✿ CHAPTER 1 ✿
Finally, it was my birthday...I was excited because I couldn't wait to see Caesar and my best friend Maria...I wanted to celebrate my birthday with them.
I arrived at Caesar's house...I also brought a cake and a red wine...I parked my car at his garage...I bought this house and also a car for Caesar on his birthday as a gift. I knocked on his door but there wasn't a response, so I just walked in.
"Caesar?" I called out softly ..I walked into his living room...beers and drinks scattered all over the place.
"Did he have a party last night?"...I continued calling his name but there was no response, I then quietly walked up the stairs into his room.
I found the door unlocked...I pushed open the door and immediately, I felt my whole world crumble.
"C-Caesar" unshed tears in my eyes as I spotted Caesar and my best friend together on the bed...with clothes laying scattered on the floor.
"Amelia?, you.. you're here...you need to listen to me. I promise I can explain" he quickly put on a t-shirt and a short, and my best friend put on his t-shirt also
"Amelia" Stephanie called out to me as she bit her lip nervously.
I felt a excruciating pain in my chest, I couldn't believe Caesar my so called boyfriend was cheating on me with my own best friend. we promised to love each other forever, we promised to get married.
'I' promised to get married to Caesar
but now what, I caught him cheating on me with my BESTFRIEND?....what the fck am i suppose to do
I looked at him, tears streaming down my eyes...I looked pathetic, I never for one day imagined myself to be in this state, never!
"Explain? what can you possibly explain to me Caesar!!, You going around fcking my own bestfriend!!"
I yelled in pain...I was always a very calm and reserved girl...I felt so different from my usual self, I felt like a complete different person.
"Amy, I'm sorry okay? I...I just really love Caesar so much that I-"
"You love him? you love him!!, how could you say such a thing to me Stephanie!!" I said glaring at her....I couldn't believe my best friend could hurt me this way, to the point of saying she loved my boyfriend...me seeing her putting on my boyfriend's t-shirt made my blood boil with anger.
"Amelia you know I love you....I wouldn't hurt you-"
"Its fcking over between us Caesar!...I loved you...I gave you everything you could ever want...what haven't I given to you huh?"
"s*x. you haven't given me s*x Amelia, I mean we don't do it as couple's are suppose to do it"
"whenever I try touching you, you just brush me off...what am I suppose to do anyway!" Caesar said with another tune as he glared at me with resentment.
"What?" I was taken aback by his words, I couldn't believe Caesar was saying this to my face.
"I never cared you Amelia....can't you see I'm just after your parent's money"
"I never planned on even getting married to you, you're just a-" I smacked him with my purse...I was furious by his harsh words...who the fck does he think he is!!
"You bstard I'm going to kill you!!!" I smashed my birthday cake on his face....stephanie tried holding me back from hitting Caesar.
"Amelia stop!!...stop hitting him!!" stephanie wrapped her arms around my waist dragging me back from hitting this dck head.
"Fine!, I'll stop hitting him...I'll hit you instead!!!!" I lunged at her as I pulled her by her hair.
"Ahhhhh!!, Amelia stop!...stopppp!!"
"Caesar help me!!"
"You stupid b*tch!!...I'm gonna kill you!!" I rubbed cake frosting's all over her face....Caesar tried separating us...but it got me more furious.
"Don't you dare touch me!" I glared at Caesar with hatred evident in my eyes.
"Amelia!, you need to stop this, now!!" he raised his voice as he pulled Stephanie away from me.
I watched as Stephanie buried her face in Caesar's arms as she cried, making me look like the villain who hurt the pitiful young princess.
"What has gotten into you, Amelia! just because I said I don't love you!" he glared at me as he held Stephanie in his arms.
I laughed... "oh, so what are you now? trying to save the damsel in distress huh?" I picked up my purse.
"You'll regret this Caesar!, you'll regret for ever causing me pain!" I yelled at him in anger.
what am I now? a girl who fights because she caught her boyfriend cheating with her best friend? wasn't that ridiculous?
"Leave, Amelia"
"Fine I'll leave!, it's not like I want to stay here anyways!" I walked out of his room slamming the door behind me
✿ CHAPTER 37 ✿AMELIA'S POVI walked out of his office angrily…although a part of me wasn't mad at him.But what do I do now, what if he told my dad I was with him in his office?The day was getting dark outside.I waited for my dad in his office to be done with his work before we headed back home…I was exhausted"Amelia" my dad called out to me as he walked into his office."Dad" I smiled"Are you done with your meeting? Can we go home now?""Ok then, just give me a few more minutes," he said as he walked towards his table with assistant Zane.He didn't ask me why I was with Leonard in his office. That was strange…maybe he'll ask me when we're going back home."Amelia? Are you hungry?" My dad said, still engrossed in the papers assistant Zane gave him."Yes I am…I'll eat when we get home""I'm not sure I'll be able to finish my work on time,""But dad-"I heard footsteps approaching, I turned my head as I watched Leonard walk in.What was he doing here now?"Mr. Johnson, you're still
✿ CHAPTER 36 ✿"Boss, I'm going in" I slowly stepped away from the door as I watched Theo walk in, closing the door behind him.I ran a hand through my hair as I sighed."I'll take my leave now," Mr. Johnson said as he was about to walk away."Yes, yes-""Ah!!" we both halted in our steps as we heard Theo scream from inside my room.I was anxious all of a sudden…"I, uhm-""I think there's something wrong with Theo in there" Mr. Johnson turned around and frowned pointing towards my room door."He, he's fine" I smiled awkwardly."Is there something going on?""No.…how can something be happening in my office?" I laughed nervously."You should probably check on Theo""Theo!, is everything fine in there?" I asked from outside the door."Yes, everything is fine sir""See? I told you he's fine""Ok then…" I watched as he finally walked out of my office.I sighed in reliefI opened my room door to see Amelia covering Theo's mouth with her hand."Don't you dare make a sound" she whispered to
✿ CHAPTER 35 ✿LEONARD'S POV"I've settled everything needed for the company's 30th anniversary" Mr. Johnson took a seat opposite me."The anniversary will take place on the 15th of this month?" I asked"According to your father's instructions, yes it will," Mr. Johnson said while going through the files in his hand."Hmm," my eyes kept drifting towards my room door."I heard there was supposed to be a board meeting?" Mr. Johnson asked."Oh right, I forgot-"At this moment my stupid assistant barged into my office."Boss, The executives have been waiting!"I rubbed my temples, I needed to change the pin of my office door immediately."Schedule the meeting for another day, I'm occupied right now""But sir- wait, are you still wearing the coffee-stained trouser?" Theo walked up to me."Don't come any closer-" but before I could stop him he was already beside me."Your trouser was stained with coffee?" Mr. Johnson asked."Yes, Miss Amelia spilled coffee on him at the-""Shut up Theo!!" I
✿ CHAPTER 34 ✿"Why would I help you with that?" I creased my brows."What did you think I wanted you to help me with?" he slowly walked towards me.I could feel my heart in my throat with every step he took towards me…the sound of his leather shoe on the marble tiles scratched my ears.I walked backward till my back hit the wall and he caged me between his arms."Does your dad know you're up on the first floor? Hm?" he tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear."Can you stop touching me?""Why? It's not like it's my first time" he grinned.My face turned red, THIS MAN!!I tried to pull away from him but he grabbed my arm and yanked me back."Where are you going?""Away from you…""Why? Don't you like being close to me?" he leaned forward and whispered in my ear.{ *OF COURSE, SHE LOVES BEING CLOSE TO YOU!!* }My face turned red like a chill pepper.I tried pulling away but he pressed his body harder against mine."Stop fighting it Amelia" I felt his hot breath on my ear that tickled t
✿ CHAPTER 33 ✿"No, I'm not supposed to be here" I tried explaining but I was already out of the elevator. The elevator shut close behind me…"What do I do?" I looked around for another elevator to enter… finally, I saw another elevator by the end of the hallway.I quickly made my way to that elevator, but it had a different color from the other elevators. It was a black elevator…I hit the button to the last floor…'ding' the elevator door opened and I covered my mouth with my hands as I gasped, making my cup of coffee fall on the floor…I was shocked!"Miss Amelia?" Leonard's assistant, Theo, was surprised to see me.The gorgeous man before me looked down at his suit pants before looking up at me with an indifferent expression."You spilled coffee on me""Ah!, I'm so sorry…so so sorry!" I was panicking, I felt my heart racing. I didn't expect to meet Leonard this way!I was nervous, I didn't know what to do at that moment."What do we do about this?" he gestured to his suit pants th
✿ CHAPTER 32 ✿I sat quietly in My Dad's office while he was doing his work.But this isn't the reason I'm here…I came here to see-"Amelia, here, have some coffee" Assistant Zane handed me a cup of hot coffee."Thanks" I smiled."Your Dad is always busy on weekdays""As the vice CEO, he takes over from the main boss""The main boss can be very scary sometimes""The main boss? You mean the CEO right?""Yes, everything going on in this building is being controlled by him""He is very strict with his employees, no one dares to disobey his rules""There are still some people who were working at the time of the CEO's father when he was still in his seat. The boss respects these people because they are older than him, and your father is one of the people he respects even though he's the CEO"WOW!! I sure did learn something new about Leonard today."Where is the CEO?" I asked"He's about to have a board meeting with some executives" Assistant Zane sipped his coffee."Oh" I sipped my coffee
✿CHAPTER 31✿An hour later, Sofiya's Mom stormed into the ward, walked over to Sofiya, and grabbed her by the ear."Ahh!, mom my ear hurts!!" Sofiya cried out."You ungrateful child!!" she twisted her ears painfully."You don't listen to your mother!!"My dad walked over to calm his sister."Linda calm down, you’re hurting her""Hurting her? What if something had truly happened to her and Amelia? What would we have done?""The good thing is that they are ok, right?" My Mom saidAunt Linda glared at Sofiya before releasing her."Do you want to rip my ear out of my head?" Sofiya rubbed her ear as she pouted"Are you still talking back at me?""Ah! No no !" Sofiya stepped behind my mom"Aunty, please tell your sister-in-law to forgive me""Sofiya, just stop" I pulled her to my side."Aunt Linda, Sofiya is sorry. She just got drunk and those men decided to use the opportunity to drug her, please forgive her" I pleaded on behalf of Sofiya.Aunt Linda's expression softened."I'm not mad at
✿ CHAPTER 30 ✿AMELIA'S POV"Uhm, can I speak with you for a moment?" I said to Leonard as he stepped into the ward with his assistant behind him."Sure," he said calmly."You both can take all the time you want!" Sofiya said with a smirk."Shut up" I glared at her before walking outside with Leonard, leaving only Leonard's assistant in the ward with Sofiya.While we were both outside Sofiya's ward."Thank you for saving my and my cousin's life" I whispered."if it wasn't for you, I- I can't even think about what would have happened to us" I looked up at him but his expression was neutral as he looked down at me with that gaze again.'What was going on with this man' I thought to myself as I avoided his gaze."Are you listening to what am saying?""What if I hadn't called you Amelia?""What?""What would you have done?" he slowly stepped towards me."I, I-""Do you know how worried I was, how worried your parents were?"Every step he took towards me made me feel like I was stepping o
✿ CHAPTER 29 ✿Leonard's POV**The night before**"I'd love to make a deal with our two companies" the man before me smiled."Meeting adjourned," I said coldly as I grabbed my phone and hurriedly left the meeting hall.The man was stunned."But sir, this is very important,! " My assistant said as he followed behind me."We were about to have a big collaboration with his company," My Assistant said as he tried to catch up with my long strides."You can take care of it while I'm gone," I said without looking back."Where are you going sir, sir?" he called out to me as I walked faster out of the company building into my car."Good evening sir" My Chauffeur greeted gently."I'll drive today, go home early.""Sir, you'll drive?" he asked in surprise."Wait for me, sir!" Theo called out as he hurriedly got into the passenger seat.I got into the driver's seat and drove off.I drove very fast to meet Amelia at the bar. I had a feeling that things weren't as simple as they seemed.I called he