CHAPTER 14

If this information was correct, then it means the caller was Adrian's relative because of the “Sterling” surname.

The person called the second time and I picked up.

“Hello dear”. His voice came soft and welcoming.

“Hello”. I managed to reply in stammers.

“You are Genny right?” He asked, making me nervous.

“Who are you please?” I asked, trying to clear my doubt. Since I got married to Adrian, no family member has come to visit, and Adrian never introduced me to any. How did he get my contact?

“Please answer my question; you are Adrian's wife, right?” He pressed.

“Yes”. I muttered.

“And your name is Jenny right?” he asked again, stressing the “Jenny” word.

“Yes, I am”. I replied visibly annoyed.

“It's nice meeting you…….

“Please who are you?” I asked with furrowed brows, interrupting him.

“I am Julian Sterling by name, Adrian's cousin”. He explained.

“Okay. How can I help you please?” I asked, trying to define the purpose of the call.

“No dear, I'm the one who wants to help you”. He replied with a sneer.

Now, this was getting creepy; I ended the call abruptly in confusion. What did he mean by that?

He called again but I ignored it, refusing to pick up. Truly, there was no sane person in Adrian's family; everyone was mad, except me, of course. I wasn't even done condoning my husband's madness and his family members wanted to add to it. Hell no!

I thought of blocking the number, but I realized it would portray me to be rude, so I left it. Should I tell Adrian about it? No, who said I must be accountable to him with everything going on in my life? I quickly shoved the thought aside.

I stood up and walked to the bookshelf near the window, and pulled out a notepad. Since Adrian had opted for a better way to talk to me; through notes. I, too, had adopted the medium with all pleasure; anything that wasn't going to involve me standing before his choking presence was a yes by me.

I wrote “Good morning Mr. Adrian. Please, I saw your note yesterday, and I appreciate it. But when I tried going to my home, your bouncers stopped me again and told me that I needed an entourage with me. I agreed hoping they would let me pass, but they said my outfit wasn't befitting. I request for some money to go shopping”.

Done with that, I folded the paper and headed to his room. I wrapped it around the door knob skillfully and left.

“Tiller, please, I need the report from the deal proposed with the mining company”. Adrian called out.

“I'm on it”. Tiller replied.

His thoughts quickly drifted off to Jenny. He couldn't help but giggle at her docility. He loved the fact that he made her nervous when she was around him. He enjoyed commanding fear in her.

His phone beeped bringing him back to reality. Marcus was the caller.

“Hello, Adrian”. Marcus greeted.

“Hi bro, where are….

“No dumb talk, did you do what I asked you to do?” He asked, cutting off Adrian.

“Hey, calm down”. Adrian replies with a chuckle.

“Did you do it?” Marcus asked again.

“Alright, I did it,” Adrian replied with his hands in the air.

“Better, now that's more like it”. Marcus said, satisfied.

“Spare me the crab, please,” Adrian replied, rolling his eyes.

“Now, back to the question you asked, I'm at the office, but I don't mind hanging out”. He said with a smirk.

“Lazy head”. Adrian replied playfully. “Let's meet at our usual spot then”.

Adrian stood up and grabbed his car keys, leaving the office. Marcus rebuked him terribly when he told him about restricting his wife's movement. He said that was highly inhumane.

After much persuasion, Adrian finally agreed to lift the restrictions. Marcus pleaded with him to take things gently but he shoved it aside.

They discussed it at length in the lounge before they went to their houses. When Adrian arrived, he quickly headed upstairs to his room.

He grabbed the doorknob, turning it clockwise, and a piece of paper fell to the ground. He bent down and picked it up, unfolding it. After scanning through the content, he folded it into a ball and threw it into the empty dustbin beside his door. With a devilish sneer, he opened the door and went inside.

I was hiding behind the sculptures close to his room, I wanted to make sure that he read the note. I expected him to send for me instantly, but he just sneered and went inside.

“What was that supposed to mean?” I murmured.

I wanted him to respond to the letter quickly because that would speed up my process of going to see Mom. But from what I just saw now, I'm not sure he acknowledged it.

I summoned courage and trudged to his room door and gave a knock. I had to let him know I was serious about the request.

“Who is there?”. He replied inside.

“It's me, Jenny”. I mumbled in reply.

After a few seconds, the doorknob was twisted. Adrian stared at me for some time as if he was looking for anything specific on my body. It made me so comfortable after he ran his eyes over my body he let out a sigh.

“What do you want?” He asked with his gaze still fixed on me.

“I’m here in respect of the letter you just read”. I replied matter of factly.

“How do you know I just read the letter, were you spying on me?” He asked, raising an eyebrow. Adrian took a step forward, making me step backward, shuddering. Was I going to tell him, I was watching him?

“No, not spying”. I murmured. “I was the one who put the letter there and I knew you would read it before going inside”. I explained, hoping he would just let it go.