CHARLES’S MANSION***
Charles was on the bed in his room, working on his laptop. A lot was on his mind and the only thing he could do to take them off his mind was work.
His phone beeped and he checked it to find a message from Jace.
*Come out, I’m in your living room* the message reads.
He sighed before picking his laptop, he got down from the bed and went out of his room.
He met Jace sitting comfortably on one of the sofas, he went to sit on another sofa.
“Can’t you just stop working for once?” Jace said when he saw him with his laptop.
“Only if my Cara Mia is with me” Charles said.
“Cara Mia?”
“What brings you here?” Charles asked.
“Nothing, I haven’t seen you since you returned from the trip so I just decided to visit” Jace said.
Charles nodded his head, staring at his laptop.
“Tsk Tsk, such a workaholic” Jace mumbled and stood up.
Charles quickly did some few things and closed his laptop before Jace returned.
Jace returned with two glasses of alcohol in his hand. He handed one to Charles and went back to his seat.
“So, tell me what’s popping?” He asked.
“How’s your new baby?”
“She’s fine”
“I’m still in shock that you’re in a relationship, like so so shocking” Jace said.
“I guess you should be grateful to your Dad, because you once started a fake relationship all because of him”
“And then… It led to a real one” he smiled.
Charles sipped the alcohol in his hand, he wasn’t even in the mood to talk.
Hearing his Dad’s name alone only made him angrier. And if he should keep acting that way, he would have no choice but to stay away from him.
****
NEXT DAY, MONTERIO’S INVESTMENT***
RESEARCH ANALYST TEAM***
“Sunnyvale Davis?” A lady called as she entered the team’s office.
“Here” Sunny raised her hand.
“The CEO would like to see you,” the lady said.
Sunny’s eyes widened. He wants to see her? Like, for real?
“OMG!!” She screamed.
Everyone turned to her and she quickly smiled.
“Sorry”
The lady shook her head before walking out. Sunny followed her, a big smile on her face.
They went to his office and after knocking on the door, they were asked to come in.
“Good morning sir, you asked to see me” Sunny bowed her head. The lady left already.
“Yea…. Is this your doing?” He raised a file.
“Yes, it’s mine,” she smiled.
“Research analyst team?”
“Yes sir” Sunny couldn’t stop staring at his face. The way he kept flipping the papers was so sëxy to her.
“Are you here?” Charles’ harsh voice jolted her back to reality.
“Erm… Yes sir” she licked her lips.
“You did well, but I’m not satisfied with this” he threw the paper to the floor.
“Work on it again,” he said.
“Sir?”
“I don’t repeat myself,” Charles said.
“Sorry sir” she bent and picked the papers.
“Leave”
She left the office with a sad expression on her face. She actually thought he called her for something else only to receive this?
Hailey was on her way to Charles’ office when Sunny walked past her, she didn’t fail to notice the sad expression on her face.
She entered Charles’ office and met him working on some files.
He smiled when he saw her and set the papers aside. He gestured her to come closer to him
Hailey went closer to him and he made her sit on the table, facing him directly.
“Are you missing me already?” He teased.
“I saw a girl leaving your office now, she kind of has a sad look on her face. What happened?” Hailey asked.
“Nothing. I just ask her to redo her work, I can’t accept that” Charles simply said.
Hailey raised her hand and touched his tie, playing with it.
“Can you stop being harsh? You need to see the way her face was”
“Well, I don’t care. If she knows she can’t cope with it, then she’s free to quit” he shrugged.
Hailey shook her head.
“What do I do with you?”
“Love me” he smiled.
“Let’s go on a date, baby. Just the two of us” he said.
“Let’s skip the rest of the day off”
“As you wish,” she grinned.
****
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL***
“Let’s go for lunch,” Mickey said to Jaime.
“I’ll pass,” Jaime said.
“Seriously?” Mickey scoffed.
“You’re already tossing me aside, yunno? It’s fine, I’ll just find a girlfriend” he frowned.
Jaime chuckled.
“I’m sorry. You can go with Lilian”
“You don’t have to tell me” he mumbled before leaving the class.
Jaime sighed, the students were already out of the class except Layla. Her head was on the locker and he could sense that she was asleep.
He stood up and walked to her seat. Just when he got to her, he could hear her mumbling some inaudible words and he moved closer just so he could hear her.
“Dad! No, Dad! Don’t leave me!” Layla mumbled in tears. Beads of sweat were forming on her head.
The memories of the night her Dad died started haunting her. She was sick that night and was almost dying. Her father had to rush out late in the night to get her drugs, and in the process of running to the pharmacy, he was hit by a car and died in the process.
She was already in the hospital when the news came to her, it was shocking that she slipped into a coma for two days. She woke up to find a different side of her mother. A side which h@tës her more than anything in the world.
“Dad!!!” Her eyes flew open and she pants heavily, looking around the class till her eyes settled on Jaime who was staring at her worriedly.
“Layla, are you okay?”
She stood up and rushed to his arms, hugging him tight.
“Don’t leave me please” she whispered, crying profusely.
****
RUSSI@*
Cecilia stood by the window, staring at the sky. Her mind went to the pictures she saw on her phone and she smiled sadly. It was every parent’s dream to watch their children grow, but hers was different.
She wasn’t even there for her kids, she left them when they were so very young. Her little daughter, Lilian, was just a year old when she left home.
And her husband, whom she loved the most on earth, would probably h@të her by now. Why wouldn’t he?
“Why haven’t you had your lunch?” A man asked as he entered the room.
“I’m not hungry,” she muttered.
“Why?”
“Can I go back now?” She asked as she turned to face him.
“I told you you’re not going back, you’re stuck with me forever, Cecilia” the man said angrily.
“I need to see my kids, please Robert,” she begged.
“You want to go back?” Robert smiled dangerously.
He took his steps to her and bent towards her ears.
“Then strip for me, lemme Füçk you and I promise to let you go” he smiled sinisterly.
Cecelia folds her fist tightly, glaring at him as rage tore through her skin.
TBC
