Xander's pov
"Arggghh" I groaned inwardly while scrolling for the umpteenth time today , through Diane's and Richard's pictures which was displayed all over the screen of my phone.I hated the fact that it only took a look over their pictures to send my insides and mind spinning. I switched to Andrew's i***a story to see if I would find anything to get my mind of her even though it was just for a second.As I scrolled through his i***a stories,I was met with several videos and pictures of himself and the guys chatting over loud music, while downing excessive alcohol.Smiling at the sight before me as I thought it would serve as a great distraction,I decided to put a call across to Andrew telling him I would be going over to the bar, which was against my earlier said decision."What's up buddy?.... decided to change your mind?" I heard a very drunk Andrew from the other side of the Phone, after picking up on the third ring."How long does it take to pick up a damn phone?" I hissed, totally ignoring his earlier asked question."Woah! take it easy man..... Why are you always this angry?" He answered as I sensed an hint of playfulness over his voice."Think whatever it is you want to think...... Just called to tell you I had a change of mind and would be coming over" I replied as I hung up the phone caring less if he had something to say or not.I picked up my car keys as I proceeded towards the parking lot while internally deciding on the particular car I was going to take to the bar, while deciding on taking my new Lamborghini which I just bought,I started the ignition switch while driving off to the bar.Getting closer towards the bar , I heard the distant voice of my friends , accompanied with the very loud music coming out of the bar." Ohh! here he comes" I heard Andrew scream out loud while trying to get his voice above the very loud music coming out of the bar." Didn't think you would make it though....was not expecting you to say the very least" I heard as I turned towards the direction in which the sound came from to be met with Xavier one of my friends grinning maliciously at me while downing another shot of his drink." There is nothing wrong in changing my mind right?" I answered while sitting next to Andrew not ready for his deliberate act of teasing having heard it from the sound of his voice." You really need to snap out of this constant anger , you have been yeilding inside you man,it is not very healthy" Xavier proceeded trying make his point known but ended up doing nothing but infuriating me further." I came here to have some fun and get my mind of this kind of things, so could you snap out of it Xavier" I replied while clearly glaring at him as I downed one shot of the alcohol which was within my reach." Come on Xander we both know you would not be able to get her off your mind....no matter the amount of alcohol you take to do that"" I mean we all know revenge is the only thing you do to get your mind off the things that hurt you" I heard Andrew add while laughing out slightly trying to get on my nerves,but I rolled my eyes knowing Andrew not to let go of a thought that easily, especially now that it was very obvious his was quite drunk." I mean you could get a girl to sleep with to get her off your system.....but you and I know very much that would not work"" So why not just get a random girl to spite her or make her jealous....that would very much make more sense to you knowing you were able to also get a thorn of your own flesh" He said mockingly while winking his eyes as him smirked towards my direction as I heard Xavier and the other guys laugh around me." Whatever....I was a fool to think this would help me get a distraction anyway" I mouthed as I picked my car keys preparing to get back to the spot in which I had packed my car earlier on.As I rode my car with high speed towards my house, I couldn't help get Andrew's mocking voice continue to ring out in my head. I mean it was very obvious to the fact that Andrew could say the craziest things at anytime, most especially when he was drunk to the peak, which he obviously was when I met him moments ago at the club, but it was crazy that his lame Jokes brought different kind of ideas to my head.On getting to my house I thought of different ways to actually make the plan effective, thinking I could get a girl to sign a contract and act to be my girlfriend for a certain period of time but the last thing I wanted was another desperate girl getting clingy all of a sudden, regarding the fact that i was already wanted by most of the ladies in the city.And also has regards that I didn't think there was any girl capable of meeting up to the potentials or standards which Diane already set , I mean the girl was lot of things other girls were not , while shaking my head and deciding against the countless thoughts that began parading itself in my head as I headed towards the bathroom to take a warm bath and retire for the Night. 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ Anessa's POV" So....Nessa how was your first day?" I heard Reena mutter as I arrived from work while taking off my heels totally stressed from the days work, and also by the countless complaint by my boss." Asides from almost getting fired after being five minutes behind time.....I suppose the day was okay" I answered with sacarsim clearly evident in my voice which groaning as I laid down against the three sitter couch, which was at the right hand corner of the sitting room."He whaaatttt?" I head Reena scream while fuming with her eyes obviously evident with anger." I'm calling him right away"she added while she picked up her phone and was about putting a call across to Xander." Don't do that !..... Are you trying to get me really fired this time around, after narrowing escaping it?' I inquired as I exclaimed , as i quickly reached out to grab her phone to stop her from trying to call Xander over the phone." Come on Aneesa give me back my phone this instant!""I don't like seeing you this FRUSTRATED" she answered while equally glaring at me as she made sure to make emphasis on the word "frustrated".I sighed deeply slightly happy at the fact that she wasn't able to get the call across to hin as I was quick to grab the phone before she could, looking over to her direction I saw her eyes still sending daggers across to me while stretching her hand out , probably waiting for me to deliver her phone back to her , as she threw me a glare to make me know that he was not going to budge." Reena, you know you can't call him"" I mean I need the Job and I can't start running over to you Everytime I come back stressed and frustrated" I continued while staring deep into her eyes hoping to change her mind." I mean at least I didn't die.....I came back in one piece, plus you know me to be strong..... Just some little harsh words coming from Xander can't break me, at least I have been through worse" I said while staring into her eyes which I saw already began to soften as she began to reason with me."But Aneesa I could help get you another Job if you wanted....""It fine Reena, I'm serious" I said while grabbing her hands as I tried to convince her further."Okay fine Nessa I'll try my best to take my eyes off from injustice" I heard her say with sacarsim as I chuckled lightly while she took her phone from me to continue scrolling through social media." You hungry though""Thought you would never ask.....ohh my God I'm so famished""Well that's nice, I already got you covered.....I ordered a pizza earlier on, so we could eat it for the night" I heard her say as she stood up to get the pizza from ontop the kitchen cabinet where she had kept it earlier on." Hmmm....this is so nice" I muttered under my breath as I took a slice of the pizza , while just then I heard my phone beep indicating a message coming up as I squinted my eyes wondering who the message came from since it was an unknown number." That better not be Xander disturbing you with messages this night, while you are supposed to be resting or else I'm really going to call him to give him a piece of my mind" I heard Reena voice out from a distance while looking up to see her still typing away on her phone.Sending a small smile her way, I looked down at my phone as I opened the message from the unknown number still wondering who it was." Heyyy.... it's Williams from the office, who you met earlier on by the coffee stand, sorry for taking your number without your permission, but I couldn't get your beautiful face out of my head,so I just asked around until I finally got your number from a fellow colleague" I saw on the text with a silly emoji accompanying it thereafter.I suddenly felt a blush crept up my face at the sight of the message before me, I mean I had heard people call me beautiful before but it wasn't Everytime I got to her it from a guy ." Okay Aneesa....what the hell is making you suddenly turn the shade of pink" I heard Reena say suddenly noticing that she had dropped her phone while staring intently at me with a hint of amusement evident in her voice." Ermm..... it's noth...ing ser...ious" I Suttered as I tried hard to pick up the pieces of my words still totally swoon by the message I had read." You sure about that?" I heard her say still looking at me and not in the slightest way believing what I had just uttered." Reena it's nothing serious actually.... just a guy I had met earlier on at work today" I said trying to sound very unaffected." Okay? Mind telling me all about it" she said happily as her face lit up with total happiness while yearning to hear everything about Williams. Rolling my eyes at her sudden curiosity, I decided to tell her what had conspired between Williams and I earlier in the day." Bet he is nothing but a tall glass of hot chocolate" she said happily while I wondered why she was totally happy at the fact that I had ran into a guy." Mind telling his name? Probably I know him" she added further while futher grinning for ear to ear." Williams" I mouthed while shrugging my shoulders to show her I didn't care about his looks the tiniest bit , I mean he was fine admist all when it came to looks but I couldn't help compare him to Xander internally even though I had tried to get it off my head thousands of times." Ohhh ... Williams, Xander brother at least he is more polite than the latter" she said while shrugging her shoulders as she countined to take another slice of the pizza from the pizza box." Seriously?" I asked shocked at the revelation as I finally remembered he introduced himself as Williams Weston but didn't think anything out of the ordinary, while looking at Reena noticing she has lost interest as she picked up her phone to continue where she had left off , I on the other hand proceeded to my room thinking on the best possible way to reply his message while I saved his number.Xander's pov Two days LaterI shook my head while coming down from my car on getting to the front of the company building, it's been two days since I met met the guys at the bar,but that still didn't make the drunken voice of Andrew exceed my brain as I continued to ponder on the obvious jokeful " Advice" he has given me bar, I mean it was constantly ringing in my head like an alarm clock.As I made my way into the office building, I noticed my employees murmuring from different directions, as each of them tried to adjust whatever it was they were doing, I wasn't surprised though,since I got it everyday considering the fact that I never even tried to do as much as send them a smile in a day, I even heard the rumors that went around about me being a very ruthless boss and always being very serious but I never did as much as try to pay any attention to them.Ignoring all the tantrums going on around me, I made my way towards my office as I
Xander's povI was sitted in my sitting room after getting back from work late at night ,while consistently pondering on the possible ways to put my plans in motion thereby making it effective,I knew I had to thread carefully as any decision I made was enough to ruin me as well as my business, but I felt I needed to do this to clear my head so as to give myself closure and enable me to move forward as regards other things.After delebrating on several ways but constantly deciding against them I decided to put a call across to Andrew, as I knew he always had the craziest ideas as regards things like this." Heyyy Xander....what is it you want from me this fine evening" he said as I rolled my eyes while looking at the the frame of my whole family picture hanging on the wall of my sitting room, just near to the flat screen television hung up on the wall next to it. Andrew and the guys,as well as my brothers always claimed I only tried to place a call across to
Aneesa's Pov"he whaaat?" Reena shrieked, clearly in shock and obviously finding hard to believe what I had been trying to explain to her for quite some time.I had been trying to make Reena believe the fact that Xander actually apologized to me in the office for quite sometime,but she didn't seem to believe me, I mean who would right?, Xander was not one to come off as one who would render an apology when he has been in the wrong, heck why would he when he always thought he was right at everything he did." He apologized" I said for the umpteenth time since I got home,after practically jumping her on the three sitter couch she had laid on in the sitting room, but that didn't stop her from still staring at me blankly, trying her best to put together what I had said. I didn't blame her though,I also was still in denial as to if I had heard correctly despite being the one who was apologized too." They really had to be something fishy in all of this......I mean
Aneesa's pov"Reena could you help me get my mobile phone, which I placed on the couch?"I said while raising my voice at an octave and checking if I had everything I needed for the buisness trip in place." Ohh Alright"she replied as I saw her go over the couch while coming back to stretch the phone in my direction.Looking at the screen of my phone, I squinted my eyes as I saw a notification come across the screen noting it to be form Williams."I'll definitely check on you when you come back from that trip which Xander stole you away from.....I would like to know if we could plan the date for another time" I smiled while reading the message on my screen and finally decided on just sending an emoji in return.Suddenly I heard my phone suddenly vibrate as I looked to check who it was and was surprised to see my bosses name on the screen." Ohh shit" I muttered under my breath after checking the time in my phone, while hurriedly taking my bag and heading out
Xander's pov"you don't have to answer it if you are not comfortable" I uttered while staring at Aneesa as she shifted severally on her chair, clearly uncomfortable at the question I had asked her about half an hour ago."I lost my dad in a crash" I heard her say while I began eating my food, totally disregarding the fact that she was going to answer my questions."I didn't mean to bring back hurtful memories"I started to say not expecting what she has just revealed to me to say the very least."It's fine sir..... I'm fine, happened a long time ago, already over it though or so I thought" she answered while chuckling dryly without humor "Okay.....And what did I say about the name basis?" "At least we are not at work right so it would not be tagged unprofessional like you call it" I said while making signs of an hypen in the air.I really sucked when it came to consoling people,I didn't have the slightest idea on how to go about it,so I brought in the convers
Anessa's pov "Xander asked you on a date?"Renna screamed while looking at me with wide eyes."Yes he did"I answered also shocked at my own revelation.Xander and I had become friendly towards one another since the buisness trip,but i definitely wasn't expecting him to ask me on the supposed date.I mean we already started of as friends and had been chatting non-stop via social media, plus I already gotten on the hang of calling him by his name but I definitely didn't think that he would ask me out on a date,but then again it was an harmless date right?I had gotten the message from Xander earlier on while we were chatting talking about the latest movie which had just been released and trending online, "from scratch" which had been trending online but was still in the Cinema's ,as a result of that he suggested we go see the movie together at the cinema."Earth to Nessa"Renna squealed bringing me back to reality."And are you really going to go out on the date?"i
Xander's pov"so how did it go?I heard Andrew ask inquisitively,as his wide eyes shone with obvious curiosity.We were currently in my apartment having wine together,after Andrew had told me he was coming over to the house a moment ago."How did what go?"I replied feigning total ignorance of the fact that I didn't know what he was referring to as I was not in the mood to reflect on what had transpired at the cinema house not more that two days ago."Ohhh, come on Xander.... stop playing dumb with me,you definitely know what I am talking about"he said as he looked at me rather frustrated at the fact that I was behaving oblivious of what he was talking about."Okay fine....went well asides that I ran into Diane and Richard strapped into each other's arms beaming happily at one another" I said while rolling my eyes as I felt a sudden twist in the depth of my belly."You have got to be kidding me" I heard him reply as his eyes widened as he acted surprised."Yeahh
Anessa's pov"What the heck is this I am seeing all over social media" I heard Renna scream the moment I stepped into the apartment after the whole paparazzi saga as she pointed the screen of her phone to my direction to show me what was currently displayed against her screen.I wasn't shocked though,I mean I had expected for it to happen,who wouldn't right?after the whole saga of the press just a moment ago.I would be lying if I said I didn't know saying yes to Xander would bring the attention of the press and of course all people on social media streaming right into my private life,but I was just surprised a moment ago because I was not not expecting it to take an immediate effect."Ohhh that" I said sounding less interested as I saw my face on insta and other social media platforms as I sat down on the couch with Renna staring at me, mostly surprised at the fact that I was behaving like it was not a big deal.I picked up the remote to put on a TV show to a