Audrey was left speechless again, not only did the mother turn her back on her but Nathan too was about to punish her for a crime she never thought of committing. She knew she was wrong but getting punished like this was not the way out right?A lot was going on in her head as she saw Nathan walk back to his sofa before throwing himself on it. She could see anger and frustration written all over his face and her heart broke again. Audrey knew she had told a lie that could damage someone but in this case, the lie was to help him. How did she go from being the savior to the villain?“You are not thinking about this in a rational way Nathan, you were depressed and was at the verge of losing your life. I was only trying to help, I just wanted to make amends for what my sister did.“You don’t have to explain yourself to me, my mum already told me everything” the angry man paused for a while, “you are nothing but a lying bitch and I hate you Audrey, I hate you so much and I promise you, I
The plane landed and Vanessa who was heavily clad in attires that was going to hide her face from the crowd walked briskly towards the waiting car and as soon as she boarded it, she heaved a sigh and threw the scarf off her head before turning her attention to the man behind the wheels.“Dad” she called out and his lips curled into a smile.“It is good to have you back home princess” Mr Baxter said with all happiness, “I have missed you and looked for you everywhere my dear”“How is life for my twin sister?” Vanessa went straight to the point, “I believe she is living her best life after taking my man away from me” she added with an eye roll, “I should have known better”“Whatever Audrey did was for you Nessa, you messed up and she had to clean after you”The lady scoffed, “ are you trying to take her side now dad? Since when did Audrey become your favorite?”The anger in her voice and eyes didn’t go unnoticed by the man who sighed heavily, Vanessa has always been a sensitive one.“I
Nathan was speechless after the call ended, he didn’t know he was ever going to see the woman he loved ever again and here she was, she even called him. How badly he wanted to see her and tell her how much he loved and missed her, how he wanted to hold her in his arms and give her the world.This was what he had planned from day one and nothing was going to ever stop that.“Boss, are you okay?” Bunny asked him and he nodded but didn’t say a word, he was even too stunned to recognize that a certain someone was there.“My sister is back?” Her voice filtered into his ears and Nathan’s forehead creased into a frown when he heard her voice, the nerve of her to even show her face to him. “You must crave attention so badly right? You must want to be around me so badly that you can’t seem to stay away even if I tell you too?” He began to take slow strides towards her, “you feel so bad that you are going to lose one of the richest men in America and you can’t come to terms with that?”“Not at
Mrs Hernandez was busy typing something on her laptop when the office door pushed open and Bruno entered with an expressionless look on his face. He was wondering whether telling her who was here to see her was the ideal thing but he had to.Louisa looked up from her laptop and her forehead creased into a frown when she saw the look on Bruno’s face.“Are you okay?” She asked him, “why are you standing there like that”“Someone is here to see you ma’am” he finally spoke up.“Who?” Mrs Hernandez asked back with uncertainty, “and why didn’t you bring the person in?”“Vanessa is here to see you ma’am” Bruno finally dropped the bombshell and the old lady shot out of her seat, she was surprised and stunned at the same time.“What did you say?” Louisa wanted to be sure she heard him correctly. She wanted to be sure that it was the same Vanessa who ran away on her wedding day that had the guts to come back to her office and request to see her.“She is in the lounge ma’am”“Bring her to my off
“Did you see anyone follow me?” She asked in a scared tone and Bruno was taken aback. What could have made her so scared in just a short amount of time?”“Are you okay?”“Did you see anyone come into the building with me?” Vanessa yelled again, she could feel the fear in her heart as it thumped fast against her rib cage.“This is a big company, Nessa. Everyone and anyone can come and go. It is not limited to only one person at a time”“That bastard” she muttered under her breath before slumping on one of the chairs, “please can I have a glass of water?”“Sure” Bruno was not sure what was wrong with her but he could see she was clearly worried and decided to leave her alone.After a while Bruno came came back with the water and handed it to her before trying to leave but she called him back.“Can you tell Mrs Hernandez that I have to leave for something important but I will be at her house later in the evening”After that, she handed him the glass cup before sauntering out of the office
As swift as lightning, Vanessa pushed him off and moved away from him with tears in her eyes.“Stay away from me Jack, I made a mistake following you that night and I am paying for the consequences of that decision, please let me go already. I don’t think we owe each other anything anymore” tears already welled up in her eyes as she begged.“Princess” Jack’s lips curled into another smile as he advanced towards her, “you talk like we are not in love with each other, we both know the truth”Her phone began to ring again and this time Jack stretched out his hand towards her,“Answer it”Vanessa snatched the phone and pressed it against her ears.“Hello” here voice was quivering in fear, “sorry I missed your call”“Are you okay?” Nathan asked from the other end, “why do you sound so scared?”“I am…I am okay” a fake smile appeared on her lips, “I wasn’t expecting your call”She was about to talk when Jack walked up to her and snaked his hand around her waist which made a gasp to escape he
“You can’t hurt me more than you already have Nathan and that’s it” Audrey said after a while, “you have tortured me way more than you already should and I don’t think I will ever get affected by it again” her voice was quivering in sadness and Nathan could see right through her facade which made his own lips curl into a mocking smile.“You made me feel pity towards you Audrey, the nerve of you to even think you have known everything I want to do with you”“I will watch you try then” after that she walked away with the glass of wine still in her hands and tears threatening to fall out of her eyes.This was not the Nathan she knew and it was killing her, this was not the man she fell in love with. This was not the man she was sent to take care of, this was a different person she wished she had never met.The moment she entered the kitchen, the tears came bursting out of her eyes, this was too much for her to handle at this moment. Her life was in jeopardy now and she had only herself
After cleaning for a few seconds, Audrey angrily stopped and turned to face Louisa who was about to grab a drink from the fridge“I should have known you were up to no good when you forced me into this situation, I don’t even blame you for the tiniest thing but this is surely a lesson for another day”“Even a tramp like you will talk to me anyhow now?” The old lady was pissed, “I made you enjoy the life of luxury you have experienced so don’t even think of using that tone with me young lady”Audrey was silent, exchanging words with this old lady was not going to change the fact that what had happened had happened, it was now her cross to carry.“If for anything, you should be happy for the fact that I even allowed you to be close to my son when i know you were going to be a bad influence on him”And with that, Mrs Hernandez sauntered out of the kitchen while Audrey bit back a tear, she was not going to cry again. Picking up her phone, she checked if anyone called her but no one did,