Esme's...
" Esmeralda," Titus voice had called from over the phone, "Esmeralda," I muttered to myself.
Titus only called me that when he was up to something not good, Esme he'd call me whenever he wanted to show off to his friends that my name had the same beauty as my face.
I'd called him earlier this afternoon to announce that I was done with my last paper for university. No doubt I'd pass, I'd been a straight-A student since freshman year. That added to another one of his pride.
" She's the perfect girlfriend," he'd say to all of them and I always blushed in his love for me until I realized I wasn't his perfect girlfriend at least to some extent.
I'd waited in line for four hours to get the 'lover's cake', it was popularly said that whoever got to have a taste of it with their other half, would be together forever.
Finally, I was handed my cake, inscribed on it, "Will you be my first" I could see the red blush on the baker's face seeing what I'd asked to be inscribed on it.
" Thank you," I said before walking away, heading to meet Titus.
The glares from the old Lady beside his room should have been enough to warn me about what I was about to see but they weren't a physics or chemistry problem I could solve in a minute.
I gave a curt bow and headed into the dorm room, and from a distance, I could hear the loud moans and groans of two people. I'd thought he was watching porn again, but who'd watch porn on loudspeaker. Only Titus could, so I shrugged and went ahead with the cake in my hand.
The loud banging and the sounds of moaning got louder as I got closer but I refused to assume so I took the keys out and unlocked the door to the worst image I'd ever seen.
On our bed, my pink duvet was Titus and my step-sister Raina stark naked. The moans were from Raina while the groans were from Titus. My legs wobbled and the cake in my hand fell to the floor unapologetically, it's loud sound doing nothing to bring me out of the trance I'd fallen into.
The shock on both their faces was only there for a brief moment, it was as though they knew I'd find out eventually but not in this manner.
Neither of them made any attempts to cover their bodies and I just stood shocked and appalled.
" Can you get out, we're in the middle of something," Raina said, my eyes shifted to her and nothing but a victorious look spread across them.
" Titus," I called but he shrugged his shoulders and stood up, his penis dangling in between his thighs.
"Get out Esme," he said after Raina.
" But, but why, why'd you do this Raina, I spoke, my voice shivering with unidentified emotions.
" Because, Esme, you've always seen yourself as a saint while I'd been the black sheep of the family, mom's always yarning about how beautiful and intelligent you're."
Every fucking person Esme, everyone has always overshadowed me." She yelled at me pointing her hands while her breasts dangled down heavily from her chest.
" Don't heat baby, we need to reserve your strength for later," Titus spoke leaving my front to go back to her.
" But I haven't done anything, Raina, you're the one who's always getting the good things, mom never prioritizes me, when was the last time I wore anything good, I'm the one who had to work to fend for all of us and if at all, I get anything for myself you're always taking it, be it my shoes, my dresses, bags and now my man," I spoke the last word with my tears coming out as I choke.
My head was banging like the sound the two of them made Before I interrupted, and I fell back into the mush of cake that had fallen to the ground.
" But Titus, I'd been honest with you, has never gotten together with anyone except for you, why Couldn't you choose anyone else, instead you chose Raina, my sister?" My voice came out more like a whimper.
" Because Esme, you haven't done anything for me, I'm a man, Esme, do you know how many times I've had to watch porn And jerk off to my hands, I've to Esme watch my friends brag about how their girl got sore from having sex with them, and how great their blow jobs were. But you Esme, I've gotten nothing from you. He said as he held my duvet around his waist.
" How dare you say that Titus, I did your assignment, stood out at night for you to get concert tickets for you and your friends, I'd made meals for you, taken you to dinner with my own fucking money, I took you out, bought you meals and every fucking piece of clothing you've was brought by me," I said with tears rolling down my face.
" I didn't ask you to do any of those Esmeralda," his words were accompanied by the loud rumble of thunder.
"I never asked you to do any of those, you do them because you wanted me to reciprocate." Because you've never gotten the love of a man Esme that was why you hung so tightly to me." He said and I watched as he poured it all out, he had never wanted to be with me, but he knew I was gullible, and a good ATM.
" Get out Esme, I don't want you to ruin the mood for Raina and me, he said Again, mashing his legs into the cake on the ground, he opened the door and threw me out of the room despite the pouring rain outside.
" Titus", I screamed from outside the room, stranded, heartbroken, I stepped out into the rain, whatever was going to happen should happen.
Esme's...Chapter 2I walked in the rain heedless, with nowhere to go, I wandered around, too afraid to cry, afraid of what I'd break into if I let the tears welled Inside of me come rolling down.The dazzling lights of the hotel across the streets had gotten my attention, and with my situation at the moment, I had nowhere else to go but to spend my income for a month in a day."All work no play, makes Esme a dull girl" was what I held on to, I wasn't sure of living after today and what I thought would be the happiest day of my life turned out to be the worst.I walked into the hotel, not minding the lustful gazes of the men at the entrance, my drenched appearance made me more pitiful. I walked into the lobby, still noticing the glares of the men around." Hey pretty girl, are you stranded, how about you spend your night with me," one of the men approached." No thank you," I replied and turned to the reception." Good day ma'am, how may I help you," she asked." I want to book a roo
Cassians's...My phone rang from the table in the distance and I scrunched my eyebrows in return.Only a few people had my private number, some of whom were my secretary and my Best Friend Andy.I picked up the phone and I saw that it was the secretary, she had strict orders not to call me except it was an emergency, and I could only think of one at the moment, there was a problem with the merger I'd sent her to complete." Good day Mr. Van, I'm sorry but the client refuses to sign the merger without your presence," her voice said over the phone." Where are you, I asked,"" At the hotel adjacent to the company," she replied.I wanted to ask why she chose the hotel instead of any good restaurants or a meeting house, but I thought against it." I'll be there," I said and hung up, looking down from the highest floor, only the bright lights of the hotel could be seen from a distance.I scrunched my eyebrows, the merging had been finalized and it was only left for her to hand the documen
Esme's...There was still no response from him and I stood up to go, the minute clarity I had was fading away and my senses were going back to being hazy." Please help me," he spoke for the first time and I stumbled back." Hey can you hear me, do you have a card," I asked but didn't get an answer.His face from up close was too handsome to ignore, so I checked into his pockets, seeing for any leads of who he might be when I remembered that I'd booked a room." What could go wrong in having a handsome drunk stranger stay in the same room with another drunkard overnight." I thought to myself and held him by the hand in the hope of lifting him up from the ground.But my feet were all wobble and I was depleted of whatever strength I had, with no other choice, I held his two hands above his head and embarrassingly dragged him to the elevator." Hey, you stupid man, do you know who I am, let me go" I heard a woman scream at a staff who stood in the middle of the route, blocking her from
Cassians's"She isn't her, she isn't your secretary" my head buzzed with various thoughts of how I'd fuck this girl in front of me.Her voice kept ringing into my ears and it took all my rationality to not pin her down on the door front.I never thought I'd be ridiculed to the extent of being dragged all the way from the first floor of a restroom to the last floor of a seven-star hotel.Nevertheless, I was grateful, I'd rather be dragged by this nimble soft girl to her room than fall to the scheme of that secretary.And when my head had hit the stoppage at the door, I flung my eyes open to see her hovering over me, dropping my legs in the instant to the floor.I grunted in pain, watching as she spoke to me. Her hair flowed rhythmically with her every movement. She knelt beside me and I could just watch with my eyes wide open.And I could swear that she looks cute when she was mad, the way she'd changed her words from me being a piece of shit when I gave no response to her words. " Y
Esme...My whole life was ruined and at this moment I knew for a fact that even though Titus sleeping with Raina hurt, having a one-night stand with a man I saved who afterwards accused me of being a slut hurt more.I stared at the pitiful figure of myself on the floor, helpless and ugly, the hickeys and purple mark of my intimate sexual affair reflected Right in my face.I couldn't even recognize the face of the motherfucker I slept with.I stood up from the bed, gripping the sheets to the stains on the bed.The memories of last night came rushing to my head, from Titus to Raina, outside the rain, the bar and helping him before bringing him to the room with me, the sex, the harsh slap of reality on my face, and the way he had called me a slut.I fell to the bed, gripping the sheets tightly in my hands.The rush of emotion came at first like small mumbles and sobs, until I wasn't able to take it any longer.My head got fuzzier and the wracking lines of tears came rushing down my face.
EsmeHer vicious laughter filled my ears and the continuous laughter of victory infuriated me to my guts." What!" I asked, turning my face to look at her"You heard me right Esme, I killed her," she said again.My face was thrown into shades of pale and white, as I stared blankly at her." You're wondering how that's possible right," I just told her that you already started working as a whore and you keep sleeping with men, selling your body to them," she said again.And straightened herself back up and went back to meet Titus" Oh and I also told her that you weren't attending classes and that you have contracted AIDS from one of your usuals and that's what caused her heart attack," she laughed as she hugged Titus placing a kiss on his lips." You're not human Raina, you're fucking evil, do you know what you've done, you killed our fucking mother," I said standing up from the ground." Your mother Esme," she corrected." I'm your step-sister, our fathers are different, you've yours
Esme...Nine hours later, I woke up to the announcement of the flight crew. We were landing already and I sat up from my seat to a more comfortable position compared to the one earlier.The plane soon reached the runway and it lowered to stoppage." Please walk carefully, and welcome to Italy," the announcement came from the speaker of the flight attendant.I walked down the airstair of the plane to the tarmac, to the breeze washing over me, as if welcoming me to Italy.I halted a cab and headed to the nearest hotel, too stressed to think about anything, I just sat and enjoyed the ride while viewing the beautiful landscape of Italy.The cab stopped in front of a hotel, I alighted from it and paid before I walked into the hotel, the traumatic memories of my last hotel experience washed over me.I shook my head to put the thought away from my mind, walked up to the receptionist, and paid for a two-week reservation.I was handed the key card and thank goodness I took Italian Italian lang
Esme...I drove back to the resort and my stay was almost coming to an end, I only had a few days left before I moved out of the resort.I needed to find an apartment, not too chic but also not average, I needed one with the best security even if, mafias were too proud to launch attacks on lawyers, corporate business owners weren't, they were desperate and would do anything to get what they wanted.The hotel valet took the car key from me while I walked inside, exhausted and dehydrated, I needed to begin my search for an an apartment when I got back to the room.The food was served and I opened my laptop to begin my search.The options provided weren't few, but none of them suited my taste until I saw one, near work, high security and it was beautiful as well, I clicked on it and proceeded to pay the rent..............................................I began work at Ergo law firm the next Monday, having moved out of the hotel into my new apartment.I should have known for a fact that