MasukSOPHIA“Alright, that's it for today, Janet. See you tomorrow” I chirped while I shut my laptop down.“Uh, I think it would be nice if you could tell everyone goodbye too before you leave, Miss Hale” she advised and it was a good idea. So I stood up and gestured at her to lead the way. Which she did. Together, we walked into the large cafeteria where they were all having their dinner and they instantly had smiles on their faces once they saw me.“Hello everyone, bet you all had a good day” I greeted them and they responded with an excited chorus.“So I'm closing up for today but you'll see me tomorrow. I just came over to say goodnight to my family” I announced and a little girl ran over to me.I'd taken her and her mother in after the father pushed them out in the middle of the night. She was still struggling to make ends meet by working as a barista in a small corner coffee shop. So giving her accommodation was the best support I could give.“This is for you, aunt Sophia,” her six
DAMIENI had my phone in my hand when Elena kept calling the previous night. I didn't want to speak to her because I had no time to entertain her or give her the attention she loved getting.So I ignored her… but after speaking to her at the moment, I realized I shouldn't have ignored her.“You what?” I sprang out of my couch once her words came from over the phone and I heard her breathing heavily while the sound of things smashing followed too.“Sophia! She fucking did this. She told my parents everything and now, they have disowned me. I'm no longer the CEO either. All because of her and that bastard called Aiden!” She screamed frantically while she kept breaking things and I could sense how angry she was. We both never saw this coming so her reaction was valid… especially knowing that Sophia was the cause.“Where are you now?” I asked her and the sound of things smashing stopped.“Why do you want to know?” she asked, breathing heavily over the phone.“Oh, you’d prefer we speak ov
ELENAIt was true. I'd grabbed the chance once I saw it and escaped from the family dinner. I'd assumed it would make things less tense. What I didn't know was my absence would only worsen things.I spent the rest of the night in a bar. After calling Damien multiple times to let him know about what was happening, he didn't pick up. Angry that he was ignoring me, I decided to drink myself into a stupor and by midnight, I took myself back to the house to find everyone was asleep.Morning came. Mum and dad were waiting for me in the living room already and judging by the looks on their faces, I knew better than walking away.So I took a seat and waited for them to speak. “We're taking you off the board, Elena. You can't keep being the Hale Dynasty's CEO after the many horrible things you have done” my mum started and I didn't even realize I was sitting on the edge of the couch.“What? You don't mean that, mum. You can't do that, dad” I told them, hoping to talk them out of it but they
SOPHIA Elena was stripped off the CEO position. Just as I'd hoped my parents would do and they didn't disappoint me. They didn't give me a second chance to doubt them.“Aiden–is this real? Or am I just seeing things?” I asked Aiden who stood beside the bed and he chuckled deeply while reaching for my hand to pull me out of bed.“Not at all, baby. You aren't seeing things because it's all real. We took Elena down and we wouldn't have to worry about her anymore” he kissed me on the lips while I couldn't stop smiling.I was elated. Over the moon even… but I couldn't help but wonder how Elena had taken the news. So I quickly reached for my phone to call my mum.She picked on the first ring and her voice still sounded down just like it was the previous night. I immediately figured the whole issue didn't go down well with Elena and maybe they finally saw through her act once she lost her temper in front of them.“Hey mum. I just saw the news” I began by going straight to the point since I
SOPHIA“So what now? Do we wait to hear from your parents or…”“When they execute their plan, you'll know, Aiden. They won't have to call you to let you know” I answered his question as we walked to our rooms.He took my hand and linked our fingers so I looked at him. “You're sure we did the right thing?” He asked another question and I nodded with an encouraging smile.“We did, Aiden. If we can't take them both down at the same time, we start with one of them. It just happened to be Elena” I replied.“But she's your sister. Surely, it must hurt, even if it's a little” he insinuated but I chuckled dryly.“Elena and I were once close but that was a long time ago. She chose to be one hateful person that she is, Aiden. No one forced it on her… and sometimes, it's best to accept people for who they are because letting them go becomes easier” I told him but he didn't say anything for a while.“You're sure you're fine, right?” He asked once more and I was quick to nod. I was fine and even
SOPHIA“We only need your help to stop Elena from causing any more trouble before it’ll cause reputational damage to Hale’s Dynasty. We both know the public won’t be forgiving if they find out what she’s done and it’ll definitely affect the family business” I told my parents while the maids packed up the dishes from the dining table and they still couldn’t bring themselves to say anything after everything we’d told them. We’d shown them the evidence and once they saw we had a lot of it, they realized it was a futile fight for Elena. She’d been cornered and there was no saving her. Especially after the things she’d done. They were unforgivable.“She’s right, Mr and Mrs Hale. The company is doing very well right now and even though that is all thanks to Elena, we can’t ignore the fact that she’s gone beyond control. Damien Locke is a very dangerous man who won’t hesitate to take out anyone in his way and she joined hands with him”“He almost killed Sophia but thankfully, I got there o







