Matteo sat down in the cafeteria sipping his drink. He has been observing the company thinking of what next to do. A lady walked up to his table and sat down smiling at him."Hi... I'm Ella and you are? She brought out her hand for a shake. Matteo wanted to sigh or maybe slap off her hand because he wasn't ready for any flirting but he's got to play it cool. He returned the smile and took her hand in for a shake. "I'm Matteo""I know" the girl blurted as she continually blushed. Matteo rolled his eyes inwardly while maintaining a fake cheerful face.They discussed for a while. "What's Ms Stacy's position in this company?" Matteo asked the lady whose smile ceased after hearing the question.She scratched her nape and replied" She's the CEO's Secretary" she rolled her eyes too, wondering why her crush was asking of another lady."You mean this man?" He uttered pointing at Jason as he left the company alongside Stacy."Yes, he's our CEO...Mr Jason" Ella turned to study Matteo's face who
Stacy nodded and got off the car. She lowered her head to the ground with thoughts filled in her mind. Jason led her to a fancy luxurious restaurant and they made their respective orders. He observed Stacy play with her food with her injured hand supporting her jaw. He became disturbed and dropped his cutleries. "Stacy? Stacy?" He called but no answer. He cleared his throat and reached for her hand. "Stacy! She jolted and snapped out of her trance. "I'm really sorry for bothering you" she apologized and ate normally.She breathed in and out consecutively, adjusting herself on the chair. She thought of Jason and got relieved. There came a downpour and the rain spattered against the windows. With a nearby lightning strike, the thunder rumbled while the persons outside ran helter-skelter. Stacy tilted her head to Jason who was busy with his meal."Who is Rose?" She asked and Jason froze. He became angry all of a sudden and let out a sigh. "Why are you asking me about her?" He fired. Se
"Room 404, Room 404! Stacy sang as they search for the room. Being a primitive hotel, it had no functional elevator. Jason sighed consecutively while following Stacy. They got to a room which had 403 on it. Stacy became happy and made to go to the next door which will definitely be Room 404. when the Room 403 door In front of her, opened slowly revealing two people about to make out. "Ewww" she muttered. "Would you get your ass-freaking self out of my front door!" A man yelled while a woman inside lowered her head, hiding her face. She was only in her bra and pant. "Is not my fault that this stupid rickety door flung open, you jerk!" Stacy fired."How dare you call me a jerk?" He stood up with his heart-designed boxers, his chest had prominent hairs and he looked like a man in his early Thirties.Jason observed him and his face looked odd. "If you wanna make out next time, be sure to close your door or best lodge a luxurious hotel" Stacy added fuming.The man charged toward her i
"You didn't see anything! Did you? Stacy screamed and threw a pillow at Jason. "N...o, did I?" He said playfully as he caught the pillow thinking."You pervert!" She scurried off the bed chasing Jason around the room. "What did you see? She yelled hitting a pillow at him.He kept laughing as he ran around. "I saw only..."Only what?!" She bit her lips trying to catch him as he hid behind any equipment he passed. Finally, she caught him and the both of them fell onto the bed breathing quite heavily.He laughed as he had never done before while Stacy stared in awe. She had never seen him laugh so heartedly. She smiled as her heart pounded. She sat down immediately, covering herself with the bathrobe again, she tightened the slash very well. "I will act like I saw nothing," he said and sat down scratching his nape."Of course, you didn't. Who loosen my robe?" She asked. "Did I?" Jason squinted his eyes as she arched her brows at him. "You wouldn't dare!" She fired and held Jason's ne
Stacy kept shivering while in the car, with the way she sat, you could tell that she was very afraid. Jason drove toward the house and alighted from the car moving towards the house. Stacy came out and sluggishly entered the house. On getting in the house, she fell to the floor creating a thud. Jason ran to her and touched her, she was already burning. "You are running a fever! Ish!" He carried her to her room and rushed out to get a wet towel and a bowl of water. He kept it on the table beside her bed and placed the wet towel on her head. She was still shivering. "I knew you would catch a cold. I told you not to go into that rain" he complained and suddenly let out a sneeze. "What the? I caught a cold too?" He sniffed and tended to Stacy who was burning.He thought of what to tell his employees. He can't possibly leave her in this state. He lowered his head in sadness thinking of what to do."Hello Jeremy, I won't be able to come to work today, handle the affairs of the day and
Alya paced around the room fuming in anger. "What insolent? Stacy... threatening me? Me... Lady Lia? Who dares? And what the fuck does she have to do with Jason, my man!? Argh! I'm gonna deal with her and make her pay dearly. Jason is my man and she should stick with that in her shapeless skull!" she snarled and kicked the table in front of her. Her hair was very much messy. "What is probably wrong with her now? Didn't she enjoy the meeting? That girl" Ma'am Sonia shook her head despondently as she heard her daughter mumbling and scattering her room. she continued flipping through the pages of the magazine she held.THE NEXT DAY:Stacy walks into her company feeling all better now thanks to Jason. She sat down and began working on her computer. Suddenly there was a knock and she lifted her head wondering who that could be. "Come in?" She mumbled and the door opened revealing Matteo. She narrowed her eyes "To what do I owe this visit? She asked."Sorry, my lady. I came to return thi
"Did she really go out with that guy?" He thought as he held onto some documents, Jeremy passed to him a while ago. His thoughts became jumbled and he wasn't concentrating on a particular thing. It seems like Stacy has occupied his mind. "Argh! How is that my problem? I should be focused on examining these documents and finalizing Ma'am Sonia's agreement." He flipped the documents roughly."Sir, someone's here to see you," Jeremy said after placing a soft knock on his door. "Where's my secretary?" He asked."She's a bit busy at the moment, sorry sir. The lady in quote is at the reception hall should I let her in?""A lady? He thought until he remembered Mrs Sonia's words on the last day. "Alya?" Please let her in" The sounds of her heels could be heard as she walked into Jason's office. She is dressed in a white fitted gown which exposed her cleavages and showed off her curves. Her hair lay loosely at her back. She dropped her bag on top of Jason's table as she crossed her legs. "Go
"This cannot happen! How can he kill my two precious men?" Stone yelled angrily and sounded very furious. He banged the desk in front of him, breaking it into 2.Two guards, who stood outside, shook nervously. If he is to open this door, they will be probably dead. "Stone's very angry, dude!" One told the other who shut his mouth without uttering any word. He stood upright, shrieking in fear like he was lost in a trance."Dude, your knees are-" immediately Stone came out of his room creating a grave silence between the two. The eyes of the other dude who stood mute was bloodshot. Horizontal veins appeared on his forehead. "Fetch Xavier now!" He yelled and the nervous guy ran off to call him.Xavier walked in as calm as ever with his arms clasped behind his back. He stood Impassive with a cold gaze. Half of his hair was packed above and the other part fell on his back. His black robe flowed with the little breeze that moved in and out of the room. Stone stood, facing the window, his
Edna looked down, checking the distance from where she stood to the ground for a proper escape. Turning frantically, she aimed her gun at Jason again, making sure he doesn't move. Sirens could be heard from afar. Edna's eyes bulged. "You called the cops on me? You!" She shot toward Jason and jumped off the rooftop. Jason made to run after her when Stacy hugged him, holding him back. "Please, don't. Don't chase after her." Her voice cracked. Jason lowered his face to her in awe. "You want her to escape? She's a Mafian queen!""And my mom... Please."Jason stared at her dumbstruck, panting. He swallowed nothing and slid his gaze to see Edna, igniting her car engine to escape. As she drove off, two police cars chased after her. Stacy lowered her face in sadness and disengaged from Jason. She sat down and began sobbing. Jason got to her and cleaned off her face. He dragged her closer, tapping her back gently. Then, an outburst of tears came from her. *************Blaze and Bethany were r
The lady and the men got up to Xavier."Cease him." Being able to do nothing, the men yanked him off the ground. "Look for the old man." Two men ran out but crashed on the floor after a series of gunshots. It was the police, Jason had called the police earlier on, using a telephone booth."Your hands in the air!" They commanded and all of them surrendered, an ambulance arrived shortly and Blaze, alongside Bethany was moved in by the medics. Mr Torres came out from his hiding place, and an eerie chill slid through his veins accompanied by goosebumps crawling over his flesh.All the men were handcuffed and pushed into the truck. The lady looked irritated, while thinking on how to communicate to Edna.***************Jason came down to see some men guarding Amor house. On stealthy footsteps, he got off the truck to them. Guarding their visual rears tightly, Jason scouted for some openings through their defence. "This might work" He nodded as he stepped back to restrategize. An empty ca
Jason held the man's legs and ended up slamming him on the floor, causing his head to hit hard. The other man was on Xavier, Jason walked up to him and pulled him away by gripping his hair, giving Xavier the chance to punch him fiercely in his face. He held his face and staggered back, two other men ran in. The two brothers came together, their backs against each other with readied fists.******************Bethany threw a stone across, the men got distracted and one of them followed the sound of the stone while the other kept guarding the door. She shut her eyes in disappointment and balled her tender fists. Sucking in her breath, she mistakenly stepped on an empty plastic bottle which generated noise. The man tilted in that direction and strode to where she was. Before he could get there, She ran out but he saw her and angrily increased his pace.As she ran, the man chased after her. Her heart thumped crazily. Finding her way back to Xavier and Jason, she could see the other man gr
FEW PEACEFUL DAYS LATERA round fancy table full of different delicacies and drinks was surrounded by them. A party, at Amor House. The weather was already dim and it was a little windy. It was a celebration of Jason and Stacy's engagement and Mr. Torres's comeback. Everyone was happy, eating, drinking and sharing stories. Bethany, Xavier, Mr Torres, Stacy, Jason and Blaze all had beautiful smiles on their faces but as you know happiness can disappear in a flick of your fingers.The door came down to reveal a lady, standing with a sinister grin, dressed in fitted leather black trousers with black sneakers. She had different piercing filled with black studs and dangling earrings. Her hair was packed in a ponytail, with dark shades shoved into the upper part. Her black huge leather jacket sat upon a black crop top. Everything on her was as black as the devil's soul."Rich!" She called happily"Mom...?" Stacy dropped her fork and her jaw dropped."Witch?" Blaze's eyes dilated, she couldn
"Dad!" Stacy couldn't believe it. The corner of Jason's eyes crinkled as he watched the two. Doctor Axel stood there with a smile on his face.Seeing the confusion on Jason's face, Axel eased the situation for him. "He's Mr Torres, my patient, but wait, is that Stacy? Stacy Torres?" He asked surprised. Everything became clear to Jason, he stared at the two as they hugged and tears flooded Stacy's eyes.*******Stacy and her dad sat in the hospital's waiting room. They have been discussing a lot of things until he noticed the beautiful ring on her finger. Stacy saw how her dad gazed at the ring and flaunted it at him with a wide smile."It's an engagement ring, I got engaged today!""Really?""Yes." Her cheeks flushed at her pronouncement. She darted her gaze to Jason and her dad slowly followed her. "Is that him?"Stacy nodded and her dad averted his gaze to her, who was still dreamily staring at Jason answering a call. He turned to their direction and raised his brow at her, making
Jeremy was jogging delightfully, his pods plugged into his ears, he was experiencing this happiness he couldn't fathom until he saw Alya, coming in the opposite direction. When they got close enough to greet themselves, he brushed by her without a backward glance. Alya paused and turned with disbelieving eyes. "Did he just pass me without saying hi?" She asked rhetorically, her brows hung up. She gasped and continued her jogging with a perturbed mind. Jeremy exhaled feeling so relieved that he could pass without saying anything. "I pulled it off." He smiled and hastened his steps to prepare for today's work.At the company, he met Bethany smiling nonstop as she listened to her music with an earpod. "Good morning Beth!" He greeted and she quickly lowered her music volume. "What's up, Jerry?" He squinted his eyes and folded his arms. Curiously filling his veins."I should be asking you that, you are incredibly happy." She blushed at the statement. "Well, I am. So... What about the lad
Jason pulled out a chair and sat down, facing his laptop. He dug his hands into his pocket to take out a flash drive. Staring blankly at it and turning it around his fingers, he inserted it into the laptop. It was the video of the day, Crystal died. How did he get the video?FLASHBACKWhile on the ground, groaning at the pain he was feeling, he saw a clip laying on the floor. The clip was a few inches away from Stone's leg. Jason crawled and got up to his leg. He gripped it when Stone made to run in and stylishly dragged the clip as well as sand and dirt into his fist."Don't go in, we are not done yet." He said. Stone kicked away his grip and ran into his office while he lowered his face to the ground so tired and relieved.***********It began to display on the screen but a scene he wasn't shown then, popped up first. It turned out the clip was shortened before. Dark under the tunnel was a man, who pulled the trigger and shot the same time Jason had shot. The plan was to make a vid
The harshness of the light had him blinking, Xavier darted his weak eyes to see a white bedsheet up above his chest. Wide-eyed, he shifted and yanked it off him. An IV needle was stuck into his wrist... And then he finally realised he was on a hospital bed in a ward. His lid lowered and he saw a head resting beside the bed. He blinked several times, trying to remember what happened before now until Bethany raised her face and drifted into a gentle smile. "You are awake." She yawned and leaned forward while he moved backwards. He shut his eyes and exhaled. "How long have I been here?""A night.""A night... and you didn't sleep here, did you?" He said this lowering his legs to the floor. Bethany ignored the question, of course, she slept. She stood up to leave and call a doctor when he gripped her hand. "Who brought me here?"She scratched her nape nervously, attempting to find words to reply. "Your brother did..." He loosened his grip, unsure of the emotions that ran through him,
Jason made his way across the room, his eyes shooting lasers. Some men ran inside to stop him but got shot before they could even get to him. Where is Stacy? "Matteo?" She looked into his eyes, unsure of what to feel. Happy? Or Scared? She leaned back to the wall, her gaze on the floor. He watched how her countenance changed and scoffed. Then his eyes moved from her face to her injured spots including her sole. He blinked and loomed over her, carrying her in a bridal style. "Oh." She mouthed and nervously tilted her face to Matteo whose face was strangely calm. "Hold my neck, so you won't fall." She bobbed her head and off they went.****************A man groaned and rolled off the ground. Stone's men backed away as they saw the man lying motionless, wondering if he was dead. They lifted their faces to see Blaze and other men behind her. She smirked and cracked her knuckles. "Guys, let's kick their ass'es." She told them, charging toward Stone's men with Matteo's men.Blaze launche