This made Paige flinch. She moved away from his embrace. "You don't have to talk about a fellow human in such a condescending manner." She told him, concerned. "Felix is your brother which is enough reason to show him some respect." She reminded him."Believe me princess." Frankie started, touching her chin with his index finger. "I'm not talking down on Felix. I'm only stating a fact. Felix is kind of useless when it comes to corporate business." He said in a louder tone.But he failed to notice Felix walk up to them in the garden and Paige on seeing Felix, struggled to give Frankie a signal to keep shut. But he kept going on and on about how their father trusts only him to run the family business saying that in his own opinion, Felix could be regarded as handicapped. Poor Felix stood rooted to the floor as his brother who had his back to him kept talking about him in a condescending manner. He felt like the ground should open up so that he could step in. The embarrassment was eviden
"Ahaa!" I knew you were thinking of something. What's on your mind?" He asked with a smile. Paige returned his smile "It's really nothing." She told him. "You have my full attention, tell me more about this friend of yours. Why exactly does he like bringing women down?""Well, he feels a certain kind of fulfillment in breaking women and making them so vulnerable and dependent on him before pushing them away. It's a kind of fetish for him. He works hard to win these ladies and they eventually fall in love with him. He actually goes through a lot to achieve this. You know the calls, messages, gifts, attention, sweet words, compliments, tolerance, money and lots more. He puts in a whole lot of work and when they finally start falling in love with him, he strikes." He said.This spiked Paige's interest the more she directed her whole attention to him. "What exactly does he do to them at this point?""He starts ghosting them, pretending to be extremely busy at work, reducing the number of
Back in the car, Paige kept fuming as they drove the short distance to the main gate of the Kentleys mansion. The tiny road they passed through was laced with bougainvillea on both sides, creating a faux fence, and a driveway wide enough to accommodate two cars going to different directions with adequate space in-between. The driveway glowed with tiny drops of sunlight from the creeping flowers, making a cool design on Paige's laps. "What's with the whole security protocol Nicon?" She asked in dire need of an explanation."I really can't say Miss Paige." Nicon started with his usual line of reply. I was.... ""Nicon please, you don't have to give me the clueless answers again. Not when I'm sure you know what I'm talking about." Paige almost pleaded.She was seriously hoping to hear something tangible, not the answers that always end with, I have no idea. "I really do not know Miss. Paige." Nicon replied, dampening her mood in the process. She sighed. Simon's men have proven to her
"I don't think I want it anymore. I just, I don't want this Frankie. let's just remain friends please."Frankie let out a craze of laughter. "You don't want this? You don't mean that princess. What do you want then, or who do you want rather? Simon Kentley? Did you even want me from the beginning? Or you were just carrying out an experiment on the two wealthy bachelors that have a crush on you?" "Frankie! Paige called. "Don't talk to me like that. I'm not having this discussion with you. Have a good night's rest." She said and hung up immediately.Her phone started blowing up immediately with calls from Frankie, but she chose to ignore him. She quickly made her way to the bathroom while cursing him under her breath, and wondering how she failed to notice this side of him all along.Frankie on the other end sat still, after calling her continuously and getting snubbed. The rage he felt before was replaced with lots of surging emotions that he couldn't put a name to. Ranging from fear,
Simon made his way to the bathroom. If there is anything he needed so badly, it was a cold shower and maybe sleep if he could be lucky to get one. He stepped into the bathtub and the cold surface of the marble tub grazed his skin. This gave him a cold feeling and goosebumps. He switched on the tap, relaxed his head on the head rest and shut his eyes tightly enjoying the cold touch of water from the tap.He thought about Paige, wondered if she was back and what she might be up to. It's been three days away from her and it already feels like a whole year. He imagined how much trouble she must have given Franklin Tedson by now. He recalled how sharp and deadly her tongue was and how cute she was when she pretended to be angry. He missed her terribly. Her inquisitiveness and incessant questions. Her soft hands when she touches him, her face, the feel of her breath on his bare skin. He formed an oval curve with his palms and scooped some water from the bathtub splashing it on his face. T
Faith ran through the whole building in search of Timothy and when she couldn't find him, she checked outside the main building. At this time, everywhere was well tidied up and the villagers that came to help earlier were already leaving for their various homes. She asked a few people around about Timothy and none of them seemed to know where he was. So, she went in search of him at his quarters behind the main building.She met him on call in hushed voices. Once Timothy sighted her, he signaled that she should keep quiet while he continued the call."Everything is good, he doesn't suspect a thing." Timothy whispered into the phone. "We can still go ahead with the plan, I will handle my end." He said, smiling at Faith. Although the smile didn't affect the tone of his voice. "Okay, Let's talk later then."He said, after listening to the caller. He hung up the call and turned to Faith. "Hey baby." Timothy called, with a warm smile."Are we still doing this?" She asked, making an unplea
"Around friends, yeah?" Paige asked with a knowing smile."Around friends." Anna smiled back. "So, you missed me huh?" She asked as they took a seat in the living room while Sherman was seen still shuffling around with their boxes. "But you weren't here all alone. We left you in great company. By the way, where is Simon? You were asking about him out there. Isn't he home?" She asked, pretending not to know of her brother's whereabouts."I kind of thought he was with you." Paige replied. "I got back yesterday and he was gone. He wasn't home." She told Anna."You went out, to where? Oh, you ba..d g.i.r.l. you made a new friend didn't you?" Anna asked with a lofty smile."I didn't." Paige replied."You didn't? Where did you go then?" She pestered."Uhmm, promise you won't judge." Paige said, pointing at her with a shy smile."What? Okay, I promise. Just spill." "I went to the Tedsons Anniversary dinner like I told you. But, I kind of spent the night there." She said with a raised eyebrow
"Okay, let's try this again." Paige heaved a sigh of tiredness. Putting the phone close to her ear again, she turned to the mirror and adjusted her facial expression to a pitiful one. "Hey, I thought to call and check up on you. Are you okay?" She asked, adjusting her voice to a more softer tone. "Now, this is crazy Paige!." She exclaimed, flinging her hands which in turn moved her fingers suddenly and she mistakenly dialed Simon's number without realizing it.She kept the phone down, placing it on her mirror stand and stood akimbo looking at the mirror. She thought of what to tell Simon if he picked up but nothing came to mind. Having ran out of options for her start up line, she felt downcast. Suddenly, an idea struck and she decided to rehearse the line before using it.Picking up her phone, she placed it close to her ear, but was shocked when she heard the voice from the other end of the phone."Sunflower." Simon's calm, erotic and satin-laced voice called. "Are you there baby? Is