his pockets. “Uhm.. no. I was just expecting a different person," Istammered, but he did not seem to care anymore as he turned around and walked back to his car. “Tomorrow I will be taking you to the Blaqk family house,” Ryan said after a pregnant pause in the car on our way to his house. My eyes opened wide at his sudden statement, and I could not wait to object. Why did I have to meet the Blaqk family? “Why?” I asked with unwillingness in my voice. "It does not matter the circumstances in which we got married; we are still a married couple." "Oh," I said disappointingly. After driving for thirty minutes, we finally arrived at Ryan's estate. I was marveling at how grandiose everything was. Th