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"If anything happens to my Mama, YOU," Lisa pointed at Evelyn "will be dead meat." Lisa threatened.

Evelyn was shocked at her outburst. She also felt a chill run down her spine like she was afraid of Lisa.

One bodyguard quickly carried Vanessa bridal style and hurried out of the room with Regina and Evelyn following.

The other bodyguard lifted Lisa and made her sit on his shoulders and then went after the others.

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30 minutes later...

Vanessa's VIP ward.

Vanessa opened her eyes and felt a slight headache. Her vision was blurry for a bit but after some seconds it cleared up. She turned her head to see Lisa crying silently while Evelyn was standing close to the door. She seemed afraid to come close.

"Lisa... Evelyn" Vanessa wanted to mutter these words, but all that came out was unclear sounds.

She couldn't speak!

'What's going on?' She thought in fear.

Why couldn't she speak? What happened to her?

"Mama? You're awake? Mama," Lisa wiped her tears off and started smiling though it looked rather forced.

"Mama, it terrified me. Lisa is scared," Lisa said with an emotional voice.

Vanessa wanted to speak but all that came out were unclear sounds that made Lisa and Evelyn worried.

"Vany, are you alright?" Evelyn asked and Lisa turned her head to look at Evelyn. She shot her a baleful look, and Evelyn quickly shut her mouth blinking her eyes twice.

"Mama, I... are you alright? Mama, Lisa is terrified. Mama, what happened to your voice? Please speak to me." Lisa begged but Evelyn rolled her eyes.

Vanessa shook her head and closed her eyes.

"Mama, please don't scare me," Lisa cried again.

Vanessa opened her eyes, raised her right hand and caressed Lisa's head.

Lisa looked at her expectantly but all Vanessa could do was smile.

"Mama..."

Vanessa couldn't hear any more of Lisa's words because she fainted again.

"Mama? You" Lisa turned to look at Evelyn again.

"What did I do wrong now?" Evelyn asked.

"You dare ask me? Are you crazy, you ugly lady?" Lisa thundered.

"I didn't make her faint this time and wasn't responsible for her earlier fainting. If it wasn't for her stubbornness, she'd be resting and chatting peacefully with me right now," Evelyn thundered back. She'd gotten fed up with this Lisa. This little demoness is preventing her from going close to her friend.

"You dare yell at me? Do you know who I am?" Lisa yelled.

"Of course, the one her dad calls ugly. You dare to call me ugly when you are the queen of the uglies," mocked Evelyn as she pointed at Lisa.

"You... I'll make sure you regret ever being born," Lisa barked.

"Ha! Little runt like you? Dream on!" Evelyn brushed Lisa's words off.

"For my Mama's sake, I won't have you whipped," said Lisa.

"And for my friend's sake, I won't smack your butt and offer you as a sacrifice," said Evelyn.

"What? You wanna offer me as a sacrifice? Who do you think you are?" Lisa yelled.

"And who do you think you are? You're just a powerless mosquito" Evelyn cursed. She was losing her sanity with this demoness around. How was she a cute three-year-old? She's more like a hidden troublemaker with high intellect.

"You are a scarecrow and a chicken," Lisa didn't want to back down. If this stupid lady didn't barge in and yell her mummy's name, frightening poor mummy, would she have fainted and be in this condition? It her fault! She deserves to be beaten, tortured and given to cannibals to feast on. That is even a light punishment for her.

"Oh really! You're a yam head," Evelyn didn't know that the little girl was already cooking schemes against her.

"Blockhead,"

"Foolish girl,"

"Die!" Lisa spat. She couldn't lose to this ugly lady.

"You are the dead meat,"

"Shut up," Lisa's anger was reaching the apex. Regina who was outside the ward shook her head with a sigh. Could these two be more serious? A pity that kid wouldn't let her in. She didn't sound like a 3 years old at all. Sigh!

"Ugly duckling,"

"I forgot that you're the queen" Evelyn rebutted with a smile.

"You... stop calling me that. I'm not ugly. I'm very handsome" Lisa said but as soon as she realized what she said she covered her mouth in shock.

Evelyn burst out in mirth.

"Handsome? Yes my dear Lisa, you are handsome. I wanna marry you. Marry me, please!" Evelyn mocked adding salt to Lisa's wounds.

"Shut up!" Lisa yelled.

"Why?" Evelyn asked with a smirk on her lips.

"Hey!"

"What's 'hey!'? You know I really wonder. Are you really a three-year-old? I've been wanting to ask you that question," said Evelyn seriously.

"You... AHHHH,"

"Why are you yelling?" Evelyn asked lazily.

"Forget it! I admit defeat" said Lisa as she sat back in her chair and rested on Vanessa's right hand. She would deal with Evelyn later. For now, let her bond with mummy Vanessa.

"Mama loves me" she muttered before closing her eyes. She ended up falling asleep soon.

GVS enterprises.

This well-known company occupies seven floors in the building and is the largest business enterprise in M city.

Its employees are divided into two; the inner employees and the outer employees.

The outer employees' offices occupy three entire floors and the remaining 4 are reserved for the inner employees.

There's always plenty of room for promotion, so long as you've got the talent, the skill, dedication, commitment, requirements and the approval of the Deputy Manager.

GVS enterprises have branches in 50 countries in 6 continents and it's all being controlled by a single man-the heartthrob of many ladies of marriageable age, Nelson Woodley, a man known to be strict and cold. He is said to have a frozen heart but the best brain in business.

No one has ever seen him smile or wear anything other than black suits. If one could go to his house,they'd see that everything in his room is either black or white.

Some also call him the lion boss because of his easily firing an employee when they make mistakes. For example, gossiping is forbidden in the company, eating is also forbidden in the company as the company gives workers 2 whole hours to buy food for lunch outside the building and so many restaurants are around the area.

If he catches anyone disobeying any of these rules, then he/she is fired. Those who work under him do so with fear.

At this time, a black Maybach Exelero latest brand rolled over to the entrance of the company.

20 workers of the company,10 men and ten women were already waiting for him dressed in black suits.

The driver of the car got out and walked around to the back passengers' door and opened it.

A man stepped out dressed in black suit that was worth 2 million dollars.

The silver wristwatch on his hand cost half a million, and that was his favorite watch. The leather shoes he wore cost a quarter of a million and the glasses he wore cost 30 thousand dollars.

Yeah! Everything about him from head to toe smelt and proclaimed he bathed in money.

This man is the famous Nelson Woodley the CEO of GVS enterprises.

Nelson Woodley is tall, very handsome with hazel brown phoenix eyes, chestnut lips, chiseled jawline, flawless skin, and a figure that made even males want to become gay. The man took off his sunglasses, scanned the area and smiled at one of the female employees who was to welcome him like her fellows. She's dressed in a blue see-through and extremely tight gown. Though it may not be too evident once water touches it, it will be plain for all to see. The magenta camisole she wore inside was lowered more than usual so one could see her cleavage and this lady happens to have big breasts and a delicate shape. She wasn't too pretty but with her assets; she was confident of getting a man easily. She was employed two weeks ago and despite knowing the rules, she still disobeyed for today. She would do anything to become his woman even for a night.

Nelson walked slowly to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"See me at my office later. You look really beautiful today. Muah!" Nelson blew her a kiss and wore back his sunglasses.

He gave a thumbs up to the employees looking at him waiting for his command.

"Let's go," he said with a small yet audible voice.

"Yes, sir" they chorused and followed him.

His secretary, Mr. Peter Jones a head shorter than Nelson and average faced, briefed him about his schedule for the morning as they walked towards the elevator. Apart from the secretary talking, no one was talking. Some who wanted to communicate were using sign language and Nelson nodded. Yeah, I forgot to mention that sign language was a necessity if one wanted to get a job here. It must be perfect or you have no chance of getting a job. There are exceptions for those who show investors and customers around and the security guards. The staff gets 2 hours to talk however they want when they go out on break outside. And they get paid triple salary compared to other companies, so it was worth fighting for.

"Not bad" Nelson muttered. He and the secretary then took the elevator which took them to the highest floor of the company which is the seventh floor.

The elevator's door opened after some few minutes and Nelson Woodley came out of the elevator first with the secretary following behind.