The Heirs

Roses are red, Violets are blue

Oh my gosh I am so happy, I'm glad you could join us right now. Okay the reason I'm all jumpy is because I'm surprised by the number of views,so my dear readers in the house,each one of your views counts ,thank you so much for taking your time to read my book, it's really a huge honor.
     To be honest I was scared for awhile that will readers read this book,will they like it but seeing all these views is kind of encouraging me to write more.
      The Heirs is something I could call a series of  twisted plots with lots of drama so watch out and sit tight for the lovely ride. Thanks once again. Love you all 🌹.

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The series of loud repeating thunderstorm woke me up as I threw away the blanket and sat up from bed to go into the bathroom.
       Staring at the reflection of the girl in the mirror before me left me startled seeing how untidy I looked with my uncleaned and ruined mascara running down my face and my hair scattered in so many directions looking like a bird's nest and here I was thinking I had a good night sleep after crying myself to sleep last night after arguing with Adrian.
      Not a good story I would tell you.
The next rumbling of thunder struck a place in my heart and brain balancing everything that has happened over the week in my head ,it felt like I was just awoken from a deep slumber and made to face the fact, these facts 1) I was adopted 2) I'm getting married to a man I didn't love 3)I found out the man I love is a bad man who is willing to do anything to get his family's property 4) my whole world is crumbling and the stupid crumbs are terrifying to pick up alone .
                  What should I do
    After splashing the cold running water on my face to wash away the sad tears on it,I came out of the bathroom with a towel in my hands cleaning my face but the sight of the man seated comfortably on the white couch in my room made me gasp loudly as the towel fell on the floor.
        "Sit ", those were the terrifying words of my boss which was accompanied with a series of thunder adding a dramatic effect to the heated tension in the room.
     It felt like my legs were glued to the floor as I stared at him with my mouth wide open  for a mother whale to enter as the events from the party recapped itself in my brain leaving me scared of what next to expect because from the things I have learnt so far, nothing that happens ever since this crazy vacation has started is that nothing is predictable.
           Oh God please save me, I'm not sure I  can do this.
      Many thoughts run through my head including how in the world was he in my room and the possibility of him being in my room without me even knowing scared me as I grasp for words to put my thoughts and feelings right now in his ears but I was lost as I stood there unable to look at him anymore.
        Oh gosh this is freaking stupid,say something Cinthia
       Then he brought me out of the trance I was so lost in not even knowing that he had stood up and he was right in front of me as he coughed slightly forcing me to look up and stare right into his grey eyes .
       "I see we have some unfinished business,Miss Cinthia Harrison which I would like you to sit down for before I lose it all", said Richard staring right at me.
       That husky voice of his made me weak in the knees as I finally took note of his appearance,he wore a white T-shirt and a black jeans but I couldn't describe it more since I was roughly and suddenly tossed unto the foot of the bed while he calmly sat down on the couch like he was in a board presentation .
         I couldn't gather my thoughts before he threw his next words at me.
      "You know everything about my plans to have my father's property now and what I did six years ago to my brother and here's what I would love you to do unless you wish to find out the numerous ways I could ruin your life so as the smart lady you are you will keep shut and never tell a soul about it, am I loud and clear Cinthia", said Richard as he gave me a hard glare worth me sinking into the bed for to hide my face but I didn't.
      "Mr Richard Anderson,as you are aware that this is a ladies room so you can't just come into my room without me knowing or permission",
     "Are you stupid", Richard said after a loud scowl.
    "Don't interrupt please cos I didn't do that to you so now listen I'm not really a fan of spreading news that doesn't concern me but right now I can't bring myself to ignore all this after all I have discovered about you, Richard I can't reprimand you because I don't know much about you or whatever happened six years ago but the only thing I will say is never hurt the ones who love you for your own selfish reasons, family is the one of the things in the world money can't buy,the love you share with one another,the smiles and laughters ,the hugs and kisses from your parents ...
      "Enough with your lecture and fantasy , it's time you come to reality,oh yeah you said family ,love,smiles and laughters,hugs and kisses from parents,last thing I remembered was my real father hitting me with the end of his belt just because I missed a mark in my test to reach an hundred and from James all I was made to do was to compete for his approval and I'm so tired of it, I just want one thing from James and that's one thing I deserved since all I ever did was to obey him,be the perfect son and despite all that I come to find out that the property will be Adrian's"he paused leaving me breathless as he suddenly grabbed my arms making me stand up, then he continued while staring into my eyes.  "how could he do that to me and you are right Cinthia,you don't know my past neither do you know about what happened six years ago and that's why I would love it if you keep your mouth shut because if you don't ,I will make sure I destroy you after all you are not so innocent are you, perhaps I could tell the world why the past four years of your life was suddenly wiped off the net ,care to tell us in details what happened", Richard said with so much anger in his words as he gripped my arm leaving me scared as my eyes were wide open in disbelief.
        How could he find out,how did he know.
      The death worthy glares thrown at me made me scared as I fell to the ground watching his retreating figure as I let out a sob burying my head in between my knees as I cried and the memories of the past four years refreshed itself in my mind and I was too terrified to even think of falling asleep and sleep was long forgotten as I shook in fear of what was going to happen to me next.
       Richard's POV
After the unexpected call from my dad I was left with no choice than to act very quick because time was running out and knowing that two foolish women have found out about my plans kept me wide alert as I thought of ways to get rid of them especially Cinthia.
        The soft snore of the woman before me made me forget the reasons I had snuck into her room dead in the night while others were sleeping,I needed to see her to stop her from running her mouth about me so I don't get into trouble before my plans are accomplished.
          I could remember how I felt after finding out she was my new assistant in the office,I was truly surprised since I had a weird feeling that I have seen her before then it finally clicked she was my therapy session partner although she looked so different now but she was still the same lady I had made friend with so after realizing this I find myself unwilling to be nice to her because she was all so innocent and knowing what she had gone through in the past and what she had done then made me angry to see that she was all happy now and that she had moved on while I'm still stuck in the past unwilling to let go and haunted every second by it and I was so jealous of her of her happiness and smile something I so much crave for eventhough I know I don't deserve it.
       Now here I was watching her sleep so peacefully despite the heavy thunderstorm while I couldn't even feel a pounce of dizziness.
      I was very  alert when she finally woke up but very surprised when she didn't even see me despite leaving the light bulb on the ceiling on .
        Let's just say I put on my scary face ,gave her series of hard glares but she wasn't even scared and the most I expected of her was her trying to blackmail me just like Claire for money or telling me she would tell my family the truth about me but instead the crazy girl started preaching family to me and that made me lose it and I didn't know when I blurted it out to her that I knew about her past.
      The look on her face broke me as I watched her facial expression suddenly changed and I suddenly felt so guilty and I knew I was so wrong and stupid for trying to blackmail her by her terrible past and that's when I finally realized that I was a bad person because only a bad person would do what I did reminding Cinthia of the sad memories of the past she has finally gotten the courage to move on from but instead of helping her forget I just reminded her.
       So I did what I always do whenever I messed things up by hurting others ,I leave just like I left the accident scene six years ago instead of calling for help ,I left and that's what I do best.