Remembering he was still holding the bottle, Debock snapped out of his thoughts, and walked forward towards the bin, trashing the bottle. "Dude, are you okay?" Chad mumbled, staring suspiciously. He was about to tease Daniel for coming to have a quickie in the bathroom with the waitress but seeing him with a bottle, he wasn't sure what was going on. "Tell Henry that I left," Daniel said, then started making his way towards the door. Before Dan could go too far, Chad grabbed him by his arm. "You can't leave me here. We are best friends. If there's anything, you should talk to me." Daniel glared at Chad, and yanked his hands off his hold, after which he stormed out of the bathroom, leaving Chad standing there in total shock. Chad took slow steps, and went to the bin area, with a confused face, he took a glance at the bottle that Daniel dropped in there a while ago, after which he stormed out of the restroom. ........ With the way he saw the lady he bumped into earlier, Chad could
Waking up from her nap, Beatrice felt so much better. She was grateful for Ri's kindness to not only cook for her but also force her to eat something. Beatrice had no idea where her energy came from but she didn't feel terrible as she was earlier. After lying on the bed with random thoughts flowing through her head, she eventually picked herself up, went to the bathroom, and took a shower, after which she changed into her comfy shorts and top. Beatrice reached for her phone as well as a jotter and pen, and crashed on her sofa, ready to search for job vacancies online. Hardly had Beatrice got settled in what she was doing when a knock came through on her door. She frowned and didn't move an inch until the knock came through again. "I hope not. I really hope not." She mumbled as the thought of Daniel being the one at the door flashed through her mind as she rose to her feet and left for the door. With shaky hands, Beatrice opened up, preparing for the worst to happen but was even m
"I don't know what you are talking about." "What do you take me for? A fool?" "Look, I love you, Bea, and I don't want you to doubt that." "You love me?" "Yes, I do." "So what's the plan? Make me the second woman in your life? Manipulate me and take all my money?" "Wait, does your baby mama or should I say your wife, does she know about me? How she's carrying your child and you spend the time somewhere else, fucking me?" "Does she know that you promised to get married to me? That was never going to happen right? You were only saying that to keep deceiving me to keep getting what I have, didn't you?" "I don't know where you got all this information from, babe." "Everything, it was all a lie! You never loved me. You used me. Whenever you said you were out late working or on a business trip, you were actually with your family." "What did I do to deserve such humiliation from you? Tell me. What did I do? Why do you hate me so much to hurt me this way?" She cried, "Look, Bea, I w
"That would be insane and there's no doubt that my family is going to disown me if that happens. I'm gonna be so dead if Grandma hears of this. I hope that doesn't happen." "I have to be in Germany in a couple of hours. And I have some deals to close in Sweden. I'll be back after that. Space might be good for both of us. I'm trying so hard not to be worried about her but I can't help it. I wish I could get along with her best friend but she's too difficult." "I don't blame her. I wouldn't want to have anything to do with anyone that hurts you." "This wouldn't have been so difficult if she complied." "I need you to shut that mentality out, Dan. You need to understand that not everyone is going to lick your ass. Beatrice has her principles. You either calm down with your ego, or you lose her forever." "Yeah, I'll try. I will figure things out. I need to call Chad. I was kind of harsh on him earlier." "Kind of?" "Yeah, you don't need to throw it at my face. I'll call him to apologi
Four Weeks Later. Getting down at her bus stop, Beatrice started humming to her favourite song as took steps towards her apartment which was just a nine-minute walk from there. It was late and she couldn't wait to get settled for the night. She bought dinner on her way to avoid cooking so the plan was to take a shower, eat, probably watch a movie, and have a long sleep since the next day was her day off. Hardly had Beatrice entered her apartment and gotten settled when her phone buzzed in her bag. She reached for it, frowned at the unknown caller ID, but picked up the call anyway. "Good evening, Ma. Am I on to Miss Beatrice?" "Good evening, I'm Beatrice. How may I help you?" She responded in confusion as it was so hard to witness an unsaved caller talking with so much respect. "Oh, good. I called to ask when you will be available to come take your measurements for your dress and also discuss the style you want. We are ready to show you all of our best designs from our catalogs."
She was almost giving up on Linda answering the call when She finally picked up. "Hi, Miss Beatrice." "Sorry, I hung up on you earlier. I was just so confused because I didn't make any reservations. The truth is, I can't even afford your service and to top it all, I'm not getting married." "I understand your confusion, Ma'am and it's fine. We've been told to keep this confidential and I assure you that you can trust us on that." Beatrice frowned. "What do you mean?" "Your husband made the appointment and he made us promise to do an excellent job for you." "Who is that?" Beatrice asked impatiently, wondering who the hell was messing with her life. "Mr Debock Tucker!" "That bastard!!!" Beatrice had no idea when those words fell from her mouth. "Look, I know you are just doing your job but please, don't reach out to me again. I'm not getting married, I don't have a husband and most importantly, I don't know who the hell Debock is!" "Please comply or I'll be forced to report you
"She's fine, Sir. She came back from work a while ago." "Did she change her number because I've been trying to reach out to her and her number isn't going through." "No sir, She still uses the Same number. Perhaps you should keep trying." Dan had no idea what to say anymore so he ended the call. He tried Beatrice's number almost immediately but it didn't go through. He kept his phone aside and continued to take off his clothes. He took a shower, changed into fresh clothes, and instantly got into bed. He had never missed anyone the way he missed her and he would never admit it. ................ Since it was her day off, Beatrice slept away all her tiredness and eventually stood up from bed at 11. She cleaned up her house after which she decided to take the trash out and then make breakfast. Before she could step out of her door, her eyes met with a big white envelope on the floor. She went to dump the trash and then came back to it. She picked up the envelope and then went back in
"You wouldn't pick up my call so I had to come all the way here." Dan sighed, massaging his temple. "Your sister's wedding is in seven days. I'm not here to plead with you to attend. It takes me nothing to dial your Grandma and tell her how you've been so hesitant about showing up." "Is Grandma not meant to be on some medical check-up trip?" "The doctor was able to pull a few strings for her and she would be at Anita's wedding. And of course, She expects you to be there with Natalie." "Listen to me carefully, Mom. I don't love Natalie, she's my past and there's no way I'm going to have anything to do with her ever again." "So who are you gonna present to your Grandmother?" "I'll figure something out." Gina smiled, "So that means you are going to show up on Saturday." "I wouldn't be excited if I were you. All I have to do is to see Grandma and come up with the perfect excuse." "You're so impossible! What the hell is it with you?" "Who exactly are you angry with? Anita or your