💐THE
💐 PLAYBOY’S
NEW MISSTRESS 💐
💔Her vengeful soul 💔
✍️✍️CHAPTER FIVE. 5️⃣
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GENRE: Romance, Fantasy, &Drama
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Settlings: California, United States. 21st century
💐The strlpper’s club💐
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Ivy opened her eyes and saw Maxwell in her room with her going through her stuffs.
“Maxwell, what are you doing?” she muttered, getting up weakly from bed.
“You plan on applying for a scholarship exam “ he said, and she collected the form from him.
All her life she has always dreamt of being a pianist, she takes pianist lessons after school when she was in high school, and she purse her career to a music school where she majored in piano performance. But now, she can’t do it anymore. Her hands have been damaged and in other to make a living for herself, and find a way to secure the Holts’ properties back, she decide to go to a regular school so she applied for the scholarship. She might not be good at studying, but she quite intelligent.
“I won’t quit, even if you ask me to!” she blurted, and he tore the papers.
“Maxwell…” she cried, and left her bed to gather the pieces together.
“You don’t need to apply for that scholarship,”
“I’m not even asking you for a dime. Can’t I at least do this?” she cried.
“If you want to go to the school, I’ll pay the fees. You don’t need a scholarship, you aren’t even that intelligent,”
“You will pay my school fee?”
“On one condition,”
“What?”
“The next board meeting is fast approaching, I want you to be there,”
“You want me to be there? Do you think my being there will do you any good? I will reveal to everyone how you betrayed my sister and mistreating me,”
“You won’t say that. I trust you, Ivy. You know better than saying that,”
“Don’t act like you know me. You are nothing but a freeloader brought into our family, that’s why my sister didn’t take your name. Even if you made her sign everything to you, I’ll make sure I get it all back!” she lashed, and he made a fist trying to control himself.
“Ivy, just be a good girl while I’m being nice. If you go to the board meetings and spat nonsense, I’ll send you to a psychiatric hospital for being insane. I can claim my rights even without your help, but I want to take a detour. You will attend the board meeting and clarify somethings, and you will get to attend school again, and I’ll also give you a a black card. It’s a win-win. So make your choice,” with that, he left, and she broke down in tears.
“I’ll never sell off the Holts’ pride to you, my sister might have made the mistakes, but I won’t,” she cried.
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Charles left later, and Violet couldn’t get the courage to go after him. Seeing him so down earlier made her wonder how difficult his life must have been because of her kinds.
She continued her mission of searching for others that could see her but failed, she wandered around till it’s late at night before she returned to her house to see how Ivy was doing.
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Ivy has been restless since Maxwell left her room, she looked at the torn papers, and remembered his proposal again.
Her life has been difficult since her sister passed away; she reported Maxwell’s affair to Mr. Josh who did nothing about it, so she went to Mr. Morgan (the head of the legal team), and he resigned almost immediately. She instantly made up her mind to make a living somehow, either getting back what belongs to her, or surviving in another way. Returning to school was the best start, and now everything might go down the drain if she doesn’t give in to Maxwell’s request.
“Ivy, what are all these?” Violet asked, looking at the torn papers.
Ivy smiled when a message beeped in her phone. She hasn’t been in touch with her friends all these while, seeing a message from one of them brightened her mood.
After a long conversation with her friend, she promised to send a driver to pick her up so they could hangout. After responding, she went to freshen up and sneaked out through the back gate to meet the driver.
Violet trailed after them and the driver pulled over at a strlppers club.
“What’s this about? Why do your friend want to hangout at a strlppers club?” Violet said, worriedly.
“Are you sure we are at the right destination?” Ivy asked.
“Yes, ma’am. Madam Blair is inside with her friends,”
“Isn’t this a strlppers club?”
“It seem so,”
“No, Ivy. You can’t go in there. Do you know what they are scheming against you? Those friends haven’t reached out to you in a while now,” Violet said.
“But… I think this kind of placea are strict with securities…”
“Yes, ma’am, but madam Blair already told the securities about you,”
“No wa, Ivy. You are free to have fun, you can go to a normal club, not a strlppers club!” Violet said.
Ivy called Blair who convinced her, and she alighted from the car.
“Ivy, I know you can’t hear me, but can’t your instinct act up and stop you from this?!” Violet yelled.
Ivy went to the security who let her in and directed her to a VIP room.
“This is a really bad idea,” Violet said.
Ivy looked around and hesitated for a while before going in, and was startled to see her friend, and few other people in company of her ex-boyfriend.
“Ivy,” Blair waved, and went to embrace her.
“Why Bryan here?” Ivy asked.
“Hey! Aren’t we gathered here to have some fun? Breaking up with me is a bit cruel now that I think about it,”
“But we broke up, so find a life!” she blurted, and turned to leave but he dragged her back and slapped her, sending her straight to the floor.
“Who do you think you are?”
“How dare you hit me?”
“What are you going to do? I heard that your family went down the drain, and you are nothing but a slave at your own house!” he snapped, and spat on her.
“Ivy, are you ok?” Violet said worriedly. “How dare you hit her?” she shouted, trying to hit him back but it was to no avail.
“If you were going to mock me, you shouldn’t have invited me here,” Ivy muttered, and the others laughed.
“Such a loser,” they teased.
“What if we make a deal? Return to me, I’ll make you my sidekick,” Bryan teased, bending low to touch her hair, but she hit his hand away.
“Don’t you dare touch me!”
“Wow. You still have some guts in you. And this, your necklace is beautiful,” he said, aiming to touch the necklace, but she covered it with her hand.
“Isn’t it that family heirloom necklace you told me about? Your father gave it to you so you will always remember that you are a member of the Holt, while chasing your dreams. Too bad, your father left everything to your sister, and gave you a common necklace,”
“That’s none of your business!”
“It’s my business, because I like it. I once told you to gift me, but you are too selfish,”
“I don’t blame you because you don’t know what a family heirloom is. With your messed up family, you can never understand!” she snapped, and he slapped her again.
He hit her harder till she started groaning in pain, and he forcefully took the necklace.
“Now, I have it,” he teased.
“Give it back,” she cried.
“Why should I? I don’t even understand how it felt to have a family. As you said, my family is messed up!” he shouted, and kicked her stomach.
“Give me back my necklace,” she cried.
“Bryan, it was fun until now,” one of his friends said.
“Really? You are right. Watching her cry is boring. Do you want this back? Then I’ll give you if to you if would spice up the moment. Strlp! And I will return this to you,”
“What?” Ivy and Violet chorused.
“Why? You can’t? There is nothing special underneath that gown. I have seen it all, so allow my guys take a glimpse. Don’t you want this again?”
“You are a scumbag! Give me back my necklace!”
Violet couldn’t stand by and watch anymore, thinking of how to help, she left there immediately and appeared at Charles room but he wasn’t there.
She searched around for him, but the car he drove out isn’t back yet.
Already devastated, she returned to the club and started touching everyone hoping to find someone else who could see her but it was to no avail, until she entered a room and found a strlpper, dancing on Charles’s lap.
“Here he is. What do I do?” she grumbled, and gently touched him.
He shot her a glare, and continued what he was doing without uttering a word.
“Charles, I promise to disappear completely. I will never bother you again. Just help me save my sister, she is here, and being forced to strlp,” she cried, but he ignored her.
The strlpper rock her body on his lap, and he pulled her closer wetting her neck with kisses, which made her moan breathlessly.
Violet watch the sight disgusted, and held Charles hand to push the strlpper away.
“Ha,” the strlpper winced.
“Charles, just save my sister, she is in the other room there. And I will leave you to enjoy your moment, I promise,”
“Sir, do you want me to leave?” the strlpper grumbled in fear.
“I never said that. I can be really violent at times, I’ll do a lot of unexpected things,” he said, and throw a bundle of cash at her.
“I’m all yours, sir,” she giggled, swinging her waist as she picked up the cash.
Charles walked closer to her, and Violet stood between them.
“I’ll never let you have your way with that girl if you don’t help me!”
“Really? Do your worst!” Charles grumbled, and pushed her away.
She groaned in pain as she hit her head on the wall.
“That won’t make me give up!” she shouted, and hit his head against the girl.
“Argh,” the girl winched in pain.
“If you don’t stop now, I can just go for your sister,”
“Those a$$holes might take advantage of her. Please, just this once,”
“Sir, do you want me to leave?” the lady muttered, and Charles exhaled heavily.
He stormed out of the room, and followed Violet who directed him to the room Ivy was.
He slammed the door immediately, and everyone looked at him, including Ivy who was already in tears as she was about to strlp.
“Ivy, you don’t have to do it,” Violet cried, rushing to her sister.
“Hey! Who are you? Are you drunk to barge in here?” Bryan lashed.
“I wish I was, but I’m not. Just let the girl go and we will settle this amicably,”
“Who does this scumbag think he is talking to?” Bryan said.
“They have her necklace, she is about to strlp to get it back,” Violet said.
“Gosh. Too much requests. Anyways, I’m already here. The necklace you took from her, hand it over,” he said, and they all laughed.
“This? You want it? Then come for it yourself,” Bryan said, showing him the necklace.
“Oh… this is more stressful than I thought,” he grumbled, walking closer to them.
He got in a fight with all of them and knocked them down before calling the security to drive them out.
“You… who the h£ll do you think you are?” Bryan grumbled.
“I’m somebody who knows someone that will do anything to rescue Ivy from harm. And I am also a VVIP in this place. Take them away, and mark their faces, make sure they never return “
“It’s not over yet!” Bryan yelled as the security guards escorted them out.
“Here, have your necklace,” he said, and Ivy shivered in fear as she looked up to her savior.
“Thank you,” she muttered.
“A beautiful young lady like you shouldn’t be friends with those a$$holes,” he said, and helped her adjust a strand of hair from her face.
“Get your hands off her!” Violet shouted, and hit his hand away.
“Ok, I’m out of here,” he muttered, and stood up to leave but Ivy held him back.
“May I ask how you know I was here? And why you came to my aid?”
“Well… if I tell you that your sister pestered me to come rescue you, you wouldn’t believe it,” he grumbled, and she looked at him. “Let’s say, someone very close to you ask me to rescue you,”
“Who?”
“Your sister,”
“My sister? You knew my sister?”
“Yes. She is a very persistent person that I wish I never met,”
“Pardon?”
“Never mind. Just be careful. I won’t come to your aid next time,” he muttered, and turned to leave but she held him back.
“My sister had few friends, and I only know one of her friends. Thank you for coming to my aid. How long have you been friends with my sister?”
“I never said we are friends, we can never be! I wish she disappears!”
“Pardon?” she muttered, and released his hand immediately.
“Well… you will think I am insane if I told you I knew your sister after she dled,” he muttered in a low whisper
“What nonsense are you blabbering on again?” Violet lashed.
“What did you say? How long have you known my sister,”
“Just for a short while,” he muttered, and intend to leave again but he held her back again.
“What again?”
“Ermmm… I don’t know if you can help me with some cash, yiy are my sister’s friend after all,” she said, and he chuckled.
He gave her the cash left with him, and left the room with Violet.
“Thank you,” Violet muttered.
“Next time, you should be more specific when you ask for favors,”
“Meaning?”
“You should have tell me earlier that your sister was beautiful. I won’t have hesitated,”
“Don’t even think about it,”
“What? You kept blabbering innocent, innocent. You never said she was beautiful. I would have preferred if she was the one following me around, instead of this old lady who is too pers-…” he was saying, and she hit his head.
“I’m going to cut your prlck if you ever think about such again,”
“Hey! That’s an expensive joke,”
“Who said it was a joke?”
“Why are you still following me? You said you will disappear for good if I help your sister,”
“Thanks to someone. I learnt not to own up to my words,”
“What does that mean?”
“I learnt from the best,”
“Best indeed,” he chuckled.
He packed his stuffs before leaving the club, and Mr. Feng rushed to him.
“Sir… you aren’t… calling it a day here, right?”
“I’m not drunk, so you were surprised. Well… thanks to somebody, I couldn’t enjoy my night to the fullest,”
“That’s good. It’s a good thing you aren’t drunk today. This haven’t happened in years,”
“Even if the person is a ghost?”
“What? She is back…”
“She is behind you,” he said, and Mr. Feng flinched in fear.
“Hey! Why are you lying to him?” Violet who was beside Charles said, and he chuckled.
“I’ll drive you, sir. The chauffeur will take your car,” Mr. Feng said, and Charles gave him his car key.
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Maxwell was getting ready to leave the house when Ella burst into the room.
“Is it true that Ivy is attending the next board meeting?” she blurted
“How did you hear of that?”
“Is that important?! What matters is how true it is!”
“It’s true! I need her to clarify somethings so I won’t have issue with the board members, they are threatening me to withdraw thier shares,”
“And you don’t care about sharing it with me? Is my opinion now useless to you?”
“Ella, what do you know about management? These are things I have to handle myself,”
“Now I know nothing, right?”
“I need to meet someone important, we will continue this conversation when I’m back,” with that he hurried out.
“I am now worthless to him…” she grumbled, within clenched teeth
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TO BE CONTINUED…
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