LEO POV"I can't change my mind," I said with my focus on the vast estate. Its silence was deafening. There was not a single soul in it. "You'll be leaving a lot of memories," she said."I know but I've got bad memories here than the good ones. I'm done with this kind of life. I only want to make good memories now," I said and turned to her. "I want to make good memories with you," I added.She beamed then looked around the house."You won't visit anymore?" She asked."Yes, I'm closing it down," I replied."This is goodbye then," she said."Yeah, it is," I responded, looking around the house once more for one last time. "Let's go," I said and we walked down the driveway to the entrance of the estate. Then I directed my men to lock up the gate. While I'd ensure that the house had strict surveillance from time to time, I had decided never to visit the house again.A MONTH LATEREmily had been moving around nonstop since we woke up that morning. She could not sleep but I pet her to sle
LEO POV"Fill me in," I said "She has her eyes on Mrs. Emily. My men, I've gotten the necessary information to bring her in. She will execute her plans in a few days. That's when we would strike," he explained."Good! Don't toy with my wife. If your plan might fail, get her arrested immediately," I ordered."Yes boss," he replied and I cut the call. "Something happened?" Jude asked."Annabel's planning something. I knew that she wouldn't back down with all the messages she kept sending me," I said."After what happened between you two, she's bound to keep coming back," Jude said "Nothing happened between us. I made it clear that I did not want her after she attacked Emily," I said."But she came back, didn't she?" Jude said "Why did I ever tell you about it?" I said, my mind wandering off to my previous encounter with Annabel. I had prayed fervently that Emily would never learn of it and unless Jude informed her, she would never know.FLASHBACKOne of my business partners had invi
LEO POV"Calm down, young men. You don't need to shut each other up. The more cooperative you are, the better your chances of getting a lesser sentence," the head of the investigation bureau said.Unexpectedly, Emily showed up at the bureau. One of my men came running to me where I stood with Jude in the interrogations room."Mrs. Emily is here and wants to meet you," he said. "Did she know about it?" I asked Jude."I gave them instructions to only apprehend the guys so she wouldn't be too shocked. They didn't wait for the guys to make a move before arresting them," Jude explained."So how did she get the drift?" I asked then left the interrogation room. Jude and the other man followed me as I stepped out of the building. Emily stood by the car and when she saw me, she walked briskly to meet me. Then she stops in front of me and folded her arms over her chest."Why are you here? I felt you would be at the gallery," I said."I was supposed to until I learned that I was the target for a
Emily POV I felt something banging in my head as I stretched and pulled myself up from the bed. My eyes were tightly shut but an unending flashlight forced them open. I've never been so startled in my entire life as I saw the paparazzi in front of my room, taking pictures of me. What could be happening? I wasn't popular enough to get the paparazzi on my tail. I was utterly shocked when I felt a movement beside me on the bed. An unclad man held the sheets tightly over our mid-body region. He suddenly grabbed my hand, his eyes slowly turning red with anger. The ground could just swallow me right here because I couldn't give any explanation for being naked on a strange man's bed. "Mr Robbins, we'd like to know your relationship with this woman?" "Is she your secret fiancee?" "What is your explanation to the members of the public who are anxious to know why you're in a hotel with a strange woman?" These and many more questions poured in from the reporters who were eager to kno
LEO POV I could not stop thinking about the woman who had destroyed my plans. I've always settled with the fact that women were only good at one place and that was in bed. I never pictured myself getting married at 31. Despite my unwillingness to start a contract marriage with the stripper, I had to comply due to my father's plan. He always found a way to every problem I had and this was not an exception. I just needed to exercise a little patience till all was calm for me to assume the chairmanship role of R&B group. After all these, we'd dump her. I dropped my pen and pushed my swivel chair farther from my table. I dialed her number which my executive secretary, Jude had found and waited patiently to bash her. I had so much joy in doing so. We had a few conversations after which she began to fume over the phone. "I'm not pregnant. God forbid that I carry your child,"she screamed over the phone. "The cafe or nowhere else,"she added. I wasn't in for an argument with her so I ag
EMILY POV The moment I stepped into Leo Robbins Villa, I could tell that the family lived up to their name. The artistry on the wall was unique and the architecture was like nothing I'd seen before. Despite the beauty of the house, its only flaw was the owner. Leo approached me in the living room with no tees on. It was so distracting and I stuttered to find my words. Even when I did, he insulted and accused me of something I knew nothing about. My family might be poor and I might be struggling but I would never extort money from anyone. I began to calculate what could have happened that night. Was there someone out to hurt me? Was it the same person that kidnapped Max? My mind was blurred with a series of unending questions waiting to be answered. Leo's movement brought me back to reality as he moved to an area of the room and took some documents. He came towards me and showed evidence of my message to the press men. "The messages were tracked to your contact number so what
EMILY POV I'd never had that much exposure in my entire life. I held onto my purse and almost swooned behind Leo who held unto me. He held my hand in his arm and together, we walked down the red carpet. We had our pictures taken with a lot of people over us. I felt out of place as we entered the main hall which was crowded with several dignitaries from various works of life. I bet Leo could sense my nervousness so he whispered, "Calm down. You can't mess this up. We'll have a lot of attention on us tonight so get ready for it." I gulped a large lump of saliva, wore a cute smile on my face and moved confidently with Leo through the crowd. A toast was made to us, the newest couple who were showing their faces to the public after a month of honeymoon. We're just so good at lying and pretending. Leo held my hand, smiled at me sweetly and planted a kiss on top of it as a reporter from one of the most reputable media houses in town came over to our side. "So sorry to interrupt you, M
That was impossible. I can't be pregnant. I just missed my period which seemed normal considering all I'd been through in the past few days. Deep down, I felt a tingling nervousness stirring up but I kept convincing myself with my thoughts. I rinsed my mouth and headed to the hall. A few of the guests who already recognized my face greeted me as I passed by the hall leading to the staircase beside the main hall. Just as I responded to them, the aroma from one of the servers' trays filled my nose and I felt another surge to throw up. I instantly rushed back to the bathroom. Meanwhile I had attracted the attention of a good number of eyes. I rinsed my mouth after puking and applied a lipstick to my already dry and washed lips. "Are you okay?" a female voice from behind asked. "Oh! You startled me," I said, surprised to see Annabel. My heart skipped a beat as I couldn't imagine her seeing me throwing up. "Sorry. One of the guests ran into the hall to inform us about your condit