A lot ran through my mind on the reason Kaiden wanted to see me in his office all of a sudden. I mean his mother, the Chairwoman is around at the moment, so why?What does he want from me this time? Does he want to introduce me to his mother? I smiled when that thought came to my mind, then I remembered that I didn't like him.I got to the front of his office but Lucian, his secretary was not on seat as always. I wonder what was happening because Lucian never left Kaiden's side. Whatever happens is non of my business anyways.I took a deep breath before opening the door to his office but then I paused. "Why did you come here?", I heard Kaiden yell, slamming his fist on the desk. That alone startled me. I really need to know what is going on."Kaiden dear, don't you want to see your mother?", I heard a lady's voice. I know that it was Mrs Kingston because I recognize her voice from the two general meetings that were held last two weeks ago. "Don't you think this firm should grow more t
"Go, take your shot", I said pushing Stacey to where Lucian was standing. She didn't even hesitate because she is not shy with approaching men like I am. Trisha was off to chase her dream man, and I was left alone on the refreshments table looking for another delicacy to stuff my face with because the food was nice."There is Mrs Trisha Kross", Kaiden said walking up to me at the refreshments table still looking for what to eat next. I rolled my eyes and continued with what I was doing."Are you not Mrs Trisha? You look spicy tonight", he said putting his hands on my waist gently from behind but I resisted his touch."Happy founder's day to you Mr Kross", I said raising my glass of wine to clink with his and took a sip. I know very well that I just got on his second nerve.Kaiden took my drink from me and pulled me from the table to an isolated corner. "I need you to avail yourself whenever I want or else", he said putting his hands on my neck and pinned me to the wall. I struggled so
"What am I doing here?", I asked struggling with the drip that was attached to my arm. The nurse there came to help me sit up."Ma please you need to get some rest, you don't need to stress yourself at this point", the nurse said tucking my pillow well for me to be comfortable."Please don't move, the doctor will be here soon", she said as I still struggled to get up from the hospital bed. I got hit by a headache and I tried to massage my head.Before I could move further, the doctor came into the room. I am very thankful that it was a female doctor that came in, I am not too good with male doctors."Thank goodness you woke up at the right time dear. How do you feel?", She said feeling my forehead with the back of her hands."I just have a slight headache", I replied."But....what happened to me doctor? I was at the founder's night and I woke up here, what is wrong with me? I have never felt like this before", I said confused, still trying to get off the bed."You had a little episode
"You are packing your things back to the Kingston Mansion today. No questions, no complaints, no refusal", Kaiden said looking deep into my eyes.There is no doubt now that Kaiden knows that I am pregnant. Why is he trying to torture me by pretending that he doesn't know anything? What is he trying to gain?"I am not repeating myself", Kaiden said pulling my chin up slightly, bringing me back from my thoughts."Why are you doing this to me? Are you not engaged to Chantel? What will your mum say when she sees me there? Do you really think I will be comfortable staying there?", I asked all at once."Which one do you want me to answer first, Mrs Kross?", he said pushing me to the table and gripping me tight. "Like I said, what my mum does is not my business. You are my wife, I mean, are you not? At least before the law you are, even if you don't wear your ring or you don't want to admit it at all", he continued."I will be at your place by 7 PM to get you, so get yourself ready", I watch
"Some people just don't know their place in this Mansion", Chantel said staring at me with disgust as she took her seat across the dining table. I rolled my eyes. I also pitied her because she thinks I am her enemy. Ever since I came to the Mansion, she has always been on my neck.Mrs Kingston called for a 'compulsory family breakfast', as she would call it. She said that every resident in the Kingston Mansion should come together and have breakfast like a family, except the butlers. The only residents in the Kingston Mansion include: Mrs Kingston, Chantel, Kaiden and I. One can never know what Mrs Kingston has up her sleeves every time she speaks these days."Mr Gil, do you perhaps have any space on your little corner of the Mansion? You might need an inmate", Chantel chuckled as she spoke to the senior butler still glaring at me.Shortly after, Mrs Kingston was seen in the dining room. She had her stick as always. As she walked slowly to the dining table, the air became suffocating
"Stacey don't you understand? I can't leave this Mansion. Kaiden is not home, at least till midnight, Mrs Kingston and Chantel are people I don't want to cross path with right now", I said to Stacey who was at the other end of the phone. I walked up and down the room as I spoke, I couldn't just get myself to sit one place."Hope you can handle anything in that house?" "I am just surviving. Sometimes Kaiden is on my side, sometimes he is not. I am literally on my own here""There is still a way we can meet you know", Stacey gasp."How?""There is a little party Mrs Kingston is throwing at the Kingston Mansion for Chantel and Kaiden. Every department have to appoint one representative to attend, I will have to convince Mrs Evans to appoint me to represent our department, I know very well that she won't want to attend", she spilled."Party? When? How come I never knew about this? I am really in the dark", I asked. I was never aware of anything like this, and besides they don't include m
"We are going be having a party today at the Kingston Mansion and Trisha is not allowed to attend", Mrs Kingston said, smiling at me as we sat to have our 'family' breakfast.Kaiden who was sitting across the table next to Chantel, threw his cutleries on the table and flared out in anger. His expression was rather the opposite of what I thought. He flared out instead of being surprised about it. Guess it was already discussed in a meeting that I wasn't invited to attend. It turns out that Kaiden was not cool with the idea but Mrs Kingston still went on with it anyways.Chantel smirked deviously at me. Of course that is what she has always wanted. I didn't show any expressions because I was already aware of the meeting and I wasn't surprised if I wasn't invited as well."This meeting is specially for Chantel and Kaiden, and we won't want our guests asking questions with you in the picture. Hope you understand dear?", she said with a rather genuine smile than the usual."Of course she u
I sat on my bed staring at Stacey still dumbfounded at the fact that I was left in the dark. Come to think of it, I really deserve it because I told her about my relationship with Kaiden later and I still have something I haven't told her yet."Stop acting like a dummy okay. I didn't tell you because I wanted to tell you when I see you", she said throwing her hands up in the air and rolling her eyes to my awkward reaction."How long as this been going on for?", I asked her."Since the founder's night at the hospital, when he helped me to get you to the hospital", she said rubbing her hands on her neck, feeling guilty for not telling me since. "And you didn't tell me?", I yelled."Why are you flaring up? It's not like you don't have your own secrets, the ones I am not aware about", she said calmly."You really didn't give up on him like you said", my mood lightened up a bit. I am very happy for her, I just got angry that she didn't tell me this sooner."Yes, I don't give up on someone
Trisha's POV It has barely been a year, but also enough time for Kaiden to have moved. I thought he did. I mean, his company is thriving and he is being nice to Chantel. I thought he said that he was no longer distracted, what made him drift? With every fleeting moment, I discover that Kaiden is not the same guy I met in the parking lot that day. He has become more desperate and he is loosing himself little by little.Sometimes I miss that man at the parking lot, who didn't give a damn about me or anyone else, at least he was himself and thriving, he was at peace with himself. Sometimes I ask myself, what if Kaiden had never met me, would either of our lives be perfect? Would we have been perfect without each other? At least I would have been in the company, working my butt off everyday to pay my bills at Mama Maggie's place and enjoying myself with my best friend. I would have been perfectly fine.We both change everything about us. But then, look at me, I am pregnant for one of the
Stacey's POV Trisha really needs to hear this to keep herself safe. Plus I overheard Mrs Kingston talking with my dad about finalizing my marriage with Kaiden, I don't want Kaiden to be very stupid to leave me again. Going after Trisha would mean that he will leave me for her eventually. She is already happy with her life right now that she doesn't want Kaiden to come and ruin it for her.Sometimes I envy Trisha, even when she doesn't want Kaiden, he still goes after her. Meanwhile I have been here and available for him since day one, but he still doesn't want me. What does Trisha have to offer that I cannot give to Kaiden? What does he see me as? Whenever I feel that way, I just have to brush it off, knowing that Trisha is like a sister to me, and I cannot afford to be jealous of her. Plus, she is not interested in Kaiden, so I feel very safe.When I heard that Lucian has been knocking and disturbing Kaiden to open the door, I thought it was just one of those days where Lucian wants
So after everything I have done to convince Kaiden, he still doesn't want to give in. I know I said that I was not going to try to convince him again but I have to, so that he will be on this plan fully. I want him to know about this plan and be a bigger part of it than we are. How else will I be able to convince Mrs Kingston that Kaiden was the one who came up with the plan to search for Trisha?And to be honest, it is not that easy to steal from the company if Kaiden is not aware. Kaiden will have to be the one to be removing money from the company's purse himself to fund our mission. He has to know, so I will be going to the Kingston's mansion today to talk to him.Going to the Kingston Mansion was not an easy task too because Kaiden banned me from coming to the mansion. He never want me to come again since he didn't trust me anymore. Anytime I came to the mansion, I would stand locked outside till I am either tired to leave or Mrs Kingston opens for me. My relationship with Kaiden
In no time, the contractor called and said that he was already standing in front of Filler Moore, an old company building that has been abandoned for decades now, and he hasn't seen anyone yet. I needed a place so discreet that I didn't have to look out for Mrs Kingston or any of her minions finding me out. She is so unpredictable even for me."I will be there in a minute, wait for me", I said to the contractor.We had to hire another vehicle that was not mine or Stacey's, just for this. We were not ready to make even the slightest mistake that will make us fail. I looked at Stacey and she looked at me, then we held our hands together as I drove carefully with the other hand. I parked the car two blocks away, and we walked to the abandoned building. Everything we did was just to be safe and not to attract any risk to ourselves. When we got to the place, we saw a guy probably in his 40s, throwing stones at the birds who perched on the blocks. Anytime the birds perched, he will throw a
Lucian's POV I am not lifting a finger for Kaiden, especially when he is taking my rightful place as the CEO. But Kaiden really needs my help, and I am going to help him, because it is going to be of help to me. I know that for the past few days he has not been himself because of Trisha, and I am ready to help just so that I can see him leave.Mrs Kingston told me a month ago that if Kaiden didn't quit his stupidity, she will give the company to Stacey and I. Seeing Kaiden like this is the best state for me, and I will work my butt off just to see that Kaiden goes after Trisha for my own good. I know that Kaiden would not believe me, so I have made a vow to look for Trisha myself, just to prove Kaiden wrong.And no, Mrs Kingston will not be involved in this. I don't want her to think that I was the one who encouraged her son to go after a girl who is just not good for him. So when I promised Kaiden not to tell Mrs Kingston, I meant it.It will take a long time to convince Kaiden that
Kaiden's POV So everybody just really think that they can make me forget Trisha? Even my mom? I know that Trisha coming into my life was the worst thing that ever happened me, to those who knew me before that. But they fail to understand what she has done to me instead, not just the physical things that everyone sees. Before Trisha left, I felt something that I had never felt before, and I really need to confront her about it. Trisha was a mistake, but that mistake turned to something else in the long run, and I know that she doesn't know it yet. Scratch love, I don't love her, I don't believe in love. Just that, she is something more than that.I also know that my mother knows where Trisha went to but she has refused to tell me anything about it. I have tried, yes, I have tried to look for her and she is no where to be found. I am not a fool, Trisha didn't just go back to Michael, her ex boyfriend. She wasn't even in contact with him since I fired him.Michael was always a cheat, i
Trisha's POV I jerked off from my sleep thirty minutes after realizing that someone has called me earlier, but I couldn't tell who the person was or what I said. I quickly grabbed my phone to check my call history just in case it wasn't Michael. I heaved a sigh of relief as I saw that is was Chantel not Michael. Who knows what I would have said to Michael.I called her back just in case she really needed me. As the phone rang in my hand, I tried to remember what I said to her before, just to be safe. I didn't want to tell her any of my secrets by mistake."Hey Trisha, it's about time you called", she said loudly. "You seem very happy this morning, spill the tea", I said."You of all people should know how it feels to make it to the next day alive. It is something to celebrate, isn't it?", she said even louder than the first, and I quickly took my phone away my ear."My eardrums will fall out if you don't stop shouting Chantel", I yelled back at her, keeping the phone at arms length,
Chantel's POV To be honest, I have come to like Trisha a whole lot than I hated her. Since she left, I have been all alone in the Kingston's Mansion. Mrs Kingston doesn't allow me to leave the house because she thinks that I am bound to do something stupid outside. Plus the fact that she moved me to Trisha's room which is in Kaiden's side of the mansion.Sometimes I fear what Kaiden would do to me. I know that I am not safe even though I lock myself inside the room the whole day. If Kaiden could uproot the door the last time, he could also go it again. The good thing is that he doesn't come to disturb me even if I am in the room for two days. Only the days that Mrs Kingston comes to knock at the door that I open it. It's like trying to survive in hell.So the only person I turn to is Trisha. She has been my companion since I turned to her for one. Since the day that Kaiden tried to break my bones again, I couldn't find comfort. I am very glad that Trisha did not turn me down. She is
Trisha's POV Michael was saying all the right things to me and I was beginning to fall for him the more. He went too extreme when he said that he was going to take care of my baby, not knowing the real father of the child. If at all he knew, he wouldn't have said that. Now that he has said that, what if he comes to find out about the real father, I wonder if he will regret his decision.I watched him go on and on as I admire his handsome face, it was always more handsome any time I looked at him. I have been really blessed with handsome men around me. When he confessed his feelings for me, I didn't know what to say. I said I was going to take things slow while trying to weigh the feelings I have for Kaiden and for him. He practically made the first move.But then, why would Kaiden be an option? Michael has literally presented himself to me, and I finally have a chance to be happy for once in my life. Why do I want to throw that all away by some blur feelings I have for Kaiden. I cann