/Meelah’s POV/“There you are” Aurora remarks as she walks towards me from the direction of three dinning, wikis I keep my eye focused on my phone because I am not ready to start another Brian chapter after practically escaping from one. “So you unsubscribed from what we were saying by running here to pretend to be busy on your phone” Aurora says sitting beside me, peeping into my phone “This is what happens when somebody can read you like a open book” I mutter “Not just somebody but people” Dee adds from the dining, making me roll my eyes “We get it that you don’t want us to interfere in what is going on…….point taken, boss….you win” Aurora says throwing her hands up on the air. “So what are we up to?” Ari asks, joining us. “We can’t just finish eating and just go bank to work so that it won’t look like we only came over to ear the newly weds food” Ari buttresses crossing her leg on the leather chair. “We can’t go back to work….. todays work is over already” Aurora cuts in “I
/Meelah’s POV/ After thinking about where I was supposed to start my work from the previous night, I decided to sleep first and deal with my problems later because I could seriously feel that I was running low on sleep and I Didn’t want to resume my first day at work after I got married looking so cranky. Crashing in the same room with Brian wasn’t an option I wanted to consider because there was still some sort of tension between us and I didn’t want to be surrounded by any thick cloud of awkwardness that will make it difficult for me to sleep and I wasn’t even ready to risk it, so I crashed in the guest room. It was difficult to fall asleep easily because my mind kept on drifting back to Brian and his ground rules that didn’t stop baffling me because I didn’t take Brian Kings as a principled person enough for all the rules that he set. When I couldn’t stop thinking about how I am going to survive with Brian under the sand room, I picked up the marriage contract to distract my th
/Meelah’s POV/One would think that what my bestie said to me was more than the words “Brian’s got you” because I can’t just seem to get it out of my head. A part of me wants to dwell on the fact that Eden may be right, but in a second thought Brian Kings has managed to wrap my girls around his finger and everyone of them has been speaking up for him, so it is very likely that Eden didn’t see anything spectacular and she just made the statement because she think he is a good person, not knowing the kind of person that he really is. If there is one thing that talking to Eden has helped me with today, it is the fact that it has helped me calm my nerves that were all over the place, and now I can have my breakfast in peace” I mutter as I open the freezer to take out one of the overnight oat that Eden made for me. I prep my oat for consumption, but this time around I opt for chocolate as my toppings because I am not ready for my stomach to start acting up. “It’s time…..” I squeal as I
/Meelah’s POV/I steady myself after Stephanie literally tossed me in Brian’s direction and I follow closely behind Brian because there is a whole lot of missing links in the so called spoilers that Stephanie gave that I can’t just wait to meet the chairman to get the full gist. If not that the chairman promised not to fire me, I would have been so terrified by now that the chairman only made Brian the chairman to get rid of me” I assure myself that there is no cause for alarm. “even if that is not the case at the moment, you still need to know what is going to happen to you because as the special assistant to the chairman of kings corporation, if the chairman retired doesn’t that also mean that your work in Kings corp is over?” The stupid voice in my head starts to fester unnecessary doubt in my mind. “It is better to hear from the horses mouth, instead of putting myself through unnecessary mental stress” I shake the voice off as I try to catch up with Brian who wasn’t considerate
/Meelah’s POV) My attention is drawn towards the door of the office opening after a slight knock on the door, where Brian’s personal assistant is peeping into the room with her brows lifted and her eyes sweeping over the office area. “Amelia?”Brian calls out to her and she opens the door widely to step in instead of continuing her peeping ministry like a thief. “I am really sorry to disturb you, but the reporters are seated in the conference room of the second floor, waiting for you so that the press conference can commence” Amelia informs. “Yeaaa right the pres conference” Mr kings claps his hands in realization. “I was actually supposed to have this conversation with you after the press conference, but I was hoping that we can release the news at the press conference so that the netizens will have something new to talk about instead of focusing all their energy on meelah” Mr king states and o smile because on everything that Is going on, he us not just concerned about his compa
/Meelah’s POV/“Over here Mr Kings” the first reporter on the first row and the first seat takes the initiative to start his round of questioning and I brace myself up for what is to come. “When did you and your fathers secretary meet for you to be involved in so deep a office romance to the point that you went as far as substituting your bride twice just to marry her, because I did some digging and realized that Mrs kings only started working as the secretary to the chairman four months ago so a lot of things are just not adding up here” the reporter takes time to construct his question before firing it in Brian’s direction making me gulp nervously because I was expecting us to progress from the simple questions to the difficult ones. “You sound like you have done a lot of digging about how my wife and I met, but I will like to refresh your memory a bit…” Brian starts radiating the confidence of a King. “First of all, my wife is an alumni of the prestigious Jade university, and so
/Meelah’s POV/“Hmmm hmmm” I clear my throat on getting to the front of the elevator. “I don’t think I will be able to get on the elevator with you guys because I need to get to the toilet” I speak up in an attempt to excuse myself from the entourage because the attention that I am getting from it is too much, and I am not enjoying it at all. “Fine..” he answers almost immediately, signaling a few bodyguard to step aside and they split without wasting time. “Are they going to be accompanying me to the bathroom?” I question him yo be sure that I am not the one overthinking and he nods “Yh” he answers briefly before taking his attention back to the phone that he is pressing. The thought of obediently agreeing to his option, then making sure to escape from their company so that Brian won’t think that I am challenging his authority crosses my mind for a split second, and I actually pause to consider it. “How the hell are you supposed to escape from six able bodied men” the stupid vo
/Meelah’s POV/“You!” I let out in confusion as soon as I steady myself. “Yeaaa…..it’s me” she says taking calculated steps towards me “Your worst nightmare” she whispers and then draws away with a sinister smile on her face that makes me furrow my brows in confusion because I can’t remember us ever speaking to each other before this. “Why are you here?” I ask her instead of stressing myself to think about it “Why are you being so mean?” She says lifting my chin up with her finger and I avert mg gaze. “Eloise Jenson!” I say trying to conceal my rising anger because I don’t want to loose my cool. “Can you go straight to the point as to why you are here, or will you rather clear yourself away from my path so that I can be on my way” I lay the cards down for her to pick. “That’s quite mean for someone that just saved you from tripping and making a fool of yourself in front of so many people, but that’s fine……it is in the nature of humans to be ungrateful, so I won’t take it to h
|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