He heard her light footsteps as she walked up to him from behind. “What’s on your mind?” Her soft hands ruffled his hair. He shut his eyes and sucked in a breath. Her light chuckle that followed warmed his heart. “Does this make you happy?” He nodded. She continued to massage his head. “You know, worrying about it won’t make it go away,” she said after a while. “I need to know what they are planning. I need to stay a step ahead of them at all times.”. "Henry,” she whispered in his ear. “That’s for the authorities to figure out. This isn’t your duty. You cannot tell what’s up in their minds. These people are insane. I want you to take your mind off this. Of course, they don’t blame you for anything. It will take more than a dead man’s tale to turn the hearts of everyone against you,” she paused. "Me, on the other hand, that’s a different...” He pulled her toward him. “What’s the matter?” 

"Coming here was a great idea," Henry assured. "Especially after the grand press speech at the funeral."Ashley pulled off her sunglasses as she peeked at him. He was laying on a chair by their private beach, sipping wine. "I know it is nice to take a little break away from reality, but I still feel uneasy. The press has been breathing down our necks since the funeral, they even showed up at our house. It just doesn’t feel right that they are not here."Henry sat upright. "You have nothing to be worried about. If you are still unsettled, I can ask the guys to...""Mr Allen! Mr Allen!"Henry shut his eyes and sucked in a breath. "For God’s sake..."Ashley got up to her feet and tied her robe securely around her."Mr. Allen, what do you have to say about the allegations put against you?" they rushed in droves towards them."Did you really kill Mason?", one man asked."Miss Ashley...""Hey, hey! Hey, wait!" he stopped them. "I have a question for you. How did you guys find us?" he nodded

“Good morning Mr Henry.” she trailed off.Henry turned around in surprise. “Olivia, good morning.”Her shoes clacked loudly against the floor as she hurried up to him. “Allen or Elijah? Which is it now?”“Elijah” he answered simply. She typed something on her iPad. “There’s a lot that needs to be done then. We need to draft new documents, update our website, send out new copies...”“Can we keep this for later? A lot is going on with me, I don’t want to give the media more news to pull apart. I can’t have them bother my parents.”She nodded. “Of course Henry. However, word already got out. We can’t contain that.”He stopped in his tracks. His forehead creased, deep in thought. Olivia stopped abruptly almost tripping on her feet. Her eyes trained on him.“It has, hasn’t it?” he resumed walking. “We won’t talk about the issue again then.”Cecily rushed towards them, dressed i

Ashley gingerly sipped the cup of coffee in her hands. Her mind was occupied with her own thoughts. Just months ago, everything had been fine. No, it had been more than fine. It took a while but she had recuperated. The caregivers were more than helpful, her whole family had loved her through the scary period in her life. She was finally living her dream. Engaged to marry a real-life Prince charming with whom she was in love and who was absolutely smitten by her. Asher was a healthy baby boy, he too was happy. She could finally go back to her restaurant and do the one thing she loved the most. Henry had promised her the fairy tale wedding and she believed him. Only one more thing left for her to do and they would never have to worry about anything. Suddenly...”The doors to the restaurant opened up. She shuddered in fear.“If you are really this scared, maybe you should lock the doors...”She stood to her feet abruptly. “I really should.

Olivia was beaming with smiles as she twirled the chair around. Things were looking up for her. It had been a long time since she had been happy, about anything. Of course, she loved her job, Henry made it so easy to work for him. There were a lot of perks but she had fallen deep into the routine of organising Henry’s life she had almost forgotten hers. With Henry, there was always something that needed to be done and she was always one step ahead doing it. Now she was focusing on her and it was only because Jeremy had joined the company.Of course, she had found him attractive like everyone else, but a couple of weeks later she didn’t think his attention would be fixated only on her. Their first few weeks together were beclouded with doubts, doubts about his intention. Most of it comes from her low self-esteem. She had never considered herself pretty like the other girls who got all the boys. She patted her cheeks as if to conceal the blush that had crept up on them. Memories of the