Pamela cleaned up the last bit of blood on Gabriella’s left knee. The younger woman sat there frozen from the shock of what she had just experienced. She felt her heartbeat rising and falling but she couldn’t put her brain to use.What the heck had she just witnessed!“Stop pacing around Cole, you are scaring her more.” Pamela said kindly.Her eyes met with Gabriella’s. She felt so sorry that the innocent girl almost got roasted in Edward Crane’s attempt to murder another Harris. She and the rest of the family weren’t certain who the main target was yet, they all clustered together in the living room brainstorming.“Ouch!” Gabriella cried out as the napkin passed through her right kneecap, she looked down and noticed blood oozing from the spot. It wasn’t the cat’s. It was her own, she must have wounded it when she fell down from the impact of the blast.“Sorry.” Cole hastily got on his knees to look at her wound.Deep concern was written all over his face. It was also laced with regre
“No one will ever want you brute!”A huge female hand slammed on the table as the thunderous voice rang out loudly. The older woman furrowed her brow as the young boy standing in front of her didn’t flinch at all.Young Edward dipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper, he dropped it on the table for the raging nun to read. The nun narrowed her gaze at him before it finally rests on the paper.Edward’s mother is a prostitute, he was raised by a wrong father, now that the rich man found out, he dumped him here. I heard the nuns talking about it in the female toilet.“Sister, I saw the note in his hand after passing it around to the other kids, now you know why I had to beat him to a pulp.” Edward said with determination in his young eyes.The nun felt ashamed, she knew it was true, they all gossip about it from time to time although she wasn’t aware that one of the kids had eavesdropped on it.The rich man that volunteers and gives funds to their orphanage showed u
“Can I hold you for a split second?”That was all Cole Harris asked but right now, they have been entwined in each other’s arms for minutes. Gabriella felt her cheeks flush from embarrassment. It was meant to be a mutual grieving moment turned out to be tending towards more.She disentangled herself from Cole who seemed lost in the moment already. He video game players on the screen didn’t appeal to him anymore. He felt himself getting drawn to Gabriella’s feminine energy which wasn’t why they agreed to their awkward friendship in the first place.“I am leaving .”She said suddenly rising up from the chair, she knew spending another minute in there with Cole could have consequences, the difficult ones to bear. She picked up her bag to stand up but Cole held her hand and pulled towards himself.“Don’t leave me alone, please.”Gabriella felt stupid, it all looks so wrong, whatever the fuck they had ongoing. She had slept carelessly with Ryan Harris few months ago and got attached to him
“Let us get a divorce.”Drake regretted immediately the word left his lips. He locked his lower lip as he felt the heat emerging from Amelia’s gaze, she was quiet for sometime considering his words.“Is that what you want?” Amelia questioned with a raised brow.Drake hesitated, he knew Amelia was a really really unpredictable person. What was her reaction going to be? He had turned the word over in his head and the only thing he keeps coming to was letting go of her,Even if it would kill him.“Yea.” He said at last.“Coward!” Amelia shouted angrily “ Do you think your futile attempt will make me leave, pushing me away would work?” She stood up from the bed and faced him, their faces only inches apart “you are a total coward Drake Harris.”Drake stood up on his feet and closed the distance between them, Amelia didn’t flinch, she stood her ground waiting for what he was going to do.He held her hand.“I don’t want to lose you Amelia, and this….leaving me would save you and ….our child…
They were in trouble!The enemy was lurking around!But Drake and Amelia couldn’t keep their hands off each other.Amelia made her way up to bed pretty early, thankfully Blake had his nanny looking after all the mess he had been creating in his bedroom. Drake was running late as usual, these days, he spends more hours at work trying to put together the integrity of the company.He picked up the phone to drop a quick message for Amelia but instead, a notification dropped on his phone, he checked it out curiously, to his surprise,It was an invitation.A private invitation from Charlotte Duke.Confusion ruled his heart, the name rang a bell but he had no idea where they had met or transacted business. He shrugged off the intensity at which he was feeding his curiosity after all,He had a choice to accept or reject.A last question surfaced in his mind before he totally waved it off,Why would Charlotte Duke invite him to a birthday party?Overthinking wasn’t the best idea for him at tha
For the first time ever, Gabriella requested a makeup session. Maya couldn’t help but wonder what had just happened to her nerdy friend. She had been quiet despite her curiosity about her movements these days but at least she was glad that her friend was getting over Ryan’s death.“How do I look, baby girl?” Gabriella said, pouting her lips her way.“Like a nerd that you are with a touch of bad ass beauty.” Maya watched her friend’s face flushed, even the beautician couldn’t help but smile at her teasing response. Maya had always been used to having her face plastered with layers of makeup from time to time so she had gotten accustomed to what it looked like, the thrill wasn’t there for her, but when it comes to Gabriella,Something Else definitely was going on!“Sorry bitch, I can’t wait for your commercial break, I need to go somewhere.”“Betrayer! Every fiber in my body tells me it is a man, you are leaving me stranded with the crew for a damn man.” Maya responded playfully.She p