“$10,000” Ariana’s eyes almost bulged out of its socket as she heard the figure he called. “What the hell?” She said
“I am joking, calm down. I will take any amount you pay me” He said watching her with amusement. “Oh, you must sure be a joker, what if I decide to pay you $100?” Ariana asked “We both know, you won’t what to do that, and I know you worth more than that” He answered. “Yes I am worth more than that, so how about we start from $4,000” She asked, wanting to read the man’s expression but he kept a blank expression. “We can work with that for now miss” Aiden said, his arms now crossed on his chest. “Okay, do we have a deal?” She asked, extending her hand forward for a handshake. He felt his eyes move from her face to her slender hand and then back to her face, “Deal” He said taking her hand into a handshake. His grip was strong but not strong enough to crush her hand, he was gentle in a way. She pulled away after she noticed they just stared at each other holding hands. “And there’s one rule I have amongst my staffs, keep personal things away from work” She said causing the man to nod in a agreement. “Where is the car key?” Aiden asked, looking at her. Placing the key from the table she tossed it towards him. “Lora will give you some documents to sign when you leave here, please ensure to sign them” She said looking at him. “Okay ma’am, I will see you later” With that, he stood up and walked out the office. The need to talk to someone just came to her and she immediately opened her laptop and FaceTimed her friend, after two rings she picked up, her blonde hair was messy as she appeared in front of the screen, she had a sleeveless blue shirt one and it was pretty obvious she had just woken up. “Ari, what the hell girl? It’s like 4am” April complained as she ran her hands in her hair to make it presentable. “So sorry for calling so early but it’s actually 10am here” Ariana said smiling “Yeah yeah, whatever. What’s up? You look happy, have you gotten yourself a sexy boyfriend?” She asked causing Ariana to roll her eyes. “God April, what is you and a sexy boyfriends? And no what will be doing with a sexy boyfriend? You know I have no time fo that” Ariana explained. “We need to take you to church on Sunday Ari, you have to be delivered, learn from me so find yourself a sexy boyfriend and keep him till you’re bored” April said proudly. “Do not let Scott here that, what do you mean by bored? You are married idiot it’s a life time argument” Ariana advised. “Coming from the unmarried marriage counselor, who can’t find herself a boyfriend soon.” April mocked. “Whatever April, by the way where is scott?” Ariana asked. “Scott had emergency call yesterday so he had to rush to the hospital and I have been alone since last night” She said faking a sad face. “Get out of here” They both laughed. “Please give Scott some breathing space, why don’t you go out? Shopping? Restaurant? Spa?” Ariana suggested. “Well, it’s still so early, I will think about it in the morning. So what’s up? How’s work?” April asked. “Work is all good, LA is boring as usual” Ariana said “Sweetheart, LA isn’t boring, you are boring. Wear a slutty dress, go to a 5 star club and shake some ass. Then you will thank me later” April said again proudly “How did you get married to Scott again?” Ariana asked and April laughed. “Just forget about that, you know I will never do,” “Yeah yeah, you know know what I am done with you, stay single for the rest of your life. But just know I will drag you face down on the floor when I see you” April threatened. “Then I will sue your ass, just try me” Ariana smiled. “Sweetheart, it seems you have forgotten i am a family full of lawyers and attorneys, so you don’t stand any chance” April smirked. “I am sorry your highness, forgive me poor ass” Ariana pleaded playfully. “You are forgiven, so what’s going on with you?” April asked. “Everything is going good, Dane left some days ago for personal business now I had to employ another one today” “ oh really? Poor Ari but tell me you didn’t hire an old looking butler as a driver” She asked her friend. “ No I didn’t, it’s actually a young man.” Ariana stayed with her fingers tapping the table “Now please tell me he is good looking,” April begged with her hands joined together. “Well, he is okay, not bad at all” Ariana said, with a smile. “How sad, but I can’t judge your ratings, I would have to see him for my self then I will conclude, because I know you been used to seeing boring men so you might not know what’s interesting” She winked at her friend. “Whatever April, I have a meeting in thirty minutes as dad’s office, I need to be on the way” Ariana announced “Alright sweetheart, I will call you later, it’s almost 5am. You owe me $10,000 for cutting my beauty sleep short” April frowned at her friend. “$10,000? You damned thief! Be quick with your honeymoon and get your pretty ass back to LA” Ariana said “Oh isn’t this lovely? You miss me? I miss you too sweetheart,” April smiled sweetly. “Of course I miss you, no one to help me cook now I have to go out and pay for food” “Not me thinking you genuinely miss me, but it’s because of my food. Go learn to cook idiot, have a lovely day. Bye.” April said blowing kisses to Ariana through the screeen. “Have a nice day April,” Ariana returned the kisses and ended the call, now she was feeling better , with that she gathered her things placing them in the bag at the walked outside her office.Her car was parked waiting for her at the front of the building, she walked elegantly and climbed into her car, her eyes met Aiden’s eyes from the side mirror. “Did you receive the location from Lora?” Ariana asked her new driver. “Yes ma’am” He answered, and the car zoomed off, in an hour time they got to their destination the drive was smooth, Ariana was impressed, he was indeed an experienced driver. Who was careful with traffic lights and speeding. A three story restaurant came in view as the car parked, it was one of her mother’s many restaurants. This particular restaurant was the most expensive because it dealt with international dishes, Italian, Chinese, Indian, Spanish. A 5 star restaurant with 5 star food. “Do you want me to wait for you here?” Aiden asked without looking at her. “Yes, I don’t have strength for father’s questions” She answered and climbed down the car. The security opened the door of the restaurant as sh
Ariana had got to her house and had freshened up, wearing a pair of her favorite blue pajamas. She sat down on her sofa facing the large window in her house. This was a very normal routine for her because she had nothing else to do, than drink her exotic red wine and look at the busy streets of LA. Her long black hair was in packed in a messy bun, she grabbed her glass again to take her drink when she heard her phone ring. She groaned and lazily turned around to grab her house. It was a private number, a frown appeared across her brows, who called her with a private number she asked herself. Hesitating for a moment she finally decided to pick the call. “Hello” She said with the phone on her ear, but she received no reply which was strange, “Hello, who is on the line” she repeated but the result was the same. No reply from the other end. And suddenly the call was ended from the other end. “That was strange”. She said to herself but anyways she wasn’t gonna think ab
She had arrived to the office, climbing down the car she moved towards the building. Her workers greeted as she walked past them. She replied them normally as she headed to her office. Entering her office she slumped on her onto her chair, running her hand through her hair. Her meeting was about to start in twenty minutes with the CEO of another importing company. She looked at herself in the mirror and adjusted her shirt, even though she had no makeup on she looked quite the same, many people had once told her she even looked better without makeup. Her phone vibrated in her table, walking over the table she connected her AirPods to her ears and picked the call, it was her mother. “Hey mum”. Annabelle said, flipping through the files in front of her. “Sweetheart, how are you doing?”. Her mother voice came from the receiver. “Yes mum, I am doing fine, although I had a weird dream yesterday but it felt so real. I don’t understand anything anymore”. She explained to her m
Aiden fumed in anger, his eyes were on the corpse which laid on the floor, the man had dared to place a tracking chip inside him car. Aiden opened the door of the car, he had easily seen the tracker, pulled it out he dropped in on the floor and crushed it with his shoes. Running his hand through his thick black hair he cursed silently, he pulled his phone from his pocket and dialed a number. “Hey boss”, The person said from the receiver in a calm voice. “Carlos, send the boys to come clean up this mess. It seems Rodrigo have decided to play dirty. He sent one of his men to place a fucking chip in my car”. Aiden said between his teeth. “That bloody idiot, we will look into the it. And I’m sending the boys now”. Carlos said, as sounds of keyboard was heard from his background “Good”. Aiden pulled the phone away from his ear and ended the call. With a sigh, he pulled the door open to enter his car. He started the engine and zoomed off. It was 1:45pm, and Alexander ha
She was done from work, after an exhausted day all she wanted to do is to soak herself in a hot tub. She had just gotten into a hotel in the city, she had chosen a random hotel because she didn’t want to handle any formalities for now. All she need was space and fresh air to breath. Opening the door with her key card, she steeped into the room closing the door behind her, the room was painted all white. It wasn’t her usual expensive looking room but it was moderate enough for her, she began to pull off her clothes one by one, she walked into the bathroom and filled the tub with warm water, pouring the vanilla soap into the water. She watched it as it filled to the top, turning it off she stepped into the tub fully naked dipping herself in the water, a sigh of relaxation escaped her lips as the body touched the warm water. She rested her head as she enjoyed the feel of the water on her skin. The soap also smelt so good. Closing her eyes, she gently tapped her feet in the tub
Ariana stilled looking at the man in front of her, he was so close to her, his hands placed on the table locking her between in arms. Even with the dark glasses, Ariana could still feel his strong gaze on her, his face not holding any emotions. It was difficult to know what he was thinking or even feeling at this moment. There was something about the way this man smelt and looked that got her mesmerized, as much as she wanted to look away and yell at this man for getting in her personal space her brain didn’t just cooperate with her. Aiden just stared at her, not making any movement. Dingg!!! Ariana’s phone rang breaking the trance between them, Ariana cleared her throat as she looked away to where her phone was lying. Aiden too looked away taking steps backwards to let her move to her phone. She walked to the table and grabbed her phone placing it in her ears. “Oh, Alright. Thank you Lora have a wonderful night”. Ariana said calm even though her heart was still racing. Placi
“Hmm, I can only guess he must be filthy rich,”. April said “And what makes you think the buyer is a he? I thought you knew nothing about it”. Ariana asked. “Of course it would be a he, which normal woman buys a freaking casino. Only men make such stupid and risky decision”. April explained,” Anyways Ari, I had to go make coffee before my husband wakes up”. April added. “Look who’s doing wifey duties, oh my gosh I am so jealous”. Ariana said teasing her friend. “Whatever weirdo, have a nice day. Bye.”, “Bye”. Ariana answered before hanging up the call. Looking at the clock it was now thirty minutes past six. She heard to prepare for her visit, picking her cup and empty pack of cookies she walked to the kitchen, throwing the empty pack into the trash can, she gave her cup a little rinse and placed it back on the table. She headed to her restroom for a bath after taking all her clothes off and changing into her robe. Turning on the shower, she placed the robe on the
Ariana couldn’t believe what she had just heard ears, could it be that she had heard wrongly. Never in her life have she heard her parents say anything about marriage to her and definitely have not suggested someone for her to marry. She would have said they were trying to prank her but by the look on their faces she highly doubted that and it wasn’t even April first. She opened her mouth to speak but she couldn’t form any words, her lips just shut close as they opened. She saw the worry and sadness in her parents eyes, swallowing the big lump in her throat she decided to say something. “You are joking right? Aren’t you? Mum? Dad?”. Ariana said as she looked between her mother and father, but her father gave her little nod telling her he was serious. “We are sorry sweetheart, this is very serious. And the decision had been made already”. Martha said lowly, her voice filled sadness. The pain in Ariana’s eyes turned to anger, she felt her fists clutched tightly as she raised