Five years of secrets and lies. One night that changed everything. For Jane, a young mother, the past is a minefield of memories she'd rather forget. But when she's hired as a maid for the wealthy Smith family, she's forced to confront the man who's haunted her dreams for years - Christopher Smith. Christopher, the arrogant and cold heir to the Smith empire, has always gotten what he wants. But when he lays eyes on Jane, his carefully constructed facade crumbles. He's consumed by a passion he can't control, and a love that threatens to destroy everything he thought he knew about himself. As they navigate the treacherous world of the elite, Jane and Christopher must confront the secrets of their past and the lies that have bound them together. But as their desire for each other grows, they realize that their love may be the only thing that can set them free. A tale of all-consuming passion, redemption, and the unbreakable bonds of love, this gripping saga will leave you breathless and yearning for more.
View MoreIt's been five years since the incident that shattered and almost took my life. Five years of learning and unlearning, five years of constant toture and nightmare. You must be wondering what am talking about right?
"Jane! Jane!! Jane!!! Wake up" Cassie said almost whispering. Cassie is Jane's best friend, they've known each other almost all their lives. Twelve years to be exact, Jane just turned 16 and Cassie is 10 months older.They both met at the orphanage they currently live in, today they had both plan on escaping the orphanage. They are tired of life here, apart from the food that's never enough. And the rag they wear called clothes, not like they are complaining or something. They are really grateful to these people that have taken of them all their lives but, they really want more.They want a better life, they want to go to school. Experience and enjoy life but, the orphanage won't let them leave. Unless someone comes and adopts them, or marry them off.
Now it's time to escape but, Jane won't wake up. ' What a bad sleeper ' Cassie thought."Jane wake up for God's sake, it's already 2am. It's times to go, don't you want to leave this place?" "Allow me sleep a little more, will you? Just leave me alone." Jane said with her eyes half closed, she really is a bad sleeper.Cassie pulled Jane ears so bad that she almost passed out."Ouch ouch alright fine, I will get up." Jane said"Better for you, now hurry up wear your slippers and let's leave." Cassie said.
"Ain't we going to take anything?" Jane asked."No you dummy, we can't take anything if not they will realize we are gone before we can even run far. Now just hurry up," Cassie said."Alright I'm done, let's go." Jane said.The girls sneak past the other girls in the room, they are almost twenty in each room.Cassie had stolen one of the gate key duplicate yesterday, when no one was looking. How she had managed to do that? Jane still wondered.They successfully got past everything. Not like they were any security of sort, except old grumpy mr jack. But, he must be sleeping soundly by now. Not like anyone would have thought two teenage girls would try to run away, so why stay awake? "Cassie are you sure we should do this?" Jane said from behind "Don't tell me you are scared," Cassie said and Jane nodded looking horrified. "Jane we are doing this, and there's no turning back. Don't worry we will be fine, I promise" Cassie said, takes Jane's hands and squeezes it "Alright ready? here goes." cassie asked."Alright let go."Cassie opened the gate, and the two girls rushed out. Cassie locked the gate, and threw the keys back into the compound. Now there's really no turning back, the two girls looked at each other and left. They had no idea where they were heading to but, they have saved enough from the little errands they run at the community service every year. Whenever some rich folks comes around the orphanage, and gives them items some always give them money.Well Jane is always lucky with that one you cannot just resist her charm, she's just too sweet. Which makes everyone wonder why she was never adopted.And of course the money, Cassie always sneak into her pockets. She's a wild one,even though the money won't last more than a month. They plan on finding a job by then, they can pick up their pieces going forward.Everywhere was still dark but, they had to leave. They have no phone or any means of communication, not like they had anyone to communicate with. But Cassie has a torch, she's always ready.She put it on, and they used it in navigating their way."Cassie, what's the plan?" Jane asked "Well I don't really have a plan but, we just have to keep walking till we are sure we walked far enough. Then we can find a place to rest okay? Just follow me." Cassie said."Yes madam," Jane said, they continued walking for about 2 hours. "Cassie I'm tired" Jane said, with her hands on her knees "I am too, but we have to keep going." Cassie said panting."Okay but, just a little bit more. What's the time?" Jane asked."It's two minutes past four, once it's 4:30 am we will stop okay?" Cassie said and, Jane nodded. "Ouch ouch!!" Jane wailed in pain, Cassie stopped in her track and looked back."Jane what is it?" she quickly ran over to her, and saw her bleeding on the foot."It really hurts ouch! ouch! ahh! ahh! " she continues shouting as tears flowed down her cheeek, she got cut by a broken bottle.
"Sorry Jane now what do we do? We have to find a place to hide, come on Jane hop on my back." Cassie said, carried Jane on her back.
And in about fifteen minutes, they found a spot. It was an alley and there was nobody in view.Cassie laid Jane on her back, she tore her skirt and used it in wrapping the wound to stop the bleeding."Jane stay right here I will be back, I need to find some medicine so you don't grow a fever." Cassie said. "No Cassie, you can't leave me here. There's nobody here, I'm scared." Jane said."I won't take long I promise, just don't move. I will be right back" Cassie said assuring her."Alright" Jane nodded."Please Cassie, come back." she said."I will, I promise and I won't take long." with that Cassie left.Jane woke up the next morning feeling very weak, she opened her eyes and met four eyes looking directly into hers, she tried to sit up but Mrs Whitney stopped her"lay back on the bed child, you are still weak, do you feel hungry?" Mrs Whitney asked"yes very hungry" her voice sounding almost like a whisper"I will go get you some soup," she said and left for the kitchen"Mummy are you sick?" Chris asked worriedly"no baby I'm just a bit tired, I will be fine, don't worry about me" she replied and kissed him on the foreheadMrs Whitney came back with a bowl of soup and mashed rice, she ate quietly and felt better after eating"how do you feel now?" Mrs Whitney asked"better, but still a little weak" she replied"here take this, you are to take two pills" Mrs Whitney handed a pack of drugs"where did you get this from?" she inquired"Zain got it for you this morning, you were burning seriously, he was here early this morning on his way to work" she explained"speaking of Zain, did he b
Jane was stunned, she quickly refused "no I'm sorry miss but I can't take it, it's too much" "well, I insist, what's your name again?" Grace asked"I'm Jane" she replied"how old are you if I may ask?" "I'm 21 years old" "well just take it as a gift and you can't refuse, it's a limited edition diamond, I won't be wearing much anyways, so it's gonna be a waste don't you think?" Grace saidJane nodded"so please have it and do you have a dress for the party?" she inquired"Uhm I didn't think I would be attending so I didn't prepare any dress" Jane explained"of course you have to attend, you might not be involved but I'm sure your attention will be needed given your job in this house" Grace said"oh I see" "When you are done attending to my brother for the day, come around and I will pick you some dress to choose from, I have a lot I've not even worn at all and you still can't refuse" she chuckled "oh okay, thank you so much miss, I appreciate" "It's okay, you can go back now" J
That must be her boyfriend, Chris thought, well what was he expecting, that she would be single without any guy, but why did it make him feel so bad, he decided not to think much of it and just continued paintingJane got to the kitchen and finally let go of the breath she had been holding in, was he bipolar or something she thought, he had warm a few minutes ago all of a sudden he just became coldEstella came into the kitchen "Have you served the food?" "yes I did" she answered "hmm Estella" she called "yes, you need something?" "well I want to ask you a question" Jane said"Hope it's not gossip?" Estella asked sarcastically"no of course not" "well I thought you've joined the other girls, tell me what is it?" "I'm just worried about Mr Christopher," she said"what is it, did he say something to you?" "no hmm is he perhaps bipolar?" "on what's that?, speak the simple language that I understand girl" Estella sounded irritated "what I mean is does he have like two personalitie
"Mummy are you crying, did I say something wrong?" Christopher asked confusedJane didn't know what to say, she just hugged him"no baby, I'm not crying, I love you okay?" Jane whispered"I love you too mummy" Chris said back"come here Chris, allow your mother to go to work, your mummy needs to go to work so she can get money to buy you a lot of crayons so you can draw more" Mrs. Whitney has been observing the mother and son conversation, she felt extremely sad to see Jane so helpless so she had to come in for her"mummy is going to buy me lots of crayons?" Chris asked grinning"yes of course I will buy you as much as you want" Jane said and rose to her feet"you should get going now so you don't get there late" Mrs Whitney reminded herEven though she was reluctant to go, she didn't have a choice, she needed to work"Okay then I will get going, bye baby," Jane said"bye mummy" Chris happily saidShe muttered a thanks to Mrs Whitney and quickly ran out of the houseShe got to the man
Jane came outside the mansion gate looking very gloomy, she didn't expect him to be like that, she had heard he was cold and arrogant but he didn't seem like it when they were together last night, he was warm and nice to her, he even allowed her to sleep on his bedShe shook off the thought, maybe he was just in a bad mood, maybe he fought with his girlfriend, anyway it wasn't in her place to think about that, she was just here to work, she shouldn't try to get familiar with him and just do her job to avoid things like this happening again, she had just started she couldn't get fired just like that, she needed the money for her sonShe came to where Zain was and tried to smile as much as she could"thanks for coming to pick me up," she said"It's my pleasure every time" Zain said and opened the door for herShe got in and fastened her seat belt, Zain got in as well and drove offOn their way back home, there was silence in the car, Jane couldn't get her mind off her hot bad arrogant b
Jane went to the kitchen to grab her bag, she quickly looked for her phone, she had not laid her eyes on it since last night, she must have had a lot of missed calls, she thoughtShe brought out her phone and saw eleven missed calls, ten from Mrs Whitney and Zain while one was from Gloria, now that she thinks of Gloria, she does miss her and she should have called before now, she will do that when she's less busyShe was about to put her phone back in her bag when it rang, the phone vibrated in her hand and she checked the caller, it was ZainShe was reluctant to pick it up but she must have kept everyone worried about not returning home, so she picked"hello Zain good morning" she said"hey Jane, where are you, where have you been, we've been worried about you?" Zain bombarded her with questions"I'm fine and at work, I worked late into the night and I couldn't come back home, sorry for keeping you all worried, but I'm about to leave the mansion now, I will be home in a few hours" Ja
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