A couple of weeks later, Lisa and Olive took a day off from work to see Autumn. When they noticed that she hadn't been coming, they reached out to her. They were shocked to hear that she had resigned from work. Seeing that there was no other way to see her, they picked a date and decided to meet up at a nearby restaurant. Autumn arrived there first and ordered a drink while she awaited the arrival of her friends. The television was on, and it was set to a news channel. She was lost in thought about her search for a new job when someone mentioned Perry's name, which jerked her back to reality. "Isn't that the billionaire CEO of Trek Tech?" A lady squealed from her seat as she pointed at the tv. "Omg! It's him! He's getting engaged again!" Another one exclaimed and murmurs aroused in the room. Autumn managed to listen to the news amidst the murmurs, to know what exactly was happening. "...and had divorced his ex-wife, whom he didn't mention her name to cover her identity.
Autumn arrived at Biarritz Tech Company and rushed over to the receptionist's table. The young lady looked at her with an emotionless face, expecting her to say something since she had no idea who she was or whom she was there to see. "Good afternoon," Autumn said and stood in front of the receptionist. "I was called a couple of minutes back to come over to this company right away." "Name?" "Autumn." "Autumn?" The receptionist raised her head to look at Autumn again, giving her a disapproving stare. "Do you not have a last name?" "It's Dax. Autumn Dax." Confirming that 'Autumn Dax' was on the list of new employees, she gave Autumn a brisk nod. "Go to the office on the last end of the next floor." "Thank you," Autumn replied with false pleasantness and skipped towards the elevator. On getting to the next floor's waiting hall, a young lady stepped out of the office directly opposite her and called out, "Autumn Dax." "Here!" She replied and launched to her feet. The
Autumn rubbed her hands together anxiously as she awaited the response of the doctor. He cleared his table and sat on his office chair, while she sat opposite him. "What's going on with her?" She asked him with a look of fear on her face. The doctor looked at her, then at the paper in his hand, then back at her. He then started to explain his diagnosis. "She happened to have arrhythmias, heart valve problems, and high blood pressure in her lung arteries, which led to a heart failure that made her collapse." "Oh my God," Autumn gasped, as she covered her mouth with her hands. Her eyes were teary by now as she stared at the doctor. "Isn't there anything that could be done about it?" She added after a couple of seconds. "Will she survive it? What do I have to do to make her feel better? Will she get better? She won't die now, will she? Please, be honest with me," she begged with teary eyes as her heart began to beat heavily. She had arguments with her mother a lot, but she w
"Where are you headed?" Perry asked his parents as he looked from Lucy to his dad and back at Lucy "Gloria and I are here to have a surprise dinner with you," he added, and Gloria simply smiled at them. Lucy rolled her eyes at him. "That's none of your business. We have somewhere urgent to go," she said and walked past him, but Perry was quick to drag his mum back by the hand. "Perry!" She snapped at him and yanked his hand off her arm. "Can someone at least tell me what's happening?!" He asked at the top of his voice, while Gloria stood there staring at them. Mr. Moore checked the time on his wristwatch, and seeing that arguing with Perry would only make them late, he decided to tell him what happened "Autumn's mother needs to go through an operation and the fee is a little high for her." Perry's eyes went wide open in shock. "Her sister called us for help, and that's where we're going. Is that okay now?" He then turned to Gloria "My dear, we won't be available tonight
"Autumn is my ex-wife!" "Excuse me?" Gloria responded. She heard him well, but she wanted to believe she didn't. "Autumn is your ex-wife? You married your secretary?" She scoffed. "Am I good to go now that I've told you?" "What the… you're serious?" Her eyes opened wide in shock. "Was she also the one at the party the other night?" "Yes," he simply replied. Only then did the realization hit her. She knew she had heard that voice before, but she didn't know where it was She had wondered why his secretary was rude to her the very first time they set eyes on each other, but now she could tell why she had behaved like that to her. "You dated that thing?" She asked, her face filled with irritation. "Watch your words, Gloria. I'm not in the best mood at the moment, and you know that" he responded. "Do you even know how I feel about that at the moment?!" He raised his voice at him. "You claimed to divorce her and now you're coming to pay her bills?" "Please—" "Oh, spar
"Do you not know that she's pregnant already?" Max chuckled. "I know quite well, and that's why I'm telling you this because her baby is mine and not yours." Perry paused for a minute and stared at him like he didn't just hear what he said. He scoffed, wondering if he was aware of what he was talking about. "Can you even hear yourself?" Max smiled. "I know you'd never believe me just by my words, so I made sure to gather my evidence to show you." "What the heck?" Perry stared at him unbelievably, as he felt his heart beating heavily. "Even if what you're saying is true, why are you telling me now?" Max let out a sigh. "You might call it selfishness, but my heart hasn't healed from the hurt she put me through. I know your engagement with her is very close, and I don't want to see her happy after everything she did to me." "And what did she do to you exactly?" Perry asked as he sat up in his seat curiously "What could she have done that made you despise her so much to com
Becky's surgery was done successfully, and Autumn was caught between working, taking care of her mom in the hospital, and her younger sister This made her quite stressed that she almost fell sick. Soon, her mum was discharged and they returned home Meanwhile, Perry had been thinking of ways to apologize to Autumn and urge her to return home as his wife. After much thought about it, Khalid gave him advice about what to do. He made some findings on where Autumn now works, and he found out it was with one of his business partners Immediately, he reached out to Marco, Autumn's new boss, and also her family and asked for their help in getting her back. He told her boss that he should send her on a business trip to Vegas, and her boss agreed. Autumn was very surprised when her boss told her to do this. She had just taken a leave from work to Los Angeles to take care of herself, and he had granted her the leave All of a sudden, he called her to come with him on a business trip t
Ella raised her glass of wine up, and every one on the table followed suit. "To Autumn!" "To Autumn!" The other girls on the table chorused. "To me!" Autumn squealed, a bright smile appearing on her face. "Cheers!" Every one chorused as they all gulped down their glass of wine. It was one of the best days in Autumn's entire life. The young lady had been unemployed for a while now, and had tried on several occasions to change that title. It's been half a year, and despite being someone who doesn't give up easily, it was beginning to get tiring for her. But here she was in one of the biggest bars in Las Vegas celebrating with some of her closest friends on her acquisition of a new job. It was a dream come true for her because it was not just any job. It was her dream job. She had invited her friends through calls days before, and they all agreed to meet up at the bar that evening and have fun. It was the weekend before she started at her new workplace, so she had to enj