“Bye, mommy. Bye Aunty Sophie.”“Bye baby,” I waved at Nolen for the third time and finally forced myself to stop adjusting his uniform and let him go join his friends.“Get in the car,” Sophie called out to me. “You will be late for work.”I waited until Nolen and his friends were in the custody of their teacher before joining her. She had left her car at home and chosen to be my chauffeur today since it was her day off. Also, Penelope had sent an email to prepare me for the tedious work of organizing and decorating awaiting me today so I knew that I may work late and leave with Penelope after work.To be honest, a bit of Sophie’s reckless driving is what I need to take my mind off my life’s complications right now. Nolan, Lurane, and Mom. If Mom was here I bet would take one long look at me and know something is bothering me. She always had that knack for knowing such things. The last thing I want is an interrogation from her.25 minutes later Sophie drifted into the parking lot of t
“Dude you are even more romantic than the rest of us. Lurane is not going to expect this.”I nodded to Paul’s words, my best friend and part business associate. He has a business of his own that he built from the ground up, so he’s not what you’ll call a born elite. But to be fair I envy his ease and lack of ‘inheritance’ burden. I wonder who he would have been married off to if he was among the elites. Luckily, he has been spared that unpleasantness by fate. We met in business school. Paul had an uncle who thought he was too smart for regular college and had used all the resources at his disposal to send him to one of the best schools.We attended a debate on Capitalism and Communism, had different views, and became close friends ever since. Even though he is treated as an outcast among the heirs and heiresses of old money, he doesn’t care and he attends whatever events he wants to without being encumbered with scheming mothers and fathers trying to leech off him in the name of marria
“I am proud of you, son,” Douglas was saying. He swallowed his fourth glass of champagne. “Lurane will be the happiest woman tonight.” He patted my shoulder.We were alone now after he successfully introduced me to a dozen of his business partners. One of them was Noel Greer who I am pretty sure Douglas is not fond of. The tension between them, while he introduced him, was high. Noel Greer is the rival of every elite businessman. He went head to head with the highest bidders and trumped them more often than not. Luckily, our paths have never crossed. He had the classic, handsome sharp Grecian features. He left almost as soon as the introductions were over.“Thank you,” I said. The wine in my hand bubbled. I have barely taken anything since I arrived, the thought of downing another wine was nauseating. Lurane was pissed enough time have smelled the alcohol on my breath, she will probably lose her mind if I lose any more of my senses to wine.“You have made the right choice, son.” Dougla
“What a pretentious bitch.” Penelope swallowed her fourth glass of champagne. Yes, she’s drunk and I am tipsy. Since I have such a great history with being drunk I decided to slow down and drank my third glass slowly.I gave her a critical look.Ever since she bumped into some dude who called her ‘Penny Luv” she has been testing her alcohol limit. However, strangely there was a very distinct red color in her cheek after her encounter with this person and if I know Penelope as much as I do, which I in fact do, she doesn’t blush for anyone. So who is this mysterious man with enough power to make the great Penelope blush?!Judging from his expensive outfit and natural titanium and diamond cufflinks, he must be an old flame or something.“I couldn’t agree more,” I said.Suddenly she clutched my hand and cursed. “Shit, don’t look now but she’s coming.”“Coming?” I couldn’t help but look in the direction she was discreetly pointing at. My heart fell. There was Lurane, tall and beautiful as e
“Wow that’s great,” I said for the 10th time, hoping Jack whatever his name is would take the cue and leave but he continued to talk. My ears rang but I kept my face still. Jack…whatever his last name is is a friend of Douglas which translates to a friend of mine. But every once in a while I looked over his shorter frame searching the crowd for Lurane. She appeared among a throng of rich heiresses wearing a smug smile that put me on edge. She pushed Jack aside and slipped her hands around my waist, leaning in for a kiss.“Oh, Lurane Grant,” Jack stuttered. “Congratulations,” he greeted.Lurane cast him a dazzling smile. “Thank you, Jack. Were you talking with Nolan? I would like to take him away now. I haven’t danced with my fiancé all night.”From the corner of my eyes, I saw Jack excuse himself. A slow music came on and I put my hands around her slim waist while hers did a slow climb to my shoulders and neck. She smiled coyly.“I feel so happy right now Nolan. I can’t wait to become
“This is wrong. This is a mis…we need to stop.” She dropped her leg and pushed firmly. When I finally budged her hands flew to her hair to arrange the loose strands. “Thanks for checking on me but can…can we pretend this never happened? Not because I didn’t…because you are engaged,” she said hurriedly.Fuck. That again!The thought of Lurane was enough to soften my cock. That she could even think of that at a time like this was incredible. For a moment nothing mattered but she in my arms here in this beautifully lit garden. And she just had to spoil this moment by remembering Lurane. Once again she would have called this a mistake but this time there was no lie about it, she enjoyed it, she sighed my name and rocked my fingers.“No,” I replied.She looked up at me, her soft brown eyes pleading. “What?”“I can’t forget this never happened and neither can you.” She opened her mouth to speak. “Neither can you Chantelle, not with the way you responded to my touch this time. It’s a far cry
BzzzzzzDazed, confused, and sleepy as heck I patted my bedside table looking for my phone. Found it about to fall off the edge and brought it close enough to my face so I could see what the commotion was all about. It was a call…from Penelope. Well, looks like the blue moon rises on this side of the city on a Monday morning. What does she want?The phone vibrated nonstop in my hand until I tapped on the green icon.“Where the hell are you, Chantelle Jones?!” She yelled, her tone hard and frosty.“Uhm…at my house in my bed, why?”“Why?!” She laughed mirthlessly. “The nerve of you. Get your ass down here right now, I need to know my schedule for the day and we have a meeting with…”What is she doing? I asked myself as I stared at the screen. Slightly irritated at the sound of her voice especially since I was rudely awakened by her call I interrupted. “You fired me, Penelope.”She paused in her rants. Did she forget? “I did? Oh, serves you right. Good luck finding a better job out there,
Great. Just fucking perfect, I thought to myself as I dug through the mess of brown and white folders.If I had fought Sophie hard enough and worn something sensible I wouldn’t be struggling this hard. But now thanks to looking classy here I am drenched in sweat looking for file records in alphabetical order with my blouse clung to my skin. So far I have been able to arrange a shelf and it was looking good, that small accomplishment alone cleared some space in the room. With all the papers, folders, and boxes gone from the ground, this room might just have enough space to serve as an office. Still on my knees deep in the mess, I dug through for yet another name. I have gotten the A’s B’s and C’s arranged so far with any luck I should be done by midnight. Sarcasm.And Nolan!Wow, the man has barely made a move to see how far I have gone in putting this room to order. I originally expected him to come around every 5 seconds to check that I hadn’t flown out of the window to tell Lurane ab