LOVE & REVENGE - CHAPTER 39&40
Jayden was walking down the hallway when a hand dragged him into the Library. He looked up and was surprised to see Alisha.
“Lets read together” she said and took him to an empty reading desk far away from where students sat.
Jayden kept wondering why the change of attitude but he didn’t want to spoil the moment so he gave in and followed her.
Alisha brought out some books and placed them on the desk pushing some to Jayden who opened the book.
“Alisha…” Jayden tried calling her but she cut him off.
“Elena” She said looking at him.
“Sorry?” Jayden said looking confused
“Elena. That’s my name” she said still staring at him.
“How? You introduced yourself as Alisha” Jayden said.
“I changed my name” Elena said and went on to explain things to him.
Jayden covered his mouth with his hands when she was done.
“So all these happened and you bore it alone. You are really a strong girl. How did you hold up all these years” Jayden asked but instead of answering she leaned forward and kissed him.
Jayden’s eyes widened and nearly fell off its socket. When he regained his senses, he looked around to see if students were watching but everyone seemed to be occupied with their business.
“What was that? We are outside. Are you not scared that others might misunderstand?” Jay asked
“You are single so am I. Why would they misunderstand? Besides why are you so concerned with what others think?” I missed you. You are not dating Olivia right?” Elena asked blinking her eyes and Jayden shook his head.
He was still trying to process what was happening.
“You don’t know how hard it was for me to ignore you all these while. I felt jealous seeing you and Olivia together. I was nearly going crazy” Elena said and Jayden smiled.
“Why did you have to ignore me in the first place? I am beginning to think it was your look alike or maybe a doppelganger. I would have concluded that you might be Avery’s cousin or something because the resemblance is screaming” Jayden said.
“ Avery? Who is that? I didn’t want you to get involved anymore. I didn’t want anything to happen to you” Elena said and Olivia chose that moment to interrupt.
Elena felt like strangling her. Why would she interrupt at this time? If only looks could k*ll, Olivia would be six feet below.
“Hey, i’ve been looking for you” Olivia said sitting down beside Jayden. She kept staring at the both of them in confusion.
“The last time I checked, you both don’t talk to each other. What changed?” Olivia asked looking at Jayden.
“Ummm….” Jayden stuttered not knowing what to say.
“When did you start using lip gloss” Olivia asked looking at them suspiciously and Jayden immediately wiped his lips and looked elsewhere.
“Ummm… Elena, I think I have to go. I’ll see you later” Jayden said and stood up.
“Elena? Who’s that?” Olivia muttered in confusion.
“By the way, you look so much like Avery but dont have her nasty character please” Olivia said to Elena.
She stood up and ran after Jayden and, Elena scoffed.
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Fiona woke up and met two pairs of pretty eyes staring down at her.
She blinked countless times to make sure she wasn’t hallucinating. The eyes looking down at her blinked countless times as well.
“Is this really you?” Fiona asked at the verge of tears. She seems to cry at every little thing these days.
“Its me” Gemini said and Alex came in at that moment.
Fiona looked at him and back to Gemini before trying to get up from the bed. Alex wanted to hold her but a glare from her stopped him. She got up from the bed and left the room heading to hers.
“Dad she is mad at you. Won’t you go and beg her? Gemini said making a cute face at his father.
“But I didn’t do anything wrong” Alex said scratching his head.
“Really? You didn’t do anything wrong?” Gemini questioned and Alex didn’t give a reply.
“Dad, she passed out because she saw me. She wasn’t expecting it. Everyone thinks that I am d**d. And you still think you didn’t do anything wrong. Dad please” Gemini said climbing the bed.
“Gem, listen…” Alex tried speaking but Gemini cut him off gently.
“Dad, I don’t need your explanation. Miss Fiona does, so do the explanation for her not me. I want to sleep if you don’t mind” Gemini said covering himself up.
Alex sighed and walked out. He didn’t want Fiona to find out this way. He went into her room and met her lying down with her face to the wall.
“Alex leave. I don’t want to talk to you” Fiona said but instead of leaving, Alex climbed the bed and hugged her from behind.
Fiona struggled to break free from the hug but Alex didn’t let her. He started kissing her neck and that alone made her turn to jelly.
She really cannot resist this man cuddling her.
“How did you pull it off without suspicions?” Fiona asked facing Alex.
🥀FLASHBACK🥀
“He is going to use your son to get you give him the house, your estate I mean” Matteo said.
He had called them together after Lucas told him the plans their father was hatching to take everything from Alex simply because he wanted to punish him for his fathers supposed sin.
“So how do we handle it? Alex asked obviously scared for his son.
“I have the injection with me. We’ll just exchange it with a harmless one and that’s it” Lucas said
“First of all Matteo has to start going home and getting close to Robert if we really want these whole thing to work out” Kylan said and they nodded.
“Imagine the stress my sweetheart has to go through to pretend that he is now supporting that man. Why not do it instead?” Donald asked looking at Lucas.
“Don’t let me start with you. Stay away from me” Lucas said glaring at Donald who smirked at him.
“I h@te you as much as I h@te your father” Donald said
“Its your problem, so deal with it” Lucas said.
“Is there something you both are not telling us?” Kylan asked looking at both Donald and Lucas.
“Mind your business” they both shouted at the same time and the rest looked at them.
“Can we just focus on why we are here?” Alex asked.
Donald and Lucas kept glaring at each other until Matteo cleared his throat.
“I will start getting close to him. I will make him believe I now stand with him afterall he is my father. So I choose family over friends” Matteo said
“In that case, I will give you the injections” Lucas said handing the injections over to him.
“What about the house documents? Did you make them already?” Alex asked and Lucas nodded.
“Do you trust this guy that much?. I mean its his father we are talking about here. What if…” Donald was still talking but Lucas cut him off.
“If you have a problem with me just say it and stop cutting corners. Why are you so pained?” Lucas asked
“I see your mother didn’t teach you not to Interrupt when others are speaking” Donald said and Lucas punched him. He wanted to return the punch but Alex held him back.
“Can you both stop acting like kids?” Alex scolded and they both sat down still glaring daggers at each other.
“Your mum and the rest are leaving in two days right?” Matteo asked and Alex nodded.
“Very well then. I will tamper with their car and then monitor it. When it stops, I will call Roberts men to come for Gemini” Matteo said and they all agreed.
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Matteo arrived at Robert’s house in the evening of that same day and the security let him in since they already know who he is.
He went straight to his study and entered without knocking.
“Have you lost your manners? Robert asked and Matteo sat down without answering him.
“If I get Alex’s son for you and you use him to bring Alex here to sign the papers of his estate for you, what do I get in return?” Matter asked.
“What do you mean? Robert asked staring at him.
“I mean what I said” Matteo said with a straight face.
“The question should be why are you going to help me. The last time I checked, you never wanted to have anything to do with me” Robert said and Matteo sighed.
“You are my father afterall. Families first. Now tell me what I will get if we succeed” Matteo said.
“I will give you one of the companies” Robert said and Matteo smiled.
“Better keep to your words. I am tired of being Alex’s shadow as well. Maybe I should commend you for ki||ing his father” Matteo said
“His father was a pain in the neck so I had to k*ll him. That’s by the way, how are you going to get the documents?” Robert asked.
“I am not his friend for nothing. Just keep to your own part of the bargain” Matteo smiled.
“I hope you do your part well too” Robert said and Matteo stood.
“Alex forgive me for being a bad friend. Before I forget, after you give me the company, we don’t know each other” Matteo said and left.
Robert smiled to himself.
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“Now we can use the clip to get him arrested” Kylan said after they listened to the recording.
“Don’t be dumb, he can easily find his way out, afterall, voices can be edited. He knows what he is doing. If we can get any of his cohorts to confess then we are good” Matteo said
“I never knew my sweetheart is this sensible” Donald said and Matteo looked at him suspiciously.
“I thought you weren’t into men, because you’ve been acting all sweet with me lately” Matteo said and Donald rolled his eyes.
“So I can’t be nice to you anymore, sweetheart” Donald said making a cute face.
“Stop that. You make me wanna puke” Alex said.
“Its becoming suspicious. Should I call Hailey’s attention?” Matteo said and the rest laughed.
“We are forgetting something” Kylan said all of a sudden and the guys looked at him.
“We should put Gemini through with this plan. He should know his role” he said
“That’s true” Alex agreed
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▫On the day Gemini was injected▫
After everyone left, Alex carried Gemini into his car and drove home.
“That was one h*ll of a game” Gemini said slumping down on the sofa.
“I’m sorry you have to go through this because of me” Alex said.
“Its not your fault Dad. I feel for Grandma and miss Fiona. I wonder how they would feel if you tell them that i’m d**d” Gemini said sadly.
🥀END OF FLASHBACKS🥀
“Who then did we bury?” Fiona asked
“No one. The casket was empty” Alex said and Fiona looked at him with surprise.
“You are unbelievable Alex” Fiona said
“I’m sorry” he said and Fiona kissed him.
“None of these is your fault, so, I forgive you. But I want you to make it up to me” Fiona said with a flirty smile and Alex understood immediately.
“Are you sure about that?” Alex asked and she nodded.
“Someone is becoming naughty all of a sudden” Alex said and she giggled wrapping her hands around him.
“Its not my fault. Blame it on the mini Alex growing in me” Fiona said and Alex placed his head on her tummy.
This was a whole new feeling to the both of them and they don’t want this kind of moments to end in a hurry. What they were feeling now was an immense happiness untroubled by situations around them.
They traveled with their minds both harbouring their own thoughts as they felt too scared to voice it out. They couldn’t give a name to what they were feeling right now. They couldn’t even give it the sweet name, Love, because they felt that perhaps one word would frighten it away.
They cuddled each other until Fiona fell asleep. Alex quietly got up and left the house after checking up on Gemini.
Alex left the house and drove to Donald’s. He called Nathan to ascertain the situation of things in his company. He learn that Robert was coming to address the staff that day.
They all got ready and headed to his house with Lucas leading them.
As they arrived the house, the guards tried stopping them but when they saw Lucas with them, they allowed them entrance into the house.
They went straight to Robert’s study and started searching everywhere. After several minutes of searching they found nothing.
They were about to leave when Alex accidentally knocked down a frame and another picture fell off the back of the frame. He picked it up and created his brow when he saw the person in the picture.
“What is that?” the others came closer to take a look.
“Who is this?” Alex asked
“I don’t know much about her but i was told she is a nurse. She left unannounced and since then no one has heard about her” Lucas explained.
“She looks familiar, like I have seen her somewhere” Alex said staring at the picture.
“Let’s leave with the picture then. I think we should head to Fiona’s house too. We’ll be done before they get back from the company”
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SMITHS COSMETICS
Robert walked into the company with his guards while the staffs greeted him with a kind of irritated looks on their faces.
“Who’s the secretary here?” Robert asked and Susan stepped forward.
“Gather all the workers. I need to address them” Robert said and she nodded walking away.
Few minutes later, the workers gathered together and Robert started his speech.
“This man is a clown” Nathan whispered to Susan and she turned to stare at him without responding.
Florence stood beside him with a face full of smiles.
“As you all know or maybe most of you don’t know. I am here to let you know that you will be having a new boss. He will be here soon” Roberts said and Florence smiled beside him.
Florence got a call on her phone and left afterwards leaving only Roberts.
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Florence arrived at her apartment and went inside to see Magret sitting comfortably on the couch with Alex, Donald and Kylan.
“What are you all doing here?” Florence asked
“I am here on my own and they are here on their own. So, remember what I told you the last time we met?” Magret asked and Florence scoffed
“What do you want?” Magret asked looking at Alex.
“What I want is very simple. Do you know this woman?” Alex asked showing her the picture they took from Roberts house. She staggered and nearly fell.
“Let me take a look” Magret said moving close to where they stood.
“That’s Nancy” Magret said
“You know her?” Alex asked
“Yes. She was a nurse” Magret said
“Was?” Donald asked and she nodded.
“What happened?” Kylan asked.
“She was my*dered by this witch” Magret said pointing at Florence and they all looked at where she was pointing to see no one there.
They had been so engrossed in their discussion that they didn’t know when Florence left.
Alex brought out his phone and put a call across to the securities in his company.
“Block all exits”
TBC