It had been almost a day since Mary had agreed to go out with Ben. From the previous memories of Martha, Mary could see that Ben had a habit of getting whatever he wanted and that was on of the reasons Martha had fallen for him

As Mary prepared to go on a date with Ben, she saw her phone light blink. She looked at her screen and saw a message from him. Even now she still received messages and phone calls from someone she was going to meet that evening. Mary shook her head, he sure was persistent, she said to herself.

As She prepared for her date, she could not help but remember the conversation She had with Ben especially when he said that he knew he was not up to her standard but he still believed that there was a chance he could make things better between them only if she could give him a chance. Mary laughed out while putting a halt to her thought, "what a sweet talker when it comes

Mary was sitting in her office facing the glass window with her leg crossed and her hands on her chin showing off her perfectly manicured nails. She wore a stiletto that screamed classy which matched her leopard Pattern blouse and her black skirt that hugged her hips and legs properly.  After last night Mary made her mind to live her life to fullest, so giving Ben’s soul up was not a problem. He doesn’t deserve to live.

Her life was too precious to be given in exchange for his. There was a knock on the door, "come in” people who had her painting to be auctioned off came walking in. ‘Miss Bernard, we wanted to confirm with you if these pictures are okay with you as well as the edges of the paintings as you instructed has what you wanted so we can proceed with them” she turned in her seat to face them, then her eye landed on the painting accessing each piece. They all held their breath ho

The after effect of the party was the talk of the town. Martha was in the kitchen while the head cook gave her some pie. She heard some other maids talking about what people said about the Winston’s. "When I went to the market square all I could hear were talks about Lady Winston, her daughter and the ball, I went close enough to hear someone say that Lady Winston must have thought she could poison her rivalry but she went for everyone because she never really liked people”.  The girl paused looked around before she continued, "They also the lady Winston is always in a competition with everyone”.  Another maid quickly responded

"Someone also said that she might have ordered cheap drinks, no wonder there was so much to drink.”  They all laughed. Martha was so quiet smiling at the gossips she heard from the maids clustered at the corner of the kitchen. She never believed that something as

It had been almost a day since Mary had agreed to go out with Ben. From the previous memories of Martha, Mary could see that Ben had a habit of getting whatever he wanted and that was on of the reasons Martha had fallen for him

As Mary prepared to go on a date with Ben, she saw her phone light blink. She looked at her screen and saw a message from him. Even now she still received messages and phone calls from someone she was going to meet that evening. Mary shook her head, he sure was persistent, she said to herself.

As She prepared for her date, she could not help but remember the conversation She had with Ben especially when he said that he knew he was not up to her standard but he still believed that there was a chance he could make things better between them only if she could give him a chance. Mary laughed out while putting a halt to her thought, "what a sweet talker when it comes to getting what he wants, He is still the same as before, he would never change”.

She also remembe

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