Staring at herself in the mirror one last time to convince herself that she was set for the day. She picked up her black purse that she had placed on the bed, it matched her black high waist pants and grey turtle neck blouse. She slipped on her black stilettos and headed for the door.
She came out of the apartment building where she lived and inhaled the fresh air of New York City.
She was quite excited about today. She hasn’t gone shopping in like two weeks, because she was busy taking care of her bills.
But today, she wasn’t going to let anything stop her from shopping after receiving a thousand dollars tip from a happy customer last night.
She wished she could get such tips everyday from her customers.
One doesn’t get that lucky everyday. She concluded.
But, she most certainly will use this money in making herself look good.
She needed a new hairdo, some new clothes and shoes to add to her moderate collection at home.
She stopped a taxi, got inside and directed the driver to her desired salon.
After having her hair makeover, she had her finger and toe nails done and also changed her makeup from her regular everyday look.
She left the salon and went into a boutique to shop for some beautiful clothes. She loved going shopping and she loved to do it herself because she is quite picky when it comes to her clothes and that’s because she has a very good taste when it comes to fashion and wouldn’t settle for anything less, no matter who it came from.
Sadly, the only thing standing in the way of her high standards was, money.
When she was done shopping, she decided to put on one of the outfits she had bought. It was a black high neck crop top with a black and white striped skirt and black lace heels.
She loved the look and wished she could look this way every day of her life.
She paid for the clothes and left the boutique, heading home.
Nicole Robinson, a twenty seven year old lady who lives in an apartment in the city of New York. The apartment was given to her by her best friend some years back when she got a better job offer with a house in California.
Nicole works at a VIP lounge bar in a pub. The salary is considerably good. At least, she owes nothing and can live well every month, but sincerely, that wasn’t the life she wanted.
She wants to live the good life, like the rich people do. A life filled with adventure and luxury. A life where she lacks nothing at all. That way, she could go shopping everyday, travel around the world, discover new places, meet new people and not have to worry about paying bills.
That wasn’t the case for Nicole. She had to work to make ends meet even though she doesn’t like her job as a waitress, she had no choice since the pay was good.
She had always wished that someday, she would live the life she dreams of, even if it was just for a day.
Nicole got home and was placing her newly bought clothes in her closet, when her phone began to ring. She carefully dropped the clothes and went over to her bed where she had placed her phone.
“Hello Vanessa.”
Vanessa was Nicole’s friend and colleague.
“Hey girlfriend!”
“Okay. What is it this time?”
Nicole was certain that Vanessa wanted to ask a favor from her. She always does that whenever she calls Nicole, girlfriend. Vanessa was really predictable.
“What makes you think I need a favor from you?” Vanessa asked.
Nicole was certain that Vanessa was pouting. She could tell from the sound of her voice.
“Just spit it out, Vanessa.”
“Okay. Nicki I need your help, please..”
“Like I don’t know.”
“Can you please cover my shift tonight. I don’t feel so good. I promise I’ll take yours tomorrow night…. Pretty pleassse?”
“Gosh! Vanessa, you always have to ruin my plans.”
“I’m really sorry babe. I promise this will be the last time. Please say yes?”
“I guess I can’t say no.. okay.”
“Thank you so so much, Nicole. You’re the best.”
“Yeah, yeah. But let this be the last time, okay?”
“Okay, I promise. I love you so much bestie. Bye.” with that she hung up.
“Bye.” Nicole replied to the dead line.
This isn’t how Nicole had planned her day. She had intended to have dinner at a fancy restaurant, not those extremely expensive ones, but a nice one to complete her day off.
She has to change her dinner plans for next time.
Vanessa is going to return the favor, she just has to, because she has ruined Nicole’s plans of showing off her new look.
She guess, she’ll be doing that another time. For now, she has to order pizza and then head to work.
After a stressful day at work, Gabriel decided to go home. He tidied his desk before leaving his office. At the entrance of the company building, Gabriel’s chauffeur was waiting for him in his black Rolls Royce.“Good evening sir.” his chauffeur greeted, opening the door for his boss.Gabriel nodded in reply as he entered the car. He loosened his tie a bit then his phone began ringing, he looked at the caller ID and it was his mom. He wasn’t ready for her pep talk right now so he ignored her call. Meanwhile, his chauffeur was waiting for his order as to where he was heading to.His mom kept calling but he didn’t want to pick her call because he knew why she was calling. The more his phone rang the more he got a headache, so he decided to pick the call.“Hello mom. I’m really busy at the moment, I'll talk to you later. Bye.” he said, not giving hi
“Good evening.” Gabriel said to Nicole after they had stared at each other for what felt like hours.“Um. How may I help you?” she managed to reply.Nicole was glad that she broke the silence between them because she honestly had no idea what to say to this 6ft2 guy standing before her.“May I have a talk with you?” he asked.Nicole looked at him confused, wondering why this class of guy would want to talk to her.“I. Um. I’m sorry, I think you've got the wrong address.” she said with a nervous chuckle.“Actually… I'm at the right address. May I come in?” he replied.Nicole couldn’t hide the surprise on her face, ‘what guts he had' she thought to herself.“Wait, wait, wait a minute. I don’t know you and I don
Gabriel walked out of the apartment building. He let out a long sigh he had been holding in. He got into the car and asked the chauffeur to take him home.When he got home, he took a good look at his mansion and realized that Nicole was right, he ought to be married under normal circumstances. But unfortunately, the circumstances weren’t normal, so he has to do anything to get his mom off his back.He went into his bedroom, took off his clothes and went straight to the bathroom to shower.After he freshened up, he laid on his bed and started having second thoughts, if this was the right thing to do.Things weren’t supposed to go this way. He thought to himself.He should learn to get Ashley out of his mind and move on, but it’s easier said than done. He prays that Nicole would give his proposal a thought because, she was now his only hope.
Nicole made sure she packed her best underwear. It wasn’t like he was going to see her in her underwear, but a girl needs to feel confident on the inside before she can feel beautiful on the outside. She thanked her lucky stars that she had gone shopping the previous day and had acquired more clothes, undies and shoes to her old collection.When she was done packing, she took a shower to feel refreshed. After coming out of the bathroom, she stood in front of her vanity table and stared at her reflection in the mirror, then she thought to herself , 'if I'm going to act like the fiancée of a billionaire, why not start behaving like one'.So, she dropped her towel on the floor and applied some moisturizer on her body. Don’t get her wrong, she applies moisturizers but not all the time since she didn’t have a boyfriend, she never really gave a damn about her body or looks, it’s not like she dressed like wack,
Gabriel took Nicole into his mansion, so he would introduce her to his employees. He had ordered them to assemble in the living room.He couldn’t believe he was doing this, after so many years of being alone. But, that isn’t the issue at the moment.What got him worried is the consciousness that all this is fake. He wasn’t the type to do pretend. He hopes he doesn’t blow their cover.He just wished he was strong enough to forget Ashley and move on with his life, rather than deceive himself and the people around him. Nicole couldn’t believe her eyes, as she entered the mansion. It was more beautiful on the inside, with all it’s expensive interiors, which she was certain was much more worth than her entire life’s expenses.She was greeted by quite a number of employees. They were seventeen in number
Nicole couldn’t help but stare at Gabriel, why was he doing this? She wondered. Could it be that he was impotent or something? Yeah, that could be reason enough for a guy his age to still remain single or wait, maybe he was gay and didn’t want anyone finding out about it, but he doesn’t really look gay. Why was she even thinking too much about it? Anyone can choose to remain a bachelor at his age, it’s a free world after all, but with all the money he has, he can’t be alone all his life or could it be that all the women that had come into his life were just after money? If that were the case, he wouldn’t be offering her twenty five million dollars for an act of just six months.‘Okay Nicole, you need to stop assuming things inside your head. Concentrate on what is before you.' she internally warned herself. Gabriel on the other hand was busy on his laptop transferrin
Nicole stood in front of Gabriel’s room. Is this a good idea? She internally asked herself.It won’t hurt knowing what his room looks like, or will it?She shook off her doubts and took the bold step of knocking on the door.After a few seconds, she heard his voice.“Come in.” he instructed.Taking a deep breath, she slowly reached for the knob. Opening the door, she saw Gabriel buttoning his shirt. It looked like he just had a shower.He was casual this time, wearing a white long sleeve button down shirt with denim pants.“Hey.” she greeted, taking Gabriel by surprise.He wasn’t expecting to see Nicole here in his room. He thought his administrator had been the one knocking, probably to inform him about something.“How did you know this was m
Nicole followed Gabriel into the dinning room. After settling themselves comfortably on the dinning chair, Gabriel noticed that Nicole was wearing a sad face.The maids began serving their meal and Nicole kept asking them to serve her a piece of each of the different meals on the table.Is she seriously going to eat all of it?“That would be enough.” Gabriel said, stopping the maid from adding any other thing on Nicole’s plate.Nicole pouted her lips in annoyance.“I don’t want you gaining weight. I'd prefer you remain this way.” he told Nicole.His statement brought a smile to her face.“If that’s a compliment then, thank you.” she began.“But just so you'll know, no matter how much I eat, I don’t get fatter than this.” she e