/Meelah’s POV/“Enough of the back and forth at the breakfast table” Mr Kings finally speaks up. “Brian” he calls out and Brain turns to face his dad. “Bless the food so that the people that are here to eat can eat and get their day started” Mr kings instructs making me suppress the urge to laugh because he is intentionally throwing shades at Eloise and it is so obvious. “Dear Lord….” He starts “Thank you for this meal today…..Others may have not been this lucky which is why we want to Thank you for giving us the strength to be here today.” He pauses after a while. “Amen” we all say even though it is so disoriented and very obvious that a lot of people are not paying attention.“Bless this food that we are about to eat, Let it nourish our body as you nourish our soul,” “Amen” we all chorus“Bless us oh Lord and continue to feed those who are not as fortunate as we are….amen” he rounds up his prayer. “Amen” we chorus again. “Shall we?” Mr kings urges and I pick up my cutlery to
/Meelah’s POV/I continue to eat my breakfast, pretending to be interested in the food, while I am low key freaking out that I have to do do thing that is not my forte for the whole family to prove myself when I know that cooking is not one of my very strong points. “Wouldn’t it have been better to keep quiet she allow Brian to do the talking instead of trying to act like the alpha female?” The voice in my head scolds. “It is too late to cry over split milk….” I console myself as I brace myself up to get up from the dinner table because I am just so done with the pretense. “I am full” I mutter as I dab my mouth with the serviette. “Me too” Brian says as he does the same. “You guys are starting to be in sync after being married for just two weeks” Elva remarks and I just chuckle because it is obvious that Brain and I are trying to get ourselves out of the uncomfortable situation, but here she is making it sound like what it is not. “Maybe if you get yourself in a relationship , y
/Meelah’s POV/ “We are all victims of moms ego here, so instead of us fighting each other, we are supposed to team up to beat her at her own game” she goes to her brother to explain while pulling the hem of his shirt. “Are you trying to scatter my dressing just because you want me to engage in an activity that is totally uncalled for?” He fires back. “Chill out boss, nobody is fighting with you so can you just respond in the same calm manner that someone is talking to you with” she says nudging him with her shoulder. “What do you mean by responding in a calm manner” he retaliates “You are expecting me to enter the kitchen on a weekend that I am supposed to be resting when we have half of the work force of kings treat present at the resort to do the cooking just to prove a point to our mom” he complains and she nods with puppy eyes. “….it doesn’t make sense at all ” he expresses “We both know that cooking is your forte, but I can’t say the same for myself or sister in law beca
/Meelah’s POV/After Elva left the room, Brian came back from the bathroom and by the time he got out, he already changed into something comfortable and he climbed the bed to sleep. I thought of what to do while I was waiting for Brain to wake up because something in my head told me that I was going to be strong enough to wait for Brain so that we could take turns in sleeping, but my body was saying something entirely different because I barely slept this morning due to the virtual girls night session that I was having with my girls. The thought of changing into something comfortable so that I could sleep well crossed my mind, but at that point in time the definition of what was going to make me feel comfortable in my head was to remain fully clothed, so I just took off my bra and got into the bed because I did not want focusing my energy on something as stressful as feeling body conscious. It was kinda difficult to fall asleep easily because I had a grown ass man beside me, and a
/Meelah’s POV/My heart starts to thump loudly in the rib cage of my chest, faster than it’s normal pace, and all of a suddenly I start to feel the whole roll closing in on me like I don’t have enough breathing space. I try to pull myself together and not make it obvious that something is wrong with me because this dinner is supposed to be a ceremony is supposed to be for the family members to officially welcome me into the family and the last thing I will want to do right now is to mess it up. I cant but wonder what the man that calls himself my father is doing at the kings family dinner while he is talking to me because I am a 100 percent sure that Mr kings didn’t invite him, but the question now is who did? Mr environment starts to spin and it is difficult to keep my eyes open while still on heels till I realize that I was already tripping and it is Brian’s firm grip around my shoulders that is keeping me from crumpling on the floor like. Used tissue.“My wife is not feeling to
/ Meelah’s POV/“Can we get this dinner started already because I am starving and I can’t wait to taste the food that our dear meelah spent time and energy to cook” Eloise says getting my attention while I look around, waiting for go ahead from the adults so that I can signal the attendants to do the needful since they are more experienced. “Start serving” I instruct the attendants as soon as I interpret the go ahead signal from Mr kings. “Isn’t the daughter in law supposed to do the serving?” She asks looking around the table but no one says anything to answer her. “…..I was thinking that since the dinner coincides with her ceremony, it is only right for her to do the needful” she goes ahead with her stupid suggestion. “I agree with her” Mrs kings speaks up to Babi r her up. “This ceremony shouldn’t be about your cooking skills alone but your serving skills and presentation” Mrs kings adds so I get up from my seat to start serving. The table arrangement layout of the dining re
/Meelah’s POV/ The tension in the dinning is really high as everyone waits for somebody to say something to tone down the tension, but everywhere is just oddly quiet. My eyes snaps in MR kings direction because my only hope is on him so he just has to say something that will save my G mama from embarrassment. “Eloise…..please excuse us” Mr kings speaks up after clearing his throat and that makes me let out a sigh of relief. “Excuse you?” Mrs kings questions. “Are you asking my guest out for here?” She goes ahead to ask. “If we are to grade this by level of Importance, Eloise is just a guest, while Meelah’s grand mum is family and if there is anyone that should excuse us, it should be Eloise” Mr kings goes ahead to explain. “I disagree with you” Mrs kings objects. “It is left to you to decide to agree with me or not, the only thing I know is that you both planned this whole family get away thing without carrying anyone along, and you both were in charge of sending out invitati
/Meelah’s POV/“ I suddenly lost my appetite” Brian’s mom speaks up few minutes after G mama walked out of the dining, pushing her food away and walking out of the dining. “I need to use the bathroom” I politely excuse my self from the dining because it is taking everything in me from breaking down after G mama expresses how disappointed she was in me. “the last thing I will want to do is to break down in front of the man who call himself my father, his business wife, the torn in my flesh, or Brain’s obnoxious ex girlfriend so the best bet for me is to find a corner to hide myself then cry eyes out” I decide as I start to run as soon as I am out of sight. “Meelah….wait” I hear Elva calling out behind me and that gives me a bit of directional challenge because I am still yet to decide where I want to hide myself away from people on a resort that I am still yet to explore. “Should I just go to the garden or the swimming pool?” I question myself as soon as I step out of main door “I
|Meelah’s POV|I start rounding up the exercise of decluttering my space because this is the first time I am getting back home at the normal closing hour instead of working overtime like I have been doing with Brian, only for my phone to start ringing, so I pause what I am doing to pick up the call.“Hey babes… how are you doing?” Eden says as soon as I pick up the video calls and before I can reply to her, the other girls join the call.“Melanie Caleb… you skipped two girl’s nights without any call nor explanation to justify your actions,” Aurora accuses as soon as she joins the call.“Hmmm,” I sigh deeply.“The past two weeks have been crazy in Kings Corporation, with me trying to stay out of my husband’s ex-girlfriend who tries to sabotage me at any opportunity that she gets, the latest project of Kings Corporation that has been making both Brian and I work overtime because he needs to prove to his father that he can handle the company while I have had to prove to people that I did
|Meelah’s POV|Sunday went by in a blur with my girls showing up at mine and Brian’s house because they were worried sick about me switching off my phone after the incident that happened at the movie premier not only did they just help uplift my mood, but they also mentally prepared me to face the cold world (Kings Corp).It's Monday morning and instead of excitedly walking towards the tall and imposing structure that is standing out against the sky, reaching for the clouds in front of me with the windows arranged in a grid-like pattern in front of me, I am quite nervous but also eager to start work after being away for a while.I park my latest baby (the Tesla that was gifted to me by my father-in-law), then I take out a few of my necessities while clutching my ID badge, my bag, and other necessities, and then head towards the reception desk.I greet the security guard with a friendly smile and I swipe my badge at the entrance turnstile, hearing the satisfying beep that confirms my a
|BRIAN’s POV|“Can you stop being difficult and just tell me who the photographer nigga at the movie premier is?” I urge Meelah because her nonchalant attitude is seriously starting to piss me off.“No one important,” she answers, waving the issue like it is nothing important as she focuses on her breakfast.“Photographer nigga is no one important, but you and your sister were fighting over him?” I remark to get a reaction from Meelah, and judging from the way she pauses dramatically from reaching for the baked beans that are a part of the breakfast platter, I know that I must have struck a nerve.“Fighting over him?” she scoffs.“Are you for real right now?” she questions, looking at me dead in the eyes.“How was I minding my business and getting my pictures taken, only for me to get drenched by the torn in my flesh the same things as me fighting over a man?” she expresses painfully and that makes me realize that I must have gone too far.“Fine…. I apologize for my insensitive choice
|Meelah’s POV|I should have known that running into RK the previous night was not going to end well or should I say that I should not have unblocked that villain and tried to give him the benefit of doubt by thinking he must have had a valid reason for decamping to the enemies camp, but it was obvious from all indication that RK chose Jayden Conor and Skylar over me because of the money that they offered him, but the question that has been on my mind since yesterday was why RK Is still trying so hard to be in my good graces after everything that happened.To say that I was livid when Skylar tried to mess up my life once again by using RK was an understatement, and even though I had so many unanswered questions for Ryan, I was way too blinded by rage to hear him out, and now that everything ended up blowing out of proportion, I kinda wished that I was patient enough to hear him out so that I can at least get closure and move on with my life.I ended up avoiding Brain after we got home
|Brian’s POV|After trying to get Meelah familiar with the movie she didn’t look interested in the slightest, probably because this type of movie is not her kind of thing, she stepped out of the cinema to get some fresh air, but she went for a long time.Even though I want to keep enjoying my movie, I have no choice but to step out to check up on Meelah simply because I brought her here and I have to make sure that she has a wonderful experience, or else the aim of bringing her here will be defeated.I stand in front of the event hall, scanning around to see if my eyes can capture Meelah from afar to assure myself that she is fine so that I can return to the movie theater but I see her with a man who is busy taking pictures of her and from the looks of it, I don’t think this is the first time they are meeting because of how he is putting his hands on her to direct each pose he wanted her to strike when he could have just described it tor her or strike the pose instead of touching her
MEELAH’S POV|I wasn’t expecting that sly human being to take advantage of the situation by offering to help me if only I agreed to hear him out but I had to agree because I couldn’t let my girl’s efforts be in vain, and instead of sending the driver to get me a random ring, but Brian stepped down from the car himself to get me a ring which made me wonder what he is playing at.Anyway, Brian got me a pretty simple and elegant ring that doesn’t look as complicated as the previous ring and I love it because I think this ring sits my personality more, more so you will barely know that it is a counterfeit ring, so a win is a win for me.We are now at the event venue, and here is Brian stepping out of the car while I am waiting for him to open the door for me because even though I agreed to hear him out, he still has to make up for how miserable and rejected I felt during the week so that I can feel his sincerity.Big Daddy Brian has finally put the gentlemanly teachings he got from his wo
|Brian’s POV|After racking my brain, thinking of the best way to ask Meelah out to the movie premier, I decided to abandon the responsibility to the butler because I knew for a fact that I was the one whom Meelah had issues with, and she was not the kind of person that will take her anger out on an innocent butler by intentionally making his task difficult for him, and it worked because just when I was driving into kings estate yesterday, I saw Meelah’s driving out.I actually thought of driving out of the estate to block her wherever she was going to have a conversation with her, but for someone who made a conscious effort not to run into me even while we were living under the same roof, I knew better than to try, and thank goodness I decided against it because on getting home, I was informed by the butler that his part of the task was completed.I went about my after-work schedule normally, and while I finally settled down to eat dinner, I got a message from Elva that she had been
Everyone in this house except for me stayed up all night trying to help with the outfit and everything because my fashion enthusiast friend decided to make an outfit for me from scratch after she found out about the movie premier at the dying minute and she had got her team of designers here as early as 5 am to help with the process of making me an outfit despite my protest that it wasn’t necessary.Brian's sister also showed up with her team of makeup artists, hairstylists, and nail technicians, just to get me dolled up for the event, and I have been sitting here since I took my bath while they dress me up like a doll.“Your bestie wants to talk to you,” Aurora says, handing me her phone hours later after I sat to get my hair, nails, and makeup done without being allowed to check the mirror. “Are you not scared that I will see myself through the camera of the phone?” I question Aurora and that makes Elva block the camera from my view.“I still stand on the existing protocol that I w
\Meelah’s POV\After being made to feel stupid by Brian and like a total failure by my mother-in-law on Wednesday, I needed a way to vent, and the last thing I would have wanted in this life was to put a call through to my girls because I just like me, they had stuff going on in their lives, and it won’t make any sense for me to put everyone in a bad mood just because things were going sideways for me, so I went to mine and Brian’s bedroom to sleep but the more I laid on the bed, everything I could think about was how Brian kickstarted my day by overreacting to the perfume that was supposed to boost my confidence, so I ended up smashing the perfume bottle into the wall hoping it will make feel better but it barely did anything for me.I tried to snap out of the negative emotions that I was feeling so that I could be prepared for the next day’s work, but nothing seemed to be working so I resorted to something that I wouldn’t normally resort to just to escape my problems even if it was t