"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
"Tori!" Amber rushed to her and hugged her. "God, I missed you.""Me too." Victoria hugged her back."Me three." They both heard Kim."Amber said you weren't feeling too well yesterday, how are you now?""Obviously better." Amber said smiling and Victoria understood what was going on."I wanted to come see you at the hotel but Amber said there wasn't need for that." Kim still said."Oh really? Then you wouldn't have met her then." Brie came from nowhere."What?" Kim asked."Kim?! Can you come over here for a bit?!" Someone called making Kim excuse herself to leave. Amber was glad she didn't have to listen to Brie."You think I don't know?" Brie asked looking at them suspiciously."Don't know what?" Amber retorted knowing that most times when Brie used that ' you think I don't know' phrase, she really didn't know and was waiting for the person to tell her about what she wanted to know."Victoria wasn't at the hotel yesterday and the night before, she didn't return with you, I know.""Com
"You seem to know so much about the Tophers." Victoria told her."Of course I know much about them, anyone who has lived in city A more than a year should know as much as I do about them, they basically own city A, I mean financially and economically speaking, they own a large share in many of the companies here. The Tn group doesn't focus much on their entertainment enterprise but look at how big it is, didn't you see how wild the news of Jake Topher's secret marriage spread through yesterday?"The designers finally came and after the meeting with the models, they could go home."He is going to come pick me up himself, apparently all the drivers are on break." Victoria told Amber as they left the Tn studio, they stood in front of the bus, it wasn't leaving yet, some of the girls from Plaintwood were not there yet."Jake?" Amber whispered, they frequently had to talk like that, especially now that they knew Brie was snooping."Yeah, he told me to call him if I was done here.""Did yo
"Mr Topher, I can't have you here, I'm very sure my master would not be pleased that you are here in his absence." Victoria was confused when she heard Felix talking to someone downstairs. Was Jake back? Who was the master that wouldn't be pleased to have Jake be here, wasn't it his?She went and stood by the top of the stairs to know who it was and she saw that it wasn't Jake but it was someone who looked like him, height-wise and facially too. She could tell it wasn't Jake from far because this person had longer hair which was styled all the way back and held with a hairband. The person also looked slimmer."Do I look like I care?" She heard the man say. She quickly remembered how Kim was saying earlier that Jake had a brother. Was it him?"Mr Topher, please understand me here...." The man raised his hands and Felix stopped talking. He didn't have his usual smile."You didn't tell me she was here at Jake's mansion." She heard him say and hid behind the wall before the stairs. She di