Archer felt Natalie's hands on his back as she also looked at Angelika whose hand was already on the railings as she carefully walked up to the balcony."Ma'am, I have tracked down the girl's location." A deep voice broke into the silence of the poolroom. Archer's eyes flew to look at Angelika's personal guard who paused to bow at a far end of the poolroom. "Good job. Let's go somewhere else and talk about this, Alex." She turned and retraced her steps. She paused to look at their direction twice before she finally left with Alex.Archer blew out a breath as Natalie sighed behind him. He told her that they can't go out yet since Angelika can be very sensitive. When he turned to look at her, he saw the fear in her eyes."You don't think she has seen us?" She swallowed, placing her head on his chest."Are you kidding me? She must've noticed that someone was here, but she didn't see us. These curtains are not transparent when you are looking from the outside." He assured her."What do
The reminiscences of that first day with Archer always brought a romantic warm pleasure surging through her."This is not right. You are going to put me into trouble. What if someone sees us? The principal might come in anytime. And look at everything, he would know that someone tampered with his… Archer, he would punish me and that would ruin my chances of coming back to school. My reputation is already ruined, but my pride…" She was just blabbering, but she couldn't put that into action until he bared her breasts and ran his fingers over her nipples, winking at her. "Trust me, nobody will find out because I will take the blame. Don't ask me how I plan to do that. If I get their attention, the students will have something new to talk about and ignore you." He said, snaking a finger into her skirt to pull her panties down."Archer, I have never done this before." She complained, crossing her arms over her breasts, suddenly feeling ashamed of herself naked in front of the opposite ge
Archer took the flight of stairs three at a time, driven by instinct. Something pulled him to hurry up as he carried Oscar's briefcase. He didn't know what, but he just felt the need to find out what he's still doing inside while he has been waiting for him at the garage.Oscar told him to wait for him as early as six o'clock in the morning because they had an important meeting. He called him after waiting for fifteen minutes without getting a glimpse of him. When there was no response, he decided to go into the mansion, hoping to at least see Natalie.When he stepped into the living room and found no one there, he walked to the bedroom door and was about tapping on the door when he found out that it was slightly open. It looked as though the last person that used the door had jammed it in a way that it didn't close properly. He pushed the door halfway and his eyes almost popped out of its sockets at what he saw. He didn't think twice before he ran into the room and started pulling O
Natalie had never come face to face with her. She was afraid of talking to any of the other women in the house because she didn't know which one truly stood for her. Archer's mother is not even a choice because someone might see her and tell Oscar, then she would go back to square one.She's a woman that everyone dislikes. Simply because she found favor in the eyes of her master who bedded her and she got pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy. The other women never take it lightly with her, especially since Oscar's father died from a heart attack some years ago.She has always been a servant, so she accepted every treatment and adapted as the years went by. What she wanted for her son was obvious. She doesn't want him to be treated like trash the way that she was, but that would be a decision and choice that Archer would have to make because he has to walk his own path.Natalie contemplated sharing her sadness with the woman while she had a lot of that to deal with and going back to
Tired of standing and walking around the bedroom, she sank into the single couch by the foot of the bed and stretched out her legs. She almost forgot that Stephanie hasn't always been a part of her life.They met in the store where she went shopping for her prom dress. Aria was there and they had got acquainted with her and her twin brothers. Aria invited them to her send-off party.When Aria left, Stephanie filled up the vacant seat with her easy-going attitude. Honestly, Natalie never missed Aria for once because Stephanie was just there. They went to the same grad school and spent a lot of time together until she was claimed.Stephanie is engaged to her brother's business associate and best friend, Spencer Robert. The two live together, and Natalie had visited her countless times before Oscar told her to stop leaving the house without taking permission.She had to just stop leaving at all because he would send four guards and a driver to go with her. That's not the kind of freedom
Archer's words sliced Natalie's heart. How could he conclude her reaction like that? If she summed up his behavior for the past so many years that she didn't know a thing about what he was feeling like that, then they wouldn't be having that conversation.She felt traumatized by what she heard. Archer was running away because he couldn't stand what Angelika made him do. He was trying to find himself. He hates himself for doing something so wrong no matter what the situation must've been.He feels filthy and guity, that was why he left. She had always known that he couldn't have left without saying a word to her just because he fought with Oscar. This shows that there's more to that fight with Oscar.He doesn't share his troubles with her or his mother because he doesn't want them to get hurt or worry about anything. He was just looking out for them. He is a coward for thinking that way. She deserves to know, doesn't she? He's not the only one who should be hurting and enduring so much
Archer stared at the structure of Georges Furniture, thinking about the great efforts of the formal controllers of the wealth accumulated over making the best home appliances with the right wood, materials, resources and hardwork.They built massive wealth and had taken over accordingly, openly and honestly. He understood then that the Jezebel in the Bible, the wife of king Ahab, reincarnated or she probably has more descendants than the Bible taught and was made to believe.He had been standing at the street corner, watching two upcoming street artists perform by the walkway. Before the performance ended, it was darker and that was when he came to stand in front of the company, sure that no one would make out his face in the dark.He opened the bag and fetched the black overall, then wore it. He zipped up the front of the overall, kicked his sandals off and pushed his legs into the red boots, wore the hand gloves and masked his face with a masquerade face shield. He tied the dagger
Archer knew that the only way to escape the room is only through the door and that is pointing to fighting the armed guards. It was either he defeated them or they defeated him, either way, it's life or death.He turned off his flashlight, swiftly put it back into his pocket and snapped the zipper of the overall up, not ready to leave anything behind, no traces at all. He drew his dagger and went to stand behind the door.He counted with his mind's eye a total of six guards. There were two who carried guns and were ready to shoot at the slightest sight of him. If the others had guns, he didn't see, but he would watch out.Three seemed to walk around the back of the building, turning lights on as they went. The other three came directly to the storage room. He sighted one of them close up, gun pointing forward as another kicked the door open.Before the guard could reach the light switch, Archer threw himself full weight on him and hauled him toward the one who had his gun aiming at hi