Jamie stood in the hallway speechlessly, not knowing what to do, she could hear Rita chanting away upstairs. The least she could do right now is to find out when they will be back so it could buy her time to leave the house before they get here.Jamie staggered into her room, with shaky legs, she pulled out her phone to dial George's number but instead, a call came into her phone. She swallowed hard, first hesitated to pick up the call but needed to anyway so she inhaled deeply and exhaled calmly to calm her nerves."Hello, who am I speaking with?" Jamie's shaky words were heard as she spoke up."Mom? Are you ok?" "Alice" Jamie breathed out shakily which Alice could clearly hear, she wasn't supposed to let Alice see her this way, it would only make her want to do some nasty stuff which would either worsen the situation or end things and she couldn't let any of that happen."Alice, I am fine" Jamie tried to wipe out her tears and her running nose as she spoke to Alice."I clearly said y
Jamie walked into her room, took her phone, and came right out immediately. She dialed Alice's number right there in front of everyone. Xavier had ordered Jamie to put the call on speaker for him and his Mom to hear but before then, The servants were all dismissed to their work position, while Ander sat together with his father only to watch the show to the last. Xavier picked up his phone and decided to dial Mr. Hillary's number to let him know that things would be going as planned."Hello, Mr. Hillary" Xavier greeted with a cheerful tone of voice."My dear friend Xavier, who are you doing?" A husky voice was heard through the phone."I am perfectly ok. So I am calling to let you know that my sister is ready for the meeting we had discussed." Xavier smiled as he spoke."Oh thank you so much, Xavier, I will make sure not to break our promise" The man's joy could be heard even through the phone. "So how do I get to meet her?" "You should find a suitable place for yourself then send m
Alice woke up feeling so relaxed and strengthened. She tried sitting up then noticed she wasn't in her house neither was she in her room instead she was in Valentino's room, lying comfortably on his bed."Shit..!" She screamed as she stroked her hands in her hair while trying to arrange her already messed up hair."Who knows if Valentino was back? Does he know I am right here on his bed?" Alice bit her lips in frustration, she quietly came down from the bed with her head facing downwards and her feet on tiptoe. She tiptoed to the living room and peeked in before advancing closer to the space then she heard sounds coming from the kitchen which could be Valentino."Aaaarrrrrgggg…."Alice groaned under her breath, bent her head over then walked over to where she had dumped her bag when she came in and her heel as well before she walked on tiptoes in the direction of the exit door but stopped hastily on her track as she noticed someone standing right in front of her. With a great shock, Ali
Alice woke to a new morning, in a new house and as a new person. She yawned and got off her bed, and into the bathroom she went. Brushed her teeth off with a random toothbrush that was clearly not hers."Hey, Good morning" Alice came out of the room and followed the sweet aroma of the morning breakfast being made, it almost felt like Theo's morning delicacy but knowing fully well that Theonowherewhere near this house, she knew it could be from one and no other person than VALENTINO. She walked to the kitchen and saw him facing the gas cooker while he was just starting the meal. Seeing Valentino again this morning, made the memories of what had happened last night flowing back into her mind. Alice didn't think of how embarrassed she would be to see Valentino again at least not until this morning that she had come in contact with him again. Alice froze, she couldn't run away right now cause Valentino had turned to face her."What should I do? Fuck!" She screamed in her mind."Good morni
Knock knock..!!! Alice was slowly coming back to the earth, it seemed to her that someone was banging on her head which woke her up on an instant only to notice it was a knock at her door."Am coming" She sat up on her bed stayed sitted for a while before she stood to her feet, stretched her body, stroked her hand on her messy hair, then walked over to the door."Good morning Mrs. Valentino" One of the maids greeted.Alice rolled her eyes at the way the maid had addressed her" Is it 4 pm already?" Alice didn't wish to leave her room right now, her sleep seemed more important than anything else."No Ma, it's 2:30 pm and Mr. Valentino gave us an hour and thirty minutes to doll you up" The maid replied and smiled immediately at the face Alice made as she moved out of the way for them to access her room.Alice went into the bathroom, took a shower, and came out to sit on the chair placed right in front of the mirror. There she sat as the maids did their best in dressing her as usual. Alice
Alice departed from Dominic, she got into her car and drove with maximum speed until she got to the house right still on her way beep was heard from her phone. She slowed down her car and took her phone only to see it was a message from her mom, she quickly tapped on it and read the content slowly."Here is the address to the hotel where you will be meeting up with the man and your booking code as well. Make sure you are on your best behavior and make him comfortable around you, I will see you later after the meeting. Jamie."After reading this, Alice felt nothing at the moment cause she clearly couldn't tell what was going on. She stepped on the pedal and sped up until she got to her destination. She got inside the house and met Theo still on his laptop, so focused on his work and was not sure if he would want to be disturbed but Alice knew she could stay without talking to him. She started by showing him the dress she had bought which got his attention, then
As if barging into Jamie's room was not enough Xavier had to shout at the top of his voice as well only to get Jamie irritated. She calmly rose from her bed with her eyes closed, she stretched out her back, hands, and legs before opening her eyes."Good morning to you too Xavier" He signed, standing in front of Jamie with one of his legs bent to a side and his hand folded to his chest."And who greeted you in the first place?" Xavier's face showed how much he got irritated instead. He couldn't stand watching Jamie make him look like a kid. He unfolded his hands and advanced his way out of the room."Get up from there, make sure you wash up properly before coming to meet, and do that in thirty minutes. I will be waiting in the living room." He finally left the room after making his orders. He got pissed but only by seeing Liliana down the hallway made Xavier's face change. He smiled at her while the shy girl bowed in fear and ran past him even before he could say a word.Xavier turned
The early morning weather breeze was cool and the sweet chimes of birds chirped all over the hood. The morning cock roar has set its alarms up and going which woke most people up to tend over to their business since the beautiful night has passed.Alice didn't sleep well, she couldn't sleep with the thoughts of her mom all occupied in her head. She was so shocked at what happened last night, how her mom had tailed her off telling her not to ever call her again "Was she caught talking with me? What has Rita done to her? Is she okay?" These thoughts bothered her so much that she was up all night wandering around her room.Theo knew Alice wasn't going to sleep that night considering how worried she sounded about Jamie so, he only made her some cupcakes to keep her away from starving before going to bed. Only to wake up and find Alice sitting on the dining table with her hair covering her face and her eyes round with deep dark circles like some of a ghost or zombie."Alice, don't tell me
What was that for?"Alice looked furious at Valentino though she wasn't sure if she was but she knew she needed to be."I can't even explain myself" Valentino looked for the right words on how to explain what just happened out there but he just couldn't fix it."Let's just forget this, okay?" He ran out of the room and back to the hall to get himself in any way a bit distracted from the kiss.Alice was speechless, she didn't know how to react to this" How in the world could someone be so rude to the magnitude that he claims hegemony over his own mistake?" She honestly didn't have a retort to that so she left the room with the query unanswered Hopefully someday those answers will come rushing over to her. She went back to the hall as well only to find her supposed mother-in-law looking for her."Alice, where have you been? I have searched the entire place for you. I hope all is well. Or don't you like your party?."Mrs. Annabelle was ready to do everything just for Alice to be happy. So s
Theodore has his mind on the family meeting all through the day, and how he is going to face his sisters regarding the current relationship he has with them. These thoughts made him not concentrate on work today, all he did was sit behind and watch the clock tick. Fortunately for him, He fell asleep as he watched the clock.4:18 pmTheo woke up and the first thing his eyes came in contact with was the clock. He stared at it for a while then remembered where he was supposed to be so he quickly dived out of his bed into the bathroom. He didn't bother making dinner knowing fully well that Alice was having dinner at Valentino's place today. Once he was done taking a bath, he put on one of his suits which Alice had gotten for him on his promotion day, he looked himself up in the mirror and took a deep breath before walking out of his room, and out of the house to where his car was parked. Theo's mom and sisters don't know how much of success he has achieved ever since they had cut tiles w
Alice moved over to the canter and sat down with her jaws resting on her hand. She kept up with thinking of what to make for dinner, nothing was coming to mind so she sluggishly stood up, ran to her room, took her purse and a jacket, and moved out of the house. Alice ran to the nearest convince store where she picked out a huge amount of vegetables, more beef, Chicken, and ingredients for Beef Stew.She carried the stuff to the canter where the cashier stood and waited up for her."Hello dear, how are you today?" Alice walked up to the canter only to see an old woman who was smiling at her, she smiled back in response to the woman's nice gestures."Am fine and you?" Alice placed all her stuff on the canter as she had little by little chit-chat."Am okay thank you" The old woman smiled at Alice as she started checking the stuff she had brought. Once she was done with it, she put everything in a nylon bag and handed them over to Alice while Alice brought out her pay card and handed them
STILL ON THEODORE'S POV.Waking up to the bright sun bricking its way into my room and a heavy object placed on my legs made me so uncomfortable. I tried moving the object on my leg first to get away from the sun but it seemed a bit impossible because the object was too huge to be carried away without much effort. So I raised my head to see what the object was, only to notice they were two pairs of someone's legs. "ALICE?" I wasn't surprised cause I recalled immediately what happened late at night, so I only smiled and then tried to wake her up but Alice being her, merely shaking her couldn't wake her up no matter how hard you called her so I had to push her not intentionally down from the mattress but it happened. Falling flat on the ground also surprised knew that I wasn't going scout-free on this one. I had to try sneaking away but she caught me anyway.Running around the living room with Alice right behind me trying to catch and deal with me was another level of exercise, she qui
STILL ON THEODORE'S POV.Waking up to the bright sun bricking its way into my room and a heavy object placed on my legs made me so uncomfortable. I tried moving the object on my leg first to get away from the sun but it seemed a bit impossible because the object was too huge to be carried away without much effort. So I raised my head to see what the object was, only to notice they were two pairs of someone's legs. "ALICE?" I wasn't surprised cause I recalled immediately what happened late at night, so I only smiled and then tried to wake her up but Alice being her, merely shaking her couldn't wake her up no matter how hard you called her so I had to push her not intentionally down from the mattress but it happened. Falling flat on the ground also surprised knew that I wasn't going scout-free on this one. I had to try sneaking away but she caught me anyway.Running around the living room with Alice right behind me trying to catch and deal with me was another level of exercise, she qui
There was a moment of silence after Alice had mentioned about the dinner with the Fax family to Theo. At this point Theo was speechless, he glanced at Alice for a while before getting his voice back."Will you be in attendance?" That was the only question that could come to Theo's mind right now. He wasn't ready to think because it would only turn out to be disastrous considering his current state of mind."Not having dinner with the Fax family is the deal No she said Hillary Holla was going to be in attendance as well, my question is, As What? Why should he be there?" Alice was quietly regaining her thinking, she knew Theo wouldn't have the perfect answer to her questions but she had to ask them out even though not to Theo."Wait, let's get things straight. Your mom called to inform you that you are being invited to a family dinner party with people that don't even consider you one and that Hillary Holla, that dickhead, will be in attendance? Right?" Alice nodded her head in response
Valentino watched Alice swing her hips as she left his house, he didn't know how and what to feel or think."What the f**k" was the only thing he could say, he was not sure if he should be angry or happy that Alice made him feel that way. Valentino sat still for a while. He tried so much to control his orge of dragging Alice back and kissing the hell out of her as a lesson never to play with fire but he had to avoid creating a scene, shook his head off the thoughts of her. He was only sexually attracted to her because had not been there for years now and didn't know what he was missing. At least that was what he thought."Boss, you should start explaining who the damn hell is she" Dominic couldn't wait to hear what was going on from Valentino so he started soliciting him once again immediately he saw Alice was out of panorama and his queries brought Valentino back and out of his thinking. He stood up and commenced going up the stairs to his office knowing wholly that Dominic was going
On getting to the address, Liam wasn't sure if he could ever believe that Theo lived in a mansion like this. He stood all around the place but couldn't find any human beings, beings as desperate as he was he decided to wait until someone showed up at the place. Liam sat outside the house, receiving the cool breeze of the place just as he waited. He slowly fell in love with how peaceful the place could be. Besides that Liam had to think of a way to make Theo give him what had happened between them, he just couldn't get his mind off Theo.Sooner than later, a lady came out from the house and saw Liam sitting on the floor right in front of the gate. She approached him only to notice that she had not seen his face ever before and wasn't sure if he was a friend of Miss. Alice or Mr. Theodore."Hey, Greetings young man, how may I help you?" She asked as she got to where he was sitting. Liam at first watched the lady speak, he wasn't sure of what to think of right now. With a confusing expre
Valentino was all set for the day, he wore a black suit with a colorful tire, standing at the front of his house in wait for Alice's arrival. Not long after he came outside, a black limousine entered the house."Hi, Valentino '' Alice whispered as she saw him come into the car seat beside her. She held a big smile that almost felt fake on her lips, she stared at Valentino for God knows how long and fit what reason. "I think getting to look at a handsome man could help relieve stress." Thinking of these words she was screaming in her head made her laugh out a bit which made Valentino look her way. Alice only waved at him before he could stop staring."So where are we headed?" Alice questioned."To an audition, where mostly all influential men will be in attendance and expected to be all lovey-dovey in their presence. The act is mostly needed because knowing fully well that we are newly wedded, that's how we are to appear and not the other way round" Valentino explained while Alice list