EPISODE TWENTY ONE.

EPISODE TWENTY ONE.RYKER'S POV."Goddamnit! I told you not to tell her anything about that." I cursed at Michael through the phone."What was I supposed to do? She was annoying as hell. Why did she think that Lana was the best person to ever exist?" He huffed. I almost laughed at his ignorance, he didn't know what he just caused and he dared to laugh about it.Lana died not too long ago and telling Jenna how horrible her sister was won't help her heal."You don't understand, Michael." I grunted."I think I do, you don't want to hurt her feelings because of what you have for her.""Don't piss me off." With a finalized tone, I cut the call angrily, squeezing the phone in between my large palms in frustration.This is going to set us back a million miles from the progress we made in the past few weeks.Maybe I should have told her about everything before she left, Michael jam talks Everytime, telling Jenna about everything was one of my greatest fears but after he assured me that he wo

Last Updated : 2025-08-19

EPISODE TWENTY TWO.

EPISODE TWENTY TWO.JENNA'S POV.Getting to the room, I slumped on the bed, exhausted. I hate the turn out of this whole thing, things shouldn't be this complicated, I don't even know what to believe again, Lana was such a good person to me, was it all cascade or I'm still being manipulated by Ryker and his cohorts?Speaking of the devil, he walked in frantically, not sparing me a glance with a frown on his face, obviously pissed by something, or maybe someone.He started rummaging the desk, looking through the files."Are you looking for something?" I asked carefully, trying not to annoy him although Ryker is someone that wouldn't do that–transferring aggression."Not really, I just received news from Michael." He replied, still checking the files.I walked up to him and collected them from him, as if I knew whatever was going on with him.I scanned through the files, but still couldn't grasp the errors or cue."Alright, why not just calm down and talk?"Ryker sighed heavily before d

Last Updated : 2025-08-22

EPISODE TWENTY THREE.

EPISODE TWENTY THREE.JENNA'S POV."Because you don't know how long I've been curious about you, Jenna." He groaned forcefully, as if he was holding back on his words and walked out with the files in his hands.I sat there, gobsmacked about the whole thing that just went off.How did I not feel any guilt when he was doing all of those things to me?Palming my face in embarrassment, I sink myself back to the bed, hoping sleep overcomes me so all these feelings would elude me.Thankfully, I slept off and didn't wake up until the morning sun was creeping into the room.Ryker probably didn't spend the night in the room, maybe he's already unattracted to me.Or he's disappointed that I lost my words around him, how he was so unfazed by the whole activity disappointed me so bad.I guess we don't feel the same around each other.Grumpily, I dragged myself to the bathroom to have my bath and get dressed, Rosie sent me a text last night, telling me to bring some documents which are at my paren

Last Updated : 2025-08-26

EPISODE TWENTY FOUR.

EPISODE TWENTY FOUR.RYKER'S POV.Walking out of that door last night is one of the biggest regrets of my life. Jenna was so ready to give it her all without holding back but I chose to be a coward.Fuck, I'm such a stupid person. Throughout the night, while Arlene was in my arms, sleeping peacefully, I couldn't take my mind away from it, sleep eluded me until the early hours of the morning.I got up from the bed tiredly to prepare breakfast, even though, today will decide the future of my company and how the board would start to treat me from now on after my scandal with Jenna, I'm still not feeling amped up about it.And it disappoints the hell out of me.I have barely dished Arlene's food when Jenna came downstairs, bonding with her.What drives me crazy the most is how Arlene always leaves her speechless. I hope there's a way I can stop her from confusing Jenna more by telling her how horrible Lana was, but I can't, maybe this is her way of healing and getting over the past traum

Last Updated : 2025-08-26

EPISODE TWENTY FIVE.

EPISODE TWENTY FIVE.JENNA'S POV.My mouth starts to taste bitter after parting them so I can return his greetings but I couldn't say a word.My eyes lingered on him for a moment and i moved my hands backwards, showing my hostility to him.I don't know anything about Lana's relationships in the past, all I knew is that she had many of the men at her bay, but never introduced them to me."What are you doing here?"I asked, eyeing him from head to toe."I'm here to meet your Dad, he's planning to close Lana's case at the station but I want to convince him to hold onto it a little bit longer." He answered in a slight mischievous tone.God, how could someone be this calculating? He knew I wasn't any interested in me even when he came here the last time but now that he has a chance for us to talk, he's pitching Lana to me.And good for him, my interest is piqued now."What? Lana's case? There's an investigation going on?" "Yes, I'm still suspicious about the manner of her death, she was fu

Last Updated : 2025-08-27

CHAPTER TWENTY SIX.

EPISODE TWENTY SIX.JENNA'S POV.Storming out of the house with my blurry vision due to the tears streaming out of my eyes, Jonah kept calling my name but I refused to answer, not because I'm angry at him.Heck,I am. But he's not the reason why I'm like this, Dad is, Mum is, even that son of a bitch called Ryker.Stupid me forced myself on him the way my elder sister did and begged him to marry me. He must have had a good laugh after I gave him the marriage contract to sign. He must have taken me for a fool."Jenna! Just wait." Jonah sighed in frustration,dragging me back by my arms.Thankfully, we were out of my dad's compound because I would have broken down in tears there which would have embarrassed me more."Don't you ever lay a finger on me, you're nothing but a filth just like my parents." I snapped back angrily, the mere touch of his fingers of my skin riling me up badly.He seems too ominous for my liking."You can't just go and throw these accusations into Ryker's face.""Wh

Last Updated : 2025-11-26