“Isaac! Listen to me for once!” Mia Mandoza spoke in a furious tone when she saw her son ignoring her once more.
“I already know what you are going to ask me! And you know my answer,” Isaac replied, his eyebrows were knitted when he spoke.
“Are you telling me that in this whole wide world, you have no one that interests you?” her forehead creased in irritability.
Isaac stared at her for a few moments, he was silent unlike usual when he would reply to her right away, and then he finally looked away and said.
“No, I have none,”
“Okay! If you are not going to give me a daughter-in-law then I will find one myself,” she sneered at him.
“Do whatever you want,” he responded grumpily and walked up the stairs.
Mia waited for him to vanish out of her sight and then pulled out her phone and dialed a call. And as soon as the other side picked up she uttered excitedly.
“He agreed!! Now let’s proceed with the plan,” She spoke with twinkles in her eyes.
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Peace woke up to see nothing but darkness, the night had already come. The cold wind entered the room through the open window but she wasn’t cold as Isaac was lying beside her. He was lightly snoring, Peace felt light and active so she slowly slipped away from the bed and walked out of the room in her cami top and waist trousers. Her long hair was untied and looked a bit messy giving her a seductive look. She walked around the second floor but there was no sign of anyone around, she slowly walked towards Alex’s room, she bragged without knocking and there they were sitting before a huge screen studying something.
Her eyebrows creased and she parted her lips.
“Don’t tell me that you have started it again,” Peace spoke in a tired voice.
“Come! We have great news for you,” Alex pulled her in and seated her on the couch beside Ada, who was keenly taking notes, but when she saw Peace, she felt like she had committed a crime.
“Okay, so we have a new prey. And this time we are catching a big fish,” Alex rubbed his hands and began,
“Look at this,” he pointed at the screen that showed an image of a girl about their own age, she had short brown hair and a clear white face. She had bright eyes and a small nose. In short, she was a pretty girl. Alex had an evil grin on his face. “This is Charlotte Evan Woods, the last and only owner of the EW Group,” he spoke in a greedy tone.
“Are you planning on going after A girl this time?” Peace asked.
“No! —we are going after him!” He cackled and changed the slide, a man’s face appeared on the screen. The familiar features danced before Peace’s eyes and she still emotionlessly stared at him. Alex stole a gaze from Peace, he was expecting a response from her face was blank.
“This is Issac Mandoza, the successful and the most wanted bachelor of the country...and above all, he is loaded! He was named the richest man in the country a few months ago,” Alex whispered.
“What is the plan?” Ada asked while Peace stared at his face with a serious expression, her lips parted and she spoke up,
“Don’t do it! It’s not going to end well,” Peace’s eyes were calm as water but they carried a deep warning.
“Nothing is going to happen,” Alex replied, and then ignored her words.
“So this lady here! Charlotte is the girl Isaac Is going to marry...what we have to do is, Kidnap this Charlotte and replace her with our Charlotte,”
“Hah! Do you think it’s that easy? What about the face! None of us resemble her even the slightest.” Ada added, her face was twisted.
“Good question, but you asked that too soon!” Alex chuckled.
“This lady here is nothing like a rich brat we know, she had no social media presence, no criminal record and above all, she is a complete loner, no one knows her by face,” Alex chuckled.
“What about her family? Do you think they are blind?” Ada asked.
“Another good question— the best thing about this plan is that Charlotte has never been to the country before and her parents are already dead, she was brought up abroad away from her aunt family that was supposed to be her guardian, all they cared about was money so they sent her away and never had any sorts of contact with her for 15 years, and that makes her the best target because no one knows how she looks like, not even her family.” Alex fixed his glasses and looked at them to get some praise.
“Where did you get this picture from?” Peace finally decided to speak.
“I was waiting for this one—but that’s a secret.” He grinned.
“So now what we need to do is, take away the real Charlotte from the airport and replace her with a fake Charlotte,” Alex stared at Ada with a meaningful gaze.
Peace got up off the couch and walked away,
“Where to?” Alex asked.
“Somewhere—“ she replied and walked away.
She just opened up the door and saw Isaac standing with a dejected face.
“Woo-oo-“
‘i thought you left again,’
“I won’t leave you, come on let’s go for a midnight snack! I am getting hungry,” Peace spoke to Isaac and walked toward the kitchen.
“Sigh!” Peace gave out a tired groan, “THey will get themselves killed,”
Buzz...BuzzIsaac was in the middle of the meeting when the phone rang again, it kept on ringing, the presenter paused occasionally as he thought Isaac would pick up the phone but he ignored it and stared at the screen, his assistant who stood on his side glanced at Isaac and he gave him a nod. The assistant Jermy Swan picked up his phone and left the meeting room.“Hello, madam.”“Jermy! Where is Isaac? Tell him to get to the airport right now!” She shouted in an angry voice.“But Madam, Boss is in the middle of a meeting he can’t leave just like that,” he explained.“I don’t care what he is doing, tell him to hurry up and pick her up!&rd
Isaac walked into his mansion, followed by Ada. She looked around at the walls and the interior, Everything was high-end, from the nail in the wall to the color of the curtains. Everything was just perfect and in the middle of the hall like a room, on a luxurious sofa sat a lady with an angelic appearance. Not a single strand of hair resembling Isaac's arrogant appearance. She was Mia, Isaac’s mother. As soon as her eyes landed on Ada, she sprang up from the sofa and walked happily over to Ada, and hugged her tightly.“You are finally here! I feel so happy,” she patted her back lightly, Ada wasn’t sure how to respond to it so she looked at Isaac but he wasn’t even looking at them, he was standing beside the table where there were some snacks that Mia had prepared for Ada. He bent down and picked an apple from the basket.
“Where is this place!?” The real Charlotte was tied up on a chair in an empty hall.She called out to Alex who was busy fastening the knots around her hands. “Who are you? Why did you bring me to this place?” She looked scared, the drops of sweat were clearly visible on her forehead, she trembled while trying to get out of the ropes.“Easy, Missy.” Alex got up and stood in front of her with a grin.“You...you are not going to do anything bad to me right? Did my aunt send you?” She spoke with a wavering voice. Her velvety red lips shivered as she tried to act strong.“Tsk… the poor lady has so many enemies,” Alex clicked his tongue.“So aunt did sen
Ada walked into the mansion with a lost expression, she headed upstairs to Alex’s room and busted in without knocking just like they used to do, but she paused at the door when she saw him trying to put a bandage over his shoulder.“God! How did you get hurt?” Her eyebrows creased and she walked over to him in a hurry.“Gasp! Did Issac do that?—“ she pulled away from the bandage from his hand and spoke, “get up! We need to get you to the hospital,” she pulled him up.“There is no need for that, I already brought the injections,” Peace walked in with a paper bag and placed it in the bed beside Alex.“Get up!” She asked him.“I don’t want your h
“Here is your room, you can stay here until—“Peace was showing Charlotte around the mansion and she even gave her one of the best rooms in the mansion.When Charlotte saw her stop in the middle of her words her eyebrows knitted together, “How long?!...” she asked.“I don’t know!—“ Peace looked flustered and ashamed.“How come is it that you don’t know? Aren’t you working with them?”“No! I am not!” She strongly refused, she had guilt in her eyes as she looked at Charlotte, but it was not because she had done something wrong, it was because she was covering up for her friends.“I mean I
Isaac had strictly prohibited the entry to his office, he said he had work to do and whoever disturbed him would be fired that instant, Jermy didn’t get time to give the file to him. Hours passed and finally, Isaac walked out of the room but his face was distorted and he was boiling in anger,“Boss I have something to tell—““What did she say to you when you met her?” He didn’t listen to what he had to say, instead, he looked at Jermy with fury and spoke with clenched teeth.“Boss, I was going in but it was you who had forbidden us to enter.“Okay tell me now! I am listening,”“She didn’t agree, instead she gave me this, and said—“ Jermy
“Madam, Someone is here to meet you,” the head maid walked into Mia’s room.Mia was reading a book while enjoying a cup of floral tea with a slice of creamy strawberry cake.“Who is it?” She asked softly as she placed the book on the table.“She calls herself Charlotte Evan Woods,” the maid looked down in respect.“Charlotte!! Where is she?” Mia swiftly got up,“She is waiting in the living room,” the maid replied.“Okay! I will be downstairs in a minute,” She glanced at herself in the mirror and ran her fingers through her short hair, before giving a light smile to herself.&
Isaac walked in through the mansion’s door. He was holding onto the file Jermy had given him. He walked into the living room and saw the two ladies giggling about something.“Why did you call me?” He spoke with a serious voice. Ada felt like her soul had been sucked out when she heard his scary voice, Mia noticed that and she frowned at Isaac.“Stop scaring her!” Mia spoke.“When did I?” Isaac felt like his mother was being way too much.“I said to apologize!” She was not backing off.Isaac glanced at Ada and parted his lips reluctantly, “ I am —sorry,” He spoke with a very stoic face, showing how not sorry he was.