It was not the usual night in Perth. It was one of those nights when the cloudy skies gave way to thunder accompanied by flashes of lightning. The weather was as ice-cold, and every traveler took time to adorn themselves properly to keep warm. From a distance, two eloping lovers are waiting at the seaport to go aboard. The lady raced by the shore in the dark panting, her arm being held up by a masked and muscular man, he helped her with going down into the boat using the ladder. Escaping from her wicked stepmother although she was barely dressed was her priority. Yes, her stepmother had set her box of clothes on fire. She gazed around. "But I don't like this boat." She wiped off sand particles from her face with the back of her palm and combed the tail of her hair with her fingers. "It's just an old little piece of shit! This is risky, are you sure we are going to sail safely ashore"? She queried. "We are running away, there are no other boats available and we have no time to
Jason*"Wake up, wake up!" My mom gave me a light tap on my bare back. I twitched on the bed as I turned around to meet the sun rays emitting through the glassy window into my eyes. For a moment I kept blinking so I could regain my sight. Mom was smiling a kind of smile I couldn't comprehend. "I sent in one of the maids to wake you a couple of minutes ago, good morning son." She said and rose to her feet with folded arms looking down at me still wrapped up in the duvet. "Good morning mom," I mumbled and sat up on my bed, my eyes walked up to the silver wall clock and my body reacted to the shock it discovered. It was already nine o'clock and I was lazily sleeping and dreaming about something that would never occur. I exhaled feeling relieved that I had been dreaming all along because I was never engaged let alone thought about elopement. I do not have a lover and I cannot fall in love. I've got a tight schedule, I celebrated my 29th birthday four months ago and my dad has been pre
Jasmine* "Yes at Caravan Park" Hart said happily over the phone. Hart, my boyfriend just spoke with me over the phone asking that I meet him at our favorite rendezvous. Four days ago when I met him at his house, I stumbled on a pack inside his drawer. Out of curiosity, I opened it and found a diamond ring inside of it. "Jasmine, he wants to propose." Lilian, my step-sister said joyfully. She was the only one in my family who cared about me. I've been through a lot of trauma after my mom passed, Mrs. Smith took me to and fro hell. However, it's a thing of happiness that she was listed amongst those who must spend two weeks away from home, a conference held for the most experienced staff at work. "Oh my God, I'm blushing, we have been doing this for three years and I can't wait for it," I told Lilian. "What will you wear? You need to look stunning you know." Lilian smiled. "Yeah... But you know, I don't have cute dresses. Well, I think I will love to wear this one, it's my favo
Jasmine* From clear observation, the man was bitter about something. Two of the guards walked toward Lilian but she disappeared into the crowd faster than I could imagine. I was now alone in my mess, I hoped that Hart will come to my rescue. "Alright, I'll have to keep you with me until we get your friend." "Oh please," I began to beg. "I came here to meet Hart, my boyfriend. Please let me, I'll come back, I promise." I lied and he knew it. He took one more deadly stare at me and tilted his head. "You got a familiar look, have we met before in some place?” He asked letting his eyes settle elsewhere to avoid looking at me. I shook my head in fear. "What is your name?" "Jasmine Bryan." I said raising my face a bit more since my neck was starting to ache. "I heard her talking about your would-be husband, what did she mean?" "Absolutely nothing, Lilian is just a crazy girl." "Let her go." With my head hanging, I curtsied. "I'm grateful, I'm sorry about your coat." He didn't r
Jason* "Next file!" I bellowed but the door remained closed. "This is the third time I would be demanding for this and if you keep me waiting for too long, I assume you don't value your job. A lot of resumes and application forms are submitted daily, I don't search for workers; they look for me." I raised my voice and lowered my dark glasses, my gaze fixated on the door. "Next file," I repeated. Sona, my secretary ran in with numerous files and placed them before me, she nearly got her dress torn by the doorknob in the process. "I'm extremely sorry Sir." My eyes walked over her body, I shook my head. "If you keep displaying this trait of incompetency, I don't mind helping you to lose your job." I adjusted my tie and flexed my neck. "This file is not stamped yet, where is this file coming in from?" She bent a little forward, her eyes scanned a few lines in the paper. "This is from the photography unit sir, they got to replace the lights as they are getting dimmer." "Are ther
Jasmine* "Yes, Jasmine I did. She will employ you. She's a kind woman, her former helper will be resigning by the weekend and she requires another maid." Lilian said confidently."How well do you know her? You know, though I'll love to serve as a maid, I must know who my master and mistress are." "The media carried the death of her husband some days ago, she's a widow." "Oh, poor thing. I'll try my best to pass the interview." I told her"You definitely will, she owns a restaurant, and she goes there with her favorite maid." "Wow, if I'm considered, I'll try to be her favorite so I could bring back enough pies." I giggled. "How much is the pay?" "Three hundred thousand dollars." "What? that's so much money, she must be very wealthy." "Absolutely." I've sat back so many times to think about how far I would have gone if I'd had the capital to venture into the sales of groceries, and for once bring my dreams into reality. Yes, that feeling of being my boss. I could be better, cou
Jason* "Congratulations, I'll be launching the playground tomorrow. The children will be allowed to play as soon as that has been done." I told Dr. Garvey, the owner of a private orphanage located at the heart of the state. From time to time, I made sure I made donations to the orphanage. Last month, the sum of two million dollars was being credited into their account for the welfare of the orphans, it was more like giving a complimentary support to encourage him. "Thank you so much, you are such a good man." His lips twitched into a broad smile, it revealed how excited he was. "And you too, this whole responsibility is vested in you, Mr. Garvey. You are in charge here and you deserve this," I remarked. "I can't wait to see the children playing happily during leisure and also, I'm grateful for the donation of reading materials to the school, your goodness rings in our hearts, Mr. Jason." "It's a pleasure, Goodman." We shook hands and he walked out of my office. I was about to
Jason* "Yes, may I know you?" I asked an unfamiliar lady, my guards stood around her to keep her away from proceeding further. She was somewhat lean, flat-chested with heavy makeup. Her appearance reminded me of a certain stripper I saw at a club. She smiled often revealing her diastema, her eyes walked over my body constantly. "I'm Aurora, the daughter of the former most famous Artist in the state. I lied about wanting to expose a secret, sir. I just wanted to meet with you. I'm interested in serving Mrs. Laura as her maid." "You must be insane! Do I look like a kid to you?" She fell to her knees and began begging. "I thought it was the only way I will be permitted to meet with you." She said with pitiful eyes. "Oscar! Throw this nincompoop outside the gate." I thought about saying that but I decided to be calm, today was my happy day. "This is my house, not Mrs. Laura's. You may leave now, good luck to you at Mrs. Laura's." I said without trying to be compassionate but my
Just like every other woman, I also fell in love because I needed to feel what others felt too.I may be pretentious when it comes to revealing my emotions but why would I begin to expose such delicate pieces of information to a man? Nay, I can't. It's quite difficult and unnecessary.I'm secretive, yes, I am and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Jayden was a good man who didn't deserve to die. After going miles for me? He deserved to survive and watch me pay back his every coin though he didn't do it for a pay.You see Jason? He is every woman's dream man and I loved the billionaire since the day we met. When at Caravan Park, our eyes got locked in a stare and I found it difficult to pull away. Yes, that was where the magic happened! It was how I realized that I was never getting away from him.It was either he casted a spell on me or the reverse was the case because we watched each other's faces like umm... Never mind, we watched just as humans that we are.He looked like a rare Mr. Perf
Gerald*His guards were useless or maybe he had asked them to remain calm. They stood with their useless guns pointed at me.Was that to scare me off?I wonder why he didn't tell them that he had joined an agency of The brotherhood at Highschool and it made him a part of us.He used to be our armourer and he had the potential of splitting a man up into two halves simply with his bare hands but he was under restraint.Sadly, he began to embrace civility after he graduated from Highschool. We lost him and we missed him but today was no day for mercy.A treasonist did not need to go scot-free. "You want to fight me as an equal?" I asked him upon seeing that he still got the trait of a fighter in him. "These few years you have not trained, you stopped at level five are you sure you want to do this?"He nodded at me and I gave him a grin. "I'm without my war robes, so, discard yours if you are in," He threatened me."Jason?""Gerald, it's me daring you now." His eyes were bloodshot.I tu
Jason* "I will take care of the baby, don't think of getting rid of it. I will nurture him or her as my own child, it's the best way to apologize right?" She ran toward me and hugged me tightly. "Thank you so much, I love you." A gunshot went into the air twice or was it in the air? C'ause immediately after it was a shout and men running helter-skelter for help. I perceived danger. The hotel was under an attack, my enemies had finally had their way into my personal lodge. I went out of the toilet to see what exactly was going on and then I spotted my worst enemy, he had just engaged in a fist exchange with the Chief Security Officer and overthrew him. Wait did he just overthrow him? Then we were so so dead! What? I screamed in despair upon remembering that Oscar had taken off with Lisa as soon as they got the message I sent to them. He was my most trusted guard, now I was defenseless but I knew I must protect Jasmine. I returned to the bed to meet a worried pretty lady stari
Jason*My mother-in-law, Mrs. Smith kept compelling us over the phone to pay her a visit because she had prepared something very beautiful for us."Something beautiful? My stepmom prepared something beautiful? That woman is another person we must avoid," My wife said to me."She was so penitent, my love and I believe that she's being real."My wife let out an outburst of laughter and shook her head, "I hope you didn't give her any information of our whereabouts?""I didn't, we just got talking recently.""You gave her your number?" She popped out her eyes in fear. "No, I didn't. I wonder how she got it." I said as I began to search my phone. "Here's her digits, see if you can recognize the number," I asked putting the phone across to her."Sadly, I have never stored her codes in my phone and I would never do such."I chuckled and we got seated around the dining table. "I planned on sending Oscar and Lisa away to be alone at least for a week and afterward pay them off if they want to
"You will be fine, my love. Just follow the case carefully, work with the cops, they will refund all your money.""They definitely will, if his heart is hardened toward his twin brother, the brother he lived with for good eight months in his mother's womb, then I will make him regret his existence. Have I told you how tough I can be?""You show that to me every time during coitus but hey, did you say eight months?"Jason burst out laughing on hearing her first statement."I'm glad I married you, you are just amazing. Yes, eight months only, we were in an incubator for a while.""Woah. That's alright. Concerning the eatery you erected in my name, what happens to my position at The Bang and Cum Industry?""You can do both things at the same time, you have got gifted hands my love. I can't shut you out of the Bang and Cum Industry because you now own an eatery, come on.""So, you mean I won both places?""Definitely,"""You are my savior thank you for saving me." "You are my savior too,
The priest beckoned on a boy who stood beside an amplifier to bring the tray that contained the golden rings.The little boy smiled at the priest and took swift steps toward him."Do you, Jason..., take Jasmine to be your lawfully wedded wife, promising to stick by her in good and bad times, to guide and protect, for better or worse, in wealth and in penury, in sickness and in health, as long as you both live and till death do you part?""I do," Jason responded with a nod even when the priest was still talking lest someone shouted a counter reply from the crowd, he knew his enemies were also in attendance.The priest nodded at him before turning to Jasmine, "Do you, Jasmine..., take Jason to be your lawfully wedded husband, promising to stick by him in good and bad times, to guide and protect, for better or worse, in wealth and in penury, in sickness and in health, as long as you both live and till death do you part?""I do," She responded with a smile that was only visible to her bec
Jasmine*"I didn't love Jayden," I paused and rubbed my lips, I lied. I did love him but I loved Jason more. See the difference? "I dated Hart, life happens. Why?""It's just that umm... You know I kind of had a rethink about the sequence,""Fuck you! You ain't dying, I wasn't just meant to be with them, I just needed to come back to the right person. I feel so.""If I'm the right, then I consider myself lucky." He turned and smiled, captivating smile."What can I do prove my love to you?""Simple, love me and no one else, I mean no other man. I need your love, Jasmine.""My love is enough to spare. So, tell me, am I not permitted to love my own son?""Our son, why should you not?" We laughed and he held me closer. "No one else can tell how happy you make me, I'm lucky, I'm very lucky to own you again. I told you we were meant for each other.""I knew that too, the thoughts that we will be wedded in two days is still a surprise to me, I'm very anxious.""Not as anxious as I am," We sm
Jasmine*I would not have heard him because I was lost looking at his body, he was so muscular in appearance. I managed to shift my eyes away from him."I don't need a big wedding, I only need love on my wedding day. A few guests will be invited and not the whole world and note, Nicole must not be invited. She must not be there.""Why do you hate her so much?""Just like you hated Jayden?""Oh, don't talk about the dead, let the dead sleep and let the living talk about themselves.""You know what, all these stories about ghosts I don't believe in their existence and as such, I have got no business with a dead person getting angry that we are bothering him, that's absurd." I told him.Jason laughed, "But from where did you get that orientation? Cause I don't believe in it either though most people do. I'm just advising you to umm... Not mention him here, let's just do our own business and let him out of it.""Nicole should not be at the wedding, that's final. You think she is happy to
Jasmine*"Yes, Mrs. Jasmine. Ariella was reportedly dead and on confirmation by the doctor this morning, we learned that she is truly dead. She died of AIDS."Sonia said yet again."Oh my God, from where did she pick that up?""From her uncle, she has been dating her late uncle who was infected without her knowledge.""He must have done that intentionally,""That is what we assume,""What did my fiancé say about this?""He said nothing, he doesn't even want to hear about the details,"Fiona came around my office later in the day, her excitement on seeing me was getting me emotional."I told you about this, I feel so happy for you my Dear.""I'm surprised just like you are, I never thought he would forgive me.""I knew he would, he just needed to clear his head and think straight. You actually broke his heart, you know.""No, he broke mine,""No, I insist, you broke the gentleman's heart by running away with his first set of quadruplets, do you want to know how much he bragged about hi