Carrie slowly opened her eyes, blinking away the remnants of sleep from it. As consciousness seeped in, she realized she was not alone. She quickly became vigilant, but before she could attack the person, she realized there was a big bandage on the latter's head. Cheryl also stirred and opened her eyes when she heard movements. "It's a good thing you're up. I was beginning to think you'll die in your sleep." Cheryl mumbled sarcastically. "Who are you and where's Kirby?" Carrie frowned. However, Cheryl only struggled to get up and grabbed a bag, then threw it towards Carrie. "Get changed, we're going to see a psychologist." "Psychologist? What for and what the hell are you? Are you with Andrea Accardo? Did you help her kidnap me?" Cheryl felt danger, so she turned towards Carrie again and warned, "You should be thanking us or you would've been dead by now." "I do not understand a word you're saying." Carrie finally admitted. "What do you remember, Carrie?" "I'm supposed to b
The Accardos Manor Gabriel was wheeled out of his room by one of his staffs that morning. He sat watching the early morning news while sipping his morning coffee when the door opened and Aindrea dragged a box into the living room. "The house didn't change one bit, daddy." She grinned, glancing around the house. The maids stared at her in surprise. Although this person looked a lot like Andrea, they couldn't help but notice the air of tenacity around her. "Don't be rude. Come help me with my bag." Aindrea beckoned onto one of the maids. The maid glanced towards Gabriel who had a stoic look on his face. "Where do I keep it?" "Andrea's room." Aindrea responded, her eyes pinned on her father. "We have other rooms, Aindrea. If you take over Andrea's room where would she stay once she's back?" Gabriel said his first word to her. Aindrea huffed and ignoring him, she ordered the maid, "Take everything belonging to Andrea down to the basement. She'll pick them up once she returns." "
The Accardo's Manor Gabriel, who was dressed in a midnight tuxedo, took away the phone in front of his face and glanced towards Aindrea who smiled at him. She walked towards him and turned off the camera, then said, "You've done one thing right. The other is to make me the chairman of your company." "If you take everything you'll leave Andrea with nothing. How will your sister survive?" Gabriel asked worriedly. Aindrea's grip on the phone tightened and so did her smile. "As the new head of this family, I'm telling you that is none of your business now. Just do what I say or I'll tell everyone how you got Ryker Darius to sleep with Andrea. Don't forget, she was nothing but an underage." The father and daughter fixed their eyes on each other for a long time before Aindrea turned and walked out of his sight. Valerie, who was in the room as well, quickly followed after her. "Sister!" She called out to Aindrea who didn't bother stopping. In the end, Valerie had to turn to her front
Matrix Empire Gabriel stood before the podium clad in his usual black tuxedo. There were cameramen and news reporters in the room as well. Behind him was Aindrea and a few shareholders. "Mr. Accardo, regarding the announcement you made the other day, a lot of people keep asking why you kept the existence of your daughter a secret. Why did you expose one of your daughters to the public, but kept the other hidden away?" A male reporter asked. Gabriel blinked his eyes twice before responding, "My first daughter didn't want to be exposed to the public so soon. So I let her have her way. However, now that she is ready to deal with all these things, I do not mind telling the public anything and everything they need to know about her." "That being said, Mr. Accardo, doesn't that mean you'll leave your second daughter, Andrea Accardo without anything to her name if you hand over everything you have to your first daughter?" Another reporter asked. Aindrea's eyes quickly moved to the lou
The Forbes' Manor Andrea slipped her phone out of her pocket when she felt it vibrate. It was a text message from Ryker. She read the words on it with a blank face before slipping back into her pocket. "You should respond to his messages." She heard Presley say behind her, but didn't turn to acknowledge her presence. "I'll talk with him when I've organized my thoughts." Andrea breathed out. Presley chuckled and walked towards her. She stood beside her and sighed. "You think you know Ryker Darius, don't you? What if I tell you there are a lot of things you don't know about him." "I'll believe you." Andrea replied almost immediately, catching Presley off guard. "Then you should know better than to believe any word that comes out of his mouth." Presley admonished, getting a grip on her emotions. "Thank you very much, aunt. I'll do well to keep that in mind." Andrea turned to her and smiled. "You're welcome." Presley nodded, returning the smile, "I also know you've been snooping
The Forbes' Manor The next day Elaine walked down the stairs the next morning and straight to the dining room to see Andrea seated already and enjoying her breakfast. "I didn't know you were still around." "I'm not leaving until I find what I came for." Andrea stated, forking a pancake into her mouth. "Why do I have a feeling you're about to do something crazy? Maybe like, umm, snatch my empire from me?" Elaine chuckled, taking her seat opposite Andrea. "I have no business with your empire." Andrea thought she should clarify. "And you're not also upset that the more you hesitate to do what we talked about the other day, the more things you hold dear will keep getting snatched from you?" Elaine inquired, and raised her phone provocatively. She tapped a few things on it before sliding it over to Andrea. "Seen it?"Andrea dropped her fork and took up the phone. When she saw the heading of the news, she paused the video and slid it back to Elaine. "I watched the live broadcast.""
The Accardo's Manor Early that morning, Valerie heads out of the building to jog within the vicinity. Two hours later, she turns and jogs back. However, she is forced to stop when she sights a familiar figure standing in her way. Taking off her earpiece, she tuts silently and asks, "I didn't know you were out of jail. Did Gabriel release you?" "No, he didn't. Aindrea did. She even brought me to live here until I get an apartment." Damon responded, taking slow strides towards her. For each step he took, she took two steps backwards. Seeing this, he scoffed and stopped walking. "Why are you moving away from me? You don't think I'm going to hurt you, do you?""I heard people pick up bad behaviours in jail. I don't think we should continue our relationship. I think it's best if we both go our separate ways." She stated in a righteous voice. "Go our separate ways? Are you trying to abandon me now that I'm worth nothing?" He hissed and continued walking towards her. "Don't take it pe
One hour after Ryker left, two lawyers had been summoned; one for Gabriel and the other for Georgina.Georgina stood defiantly on the other side of the room, her eyes locked with Aindrea's. "I want what's rightfully mine," she insisted, her voice laced with anger. "I deserve half of everything Gabriel owns.""Georgina, you have to understand that Gabriel doesn't have anything anymore. He gave it all to me. There's nothing left to divide. Frankly speaking, since you're the richer spouse, you should be the one giving to my father." Aindrea tutted. Georgina's face twisted with disbelief. "How can that be? He was wealthy. I won't walk away empty-handed. I won't allow it!"Aindrea didn't expect Georgina to understand, so she could only nudge at the family's lawyer to draft out a divorce agreement which would favor both of them.The lawyer quietly began drafting the divorce agreement, carefully outlining the terms and conditions. The pen moved swiftly across the paper as he kept a blank fa