Joanna's POV
I sat quietly at the spa looking at Yolanda enjoying every moment. She is one person that I can say with a full chest that she is a god-sent, a very lively girl and I’m glad to have her in my life." Joanna?" Yolanda called, disrupting my thoughts. " look what I’ve found. Have you tried this before?" She asked waving a silky hairband at me and looking at me with that cute face of hers." Nope, you know that I don’t use stuff like this. Concentrate so we can get out of here, I'm damn tired and need to rest." I answered with a frown, but she didn’t take the bait." Don’t be so impatient Joanna, dear. Give me a few hours and I'll be done here, but for now, bear with me as I need to savour every moment slowly."" You bad bitch..." I groaned.My mind drifted to Chris and I shuddered not from cold, but rather at the nerves he got to ask me to be his sex partner and still had the guts to pester me. I wish I could just make him disappear from the face of the earth or something, anything perhaps that would make him stop his unholy act towards me." Ta-da!" Yolanda shouted, waking me from my thoughts, " Why are you spacing out?" She asked me, my best friend can be overbearing sometimes and telling her will be of no use, so I decided to pretend that I didn't hear her question." I'm okay. I promise you that nothing was going through my mind... If you're done, shall we?" I retorted and walked towards the door.That was a narrow escape from her scrutinizing eyes, I had told her how messed up it was with me and Chris and she was thrilled, I don’t want her to persuade me into giving in already even if I would not at the moment when I'm trying to set my head straight.I sped off with her. Home is what I need right now to keep my head and rest from all the troubles of the day." Let's see a movie together Joanna, there is a new horror movie in town and I want to see it, please. "" Here she goes again," I mumbled and rolled my eyes.I am tired already, but can't help it when she sulks. " You of all the people in this world should know that I am exhausted or, do you wish to see me die before my cancer kills me?"I miss those fairly happy days when I would stay up at night to watch horror movies in the orphanage with the permission of the old caretaker of which I was her favourite because I was smart, calm and contended with all I had. And while the kids were busy causing trouble, I will stay under my special tree in the backyard to read all day.Life has been so unfair to me, when I was trying to build my lost years from scratch as a poor and lonely orphan it struck me so hard. I guess nothing was meant to work for me." Joanna!" I heard someone scream my name, and tires screeched and halted, we had narrowly escaped being crushed by a truck which would have to be a result of my recklessness." Yolanda, I'm deeply sorry I scared you," I said and broke down in tears. Someone once told me that it is all right to cry when I can't take in all the burden." You can rest while I drive." She offered and wasted no time in taking over the wheel.I went to the back seat to relax and fell asleep. The car jerked and I opened my eyes to see that we had just arrived home. I stepped out quietly and went to my room. Before one could say Jack I was fast asleep and snoring. Nothing else mattered at that point when I was emotionally and psychologically drained.Chris POVMy eyes bugged out from their sockets. " Who the hell is that?" I asked nobody in particular, then rushed out to check what was going on outside. to take a close look at the body.At the gate, I found an unconscious man sprawled on the ground and Axen stood beside him looking fierce. I walked up and bent down to check his pulse luckily it was still in good condition, but the face was unfamiliar. I looked at Axen quizzically." Can someone tell me what is going on?" I asked frustrated.She pouted her lips like a child, " I saw him trying to break into your house. "" Do you expect me to believe that?"" You better do. You know that I'm a girl and can't fight with him so I used something stronger than him." She said.I held my head in my palms trying to think, I need to understand what was going on around me at this moment. " Call the ambulance, please. He needs to be taken care of and tell them to keep a close eye on him, he's a suspect. Make sure to clean this place up." I addressed my maid. " And, you... Follow me." I pointed at Axen and walked inside.Axen followed suit. She didn't even flinch about what happened. I wanted to ask her what she was doing in my house at that time, but I could not bring myself to do so. I turned to face her, " Just go home tonight... I want to rest."I walked out on her.Yolanda's POVI sat on the edge of the mattress gazing into space, then Joanna rolled over to where I was. I diverted my gaze to her. She slept so peacefully like a baby and I loved it. Tears trickled slowly, I know I was sad, but there is no idea of what could make me sad.Wait! There is something... Joanna said something about cancer and dying. I wanted to wake her up and clear the subject, however, another thought sneaked in. What if she lies about it? I'll see for myself.Tucking her with the fluffy blanket, I sneaked out to commit a crime... I searched through her desk, and everywhere but I couldn't find anything." What are you doing?" I heard a voice ask me and I stopped dead in my track." Umm... Not... Nothing. I was just looking for my missing earring and thought I could find it among your things." I lied.Joanna walked to where I was standing with my hands crossed to my back. I was hiding a medical report I had just found before she came in." What are you holding and why are you nervous?" She asked still walking closer... The atmosphere was tense and it made me uncomfortable." Can you please, turn on the lights? I'm feeling stuff here." I pleaded, hoping that she will agree to it." I will, but first show me what you are hiding behind you." She kept coming closer, and I need to act fast before she gets to me." Ahhh!!!" I screamed."What is it?" She asked alarmed and rushing towards me." Turn on the lights, Joanna. Will you?"" Sure."I slide the report under my dress and picked up one of her designs." Thanks," I said smiling awkwardly." You're welcome. So, what was that?"" It's nothing, it was just that I saw a shadow and got scared."" That's more unlike you, you can't be scared when you watch horror in the middle of the night and never get scared."" I know, right?" I answered feeling ashamed at such a petty lie." Yeah, That's by the way. What were you holding?" She asked looking more serious. I had so many questions that I wanted to ask her, I wanted to cry and scream at her for lying to me, but I remained silent and instead showed her the design I took." I was just messing around with you," I said and walked away bitter at heart.I need to find out the truth about her health condition and why she chooses to lie to me when we've been best friends for a decade now.Chris POVUnable to contain the feeling of euphoria I did a few dance steps, actually I'm an awful dancer, but Joanna was a real pain in the ass, the good thing is that she accepted my sex partnership proposal.I haven't spoken all day with Axen and I'm quite sure that she is pissed off still sadly I can't help but ignore it, we could always make amends later. We've been friends from birth and I know how sensitive she can be to things especially when it's me on the line." Hello Axen, can you come around? I have some good news that you wouldn't want to miss for anything in the world." I said with a giggle, it wasn't funny but I create my sense of humour.Before I could drop my phone on the living room table, there she was standing before me. At first, I was startled. " Hey! I thought we agreed not to use our teleporting powers except in an emergency?" I asked her.She nodded like a kid, " Yeah, we did. And I couldn't help it when I got your call it sounded more like an emergency." She
Joanna's POVThe alarm blared and I stretched my hand to shut it off. " Ping!" A notification rang forcing me to ignore the annoying sound of my alarm.I snatched my phone from the table frustrated, I threw it back on the mattress and walked out annoyed." Why would he say one thing today and switch words the next day?" I asked myself." We were supposed to meet up today!"" Who are you talking to?"" High heavens!" The frightened me shrieked... I nearly jumped out of my skin. " When did you get in?" I didn't even see her sneak in... Yolanda has a way of scaring people." Just now."I heaved a sigh and slumped on the sofa, " I wish to sleep more." I mumbled." I'm stepping out soon... Did you eat breakfast yet?" " No... I just woke up to an annoying alarm and notification."" What is it about?"" I can't believe that I accepted Chris's proposal... You're responsible for this, Yolanda."" Stop fighting it, Joanna. You deserve to be happy, so live a happy life... You never know when...
Chris POV" Congratulations, Mr Christopher. We have gone through the documents and we like what we have seen, so we have agreed to sign the contract with your company. It's our pleasure to partner with you. We look forward to greater achievements and a profitable partnership with you." I smiled. Finally, after throwing tantrums at Jace about why he brought me there when I had a date with Joanna, I and the Japanese company agreed and signed the partnership contract.It's a win for me. Now my company will keep growing at its pace without interruptions from other competitive companies. My tech company remains one of the leading tech companies. Now I can return and have fun with Joanna as much as I want. " What time is my flight?" I asked Jace, Im was sure he must have been tired as I repeatedly ask him the same question."Noon, but we will be leaving for the airport in no time." He replied these are one of the qualities I admire in him." Did anyone call from home?" I asked hoping he w
Joanna's POVWhen I woke up beside Chris that morning, by impulse I desired to escape from him for no reason, but I fought the urge and stayed. I vowed not to run away from any situation in the future.This is the last month I have to live in this world and spend time with the people that are dear to me. Last night, I did what the old me wouldn't have done in the presence of Axen. I'm sure her intentions were out of this world but I shocked her and did what I wanted with Chris without feeling embarrassed or remorseful. She planned to ruin my moment with Chris, yet I proved tough enough to not give in.Sighs... It will be a hard time for me because Axen will be all out to destroy my happiness, still, I won't let her have her way as she did with the other girls he had a fling with." Chris, breakfast is ready," I announced." I'm coming." He replied rushing down the stairs filled with excitement like a kid that had been expecting the arrival of his mother." Enjoy your meal. I have to w
Chris POVJoanna has an independent personality that I admire so much. It is a decision she made and I respect that in her; my style.I've never dreamt that I could fall for her when all I ever wanted was just sex. Slowly, I got attracted to her though I'm not sure if I'm head over heels for her yet.She didn't smile brightly like she did earlier, and I guess something must be troubling her, I ruled out mind reading as it would mean trespassing boundaries... Not like I cared about such principles.I'll love to hear whatever is distressing her when she is willing to let me hear about it." Are you worried about something?" I asked, but she was so lost in thought and she did not realize that I had asked her a question.I tapped her gently on the shoulder, " You don't look happy, is there any trouble that you would love to share with me?" I inquired just as I managed to steal her attention.She forced a smile, " I'm okay... Don't worry about me, I'm just tired and need some rest." She sai
Joanna's POVI woke up to a call from Mr Vance telling me to rush to the company as there was an emergency, and I'm hoping it was not a bad one because I don't want to start my day as a bad one. I had enough yesterday and want to be happy today.I looked at Yolanda, she was sleeping so peacefully. I did not want to wake her from her sleep, so I went to the bathroom to wash and dress up.Today will be a stressful day for me, I could tell from the way Mr Vance called me so early in the morning. I wanted to rest today but I guess that won't be possible.I rushed out of the house without informing anyone, I didn't even wait to eat the meal Chris prepared. I had an emergency and according to my business ethics, an emergency should be treated as one.I know that Chris and Yolanda would be worried so I'll notify them when I must have settled the issue. " Vance, what is the emergency about?" I asked." The designing team called me this morning to complain about a mistake that did." He said whi
Joanna's POVI lay on my mattress feeling very weak, I didn't know what to do. I felt so insecure about the whole situation. When I was dating Aiden, he was good to me though all those things were fake I never doubted it till the very end. He fooled me, robbed me, hurt me and even want to ruin me more. " What have I done to be treated so harshly by him? What did I do to deserve a cruel life?" I kept muttering to myself.I stood up to join Yolanda in the kitchen, my head started spinning, my ears were ringing and the world turned white.I heard voices so I tried to talk to them but no one heard me, I could see them but they did not notice that I was awake.The noise was so loud in my ears, " Can anybody hear me? I'm feeling hungry and I want to eat."I kept repeating those words but nobody heard, I saw doctors and nurses running around to save me.I tried raising my hand but my body was numb I could not feel any pain, " Am I dead? What is going on? Doctor, please save me. I can't die l
Joanna's POVChris is a straightforward guy who doesn't beat around the bush but goes straight to the point. So I trusted him when he said that he had something important to take care of, instinctively I knew that he had something to take care of and didn't ask him what he had done.I was tempted to ask him what it was at some point when he was driving us home but I had to leave it to him. I didn't get a hold of him like we were not officially committed to each other, I was just a partner he uses when he feels like making out.I don't force people to come into my life and I don't beg them to stay so Chris wasn't an exception. I didn't know how hurt Yolanda was until she yelled at me in the hospital and when she spoke angrily and out of breath with Chris when we were in the car I thought she was okay with the way I was with Chris but within she was pained even when she was the one to convince me to go out with Chris.He didn't seem suspicious but I felt an energy, something I have neve