To get to the top floor, Melissa used Mark's code to access the elevator thus needing no help from his secretary. When she got to the eighteenth floor she didn't find the secretary at the desk. James too was not in his office. Only Sasha and Mark were in the office. Giving them the privacy to make out. Seeing him cosy with Sasha sealed the deal. When she saw them kissing at the mansion she thought Sasha had forced herself on him. Seeing him embrace her broke her heart. She wanted their marriage to be more than an arrangement. She believed he was in love with her as much as she loved him. Holding back a sob, she ran to the elevator. She didn't look back at the secretary who called her name when she walked from the washroom. For a moment Mark's hands froze. He didn't understand what had happened. When Melissa walked in he couldn't move. "Ah!" Sasha screamed in pain as Mark pushed her off getting up from the chair. "Mark, please just let her go." She pleaded holding his hand.
“Cheers! Hahaha! It’s done. We sent the mighty Mark Johnson to the hospital.” One of Diana’s goons cheered, opening another beer. “Good, this time you didn’t fail me.” She sat at her office table sipping a glass of whisky with a burning cigarette in the other hand. “I have information that they don’t allow his wife to see him. She cries every day outside the mansion gate, begging for her son.” One man informed them. “Boss, this is the perfect opportunity to get her.” The other man spoke standing from his chair. “Hold your horses. I want her to lose everything she has now before taking her. She should suffer until she wishes she was dead.” Diana said, dragging on the cigarette as the door busted open. “You are a monster. This is not what we agreed on.” Sasha barged into the room, startling everyone. One of Diana’s men pulled out a gun, pointing it at Sasha’s head. “Who let you in here?” He inquired, making her tremble with her hands held high. “That’s enough, leave us.” Dian
Exhausted, Melissa sat leaning on the glass window as the plane took off, disappearing into the clouds. “Melissa, are you okay?” Lisa knelt beside her when they let her into the office. Using her handkerchief, she wiped Melissa’s face. “Aunt, come with the lawyer. They can’t detain you here anymore. Get up.” Lisa helped her up and out of the office. When they got home, she went straight to the bedroom. Days passed, but Melissa stayed in the house. She stayed in bed, not responding to anything they said. “How do we get her out of that bed?” Lisa asked, walking out with the untouched food plate. “She has not eaten for days since we got from the airport, aunt. I don’t know what to do anymore.” “The doctor said we should give her time. Be patient with her.” Betty walked into the room and sat beside Melissa, smoothing her hair. “When her parents died, she got depressed like this, but it was worse. For a moment, I thought she would die, but the news about her pregnancy gave her someth
“Let go man, finish him off.” He instructed his partner to get rid of the taxi driver. “No, don’t kill him. You’ve got me. That’s what you came for, right? Please let him go.” Melissa held the door handle, trying to get out of the car, but the man held a cloth to her face, making her lose consciousness. Falling back, she saw the other man hit the taxi driver on the head with his gun. “You should have killed him.” She vaguely heard their conversion as the man seated beside her argued. “No need. By the time he gets up, we will be long gone.” He instructed his partner to drive as he answered his ringing phone. “We’ve got her. Yes, inform the boss we will call once we get to the location.” He told the person on the phone. “Hehehe, this was simpler than I thought. What do you think about having fun with this fresh meat before handing it over?” The man watching Melissa asked. Touching her hair, he leaned in to sniff it. “Mmm...you smell so sweet. I love it, it turns me on. Do you wa
“Melissa, Melissa, don’t leave me. Please don’t go.” Mark called in agonizing pain in his sleep. Sneering in her heart, Sasha dragged the doctor to a corner as soon as he walked in. “I need you to make him forget his past life. I promise to pay handsomely for your services.” She instructed him. Since the accident, Sasha has been by his side taking care of him, but the only person he called for in his sleep was Melissa. She was getting fed up with having to hear that name over and over again. “What are you saying?” Looking from her to the patient, the doctor asked. “Erase his memory, make sure he remembers nothing from the past year.” She insisted. “And how do you suppose I should do that?” The doctor stared at her as if she had gone crazy. “Drug him or take him for another surgery. I don’t care, as long as he forgets her.” She said looking at Mark. “Ma'am I can’t do that. He has made a tremendous recovery. What you’re suggesting risks losing his life. My work is to save peopl
At the farm, Sasha held a toy car watching the little boy sitting on the staircase. "I miss my mum so much. I wish she was here with me." Tommy hugged his dog Spark sniffing back the tears. He had insisted on taking the dog when they moved which Mr Johnson obliged. "Are you sad because your mother couldn't come?" Sasha walked up to him holding the toy car behind her back. As the dog growled at her, Tommy kept tapping on its back and didn't bother to respond to her. "Don't be sad Tommy. Look, I brought you a gift." Sasha sat beside him handing him the toy car. "Thank you aunt Sasha but I don't want a toy." With a frown on his face, he pushed the toy away. "I know you miss your mum but your dad is here and he is very happy to be with you." Sasha smiled trying to cheer him up. "They won't let me see dad, grandma Mary told me he is very sick." He kept holding onto the dog more tears filling his eyes. "If you take the present and smile at me, then I'll take you to see your
“My greed ruined this family. I lost my wife and my eldest son. Just like Luke, your father never wanted to join the business. He dreamt of being a pilot after graduating, but I stopped him. I forced him into the business. Until the day he met your mother, he was overseeing the shipments. And since I didn’t want them to get married, he disowned this family. Changed his name and started a new life away from me.” As he spoke, Melissa felt the pain in his voice. “Did my mother know about you?” Melissa asked the question that had nagged her for days. “No, Peter never told her about us. For years, we lived like strangers until the day your father started investigating Mr. Stevens. That’s when he realized what Luke was up to. With your mother working closely with him, she eventually found out.” He took a sip, then glanced at her. “My child, don’t blame your uncle. He would never hurt Peter.” He sighed as he leaned back in his chair. “Go get some rest. Meet me at the office tomorrow. Th
“Why are you doing this father? That little boy needs his mother.” In the office at the ranch, Mark’s dad and his grandfather had a heated conversation. “That Edward’s granddaughter can not stay married to my grandson. That family brings nothing but trouble.” Old Mr. Johnson insisted. “Father, why can’t you let whatever issues you and Mr Edward have go? At Least for these children. I don’t want my son to marry someone who will never make him happy.”l He tried to change his father’s mind but as always he never succeeded. “Sasha is the right woman for him." "He does not love her." "He may be infatuated by that Edward's granddaughter, now but eventually he will learn to love Sasha. She is a good girl and will be an excellent mother to my great grandson.” Mr Johnson sat down on the sofa and closed his eyes not interested in arguing anymore. "You are unbelievable." Shaking his head, Mark’s dad left banging the door on his way out. “Calm down honey, let’s see what Mark has to say