Chapter Twenty-Seven

The Conference 

Maria's POV 

  

  After the flopped dinner event with Sebastian and his sister, I buried myself deep inside work and life as Nathan's mother to avoid him and the troubles that came with him.

  Whenever he called I was either busy with work or Nathan hence there was no time to have lengthy conversations or even see him.

  Two weeks later, I was invited to be a guest speaker in one of the biggest conferences that was held in the legal sphere in collaboration with the business sphere.

  “Man! I am so excited about this conference. I am so excited to be in Paris again.” Helena shouted as we exited our plane to head to the SUV that would take us to our suite.

  I had guest speaker privileges and Helena was enjoying every single moment.

  “I am nervous, man.” I stated plainly.

  “Oh, come off it. You will do fine.” She waved me off, more interested in the glitz that came with being a speaker at the conference.

  “The crowd.” I stated and Helena turned.

  “You do realize that Sebastian will be in the audience? Right? In fact, he is here already.”

  “Yep, I am aware. Hopefully, during that time he will have to attend one of the breakout sessions or whatever it is they have top businessmen do with the youths.” I replied then turned towards her. “You do realize that Keith will be in the audience? Right? In fact, he is here already.”

  Helena laughed then winked. “Of course, I am aware that Keith is here. In fact, we will spend some time together tonight so I may be gone for a few hours tonight. The good thing is that you can use that time to practise for your session.”

  I gasped and whispered for the sake of the driver. “You slut! I can't believe it.”

  We got to our penthouse apartment building and marveled at the beauty and grandeur of it all until we got to our apartment.

  It was pure luxury on display.

  The conference executive who accompanied them to the penthouse and ensured that they were settled in, bid them farewell and indicated that the house owner wished them an enjoyable stay.

  “Wait! Did you say Mr. Bolt, as in Sebastian Bolt?”

  “Yes ma'am, he is the owner of this apartment building and all other buildings we lodge our guests in.”

  “Oh!” I replied with surprise and turned to look at Helena whose mouth was hanging open due to the news she heard.

  “If you don't mind me asking sir, Is Mr. Bolt in this building?” Helena asked the executive.

  “I'm afraid I can't divulge that information to you ma'am but I wish you all the best during the conference.” He replied then said goodbye and exited.

  “Wow! Just how rich is your fiance, Maria?”

  “I actually never thought to check that. I just know that he is very wealthy and society is very interested in him and his activities.”

   At that moment, Helena's phone rang and she raced to answer the call, making me wonder who called her.

  “We got our answer. Keith and Sebastian are in this building.” She informed me with  a wide grin on her face after ending her call.

  “I am guessing it was Keith on the phone?”

  “You guessed right.” She nodded firmly.

  “And you will leave for a few hours soon?”

  “That too is correct.”

  I placed my hands on my hips and replied her. “ I will be here practising for the conference over and over and you will be in between the sheets..Yikes, I don't even want to talk about it so that it will not be in my memory.”

  As I said that, Helena bent forward and laughed. “Well, Sebastian is also here. You can call him to help with your speech. Who knows you may end up doing something else with your time.”

  “Crazy slut.” I teased her and then threw my shoe at her which she dodged and started laughing.

  “He'll be here soon. I mean Keith.”

  “Seriously Helena, what's the plan? Did he agree to an open relationship with you? I haven't really had time to ask about this.”

  “Surprisingly, yes. We finally had dinner and he informed me that if this is what I want then he would do it for me.”

  “Mmmm, he's doing it just so he can be with you girl. An open relationship isn't really what he wants.”

  “How would you know? Did he tell you? I think he is cool with it.”

  “I doubt that and I can bet that you are the only woman he is seeing right now even though he can easily get women lined up to date him.”

  She shrugged and replied. “I don't know. I already laid down my terms. If he wasn't cool with it then he would have walked away but since he stayed that means he is cool. Oh, he's here.”

  Helena raced to the door as soon as she heard the knock.

  “Hello Maria” Keith greeted me as soon as I opened the door.

  We exchanged pleasantries and engaged in small talk while Helena got ready and soon they were out the door.

  I unpacked my box then took off my clothes and showered. It had been a long trip but an enjoyable one.

  As I arranged my things, I wondered why Sebastian didn't reach out to ask if we wanted a ride to Paris for the conference. I knew that he would fly down here in his private jet.

  I heard the bell ring numerous then rushed to the door. “Hold your horses, I am on my way.”

  Helena rushed inside as soon as I opened the door. “I can't believe he doesn't have a condom. What is he? Seventy five? Does he want to father a child now?”

  I laughed and shook my head as I took in her appearance. She wasn't wearing the outfit she left here with but was wearing Keith's dress shirt.

  “You mean you came all the way down here to pick up condoms?”

  “Yes.” She stated as she unzipped her box and searched in her bag for the item.

  “I can't deal with you. You amaze me so much, Helena Montoya.”

  “And I love you too.” She indicated then blew air kisses my way which I dodged dramatically.

  “No way! You must have kissed Keith a few minutes ago.”

  “Just a little. Sebastian was still there when I left but he was about to leave.”

  My heart skipped a bit when I heard his name. “Did he?”

  “Ask about you? Yes. I told him that you were alone and horny.”

  I laughed and started pushing her out. I had a speaking session to practise for. “I know you didn't tell him that but thanks anyway. And bye.”

  After she left, I changed from my towels to shorts and camisole, then poured myself a bottle of wine and started going through my jottings for the speaking engagement.

  A few minutes later, the bell rang again and thinking it was Helena, I went straight to the door. “Seriously Lena, what do you want this time? More condoms? Oh!”

  Standing in front of me was none other than Sebastian.