/Meelah’s POV/“Have you still not gotten to the elevator?” Eden asks impatiently. “I just got to the elevator and I am ready to spill the tea so grab your popcorn and juice while I deliver the highlights of this gist to you,” I inform. “Can you get this started already,” she grumbled. “Hi bestie, my name is Meelah Kings and today I will be bringing you exclusive highlights from the reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kings,” I mimic the way Eloise addresses her followers and Eden hides loudly. “Explain to me in one sentence why you are being so dramatic,” Eden questions after hissing loudly. “Because my life looks like a fucking reality tv show right now, with different conflicts surfacing at every point to keep those glued to the screen of my life invested in what will unfold next. “What is that supposed to mean?” She inquires. “The family getaway that Mrs kings invited Brian thing turned out to be an unpleasant family reunion with that man that calls himself my father, his bu
/Brian’s POV/“I have been trying to keep calm since yesterday, but at this point, I don’t think I can keep calm anymore because Meelah seems to be talking to everyone apart from me and at this point, I need to be sure that I am not the one overthinking things,” I mutter as I take my phone to talk dial Elliot’s number. “So you remember that I still exist,” he says as soon as he picks up the call “What is that supposed to mean?” I question him. “You abandoned and neglected me because of your family getaway, and now that the family getaway is over, you remember about my existence?” He scoffs.“You know that is not true…. I have just been busy with a lot of stuff,” I try to explain. “Don’t form being busy for me because I saw snippets from the family dinner, including the live video where you entered the kitchen to join Meelah in the cooking, so contrary to the picture that you are trying to paint, I know that you had soo much fun without me,” he complains“The snippets you saw were e
/Brian’s POV/My phone starts to beep continuously, so I stop my work midway to check who is sending me messages at such an hour.As soon as I double tap my phone and I realize that there are 6 unread messages from Elliot, I drop what I am doing with immediate effect as I unblock the phone with my Face ID so that I can check the content of the message ASAP“Update!!” he starts.“Immediately I got off the call with you, I called my girlfriend to ask her when last she spoke to Meelah and I were told that it was on Friday,” “I knew it was very unlikely that she was well acquainted with the situation at hand, but I still wanted to prove what was going on so I asked her if Meelah had or still had any complicated relationship with anyone before she married you, and I was informed that after the last boy issue was the one that cast when she was in uni,” I read and that makes me remember the messy situation that happened then.“I wasn’t satisfied with the answer I got so I went ahead if Meel
/Brian’s POV/“I am so sorry that you had to wait outside for so long sir….I was on call when she came in, and instead of just ushering you in, she waited for me to finish what I was doing,” I apologize to my father as soon as I see him. “It is fine….I insisted on going through the normal procedure,” he waves the issue like it is nothing. “Are you free enough to talk now?” He inquires. “Yes sir,” I answer him almost immediately because this is the first time my father is paying a visit to the office since he retired, and for some reason, I just don’t know how to act around him because Instead of seeing him like just the father that we used to have issues with, now that I have walked in his shoes for a few weeks I can’t help but respect him more. “This way sir,” I gesture for him to take the lead as we walk towards my office together. “This place has not changed one bit,” he says as soon as he steps foot into the office looking around. “I love the interior of the office so I decid
/Meelah’s POV/After ending the call abruptly with Eden the previous night, she didn’t try to call me again which I was thankful for, but my phone started beeping with different notifications popping up from Eden which confirmed the fact that she took me seriously when I agreed to get lessons on how to deal with my husband's obnoxious ex from her, so I just had to turn my data off before I dropped my phone. I was so focused on unveiling the gift items after I dropped my phone, but on realizing that it was a major wrong move, I stylishly went to where I kept my phone and I started playing music because my AirPods were still in my ears, and I didn’t want to end up involving myself in a conversation with Brian.I felt like I needed to apologize to Brain that I was caught up in my emotions and was muddled which was why I kissed him, but he doesn’t have to take the kiss personally because it is a mistake and nothing like that was ever going to happen between us again, but I decided against
/Meelah’s POV/Monday was quite a good start, especially when I didn’t get myself involved in any drama with anyone, I didn’t have so much work to do, but towards the close of work, Brian Kings asked to see me and when I got to his office he informed me that I should prepare for an annual general meeting that is scheduled to hold today. At first, I thought that the thought of him seeing me so calm and relaxed without having any major deadlines to meet up with, for the first time in Almost a month annoyed him, but he was dead serious about the general meeting, and again I had to start rushing to organize the venue, and set everything in place for the general meeting because this is the first general meeting in Kings' Corporation that I was going to be preparing for in my life, and I had Zero experience. My gut feeling kept on telling me that something was going to go wrong, so I got in touch with Mr Kings' special assistant to ask her for a few pointers and advice on what I needed to
/Brian’s POV/“Hey man,” Elliot says as soon as he walks into the restaurant and I check my wristwatch to check the time.“7:30!”“Like seriously?” I question him and he scoffs as he draws the chair to take his seat. “We agreed to meet up by 6:30 and you are showing up an hour later?” I question him feeling unimpressed by how non challant he is that he wasted my precious time.“In my defense….” He raises his hands in defense.“ I already had plans with my girlfriend before you called me and told me that we have a situation and that the type of situation that we have is not the type that you want to talk about over the phone,” he Justifies while I look at him waiting for him to land before I pounce on him.“I could have just told you that I didn’t have time to meet up with you, but you made it sound urgent and I wouldn’t like you to start bull-shitting me in the nearest feature that I was not there for you when you needed me the most which is why I ran here after sorting my girlfriend
\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
|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