Ricky felt blinding sunlight welcome him to a new day as soon as consciousness set in, feeling for the first time the weight of a leg wrapped under the duvet resting comfortably on his, and turning, he glanced at the unfamiliar woman with soft creamy flesh whose nipples stood erect, covered in harsh bites he could only wonder if he had inflicted.
He felt her lashes flutter, before her big black eyes opened. She smiled at him with swollen sensual lips. No need for any other confirmation, he was now sure of what had happened, considering that he was naked as well.
This was a scene he was used to; waking up to faces he couldn't place and names he could not remember. Had he met her at the bar he usually frequented? More so, had he gone to the Olive bar owned by his friend Jason the night before?
"Good morning." The raven haired woman said, sitting up beside him and staring at him with that look.
The one he had got
"Another cup, please." Jade requested, adjusting her reading glasses without looking at her assistant. Her white laptop lay open in front of her, and she busied herself transferring some documents into it."This is your fifth you know." Annabelle finally spoke up, earning herself an 'I know' look. Getting the message, she left to do as she had been asked.Annabelle prepared the coffee as Jade liked it; a little sugar, no cream, and placed it with the tray on her desk, watching her gulp it down in one succession and rub her eyes."You're sure you are okay, Jade?""Of course" Jade forced a smile, and continued. "Get me that file the PR sent for approval."Saying nothing, Annabelle stared at her for full minutes, and till Jade arched her brows, looking at her with those calculating eyes, she stood biting her lower lips and wondering how to relate the news to her."Spill it,
"Sir, you called?" The Mears corporation P.R. manager stood before his boss, his deep voice reverberating in the silent room. Deathly silent, save for Ginger's loud voice outside the office sprouting business terms and talking to a client over the phone.Ricky gestured him to a seat, bracing his suit-clad elbow on the table. His eyes reeked of impatience and anger, and the man cowered as he sat before him."Wellington, do I pay you pounds to seat in the office and enjoy the relaxation?" Ricky began, his eyes burrowing into his."No Sir. I...I know this is about the article that was just released. We're doing something about it already." His voice was shaky, and it immediately was far from his mind to tell this man that his name was Wilson Tony, not Wellington."Doing something about it, and Kimberly is already scheduling press conferences and threatening to press charges for assault."The red-haired
When Jade returned to the mansion after a tired but productive day, she rang the doorbell twice before Somto opened it, wiping her wet hands on her apron and making to take her bag.She had once installed a device that would simply enable her punch in the security code and the door would open. It was better than having to inconvenience Somto, but well, Esmeralda had simply happened and she had been forced to uninstall it."No it's okay. Is Chloe here yet?" Jade asked, shifting the bag away from her reach. Somto nodded, and so Jade didn't go straight to Esmeralda's room as she did whenever she came back, but instead made for the dinning, smiling when she saw her sister very focused on a plate of food.As soon as Chloe looked up and saw her sister, she stilled visibly, dropping her fork and standing awkwardly. Jade moved fast and engaged her in an embrace so tight that Chloe almost felt crushed.&nbs
Chloe shook her head. "No. That was the height of it Jade. He didn't break up with me. He suggested we go for therapy. Shit, I wish he had called me a bitch, but no, he just had to suggest I go for a freaking therapy, because I need help.""So did you go for it? The therapy?" It was like a session, only that this time, the counsellor had plates of food in front of her, and took her time chewing, before uttering a word. "No I didn't. I broke up with him, because I couldn't bear to be with him anymore knowing I had cheated on him. Jade, I am helpless, I just want to change, to be someone Peanut will be proud to call her mother. That's impossible right?"Jade smiled, shaking her head twice. "No it's not, if you work on it. So you've just been in U.S. for the past three months, brooding? No wonder you lost weight."Chloe forced a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "I met someone
Ricky scrolled through his feeds again for the umpeetenth time that morning, confusion marring his forehead. His eyes were fixated to his laptop, his shoulders slumped in confusion.His P.R. manager had returned the day before stuttering that they hadn't been able to take down all the posts since people had only increased their mode of spreading them.It had been a ranking harshtag on Instagram, and a trending topic on Facebook. He had kept receiving hate messages and had had to go offline for a while.But now, he had woken up to every article on the issue cleared, the trending topics being the model, Loiusa Charlie who was advertising yet another lingerie. He had immediately contacted the manager had already planned the fire, only to receive a negative response. He hadn't pulled it down.Which brought him to the question of who could possibly wield such power.Now, the P.R. stood
J.K. Raymonds walked into the conference hall of the Mears corporation, removing her mind from everywhere it decided to wander that morning. Yes, she had avoided Ricky for two weeks, had sent a representative to attend every meeting that had to do with the company, but that didn't mean she missed him right? Now that she had hopefully fully convinced her mind of that, could her hands kindly stop shaking and giving her the creeps? She took in a deep breath and pushed the doors open, recognising the voices of the board, especially the Huan Juan Asian woman she respected a lot. "Good morning ma'am... Sorry, Ms. Raymonds." Ginger greeted, leading her to the seat usually reserved for her- at the edge, directly opposite Ricky. She did the first thing she could think of; take a deep breath, and fixed the smile she had perfected so well.He scowled in return, and turned his face away from her. Okay gre
If Jade hadn't clearly heard the words come from the chairman of the Mears corporation board, she would have concluded that Ricky had had a hand in it. Wait, what if he had? No, virtually no one outside the holders of top positions in her corporation knew that she modelled the Raymonds corporation products herself under a pseudonym, which left her to look at them with an expression that said she already knew they were guilty. To her surprise and yet relief that they hadn't betrayed her nor violated the contract of non disclosure agreement they had signed, they shook their heads twice; they weren't guilty.She glanced at Ricky, his eyes were on her, but they were unreadable, expressionless, betraying nothing but coldness, indifference. He seemed to have hated her.She felt hurt, but tapped her fingers on the table, speaking up. "Now why would you think of such a thing sir?" Jade asked, ignoring the shar
Ginger's fingers and dimming of the hall made her eyes and mind go away from Ricky and his troubles, to focus on the screen. Her heart pounded as pictures of her modelling lingeries, cocktail, dinner, party dresses and professional wears, with her back or side to the camera were displayed on the screen. There were pictures of her long shapely spotless legs modelling foot wears and others, so many Ginger couldn't scroll down anymore.Heavens help him, but he felt the temperature of the room go up by a number of degrees. He was conversant with different models, had dated a handful of them as well, but he admitted to himself that Louisa... J.K. Raymonds was a spec. Her body was fucking banging, and he wondered again why she hid her identity.Was it because she wanted to maintain her principled personality and felt it was degrading pf her reputation to have her body exposed to international magazines?But for some reason, he didn'