At this point, I don't think whatever happened to my love life matters to me as long as I can help Gabrielle get her life back on track again. Right now she doesn't know how important and special her life is, she only thinks of the many ways in which life has failed her. Meanwhile, I yearn to be given a little more time in life. All my life I have worked so hard to achieve everything that I have today but of what use is it for me when I can't enjoy it?
I have always idolized Gabrielle Foster since we were kids I had a big crush on her back then in middle school, not thinking of our age difference. She might not be aware of my feelings for her and I want it to be that way, what good will it be if I come into her life and varnish just like others had done to her?When the news came to me about Gabrielle's broken relationship, I felt for her immensely. She wasn't just any type of girl, Gab was an independent woman, she worked so hard and tried to make a name for herself even when society wasn't so nice to her. A woman like her though tried to live her life to the fullest in front of the world she valued her family and friend more than anything. I had thought of approaching her with my feelings but I know she wouldn't think twice to reject me since we are different people.I heard my phone ringing while I was lost in my thoughts, I checked and it was my physician." Hello, doctor."" Yes Mr. Manchester, I just got your medical reports this evening." " Okay, tell me, doctor. Is there any more ailment in my body that I still don't know of?" I asked blatantly." Don't be like that sir, actually the result seems to be quite promising this time. "" Please tell me what's promising about my early death, doctor?" " Well, from what I have here there is a ten percent chance of a successful surgery, and that if we act as soon as possible Mr. Manchester. I need you to trust us and take up this opportunity." The doctor tried to convince me." Please doctor, I don't want those fictitious hopes again. Why now that I have finally come to accept my fate, huh? Doctor, ten percent isn't enough for me to try and live again. I have lost everything in a space of three years already because of my ailment, and the last thing I want is false hope. Goodbye doctor." I hung up the call and fling my cell phone across the room.Gabrielle's POV
Every word he said to me kept on repeating in my head. Was I making the right decision? It was just mythical to deceive everyone including my family. How long would we keep up with the lies?My head was already banging hard from all the thinking. Perhaps I should just go with the flow and forget about the after-effects it might have on us. Surely, we would pull a breakup stunt, whenever our exes come back into our lives.Frankly, I was appalled at the worst. What if Connor doesn't return to me? I didn't want him back into my life, I just want him to go on his knees and plead to have me in his life again. I want him to realize what he left. Then I will reject him and make sure the world sees his shame just like he did to me at the altar. He will feel the pain that I have felt and still feel for a lifetime.
I knew using Cole would be the best idea. Connor had always wanted to get a chance to meet with Cole during our relationship days, he always talked about how he would want to manage him, his career, and all his establishments. He was his biggest fan, so I strongly believe that Cole is the best option.I pondered all through my way back home until I got into my hotel room. I began undressing immediately and walked upright into the bathroom, I turned on the shower and stepped under it.
The cold water wetted my soft skin as I let out a light sigh, then squeezing my body wash onto my palms, I gently rubbed my palms against my skin and began washing my skin gently until my satisfaction as the water washed off the dirt on my body.After my long bath, I stepped out of the shower and picked up my towel from the towel rack at the side of the mirror in the bathroom, and dabbed the water off my I'm in before wrapping the towel around my chest and proceeding out.I came into the room and met Michelle lying on the bed while facing his phone and flashing at it. Aww! How sweet, I recall how I used to we're such bright smiles each time I was on the phone with Connor. I know it was crazy comparing Michelle's happy moments with my past moments with Connor. I couldn't fight the urge not to compare." Hey! Mich."
She looked up from her phone and flashed at me.
" Someone seems super excited, so tell me what happened between the both of you and where did he take you?"I blinked, trying to act dumb to avoid her question. " with who?"
" Cole Manchester, and please will stop trying to avert questions and just answer them?"" I rolled my eyes and sat beside her on the bed. Well, that arrogant jerk to me to his clubhouse."" Wait, Cole has a clubhouse?"I nodded with a tight smile." Yeah."She jumped from the bed. " Great, we'll go there this weekend."
" Please no, the clubhouse isn't officially opened yet, it was just him and his friends having fun over there.She folded her hands under her breast and squinted her eyes at me as if attempting to see through me. I whirled my eyes and stood up from the bed. " please no more questions, Michelle." I left her in the bed to go out my clothes on.I was intending on going home to see my mom, I had missed her immensely in the past two weeks that I have spent at the hotel with Michelle, staying away from her. Nonetheless, I guess my staying here was worth it. I slide into a pair of blue jeans and a black sleeveless top, then I went ahead and packed the rest of my stuff in my suitcase. Once I was done packing I drag it down to Michelle's car and dump it in the luggage compartment. I slammed the trunk shut and jumped into the car, eventually, we hit the road.While Michelle drove the car, my heart wouldn't stop thumping rapidly. Michelle cuts corners, she would take her right hand while the other held the steering wheel, and place it on mine holding it firmly as a way of unspoken encouragement. She has been a great and caring friend. A friend anyone would be damn lucky to have, I still couldn't believe that she would leave her home and responsibilities to come to stay with me at the hotel, throughout the days I spent there, she nev
I plunged off my bed at the buzzing sound of my phone. I crawled on the bed to get from where It was charging to see what o it was. It was an unknown number.Urgh! How I hate taking calls from a private number, I mean, I don't think anyone likes that. It's so unsafe to me. Since I couldn't reach my phone on time, I wasn't able to take the call. I attempted to plug my phone back on the charger, but a message came in halfway through the mission so I had to check it. It was from the very same unknown number.I opened it and it read " Hey! Beautiful." I blinked. Who the hell is this? I never gave my number to anyone lately, at least not that I could remember. I haven't even met any stranger recently and I don't think a client would call me with a private number. Just in the middle of my pondering who the caller was, another call came in and this time it was not hidden anymore, the number flashed on my phone and immediately I picked up." Who the hell are you?" I fumed but the call ended
We took a seat in the VIP section. I observed how her eyes wandered the entire place. " You like it?" She swerved her head towards me. Her eyebrows furrowed." Like what?" " My clubhouse." She smirked and whirled her eyes. How nice if she always does that annoying thing she does. She doesn't know how much her silly attitude hurts me, and I hate that it does, however, I will do my very best to bring out the good in her. I have to move on from my feelings and do this for her, and with her. "Let's get this done already," she whined.I sat up and signaled the waiter whom I had just employed a few days ago. " What do you care for?" " Nothing alcoholic." " It's a clubhouse, not a Mall"" I don't fucking care if it's not a Mall, you offered to get me a drink, you don't have to impel me to take your choice." She countered. I heaved a sigh and told the waiter to leave. " When are you officially opening your "clubhouse"? " she asked making a gesture with her two fingers. " Next weekend,
I nodded. " I did but turns out I needed something more than what she offered me, I found someone special." He tilted his head to the side." Who is she?" I chuckled softly. " Gabrielle Foster."His eyes grew wide from astonishment. I wasn't expecting such a reaction from him, at least not with a dug look on his face. " Gabrielle Foster, the lady who got dumped on her wedding day?"" That's true, but I prefer you address her without that portrayal. " I almost snapped at him. I did not know why I got so paranoid over a little chit-chat about Gabrielle. " Woah! Woah! Woah! Calm down son, I'm okay with it, I mean you are a grown man. You're twenty-nine and you can make the decisions about your life the way you want. I only want you to also think of your mother, I don't think she will take this news of your new relationship likely." I scoffed. " her opinion about my relationship with Gabrielle doesn't matter. We love each other." He heaved a deep sigh and scratched his chin. " you k
I braced myself up and started the cafe, straight to my car.I got into my car and slammed the door shut. When I turned to leave, I could see Michelle and Henry standing outside the cafe and staring at me. The look on Michelle's face was researching me to go and comfort her, but I didn't, instead, I drove off. Came upon such a bad traffic jam on my way to meet cole, it seemed as Though nothing ever goes my way again. While I was stuck in the traffic, I thought of texting Cole to let him know my whereabouts. " stuck in traffic, where are we meeting? Clubhouse or somewhere else." I fling my phone to the passenger seat and drummed my fingers on the steering wheel as I waited for his response. In barely a minute, he texted back. " Your choice, please?" He wrote. " I'm okay at anywhere you pick but I would prefer the clubhouse.His message came in. I wanted to pick up my phone and check it out but the traffic light turned green. I drove off to his clubhouse. It took about forty-five
Cole's POV " Cole and Gabrielle? It's a no from my side."" Ugh! My chances of getting my Cole just got ruined." With a sad face emoji." they look cute together." " You all should knock it off already. BTW. You have to be the best couple. I stand right behind the two love birds."" she is way too old for you, bro!" " I love you Gabrielle, fierce and beautiful young lady. She is my role model." you are hooking up with the wrong person. She will ruin you." I kept on reading the comments. The good ones and a lot of the bad comments about us. Yeah, some people will always be cowards.The fact that the people believed us and Think that we are actually in a relationship, is quite a relief for me and I loved it. Our plan was gradually working. Something might have pushed me to check out, Gabrielle's I*******m page. A plethora of comments was in her comment section. She never replied to anyone. A lot of Angry and happy fans were all flooding her comment section and expressing their fee
A knock on the door brought me back into reality. I groaned and proceeded to my door. When I opened the door, one of my chefs was standing there. Still decked on her apron and bonnet." Dinner is served, sir" she took a low bow.What she did got me chuckling. She wasn't a slave, I took every one of my household employees as family. For doing all they were doing to satisfy me, I appreciated them. Even if they were doing it for the money, I still appreciated all their efforts." Are you new here? I don't think I've seen your face around here." I asked the chef as we walked to the dining.She appeared to be uncomfortable around me, which gave me a hint that she was new.As expected, she nodded her head bashfully. " I thought as much, listen you don't have to be scared around me, we are all family here, okay?"" B-but we are your employees, we should feel scared around you." I stopped and turn to her. " I am not that kind of a boss my dear." I patted her shoulder and began walking ahead
Let me open up on a little something regarding Michelle's past. Her parents were rich people but with an inferior mindset, they wanted a make cold but ended up having a female child which made them less concerned when it comes to Michelle. They left her with a nanny the took care of her until she had grown into a woman.Michelle's Nanny was the only family she had as the parents barely spends time with their daughter.Sadly, Michelle's nanny passed away and her parents didn't hesitate to bring in a young guy to watch over their teenage daughter.As Michelle matured into an adult, the caretaker would abuse her and sometimes have sex forcibly with her whenever her parents weren't around. Mich was leaving in depression. She had tried to poison herself or take an overdose, but the guy always came to the rescue.Michelle and I had reported the incident to her parents, but they turned deaf ears to all she said. They rather listen to the liar, than their daughter.My parents had even taken it