My heart was in my mouth as she walked
towards the boot of the car.
As she tried to lift it up, a car approached
us.
It was Paul Kings.
He was huge, dark, and handsome.
Obviously in his early forties.
Paul Kings was a divorcee with a teenage
son.
He got out of the car and hugged her.
He released her and wiped the sweat off her
forehead with the back of his hand. "What are you still doing outside,
huh?".
"I wanted to check some spies that had
traced me down here".
"Stop stressing yourself because of the
baby in your womb over things like this. Go inside and take a shower. I will
burn them right inside the car to death".
She nodded. "Please make sure that they
don't escape". She walked into the compound, leaving us behind.
Grace Craig sobbed and searched for her
phone in her bag but our phones had slipped out of her bags when we had been
forced into the boot.
Grace sobbed uncontrollably and bopped out ahead. "please, my friend is pregnant. At least save my friend".
"Bring them out of the boot". Paul
Kings ordered and his men brought us out of the boot and we fell carelessly to
the floor.
He smiled to himself. "Nothing on earth
will make me not kill you both here today for trespassing in my estate".
Paul Kings had owned the whole estate.
That was the reason his house was the only
building in the estate and that was the reason no one had stopped us when we
were coming in.
They already prepared themselves.
I smiled at him. "You can't kill me,
Paul Kings".
He fumed at me. "What did you just
say?".
I rose to my feet and walked towards him
daringly. "You can't kill me because I hold the key to everything you
want".
"What are you talking about?".
"Rosa must have told you about Victory
Charles".
He gasped at me. "The one that carries
Raymond's baby?".
I smiled to myself. "Do you know the
only thing hindering Raymond and Rosa from getting married?".
"What?"
"It is me. And you don't want Rosa to
get married to Raymond, do you?".
"I am fine with it".
"If you are fine with it, then you are
a fool. No wonder Rosa still sees you as a sex toy and will never see you as
husband material. You are just a slave in her eyes because you behave like
one".
He glared at me.
"Rosa is ambitious. She needs the both
of you to survive but why does she love Raymond? She loves Raymond because he
is younger than you and she will forever choose him over you. The only way she
won't be able to end up with Raymond is because I am alive and I will never
make that happen".
He sighed.
He obviously couldn't risk it.
He sighed again. "How sure are you that
you completely have Raymond's heart?".
I shrugged. "Can we try it? Can you call
Raymond and threaten him with my life and see him running over here for
me?".
"You are so sure of yourself".
I nodded. "Just like the way you love
Rosa, Raymond loves me that much. You both can do anything for the woman you
love". I held his hand. "Paul Kings, why don't we make a deal without
you staining your hands?".
He pulled off my grip and glared at me.
"I am not threatened by your words".
I chuckled. "On our way over here this
evening, we had already informed Regina
Donald that we were coming over here. So, if the famous freelancer and the lady
carrying the heir of Bower bound in her womb are missing, who is the first
person that Regina Donald will suspect? It will be you and hoodlums will set
your broadcast station on fire no matter how you deny it. There is also a CCTV
camera along the street that must have
captured our vehicle following your princess in that car, and once Regina
Donald watches that video, you are definitely gone for good. How does it sound?
The famous chief executive officer of the famous Kachi broadcast station
murdered the celebrity journalist and the love of Raymond's life. Three things
will happen. Rosa James will deny you because she wouldn't want to lose Raymond's favor, Raymond will do everything in his power to lock you behind
bars and the third thing is that your competitors will dig deeply into the
case and you will be implicated. Don't you like the peace and quiet now? Must
you stain your hands and ask for war?".
"Then you both have to make a deal and
promise me that you will only tell
Regina Donald that you had truly followed my house girl but you didn't
find anything today".
I shrugged. "Why not? I didn't see
anything as far as I am concerned". I turned to my trembling friend.
"Did you see anything, Grace Craig?".
"I absolutely saw nothing".
He released us into our car and I was the
one that drove this time because Grace Craig was still trying to recover from
the shock.
She sobbed as she looked at me. "I am
so sorry for putting you in such a mess".
"Call Regina Donald and tell her
everything".
"I don't understand?".
"Our lives were risked! Don't you plan
on seeing this case to the end?".
"...but we promised Paul Kings..."
"You don't make promises with someone
who tried to kill you. It is very risky. Look here, you are planning to still
follow this case to the end right? If you don't tell Regina Donald everything,
how will you survive when you are trapped again? Just tell her that your life
will be in danger if she acts like she knows anything until you get the
complete truth. Regina Donald is a wise woman. She will act with caution".
When I got home that night, I slept
immediately.
When I got into my hotel the next day, Nelson was there, eating in my hotel with my
brother.
Nelson had obviously captured my brother's
heart.
They were having a heart-to-heart discussion
when I walked in.
My basket mouth brother had already told
Nelson that I owned 'THE SINGLES EVE'.
Immediately Nelson sighted me, and he rushed to hug me.
"Congratulations, Victory".
I pushed him and glared at him. "What
do you think you are doing here?".
Collins walked to me and held my hand.
"I turned down Raymond's help today. He wanted to help me with my art
project but I disagreed. I can't risk the life of my blood sister because I
want to develop myself. You actually rejected Nelson because you met a guy that
has money more than Nelson!".
"Nelson left me because he couldn't
carry Mum and Dad's illness five years ago! He abandoned me again recently when
he thought I didn't have anything! He is only deceiving you all!!!". I
fired in frustration.
"What about Raymond? You told me that
the reason Raymond rejected your pregnancy at first was also because of the
situation of your parents! So, what makes them different? They both
acknowledged their wrongs because they have both come to love you! I also heard
that another girl is carrying the child of Raymond in her womb and you are
telling me that another man who wants
to accept a baby that is not even his own doesn't love you? I won't believe
such! Ever!". He walked out angrily.
I fumed at Nelson. "Why are you
manipulating my family? Why!!!". I
cried out.
He smiled to himself. "Victory, I will
make life so frustrating for you that you will have no other option than to
marry me".
I slapped him hard across his face.
"Don't you ever threaten me!!!".
"Threaten? I am not even done yet.
Raymond is on his way right now as we speak".
I trembled.
I could see Raymond's car approach the parking lot through the
glass at that moment.
Nelson smiled at me. "You deceived him.
You didn't tell him that you had a
hotel, right?". He giggled and rushed to the parking lot.
I followed him.
Raymond observed the hotel but he didn't
look at me, his eyes were on Nelson. "What did you say again?".
"I said, Victory owns this big
hotel".
Raymond turned to me and searched my eyes. "Victory never lied to
me. She only has a restaurant".
Nelson giggled at me. "Was that what
you told him? You naughty girl! Why didn't you tell him the truth? Oh!".
He gasped and looked at Raymond. "I think this is concerning the fish pond
that she was trying to develop that Collins was telling me about. If she told
you that she already had a big hotel, you wouldn't give her enough money, and she
needed enough money to start her fish pond business".
Tears filled Raymond's eyes as he watched
me. "I once asked you what business you wanted to invest in but you didn't
tell me anything. You secretly did everything and that proves that you truly
had secret intentions towards me".
I rushed to him and held his hand. "I
swear, I really wanted to surprise you. Though I also needed money I didn't
want to use you, I swear". I sobbed. "How can you even believe
someone like Nelson over me?".
"If I didn't believe him, how would I
have found out that you truly had a
hotel? You are a liar!". He pushed me away. "My mother was right. You
are still a gold digger. You still have intention towards Bower bound company,
that is the reason you are still sticking with me! You don't love me at all and
it hurts so much because I believed in you! I will just forget about you! You
and Rosa should have nothing to do with me from now on! I will die a bachelor
because I am frustrated at liars! You are a liar and I hate that about
you!!!". He entered into his car and drove off.
I knelt down and sobbed heartily.
It hurt so much.
The thought of it that I had deceived a man
who had loved me with his whole heart.
Nelson fumed at me. "Stop crying like
that for another man in front of me!".
It was time to choose between two things...
Ambition or love...
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