" Miss Williams your flight preparations are complete and you'll be leaving tomorrow "
"Thank you Stacy" Seraphina said without looking up " and I trust that no one will be aware of the particular date of my return especially my parents "
" I understand " Stacy said before walking out of Seraphina's office
Seraphina put her head down on her desk as she thought of her return , firstly her mother would probably nag her about her love life asking questions about when she planned to get married . she had this feeling that she was going to be bombarded with blind dates the moment she stepped foot into her home town and so she had a proposition for Jason and therefore she'd probably go see him first before returning to her parent's house ,Standing up she looked outside her office through the large full length windows , sentimental about her last day in Dinuh which had been her home for the last two years , her office although it wouldn't close down was still a place that she felt a sentimental attachment to , the place where she had built her empire .
Before she moved to Dinuh she was a carefree little girl that spent her parent's money and spent her time shopping , partying and having fun and that was because it was all her parents allowed her to do , as their only child Seraphina wasn't allowed to work , she wasn't allowed to do anything that they felt would stress her , all they wanted from her were grandchildren to spoil even more than they spoiled her , although she still didn't care about public opinion she wanted a chance to prove to herself to her parents , to prove that shecshe survive in the big world without her their money .
When she first arrived in Dinuh she'd opened a new account and had refused to use the one her parent's had opened for her , she had a monthly allowance of two million dollars which was far more than she could spend but she'd taken a loan from a bank and started her business and it had grown into an empire , Seraphina was into real estate , she had an entertainment agency and she had a chain of convenience store and finally she'd branched into hotels of recent and in the two years she'd been in Dinuh her company Sera's way (SW) was already worth a few billion dollars although that was nothing compared to her parent's accomplishments or even Jason's but she was satisfied , the business world was indeed ruthless to everyone but it was especially unfair to women she couldn't count how many men that she'd come across that had expected some kind of sexual favour from her in turn for their support and investment , men in the business world often saw women as objects for pleasure and she was irritated by their thinking . No matter how unhinged she'd been she was still naive when it came to sexual endeavors , she was still a virgin and she wasn't willing to sell her first time to someone because of money , she remembered how they never took her seriously at first but now things were better , she'd made a name for herself and she didn't even need to make deals herself anymore she felt like her vice president could hold the fort will she was gone and that's why she finally felt like it was time to go back home .
Picking up her bag and coat she walked out of her office to her car waiting for her outside , she got into the car utterly exhausted from her last day of work , all the preparations and all the meetings had contributed to the hectic day that she'd had and now she had to pack and get up early in the morning for a 12 hour flight when all she wanted to do was to lie in bed for 48 hours without getting up , she got to her home in an hour and quickly rushed upstairs after informing her driver of her plans to leave the house early in the morning .
She took off her shoes as she walked into the house and put on her slippers before walking into the sitting room and dumping her coat and bag on the coach , she walked to the kitchen taking out a bottle of juice from the fridge and walking to her room to pack her things .
She walked into her closet and she began to regret having so much clothes , normally she wouldn't bother to pack but she knew she wouldn't be back for a few years so there was no point in leaving her clothes behind especially in a house that would probably be given out soon , sighing loudly she began to haul all the clothes from her wardrobe to her bed before folding them into her box after about thirty minutes of packing she heard a knock on the door , dumping the clothes in her hand unto her bed she walked to the door
" Who's there ?" she asked
" Sera It's me open the door! " samira yelled
" Mira? , what are you doing here ?" she asked as she opened the door for her best friend " And why didn't you just come in ?"
"I would have done that but then who would have helped me bring in all these boxes ?" Seraphina raised a brow in question looking at the boxes that Samira was currently struggling with " Well do you really think you could go back to Fahad without me ?" Mira asked as she pulled two boxes into Sera's apartment " Let's go together , I don't want to stay here without you "
" Mira darling I'd love to " Seraphina said as she walked towards her room " But your career is currently on the rise and I'm afraid I can't let you throw all that down the drain for me "
" What do you mean by throw it all away ?! , I wouldn't even have a career right now without you , I'd still be stuck in that worthless company sharing a manager with ten other girls , having work once every four months and having to work extra jobs just to stay afloat , I pulled through all that thanks to you "
" Mira you would have pulled through with or without me and the only reason why you are where you are is because you are incredibly talented and that's the truth don't sell yourself short "
" It doesn't matter to me though I'm going with you , we can always set up a branch in Fahad and what's more we speak the same language so I'll be able to cope " Samira said as she looked at Seraphina with eyes that were filled with determination
Sera didn't bother arguing with Samira because she knew it was useless when she got like that , even if she didn't go with her then she would probably be on the next available flight to Fahad
" Fine you can come , let's get your luggage in so we can finish packing my clothes and get some food cause I'm famished "
They both walked to Sera's room after pulling in all six of Samira's boxes with Seraphina murmuring and complaining all through as Samira laughed at her
They'd packed up all of Sera's clothes , bags , shoes and jewelries into various boxes four for charity and six for the trip and the rest would be senttsent over by herther assistant. They ordered some chicken and burgers for the night , eating and playing before finally falling asleep .
The next morning was hectic with trying to get all the luggages into the cars before they got to the airport , the twelve hours flew quickly as they slept and worked through it and finally they'd landed in Fahad and for some reason Seraphina was nervous not because she was scared that the city had changed , not because she had to face her parents after two years , all that didn't matter to her she was nervous because she had to face Jason Bell again
Seraphina and Samira arrived in the late afternoon and booked a hotel but they had already decided on an apartment which was originally the apartment that Seraphina had chosen before they left Dinuh but they didn't move in immediately because Samira's room had to be arranged and their things had yet to be put in place they had to spend the night at the hotel hopefully the crew would be done by morning and they would have time to go shopping for kitchen utensils and foodstuffs and some other things that they would need .The next morning they both checked out and headed out early , spending the early part of the day shopping before going back home and settling in , arranging closets and everyother things that came with moving into a new house"Mira I have to go see Jason now before my parents find out that I'm in the country and start nagging me over my non-existent love life "" I'm coming with you " Mira said picking up her purse" No you'r
"Long time no see Jason Bell""Seraphina Williams " Jason answered finally snapping out of his trance " To what do I owe the honour "" I'd love to say I came to catch up with you but I'm here for something else " Seraphina said as she took a seat crossing her legs elegantly" Go on " Jason said obviously intrigued" Well I want you to go out with me ""what ?! "Jason was obviously shocked , happy but still shocked" I don't mean like really date me ... I just mean like pretend to date me so I can get my parents off my back " Seraphina was trying to stay confident after all the worse that could happen was him saying no and then she'd just ask AidenJason didn't know if he should be happy or perhaps amused , he'd been yearning for one woman for the last two years and God had just dumped her in his laps and he'd be damned if he didn't enjoy every bit of this beautiful gift , he sat back and relaxed ut
" I knew that was bound to wake you up " Sera said as she walked an angry Samira towards her room , Samira got off the ground and followed her friend into her room" Are you serious or you were just trying to pull my legs ?" Samira askedSeraphina thought of her situation again and wondered if she was really crazy , she could just tell her mother to butt out of her life so why exactly did she let herself be conned into a wedding" Well I guess I really am getting married " Seraphina said with a smile as she slipped out of her clothes before collapsing tiredly onto her bed , Samira who had followed her to her room finally burst into laughter" What's so funny ?" Seraphina asked in confusion" Well I always thought I was the crazy one between us but you've just proven me wrong , you've landed a fiance in just two days " clapping she continued " You really are amazing Seraphina , you are indeed something else "&nbs
'Eager much? 'Seraphina wondered but she smiled and nodded , pushing Jason off of her she got up and walked to the kitchen to get him the cup of coffee he'd asked for earlier .Jason watched Samira closely , he still wasn't sure he liked her yet , part of him was grateful that she'd stopped them because he wanted their first time together to be special not just a quickie on a couch but the other half that was previously very excited made him want to curse her . Samira looked at the extremely handsome man in front of her , she wouldn't say his features were perfect but still they suited him beautifully but the first thing one would notice were his eyes at first they looked like they were light blue, giving you this feeling of looking at the sky or being surrounded by clouds but when you looked closely you'd see that there was a darkness within them and then they looked like the ocean drowning you in it's depths , he had somewhat large ears , they were on the medium side b
" why did you sell that ring ?!"It was the sales girl from earlier and a girl who Seraphina couldn't recognize , the girl was obviously really young , she looked like an eighteen years old and at most she'd be around twenty but she was obviously very angry but the sales girl looked conflicted" I'm sorry ma'am but I told you earlier that it was impossible for me to reserve the ring as it's against our policy "" What do you mean by it's against your policy ?!"" I am a regular here , don't you know who I am ?!"" I'm sorry " the girl repeated , she'd stopped trying to explain probably because she'd realized that explaining to someone who wasn't willing to listen was a waste of her time" Does sorry fix everything ? , do you think I'll let this go if you just apologize ?" the girl asked again " Tell me who you sold it to " she demandedSeraphina didn't know that they were arguing over th
" well since I can pick whatever I want then I'm willing to let go of my ring " Seraphina announced" I knew it , you are just I gold digger that can't resist money " the girl said while laughing" Of course I like money and who doesn't ? , why do billionaires still work even when they have so much money ? , it's obviously because they want more so who am I to refuse more money ?" Seraphina asked smiling" Here you can have it " she said throwing the bag with the ring at the girlturning back to the manger she continued " And now let's go pick out a new ring for me but Miss Ross here will have to come along so incase you aren't willing to part with my choice I can get my ring back "" That won't be necessary " the manager said as she was sure that Seraphina wouldn't be able to pick an expensive ring and so what if she did she would just cover it up and the boss would never find out after all they have many copies of various
"You aren't even sorry " she reprimanded " because if you were you wouldn't just keep saying return the ring , you'd try to persuade me to buy it but because you still look down on me you don't even think I have enough money to afford something like this "The manager buried her head but didn't reply proving that Seraphina was right , to her it was obviously true. Seraphina might be able to afford a few branded clothes but at most all the outfits she'd bought would be around twenty to thirty thousand dollars and one carat of the red diamond was worth a million dollars and the ring had was with a total of of four carats of the red diamond putting it together it was worth around four million dollars , it was originally supposed to be kept inside the VIP room and shown to VIP customers but she'd wanted to brag about their store having a red diamond so she'd ignored orders and kept it in a regular display case for everyone to see and now she had lost it to a rand
she opened the door and saw a delivery man holding a package and she suddenly remembered Jason telling her that she would get her ring in the morning , she smiled and hummed to her self as she signed and collected the small package , when she opened it immediately revealing a small pink diamond on a silver band with a note attached to it" I'm sorry that I'm not there to put the ring on your finger but I can imagine how beautiful it would look on you love " she smiled at the sight of the note and looked at the beautiful ring again before putting it on and surprisingly it was a perfect fit , she went back up to her room picked an old picture frame , removed the picture and put in the note before carefully placing the frame with the note by her bed , she went back down with her purse and left for her parents' house happily , she wanted to call him and thank him for the beautiful ring but she decided to thank him in person and she could also use that opportunity