MIRABEL
"I will take my leave now," I said, attempting to leave the car.
"And who ordered you to?" He said in a deep tone that made me shiver.
"Earlier your voice was loud as you stated your stance and you want to leave now? I didn't order you to and so you can't."
"That's just who you've always been. So good at making others think you are some innocent person. You aren't one. You are a pretender and if I hadn't figured you out, I'd have easily fallen for it."
"You are vehemently denying having anything to do with him and that's the more reason I believe there's something. If there was nothing, you wouldn't see the need to be defensive." He said through gritted teeth.
As much as I felt good speaking up earlier, I suddenly regretted it. It's like I added more fuel to the fire.
"You didn't have much to say be other day when I saw you with the second chief for the head of departments but you have enough to day today." He clicked his tongue. "You can deceive everyone but I'm not one of them. I won't fall for it twice."
Twice? What was he saying?
"I don't understand you?" I said a little breathy.
"You don't have to. It's better than the way. Just make sure that when you go back to the office, you rearrange my schedule and bring them for me. Is that clear?" He got out of the car before I could leave and I heaved a sigh of relief although I was still worried.
As I did as told, Miriam, Giveons girlfriend came in looking stunning as usual with her long legs out in display. She was wearing a short body hug dress that fitted her perfectly. She had her makeup done well as usual with her long lashes out for display.
Her blonde hair was straightened today, giving her a different vibe.
I didn't fail to watch her although I didn't want to and she also noticed.
Giveon stepped out of his office that second.
"Hey babe." He said to her and his eyes met with mine briefly.
"I was surprised when you called for me. I was in the middle of some shoots but I postponed them for you. Goodness, I've missed you." She wrapped her arms around him and they kissed.
I should have looked away after all it wasn't my business but Giveon was looking at me while he kissed her.
He pulled back shortly and smirked at me.
"That was weird." I thought to myself.
What was he trying to prove? I felt a little affected by it. It was none of my business yet I was affected by it.
"It seems you are dying to have me, isn't that it?" She pulled him with her seductively into the office and I expected them to close the door but they didn't. They did close the door but not completely as they should.
I ignored them and continued to work as I should but I couldn't help but look in through the small opening.
I mentally slapped myself, feeling perverted. I excused myself to go use my bathroom. By the time I'd come back, I could hear the loud moaning of Miriam.
Did she not realize that she was moaning? I cringed hard at how she sounded like a cat. I walked towards the door to close it so that I don't hear any more of it and concentrate on my work only for my eyes to meet with Giveon while he thrusted into Miriam on his desk.
My eyes widened a little and I gasped from getting caught. I didn't fail to notice the little smirk that masked his face when we locked eyes for a nanosecond.
I closed the door and went back to my desk, no longer hearing the moanings. I received an email from the professor my grandpa had hired for me reminding me of classes starting tonight.
"I will call you when I'm settled, babe," Miriam said to Giveon.
I looked at my computer, refusing to look at them but I didn't mind the conversation that they had. If Giveon was doing all of this to her a reaction from me then he was wrong.
That's childish of him and I've told him that I didn't have any feelings for him. I couldn't believe that he was still holding on to that and trying to prove a point.
"Miss Harrison, my office now!" Giveon ordered and I panicked.
He was angry. Was he going to punish me? It's not like I watched them deliberately. They opened the door and I wanted to go close it.
I stood up from my seat as my heart began to race faster than normal. I walked towards his office. As soon as I stepped into his office, I noticed that he wasn't inside.
"Giv…" Before I could complete my word, I felt him closing the door behind me, now standing in front of me while my back rested against the door.
"You had such a fun time watching me didn't you?" He said, his tone was rough yet suave.
"W… what?" I could barely hear my own voice.
He chuckled. "Don't pretend like you didn't like watching me. So tell me, were you able to cum from watching me fuck another?"
"What?" I almost choked on my own words.
“Why are you pretending once again? I saw you. I saw the way you looked at her in envy, wishing that you were the one I was fucking, didn’t you?”
Where does he get his assumption from? He’s always quickly to say words without fact.
“That’s not true.” I denied.
“Then why were you watching? Or are you going to deny that you didn’t watch us?”
I cleared my throat. “That’s far from what you think Mr Jameson. The door was opened and I was getting distracted by the cat noises she was making so I decided to go close the door.”
“Distracted? So you admit that you’re distracted and wished to be fucked by me? Is that it?”
I felt like I had been slapped with some bucket of ice because it was like every words I said was being used against me.
MIRABELIt took everything in me to be able to push him off me.I looked at him frowning. "Please, stop accusing me of what I'm not, and stop trying to touch me in ways that make you think I want it when I don't." "And she speaks. I wasn't the one who said I was distracted. It was you who got distracted seeing me with another. It's okay to admit that you are jealous." He countered."But I'm not." My voice almost failed me.He looked at me for some seconds as if thinking about something else to use against me but instead, when he opened his mouth to speak, he said something else. "There is a family dinner this Friday at my parent's place. They asked me to invite you so make sure to look your best and also don't do anything that will make me angry. You can leave."What? I mentally gasped. Could Giveon be bipolar? It was how he suddenly switched on me. One minute he was being too much and the next it was like he didn't care and my presence irritated him. I walked out of the room and ba
MIRABEL"You look beautiful every time I see you. How have you been?" Sandra asked me for the second time tonight as we settled on the dining table."I've been good Sandra, and you?" I asked with a smile on her face."I'm always looking good. What is working with your husband like? How are you catching up? I hope he's not being too strict on you forgetting you are his wife?" She asked, letting out a small laugh afterward."You know he can be like his father when he wants to be." She placed her hand on her husband's hand on the table and looked at him with a smile on her face. "My husband can be so strict when he's at work but behind all of that grumpiness, he's a big baby."I didn't fail to notice the smile on Giveons dad's face as he looked at his wife. It was evident that he was in love with his wife but I couple say the same for his son."It's going well. I'm managing well." I replied. "I hope you aren't hard on her Giveon." She was now speaking to her son who hadn't said a word t
GIVEON JAMESON"Take care son and call us when you get home." My mom said."I will," I replied."Make sure to take care of her and be nice." She reminded me."Seriously mom?" I replied, feeling bored already because I knew what it was that she was doing. She was my mom and also one of those who knew how hard it was for me then to get my heart broken by a girl for the first time.It wasn't like we were ever together but I crushed on her. Everyone except her knew that but somehow she managed to break my heart without accepting me first. It's been five good years since I last saw her. Five years since I promised to never see her again and to hate her for shattering my heart. I remember the first time my parents told me about the arranged marriage, I told them I wasn't interested and turned them down.Every time they wanted me to settle down, I reminded them I was still young and I wasn't twenty-five years but she would tell me settling down early wasn't a bad thing.That was until my mo
MIRABEL “Your mother’s insurance doesn’t cover her immunotherapy so that’s why you need to pay up.” The doctor said to me with a much calmer tone than the others. I was seated in front of him, holding on tightly to my pants as my mind raced with the possibility of losing my mother. She was all I had left and losing her after we had just lost Dad, I would never survive it. “I understand this is too much for you and that’s why I am suggesting you ask a relative for help. Anyone? A friend? Family?” He asked and I shook my head as I fought back the tears that threatened to spill. It was just the two of us, no one else. “Listen Mirabel, your mom doesn’t have much time and that’s why I am advising you to find someone that can help, it’s the only way because you can’t possibly raise such an amount on your own.” He advised. He was right, I knew he was right but there was no one else. There was really no one else. As I made my way out of his office and towards my mom’s room, the t
MIRABEL I am seated in one of the best five star restaurants in the country, nervously pulling at the uncomfortable yet classy dress I am wearing while I wait for the man that is supposed to be my husband in a few days from now. Before Mom married my father, she was supposed to marry into a wealthy family whose head was grandfather’s business partner, a marriage deal that would have created a huge opportunity for his business but Mom had refused to marry him and gone ahead to marry my Dad, for doing that, she lost everything, all her inheritance. And now, I was seated in her place, to carry out a contract marriage in exchange for her medical bills getting cleared. That was the only reason I was doing this, for Mom. I would never be able to survive losing her too, not after we lost Dad so that was one of the main reasons I needed her to stay alive and the only person that could help make that possible was grandfather. So doing what he said was no longer a matter of choice, i
MIRABEL My reflection stared right back at me in the mirror, dressed in a wedding dress that was chosen by my grandfather and about to walk down an aisle to marry a man that had done nothing but make my life miserable since high school. He did all those horrible things to me and didn’t even remember me. How could he not possibly remember the face of the girl he had tortured almost every single day? How could he even stomach funding and leading a campaign against bullying when he had not even changed a bit? What kind of monster was Giveon Jameson? And the worst part was, I was about to get married to that same monster. I could barely swallow anything and the more I tried to shove down my emotions, the more it rushed to the surface and the urge to break down in tears became so overwhelming. Grandfather simply refused to let me see mom so I was all alone even though my grandfather was right beside me, leading me down the aisle. There was no need to raise the veil for me to s
MIRABEL"Wake up." I heard someone say accompanied by a tap on my body. My eyes fluttered open as my head banged. Standing in front of me with a frown on her face was a maid. "Wake up." She said again, her tone harsher.For some seconds, I had wondered who she was and where I was because this wasn't my room and I don't recall taking a job as a maid or anything and then it snapped on me.I had gotten married to Giveon, my high school bully and he had accused me of wanting to seduce him and kicked me out with a blanket out of his room.I recalled how I had been humiliated and kicked out of the room to falling down the stairs. A kind maid had assisted me to this room where I had resided."You have to get dressed as some guests will be coming over today." The maid informed me.I don't recall seeing her or knowing her from anywhere because it didn't make sense to me why she was being rude to me. "Who?" I asked inquisitively."You will see for yourself but I've been told to assist you i
MIRABELI sighed deeply as I sat on my bed with my towel wrapped around my body. Tomorrow would be my first day at work and I wasn't prepared. I have never worked in an office before. I didn't even finish college because my mom fell ill and I've been struggling with life. If it wasn't for the situations I had, I should have graduated college two years ago but sadly I didn't. I never studied business, I don't know what it's about but somehow I have to start working as Giveon's assistant.I will be working with him from tomorrow. Earlier today, Zara brought some clothes for me if he needs them for work tomorrow. I was expecting someone to come explain to me what it was that I'd do but no one has. This might be a perfect opportunity for me to get close to Giveon and expose him just as I had intended to do but for some reason, I didn't think that I'd be able to pull through with it. Just as I got rid of my towel to wear my pajamas, the door to my room opened and Giveon stepped in. My
GIVEON JAMESON"Take care son and call us when you get home." My mom said."I will," I replied."Make sure to take care of her and be nice." She reminded me."Seriously mom?" I replied, feeling bored already because I knew what it was that she was doing. She was my mom and also one of those who knew how hard it was for me then to get my heart broken by a girl for the first time.It wasn't like we were ever together but I crushed on her. Everyone except her knew that but somehow she managed to break my heart without accepting me first. It's been five good years since I last saw her. Five years since I promised to never see her again and to hate her for shattering my heart. I remember the first time my parents told me about the arranged marriage, I told them I wasn't interested and turned them down.Every time they wanted me to settle down, I reminded them I was still young and I wasn't twenty-five years but she would tell me settling down early wasn't a bad thing.That was until my mo
MIRABEL"You look beautiful every time I see you. How have you been?" Sandra asked me for the second time tonight as we settled on the dining table."I've been good Sandra, and you?" I asked with a smile on her face."I'm always looking good. What is working with your husband like? How are you catching up? I hope he's not being too strict on you forgetting you are his wife?" She asked, letting out a small laugh afterward."You know he can be like his father when he wants to be." She placed her hand on her husband's hand on the table and looked at him with a smile on her face. "My husband can be so strict when he's at work but behind all of that grumpiness, he's a big baby."I didn't fail to notice the smile on Giveons dad's face as he looked at his wife. It was evident that he was in love with his wife but I couple say the same for his son."It's going well. I'm managing well." I replied. "I hope you aren't hard on her Giveon." She was now speaking to her son who hadn't said a word t
MIRABELIt took everything in me to be able to push him off me.I looked at him frowning. "Please, stop accusing me of what I'm not, and stop trying to touch me in ways that make you think I want it when I don't." "And she speaks. I wasn't the one who said I was distracted. It was you who got distracted seeing me with another. It's okay to admit that you are jealous." He countered."But I'm not." My voice almost failed me.He looked at me for some seconds as if thinking about something else to use against me but instead, when he opened his mouth to speak, he said something else. "There is a family dinner this Friday at my parent's place. They asked me to invite you so make sure to look your best and also don't do anything that will make me angry. You can leave."What? I mentally gasped. Could Giveon be bipolar? It was how he suddenly switched on me. One minute he was being too much and the next it was like he didn't care and my presence irritated him. I walked out of the room and ba
MIRABEL"I will take my leave now," I said, attempting to leave the car."And who ordered you to?" He said in a deep tone that made me shiver."Earlier your voice was loud as you stated your stance and you want to leave now? I didn't order you to and so you can't.""That's just who you've always been. So good at making others think you are some innocent person. You aren't one. You are a pretender and if I hadn't figured you out, I'd have easily fallen for it." "You are vehemently denying having anything to do with him and that's the more reason I believe there's something. If there was nothing, you wouldn't see the need to be defensive." He said through gritted teeth.As much as I felt good speaking up earlier, I suddenly regretted it. It's like I added more fuel to the fire."You didn't have much to say be other day when I saw you with the second chief for the head of departments but you have enough to day today." He clicked his tongue. "You can deceive everyone but I'm not one of th
MIRABEL"Mr Bolton.""Mr Jameson." Both men said simultaneously as they shook hands."I'm glad that you could spare us some time for me. I sincerely appreciate it." Mr Bolton said to Giveon as we all sat down on the table for three."This is my assistant and she will be jotting down our conversation today making it easy for me to get back to your needs and reach out to you if I'm pleased," Giveon informed Mr Bolton.A smile formed on Mr Bolton's face. "Thank you."He looked young but older than the both of us. "I'm glad that you took your time out here to listen to me. I would never take this for granted." Mr Bolton said. Giveon told him to go ahead and tell him what it was that he had on his plate. As he began to speak about his business, I jotted down things that needed to although I felt that way I wasn't certain and I hoped Giveon wouldn't have any complaints later on.Giveon listened to him attentively while I played my part. He gave several reasons why Giveon should invest in
MIRABELI returned to the office after lunch only to see Giveon on my seat doing something on my computer.I looked at my wristwatch to see if I was late and it was just one minute past lunch time so I wasn't late. What did he need so urgently that he couldn't wait for me? I thought to myself."What is your middle name, Mrs Harrison?" Giveon asked as he took some paper from the printer before standing up from the chair."Tara?" I replied and he scoffed."More like tardiness? The T in your name stands for tardiness because tell me why you make it hard for me to work with you. Is it because you think I won't fire you?"Once again, he was coming for me unprovoked because I don't recall ever doing anything to make him this angry. I wasn't even late. This only goes to prove he chose to do what he wanted himself to make me feel bad."I…""Zip it." He cuts me off, his index finger hanging in the air."Get ready. In ten minutes we are leaving the office. I need you to write down every discus
MIRABEL"Hey. What are you doing here?" I said to Josh, surprised to see him here this morning. Josh dressed just like on Friday when I saw him is claded in a two-piece black suit today with a file in his hand."Hey. I have some work with the CEO. Weren't you aware?" He asked, smiling at me. I shook my head before going through Giveons schedule for the day. "But you aren't on the schedule, or are you…" I trailed off when I read the word that was put in the abbreviation. "HOD design departments?" He flashed me a smile confirming it. "You got promoted?" I asked."Yes, this morning." He replied making me smile so hard. They explained why I wasn't aware. Over the weekend when I met with Beauty, he ended up joining us and that's how we bonded. It went naturally and we exchanged numbers too.I've been feeling good since Saturday after my grandpa and I spoke and on Sunday we went to visit my mom at the hospital. She was surprised to see her dad because she could swear that until she died
MIRABELI sat quietly in the living room of my grandpa's mansion, playing Candy Crush on my phone while waiting for him. He sent a text Friday night asking to see me because he wanted to discuss it with me. Thankfully the time he chose wouldn't clash with my schedule with Beauty because we planned on visiting the mall today to get some things and also to bond more. It's been fifteen minutes since I arrived and he was yet to come. I didn't mind it though because there was still a lot of time for me. Finally, I followed footsteps, so I lifted my head to see my grandfather walking towards me dressed in black make kaftan. I stood up on my feet to go hug him. Although we didn't have any good relationship, that was how I greeted him still."Good afternoon Grandpa." "It's so lovely to see you here. How are you?" He asked. We were now seated on the couch. "In doing good.""How is it going with Giveon? I hope he's treating you well. How is work too? I hope it's going well too?" He asked.
MIRABEL"Josh!" Beauty called out, waving her arms behind me to someone I think she knows.I didn't bother to turn because I didn't know who it was. We were currently at the company career is for lunch. "Beauty." I heard the voice of the man named Josh and I still didn't turn. I could hear footsteps from behind me until I finally got the see the Face of the man who was now standing in front of our table.He was tall and that was the only thing I noticed because I didn't bother to look at his face while I devoured my food."When did you return from your leave and why didn't you tell me?" Beauty asked. They had both hugged earlier when he came and now she was back sitting while he stretched his arms to pull a chair towards our table so he could sit. "I resumed today. I wasn't supposed to but I had to since I didn't have anything to do." He answered."You are quite the hard worker, aren't you? Instead of using your whole leave, you decide to come to work. I have to give it to you Joshu