I stood up with so much appreciation in my heart. Sarah's words comforted me beyond my expectations. It gave me a new surge of light that flowed in me ultimately.“Thank you, Sarah, for your kind words,” I said with a heartfelt gratitude.Sarah nodded. “I'm glad to have this conversation with you and I hope that my words offer you some comfort within your inner self.”“I'm pretty sure that it will,” I said and left to where Lydia was posted.“How was your conversation with Sarah?” Lydia asked me as soon as she saw me.“It was awesome and I enjoyed it a lot!” I said with excitement.It was one of the best conversations I've had ever since Aiden and I got separated. I know that I will need all the encouragement that I can muster to stay strong and fight every obstacle that comes my way.“Miss Talker?” I heard a familiar voice from behind me.When I turned around, I saw Spencer's close friend behind me. His face was contorted with worry and concern as he stared at me intently. My heart
** Spencer **I caught her right before she fell flat on the floor, her sleeping face was looking so calm and peaceful. I make her sit on the chair and relax her body, then I part her lips slightly and place mine on it, pumping air into her lungs.After thirty minutes of this continuous attempt, her eyes fluttered open. I handed her a glass of water to drink so it could calm her nerves down.“You passed out earlier, I figured out that it could be a sign of weakness so I've decided to drop you off at home and let you rest for the day,” I said.I feel like this was what she needed most. A few hours of rest and she will be fine. I don't want to stress Sydney out that much especially since Max saw her in the hospital earlier. She might not open up to tell me what's wrong with her, but I know that she's feeling exhausted and needs rest.“I'm okay, you don't have to let me do this. I came here to work and get paid, I have to keep to that protocol,” she declined.“Why?” I asked.“Why what?”
** Unknown **I sat in the tea room with Tessa. We were waiting patiently for old man Lee to arrive so we could talk and strategize on how we were going to strike down Spencer. Seeing that the elections would be coming up soon and Spencer stood as a threat in my way, the plan was to eliminate him before he did it to me.“Will the old man ever come?” Tessa groaned.“I know how impatient you are, Tessa. You will have to suck it in and pull your act together,” I snapped at her.“But…”Tessa couldn't complete her statement because old man Lee finally entered the tea room, with his security guards around him like bees swarming around honey.I and Tessa stood up and bowed to him.“Good morning, old man Lee,” we greeted in unison.“Good morning, Tessa and Collins,” he replied to us.That was my name. Collins Martins.Spencer's nemesis.“Sit down and have some nice brewed tea,” Lee said to us.We sat down and the servants poured out the tea into our cups. We sipped it calmly and quietly. Sin
** Collins **I parked in front of Spencer's Group company. I can't even remember the last time I stepped foot around this place. I haven't been around this area but because of my current mission, I guess I will be hanging around here for a while.It's not like I don't have a business to be busy with. Fortunately, I inherited the Martins company after Elizabeth and Spencer disappeared from the city. The company was handed over to me at a very young age, however, due to my mismanagement, it went over the hill.Currently, the company is on the verge of going bankrupt which is why old man Lee, who is my grandfather and Spencer's grandfather too, decided to put me into politics. The aim was to become the mayor of the city and rule over the people. With this new aim in mind, the bankruptcy of Martins's company did not matter to me or old man Lee.What would shatter us now if I did not make it to the primary elections, which is why we are set out to eliminate whatever it is that is on our w
The air was chilled and cold as the night reached and the clouds were covered with dark clouds. I walked boldly to the restaurant that Miriam had picked for our dinner date, it was classy just like she had always wanted her dates to be. I knew that Miriam liked Spencer a lot, which was not my problem. I have already made up my mind to make her mine once Spencer was out of the way.But to get the deed done, I needed someone who would be a good informant to me. Miriam was the best person to play this role, however, she must remain in the dark about the role that she was about to play. “You have a fine taste, Miriam, like always,” I complimented her.My mission tonight was simple… convince Miriam to feed me with a few important information about Spencer and in exchange for her hard work, I will get rid of Sydney Talker who posed as a great threat to her.“Thank you, Collins,” she replied as she blushed slightly.Knowing too well that Miriam was not the kind of lady who was swayed easil
** Sydney **“Lydia, I know that you're busy at work but I can't help but miss you,” I said.I was feeling bored at home. Lydia was on her night shift which meant that I was going to be alone till tomorrow night. Since I couldn't sleep at all, I decided to call her and talk with her for some time.“I know how much you're missing me and I hope you know that I'm done for if my boss catches me stuffed up in the toilet on a call,” she said in a whisper.Her voice was so low that I barely heard what she said. “I know how you're feeling but just spare me five minutes of your time, please.”“Fine! You know that I can't resist you,” she said with gritted teeth.“So tell me how your work is going?” I asked.“Today was awful. Someone died and the doctors kept yelling at us because they wanted to save that patient's life,” she replied.I sighed, feeling bad for the patient who had died.“Sorry to hear that. I can't wait to see you tomorrow,” I said.“Same here. How did your work go?” “Aiden an
I felt the cold water being splashed on me several times, I gasped and snapped my eyes open immediately. I was in an unknown room and my hands were tied to the back of the chair behind me. Tessa and Collins stood in front of me with a concerned look on their faces, but when they saw that I was okay, their smiles were replaced by a smirk.“I'm deeply sorry for the way Tessa mishandled you. For a second, I thought you were never going to wake up,” Collins mocked.“Get me out of here. How can you be Spencer's cousin brother and still have the mind to do this to me?” I asked him as tears spilled down my eyes.I don't understand why this is happening to me. This isn't the way I mapped out my life to be. Leaving my marriage was never my intention but being kidnapped by Spencer's cousin's brother is way out of the league. It's not even making any sense to me at all.“Unfortunately, I believe that you have not asked Spencer about his past. Let me give you some highlights of what happened to S
** Spencer **I was uncomfortable on my bed… I can't tell why but I had a bad feeling about something, I can't even comprehend what the thing is. I rolled on my bed several times until I could not bear it anymore.I picked up my phone and left for the kitchen to grab a bottle of water. While on it, I call my mother. Whenever I feel down, she has always been the person who comforts me and assures me that everything will be fine.“Hello, son. How are you doing?” Elizabeth's soothing voice rang in my ear.“Mother, I'm not sure how I'm doing. I mean, physically, I'm okay but emotionally, I'm uncertain about it,” I replied honestly.“Why are you feeling like that?”I sighed. “I don't even know.”“Spencer, is there any woman in your life?” The question threw me off my guard. I was not expecting her to ask me such a thing. Not like I don't share stuff with my mother, but I keep her in the dark about my sex life.I scratched my forehead softly, contemplating whether I should come clean with