“I need to know more about this Anne Devano,” Mike told Steve. Steve leans on the chair, opening magazines and paying attention to Mike. “Who is this Anne Devano?” Steve's curiosity got the best of him, making him close the magazine and focus on Mike. “You already have too much to do, and now you are giving yourself an extra duty to look for some Anne Devano.”He frowned. Phoenix had never asked him of anything, this is the first favor she had demanded from him, and he knew how desperate she was. She had always talked about the mother she had never met, and how she wanted to know about her, even if it was just a little. “You can’t understand, Steve. I am doing this as a favor to a friend. She is an important friend.”Steve narrowed his eyes, making sure to make eye contact with him. “Are you cheating on your wife, Mike?”Mike shook his head. Sometimes he could hardly believe the way Steve thought. Yes, he was a playboy, but that was only to get his mind off things that bother

Amelia didn’t pay attention to the rest of the conversation between Shawn and Mike; she was glad to be out to Shawn’s unending questions. The items they continued bringing out were rare and Amelia gaped at each with surprising eyes, she couldn’t believe some of this stuff actually cost millions of dollars. The people kept bargaining for each item until the highest bidder won it.The whole event was getting boring to Amelia, as she couldn’t afford most of these things, and didn’t see how it was helping the less privileged. She brought out her phone hoping to catch Vold online this time; it had been a while since they were both online at the same time. It seemed crazy they were both busy at the same time.“I will pay ten thousand for that.” A voice beside her said. Amelia turned to see her husband raising his fan. She turned back to see what he was willing to purchase; it was a small necklace, with an angel pendant. She hadn’t listened to the attribute the Mc had mentioned, but sh

Mrs. Afonso sighed before watching Mike retreat from the room without any other questions; he looked sad as he pulled his leg all the way through the stair. She knew a day like this was going to come. A day Mike would question everything around him, and not just sit down and obey their instruction as they hoped, but it was getting closer than she had expected. After she was certain she couldn’t hear the boy’s footsteps any more, she followed also, but to her room. The moment she locked the door behind, Mr. Afonso sat up like he wasn’t sleeping before. “What did he come for?” The older man pulled the blanket to cover his upper body, as he had been experiencing a series of colds and coughs. The doctor had advised him to keep himself warm all the time. “Just what you fear, Thomas, he is getting curious. He came to refute our decision for keeping his wife a secret from the world.” Thomas coughed loudly, “He must hate us so much right now.” He had anticipated that, but that didn’t m

What boyfriend? Mike wondered as he walked into the office. He could feel the ladies' gaze on him, but they didn’t dare to say a word. He walked up to Amelia, who sat up on her chair. The moment he stopped before her, she wrinkled her face into a forced smile, “How can I help you, Sir?” She screamed the ‘Sir’, and that made Mike wonder why she had to scream it.He had come to check on her and force her to dine with him, but after hearing about this boyfriend he had no idea on. He wanted to speak with her now. “Meet me in my office now?” He turned without waiting for her response.Amelia turned to look at the girls, and saw Christie whispering, “What’s wrong?”She shrugged. Florence was glaring at her, but she followed Mike behind. On the way, Mimi was coming back, and when she saw them, she started adjusting her dress. Mike was out of space that he didn’t respond to her greeting.She glared at Amelia behind, who sighed. She was surely having more enemies than friends. When they g

Mike had followed Amelia right from home, but she wasn’t observant as she kept staring at every, and anything she saw which brought a smile to his face. His wife wasn’t a hard woman to please due to the fact that there were so many things she hadn’t seen, and he wished to be the one to show her the world, but as it was, he couldn’t.He settled for following behind her and was surprised at the environment she was in. Who was she going on a date with that lived in such an environment? After a while, one of the secretaries in the office came to pick her up, and they went through an apartment.To keep himself busy while waiting for her; Mike went to the app and was thankful when he saw Phoenix's message. It had been a while since he last met her online as they had been dropping messages for each other offline. If there was someone he was so eager to meet, it was Phoenix, but she had no interest in meeting him just yet.He relaxed against the chair as the ladies were taking longer than he