Alva sat at the island later with Jordan sitting opposite her and they sipped their chocolate drink. Her sister had finally managed to calm down after she had arrived and she was calling her manager now to explain everything to her.
"So how did you find out?""Uhn?""...about us?" Her sister's girlfriend continued and she shrugged."Madison told me when we were making up and I found out that it was you she was dating, how did you guys meet though?""It's tricky,""Oh tell me, I never really heard how you guys met and I would like to hear it,""Well, we met at my ex's tattoo shop,""Ex's tattoo shop... She got a tattoo?""Yeah on her right hip,""Wow, that must have been what brought you guys to close in?""No, not really, not until we met at a club and had a one-night stand,""What... you guys had a one-night stand?""Yeah it's probably why we have great chemistry buAlva met with Helen the next day and they finalized the building buying before going to the city's mall to get some painting materials. She had told Helen what she had in mind and she was helping her diligently herself, "thank you for meeting up with me today,""Of course, it's not like I have anything better to do, my daughter is at school, and life can get pretty boring easily,""Okay, I called Jessie to meet us too but she's not picking up, I wonder why...""Maybe she's busy with a boyfriend...""No...if she was she would have told me and she's not someone who can keep a secret very well, she's always obvious,""Okay then, maybe it's work,""That's the only explanation,"They smiled."So you want to get a canvas right?""Yes, a lot of them and paint brushes, also frames if they're possible,""Okay then, let's go,"They went into a painting materials shop and picked out a lot of materials Alva would be needing. She still wanted to do some paintings before she opened the gallery and
Jaxon rang the bell of Alva's house the next evening and straightened his collar before waiting for her to open the door. She opened the door and he was stunned by the outfit she wore. She had put on a dress of black color with the arms down the sides a little and a beautiful pendant necklace adorned her neck, "Wow... You look beautiful,""Thanks, you don't look too bad yourself,""Thank you,""Come in then and thank you for offering to pick us,""No it was no problem, it was only sensible that we went together in the same car,""Okay, I just want to put some finishing touches to my hair and dress up for Jay,""Oh, I could help you with that...""Really?""Yeah, where is he?"As if on cue, his son ran out of the room and stood in the sitting room holding a toy, "Jay say hi,"He said hi and Jaxon smiled at him, "Where are the clothes?""In the room where he came out from, it's just remaining the top,""Okay, I'll put it on for him and comb his hair right...""You sure you could do that
Alva sits in Jessie's kitchen the next afternoon and she's going through some dessert magazines, "So these are the finger foods you're planning to make for the opening?""Yes, I'll recreate some but these are the bases,""Okay, they look good,""And you'll be serving as the taster today cause I want to see how it would turn out before the mass baking and if you'll like it,""Of course, I'll like it, it's you,""Okay then..." She smiled, "...And have you seen any artists for the opening of your gallery?""Yeah, some came this morning and it was crazy like they have a whole lot of talents... I was just speechless,""That is good to hear,""Yeah right,"They brought out the ingredients for the recipes and started baking. The first finger food they would be making was cheesy bacon puffs and Alva felt it would be good, like most of the finger foods were bacon filled but she felt like this one would be extra good."So what are the other finger foods you have out picked?""Well, I picked out
Madison read the comments that filled the under of her post the next day and her manager sighed, "So you guys have been dating for like what...6 months or so?""Quite longer than that... We had a beneficial relationship,""A beneficial what?... Wait! you didn't do what I'm thinking right?""I don't know what you're thinking about...""Hey," her manager hit her on the arm and glared playfully, "...you know what I'm thinking, I told you not to do anything scandalous but you just went ahead to do that didn't you, you should be grateful that it didn't come out then,""Yeah... but there are some good comments...""That doesn't matter, you should be even more grateful that you're not under an agency, it would have been more complicated,""Yeah right,""But your girlfriend is pretty and that's okay, people are loving her, I'm sure she'll be having a hard time now,""That's right, her picture is out in the open and she'll be getting a lot of attention... Anyways how is the planning going?""
Jaxon went from meeting to meetings the next day meeting with people that would provide the preparations for the shareholder's meeting and he sat in his office a minute later, "Have you submitted the statements to SEC?""Yes sir,""And there were no troubles?""No sir, the profits and loss of the company were effectively included in the statement and the audit confirmed it,""Okay then, what of the board pack?""It's in preparation sir and I've prepared all the documents that you said I should include in the board pack,""That's good, send me a copy of the board pack when it is ready,""Okay, sir,""You can go then,"The secretary of the company left the office feeling proud that he had done the things the CEO told him to do and Jaxon smiled after him, He liked it when his people were efficient.Speaking of people, he stood up from his seat to go see Silas and knocked on the door before entering, "what is the golden boy up to?""Nothing," Silas looked up from his desk and smiled."You
They sat on the couch later playing some video games and Jessie felt more at home than she had ever done with him "I can't believe you bought this much junk...""Yeah... I didn't know which one you'll like so bought everything ...""That's fair,"They kept on playing the game trying to outdo one another and Jessie won, "so you're better than me at this,""Yeah... that's because I spent a lot of time playing this level,""So what do you want to do next, play another game, drink another bottle of wine?""I want to talk... Talk with you...""Okay," "But I have to use the bathroom first..."Oh...you can use the one in my bedroom,""Okay,"She went to the room he had pointed out and went into the bathroom easing herself until she was done and she went back into the room where she noticed its beauty.It was white with black couches and a wide king-sized bed, she felt like jumping on it but she didn't. She went to bed and touched the edge instead, "you love it?""Uhn?"She turned around sta
The meeting came quicker than Jaxon expected making him feel prepared and he sat among the other shareholders that morning, "welcome to the annual shareholder's meeting of JS communications", the chairperson announced and everyone adjusted in their seats."We have quite a lot to discuss today and a lot of decisions to make so we better get started, for those who are not around... Their votes would be cast by proxy and that's that, let's start..."The only person who was not around was his uncle and he didn't care if he came, he had been the one to jeopardize the company and even if he hadn't had any evidence, he still knew it.He turned into what the man was saying, "The first topic on the agenda is discussing the merger of the subsidiary to our target company. As it is, we have two subsidiary companies and need one to acquire the company, what do you think?""I say we use the KS wiring...", A shareholder spoke up."Why?""Because it is much related to the target company we want to bu
Alva stood in front of the fridge later that evening and took a pack of beer. She had read through the note that Jackson left for Jaxon and knew that he was remorseful but why had he acted like a jerk that night? He had just been smug acting like he didn't care but she knew it was the alcohol.He hadn't sounded like that when he told her that he wanted to apologize.She took the pack of beer and went upstairs entering Jaxon's room. She had followed him back home hoping that she couldn't help him with the trauma but she didn't know if he would let her.He hadn't said a word since she dragged him out of there and she wondered if he would say anything.She passed him a beer and sat beside him drinking a beer herself, "You know you can let it outright, you don't need to bottle your feelings up..."He sniffed and she noticed he was melancholic, "Jaxon?""He had killed my parents... I spent the past years trying to get past the fact that someone had tried to kill us, actually succeeded in k
Alva went to Jaxon's house the next day her heart beating fast and she found them fooling around in the kitchen, "what are you guys doing?""Cooking,""Mama!" He rushed into her hands even though he was already a little past three years old and she caught him in her hands."Why are you doing that when you know you can't handle him?""Who told you that?""Look at his hands..." She pointed to his hands that were stained with sauce and he looked away guilty, "Okay, maybe I did indulge him a little,""So what are you guys cooking?" She dropped Jay on his feet and went to the counter where he was finishing up a spaghetti sauce, "spaghetti and meatballs,""Hmm, it looks so good,”"I know right,""Well, I have something to tell you when we're done eating...""Not before I show you something I've been preparing,""Oh really?""Yes, I hope you like it,""Okay, I'm curious now,"He served them the pasta and they ate before getting ready for wherever Jaxon was taking them to, "won't you tell me n
They were back at the house two days later and Alva was taking a bath in the shower. She had had a brief period of cooking and she thought she should take a bath. She was feeling different though she couldn't explain and she had vomited, she wasn't sure if it was what she thought.Pushing the thought back from her mind, she picked up a towel and wrapped it around her before going into the room that was theirs. Jaxon wasn't there, she wondered where he was.She cleaned off her body and when she had dried off her hair, she went to the closet to decide what to wear. Jaxon's clothes were there and so also hers but something in her decision to pick up Jaxon's shirt and she put it on.She would like to see how much he could resist her or maybe she just wanted to turn him on.She flipped back her hair and went into the sitting room.****Jaxon was finishing up a call when she walked in. He stopped talking for a moment and stared at her, "Jaxon?" Silas said on the phone, "... what's wrong, is
The next few weeks were used planning the opening of Alva's gallery and Madison was busy with the fashion week. It was hectic as usual and Madison was trying to put on her shoes as it was her turn to walk the runway.She had walked a lot of shows that night and she was tired. She had this last show to run and that was all."Okay give Madison over there a touch of her makeup," the designer they were modeling for directed a makeup artist to her and she got her look touched up."Okay then, you're ready," the man said. She stood in front of the cover to the backstage as she waited for the other model to come in and she went onstage. All eyes were on her or maybe it was the design she wore, she had the looks of everybody on her, she just wished she could smile but she couldn't.She made her turn as she got to the end of the runway and walked back."Okay finally, the group walk," the designer directed.They arranged themselves as they waited for their cue to go onstage and all the models
The next few weeks were hectic for Alva, from going to the gallery to seeing the artist, she had a lot to do before her opening. She was eager to do it."Uhm... We should place that painting to the side..."The paintings were already in frames and they were hanging with other workers and Helen in view, "this is looking beautiful already,""I know right, the paintings are just a good backdrop for the whole setting,""Okay and that would be a wrap," she said after the last painting was hung."Let's take a seat,"They sat down after the workers had all left and it was in Alva's office. The pieces of furniture were already set and the designs were done, "this is all looking good, so the opening is next week right?""Yeah,""I've invited all the people you told me to invite and there are a lot more on my contact list,""Oh thank you, Helen, you're such a lie-saver,"'it's you I should be thanking,""And how is your mum?""She's good. She was happy you came over the last time and the women
They arrived at the Incheon international airport and it was bubbling. A lot of people were going in and out of the terminal and Jaxon grabbed his luggage with Alva's, "okay let's go,""Where are we going?""Just follow my lead okay,"She nodded and followed him going to the parking lot where cars and taxis were parked, "we are going to this place, can you take us there?" He gave a paper to the driver and he nodded."Sure,"They got in and he took them to the Incheon terminal in Korea. She was surprised when they got there, "we're going by ship?""You know I did tell you that I wanted us to go on a cruise together...""Yes you did but I didn't know you meant that,""Of course, I did let's go,"He led her through the rows of ships available and got on one that an attendant led them to, "Mr Jaxon Smith right?" He had asked."Yes,""We got your solo cruise ready, over here,"Thankfully it wasn't Korea he was saying so Alva understood what he was saying, "You got a solo cruise?""Hmm hmm.
Anywhere Helena went to, she always captured people's attention because of her striking beauty even though she didn't dress all classy and gorgeous, but she always had admirers.Her long Raven hair fell to her back almost reaching her bum and enchanting emerald eyes that could put one under a spell.Clinging her fingers round the handle of the carriage, Helena squinted her gaze at the piece of paper in her left hand as she stared at the list of items, her mum had told her to buy in the medium shopping mall not too far from their house.Helena being the free-spirited girl and uhm! Well, always find herself in one trouble and another, she decided to go to big shopping mall located further in town.She hummed, darting her eyes quickly on the shelves in the grocery store as she pushed her carriage slowly.She was so happy today, well, always happy, she picked a can of corn from one of the shelves when she heard a loud voice.“I can't give it to you, old man,” A beautiful girl said firmly
They held the after-party at Jaxon's family house and it was held in the form of a dinner party. They had changed into more comfortable clothes after coming back from the church and they all sat around the table smiling. Jay came to meet her from her sister's laptop where he had been."let's all make a toast to this remarried life and a happy one at that," her father said standing up and the rest of them stood up with their glasses raised."To a happy remarried life!" They all said and drank.They sat down, "let's get to the food then...""Okay,"The housekeeper came to Maria and served the food making sure everything was neat and delicious. It was a feast to say the least, ranging from chicken to fried rice, to steak, there was a whole variety of food and it was to celebrate her, and she was grateful."Thank you, Maria,""It was no big deal, have a nice night, okay?""Okay,"She went back to the kitchen with the assistants that had helped her with the food and they dug in."Wow, this
The opening came sooner than it was expected and Alva had everything in motion. The food, the drinks, and the people coming in, there was a lot."Oh hi Margaret, how are you doing?" She greeted a painter that had brought her work to her."Good and you?""Good too, thank you for accepting my painting,""It's alright, it was worth the gallery,"She smiled and went in bringing into view another client that came in and so and so people started entering. Soon she saw the women that were her kind of companions, Helen, her mom, and the other women, "Oh hi...""Alva, I'm so happy to see this,""It's so nice,""My husband said I must buy one today...""Oh I'll be happy to sell to you and thank you" Alva replied to the ladies and Helen winked at her from the side.They were all wearing elegant clothes and it matched the atmosphere she had set the gallery to be, "we'll have your fill of the artworks, there are also finger foods and wine,""Okay, thank you,"They went to view the arts and Alva sa
They finished picking the clothes and Jessie had picked this beauty of a dress for herself. It was purple, it had wide straps and the edge kind of fell off her shoulders. Josephine had concluded that she wouldn't be wearing any dress as she was okay with the jeans and shirt she always wore while Madison had picked out a black dress, typical of her.Alva on the other hand went with the slim but flay at the end dress and when she had told the attendant what she wanted to be adjusted, they left the shop."So let's go to the bar then, I made a reservation,""Is that alright though, I mean we're going to be drinking and we all brought our cars?""We can call a driver to come drive us,""Oh that's true," Jessie replied and Alva was surprised. She hadn't known she could be a voice of reasoning when they were going through drinking but it was alright."To the bar then,"They all got in their cars and drove to the address that Alva sent them.By the time they got there, they were already hyped