"I am almost there" Damien ends the call and focuses once more on driving, the face cap he had on earlier was now in the backseat and his face was revealed now.
He had a face close to what he called perfection, he had small eyes, one that could hardly be seen when he laughed really hard but it had been long since he had such laughter so that didn't happen regularly, he had a pointed nose that trailed down to small, pinkish lips, his hair was jet black but his hair never maintained one color for too long, he usually dyed it different colors when he felt like.
He would definitely not call himself someone crazy about fashion but he always made it a point to dress well, his clothes were of high quality, that was sure after all his company was the biggest in the whole of the city.... Winston's Corporations.
He parked the car in the car park of the company, stepped out of his car and proceeded to his office with a briefcase in his right hand.
He got into the company with fast but still yet calm steps. The place went silent as everyone hurried up with their job and tried to seem busy even if they were not.
He got into his office and settled himself down into his seat.
"Good morning and Welcome boss" his personal assistant greeted him, it was a male and he was almost always with his boss.
"Get me a cup of coffee" Damien requested without giving a response to the greeting of his personal assistant. Derek, was used to it however and hurried out of the office to get what his boss wanted.
Damien Winston, 28, CEO of Winston Corporations, he came from the biggest family in city and was popular amongst girls, one of the reasons why there was always a face cap in his car.
He was the no 1 bachelor of the city, every girl wanted him, a lot of them came to Winston's Corporations to work because of him.
He picked up a file and ran his eyes through it, his brows furrowed, an evidence that he was not satisfied with the document.
Derek walked in just right then and placed the cup of coffee on the table.
"What's this?" Damien asked, pushing the file to Derek.
Derek pressed his lips into a thin line, knowing that he was displeased already.
He opened the file.
"It is the contract we prepared for the partnership between we and Tustin Corporations" he replied.
"Derek... You prepared a contract and it already has two visible typographical errors and what is with the third clause?" He asked and Derek quickly glanced at the third clause but could find nothing wrong with it.
"I... I can't seem to find out what is wrong with it" he mumbled.
"Leave with it, only come back when you have figured out what is wrong with it" he dismissed Derek.
"Yes sir" Derek replied and walked out of the office, still trying to figure out what was wrong with the third clause.
Damien sighed softly and shook his head before taking a sip of his coffee and burying himself in his laptop.
"Hello brother!" He heard a loud and annoying voice.
Damien groaned and reluctantly raised his head up to see the guy who had called out to him, Lucas Winston, his elder brother.
"Lucas" he called.
"You should at least give a little bit of respect" Lucas said to him, taking the seat.
"As you can see, I am busy and I do not want to get involved in any chit chat with you" he diverted his attention back to the laptop but Lucas pulled the laptop away from him.
"I am here to congratulate you on your upcoming wedding" Lucas gave him a shrewd smile.
"Thank you brother. You should also settle down soon else you are going to die on top of a lady soon" he replied.
"Thanks for your concern little brother" Lucas replied with a fake smile and then leaned back into the chair he was seated on, his eyes roamed around the room with a soft smile.
"This place would be mine very soon" Lucas declared.
"Enough of your fantasies, Lucas"
"Oh, that is what you think they are? Fantasies? I bet you'd be surprised to see those fantasies come true then" Lucas moved closer to where Damien was seated.
Damien only gave a fake smile in response.
"I think you should be acting on those fantasies now or it is never going to come true" he added.
"I am already acting on them, I am going to take away everything from you, everything you have ever owned, be careful, I might take away your wife" he smirked at Damien.
"Lucas, you have always been the loser. At home, when we were little, you were a loser, at academics, you were the loser, sports? You were the loser and now business, you are still the loser. Learn to be comfortable with being the loser, maybe that way you would be able to become the winner of losers"
Lucas gritted his teeth and grabbed the collars of Damien who did not even move a muscle.
"One day, you will grovel on the floor in front of me, regretting that you ever said all of those shitty words!" Lucas let go of his collar and stormed out of the office.
Damien adjusted his collars and looked towards the door through which Lucas had just exited.
He gave his eyes a small roll and moved back to get working but his phone rang.
He groaned and regretted not turning off his phone earlier.
He picked the phone, the caller was his mum.
He picked the call and placed it on speaker.
"Hello mum"
"Hey son"
"I am at work mum, what do you want to tell me?" He asked, his tone quite impatient.
"Remember that you have to go visiting the Hillards tomorrow morning and have your first meeting with your future wife"
"I know mum even though you know how much I hate it to get married, especially to someone I have never seen"
"This is all for the company, you should know that"
"That is the only reason I am doing this"
"Loosen up when you go over there tomorrow and ensure that you get them a gift or two"
"Sure" he ended the call and immediately turned removed his private sim from the phone, dropping the sim on the table and finally being able to concentrate on his job or maybe he still was not able to focus completely, not when he had a fake marriage on the way.
Cherry had been in her room all day, she had been sulking in the room due to the fake marriage that her parents had arranged for her but she knew that she could not escape the marriage, after all, this had been her destiny all her life.She was getting married to Damien Winston, but definitely not for love. Her parents did not care about her loving him or not too, she had a task to fulfill in the home of Damien Winston, she was to get rid of him one way or the other once she had become his bride.She either had to kill him directly, paving way for his elder brother to get the position of the CEO or she had to figure out a way to get him to transfer his shares to her family.In whatever way, she was marrying him to ruin him."Cherry" She heard the voice of her maid who was more like a female bodyguard to her, Diana.Cherry however gave no response to the calls from Diana.Even though she had been informed about this marriage three years ago by her father, and she had been preparing for
Lucienne wakes up and finds herself in a grand room, grander than any that she had ever seen or been in.She wondered who had saved her from the sewage hole and brought her to this place. Sitting up on the king size bed, she touched her clothes and was even further more confused, the clothes were clothes that only top people could afford.Even if someone had been kind enough to save her, would the person be kind enough to dress her up in such expensive clothes?She gets up from the bed and her usual habit of looking into the mirror whenever she woke up kicked in.She stepped in front of the mirror and let out a short scream, she touched her face frantically, and let out another scream.She was seeing someone else in the mirror."I... I am Lucienne, but who is this?" She asked herself, pointing into her reflection in the mirror.The door opened and a lady walked in, rushing towards her."Are you okay?" The lady asked Lucienne."No, I am not okay. Who is this? Whose body is this?" Lucie
Lucienne shook her head, she was never going to get married to him, not even if she was trapped in the body of Cherry."No" She shook her head slightly and her father noticed the look on her face."Hello all" Lucas gave a small bow and waved at Lucienne with a smile that creeped her out and still yet disgusted her."You are welcome Mr. Winston" Cherry's father welcomed Lucas."Winston?" Lucienne mumbled. Lucas had never told her that he was the son of the Winston family.There was sudden silence over the place as another man stepped into the living room, dressed in all black which made Lucienne remember the man who gave his umbrella to her, there was another man following after him too."Hello, I hope I am not late" his voice was as hot as whatever and his face was not less hotter than his face."Of course not, welcome son in law" Cherry's father welcomed him."That's your fiance" Diana nudged Lucienne lightly."Oh, I see, and the first one?" she mumbled a question."He is your broth
"It was nice having you here" Cherry's father smiled at Damien who was ready to leave."It was nice being here too" Damien responded."I would take my leave now" Damien added and without even looking at his arranged bride, he turned and walked away with Derek following after him.He got into the backseat of the car while Derek got into the driver's seat."Where to, boss?" He asked."To the hospital" Damien replied."Are you feeling uncomfortable in any manner?" Derek asked, a little bit of worry clouding his face."Can you just do things without asking so much questions, Derek?" Damien groaned, pulling out his tab."Yes sir" Derek mumbled and revved the car into motion.Damien worked on his tab until the drive was over."Stay back in the car, I would be out soon" he said to Derek, dropping his tab and picking his face cap.He wore the face cap and stepped out of the car.He walked into the hospital and arrived at the doctor's office in no time."Mr. Winston, you are welcome" the docto
Diana returned to where she had left Lucienne but could no longer her there.She looked around the place but there was no signs of her either."Cherry?" She called out but there was no response."Cherry? I am here with the ice cream" she called out, walking forward a bit but there was no response.Diana was not familiar with the place and she found it hard to get ice cream for them especially when it was so late already.She had to go a really long way to get the ice cream and now back here, she could no longer find Cherry's body with Lucienne's soul."Lucienne?" She called out, hoping that she'd find her if she called her by her real name but there was still no response.Diana was starting to get worried, she roamed the place, searching for her but was unable to, no matter how much she searched and called out, she could not find her.Diana finally sat on the bench in the middle of the street, her breathing slightly ragged now.She wondered what would happen to her when Cherry's fathe
"This is where I left her, on this bench" Diana pointed out to the bench."Search around this area, I want my daughter back today" Mr. Hillard ordered and the men he had brought along began to walk around the streets, in an attempt to find Cherry."If I do not find her today, you are going to be in trouble, Diana" Mr. Hillard threatened her."I will never understand Cherry, she is always causing trouble" Carol rolled her eyes."Do not talk about your sister that way" Mr. Hillard cautioned her and Carol kept quiet, suppressing an eyes roll.Mr. Hillard's phone rang and his eyes widened slightly."It is Damien" he groaned.*Damien was seated in his living room, his legs were crossed over each other.His brows were arched, he raised his hand and glanced at his wristwatch.Cherry was supposed to come to him and the both of them go to get the bride dress for her but it had been an hour over the scheduled time and there was no Cherry.Damien shook his head with an inpatient groan."Still f
Damien was ready to leave work and go back home when Derek returned."What is going on?" He questioned, not looking at Derek, he was packing up his briefcase."The Hillards are trying as much as possible to hide it from everyone but I found out that Miss. Cherry, your bride has run away from home and they are trying to find her"His brows arched and he raised his face up, he looked slightly surprised but then in a few seconds, his face returned to its usual expressionless look."Cherry, that dummy still has the guts to try to run away from me""It is said that she never agreed to this marriage""Not like I ever agreed to this too" he mumbled underneath his breath."Should I search for her too?" Derek asked and to his surprise, Damien shook his head indicating no.He was definitely expecting Damien to search for Cherry immediately because it would be a huge taint to his almost perfect image if his bride did not appear on his wedding day."Not yet, let them search for her for today. If
Lucienne looked out of her windows and she could see that the men scattered around the streets were still there even though they had reduced.She had to go out, she was still in the body of Cherry but she was on her period and she needed to get pads or tampons.She had run out of them a few days back when her own body went through her period and now she was experiencing someone's else's body period.She felt like it was punishment to her.Grabbing her hoodie, she slipped it on once more and ensured that her face was very well covered.The weather was still noticeably gloomy and she knew that it really could still rain anytime soon.She picked the umbrella the strange man had given to her and set out of her home with her heart in her mouth.She could be caught and maybe, just under maybe, she would not be caught.She walked through the streets, avoiding the men and trying to be as casual as possible and luckily for her, she was not stopped till she got to the mall.She got the things s