《A Son for A Billionaire》


 Mother and son

    Mother and son


    A SON FOR A BILLIONAIRE


    EPISODE ONE


    Theme: Mother and Son


    IVY¡¯S APARTMENT


    Leroy was ying a video game in his room when he remembered that his mom had promised to get


    him a super heroic book this weekend. He didn¡¯t want to lose the game to the robot ying with


    him but then the super heroic book was more important. Then Leroy jumped nimbly to his feet, ran


    out of his bedroom and motioned towards the kitchen to talk to his mom.


    ¡°Mom! Mom! Mom!¡± Leroy screamed as he entered the kitchen where his mom was preparing dinner.


    Ivy jumped in fear thinking something bad has happened to her soon. ¡°Leroy! Are you alright?¡± She


    asked in a worried tone with her eyes checking out to see if he has gotten hurt anywhere.


    ¡°Yes..mom..I am fine..¡± Leroy panted from the run.


    Ivy went ahead o him. ¡°No..you don¡¯t look fine? Baby did you go out for a run again?¡± She asked with a


    raised eyebrow.


    ¡°No mom! I only ran from my room to the kitchen!¡± Leroy answered.


    ¡°But..baby I have always told you to be careful about running around the house. You might slip and


    fall.¡± She pointed at him.


    Leroy straightened after the panting fit stopped. ¡°I just remembered that you promised me something,


    so please can I get it now?¡± He asked.


    ¡°Baby, what is it you want to get from me?¡± Ivy asked, pretending not to know.


    Leroy rolled his eyes. ¡°My super heroic book!¡± He reminded her in a slightly raised tone.


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    ¡°Baby, do you think I will get you a super heroic book again?¡± Ivy shook her head as she went


    back to what she was doing before Leroy stormed into the kitchen.


    ¡°Come on mom, you promised to get to me one.¡± Leroy said.


    ¡°Oh well you see baby, I am taking back my promise.¡± Ivy grabbed a napkin to bring down the pot from


    the gas.


    ¡°But why mom?!¡± Leroy requested.


    ¡°You have refused to read your books and all you ever did was y your time away on your video


    game and you expect me to reward you?¡± She stood at an akimbo.


    Leroy sighed. ¡°Come on mom, I -¡° Ivy interrupted her son.


    ¡°And you wandered away from me in a public ce yesterday and still expect to be rewarded?¡± Ivy


    asked in the sternest voice she could muster.


    She noticed the look of knowledge register on Leroy¡¯s eyes followed by a look of shame.


    ¡°I am sorry about yesterday mom, I only went to find some super heroic books. I didn''t mean to


    scare you.¡± Leroy apologized with a remorseful look on his face.


    Ivy felt herself cave in the face of his remorse. ¡°Don''t ever do it again, I couldn''t find you and I searched


    through the entire area screaming like I was insane.¡±


    Leroy went ahead to embrace his mom. ¡°Ugh mom I said that I am sorry and I also promise to make it


    up to you.¡± He tilted up his face to look at her.


    Ivy hugged him tightly. ¡°Alright...apology epted.¡± She muttered.


    ¡°Thank you mom, so will you please get me the new superheroic book collection?¡± Leroy asked as


    he pulled away from his mom.


    Ivy cupped his jaw and shed him a smile. She reminisced about how she had gotten this smart and


    intelligent child and then how much she had aplished in the ten years. Ivy remembered that she


    had left her parent''s house as an unlucky one and wasbeled a jinx. She was one whose mother had


    conceived and seen as a bad luck to the family.


    At the time of her birth, her father had lost his job and was involved in a fatal ident which almost


    took away his life. So many bad urrences had surrounded her birth and It was a legacy that proved


    impossible to live down with no matter how hard Ivy tried. So in the end she had done her best to live


    up to it.


    It had been so lonely for her to live without her family and that had made her cry herself to sleep every


    night.


    ¡°Mommy..can I get it now?¡± Leroy repeated snapping Ivy out of reverie.


    ¡°Yes..Yes baby..I will get it for you. But you should always remember to read your books and don¡¯t


    wander away from me because anything can happen to you especially in such rowdy ce as a


    grocery store.¡± She stated it clearly to her son.


    Leroy stared at his mom in disbelief. ¡°Come on mom, don¡¯t think like that, nothing bad is going to


    happen to me.¡± He embraced her again.


    ¡°You can''t say nothing bad will happen. Bad things are bound to happen but we should always pray to


    God to protect us.¡± Ivy said with a shrug.


    God knows plenty of bad thing had happened to her, more than enough that she had left her parents


    house and cut her sister Emily from her life in her bid for survival.


    ¡°Alright..I am really sorry mom.¡± Leroy expressed in an apologetic tone.


    ¡°Baby..I know you are sorry about it.¡± Ivy grazed his cheeks with her knuckles.


    ¡°Mom..I promised that I won''t do it again.¡± Leroy added quickly.


    Ivy shook her head. ¡°Good baby, I will pin down your promise because next time I won''t be nice to you.¡±


    Ivy hugged him and rubbed his back even as she made this threat.


    Ivy leaned down to press a kiss on her son¡¯s forehead. ¡°I love you.¡± She said.


    ¡°I love you too.¡± Leroy responded as he hugged his mom tighter.


    Ivy knew she was indeed blessed to have him. Prior to his arrival Ivy had broken down in the


    ultrasound room when she found out she was having a baby boy. But from the moment he had entered


    into this world, Leroy had been the most gorgeous creature.


    Leroy made everyday an adventure and Ivy wouldn''t trade him for anything in the world.


    ¡°I prepared your favorite dinner.¡± Ivy announced as she pulled away from her son.


    ¡°Oh really mom?!¡± Leroy gasped out.


    ¡°Yes..please sit so we can have dinner.¡± Ivy said.


    Leroy¡¯s eyes beamed with happiness. ¡°Thank you mom!¡± He eximed as he went ahead to take his sit


    at the favorite spot on the dinning set.


    ¡°So about youric book, have you checked out if it is avable at any store around the area.¡± Ivy


    asked.


    ¡°Yes mom, it is avable at every store in New York now and I am pretty sure it will be avable in


    stores around Los Angeles by weekend!¡± Leroy replied as his mom dished out their meals.


    ¡°Alright..I will make out time so we can get it this weekend.¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°Is that a promise again mom?¡± Leroy asked.


    ¡°Yes baby..I promise.¡± Ivy answered as she crossed her hands over her chest and watched her son


    with endearment in her eyes.


    And then Leroy rattled on about his ns to get more super heroic books.

 I don鈥檛 want to get married

    I don¡¯t want to get married


    EPISODE TWO


    Theme: I don¡¯t want to get married.


    ACE CLARK FAMILY MANSION


    Thirty two years old Ace rk was the Vice President of his family multi billionairepany. rk


    corporation was a multi billionaire dorpanies that dabbled in everything in New York, from


    canning food products to fancy restaurants and small cafes and the others. rk corporation was rated


    as one of the most influential businesses while Ace rk was listed among top 30 CEOS on Forbes.


    He sat at the bar with his maternal cousin, Arthur Young who owns an entertainment agency. Arthur


    listened to Ace as he rattled on about his new business ns.


    ¡°Once I get the Vice President of Hunchopany to sign the contract then the deal is done.¡± Ace said


    with clear excitement in his tone.


    ¡°Once you sign the deal then we would celebrate in a big way but for now let us talk about the


    uing family event, have you prepared everything for your engagement party?¡± Arthur asked as he


    drank from his wine ss.


    ¡°Not really, the truth is I have been really busy with work at the office. But thest time I checked on the


    arrangement I think..mom is insisting we have a photo shoot before then and some other silly stuffs.¡±


    Ace answered.


    ¡°Momma is a good event nner but from what I am seeing right now, you don¡¯t look too satisfied with


    what is going on around here. Tell me why the long face? You should be happy about this your wedding


    which means you are leaving bachelor''s life to being a married man.¡± Arthur grinned.


    Ace leaned closer toward his cousin. ¡°Can you ever stop teasing me? you of all people should know


    that I am not interested in this whole thing and I don''t want to get married yet.¡± He whispered.


    Arthurughed. ¡°Oh! Sorry buddy I almost forgot you don''t love your so called fianc¨¦e. But don''t worry


    bro -¡° He said cing one of his hand on Ace¡¯s right shoulder de. ¡°I am pretty sure that once you get


    married and spend some time with your wife, you will possibly fall in love with her. Cami is nice,


    beautiful, smart, kind and -¡°


    Ace interrupted him as he removed Arthur¡¯s hands from his shoulder de. ¡°Please enough of this silly


    jokes, it is not funny. But if you think my wife to be has these good qualities in which you have stated


    then you can as well take my ce if you are that deeply interested in Cami.¡± Ace said with a


    screwed up face.


    Arthurughed again. ¡°Come on bro, dad has always wanted you to have Cami, not me!¡±


    Ace shook his head in agreement. ¡°And one thing that pisses me off about this whole thing is the


    publicity, I really hate that shit!¡± He spat.


    ¡°Oh..you want a private party?¡± Arthur wolf whistled. ¡°You have really changed bro because if I can


    recall, let us say about ten years back..¡± Arthur tapped a finger at the side of his head. ¡°You have


    always wanted everybody to know you as Mr rk¡¯s only heir.¡± Arthur shot Ace ''can you remember


    look''


    ¡°I was way to young back then, Arthur.¡± Ace said.


    Arthur nodded in agreement. ¡°And everything changed after you came back from your dad''s hotel in


    Arizona.¡± He said.


    ¡°I can never forget what -¡°


    Arthur cleared his throat when he saw Cami walking up to them and Ace was quick to get the sign so


    he stopped talking.


    Cami smiled. ¡°Hi Arthur.¡± She greeted.


    ¡°Hey look who is here?! Ace rk bride-to-be!¡± Arthur stood up from the high stool and gave Cam a


    hug and threw a wink at Ace.


    ¡°It is really good to see you, Arthur.¡± Cami said as she disentangled from the embrace.


    ¡°It is good to see you too, Cami. So how are you doing?¡± Arthur asked.


    ¡°Well I am fine as you can see.¡± She turned away so Arthur could check her out.


    ¡°I can see that clearly and you must be really happy that you are finally getting married to Ace rk.¡±


    He said.


    Cami eyes gleamed with happiness, ¡°Of course! I am so happy.¡± She went over to Ace and nted a


    kiss on his lips.


    Arthur chuckled. ¡°Wow! Congrattions.¡± He pped his hands.


    ¡°Thank you, Arthur.¡± She linked her arm with Ace¡¯s


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    ¡°I do hope that I will also find my own bride very soon.¡± Arthur said with a faked smiled.


    He enjoyed every bit of distress on Ace rk¡¯s face.


    ¡°Well I am sure you will find one soon.¡± Cami said.


    ¡°So momma said you guys need to have a pre wedding photoshoot, so when will the shoot take


    ce?¡± Arthur asked.


    ¡°Oh Arthur that is why I am here.¡± Cami paused. ¡°Arthur, you should be able to help me with that, I


    know you have great skill in photography.¡±


    ¡°Ouch..it is a pity that now that I have decided to stay off came.¡± Arthur raised his hand in surrender.


    Cami huffed. ¡°If you can¡¯t do it then we need a professional photographer


    ¡°Alright getting you a professional photographer won''t be a problem. I have a photographer I use for my


    models. But she is a female, if you are cool with that then we can go on.¡± Arthur said.


    ¡°Is she good at what she does?¡± Cami asked with a happy face.


    ¡°Yes and I bet she can capture the wind..¡± He joked.


    They both bursted into a loudughter at Arthur¡¯s joke while a deep frown grazed Ace¡¯s face.


    ¡°If she is good as you im then I am fine with it. I trust your sense of professional approval.¡± Cami


    said.


    ¡°I have worked with so many photographers but thisdy is just exceptionally talented and she also


    works as a film producer.¡± Arthur brought out his phone from his jacket.


    ¡°Well I am not sure if I have heard about her before.¡± Cami replied with a snapped eyebrows.


    ¡°Let me show you some of her works.¡± Arthur unlocked his phone and showed her pictures.


    ¡°Wow! These are really beautiful. I will like this particr shoot for us.¡± She pointed to a couple¡¯s


    picture.


    ¡°Alright.¡± Arthur put his phone back in his pocket.


    ¡°Can she help us out soon?¡± Cami asked.


    ¡°I will talk to her once I leave here. Don''t worry, you will get to meet her at my studio tomorrow, if that is


    okay with you.¡± The corners of his eye crinkled.


    ¡°Tomorrow? Is it okay with you, Ace?¡± Cami asked.


    Ace faked a smile ¡°Sure.¡± He replied.


    ¡°Alright then we are good to go tomorrow. Arthur thank you very much, I will let ma¡¯am rk know


    about it.¡± Her face shed with excitement before she walked away.


    ¡°Oh my God bro! You should count yourself as the luckiest man on earth. You want to know why? It is


    because you are getting married to the daughter of one of the richest men in Los Angeles. You are both


    a perfect match!¡± Arthur continued to tease Ace in an annoying way.


    ¡°Arthur, I don''t give a damn about who her father is in this Los Angeles.¡± Ace stood up to leave. ¡°I am


    out of here.¡± He gulped down thest liquid in his sses before he walked away.


    ¡°Bye bye cousin.¡± Arthur waved at Ace as he smiled in satisfaction.

 A call from a boss

    A call from a boss


    EPISODE THREE


    Theme: A call from a boss


    Leroy was all cuddle up in his mom¡¯s arm on the couch and she toyed with his curly hair.


    ¡°So mom, when is aunt Emily moving in with us?¡± He asked.


    ¡°Your aunt hasn¡¯t given a call yet but let us just hope by next week.¡± Ivy answered.


    Leroy screwed up his face. ¡°But mom why don''t you give her a call instead?¡± Leroy suggested.


    ¡°You see son, I don¡¯t want your aunt to feel pressured about moving in with us.¡± Ivy stated clearly.


    ¡°You are right mom but I hope she calls soon. I am so excited about meeting her now that I know that I


    have an aunt. It will be so much fun to finally meet someone from our family.¡± Leroy said with


    excitement in his tone.


    Emily had called Ivy for help, because she was too embarrassed to call their parents and that fear had


    been impossible for Ivy to ignore. Ivy already made up her mind that she wouldn''t turn her back on her


    sister, never again.


    ¡°Leroy-¡° Ivy was interrupted by a beeping sound from her cellphone. She checked the caller ID and saw


    that it was her boss, Arthur Young.


    She picked up the call. ¡°Hello Arthur.¡± She greeted.


    ¡°Hi Ivy, I am so sorry for calling you by this time.¡± Arthur said apologetically.


    ¡°Oh no..Arthur it is fine and I am sill awake.¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°The reason why I called is because I need your help with something.¡± Arthur said.


    Ivy gestured to Leroy to sit up while she adjusted her sitting position. ¡°Is there a problem at the


    agency?¡± She asked.


    ¡°No.. No.. everything is fine. It is just that my cousin is having his engagement party very soon so they


    need a professional photographer for the pre wedding shot so I happened to rmend you to them.¡±


    Arthur Young exined.


    Ivy heaved a sigh of relief. ¡°Okay.¡± She said.


    ¡°So can you help them with that?¡± Arthur Young asked.


    ¡°Since it is a wedding shoot then..of course I can help them.¡± Ivy answered.


    ¡°So can you make it down to the studio tomorrow?¡± Arthur Young asked.


    ¡°Tomorrow? Sure. What time?¡± Ivy ced her finger on her lip when Leroy tried to speak.


    ¡°Is 12 p.m okay with you?¡± Arthur asked without sounding like he was pressuring her about it.


    ¡°Alright..I will meet you at the studio by 12 p.m tomorrow.¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°Alright..thank you so much, Ivy.¡± Arthur said.


    ¡°Yeah..have a good night.¡± Ivy said before hanging up the call.


    ¡°Mom, who was that?¡± Leroy asked.


    ¡°My boss...Arthur Young.¡± She answered.


    Leroy rolled his eyes. ¡°Don¡¯t tell you are going to work tomorrow.¡± Leroy grumbled.


    Ivy pulled him closer to her side. ¡°Yes honey, I am going to the studio for a couple¡¯s shoot.¡± Ivy


    responded with a kiss in his curls.


    ¡°So that means I will have to stay with ma''am Vanessa tomorrow?¡± Leroy said with deep frown on his


    face.


    Ivy hummed a positive response. ¡°But why do you have to work when you are on leave!¡± Leroy


    questioned frantically.


    He had hoped to spend more time with his mom this weekend.


    ¡°Honey it is not like a leave but my boss just gave me some time off to spend time with you. For the


    nature of my work, my boss can summon me anytime toe and do a shoot.¡± Ivy exined to her


    son calmly.


    ¡°I really don''t want to stay with that olddy.¡± Leroy¡¯s face contorted as heined.


    ¡°Come on Leroy, Old Vanessa is a really nice olddy.¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°Yes mom, I know she is nice but at the same time she is a bit entric. Can''t I go with you to the


    studio?¡± Leroy eyes pleaded with his mom.


    ¡°No honey, you can''te with me to work ce.¡± Ivy kissed his cheeks.


    ¡°Oh why mom? Why won''t you take me to your studio?¡± Leroy grumbled.


    ¡°It is a workce and not a fun filled y ground. So how about we make a deal?¡± Ivy offered to her


    son.


    Leroy¡¯s face brightened with joy. ¡°A deal? Alright I am in!¡±


    ¡°So the deal is if you stay with old Vanessa, I will you buy moreic books.¡± Ivy said. ¡°And -¡°Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    Mooooommmm...¡± Leroy cut her off her statement. ¡°That is not a fair deal!¡± He said.


    ¡°Of course it is a fair deal.¡± Ivy resorted.


    ¡°I already apologized and you promised to get me my super heroic books.¡± Leroy¡¯s face twisted.


    ¡°Honey, I just said that I will get MORE.¡± Thest word stressed and rolled of her tongue to make it


    clear to her son.


    ¡°More? Moreic books? Really?¡± He stern intently at his mom.


    ¡°Yes..moreic books if you stay with old Vanessa.¡± Ivy responded with smile.


    ¡°Add a milk shake then I will stay with old Vanessa. Is that a deal?¡± Leroy asked.


    ¡°You are a bit cunning son.¡± Leroy ticked her son¡¯s side and heughed out.


    ¡°Mom!¡± He managed to get away from her grasp.


    Ivy stood up to go after him but Leroy managed to side step her. ¡°Do we have a deal now?¡± He asked.


    Ivy went for him again but he dodged her. ¡°Do we have a deal mom?¡±


    She threw her hands up in surrender after much efforts to catch him failed. ¡°Alright..moreic books


    and a milk shake.¡± Ivy gave in to her sons demand.


    ¡°Oh Thanks mom!¡± Leroy raced down to the kitchen to get a milk shake from the fridge.


    ¡°Honey..be careful or you will trip off. Just hold on and let mee get it for you!¡± Ivy called out to her


    son ass she walked to the kitchen.

 The meet again

    The meet again


    EPISODE FOUR


    Theme: The Meet Again


    NEXT MORNING


    PHOTO STUDIO


    Arthur Young already set the studio with the other workers as they all waited for Ivy toe and work


    her wonders.


    ¡°Are you ready Cami because everything is set and we are just waiting for my girl toe around.¡±


    Arthur Young said with his hands on his waist.


    ¡°And why is the photographer not here yet?¡± Cami asked.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry too much Cami, she is on her way.¡± Arthur Young answered.


    ¡°Arthur, are you sure about this photographer you have put up for this shoot?¡± Mrs rk asked with a


    raised eyebrows.


    ¡°Yes momma. She -¡° He was interrupted by the sound of Ivy¡¯s beautiful voice.


    ¡°Good morning!¡± Ivy walked into therge room, greeting everyone that was presence there to work.


    ¡°And here shees...¡± Arthur turned away from them and walked up to her.


    ¡°Good morning, Arthur.¡± She exchanged hugs with him.


    ¡°Morning Ivy...¡± They both exchanged pleasantries.


    ¡°I am so sorry that I amte. I had to put things in order at home and got stuck in traffic on the


    highway.¡± Ivy apologized.


    ¡°Ivy, you don¡¯t need to apologize. My call was impromptu but you still managed to show up here today.


    Thank you.¡± Arthur¡¯s eyes glistened with endearment towards Ivy.


    ¡°So is everything set?¡± Ivy asked.


    Arthur shook his head. ¡°Yes..just for you to work your magic on the soon to be wedding couples.¡± He


    pped his hands to call the workers in ce while Ivy grabbed her camera from her bag.


    ¡°Let me introduce you to my family.¡± Arthur held her hand and walked her to where Mrs rk and


    Cami sat down while Ace was busy making call at the end of therge room with his back turned at


    them.


    ¡°Momma please meet, Ivy Rivera the photographer.¡± Arthur introduced Ivy.


    ¡°Nice to meet you, Ivy Rivera.¡± Mrs rk smiled at Ivy.


    ¡°And here is Cami Anderson our bride to be.¡± Arthur introduced gain.


    ¡°It is really nice to meet you.¡± Ivy shook hands with Cami.


    ¡°Arthur has shown us some of your works and they are really nice. I never knew it was you until I met


    you now.¡± Cami shed Ivy a bright smile.


    ¡°I told you that she is someone you will know. She is quite popr in the movie industry but she is just


    someone that doesn''t fancy fame.¡± Arthur exined.


    ¡°You have been nominated for an Oscar award before right?¡± Cami asked.


    ¡°Actually yes, I was nominated for an Oscar award for my work on a big budget movie as a film


    producer.¡± Ivy answered.


    ¡°I knew it! Ivy I am so d you will be the one taking my pre-wedding photos.¡± Cami smiled brightly


    revealing her perfect dentition.


    ¡°And I also feel honored to be the one to do your wedding shoots.¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°And where is Ace?¡± Arthur asked as he looked around to find Ace.


    Ivy went ahead to reset the position of the ring light and she also gave out instructions to the workers.


    ¡°Ace, it is time for the photoshoot.¡± Arthur called out to him and Ace hang up the call and joined them.


    ¡°Sorry..I have to attend to those calls.¡± Ace apologized.


    ¡°Thedy I have always told you about is here.¡± Arthur said.


    ¡°Oh thedy that works for you..is it the one you are in love with?¡± Ace rk whispered.


    ¡°Yes..thedy I love, she is the main photographer in charge of your wedding shoot.¡± Arthur exined.


    He had always told Ace about Ivy and how much he was in love with her.


    ¡°Ivy?¡± Arthur called out to her toe over to them.


    She went to him while Ace phone beeped again. He nced down to check the caller, it was his


    secretary. Ivy tried to rest her camera lights.


    ¡°So Ivy meet my cousin, the great Ace rk.¡± He introduced.


    Ace looked up from his phone. ¡°Nice to -¡° Ace voice trailed off when his eyes met Ivy¡¯s.


    Ace¡¯s smile dropped and his jaw went ck slightly too. It finally registered to him that the pretty


    woman standing in front of him was the grown up version of a girl he had once made love to about ten


    years ago.


    It was toote to do anything but stare and all he did was stare. His mind cataloging the differences


    between this woman and the girl he clearly remembered. Her blond hair was cut a little short into a


    sassy style that suited her but definitely not the girl he once met or had something with one night.


    Her face was thinner, cheek more prominent, her lips were the same a raspberry color and tempting as


    ever. Even though all had happen in just one night, he still remembered everything. She was wearing a


    yellow crop top that showed off her curve and he could not help but take in more of her features.


    Ace started to say something, stopped, tried again and stopped again.


    Ivy smiled and stretched out her hands towards Ace. ¡°It is nice to meet you, Mr Ace.¡±


    Ace assumed that he was hallucinating but no! he wasn''t. The girl he met about ten years ago was


    Bethany and not Ivy. Howe? Ace was sure she was the same person either Bethany or Ivy.


    ¡°Nice to meet you ..¡± he took Ivy¡¯s hand in his but she withdrew quickly.


    She managed to smile. ¡°Yeah..so let us get to work now.¡± Ivy said.


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    ¡°Okay.¡± Cam stood up from the couch she was sitting on.


    ¡°Come this way please.¡± Ivy led Cami to where the picture will be taken.


    Ace rk kept staring at Ivy which got Arthur¡¯s attention.


    ¡°Ace, don¡¯t stare to much..remember I am nning to make her my woman.¡± Arthur reminded him with


    a stern look.


    Ace sighed. ¡°I know... but she looks familiar.¡± He said.


    Arthur¡¯s eyebrows snapped together. ¡°Have you guys met before because I also noticed the shock


    when your eyes fell on her.¡± He folded his arms across his chest as they both watched Ivy trying to


    suggest poses to Cami.


    ¡°Are .are.. you sure.. her name is Ivy?¡± Ace asked.


    Arthur¡¯s face screwed up in confusion. ¡°Yes her name is Ivy Rivera. So please enough now cousin, go


    and take some pictures with your bride.¡± He pushed Ace gently to where Cami stood talking to Ivy.


    Ivy managed toport herself throughout the shoot not wanting to ept what her heart was telling


    her. That this man about to get married was the same man she gave herself to ten years ago and also


    the man who fathered her son.


    Ivy did her best at not trying to think of what had happened ten year ago. Not now.. not anytime soon.


    She kept telling herself throughout the shoot.

 An invite

    An invite


    EPISODE FIVE


    Theme: An Invite


    PHOTO STUDIO


    Cami stood with Ivy, checking out the pictures they have taken for the engagement shoot. And Ivy


    did her best at avoiding every chance to look into Ace eyes.


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    Cami was too excited about it. ¡°Thank you so much, Ivy. These pictures are awesome!¡± She


    eximed.


    Ivy shed her a small smile. ¡°I am just doing my job and don¡¯t worry..it will look much better than this


    after some editing.¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°I told you she is good.¡± Arthur said.


    ¡°I guess you are right. So Cami we need to go, the store called me not to long that they already


    ordered new wedding dresses.¡± Mrs rk said.


    ¡°Oh so fast, they told me it won¡¯t be ready until next week.¡± Cami said.


    Ivy left them to attend to some things. ¡°Have you tried getting the new model of ring light I told you


    about.¡± She said to one of the workers in charge of the studio maintenance.


    ¡°Yes Ma.¡± The man replied.


    ¡°I made some extra calls so they ordered the wedding dresses early.¡± Mrs rk answered.


    Mrs rk eyes darted at Ace. ¡°Are you okay, Ace?¡± she asked.


    ¡°Yes mommy I am..fine.¡± Ace answered looking away from a staring contest at Ivy.


    ¡°You shoulde along with us to check out some wedding dresses for Cami.¡± Mrs rk said with a


    bright smile on her expression.


    ¡°No..mom. I have a meeting at work with some investors.¡± Ace lied.


    ¡°At what time?¡± Mrs rk asked.


    ¡°Very soon..¡± he nced at his wrist watch. ¡°Probably in fifteen minutes time.¡± Ace answered.


    ¡°Please don¡¯t take too long at the meeting okay? And don''t forget your party tonight at Anderson''s


    ce.¡± Mrs rk reminded her son.


    Ace rk nodded his head in agreement. ¡°Alright mom.¡± He answered.


    Cami went ahead to meet Ace. ¡°Sweetie don¡¯t bete for our engagement party.¡± She kissed him on


    his lips before heading out with Mrs rk.


    Ivy watched Cami kissing Ace through the corner of her eyes as she sat in front of a system ready to


    edit the pictures. Ace went out to apany his mom and Cami out of the studio while Arthur bid


    them goodbye and went ahead to meet Ivy.


    ¡°Ivy?¡± He called her name.


    ¡°Yes Arthur...¡± She mumbled without looking up at him as her attention was focused on the system.


    ¡°Thank you for doing this shoot for my cousin and his fianc¨¦e.¡± He said.


    ¡°Can your stop thanking me, Arthur? I am only doing my job as your photographer.¡± She waved him off


    with a beautiful smile.


    Arthur sat down next her. ¡°So..Ahm I..I was -¡° he paused to think of how to say his intended words in a


    polite way that won¡¯t piss Ivy off.


    ¡°Is something wrong?¡± Ivy asked as she looked at him.


    ¡°Nothing is wrong but I was thinking if you could escort me to my cousin¡¯s cocktail party tonight? It is


    organized by Cami¡¯s parents for the couples.¡± He said.


    Ivy looked away from him. ¡°You see -¡° And then she was interrupted by a ring from a phone.


    ¡°Miss Ivy, isn¡¯t that your phone?¡± Ady asked.


    And then she realized that it was her ring tone. ¡°Excuse me, Arthur.¡± She stood up and went to where


    she had dropped her handbag earlier on a desk.


    Ivy saw Ace walked back into the studio as she reached for her phone in her handbag. Ace went ahead


    to meet Arthur. It was a call from old Vanessa and she picked up after the third ring.


    ¡°Hi mom.¡± She heard Leroy¡¯s voice over the phone.


    ¡°Hey son..what are you doing with Old Vanessa¡¯s phone.¡± She asked.


    ¡°Mom...I am so bored at old Vanessa¡¯s house so we decided to hang out at a restaurant close to your


    workce.¡± Leroy said with excitement in his tone.


    ¡°Alright...are you done with your photoshoot?¡± Leroy asked.


    ¡°Yes I am almost done with it. I just need to edit them and I will be on my way to see you.¡± She


    answered.


    ¡°Oh mom..can you spare some minutes?¡± He asked.


    ¡°Why son?¡± Ivy furrowed her eyebrows.


    ¡°Well..we are just few blocks away from your studio. So can wee and see you for some minutes


    before we head back home?¡± Leroy asked.


    ¡°Baby...I told you that you can¡¯t visit me at my workce.¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°But mom-¡° he tried to argue but Ivy interrupted him.


    Ivy remembered that she had promised to get her son the new collection of super heroic books


    and thest time she checked online they were avable in all stores in Los Angeles. ¡°Stay right where


    you are...I aming out to meet you so we can go ahead to get your super heroic books.¡± Ivy


    said.


    ¡°Seriously mom?!¡± Leroy gasped out.


    ¡°Yes son...I made a promise so I have to fulfill it. Please just give the phone to old Vanessa.¡± She


    instructed him.


    Leroy handed the phone back to his old nanny. ¡°Good afternoon, Miss Ivy.¡± Old Vanessa greeted


    cheerful.


    ¡°I am sorry about Leroy, he shouldn¡¯t have stressed you this much.¡± Ivy apologized knowing how


    disturbing her son could be if he wanted something.


    ¡°No it is alright Miss Ivy, I wanted toe out to breathe in some fresh air so Leroy just happened to


    want the same thing.¡± Old Vanessa answered.


    ¡°Alright...please can you give me a description of where you are at the moment?¡± Ivy asked.


    ¡°Oh! We are standing close to aundry house.¡± Old Vanessa answered.


    ¡°Alright I will be right there soon. I just need to wrap things up here, can you wait a little bit?¡± Ivy asked.


    ¡°Please take your time, Miss Ivy.¡± Old Vanessa responded.


    Ivy disconnected the call picked up her bag and went ahead to meet Arthur where he sat trying to help


    in editing the photos.


    Ivy avoided looking at Ace. ¡°I am sorry Arthur, I am afraid that I have to leave now.¡± She said.


    Arthur stood up from the swivel chair. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± He asked.


    ¡°Nothing I just got a call from home. Please can you send the pictures to my phone so I can edit them


    on my system at home.¡± Ivy requested a help from Arthur.


    ¡°That won¡¯t be a problem.¡± Arthur replied.


    ¡°Thank you very much, Arthur.¡± She smiled.


    ¡°But Ivy we aren''t done talking. I just invited you to my cousin¡¯s engagement party.¡± Arthur reminded


    her.


    Ivy did her best at trying to stay calm under Ace intense gaze on her. ¡°What time is the engagement


    party?¡± She asked.


    ¡°The party starts by 8:00 p.m¡± Arthur answered.


    ¡°Alright I will just give you a call to let you know if I can make it.¡± Ivy answered then one final look at


    Ace before looking back at Arthur. ¡°Please excuse me.¡± She said before walking away from the men.


    ¡°Bye Miss Ivy.¡± The workers in the studio said to her.


    ¡°Bye everyone! Matthew, don¡¯t forget to ce an order for the new model of ring light.¡± She said before


    walking out of the studio.

 She has a son

    She has a son


    EPISODE SIX


    Theme: She has a son


    Arthur and Ace watched Ivy as she walked out of the studio. ¡°I got rejected again!¡± Arthur sighed.


    ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± Ace asked.


    ¡°Stop acting like you know about my rejection. I just asked her toe with me to your engagement


    party but she turned me down.¡± Arthur answered.


    ¡°No she just said she would give you a call if she can make it to the party.¡± Ace said.


    ¡°And so what do you call that? That is indirectly a rejection, what if she doesn¡¯t call me? What do I


    Ace? I am deeply in love with Ivy but I know she doesn''t like me. Every time I ask her out to dinner or


    anywhere with me she always turns me down by giving me flimsy excuses.¡± Arthur rubbed his temples


    as he stared at the system in front of him.


    ¡°Well since you know she doesn¡¯t like you and you don¡¯t have a chance with her then just let her go.¡±


    Ace said with a shrug.


    ¡°I can¡¯t let her go and I will make her fall in love with me.¡± Arthur resorted.


    ¡°Are you for real? Like you will force her to fall in love with you?¡± Ace asked with a snapped eyebrow.


    Arthur nced up at his cousin. ¡°No not for real but for fake.¡± He said.


    ¡°You can¡¯t force a woman to love you.¡± Ace countered.


    ¡°I will do whatever I want and watch me y my game on Ivy. She will fall in love with me.¡± Arthur said


    confidently.


    ¡°Arthur, you are getting it all wrong, is Ivy just a game to you?¡± Ace asked.


    ¡°More like a good game, she is challenging me to make me use my charm on her.¡± Arthur answered


    with his eyes shing with determination.


    ¡°Arthur, this is wrong.¡± Ace said.


    Arthur screwed up his face. ¡°Why are you sounding like you are discouraging me and..like you want to


    back off? Can''t I love whoever I decide to love?¡± He asked.


    ¡°Of course you can love whoever you want to love but it is just that you can¡¯t force a woman to fall in


    love with you.¡± Ace responded.


    ¡°Hey bro, stop getting worked up about my love life, Ivy and I will be together.¡± Arthur¡¯s mouth curled up


    into a smile.


    ¡°Arthur, are you sure that woman''s name is Ivy?¡± Ace asked.


    ¡°Yes, the woman I am deeply in love is Ivy Rivera.¡± Arthur stated clearly with his eyes glistening with


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    endearment for at the mention of Ivy¡¯s name.


    ¡°What do you know about her? I mean aside work rted, maybe her family life and all.¡± Ace said.


    ¡°Well I won¡¯t lie to you, I don¡¯t know much about her family life. Ivy Rivera is a rare woman and tough at


    that. We met two years ago when an old friend of mine introduced her to me and after that she became


    the photographer for my models.¡± Arthur answered.


    ¡°Just work rted information about the woman you love? How can you not know anything more than


    that?¡± Ace¡¯s eyebrows drew together.


    Arthur remembered something immediately. ¡°Well she didn¡¯t give me a chance to know more about her


    aside the fact that she has a son.¡± He said.


    ¡°What did you just say?¡± Ace asked.


    ¡°Are you deaf or something? I just said she has a son.¡± Arthur repeated as he focused his attention on


    the system.


    Arthur¡¯s face went nk immediately. ¡°She has a son.¡± He mumbled but enough for Arthur to hear his


    words.


    Arthur shook his head in agreement. ¡°Yes she has a son but she didn¡¯t tell me about him after first. I


    don''t know much about him but I just happened to find out.¡± He said.


    ¡°How old is he?¡± Ace asked


    ¡°I think he is close to ten.¡± Arthur replied.


    Ace¡¯s mind began to think of every possibility. ¡°Wait is she aware you know she has a son?¡± Ace asked.


    ¡°Yes she is aware but anytime I ask her about him, she does her best to brings up something else to


    cover up.¡± Arthur answered.


    ¡°If she has a son then perhaps is she married?¡± Ace asked again as he was curious to know more


    about Ivy and her son.


    Arthur looked up at his cousin. ¡°No! And do you think I will fall in love with a married woman? Or even


    ask a married woman to go on a date with me?¡± He asked as he waggled his eyebrows.


    ¡°Okay fine..if she is not married then perhaps do you know the father of the child? Have you asked her


    about him?¡± Ace questioned frantically.


    Arthur scrunched you his face. ¡°Hell no! I can''t ask her questions like that and moreover Ivy made it


    clear to me that she doesn''t like someone poking nose into her personal life. And that is why I decided


    to take things slow with her.¡± He answered.


    Ace scratched the bridge of his nose. ¡°Alright..she has a son but she is not married and you are taking


    things slow with her with the hope that very soon she will open up to you.¡± He said.


    Arthur nodded his head in agreement. ¡°Exactly! That is what I n to do with Ivy.¡± He snapped his


    fingers.


    ¡°I think that is a wise decision...¡± Ace said.


    ¡°Wish my good luck on getting Ivy.¡± Arthur shed his cousin a grin.


    Ace shed his cousin a fake smile. ¡°I think I have to go now, the meeting with the investors start


    soon.¡± He lied.


    ¡°Alright..I will see you at night.¡± Arthur said.


    ¡°Don¡¯t forget to buy that wine you got for your party, I need to give it to Mr Anderson.¡± Ace reminded.


    ¡°Sure..I already have it at my apartment so I will bring it along.¡± Arthur said.


    ¡°Alright..so when are you leaving the studio?¡± Ace asked.


    ¡°I will stick around for a while here and clear things up plus I need to send these pictures to Ivy so they


    can be ready by tomorrow.¡± Arthur answered.


    ¡°Okay, I will just go ahead now.¡± Ace turned away to leave the studio.

 I think you are mistaken

    I think you are mistaken


    EPISODE SEVEN


    Theme: I think you are mistaken.


    OUTSIDE THE STUDIO


    Ace rk stepped out of the studio, his eyes surveyed the environment trying to see if Ivy was nearby


    but he found nothing. He started the walk down the block with the hope of finding her around but he got


    nothing. Ace went around to make a turn at the end of the block and continued to walked down the


    silent street. Then he saw her few miles away just right in front of aundry house. Ivy¡¯s back view was


    against him as a he was talking to an olddy and a tiny hands was wrapped around her waist.


    Ace began to walk toward her in a haste, deciding to clear up his curiosity and promising himself that if


    Ivy truly wasn''t Bethany then he would forget everything about her and move on with Cami. She was


    in a deep conversation with old Vanessa, sometimes she wouldugh other times she would just toy


    with her son¡¯s curls as she listened to the olddy talk about how Leroy was disturbing her to bring him


    over to the studio.


    ¡°Mom, can I get a milk shake please? I read my books at Ma¡¯am Vanessa¡¯s home!¡± Leroy requested.


    ¡°You can have anything you want son, as a matter of fact we will all go out to have lunch.¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°Yes! You are the best mom!¡± Leroy said with excitement in his tone.


    Soon Ace rk got to where Ivy stood with the olddy and her son.


    ¡°Ivy?¡± He called her name causing Ivy to freeze on a spot as she turned to face him after she heard her


    name.


    Ace heard her catch her breath and he felt his own breath hitch in his chest when their gaze locked. He


    started to say something but was diverted by a young voice.


    ¡°Mom, can I get a milk shake please before having lunch?¡± Leroy requested again.


    Ivy¡¯s expression appeared stricken because of Ace rk was standing right in front of her but then she


    waved it off and turned her attention back to her son. And for a second Brian couldn''t figure out what


    was wrong but he looked down at the boy, his hair gleaming under the sun and soon Ace¡¯s world caved


    in.


    And all of a sudden he felt his jaw cken and his eyes widened as thousands of different questions


    and thoughts exploded in his head. As he looked at Leroy, he told himself that it couldn''t be - it was


    impossible that Bethany had his child. But the words and possibilities circled in his brain, particrly in


    effectual mantra. And even as he was talking to himself internally he was trying to convince himself that


    he was wrong, that he was making a mistake by walking up to Ivy Rivera.


    This lively boy was his son and he didn''t know his name. The realization was a blow and shock and


    sorrow warred within him. It made him shake and almost brought him to his knees, his child had existed


    in his world without him knowing. His child had grown for years without him knowing.


    The possibility that the little boy was his son was so obvious because one look at Leroy, one would


    know that he look just like his father.


    Old Vanessa smile dropped when she looked from Ace rk to Leroy and then Ivy. A phone beeped


    and Ivy realized that it was her cellphone. She grabbed Leroy¡¯s hand and moved a bit away from Ace


    and Old Vanessa before reaching into her handbag to pick the call. It was Arthur Young.


    ¡°Hello Ivy.¡± He said.


    ¡°Hi Arthur, how are you doing?¡± She asked.


    ¡°I am good, and what about you? Are you home now?¡± Arthur asked.


    ¡°No not yet...¡± she mumbled.


    ¡°Well I called to let you know that I already transferred the pictures to you. So you can always edit them


    when you get home.¡± He said.


    ¡°Alright, I will let you know once I am done editing the pictures.¡± Ivy replied.


    ¡°Alright, take good care of yourself and don¡¯t forget to give me a call at night concerning my cousin¡¯s


    engagement party.¡± Arthur reminded her.


    ¡°Oh sure..I will give you a call.¡± She answered before disconnecting the call.


    She felt the urge to keep on walking with her son just to get away from Ace rk, the stranger she had


    slept without knowing his identity. Ivy kicked against the thought, deciding that she wouldn¡¯t walk away


    like a coward. Instead she would rather stay and act like she doesn¡¯t know Ace rk so she could get


    him off her back. There was no way she was letting Ace rk near her son.


    ¡°Good afternoon ma¡¯am.¡± Ace rk greeted the olddy.


    ¡°Oh good afternoon, I am Vanessa.¡± She shook hands with Ace rk.


    ¡°It is nice to meet you and I am Ace rk.¡± He said.


    Old Vanessa furrowed her eyebrows. ¡°Perhaps are you the sole owner of rk corporations?¡± Old


    Vanessa asked.


    ¡°Yes ma¡¯am.¡± Ace replied.


    Old Vanessa eyes widened in sheer surprise. Who doesn¡¯t know Ace rk? Although Old Vanessa


    knew him by name and not by appearance. At home she used almost all rk¡¯s Corporations canned


    products.


    Ivy and Leroy walked back to Ace rk and old Vanessa.


    ¡°It is so nice to meet you, Mr Ace.¡± A bright smile beamed on her face.


    Old Vanessa¡¯s phone beeped too and she opened her bag to take her phone. It was a message from


    her son and it reads. ¡°I am in town mom, let us meet up to have lunch. I miss you so much.¡±


    Ace rk kept looking from Ivy to Leroy without knowing what to say. Old Vanessa then turned to face


    Ivy.


    ¡°Miss Ivy, I just received a text from my son, he is in town and so he wants to see me.¡± She said.


    Ivy shook her head. ¡°Ma¡¯am Vanessa I understand and thank you very much for watching Leroy.¡± She


    thanked her.


    ¡°I will go ahead now..Bye Leroy.¡± She kissed him softly on his cheeks.


    ¡°Bye ma''am Vanessa.¡± He waved as she walked away.


    ¡°Is that his name? Leroy?¡± He asked.


    No response came from Ivy.


    ¡°Bethany? Why didn''t you search for me and tell me you had my child?¡± Ace questioned.


    A frown grazed Ivy¡¯s face at his words but realizing that she nned to pretend not to know this man


    made her smile serenely.


    ¡°Mr Ace, I am so sorry but I think you are mistaken. I am not Bethany, but I am Ivy.¡± Ivy said in a calm


    tone though she was boiling angrily within her.


    ¡°Don¡¯t try to hide or pretend that you don¡¯t know me. I know you are Bethany.¡± He breathed out and


    forced himself to rx.


    Ivy and Ace engaged in an intense stare contest before she spoke up. ¡°No milkshake and lunch


    anymore.¡± She announced to her son. ¡°We will get that some other time.¡± She continued to talk to the


    boy. ¡°We need to get back home because your tutor will be home soon.¡± Shepleted her sentence


    breaking off the stern with Ace rk.


    Leroy rolled his eyes. ¡°Mom today is Saturday and have you forgotten miss Kim said she won''t be


    reminded his mom the words of his private tutor.


    He was also quick to realize that his mom wanted to get away from this man as soon as possible plus


    he could also tell the resemnce he shared with this stranger.


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    ¡°Leroy-¡° She tried to call him but he interrupted her.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± Leroy asked as he faced Ace rk.


    Ace had no idea where to begin to answer the boy''s question and so he kept quiet looking down at the


    little boy who was waiting for a response from him.


    ¡°Baby, I just met him a while ago and I worked with him on a photoshoot.¡± Ivy answered.


    ¡°Sir, what is your-¡°


    Ivy interrupted her son this time when he tried to ask for Ace¡¯s name. ¡°Son, can you imagine one of


    your super heroing down here to give you a milk shake?¡± She asked in an uneasy tone trying to


    change Leroy¡¯s mind against finding out about this man standing in front of them.


    ¡°Oh mom! that will be cool..I would love too see all the superheroes in myic books!¡± Leroy


    eximed in excitement.


    ¡°Then let us go ahead and read more of your new super heroic books, it would be fun right?¡± She


    asked.


    ¡°I don¡¯t have the new collections yet.¡± Leroy pouted trying to remind his mom that she had promised to


    get him one.


    ¡°Alright...I will ce an order for the new collections online.¡± She said.


    ¡°Thank you mom! Would you read it to me?¡± Leroy asked.


    ¡°Yes but if you promise to do the dishes.¡± Ivy replied.


    Leroy stood at an attention, stamped his left feet on ground and threw his mom a salute. ¡°Copied


    mom!¡± He sounded like a soldier.


    Ivy replied by giving him a salute and they bothughed. ¡°Now we can go home right?¡± She asked.


    ¡°Yes mom.¡± He answered.


    Ace rk couldn¡¯t help but smile at the little boy¡¯s drama with his mom.


    Ivy smile faded when she turned to look at Ace. ¡°Please excuse us.¡± She held her son''s hand and


    begin to walk away.


    Damn this child is mine! Ace rk said within. He was sure of it! Ace concluded that he wasn¡¯t going to


    let them go just like that without having a chance with his son.


    ¡°Wait up Ivy!¡± He called at her but she didn''t stop.


    ¡°Ivy please wait, we need to talk.¡± He said.


    Ivy continued walking as she held on to Leroy¡¯s hand roughly with a n to get to her car and then


    zoom off without talking to Ace rk.


    ¡°Ivy...¡± Ace rk called behind her enough for everyone passing to hear.


    Some of the passerby knew him and they were surprised to see him. Ace rk doesn''t care if they


    stop to stare and they can say all they want. Ace rk doesn''t care about their opinion when he is


    watching his child walk away from him.

 Is he my dad?

    Is he my dad?


    EPISODE EIGHT


    Theme: Is he my dad?


    Ivy could barely control the fury as she headed toward her car at the garage were she had packed it.


    How dare he try to embarrass her in the public? How dare he use her when he had disappeared the


    next morning they had spent the whole night together? She had tried all her best to find him that


    morning, and even waited for him to return and even after she had found out she was pregnant. If she


    had ever needed more proof of what type of father Ace rk could make, she had gotten it. He hadn''t


    cared about her feelings, hadn''t cared about anything only himself and all he did was used her.


    The next time hee around..Ivy promised that she would hit him with her car if she had to, rk


    Corporation Vice President or not. There was no way she would let him get close to her son.


    ¡°Mooommmm... Slow down!¡± Leroy grumbled.


    Ivy had been locked up in her thought that she didn¡¯t notice her son scrambling along beside her and


    her tight hold on his wrist.


    Ivy slowed down a bit feeling deeply sorry for her son. ¡°I am sorry sweetie...I..I forgot your legs are not


    long as mine but we have to leave right now..okay? Just hang on that is my car over there.¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°Alright mom but why are you so mad? Is it because of that guy?¡± Leroy asked as they resume walking,


    though at a much more sedate rate.


    Ace was dyed by a phone call from his mom reminding him not to forget about the party At


    Anderson house at night.


    ¡°Sweetie, I am not angry...I just realized that there are some certain things I need to do at home before


    it getste.¡± Theypsed into silence, but Ivy delude herself into thinking that Leroy was going to buy


    her answer for long.


    They got to the car, Ivy thanked and tipped the man in charge of managing the cars at the garage. Ivy


    hit the button on her car key to unlock her car and then Leroy ambushed her.


    ¡°Was that man my dad?¡± Leroy asked in a low tone.


    Ivy stared at him with her mouth open as her brain scrambled for an answer, she didn''t want to lie to


    him because if she did it would end up hurting her son. She had to admit that Ace rk was his dad


    but how could she do that now? He was still a nine years old boy somewhat close to clocking ten so


    how would she exin what happened between she and Ace and expect him to understand?


    ¡°Mom, can you tell me the truth please?¡± Leroy requested as he nibbled on his lower lip.


    Ivy closed her eyes deciding that the truth was the only option at the moment. ¡°Yes my love that was


    the man who fathered you.¡± She answered.


    ¡°Oh so..why did he say you did not call him or try to find him to tell him about me?¡± Leroy asked.


    Ivy moved closer to her son, tilted his chin up and he was looking into her eyes. ¡°Well..you see..I tried


    my best to find him but I don''t know why he said that. So I suppose because things....between


    us...weren''t really clear and then we went our separate way even before you were born.¡± Ivy responded


    doing her best to tell the truth and trying to make him understand that she wasn¡¯t at fault.


    Leroy eyes fell in disappointment. ¡°You always say that I should do my best to say the truth all the time


    but lie to me. You said you just met him a while ago at the studio.¡± He said.


    Ivy breathed out heavily afraid that she had somehow failed her son, she wasn¡¯t practicing what she


    had preached to him. ¡°You don''t have to think about that but my love all I want you to know is we have


    done great without him right?¡± She asked.


    Leroy shook his head slowly not happy with her response. He gave her a small smile before slipping


    into the car. Ivy also entered the car quickly when she caught a glimpse of Ace rk and she drove off.


    Ivy Rivera looked at Leroy the expression on his face, more like pain in a smile. She was convinced


    that her son missed having a father far more than she had ever thought.


    Leroy who was always so full of joy and energy only wears this expression on his face at the moment


    when ever he was hurt. Ivy Rivera remembered that over the years her son had asked her series of


    questions about his father but she couldn''t say much about him but had made up some kind of stories


    about his dad. And she had tried her best to tell him good things about his dad.


    Ivy had done everything to make up to the fact that he didn''t have a father and she had always thought


    she had done a pretty job of it. Truth be told, Leroy hasn''t even know he was missing a dad until he


    went to school and figured out that almost all his ssmates had two parents, even if not all of them


    lived together.


    The knowledge hurt to see her son suffering for her mistake. How was she going to fix things? Ivy


    thought deeply. Part of her med her own self for being foolish, her parents for neglecting her and


    Ace rk for leaving that day after making love to her.


    Ivy tried to find him but when she failed she figured back then that he had only used her. Although she


    wasn''t aware Ace rk was the son of a very rich man in Los Angeles when he came to Winslow,


    Arizona not until today. And Ivy could tell that finding out about Ace rk would obviously have some


    kind of effect on Leroy. She had been an idiot. Ivy face palmed herself internally.


    Sighing as she drives, Ivy was horribly sorry that her son had been caught in the middle of the whole


    dirty affair.


    Ace rk waved down a taxi, he entered the taxi and ordered the chauffeur to go after Ivy¡¯s car


    because going back to the studio to take his car won''t be a good idea. He might miss the chance of


    getting to know his soon today.


    ¡°Can''t you go any faster than this!? We must not miss that red car ahead!¡± Hemanded the


    Chauffeur.


    ¡°I am so sorry sir, I can''t go any faster than this because the cops are nearby to apprehend drivers


    speeding on highways.¡± The chauffeur replied.


    The cars on the highway slowed down to follow the traffic light sign.


    Ace rk clenched his fist. ¡°You can''t walk away from me Ivy or Bethany.¡± He said to himself.


    The chauffeur pressed his horn slightly for the car in front to move when the light signaled green.


    ¡°You have my child..so you can¡¯t get away from me.¡± He said in a tone that was low but furious.


    Ace rk reaches for his cellphone in his pocket and dialed Arthur¡¯s number which he picked on the


    second ring.


    ¡°Hello bro, where are you? I just found out that you left without your car.¡± Arthur said.


    ¡°Oh..yes..I think it broke down because I tried starting it but it didn¡¯t work but I already the auto shop to


    ¡°Oh alright please don¡¯t tell me you called to remind me about the wine you want to give to your father


    inw.¡± Arthur chuckled.


    ¡°No I didn¡¯t call for the wine.¡± Ace said.


    ¡°So what?¡± Arthur asked.


    ¡°I told a friend about Ivy just now and so I think she might be needing her help with a birthday shoot for


    her son.¡± Ace lied again.


    ¡°Oh..thank you Ace for rmending Ivy to your friend.¡± Arthur said.


    ¡°Alright so can you please share Ivy¡¯s number to me so I can send it to my friend?¡± Ace asked.


    ¡°Okay I will send it right away.¡± Arthur Young answered.


    ¡°Alright, thank you.¡± Ace rk said before disconnecting the cal.


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    He heaved a sigh of relief that Arthur did not question him about who the friend was.

 Dating the playboy

    Dating the yboy


    EPISODE NINE


    Theme: Dating the yboy


    FLASHBACK TO TEN YEARS AGO


    LOS ANGELES


    JENNY''S APARTMENT


    Ace rk pressed down on the doorbell attached to Jenny¡¯s apartment. Jenny came right out from the


    kitchen to the living room, she peered through the space on the door then she saw Ace rk. She


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    thought of ignoring him but she knew Ace wouldn¡¯t leave until she opened up the door. Jenny unlocked


    the door, held the knob and twisted it open.


    ¡°Hi Jenny,¡± Ace rk greeted her with a wink.


    Jenny rolled her eyes at him. ¡°What do you want, Ace rk?¡± She asked still not opening the door wide


    for Ace to step in.


    Ace rk looked around before ncing back at Jenny. ¡°Why would I be here? I am here to see you.¡±


    He said with a shrug.


    ¡°Are you sure about that?¡± Jenny asked.


    Ace rk leaned on the door frame, his face very close to Jenny¡¯s face and he caressed her jaw.


    ¡°Come on Jenny, it is not polite to keep me waiting outside your door like this.¡± He said.


    ¡°What if I don¡¯t want to let you in?¡± She asked.


    Ace rk chuckled. ¡°You and I both know you can¡¯t really do that...¡± he licked his bottom lips and


    grinned.


    Jenny couldn¡¯t resist him so she let Ace into her house. ¡°Come in.¡± She said.


    Ace rk stepped into her apartment, Jenny locked the door and turned to face her guest. Ace noticed


    the sad look on her expression when he came very close to her.


    ¡°What¡¯s with this sad look?¡± Ace tried to snake his hands around her waist but she outmaneuvered him.


    ¡°Are you seeing other women, Ace rk?¡± Jenny demanded.


    ¡°Hell no! Jenny why on earth will I be seeing other women when I have you?¡± Ace rk asked as he


    grinned sheepishly.


    The look Jenny gave him made it clear that she didn¡¯t believe his words.


    ¡°Come on baby doll, you are more than enough woman for me.¡± Ace rk added quickly.


    Jenny snorted with her arms folded across her chest. ¡°You and I both know that is not true because


    every girl in Los Angeles knows Ace rk to be a yboy. And I may not be all that attractive but I


    know when a man begins to find me boring.¡± She said.


    Ace rk sniffed, he lunged at her and was able to catch her before she side stepped him. When he


    pulled her into his arms, she struggled to free herself.


    ¡°Let go of me, Ace.¡± She said.


    ¡°Look into my eyes and tell me you want to leave you and then I will walk to that door and leave.¡± He


    said and when Jenny didn¡¯t say anything but settled in his hold then he knew he had her.


    Jenny couldn¡¯t resist him, actually no woman can ever resist Ace rk.


    ¡°So calm down baby doll and let me show you some dirty stuff I am made of .¡± He tried to kiss her but


    she turned her head away.


    Ace leaned closer and bit her earlobe causing her to let out a low moan and then he whispered. ¡°Know


    this now Jenny, I don''t find my women boring.¡± He rubbed his hand over her buttocks before he lifted


    her up and she spread her legs and wrapped it around Ace waist.


    Ace carried her to the bedroom and set her legs gently on the ground. ¡°Take your panties off and I


    promise you that I won''t leave tonight.¡± He instructed.


    Jenny hesitated.


    ¡°Should I take it off myself?¡± He asked with a wide grin.


    ¡°What if I don¡¯t want to take it off?¡± Jenny asked with a feigned frown on her face.


    ¡°I could force you to take the panties off.¡± Ace grinned wickedly. ¡°Would you like it that way? You could


    whimper and beg me to stop and act as if you don''t like it.¡± He added.


    Ace knew Jenny could feign not wanting to have sex with him knowing deep down in her heart that she


    couldn¡¯t resist Ace rk.


    She stood on the spot while Ace wrapped his arm around her again pulling her closer to his body.


    ¡°No! I don''t want to -¡° He silenced her with a kiss - a tongue down and his other hand moved down to


    her ass.


    Jenny was not good looking but pretty, in a way that she has pretty tits and a first ss ass. The kiss


    quieted Jenny, but the minute Ace released her mouth, she groaned.


    ¡°I love you Ace rk but I won''t put up with you sleeping with other girls.¡± She stuck out her lower lips


    in a pout.


    Ace rk grinned and then nted a quick kiss on her pouting mouth. ¡°I will be loyal to you my baby


    doll. And of course, I am as faithful as an old dog!¡± He said.


    ¡°I wish I could believe your words, Ace rk.¡± She rxed in his arms and then he knew he had her.


    She was sumbing to her love for him. Women in love were always easy to get and handle. A small


    ¡°What is it?¡± Jenny asked.


    ¡°Nothing...it is just that...I love you Jenny. You know that I have never loved any other woman the way I


    love you.¡± Ace said causing Jenny¡¯s cheeks to turn pink.


    God knows how gullible women are. Ace thought. They fall for these same lines of his every time. He


    can''t remember how many times he had used those words. Hell! all he did was tell Jenny what she


    actually wanted to hear - I love you, that word every woman wanted to hear and believe.


    Jenny grasp his hands and dragged them down from her waist to cup her buttocks and Ace rk


    ¡°Are you dying to find out what I have for you tonight?¡± Ace asked as Jenny looked directly into his


    eyes with her gaze filled with anticipation.


    He carried her across the room towards the bed and dropped her gently on it making her settle on her


    knee. ¡°Take off your robe and remove your panties and I will satisfy you.¡± Ace instructed her.


    Jenny eased her robe from her shoulder and let it drop to the bed. Ace sucked in his breath because


    she was naked beneath the robe.


    ¡°I LOVE YOU JENNY.¡± He repeated.


    ¡°I wouldn''t let you in, if I didn''t love you Ace rk.¡± She said.


    Ace ran his a hand over her smooth firm butt, cupped her left breast with his second hand as he leaned


    in to kiss her.


    That was how he kissed her with gentle touches of his lips to hers, again and again until her heart was


    pounding and body aching for his. Jenny knowing she couldn¡¯t take much more without screaming, she


    slid her hand up his back tangled them in his hair and brought Ace rk¡¯s mouth down on her firmly


    enough to make them both cry out. And then they were kissing, licking, biting,


    stroking, devouring each other with their mouth. Jenny couldn¡¯t deny that Ace rk tasted so good.

 The life of Ivy Rivera

    The life of Ivy Rivera


    EPISODE TEN


    Theme: The life of Ivy Rivera


    FLASHBACK TO TEN YEARS AGO


    WINSLOW, ARIZONA.


    ¡°Emily did your sister tell you where she was going when she left the house early in the morning?¡± Mrs


    Rivera asked.


    ¡°No mom, she didn¡¯t say anything to me.¡± Emily replied.


    ¡°I guess she is off to throwing herself at the new boys in our town.¡± Mrs Rivera scoffed.


    ¡°Mom that is not true.¡± Emily countered.


    ¡°So what is true?¡± Mrs Rivera asked with a raised eyebrow.


    ¡°What is true is that I saw a paper where Ivy wrote her schedule for this week, she is trying to find a


    job.¡± Emily said.


    Mr Rivera nces up to look at Emily. ¡°What did you say Ivy is trying to do?¡± He asked as if he didn¡¯t


    hear Emily¡¯s words clearly.


    ¡°She is trying to get a job.¡± Emily repeated in a low tone.


    Emily pondered if it was right to tell her parents about her sister¡¯s n to get a job although she didn¡¯t


    know much about it other than the fact that she saw the words written in a note.


    Mrs Rivera couldn¡¯t help butugh. ¡°Who would want to hire such a girl at a workce? Well except the


    person is ready to go bankrupt without knowing how and why it happened.¡± Mrs Rivera said.


    ¡°Mom..that is not a fair thing to say about Ivy.¡± Emily said.


    ¡°Well it is true because thest time she worked for Mr John, his restaurant caught fire and he lost a


    part of the ce. The old man had to take a loan to rebuild the ce.¡± Mrs Rivera reminded Emily.


    ¡°It wasn¡¯t Ivy¡¯s fault that Mr John¡¯s restaurant got burnt. He even stated it that it was carelessness that


    they didn¡¯t switch off an electrical appliance before closing up the ce.¡± Emily tried to defend her


    sister.


    ¡°It is still because Ivy worked at that ce so she better not think of working somewhere else.¡± Mr


    Rivera said with a deep frown on his face.


    Emily shook her head in disappointment. ¡°Sometimes..I can¡¯t help but wonder if Ivy is really your


    biological child because you both treat her like an outcast.¡± Emily said.


    ¡°Maybe everything would have been different if she didn¡¯t bring us bad luck at the time of her birth.¡± Mr


    Rivera said.


    ¡°It wasn¡¯t just a mere coincidence that your father and I almost lost everything because of her.¡± Mrs


    Rivera added.


    Emily heaved a sigh before gazing back down at her food.


    Ivy twisted the door knob but it was locked. She searched for her keys in her faded Jean pocket but


    she couldn¡¯t find it. Panic filled her as she wondered where the key might be. And when she couldn¡¯t


    find it Ivy knocked on the door since the bell wasn¡¯t working anymore.


    ¡°I think Ivy is back.¡± Emily said.


    ¡°Why is she knocking when she has her own keys.¡± Mr Rivera asked.


    Emily looked at her mom. ¡°Dad, Ivy doesn¡¯t have a key anymore.¡± She answered.


    ¡°I guess she misced it again, that girl is always too careless with things put in her care.¡± Mr Rivera


    snorted.


    ¡°No dad, I saw mom take Ivy¡¯s key this morning.¡± Emily said.


    Mrs Rivera shot Emily re.


    ¡°Why?¡± Mr Rivera asked.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think it is wise to let her have a key to our house. Who knows? One of those men she is seeing


    might invite his other friends toe rob us. Anything can happen to us if Ivy has her own keys and


    she can misce it again like thest time.¡± Mrs Rivera said.


    Emily didn¡¯t miss the look of disgust in her mom¡¯s eyes as she talked about Ivy.


    ¡°I will get the door.¡± Emily stood up and noticed towards the door to let her sister in.


    ¡°Emily?¡± Ivy called her name with her hands mped together.


    Emily¡¯s eyes did a slow crawl on Ivy¡¯s body and she noticed that her clothes was wet.


    ¡°Ivy what happened to you?¡± Emily asked with a concerned look on her face.


    Ivy looked down at her clothes. ¡°Nothing...I..I just went swimming at the beach...¡± she lied.


    The truth was Ivy went in search of a job and one of the ces she went to seek a job, the olddy in


    charge poured water on her body, called her all sort of names and screamed at her never toe near


    her store again.


    ¡°Okay..¡± Emily whispered although she didn¡¯t buy Ivy¡¯s lies.


    She stepped aside for Ivy to walk into the house.


    ¡°I am sorry to disturb you...I think I lost my key again.¡± Ivy whispered.


    ¡°It is alright...¡± Emily smiled.


    ¡°Can you keep it a secret till I find it?¡± Ivy asked with fear crossing her face.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I will give you my key and get a new one from mom.¡± Emily answered.


    ¡°Thank you.¡± Ivy said with a small smile.


    Ivy thought she had misced the key while she was going around town in search of a job not knowing


    her mom had taken it.


    ¡°Good evening..mom..dad.¡± She greeted when they got to the dinning area.


    No response came from them as they acted like she wasn¡¯t there.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you just go ahead and change ande back to have dinner with us.¡± Emily said.


    ¡°No..no..I am fine.¡± Ivy faked a small smile as she started the walk to her bedroom.


    ¡°Emily just let her be moreover I did not prepare anything for her because I am sure she must have


    probably eaten with some drunk guys on the street .¡± Mrs Rivera said.


    Tears shimmered in Ivy¡¯s eyes at her mother¡¯s words, she didn¡¯t turn to face them or move from the


    spot she stood just to hide her tears.


    ¡°Mom, don''t talk like that please..that is a harsh thing to say when Ivy isn''t sleeping around.¡± Emily


    countered.


    ¡°Why should I not believe otherwise? She sneaks out of the house early andes backte at night


    with bruises all over her sometimes which I know she got from bangs she receives from guys she is


    sleeping with.¡± Mrs Rivera said in a slight raised tone.


    ¡°Mom....¡± Emily was cut off by Mr Rivera who raised his hand up to silent her.


    ¡°Oh so you think that we don''t know what you have been doing? Come on Ivy, this town isn''t as big as


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    you see it we hear a lot about you everyday. You are such a disgrace to this family.¡± Mrs Rivera said


    with a clenched jaw.


    Mr Rivera dropped the newspapers that was in his hand. ¡°I also heard that you are trying to find a job,


    look at me and tell me that it is true.¡± Mr Rivera requested.


    Ivy hands reached out to her face to wipe the tears that strayed down her cheeks before turning to look


    at her parents. ¡°Yes...I...I..I..am..trying..to-¡° she paused to get her trembling voice not to fail her.


    She nibbled on her bottom lips to bit back tears that threatened to spill any time soon. ¡°Yes..I am trying


    to find..a job to support the family.¡± She answered.


    Mrs Rivera scoffed. ¡°Who asked you to get a job to support the family? We are not suffering Ivy so we


    clearly don¡¯t need your support!¡± She screamed at Ivy making her jump more in fear.


    ¡°Why do you always choose to cause us trouble in this family?! You should always stay indoor and


    avoid bringing us shame all the time! I don¡¯t want to ever see you finding a job in this town! You can go


    away and leave this town and get a job else!¡± Mr Rivera yelled at her making his anger known as he


    walked up to her grabbed her upper right arm.


    ¡°Next time you cause trouble in this town I will be the one to turn you in to the cops!¡± He snarled at her


    before pushing her away.


    Ivy¡¯s breathing quickened, more tears streamed down her face and her body trembled as she listened


    to her parents scream and yell at her for not being the best child.


    She was used to hearing these words from her own biological parent. She wasn''t the type of child that


    derogatorybels ¡®The girl from the wrong side of the river'' and ¡®Jinx¡¯ and visually everyone knew Ivy


    Rivera to be a bad luck.


    No one has ever tried to be friends with her, all she does was sit by the beach which seemed to be her


    best friend. Ivy Rivera has always craved for attention from her parent but their only focus seemed to


    be on her younger sister Emily who had brought them joy and happiness after she was born. Mrs


    Rivera has tried separating Emily from Ivy but Emily wouldn''t listen. She was always there to defend


    Ivy each time anyone talks bad about her or bully her at school. Those bruises Ivy got were from school


    whenever her ssmates teased her about being a bad luck to her family. Ivy had quit college,


    because she couldn''t cope with the bad talks about her in college and the life of living as an outcast in


    her home town. Everyone stayed away from her probably because their parents must have told them


    the tale surrounding her birth and so she has lived her life epting that she was truly a bad luck. Ivy


    lived with the fear that bad things would always happen wherever she finds herself.

 Playboy at work

    yboy at work


    EPISODE ELEVEN


    Theme: yboy at work


    (FLASHBACK TO TEN YEARS AGO)


    LOS ANGELES


    CLARK MANSION


    Mrs rk walked into her husband¡¯s study room only to find him tapping his forefinger on the desk. Mr


    rk only did that whenever he was bothered or angry.


    ¡°Honey, is everything okay?¡± Mrs rk asked as she walked closer to the mahogany desk.


    No response came from Mr rk as he kept on tapping his forefinger on the desk. Mrs rk went


    around the swivel chair in an attempt to massage her husband¡¯s shoulder but he felt ufortable by


    her touch.


    ¡°What is wrong? Tell me rk, what is going on? Why do you look so bothered?¡± She questioned


    frantically.


    ¡°I am d you notice I feel bothered and something is wrong but this time it is not about business or a


    client.¡± Mr rk said with his jaw set in a hard line.


    ¡°If it is not about the business or a client then what is this look about?¡± Mrs rk asked.


    Mr rk stopped tapping his finger on the desk. ¡°Everything about your son is totally wrong!¡± He bared


    his teeth in anger.


    Mrs rk eyebrows snapped together at her husband¡¯s sudden outburst. ¡°What do you mean by


    everything about my son...no our son is wrong?¡± She asked.


    Mr rk stood up from the swivel chair and went to stand by the window in a bid to control his fury but


    nothing worked. ¡°You want to know?¡± He asked and his wife nodded her head positively.


    ¡°I just found out from one of my men now that Ace has been absent from college for weeks now.¡± Mr


    rk blurted out.


    Mrs rk mouth fell open immediately. ¡°No..no that is not true. Are you sure about this because he left


    for college this morning.¡± She said.


    A muscle in Mr rk¡¯s jaw twitched as he managed to speak up. ¡°Well, your son has been lying to us


    all this while. He had only been acting like he was going to college every morning. And I am sure he is


    probably hanging out with some couple of idle girls instead of going to college!¡± Mr rk face his wife a


    grimace of anger.


    Mrs rk shook her head in disagreement. ¡°No honey don''t talk like that, Ace our son is a good boy,


    although he may misbehave at times but not to the point of abandoning school to chase after girls.¡±


    She tried to defend her son.


    Mr rk frown deepened as he walked away from the window to therge couch in the room. ¡°I must


    admit that you are the reason why Ace turned out this way! I can''t believe this! He is only 23 and look


    at the way he is already living his life, a wayward life that is absolutely not in my blood!¡± Mr rk


    grounded out.


    Mrs rk has to sneer at his words. ¡°What! Are you saying Ace got that lifestyle of his from me?¡± She


    turned to him so that they stood face to chest.


    ¡°I am saying that I didn¡¯t live such life when I was growing up and if you had let me chastise him each


    time he does any wrong he wouldn¡¯t have turned out this way. All Ace has even done is cause me


    trouble and I am beginning to wonder where you got that boy from!¡± Mr rk gritted.


    Mrs rk eyes widened in shock. Are you trying to say Ace is a bastard or that he is not your son?!¡±


    She raised her voice at him.


    Mr rk stepped away from his wife. ¡°You can answer that yourself.¡± He said.


    ¡°Oh really? Seriously rk? How dare you say this to my face that our son isn¡¯t your son!¡± She


    snapped with her eyes sparkling in anger.


    ¡°Listen to me, if you don''t talk to your son..then I am making a promise to strip him off his inheritance.¡±


    Mr rk said with a serious face before walking out of the room in annoyance.


    ¡°You dare not rk!¡± Mrs rk shouted.


    Mr rk mmed the door and motioned towards his bedroom. Mrs rk fussed for a while in the


    study room, pacing to and fro before walking out of the room too.


    She went straight to her room, went in search of her phone and she found it on the dressing table. Mrs


    rk dialed Ace number several times but he didn¡¯t pick up.


    IN FIONA''S APARTMENT


    Ace rk pulled up his car in garage, he grabbed his phone and turned it off after he saw that it was


    his mom that was calling him. He got out of car and bounce up the small stairs leading to Fiona¡¯s


    apartment and then he knocked.


    Fiona heard a knock on the door, she opened the curtain and then found Ace car in the parking lot.


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    Fiona adjusted her gown and hair before she rushed to the door quickly and open the it. ¡°Hi Ace.¡± She


    smiled and threw her hands around him.


    ¡°Hello..my baby girl..¡± Ace pulled away from Fiona and kissed her lips quickly as he pushed her in and


    closed the door behind him.


    ¡°How much do you miss me?¡± Ace rk asked as he pressed kisses to her face and trailed it down to


    a sensitive spot on her neck which caused her to let out a low moan.


    ¡°I missed you so much Ace...I missed you and our love making. I want you so much.¡± She answered.


    Ace stopped kissing to look into her eyes, he knew Fiona was always ready for him no matter how


    many days or weeks he had avoided her, declined her calls or even refused to reply her text messages


    and that was the only thing he liked about being with Fiona.


    ¡°I want you too baby girl.¡± He found her lips and she opened her mouth weing his invasion.


    Desperate to taste him, Fiona wrapped her hands around him. Yearning towards him, that need she


    always felt every time he got close and it was always threatening to consume her. She knew nothing


    would stop it except being with Ace even if he was a bit younger than she was. Fiona needed to feel his


    body and so she tugged at his shirt desperate to make that contact. Her fingers unresponsive and Ace


    was the one who moved back enough to strip off his shirt, then he touched the button on her gown


    without looking away from her, he undid each one then eased off her gown and tossed it somewhere


    on the sofa.


    Fiona faced him with herce bra still on and he slowly moved the bra straps off her shoulder. She held


    her breath, trembling with his hands on her back as he undid the fastener. His gaze dropped to her


    breast and without him touching her, her nipples responded, the need in her grew heavy and was more


    urgent.


    ¡°Ace?¡± Her voice came out in a tight whisper.


    ¡°Fiona..you are so beautiful.¡± Ace whispered and then he touched her.


    Fiona gasped when his hands cupped her breasts, her legs grew weak, her breathing rapid and she


    swayed closer to him. Ace lifted her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist.


    Unfortunately, Fiona wasn''t adventurous in bed. Ace had figured that out after the first time he had


    screwed her. But Fionater told him that she doesn''t know much about sex and she had admitted that


    he was her third lover.


    On the day she spilled the truth to Ace, he couldn¡¯t help butugh out. Hell! Not because he was


    mocking her but it was simply because Ace couldn''t remember who his third lover had been or his tenth


    lover. Ace rk had lost his virginity when he was fourteen to one of the maids who had worked for his


    grandparents. He was just fifteen when he had enjoyed the twenty two years old body for quite


    sometime until she had quit her job to get married to someone who was far away from town. But for the


    life of him he didn''t recall if she was lover three or 4 certainly not 2.


    He kissed her for some minutes before she drew back from him to catch her breathe. Ace lifted her up


    to bring her closely to his body, then together they were on the sofa with tangled legs and arms twined,


    burning the start of one and the ending of the other. Ace¡¯s hands were everywhere, touching,


    caressing, drawing feelings from her, building pleasures in her that soared but they were all for fun. His


    hands was on her stomach, his fingers under the band of her panties as he sloped the material off her


    and he found her center. Ace¡¯s hand pressed against her and she moved against him, sensation


    shooting through her.


    He kissed her with his finger till pressed to her core, one finger then two and she rose up and back.


    ¡°Are you ready baby girl...¡± he said amidst kisses.


    Fiona nodded with a smile on her face.


    In a moment, he pulled away and pulled off his jeans. He gestured to Fiona to lean back on the couch


    and she did as instructed with his eyes watching her with lust. He found her and circled her but she


    was startled that touching and holding him seem as natural as the breath she took. She was needing it


    more and more.


    Ace was hers and she wanted to be his, she thought within herself. He moved his legs between hers.


    He heard her whisper his name slowly as he entered her until he filled her. He lifted her hips and she


    gasped when he initiated the first stroke. Deep and sure, then again and again and she matched him


    thrust for thrust until they were both exhausted.


    And then she was in Ace arms, lying next to him on the big couch.


    ¡°So Ace...what do you think of us?¡± Fiona asked.


    Ace eyebrows drew together. ¡°Us? What do you mean by us?¡± He asked.


    Fiona raised up her elbow to look into his eyes. ¡°Yes..I mean about our rtionship.¡± Fiona answered.


    Ace rk almost sneered at her words but he acted cool.


    ¡°Listen Fiona, we can talk about that some other time but I want you to know that I love you so much.¡±


    Ace said a coy smile pressing a quick kiss to her lips.


    ¡°I love you too, Ace rk.¡± Fiona said as shey her head back on his chest.


    She closed her eyes tightly before pressing a kiss to Ace¡¯s chest then she put her cheek against his


    heart.


    ¡°You should get some rest..baby girl.¡± Ace said.


    ¡°Okay.¡± She listened to each beat, steady, sure, strong and it was the best thing she heard before


    drifting to sleep.


    Ace rk couldn¡¯t fall asleep because it wasn¡¯t it thing to sleep over at a girl¡¯s home. Some minutes


    after he was sure Fiona was sound asleep, he readjusted his position and carried Fiona into her room.


    He took a quick shower, dressed up, wrote a note on the dressing ss with her lipstick.


    ¡°I got a call from home, please take care of yourself. I will send you some money by weekend.¡±


    Then he walked out of Fiona¡¯s apartment.


    Mrs rk kept calling Ace but his phone was switched off and he didn¡¯t even bother to switch it back


    on knowing what she wanted to discuss with him - College. So he dropped by at a phone centre bought


    a new phone and purchased a new line.

 A holiday to Winslow, Arizona

    A holiday to Winslow, Arizona


    EPISODE TWELVE


    Theme: A holiday to Winslow, Arizona


    FEW DAYS LATER


    ¡°Look me in the eye and tell me what the hell were you doing in a club!?!¡± Mr rk yelled at his son.


    Ace rk eyebrows snapped together as he dropped his hands into his front jeans pocket. ¡°Come on


    dad, I only went there to see some of my friends.¡± Ace rk answered with a shrug.


    Ace rk hated it whenever his dad questioned him about his whereabouts as if he were an eight


    years old boy when he was twenty three years old!


    Mr rk furrowed his eyebrows in fury. ¡°You were at the club to see some friend?! Tell me is that ce


    a golf point?!¡± He questioned frantically.


    Ace rk pulled his hands out of his jeans pocket and flopped down on the couch. ¡°Come on dad, you


    should know that I don¡¯t y golf. I just went to the club to see some of my friends and we didn¡¯t do


    anything bad.¡± He said.


    ¡°Fine..you went to see some friends and you didn¡¯t do any thing bad so tell me howe you were


    snapped kissing twodies at the same time?!¡± Mr rk said with disgust on his expression.


    Ace rk was taken aback at how his dad had found out what he did at the club. His dad threw some


    pictures at his face and they flew everywhere around the office. Ace rk leaned forward on the couch


    and picked one that came his way and dropped at his feet then he saw himself kissing Amelia and


    Alexis. They were the girls he met at the club the previous night.


    ¡°Ace, now tell me when are you going to stop all these stupid acts and focus on studying?!¡± Mr rk


    yelled at him.


    ¡°Dad..believe me it is not what you think..I mean-¡° Mr rk interrupted him.


    ¡°What else should I think aside the fact that you are just an idiot and a spoilt boy who just squanders


    my money on useless things. And listen to what if Mark had not caught the man who took these


    photos?! You would have destroyed my name and reputation! The media houses would have published


    these photos and you would lose the chance of ever getting married to Anderson''s daughter! What do


    you want Cami to think of you if she gets to see this on the papers?!¡± Mr rk yelled with clear


    annoyance on his expression.


    There he goes again with Cami! Cami! Cami! Ace rk felt his ear was about to explode. ¡°Come


    on dad, this is not as serious as you are taking it.¡± He said.


    Mr rk shook his head in disappointment. ¡°I paid a fucking hundreds of dors to get that


    photographer to delete these photos and remain quiet about it and you are telling me it is not serious!¡±


    He snarled at his son.


    ¡°Dad-¡° Ace rk tried toe up with some excuses to be free from his father¡¯s nagging.


    ¡°Listen to me, I won¡¯t wait until you get me, your mom and this corporations into trouble. So because of


    this, I am sending you off to my hotel in Winslow and I am sure by the time you work as a janitor for


    some weeks you will get to know how hard it is to r me to sit at this desk each day to put this


    corporation in ce and provide for your expenses.¡± Mr rk said but in an unusual calm tone.


    The color drained out of Ace rk¡¯s face and he stood up from the couch quickly. ¡°Dad...you can''t do


    this to me.¡± He said in sheer surprise.


    ¡°Watch me do this to you, Ace rk.¡± Mr rk said.


    Ace screwed up his face. ¡°I promise I will change.¡±


    Mr rk shook his head in disapproval. ¡°You have made this promise to me a countless times so I


    know you are not going to change.¡± He said.


    ¡°Please dad, you can¡¯t send me off to that small town to work there as I janitor.¡± Ace eyes pleaded with


    his dad.


    ¡°Well I am bent on doing this to you so drop your car keys and credit cards. I will make sure you don''t


    have any thing on your except for the daily ie you would be getting from your workce.¡± Mr rk


    walked over to where Ace stood and he gestured to Ace to drop what he asked in his palms.


    Sadness clouded Ace features as he reluctantly dropped his car keys and just two cards and he held


    back one card in his wallet on his father¡¯s palm.


    ¡°Don¡¯t try to y smart with me, Ace rk.¡± Mr rk snatched the wallet from him and removed the


    card and some dor notes he found in it.


    ¡°Dad..those money are mine..you can¡¯t take that away from me.¡± Ace rk argued but his father didn¡¯t


    say anything but drop his wallet on the couch before walking back to his desk.


    ¡°Dad..you have to believe me that I will change. You can''t possibly take everything and make me work


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    as a janitor in your hotel...That''s cruel.¡± Ace rk said with a tightened jaw.


    Mr rk mouth curve into a smile as a smug look disyed on his face too. ¡°Mark! Mark! Mark!¡± He


    called out.


    A well built man dressed in a nicely tailored suit walked into therge office. ¡°Yes mr rk.¡± Mark said.


    ¡°You can now send him off to Arizona and remember not to pick up my wife''s call until he finally reach


    that town.¡± Mr rk instructed.


    ¡°Yes sir.¡± Mark replied.


    ¡°Dad...I can''t believe you doing this to me....if you really want to send me off at least give me a chance


    to talk to my mom.¡± Ace rk said knowing that his mom would one way or the other convince his dad


    to let things go like she used to do.


    Mr rk turned his back on his son and right there Ace knew nothing would change his dad''s mind.

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    Golden Hotels


    EPISODE THIRTEEN


    Theme: Golden Hotels


    (FLASHBACK TO TEN YEARS AGO)


    WINSLOW ARIZONA


    GOLDEN HOTELS


    Ace rk reluctantly dragged his box behind him as he followed Mr Mark into the hotel. Every workers


    around greeted Mr Mark while the female attendants stared and drooled at Ace rk who had a hard


    expression on his face.


    A slender woman in her early forties, she is attractive, dressed in a pant trouser and shirt. She wore a


    beautiful smile on her face as she walked up to Mr Mark and Ace rk.


    ¡°Good afternoon Tonia, it is really good to see you again.¡± Mr Mark greeted the woman cheerfully.


    ¡°It is good to see you too, Mark.¡± Tonia smiled.


    ¡°Please meet Ace rk, and Ace meet Mrs Tonia the manager of this hotel.¡± Mr Mark introduced.


    Ace rk couldn¡¯t stop himself from staring at the woman from head to toe. He wouldn¡¯t deny that she


    was beautiful and he began to imagine how good she would look naked and be in bed with her beauty.


    Mrs Tonia stretched out her hand towards Ace rk but he was lost in thought about her.


    ¡°Ace...¡± Mr Mark jammed his fist at Ace back.


    Ace rk jolted out of thought. ¡°Oh..oh..sorry what did you call her name again?¡± He asked.


    ¡°Mrs Tonia...¡± She smiled unting the ring on her finger just to let Ace know she was married because


    she had caught him ogling over her.


    Ace rk¡¯s eyes did a slow crawl on her again before itnded on her face. ¡°You look beautiful, but it is


    just sad news that you are a married.¡± Ace rk took her hand and kissed the back of it.


    Mr Mark cleared his throat. ¡°Be careful Ace and remember that you are here to work here and not -¡°


    Ace interrupted him sharply.


    Ace rolled his eyes. ¡°Fine..Fine enough of the lectures and stop sounding like my dad but..at least can I


    have my car key and credit cards?¡± Ace rk requested.


    ¡°Your cars and credit cards are back at home, Mr rk didn¡¯t give the items back to me.¡± Mr Mark


    replied.


    ¡°Well it is time to get to work.¡± Mrs Tonia said in the sternest voice she could muster.


    "Work? Right now?" Ace rk asked with a wide eye.


    "Yes." Mrs Tonia smiled.


    "Be careful not to get on her nerves, this beauty in front of you can be a beast when ites to


    work. And remember not to spill your identity to anyone around here, in this town you are just a regr


    boy who need to earn a living." Mr Mark whispered to Ace.


    Mrs Tonia eyes surveyed the area until itnded on one of the workers. "James?" She called out to a


    boy.


    A young boy of about twenty years old walked up to her. "Yes Ma''am."


    "Please take Ace to the locker room and change his wears since he is now a worker." Mrs Tonia


    instructed the boy.


    Ace rk eyebrows drew together. as he turned away from Mrs Tonia and James. "Hold up..Mr Mark,


    do I have to dress like him?" Ace asked with a disgusting look on his face but he couldn''t find Mr Mark


    anywhere.


    "Aish!!! that sly fox!" Ace uttered profanities at Mr Mark who wasn¡¯t present.


    "Yes Ace, you have to dress like him as a worker of this hotel. James when he is done take him to


    kitchen and teach him how to serve drinks at events. We have an eventing up in three hours


    times." Mrs Tonia said zing down at her wrist watch.


    "Are you saying I have to serve drinks at parties just like a bar tender?" Ace asked with a raised


    eyebrow.


    Mrs Tonia shook her head in agreement. "Yes so please go with James to show you around the hotel."


    Mrs Tonia said before walking away.


    Ace rk jaw tightened his jaw and clenched his fist. "This is a fucking hell hole!" He gritted.


    "Pardon?" James said.


    Ace rk shot him re that would have harmed James if only eyes could kill.


    TWO WEEKS LATER


    ????RIVERA HOME????


    WINSLOW, ARIZONA.


    Emily was all dressed for a family asion. ¡°How do I look?¡± Emily asked Ivy whoying on her bunk


    bed reading a novel.


    Ivy looked at her sister as she envied her beauty in the dress she was putting on. ¡°You look


    beautiful..almost blinding my vision.¡± Ivymented.


    ¡°Really? But you can still see me anyways.¡± Emily said and they bothughed


    ¡°So what is the asion? A dinner date or hang out or reunion with old school friends?¡± Ivy asked.


    ¡°Thank you.¡± Emily smiled but soon furrowed her eyebrows. ¡°Wait..you don¡¯t know what is happening


    today?¡± Emily asked.


    Ivy itched the bridge of her nose. ¡°What am I missing out?¡± She askedying back on the bed to


    continue reading her novel.


    ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to aunt Julia¡¯s wedding?¡± Emily asked.


    ¡°Oh! When is it?¡± Ivy asked without looking away from the novel.


    Emily eyes widened in surprise. ¡°Oh my God Ivy! What have you been thinking?! Today is Aunt Julia¡¯s


    wedding and that is why I am all dressed up!¡± Emily exined.


    Ivy looked at her sister again. ¡°Oh really? I didn¡¯t remember that it was today.¡± She answered.


    ¡°Well now that you know stand up and go and get dressed while I wait for you.¡± Emily said.


    ¡°I would rather stay at home and spend those quality time on reading my novels.¡± Ivy forced a small


    smile on her face.


    ¡°Come on Ivy, Aunt Julia won¡¯t be happy if you don¡¯t attend her wedding.¡± Emily pouted.


    ¡°Hey miss Emily Rivera, your parents are in the living room waiting for you to get dressed. Don¡¯t worry


    about me because I think I can¡¯t make it even if I want to..¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°You can use my own invitation card..I will use mom¡¯s own and if you don¡¯t mind..you can borrow my


    clothes too. I have this beautiful blue gown that will fit you perfectly.¡± Emily said with a happy smile on


    her face.


    Ivy focused back on her novel. ¡°Thank you for the offer but I am not going to attend an event whereby I


    won''t be free to do whatever I want. Moreover half of the town will be there so I don¡¯t want to feel like


    an outcast.¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°Okay I know half of the town will be at the wedding bute on Ivy I will be there with you. Listen Ivy,


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    I am ready to fight anyone who talks bad about you. I am going to punch them right in the face and


    make sure to take off one or two teeth.¡± Emily clenched her fists.


    ¡°There is no point in defending me when everyone already knows who I am. Defending me won¡¯t


    change anything and in case you have forgotten uncle Tony''s wedding? Remember the bride did not


    show up on time because she torn her gown.¡± Ivy said.


    Emily screwed up her face. ¡°Yes I remember uncle Tony¡¯s wedding where his bride didn¡¯t show up on


    time because she tore her gown but what does that have to do with what we are discussing?¡± Emily


    asked.


    ¡°Everyone med me for that.. Just because I went to the wedding and it was even mom who pped


    it to my face.¡± Ivy replied with a shrug.


    ¡°But Ivy-¡° Emily was interrupted by a scream of her name from her mom.


    ¡°Emily, can you get down here we arete for the wedding!¡± Mrs Rivera said.


    ¡°Go ahead Emily.¡± Ivy said.


    ¡°In case you change your mind...¡± Emily dropped the invitation card at the foot of the bed. ¡°I strongly


    believe that you are not what they think you are but you just choose to ept how people see you.¡±


    Emily said before leaving the room.


    Tears shimmered in Ivy¡¯s eyes but she reached her fingers to her face and wiped the tears that


    threatened to spill. ¡°Don¡¯t cry..don¡¯t cry Ivy...don¡¯t cry...¡± She chanted but failed and broke out in tears.


    ¡°Wow! You look beautiful...but your hair looks a bit off..oh my God I should have taken you to the


    salon..maybe we will do that on the way to the event. Your dad is waiting in the car.¡± Mrs Rivera


    pped her hands in excitement but it stopped when she noticed the sad look on Emily¡¯s face.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Did Ivy hurt you because you look prettier than she is?¡± Mrs Rivera asked with a hard


    expression on her face.


    Mrs Rivera waited for Emily to say something so she would go straight into the room andsh out on


    Ivy for hurting her sister.


    ¡°Ivy! Ivy! Ivy!¡± Mrs Rivers called out when Emily didn¡¯t answer her questions.


    ¡°No mom, please let her be..she didn¡¯t do anything wrong. I am just sad because Ivy is noting with


    us to the wedding.¡±. Emily said with a sad face.


    Mrs Rivera hissed out loud. ¡°That''s her problem... She is not needed at the party anyways if shees


    with us she will only cause trouble.¡± She said.


    ¡°I can¡¯t believe you just said this to Ivy.¡± Emily shook her head repeatedly before running out of the


    house in order to get away from her mother. She wasn¡¯t expecting such response from her mom.


    ¡°Emily! Emily! Emily! I am sorry!¡± Mrs Rivera followed her daughter immediately.

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    The wedding party


    EPISODE FOURTEEN


    Theme: The wedding party


    WINSLOW, ARIZONA.


    RIVERA HOME


    Tears shimmered in Ivy¡¯s eyes but she reached her fingers to her face and wiped the tears that


    threatened to spill. ¡°Don¡¯t cry..don¡¯t cry Ivy...don¡¯t cry...¡± She chanted but failed and broke out in tears.


    ¡°Wow! You look beautiful...but your hair looks a bit off..oh my God I should have taken you to the


    salon..maybe we will do that on the way to the event. Your dad is waiting in the car.¡± Mrs Rivera


    pped her hands in excitement but it stopped when she noticed the sad look on Emily¡¯s face.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Did Ivy hurt you because you look prettier than she is?¡± Mrs Rivera asked with a hard


    expression on her face.


    Mrs Rivera waited for Emily to say something so she would go straight into the room andsh out on


    Ivy for hurting her sister.


    ¡°Ivy! Ivy! Ivy!¡± Mrs Rivers called out when Emily didn¡¯t answer her questions.


    ¡°No mom, please let her be..she didn¡¯t do anything wrong. I am just sad because Ivy is noting with


    us to the wedding.¡±. Emily said with a sad face.


    Mrs Rivera hissed out loud. ¡°That''s her problem... She is not needed at the party anyways if shees


    with us she will only cause trouble.¡± She said.


    ¡°I can¡¯t believe you just said this to Ivy.¡± Emily shook her head repeatedly before running out of the


    house in order to get away from her mother. She wasn¡¯t expecting such response from her mom.


    ¡°Emily! Emily! Emily! I am sorry!¡± Mrs Rivera followed her daughter immediately.


    Ivy Rivera sat up on her bed few minutes after Emily left the room. She saw the invitation card at the


    edge of her bed with a little note attached to it. She opened the invitation card and saw her name boldly


    written in the card and she also checked the note.


    Ivy read the note attached to the invitation card. ¡°I, Julia Rivera personally invites you to my wedding.


    Pleasee and put a smile on my face today. I will be really mad at you if you don¡¯t show up at my


    wedding today!¡±


    Ivy smiled a little as she blink back tears. Aunt Julia has always being on her side, she had even invited


    Ivy on several asions to her ce but Ivy always refused to pay her a visit. Today, Aunt Julia had


    made an invitation card just for her. She continue to read what was written on the other side of the


    note.


    ¡°If I don''t see you today, then I will assume you don''t see me as a good aunt and anytime you see me


    don''t ever call me aunt.. Okay?¡±


    Then she read Emily''s note. ¡°Aunt Julia really wants to see you, she is mad at you because you did not


    help her with the wedding preparation and she says you have to make up for that today by attending


    wedding. And I guess she also has something important to tell you today.¡±


    Part of her was happy and the other part of her was scared. ¡°What if I attend the party and something


    bad happens?¡± She said as if she was talking to someone.


    She shook her head. ¡°I am not going to attend the party because I don¡¯t want to get med.¡± Ivy said to


    herself. ¡°Half of the town will be present..no..no..l can go to the party.¡± She discarded the thought of


    going to the party.


    Ivyy back on the bed to continue reading the novel but then her mind kept drifting to Aunt Julia. She


    recalled the day her aunt gave her a ne on her birthday. Ivy sighed and sat up on the bed again.


    ¡°I am going to attend Aunt Julia''s wedding because she wants to see me just to make up for not


    helping her with the wedding preparations.¡± Ivy smiled.


    She was happy that someone at least wants her, someone was worried about her and of course


    someone cares for her.


    ¡°But what do I wear? None of my rags...Absolutely none fits a wedding party.¡± She scratched the back


    of her neck.


    ¡°What do I wear? What do I wear?¡± Ivy chanted as she got out of bed.


    ¡°Jeans...what about my hair?¡± Ivy said loudly as she walked to her closet only for her to gasped out in


    shock when she saw a beautiful knee length gown hanging in it.


    ¡°Who..put this..here?¡± She stuttered.


    Ivy took out the gown and a note fell from it to the ground. Ivy picked the note and read it.


    ¡°Aunt Julia sent this, she wants you to wear this to the wedding.¡± Emily wrote the note to her.


    A smile curved around her mouth as she admired the gown. ¡°This is so beautiful.¡± She said.


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    ¡°This is how you carry the wine and make sure it doesn''t fall. Why is it so hard for you to get this simple


    work? I have been teaching you for weeks now..and you are not even serious about knowing what I


    have been teaching you!¡± James said in a raised tone.


    Ace rk eyebrows creased and a frown disyed on his face. ¡°How dare you talk to me this way? Do


    you know who I am?!¡± Ace snapped at him.


    ¡°You keep asking me if I know who you are? Well I don¡¯t care about who you are but what I care about


    is that you are working in this hotel so you should do a good job!¡± James replied.


    Ace rk snorted and clenched his fists. ¡°It is not your fault..no don¡¯t worry I won¡¯t do anything to you. I


    will keep calm and do everything my father wants me to do because of my cars, my cards


    and...women.¡± He said.


    Jamesughed at him. ¡°I will keep calm and do everything my father wants me to do because of my


    cars, cards and women......¡± James mimicked Ace rk.


    Ace felt the urge to punch the young boy but he controlled himself.


    ¡°Listen to me, a wedding is going to take ce in the event hall so we are heading there now to finish


    up the arrangements.¡± James pointed around Ace.


    ¡°I will be waiting outside.¡± James said before walking out of the liquor room.


    ¡°Where is Ace?¡± Mrs Tonia asked as she walked towards James, pushing a cart with cake and wine on


    it.


    ¡°He is still inside.¡± James replied.


    Ace rk stepped out of the room.


    ¡°Oh Ace, I can see you are not busy. James go into the kitchen and help the staffs out.¡± She instructed


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    James.


    ¡°Yes ma¡¯am.¡± James replied before he walked off.


    ¡°Ace, I want you to push this cart to the hall, the cake and wine is a gift from the hotel management to


    the new couples.¡± Mrs Tonia said.


    ¡°Why do I have to be the one to push the cart to the hall? You should have just ask James.¡± Ace started


    to walk away.


    ¡°Alright! I will just call your father and let him know you aren¡¯t doing any work around here.¡± Mrs Tonia


    said stopping Ace rk on track.


    Ace rk turned to face Mrs Tonia. ¡°Alright...I will take the cart to the event hall.¡± He shed the


    woman a fake smile.


    ¡°Very good..but be careful not to ruin the cake or break the wine.¡± Mrs Tonia said with a stern look on


    her face.

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    Who ruined the cake?


    EPISODE FIFTEEN


    Theme: Who ruined the cake?


    (FLASHBACK TO TEN YEARS AGO)


    WINSLOW, ARIZONA


    GOLDEN HOTELS


    Ivy stood in the hallway looking confused, not knowing where to find the event hall. She had dialed


    Emily''s line several times but she wasn¡¯t picking, probably she was still in church. While her eyes were


    surveying the environment looking for a way to the event hall, Ace was busy pressing his cellphone as


    he was pushing the cart slowly. He was too engrossed with his phone, scanning through messages of


    women asking when they would meet up and he wasn¡¯t even paying the slightest attention to the cart


    he was pushing.


    Ivy stopped walking to dial Emily¡¯s number again, she stood with her back facing Ace. And without


    knowing, Ace bumped into Ivy while she turned to face him with shocked expression on her face. And


    before Ace could figure out ,what was happening the cake and wine was already falling down to the


    ground, Ivy tried to protect it but part of it dropped on her dress as she hit the ground too.


    Ace looked down at cake and the mess he had caused due to carelessness and his jaw dropped


    immediately his gaze drifted on Ivy¡¯s beautiful face.


    Ivy was so embarrassed as she thought that it had happened again, something alwayses up


    wherever she is..and what if her momes around now?! Fear clouded her system.


    ¡°Oh my God..I..am..am..am so sorry..¡± Ivy apologized as she tried to get up but sat back on the floor


    when she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen.


    ¡°Please..Please..forgive me..I should have been more careful..oh my God what am I going to do about


    that cake? The wine is so expensive..¡± She bbed continuously.


    Ace started to say something but stopped..he started again but stop again.


    ¡°Please..I am so sorry..but can..can you..please help me up?¡± Ivy asked Ace as she felt another sharp


    pain by her side as she rearranged the make up kits she bought as a gift for her aunt.


    Ace swallowed hard as he snapped out of reverie after checking out Ivy. ¡°Oh..okay..I am..am so


    sorry...Are you okay?¡± He helped her up and she pulled off her heels.


    ¡°Yes..Yes..I am fine.¡± Ivy answered, one of her hand held on to the gift bag and with the other hand


    holding her left side. ¡°Oh..the cake..the cake..and the wine..it must be very expensive. I am


    really..sorry.¡± She stuttered.


    ¡°The cake is ruined but you don¡¯t worry about it.¡± Ace said.


    ¡°No..I ruined it..and I am sorry..perhaps can I pay for just the cake because I don¡¯t think I can afford the


    wine?¡± Ivy asked with a worried look on her face.


    ¡°Please don¡¯t apologize, it is my fault.¡± And with just an impulse Ace moved closer to Ivy and began to


    remove creams from her hair.


    He didn¡¯t ruin just the cake and wine but Ivy dress and hair was stained with buttercream and cake


    crumbs.


    Ivy stopped him. ¡°No, you don¡¯t have to do this...I will clean myself..it is fine.¡± She stepped away from


    him.


    Emily dialed Ivy¡¯s number when she got to the hotel.


    ¡°Do you have a party to attend here?¡± Ace rk asked.


    Ivy shook her head. ¡°Yes..my aunt is getting married to-¡° a beep from her phone interrupted her.


    ¡°Please excuse me, I have to pick this call.¡± She said and Ace nodded before she epted the call.


    ¡°Ivy, I am really sorry..I was helping aunt Julia out at the church. And she even asked me to get the gift


    from the manager of the event hall we booked to her. Where are you?¡± Emily asked.


    ¡°I am in the hotel..but I caused a mess in the hallway.¡± Ivy replied.


    Emily turned around only for her gaze to fall on Ivy¡¯s back view. ¡°Big sister!¡± She screamed forgetting


    that she was on call with Ivy.


    Ivy turned and then she saw Emily who waved at her but was surprised at Ivy¡¯s look. And she began to


    walk towards them.


    ¡°My sister is here. You work here right?¡± Ivy asked Ace.


    ¡°Yes..I work here.¡± Ace replied.


    ¡°Please who do I need to meet to pay for the cake? I cane aroundter to pay for the wine.¡± Ivy


    asked.


    ¡°Oh you don¡¯t need to pay for anything, I will take care of it.¡± Ace replied.


    ¡°No..no..they will actually deduct it from your pay and I don¡¯t want that for you.¡± Ivy countered.


    If only she knew who the young man was, he could afford to buy more of the wine and hundreds of the


    cake.


    Emily got to them. ¡°Oh..look at you Ivy, what happened to your dress?¡± She asked.


    ¡°I just bumped into him carelessly and then..ruined the cake and wine.¡± Ivy pointed to the floor.


    ¡°Wait..isn¡¯t this Aunt Julia¡¯s cake? The hotel gave her as a gift...¡± Emily unlocked her phone and check


    the image of the cake aunt Julia had sent to her.


    Earlier the hotel management had mailed the picture to Aunt Julia together with a congrattory


    message. Mrs Tonia only asked Ace to take it to the hall when no one showed up to get the gift.


    ¡°Oh! It is really aunt Julia¡¯s gift!¡± Emily showed her sister the picture.


    Ace cleared his throat. ¡°Actually I was asked to take the cake and wine to the event hall.¡± Ace said.


    Ivy heart beat elerated. ¡°Oh no..no..what..do..I do..Emily?¡± She stammered with the fear that her


    mom would scold her if she finds out that she had ruined the gift meant for her aunt.


    ¡°Nothing can be done..you should clean up and I tell her aunt Julia...¡± Emily said.


    ¡°Oh..no..I can talk to the manager to get her another cake, please don¡¯t let her know I ruined it.¡± Ivy


    eyes pleaded with her sister.


    Ace just stood there surprised as to why Ivy was begging when it wasn¡¯t even her fault that the cake


    and wine was ruined.


    ¡°Do you have any money to pay for the expensive wine even if you can afford the cake? Come on Ivy, I


    am pretty sure aunt Julia will understand you didn¡¯t mean it.¡± Emily said.


    ¡°I already told her not to bother about it..and that I will take care of it since it was all my fault.¡± Ace said.


    Mrs Rivera saw her daughters talking to one of the hotel workers when she walked in with Julia, her


    husband and some other guests.


    ¡°Julia, isn¡¯t that Ivy and Emily?¡± She pointed at the girls.


    ¡°Oh that¡¯s true, Ivy decided toe around..I am happy she showed up.¡± Julia said.


    Mrs Rivera has to sneer at Julia¡¯s words. ¡°Wait..isn¡¯t that cream on her face? Why is she looking so


    rough? I think something is wrong. Julia, please go ahead to the hall with your guests while I check out


    what is happening over there.¡± Mrs Rivera said before walking away.


    ¡°I will talk to my boss.¡± Ace added.


    ¡°Can you hear that? He will take care of everything so let us go clean you up.¡± Emily held her sister¡¯s


    hand.


    ¡°Thank you for offering to pay for the cake and wine.¡± Ivy thanked Ace.


    The girl both turned to leave only to see there mom in front of them with her arms crossed over her


    chest. Mrs Rivera eyes nced down at the mess on the ground and then back to Ivy.


    ¡°I can see that you have finally caused another havoc..no bad luck..¡± Mrs Rivera pped her hands.


    ¡°Mom-¡° Mrs Rivera held her hand up to silence Emily when she tried to speak up.


    ¡°What are you even doing here? You should have just sit at home.¡± Mrs Rivera started to walk closer to


    the girls.


    Ivy heart beat faster and panic filled her. ¡°Mom..mom..it is not..what you think...¡± Ivy stammered.


    ¡°Really? So what do you want me to think aside the fact that you are always cause trouble everywhere


    you go?¡± Mrs Rivera said in a slightly raised tone.


    She let go to Emily¡¯s hand. ¡°I..am..sorry mom..¡± Ivy apologized but a pnded on her cheek making


    her turn her face sideways.


    ¡°What are you even doing in a ce like this?! Who asked you to attend this wedding?!¡± Mrs Rivera


    screamed are her daughter.


    Julia and the other guest stopped walking to watch the scene. ¡°Please excuse..¡± she grabbed her


    wedding gown up and raced to the scene while Mr Rivera followed her.


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    Ace rk was confused as to why the woman was screaming at Ivy without even asking what really


    happened.


    Tears shimmered in Ivy¡¯s eyes when her mom pped her again and all she did was apologize in an


    unsteady tone. She knew it was wrong of her to attend her aunt wedding but for a moment she had


    been too overwhelmed with happiness that someone at least wanted her around without the fear of


    what would really happen if she was near.


    ¡°Juliet!¡± Julia screamed out.


    ¡°Honey that''s enough..you don¡¯t have to cause a scene here.¡± Mr Rivera rushed towards his wife and


    pulled her away from Ivy.


    ¡°When will you stop disgracing me?!¡± Mrs Rivera yelled at Ivy.


    Julia stood in front of Juliet. ¡°Do you really have to cause a scene on my wedding day?¡± She asked with


    a re at Mrs Rivera.


    ¡°You should ask her why she has decided to bring shame upon you this day! She just ruined the gift the


    hotel gave you! Look at that expensive wine..she can¡¯t even afford it!¡± Mrs Rivera replied.


    Ace rk wondered why the woman was so worked up because of a cake and a wine. and for a


    second he concluded that the woman was bipr for treating her child like that.


    ¡°It is just a cake..and a wine...we can always get a new one moreover this is not the main cake but just


    a gift from the hotel.¡± Julia replied.


    ¡°Did you invite her to your wedding?¡± Mrs Rivera asked.


    ¡°Yes..I did! So what?! Uhhh...she is my family and she is your daughter!¡± Julia pointed at Mrs Rivera.


    ¡°And so she deserves to be here like everyone else! You shouldn''t treat your very own child like this!¡±


    Julia said in a raised tone.


    ¡°I am...really sorry...¡± Ivy apologized as tears streamed down her eyes.


    Aunt Julia turned to face Ivy. ¡°Why are you apologizing? What are you apologizing for? To your mom or


    me or the hotel? You don¡¯t have to do this Ivy...¡± Tears welled up in Aunt Julia¡¯s eyes.


    Ivy bowed her head too embarrassed to even look at everyone. ¡°I am..just sorry..for causing a scene on


    a day like this...¡± Ivy sobbed.


    ¡°Why is she even apologizing when she is not at fault.¡± Ace muttered deciding that he wouldn¡¯t stand


    around and watch them treat the girl like she ruined the whole gift.


    ¡°Stop this Ivy..just stop talking like this! You shouldn¡¯t let anyone treat like you are nothing! You don¡¯t


    deserve to be treated this way..and not by your mother or family!¡± Julia shouted at Ivy too.


    And then silent fell in the hallways and all that could be held was Ivy sobs.


    The bridegroom decided to step out of the hall when he didn¡¯t see his bride arrive with the other guests.


    He saw his bride raising her voice at Ivy and so he decided to go to them.


    ¡°Excuse me ma''am, I actually caused the mess...It was all my fault.¡± Ace rk said and they all


    focused their attention on him.


    ¡°Can you hear that?!¡± She said to Mrs Rivera.


    ¡°Darling that''s enough! Don¡¯t stay around here..the ceremony is about to start so let¡¯s just go into the


    hall.¡± Simeon the bridegroom said as he held on to his bride¡¯s hand.


    ¡°Are you okay Ivy?¡± Aunt Julia asked as she dusted off creams and cake crumbs from Ivy¡¯s dress.


    She felt Ivy trembling but Ivy did her best at holding herself up. Aunt Julia tried to hug her forgetting that


    she was on a wedding gown but Ivy dodged her.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want you to ruin your dress.¡± Ivy sniffed without looking into Aunt Julia¡¯s eyes.


    More guests started to arrive making their way towards the event hall. ¡°We should go now.¡± Simeon


    said to Julia.


    ¡°Ivy-¡° Julia was interrupted by Ivy.


    ¡°I am fine..¡± she sniffed and wiped her tears. ¡°I dropped by at the mall and bought the make up kit you


    have always wanted to have.¡± She handed the bag over to Julia but her aunt didn¡¯t take it.


    ¡°No Ivy, you shouldn¡¯t have gotten it for me¡± a tear stream down aunt Julia¡¯s eye.


    The make up kit Ivy bought was really expensive and most trending but ain¡¯t Julia couldn¡¯t buy it


    because all the money she had was put in preparing for the wedding. Ivy has saved up enough money


    from the minor jobs she did at neighboring towns who gave her jobs without knowing who she was in


    her own town.


    ¡°Can you ept the gift for her?¡± She asked the bridegroom.


    ¡°Sure.¡± Simeon took the gift bag from Ivy.


    ¡°Thank you aunt.¡± Ivy faked a smile before leaving the area at a close run.


    She left without her heels and walked barefooted out of the hotel.


    Ace rk stood wondering what sort of family the young girl came from, a mother who treated her child


    like she was a stranger, a father who couldn¡¯t caution his wife, a sister who couldn¡¯t dare to defend her


    sister and an aunt who was angry that the girl let people talk down about her but willing to fight anyone


    and showing so much care for the girl.


    He wondered why a mother would be so harsh on her own child, and not to mention calling her bad


    luck.


    ¡°Please is everything okay here?¡± Mrs Tonia asked as she walked to the area. Her gaze shifted down to


    the mess on the floor.


    ¡°Oh! The cake!¡± She gasped out.


    ¡°I am really sorry..please I am sorry.¡± Mrs Tonia apologized to the couples.


    ¡°No..it is alright.¡± Simeon said.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I will ask them to order for a new gift for you.¡± Mrs Tonia said.


    Emily decided to walk out at that moment to find her sister.


    ¡°Thank you.¡± Simeon said before taking his wife away to the event hall.

 Rude and spoilt brat

    Rude and spoilt brat


    EPISODE SIXTEEN


    Theme: Rude and Spoilt brat!


    (FLASHBACK TO TEN YEARS AGO)


    WINSLOW, ARIZONA.


    GOLDEN HOTEL


    Emily followed her sister out of the hotel, she saw her almost hailing down a taxi. ¡°Ivy! Ivy! Ivy!¡± She


    called out to her sister.


    When Ivy heard her name and also failed at stopping a taxi, she started walking away at a close run


    with tears in her eyes.


    Emily ran after her sister to catch up with her. ¡°Ivy! Please wait! Ivy! Ivy! Wait up!¡± Ivy please wait up!¡±


    She ran up to her sister and grabbed her right upper arm to stop her.


    Emily swirled Ivy to face her. ¡°Ivy...¡± she breathed out heavily.


    Ivy jerked free from Emily¡¯s hold on her upper arms. ¡°I..am..I am.fine.¡± Ivy stuttered and sniffed.


    ¡°Ivy, I know you are not fine.¡± Emily whispered.


    Ivy wiped her face with the back of her palms.


    ¡°I am sorry about everything..mommy said to you.¡± Emily apologized sincerely.


    Anger registered on Ivy¡¯s face immediately. ¡°Sorry?! Emily you are sorry about what? Sorry of the fact


    that our parents hates me?!¡± Ivy said with a raised eyebrow.


    Emily tried to speak up but Ivy cut her off. ¡°You are the one they love and nothing is going to change


    the fact that they hate me! So you should stay away from me like every other person!¡± Ivy grimaced in


    anger.


    Tears streamed down Emily¡¯s face too. ¡°I am trying to understand how you feel Ivy...¡± she stammered.


    Ivy has to sneer at her sister words. ¡°You will never understand this feeling because you receive all the


    love and care from our parents as I got nothing but bad words!¡± Ivy snarled at her sister.


    Emily hugged Ivy immediately . ¡°You can take out all..the anger on me..but don¡¯t try to make me stay


    away from you...Ivy please.¡± Emily pleaded.


    Ivy pushed Emily away. ¡°I will only cause you more trouble so stay away from me!¡± She shouted at


    Emily.


    ¡°Ivy ..no...please don¡¯t push me away...¡± Emily sobbed.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you understand when someone wants to be alone!¡± Ivy snapped at her sister.


    Ivy turned and ran away before Emily could try to protest.


    ¡°Ace, what on earth were you thinking while pushing the cart?! Just take a look at the mess you made!


    This is supposed to be a happy day for the newly wedded couples but you decided to cause a scene


    here!¡± Mrs Tonia yelled at Ace with clear annoyance in her tone and anger on her face.


    A muscle in Ace rk¡¯s jaw twitched and he clenched his fist in anger. ¡°Why are you yelling at me?


    Why Huh? Who do you think you are to yell at me?! I never meant to ruin the cake and it was just an


    ident! If it is about the money you paid to get this done then I will pay for everything!¡± He snarled at


    her.


    Mrs Tonia was taken back that Ace dared to snarl and raise his voice back at her.


    ¡°You should apologize to the couples and management!¡± Mrs Tonia spat out.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you want to understand that it was an ident!¡± Ace brought out his wallet and threw some


    notes at her.


    ¡°Is this enough?! You can have more!¡± He kept throwing the sry he got for working at the hotel.


    Mrs Tonia gasped out in shock as the money notes dropped at her feet.


    ¡°This is not about the money but it is the mess you made! You never do anything right ever since you


    got here! You have caused me more trouble! So you better clean up this mess you have made all over


    the ce!¡± Mrs Tonia spat angrily.


    Ace expression hardened. ¡°Who are you to order me around?! You are just a manager so you better


    know your ce! Get someone else to fix this mess but not me!¡± Ace replied.


    ¡°Yes I am just a manager and I have the authority around here!¡± Mrs Tonia replied with a stern look at


    Ace.


    ¡°You don¡¯t own this ce and who knows you might end up working for me in the nearest future and


    when that happens I will make sure to kick you out! You are such an insensitive woman! I am out of


    here!¡± He picked up Ivy¡¯s heels, kicked the cart and then walked away.


    Mrs Tonia breathing quickened. ¡°You are such a rude and spoilt brat! You are just lucky that I am not in


    the mood to deal with your troubles!¡± She screamed at him.


    Ace rk raised his middle finger up in the air for Mrs Tonia without looking back and that even made


    her more angry. Mrs Tonia grabbed her phone and dialed Mr Mark¡¯s number to report the incident to


    him.


    Ace ran out of the hotel with the determination to find Ivy. He looked everywhere in the area for a girl on


    a blue gown with blonde hair walking barefooted just to give back her heels. For other reasons, he


    wanted to know why her mom had treated her in such manner? Why her father had allowed his wife hit


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    his daughter without doing anything? Why the sister kept quiet all through the ill treatment? Why it is


    the bride who stood up for the girl? And why she wasn¡¯t pemitted to attend the wedding? Why she was


    called a disgrace? So many questions flooded his filled his mind as he searched for Ivy. He desperately


    needed to get the answers to these questions.


    Ace rk phone beeped in his pocket and it interrupted his thoughts. He took it out and saw Mr Mark


    on the screen. Ace declined it and continued the search for Ivy and the phone kept on ringing.


    Minutes clicked by into hours and when Ace couldn¡¯t find Ivy he decided to call Mr Mark back.


    ¡°Ace, where on earth are you?!¡± Mr Mark snarled at him.


    ¡°What? Are you going to treat me like I am a nobody?! And who the hell are you to yell at me?!¡± Ace


    snarled back to Mr Mark


    ¡°Fine Ace...I am sorry but can you pleasee back to the hotel?¡± Mr Mark said in a calm tone.


    ¡°I wille back but not now.¡± Ace replied.


    ¡°Please don¡¯t do this Ace..what if your dad calls to check on you? Please where are you? I cane


    and pick you up.¡± Mr Mark said.


    ¡°I will be back very soon..I need to be alone.¡± Ace rk replied.


    Mr Mark sighed. ¡°I apologize on Mrs Tonia¡¯s behalf...¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to apologize to me but tell her that I will get back at her when I own that ce.¡± Ace


    said.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to do that Ace. Okay you know what? Why don¡¯t you go stay at your family¡¯s beach


    house? I already asked someone to clean the ce few days ago.¡± Mr Mark said.


    ¡°Dad said I shouldn¡¯t leave the hotel. For me it has been nothing but torture staying here so I don¡¯t want


    anything than to leave this ce.¡± Ace countered.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to worry, I won¡¯t tell your dad about it. Just go there and I will ask someone to bring the


    keys to you.¡± Mr Mark said.


    Ace rxed. ¡°Okay, I will head to the ceter in the evening. For now I want to walk around town..¡±


    He said.


    Mr Mark sighed. ¡°Do you have any money to pay a taxi because I heard you sprayed your earning on


    Mrs Tonia.¡± Mr Mark asked.


    ¡°I will get a taxi and then direct him back to the hotel so you can pay him.¡± Ace replied.


    ¡°Okay..just put me on the phone so I can talk to the driver.¡± Mr Mark replied.


    ¡°Thank you.¡± Ace rk said before disconnecting the call.


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 Meeting the stranger

    Meeting the stranger


    EPISODE SEVENTEEN


    Theme: Meeting the stranger


    (FLASHBACK TO TEN YEARS AGO)


    WINSLOW, ARIZONA.


    (NIGHT TIME: BY BEACH )


    Ivy Rivera settled by the beach, the water was calmer, warmer and it doesn''t make her think about


    everything - Anything. Ivy decided that she wasn''t going to let everything her mother said bother her


    though she was badly hurt. The thought foremost in her mind as she walked to where the water met the


    sand. Though the dark blue water was cold-nearly frigid, but she enjoyed the feel of it tickling her toes,


    licking at her ankles. The sand squished beneath her heels, then between her toes as the water


    receded, before her prints washed away with each new waves. For a minute, she wished everything


    about her could be washed away as easily. But no that wasn''t true - such a wish would nevere


    true. It will never happen.


    Thought of leaving town shed through her mind but she cut the thought off before it could take hold.


    Damn this town and every memories it evoked. No matter how hard things had been, or how things will


    be, Ivy told herself three things she was going to work hard on to give her children, ¡°Stability, Security


    and Unconditional love¡±. These three things in which her parents never gave her. Three things she


    swore by the beach that her child - or children- will never do without.


    Arge wave rolled onto the beach, soaking Ivy to her knees and spraying up to her thighs and


    stomach. Ivyughed, a gasping, sucking kind of sound as she tried to ignore the bone yarning cold


    that had invaded at the first brush of the water. Though it was cold, it felt good just to throw her troubles


    into the surface and let them roll a little farther out to the sea.


    For Ace rk, the drive to the beach seemed to take forever. Though sad that he couldn''t find Ivy, but


    the fact that he would be alone - all by himself again made him sadder. The taxi man pulled up in front


    of the beach house and Ace slide out of the car and gave him instructions to go back to the hotel to get


    a fare. The driver obliged since Ace had exined things to him before getting into his car, and he


    drove away.


    Ace rk bounded up the steps and prepared to settle for sole real wine but he changed his mind and


    decided to take a walk to the beach. He walked down the beach, only to find adylike figureughing


    and ying by the beach. Butterflies formed in his stomach and heughed a little at how pretty the


    figure looked by the beach.


    ¡°Who is she?¡± Ace chuckled at the yful figure ying with waters.


    He moved closer and saw ady with a blond hair, she was dressed in a purple tank top and a pair of


    faded jeans and her feet were bare. Ace rk was sure he had seen this figure before.


    Ivy watched the ebb and flow of the waves, savoring the feel of the cold water against her skin. She


    moved far a bit from the water and settled down again on the sand. Ivy closed her eyes tight and began


    to hummed her favorite west life song.


    Ace rk figured who she was when he got closer. ¡°Oh..this girl...¡± He mumbled with a knowing look


    on his face and hastened his step just to settle right beside her.


    He forgot what name they had called her at the hotel.


    ¡°You must be having so much fun,¡± Ace rk said, looking at Ivy as he sat next to her.


    Ivy reopened her eyes quickly, startled at hearing someone¡¯s voice. At first she thought she was


    hallucinating but then she turned her face and was surprised to see Ace rk.


    ¡°Oh..you..are the guy from the hotel?¡± Ivy stuttered with recognition on her face.


    ¡°Yes.¡± Ace replied.


    ¡°Alright. It..is nice to meet you.¡± Ivy forced a smile on her face.


    ¡°Likewise, but I didn¡¯t get the chance to apologize properly for causing you trouble with your family.¡±


    Ace rk spoke calmly.


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing. You..you..don¡¯t..need to apologize.¡± Ivy stood up ready to leave.


    ¡°You are leaving?¡± Ace rk asked.


    Ivy hummed a positive response.


    Ace rk stood up too and they both stood face to chest. ¡°Did I interrupted your special moments?¡± He


    asked.


    ¡°Oh no..no not all. It¡¯s prettyte..I don''t want my mom saying that I am keepingte nights again.¡±


    Bye.¡± She rushed out her words and tried to leave but Ace grabbed her upper arm.


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    He didn¡¯t know why she was in a rush to leave. Perhaps is it because he was right there with her? Ace


    rk couldn¡¯t help but wonder.


    ¡°Speaking of your mother, why did she treats you like that earlier on?¡± Ace rk asked.


    Ivy whispered to herself as she looked away from him. ¡°Are you not from this town?¡±


    ¡°Pardon?¡±


    ¡°Oh! Not you..I just remembered something very important. So I guess I have to go ahead now.¡± She


    avoided answering his question.


    ¡°No..no..¡± Ace blocked her pathway. ¡°I want have a chat with you. As a matter of fact I can tell that you


    also need someone to talk to about what¡¯s bothering you.¡±


    She jerked free from Ace¡¯s hold on her right upper arm. ¡°No it is not like that. What you saw earlier is


    not what you are thinking, my mom is not a bad person. She just doesn''t like it when..we ruin people''s


    stuff. Yeah that''s it.¡± She forced a smile on her face so Ace would believe her but he didn¡¯t buy it.


    In those eyes he could see pains as he stared into them.


    ¡°But your aunt doesn¡¯t seem to like what you mom said to you.¡± He moved closer to her but she


    stepped backward.


    ¡°Don''t get me wrong....¡± She stepped backward again trying to avoid Ace.


    Ace couldn¡¯t help but chuckle at her attitude to get away from him. ¡°Hey rx I am not a bad person. I


    just want to have a chat with you that¡¯s all. And you can trust that I am not some serial killer or anything


    bad that you can ever imagine.¡± His eyes studied her and she rxed a bit.


    ¡°I am Ace, and you are?¡± He waited for her to fill in her name.


    ¡°Bethany.¡± She lied.


    But part of her was happy that at least someone came to her and wants to have a chat with her.


    Someone wants to know about her problems and someone asked her to trust him. But the other part of


    her told her not to allow him in, it warned her not to tell him about her worries and not to trust.


    ¡°Bethany? Ace rk repeated. ¡°It is a nice name. And nice to meet you again.¡± He stretched out his


    hand towards her for an handshake.


    She shook hands with him but let go within seconds.


    ¡°So you like the beach?¡± Ace rk asked as they both turned to look at the vast area of waters.


    She sighed, deciding to spend just a little time with the man she barely knew. ¡°Yes, it is like a ce of


    ¡°Really? So do you mind sharing those troubles with me too? Who knows I might help you.¡± Ace rk


    joked.


    She couldn¡¯t help but smile heartily at his words. ¡°You think you can do that for me?¡± She looked up at


    him.


    ¡°Yes and I think you look prettier whenever you smile.¡± Aceplimented her.


    Her cheeks turned pink and she didn¡¯t like the effects he was having on her. ¡°That''s not true...I am not


    anywhere near being pretty.¡± She looked away quickly.


    ¡°But that''s the truth. You just don''t want to ept that you are really pretty.¡± Ace added.


    A flush crept up at her face again.


    ¡°Now look at you..¡± Aceughed.


    ¡°What?¡± She smiled.


    ¡°You are blushing.¡± Ace replied and they bothughed.


    ¡°No, I am not blushing.¡± She turned her face away from him again.


    This was her first time of hearing someone say that she was pretty when she had always wondered if


    she was even close to having a good look as a woman. Why? The girl from the wrong side of the river


    always go around looking sad and downcast.


    ¡°You still don¡¯t want to tell me about your troubles? Come on, let me be your sea just for tonight.¡± Ace


    persuaded her to open up to him.


    Her face turned serious again. ¡°It is not something you should worry about.¡± She replied digging her


    right toes into the wet sand.


    Ace decided not to pester her about it. ¡°If you don''t want to share your problems then why don¡¯t we y


    for sometime before you leave? Don¡¯t worry I will take you back home if it is toote.¡±


    ¡°No! You can¡¯t take me home!¡± She objected in a raised tone until she realized that she just over


    reacted.


    Even Ace rk was taken aback by her sudden outburst.

 We are friends

    We are friends


    EPISODE EIGHTEEN


    Theme: We are friends


    (FLASHBACK TO TEN YEARS AGO)


    WINSLOW, ARIZONA.


    (NIGHT TIME: BY BEACH )


    Ace decided not to pester her about it. ¡°If you don''t want to share your problems then why don¡¯t we y


    for sometime before you leave? Don¡¯t worry I will take you back home if it is toote.¡±


    ¡°No! You can¡¯t take me home!¡± She objected in a raised tone until she realized that she just over


    reacted.


    Even Ace rk was taken aback by her sudden outburst.


    ¡°Oh sorry..I didn¡¯t mean to say it that way. I just..don¡¯t like the idea of you taking me home.¡± She


    apologized.


    ¡°I understand.¡± He answered.


    She turned away and looked back at the sea. She hasn¡¯t been doing anything with a boy but her mom


    thinks she has been sleeping around. Her mom would definitely nag her if she sees her talking to a boy


    not to talk of letting a guy walk her home.


    They bothpsed into silence lost in their respective thoughts.


    One look at Bethany, Ace rk could tell that all she wanted was affection, someone who would listen


    to her whenever she was sad, someone to lean on, someone that would appreciate her for who she is,


    someone who would put a smile on her face and make her happy. Someone who would give her what


    neither of her parents could give her.


    On an impulse Ace held Bethany¡¯s hand while she looked at him with a surprise look on her face. ¡°I am


    your sea for tonight.¡± He raised their locked hands up.


    She shed him a small smile as they both walked down to where the water met the sand. Ace thought


    of what to say to her just to beat the awkward silence between them.


    ¡°So you work at Golden hotels?¡± She was the first to speak up.


    ¡°Yes, I work there as a hotel boy. What about you?¡± Ace asked.


    ¡°Me?¡±


    ¡°Yes, are you working too?¡± Ace asked again.


    She shook her head slowly. ¡°No, I am not working. Are you in college?¡± She questioned.


    ¡°Yes..I am trying to get through with business school.¡± Ace answered.


    ¡°Woah! That¡¯s nice. So you want to own your own business?¡± She asked.


    ¡°Well..I am not sure about that yet.¡± Ace responded not wanting to tell her about his identity of being a


    rich man¡¯s kid.


    ¡°So what about you? Tell me about your major in college.¡± Ace urged her.


    ¡°I quit college.¡± She mumbled without any hint of regrets in her tone.


    Ace looked at her. ¡°Why did you quit college?¡± He asked.


    ¡°It sounds weird right?¡± Her eyes bored into Ace¡¯s eyes.


    Ace rk raised his eyebrows. ¡°Weird? I don¡¯t think it¡¯s weird because you must have a reason for


    quitting college. What is it? Money?¡± Ace asked.


    She looked away from Ace. ¡°I just don¡¯t feel -¡° She paused her lips to think of the right words to say to


    him.


    ¡°It is alright if you don¡¯t want to talk about it.¡± Ace mumbled.


    She looked up at him. ¡°You really want to know?¡± She asked.


    It kind of felt strange to her that someone was paying so much attention to her.


    Ace nodded his head. ¡°Yes if you want to share it with me.¡± He replied.


    ¡°Well..you might just end up leaving,¡± she said, looking away from him again.


    ¡°I am not going to leave.¡± Ace responded with a smile on his face.


    ¡°Really? But why are you so interested in knowing so many things about me?¡± She asked.


    ¡°I am just curious to know more about you because we might be friends.¡± Ace rk replied with a


    shrug.


    She scrunched you her face and let go of Ace¡¯s hand immediately. ¡°Friends?¡±


    That word sounded new and strange in her ears. It was surprising that someone wants to be friends


    with her.


    ¡°Yeah, so just tell everything that I need to know about you.¡± Ace rk pestered her this time to open


    up to him.


    Bethany sighed, deciding to tell Ace rk just little about her life. ¡°Well there is nothing much..I am the


    first child of my parents and you met my younger sister earlier. I am eighteen..and everyone around


    here avoids me like a gue.¡± She just briefed him about herself.


    She left out the incident surrounding her birth, and why she was given the derogatorybel ¡°the girl


    from the wrong side of the river.¡±


    After listening to Bethany, Ace just simplyugh. ¡°Is that all?¡± He asked.


    ¡°Thest words should be enough to warn you off.¡± She said.


    ¡°Does it matter? Bethany, I know there is more to what I witnessed earlier with your family. And I see no


    reason why people around here should avoid you. You are a human like them.¡± He tried to encourage


    her.


    A small smile crept up on her face at his words. ¡°I think I am a ghost.¡± She joked and they both


    Ace liked the way she smiled heartily at him and he wanted to see it that way - Forever. But he


    snapped out of the thought.


    Ace held her hand again and moved her closer to the water.


    ¡°Woah! It is so cold!¡± She let go of Ace¡¯s hand and moved a bit for the water to draw a line on the sand


    with her toes.


    She drifted off to thinking about her parents and her time with the man she barely knew.


    Ace walked closer to the water and sshed water on her just to stop her from thinking or she might


    end up crying.


    ¡°Hey! I am going to get wet!¡± She screamed at him.


    ¡°Well you are wet already..so just have fun!¡± Ace sshed more water on her using his right foot.


    ¡°Oh my God!¡± She tried to run away but Ace caught her and carried her up in a bridal style which


    caught her by surprise.


    Their gaze met for some seconds. ¡°Ace?¡± She lisped.


    Ace rk smirked. ¡°Get ready for it!¡± He rushed deeper into the waters.


    She screamed out. ¡°The water is cold!¡±


    Ace dropped her in it. ¡°Come on Bethany! Just have fun tonight!¡± He sshed more water on her body.


    She screamed out as she tried to free herself. ¡°Ace!¡±


    ¡°You have to y with me, that''s the remedy I have to stop you from thinking about your troubles!¡± Ace


    ¡°Are you serious about that?¡± She asked.


    Ace nodded his head.


    ¡°Alright. Let¡¯s do it.¡± She rushed to the water, sshing enough on Ace using both hands and legs.


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    (FEW MINUTES LATER)


    Bethany squeezed her top to drain water out of it, her Jeans was soaked too but there was nothing she


    could do about it. Ace rk soaked in her beauty as she squeeze her clothing even without pulling the


    top off.


    ¡°You got soaked..¡± Ace teased her.


    Bethany looked up at Ace. ¡°You caused it. I never wanted to get my clothes wet.¡±


    ¡°I am sorry about that but it was fun right?¡± Ace asked.


    Bethany nodded her head in agreement. ¡°Yes..and thanks for spending time with me.¡± She thanked


    him.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to thank me, Bethany. I just want us to be friends.¡± Ace replied.


    ¡°Friends? I don¡¯t think that¡¯s-¡° Bethany was interrupted by a grumbling sound from her stomach.


    ¡°Are you hungry?¡± Ace asked.


    ¡°No..no..I am not hungry.¡± She answered but her stomach made a rumbling sound again.


    ¡°You are hungry. Why don''t you dry yourself out and also eat something before you leave?¡± Ace


    suggested.


    ¡°Oh no..no..no..I am fine.¡± She objected.


    ¡°My house is over there so you can dry yourself out and have something to eat too,¡± Ace said, pointing


    to the beach house.


    ¡°It¡¯s yours? I have always been here for a while now but I have never seen the owner of the beach


    house.¡± She replied.


    ¡°My family owns this ce.¡± Ace said until he realized that he shouldn¡¯t have said those words when he


    didn¡¯t want Bethany to find out about his identity of being a rich kid.


    ¡°It must be really nice to own a beach house. I have always admired it.¡± She replied.


    ¡°So why don¡¯t you just ept my offer?¡± Ace requested .


    ¡°There is no need...I really have to go now. It¡¯s reallyte.¡± But her stomach failed her again.


    She hasn¡¯t eaten anything good all day long. Well she was hoping to have a good meal at the wedding


    party but everything didn¡¯t work out as nned.


    Ace covered the gap left between them and held her hand in hisrge ones. ¡°I insist youe with


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    me.¡± He pulled her behind him towards the beach house.

 Her dreams

    Her dreams


    EPISODE NINETEEN


    Theme: Her Dreams


    (FLASHBACK TO TEN YEARS AGO)


    WINSLOW, ARIZONA.


    (INSIDE THE BEACH HOUSE)


    She hasn¡¯t eaten anything good all day long. Well she was hoping to have a good meal at the wedding


    party but everything didn¡¯t work out as nned.


    Ace covered the gap left between them and held her hand in hisrge ones. ¡°I insist youe with


    me.¡± He pulled her behind him towards the beach house.


    As Ace pulled her along towards the beach house, her mind warned her against it. ¡°This is dangerous.¡±


    A voice chanted in her mind warning to run from him but she was willing to take a chance with him. It


    wasn¡¯t everyday that she gets to be with someone who would love to spend time with her. Who knows?


    He may not have a change of mind about her once he finds out the truth which she had hidden from


    him. And so she was willing to enjoy this night to the fullest.


    Ace punched in the password and unlocked the door before leading her into the house. And she


    couldn¡¯t help but gasped out at the beauty of the interiors and designs and all the luxurious things in the


    living room.


    ¡°Wow..this is so beautiful! Did your family really own this ce?¡± She asked looking around.


    ¡°Initially this ce isn¡¯t for my dad but he bought it from the owner after our visit to Winslow when I was


    a kid.¡± Ace replied hiding some truth from Bethany.


    The truth was that his father truly owned the ce but he only purchased the beach house after a


    vacation to Winslow when a real estate agents persuaded his dad toe buy a building in the small


    town. Mr rk loved the buildings in the town and decided to establish an hotel and he also bought a


    beach house where his family could stay during vacations.


    ¡°This is really beautiful!¡± Shemented.


    ¡°You like it?¡± Ace asked as he watched her touching every items in the living room.


    ¡°Yes!¡± She eximed and flopped down on the couch. ¡°Woah! This is sofortable!¡±


    She knew everything in the house was damn expensive, starting from the couch to therge t screen


    television to the paintings on the wall which got her wondering why the son of someone who owns this


    beach house was working as a hotel boy. To be honest, Bethany suspected that Ace must be for a rich


    home, she wanted to find out more about him too but since she was hiding some truth about herself


    then it doesn¡¯t matter to know about him too. She concluded that maybe he was working to earn his


    own money and not depending on his father¡¯s money. That was her opinion about the man she barely


    knew.


    ¡°Well I think you should thank me for insisting that youe in with me,¡± Ace said with a smile on his


    face.


    ¡°Should I?¡± Bethany giggled.


    Ace shook his head in agreement. ¡°I deserve it.¡±


    Bethany stood up from the couch, mped her hands together in Indian style and then bowed her


    head. ¡°Thank you sir,¡± she said earning augh from Ace before she joined in too.


    ¡°Alright..that¡¯s enough. You can have your clothes dried up before you leave.¡± Ace pointed out.


    She looked down at her wet clothes. ¡°Oh I am sorry..I shouldn¡¯t have sat on the couch with the


    wetness.¡± She moved away from the couch immediately.


    ¡°No..no..I don¡¯t mean it that way..I am just worried that you might catch cold.¡± Ace corrected hoping she


    didn¡¯t get the wrong idea in his words.


    ¡°But I don¡¯t have any other clothes to change into while this dries off. Maybe I should just leave now,¡±


    she said, getting closed in again, withdrawing into her shell of not being wanted by anyone.


    She has been like that since she was a kid. She had built up a wall around her heart that works against


    getting close to people. Not like she wanted to but she has a legacy to live with as the girl from the


    wrong side of the river.


    Ace didn¡¯t want her to leave, maybe not yet because he was enjoying the moment with her. He went to


    her.


    ¡°Bethany, please don¡¯t leave yet. I am sorry if I said the wrong words to you. I didn¡¯t mean that you


    shouldn¡¯t sit on the couch with your wet clothes.¡± He tried to exin things to her.


    ¡°No..no..you don¡¯t need to apologize. It¡¯s all my fault..let¡¯s say that I am just over sensitive with words.¡±


    She forced a smile on her face at least to make him believe that she wasn¡¯t angry at him.


    ¡°Alright. So I think there should be something for you to wear while you dry these ones off.¡±


    ¡°Oh no..no..It is fine.¡± She tried to stop him so as not to cause him any trouble.


    ¡°You will catch cold if you have them on soe with me.¡± He tried to hold her hand but she stepped


    away from him immediately like he was a burning furnace.


    ¡°Ace, seriously I am fine. Please just get me a drier..or something.¡± She insisted.


    ¡°Okay if that¡¯s what you want.¡± He walked away to his bedroom to change his wet outfit and then he


    went into the room that was meant for his parents and soon came back with a hand drier.


    ¡°I doubt if this will do any good,¡± Ace said, handing the hand drier to her.


    ¡°Thank you.¡± She collected it but Ace took it back from her and helped her plugged it in where she


    could properly use it.


    ¡°Sort yourself out while I get something for us to eat.¡± He said.


    ¡°Thank you, Ace.¡± She replied.


    Ace walked away towards the kitchen. When he opened the fridge, it was fully stocked just the way he


    likes it back home. He knew Mr Mark must have sent someone to get this done knowing that he was


    going to make the offer of asking him to spend time at the beach house. He promised to thank Mr Mark


    for letting hime here because he found the girl he had spent the whole day trying to find.


    His mind drifted off to Bethany and he couldn¡¯t help but keep smiling to himself. Who would have


    thought that notable yboy Ace rk could stoop low to ying on the beach with a girl he barely


    knew anything about. Was he trying to get along just to have her in his bed like he use to do with other


    girls? Or was he indeed happy to spend time with Bethany without expecting anything in return? Ace


    asked himself these questions but he couldn¡¯te up with any answers. All he knew was that he


    hasn¡¯t been with any woman since he came to Winslow, Arizona. Though he had flirt with some female


    staffs at the hotel but none of them were really worth to spend a second in his bed.


    He grabbed few junks from it and walked back to the sitting room but couldn''t find Bethany anywhere.


    The hand drier was turned off too. Did she leave already? He mused.


    He dropped the items on the table. ¡°Bethany?¡± He called out her name in a usual tone but it echoed in


    therge house and he didn''t get any response.


    Had she left? He thought within himself. Ace couldn¡¯t help but wonder if he did something bad that


    made her leave without saying a goodbye to him. He checked his sister¡¯s room before moving on to the


    next room and then his thought was cut off when he saw her staring at a camera ced on m the bed


    side drawer. This particr room use be for his mom whenever they came for vacation in this town.


    Ace cleared his throat. She turned and dropped the camera back to it ce immediately.


    ¡°Oh I am sorry..I am really sorry..I..just got carried away by the things I saw in the living room and


    wanted to check more things around here. I am sorry..I shouldn¡¯t have touched the camera too..oh my


    God I shouldn¡¯t have walked in here too.¡± She bbed apologies.


    ¡°No it is okay.¡± Ace walked closer to her.


    ¡°Are you sure you are not angry?¡± She mumbled.


    ¡°Why should I be? This room is for my mom. She must have left the camera here without knowing. She


    loves camera actually.¡± Ace smiled.


    ¡°Oh..the camera is lovely.¡± Shemented.


    Ace picked up the camera and examined it. ¡°Perhaps do you also have penchant for cameras like my


    mom?¡± He asked.


    ¡°Maybe yes..ermm..I actually want to be a photographer..and a film producer.¡± She talked about


    about her dreams with a happy smile in her face.


    ¡°Nice dream so you want this?¡± He pointed the camera to her.


    ¡°No..No..No..It¡¯s for your mom.¡± She objected.


    ¡°You can have it.. I will -¡° she interrupted him sharply.


    ¡°No, I don''t want it. Your mom who like cameras must have left it here for a reason. Moreover I can¡¯t


    have it if I want to because my mom will keep questioning me about how I got such an expensive


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    camera.¡± She rejected his offer to take the camera.


    epting such an expensive camera would confirm that she had been sleeping around just to buy a


    camera. So would her mom think of her.


    ¡°Okay..Let us go to the sitting room. I managed to get some things we can eat from the fridge.¡± He held


    out his hand to her but she hesitated at first before taking it with a cute smile nted on her face.


    ¡°So what do you want? Chips, a box of chocte or Pringles?¡± He asked when they got to the living


    room. ¡°Just pick out anything you want.¡± He pointed at the table.


    Bethany let go of this hand while he went to pick up the bag of chips before flopping on the couch.


    ¡°Come on..feel at home. Take anything you want from these loads of junks stuffs.¡± He pointed out.


    ¡°Well I want the chips too.¡± She replied taking a sit on the couch not too far from where he sat.


    Ace looked down at the bag of chips in his hands. ¡°Alright we can just share. But to be able to do that


    you have to sit with me.¡± He tapped the spot next to him.


    She just stood and went to sit next to him. And he gave the bag of chips to her before standing up to


    switch on the television. She watched as he moved swiftly around the room trying to find the remote


    and she couldn¡¯t help but drool over his features. Every of his movement disyed his thick muscles


    and well built body through his clothes. She was drooling over him that she didn¡¯t notice he was looking


    at her.


    ¡°Bethany, are you okay?¡± He asked, snapping her out of reverie.


    ¡°Oh! Yes..Yes..I am fine..I was just thinking of -¡° her voice trailed off when he sat next to her.


    Ace grabbed the can of Pringles.


    ¡°I thought you wanted the chips too.¡± Shepleted her unintended statement.


    ¡°You can have it all to yourself.¡± Ace answered with his gaze focused on the television.


    ¡°Are you sure you don¡¯t want the chips anymore?¡± She asked.


    Ace hummed a positive response as he munch on Pringles.


    ¡°Okay, thank you.¡± She stood up to leave for the other couch but Ace pulled her back down to his side


    and in a swift movement her head automatically rested on his chest.


    Bethany was surprised but she was very muchfortable and she didn¡¯t know why she felt safe


    staying close to him.


    ¡°I don''t want you to eat alone so just stick to my side.¡± Ace smiles, at least she didn¡¯t try to leave again


    which means that she loved it.


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