“What took you so long to answer?! You think this is your father’s house and you can just behave anyhow?!” Gabriella asked with a sneer as he walked out of his room.“Won’t I get changed Atleast?” he replied and she rolled her eyes at him.“Won’t I get changed atleast,” she mimicked angrily as she shoved the laundry basket in his hands.“Relax! Why are you always angry?” he muttered but loud enough for her to hear as they walked out of the house.“I don’t know what’s wrong with your family members, why they’re always angry,” she retorted and he chuckled lightly as they walked towards the washing area.***“Arghh, what sort of human is this!” Gabriella sighed angrily as she slowly stood up straight and placed her thumb and index finger on her forehead, using the other three fingers to cover her face frustratingly.“What did I do again?!” Jayden muttered,looking up up at her. His clothes were entirely soaked in water like he was just coming beaten by a really heavy rain.“What have you
“Julius?!” Julius suddenly looked up at Jayden and so did all of them, shocked to their bones that Jayden knew his name.“Umm, yes?!” Julius replied, the corner of his lips raised as he started at Jayden his eyes depicting uncertainty.“Julius, don’t even pretend like you don’t know me!” Jayden said as he took look strides towards him.Julius took two steps backwards as he looked up at Jayden, “I’m sorry, I don’t,” he replied.“What?! Mom is going to ignore and just throw me out of her life and you would do the same too?!”“Come on, we’re cousins, even if you all decide to throw me out as family, you’re my best friend Julius and the only friend I have!” Jayden muttered but Julius simply just shook his head.“Cousins?!” Gabriella and Jessica gasped simultaneously, their gaze darting between Jayden and Julius.“I’m sorry, I’d like to actually relate to what you’re saying but I can’t, I don’t think I’ve ever met you in my life,” Julius replied and Jayden’s eyes went wide.“You were jus
7:00am, Next Morning …..“Congratulations! You can start as soon as possible,” Matthew, the new employer said to them with a small smile, Gabriella’s eye shone in excited as she heaved a sigh of relief. Luckily the first coffee shop Jessica recommended were really short on staff and so it wasn’t so difficult for them to get employed.“Thank you sir, thank you so much sir” Gabriella gushed as she stepped forward and with a grateful smile, elbowed Jayden beside her who just stood with his hands behind him, like he was lost somewhere, far away from where they were right now.He jumped slightly and looked up at Matthew,”Thank you for giving us this opportunity, we promise not to disappoint,” “That’s okay, let me show you to your duty post” Matthew said and led them out of the office.****1:00pm that Afternoon ….Jayden exhaled deeply rubbing his forehead with the back of his hand.“How hard can working in a coffee shop be?!” He had thought when he was about to start, now five hours i
Next day, Morning 5:30 am….“Wake up, wake up Jayden!” Gabriella called, tapping his legs continuously.“Hmm, hmm” Jayden grunted, turning tiredly in bed and still not opening his eyes.“Stand up Jayden,” she said, her voice getting louder as her tap on his leg increased.“Can you just leave me alone!” He grumbled moving his legs from under her touch and rolling over to the other side of the bed.“What do you mean can I just leave you alone?! We have work dude!” She snapped.“Arghhh!” Jayden grunted as he finally sat up on the bed.“My body aches, my muscles are sore,” he muttered, she rolled her eyes at him and hissed slightly.“Stand up and have your bath, you’ll feel much better after that,”“You gym right, selling coffee at a coffee shop shouldn’t make your muscles sore, you’re just very lazy!” She replied as she turned around and walked out of the room.“If you wish, go back to sleep, once you loose your job, I will not be responsible for you!” She added as she walked out of the
Later that day ….7:00pm ….With long drawn face Gabriella and Jessica sat quietly in the living room as they watched Jayden pack up the small belonging he had in their house in a small duffel bag that Jessica had provided him.All throughout today at work and on their way home but Gabriella’s mind was already made up, she could no longer deal with him and the troubles he threw her way.Gabriella folded her hands across her chest, her gaze fixed on the empty space in front of her.“Thank you for letting me stay here for time being,” Jayden voiced as he finally packed up his bags and headed for the door.“Yeah,” Gabriella muttered, her face stoic and expressionless, she sat still where she was her hands still folded across her chest.Immediately they heard the door slam shut, Jessica pushed herself forward on the chair and leaned in closer to her.“It’s late Gab, this guy doesn’t even know his way around this area, you should Atleast let him stay the night!” Jessica said, Gabriella s
Next day …7:00am …A small knock came on Gabriella and Jessica’s room door, Gabriel grunted a little bit as she turned tiredly in bed, her eyes remained closed as she turned in bed, about to resume sleeping again, the knock came on the door again.“Jayden! Come in!” She muttered as she slowly sat up on her bed, her legs folded in front of her and he head slumped downwards tiredly.She had put on an hair bonnet before going to sleep last night but waking up now her hair was all over the place and the bonnet no where to be found, ahe exhaled deeply her rough and scattered hair covered her face as she buried her face in her palms, her elbows resting on her thigh.“Good Morning Gabbie,”“Good Morning Jessica!” Kayden chirped in high spirits as he twisted the door knob open and walked in, he walked towards the window and pulled the cotton open, letting the cool morning sun into the room, lighting up the room with a more golden hue.“Rise and shine my sponsors! It’s about to be a beautifu
Later that day, “I was really surprised though and embarrassed too, I just decided to take it like that” Lydia said to Darell and they both chuckled softly, they were actually at their duty post with Gabriella, there wasn’t any customer at the moment, so they just found their self talking and gisting randomly about past events in their lives.“If it was me, I wouldn’t have taken it! I would have fought for what I deserved!” Jayden said and Lydia shook her head with a small smile as she hit him playfully on his shoulder.“Didn’t you just hear what I said?! Fight for what I deserve with which money, on what grounds?!” She asked, he made to talk but he restricted himself from doing so immediately, one week ago ?! Yes. But now this was his reality and it’s true! He wouldn’t have been able to do shit!.“I know right, I get it!”“Can you guys just keep quiet for a little bit!” Gabriella finally voiced turning to them, they had been talking for some minutes now without involving her and h
Three weeks later ….Saturday Morning ….“Heyyyy, my wife, how are you doing?!” Jayden yelled smiling brightly at Tori who just came to the backyard to spread her cloth on the line.“My runaway husband!” She called in reply with a small smile as she placed her bucket on the floor and began to squeeze out her clothes and spread them on the line.“And truly your husband will runaway!” Gabriella imputed playfully, stepping out into the backyard to join Jayden where he was packing up the clothes they spread earlier.“Because I don’t understand why you’re harassing my guest!” She said, Tori chuckled lightly as she turned to look at Gabriella.“Really, guest after one month, I know I told you nobody is taking your husband away from you, but at this point he is our husband!” Tori replied and Jayden bursted out laughing, as he placed the clothing peg in the basket Gabriella came with.“Well, I’m enough to go round for everyone,” he said, Gabriella hit his arms and rolled her eyes at him.“Eww
“My love!” He whispered unintentionally again the words just coming out of nowhere and just flying out of his mouth shamelessly as the elevator doors went open again, he locked his gaze in on hers with dropped jaws, he couldn’t bring himself to say anything to her, she was here, very real as real as the day and night.Gabriella face deepened in light lines of frown as he stared at her, anger began to course through her veins as she stared at him, suddenly remembering every single thing she had been through after putting her out of her job for no reason in particular, her hands tightened into a fist as she stared at him, he just wanted to flex power on that day and she was the lab rat and it was actually sad that she couldn’t do anything about, the fact that she couldn’t actually do anything annoyed her more.The doors were coming close again and Jayden stepped into the elevator wordlessly.“Love,” he called again very tenderly and affectionately and for a moment she almost thought she
Jayden released his fingers which he had unconsciously tightened into a fist as he took long strides towards his office.Finally!, Atleast this is a means to an end, he was grateful that he did not actually decide to give up, this was definitely not the end, he was certain that Charis would never backdown without a fight.And now was the time to buckle up more than ever for the intense battle that is coming his way.Without breaking his strides he walked into his office and slammed the door shut.“How come you’re always here, you’ve suddenly abandoned your hotel?!” He asked as soon as he saw Julius inside arranging some things on the shelf.“Well I’m not sure you know the life of the office well enough, I’m just here to put you through until your new assistant comes on board,” Julius answered, as he finished up what he was arranging, immediately he was done he walked towards Jayden with his hands tucked in his pocket.“I trust you though, but you know how aunt Gina can be,” Julius add
Jayden paused as he turned fully to look at Charis, the grin on his face widening, Charis began to take long confident strides towards him.They stared at each other none of them breaking the stern gazes they had on each other.“I can see you’re here!” Charis said as he got to where Jayden stood, Jayden exhaled deeply as he finally broke off the eye contact and gently slipped his hands into his pocket.“I am,” he replied calmly, his gaze gently returning to Charis, he couldn’t quite understand the look in eyes but whatever the look in his eyes meant, he was determined to to put an end to everything he had put up with for Charis.“This is a done deal, there’s no point fighting,” Charis muttered, a small smirk curling at the corner of his mouth, Jayden’s face didn’t change neither did his face mirror any expression, his straight face was fixed as he stared at Charis try to threaten him.“Is that so?! We’ll see about that,” he muttered in reply as he turned around and walked into the con
Three Days Later …“I haven’t been able to get through to her,” Julius said to Jayden as he put on his suit and buttoned his sleeve, he adjusted his suit well and slowly looked in the mirror.“I guess she changed both her contact number and house address as her Employee’s details are now null,” he explained further, Jayden nodded slowly as he gently turned to face him, he closed the distance between then and placed his hands on his shoulder.“Thank you, I think I’ll take it up myself from here,” he said to him, Julius just nodded slowly in reply, Jayden patted his shoulder shortly as he let go of him, picked up his bag and began to head out of the house.“Bro,” Julius called, he paused and slowly turned around to face him,“Be careful, and I wish you goodluck today,” he muttered, Jayden nodded firmly his eyes filled with appreciation to Julius as he turned around and finally walked out of the house.He got into his car, placed his bag on the seat beside him, as he turned around and gr
Gabriella exhaled deeply as she tore out another page for the umpteenth time, squeezed it and threw it to the other side of the room.She exhaled deeply as she looked up at the corner of the living room where she had being throwing every application letter she had tried to write, it had formed a small heap by the corner of the room.“Ughh! This is annoying,” she muttered to herself as she pushed the reading table backwards and stood up from it, she walked towards the entrance, deciding to take a walk she picked out her winter jacket put it on and headed outside after securely bolting the door.As the cold breeze hit her skin, making her hair blow in any direction, she took in a deep breath as she aimlessly made her way down the road. Jessica had been responsible for paying every house bills for the past twenty days now although she wasn’t comfortable with it but Jessica insisted on not having her spend her savings on the bills as another job hadn’t opened up for her yet.She couldn’
Next Day …“Easy, easy gently,” Isabella kept saying to Jayden as he walked down the staircase, she held his drip rack for him as she assisted him down the staircase and towards the living room.“Are you sure you’re strong enough for all these?!” She asked for the umpteenth time, he sighed deeply as he looked up at her.“I’m fine Bella,” He replied, she nodded slowly and they continued their slow and steady steps downstairs.Immediately they got downstairs, she assisted him to sit on the chair, turned on the TV for him, quickly dashed to the freezer and took out a bottle of freshly pressed pineapple juice for him.“You know you don’t have to do this ?! We can always get an help” Jayden said as she poured him the juice in a cup, she smiled and quietly moved the cup closer to him and recapped the bottle.“Let’s watch a movie,” she replied instead as she took her seat beside him, picked up the remote and selected a movie for them to watch, she scooted closer to him and the movie began,
Beep Beep Beep The hospital monitor kept beeping, Jayden’s eyes slowly went open, his eyes roamed the room, wondering where he was, he tried to sit up but he released a small groan, his groan was what alerted his mom, she sharply looked up from the Bible she was reading, she carelessly placed it on the table and rushed to him.“Where’s Gabriella?!” was the first question that rolled off his tongue.His mother looked at him her brows knotted in surprise but she quickly pushed his question aside, just glad to finally see him awake again.“Where’s Gabriella, where’s my wife?! she’s the one I want to see right now!” He repeated gently pushing her off of him.“Who is Gabriella, when did you get married?! This is Mom, this is your Mother Jayden!” She replied.“No you’re not, I’m not interested in speaking to you! Get me Gabriella, the woman you saw me with at the restaurant!” He said again struggling to stand up.“The woman I saw you with?! At what restaurant?! Jayden stop scaring me!” Sh
Shortly After ….Jessica placed a small knock on the door to the room before she pushed it in and walked in.Gabriella just stared at her as she walked in and slowly made her way towards the bed, Gabriella was seated in front of the mirror, she had just had her bath and was trying to do her skin care routine for the night.“Bestie, are you okay?!” Jessica asked, she gently took her eyes off her reflection in the mirror and looked at Jessica in the mirror, she flashed her a dry smile before turning the chair to face her.“Ofcourse I’m fine, thank you for listening to my rant earlier,” she replied and Jessica nodded with a firm smile, she gently pulled the chair close to her and sat on the edge of the bed, she took Gabriella’s hands in hers as she stared in her eyes.“You do know that Jayden really loves you right,” she said.“And you shouldn’t blame him wanting to start a family with you,” “That’s not the point,” Gabriella interjected softly,“I listened to you talk and I get your po
Eight months later ….Evening 6:00pm …“What’s wrong?!” Jayden asked as he increased his pace and moved up to Gabriella, she had spoken to him in only few words throughout their journey home.“Nothing?! Why do you ask?!” She murmured in reply, he exhaled deeply as he stretched out his hands and held her by his shoulders in place to stand in front of him.“Don’t tell me nothing Babes, I need you to tell me what’s wrong with you, are you thinking about your mom again?!” He said staring down in her eyes with deep concern, she took her eyes off of him rolling her eyes to the back of her head.“I don’t understand, what’s this ugly friendship between you and Lydia,” she grumbled in reply not able to meet his eyes, he exhaled softly with a light chuckle.“Stop laughing it’s not funny, you giggle with her all day, you don’t even pay any attention to me,” she complained further and he finally bursted into the laughter that he didn’t think he was holding.“Don’t tell me you’re jealous of Lydia,