Ben couldn't hide his surprise. He arched his brow at Dennis and asked. "You said you mentioned the event to her?"From the expression he could read on Kelsey's face, he could tell that she had no idea of what they were talking about.Kelsey looked up at Dennis with a tightened jaw. Why would he lie to his dad that he told her about the event when they both knew that he never mentioned it?Dennis ran his left hand through his hair. He faced his father after a sigh. "Dad, the truth is, I just mentioned it to Kelsey one time during a conversation. I'm not sure whether she recollects but I didn't tell her what the event entails," he explained.Kelsey still doubted him. If Dennis had mentioned the event, then it would have rung the bell. Nevertheless, she just had to go with the flow.She turned to Ben with a forced grin. "Well, I guess, it just skipped my mind judging by the fact that Dennis mentioned it and didn't shed more light on the event.Ben sighed. " I understand Kelsey."Dennis
Chapter 60All through the ride home, no one spoke. Dennis had his gaze fixed on the road with both hands on the speedometer while Kelsey kept looking through the window by her left.Dennis didn't start up a conversation because he assumed that Kelsey is tired and engaging in small talk wasn't his thing.Kelsey on the other hand was pissed that Dennis didn't inform her about the upcoming Olympics games. From his gestures, she could tell that he wasn't going to allow her to participate. She assumed that his father's wish of having her trained by him was not going to come true.Dennis pulled the car to a halt by the water fountain after he drove into the mansion. He stepped out of the car and hurried inside. Kelsey's heels were clicking behind him.They got to the living room. Dennis took off his jacket and held it in his right hand. "I'll see you tomorrow," he said after glancing at his wristwatch.Kelsey dumped her purse on the twin couch and moved toward him. She faced him, her arms
Kelsey took off her heels and flung them beside the twin couch. She tightened her fists and stared Dennis straight in the eyes.He walked up to her with a bright smile. "You wanna be a tough girl? I can see you are ready to fight."Kelsey could tell that Dennis was teasing her. The way he blinked at her and his mischievous smile revealed that he was expecting less from her.Dennis parted his lips in his bid to tease Kelsey the more when she suddenly marched toward him with a clenched left fist, bridging the gap between them. In a flash, she almost sent a blow across his left cheek but the vigilant Dennis stopped her by blocking her fist. He caught her fist just in time."Wow!" he gasped in surprise and wanted to speak but the determined Kelsey was sending another blow to his cheek with her right fist. Dennis quickly turned Kelsey around and pinned her back to his chest while grabbing her fists with both hands."Seems like I underestimated you huh?" he whispered into her left ear. He
"Are you guys ready?" Dennis asked.Kelsey and Janet exchanged glances and finally agreed with a nod. "Yes.""I'll pull out the car from the parking lot," Dennis said and walked out. He is smartly dressed in a blue tuxedo and will be dropping them at the training house before he heads for the office.Before going to bed the previous night, Kelsey called Janet, seeking her support on her first training. Janet had agreed to follow her to the training house since it was a weekend. Kelsey practically knew no one there aside from Peter of course so Janet's presence will mean a lot to her.Lately, Kelsey couldn't help but feel comfortable around Janet and when the girl agreed to accompany her to the training house, she couldn't be more glad. Kelsey was wearing her wrestling suit from high school which still fits her perfectly. Janet wore a simple maxi.The girls strode out. Dennis had already pulled out the jeep and had mounted the driver's seat. Kelsey settled beside him in front while Ja
Peter helped Kelsey get off the floor. "Yes, Kelsey. Where did you learn how to fight like that? Don't you dare tell me you're an amateur?" Peter warned while pointing a finger at her.Kelsey smiled and turned to the crowd. They were all waiting for her to speak. Their faces carried surprised expressions and they were dying to feed their craving ears.She sighed and slumped on the ring ropes. "Fine, I'll tell you guys how I learnt to fight once Peter and I are done."*******Dennis threw his briefcase at the back seat and jumped onto the driver's seat. He just got a call from the council members that an emergency meeting was fixed.The council normally hold their meetings in one of the chambers within the training house. Dennis glanced at his wristwatch and fixed his gaze back on the straight path ahead.Since Kelsey is having her first official training in the training house at the moment, he might stride to the arena to check on her but that will be after his meeting, he concluded.
On hearing Mali announce the meeting has been adjourned, the other council members except Graffa, Mali, Dennis, Janet, Peter and Kesley left the building.Every other person left stood watching each other silently until Dennis broke the silence.“I thought Mali just adjourned the meeting?” He bellowed facing Graffa.Graffa flinched and without hesitating, scurried out of the building also. Dennis also followed after him but unknown to the others, he didn’t step out, he only walked to the backstage to seat and calm himself.He sat in a seat where the others couldn’t see him but he could see them clearly.Mali turned towards the remaking three people Kelsey, Peter and Janet, she smiled at them and also left.“What the hell.” Janet blurted and walked towards the fighting ring to arrange her bag and Kesley’s things.Peter and Kesley were left standing alone, they stared at each other awkwardly and began talking almost at the same time.“So…” kesley began but was interrupted by Peter.“I w
Kesley seemed so stunned for words, she couldn’t believe what Dennis was saying. How could he ask her to stop practicing with Peter. Wasn’t he the same person who said she could practice with anyone.“I didn’t hear you properly Dennis, what did you say?” She asked calmly, hoping that she probably heard him wrongly.Dennis straightened up on the chair and placed his right hand under his jaw. “I said I want you to stop practicing with Peter.”Kesley gave a slight cough and walked back to where Dennis is seated, she pulled out the chair adjacent him and sat down carefully, her confusion was boldly written on her face.“Why?” She asked.“Nothing at all, I just want you to stop practising with him.” Dennis replied scratching his hair as he spoke.Kesley didn’t believe him because it was obvious he was hiding something with how nervous he looked. “That isn’t a reason for me to stop practising with him, I mean why would I just stop practicing with Peter because of your supposed nothing?”“
Kelsey thought about taking her bath but she waved off the thought, she didn’t see the need to. After all, she didn’t have any plans for the day, she might as well take a rest. She danced lazily around her bed in search of her phone. She found it beneath her pillow, she didn’t remember putting it there but it was not a surprise, she had misplaced a lot of things in the past because of her foggy memory. She grabs the phone from the bed and hit the music.She sang along and swayed her hips to the beat of the music. She was not happy that she had to quit training because of Denis' bazillion reasons but she might as well make good use of her free time. Still moving her body to the sweet tunes of the music she was playing, she made it to the kitchen and made herself a cup of hot cocoa.She sipped from the cup slowly, savouring the transcendent taste of each sip, she took each sip so slowly and calmly like a goddess that was in no rush to do anything. After almost forty minutes of sipping