" What did you say?" Gerald asked, His low voice cutting through the silence of the room. John took a deep breath and continued with his explanation. He told Gerald that the cigarette had a toxic poison which once ingested, leads to chronic coughing and eventually, death. Gerald listened to his explanation, growing more confused. " So, you're telling me, Thomas didn't die of natural causes but someone tried to kill him?" He asked and john nodded. Burrowing his brows, he thought about it for a while. A lot of things didn't make sense to him. Why would someone want to kill Thomas and why? Who was it? He really needs to pay that police station another visit. " Okay, I've heard you. You're dismissed." Gerald muttered with a wave of his hand. John bowed and left. Straightening on seat, he palmed his throbbing head. A lot of things didn't make sense to him, unfortunately he wasn't in the mood to think about anything. Tomorrow was another day.

Scarlett awoke from her slumber, groaning as she stirred. She blinked her eyes open, the blurriness fading away. Her lips twitched but didn't quite form a smile as she remembered the night before. Sure, she had gotten what she wanted but it was at the expense of her dignity. She just hopes it will all be worth it. It had to be. She rose from the bed, her eyes darting around the large, empty room. Gerald was nowhere to be found. Her heart broke at the thought but then, what was she expecting? She grimaced as she stepped out of the bed, her sore muscles reminding her of the night she desperately wanted to forget right now. Wrapping a towel around herself, she proceeded to the bathroom to have a bath. She would find Gerald immediately after. It took a while for her to be through and she stepped out, drying herself out and wearing some light clothing. Taking a deep breath, she walked out of the room. She soon found him at the end of the hallway, staring out the window. From where she st

Gerald walked deeper into the room, feeling unnaturally tense for no reason. It didn't sit right with him to be seeing his mom this way. " So you finally come to see me after days of staying away?" His mother asks. Turns out she was sharing the same sentiment as him. He cleared his throat. " Hello mother. Sorry for coming so late. I came as quickly as I could." " Indeed you did." She replied and he could detect the sarcasm in her voice. That calmed him a little. His mother had always been sarcastic. He got to the bed and glanced at his mother. She still looked the same but on a closer to inspection, he could detect how tired her eyes looked and how pale her skin was. His chest began to hurt. " Don't just stand there, have a seat." Sarah muttered and he immediately found a place to seat. " So, why have you come? I'm sure you're not here to see me. You can see for yourself, I'm doing just fine." His mother began, her stern voice wafting through his ea

Serena cried on the way back to the mansion. Everything hurts, Seeing Scarlett only made the hurt worse. She admitted to herself she didn't want to leave. She didn't want to let go just yet but what should she do if that's what Gerald wanted. Will she stay if even if it hurts? Can she put up with it for that long? She'd seen Scarlett and had realised she didn't want any woman by his side. Especially Scarlett. Cleaning off the tears on her face, she glanced back at the house. Scarlett would still be in there. What would they be doing? She shuddered, sniffing. The question made her heart ache.... "Aren't you going to get rid of her?" Scarlett asked the moment she walked into Gerald's study. He was already sitting behind his desk, scribbling in a piece of paper, they were a couple more beside him. " You reputation as Duke is being damaged because of her. People can't believe you'll still keep her as a wife." Gerald stopped writing long enough to glar

Gerald had trouble sleeping the night before and when he woke up the disturbing feeling he had slept with only tripled. He had dismissed it as the worries be had the day before and tried to work but he couldn't get anything done. His thoughts went to his mother but he knew Serena would be there for her. It was hours later to till the news finally reached him. His mother was dead. At first he couldn't believe it. The information swirled around his head without penetrating. When it finally did, shock was his first reaction. " Dead?" He asked, staring down at the butler who gave the information. John nodded, his head bowed. That couldn't be possible.he was her yesterday and she was fine. She really was! He'd hurried out of the house, not believing the news. When he finally arrived at his mother's house, he'd met the maids looking all sad and crestfallen. That shook his resolve. Serena, his mind whispered to him. That's right, hadn't seen Serena yet. Only then would he