The phone rang for the third time before Kevin finally picked it up, it seemed like the caller was really persistent.
"What!"Kevin barked when he saw caller, it was none other than his stupid younger brother."Ooh I missed you too," Joel replied rolling his eyes, he was already used to his brother's behavior that at times he wondered how could they be brothers, one always jovial and sociable mood, while the other a grumpy, cold and arrogant jerk."I never said I missed you," Kevin replied with a smirk, it seems like his friend was in a mood to play."Of course you didn't, a dumbass like you would never say such a word even if you miss me.""Joel!"Kevin called out sternly, how could two people call him dumbass in a single day.Joel just reminded him of the gangster girl who shamelessly called him the same name."Do you have a dead wish!"Kevin thundered anger evident in his voice, but when he didn't get a response, he decided to hang up the call, he wasn't in the mood for this."Wait... Wait, actually I wanted to ask you for the night out, anyway no need to ask, so let's meet up at 8,same place, don't keep me waiting," Joel added before he hanged up without even waiting for an answer.'So this brat is in the country,' Kevin thought, Joel hadn't informed him of his arrival, but this wasn't time for this, he would deal with him later.Kevin grumbled but all in all, he was going out for the night since he was in really good mood today after he had secured the deal, so he thought it was really worth celebration.JB Bar"Hey sweetheart, wanna go have a dance with me," a blonde haired young man asked sheepishly as he checked out on Bella, he found her interesting and unique unlike all the other girls in the room, her dress code showed how out of place she looked, and when he saw how she had dismissed all every young men that approached her, it just piqued his interest more, he was sure she couldn't resist his charm as he was a sweetheart to many girls already."F**k off!"Bella said through gritted teeth as she glared at him, those eyes made the blonde stumble backwards before he hurriedly left her, he wasn't ready for such kind of a girl."Woah, easy there girl, you just scared the hell out him," Akira said as Sharon just laughed shaking her head while Bella just rolled her eyes at them, she really didn't care at all."Really Bella,are you going to shoo all the men away, aren't you going to have a dance with one, you are just acting like a party pooper that you really are," Alex sneered as he joined the girls.At the farthest corner of the bar, Jason, Kevin's PA was staring at a certain point for quite a long time that this piqued the interest of other boys who sat at the the table that they too turned their heads in the direction.Bella felt quite uncomfortable, like she was being watched, not just with two eyes but several.Kevin too felt curious with the spot Jason was staring at, he had at a point seen him raise his upper lip smiling though it was just for a second. Just as Kevin turned to check out, at the same time Bella turned her head to check out who were boring holes on her back, and for a second it seemed like everything around her had stopped in a halt, she immediately withdrew her gaze when she finally came back to her senses.Bella was surprised, she didn't expect to meet here of all the places. The dumbass she had met this morning, how could she forget the face of someone she had despised at first meeting, someone who had advised her of the better suicidal idea, but there's one thing she really would admit is that he looked really handsome on casuals compared to their first encounter.Kevin too on the other hand was dumbfounded, it didn't ever come on his mind that they would really meet each other this soon, he didn't know whether it's a good thing or not, but one thing was for sure, is that when she had turned her face to him, which seemed like it was in slow motion, for a second he felt his heart race, like he could see her from quite a different light.Bella took her liquor and drowned it, just seeing the face of that jerk was enough to ruin further her already foul mood, and since she was quite a low alcohol tolerant person, within a few minutes she was already tipsy. She staggered to the dance floor, mumbling incoherently as she started dancing.Obviously off tune!Kevin whose eyes was all along following her raised his thin upper lip, only in a flash before he maintained his cold poker face that shooed many ladies away."I will be back soon," Kevin announced and headed to the dance floor, when the boys saw where he had headed to, they gasped in shock, Kevin doesn't like dancing in clubs at all though he's an expert, and seeing him then made them question their sanity, it seemed like they were really going to see a lot this night.Kevin grabbed Bella on her waist from behind and spun her around.'Seems like she's a dancer or either very fit based on how she expertly spin despite the fact that she is drunk,' Kevin thought to himself."Hey you... "Bella started drunkenly but trailed off when she saw who it was."You again!" She glared at Kevin as she tried to remove his hands from her waist."Come on young lady" Kevin leaned in and whispered on her ear, his warm breath on her ear hyptonized her, and she just didn't want to play hard to get, so she just played along moving along with the rhythm.Bella realized that Kevin, just like her was a dance expert, it's not always that she gets someone who matches her taste in dancing.Both Kevin and Bella were carried away by the music as they moved perfectly in synch that by the time the song ended they were surprised to see they were the only one on the dance floor as everyone else had left the stage for them.Everybody applauded them and for once Bella felt shy hearing people's comment on how they were such a good matching couple.Joel was surprised when he stepped in to the bar, he had been held back by the heavy traffic on the road hence he had reached the club later than he had planned but only to be met a shocking seen he ever thought he could witness, his brother was on the dance floor with a lady.That was unheard of!Everyone close to Kevin knew he wasn't someone who gets along with any woman after their mother left him when they were still kids, since then he had never associated himself with the femme gender that many people thought that he was gay, only that he also didn't show any interest in men, and so Joel thought this girl must be somehow special.Joel headed to where the other four boys sat, he hugged them since it was really quite a long time since they last met after he had gone abroad to further his studies.Joel took a sit next to Ben, Kevin's bodyguard and brother but seeing him feeling a little uncomfortable, he sat directly opposite to him.Bella excused herself to use the washroom but Kevin thought maybe she was running away from him so he held her back, and just before she could explain herself, she threw up on him!Everything went to a halt at that very moment, Sharon and Akira who were earlier on clapping remained dumbfounded, mouth agape, seems like they were in really big trouble for this.Bella had thrown up on the world's richest man, the devil himself!The temperature of the room dropped by a few degrees as everyone stumbled running out of the room, they were not ready to be victims of the aftermath.Even though they were curious with what would happen to Bella, they just didn't have the gut to stand by and watch, they all went with the saying 'curiosity killed the cat.'In just one minute, the whole room was deserted save for the Kevin's friends who remained seated at their table minding their own business though in their they sympathized with her.Sharon,Akira and Alex remained glued at their previous positions. The silence was awkward and at the same time the air became dense, despite the fact that there were air conditioners in the room, Bella shuddered as she had felt a drop in the temperature and immediately she sobered up.She swore in her life that this would be the last time she would ever get drunk, if she were to be spared from this man.Alex, Akira and Sharon ran and kneeled before Kevin begging him to spare Bella, since they all came from upper class they were well aware of what Kevin was capable of. He had once blacklisted someone's family from the city just because their daughter had spiked his drink even though he hadn't taken a sip from the drink.Bella thought her friends must be stupid for kneeling before Kevin, she wasn't such a social media person so how was supposed to know who she had offended. After all it was not her fault, he had held her back when she had excused herself to use the washroom, she thought to herself."Bella, aren't you going to wake up, it's eight already, or aren't you going for the graduation anymore?" aunt Rosie shouted on Bella's door. She had been walking her up but seems like she was adamant to not waking up. Graduation! That's the only word Bella heard, she threw her duvet away and immediately rose from the bed but her pounding head made her stagger as she sat back on the bed. She only had fourty five minutes to prepare and drive to the university. With that in mind, she removed her night gowns and ran to the bathroom, she doesn't really remember how she got home last night but that was least of her concern at the moment. Since she wasn't that well prepared for the graduation, she just picked up a casual ragged denim pants, a plain t shirt and a hoodie all black, and as always she put on her boots, all black though unlike always she hadn't tied her hair into a ponytail but left it flowing. When Bella came out from her room, aunt Rosie was really surprised, it seemed li
The alarm had been ringing for quite some times now that it was irritating Bella, she had planned to ignore it and had even buried her head on the pillow and just as she stretched her hand to switch it off... "Bella just get up already and don't even think of switching off your alarm otherwise you're going to be late for the interview," this was only what she required before her drowsiness vanished. Interview! Bella didn't hear even a single word other than this, and as always she just threw her blanket away before running to wash up, she didn't want to be late for the interview lest she misses on this chance to work at JB Inc, and since she didn't have enough time to prepare herself, she wore her usuals and rode her scooter. JB Inc. "Hello, how may I help you," Bella was asked politely by a young man who sat at the reception desk."Ooh hello, I am Bella Jake and am here for the interview," Bella replied and as she checked her watch she gasped before she searched through her backp
"I think this is all you need to know miss Bella,we only have one place left,and since it's almost lunch time,let's just go to the cafeteria and have our meals,"Jane, Kevin's secretary spoke politely,she wasn't the harsh arrogant type of secretary that are always heard of to be commonly found in the offices.Actually she had liked Bella already seeing she wasn't the arrogant rich young mistress that she always encountered in the office and she thought maybe they could be friends, after all she didn't have a lot of friends in this office, save from Ryan, the receptionist. "Just call me Bella, after all we are almost age mates," Bella said smiling politely, she has never liked any time one refers to her with miss, it always makes her feel old. "Okay, you should also call me Jane," and just like that they left for the cafeteria, but only to meet Ryan who was also on his way, and so they tagged along but all this while all the eyes in the room were following them until they took there se
"Why did you leave just now? You didn't even finish up on your lunch, Kevin asked glaring angrily at Bella, he just didn't like the fact that she just walked out of him without even finishing up her lunch."I just wanted to give you time, not like it's a big deal," she added and rolled her eyes, which didn't escape Kevin's eyes, but he remained silent, he still had a long time to teach her manners.Make sure you take a look on my schedule and master everything, and one fact you should know about me is that I hate laziness, dishonesty and tardiness." Bella didn't have a lot to do for the day as she was still familiarizing with the working environment. Just as it turned four o'clock, she picked up her backpack but just a glare from someone behind the table reminded her of the third clause on the contract, so she slowly sank back to the coach, and it didn't take long before she fell asleep.As workaholic as Kevin had always been, he hadn't even noticed that he had been working for three
"Sir, butler Garry just called, he says your grandfather is at the hospital and is requesting for you now, he says he won't get any treatment if you won't go to see him," Ronnie, Kevin's personal assistant bulged in his office not even with a knock. Kevin knew his grandfather very well, he'd been asking him to get married now that he was at his late twenties but everytime Kevin has always dismissed him but seems like this old man was adamant to make sure his plan was executed and Kevin knew very well that this old man won't really let him be unless he really got married.Picking up his jacket, he left the office as Ronnie followed him. "Sir don't you think this is just another of your grandfathers tricks just to make sure that you get married, I think he has used the same trick severally that it's already very familiar. "" Don't worry, I know what to do, I just want him to stop pestering me for good," Kevin replied as an evil smirk tugged at the corners of his lips, and Ronnie wasn
The remaining distance to the hospital was very silent, Ronnie didn't have the gut to say a thing, he was afraid he would turn the scapegoat for Kevin's anger, so he chose otherwise and he was thankful it wasn't such a long distance, though to him this three minutes drive felt like eternity.Kevin majestically walked to the elevator as Ronnie half running followed him in. It really seemed like Kevin's aura at the moment shun many people, especially those lady nurses who would always approach and flirt with him today were nowhere to be seen.The little children, once they glanced at him ran behind their mother's back to hide while a few fearful one's started crying. Not even with a knock, Kevin entered his grandfather's ward, and without a word, sat on the sofa at the farther end of the room and raised his face to his grandfather, maintaining eye contact.Ronnie could feel a headache coming, this two people have never had a normal conversation just like how a grandfather and a grandso
Town BEveryone in the room had their eyes glued to the presentation on the board, though most of them were tired already, they didn't show it. This meeting has been going on for four and half hours already and it seems like it wouldn't come to an end any soon.This boss was really very hard to please, all he was doing was criticizing the employees here, about this or that. Generally the room was tensed up.Suddenly their was an interruption, as William's phone vibrated, since he was the personal assistant to the boss, he was the only one aside from the boss himself who could pick up a call during the meeting. The rest of the employees were not even allowed to attend the meeting with their phone."Excuse me," William excused himself from the room to pick up the call. Not long after he came back half running and whispered something to the boss's ear,seems like there was an emergency that required his attention."Meeting adjourned!" Derrick declared as he rose from his chair.The employe
"Of course it won't happen again," Kevin had said to Bella as an evil smirk tugged at the corners of his lips,a smile so purely cold and dangerous which didn't reach his eyes.Everyone in the room trembled, anytime he would say of course it won't happen again,it was always followed with the offender being closed in at the root cellar,and there's even one moment that a guy had once freezed to death in the very same room."Jason, please escort miss Bella Jake out and do the necessary, she shouldn't leave until seven," Kevin said and continued with his work, just by calculating the time, it should be seven hours until then, and though Bella didn't know what was waiting ahead for her, she knew her moment to atone for sins was finally here, so she just mentally prepared for the worst. Bella bowed respectfully to Kevin and without a word waited upon on Jason to lead her, her ego wouldn't just allow her to beg that anymore for the mistake she didn't even know,was it really her fault though.O