Chapter one
‘Amelia, Layla is your sister, please take care of her from now on.’
‘Amelia, I love your sister and there is nothing I can do. We have been together for some time now and I think we should end this marriage contract thing. It was not there to begin with. Our old folks were just joking with each other. I hope you will understand.’
‘You are dismissed and blacklisted in this agency with immediate effect. A morally corrupt person like you should not have existed in the first place.’
‘Amelia, I never imagined that you would be such a monster to even go after an innocent child. Layla has been treating you well and looking up to you like an older sister all these years, is this how you treat her? You are such a monster that even God had abandoned you.’
‘You think that crying will help you. I am not sending you to jail for the sake of your father’s reputation. I am very disappointed in you. You should immediately disappear in this country, or else I don’t know what will happen if the media caught wind of what you did.’
‘Don’t taint our family name. You are just like your mother. Arrogant and shameless. No one will ever like you in this lifetime.’
‘Get lost already. I don’t want to ever lay my eyes on you again.’
‘Amelia, get lost!’
‘NO.’ Amelia woke up with a start. It has been five years and yet this memories were still haunting her like it was just yesterday. She could not even have a good night sleep.
Her whole body was drenched in sweat and her face was pale as she grasped for air.
The phone ringtone startled her out of her hazy state as she scrambled to take it. Looking at the caller ID, she picked it up without hesitation.
‘‘Hey.’’
‘‘Girl, don’t tell me that you are still sleeping? Did you forget that you have a morning meeting? The boss is already here and believe me, his face looks like a storm is brewing!’’ her assistant’s voice came through the phone, making Amelia clutch her hair in frustration.
She had been drinking until late last night and with a night full of nightmares, she totally forgot about today’s meeting.
She hang up the phone and immediately removed the warm blanket on her body. She rushed to the bathroom and after a quick wash up, she rushed to the company on her black ‘speedo’.
She did not care about the traffic or red lights as she whizzed through the cars on the road with expertise. Fifteen minutes later, she packed her bike and run towards the office building.
Her assistant was already waiting in front of the meeting room with the meeting materials.
“The meeting started thirty minutes ago. I wish you good luck.” Aria, her assistant, said in small voice.
Amelia took a deep breath and after adjusting her collar a little, she pushed the meeting room door open.
The room suddenly feel silent and everyone turned to look at her. As for Amelia, she did not spare anyone a glance as she went directly to her seat.
After an awkward silence, a cold voice was heard in the room.
“Is this the seriousness and dedication that Mr. Anthony was talking about? Well then, maybe I will have to consider my collaboration with your company.” a cold voice came trough the room making Amelia to immediately lift her head.
It was the voice that haunted her in her dreams every single night as it screamed and cursed her. Seeing the familiar cold and detached face, Amelia instantly turned pale. Her body started shaking as if she was under some kind of attack.
‘I have never seen such a cruel and sinister person. I told you that the person I love is your sister. Did you have to go the extent of killing my child?’
‘You are a murderer. If not for your sister begging for mercy on your behalf, I would have made sure that you spend the rest of your life in jail!’
‘I did not do it. I did not push anyone. She fell on her own. I was going to help her but she pushed my hand away. I did not do anything.’
Amelia curled up in a chair as she shook her head with her eyes tightly closed. Her face was pale and her forehead was curved in sweat.
She screamed in her mind that she did not do it but no one believed her. Everyone looked at her with contempt just like they had done when that director accused her of seducing him and stealing his wife’s wedding ring.
“Amelia.” Mr. Anthony called out. But Amelia did not respond. She was curling herself up in a protective posture, making everyone look at her with weird looks. Others felt sorry for her while others had mocking light in their eyes.
“Mr. Oliver, I am sorry. I don’t know what is wrong with Amelia, but believe me, she is very hardworking and she has been working on this project for six months now.” Mr. Anthony said. But the one called Oliver had his eyes glued on Amelia. They were cold and unfeeling and even had some hostility in them.
Everyone cowered at his gaze and no one dared to breath out loud.
“I thought that you found some competent and serious person. If she is the one incharge, I don’t think that we can continue with our collaboration, Mr. Anthony.” Oliver said coldly.
“Amelia.” Mr. Anthony shouted at the top of his lungs. He took the bottle of water on his side, walked to Amelia’s side and poured in all on her.
Amelia returned back to her senses when she felt the cold liquid on her body. She looked up and what came in contact with her was her boss angry look. Looking at the weird looks in the room, except for a certain someone who still had his cold face on, she knew that she had messed up.
“Boss, sorry. I am not feeling very well today.” Amelia said. Apart from that, she did not know what else she could say.
She never imagined that she will meet Oliver in such unexpected way. She thought that she was ready to face them calmly after being away for five years, but seeing him again, she just thought of how naive she has been.
She was not ready to face them, not in her current situation where she had absolutely nothing.
“Why did you come knowing that you are not feeling well? This is our main project for the remaining half the year, are you going to screw it over just like that?” Mr. Anthony angry voice came through.
Amelia took a deep breath and tried to remove the negative thoughts that were about to consume her in her mind. She must get this project even if there was mount Everest standing in front of her.
“Quickly, give us your presentation. You have already wasted a lot of our time.”
“Director, why are you still kind to her? She has already messed up and you are still talking to her politely? shouldn’t you be kicking her out?” a man named Logan spoke. He was in the same department as Amelia. This project was supposed to be his but Amelia had somehow snatched it away from him.
He has been holding a grudge ever since and there was no way he was going to let this opportunity slip by. He must humiliate this bitch until she is chased out of the company.
“What do you mean?” Mr. Anthony asked. He sent Logan a warning look and went back to his seat.
“Director, I am just saying the truth. Ever since she came to this company, apart from drinking and messing around, what else has she brought to the table? You gave her such an important project but look how she has messed it up?”
“What are you going yo do? Mr. Oliver must have been pissed off, and you are still giving her a chance? Can it be that something is going on between the two of you?” Logan said.
“Logan!” Mr. Anthony shouted angrily. “How could you slender my name like that? Do you want to be fired?” Mr. Anthony said. He was so angry that his chest was heaving up and down. He looked at Amelia, wishing to just murder her.
“I am sorry if I misspoke. I just felt that your reaction was a little off. How about this, although you gave this project to Amelia, I have also been working on it. I will do a presentation and if Mr. Oliver is pleased, then we can continue the collaboration.” Logan said.
Anthony looked at him. Although he felt offended by what Logan had said, if he could secure this collaboration, then he could forget about it.
He turned to Oliver who was quietly sitting in his seat and asked with a flattering smile, “what do you say, Mr. Oliver.”
“It is okay as long as it is not her.” Oliver said, pointing his chin at Amelia.
“Okay. Logan, you can proceed.”
Logan stood up and sent Amelia a provoking gaze. When he started to present, Amelia felt that something was wrong. It was only half way through did she realize that every word that Logan was saying was actually her proposal.
‘Fuck Aria! Did she give her proposal to this bastard?’ Amelia thought.
Chapter twoAmelia could not take it anymore, “bastard, how dare you steal my proposal?” she shouted as she pointed her shaking finger at Logan.She had forgotten that Anthony had poured water on her and she was in a sorry state. It was only after standing up did she realized that her clothes were clasped on her body. She looked down and saw that her skirt was soaked wet.She was glad that she had won a black business suit or else, she did not know where she would have hidden her embarrassment.In her moment of distraction, Logan’s voice sounded.“What are you saying? I stole your proposal?” Logan inquired. His eyes carried a cold and mocking light as he looked at Amelia.“That is right. Or else, why would every word you said sound exactly the same as what is in my proposal?” Amelia questioned.“Ha ha Amelia, you have some cheek. You messed up this project and after I saved your ass, you want to claim credit? I have spent months working on this project although it was not even mine to
Chapter 3At the hospital…“What happened?” the nurse helped the assistant to put Amelia on the stretcher as she asked. Her head was bleeding and she had still not gained her consciousness.“She was ran over by the car, please take a look at her.”“This a serious case. Have you called the police? Was it a hit and ran case?” the nurse asked.“No miss nurse. I am the one who knocked into her and believe me it was an accident.” the assistant said. If it had been a hit and run, would he be here, worrying about her?“Just make sure that the young lady is okay. As for everything else, I will take care of it.”“Okay. I will take her to the emergency operating room, please go and complete the admission procedure and pay the operation fees.”“Okay nurse, I will do it right away.” the assistant spoke and immediately turned to leave.He took care of the admission procedure pretty quickly. He had just finished signing his name on the receipt when his phone rang.“Boss!” the assistant called out r
Chapter 4Inside the ward at hospital T..."You are awake?" A surprised voice startled Amelia out of her daze. She looked at the source of the voice and saw a young bubbly girl with a head full of green hair walking towards her.She was surprised as she called out, "Chloe? Why are you here?" Amelia asked. The astonishment in her voice could not be hidden."If I hadn't come, you would probably be buried right now." Chloe said."What?" "Nothing, I am just kidding. How are you feeling? I thought that I heard you scream earlier!" Chloe said, stopping beside the bed."I felt pain in my head. Wait, why are we in the hospital and what the hell happened to me?" Amelia asked. Looking at the drip on her arm and the small bed, she could deduce that this was the hospital. Her head also felt heavy and when she touched it, she realized that she was covered in bandages."You were involved in a car accident. Girl, I have only been away for a few days and you are already in this state? Can't you mak
Chapter 5When Amelia woke up the following morning, it was close to dawn. She was actually shocked that she has slept so well. She thought she would have trouble falling asleep.Before she fell asleep, she seemed to feel a magnificent presence in the room and after it left, it was only then did she fall asleep completely. She woke up and went to the bathroom, her head still feeling light from the sleep although the pain had stopped a lot.When she came back, she switched on the lights and the huge bouquet of blue roses caught her eyes.‘Wow, aren’t they a little too beautiful? Amelia thought as she walked over. Although they had stayed the whole night there, they seemed to be full of life as they glistened under the lights.‘Who would bring me flowers? Not a lot of people knew that I was in the hospital, could it be that…?’ Amelia thought as she walked over to the small cabinet, a small spark of hope in her heart.She picked up the flowers and sniffed them, they were still smelling j
Chapter 6 Amelia came back to her senses when she heard the voice. She opened her eyes which were wet with tears and was stunned when she found herself hugging a strange man. “What the…?” she wanted to swear but she shut her mouth just as the words were about to reach her tongue. She peered up and struggled to move away from the man. The man did not make things difficult for her and let go of her immediately. He took a step back and maintained a safe distance between them. Amelia stared at the man who was standing before her. Her eyes traveled from his head when she saw his handsome face, astonishment flashed through her eyes. She has always been proud of her aesthetic taste as she has always thought that Oliver was a cut above the rest, but the man before her, his handsome face was heaven-defying. She averted her eyes as she swallowed a huge chunk of saliva without noticing. But soon after, she peered at him again. Her eyes went down and saw the mess that she has done on his bla
Chapter 7 After crying again, Amelia felt much better. “Help me to the bathroom,” she said to Chloe who was looking at her with a worried gaze. She has been feeling out of place but seeing her best friend who has always been there for her no matter what, she did not feel like dying anymore. There was a statement that was now ringing in her mind continuously. She heard someone say it to her this morning, ‘I won’t permit you to die just yet. You still have a lot to accomplish.’ Although she felt that at this stage in life she had nothing to accomplish, her heart felt explicitly at peace when she recalled those words. Amelia stayed in the shower for so long that Chloe started to worry. “Have you drowned in the bathtub?” she asked towards the bathroom. “I will be out in a minute,” Amelia shouted back. “The doctor is waiting.” “Alright.” After taking a long shower, she felt so much better. She felt that she had returned to the realm of mortals after dangling at the gates of hell.
Chapter 8 After Peter sent Amelia and Chloe home, he rushed to the company. He knew that people talk about his boss and that there were all kinds of rumors out there, but what Chloe said, wasn’t that slightly over the top. “Did you send her home?” Axel asked when he saw Peter entering his office. Peter had informed him that Amelia wanted to be discharged and there was nothing he could do to keep her in the hospital so, he had ordered Peter to send her home and make sure that she was safe. “Yes, boss,” Peter answered. He was looking at his boss unsure of where to begin. He did not know if he had the right to ask whether he had stopped by the hospital or tell him everything that he had heard. His boss seemed to have a good impression of the young lady. How will he feel if he knew how they perceived him? Peter shuddered at the thought of his boss flaring up and did not dare think about it anymore. “What is it? If you have something to say, just say it already or you can see yoursel
Chapter 9 Axel has never been one to leave the office until it was at least eight in the evening. But today, he could not concentrate no matter what so, when the time clocked seven, he gave up trying to read the documents and left with his coat hanging on his shoulders. He liked to drive himself in the evening because it helped clear his head. Sitting in his black Porsche, he drove out of the company. He always has a habit of driving around the city and today was no different. Axel drove around the city aimlessly, clearing his mind and letting his thoughts wander all over the place. By the time he came back to his senses, he was standing outside an unfamiliar door and knocking on it. Amelia was in deep sleep when she heard someone knock on her door. She thought that she was dreaming so, she turned around and continued to sleep but the person knocking was persistent. She woke up with a start and when she looked at the time on her phone, she was shocked that it was almost eight in