Their clothes were on the floor, in a mess. So were their hair. They were catching their breaths as they held each other close, naked underneath the sheets."You know... technically, we are divorced. So, tell me, you naughty boy, have you been seeing other girls?" Christina smiled as she asked Oliver."Of course not. What, would you be a jealous divorcee if I did? Heh heh." laughed Oliver."Hey. That's so mean. Do you know how hard it was for me to badmouth you that night? Haha." laughed Christina as she rested her head on Oliver's shoulder."So, what have you been up to while I'm not around?" asked Oliver cheekily. "Oh, you know... the usual handling of the crap from my family. Heh heh." replied Christina."On a more serious note, though. These last few weeks have been really crazy. Your family has been trying to take me down; but to no avail." said Oliver."Yeah, about that. What really happened to you, dear?" asked Christina, hoping to get the truth from Oliver. "I've been listenin
The next day, it was business as usual for the Connors Conglomerate. Christina was in her office dealing with her work; but unlike her usual self, Christina was preoccupied.She could not shake off the gravitas of the text messages that she received the night before. No matter how she tried, she could not decipher or discover any hidden meanings behind the texts.'All I know is that I'll be meeting this person soon enough. I will have a lot of questions to ask when we do.' thought Christina.*Knock knock*"Hey sis, you have a minute?" asked Lacy as she popped her head in. "Yeah sure; but I don't have a lot of time. Come in." replied Christina."Look, sis..." Lacy began as she took her seat opposite Christina. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you that Alfonso Oliviera was your plus one for QS Holding's event. I wanted to surprise you; but Darren had to screw things up."Christina replied, "Look, that does not matter now. Do me a favour. Don't arrange anymore plus ones for me. I rather go to th
"Who are you??? How dare you step into the Connors household unannounced!" Thomas scolded them harshly. "Take off your hoodies, remove your masks and identify yourselves!" demanded Cleo."As you wish, Sir and Madam Connors." The two masked people did as Cleo demanded and revealed themselves to the Connors, as well as Karen and her crew."Our apologies for the sudden intrusion. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is... Kellan Miller. This is my wife Sylvia.""We were once high ranking officials in QS Holdings. Now, thanks to that trash Oliver Reed, we are disgruntled former employees." added Sylvia.Sandy grew curious and asked, "Explain, Kellan and Sylvia. How could a broke trash loser cost both of you your jobs."Kellan replied promptly, "On the day we were fired, Lorraine Mensah addressed that loser as boss. As you may be aware, Lorraine Mensah is the CEO of QS Holdings. Why would she call that trash loser 'boss' ?"Sylvia added, "We were shocked; but we had to be sure. So, earlie
"Mr. Reed, there's one more thing..." Victoria, of all people, spoke up to Oliver. "Pardon my boldness, Mr. Reed; but this morning, I saw your jade ring glow up and you were in a trance."Murmurs could be heard among the Krauser Kartel and the Phoenix Mafia. Ethan then spoke up too, "Yeah, about that, Mr. Reed, recently you have been acting, well, weird.""Ethan's right." Lorraine chimed in. "Oliver, for the last few days, it seems you have been in periodic trances. It's starting to become a pressing matter.""We think that your change in behaviour is related to the jade ring you are wearing." added Latisha.Oliver understood what they meant. He was appreciative of the concern that the Kartel and the Mafia showed to him."Everyone, I apologise if my recent behaviour has put some, if not all of you in uncomfortable positions. I can assure you that was not my intentions and my behaviour does not change who I am or what my vision is.""With that said, Latisha, you're right. This ring ha
"Ugh... I feel like I inhaled knockout gas..."That was the common consensus as Margaret, Jackson, Kitana, Karen, Jerome, Aliyah, Macy and Fred came to their senses after they were asleep from the sleeper darts that Gordan, Henry and Holly struck them with."Is everyone alright?" asked Jackson as he looked around. "We're still breathing, so we're fine." Karen answered her."That son of a bitch Barry. How dare he turn his back on me, cheat on me and go date another woman!" Margaret snapped in anger and slammed her fist on the floor."When I find out who that bitch is, I will kill her in front of that bastard Barry!!" she sneered in rage.Aliyah then remembered something and said to Margaret, "I may have an idea who she is, Ms. Margaret. When Barry and his cronies were leaving, I heard him mention the name Yuriko."Fred was surprised when he heard Aliyah. "Yuriko... do you mean... Yuriko Takahashi from QS Holdings?!?" he asked Aliyah. "Well, how many Yurikos do you or anyone know in Met
At the front of QS Tower, Oliver had just parked at his VIP spot. Stepping out of his car, he made a beeline to the entrance, knowing Team Reed was waiting for him at his office."Hey Oliver." a voice greeted him from behind. When Oliver turned around, he was surprised to see Ian and Rose catching up with him."Hey Ian, Rose, what are you guys doing out here?" asked Oliver as all three of them made their way into the building."We just came back from lunch at Nikoffee, now we are heading back to work. It's a coincidence to see you here at this hour too." replied Ian. "Yeah, likewise." said Oliver."By the way, Oliver, do you communicate with Ms. Lorraine's main team too?" asked Rose, much to Oliver's surprise. "Err, yes I do, occasionally. Why do you ask?" said Oliver curiously.Rose replied in a gossiping manner, "Well, you didn't hear this from us... but we heard rumours that Ms. Yuriko is dating.""Shh... not so loud, Rose." Ian shushed her quickly.Rose's reply peaked Oliver's cu