To Angela's surprise Antonio didn’t put up any more protests as she led him towards the bed, she gently eased him down on the large bed in the dim light, his skin was now slick with sweat.He was silent and didn't say another word.Angela sighed as she watched him shivering.First I need to get his temperature down, let me try dousing him with cold water, she thought.She went away and returned to the bedroom armed with a pocket of cold water and a small towel, she dropped them on his bed side and went ahead to open up the windows.The sky has gotten darker.Antonio on the other side, watched her beneath lowered eyelids. His temperature was so hot, yet his body was shivering uncontrollably, he couldn't even open his eyes widely. Angela got closer to him, she could still feel the heat pumping off his body, and also he was sweating profusely, so much that his pants got soaked.She turned to look at him and found him watching her quietly, he looked like he had a lot to say but too weak
Minutes gone,Angela started to doze offAnthonio shifted uncomfortably and groaned slowly,to his surprise Angela was very much alert and quickly rushed to him like a nursing mother whose baby just let out a tiny cry.She placed her palm on his forehead after removing the towel she had placed on his head before he slept off an hour ago.“His temperature is down and close to normal,I have done my part”.She yawned tiredly.It was night so she decided to take her bath before going to bed.She had to make sure he was sleeping before taking her clothes off.“Am I doing too much? He is sick even if he is a pervert . There's no way…(she paused) well we are talking about Antonio Montero here”.She put the lights off again before she went nude.She had to go into the bathroom blindly,then drew the curtain.“Good thing,he has a fever,I don't have to sleep with him tonight”.She closed her eyes.“Damon..”She giggled shyly at the episodes of their evening walk.“I can't wait to see him tomorrow.
The next morning.Antonio was staring at Angela, who was being attended to by a nurse. His eyes fixed on her.“What's the problem?”“She is going to be fine..I am sure it's just the drug she took late at night,it has a sleeping effect,which explains why she is still asleep by this time of the day”.The nurse replied and bowed.“I see”.He released a cloud of smoke,his eyes still on Angela.The nurse trembled in fear that he might do something bad to her. His aura feels cold at the moment and that scares her.“I should have warned her not to take it late at night,it's all my fault young mastee..I never thought she could be so busy..”“Enough”.His voice came,the nurse swallowed hard.She bowed and stepped aside.Antonio walked to Angela's bedside, his eyes lingered on Angela's face. He touched her warm cheeks…then down to stroke her lips with his thumbs.“She looked exhausted and weak.She must've been awake last night taking care of me.What a funny one( his eyes sparkled with humour
“No! Please don't!”“Is she a virgin? Quite unfortunate that I can't touch a low born,my fifteen able men put together can perform almost the same as me,so don't worry you will be entertained”.The man beside the bonded girl, took his left hand and reached inside the girl's tank top and began squeezing her right breast.She struggled mutely to escape.“No…please don't touch her, she is nothing but a child”.Anthonio raised a thick dark brow.“An eighteen year old?”“She is yet to turn eighteen,she is a minor”.The man pleaded with tears flooding down his face.“A lie like that is useless…I don't mind the age,so trying to get it over by claiming she is below eighteen will absolutely do nothing to stop us”.He heard his daughter cry again mutely.“You bastards take your hands off her!”He yelled out, his eyes bulging and red with terror.He quickly turned to Anthonio.“Please sir….this is too much for her”.“Alright then”.“Boys! Don’t take one at a time..but one after another”.“No no
“I am terrified of Young Master Anthonio,my lady. He was the one who instructed me to watch over you until you awakened..please allow me to take care of you this time,if anything happens to you as a result of the drug…He will do something terrible..really terrible to me. I am only but a servant”.Angela sighed seeing that the nurse won't give up on the issue.“Alright..I understand but can we do that in my room?”The nurse nodded in excitement.“Certainly Yes, my lady”.Angela thought about all that the nurse said.There is no way he would punish her over my health,the nurse might have thought that I am a real bride to Mr Antonio,if only she knew that this is all a fake relationship,she would not be so concerned about my well being. Also from her explanation it seems that Antonio is doing quite well this morning,Angela thought and decided not to ask after him.Afterall she has done her part for humanity's sake.What was that name again?Diana.I wonder who she is? He was sobbing and
He took a glass of wine and sipped."Well, I never mentioned my achievements but if you wish I can give some honourable mentions of my uncountable awards as an actor and many awards for my individual awesomeness". “Do you ever get tired of being so full of yourself?"Angela asked. "Why should I be, I mean it's not my fault that I am so perfect".He smiled. "Oh please!" Angela gasped out pissed with an intense eye roll. “Do you even know the meaning of per….”“Freckles, listen, we are here for a very important business..the family introduction will be held soon, and the Monteros must ask alot of questions..so..as much as I hate this.. …we need to know each other better. I won't risk having everything exposed that day so…I will answer your questions about me and I will ask you questions about you”.He interrupted, his eyes lingering on her chest. Feeling a bit uncomfortable, Angela cleared her throat to get his eyes off her chest. Anthonio continued.“I have no interest in knowi
“I have no interest in sharing any information about my man to you”.Angela replied tartly.Antonio smiled broadly for a while longer than supposed.He took a glass of wine without saying a word to her. He gulped the full cup down his throat.Angela looked down at her note,most of the answers written down were based on sexual needs. Nothing surprising since he is a known pervert and sex freak.“Won't you ask me questions so I can answer too?”"So how come you never mentioned this man of yours, even back then when I asked you to accept my deal?"Anthonio demanded with a more serious expression."It came all of a sudden and I chose to keep it away from him”.Angela replied sadly.That's if he exists in her world,the only man she ever loved is Damon Montero..there's no way she is going to give this pervert hint who her secret love is. If she does he will take advantage of it to hurt her."You must be kidding right now".His puzzled face worried her, she wondered if there was a catch or s
Damon sighed and sat down on the chair opposite hers.“How long is this supposed to take?”“He said a year”.Angela replied slowly.“A year…is there any reason behind that?”Angela thought about how to put it to make it less sad.“Grandma’s health..”“Ah…I see”.Few minutes of silence,Damon was staring at her.“It must be hard. So do you think you can put up with his attitude for that long?”He asked again.“Honestly no! At this very moment I wish I am free from him..I am going nuts from his sexual harassment, he is a toxic narcissist and a proud pervert, he thinks he owns every woman, he is just irritating,believe me he is the worst”.Angela snapped tartly.“You have a lot of hate for this man I can tell”.Damon chuckled, his smile was so captivating it made her blush.Angela lowered her gaze on the plate shyly.“Also back us…”His voice came.Angela looked up, her heart racing.“So…I wanted to know why you ran away yesterday..”He smiled at her.“Please don’t talk about it”.She sna
“You are being a big baby stop it or I will tell everyone “.She teased him again.“I don’t care”.Antonio insisted with an unappealing pout on his strawberry –moist lips. A knock sounded at the entrance door, and a housekeeper in a maid's uniform came in and announced.“Ma’am, Madame Fefe has arrived” she stated with a bow.“Excellent, tell her my son and I will be right down and also send a message to my darling Angela, her presence is needed”. “Yes ma’am” the female se
Antonio had tried every possible way to discourage his grandma from proceeding with the family tradition but was not successful of getting a diviner but no avail.“Grandma there’s nothing like seeing the future, they’re all swindlers, faking predictions”. “Don’t be silly," Grandma Elizabeth gently chided. “I don’t believe in these things, there's no way that woman that always wears a turban and horrible rings on her fingers can predict the future”.Antonio persisted.“Not just predict but she will also give her advice as a life coach”.
Antonio stood by the tub, looking tall, breathtaking and intimidating, his hands sunk into the pockets of his suits, a locker necklace hanging on the open collar of his white shirt, giving a clear view of his hard chest.To make matters worse to Angela, she was stark naked, she so much wished she could disappear that moment.She swallowed heavily as heat flooding through her was coming from more than just the hot bath, she knew for sure that she was in big trouble here. Those deep green eyes wandered to her bosom, dark and lustful.Angela noticed, she quickly sank into the water, splashing more water over the rim, until her chin touched the bubbles.She kept one arm tight across her full breasts, which unfortunately covered only the nipple centre because of her massive size, exposing pale flesh beneath and the other to shield her private region.“How is grandma?” she managed to ask.“Sound, you need not to worry,”he replied.A minute of awkward silence, she took a deep breath of cour
She regretted asking that question immediately. Grandma went pale as though she had lost all the blood in her body, worst she had a shock and won't move, Angela panicked. "Grandma?...are you okay..?" She shook Grandma but she didn't even blink. The door opened and Antonio stood there, his eyes went from Angela's face filled with sweat beads and tears to Grandma white as a corpse.He came back earlier than expected.That look on his face, Angela knew she is done for, tears rolled freely down her cheeks.“I didn’t mean to…”Antonio rushed to Grandma Elizabeth and shoved her aside, ignoring her.“Grandma,” he yelled and shook her hard.No response.“Grandma!”His voice growled this time.“I …am fine…”Grandma gasped and blinked severally.Antonio sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair in relief.Grandma turned to Angela, who was only soaked in tears.“Sorry for scaring you my dear, it wasn’t intentional, what was that you asked me again?”“I think you need to rest Grandma,
Angela could tell that he is really at his limits. He is a sex addict. If he didn’t get a way to get a whore, he might turn her into one. A man like him, ruthless and experienced, and strong Angela won’t stand a chance to stop him.“Now..?”Her lips trembled.Antonio stood up and gave her a paper bag.“Put those on,” He commanded. Angela quietly observed the two pieces of see through net fabric, a strapless top with a bum short. She looked up at Antonio, who was watching her expectantly. "What is this?" she asked, her voice trembling slightly.“Do you need glasses?”"I'm not wearing it. It's far too revealing.”Angela said slowly.“Well you will, right now in front of me,I told you so”.Antonio's face darkened, his eyes narrowing.Angela stood there helplessly,unable to make up any more excuses.She pulled the towel off her body,trying not to tear up. She started dressing up in front of him.She could feel his intense gaze on her,it made her nervous and embarrassed. She was expo
She shifted her gaze back to her plate in deep thought, raising her head again,she met Damon's eyes for the first time.She swallowed nervously and looked down again.Unable to bear the tension any longer, she slowly got up from her chair.“Excuse me”.She said softly and made to follow Antonio.“Angela”.Grandma called.She paused and turned to her.“Take good care of him for me, dearest”.Mama Elizabeth said her tone emotional.Angela nodded and left the room.She walked towards Antonio’s master room house before she could get to the door post, he slammed the door shut.She stood there,fingers balled to a fist.She wasn't so concerned about him but if Grandma Elizabeth asked her to take care of him, maybe she should make more effort.She was about to knock on the door when she heard footsteps approaching from behind.She turned and found Damon.Her heart skipped a beat.“Da…Damon”.She looked down.“Thank you for saving me back there”.He walked past her like she wasn't even visibl
“Tomorrow we will be meeting with the diviner” Grandma announced drawing everyone's attention to her.Including Alex who had been completely out of place since the whole thing stirred up.“A diviner?”Angela gasped in confusion and stole a glance at Antonio curiously.The name doesn’t sound like a big deal to hear but his expression proved her wrong, so she wondered about the need for a diviner.“Why do we need a Diviner Grandma?”Antonio tried to control the panic rage in his voice.A Diviner can tell if their relationship is real or not, it is very bad news for Antonio and he needs to act fast and smart.“It’s the family's tradition”.His Grandma smiled.“But the past generations of Monteros did not make use of a diviner,”Judy protested.“Well, they did, in every third generation apart, so it’s Antonio’s generation to involve the Diviner and also since you all have your doubts about beautiful Angela, I will have no choice to invite her, if she is his soul mate, I won’t worry about th
“I…I…I..what! Did cat cut your tongue?”Riley mimicked.“Excuse me?"Angela said slowly calculating an answer to give,but none seemed to be in her head at the moment."It's a shame that a responsible looking young lady like you could stand so low to take part in this, I know my brother very well. We are not old like grandma, everyone knows you are only after a price, tell me have you ever lost someone dear to you,if yes then you will know how important a bride of Antonio is to our Grandma, a real bride who he loves, you are so heartless to deceive a poor old woman, now tell me how much were you paid?"Judy asked, triggered.She was desperate for the truth and already losing it.Angela's lips trembled, her feet frozen to a spot, she was about getting roasted alive by all the two of them. The accusation was direct nothing like she expected.Her eyes shifted to Courtney,she was silent for a while now, listening also Antonio has been silent and refused to bail her out of this situation.
Sitting beside the sassy looking one, is another member of the family, giving her a deceitful look.Angela recognized her as the one who came and introduced herself as Riley Antonio's sister, then threatened her to leave the Montero's mansion days ago."You're finally here, please have a seat,you two".Grandma Elizabeth cuts into her thoughts and gestured at the empty seats preserved for them.Angela sat at the dinner table, surrounded by Antonio's family. Her heart was racing more than ever.Courtney and Antonio's sisters were seated on the opposite side of the table.Angela could feel those two sisters were devouring her with their eyes,as they got them fixed on her every damn move she made.Damon and his other brother Alex were seated opposite her too but they don't seem too concerned about her presence.While mama Elizabeth, Antonio's grandmother, was seated at the head of the table, a benevolent smile on her face.Antonio sat at the other end of the table, his eyes constantly da