Chapter Twenty-Two - She Was PureSteve's POVI groan as I search for my phone to turn off the beeping noise. My hands grab a hold of it and I subconsciously press the power button to turn off the alarm before dropping the phone back onto the nightstand.I feel someone steer beside me drawing the Duvet to themselves. I try to open my eyes only to be hit by a pounding headache."Ughh!" I groan again as I rub my forehead in a bid to soothe the ache.I slowly sit up, resting my back on the headrest. I felt cold as the duvet was no longer covering me.I slowly opened my eyes and welcomed an eye-blinding flash of sunlight from the window. I look around the room not sure I know where I ended up.I glanced at my body to see I was naked out of shock I looked at the person steering beside me. There lay Celia Sleeping peacefully with light snores leaving her lips."Shit!" I hit my palm on my face not wanting to wake her"How did this happen?" I beat myself up inwardlyI may be having a bit of a
Chapter Twenty-Three - "Can We Talk"Celia's POVIt's been two days since I lost my virginity to him yet I hadn't seen him, he hadn't called nor had he texted. Today was our doctor's first appointment day and I hoped he would come to pick me up.I walked into the shower to take a warm bath, I still felt sore down there after the night's experience.I turned on the water and it began to fall on me. I started with my hair as I shampooed it and washed off the Mint shampoo then applying my conditioner I covered it with a shower cap to let it sit while I scrubbed my body.As I took my bath I thought about the fragments of the night as I remembered them. He hadn't forced me. I have been fantasizing about him from the day we met at the event.What happened may have happened out of the influence of alcohol but I do not regret it. I needed to speak with him so he wouldn't think I was still angry at him.I rinsed off my hair and body before walking out of the bathroom. I plugged my hand dryer a
CHAPTER ONESTEVE'S POV"Now that your father has finally decided that it's time to retire and hand over the company to you, don't you think it's proper that you and your wife start making plans to give the Williams family an heir at least your father and I can rest easy," my mother said for the umpteenth timeTrust my mother to bring up this kind of topic at such a time, she just couldn't let my wife be, I wish I had the liberty to move out, I would not have stayed because my mother had proven to be a thorn in my marriage.For a little context, my mother never liked Diana right from the first day I introduced her as my girlfriend for reasons best known to her. She made every effort to make sure the wedding didn't hold but it was either Diana or no one else.Today, my father called for this family dinner, my Sister Stella and her husband Nathan were invited, he had announced his intentions to retire hence handing over to me.My father was diagnosed with hypertension Five years ago on
CHAPTER TWOCELIA'S POV"Table five needs a waitress," Sam said looking at md"But I am covering more than half of the entire pub, could you assign table five to someone else?" I pleaded"If you don't want the job you might as well quit!" Sam threw back"Fine, I'm on it" I picked up my pen and note reluctantlySam was being extremely mean because I had refused to grace his bed as he asked, I didn't care though, at least I am lucky he hadn't fired me, if I were fired how would I afford to pay my bills?At 15, I dropped out of school to support my family, if only I had a responsible father, maybe I wouldn't have had to drop out. But my father being the drunk and gambler he was kept gambling with my tuition fee until we couldn't afford to replace it anymore after Mum's accident, I had to stop and start assisting with the responsibility.I am 24 years old and currently working four jobs to make ends meet, I barely get straight Five hours' worth of sleep. I take on side gigs on weekends ju
CHAPTER THREESTEVE'S POVI woke up with a strong migraine, I had drunk myself to a stupor yesterday night, I took a minute to glance around so I'd know where I ended up but to my surprise, I was sitting on a couch in my private suite at a hotel I owned, how did I even get here? Did I spend the night on the couch? No wonder my neck is stiff.I swayed my neck left and right to try to ease the tension, I reached out for my phone on the side stool only to notice a note placed under my phoneI picked it up, rubbed my eyes off the sleep, and took a look at the first sentence which read "Thank you so much for last night Sir""Shit!! Shit!! What had I done, I may have been angry with Diana but I would never intentionally cheat on her." I murmured to myself as I threw the note back on the table, partially too scared to find out what I did in my drunk state.Giving it a second thought and realizing that I could only handle the issue if I knew what I did, I decided to keep reading."I owe you f
CHAPTER FOURDIANA'S POV(Trigger warning ⚠️:Rape)I've been so restless since I got up this morning, trying to make up a good and convincing story for Steve to make sure he believes me. True to my assumptions Steve returned at noon the next day, and I saw him through the window packing the Porsche in the driveway, where my drama took place.I pulled out my menthol rub and applied it at the tip of my tear duct and in seconds I teared up and began pacing the room so I could run out of breath.I ruffled my hair and looked like a mess, I knew he couldn't bear to see me in that state. Immediately I heard the door knob turn I rushed to the door and flung myself onto his body the moment I caught sight of him.I was taken aback when he hugged me back and started patting my hair, "that was too easy" I thought. After a few minutes, I pulled my face from his chest and faced him, he moved me aside walked up to the couch, and sat down, I stood fixed at the spot we hugged and simply turned to face
CHAPTER FIVECELIA'S POVSaturdays are usually my free days, all I had to do were house chores and spend time with my siblings but today was one of those Saturdays I had to work for extra income.I have registered under Exquisite Event Planners for over a year now, I got a call two days ago enlisting me as one of the ushers for a very big company's handover ceremony in Baton Rouge, the pay was beyond anything I had made from ushering, it was a Four-hour job and I would receive $60 per hour, I couldn't pass up on this chance given I lost my fourth job two days ago.After leaving the man at the hotel suite, I didn't have enough money to take a cab since I was running late. I had to run to the bus station but unfortunately, the bus going to my town had left 5 minutes ago, I had to wait 15 minutes for another bus to arrive. When I got to work I was 45 minutes late hence the Store owner fired me.I took my time getting ready for my gig and after about 30 minutes of going back and forth in
CHAPTER SIXCELIA'S POV"My Bride," Mr Charlie said smiling at me sheepishly and raising his glass for me to fill it with wine, he looked a little tipsy though I ignored and refilled his glass, and his friend as I presume raised his glass towards me to fill, as I stretched my arm to reach his glass I felt another hand creeping into my thighs which sent shock through my body as I panicked and dropped the glassThis noise caught the attention of people close by as they all stared in my direction making me bow my head in shame.Luck being on my side, the wine I spilled was only enough to barely fill two glasses, had I broken a full bottle of wine, how would I pay for it, if the hosts asked me to payI glared at Mr Charlie in disgust as I walked away towards our stand to get a broom, I returned as fast as I could and cleaned up the mess, so I could get back to work and be productive to earn my pay but I could feel Mr Charlie's eye all over my legs, such a disgusting old fool.After carefu