"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
Late afternoon.She called Jake later that day, after she walked Amber to the bus and after they had left, she wanted them gone before Jake came to pick her up but she had to wait longer now because of that. She went back inside after standing there for a while.When Jake came he didn't see her where she was when he came to pick her up yesterday. He went into the studio knowing she would be there.Almost all the models had left, it was just the non modelling staffs and workers like the receptionist around. Victoria stood in front of the spread out mirror, across one part the wall and opposite the modelling ramp, which was there so the models could watch their own walk while they practiced.The door wasn't shut, it was open as always till everyone in the building had left. Jake walked in but she didn't notice, he didn't make a noise when he walked in. He didn't know she would be there, he planned on going to Brown's office to ask of her whereabouts.He was walking by and almost passed
"Was your day shitty too?" "Yes, but I think I'm used to it, unlike you, it's obviously affecting your mood so maybe you could tell me, maybe I can help?" He started on the road."No, you can't help." She shook her head."What are you going to do, I mean she already said it, others are also going to say what they want to say, you can't stop people from saying what they want.""Who said what?""Never mind." She said not finding the need to tell him about the things Brie said."Tell me, if you do so, I'm sure you'll not think much about it anymore." She didn't say anything more concerning how her day was till after a while she asked him something she just thought about."Must we stay together?" He paused the car at the red light and turned his attention to her when she asked that, she was staring outside the window, something she did often while in the car with him. "Must we? It's a fake marriage isn't it? I don't have to stay at the mansion, I could stay at the hotel till you want me t
"I'm desperate Vee, I won't lie I am." He touched her forehead with his,"I just want it to be how it used to be, except that we are older now and I don't need to hide before I can spend time with you. I just want you and your love, I just want you to love me as much as I love you." Victoria didn't interrupt him while he spoke. She was confused just as much as he was drunk. When he said he wanted it to be how it used to be, she felt like he couldn't be lying or saying rubbish like she initially thought. She wished she could just remember the things he was speaking of and be sure he wasn't just saying those things because he was drunk.While she was still in thoughts, she felt his lips on her forehead. Jake kissed her lightly on her forehead and left his lips lingering over her head, wanting to kiss her in more places than just her forehead but he also was trying to control himself. He hugged her in hopes that it would calm him down from losing himself. He hugged her tight, his nose re
While Jake returned to where Victoria lay to check on her, Hale got a call from Felix and went and handed the phone over to Gemma."Felix," he mentioned who it was calling after she took the phone from him."The guests are beginning to notice young Mr Topher's absence, Mrs Topher." He informed her."Sir Gregory gave a cheer speech to his nephew's new age and asked for him to come clink a glass of wine with him and now everyone's wondering where he is.""Keep everything under control, we will be on our way back very soon." She told him and went to Jake."We have to go back...""She needs to be taken to the hospital." Jake couldn't believe her. He wasn't going to leave Victoria till she got to the hospital safely."Someone will take her," he noticed how his mother was back to being autocratic now that Victoria wasn't dead anymore."I will go with her to this hospital and be with her.""Jake!" Gemma got angrier than she could contain."Do you have any idea how bad things will get if you don
Jake got to the beach of the sea and stopped the car. He quickly got out and went to where a car was parked. There was no one in the car so he looked around the water and saw the people he was looking for. They were on a yacht so he ran towards the water."Stop!" He yelled out but they didn't seem to hear him so he yelled louder."Stop! Don't do it!" He waved as he yelled."Can't you hear me?!" He screamed out but the yacht only went farther on the water till it stopped going. He stopped screaming, thinking they finally heard him and that was why the yacht was stopped but that wasn't why.He saw them throw a person into the water, he could see the water around there splash. He immediately took off his suit jacket and dived into the water.Gemma and Hale got there just in time to see him jump into the wavy water. Gemma got out of the car immediately and ran to the shore of the water."Jake!" She panicked when she saw him swimming further into the water. "Hale, do something!" She turned
Jake snuck out of the party like he did the first time and made sure no one was following him, especially his nanny. He knew she wouldn't let him into the room again after letting him the first time. His mother had instructed her to make sure he didn't talk to or meet Victoria but she risked her job when she let him; she might not let him again. Looking left and right to ensure that no one was around, he opened the door to Nanny Therese's room and went it. He was surprised that the lights were turned off because it wasn't when he was here earlier. He wondered if she had fallen asleep for the lights to be turned off. He went to where he knew the switch would be and turned on the light. Victoria wasn't on the bed sleeping like he thought. He picked up his neck chain and went to the bathroom door to knock."Vee?" He called out to her, strangely feeling worried. Victoria didn't respond to his call after he called out two more times so he opened the bathroom door and looked around.
"Jake?" He was called back just when he was about to go into Victoria's room. It was his eighteenth birthday and his mother had prepared a big party he did not ask for. After meeting many business men and women and thanking them for coming like his mother asked him to, he snuck out of the party which was holding in their large, hall-like living room.He hadn't seen Victoria since morning that day so he went straight to where he knew she would be, her and Nanny Therese's room."Jake?" It was Nanny Therese."What are you doing here? Do you want your mother to get angry at you on your birthday too?""I just want to see her," he explained to her."No. Your mother prohibits you.""Why is she in the room alone, I want her to be at the party.""No.""Did mum ask you not to let her?""Jake, please, just return to your party before the president notices you are gone." Nanny Therese worried that his mother might find out he left the party and she knew she wouldn't be happy to know that he came
"I would do that," she gave a reply to his question."I would drink a glass of wine so suddenly like that." "Why? You don't like me that much?" He asked and she didn't know what to answer so she opted for the only thing to avoid that question."It's not your turn to ask. It's my turn.""I'm waiting." He complied."Why don't you like your brother?" She asked something he didn't know if he could answer or not. He was starting to realize that she had lots of questions he wouldn't want to answer and he could end up drinking more than he could handle."You really want me to get drunk, don't you?" He asked and Victoria's eyes widened."Me? Get you drunk? No. Of course not." She swallowed and started to use her hand as a fan even if the air conditioning was working well."I make stupid decisions when it's you involved. I shouldn't have agreed to this, I'm surely getting drunk tonight.""You don't have to play the game if you feel like that." Victoria said to sound innocent and hoped he didn'
Victoria sat in the car while the helpers put in suitcases in two of the cars. She couldn't believe she actually did agree and was about to go to the airport and take a flight to the renowned Katar beach in M-city. She had always wanted to go there so she picked that place. At least, there would be an advantage to her agreeing to go on a honeymoon trip with him.She had spoken to him after her call with Amber yesterday and he assured her that they will be back two weeks before the preplanned fashion show so she can return to practicing with the other models.*****M-city."Wowww," Victoria let her eyes wander around her when she got out of the car that just stopped in front of the beach's resort."Do you like it?" Jake came up behind her."I love it. The place is beautiful. Much more beautiful than I thought." She had the biggest smile on and it made Jake happy."Your room," the hotel manager showed them to an executive suite and waited for Jake's comment but Victoria spoke first."It
"So, how's my brother-in-law doing?" "O my god, Amber, it's just for some months," Victoria told her friend and heard her laugh out loud over the phone."Mark my words, it's gonna be longer than that, way longer. I know love when I see it.""Here we go again.""You know I have a way to detect love when I see it.""And is that because he's billionaire Jake Topher?" Victoria laughed back before getting a knock on the door."Who is it?! Cora? Emily?" She asked, but when she didn't get a response, she decided to go for the door, leaving her phone on the bed."Give me a second, Amber,""Alright..." Amber replied to Victoria who was already by the door."Emily, I told you already, I eat all the types of fruits, so anyone you use to make my fruit salad is okay." Victoria started to talk before opening the door."Please don't come up to ask me again," She said on opening the door but saw that it wasn't Emily and neither was it Cora."Are you busy right now?" Jake asked her when she stood for s
"How did I? I guess I have a superpower, like you do" he reminded her of what she told him yesterday when they were alone in the kitchen.She laughed shortly."Okay, let's do this..." She had an idea to get him to tell her more of the things she wanted to know about him."How about I tell you about my grandma and our not-so-good relationship and then you tell me about you and your mother, and maybe your brother too?"Jake nodded. He didn't need her to tell him about her grandma because he knew her well, he knew about her relationship with her grandma but yet he nodded, anything to please her."Okay, I'll start." Victoria smiled. "My grandma is a nice woman, the nicest, I love my nana but...I haven't been on good terms with her since I turned eighteen, I mean there were a lot of things that led up to that but when I became eighteen, it kinda got out of hand." She paused and looked up from fiddling with her dish. After seeing that he was listening, she continued."I was in my Nana's roo