There was a painting of a horse in black and white, hanging at the head of the bed, it added a classic touch to the room because it matched the white bottom sheet and black duvet which was spread on the bed .Opening one of the doors there, she was happy to discover that it was a bathroom, but it was so spacious she stood there looking around for a moment. The tall tiled walls were shiny and light reflective, there was a round giant bathtub enough for two persons to fit in it comfortably situated in the middle of the bathroom from where she stood.There was also a shower cubicle at the left corner of the bathroom, far from the bathtub, with a translucent glass around it. She hoped there was a towel waiting on the towel rack like the hotel because she wanted to have a shower and her bag which she packed back at the hotel wasn't here yet. After she checked around she couldn't sight a rack so she looked through few of the cabinets which she could reach, she finally saw one with folded w
She checked around the bed for her phone like she usually did evey morning then remembered it was still in her purse. She looked at the table where she kept it yesterday and it was still there. She got off the bed quietly, took her purse and went to open the door, she wanted to leave, she had told Amber that nothing romantic was going to happen when she came here and she wasn't planning on taking a chance with Jake looking like underwear super model; Mike Petra, walking around the same room with her.Turning the door knob, it didn't open easily like yesterday. She sighed, trying it again, she really wanted to leave before he came back even though she didn't know her way around the castle-like house. Her thought was that hopefully she would meet Felix and ask him to show her room to her."Let me help you." She heard Jake and turned from the door, looking like a teenager that was caught sneaking out. He was fully dressed now in his usual suit. She gave way for him to open the door.Wi
"Do you need me to call Brown and let him know you won't be at the studio today?" He said and she thought he carried himself with such pride.'He sounds so sure, like a phonecall can just decide everything. Does he realize that it's not just Brown but the advert team involved?' She thought in her mind but nodded anyway to see if he could actually do it. He took out his phone and placed a call to Brown immediately, putting the call on loudspeaker."Mr Topher, good morning." Brown took his legs off his desk where he sat in his office when he picked Jake's call at the first ring. Jake was not there with him but he thought he still should be in a proper sitting posture while on the phone with him."Victoria won't be coming to the studio today. She wants to be sure you are okay with it." Jake went directly to why he called."Of course, I'm okay with it." Brown immediately replied knowing there was just one Victoria registered as a model under him, the Victoria he was asked to travel and re
"Evan is here?" He asked. "Why isn't he with you, let him in." Jake said and Drew left to return with him.When Evan came in and Drew left, Jake closed his laptop to give his attention to him because he knew whenever he wanted to meet with him in person and not call, it was usually for a good reason."What is it?" Jake asked when he( Evan) was not saying anything yet. Evans didn't bother sitting down, he knew he couldn't with what he was about to tell Jake."Uhm..." He cleared his throat. "I really don't know how it happened, I made sure the area was free of any journalist yesterday..." He inhaled before he said his next words. " There are photos of you and the Mrs trending on all of social media.""What?" Jake's asked in what sounded like a whisper instead of an outburst like Evan expected but he feared this less louder expression Jake was giving."I've had my team try to curb it but it's not just blogs and media houses, individual accounts are also involved, we can't really do anyth
Max Topher sat in his room, his legs crossed over a footstool as he smoked his tobacco like he did more often recently. The room was dimly lit, just as he preferred it.He watched the entertainment news on the television quietly, they were analyzing Jake's story, two parties having a friendly argument whether Jake was really gay or not and whether or not his marriage to the unknown new Mrs Topher was something legitimate and genuine.He wasn't watching it because he loved Jake too much, he just asked his butler, Albert, to turn it on so he could see what direction the netizens had taken the whole matter in.His plan had backfired. Releasing those pictures, he thought they would affect Jake's reputation. He(Jake) had gone and gotten married secretly, people were doing the opposite of what he(Max) expected, they were congratulating him on social media and though some critics were being judgemental about it, Max thought there should be more displeased masses than they were.Everyone was
"Wait, what really happened?" Amber asked seriously now.She told her best friend what just happened, how she was honest and told Jake that she thought he could have leaked the pictures."And that's what turning your mood sour? I mean, you just said your mind and you asked him and he said he didn't do it, there's nothing generally wrong with that? But you still shouldn't have, he couldn't have done it.""I know, I just...." Victoria trailed in her words."Yeah I understand. You should have told me you were having that thought.""I should have." Victoria admitted. "I want to hug you right now but you are at the hotel and I'm here.""Don't make me start to miss you all over again, I beg you." Victoria chuckled when she said that."Did you invite Kim over yesterday? How did you sleep?""No I didn't, turns out it's not that hard to sleep alone, I'm just addicted to been around you and that's got to change, I mean pretty soon someone else would be getting addicted to you.""Oh please." Vic
Jake knew Jason wasn't trying to flirt with Victoria, he just didn't want someone else kissing her hands, not even his trusted friend."Please Ron, don't make her think ill of me. What he means is that I like to appreciate beautiful women when I see them." Jason smiled at her. "I brought you something." He said looking towards the chair, Victoria too looked, there was nothing there."Shit. It's in the car. I left it in the car I came in.""Ask someone to get it." Ron said and very soon Jason was giving orders to a helper. Victoria hadn't seen one since she came, just the cooks but she knew they cleaned her room whenever she left, it was like they weren't permitted to be around when she was."It's the first time, I'm seeing one of the workers, are they always not allowed to show themselves?" Victoria whispered to Jake."No, they just don't go around till you need them." Jake told her."I didn't forget my gift." Ron said, bringing up a wine with a ribbon tied to the neck of the bottle.
Victoria went down the stairs hurriedly, she was all dressed up for leaving to work. She went towards the mansion's avenue ready to leave then she remembered how long it was from there to the main gate. She hadn't thought about that while preparing to leave.She wondered if Jake had left, she didn't know where to look for Felix or how to call on one of the workers so Jake was the go-to, she was going to go back up and knock on his room's door, hopefully he would be there. She was about to do as she planned when she heard Felix."Do you need a driver, Mrs Topher?" He asked smiling like he always did since she came here."Yes, you have no idea how glad I am that you are here.""Will you be riding with Mr Topher or do you need a separate car?""He is still around?""Yes.""I want to go alone, I can right?" "Yes, you can but..." Almost as soon as he said that, a car pulled up front at the entrance. She was happy she did not have to ride with Jake, she didn't want to always be around him o