The Tabloids.As always, Stephany woke up in time despite retiring to bed late the other night. After that sleep, she seemed energetic and had some laps on the treadmill down in the gym room.After a few laps of exercise, she decided to take care of other tasks before rushing for a shower. Since it was morning and chef Ali wasn't home that day, she went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.Stephany thought of her life. She was never someone who had the love for the kitchen while growing up. But, her mother and aunt would urge her to prepare breakfast.She was a quick learner too and that increased her laziness towards the kitchen duties. Especially when she felt her relationship with her mother was separated by a wider gap every single day that passed.She doesn't even remember if it was her or her mother that discouraged her from spending some time in the kitchen. All her siblings, who are all male, knew how to cook from as early as five years.The first tim

A Call From The Headquarters.After leaving Juma in the parking lot, Stephany went to the company through the normal employee lift as always.Everyone in the company was eyeing and gawking at her and she was sure that some of them had read or gotten a whiff of the rumor that had been plagued online.Like always, she did not bother about it as she rushed to her office. This time she wanted to dig into this information and learn who in the company is helping someone out there against her.When the clothes that she wore during the company’s launch were out, she didn’t have the reason to suspect anyone from the company. But, when the photo of her from the hotel the other day was released, editing out Juma like he didn’t exist at the time the photo was taken, she started to have some hunch on what was going on.Knowing Juma’s attitude, she didn’t divulge anything to him, giving the person a chance to get her reaction. The person had tried making her get out of her silence but she/he found

His Decisions.‘Today, this place is so disordered. Is it because Cain asked them to stop the news? He is the boss, these old barbarians think they are still in the 50s where a CEO was at the age of 45 and over?’ Stephany scoffed inwardly.She couldn’t believe that these men today were being disorderly. She was never liking the fact that only men were the heads of the departments and could be the only one at the meetings. Yet, she knew her place as an employee and an insignificant person in the management of the company.Also, her gut told her that Juma had an effect on the arrangements.‘What is it that I don’t know? Does this company belong to your mother?’ Stephany turned her gaze towards Juma.He was seated silently and no one could know what was in his mind at the moment. Even though Stephany could tell he was surprised by Desmond’s call earlier and that did not escape her eyes.She could see some rage. ‘Why is he furious?’“So, you are saying that this employee doesn’t obey the

Can’t Take Your Guilty Face.After Astridge and Stella left the conference room, the both of them chatted like friends who had known each other as they went down to the mall.The lifts were placed in different corners and hallways. So at some floor they had to walk on the hallway to get to the lifts. People at the company were so shocked seeing Stella, the one they had taken to be a lesbian talk with a man.Stella was a busy lady in the company, this was because she had never been seen having chats with Jeffa who had been her assistant that long.When they reached the mall, they headed for the cafeteria.“So, if you were here for a week now, why did you not join the company then?” Stephany asked as they walked in.“Because the company doesn’t announce the time for someone’s arrival nor is the person given a specific time. Only a deadline,” Astridge replied truthfully.“This company’s management is mysteriously weird,”“You can say that again,” A

My Name Is Steff.Silence swept the room and no one spoke for a while. Stephany thought of how her mother had slapped her cheek just because she had retaliated against someone who went against her.Warm tears flowed down her cheek.It was his mother who had brought this upon her. Calling her a vixen.“When I gave my whole to someone, he threw it at the very end of a wrecking ball. So, I couldn’t live with the smashed heart forever and decided to collect its remains and carry on with my life.I pretty much went back to the life I had, where I cared about no one except my family. I hated the fact that I was only one girl but the one I was to rely on, only gave me a lecture”, she said.Stephany remembered how her mother could come at her room’s door every day just to tell her that she shouldn’t have divulged herself into teen romance. She was fifteen and all she could get was her mother not even taking her time to comfort her.“All I wanted from her was to even t