Lucy's POV;
I gritted my teeth as I angrily glared at Jason who seemed to have no shame and just spilled nonsense from his mouth.
To think that Jason wants to stoop as low as insulting me in front of Mr. Desmond was just unbelievable.
Because of what Jason just said, I dared not make eye contact with Desmond, what must he think of me?
Jason walked towards us, while glaring daggers at me as I heard murmurs from people around us, Jason came to a stop in front of me, his masculine figure towering over me.
Was he trying to scare me by giving me a death glare or intimidate me with his body build because he was a man?
I stood my ground staring eye to eye with him.
"Shouldn't you be leaving already Lucy?" Jason asked, seeing that he hadn't succeeded in intimidating me and I scoffed.
"You know you are just plain stupid, just because I rejected your advances you dare insult me, you are a shameless man for even daring to hit on your friend's girlfriend!" I yelled at him and I saw his eyes widened and he clenched his fists.
I know that I shouldn't get him angry, but given that he just insulted me in front of Mr. Desmond and his staff I wasn't going to let him go scot free.
What do I have to lose? It's not as if I would be working for him and besides is he going to hit me in public.
There is no way he was that stupid to do that.
"You have no shame to even call me that,when you were the one trying to get laid with your friend's girlfriend!" I yelled at Jason and he gasped as he pointed a finger at me.
"Security! Get her out of here before I do something I will regret!" Jason yelled angrily.
Two security men approached me.I knew if I didn't leave now I might end up being dragged out ,so I turned to Desmond.
"Thank you Mr Desmond for your offer, I will think about it but right now, I will take my leave and call you later." I told Desmond who was staring at me with an unreadable expression, and when I tried to leave because I didn't want the security man dragging me out , Desmond stretched out his hand, stopping me from walking out of the door and I turned to him with a raised eyebrow.
He wasn't looking at me but at Jason and a frown marred his face.
"Mr Jason, I would like it if you apologize to her for your words." Desmond said and I furrowed my brows in confusion as I turned to Jason who seemed equally surprised by his request.
"W...What?" Jason stammered as a look of disbelief was written all over his face as he glared at me.
"I don't want to repeat myself." Desmond said stiffly.
"Desmond have you gone insane?" Jason asked him and he scoffed.
"Have you ever heard me bluff?" Desmond asked Jason who turned to me, breathing heavily as if he was trying to hold himself back from attacking me.
"I will ruin you." Desmond threatened Jason whose eyes widened.
"You couldn't possibly want to ruin our relationship because of a woman?" Jason asked, while pointing at me.
"I will if that's what it comes down to." Desmond said in a serious tone and Jason glared at me.
"You caught a bigger fish this time didn't you!" He sneered at me and I was taken aback by his words.
Bigger fish?
Is he crazy?
Apart from Desmond's son, who is my child's friend ,I don't even know anything about Desmond.
"Jason, I don't hear you apologizing." Desmond said and Jason sighed and clicked his tongue in.
"I...I am sorry." Jason gritted out, avoiding eye contact with me.
"Lucy Is the apology accepted?" Desmond asked me.
"Yes." I said as I didn't want to get on Jason's bad side.
Desmond's lips slowly turned into a smile.
"Well off you go then Lucy,I will be expecting your call." He said as his smile widened.
Wow this man is handsome, I just wonder why Desmond is this nice to me.
"Um...Thank you." I stammered as I hurriedly left the company building because It suddenly dawned on me that I wasn't the only one there and Jason's staff were looking.
I was sure that this wasn't over,but Jason doesn't know where I live so I have nothing to fear.
Jason can go and tell my ex boyfriend Andrew that I was living well and I won't stand and listen to any insult ever again.
I wasn't that naive girl Andrew got pregnant and abandoned,I won't let someone walk all over me like that again.
Since the job interview had ended terribly, I decided to go back to the cafe and tell Bella how today got messed up.
I took a cab to the cafe, when I entered the cafe and Bella saw me she furrowed her brows in confusion.
I sat down at one of the tables and Bella joined me after she finished serving the table she was attending to.
There was another part time worker here at the moment so she can attend to customers.
"Why do you look so gloomy, didn't get the job?" Bella asked, concern evident in her voice.
If it was just that I didn't get the job it would be different, Jason had to show me his face and make me remember my ex boyfriend that I tried so hard to forget.
"I saw Jason,he was the one looking for a secretary." I informed Bella and she furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.
"Who is Jason?" Bella asked me and I remembered she must have forgotten him since it has been more than 4 years since I left my ex boyfriend.
She doesn't know my ex boyfriend that well ,it's just stories I told her.
"My ex boyfriend, Andrew's friend." I told her and her eyes widened.
"What!" She shouted in surprise , drawing attention to us.
Lucy's pov:Bella's face suddenly turned sour."Oh my goodness ,what have I done?" She asked with a pout."I am so sorry Lucy I don't know it was him that was looking for a secretary, my friend just told me about a job opening and I was happy because I just wanted to find a better job for you ,I am so sorry I didn't do proper research." Bella apologized in a low voice as her shoulders were dropped in defeat.I don't even know why she was apologizing when she did nothing wrong, I know she just wants the best for me and I was glad to have a friend like her that just looks out for me."You don't need to apologize, Bella . I know you just had good things in mind for me when you told me about the job opening." I reassured her I wasn't angry at her in any way.Andrew,my ex boyfriend was still a sour subject for me even till now.I don't know when I will truly forget him , because seeing my son Daniel each day remind me that his Father is not with us because he abandoned us to be with anothe
Lucy's Pov:I heard my alarm clock start ringing and I jolted upright and slammed my hand on it and it stopped and I slowly turned to look at Daniel who was lying beside me and then I sighed in relief when I saw he was still sleeping.I slowly got up from the bed. I wake up early in the morning to go for a run at times. Sometimes it helps me clear my head from the intrusive thoughts that won't let me be and today I was certain I needed to run more than anything. The last thing I want is to think about him, I don't know why I woke up today thinking about my ex boyfriend. I would not give him that right to control how I feel anymore.I got up and walked into the bathroom and I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror.I had eye bags under my eyes, I didn't sleep well yesterday but I know I was stronger than this. I know this was not something that would easily break me.I have been doing well all these while, but I don't know why what my Stepmom's friends said yesterday got me up
Lucy's POVI knew that rent money was the only reason why my stepmother Mercy would come and talk to me.Mercy,my stepmom had a displeased look on her face when I mentioned I didn't have the complete rent money, it wasn't as if I didn't want to give her the money,but I came home with the money yesterday afternoon but she wasn't at home.I kept the money in my room and went off to work in the evening, next thing I know when I came back at night, I didn't find the complete money.I know my son Daniel would always ask me if he needs something and I kept the money out of his reach but I still asked him about it and he said he didn't see any money,he told me he was playing cook with my Stepmom so he wasn't in the room to know who took the money.So I don't know who took it, I will just blame it on my carelessness but the way my money and important items get lost so suddenly is something that I am still baffled about, because my room is locked most times when I am away but my stepmom has th
Lucy's pov:I spared a side glanced at my stepmom Mercy, who had her arms folded and was watching me through the corners of my eyes.What is wrong with this woman?She called me out here because her friend's son wants to date me?Has she forgotten her friends don't like me?"Lucy." Travis called my name and I snapped out of my thoughts and smiled at him."Oh..It's nice to meet you then." I said because I didn't know what else to say.Is my stepmom Mercy and her friend trying to act as matchmakers? I thought my stepmom only said bad things about me. Why was her friend trying to match me up with her son?"Both of you should get to know each other. I am sure you have a lot to talk about." His mother said.I didn't know how to reject this offer because I don't want to go on any date, but I don't know how to say no to my stepmom.She is too cunning."I don't know how to say this but..um... I don't want to go on a date ma'am, I don't think….""Ha! Are you still rejecting men when there is n
Lucy's pov: Daniel exhaled as he continued sleeping and I sighed in relief, the last thing I wanted was to wake him up. I looked at my son with sad eyes, I just wanted the best for him. Even if I didn't want to admit it, my son needs a father figure in his life ,I don't even have anyone that could act as a responsible man for him to look up to and my uncle's don't keep contact with me ,because they don't like my step mom when my Father married her. My Dad's side of the family hates my stepmom, so when my Dad married her against the wishes most of them cut him off, his side of the family cutting him off included me as well. That was why I had no one to rely on that made me go and live with Andrew after I told him how awfully I was treated by my stepmom. I didn't try to get into contact with my Dad's side of the family because last time I did, I was told to not follow the footsteps of my stepmom but they didn't offer me any help. Since Travis doesn't seem like a bad guy ,I will j
Lucy's POV:The next morning got me in a happy mood.I told Bella about Travis's call. I don't know why I felt happy talking to him over the phone.I don't know if I was just glad that someone was being nice to me and paying attention to me. I know it sounds childish but that makes me feel happy.Bella just keeps telling me to do what makes me happy and if going out with Travis would do that ,then she was happy for me.After working at the cafe, I had to pick up Danny from kindergarten ,and to my surprise I saw Desmond there, his son and Danny were playing, while Desmond was talking to one of his teachers when I arrived."Danny ,darling mommy's here." I called out to Danny who turned and ran up to me with open arms.Desmond must have heard my voice because he stopped talking to the teacher and turned to me and I smiled and waved awkwardly at him.Joseph also ran towards me and he and Daniel were standing in front of me."Good afternoon Miss Lucy." Joseph, my son's 5 year old friend,
Lucy's pov:Today is a Saturday. I was checking the time on my phone constantly,to make sure I wasn't running late, but oh boy even if I was checking the time, I wasn't done yet.I was dressed in a white wrap blouse and blue trousers and kitten white heels, these are clothes that are at the bottom of my bag ,that I never wear because I had nowhere nice to go but given that today I needed to dress nice I decided to wear it after much deliberation. I was staring at the mirror getting my hair done , today is the day I had a date with Travis. I was sitting in front of my dressing table, looking at the mirror while I packed my hair into a bun and checked to make sure it was okay and it wasn't poking out on any side since my hair tend to be messy at times, when I was sure It was alright, I then checked if the makeup I was wearing was too much." I think the red lipstick is too much." I said out loud and I heard an audible sigh and I turned to Danny who rolled his eyes dramatically at me.
Lucy's pov:I sighed in frustration."What made you think I was going to ask you to pay for my meal?" I asked him.I barely knew him ,so of course I was going to pay for my meal.Travis had the guts to roll his eyes at me."I know how women are, you don't need to pretend to be good in front of me okay, you can be honest with me,I just wanted to remind me you that you would be paying for your meal so you won't get embarrassed here if you order something expensive and can't pay, because I don't want to be considered a bad guy if I leave you here if that happened." He explained in a condescending tone that made me angry. I wondered what made him think I didn't know what to do on a first date, Travis looked back into his menu even though I was glaring daggers at him at this point."Travis." I called his attention but he didn't look up ,so I slammed my hand on the table and he looked up to me."Good, now that I have your attention, I don't know what type of person you think I am and I don