chapter 4 : Making lame Jokes.

Xander's pov

"Arggghh" I groaned inwardly while scrolling for the umpteenth time today , through Diane's and Richard's pictures which was displayed all over the screen of my phone.

I hated the fact that it only took a look over their pictures to send my insides and mind spinning. I switched to Andrew's i***a story to see if I would find anything to get my mind of her even though it was just for a second.

As I scrolled through his i***a stories,I was met with several videos and pictures of himself and the guys chatting over loud music, while downing excessive alcohol.

Smiling at the sight before me as I thought it would serve as a great distraction,I decided to put a call across to Andrew telling him I would be going over to the bar, which was against my earlier said decision.

"What's up buddy?.... decided to change your mind?" I heard a very drunk Andrew from the other side of the Phone, after picking up on the third ring.

"How long does it take to pick up a damn phone?" I hissed, totally ignoring his earlier asked question.

"Woah! take it easy man..... Why are you always this angry?" He answered as I sensed an hint of playfulness over his voice.

"Think whatever it is you want to think...... Just called to tell you I had a change of mind and would be coming over" I replied as I hung up the phone caring less if he had something to say or not.

I picked up my car keys as I proceeded towards the parking lot while internally deciding on the particular car I was going to take to the bar, while deciding on taking my new Lamborghini which I just bought,I started the ignition switch while driving off to the bar.

Getting closer towards the bar , I heard the distant voice of my friends , accompanied with the very loud music coming out of the bar.

" Ohh! here he comes" I heard Andrew scream out loud while trying to get his voice above the very loud music coming out of the bar.

" Didn't think you would make it though....was not expecting you to say the very least" I heard as I turned towards the direction in which the sound came from to be met with Xavier one of my friends grinning maliciously at me while downing another shot of his drink.

" There is nothing wrong in changing my mind right?" I answered while sitting next to Andrew not ready for his deliberate act of teasing having heard it from the sound of his voice.

" You really need to snap out of this constant anger , you have been yeilding inside you man,it is not very healthy" Xavier proceeded trying make his point known but ended up doing nothing but infuriating me further.

" I came here to have some fun and get my mind of this kind of things, so could you snap out of it Xavier" I replied while clearly glaring at him as I downed one shot of the alcohol which was within my reach.

" Come on Xander we both know you would not be able to get her off your mind....no matter the amount of alcohol you take to do that"

" I mean we all know revenge is the only thing you do to get your mind off the things that hurt you" I heard Andrew add while laughing out slightly trying to get on my nerves,but I rolled my eyes knowing Andrew not to let go of a thought that easily, especially now that it was very obvious his was quite drunk.

" I mean you could get a girl to sleep with to get her off your system.....but you and I know very much that would not work"

" So why not just get a random girl to spite her or make her jealous....that would very much make more sense to you knowing you were able to also get a thorn of your own flesh" He said mockingly while winking his eyes as him smirked towards my direction as I heard Xavier and the other guys laugh around me.

" Whatever....I was a fool to think this would help me get a distraction anyway" I mouthed as I picked my car keys preparing to get back to the spot in which I had packed my car earlier on.

As I rode my car with high speed towards my house, I couldn't help get Andrew's mocking voice continue to ring out in my head. I mean it was very obvious to the fact that Andrew could say the craziest things at anytime, most especially when he was drunk to the peak, which he obviously was when I met him moments ago at the club, but it was crazy that his lame Jokes brought different kind of ideas to my head.

On getting to my house I thought of different ways to actually make the plan effective, thinking I could get a girl to sign a contract and act to be my girlfriend for a certain period of time but the last thing I wanted was another desperate girl getting clingy all of a sudden, regarding the fact that i was already wanted by most of the ladies in the city.

And also has regards that I didn't think there was any girl capable of meeting up to the potentials or standards which Diane already set , I mean the girl was lot of things other girls were not , while shaking my head and deciding against the countless thoughts that began parading itself in my head as I headed towards the bathroom to take a warm bath and retire for the Night.

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Anessa's POV

" So....Nessa how was your first day?" I heard Reena mutter as I arrived from work while taking off my heels totally stressed from the days work, and also by the countless complaint by my boss.

" Asides from almost getting fired after being five minutes behind time.....I suppose the day was okay" I answered with sacarsim clearly evident in my voice which groaning as I laid down against the three sitter couch, which was at the right hand corner of the sitting room.

"He whaaatttt?" I head Reena scream while fuming with her eyes obviously evident with anger.

" I'm calling him right away"she added while she picked up her phone and was about putting a call across to Xander.

" Don't do that !..... Are you trying to get me really fired this time around, after narrowing escaping it?' I inquired as I exclaimed , as i quickly reached out to grab her phone to stop her from trying to call Xander over the phone.

" Come on Aneesa give me back my phone this instant!"

"I don't like seeing you this FRUSTRATED" she answered while equally glaring at me as she made sure to make emphasis on the word "frustrated".

I sighed deeply slightly happy at the fact that she wasn't able to get the call across to hin as I was quick to grab the phone before she could, looking over to her direction I saw her eyes still sending daggers across to me while stretching her hand out , probably waiting for me to deliver her phone back to her , as she threw me a glare to make me know that he was not going to budge.

" Reena, you know you can't call him"

" I mean I need the Job and I can't start running over to you Everytime I come back stressed and frustrated" I continued while staring deep into her eyes hoping to change her mind.

" I mean at least I didn't die.....I came back in one piece, plus you know me to be strong..... Just some little harsh words coming from Xander can't break me, at least I have been through worse" I said while staring into her eyes which I saw already began to soften as she began to reason with me.

"But Aneesa I could help get you another Job if you wanted...."

"It fine Reena, I'm serious" I said while grabbing her hands as I tried to convince her further.

"Okay fine Nessa I'll try my best to take my eyes off from injustice" I heard her say with sacarsim as I chuckled lightly while she took her phone from me to continue scrolling through social media.

" You hungry though"

"Thought you would never ask.....ohh my God I'm so famished"

"Well that's nice, I already got you covered.....I ordered a pizza earlier on, so we could eat it for the night" I heard her say as she stood up to get the pizza from ontop the kitchen cabinet where she had kept it earlier on.

" Hmmm....this is so nice" I muttered under my breath as I took a slice of the pizza , while just then I heard my phone beep indicating a message coming up as I squinted my eyes wondering who the message came from since it was an unknown number.

" That better not be Xander disturbing you with messages this night, while you are supposed to be resting or else I'm really going to call him to give him a piece of my mind" I heard Reena voice out from a distance while looking up to see her still typing away on her phone.

Sending a small smile her way, I looked down at my phone as I opened the message from the unknown number still wondering who it was.

" Heyyy.... it's Williams from the office, who you met earlier on by the coffee stand, sorry for taking your number without your permission, but I couldn't get your beautiful face out of my head,so I just asked around until I finally got your number from a fellow colleague" I saw on the text with a silly emoji accompanying it thereafter.

I suddenly felt a blush crept up my face at the sight of the message before me, I mean I had heard people call me beautiful before but it wasn't Everytime I got to her it from a guy .

" Okay Aneesa....what the hell is making you suddenly turn the shade of pink" I heard Reena say suddenly noticing that she had dropped her phone while staring intently at me with a hint of amusement evident in her voice.

" Ermm..... it's noth...ing ser...ious" I Suttered as I tried hard to pick up the pieces of my words still totally swoon by the message I had read.

" You sure about that?" I heard her say still looking at me and not in the slightest way believing what I had just uttered.

" Reena it's nothing serious actually.... just a guy I had met earlier on at work today" I said trying to sound very unaffected.

" Okay? Mind telling me all about it" she said happily as her face lit up with total happiness while yearning to hear everything about Williams. Rolling my eyes at her sudden curiosity, I decided to tell her what had conspired between Williams and I earlier in the day.

" Bet he is nothing but a tall glass of hot chocolate" she said happily while I wondered why she was totally happy at the fact that I had ran into a guy.

" Mind telling his name? Probably I know him" she added further while futher grinning for ear to ear.

" Williams" I mouthed while shrugging my shoulders to show her I didn't care about his looks the tiniest bit , I mean he was fine admist all when it came to looks but I couldn't help compare him to Xander internally even though I had tried to get it off my head thousands of times.

" Ohhh ... Williams, Xander brother at least he is more polite than the latter" she said while shrugging her shoulders as she countined to take another slice of the pizza from the pizza box.

" Seriously?" I asked shocked at the revelation as I finally remembered he introduced himself as Williams Weston but didn't think anything out of the ordinary, while looking at Reena noticing she has lost interest as she picked up her phone to continue where she had left off , I on the other hand proceeded to my room thinking on the best possible way to reply his message while I saved his number.