“What the heck is he doing here?” I questioned myself out loud, as I wondered why everything had to be happening at that moment when I was about making my grand reappearance to the public. Did there have to be a touch of drama to whatever I did?“Who’s he?” Dolph turned, asking with a frown. The first display of protectiveness from him was both cute and scary at the same time. He looked like a lion guarding his territory from an intruding hyena. And a hyena was all I imagined whenever I thought of Randy. All he had done was to leverage on my fame and status to get himself a new girl after he had gotten tired of me. He was a real jerk and more. Why was he suddenly beckoning in me?I couldn’t care less about that. At the moment, I wanted to make him as jealous as I could, as I clung tightly to Michael’s arm. “That’s my stupid ex…” I replied Dolph, holding his arm. “Let’s continue, he’s not important.”With that, I was hoping that Randy would be sensible enough not to pursue me any furt
“Can I have my phone now?” I demanded impatiently, as I itched to see what was going on online, after what had happened at the mall that day. I was sure that there was fire, but then, I wanted to see it for myself.But Dolph seemed carried away by whatever it was that he had his eyes on his phone. He barely looked up at me or paid me any mind. “Are you being serious right now?” I pressed further trying my best to annoy him to the point where he would have no other option but to give in to my demands. “This is my career for crying out loud, I deserve to know what's going on at the moment.”“Tamika Fisher spotted with a new man...” he said, still scrolling through his phone, still without looking up at me. “What the heck is that supposed to mean?” I questioned in annoyance, as he seemed to be intentionally trying to get on my nerves.“That's what's trending right now everywhere,” Dolph said, as he put his phone away and turned his face to the other side of the car. “I will not take the
“Rise and shine, sleepy head.” Dolph’s voice echoed from the door to the other side of the room where I lay, suddenly startling me from my dreams. “Why do you have to wake me so rudely?” I questioned, as I slowly sat up in bed. If only he knew just how restless my night had been, he would have let me sleep the whole day. This was nothing like the way Tamika Fisher began her day. It was usually the gentle chiming of her alarm clock or the kiss of her lover that woke her from her peaceful sleep. But now, she was stuck with the obsessive man who was going to stop at nothing to make her life even more miserable than it already was. It was safe to say that I had become a shadow of myself.“We have a new task for the day which we must begin working on immediately,” Dolph replied, completely ignoring everything that I had just said.“I thought you were a billionaire. Don’t you have a business to run?” I questioned, still angry from having my sleep cut short. “Why do you bother me like I’
I was trying my very best not to panic. But it was hard not to. Why had they come that early and unannounced? The idea had my mother written all over it, as she seemed to have wanted to see what I was like with my woman in the morning. My mother, Kayla Martin had been a therapist at some point. One of her favorite quotes stated that the best time to see how happy a couple was, was the morning. I figured that she was about to use that on me. I felt bad that I hadn’t seen that coming.“What do we do, sir?” Taylor asked, being as shocked as we were. “Their car just pulled over inside here.”“Well, tell the maids to set up breakfast while we get ready,” I ordered, trying to give myself and Tamika some time alone. “Go on now.”He shut the door leaving us both to ourselves. I was faced with the bigger problem of having an unprepared Tamika to face my highly inquisitive parents. “So, what are we going to do?” Tamika finally broke the silence that was settling over the conversation. “I thou
“Mom...?” The sound of those words leaving his lips would have me scared. Knowing that I was naked right in front of his mom made me even more ashamed of myself. “What are you doing in here?” Dolph questioned angrily, as he turned his back on me to face his mother who was at the door. He covered me perfectly, and I just had to give him that. “First a surprise visit, now a surprise waking in on me and my... fiancee.”I let out a sigh of relief as he had almost blown it back there. I managed to peek over his shoulder to see his mother who had a slight resemblance to him. “Dolph... I'm sorry, I didn't know you both were... having one of those times this early and at this time,” his mother said, quickly replacing the shocked expression on her face with a pleasant smile. “I'll be waiting for you both downstairs.”“Fine...” Dolph said, waiting for her to leave, but then she seemed too carried away by the sight of the both of us there. “Go on...”“Right...” she said, as though she hadn't
“I don't think that's necessary,” I suddenly had to step in, as I could see the shock scribbled on Tamika's face. “We all came here for an amicable gathering of a family about to meet the fiancee of one of their best sons. This is not a goddamn interrogation.”From my past knowledge, I always knew that Dale would be a spoiler of the show. He just had a knack for ruining everything he could get his hands on. “Why are you so defensive all of a sudden?” Dale teased, as he had a mischievous smile on his face. “We are all family, and we deserve to know everything that we can know. It would be pretty bad if the Martin family gets involved with something or someone scandalous.”“Scandalous? You, the controversial Dale Martin, taking about scandalous?” I just got some self-restraint in place just at the right time before I would explode, and spill all of his dirty secrets right there and then. “Cut it out, you two,” Kayla ordered, putting out the fire of animosity between my brother and me.
“What’s going on?” I whispered my question to Dolph, wondering what had been responsible for the sudden change of mood at the table. “Your shit-headed ex is here…” Dolph said in silent anger, as he was a bit uncomfortable about what was happening. “But then, I’m not stopping this for anything.” It was quite amazing the way he had quickly regained his composure, and he turned back to face the table. He had ordered the servants to shut the blinds to keep the sounds out of the meeting, and that was pretty smart. But then, how had Randy found this place? Had he gone as far as following me all the way here? Wasn’t he aware that his getting in here wasn’t going to change a single thing? I had thought he had been so happy with his new girl, why was he suddenly becoming obsessive about me?“I apologize for that… shall we continue…” Dolph said as he sipped juice from his glass. “What’s going on?” Kayla wasn’t going to let that slide so easily. “You were all looking so troubled just a few mo
“Well…” I muttered, still searching for the best explanations that wouldn’t spill the beans about the contract marriage. I had to admit that she had me in a tight corner all by myself. “The thing is…”“Were you dating them both at the same time?” Kayla’s probing question gave me an idea and a way out of my hole. “Don’t tell me that you were just playing around with…”“The thing is that…” I decided to step in just before her inference would go further than I wanted it to. “I was at a point in my life where I was in between two very promising options of who I was going to take it further with.”Kayla listened attentively, and that was a good sign. Her body language showed a willingness to listen, and not a judgemental look, ready to nab me at any given loophole in my words. That gave me the courage to get those words out. “Randy showed more passion at first, and that made Dolph resign to the position of patiently waiting to see if I would have a change of heart somehow,” I hoped Dolph