"Amanda?" He repeated."Yes. I'm sure she's behind this. I don't trust that crazy friend of yours."I nodded. "She's the only one I can suspect right now."Alvin laughed. "You must be mistaken. I'm certain Amanda wouldn't do anything as stupid as this.""Oy?" I scoffed. "She's a devil in disguise. Didn't you see how she was smiling while you were around but the second you left, she revealed her demon to me, claiming to love you and I have to stay away."He ended his laughter. "Okay, I agree Amanda might be crazy sometimes but I know she can't be behind this.""How can you be certain?" I glowered, hating the stupid trust he had for her."We've been best friends for ten years so of course I know her well enough to know she can't do this.""I'm certain she is behind this. She wants you to think I'm crazy then lock me up in a mental hospital so she'll take my place but I won't let that happen. I'll be your wife for as long as I live and there's nothing she can do about it." I didn't care
"Are you out of your mind?" I hollered."I should be asking you that. You're shirtless." He frowned and picked my shirt from the floor."I could've caught the devil. Shit!""Without a shirt? In the presence of our employees? You're crazy." He wore my shirt over my body.I sighed. "Sorry, I was only interested in catching her and forgot that another crazy person made me shirtless.""Another crazy person? Seriously?" He rolled his eyes, buttoning my shirt for me. I could do that on my own but what was the point in arguing?"We should get going."— "But-" he glanced at his laptop."Can't you forget work tonight?" I tucked my shirt in."Uh..." I glared at him. "Fine." He sighed.I grinned, stood on my tiptoes, and pecked him."Hey, Mom." Alvin smiled, pulling his Mom into a hug."My Hamzy is such a big boy now." She giggled."I'm not a boy." He pulled apart from the hug and kissed her forehead."Hey," Amanda grinned and also hugged Alvin. A feeling of jealousy twitched in me; she had no
"Who is Samantha?" I asked again, soaked in a pool of worry."I trusted you to not mention her name. Please leave." Alvin drew his lips into a snarl."So you're sending me out of your house? Wow." Amanda snorted, glared at him from head to toe then angrily left the terrace."Alvin, tell me who Samantha is right now," I ordered.He gazed at me, anger was still burning in his eyes. Without another word, he walked away and left the terrace, letting my mouth drop to the ground. I tried to let the fact that he was hiding a woman's identity sink into my head before leaving the terrace too. Was Alvin cheating on me? Was it because I wasn't fulfilling his sexual desires? Oh no, I was going to die if he left me alone for another woman. There was no way he had stopped loving me when I was already feeling this way for him.I was still arguing with myself about whether or not I could tag this unique feeling and attraction as love. If not love, then what was called love? It had to be it but how wa
"Hey, sweetheart." Alvin' sweet voice drove me out of my slumber.I stretched my arm, yawning. Staring at a shirtless Alvin and realizing I was still naked reminded me of last night and I couldn't help the blush that flushed my face."From that blush, I can tell what you're thinking." He sat on the bed, dropping the tray of food he had on it. "Breakfast in bed."I sat up straight, covering my chest with the duvet. "This is very sweet of you but I don't like eating without brushing my teeth and taking a bath first. You should've known that since you stalked me.""Oh... I guess I didn't stalk you enough then. How 'bout coffee?" He lifted a mug of coffee from the tray.I shrugged, accepting the mug from him. "There's an exception to coffee.""Last night was the first time I've ever made love to anyone in my entire life."I felt heat rise in my cheeks again but still rolled my eyes. "Coming from the playboy?" I scoffed, taking a sip of the coffee."You need to understand that there's a b
My poor heart was throbbing hard. I tried to scream or run but I couldn't seem to move. She quickly wrapped her hand around my wrist, the knife was smiling its sharpness at me like it was ready to slit my throat."Go upstairs and don't say a word." She whispered, glancing around, and started pulling me towards the stairs.I was too scared to even attempt to run so I let her pull me to my room. God, save me. I internally prayed. She shut the door behind her, sauntered to the bed, and gently pushed me to it, shushing me again though I wasn't speaking. Gosh, how could I not have thought of Faith? She had the same red hair as the person who was spying on us at the company. Who else could've known that I cried my eyes out except three of them? There's no way I could've suspected her, I thought she was a good friend. So she was the devil in the disguise of an angel? She glanced around, still pointing the knife at me before her gaze finally rested on me."F-Faith... wh-what's... what's happ
"Good afternoon, Mrs. Robert. You're late for work, as always." Sarah teased.I rolled my eyes at her. "Good afternoon to you too, Sarah Louis. Has Alvin left?""Now she has the right to call him by his name, she's late for work because she's his wife, she's being bossy.""And you're being silly.""I'm so sorry, Mrs. Robert. Please don't make your husband fire me, this job is everything I have." She pleaded jokingly.I shook my head and left her sight, using the elevator to transport me to the 68th floor then got into our office. As expected, Alvin was on his office chair, gazing at his laptop's screen. I dropped my bag on the chair and walked up to him, folding my arms across my chest."Samantha, when did you arrive?" He raised his head to me with a smile, immediately returning his gaze to his laptop."Just now.""And you're late again.""Duh...""You're always so punctual because your husband owns the company." He said sarcastically."Very funny," I replied sarcastically too, sittin
~ Samantha ~"Lunch is ready!" I dropped mine and Alvin' tray of food on the dining table and went to where he was sitting on the couch, wrapping my arms around his neck from behind and kissing his cheek."You're such a sweetheart. This side of you makes me feel like smiling forever." He held my hand and faced me. "You made lunch?" He asked like he just heard what I said."Yes, yes, yes.""Wow, I'm so lucky. I love your cooking as much as I love you.""That doesn't make so much sense to me. You love something as much as you love your wife?""Everything about you is loved by me." He kissed my cheek too.He chuckled then we left for the dining table. After having lunch together and chatting for a long time, Faith and two other Maids cleared the table and two others Maids cleared the table while Alvin and I returned to sit on the sofas. He immediately picked up his laptop from the center table but I stopped him and returned it to the table, wrapping my arms around his torso with my head
~ LILA ~It had been a month since we'd been in Dubai but I was still damn scared of France's gentleness. Of course, he had always been a gentle and kind boss but it had become excessive. To worsen things, we were in the same hotel room, but different bedrooms, just like Alvin and Samantha in Australia, but only one bathroom. Thankfully, we hadn't had a bathroom clash since we've been here.I flinched at the sound of the door shutting.France strutted to me. I was thinking of running to my bedroom immediately but something still made me stay back. He dropped to sit beside me and I flinched again."You're always flinching." He smirked. I forced a smile at him and quickly rose to my feet, ready to leave his sight but he held me back. "Don't go, stay a little longer."My phone started to ring from the center table. I glanced at the screen and sighed after realizing it was Jovi. Knowing fully well that it was going to be another stupid threat call, I ignored it."I have to leave.""Stay.