“What are you doing here, Jeff?” Gwendolyn enquired. She was surprised to see him standing next to his car in the parking lot. She just finished modeling for the fashion industry along with other agents, she was on her way to returning home. It had been a long day and she was already tired.Jeffery grinned with a hand stuffed in his pocket, he sauntered up to her, tilted his head, and pecked her on the cheek. “How was your photo shoot?”“It was awesome. You haven't answered my question. What brought you here?” Her eyes narrowed at him, impatiently waiting for him to answer her.Lilith ambled away, heading to where their car was since she noticed they might need some time alone. “Hello, Lilith. How're you doing?” Jeffery managed to wave at her while observing Gwendolyn's body.“Pretty good. I'll be waiting in the car, Gwen.”“Have you forgotten? You told me you'd be here yesterday when we talked. I remember the time and the location.”“Oh,” She gave a feeble response.“You know you pro
After unraveling the whole confusion, Claudia couldn't help but wept. Much as she tried not to break down while sitting next to her on the sofa, tears trickled down her cheeks uncontrollably.She was heartbroken. The awful feeling of being lied to by the one person you trusted, and loved most was unbearable for her to conceal. The moment Gwendolyn ended her last statement with ‘I'm sorry. I lied to you’ She had the yen to yell at her, stomp out of her room but all she could do was stare at her, nearly speechless. She didn't know how to begin her word. The man she had started to get fond of was no one but a stranger. A future she presumed for both of them was false. They dashed her hopes. Now she eventually understood her words when she told her never to get her hopes up.It felt like something sharp pricked her heart. Perhaps it was the truth that pierced her heart like a dagger yet it hurt like hell, leaving her hopeless as her eyes bore sadness in them. She parted her mouth to say s
“I'll take the next table.” Cindy stopped him while he was heading toward the table with a tray of coffee and snacks, Zayn halted, collected the tray, spun around, and then returned to the counter.She sauntered casually to the fifth table, she set down her coffee on the table before a plate of snacks, then glanced at the lady who was secretly admiring Zayn at where he was standing.“Enjoy your coffee,” Cindy said cheerfully, attempting to return to the counter the lady grabbed her hand, stopping her from leaving.“Wait a minute! The man over there… can I have his number?” She enquired, using her misty eyes to persuade her. Ever since she stepped in, she found it hard to take her eyes off him, every woman could simply lose their senses just by a glimpse of his alluring face. Everything about him was enough to be mesmerized by.Cindy glanced at him before whipping her eyes onto the lady sitting in front of her. No doubt, if she was to predict her age she would probably be in her late t
Gwendolyn would do anything to avoid that. Most of the time she visited, she always ended up having a dispute with Mr. Brook. One of the reasons she never loved going home was because her father saw things differently. Still, she had to go. Before he informed her about Kathryn's pregnancy, she had called her on her way coming from the hospital. Claudia was the only one that didn't fancy having her around, Gwendolyn didn't have a problem with anyone.After getting dressed, she sauntered out of her room. She ambled to his door, knocked gently, and waited for him to respond. She knocked again but did not respond. She stalked away from his door to the living room. He was already in the living room, holding a tie he probably needed her assistance with.She had seen him many times, however, strangely everything about Zayn always made her appreciate the creator. She secretly observed his face, trying not to appear like a lewd woman because she was drooling over it, she couldn't help it.“Cou
“I thought you were going to take a long break after your last shooting, you asked me not to accept any job for a while. Why now all of a sudden?” Lilith rinsed the apples and put them in a bowl before moving away from the sink.Gwendolyn, who was engrossed in a script flipped to the next page, moistened her lower lip before replying. “I never planned to take a break, definitely not now. I just won't take any job that'll keep me out of the city for a while.”She was literally confused by her answer. She sliced the apples into a dish, placed a fork on it, and then pushed it over. “You didn't tell me you have something important to do here for a while.”“Something important?” She tugged on a fork, moved the apple to her mouth, and ate. She shook her head vigorously.“Yes?” When she looked eagerly at her, she couldn't get the answer she was seeking because her eyes were regular. They had no glimmer of hint in them.“I think he's also important. If I should take all these jobs on the tab
“The session should be over soon.” Dr. Stewart said with a shrug.Instead of replying, she checked her watch. She glanced at the exit while impatiently waiting for the therapy session to be over. “I didn't know it was going to take long. Like how many minutes are we talking about here?”“It won't be as long as the one you've spent it on.” When she frowned, she earned a smile from him and he shrugged his shoulders. “I was just kidding.” He mumbled.“Better be.”“Have you found any information about him or found any close relatives yet?” He enquired with a deep concern embedded in his voice.With a look of disappointment, she shook her head. “Not yet. However, there was a day he told me someone approached him, he hasn't mentioned anything about the person ever since that day. Do you think he's going to improve? It must be lonely for him.”“You care about him, don't you? I know he's your husband and all, but I don't believe anything from social media. Just give him some time, he'll get b
At first, he didn't realize what had happened to his grandson. When Zachary put a hand across his face but he stepped backward, his grandson only loathed body contact, especially with the people he didn't know. Doing the same thing to him made him wonder what had happened to him. He had a series of questions he wanted to ask. Why haven't you been coming home? What happened to you? A lot that he couldn't even remember all.A few months ago, he vividly remembered what his butler divulged that very day, Lucien left home without a bodyguard and also he didn't tell anyone who he was meeting that day or where he was headed. Being the grandson of a tycoon, he was aware of the kind of danger swirling around him like the wind at every corner, yet he left home without his bodyguards. For weeks, his corpse was never retrieved or found, yet Zachary presumed it was better to pronounce him dead after months of searching with shattered hopes. It had been five months, two weeks already. When he rec
The next day she woke up to the sound of her alarm. She extended her hand to the nightstand and turned it off, posed up purposely, and scotched to the edge as she put both feet on the floor. She rubbed the heel of her hands on her face to make her vision a bit pellucid.She took her phone as she leaped up. She slid into her scuffs, went to the bathroom and did all that was necessary before stepping out. She was expecting Lilith to show up anytime soon and that was why she was getting ready before she arrived, they were leaving early today. Moreover, since his next session with his therapist was fixed for next week she had absolutely nothing to worry about. After getting ready, she sauntered casually out of her room and skimmed at his door before heading to the kitchen to grab something to eat.When she got to the kitchen, she only had coffee and bread because she didn't seem to have the yearning to eat her favorite breakfast. The moment she strode out of the kitchen, she checked her w