CHAPTER 3
"Ma'am?" Shantelle knocked lightly on the door of her math teacher's door. "Yeah? come in." Miss Danielle, her math teacher replied. She opened the door and walked in.Her office was not very big but it wasn't tight either. It was very warm and the air was fresh and relaxing. There was a huge tree just beside her window outside and that brought in cool breeze inside the office.There were some books on her desk and two swivel chairs in them. "Come over here Shantelle, come and seat." She beckoned on her to seat. Shantelle nodded her head and sat on one of the chairs.
"So ma'am, you said I should see you after class." Shantelle said with a light smile. "What's happening to you lately Shan? You weren't like this – I've taken notice and you started zoning out just a week ago. Is everything alright?" Miss Danielle asked soothingly. She looked really disturbed and wanted to know what was wrong with her and maybe, proffer some help to her.
"Ma'am, you asked me this question earlier in class but I told you everything was fine. I'm okay." Shantelle said and rolled her eyes. She wasn't comfortable having this conversation with her.
"But you don't look fine." Miss Danielle persisted. "I said I'm fucking okay! Everything's fucking okay!" She half yelled and walked out of the office.
Miss Danielle was shocked, she hasn't seen Shantelle that angry before.Miss Danielle felt she really passed her limit. She sighed softly and continued to do what she was doing.
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"Grandma, you wouldn't believe what that grandson of yours did to me at his office. He practically humiliated me." Alice whined and faked crying. She was talking to Nick's grandma who's also like Nick because she took care of Nick after his parents died in a plane crash years ago. She and her husband had taken care of Nick and his younger sister.
"What did he do this time around Alice?" Grandma Nadia asked with concern as. "Hie secretary slapped me at his office today just because I cautioned her for her indecent dressing and instead of Nick to chastise her, he yelled at me to leave his office. I was so humiliated grandma." She said and faked crying. She sniffed her tears and placed her head on grandma Nadia's shoulder.
Alice is the only daughter out of three children – two are boys and they are twins, of her wealthy parents. Her father is a Duke in England and her mother a duchess. Back when she was in England, she was addressed as my ladyship and sometimes, milady.
If she goes to the palace sometimes for visit, she's still addressed as such.She came down to America so she could take over her father's companies while her brothers overseas the ones in England.
"Why would he do such?" Grandma Nadia asked with surprised. "I don't know grandma. I think you should talk to him." Alice said with a childish pout that always makes grandma Nadia not to reject any of her request. She pouted and blinked her eyes rapidly and grandma Nadia couldn't resist the charm.
"Okay dear. I'll send for him today." Grandma Nadia agreed with a smile.
"Thank you grandma." Alice smiled in triumph. Grandma Nadia stroke her hair affectionately while Alice smiled and enjoyed the affection.............
Nick and Lia both kissed hungrily like they couldn't get enough of her. Nick sucked on her lower lips. Lia moaned softly and wrapped her slender arms around his neck deepening the kiss.
He opened the buttons of her long sleeve and unclipped her bra, still kissing her. Lia was completely out of the world – she was in cloud nine that she didn't even know when her bra came off. She moaned out when he placed his mouth on her boobs. His breath was warm against her boobs.
Thank goodness, the car window was tinted. He sucked on one of her boobs while the other hand caressed her boobs.
He took her lips in his again and kissed her hotly. He trailed kisses to her collarbone, then to her ear lobe, to her cheek and then finally, to her lips. Lia was moaning all this while.He kissed her and at the same time fondled with her boobs.Few minutes later, Nick pulled out from the kiss, while Lia looked overwhelmed as she tried to catch her breath.
Nick eyes trailed down to her exposed boobs and Lia eyes trailed down too, feeling embarrassed was an understatement. She wore her bra back and buttoned her sleeves."At this rate I think your face is gonna be red as fire." Nick teased her because of how red her face was. She bent her head shyly and licked her lips.
"I don't think I can get enough of you Amelia." Nick said and kissed her lips lightly.
Amelia looked at her face in the rearview mirror and she was surprised at how her face had gone all red. Her lips was swollen and red. She looked like one who had a make out session.Suddenly, Lia gasped lightly in shock, her eyes on something. Nick trailed her eyes and found them on his dick. "Oh!" He laughed, slightly embarrassed. His dark had hardened against his trouser and it was poking. The second time in a day he had a hard on for her. Shit! He cussed in his head.
Nick smirked and sat back properly. "We better get going. Like you said, we have lots of work at the office." Lia cleared her throat and arranged herself properly, acting as if nothing had happened.
Nick smirked again and wore his seatbelt and inserted the key. "Don't do that again – smirk." Lia said playfully as she wore her seatbelt.
"Is it a turn on?" Nick smirked again. "Stop it!" She hit his arm playfully. The tension between them finally died.Nick started the car and drove off.
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Work went well but it was very stressful. Nick tried to tell Lia to work less because of what happened in the morning but she didn't listen. She didn't want to neglect her work and pile it up when she's actually capable of doing them.They both attended a conference and it was great to Lia but Nick felt really bored and he kept on yawning and yawning. Lia giggled lightly when she noticed he was bored.
Work was finally over and thankfully, they were both able to clear all the files on the desk. Lia replied to all the hundreds of mails. Her fingers were hurting because of too much typing. They had both forgotten to go for lunch.
"Oh my! I'm so hungry!" Lia yawned and made some cracking noise with her fingers. They were done for the door. Her waist was hurting because she had been sitting for hours. Nick too was very tired. It was eight pm when they rounded up their work.
"Yeah, me too. We practically forgot to eat lunch." Nick said with a tired yawn.
"Alright, I'll get going sir." Lia said as she stood up and carried her handbag."I'll drop you off." He offered. "Thank you sir, but there's no need." Lia smile genuinely. "I insist. It's late already and it's gonna take a while to see a cab or catch a bus." He stood his ground."Fine, you win!" She playfully rolled her eyes and that made Nick chuckle.
"I always win," He winked at her. "Just give me a sec." He added quickly."Yes sir!" Lia saluted playfully. Nick laughed.
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As Nick drove Lia home, they brought little topics and talked about them. The car was lively and the air conditioner was relaxing. Lia looked outside from the tinted window and stared around her. The streets weren't dark, street lights were on making everywhere bright. They were still card, motorcycles and buses on the road.Everywhere wasn't totally silent and it didn't look entirely that it was dark. Lia's phone started ringing. She answered the call and placed the phone on her ear.
"Hey bestie!" Clara screamed enthusiastically over the phone making Lia smile. "Do you want to make me go deaf huh?" She said with a chuckle. "Your ears should go deaf! You're such a bad friend." Clara said from the other end.
"What! What did I do?" She asked surprised. "You couldn't even care to give me details on what happened between you and Nick." Clara said.
Lia smiled and turned to look at her who also coincidentally, turned to look at her when he heard his name from the phone.Her phone wasn't on loudspeaker but it was quite loud on its own."Clara, I'll call you back when I get home." Lia said almost in a whisper.
"Why? You don't wanna tell me right? You don't wanna tell me how your make out session was with boss. I know you guys did something because it was all over your face when you got back from the hospital. I'm your best friend – best friend since we were kids. I know you very well. So, tell me, did you guys kiss? Did you give him a BJ because your lips were quite swollen? Tell me everything I need to know." Clara rushed and ranted her words. She didn't even give room for Lia to utter a word.
Nick was silently laughing on the steering as he heard everything Clara was saying – Clara's voice was loud too. Lia felt embarrassed because she knew Nick heard everything because he was occasionally staring at her and laughing. She giggled because she knows Clara didn't know Nick was beside her and listening to all what she has been saying – if she knows, she will die of embarrassment.
"Clara, I said I'll call you didn't I? I'm with my boss, he's taking me home." Lia finally replied with a chuckle.
"Holy mother of Jesus! Holy mother-fucking-blood!" Clara yelled.
Nick and Lia bursted into laughter."Hey Clara, we didn't only have a hot make out session but we had sex too. She's really good at giving a blow job. Don't worry, she'll tell you everything when she gets home." Nick said and ended the call before Clara could reply, to the surprise of Lia. Lia's eyes were bulging out in surprise.
"What the hell!" Lia yelled crazily while Nick laughed.
CHAPTER 4Shantelle washed the dishes and cleaned the house after she had gotten back from school. School had been boring because she wasn't always paying attention. She didn't quite even understand why she's been feeling really strange these past few days.She cooked dinner and set her sister's dinner. She took hers to her room and ate.When she was done, she did her project works and watch a soap opera in her laptop.Soon later, she was bored and tired of waiting for her sister to return, she finally fell asleep on the couch in the sitting room.*****"What the hell!" Lia yelled crazily while Nick laughed. "Why would you say such a thing?" She added, clearly shocked.She didn't even know how she's gonna react. She was expecting him to say such words. How will her best friend even take that shocking confession."What? Why are you reacting as if I told the biggest lie in history. I just helped you out okay?" Nick didn't see anything
CHAPTER 5"What!" Nick yelled. "That is absolutely not happening grandma." He added."Really? Are you going to disobey me because of your secretary? Are you really gonna take sides with your secretary and not your fiancee that you're gonna spend the rest of your life with someday? And go against I, your mother? Huh Nick!" Grandma Nadia was suddenly feeling so vexed.She didn't expect Nick to argue with her or go against her. Whatever she was doing, it was for his sake – for his own advantage.Alice could not help but smile where she sat, she was loving everything that was happening. She had known that grandma Nadia would work in her favour and that is the reason she loved the old woman so much. "Calm down grandma, I don't mean it that way. I would never disobey you grandma and you know it." Nick sighed despondently."Then, you have to fire your secretary and replace her with another person that wouldn't give Alice problems in yo
CHAPTER 6"Your best wasn't enough miss Miller. You know what? I'm fed up with your incompetency, you're fired!" Nick spat out the words at her. Lia placed her hands akimbo and laughed. "What are you talking about Nick? I've worked for you as long as I can remember and now you want to fire me? What do exactly sir Nick?" Amelia was asked.She found it really unbelievable to have heard what her boss had just said."You don't question whatever my decisions are and I'm the boss here and I make decisions." Nick yelled at her.It hurt inside of him because he didn't mean to yell at her or make her feel bad. This was all Alice's fault and he it made him really vexed."Really boss? After working my ass every single day?" Lia felt like she was going to break down in tears any moment. "You should take every of your stuffs and leave this company as soon as possible. I will send you this month's salary. Have a ni
CHAPTER 7Suddenly, she couldn't feel the rain on her body anymore. She looked up and found an umbrella over her head and when she turned around, she was surprised by whom she saw that actually protected her from getting drenched by the rain. A cute and handsome man was holding an umbrella over Lia's head.Lia was surprised because she doesn't know the man and she didn't understand why he was helping her when she was sure he didn't know her too."Hi, I'm Tyrian. I was just coming out from the shopping mall just by the road side when I saw you standing under the rain all by yourself. So, I decided to come help you, hope you don't mind?" The guy told her, clearing the questions she had in her mind."Oh! That is so kind of you Tyrian. I don't mind at all," Lia smiled at Tyrian."Why are you standing under the rain?" Tyrian asked with a worried look. "Well,
CHAPTER 8"So what are you doing with this brown carton?" Tyrian asked as they hit the road. The atmosphere in the car was quiet and awkward as neither of them said anything or tried to even start a conversation.Lia blinked her eyes twice and shrugged. "Well, I just got fired from the company I used to work." Lia replied, clutching on the carton closely to her chest. Tyrian chuckled softly at her behaviour. "Oh! So sorry about that." He said with a small smile."It's fine. Thank you for your concern but I'll be fine." Lia said.And the rest of the ride was quiet."Thanks for the ride Tyrian, I'm really grateful." Lia smiled at Tyrian as he pulled in, in front of her apartment. "You're welcome miss." Tyrian smiled at her. Lia opened the door of the car and alighted from it."Miss? You didn't tell me your name." Tyrian called out as Lia made to go into her apartment. "Uh...
CHAPTER 9Nick got to the clubhouse and it was buzzing with life. Everywhere was bright because of the different colors of light that were hung outside. The loud music was almost ear deafening but it sounded really nice. Nick slipped his both hands inside his pair of trousers pockets, he exhaled deeply before walking into the bar.The bar was filled with people – young boys, girls and adults. Some of them were dancing to the music playing in the background while some were seated in a table talking and drinking. He walked over to where the bartender stood and ordered for his drink. "Tequila please." He told the barman. The barman nodded his head and walked away.As Nick drank alone like he was frustrated, he caught a glimpse of three girls that looked very familiar. He didn't want to think that he was actually seeing the right thing. He rubbed his eyes to make sure it wasn't the alcohol t
CHAPTER 10"Wait Lia, you mean Nick your boss fired you without any good reason?" Shantelle was almost yelling in anger. After dinner, both sisters sat at the balcony of their apartment, talking about how their day went. Lia literally tells Shantelle everything that happens at her work place as they are very close and Shantelle in turn, tells her sister everything too."Exactly! I don't know exactly what I did for him to have just fired me after all my dedicated hardwork and years I put in that company. He knows I won't get a job pretty soon and that's what is more painful." Lia sighed and gazed up at the dark sky. Shantelle moved closer to her on the bench they both sat and placed her hands on Lia's."You don't have to worry too much Lia. Nick is a dick to have fired a competent person like you, I know how much you work hard every day just to make sure everything's good in the office. And you know one thin
CHAPTER 11"Have you been ignoring me Shantelle?" Derek asked with a mischievous grin, he was one of the school's bully and he was a very wealthy kid too.His parents held a very huge position in the school's affairs and they made one of the highest donations to the school, that was one of the reasons Derek was proud, a jerk and a bully.He could do anything and get away with it.Shantelle raised her head from the book she was reading and gazed up at the person in front of him. She scoffed and rolled her eyes."Don't you dare roll your eyes at me! And i asked you a question!" Derek snapped angrily at her and banged her desk loudly.Shantelle sighed softly and took her gaze back to the book on her desk. Derek grew red in anger as he felt insulted that Shantelle was ignoring him, making him look like a fool.Everybody suddenly turned toward their directi
CHAPTER 64"Don't you think you two should get married?" Grandma Nadia asked and darted her eyes from Lia to Nick."Huh?" Nick gasped."Isn't too early to talk about marriage? We just got back together." Nick shrugged. ""Yes grandma, Nick is right." Lia smiled. But she wasn't happy. She thought Nick would have been happy to talk about marriage and agree that he would propose soon but instead, he said what she didn't want."Alright, I'll respect your decision. You can take your time. Come on now, let's go to the dinning room," Grandma Nadia said and started towards the dinning room.Lia and Nick looked at each other and trailed behind grandma Nadia.*************"Why didn't you run away mom? You know, Louis was abusing you too much but you still stayed in the marriage, why mom?" Shan asked softly.They were sitting in the balcony enjoying the cool evening breeze. Joan sighed and closed her eyes then, opened it and stared at Shantelle."Well, I was always guarded. The whole house was
CHAPTER 63"Wait, you're pregnant Lia? For who?" He asked.Lia bit her lip and stared at the window, nervous to look at Nick. "Yes I'm pregnant and the child is for my boyfriend." Lia replied."That's not true Lia, I don't believe you. You've been away for just three months and you already have a boyfriend and you're already pregnant for him?" Nick asked. It was as if he was out of his mind.He couldn't believe that Lia was carrying another man's child."So? I chose to move on quickly, is it my fault?" Lia yelled at him."Why haven't I seen your boyfriend here in the hospital? Call him now let me talk to him!" Nick half yelled. He doesn't want to believe that he had already loosed her."Fine! You're right. I don't have a boyfriend and I'm pregnant for you! What we had three months ago resulted into pregnancy. There, are you happy now?"***********"Why won't you come with me Lia? I don't want anything to happen to you and my child. I don't want to loose you a second time. You heard wh
CHAPTER 62Lia was on her way to work and she needed to walk to the bus stop. She was lost in thought thinking about Nick and how he was faring.She wondered if he ever looked for her and tried to reach her. Did he miss her? Did he find another woman?She had so many questions in her mind and she wished she had answers to them. She was so lost in thought that she didn't see a car coming from the other side and before she could come back to her senses, the car was already close by and the driver was struggling to maneuver his way not to hit her but he failed and he hit her.She felt dizzy and passed out."Lia?" Nick was shocked to see the woman he has been looking for, for the past three months. Was this where she came to hide?He carried her up and took her into the car. "Look for the nearest hospital and drive there." Nick ordered sharply.**********Lia opened her eyes slowly and groaned lightly. She looked around and noticed a drip was fixed in her hand and she realized that she wa
CHAPTER 61"Who's she Lia?" Shan asked as she darted her eyes from Lia to Joan who was almost in tears.Lia gave Joan the look not to say anything."I'm your... I'm your mother," Joan said the truth anyway."What! What did you just say?" Shantelle asked in shock. It took her time to find her tongue and say something as she was in shock. Or maybe she had not heard her correctly.Lia was so vexed that she didn't hide it, she glared angrily at Joan."Just leave!" Lia snapped and gestured towards the door. She was suddenly feeling light headed and dizzy."Please just give me a chance and I promise not to ever disturb you again. Just hear me out please. I'm not asking to be part of your lives or to accept me back as your mother, I just want to explain how things really were." Joan rushed her words.Her children just stood there staring at her."If what she said about being our mother is trur Lia, then please give her a chance to explain herself because I want an explanation too. To have gr
CHAPTER 60"What's on my schedule today?" Nick asked his new secretary. Mario, the new secretary adjusted his glasses properly and swiped through the tablet in his hand. "Uhm...well sir, you have a dinner party to attend by Kayley, the De casino owner by 6pm." Mario replied.Nick sighed and glared at Mario. If it was Lia, she wouldn't be reading from her tablet as she had all his schedules memorized off hand."I told you that you should learn how to memorize my schedules and not read them from the tablet. You need to be more serious and efficient." Nick stated harshly."I'm sorry sir, I'm really sorry. I'll try my best to memorize tomorrow's schedule and tell you off hand tomorrow." Mario promised with a bow."Get the car ready, I'll be leaving soon," Nick said and took his gaze back to his screen. "Okay sir." Mario responded and left.Nick took in a deep breath and placed his back on the chair and swirled gently on his swivel chair. His mind went to Lia and all the good times they s
CHAPTER 59"Keep your apology to yourself jerk! I don't need it." Jubilee spat out and stood up. She took the cup of coffee on the table and poured it on his face. Then, she took her handbag and left. Jones was stunned as he watched Jubilee walk out on him. Everybody in the cafe turned to look at him and murmured amongst themselves.He wiped his face and stood up. Did he actually think Jubilee was gonna forgive him this easily after hurting her physically, mentally and emotionally?**********In less than two weeks, Lia finally got a job at a company but it wasn't that big compared to Nick's own but the pay was good too.The work wasn't stressful as she was the personal assistant of the director in the company. They made wears in the company.She closed earlier than Nick's company too. Lia smacked her head lightly when she noticed she was comparing everything with Nick.This past three weeks had been hell for her. She missed Nick so much that she craved so much for his touch too. She
CHAPTER 58"You son of a bitch!" Nick yelled as he yanked Jones by the collar and punched him on his face. Before Jones could even say something or gain his balance, Nick threw him another punch and another.Jones punched Nick too and Nick let go of him. "What is it man? You just barge into my house and throw punches at me?" Jones asked angrily. His nose and lips were bleeding—he had a broken nose and lips. He went into the bathroom and took out a row of tissue and stuck them in his nose to avoid the bleeding.He wiped the blood away from his lips and started out of his room. "Let's talk in the sitting room." He turned to look at Nick when he noticed that Nick was still standing."You're really pretending like you don't know why I'm here? Really?" Nick asked angrily. He was controlling himself so hard not to punch Jones again."How am I supposed to know? We didn't have a fight or an argument. I didn't do anything wrong to you, did I?" Jones asked with a slight scoff."You did somethi
CHAPTER 57Nick sighed despondently and handed the phone back to Clara. "I guess she doesn't want to talk to you." Clara stated politely.She couldn't understand what was going on between her best friend and her boss. "Yeah, I guess so. It was obvious." Nick scoffed and walked away. He got to his office and arranged his things and then, left the office. He was done with work so, he was headed home."Get me a new secretary, a male one," Nick said to his P.A, his eyes not leaving the system."Okay sir, I'll bring the eligible ones for you to interview." His P.A replied politely. "No need for that, I'm too busy for that. Just do it yourself and make sure the guy is good and can handle all the works perfectly." Nick replied."Okay boss, I'll do as you have said. I'll take my leave now." The P.A bowed lightly and walked out of the office.Only the noise of typing keyboard could be heard in Nick's office. He was very focused as he typed and flipped the papers on his table.He had decided to
CHAPTER 56Joan had settled down fully in her neighbourhood and some of her neighbours visited and offered her and her children cookies to welcome them.She was grateful for their kindness and thoughtfulness. She also went job hunting but it wasn't easy for her.She had enough money to spend even if she didn't work but she still needed to keep herself busy and not stay idle.Her daughter, Olivia had given her an idea to open a cafè and Joan thought it was a good idea, it was better to own her own business since there was money.But she decided to put in into consideration and also think about other profitable business that she would still be able to have enough time for her children.It's been a week since she moved in and her life had been going on smoothly.Earlier that morning, she had seen a neighbour moving it next door to her. She didn't get to see the face of the person but she knew it was a young girl and she also noticed that they were two.She made brownies later that evenin