CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN.Adele arrived at the conglomerate at exactly eight am. The moment she got out of the car, the valet showed up and she gave her car keys to him. She looked up at the mighty skyscraper standing before her and she didn't know whether to frown or smile. Jamal was definitely doing well for himself, but he was ruining her life in every possible way.She stepped into the lobby and was awed by how quiet and organized the place was. There were men dressed in black at every corner of the lobby. They were surely security personnels. She thanked her stars for having dressed properly that morning. Everyone looked glamorous and elegant. "Adele Mackenzie." She heard a female voice call her name and she immediately froze on her tracks and looked around, totally confused. Her heart was racing in her chest. "Behind you." The voice signaled. Adele turned around and her gaze fell on a well dressed woman, probably in her early forties who was staring at her with a blank expression.
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT.Three men and three women, including Grace, were standing before Adele with their heads bowed down. The others had no idea why they had been summoned, but Grace knew and she was trembling on her spot.Adele stood far beside the window while Jamal walked to the center of the office to meet them. "Grace, what was the instruction I gave yesterday concerning Miss. Mackenzie?" Jamal asked calmly but firmly and Grace raised her head up to look at him with the most sorrowful look in her eyes.At that moment, she wished she could rewind time and treat Adele properly. She was at the brink of losing her job just because she was jealous of Adele.She had no idea who Adele was but the moment she laid eyes on her, she felt Jealous of her and had sworn to give her a hard time and now that was going to cost her her job."You said to collect her CV and introduce her to the other colleagues." She replied with a tiny voice."And did you do that?" Jamal asked, looking at her intens
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE.Adele couldn't understand Jamal's sudden change in behaviour towards her. Ever since they lost their child, he had been treating her like she meant the world to him. Like she was the only person who mattered to him and that freaked her out a great deal.She had already made peace with the fact that he did not love or care about her and now that he was acting so differently, it scared her because she did not know what to think or how to handle the situation.The damage had been done and she wanted nothing to do with him, but he seemed to not be d'accord with that fact.The entire day went by with her laying at home. She slept for the better part of the day and by nightfall, she decided to watch a movie before going to pick out the outfit she was going to wear to work the next day.Now that she had seen that everyone at the company dressed elegantly, she was going to her best to dress well so that blending in will not be difficult. Her first experience was not a good
CHAPTER FIFTY.The next day at the conglomerate, Adele was welcomed by Grace yet again and this time around, the look on her face was even more deadly, but Adele couldn't care less. As long as she did not disrespect or humiliate her, they were going to be at peace with each other.Grace led her to the same tenth floor where her office was located, but this time around, they did not go into her office. She was taken to an office space which had over ten cubicles in it."This is where you will be working." Said Grace as they entered the office. Everyone else in the office rose to their feet on seeing her walk in and greeted her almost in unison."Good morning everyone." She responded to their greetings, still not smiling and Adele wondered if the woman ever smiled in her life.From the way everyone had stood up when she walked in and how composed they looked, Adele confirmed that she was doing a great job terrorizing the people below her and for that, she disliked the woman."This is Mi
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE."What the hell!" Cole exclaimed in shock as he eyed Adele from head to toe before his gaze settled on her ring finger. He got even more confused when he didn't see any ring on it."But…but…" he stammered as he looked from her face to the ring finger and back to her face. "But there's no ring on your finger." He pointed out."Ah… that…" Adele chuckled. "There is an explanation for that and no I cannot give you that explanation. It's complicated." She blabbered and the guy just shrugged his shoulders."Well, I… I still don't believe the fact that you are married, but… if you say you are then fine, even though I see no reason for your husband to be mad that you have a coworker's number.""Male coworker." Adele emphasised and the guy nodded."Right!""Like I said, he is nonsensically possessive and I don't want to get into trouble." She said smiling and the guy lifted both hands up as a sign of him surrendering."Fine. No number then.""Thank you for understanding. I ha
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO.The time on Adele's wrist watch read five pm, which was her closing time and she couldn't be any happier. Her first day of work had been a very hectic one. Her office colleagues had been nothing but nice and understanding towards her the entire time, but Grace did not fail to show her disdain for her everytime they had an encounter, but Adele cared less. All she wanted to do was do her work and leave the office when her time was due."Alright Adele, see you tomorrow." Said Kelly as she waved and exited the office. Adele just smiled and rode on with packing her stuff.When she was done, she stepped out of the office to the hallway and her cell phone chimed in her bag. She took it out to check who had texted and her heart began racing when she saw that the text was from Jamal. She quickly unlocked the phone and went on to read the message."Follow the guy dressed in a black suit at the far end of the hallway you are currently standing in. He's going to lead you to my
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE.The news of Adele now working in Jamal's conglomerate reached Danielle and it did not settle well with her because she knew how much Jamal loved Adele.For the past year, she had been doing all she could to make the man notice her, but he did not even look at her for a single second. When she noticed that he was no longer going after Adele, she was happy because she thought he was finally going to let go of his wife and look at her, but that did not happen and now, it seemed like he was about to start going after his wife again.Danielle loved Jamal from here to the moon and back and her ultimate wish was to one day be his wife, but with Adele in the picture, she knew that was something that would never happen.That afternoon, she decided to pay Jamal an unexpected visit in his office to confront him about the issue. When she got to his floor, his secretary tried to stop her, but she pushed the woman away and barged into Jamal's office as usual."Jamal!" She calle
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR.Adele on the other hand had no idea things were heating up on Jamal's side and were about to cross over to her side as well. She went to work everyday, did her work diligently, had a good time with her colleagues and did not fail to put Grace in her place every single time she tried to overdo things or speak rudely to her.It was needless to say, but Grace hated her to her bones, but Adele cared less.That afternoon, she went over to the documentary to get a pack of A4 sheets that they would be using in the office and on her way back, she tripped on the staircase and fell, rolling down back to the floor she came from and that resulted in her fainting. The people who witnessed that happened got alarmed."Adele!" One of the workers shouted in shock as he rushed over to her still body. Others joined him and when they noticed that she was unconscious, they carried her to the healthcare unit of the conglomerate.Sean, who noticed the commotion asked what was going on a