Annie held onto Damien crying her eyes out as she watched as her father was laid to rest. Her mother too was there to witness the burial of her husband. Annie had told her everything and the truth behind his absence over the years and that was enough to convince her to attend his funeral. Sythe's friends were present to pay their last respect, Steve also and James who had grown fond of him were there too. Damien's father too was there to witness the burial. After the funeral, Annie returned home with her family as Damien insisted, he felt she wasn't strong enough to move back to her home even though it's been over three months since the incident. Damien and his father had become quite close over the month and his father was considering that he resumed at Lex Corp as the new CEO. "Have you given my words a thought, young man?" his father asked as they got into the car. "I have my own company to run, I can't abandon something that took me years to build," Damien replied.
PROLOGUE Twenty years ago. "Damien honey, go to the closet and stay there for a while, I'll come to get you out of there soon Ok?" said Lilith to her 10-year-old son. "No mum, I hate it there, you always make me do this. Please mum, don't make me go in there" he cried. Lilith was torn, she hated this also, but there was no way, absolutely no way she was going to do what she was about to do in front of her son. No! I will not think about him, Lilith shook her head and turned to her son at that moment with a stern look on her face. "Now listen to me, young man, don't make this harder for me, you will go into that closet, you will remain there and wait until I get you. Is that clear?" Lilith watched as her son shook his head in affirmation and headed towards the closet. Oh! How she hated it when she was this way with him, but then she was left with no choice. Damien could see his mother through the peephole of the closet. He watched as she went to open the door. There we
No one had told her what to do and what not to do when she got here. She only met a lady who introduced the company to them and showed them their various offices, nobody ever mentioned what the boss likes or doesn't like. "I'm sorry sir. It's my first day here. No one told me anything. I'm sorry. I promise it won't happen again" she pleaded Annie was shocked as he ignored all her pleas, she watched as he picked up the telephone and called someone. "James! My office now!" Damien ordered the person at the other end of the phone. She was scared as he slammed the phone down, without glancing at her. The atmosphere in the room was tense, she had no idea who James was. Her thoughts went to the security he saw on her way up. "Am I getting fired?" she asked herself as she wandered off. In no less than four minutes, James entered the office, at the sight of him. Damien rose angrily and lashed at him. "You had one job to do and you failed. How incompetent can you be James?" " I
"You can run but you can't hide son," Mr Scarface said mockingly. Damien cursed under his breath as he approached him. "What do you want from me? Leave me alone, please " Damien said. He was scared to death but didn't want to show it. He clenched his fist ready to defend himself. Mr Scarface pointed the revolver towards him and said "Ladybird says Adios" he pulled the trigger and Damien fell flat to the ground. Damien jolted out of bed sweating profusely. He had had a nightmare. It wouldn't be the first time. Having nightmares were normal for him. It had been this way since the death of his mother. He sighed. He turned to check the time. It was past seven already. "I hate Mondays" he muttered as he sluggishly stepped out of his bedroom. He stopped at the kitchen for a glass of water and he noticed his housekeeper Mrs Harper was already there. "Good morning Damien" she greeted with a smile on her face. "Good Morning Mrs Harper, you're here early. How are you?" Damien asked
A week after the horrible scenario with her boss, Annie could tell she was going to go insane soon. Working for Damien was more than dreadful! She was at her apartment, lost in thoughts and staring into space when her phone rang, she looked at her screen to know who was calling as she wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone. She smiled when she saw the name written on the screen and answered the call. "Annie!!!!!!!" Naomi screamed from the other side of the phone. Naomi was a caramel-browned-skinned lady with really dark eyes. She had medium brown kinky hair. She was about 5, 5, and 5,7 inches tall. She was very beautiful and was a professional artist who had been allowed to show off her artwork at the Noosaville Art Exhibition. Naomi and Annie were best friends. They grew up together. Their mothers were best friends too. Naomi had lost her mother as a child due to cancer and had moved in with Annie’s family. "Stop screaming you fool; I can hear you". Annie said. Naomi knew
Damien Reed stepped into the living room of his penthouse looking stressed. He just returned from a business meeting with a client, he saw these business meetings himself. Although he started his company as a one-man business, Steel Cedar Inc. has grown over the years and is recently the No 1 Architecture firm. His rival company Ross Empire which had always remained on the top chart was now No 2 and he wanted it to remain that way. It must remain that way, he thought grimly. He was never one to accept being second place, hence the hard work and efforts which has eventually paid off. After undressing himself, he proceeded to the bathroom for a soak in his bathtub. He felt his body relax as soon as he was in the tub and he left a sigh of relief. His mind flashed back to the package he had received at the office the previous day. Not like it was the first time he ever received a package, but it was his first time receiving a life-threatening package. The package had the image
Annie woke up with her head banging. She groaned as she recalled drinking with Naomi, she must have drunk a lot earlier in the day to feel this way now. The both of them had cooked, eaten, and laughed while making derogatory remarks about her boss. Then they proceeded to watch a movie on Netflix. How she moved from watching Netflix to being hungover in the evening, she had no idea. Though she was grateful it was Saturday. She wasn't going to put up with her boss's bad character for two days and she was glad. Annie made to leave the bed and that was when she realized she wasn't the only one laying on it. She quickly turned to see who it was and chuckled when she realized it was Naomi. "Well, I guess I'm not the only one who would suffer from a migraine today," she said. "Wake up Naomi, it's evening already!!" she screamed as she glanced at the wall clock in her bedroom. "Urghhh... Go away!" She heard her friend groan. Annie sighed as she quickly got up from the bed and made
Days ran into weeks and weeks into months. Life hasn't been pleasant for Annie but she continued to push. She was able to foot the bill for Angie's surgery and soon her sister would have her surgery, and everything will be fine. She missed her family a lot. She wished for a vacation so she could go visit them, but she had overheard a rumour from the employees that the CEO never allowed them to go on vacation, so she knew it wasn't going to be possible. "Douchebag!" she muttered under her breath and sighed. She had worked for him for about six months now, she had gotten used to him and his tantrums. His words meant nothing to her anymore. She thought back to those awful moments when he had humiliated and embarrassed her. Annie had learned to block out everything during those moments. She would just stand with her head bowed waiting for when he was done screaming and hurling insults at her and when he was done, he would ask her to leave his presence. But she was only human, wasn'