CHAPTER ONE.
His eyes flicked open and he sat up, panting heavily. Even though the air conditioner was working just fine and the room was freezing, his face and body were still covered with sweat, his eyes blood red. He steadied his breathing before standing up from the bed. He stood up and turned the lights on, he looked at the clock beside his bed and it was 3:00 AM. He sighed deeply and went over to the window and when he opened the curtains, it was still dark outside. He closed the curtains and walked over to the little table at the corner of the room, a bottle of whisky sat on it. He took the bottle and poured a little of the content in a glass cup that sat beside the bottle, he took the glass of whisky and gulped every drop of it down his throat. He felt the hotness of the alcohol seeping down his throat and he groaned.He just had a nightmare. The nightmares were becoming frequent and he did not like it. His mother had told him to see a psychologist but he did not believe in things like that, he did not want to tell a total stranger of the things he was passing through. Though the sweat on his body had dried up, he could still feel his skin sticky. He walked over to the bathroom door and opened it, he went inside and took off his pyjamas. He walked into shower nude and turned it on, the water came rushing on his skin and he closed his eyes, savouring in the coldness of the water and the soothing sensation it was leaving on his skin. He took the soap and sponge and started scrubbing.When he finally finished bathing, he dried his body with a towel and went back to the room. He went over to the clock again, the time was 3:45 AM. He sighed again, he would not have the time to sleep anymore. He walked over to the closet door and opened it, he went inside and applied his lotions and combed his silky black hair and beards, he made use of his deodorants and took the suit he had kept to wear. A white shirt, black suit trouser, black jacket, black pair of shoes and black necktie. He wore the suit and took his gold wrist watch and wrapped it around his left wrist. He walked out of the closet again and looked at his wrist watch, the time was 4:30 AM. He should be at the office by five and he hurriedly grabbed his car keys from the table at the corner of the room and went down.The servants were up and busy already, like always. He walked up to a girl cleaning the large spacious living room and asked if his parents were awake. They were not. He hurriedly walked out of the house to the garage, he had the ever busy traffic to beat. He went into the garage and went into his black Royce Roy, he started the engine and the car roared. He drove out of the garage and drove through the large compound, the gate opened up and he drove out, speeding.The traffic was heavy, like always. But he was a fast driver. He got to the company building and parked his car at the parking lot. He stepped out of the car and when he took a look at his wrist watch, the time was 6:04 AM. He hurriedly walked into the building. The workers were there already, sitting by their desks and typing away on their computers. His secretary saw him immediately he walked in and the girl walked towards him."Good morning sir." She greeted.He did not say a word and he walked past her. She followed behind."What is my schedule for the day?" He asked the girl."There is no schedule sir, I am surprised you are at work." The girl replied.He stopped in his tracks. He was getting infuriated already, what did she mean by there was no schedule for the day. He turned around to the girl."What do you mean there is no schedule? Am I to work blindly?" He asked the girl, his voice was raised."Your father cancelled all your schedules sir. He said you will be spending all your time today with Miss Lauren." The girl explained.He groaned angrily. He continued walking again and his secretary followed behind. He got to the elevator and when it opened up, he went inside with his secretary, she pressed the button and the elevator started moving up."Put back my schedules Maria." He ordered the girl.Maria. Maria was her name but he often times forgot the name. He was not supposed to forget her name, the girl had been working for him for five years and he was not supposed to forget her name. But he was a busy man, his mind was only on working and making the numbers in his bank account rise, not on remembering people's names. They meant nothing to him. The girl did not respond to his orders and went to her tablet right away, the elevator kept moving and they stood in it, silently.They walked out of the elevator immediately it stopped. He leading and Maria following him, half walking and half running, just to keep up with his pace. They were at the eleventh floor and he walked to his office. He opened the door and walked in. His office, a spacious large room with an equally large table and chair in the middle of it. Papers and pen holders occupied the table, at the right corner of the office stood a white board which had writings on it, strategy plannings. The left corner had a water dispenser. A long red couch stood on one side. He walked into the office and walked to the chair and sat down. Maria stood in front of him. He reached down and opened the small security space attached to his table and brought out his laptop. He placed it on the table and opened it."Now, what is my schedule Maria?" He asked the girl.He looked up at her and she looked down to her tablet."You have a meeting at two and you have the launching of Mr Felix's company branch to attend, to advertise our company too since we are the ones that supplied their building materials and did their interior decorations." The girl explained."What time is the launch?" He asked." It starts by eight in the evening." She replied."Good." He said and went back to his laptop."Anything else sir?" The girl asked."Coffee." He simply replied.She walked out of the office and came back some minutes later with a mug of hot coffee. He sat back on his chair, his eyes and hands on his laptop.His father barged into his office some hours later. His father, an average sized man with an average height. His dark hair that had strands of grey, a sign of aging. Wrinkles filled his once young and spotless face. He came into the office and went to sit on the couch at the corner of the office. He sat down and sighed deeply."Ron." He called out to his son.Ron looked up from his laptop."Yes dad." He answered."I cancelled your schedules." His father stated."I know. I do not want to be free." He replied."You are not free. You are going to be with Lauren Miller. To try and show the Millers that you really want to marry this girl." His father explained."I do not want to marry her in the first place dad." Ron replied.His voice raised a little. He was getting infuriated with the fact that his father was trying to push him to the girl, Lauren. He personally hated her, he thought her a rich spoilt brat. He went back to typing away on his laptop. His father did not say anything else, he just sat there looking at his son. The man stood up after a long while and came to stand infront of his son."You will marry that girl and bring all that family's wealth and affluence to this family and that is final." His father said.The man walked to the door after saying that and opened it and left. Ron ran his hand on his forehead, gently massaging it. He sighed deeply and returned back to his laptop.That day, he went to the meeting in the schedule. It was a board meeting, they had to raise ideas on how to push the company forward and have people invest in the building company. Ron contributed immensely to the meeting, his ideas were top notch and excellent and the members adopted them. They could only give the man the accolades that he deserved. A hardworking and smart businessman.CHAPTER TWO.Ron left the company by evening. He had to beat the night's heavy traffic and get home. He had a branch launch to attend. He drove home and when he parked his car in the garage, he went into the house. His mother was there when he went inside, she was sitting on one of the couches in the living room, reading a magazine and sipping a glass of what looked like cold water but it had lemon slices in it. She said it helps for weight loss. His mother, a rather Young looking woman with a banging body. Her brown eyes and blonde hair looked perfectly well on her. Though she looked young, she was not as young, she was quite old too. Just diets and vitamins working their magic on her. She kept the magazine on her thighs when she saw Ron enter the living room. He walked over to where she sat and they exchanged pleasantries, he kissed her cheeks."How was work?" The woman asked."It was just stressful mother. I need to go and rest before preparing for Felix's company branch launch."
CHAPTER THREE.She had a short temper and it only made it easy for Ron to pick a fight with her."What do you mean?" She asked."You were just flirting with Felix like a cheap whore." He said.She gasped. She had clearly not expected him to call her that. Her face darkened more. That was what he wanted."How dare you call me a whore?" She sparked at him. He did not say anything. He shoved his hands in his trouser pockets and stood straight, looking forward into the room. His plan was going fine and she walked away from him. Just how he wanted it. He went inside the room and got talking with some people he recognized. The room was filled with influential people, people of his class and he knew many of them. He talked and drank just alittle and when it was time for his speech, Felix did not forget to acknowledged the company that supplied the building materials and made the beautiful interior design. Ron waved at the crowd. They knew where to come now if they had any building matters a
CHAPTER FOUR.She woke up again but this time she was not sweating nor was she panting. The nightmares did not come. She sat up and stretched. She looked at the clock again, it was 7:45 AM. She rose from the bed and went out of her room. She was hungry and needed to eat. She walked to the kitchen and made cereal. She sat down at the dinning table and ate. She lived alone in the house. She had workers who occasionally come to clean and do the laundry. She finished the meal and went back to her room. She had a shower and got dressed, ready for her flight. She was wearing a black tight jeans and a loosed white shirt. Her long black hair was tied behind her in a ponytail.A knock sounded on the main door and she knew who it was, Delores. She walked to the door and when she opened it, it was indeed Delores. The girl was as ready for the flight as she was. They exchanged pleasantries and when she looked at her wrist watch, the time was 9:00 AM. They still had an hour to the flight and she g
CHAPTER FIVE.It was the ring of her phone that woke her up. She opened her eyes and rubbed them sleepily then she reached out for the phone from under her pillow, she got it and she looked at who was calling. It was a strange number. She looked at the time on the clock that sat on the drawer beside her bed, the time was 4:30AM. She looked back at her ringing phone and wondered who on earth would be calling her as early as that. Her thoughts went to Delores, maybe the girl got a new phone and wanted to tell her. She clicked on the green icon on her phone to answer the call and she brought it to her ear."I thought you were going to let it ring till it goes off." She recognized the voice on the other side. It was deep and masculine, like the voice of a god. It was his voice, Ron Diego. The memories of the previous night came rushing back to her head and she remembered that she gave him her number when they got talking and he asked. She had won the award last night__Yes, she won the aw
He tried to talk to her through out the time they were eating but she did not want to talk to him. It was either she didn't respond or she would respond coldly, he had to let her be. They ate dinner silently and when they were done, Sarah offered to pay the bill but Ron declined. After Ron paid the bill, they were on their way back to Sarah's apartment. The ride back to Sarah's apartment was a silent one and though Ron tried to start a conversation with Sarah, she did not respond to any of what he said. Ron was certain now that he had made a grieve mistake of telling her that he was betrothed. "See you again tomorrow?" They were infront of Sarah's apartment and they were still in the car."I'll be busy tomorrow and the next and the next too." Sarah replied him.He smiled. He knew what that answer meant, she was trying to avoid him now. For all he knew, she might not even be busy the next day. He took her hand in his, hers were small and felt weightless. He took her hand to his mouth
The sun was not too hot, just warm and good enough for sunbathing and that was what the two women were doing. Lauren and her mother were sunbathing behind the house by the swimming pool. They were having their mother-daughter moments. They just laid there in silence, enjoying the sun and tranquility that was at the backyard."So Lauren honey, how is it going with Ron? When are you two getting married?" Pamela, Lauren's mother asked. The girl turned to look at the woman. Pamela was still looking straight ahead, waiting for her answer. Lauren thought to lie to her mother, she didn't want to look like a failure. But she trashed the thought of lying, she was going to tell the woman the truth and seek advice from her too. "Oh mother, Ron is just proving difficult to handle. He would not go out on dates with me, always talking about how busy he is." Lauren finally spoke the truth.Her mother sighed."Oh honey, maybe he's been stressed. Let him take his time and then take him out on a date
WARNING: THIS CHAPTER IS 🔞 RATED.The noise of cutlery on ceramic plates was the only sound echoing in the large dinning area. The Diegos' and the Millers, they were having dinner together at the Miller family mansion. Mike Miller had informed Peter Diego about his wish for their children to get engaged alot earlier and because that was what Peter had wanted, he did oppose the idea. Peter knew that it was going to take alot of efforts to convince Ron to get engaged to Lauren and it did, it took the man three days to convince his son to get engaged to Lauren Miller and after three days, there they were, having an engagement dinner with the Miller family in their mansion. She was wearing a red dress and her hair was tied behind her in a ponytail and her perfect necklace and earrings hanged perfect on her. She was sitting beside her mother and he was sitting opposite her, beside his mother too. He was dressed in a grey suit. Her brown eyes kept darting on him and when their eyes met, s
His eyes flicked open and his breathing was heavy. He sat up on the bed and when he looked around, he knew that he was not in his house and neither was he in his room, he was in Sarah's room. He looked beside him and he could see Sarah on the bed, sleeping peacefully. He suddenly felt wet and when he touched his forehead he could feel the wetness, it was sweat. He had been dreaming again, the nightmares were haunting him again. A loud beep suddenly sounded in the room and Ron shuddered in fear but when he turned to look at the direction where the sound was coming from, it was only the alarm ringing. The alarm was placed on the other side if the bed where Sarah laid and he had to squint his eyes to look at the time, 4:32 AM. He hurriedly scrambled out of the bed and rushed to the bathroom. He had to hurry up and be ready for work as soon as possible because of the traffic. He hurriedly took his bath and when he came out if the bathroom, Sarah was awake and she was sitting on the bed.