Mike shook his head and forced out his reply, "Nothing."Gideon was quiet as he sat comfortably on the seat across from Mike and he didn't want to argue with Mike.Mike continued to type on his computer while Gideon spoke, "Is it still about the beauty in your house?"Mike paused and stared at Gideon's face, replying, "Not necessarily about her. I sent Stella away earlier today as she was throwing a tantrum in my home and causing a commotion."Gideon exclaimed, "What the fuck, Mike! You mean you sent a billionaire's daughter away? Wait a minute... When did you say she arrived?"Mike sighed heavily and answered, "Look, Gideon, I cannot marry that lady, and my parents don't want to understand this. They cannot force me into marriage, not in this era."Gideon continued to stare at Mike in surprise as he smiled, while watching Mike stand up from his office seat. And Gideon asked, "Tell me, Mike. If it's not about the new lady you told me about from Madam Alora's brothel, then who exactly i
Mike went back upstairs to his bedroom even as he really wanted to see Lara, but he didn't want to scare her, and wasn't happy that she didn't come out to welcome him either.Mike knew his mansion was mostly silent due to the fact that he owned the entire lands and also the mansion built.He was a 27-year-old guy, but he loved investment even though he was a bad guy that loves hosting bitches.Mike groaned as he went into his bedroom, walking past his parlour, and he still remembered the day he first stepped out to his parlour and saw Lara sitting nervously and shyly on his parlour executive couch.Mike entered his room, and he decided to take a quick bath. After that, he stepped out to his room and dressed up in a brown robe and white shorts, and he went downstairs to the dining room to have dinner as it was already past 6 p.m.Mike waited for Joseph to step out from the kitchen, and Mike asked Joseph, "Did anyone visit while I was away?"Joseph replied, "No, boss, or maybe at the gat
Mike stood beside the dining table, staring at Lara until she left his view, and he kept accessing how Lara would look when he completely stripped her bare.Mike raked his short black hair, and Joseph stepped out from the kitchen and saw him still standing there.Joseph kindly asked, "Boss, are you in need of anything else?"Mike stared at Joseph, as Joseph was a handsome black guy too.Mike replied, "No. Clear the dining table, as I'm going upstairs now to rest. Goodnight."Joseph knew it was Friday night, and Mike loved getting hot ladies home from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights to entertain him.Joseph asked, "Boss, is any lady arriving at the mansion?"Mike paused by the living room stairs and stared back at Joseph, questioning him, "Any lady like who?"Joseph replied, "Like the ladies you invite from the club."Mike smiled and replied, "No. I'm tired for tonight, and none is coming. Lock the door before you retire to your bedroom to sleep."Joseph shook his head in surprise a
At Ernest Mansion. Stella didn't go back home the previous night as she had called her mother on the phone and told her mother that she was going to sleep at Mike's family house.Mrs. Lucy was angry at Stella for showing up in their home the previous day crying, and Stella still went back to Ernest mansion to receive more torture.Mrs. Lucy didn't have anything to argue with her daughter. As all she wanted was for her two children to be happy, and so she only told Stella on the phone, "Be good and don't worry too much about anything that would make you feel sad, okay."Stella replied, "Okay, mom."Stella woke up early in Ernest Residential mansion and she stepped down from the guest room bed given to her, and she went to take her bath and to freshen up and dressed in another cloth, as the previous gown that she wore on her crop top was still what she had been wearing.Stella took her bath quickly and later went out to the grand living room to wait as the day had fully broken and the sk
Lara gulped heavily as she heard Joseph say, "Or you can go upstairs to his bedroom and ask him for permission yourself."Lara immediately replied, "No! I will wait."Lara nervously walked back to the black couch and sat as Mike had multicolored couches in his grand living room downstairs.Lara thought about going to Mike's bedroom to ask him for permission, and she frowned as Joseph had already left her and gone outside the mansion.Lara sat waiting, and by 12 pm noon, Mike wasn't out.At 1 pm, Lara grumbled out some curse words, and she stood up just as Joseph stepped in to prepare lunch.Lara asked him, "When will your boss be outside? It's already afternoon, and I want to go out and come back on time."Joseph sighed and said, "I don't know."Lara asked him, "Is he alright?"Joseph replied, "You mean my boss?"Lara nodded. "Yes."Joseph sighed and said, "I guess so. He's probably stressed for the week, and that's how he usually sleeps long if he's stressed."Lara gasped out, "Till a
Lara stared up at Mike's face and she said, "Maybe a maid job if I can find one, or a cleaner or servant."Mike's eyes narrowed at Lara as his brows subtly knotted, and he said, "No. I cannot let you do that kind of a job."Lara stared at Mike in surprise as she saw his countenance change and his smile disappear, to be replaced with a glare, making her shiver.Lara asked him, "Why?... I mean, I just have to find work, so I can leave here when I have saved enough money."Mike replied, "No. You cannot be a maid. Do you know what being a maid is all about? Wait, don't think about Joseph as my maid or servant. He's free to do whatever he wants here, and that might not be the same with every other master out there or madam either, depending on who you want to work for. But that's aside, I cannot sit back and watch you serve anyone, not when I'm here and knowing you're under my custody now."Lara shivered, and she gulped and fumbled to ask him, "Why? But I cannot keep staying here idle. I ne
Lara asked Mike, "It is true that you normally host different ladies?"Mike smiled and he asked her, "So you knew of me before...?"Lara replied, "No. It's Janet that told me when Madam Alora asked us to follow that hefty man, that's your driver. Janet told me in the car about you, but all that isn't my business if you host women or not."Mike hummed, and he said, "I do... I love women, and that's the truth. But not all I've slept with."Lara frowned as if she was going to vomit, and she wanted to pull Mike's arms away from her hugging her waist, but Mike asked her, "What's wrong with you? I'm a man, and you don't expect me not to admire a woman."Lara felt irritated as her face turned sour, and Mike fondly bit her left ear. Seeing her frowning face, Mike asked her, "You haven't been with a man before?"Lara replied, "No."Mike asked, "Why? I know you told me you're a virgin, but that doesn't mean you don't see handsome men out there or in your village. Don't they ask you out?"Lara re
Lara stared at Mike in shock and she shook her head in rejection and quickly replied, "No."Mike groaned and he said, "Oh! Just know that the next time you pout your lips out like that, I'm not going to ask for your permission. I will just kiss you directly."Lara blushed and she nervously replied, "Okay."Mike said, "Bless the meal."Lara said a short prayer, and Mike ended it with, "Amen."Soon Lara and Mike began eating the delicious yam porridge garnished with fried fish, and the dining table fell into an awkward silence with only the sound of them eating.****At Ernest Villa.Stella had been waiting for Mike to call her on the phone, but still no call came in, neither did any driver come to pick her up and take her to Mike's house, and she was slowly losing her patience as even Gloria had left the house and told her earlier she was going shopping.Gloria had asked Stella, "Won't you follow me to the boutique to shop? When Mike's driver arrives, the gatekeeper will call us on the