Isabella's POV
For some unknown reasons I felt good , Dave just kissed my forehand , I felt a lurch in my stomach , I ran straight to the toilet to empty my stomach content , I was definitely going to regret yesterday for a while.I got off from my bed after clearing the takeouts dave bought , I changed from the clothes I wore the previous night , carefully removing my bra and lingerie, I went under the shower, I let the water do miracles , I needed a soothing aid . I came out of the shower after spending close to an hour . I got out dried my hair and creamed my skin , putting on my pink tank top and shorts, I continued my project on my laptop, I was already rounding off chapter three , after typing for close to thirty minutes , I decided to shut the laptop and watch movie , after finally surfing for movies I settled down with 365 days , the hype was high online.It was interesting although, it had too many sexual scenes , it was not really my type of movie , after an hour , I was done and about to take a nap when my phone rang.It was a strange caller ID ."Hello who is on the line ""Hello , they have gotten here , they are here , they want to kill me , please take care of yourself, don't come...." I heard a sound which sounded like a slap I felt tears at the corner of my eyes , they were torturing my mother, I couldn't just stay here, I intend on ending this shit today , whatever they wanted they would get , I grabbed my purse , boarded a cab to where she was staying.Getting there I met the apartment quiet and desolate , I pushed the door , fortunately it was open , I felt a prick at the back of my neck , which gave an overwhelming sensation , immediately my eye sight blurred , I blacked out.Waking up I looked around, I saw two men , one behind me and the other behind my mother, they looked so deadly and ready to kill, I looked at my mother , she was half asleep on the chair she was tied to , she looked so pail , I felt my tears roll out .The door opened , there he was , the demon , SANTIAGO."The main guest finally arrived , how're are you Isabella, you see when I asked my boys not to get you from your apartment forcefully, they thought I didn't know what I was doing, I told them I loved my women obedient and willing , hahahaha" his dreadful laughter resounded in the room"You don't need to keep her here , I'm here already"" She is the only tool to compel your obedience Milady, so as long as you cooperate she would be free and properly taken care of"" What do you want?""You" he said with lustful glints in his eyes"I would rather die, you can never have me, santiago" I said with evident disgust " I love them fisty at times , but most times obedient, you might want to watch your mouth around me" he said with in a colder tone" You killed my father , you killed my sister , what else do you want , haven't you avenged enough you bastard... " I was cut short by a lash at my back , i felt stars of pain explode all over my body ."Please don't hit her , please " my mom's weak voice brought me to consciousness"Don't worry I would be fine mother "" The worst mistake I made was to spare you that night , I would have searched the house more carefully and ended you too , rather than all.these worthless stress I'm going through now""Well you have from now till evening to change your mind , else your mother is up for execution tomorrow , and I will bring her head back to you" he said smiling . With that he turned his back and left .Something about the way he spoke made me know he wasn't joking, I wanted to let out the stream of tears welling but I couldn't let him see me cry , no! ,he can't find out how vulnerable I was. I turned to my mother , she was no longer crying, it seems she had accepted her fate ."Don't worry , nothing is going to happen to you mum""You don't have to agree to any of his evil advances , just let me go instead"" Stop talking like that , nothing is going to happen""Enough!!" The darker guard at the door saidWhile we were talking, we heard the booing of an helicopter outside the building , it sounded asthough it was moving closer, I looked around , hoping to find an explanation. The guardsseemed as confused as I was , I could hear people jumping down , their feet echoed as though they wore hefty boots .The guards left us and began going outside to check what the commotion was about , we heardshouts and two gunshot , we didn't know who died or who was killing whomThe door burst open and we saw two African American men on clothes which seemed likeuniforms.The first made his way and began untying my mum, the second hesitated and began untying me too ."Who are you people, who sent you"" Ma'am I think , this not a time for questions , we are just following directives , and you're safenow "With that they led us to the helicopter outside , we flew to Lagos and at lagos we were taken to
CHAPTER 8ACE'S POVI had just finished making out with the sexy brunette I picked from the club yesterday when Jason's call came in."Where are they""There are here and safe ""Did you leave traces ""No we didn't " with that I ended the call.That was all i needed to hear, turning my head I met the the rosy lips of the brunette, we were at it all day and she is still not tired, such prowess for a lady , well that's how I loved them.Getting up from the bed,with the blanket wrapped around my waist, i made my way into the bathroom, turning on the shower , i washed off the memories of the previous session as I always do, after towelling my body, i tied the towel loosely around my waist, coming out of the bathroom I was stunned to find her still in my bed , I'm sure she didn't get the message."Hey , what do you think you're doing" I said realizing I don't know her name"What ?""Why are you still in the bed?""I was waiting f
CHAPTER NINEIt's no news that charlotte seizes the least opportunity to seduce me , that would have worked if only she wasn't my secretary. I loved women , but I had my limits and an ounce of self control, the least I could do is having an affair with my staff , it took cheer hard work and discipline to bring my company to the heights it has attained, after it was willed to me by my father, the company was almost in shackles when I became CEO.Charlotte is an attractive,curvy lady , with all endowments in the right places , but she isu secretary and that is a strong barricade."Good morning,boss" she said smiling brightly"Morning, charlotte" I replied almost immediately, without looking at her . Walking past her I got into my office. After minutes of settling down to work , I heard a knock on the door , it must be charlotte."Yes , what is it? ""I'm sorry i have bad news boss""I don't have time for this , can you talk!""The emeralds just called t
CHAPTER TENCHARLOTTE'S POVThe cracking of ACE'S door brought me back to consciousness, he had phoned me two minutes ago , and I was still seated, that is going to be serious trouble!. Entering his office I saw him standing with his face against the window , I wondered, what the problem was ."Boss , you sent for me " I said genuflecting unconsciously"Two minutes ago, I sent for you two minutes ago charlotte, do you think I have all the time in the world , or I am that jobless?""I'm sorry sir , I was sending the reports of the last minutes to the auditing department ""Do I care ?""No sir , I'm sorry it won't happen again""Yes it shouldn't""Okay si..""Summon everybody got a conference meeting in an hour , anybody who gets the notice and fails to be in attendance , stands the risk of getting fired""Sir but, there is always a twenty four hours notice for meeting, there's no how they are going to make it , sorry I mean I could send th
SABELLA'S POVThe helicopter stopped in an unknown country , which I later found out to be south Africa , the men drove us to a mini secluded area , there were no many houses , we were told to submit our cell phones.I couldn't refuse , they were armed , I wasn't. Whoever sent them must be wealthy I concluded, we were driven to an unknown building , it was a desolated house situated in the middle of nowhere. I think they were trying to avoid been tracked , who were there running from . I would think of that later , right now all I could comprehend was the fact that , I was out of Nigeria, away from santiago and the throbbing ache in my head. The house looked more like a warehouse , the ware house was built with bricks, and a weird type of roofing sheets , it looked more like a woven metal ,made solely for the purpose of design rather than being a roof top , we were walked through a cracked door at the back of the house , this left me wondering why they didn't use the front
CHAPTER TWELVELooking between themselves as though I just made the most outrageous request in the universe , "okay " said joan with a tone of weak resolve . Turning to the table behind us , she picked a phone , and began dialing whom I supposed is Ace."Hello ,s-sir , good afternoon""Yes sir , just that your guests have arrived and , she insists on speaking to you first , I - , sorry sir , I would do that right away " she said ending the call immediately." He says you should settle down first , and he would be home by evening " "Okay then , please show me where I would rest till then " that was the first word my mother said since she was been kidnapped , she sounded least bothered by who this Ace was.Complying I followed mary , we climbed the stairs , we passed through a narrow passage,it was a little darker than the rest parts of the house , lifting my heads I noticed the lights were off, reading my thoughts, Mary explained , "He doesn't like the lights
Chapter 13Getting into my room , I shut the door , this is definitely going to be a crazy stay , I wouldn't be here if only I wasn't born to such a family, if only I had the normal peaceful life everyone else had.That doesn't matter right now, I'm stuck .ACE'S POVThat was a lot guts outside there , she had quite a temper for such beautiful face , did I just acknowledge she is beautiful? , well she is , that doesn't change the fact that she is extremely rude too. Pacing around my room perturbed, or perhaps I was the rude one who needed rebranding?, No I wasn't . Getting out of my office suit which I had on close to an hour after getting to my room , I hung it at the other end of my room where I kept my already used clothes , till whenever Thomas came around, Thomas is my personal dry cleaner , he comes every Friday to take my clothes for laundry and returns them on Sunday. Checking my phone for the time , it was 7pm , just in time my phone began buz
CHAPTER FOURTEENISABELLA'S POVAfter a short nap I woke up , it was always like this for me, I never slept well in a new environment for the first three days till my subconscious fully adapted.I lay awake , silently , looking around the room I found out there was little to do around here, getting up I decided I was going to find out what I could be doing and also how to reach out to my friends and let them know I wasn't missing nor dead , Jane could be very hysterical .Getting up I wore the pair of shoe mary had given me earlier , I walked out of the room towards the left wing , what was I even doing ,I mentally questioned myself, "going to talk properly to Ace, and also set things straight " an inner voice answered.Taking unsure steps after the other , with my chest thumping, I was squinting my eyes to look for the label on Ace's door , it wasn't hard to find neither was it far from mine , it had a gigantic door , and a golden door knob . I could hear s
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONEI knocked on Tom's door, luckily I heard RnB songs from his music box, a clear sign that someone most likely Tom was around. I heard the door knob turn."yeah? Oh hi, what's up ma'am" he looked so surprise to see me at his doorstep, I could totally understand, I didn't think I'll ever be at his door too, but ma'am? What has Ace told everyone, they accorded me with so much respect that was scary."well, I know you are so surprised to see me, I need your help please" I sighed" it's my job to help out ma he said with a smile ""I know, but it's a different kind of help this time around, there's a new movie I've been anticipating for about a year now, actually its the sequel to the famous TYLER PERRY'S SISTA'S, please I badly want to see the screening at National cinema, I need you to take me there tomorrow, Ace doesn't have to know""TYLER PERRY'S SISTA'S, Im anticipating it too!!"I didn't expect it to be that easy."yes, so we are on for tomorrow?""yes, but what if
CHAPTER TWENTYCHRIS'S POVThat girl definitely got some good stuff on Ace, I've never seen him that way before, does he have feelings for her? Ace never feels anything; I need to unlock whatever mystery is surrounding his entanglement with her, a rational person won't pick someone he doesn't know to come stay in his apartment, I was going to help him discover he liked her, in doing so find out who she is and what is more special than her pretty looks.Well I'll start by inviting her to the office mid-year Gala, discreetly. Getting her number was not a problem, I was going to cajole Mary with one of my sweet stories, besides the old woman was always bored. She needs company, Isabella herself seemed very jovial.I needed to crash at the club tonight I thought loudly.I knew where I was going laspinos they had the best ladies, music, drinks. ISABELLA'S POVHe came back unusually quiet today, I wondered what must have gone wrong with the outing with Chris, he barely replied Mary's gree
CHAPTER NINETEEN"Hey, senorita, you must be Ace's African beauty, he's been talking about the whole month " he smiled revealing his neatly arranged set of teeth , he is so handsome, almost as Ace, ... Did I just compare him to Ace?, Why?That was surprising, Ace talking about me to some random person, perhaps his friend , he never acted as though he saw me until there seemed to be a daring cause for us to talk."I'm Isabella, and yes I'm half African, who are you please?" I replied wiping my hand on the table napkin as I stood up ."Wow , it's my pleasure to finally meet you, you are ten times more beautiful than I imagined " he said drawing one of the chairs very close to mine.Feeling a little uncomfortable, I sat silently , wishing Ace would come down soon or someone else."Good morning sir " mary greeted , with a generous smile"Morning ma'am,how are you doing" they seemed aquainted with one another ."Good , you haven't come around in almost a month , hope you are good?""Yes ,
ACEPulling up in my garage with an indifferent feeling,I opened the car door , walking halfway to the house door I heard a gentle giggle , who brought a child into the house? Curious I opened the door . I saw Isabella sitting in front of the game stand with the control pad ,she didn't strike me as one who is into games , but then why would she be laughing playing a duo game alone.She was so engrossed that she did not notice me walk in , I was standing few steps away from , I should have left but then I was curious, suprisingly she made it to the second level . Raising her eyes as though she just detected my presence , she suprisingly asked me to join her "Do you want to join" "No , I was actually going upstairs" I said turning to leave"C'mon , it's just a game , stop acting like I just asked you to kiss me" she replied laughing"What !?" I was thrown off guard , I was hoping I heard wrongly because I wouldn't hesitate to , I mean who would reject a kiss from such lush lipsQuite
CHAPTER SEVENTEENTRACYAce has never been one to express himself to anybody, he got worse after our mum died , he barely spoke a sentence containing up to ten words , he refrained from people, he said they drained him.Aunt tricia and I couldn't get him to take interest in settling down , he gave aunty tricia audience before usually waving off the topic,but he never considered listening to me , he always sees me as a child and was used to making choices for me, it wasn't his fault , he is nine years older than I am.He is turning thirty three this year , yet he has never dated any girl not thought of having a serious relationship with any . Aunt tricia tried to get him to pick from his numerous flings and one night stands , he said they were all gold digging whores and non caught his fancy.He has only been committed to one woman , that was twelve years ago , she broke him , turned him into the monster he is and left ,after Stephanie , Ace was done with women I couldn't blame h
CHAPTER SIXTEENTurning my face to the angry looking Ace, I cowered , jostling back from my thoughts."What happened back there wasn't intentional I promise, I was coming to talk to you , I knocked but no one answered" I explained"I believe you isabella, what were you about asking me ?" His tone lowered , this man was totally unpredictable, I concluded."I wanted to talk to you about my friends, school and what I would be doing pending when things get stable or better , it's so boring here ....""There is a TV in the parlour I didn't ask you not to watch it , there are video games everywhere , that's if you know how to play""Excuse you ? , I do know how to , but then do I just sit at home all day watching movies and playing games ?""You do as you please" he said blankly, I knew I had to be more humble if I truly wanted a little more freedom and gadgets too."All I'm saying is I just want to reach out to my friends, by now they might be thinking I am mi
CHAPTER FIFTEEN"Hmmm , interesting , when was this friendship built and why wasn't I informed" she said grinding from ear to ear "Come off it mum , just today, while I was returning from school , he asked to be my friend" I said carefully omitting the other events , I didn't want to bother her , I was a fighter or so I thought."So far he is not a bad person, that is good to know, but you know the rules, you can't go to very public places with him, you can't risk been seen ""Don't you think I know all of that already, a rule I lived with since I was a child " I added bitterly, I was always confined to the house and just my mum."You should invite him over tomorrow so we don't get to eat up this whole cake all by ourselves" "I would invite jane""Jane , doesn't even eat much, unless you want all our efforts to be wasted, or is there a reason why you don't want me to meet this new friend of yours""Fine , I would invite him over, after school tomorr
CHAPTER FOURTEENISABELLA'S POVAfter a short nap I woke up , it was always like this for me, I never slept well in a new environment for the first three days till my subconscious fully adapted.I lay awake , silently , looking around the room I found out there was little to do around here, getting up I decided I was going to find out what I could be doing and also how to reach out to my friends and let them know I wasn't missing nor dead , Jane could be very hysterical .Getting up I wore the pair of shoe mary had given me earlier , I walked out of the room towards the left wing , what was I even doing ,I mentally questioned myself, "going to talk properly to Ace, and also set things straight " an inner voice answered.Taking unsure steps after the other , with my chest thumping, I was squinting my eyes to look for the label on Ace's door , it wasn't hard to find neither was it far from mine , it had a gigantic door , and a golden door knob . I could hear s
Chapter 13Getting into my room , I shut the door , this is definitely going to be a crazy stay , I wouldn't be here if only I wasn't born to such a family, if only I had the normal peaceful life everyone else had.That doesn't matter right now, I'm stuck .ACE'S POVThat was a lot guts outside there , she had quite a temper for such beautiful face , did I just acknowledge she is beautiful? , well she is , that doesn't change the fact that she is extremely rude too. Pacing around my room perturbed, or perhaps I was the rude one who needed rebranding?, No I wasn't . Getting out of my office suit which I had on close to an hour after getting to my room , I hung it at the other end of my room where I kept my already used clothes , till whenever Thomas came around, Thomas is my personal dry cleaner , he comes every Friday to take my clothes for laundry and returns them on Sunday. Checking my phone for the time , it was 7pm , just in time my phone began buz