CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO“Juliana, Juliana? Where are you going?” Desmond asked but Juliana was already out of the car and walking through the driveway towards the main road.“What the hell is this?” Desmond asked as he unbuckled the seatbelt around him and opened the door of the car, storming out immediately.“Come on Juliana, don’t be like that. We can talk about it.” He called out to Juliana but she refused to even turn to look at him as she continued to stride through the driveway.Seeing the strong determination in her to get away from him, Desmond got back into the car and drove towards her as soon as he turned on the ignition.He honked severally for Juliana to stop walking but she paid no attention to the blaring sound of the horn. Left with no other option, Desmond had to drive faster as he tries as much as he could to avoid hitting her from behind on the narrow road.As soon as he got beside her, he took down the glass of the right window of the cat in order to ensure that Julian

CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR“How is that?” He asked looking directly into her eyes.“Have concluded the divorce with your wife?” Mira asked with a firm voice shortly before she took off her eyes from Desmond who seemed to be staring into her soul.“Well..”“Well what?” Mira asked impatiently as Desmond seemed to be taking a lot of time to respond to the question she asked.“Yes Lara, we are officially divorced.”“Great! That’s wonderful news.” Mira said with a smile gradually appearing on her face.She seemed really excited hearing that Desmond was finally free, but on a second thought, she got a hint of something and turned a straight face.“How do you feel Desmond?” She asked Desmond as the feeling that she may have been insensitive with her excitement crept into her mind.Desmond looked at her with a little gloom on his face which he managed to change to a smile few seconds later.“Let’s just say that it was good while it lasted.”“Are you sure you don’t wanna talk about it?”“It’s fine M

CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIXDesmond cleared his throat twice, then he took the wine glass from the table and gulped down the entire content immediately.“Easy Desmond, that’s enough.” Mira said as soon as she saw Desmond pouring the wine into his mouth. But before she could finish up her words, Desmond was done with the wine and placed the wine glass on the table.“Give me that. Let me have that, I think you have had enough.” Mira said with an imperative tone as she leaned forward and took the bottle of wine which Desmond was about to take so that he could pour more wine into his glass.Desmond sighed gently seeing the disapproval on Lara’s face especially regarding his drinking, so he sighed and leaned backwards.Suddenly, his mind came to the realization of the nice aroma which had been hitting is nose for more than ten minutes.“The food is getting cold Lara, we should eat now.”Mira looked at the food with some doubt in her eyes. As much as the food smelled really tasty, she didn’t want t

CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT“I may lose my position in the company if I don’t marry Jamie.”“Can they really do that.” Desmond asked almost immediately with her eyebrows raised in deep curiosity.“My father can be desperate when he wants to be, and Jamie…Jamie would definitely be able to make that happen. He has a lot of connections all over the world.”“I see.” Desmond said with a little smirk but Mira was a little bit offended that he was reacting trivially to the matter at hand.“I am serious Desmond.”“I know Lara, I know.”“Then why are you acting as though you don’t understand the level of seriousness that this issue carries?”“Are you trying to make fun of me Desmond?”“Oh please, how can you even say that Lara?”Mira was silent after Desmond spoke. She didn’t know what she was going to believe as the reaction she got from him was unexpected. He seemed unperturbed.“Come on Lara, let’s get out of here.”Taking a look at Desmond for a few seconds, then she sighed and turned her gaze t

CHAPTER EIGHTYMira was a bit startled by the words that the man standing close to her said, she knew what those words meant, but she chose not to react in a way that was going to show that she was afraid of her father.“My father doesn’t make decisions for me Jamie, I am not a baby.” Mira managed to say after a few seconds of getting a grip of herself.“You know what this means right? I am sure you won’t be able to live with the consequences of your decisions.” Jamie warned.“Lara, out of the car now!” He ordered, his voice startling Mira who shivered for a second. Desmond who was alarmed by the hoarse tone also, opened his eyes and turned to see what was happening.“Didn’t you hear me, Lara? I said, out of the car, now!”“I am not going anywhere with you Jamie, I am no longer interested in getting married to you, is that too difficult to understand?”“You lie, Lara, you lie.”Jamie grabbed the handle of the door to the car and pulled forcefully, but the car was locked and he couldn’