After breakfast, Claire walked into her room and laid her back against the bed stand. She took out her phone and swiped slowly, clicking on her mail. She saw she had a new mail, and she hurriedly clicked on it, her eyes bulging out as she had her face dazed at the screen.“I knew, she was up to no good. She is a spy like I thought. Working for him. Bruce would be amazed at this information" Claire smiled, delighted at the discovery of the information gotten from her Intel. Sliding into her slides which a squeaky mouse when she moves. She liked the softness of the shoe and found it adorable and had to purchase it. She wore it and walked down to her mother's room, where she finds her almost every time of the day either on her gadget or reading a magazine.“ Mom, sit up. I have something to share with you" Claire said, making space for herself on the bed.“What could that be? I thought you'd gone up to rest”.“ I'll do that later after I have told you what I came here for. Read this for
“If this is true, Hugh Steele won't see what will be coming. It will hit so hard on the face that he won't get to rise again. I see he is playing smart. Planting a spy right under my roof to get something on me. He should have known that I don't play dirty even though I did. I wouldn't be so stupid to have it under my roof” Bruce said with a hoarse voice after assimilating the information on the phone." I had my suspicions against her right from the time I heard she came in the same day the previous maid left. It was all too coincidental and she has this special aura that gives me the feeling of a bloodbath and I knew I had to do some digging. Well, Hugh Steele was very careful to clean up any traces left and leave the simplest and unimportant information on her. But he should have known that nothing stays hidden for long at least not in this case” Claire responded evenly." Hmm, you did a good job on this. For the first time, I got fooled by a mere worker and gave her a free pass to
It had been a month. And, in just one month, Bruce and Clare got closer as they work towards eliminating Hugh Steele. Bruce had found ways to get at him. He was able to play a spy in his office who provided him with information on his underhanded means of business. Bruce had painstakingly gone around buying all the shares from Hugh's stakeholders and he was currently the biggest shareholder of Hugh's company. Claire saw that their plan was going on smoothly and Bruce was more gentle and forthcoming in their relationship. He made time to sit out with her and didn't act indifferent to her questions or topics.Claire saw this as a good sign and was happy as her plans were moving in her favor.“Ahhhhhhhhhh".“What is it? What happened Claire?" Bruce asked as he ran upstairs as soon as he heard her scream. Angela, Claire's mother followed suit, curious to find out what triggered the scream from her daughter.“My dear, what happened?".“ See for yourself," Claire said, handing over the objec
“No, we need to be prepared for everything. We need to make sure the child has everything. We would get both a girl and a boy baby things. You are going to be the mother of a child who would own all of Bruce's belongings with time. Isn't it great?” Claire's mother smiled." Mom, you are so happy. Okay, fine we will go with whatever you want” Claire replied, succumbing to her mother's suggestion." Okay, you rest up and I will have the maid bring up some cake and fruit juice for you. Be careful when walking. We wouldn't want to be careless and make any mistakes”. “Mom, I can walk down to get it. You don't have to send the maid up and especially if it's that Maria of a girl. I wouldn't want that Maria girl around me. She might use the opportunity to use it to her advantage".“I know my dear and she will soon be out of this place, just take care of yourself”.************Bruce on the other hand had gone downstairs for a drink after the news had hit him hard.“Surprisingly, I can't rem
The next morning when Bruce woke up, he saw a file enclosed in an envelope. He quietly opened it, reading its contents. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. He closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath.It was the result of the pregnancy test Claire had done in the hospital.This was a strong confirmation that she was truly pregnant and was expecting his child. He knew he wanted a child but he didn't seem to have the fulfilled joy as other fathers would on hearing such news. He pondered if it could be because it was coming from Claire. He had crossed out the word, family from his life after the experience he had with his love life. He had once imagined his love life with Jade and how they could grow to become a family but fate had things planned otherwise.“ Bruce, are you okay?” Claire called out. She had stirred in her sleep and turned to find Bruce standing beside the bed stool with a lost expression. She had glanced at the file and noticed it had been moved and knew instantly tha
"Here comes the bride. Here comes the bride." Bruce beamed as soon as he heard the song. He looked down the aisle, expecting to see Claire, his bride walk down to him only to find out it was empty. Bruce frowned. It was just in his head. Creases formed on Bruce's forehead. Claire should have arrived a few hours ago. The guests present were beginning to murmur amongst themselves. "Bruce, it seems like my prediction was right. She really ditched you," Martins, Bruce's best man whispered into his ear and he glared at him. "I've warned you severally, haven't I? Spending your hard-earned money on a girl's education when you aren't educated yourself is a foolish thing to do," Martins continued. "Claire can't dump me. Something is definitely wrong somewhere. What if she's in trouble?" Martins shook his head in disapproval of Bruce. A few minutes later, a lad walked into the hall and snuck up to Bruce. "Mr. Bruce, I have something to tell you," the man whispered into Bruce's ear. Bru
Bruce saw the brunette— Cole's sister. She stood opposite him and was leaning on a Ferrari 488 pista. He was drunk, so his brain was probably playing tricks on him. He drew closer to her to have a good look at her. It was truly Cole's sister."You're Cole's sister, aren't you?" Bruce asked. He wanted to be sure that his eyes weren't deceiving him. "The name's Jade, not Cole's sister, and why on Earth would you try to jump off a bridge?" She looked annoyed. "I'd ddddddie die anyways. Why nnnnnnn not get this over with and have peace of mind?" Bruce said with a slurred speech. He laughed afterwards.Jade leaned over to him. She sniffed the air around him and wrinkled her nose. "You reek of alcohol and you're stuttering. Are you drunk?""I'm not drunk," Bruce answered, raising his voice. He laughed. "I'm just far away. Far from my troubles."Jade watched him for a while. She was thinking the whole time."Then let's get married. If you aren't drunk, marry me," Jade said with a straight
"I'm not seeing your parents," Bruce said bluntly and Jade scowled at him. "Don't stare at me like that. Your billionaire family won't be happy to see me." "Where would we sleep?" "You can go back home. I'm not coming with you." "I'm not going without you either." Jade was stubborn and it made Bruce wonder how he would live with a stubborn wife. Well, a stubborn wife was better than a cheat. Jade entered her car, the Ferrari 488 pista. The door was wide open. "I'm waiting." Bruce heaved a sigh and got into the car. Jade drove them to her father's mansion which was situated uptown, where most of the billionaires of the city lived. Bruce got star-struck as Jade drove into her compound. J. J. Fulton's mansion screamed money. They got out of the car and walked into the house. A party was ongoing. "What's happening?" Bruce asked. "What do you think is happening other than a small party?" "Small party?" The wine available was surplus and none of the bottles of wine seemed to be l