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CHAPTER 19While Nancy and Lloyd were having their moment, handling their issues, Kaleb had heard about the new ownership. He didn’t know who it was yet but he was on his way to his friend, Patel’s office to find out. It was his influence with Patel that helped Nancy secure her job in the hotel. He also brought a bouquet of lilies to apologize to Nancy for the other day.He called Patel on the phone when he got to the hotel and the man asked him to meet him at the bar. It was there that Patel told him everything that happened that morning and especially how surprised he was that the new boss and Nancy seemed to know each other. When Kaleb heard about the transfer, his fears only intensified. He was sweating and easily became restless. If Nancy agreed, that would be bad for him. Infact, it would be his end.The thought of Nancy and Lloyd being together in Patel’s office filled him with so much rage and jealousy. He found it so hard to control himself that he told Patel he wanted to us
CHAPTER 20***FLASHBACK***FOUR HOURS EARLIER“Our flight is being delayed due to bad weather conditions. Seems like we’ll be flying in later than expected,” Veronica said over the phone to Lloyd as he stepped out of the meeting with the management staff.There was a lot he didn’t know about the hospitality business but he understood finance and numbers and from the books of the hotel in the past years, they have been consistently turning in good profit margins so he was counting on duplicating their efforts here over at Coral city. It would seem that Nancy wasn’t the only staff that he would need to have transferred if the other franchise was to be successful.“Alright mom, just let me know when you’re finally able to fly,” Lloyd replied.He wanted to still talk to Nancy but he didn’t want to disturb her work. The restaurant had a lot of guests at the moment. When she told him they could be friends, his joy knew no bounds. He wound up hugging her so tight and the urge to kiss her wa
CHAPTER 21“Kaleb Trevor, where can I find him? I got a call from your hospital some minutes ago that he was brought here,” Nancy said to the nurse at the hotel reception.The whole drive to the hospital, she was in a panic. The last time she felt such fear and panic was when she was being chased by Lloyd after she went to give him Lex.“Kaleb Trevor…..” the nurse trailed, looking at her laptop for a while. “He’s been moved from the emergency ward. Take the elevator on your left to the third floor, room 12B.” “Thank you,” Nancy replied as she ran off.When Nancy saw the state Kaleb was in, her heart ran straight into the pit of her stomach. Her purse unconsciously slipped out of her hand as she clutched her chest and ran to his side with tears instantly running down her cheeks. Who could have done such a horrible thing to her beautiful Kaleb?He had a cast around his neck and his right eye was swollen shut. He had a huge cast on one of his hands. His fair face has turned red in so ma
CHAPTER 22Lloyd was quick to reach her before she could reach for the vase. He held her arms and her skin crawled at his touch. She shoved him back and attempted to follow it up with a slap but Lloyd caught her hand in the air.“Whoa! Relax,” He said teasingly but his expression quickly turned serious when he saw the venom in her eyes.With her free hand, Nancy grabbed the vase but before she could strike, Lloyd caught it again, wrestling it off her and as it shattered upon impact with the floor, He tackled her to the bed.“What’s wrong with you? Calm down,” he said. His tone laced with surprise and confusion.His body pressed against her and he had her legs trapped between his, while his hands held hers in place. Their eyes met. Nancy glared at him, her eyes full of disdain for the man above her. Lloyd only admired her feistiness. His eyes dipped to her breast cleavage sprawling out of her V neck gown briefly and he gulped before looking away.“Get the fuck off me Lloyd, you monster
CHAPTER 23“Luke, do you still have our man following Kaleb?” Lloyd asked his PA over the phone as he drove him and his mother to the penthouse of their hotel.“Yes Boss,” Luke replied.“Send him to my hotel.”“Tonight sir?”“Right fucking now Luke!” Lloyd barked “Okay sir,” Luke replied with a tremble in his voice.“Does this have something to do with Nancy?” Veronica asked as soon as Lloyd ended the call.When Lloyd came out of Nancy’s room, he only told her and the kids that he had to leave for an emergency and that Nancy was a bit under the weather so Veronica would have to wait till tomorrow to talk to her. It was only in the car that he told his mother the truth that Nancy was angry at him but he didn’t mention her asking them both to leave.“It’s nothing to worry about mom. Just someone trying to mess with me when I’ve been trying hard not to mess him up,” Lloyd replied, flaring his nose and squeezing the steering wheel tighter.“The Kaleb guy?” Veronica asked. Lloyd had told
CHAPTER 24Last night after Lloyd left, Nancy took a quick shower and crashed almost immediately, drained both physically and emotionally.She planned to go see Kaleb first thing in the morning as she couldn’t leave her kids to themselves even if Diana and Emily were in the house.She woke up the following morning to the sound of her kids’ voices. They were praying just after waking up. It wasn’t unlike Leo to do that. If he woke up before her, he would normally pray alone but now he was doing it with his brother.Her heart warmed at the thought of it. She was grateful for her little bundles of joy. She wanted to join them but decided not to interrupt them as she heard Lex who she had been teaching this past week lead the prayer.“Dear God, Mommy said in the Lord’s Prayer that you forgive us as we forgive the people that offend us. Can you please forgive mommy so she can forgive our daddy?” He said in his little voice that was filled with a genuine sadness.No…..Not this…… Nancy’s hea
CHAPTER 25Truth? What Truth? Why was Lloyd offering money to this person for this truth and why were they texting Kaleb?Nancy glanced at Kaleb with a completely confused look on her face and she stared back at the text.Suddenly she remembered Lloyd’s words from yesterday and Lex’s words today. Could it be that Kaleb was indeed hiding something from her? She needed to find out.She clicked on the text to reply to the person to try and find out more information but the phone was locked.Her first thought was to try her birth date but it didn’t work. She tried his own birth date but it was the same result.She looked at him and he was still fast asleep but his face was in no state for the Face ID to work. Quickly, an idea struck her. She had a perfect passport picture of Kaleb on her phone.“Please work, please work,” she prayed silently as she gave it a try.She zoomed in the picture to perfectly fit her screen and she held it a little distance away from his phone and voila…...it open
CHAPTER 26Lloyd was having a great time with Leo and Lex after he picked them up from the house. He had their day planned out. He originally wanted Nancy to also be a part of the day he had planned but with what happened yesterday he didn’t dare mention it to her.His only hope was that the men Dominic was in contact with would agree to tell the truth even if it cost him about 3 million dollars.Their first stop was the Kiddies Planet, a fun mall and park for kids and adults alike but was mostly curated to fit the needs of kids.As soon as they stepped into the place, all eyes easily turned to them. The sight of such a handsome man with two cuties that shared striking features with him easily caught everyone’s attention and to top it all, they wore identical outfits.Blue Gucci denim pants with a black Versace short sleeve shirt and the same brand of black Zara leather loafers that Lloyd had custom made to have each of their names embedded on the soles.The female attendants of the ma