SOURCE OF RUINS

Mirabella raced down the stairs and her slippers made heavy noises. "What are you doing here?" She asked immediately she saw Richard.

Richard chuckled and cleared his throat. "Look at you, a mere slave girl with no qualifications what so ever than the brain to fuck rich men for money. You now look like a proper classy women, all thanks to my brother's money."

"I will ask you again." She moved close to him. "Why are you here?"

"Why did you stop the monthly pay?"

"Stop?" She laughed briefly. "I only reduced it by twenty percent."

"Who the hell are you to tamper with my money?" He asked with a threatening tone.

"You came to my house to threaten me?"

"You have two choices, it's either you stop playing games with me or everyone gets to know the kind of bitch you are."

Mirabella looked at the domestic workers, lingering around and immediately they left the place in a rush.

"I can see you have your slaves under control." Richard said and giggled.

"Richard." she called calmly. "Don't be stupid, I am still being nice to you, don't test my patience."

He moved very close to her that they were just breaths away. "Or what?" He asked.

"I will kill you." She mentioned the sentence without any itch of conscience and a lot of seriousness. She moved back a bit and exhaled sharply. "Don't worry, no matter how heartless you all have called me, I still can't kill. But I can sure have you under control like I have my slaves."

"You miserable monster!" He cursed at the top of his voice.

"Get out of my house." She said calmly.

"You are chasing me out of my brother's house?" He folded his arms and giggled. "Impossible!"

"He was my husband."

"Can I see your marriage certificate?"

Miraballe clinched her fists with pains. "Shut that gutter mouth of yours."

"He didn't even marry you, the only reason you are still in this house is because you had a child."

"Richard." Mirabella called already holding back tears in her eyes.

"You are a piece of shit, a bitch who seduced her boss, fucked him and killed him with withcraft."

"I didn't kill him." she yelled and the tears drop off her eyes.

"Of course you did!" He noticed the tears In her eyes, he releases his arms and clapped. "You are crying again! Seriously, you do this every time and it makes me feel sorry for you always. Just do as I say and don't tamper with my money, so we won't be having any more issues."

"That money is too much for you, you don't even contribute anything to the company."

"Will you do what I want or keep running your big for nothing loud mouth?" He giggled. "Where is that figure head son of yours?"

"I hope you aren't referring to me?" He asked and joined them at the sitting room.

"I have no business with you boy, I was just asking after you, you don't really-"

"Get out of my father's house now." He said with a clear voice.

"What? How dare you chase me out of my brother's house?"

"Neo!" John called with his loudest voice ever.

"Yes boss." Neo answered immediately, as if he had been waiting for the call.

"Tell the guards that I don't want to see this man in this house, ever again."

"Yes boss." Neo exited the building to carry out the order.

"You piece of shit." Richard murmured beneath his breath.

John laughed and touched his uncle's cheek. "Don't worry, you will stop having access to the company too, very soon."

"John." Mirabella called with a cautioning tone.

"Stay out of this mom." He whispered not looking at her.

"I can see you have successfully raised your son to be a monster just like you." Richard said with his teeth put together. "Do you think you can cast me out of my brother's company. You both put together, don't even have up to fifty percent shares of the company."

"With my wife's to be family shares?"

"What? What are you talking about? Wife to be?" Richard asked too.

"I am sure you know who Diva is right, don't you?" Mirabella said something again.

"Are you all joking? All these started from her in the first place." He pointed his finger to say something to John but stopped immediately he saw Diva standing above the stairs. "Look who is here." He whispered and rubbed his face with both palms.

"What is going on?" Diva asked as she walked gently to join them. "Why is there so much noise?" She asked again.

"Why are you even here in the first place?" Richard folded his arms again. "Who told you there is a place here for you?"

"Excuse me, what are you talking about?" Diva asked raising her brows.

Richard giggled and whispered in the ears of his nephew before walking out. "I leave you in the hands of those who are the source of the ruins in your life."

"Who is that man?" Diva asked again as she watched him leave.

"Tell the girls to make me something nice to eat." John said and walked back upstairs, trying his hardest not to think of what his uncle had just said.

"Are you okay?" Diva asked Mirabella and held her by her shoulders. "You seem really perplexed. Do you need some juice?"

Mirabella sighed heavily and shake her head. "That man, is my late husband's brother."

"The one who wants the company? At all cost? To himself?"

"Yes." She nodded. "He just won't stop coming at me with my flaws, he is the main reason I keep walking on egg shells, he is on a race, and wants the company to himself at all cost."

"Will my family shares be okay to put him in his place?" Diva asked again.

"Yes." Mirabella nodded with a fetish smile. Actually, all she had in mind was to use Diva as a tool to keep the company to herself and her son. She never cared one bit, about the ten years case everyone kept on referring to. That is just how heartless she can be to keep the company. "I have worked to hard to get there, I am not going to loose it for any reasons." She said in her mind.