Samantha mentally facepalmed as Kathie chided her over the phone.“What date?”“Girl, what shall it profit you if you keep treating that poor guy like trash?”“I told you today was his birthday and you are still going to disappoint him?“I promised today, but you didn’t leave him your address. He said he’s been trying to reach you, but he can’t get through. Did you block him?”“Look Kathie, I’m really sorry to disappoint him. I thought my gestures made it clear I’m not interested.”“Babe, he’s not asking you to marry him. He just wants to hang out with you.”“Wait, is this about Princess? You said her nanny had the day off. I can come over to look after her so you can go on your date.”“No. That won’t be necessary.”“I’ll reach out to him myself.”“You should go and have fun.”“We shall see,” Samantha ended the call with Kathie.“So sorry about that. Kathie is just a pain.” Samantha sighed to her sister, Lara.“So, you have a date?”“Please don’t start, Sis. I’m already tense enough.”
Ethan had no idea where he was heading to as he made his way into the elevator but he knew he needed to get out of his room.It felt weird going places without his guards which made him do most things in this trip himself but he instructed them to stay back at home and take care of certain things for himWalking out of the building, Ethan’s eyes met with the restaurant/bar that was beside the hotel building.Based on what he heard, the hotel he was lodged in and this restaurant were owned by the same person and only the elites could afford to be there. Sensing that the bar wouldn’t be a bad place to relax and catch his breath and if possible find a lady to have fun with, Ethan found himself walking in the direction of the bar.To get to the bar, one had to go through the restaurant. Ethan was on his way when he suddenly stopped in his tracks at the sight of HER.No, she wasn’t alone and this time around she was with a different man, not the one he saw with her earlier at the cafe.His
At this point, Kelvin rose to his feet, ignoring Samantha’s gesture and grabbed the stranger by the collar of his shirt, wanting to strangle him, not giving a f**** if they were being watched by other people.“Get the f***k away from me!” He said with gritted teeth because he didn’t want any drama either.“I don’t care who the f***k you are but you’re nothing but a disgusting pig. You are no different from an insane man and I bet that you’re nothing but a low-life individual who never has any good thing to say.”“If it’s the mother who offended you, come for her and not the innocent child involved. Christ, did you just listen to yourself? You sound like a devil, having such ill thoughts towards a young girl.”“I would love to burst your bubble. That little girl is nothing but amazing and anyone that doesn’t know her doesn’t know what they are missing.”“We’ve had enough of you. Get the hell out of here!”Before Samantha could say anything. She sighted two hefty men coming towards them
Still not looking Into his eyes, She rose to her feet, picked up her purse from the table, then made her way out of the restaurant. She still didn’t look at him but she could feel his presence behind her.They both brought their cars to the venue so that kept Kelvin wondering for a while about what was going to happen.Once they were outside the venue, he arranged for her car to be brought to the front by the valet and once that was done, he turned to her. “Get in, I’ll drive.”Samantha didn’t argue. She obeyed and got into the car.Once they were both in and buckled up, Kelvin started the engine and drove out of the restaurant.She was hoping he would ask her for her home address since he didn’t exactly know her place but that question never came through.Samantha decided to stop getting bothered as she found herself enjoying the silent ride. She turned her attention to the window, looking into the beautiful streets while buried in her thoughts.After what felt like forever in the si
Samantha didn’t say anything.“Your heart is still healing and I feel like no matter how hard other people try to win you over, it might be fruitless because you’ve totally shut your mind out of love.”“You’re a sweet being, Samantha, and my wish for you is to find a man that will love you so much beyond words and take great care of you.”“I’m glad you went on the date. I’m not happy with the part of Ethan ruining everything, but I’m grateful to know that Kelvin stood up for you against him.”“I agree with Ethan about Samantha being jealous. Because that can only be the legit reason for him being mad at you for being with a man after all that he had put you through.”“He’s an as shole and I’m glad he’s got some competition. Someone as fierce as Kelvin.”“There’s no way they are going to take my single status away from me. Most especially that as shole, Ethan.”“Since he knows about Princess already, do you think he’s going to try something funny?”“I don’t know and I don’t really care
Bessie said nothing but continued to stare at him.“You’ll be getting pleasured and getting paid too. Why are you holding back?”“Did anyone send you to do this?”“What do you mean? You said it yourself that I’m a newbie.”“And that makes you a great suspect.”“Let me guess, you’ve got haters in this workplace.”She rolled her eyes at him, “Don’t act as if you don’t know haters are everywhere.”“You’ve got to have like two or more jobs to survive. I’ve got a corporate job during the day and this is my night job. I was a bit late, and that was why my colleague.” She pointed to the guy at the bar “attended to you first.”“Interesting!” He mumbled, “So you are not scared of your Boss or any of your colleagues seeing you here?”Bessie shrugged, “I’m just a receptionist over there so I’m sure the company doesn’t mind. A few colleagues know what I do. Besides, no one is holy. I have to do what I need to do to help my family.”“I like your personality so I’ll make a little increase. 20,000?”
She sighed, a part of her giving in as she noticed that she had a good chemistry with him.“Alic Incorporation.” She mumbled.“That’s where I work.”The name sounded familiar in Ethan’s head until it hit him, making a small smile creep to his lips like he just hit a jackpot.“Perfect! You’re going to help me!”Bessie stared at Ethan in confusion as the corner of his lips curved into a genuine smile.“Help you?”“How?”“With what?”“Don’t tell me you’re going to blackmail me now just because I got 20,000 from you? Gosh, I shouldn’t have trusted you.”“Can you just calm down?” He said, approaching her.“I may be all sorts of things but I don’t go back on my words. I’ve got no right to threaten you. That’s a very childish thing to do.”“I’m serious about being good and genuine friends with you.”“Then what do you want from me?”“I mean what can I help you with?”“I might as well just confess.”“You better do!” She mumbled, folding her arms.“I came here for business and I’m meant to be r
Samantha sighed, completely looking away from the laptop on her table and turning her attention to Kathie.“He’s actually a very cool person to hang out with. He wants more but I made him know that that’s not going to be possible.”“He said he was going to win me over. We shall see about it.”“It was fine even though someone tried to ruin it. But it ended on a really tense note.”“Can I go back to work now?”“Someone tried to ruin it? Who?” She frowned.“Ethan!”Katie’s eyes went wide. “Ethan?! As in the same Ethan? Ethan Blake? How the hell did he find you?”Samantha slowly massaged her temple, remembering that she hadn’t said a word about it to Kathie.“I don’t know. He probably came here for business. We first bumped into each other at the cafe when I went to meet the client. He made a scene and he saw me with Kelvin at night.”“At some point, I thought he was stalking me but I later discovered that the restaurant had a hotel beside it so he probably lodged there.”“Holy sh it, Sam