The CEO of Vernon's corporation, Harry Vernon, had commanded his personal assistant to work even harder on finding the woman he had a night stand with five years ago. He needs to find out the truth as soon as he can so he know how to punish Debby.
The sex he had with the strange woman five years ago happened because he drank himself to stupor. A few hours before that night, he and his pregnant girlfriend arrived in his house after going for a party. He didn't expect for her to suddenly slump and die. All efforts to revive her was futile so he stormed to his club that night and wasted himself to alcohol. Up until today, he hasn't healed.
He didn't want to believe that the woman he had sex with then was Debby.
While in his office, a call came through to his phone and seeing that the caller ID was Horace, he answered it and asked," any positive news about the woman?"
"Yes, sir," Horace responded.
Harry sat upright and curiously asked," I'm all ears."
"We have a lead pointing us to one miss Edna, she's most likely the one but we are not hundred percent sure, yet sir, " Horace said.
"Be here soon, we are heading over to her house immediately," he commanded.
"Got it, sir." Horace said.
About thirty minutes later, about eight cars pulled over before a big mansion. This was where Edna and Alice, her mother are living.
Seven of the eight cars were hilux cars containing Harry's bodyguards while the eighth car was Harry's Mercedes Maybach.
The guards jumped down quickly from their hilux cars and ran speedily to open the door for Harry. Once Harry stepped down, he said to Horace, "inform whoever is inside to step out."
"Got it boss," Horace immediately walked inside the mansion with two guards and soon came out with Alice and Edna.
When the two women both saw Horace, they were shocked. This is the man people call the 'Demon Of DarkHood.' Both Edna and her mother had heard a lot of how ruthless and merciless he was. Not many people had the opportunity to see him.
They wondered what the CEO of the biggest company in the country was doing before their mansion.
Alice smiled and bowed to Harry, "Mr. Harry, to whom do we owe this honor?" Although she was scared on the inside, she tried to sound calm on the outside.
Harry's face remained very aloof and then he said to Edna, "are you Edna by name?"
Edna immediately answered, "yes, sir."
"No one dares to lie to me in the entire Darkwood. Those who tried it in the past suffered a horrible fate. I'll ask you a question and you will speak the truth, understood?" His voice was harsh and hard.
"Sure, sir...sure," Edna stuttered. She was very terrified. She didn't know what the question would be. Edna had fallen flawlessly to Harry's super and extraordinary handsomeness. His cuteness was so overwhelming.
"Five years ago, I was drunk and stormed into a room at my club. A woman came in that night and demanded of me to have sex with her and without thinking twice, I did. Are you the woman?" He asked, his hard gaze making clear holes on her face.
The entire atmosphere became as quiet as graveyard. Infact, the heavy heartbeat of Edna could be heard.
Edna suddenly bursted into tears, everyone was shocked at her sudden outburst. Edna sobbed even more while Harry just watched her indifferently.
"Waiting for my answers?" Harry asked as if he wasn't bothered by her tears.
"I...was the one. I was also drunk that night." Edna cried even more, her head lowered as if ashamed.
"What's the name of the club?" He questioned.
"Club A, room 8," she answered with precision and cried even more.
Alice acted along and hugged her, "don't be sad baby, it's been such a long time."
'It was indeed this woman.' Harry thought and felt bad for Edna. He didn't intend to have sex with any woman that day but what could he do when he was drunk?
"Did you get pregnant?" Harry asked. Afterall, he released inside of her so it was okay to ask such question.
Edna nodded and said," yes..." She sobbed. "I got pregnant then."
Harry's face became even more serious, "and what happened? What happened to the pregnancy?"
"I had miscarriage," Edna eventually raised her face up to look at him, tears still streaming down her eyes. She thought that speaking to him while looking directly at his face will make him more convinced that she wasn't lying.
"I'll compensate you," he said, observing the pathetic woman before him keenly," how much did you want? Just state the price."
"I don't want money, I'm not a materialistic woman," Edna knew better not to give him such impression about her. She has better thing to request for.
"What did you want then?" Harry asked.
"Please let me be around you often, afterall, you don't have a girlfriend," she shyly lowered her head. She didn't want to ask directly to be his girlfriend so as not to look like other desperate women who can't wait to throw themselves at him.
"I'm very dangerous, are you sure you can stand me?" He sounded like he was warning her. Actually, he hated to have women around him. He beleived that getting close with any woman would betray the memories of his first love, his beautiful woman who died with their baby in her womb.
"All these years, I have been living in pain and sorrow. Not only did I lost my virginity that night, I also lost my baby, it's all because of...you?" Edna cried and raised her face up again. She was trying to 'guilt-trip' him so she can grant her request.
Being his girlfriend was worth more than any money he would offer. Also, her reputation would increase greatly and the second company of Debby's father that they were managing that was almost going bankrupt will definitely get it's shape back with the help of Harry Vernon.
"Your daughter is coming with me," Harry suddenly said to Alice. Eventhough he would bring Alice closer to himself, he didn't plan on getting closer to her at all. He was just trying to make up for taking advantage of her many years ago.
Alice pretended to be sad and said to Edna," I will miss you but I'll always support whatever decision you make as long as it makes you happy."
"Thank you mama," Edna hugged her mum and then left with Harry.
Alice couldn't help but smile at her daughter's smart move. She was so happy that she got get closer to Harry Vernon. Afterall, Her boyfriend, Arthur hasn't been serious with her lately. It's been five years yet he wouldn't marry her so he shouldn't blame her daughter for eloping with his brother.
Whereas, Debby had just helped her son to finish taking his drug. "You need to rest, dear."
The little boy nodded and laid on the bed, his head resting on his mother's laps.
"Mom, are you really sure that the tall man didn't beat you?" Fred asked. He was there when the guards came to pick up his mum.
Debby smiled, how can an adult beat another adult? She thought and said to her son," no. Just that we need to avoid that man as much as we can."
"How can you avoid him when he's the CEO of your company?" Fred was curious.
"He didn't even know I work in his company since the company has more than five hundred staffs. It's impossible for him to identify all of his staffs," she said.
"Oh okay! But why did I look like him?" Fred asked.
Debby knew Fred loved to ask a lot of questions, it's not like she mind answering, it's just that he had just taken drug and he need more rest now.
"Sweetheart, you need to sleep so the drug you have just taken can work," Debby said.
"Okay, but answer this question and I'll go to sleep," the little boy assured.
Debby sighed, "okay, I think it's just a coincidence that you look like him, it means nothing."
Fred however didn't believe his mum, he has been with his mum for a long time so if she's not telling the truth, he can see through her.
'What if he's actually my dad, I'll get the man's hair and perform a DNA test. ?' Fred thought quietly while pretending to be sleeping. 'Such a tall rich man with lot of bodyguards would be able to protect his mommy and give her more life of comfort if he happens to be his dad. But how will he get the tall man's hair?' The little one thoughy deeply until he faded off to sleep.
On a Saturday morning after eating breakfast with Fred, Debby left home for work. In order to get enough to foot the debt that her father's company was, she had applied to work as a manager at one of the biggest restaurants in the country and luckily she was accepted. She has vast knowledge when it comes to cooking. She spent most of her days as a cook at the small city that she was with her kid before coming over here. She soon entered her car and drove off. As for Fred, she had already employed a maid who would look after him in her absense. As soon as Debby left the house, Fred, who had been waiting for her to leave all these while immediately walked swiftly to the maid's room. Eventhough the door to the maid's room wasn't locked, he knocked and called with his tiny and cute voice," Aunt Sarah!" Steps could be heard approaching the door after which the door opened. Sarah, the maid saw him and smiled," Fred, do you want me to do something for you?" "Yes." "Okay, tell me,"
For the past few hours, Debby had been working seriously in the restaurant. She had been moving from the kitchen to the VIP section to the commoners section to the VVIP section and to her office just to ensure that everything is in order. That was her duty as the new manager of the restaurant. While going through some paperwork in her office, a knock landed on the door and she spoke," come in, please!" A slim lady walked in, she was one of the workers at the restaurant. "Good afternoon, ma. The director had just arrived and she is requesting for your presence," the lady said. "Okay," Debby had also been willing to meet the director of the restaurant. She stood at once and followed the slim lady outside. After the slimlady lead her to the entrance of the director's office, she walked away. Debby knocked on the door and the person inside spoke that she should walk in. As soon as she opened the door and walked in, she was stunned at who turned out to be the director. "Edna!"
Harry entered the Vernon's villa and was immediately welcomed by the butler. The averagely old butler immediately lead him to sit, "I'll go to inform Master that you here." He lowered his head and quickly walked away. Harry had received a call from his grandfather a few minutes ago telling him to come to his place. Actually, he also had something to tell his grandfather. About a few seconds later, an old man was lead in to the living room, he was supporting himself with a rod and looked very weak. After he had sat, Harry greeted him and asked," grandpa, how is your health?" "It would get better if you do the only thing I've been asking for," the man said and coughed, "Harry, it had been many years since your girlfriend died. For how long will you mourn her?" Harry hated for his grandfather to talk on this subject, this is why he always try to avoid coming to his place. "I found Broderick Alessandro's daughter," he immediately changed the subject to what he thinks was more impo
Debby freezed expecially as the cologne of the person she just collided with filled her nostrils. She raised her head up at once and received the greatest shock of her life when she realized that the person she collided with was Harry Vernon. She almost fainted, she blinked repeatedly and rubbed her face to be sure she was seeing the right person. "I didn't expect that you will be able to escape," Harry Vernon said casually but his face was stern and scary. She swallowed a hard lump that had quickly formed in her throat then she suddenly thought about what he may be doing here. Did this man hurt her son? "My son!" She exclaimed," please tell me you don't hurt him." Debby was more concerned about her son. Henry had come here to visit Fred since Debby had said the boy is likely to be sad if she didn't show up at home. When he got here, he realized that Fred was sad indeed. He tried all his best to cheer him up but he wouldn't respond unless he sees his mom so he decided to free his
Debby went ahead to open the door, she was stunned to see Arthur standing by the door. The frown on her face deepened, "what are you doing in my house?" She already felt like slamming the door across his face. "We need to talk," Arthur said with a scoffing smile across his lips. "What do we have to discuss? Why are you even in my house?" Debby wondered how she knew the new place she's living. "You are mine, Debby," he said confidently," you need to stop acting tough." Debby felt like slapping sense into his head, "I guess that bitch broke your heart?" Debby was referring to Edna. It's no wonder he was cheated on her with Edna. Arthur had never really liked Edna, he had only agreed to marry Edna in the past because her family promised to help his crumbing business rise. Edna had asked him to prove his genuine love for him by having sex with him and he did. He didn't expect that Debby will catch him having sex with Edna then. He knew what he did was wrong but a man has to do what
This man has so many bodyguards and many drivers yet he chose to drive himself today. Weird! Debby thought quietly. Even after three minutes of driving, there was a scary silence inside the car. Debby wondered why he wasn't saying a word. "So Arthur is your fiancee?" He finally spoke. His face concentrating on the road before him. Debby looked at his handsome side profile and corrected, "ex fiancee! We broke up five years ago." He hummed and continued driving then he parked before a large mansion. He got down and she got down too. She had no idea what he had brought her here to do. "This is my family's mansion where my grandfather stay. You must pretend like we are truly getting married to eachother," he said. Debby was shocked, "sorry but you can just take Edna to him since you and Edna are truly getting married soon." Of course, Harry and Edna were both in a relationship so it's expected that they would marry soon, so Debby thought. Harry had brought Edna to his grandfa
Debby bite her lips painfully, she didn't even know how to make the first move to walk out cause of the set of eyes on her. This woman, Alice, was not even her biological mother yet she will never stop abusing her. This must stop! Debby decided never to allow what happened today to repeat itself. Eventhough Alice had played some motherly role on her in the past, she would have to stop regarding her as a mother and regard her as an aunt that she is. Debby began to walk away, as she walked towards where she could get a cab, she couldn't stop thinking about her pathetic life. It's quiet sad that she never got to see her parents until they died. She didn't even know if she had siblings or not. She had lived a lonely and abused life all her life. Guess it's time for her to work her way to the top and raise her child to become someone notable in the society. She soon got a cab and arrived home. On stepping inside, her mind traced back to her new reality. She was now the wife of the most
"I promise I won't do that anymore, please sir. This would be the last time I'll ever come late. I'm really sorry." Jude stared at her once again, licking his lower lips subconsciously and once again, Debby couldn't help but cringe."You are not a bad looking woman afterall?" He was already imagining her naked and him doing all sorts of filthy things with her. Debby was even more disgusted at the man. What was he insinuating? This man is such a pervert. "Let's have lunch together this afternoon, after work?" Taking a critical look at the man, Debby was disgusted that he was slowly becoming clearly perverted with his statement and acts."I am sorry sir, I don't do dates. I am here to work and don't have such time. No offense intended, sir." Jude felt his ego being bruised. Never has any lady rejected him and he wondered what gave this woman before her the gut. A lot of female staffs use to rally around him and couldn't wait for him to fuck them yet this woman is clearly disgusted wit