It’s been three days since Celine called off the wedding with Xavier and ever since then Xavier had kept himself locked up in his room, without food or water. He sent loads of texts and lots of phone calls to Celine but none of them got a reply, Celine was deliberately ghosting him.He couldn’t even go to the orphanage as usual, instead he was locked up in his room, starving himself and hoping that maybe Celine would show up and say that she was no longer backing out of the wedding.Maybe she would come over and tell him that she also felt the same about him and that she couldn’t live without him. If only.Maria came to visit but he didn’t go out to meet her or let her in his room.“Xavier….” Maria called from outside the door to his room, she had been trying his number but the call wasn’t going through so she decided to pay him a visit.“You don’t have to beat yourself up about her decision.” Maria consoles from behind the door.Xavier doesn’t say a word back to her but she do
Early the next morning, Xavier had gotten dressed and headed to the office. He was following Maria’s plan to help him get Celine back, all he needed to do was dress up, take a nice picture and caption it “Happy” and then post it on his Instagram page for the world to see and by the world he meant Celine.He had fallen deep for her that he didn’t mind calling her his world because at the moment, his life seemed to revolve around her and he wanted it to be that way until the end of time.He did as he was told, he took a nice picture and captioned it “happy”Celine was scrolling through social media when she came across Xavier’s timeline, trust Instagram algorithm to be the cupid in their case, while she was admiring his look and also scrolling through his timeline, she also the post with the flowers and he had captioned it “In love”She remembered the flowers as the ones he had brought for her at the orphanage the other day, she never saw this post until now, her heart warmed up at
Xavier and Celine walk into the coffee shop and sit at a spot close to the window. No sooner had they sat down than a waiter approached them for their order.“Good morning sir and ma’am, would you like to order now?” The waiter asked, showing off a smile that Celine tagged official. She knew how to make that smile, she after all once worked at a café too. Her boss had called it ‘the keep your job smile'. She looked at Xavier to see if he was ready to order.“Yes, Caramel macchiato for me please and some biscuits” “I’ll have the same” Celine says.They engaged in small talk while waiting for their orders to be served.“guess who called me this morning?” Celine asked Xavier.Xavier shrugged, he wasn’t good at guessing.“I swear if I were to guess, it will be someone totally unrelated. Just save me the stress and tell me….” He says, his blue eyes shone in anticipation, Celine had caught his attention and he was all caught in fascination of her.Celine wanted to know which unrelated pers
"Please, don't do this to her. She's really sick and needs treatment."The room was dark with the only source of light being the tiny hole in the wall, it was early in the afternoon but one wouldn't know if they were inside this dark room. Even Maria wonders how she found this place out, she scoffs as she thinks about it. All thanks to that creepy guy who kidnapped her and forced a confession out of her. "All I ask of you is simple and you and your mom will live a life of luxury for the rest of your lives" Maria said to the girl with a cynical smile. "Just do as I say!" She watched as the girl trembled on the floor, tears rolling down her cheeks. She was pleading for mercy, why was she pleading? Any one in their right senses would jump on the opportunity Maria was presenting to her. "Please, I can't do this." The girl cried. Her cries were so loud that Maria was beginning to get infuriated by it. "ENOUGH!" She commanded, moving closer to the girl's mother and pointing a gun
Maria had arrived at the Smith's house when Xavier and Celine got there. Mr Smith was also back from the office too, he had a big smile on his face. He was looking forward to having dinner with his grandson and his future wife, he was the most fufilled man on the planet. They gathered at the dining table for dinner, "Thanks for accepting my invite" Maria said to Celine, after all it was her who told Xavier to convince her to come over for Dinner. "Of course.." Celine replied.They made small talk over their meal, they were like a happy family having a normal dinner plus the extravaganza that comes with having a meal at a billionaire's house. "How's the wedding preparations going?" Maria asked, they were done with the main course and the maids were setting the table for dessert. "I'll go for my final fittings next week" Celine responded. "That's good news"A jug of mango juice was placed on the table by a maid in uniform. Her hands seemed shaky as she placed cups on front of the pe
After waiting for more than a quarter of a day, the door to the O.R finally opened and a doctor walked out, with two nurses in tow. Xavier jumped up from where he sat, careful enough not to wake Celine who had fallen asleep beside him. "How is he?" Xavier asked the doctor once he was in front of him. The doctor gave him an odd look, and turned back to look at the nurses with questioning eyes. "Who are you?" The doctor asked, scrutinizing Xavier like he was some criminal. "The fuck you mean who am i?" Xavier's anger erupted. "How is that important man? I'm asking you how my grandfather is, I don't fucking care if you know who I am" He yelled, causing Celine to jump up from where she had dozed off on the sit. She stood up and moved closer to Xavier, placing a hand on his shoulder. "We just want to know if Mr. Smith is alright." Celine replied. "Well, tell that to the police." The doctor sneered, looking in the direction of the two police officers coming from behind Xavier
Xavier and Celine went back to the O.R to see his grandfather but they were told that he had been moved to a regular ward. "Regular ward?" Xavier questioned the nurse attending to them. "Do you think he deserves to be in some low budget ward?" His voice was rising as he spoke to the nurse. Celine had to tug at his sleeves for him to watch his tone. "I need you to upgrade him to you best suite, right this moment" Xavier ordered.He turned to face Celine who was standing by his side, "Can you believe this people? Regular ward?" "It's a public hospital, don't blame them" Celine responded with a shrug, she didn't see the big deal in admitting Mr Smith in a regular ward, what mattered was that he got the best treatment there was and not some VIP ward. They went to the regular ward to see his grandfather while the hospital staff got the VIP suite ready, Mr Smith was unconscious still, but Xavier was glad that his grandfather's face was no longer a reflection of pain, he felt his h
"You can't find her?" Alexis screamed at the detective in front of her. "She's a suspect in a case of attempted murder and you're saying you can't reach her?"Alexis was fiddling with her hair and pacing the kitchen at Xavier's home. The police were doing their investigations and that was where they had found the cup Mr. Smith drank the juice from last night. Although it had been washed by the maids last night, they still found tiny traces of poison on the cup.All the maids were gathered in the kitchen and they were asked if they noticed anything but they all denied seeing anything, except for the senior made noting that the girl who served the drinks was bent on serving it and kept asking her to let her do it. "Where is she?" Officer Abel asked, the senior maid. He had come to the mansion straight from the hospital after his partner showed him the image of the glass that was poisoned. "She left immediately after dinner, sir" A young maid opted.Abel turned to his partner "Find