"Hey!" He called after her."Hey, I did not intend to sound offensive." He said when he got to his outer office, she was arranging files on her desk."I know," she replied dryly, without sparing him a glance.He took a deep breath. "Look at me," he held her hand and turned her to face him.She did not protest."I am sorry." His voice was shallow."You are not directly responsible for my pain, so you have to stop apologizing everytime. You need to understand that everything I set my eyes on or my ears hear reminds me of them." Surprisingly, she explained it calmly."I know that, can you just let me in, just at the door, let me hold your hand in my own way." He said softly."Maybe I should remind you why I am here after all, you need to stop being nice to me because trust me, I will take advantage of you whenever I get the least chance to do so." She spat, maybe not aggressively, but definitely in a serious tone.Her mean words no longer had an effect on him… maybe just a little. He un
"They would, my parents clearly would." He stated confidently."Would you be happy to see the person you killed come back to life?" She fired."What are you talking about?" He took a step forward, tilting his to the side as he squinted his brows questioningly."Heeh, nothing, just saying." Mila shrugged.He clearly was not buying any of it because when she stood up and grabbed her handbag to leave, he grabbed her arm and pulled her back, causing her body to crash on his.Her breath hitched up, she stared at him, hoping that what she felt was mutual, but unfortunately, his usual apologetic or jovial look was gone, he wore a dead serious expression."You are still my secretary and you don't get to leave during working hours unless I say so." He said sternly, pulling an aura.She scoffed, "Aight boss! Whatever you say." She replied sarcastically, shaking her arm off his grip."Answer my question!" He scolded. "What were you insinuating by that statement?" He rephrased, tightening his g
"Mila Rivers?" Both of them froze…"Miss McGraw?" Mila was the first to break the silence, Brant remained frozen. His subconscious mind knew that Mila would definitely blame him for this because she'd warned him to avoid voicing that name…he blew it."What are you doing here, Linda?" Brant cleared his throat and asked, taking a step to stand in between both women, afterall he was the man here. He had to put his shit together and man up."Are you really Mila?" Linda's voice cracked, she ignored Brant and tilted her head to the side, directing her question to Mila."Does it change anything?" Mila asked."I said it, you looked familiar, oh My God, Mila!" She pushed past Brant, dropped her bag on the floor as she engulfed Mila in her arms.Mila rolled her eyes and frowned at Brant at the same time."You are alive?" Linda teared up, tightening her arms around Mila. That was definitely not the reaction she'd expected from Linda, given how arrogant she was towards her just a few weeks ago
New Lead."Your father killed the Rivers?" Linda asked in disbelief, gasping in shock.Mila looked unfazed."Seriously, is that the only thing you could grab from all that I just voiced?" Brant asked.Linda was still dumbfounded."Which part of it all do you not understand, or are you just in denial?" Mila fired."Did he kill him because of their argument?" Linda asked, seemingly lost in her thoughts."What argument?" Mila asked with a frown, curiosity picked her."Uncle Melo and Mr White were arguing over something…" Linda started."Where?" Mila cut in.Brant looked from one woman to another. He could see the eagerness on Mila's face and the bamboozlement on Linda's.He too was itchy to get Linda's story. He had not yet accepted the fact that his father was a murderer and all in just less than an hour, more evidence was being shed on the case, clearly not in his favour.'Could it be true?'"At my father's Resort, I was going to find my father when I saw them in one of the private boo
"You want me to waste him?" Dom asked in a serious tone."Holy Fuck! Dominique!" Fabiola yelled. "What is wrong with you and violence? For Christ sake, be human for once!" She scolded him as if he were a kid.Dom was in charge of doing Pop's dirty work, he was good at it and left no trails behind. But one thing she came to discover about him was that he was good with electronics. He once confessed to her that his dream was to join NASA someday, all that went down the drain when he got entangled in this lifestyle…a lifestyle he could never escape from."What did I say wrong?" He feigned ignorance.She clicked her tongue in annoyance, "Just shut up and listen. I need to know what both men talked about." She said,"Where did it take place?" He asked."The McGraw Resort uphill." She replied."I bet they should have been cameras somewhere, anything…do what you gotta do." She said,"You mentioned that Mr McGraw might have a clue on it, right?" Dom asked."Yeah, why?" She asked suspiciously.
By the time she got back to the office, Linda was not there anymore. Brant had buried himself on his laptop.She went back to her job as a secretary, pretending as if the morning never happened.She knew that Brant was working twice as hard today as a distraction.She chose not to accompany him to his meetings today, he did not force her. He was surprisingly gentle and nicer to her. She'd expected him to be an arse all day because of everything she said, but he was acting on the complete contrary.She just could not hold it back when he brought her lunch."What are you up to Brantley White?" She furrowed her brows at him."Serving my girlfriend lunch?" He said it like it was supposed to be obvious.She raised her brows and narrowed her eyes at him. "Which language do you want me to break down to tell you that I am not your girlfriend?" She was on the verge of yelling.He drew in a deep breath, "My parents are still expecting my girlfriend to show up tonight and I…""Tell them we broke
"Shall we?" Her cheerful voice pulled him out of his thoughts."Sure." He forced a smile, standing up from the couch. It was damn comfortable, by the way.She did her make-up lightly and got her shoes on, canvas of course."I love your shoes." He commented, looking down at her feet.She rolled her eyes, "Dah, I wear them almost every day." She said,"Or assassin boots?" He leaned beside her ears and whispered."Get the fuck away!" She yelled and playfully pushed him out of the door.He chuckled.She buried herself in her phone throughout the ride, texting back and forth with Pops and Carlson.Was she nervous? No!Angry? Definitely yes!But she was more anxious than angry. Why? She had no idea.Maybe because she'd be dining with her enemy, just like Judas and Jesus, except she was not Jesus to forgive the betrayal. She was gonna kill the Judas in her life."You'll be fine." Brant placed his hand on her lap and squeezed it softly. It made her beating heart calm down for a second, she f
As soon as dinner was over, Fabiola quickly excused herself, with the pretext that she was feeling dizzy.Mrs White did comment on the fact that it was only a few minutes past 8pm, probably still too early to be sleepy. But Fabiola insisted that she was tired from working all day.Brant opted to drive her home, she agreed.He thought that her reason for rushing home was because she wanted to get away from his parents.Grandmaster thought the same too, he smiled watching the images slide through the screen…video footage actually.He smiled, at least she was scared…probably, it was good, that way it'll only ignite the burning desire for revenge in her."Do you want me to stick around here a bit?" Brant asked when he pulled up outside her house.She looked at him with a serious look, "I don't need a babysitter, you should go and do that to your sisters." She stated, climbing out of the car without even turning to view the petrified look on Brantley's face."Oh, good night by the way." She