The trip to Dubai was fun in as much as I wanted to stay there forever. I needed to get back to reality, to work.I bought some stuff over there. It's been a week since we came back from Dubai, and the attraction I felt for Constantine was now stronger. It felt like I couldn't even resist his advances. Things had become heated between us especially when we were at work.We stole kisses sometimes when no one was looking and other times when other employees were around and we started walking hand in hand whenever we were leaving the office together.I hear side comments from some people. Most of the comments were something I was already used to. Things like slut, whore, gold digger, or whatever insult you could think of. I wasn't bothered about them. I remembered the conversation I had with Jason some days ago."I've been hearing things that involve you and the boss," he said"And what did you hear?" I said folding my hands over my chest. "I heard you are getting all cozy with the boss
Constantine drew some designs and he showed them to me. They looked good but he was not okay with it."Babe, these are really good" "They are not to my taste, I feel like they are not good enough. What do you think the name of the collection should be? He asked me"What about Con's secret," I asked jokingly and he burst out laughing"That name sounds very funny. It sounds like something a lady could use""I was just kidding. I think you should name it something that means a lot to you. Like something you hold in high esteem""Hmmm, that sounds like a nice idea. You're very smart""How about you do a father and son collection for your launch. It will sell fast and people will love it. How about that?" his eyes moved to my belly"Are you......" "No, no. I'm not pregnant if that's what you are thinking" he looked sad"I hoped that was what you were going to say. But we can keep trying" he said with a smirk"I thought about my father and brothers when I brought up the suggestion about a
"My firecracker," my father said "It's been a while, you just abandoned your old man. You look like a grown-up ready for marriage" I hugged him tightly. Honestly, I've missed my dad so much, I wonder what kept me from visiting him all this while"I've missed you so much dad" tears threatened to spill from my eyes but I held them back. His eyes trailed to Constantine who had been watching our reunion all this while. "Who's the young man," he asked inquisitively "Ohh sorry for not introducing him sooner. This is Constantine, my boyfriend" I said proudly his mouth agape "Your.....your boyfriend" his eyes widened"My firecracker now has a boyfriend hurray. I was wondering how to ask you when you are bringing a man to my house and introduce him as your boyfriend" he turned to Constantine "Your welcome son. My name is Robert" he said extending his hand to Constantine"It's nice to meet you sir," Constantine said taking his hand"Don't call me sir, it makes me feel too old. Call me Robert
CONSTANTINE'S POV"I'm going for a meeting. I'll see you later" I gave her a brief kiss on her lips. "I hope the meeting goes well""Of course, it will don't you remember who your boyfriend is. I am the king of all business" I said smirking and she laughed. Her smile always makes my day and it just makes something in my heart stir especially when I'm the reason for her smile. "I love you," she said"I love you more than you'll ever know" we kissed briefly before she pulled away. "Go on, before you are late" she shooed me away"I want you to go to the distribution department and find out if they have supplied the products to our wholesalers""I will do just that. Now hurry so you won't be late for your meeting"I wanted her to go with me but unfortunately, she had some other things to do. I didn't want all those men's eyes on her. She was mine alone, mine to look at. She might get bored halfway through the meeting and she'll eventually get tired. My driver brought my Maybach to th
We worked hard for the new collection. I watched Constantine as he sketched the designs for the underwear. He looked serious as he drew, I had never seen him so serious with work. I wanted this particular collection to be special and the best he had released. I was helping him in every way I can so it could be the best. Constantine slouched on his chair. "Take a rest baby, you've been working since morning. You're doing great""I'm happy you are here with me""Why don't I help you relieve some stress," I said winking at him seductively "I like the sound of that and besides you are a good distraction. Come let me show you something" he moved a standing portrait and there was a door. I didn't know there was a door. He opened the door and there was a room with a bed inside. "What!!!!, You had a room here all this while" I said amazed. "Yes, I kept it a secret all this while waiting for the right time and I guess now is the right time"I dragged him by his tie and kissed him smoking
Saturday. I absolutely love the weekends because I had enough time to rest. I would have gone to the club last night but I had no one to go with it. Mandy was busy and Constantine traveled. I was cleaning my apartment, it was high time I did it anyway. My doorbell rang. Who could that be? It wasn't Constantine, he was to be back next week. I opened the door and paused, it was Larissa and she was chewing her gum loudly. How did she know where I lived? I had seen Larissa once when she came to the office. I knew she was Constantine's old fling but what I didn't understand was why she was here, standing in front of me. "How can I help you, Larissa?" I said sweetly "Won't you invite me in first?" She raised her eyebrows"Sorry, my bad. Please come inside" I opened the door wider and she entered my apartment looking around. "A nice place you have here. Constantine has eyes for good places" she saidConstantine. That was the reason she came here. I pretended like I didn't hear her"Do
"I missed you, Mandy""I missed you too baby girl. We haven't had enough time to spend with each other since you've been working""You know I'll rather spend every minute of the day with you but work has been choking""I know that boyfriend of yours has been keeping you busier" she winked at me "Where is he?, Are you not meant to be spending the weekend in his house""He traveled""Awww, I know you are missing him. How is your relationship?""Cool, we've not heard any issue yet. I'm even helping him on his new project""Really!!!, That's great news. So when is the release date of the collection, let me start preparing my dress""He has not yet announced the release of his new designs, he's keeping it a secret. It's only him, the stylist and I that know and now you. He won't release anything yet until he has finalized everything""Do you have the sketches?" She asked "Can I see them" I was skeptical about showing her but I trusted her and so I went to the living room to get them. I wen
CONSTANTINE'S POVMy jet arrived in Rome, the capital city of Italy two days ago, I came here for business. When I was done with the business. I decided to visit my grandma. My family's ancestral home was in Florence, I came here to visit my Nonna who I had not seen in a while. I drove to our estate and knocked on the door. A young maid came to open the door and greeted me. I went to my grandma's usual spot in the house. The balcony. She looked so surprised to see me. "Figlio, how are you. You've forgotten all about your old nonna" my nonna said"No nonna, I can never forget you. I've just been so busy these days""Your brother too has not also visited me in a while. You both are now grown men. Or is a woman keeping you both from seeing me?" She asked with raised eyebrows. I laughed"Am I wrong? You both have reached the age to settle down. Don't you have a woman in your life?""Speaking of settling down, I met a nice girl and I've been dating her for some time and I'm also in love
THREE MONTHS LATERIt's been three months of planning my fairy tale wedding. Mandy gave birth to a baby girl, she was so happy. I cried when I held the baby in my hands, she was so small and cute. I couldn't wait to hold my baby. Yes, I'm pregnant and it's four weeks old. Nobody knew yet, I wanted to tell Mandy when I found out but she went into labor.Mandy asked me to be her child's godmother and I gladly accepted. Constantine was with me when Mandy gave birth because I dragged him to the hospital.A night before my wedding, there was a party for the girls. I invited Katherine and Lisa and they came with their various friends and we had lots of fun. We even booked rooms for the night, Mandy and I stayed together in a room while the rest paired up.On the day of my wedding, I woke up with jitters and I still needed to tell Mandy I was pregnant."Mandy" I tapped her"Yes""I have something to tell you," I said with a smile "I'm pregnant""Oh my....when.....when did you find out?""Bef
A MONTH LATERIt's been a month already since Caesare met his downfall, he was all over the news after that incident and he was investigated. It was not the first time he had stolen another person's design and used it for his collection. His brand suffered a huge loss and he went bankrupt after that, the investors pulled out. His wife also left him.I helped Constantine to prepare his new collection although he had drawn the designs when we separated. I did not come back to Rodriguez but I still helped him. My relationship with my brothers strengthened and we were closer than before.Francis met a new girl Lisa but he was taking his time to know her better before asking her out even though he liked her. I liked Lisa, she was good for Francis. Gabe finally introduced his girlfriend to us, her name was Katherine. She was also a nice girl. We became instant friends once we were introduced.Mandy's belly has increased, her due date was almost near, and she had mood swings and weird cravin
"The plan is we go to his warehouse where he keeps the collection and we cut them into pieces""How do you plan to achieve all these with just me?""I'm planning to use Samantha since she knows something about him""Samantha has left the city""When? I didn't know""After she came to ask for forgiveness she told me she was leaving. My brother broke up with her and she said she can't stay in this city knowing she wronged people""She got what she deserved. Now back to the plan""Why don't you get someone to do it instead, must we do it ourselves?""I don't trust anybody with this and this is going to be fun doing it with you""I'm scared. I don't want to enter any trouble with anybody, can't we just let it go. You said those designs don't mean anything to you again""No, don't man deserves a taste of his medicine. He has been on my nerves since and what he did was the final straw. I must teach him nobody messes with me and goes scot free""I'm begging you let's just forget it and plan
I felt better than I had been since my father's funeral. I was still looking for a job but in the meantime, I engaged in baking cupcakes for little children and I also started playing video games. I enjoyed playing video games.I still did not accept calls from anybody that was not Mandy, I couldn't bring myself to talk to anybody apart from her yet. I was enjoying my time alone, I visited parks and eateries. My phone has been ringing since yesterday and Constantine has been calling me non stop but I didn't pick up, I kept ignoring his call. I was not ready to speak to him now and I didn't know what to discuss either. I did not need his pity. I had just finished eating my breakfast when the doorbell rang. I was excited because Mandy was at the door and I had someone to spend my day with. I opened the door and the smile on my face died down. It was Francis and he had a sad smile on his face. I folded my hands and looked at him"Can I come in?" he said calmly. I was tempted to bang th
CONSTANTINE'S POVWhen I received the news of Eulalia's father's death, I was heartbroken. I couldn't believe a man with so much life had gone to the great beyond. He looked very healthy when I saw him last. Before I went to Italy I had visited him to ask for his blessings to marry his daughter. He gave me a stern warning"Eulalia is my only daughter and she is very precious to me. I don't want you to break her heart she's very soft on the inside no matter how hard she portrays herself to be. I know she loves you and you love her too so I'm begging you to please take care of her. I'm entrusting her in your care, her brothers will have their own families too and they might not always be there""I promise you sir that I will never hurt your daughter and I will always protect her and stand by her""Then you have my blessings""Thank you, sir, I won't disappoint you""You better not"Now that man was no more and he had so much life in him, he was always happy. I feel like a loser because
I spent two days in the hotel, Mandy came to visit me every day and she never came with anyone. I was happy she respected my wishes not to come with anyone. On the third day, I was ready to go back home and Mandy was there to pick me up. She ordered an Uber that took us home.I unlocked my door. It felt nice to be back home."Thank you Mandy for everything, thank you for standing by me in this hard time. I don't know what I would have done without you" I smiled at her"I must stand by you. You were there when I needed you and it's only right I do the same. I'll be on my way now, Peter is waiting for me and I have to go to work""Okay, thank you once again. I'll stop by the house later""Sure. If your phone rings please pick up, I don't want your brothers blasting my phone up""Yes, mum" we started laughing. It felt nice to laugh this hard "I promise to pick up" we hugged each other and she left. I locked the door and put on the television, they were showing After and they were halfway
After my father was laid to rest, my brothers pleaded with me to stay a while in the house before going back to my house but I did not agree. I had already planned to go home after my father was laid to rest, but I didn't want to spend time with my brothers. I was not going to listen to any of them. The only person I ever listened to was dead and gone. I was much angry with myself as I was angry with Francis and Gabe. I was angry with Gabe because he didn't listen to my father and Francis was the main cause of my father's death. If only he had not done what he did, I wouldn't have come home ranting like a mad woman. I just needed somebody to blame for my father's death.If only I had left when I said my mind, my father would not have been six feet under. If only could not bring my father back, he was gone forever and I was never going to see him again probably till I die. My father was my rock, my adviser, my father, my everything. He has been the one taking care of us for a very lon
Death sucks.Numb.That was how I felt as I sat in one of the wooden chairs, I'm not sure when people began to fill the empty seats. Mandy was by my side giving me words of assurance as I continued crying. They ask me how I'm doing, I was so calm and they were worried.I was thankful she was here. She had been my backbone since last week my father died. With her by my side, I was able to get through the week without trying to do anything rash. When the priest stands by the casket with his Bible in his hands. As the priest, began to speak I'm consumed by the last moments.I recalled some moments I spent with my father as a little girl"Daddy" five-year-old me ran to my father"Hey, my little princess," he said lifting me onto his lap"Daddy, I met a new boy at school today. His name is Adrian""Really?""Yes""Tell me what happened with Adrian""He came to school for the first time and he was my sitting partner. He offered me some chocolates and I took them. They were really sweet""Di
"Dad, please open your eyes" I cried while they were carrying him into the ambulanceI couldn't help but think this was my fault. I won't be able to forgive myself if anything happened to my father. He was the only parental figure in my life.I entered the ambulance with them as they tried to resuscitate my father, and an oxygen mask was placed on his nose.When we got to the hospital, there was already a stretcher waiting to carry him inside. They placed him on a drip as they carried him to the emergency room. I wanted to follow them inside but the nurses stopped me and said it was out of bounds. My brother held me as I sobbed"Dad, please don't leave us""He's going to be fine, they are attending to him now" my brother tried consoling me"How sure are you he's going to be fine. This has never happened before""The nurses assured me everything was going to be fine""This is all my fault, I shouldn't have come back home. If I hadn't come home this wouldn't have happened""Don't blame