Chapter 3: Reading her letter

"Damn, that dopey girl." He held the side of his face, Jayden was forced to laugh when he saw the scar right at the side of his lips. "What's funny?" 

"Your face, it's very funny, I should have given that girl a handshake for teaching you a lesson." 

"Really now?" 

"Of course, why would you tell her that?" 

She started it, how could she say my girlfriend must be miserable? 

"Then you have to tell her that, her boyfriend should cheat on her with her sister?" 

"Yes!"

"Hell no! Don't you know that is the most painful thing, that could happen to any girl?" 

"I don't know, I am not some girl." Dante took a few steps, and the wave pushed the bottle right on his feet. "What nonsense is this?" He picked it. "A letter inside a bottle." He wants to open it. 

"Hey, don't! I am sure, that whoever did this want his or her wish to be granted by God." 

"Stop being silly, it's humans that could grant this, not some kind of God we don't see." Dante is stubborn, even though Jayden wants him to drop the bottle, he refuses to drop it. "Come on, I can't believe that naughty girl made me have bruises." 

He pushed the door with anger, as he entered into the presidential suite, Jayden looked at him. 

"Stop staring at me, I need to get that stupid girl."

"To do what?" 

"What do I have to do with her?" Except to make her more miserable for ruining my handsome face

"Who told you, you are handsome?" 

"I am not blind, I could see with my eyes, so back off." He used the antiseptic to care for the injury at the side of his lips, seeing the scar he sighed badly. 

"Can you stop? Is not like it will remain there forever." 

"I could only stop when I made that jerk pay for this." 

"You getting naughty by the day, let's see what is in there." 

"In where?" 

"The letter in the bottle." 

"Jayden, you should go to your suite, you getting more annoying than the girl." 

"I hope you read and fulfilled it since you are now God." 

"Of course, I will." 

As arrogant as Dante, he still jokes around, he pushes the door behind Jayden as the young man goes out, the evening had been spoiled for him by that jerk of a girl, and he is still thinking of what to do with the girl, when his phone ring, is from his dad. 

"Not now, father, I just don't want your nag." He pressed the end bottom but the man did not take that for an answer, he called again and again. "Father!" 

"Don't you want to take the call?" 

"Sorry, I was busy." 

"Where are you?" 

"Out of the villa." 

"I know, where..."

"Father, not now, I am busy." As much as he tries not to sound rude, his voice always betrayed him, especially now that he is mad because of that naughty girl

"Fine, you should come home." 

"Whoa! Did you miss me that much? Or Is it that you love to see my face?" His humor is annoying Harold, he could feel it but he is not going to stop, he just wants his father to get mad and then switch off the phone but Harold is not going to let him win this time.

"Dante, stop with your jest, it's annoying." Harold is getting irritated but if he gets mad, he is not going to drive home his point. 

"I am not Father." 

"Then fine, you should read your mail and stop putting my call on hold." 

"Father, just tell me, I don't have the time to go do that.' Harold pinned his lips together, to hit Dante was in his mind but that was not possible, the boy was far from him. "Father, are you..."

"I will be having a meeting with Lim by tomorrow, I would love for you to attend, he will be coming with his daughter, Miss Alicia Lim, and you two can get to know each other while we discuss business." 

This old man is daring him, he should know anything like this, piss him and he is still pushing it. 

"Sorry Dad, I will be..."

"Dante, you should know that your imprudent smells bad that I always get choked with it and my patient is running out by the day." 

Dante is aware that the old man has reached his limit and is waiting for him to end the call but hell no, he is not doing that, the usual way for him to annoy him, and then Harold will always end the call in anger. 

"You do not have a choice, you should be back at the villa by tomorrow, we are having the meeting here while hosting the family at noon" 

'But...'

"No, but, you should be here, this is part of taking the business to the next level.'

"Fine, I will." He said at the end just to end the conversation, he is more irritated now than after the incident with the girl earlier. 

*****

'Miss Barbara! Young mistress!" Ethan called as he saw Barbara running very fast. 

"I am fine!" She said as she ran into the suites. She had finally got home, still irritated at the incident, she felt like going back to give him another scar, she was burning in anger, she fell on the bed and gasped for air, her phone rang! She had so many missed calls, none she was interested in taking, just when she was about to switch the phone off. 

Kathleen's call comes up, she wipes her tears, she needs to be calm, if not, Kathleen will flame up. 

"Hey, Kathleen!" Barbara called her friend first before she could speak. "Sorry, I haven't been taking your calls." 

"And where thou hell have you been? That made you ignore my call.' 

"I just told you, I am sorry." Her voice was low, which was unlike her. 

"What did that jerk of Derrick do to you?" 

"What?" She tries to compose herself

"Yes, what did he do to you?" 

"He did nothing, I am just annoyed by one jerk of a boy, he hit me but still think I am at fault but not too worried, I send a punch across his face, he should be nursing it by now."

"Where did you meet him?" 

"At the beach house, he is so annoying." 

"Why did you go there?" 

"Not that!" She said like a whisper, she had come up with that, so she could stop her friend from asking more questions but that didn't work for Kathleen, she knew something was wrong, they were supposed to meet at the Cafe shop but Barbara didn't show up and now, she is at the beach house sounding all cold but she is not fine. 

"Go on! And I am not going to take nothing for an answer." She breathed out. 

"We break up." She finally dropped the bombshell. 

"What?" Kathleen yelled. 

"Did we even break up, that jerk cheated on me with that naughty sister of mine and the two are shameless, I caught them in the act but they felt no remorse, they are still kissing in front of me." She broke down again in another round of tears, Kathleen felt bad, that she had pushed it, she would just let the sleeping dog lie. 

"That is enough, you should stop crying, do you want me to..."

"No need, I will be back home, tomorrow, Dad texted that he is coming back soon, instead of the weekend, I can do this, I was just a fool to think he loved me but then it's a good thing, we break up, you know me, I will be fine, in a few days." 

"That bastard!" 

"It's fine, I will call you when I get to town." 

"Bye then, you should take care of yourself." She breathed out, and as soon as the line died off, she nodded again reassuring herself that she could do it. 

The next morning, Dante grooms himself like a man going to have his marriage certificate, Jayden is pleased with what he sees, he smiles so wide at him making Dante stare suspiciously at him. 

"What ups with the smile?" 

"You look like a groom going to pick his bride." Dante coughed out, he had read the letter in the bottle last night after he got off the phone with his dad and that last part had kept him worried. "Hey, don't choke to death because of Marriage." 

"You are very naughty," Dante said as he pulled out the keys. 

"Do you want to drive?" 

"Is the car yours?" He answers yet with another question. "Get in, if you don't want me leaving you here."