Affectionate husband Feisty Wife

"I love you Yvonne! And I won't stop pestering you because giving up is not in my dictionary." Reece cooed as he stared lovingly at Yvonne, who was glaring daggers at him and it was clear that she was disgusted by his speech.

"Maybe you need a quick reminder. "Yvonne said as she crossed her arms underneath her breast. "How many times do I have to tell you that I can never bring myself to love you even if you are the last guy on earth?" She added in an angry tone.

"Please, just give me a chance to prove myself worthy of your love," Reece begged loudly making everyone around them stare, desperation laced in his voice.

"Hah ha...very funny. " Yvonne snorted after a short hysterical laughter.

"Are you even worthy of my love? You this useless guy? You better think of how you can achieve greater things rather than that s... Ugly fool! " With that, Yvonne walked out on him.

The cutest and richest guy in Crown lake high school was begging the infamous arrogant daughter of a billionaire.

Reece's parents are richer than Yvonne's no doubt, but Yvonne is just so arrogant and rude that she doesn't care about anyone, except for herself and her mom, not even her dad.

What a crazy daughter!

"What happened out there? I saw you and Reece, looks like you guys were arguing " Kristen asked as Yvonne approached her.

"And when did you start poking your nose into people's affairs?" Yvonne asked rudely.

"I'm just trying to see if something happened to you cause you are my best friend. Yvonne stop being rude to me, even if you are doing it to others at least make me an exemption. " Kristen had wanted to say those words out loud but she couldn't.

"I'm sorry, I was just trying to be on the lookout for you, to be sure you are okay. " She muttered instead.

"Hmm, it's okay, don't mind him. He is just going on with his regular tantrums, telling me he loves me," Yvonne said like she didn't care.

"So what was your reply, huh?" Kristen asked.

Yvonne looked at her, clearly, she was shocked at Kristen's question. "What do you mean by that? What do you expect from me? I told him to make his life useful rather than making a fool out of himself. I also told him he was not worthy of me. " Yvonne said as she flunked her hair.

"Why did you say that Yvonne? He is literally the most handsome guy in school and you know that. " Kristen countered with an expressionless face.

"And when did I start caring about that?" Yvonne huffed, signs of irritation and anger laced in her voice. "Look Kristen, I think you need to take a break from school because I see you are not feeling too good."

She didn't bother waiting for Kristen's response before walking away to the classroom.

Yvonne is a beautiful girl with a curvy shape. She has light brown virgin hair, blue eyes, and long eyelashes. She's smoking hot, no guy ever comes to flirt with her because she is infamous for her character.

Everyone is scared to talk to her and not only the boys, the girls are included too. Kristen is the only person who could come close and also talk to her because they have been childhood friends and they are close.

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"And when will you stop pestering that crazy girl, huh?" Albert asked his brother when he saw him with a sad expression.

"Any day she agrees to be mine, I really love her a lot and I'm never going to stop pestering her. " Reece said with a determined look.

"I don't see why you have to love her out of all the girls in this world," Albert said and he sighed not knowing what he would do to his brother who is looking pathetic in his eyes.

"Of course, she is the perfect girl for me since she's just like you and she reminds me of you with every single thing she does. " Reece said jokingly.

"Do you think that this is a joke, huh?" Albert asked, wearing a scornful look, he was tired of seeing his bro behaving weird and stupid all because of that wench.

"C'mon bro, let's forget about this matter for now," Reece said with a shrug.

"And you think I would just leave the topic like that? What do you take me for? "Albert snorted with a serious expression.

"It is not that serious, buddy. Take a pill and everything will be alright while I think of another plan on how to get her. " Reece waved it off.

"Never will I let you go back to her, if it was her best friend then I won't mind. "Albert's voice was hard as steel.

"Yeah, yeah, You have told me that a thousand times, but still my feelings for Yvonne did not change, I love her and will always do. " Reece muttered slowly.

"Alright live your life the way you want I don't f*cking care. " Albert huffed and walked away.

"I know you do care, big head," Reece called out after him.

"Dumb ass," Albert muttered as he shook his head sideways.

"I wasn't supposed to hear that, but I do anyway," Reece yelled after Albert, who only chuckled and kept walking.

Reece and Albert are twin brothers with opposite personalities.

Reece is a carefree person that loves art. He is an artist who does not have an interest in taking over the family's company while Albert is a business-like guy, he does not smile and has a cold aura. People think Albert and Yvonne are meant for each other since one had a cold aura and the other was arrogant and rude. They were both nicknamed 'the devil lovers' or 'Heavens made'. Albert talks nicely only when he is with his family members and that's all.

Reece wanted to have some peace to himself, seeing that Albert had left a group of boys and girls who came to meet him so they could hang out. Everybody wants to be with the popular guy in the school.

Twelve years later...

Yvonne was sitting on her office chair working on some important paperwork unpleased with what she saw she asked

"Who did this crazy shit here? "

"Ma'am it was the secretary" Phoebe answered, Phoebe, is Yvonne P.A at Zima Air

"And you did not bother to cross-check it uh," she asked bluntly

"You asked me to give you the files immediately" Phoebe answered

"That is not enough reason not to check it, Phoebe, I can see you are lacking behind in your job seems like you are tired of it "Yvonne bawled

"No ma'am, I promise to do better," Phoebe said carefully to avoid making Yvonne angry.

"I don't need you to do better I need you to do your best stupid, now leave," she said in an authoritative voice, but Phoebe didn't leave she stood still.

"Are you deaf? "She asked annoyingly

"No ma'am actually there is something I noticed about the stocks," Phoebe said, if it was others they would have scrambled out of the office immediately Yvonne stared at them with that icy eyes of hers, but Phoebe was already accustomed to it.

"And what did you notice," she asked

" I noticed the rate at which the stocks were dropping was high, I decided to check the account, I found out that someone was tampering with the account because the account record was falsified and also the stock was disconnected from the indexes that tracked it, "Phoebe said

"Who is the CFO and the brokerage supervisor," Yvonne asked

"The CFO is Mr. Donaldo and the brokerage supervisor is Mr. Kim " Phoebe replied

"Good, send those files to me, after doing that arrange for an urgent meeting in the next two hours, "Yvonne said

"Yes ma'am will do it right away," Phoebe said and went away.

These board members are already growing wings, let's see how far they will go when I teach these crazy people a very good lesson.

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{ At the international airport}

"Wow, it is so good to see you, bro! " Reece exclaimed as he happily hugged his brother.

Reece was just coming back from China, he actually went there for a long tour. Right now he is one of the youngest popular painters in the world and he is also known for his sweet words. Only a few people know that he is the son of Hawkins.

"I'm glad to see you too, "Albert said with a straight face.

"How is it that you have not changed during my stay in China, can't you even smile for at least a second? Tsk, no wonder you weren't even able to have at least one girlfriend in school, I pity the girl who would later marry you" Reece said as he tsked

"All you have to think about is yourself, you do not need to bother yourself about me, you have a long life ahead of you," Albert said

"Stop talking like you are going to die and mind you I am the first born so stop speaking like you are older than me, "Reece said as he pouted

"But you are the one always acting like a kid so I took the responsibility from you, enough of the talking let's head back to the car I have waited long enough for you to come, I need you to help me at the office as soon as possible" Albert said

"What? Help who? Plusss am focusing more on my career right now and you are the CEO "Reece said

"You can still do them but the company is more important, "Albert said

"Are you going on a date? " Reece asked curiously because he never expected this workaholic brother to ask him to join him in the office, yet he did not get any answer from Albert, only his poker face.

"I wonder why you became my twin bro, such an annoying crazy cold brother," Reece snorted as he entered the car.

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[Zima Air]

In a room, you could see men and women with the same emotions in them FEAR. Yvonne had forced them to eat hot soup, I mean spicy hot soup, one a man can't eat without drinking water, like 5 liters I guess, very hot and hard to swallow.

"Start eating now," she said in an authoritative voice.

"Please can you get me a glass of water, "one of the board members asked the waiter who served the food with a pleading look? He had the guts to do that because he had an ulcer and so his stomach was burning up. He felt like he would die soon, but that was not Yvonne's concern.

No one must give them water till they are through with the soup " Yvonne chimed in an authoritative tone.

" I see you guys are trying to overstep your boundaries uh," She gazed at all of 'em in the meeting room with blazing eyes.

"It seems you guys are planning something behind my back" she added, those who knew what she was talking about became terrified while the oblivious ones were trying to understand what she was talking about. They were confused.

"No, no ma'am we won't dare to do that," Mr. Mark said

"Are you part of them ..... Mark," she questioned as she focused on him completely, could not handle the piercing eyes, he bent his head down and apologized.

"I'm sorry chair lady, I dare not do that "

"But someone is trying to embezzle my hard-earned money" she pointed out

"We can't defy you," Mr. Rogers the secretary said.

"Wow, Mr. Rogers, really appreciate what you said, you just lifted half of my burden " Yvonne chirped. Mr. Rogers smiled satisfactorily, thinking he had achieved a great thing by pleasing Yvonne, at least he would not get punished while others are.

"Phoebe" the sassy C.E.O called

"Ma'am " she answered

" I want you to give Rogers another bowl of soup, seems he is practically smartly stupid, I just can't believe I am filled up with dense people in my office" She complained with a snort.

" I would gladly do that, her grace" Phoebe said with a smile, of course, she had been waiting to do something like this to Rogers, he was on her black book and so today ain't his lucky day. The man has been on her neck ever since she started working at Zima air and so this was payback time for her.

"Pls don't do this, I am actually satisfied with the ones I have " He begged still eyeing Phoebe

"Make it three," Yvonne said

"Please ma'am, I am telling you for real I feel good" He pleaded again, now on his knees.

"Make it four" She added, the rest of the members looked at the old man pitifully, had it been he shut his blabbered mouth up this would have not happened to him. The pity did not last for long since they all started using their hands to blow their mouths, it was too spicy and hot.

"Ronaldo and Kim" Yvonne called, the CFO and brokerage supervisor both stood up shaking in fear, and shame filled their faces.

"Trying to steal from me... A very bad thing. Do you think I would not know that you are collaborating with a vendor to overbill and then split proceeds as a kickback, hiding compensation expenses and lining your pocket with the proceeds of stock options, tsk, tsk, you just did something foolish without thinking of the consequences" She spat out in total annoyance.

"Well, your punishment is simple, you just have to meet me in court, be well prepared, and also do not take anything from the office because you are Fired! Leave my company without facing back, and when next you step your foot in this company just know that you are dead " She ordered, they scrambled on their knees and started begging her. They knew the first word she spoke was lethal to them, going to court was a No option, because the law would wreck them, they had to look for another option better than this.

Being so irritated with their noise she decided to chase them off, of course, they can't go scot-free even after going to court, she would also teach them a private lesson.

Yvonne glared at them for the last time before she stood up and walked out, not giving them a chance to explain themselves. She is a vicious woman of her word, however, she had taken the matter lightly, because her mind wasn't there, she was thinking about her mom who is gravely ill.

Her mom was suffering from cancer and she is in her last stage no one knows about this apart from her dad and now... she feels so sad, her mom is in her comfort zone and her comfort zone is very ill yet she does not know what to do.

"Take me to the clubhouse," She said to the driver immediately after she entered the car.

[Club House]

It has not even been an hour since she reached the clubhouse when she saw a message from her dad.

Your mom just had another attack

On seeing the message she stood up and left, not caring about the person she barged into.

~~~

Reece was sitting at the VVIP table with his friends having fun when he saw her, at first he thought he was daydreaming, rubbed his eyes couple of times, yet she was still there, it has been twelve years since he last saw her, still, she has been on his mind all those twelve years, his mind had given up long ago but his heart has not, seeing her today made his day more joyous so Reece gathered up morale to go meet her.

"Hey bro, where are you going?" James, one of his college friends, had asked.

"Am coming" He answered and walked to her direction, in a blink of an eye she stood up and rushed out bumping into him what could have been the matter Reece thought as he looked at the exit...

[Doctor's office]

"How is she, " Yvonne asked

"Truth be told she has a maximum of 2 years to live, " The doctor answered, as Yvonne sank in her chair, this is the fifth time she was hearing this news, kept asking the doctor about her result because she was expecting something new, like a miracle to happen, Yvonne doesn't believe in God, but if a miracle happens right now she would forever be grateful.

"Is there any other thing we can do to make her lifespan long?"

" am sorry, all we can do is to make sure she takes her medication very well," he said, Yvonne sighed.

"So nothing," She asked again and he nodded negatively.

Yvonne stood up and left his office. She had gone to different hospitals looking for a cure, she even went as far as to open a lab, and kept the best 20 scientists to look for a cure to this f*cking cancer but yet to no avail. She did not want to enter her mom's ward but she had to.

Yvonne wanted to see her... She wanted to hug her, hold her and see her pretty smile, but still, she was scared she would break down in front of her mom.

It took all in her to open the door, Yvonne is not the emotional type, but in her mom's case, she had to be. Her mom was on the bed looking pale and thin. That caused pain in Yvonne's heart.

` you are meant to be enjoying your life with dad and here you are bedridden`, tears slid down her eyes as she thought about the happy moments they shared together and the things they planned to do together.

"And why is the arrogant CEO crying uh, " Her mom asked as she tried to crack a joke. Yvonne laughed a little.

"Am not crying, my eyes just itching " she lied through gritted teeth fighting the tears from flowing.

"Alright, if that is what you say," She said, accepting the fact that she just lied.

Silence followed.

"I want you to get married, " Elizabeth said all of a sudden

"What? " Yvonne exclaimed, like why would she think of marriage at this crucial time?

`No, no that's not possible, mom's first marriage later, that's even if I would marry`

"Yes I am aware that you know I have a limited time so this is my wish, my wish to see you get married before I die,"

"No mom, you are not dying, " She argued

"Of course I am, stop giving me false hope "mom stated and silence followed.

That was a very sensitive topic they brought up, and so the both of them kept quiet for a while, trying to digest what Elizabeth just said.

"Heard you've been receiving flowers " her mom mentioned, trying to make the room less heavy.

"How did you know, "

" Just because am bedridden doesn't mean I don't know what's going on outside, well that doesn't matter, all that matters is for you to get married, you are not getting younger, please, "she remarked in a croaked voice, thus Yvonne could not refute her.

"Alright I will " Yvonne accepted with a bright fake smile

"Promise me, "She said bringing out her palm, Yvonne hesitated at first before placing it on hers, with the intention of not really marrying. Yvonne just had to do this, very soon her mom would forget about the marriage stuff.

"I promise you that, " Yvonne said, her mom gave her a sweet smile.

"Thank you, you just made my day," Elizabeth said as Yvonne pressed her lips and withdraw her hands.

`Was she really taking this seriously...`

[Late at night]

Yvonne was still in her mom's ward, Elizabeth was already fast asleep while she was still wide awake, Yvonne could not sleep, and was thinking of the promise she made earlier, she was not ready for commitment, she had no choice but to find a suitable match for herself, someone who would be able to abide with her rules.

`Should I go on a blind date, or I should go for an arranged marriage, on the other hand, who will be suitable for me? `

She brought out her phone to call Phoebe.

[Phone conversation]

Yvonne: Phoebe

Phoebe: ma'am [contemplating whether Phoebe should help her do it or she should do it by herself]

Yvonne: Don't worry [call cuts]

`I can't let her know about my personal life, I need to deal with it myself` with that thought she went out of the ward to just have some space.

She can't breathe in here.

"Hey " She heard her dad's voice, and turned to face him.

"Couldn't sleep? "He asked and she nodded

"Come here sweetie, it's ok, everything is going to be fine, "He said as he opened his hand for an embrace.

"Why would you say so when it's not true, you and I know that nothing is going to be fine, " Yvonne said in annoyance, noticing his daughter's annoyance, he decided to give her a little bit of hope, he knew how much she loves her mom and so he held her tightly fearing that he would lose her if he should just let her be that moment, what he needs now was a moment with his daughter, a feeling of overprotectiveness gushed through him, he doesn't want his daughter to face something like this again since this was the second time he was facing this, first it was the sudden death of his parents when he was 10 and now his wife here. It hurts like hell, but what could be done? Absolutely Nothing.

"Just have faith" he whispered in her ears

"Really? Faith? How could you say such things? Your wife is bedridden, yet you are saying I should have faith " She bellowed, her dad shaking his head negatively, his daughter does not know anything yet.

"It is the best thing we could do, for now, we have no options left, you have done your best and I have done mine, "he tried to reason, Yvonne just looked at him and sneered.

"My best is not enough and I am not giving up easily, " Yvonne said and he looked at her with a faint smile filled with uneasiness and sadness.

She could also see the burden on his face.

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"What! Why are you looking at me like that? "Albert asked as he could feel Reece's eyes linger on him.

"Nothing just remembered something" Reece answered

"Are you sure you are okay? "He asked with concern.

"Yes I am, " Reece said and then he added

"Could you help me check something for me "

"What could that be? "He said

"Umm recent activities of Yvonne, "

Albert dropped his pen to look at Reece.

"Why do you want to know about her? don't tell me you are still into her. "He asked, but the latter was silent.

"Oh sh*t are you kidding me, you traveled for how many years, and yet you are... "He said and paused.

"I know right now I'm crazy, still I can't help it, I just can't, " Reece said as he slumped on the chair. All Albert could do was look at his brother like he was crazy, nevertheless, his expression was the same, cold as ever.

Reece sighed.

What's gonna happen next?