The cold night air made my body shiver slightly. Even the grip from the covers I held against my small naked frame didn't help much.
I held my breath as I felt my teeth grind against the other in nervousness, while I tried to suppress myself from bursting into tears. At this moment I wished the ground could open to hide me from this humiliation I had gotten myself Into. I'm so sure that if anyone passes by and sees me in this state, they would think of me as a whore or something , but in this state I don't care if anyone finds me this way or think of me as a beggar, all I want is for me to get over this and find my way out of here. If only he could consider me and have his way with me tonight, I'm sure by the end of tomorrow, he'll be able to use his connections and resources to save my family from this unpaid debt. But the Micheal I have come to know is a no nonsense man, he is powerful and feels intimidating. Even from the way he speaks shows how cruel and stubborn he is but who am I to challenge him. If it were not because of my family situation I wouldn't have been here in the first place but here I am, facing and enduring the consequences of everything while my family stays at home and waits for positive results. Just as I was deliberating on if I should knock his room door and beg him or not, his room door swung open and before I knew it, his large hand gripped my wrist tightly, shoving me inside the room in full force, making me confused on what was happening. I swallowed hard, trying so much to keep calm even if my whole body sensed the fear I was trying to hide, yet nothing was helping matters as my legs betrayed me and began trembling on their own. The door slammed shut before me and here we are, face to face looking at the other without a word. His countenance felt suffocating and unbearable while his eyes didn't help matters as they bore holes deep into my body as he scanned me from head to toe without blinking. Hot sweat broke out from my forehead and even while the AC was on and on high, I could still feel myself sweating and shivering, not from heat nor cold but from fear of what may happen at this point. I tried so hard to calm myself but the more I tried the more my body betrayed me especially when I wanted to break the awkward silence between us, I could barely hear my own voice as I tried to speak. "What's your name?" His words were direct and cold. Inside me, I was relieved from the awkwardness but when I looked into his eyes, it held a different meaning like he was angry or confused about something, but his expression didn't help much as they held a cold yet intimidating aura. "Wendy," I muttered in low breath, more like a whisper, while trying to avoid eye contact. From the side rear corner of my eyes, I could see his brows furrowed, and his grip on my wrist tightened before he finally let go with a hiss. He took two steps back, without breaking an eye from me, “Who are you?” he mutters. I blinked twice shifting in my position, as I tried to process what he meant by ‘’who I was'. "I am Wendy," I repeated yet again, trying to sound calmly like my true self, but my heart didn't stop pounding , perhaps he heard them who knows because he wouldn't stop looking at me and making them beat the more. Within me, I knew all this was just an act to scare me away but I wouldn't complain or show my weakness. I heard his knuckles crack like he was about to throw a punch as his muscles stiffen, while he stared coldly at me. “You’re not her,” he finally said, more to himself than to me, but I could feel the rage and sadness behind his words. "You can't be. You can't be her." “Hey, pardon my words sir but for the truth, I don’t know who you're trying to place me in but I am not her. So stop trying to put me in an awkward position and treating me like some thrash, I am not her”. I concluded with relief. It was like I was bottling all those words in my chest for long, but now that they were out, I felt more at peace because from his expression, he seemed shocked and taken aback by my sudden outburst but I don't give a damn. I'm done feeling like a piece of rag he could use and throw away in a corner at his disposal. If not because of the situation I am in, it's certain that fate itself wouldn't have let us cross part. If he was thinking of me to be someone he knew once in his past, then it's the best thing to make him know I am not the person he thinks I am. I am Wendy, and not something from his imagination or past. Silence engulfed the whole room, but I didn't flinch nor did he blink, instead I was stunned by his sudden reaction but everything was cut short from a knock by the door. And soon the door creaks open revealing the hotel staff with a large tray and a big plate of delicious aroma of food placed on it. A smile crept on my face. Earlier I had put up a call and placed an order for food, but what I didn't know was that it wouldn't be long before it arrived. Barely 45 minutes and here it was, ready. The staff proceeded into the room to drop it on a table by the bedside but Micheal's voice suddenly echoed in the air, “Take it back!” Shocked and surprised by his words, I shot him a dangerous glare. “Never. I ordered this food so it mustn't go to waste”. By now my stomach wouldn't stop growling from hunger. Earlier, it wasn't this much worse, but now that my eyes have caught sight of the food, I couldn't stop myself from salivating while I proceeded to grab it from the staff as he quickly hurried out of the room and shut it behind him. I made sure to prepare myself for a fight. If Michael refuses to let me eat this food, I wouldn't wait to go fist against fist with him. My hunger was turning into frustration and it was evident, while I fumed in anger. “You know, you really have no right to boss me around, and….” “I have every right to boss you how I want. Who are you?,” he interrupted, his voice sounding bitter yet calm. He was looking at me like he would pounce on me but I didn't care at this point. Seeing I wasn't moved by his reaction, a dangerous smile flashed across his face, but I wasn't aware of what was running through his mind as I continued to blabber. “You think because you are rich and handsome you can intimidate people especially women with your power , but just to disappoint you sir, you being handsome and intimidating won't work on me. Ok?” I fired back, trying to keep my voice from sounding shaky, but the rage boiling inside me made it impossible. He's done enough threatening me in just half an hour since my arrival, and it was evident I was getting used to it already and I was ready to show him woman power too. “You think you’re one hell of a man huh, don’t you, do your worst?” I finally said, not knowing that I have awoken the beast in him and he isn't ready to back down now until he sees me beg for mercy. Before I knew it, he charged towards me in full force, grabbing me by the arm tightly which made me wince in pain as I tried to catch my breath. And before I could gather my composure, he was already standing very close to me with his gaze fixed directly into mine. My legs didn't help matters as they began trembling and shaking under my small frame. “And what do you mean by" I should do my worst? " Can you handle my worst huh?” His voice sounded shaky and fearful and within me I felt the ground could close up on me. At this moment, I needed to escape. I could neither talk nor look him in the eyes. I didn't expect he would take what I said to heart and act crazily about it. His closeness made me feel worse because as he spoke, he didn't stop from leaving a trace of his cool breath on my skin. Knowing how he's gotten into me and made me feel vulnerable under his mercy. He laughed, but not a funny laugh. It was more like a forced one. "You think you can talk how you like huh. But all that courage you're putting won't work. I'll make sure to break you, fix you and break you all over again until there's nothing left of you”. Just as the last words left his mouth, and before I knew what was happening, his hand grabbed my wrist tightly and pulled me deeper into himself. Now I could smell his expensive cologne and the strong smell of cigarettes on his suit. “What are you doing to….” I started, but he didn't let me finish my words as his hot breath fanned the back of my neck, pressing me deeper into the wall with his strong frame as my voice felt stuck in the back of my throat. “Trying to prove yourself huh? Go on, continue but not after I'm done with you”. Hearing his words, I tried to free myself from his grasp but I failed woefully because he quickly grabbed my both hands, pinning them above my head as he peeled away the covers from my body, making it fall freely on the floor. Now my naked self stood bare to him, as all I could was to look toward the floor in shame, feeling so exposed to his gaze. He wouldn't look away from my body as I watched the rage in his eyes ignite with desire. I held my breath with my eyes closed while I waited for whatever he was going to do with me. But instead, his lips came crashing into mine making me flinch on the act. The kiss sent waves of pleasure down my spine as he continued to suck on my lower lip, asking for permission with his tongue to explore my mouth. That moment, I didn't think straight and all that clouded my mind was to see where this was going.I was still feeling speechless because the kiss was unexpected and sudden.On a second thought I wanted to push him away and break free from his grasp but I couldn't feel the courage or zeal to do so, as I felt defeated and vulnerable at this point.My heart didn't stop pounding loudly in my chest, making me sweat in panic. I haven't done this before, nor have I kissed a man before. He's just stolen my innocence through this kiss and I wouldn't forgive him for this but what can I do? I should have known that something like this would happen in the end since I willingly entered a man's hotel room, so what then did I expect? I had several thoughts on how I was going to stop this to fight him off me but he was too strong. His grip on my hands above my head tightened and instead of me feeling the kiss, I was rather feeling pain. I couldn't breathe properly as I hoped and prayed I wouldn't die before he left me alone. When he finally pulled away from me, my lips felt sore and bruised as
By morning I woke up to an empty warm bed.The sun entering through the curtains cast long warm shadows across the floor.Scanning through the room, I noticed I was alone and Micheal was gone. Sitting up slowly on the bed frame as I try to remind myself why I was in a hotel room.For a brief minute, I try to tell myself that everything that had happened the night before was all a dream. But the stained bed covers of my own wetness mixed with blood reminded me of the incident that happened between me and Micheal.My disappointment became evidence that I wished everything could go back to the way it was, and I never came here at first, but who am I to play with nature and time?A soft knock on the door startled me and before I could answer, the door swung open revealing ma'am Lucy, the very woman who had brought me here.She stepped into the room, her eyes scanning my body and the covers, evidence of what had happened on it showed to her view. A cruel and satisfied smile appeared on he
My step mother called me and my step sister to discuss further. She tried proving a valid point, which wasn’t. She started, “The situation is much more than I could imagine. I never knew it would turn out to be like this for us”.She searched out face to see if we all had a sad expression and continued, “Wendy, you have started with the journey to erase the debt for the family and I have trust in you that you will end it well”. To me I see all this as a wreck to my life.She paused in her sentence and stated, “you should be prepared to be a surrogate mother to Michael”. Same thing Lucy told me in the hotel. I sprang up in anger, declining blankly with no hesitations. My expression shocked my step mother, as I have always been the one she orders around.“You already got close to being with Michael, clearly I can’t send Grace there anymore” my step mother stated. I stood in a spot, my feet got stuck to a position.The thought that the step mother who had been taking care of me from chil
During dinner, my stepmother was extra nice to me. “Is that portion enough for you? Or you want more?”. My stepmother extended a spoon to me. I shaked my head. I don’t want all the unnecessary attention and care my step mother is giving to me.“Am okay with the portion I have eaten?”I faked a smile. She immediately shared a glance with her daughter. I saw the action but I cared less about it. My future was blinking right in front of me. They are my least worries.My stepmother flashed a smile across her face. “You have done great, Michael's father has promised to pay half of the debt in the next two hours”.“Hmm”I nod my head. Grace was happy she smiled. “Now I know our house will be safe and not snatched away”. Clearly, none of them cared about what happened to me. Retaining the house was their main concern. I also don’t want to lose my father’s house.My phone rang, it was on silent mode and I wasn’t expecting anyone to call me. So, I didn’t put my mind at it. “Your phone is ringing
I took a cab to the magnificent brilliant hotel. I got there ten minutes before two pm. After paying the cab man. I stood opposite the street as I stared at the hotel building.I don’t know if I should take a cab back to my house. “Do I just return back? And allow anything that wants to happen to happen. Or, I proceed and face the challenges with a brave mind”I soliloquized.Last time I was there I didn’t get enough time to admire the environment enough. I raised my head up to admire the gigantic building.It’s architectural style was outstanding. A little reality check took me back to the present moment. I remembered the reason I was there and my heart folds up again.It wasn’t a good memory for me. Was only looking at it to put my worries behind and embrace the bright side of life. I called Michael on the phone, “Hello, where are you at?. I'm right here”. I looked around as I made the call. I didn’t see him in sight.“Walk to the receptionist, ask the receptionist. You are heading t
I stared at the door for a long time. There was nothing left for me to do or say. Who do I even want to speak to? Michael already left the room. I picked my bag and walked out also.I took a cab home. I don’t even have time to think about whatever his doing. Am done with the ill treatment from my stepmother and Michael. “I should get myself a job to pay the remaining half of the money”I soliloquize.I took a cab and journeyed home. My thought was how to get a job to fetch me some money. The truth I was hiding for myself was there is no job I can get within three days to cancel the debt. Michael and his father are still the best bet for it.I got down in front of my house. And walked into the sitting room. My stepmother and her daughter were sitting at the diner eating. I wasn’t hungry. “Hello”,I waved at them and was about to walk away.Knowingly, my stepmother has the idea of where I was coming from. Lucy told her already. I wasn’t ready for any conversation, it's of no use. “Wendy,
My mood is better now. I rested my back on the bed. Gently, I stood from the bed and walked to the bathroom. I took my bath and walked out to the diner.I haven’t set my eyes on my stepmother and her daughter. “Hello morning”,I said and sat. There was bread on the table, cheesecake and jam. I took bread and spread some jam on the top.Helen and Grace watched me like I was an alien. I didn’t bother to know if they replied to my greetings or not. I was trying to pass the time till I will be going out to see Valerie.All of a sudden, my stepmother smiled at me. I wasn’t surprised I knew a quarter of the debt had been settled. “Wendy, you came out late after running to bed yesterday”,she said. Not even an apology for what she and her daughters said the previous day.“Yes”,I answered. I don’t want to waste my speech on them. My stepmother still had her fake smile on her face trying to tease me with her words.“Wendy, you will soon be a surrogate mother,”my stepmother teased me. She quite
Michael moved his head to the side. He checked his phone if it was truly I that was talking. “Wendy Jerkins?”He called my name. I smiled, “Yes”. “Okay, I will call my dad and get back to you,”Michael replied and ended the call.I looked at my stepmother and shrugged my shoulders, “I just called him and said he will get back to me after speaking with his dad”. Helen’s lips formed into a smile. “You should stay here till he calls back. What would you like to eat or drink?”. Helen tries to be nice towards me.“I'm okay with what I ate,”I replied. I tried to stay strong, breaking in their presence means nothing to them. They are heartless and greedy. They are only after their own happiness.Michael phoned his secretary, Laila. “Hello Laila, tell anyone who wants to see me that I am busy. I will be busy for half an hour”. Laila replied, “Yes sir”. She ends the call.Michael thought in his head if he was ready to be a father. He called his father’s phone. He didn’t pick his phone. He calle
The labor pains were too much and unbearable. My water broke, Michael started and didn't know what to do for a few seconds. “Sir, let’s take her to the hospital”, Olivia said. He carried me breathing hard. “Sir, let me help you, is she not heavy?”The chauffeur said. “No, she is carrying my child. She is not heavy and I love her,”He said with a straight face.He carried me to the car himself. He laid me at the back seat, he placed my head on his lap. Olivia sat beside the chauffeur. I was groaning in pain as we headed to the hospital. I was feeling cold and hot at the same time. It got to a stage where I feel like death was waving at me.I held on to Michael's clothes screaming and crying. “I am done for”. “I want to urinate”. “The pain is unbearable”. I was talking and crying. Michael kept telling me sorry uncountable times till we got to the hospital. I was rushed in for an emergency.I tried birthing the child myself but I couldn’t. Michael called his parents to tell them I was in
The attitude pissed off Michael. He was so embarrassed he had to leave the scene. He has never been disgraced in front of his workers like that ever.Roxana stormed after him to his office. Michael was able to walk faster than her to his office. “Don’t let her into my office”He told Laila. Immediately, Laila stood guard in front of her boss's office. She could hear Roxana’s voice shouting as she approached the office. “Where is the loser?. I will give you a few days. Have your count down you will be off here”She boasted.As she made her way to his office Laila stopped her. “I am sure, you don’t want to get into a fight with me,”she frowned. “Mrs Carter, you can not enter there”Laila said. She pulled Laila off the road. Laila staggered to regain her balance she ran after her and pulled her back.She slapped Laila’s face. “How dare you touch my expensive body with your filthy hands?”She yelled. Laila held her cheeks as it stings. Michael heard Roxana slap Laila. He came out of his offic
“If that will please you. I will do it,”Michael replied. He wasn’t willing to argue with Roxana. He knows she has always been jealous of me. Roxana smiled, “Good”. “You know I love you so much. And I will do anything for you”Michael said. “I love you too. Let’s get to sleep. We have to be early for the family breakfast tomorrow”,Roxana said. They went to bed.Michael was thinking of how to go about the request Roxana is asking him. A part of him loves me. He doesn’t want me to go far away from the house because of his child. He didn’t sleep early that night. “My grandfather’s house. Is it the safest and comfortable for her to stay with my child,”He said to himself.He thought all through the night about how to go about the request. He could hardly sleep. His thought was going wild. He finally got to sleep.They came over for breakfast on Sunday morning as usual. Before breakfast started, Michael announced on the table. “Hello everyone, Roxana said she doesn’t want Wendy staying in the
Roxana knew it was Grace Jenkins the cleaner was referring to. For Laila not to talk. She was taking side with her boss. She doesn’t want to lose her job. I kept mute for a while.Obviously, Michael is cheating on her with Grace. She got the facts she needed. She doesn’t need to prolong issues or look further. Her final finds will be with Michael’s phone. “It’s fine you all can leave thank you”,Roxana dismisses the gathering.There was nothing to think about again further. She knows nothing about Michael's job. She was only there as it’s the tradition of the Carter to always make their wives the managing director. She is only good in her make-up field.She rested her back and called Ann as it was the plan between both of them to get rid of all the side ladies when she resumes power and to divorce after a few months.Ann picked up her phone as soon as she saw it was Roxana that was calling her. “Hello Mrs Roxana Carter”Ann teased her friend. “Ann, stop being naughty,”Roxana laughed. It
Michael sighed, “Ok sir. Thank you sir”. “Good son, you can take your leave now,”Lawrence said. Michael hugged his father and took his leave. He joined Rosie in the sitting room. “What happened?. Any problem?”She inquired. “No, he was only lecturing me on how to take great care of you”Michael lied.Roxana laughed and they left. They hopped into the waiting car and left for Lawrence court expansion. “Welcome to your humble abode my beautiful Rosie”Michael announced. Roxana looked around like it was her first time in the house.“Of course It’s mine”,she said proudly. Michael laughed ignorantly at Roxana's words. The manager of soulmate beach reached out to Michael to enable them to publicize the wedding to the public. The wedding videos and pictures had not been heard and kept away from the public.Michael authorized it to be blown out to the public. The very night the videos and pictures were released to the public. It gained ten million views in six hours before the day breaks. The so
Rosie looked at Michael and liked what a liar he is. She kept quiet and didn’t say anything. “Mrs Carter, I am okay now. Hope you are good?”. Before Michelle could reply it was time for breakfast to start.No one talked about it anymore. They started breakfast as usual. We all ate. After breakfast I know I have no business with them as the gathering specifically was for the marriage discussion.They all move to the garden to have a better discussion about the wedding. “My outfit will be ready next month with my husband and father inlaw”Michelle said proudly. “Ours would be ready next month also. Our guest list is prepared,”Mrs Briggs said smiling.Mr Briggs and Denzel left the women to have other discussions somewhere else. Roxana and Michael moved away from their parents also to have their discussions. “Rosie, I am really sorry. Next two months. I can’t wait for you to be Mrs Carter”,Michael pleaded.“Ok. I have heard. I really can’t wait also,”Roxana said. She smiled and pecked him.
Obviously, Grace was ashamed of herself to tell Charles what she had done all in the name of pleasing Michael. “Means I can’t quit my job?”she asked. “You can’t. Except you want to face jail terms or wait till after the two compulsory years”Charles told her.She was caught in the middle of a hard task and doesn’t know what to do. She was disappointed in herself and doesn’t know how to face Michael and Laila at work.Michael had begun to process how to recover my company back to me and take it away from my step mother and step sister. He heard Helen swear to sue and also Grace saying the same thing. He doesn’t want them to win over me.Before we went to beg that night he called the lawyer over to Lawrence court. I was asked to narrate everything and I told the lawyer about how the company was originally for my mother and I.“Get a letter sent to Grace Jenkins tomorrow telling her to stop work on the company and never set foot there else she would be sued”Michael instructed the lawyer.
Everyone went silent. Michael didn’t care about how the look Grace gave him. He was only after getting justice for me and to stop Helen threatening me. The lawyers from both sides argue for some minutes. The evidence of Helen pushing me away was shown to the Judge and my medical report after I was taken to the hospital.The judge ruled out a month imprisonment for Helen. The judgement broke her heart. She has never been to a police precinct before talking more of staying there over the night and being charged to court and being imprisoned.She was bittered by the sentence. She screamed in the court, “Wendy used her influence to jail me”. Grace couldn’t hold herself together. She burst into tears. Tears ran down her cheeks uncontrollably. She hit deeper into her lower lips. What a terrible day for her.Definitely, one of the worst days of their lives. Helen cried as the cops escorted her to the waiting vehicle to take her to the prison. Grace races to meet up with her mother. She held
“This could be a misinterpretation. I didn’t do anything. She was the one who came to attack me here”Helen yells as she enters the police van. Her workers looked on. When she got to the police precinct Michael was there. Helen was shocked when she saw him. Her hope was for Michael to support him and be against me but the case was in another view. I was the one winning over her.“Michael, really, this is really happening?”She threatened. Michael tabled all she did and some of the cops came to the hospital to see me. They even speak with the nurse who directs them to doctor Mason.He shed more light on it which implicates Helen more. With no further ado. She was detained and soon he charged. Michael used his power to ensure she is granted bail. No one called Grace at the office to tell her anything had happened to her mother.She works at her department to continue the creation of another robot. She didn’t go to Michael’s office at all and didn’t wait for him by the close of the hour.