CHAPTER TWELVESALLYI turned to James and ge gave me a questioning glare. I said nothing to him. He also didn't speak to me, so we just turned around and began walking into the hall together. It was awkward. James was cold. I knew he would have said something funny already, but he didn't. I turned to him when we were close enough to the VVIP seat. "You were here earlier?" I asked him. "Just like you, I excuse myself for a second."I nodded. We walked to my seat together, and he moved my chair backwards for me to sit."Thanks," I muttered and forced a smile. James, the celebrant, beckoned on him to come forward. He walked towards him and lowered himself to his ear. They whispered a few words to each other before James came to sit beside me. "Are you okay?" The celebrant asked me. I nodded and forced a smile. "Of course."I looked around the table and searched the hall of Alexander. I suspected that he had left cause I heard the sound of his car. My heartbeat increased, and I

CHAPTER FOURTEENALEXI parked my car and alighted. I saw James helping Sally walk into the mansion. I wondered where they were coming from. I had already warned Sally for the last time to stay away from him so I wouldn't tell her again. I didn't bother to cast them another look as I just walked straight to my room. I was pissed but that was all. There was nothing I could do about what was going on out there. I wished that I could beat James up, but I knew I had to let them be. "Your food is ready, sir," my chief chef came to inform me later that night.I nodded and told her to serve my dinner in my room. I ended up taking only a few spoons before calling her to come clear the table. After that, I walked to my bed and slept off. ***I was going through a few documents on my system. I was just noticing some errors I made because of Sally's distraction. The door opened, and my secretary walked in with her tablet in her hands. I knew that it wasn't her fault that I didn't hear her

CHAPTER SIXTEEN ALEXI walked into the restaurant after James walked away. I was very angry at how he spoke. I decided to ignore him. He would find out soon who the real boss was. I searched the restaurant with my eyes and saw Beverly seated on a particular spot. I folded my fist as I began to walk towards her. "Mr handsome, you should smile more often," she teased me with a smile. I grabbed a chair and sat there. I regretted that I agreed to come to this meeting. I didn't respond to her teasing. In fact, it made me angry. "Can you remember this spot?" She asked me. That was the greeting she was supposed to say. "I am a very busy person," I snapped. "Daughters of mere maids who have nothing to inherit would not understand that."She clicked her tongue against her upper gum and rolled her eyes. Beverly crossed her legs in front of me and stared at me with a smile.I wanted her to feel the same amount of emotional pain she was causing me, so I racked my head for words to use that

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN SALLYIt's been a week already. Luckily, news about James and I had already begun to die down. I avoided Alex to the extreme. I didn't want to look him in the face because I knew he must have seen the news and, worse, of all the bad comments about him. I was driving to my office when I noticed a commotion outside the company. I slowed down and quickly turned my wrist to check the time. It was just a few minutes after six o'clock in the morning. "Didn't they bathe before leaving their houses?" I questioned myself. My gate was open widely, and the crowd lined up from the compound and outside the gate. I drove into the compound at a very slow pace and killed my car engine at the parking lot. I was about to alight when I noticed three men around my car.My heart skipped immediately when I saw them. I still opened the door and walked out. I observed their looks. They were dressed in black and black. A dark shade, and they all had guns. I stared at them from their th

CHAPTER TWENTYSALLYI paced my office with my finger in my mouth. I couldn't believe any of these things happened. I personally supervised chemicals used for those new products, and I made sure my production manager and the cosmestic manager did their jobs there, too. This had never happened. The first time it did, dad was able to control it before it got to the press, and it was only a minor issue. My head was spinning terribly, and I thought of what to do. The news made my whole system grow weak the very moment I heard it. My phone began to ring, and I quickly took my gaze to the screen. My heart sank deep into my stomach, and my knees grew even weaker. I began to tear up, but I quickly gathered myself and picked up the call. "Hello, dad," I called out in a panicking tone. "Dad?" He fired at me. "Dad?"He sounded very disappointed, and I just shut my eyes tightly and listened with a heavy heart as he began to lash me. "Do you know what you are doing, Sally?" He asked me.I s