The CEO of Vernon's corporation, Harry Vernon, had commanded his personal assistant to work even harder on finding the woman he had a night stand with five years ago. He needs to find out the truth as soon as he can so he know how to punish Debby.
The sex he had with the strange woman five years ago happened because he drank himself to stupor. A few hours before that night, he and his pregnant girlfriend arrived in his house after going for a party. He didn't expect for her to suddenly slump and die. All efforts to revive her was futile so he stormed to his club that night and wasted himself to alcohol. Up until today, he hasn't healed.
He didn't want to believe that the woman he had sex with then was Debby.
While in his office, a call came through to his phone and seeing that the caller ID was Horace, he answered it and asked, "any positive news about the woman?"
"Yes, sir," Horace responded.
Harry sat upright and curiously asked, "I'm all ears."
"We have a lead pointing us to one miss Edna, she's most likely the one but we are not hundred percent sure, yet sir," Horace said.
"Be here soon, we are heading over to her house immediately," he commanded.
"Got it, sir." Horace said.
About thirty minutes later, about eight cars pulled over before a big mansion. This was where Edna and Alice, her mother are living.
Seven of the eight cars were hilux cars containing Harry's bodyguards while the eighth car was Harry's Mercedes Maybach.
The guards jumped down quickly from their hilux cars and ran speedily to open the door for Harry. Once Harry stepped down, he said to Horace, "inform whoever is inside to step out."
"Got it boss," Horace immediately walked inside the mansion with two guards and soon came out with Alice and Edna.
When the two women both saw Horace, they were shocked. This is the man people call the 'Demon Of DarkHood.' Both Edna and her mother had heard a lot of how ruthless and merciless he was. Not many people had the opportunity to see him.
They wondered what the CEO of the biggest company in the country was doing before their mansion.
Alice smiled and bowed to Harry, "Mr. Harry, to whom do we owe this honor?" Although she was scared on the inside,she tried to sound calm on the outside.
Harry's face remained very aloof and then he said to Edna, "are you Edna by name?"
Edna immediately answered, "yes, sir."
"No one dares to lie to me in the entire Darkwood. Those who tried it in the past I'll ask you a question and you will speak the truth, understood?" His voice was harsh and hard.
"Sure, sir...sure," Edna stuttered. She was very terrified. She didn't suffer t know what the question would be. Edna had fallen flawlessly to Harry's super and extraordinary handsomeness. His cuteness was so overwhelming.
"Five years ago, I was drunk and stormed into a room at my club. A woman came in that night and demanded of me to have sex with her and without thinking twice, I did. Are you the woman?" He asked,his hard gaze making clear holes on her face.
The entire atmosphere became as quiet as graveyard. Infact, the heavy heartbeat of Edna could be heard.
Edna suddenly bursted into tears, everyone was shocked at her sudden outburst. Edna sobbed even more while Harry just watched her indifferently.
"Waiting for my answers ?" Harry asked as if he wasn't bothered by her tears.
"I...was the one. I was also drunk that night." Edna cried even more, her head lowered as if ashamed.
"What's the name of the club?" He questioned.
"Club A, room 8," she answered with precision and cried even more.
Alice acted along and hugged her, "don't be sad baby, it's been such a long time."
'It was indeed this woman.' Harry thought and felt bad for Edna. He didn't intend to have sex with any woman that day but what could he do when he was drunk?
"Did you get pregnant?" Harry asked. Afterall , he released of her so it was okay to ask such question.
Edna
became more dignified and said," yes..." She sobbed. "I got pregnant then." Harry's face even serious, "and what happened? What happened to the pregnancy?"
"I had miscarriage," Edna eventually raised her face up to look at him, tears still streaming down her eyes. She thought that speaking to him while looking directly at his face will make him more convinced that she wasn't t lying.
"I'll compensate you," he said,observing the pathetic woman before him keenly, "how much did you want? Just state the price."
"I don't want money, I'm not a materialistic woman," Edna knew better not to give him such impression about her. She has better thing to request for.
"What did you want then?" Harry asked.
"Please let me be around you often, afterall, you don't have a girlfriend," she shyly lowered her head. She didn't want to ask directly to be his girlfriend so as not to look like other desperate women who can' t wait to throw themselves at him.
"I'm very dangerous, are you sure you can stand me?" He sounded like he was warning her. Actually, he hated to have women around him. He beleived that getting close with any woman would betray the memories of his first love , his beautiful woman who died with their baby in her womb.
"All these years, I have been living in pain and sorrow. Not only did I lost my virginity that night, I also lost my baby, it's all because of...you?" Edna cried and raised her face up again. She was trying to 'guilt-trip' him so she can grant her request.
Being his girlfriend was worth more than any money he would offer. Also, her reputation would greatly and the second company of Debby's father that they were managing that was almost going bankrupt will definitely get it's shape back with the help of Harry Vernon.
"Your daughter is coming with me," Harry suddenly said to Alice. Eventhough he would bring Alice closer to himself, he didn't plan on getting closer to her at all . He was just trying to make up for taking advantage of her many years ago.
Alice pretended to be sad and said to Edna," I will miss you but I'll always support whatever decision you make as long as it makes you happy."
"Thank you mama," Edna hugged her mum and then left with Harry.
Alice couldn't help but smile at her daughter's smart move. She was so happy that she got get closer to Harry Vernon. Afterall, Her boyfriend, Arthur hasn't been serious with her lately. It's been five years yet he wouldn't marry her so he shouldn't blame her daughter for eloping with his brother.
Whereas, Debby had just helped her son to finish taking his drug. "You need to rest, dear."
The little boy nod' and laid on the bed, his head resting on his mother laps.
"Mom, are you really sure that the tall man didn't beat you?" Fred asked. He was there when the guards came to pick up his mum.
Debby smiled, how can an adult beat another adult? She thought and said to her son, "no. Just that we need to avoid that man as much as we can."
"How can you avoid him when he's the CEO of your company?" Fred was curious.
"He didn't even know I work in his company since the company has more than five hundred staffs. It's impossible for him to identify all of his staffs," she said.
"Oh okay! But why did I look like him?" Fred asked.
Debby knew Fred loved to ask a lot of questions, it's not like she mind answering, it's just that he had just taken drug and he need more rest now.
"Sweetheart, you need to sleep so the drug you have just taken can work," Debby said.
"Okay, but answer this question and I'll go to sleep," the little boy assured.
Debby sighed, "okay, I think it's just a coincidence that you look like him, it means nothing."
Fred however didn't believe his mum, he has been with his mum for a long time so if she's not telling the truth, he can see through her.
'What if he's actually my dad, I'll get the man's hair and perform a DNA test. ?' Fred thought quietly while pretending to be sleeping. 'Such a tall rich man with lot of bodyguards would be able to protect his mommy and give her more life of comfort if he happens to be his dad. But how will he get the tall man's hair?'The little one thoughy deeply until he faded off to sleep.
At Darkwood, since Edna had been sent out from Harry's Mansion, she was now living with Alice. But today, one of her informant who had told her a few weeks ago that Harry wasn't in Darkwood had now informed her that Harry is back at Darkwood but with Debby. "Debby, I have warned you not to come back, you can't blame me for what is about to happen to you," Abbie said to herself. On the second day that Debby arrived with Harry, she had just finished dropping Fred at school and was on her way to work when she received a call, seeing that the caller ID was Alice, she frowned. She packed somewhere and answered it, "I'm in my way to work, why are you calling me?" "I'm nearby at Fcool junction, please come and save me, I had an accident and the driver has ran away." She cried. "Then call your daughter or did you think I don't know that Edna is Abbie?" She asked angrily. "Please, I don't want to die. " She cried. She intentionally ignored what Debby just said, "let's put our grudges
The following day, Debby woke up to see hundreds of missed calls on her phone and they were all from Harry. She read the over one hundred and fifty text messages he sent. She realized he found out the truth that she was innocent about what happened to his grandfather. Debby ignored the messages and calls and walked out of the room. At Darkwood, Harry suddenly thought about the possibility of Debby going to NorthHill. Afterall, that was where her father lives so he and Horace went there. When Harry and Horace appeared at the Alessandro's mansion, the gateman opened the door for them and on stepping inside, Elijah and Elisha who just finished spoet racing stepped down from their car and sighted Harry. They had searched about Harry Vernon and seeing several of his pictures on Google so they recognized him. The two men walked towards him and Elisha quickly asked, "aren't you Harry Vernon?" Immediately Harry answered yes, Elisha punched him in the face while Elijah kicked him in the b
The following morning, Harry dressed up and before going to work, he decided to go to Debby's room to ask when she will be leaving but unexpectedly, Debby wasn't present and all her luggage had dissapeared. He even checked the boy's room and it was empty too. His heart skipped. He felt empty at once and then places a call across to Horace, "find Debby's location as soon as you can." "Got It, sir." Horace responded. It wasn't as if he want to bring her back, he just wanted to know where she is and confirm that she's safe. Maybe when he misses her, he can be going to meet her. Hours passed and Harry returned back from work. Hasn't Horce found Debby's location yet? Just as he slumped to the couch in his room, his hands about to loosen his tie, Horace's call came through. He elatedly picked it up and asked, "where is she?" "She's not in the entire Darkwood. She had obviously left the city." Horace confirmed. Harry groaned in pain. "Sir, one more thing. I have sent a new surveillanc
When it was afternoon of the same day, Harry took Fred shopping and told the little boy to pick every single thing he so desires, no matter how excess it is. Fred picked every thing he found beautiful, while he was at it, he sighted a two of his classmates and he ran quickly towards them. After greeting them, Fred asked if they were here to shop too and the little ones answered yes and that there dads were also around. Harry noticed that Fred had gone to meet some boys and so walked towards them. Fred then introduced Harry as his dad to his friends. The two friends of Fred recognized Harry as the richest man in the country and so they furrowed their brow in shock, "so your dad is Harry Vernon?" One of Fred's friend asked and the little one nodded proudly. "My dad will foot the shopping bills of the both of you," Fred boasted without even asking Harry. Harry smiled and chirped, "of course, pick as many things as you want here, I'll pay." Fred's two friends were so happy, they had
Edna didn't want to go to see Arthur at the hospital so she wouldn't be suspect of having anything to do with the poison he took. Yet, she was very nervous and disturbed as she didn't know if Arthur had died or not. Today was the third day after Arthur had been taken to the hospital and she hasn't heard any news yet so she decided to go to her mother's place. Once she got before the house, she walked inside with a troubled face and sunk to the chair. She called on Alice who appeared in no time. Alice had just finished bathing and was applying some make ups on her face. Alice was dressed very Simply as he approached her daughter who came unannounced to meet with her, "Edna, you didn't tell me before coming, I was just about going out, you could have missed me." As she spoke, she observed the dull face on her daughter's expression so she added, "what's wrong?" "Mom, I still didn't know if Arthur is dead. Harry actually went to meet Arthur today, if Arthur is not dead then he will exp
Harry walked at hurriedly and soon got inside his car, he drove speedily to his company and stepped down at once. The security men were even surprised to see him. He rushed inside the building, took the elevator up and soon appeared in her office. He was stunned to see Debby sweating and working seriously. "Who gave you this much work to do?" Harry asked. "My head of department," Debby responded and continued. "Stop! I'll speak to her," Harry walked up to her and helped her save her work then hibernated the computer, "you are tired. Let's leave now." "I don't want you to interfere," Debby said tiredly. "You don't want my interference in what happens in my company? Impossible," he said and helped her up, "I understand your concerns, I won't act as if we have anything in common." "Thank you," Debby said. Harry then lead Debby to his car. Once they both got inside the car, he began to drive but this time, he didn't stare at her. He just couldn't wait to drive her home so she can