" What? Why?!" Kendrick exclaimed and immediately sat down on the nearest chair. He was currently in Las Vegas with Alex, Padma, and Syd. They had information from their detective directing them to the hospital Brie was admitted to when she got attacked. They had just found out that Cerys and Anika paid the doctor to give Brie her painkillers that caused memory loss. So instead of her gaining her memories months after her surgery, she still wasn't remembering anything at all. " Why they did that Mr. Adams, I cannot tell. I am so sorry that I had a hand in this but I was forced to do so. My family was being threatened at gunpoint," he begged. Syd and Padma were shocked at the news. Why the hell would Cerys team up with the devil herself after pretending to despise her? " Brie once mentioned to us that she saw Cerys and Anika at a coffee shop, sipping coffee and chatting like long-lost friends," Padma spoke up. Kendrick remembered an incident where Brie left home and spent time with h

" Syd!" Running up to her at the tracks, Nicholai called out. Alex was about to approach her but turned around to go back to his car when Enzo called her. "Hello," she said, inhaling his cologne. He smelled like citrus, lavender, and wood. The combination of his cologne was divine. "Good race," he said with a smile. "Thank you, but not as good as yours," "You race exceptionally well for a woman, even better than some men. You will improve over time "He went on to say. "Thank you, I'd love to stay and talk but a friend is waiting for me," she turned to face Alex, who was nervously tapping his foot on the ground while typing on his phone. "I'll call you when I get home," he promised as she approached Alex." Is everything alright?" she asked him." Yes, "~ " Kena, you should have seen how he behaved towards me. It was as if he hated me with passion," she told her friend over the phone. Makena was fed up with Sage and her problems already. It was always one problem after the other,

" That bitch!" Padma exclaimed as Kendrick broke the news to her and Syd. " I am still confused. She got married and had kids, so why obsess after a man who doesn't know of your existence?" Syd asked. " I don't know baby girl, but what I know is that none of them is getting close to my wife and my family. I've swore to protect her and my child no matter what it takes. I lost her once.... and I am not going to loose her again." he said to her. Syd was happy at how her brother had become more matured and she was proud of that. " Exactly, but remember what Malayah said earlier, as we are all protecting her we shouldn't let her feel lonely, don't make her fee that gap. So as much as we are watching out for her, we should be there for her every step of the way," Syd added with Padma nodding in agreement to what her friend was saying. " Speaking of which, I gotta go." Padma spoke up. She had not seen Finn in a while and he just texted he was coming over to her end. " That's fine Padma,

Valerie stood infront of her mirror holding the pregnancy test that showed positive. Yes, her father was dead but he had already stated in his will that she needed to get married and bare him a child before she could acess her share of his inheritance. " Step One complete. Step two underway," she said to no one in particular. Her father's death came as an added advantage to her. " Think of the devil, and he shall call." Valerie said as she picked up her phone to answer the call from her baby daddy. ~ Padma paced back and forth in her hall. It had been weeks since she last spoke to and saw Finn, and she decided it was time to bury the hatchet. It was time they called a spade a spade and not a big spoon. Brie was right. She really didn't have time for the relationship she had with Finn and that wasn't fair on his part. Her anxiety peaked as soon as she heard the doorbell ring. It rang once, twice, and on the third ring her househelp rushed to get the door. "Hi, is she in there?" Fin

" But--- " Babe please?" Kendrick begged kissing her hand. She was seven months gone in her pregnancy journey and Kendrick wanted her to take a break from work. Padma and the rest of her staff could handle business without her. She could also handle work from home in his home office or she could have him set up a home office for her. " I'd be bored and feel lazy and--- He cut her off with a kiss making her blush. " Fine, fine I'll work from home, just cause you begged." she teased. " Thankfully , my plea was heard. Thank you," he said staring into her beautiful eyes. Some years ago, he wanted nothing to do with this wonderful soul. He was still hung up on his ex that anything she did or said did not matter to him. He hurt her so much but she stayed trying to make things work out. At first, he used to think she stayed because of the prize at the end...her inheritance. But he was wrong. She genuinely grew to love him along the years and he wasn't going to trade her for anyone else.