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
The plumber came over at almost the same time Cole arrived. Mich had to keep him company downstairs in the living room, while I inspect the plumber's work in the bathroom. Once he finished fixing the shower, I paid him off and he left.I picked up my purse to go meet them downstairs, I stopped on my track when I saw them chatting and laughing. They looked so beautiful together. Fuck! My imaginations. I was just being jealous for over nothing in particular. Michelle had a fiancee and Cole was still madly in love with his ex-wife, Rachel.I waved those crazy thoughts out of my head and took a slow and steady step towards them. They turned their heads in my direction, I could see the gleam in Cole's eyes as I approached them." wow!" I heard him mutter.From the corner of my eye, I could see Michelle gaping at us. I was supposed to be acting.I winked at Cole. He noticed the signal and quickly moved in my direction, he pulled me into his warm embrace which I reciprocated.He took me unawa
I wiped my mouth with the napkin and sat back on my chair. Cole's gazes were all over me. I cleared my throat and looked up at him." I hope this goes as planned."" Well, I'm not the one with the nasty temper here. So there's no problem from my side."That wasn't true, I just started my difficulty the way it was, rather than bottling them up. That was the reason why I was being hated, for being honest with people. Well, humans will always be humans. No matter how you are, you can't please anybody.I opened my mouth to talk but was interrupted by the new couple that had just entered the room.They looked perfect together like they were meant for each other. But, just staring at them brought sadness to my heart.Connor and his lover!Their presence alone was almost muffling the life out of me.They held each other hand in hand, with smiles on their faces. I watched them with keen interest.I loathed how my heart was throbbing at the mere sight of them. I was visibly trembling." Gab. Ar
Three days to the opening of my clubhouse.I'm supposed to be the happiest man on earth, finally going to unlock one of my greatest achievements. I was only proud that I got it this far.Three years ago, when I came up with the idea to build a clubhouse, my goal was to build a place I could spend some time after I retired from football but I never knew it would come sooner than I expected. I decided to hasten the project just so I could spend my last days with relief that I've achieved one of my goals.I stepped into the boy's locker room and began changing into my gym clothes. Time to relieve some stress, I clearly understood the doctor's words not to stress myself so much but if I am to stop working out then so many concerns will arise from both my friends and family. I had already quit football with the excuse that I wanted to focus on managing my football club and exceeding that might be too much. Being a billionaire doesn't mean that I have to look myse
She began walking towards me, slowly and steadily striding as though she was citing her footsteps. My legs were already weak, and my eyes felt dilated just from watching her. Was she seeing how vulnerable and stupidly in love I was with her?" Hey Cole," she called out in her usual bedroom voice that always made my cork twitch.My voice was lost, but still, I pulled myself together to avoid the embarrassment I was already going through. " Riri?" She smiled and nodded her head, with her eyes half-closed. She raised her eyes and was now looking directly into my face. " You missed me?" I wanted to scream yes to the world and jump up with full happiness, but something stopped me.Gabrielle.She came right on time. She walked in confidence and pride as usual. When she walked up to Rachel's side, she nudged her with her shoulder causing her to move out of the way. Rachel stumbled but didn't fall. I watched all the drama unfold right in front of me.Gabrielle slipped her hand into mine and