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Amber. chapter fourty five
“I need you to be discreet” Todd said facing the lady called Alice, “She must not know that someone is following her cause if she knows that will put her on edge and I don’t want that” Todd said, his right brow slightly raised higher than the other“I understand" Alice said nodding her head Todd gave her a brief run down of the past events, he told her about his suspicions and showed her Amber’s picture. Alice was satisfied with the information she got and left Todd’s office.Tired and exhausted from constant worry, Todd knew he needed to let out steam so he called Carl.“hey man, you up for a Hangout tonight" He said straight away not bothering about exchanging pleasantries.“Oh hello Todd, how are you and how’s my little munchkin” Carl said, traces of laughter evident in his voice “She is fine" Todd said gruffly, when Carl didn’t answer right away he prompted him by saying.“so”“You know you’ve got to take our friendship more serious, you can’t just ignore me for sometime and ju
Amber. chapter fourty six
“she’s been sulking around since then and I don’t even know what I did wrong" Todd explained to Carl at the bar that night“Was there any sign of anger before then" Carl asked“no, at least none that I could see" Todd said“hmm" Carl said placing his hand under his chin like he was in deep thought.“so whatever caused her anger must have happened between the last time you saw her and the time you left the office” Carl said reasoning things out“the last time I saw her was when she came to drop a file for me just before my appointment with Alice" Todd said“wait, who is Alice" Carl asked, raising his hand to stop Todd“emm, she is just someone I needed to see, wait you think she is jealous of Alice"Todd said“well,, that might be but it depends, how does Alice look, did Amber know what the meeting was about and how long did the meeting take"Carl asked trying to analyse everything“I don’t know how she looked, I didn’t pay attention to her looks”Todd said and Carl raised his hand to
Amber. chapter fourty-seven
Todd couldn’t bring himself to announce his relationship with Amber, nit because he didn’t love her enough to let the whole world know but because he was scared, announcing publicly will put her in more danger, he decided his best tactic would be to coax her.The next morning on their way to work, he said“let’s go out tonight, we can go watch a movie or something” “No thanks, I’ll like to play with Carrie and sleep in tonight" Amber said not bothering to look at Todd, her head was full with so much imagination.“Okay" Todd said nodding.He didn’t pursue the topic any further, he just kept quiet and was thinking 9f other ways he can use to coax her.During lunch, Amber went out for lunch with Jen and when they got back, she went to use the toilet, on her way back she heard two ladies discussing“She came back not quite long, guess we will be seeing her face here regularly” a lady said and the other lady agreed saying“they’ll definitely look good together, aww after all these years o
Amber. Chapter fourty-eight.
Stanley kept starring across the street, hoping to see anyone that looks like his target, he sat in his white Peugeot car with tinted glass, no one saw who was in the car but he could see anyone outside, the area was rugged, broken glass shattered almost at all corners, different type of girls walked past him, a girl even knocked on the window of his car asking if he needed her services, Stanley felt disgusted but played along to get any information he can from her.“do you stay around here" He asked and the girl scrunch her nose slightly and said.“my house is a bit far, how about, we go to the guest house down by this corner" she pointed to the path on the right“emm, okay but do you think my car is safe here, how about I give you a ride and we go somewhere fancy”Stanley asked baiting her, the girl smiled and said“am at your service, whatever you need"She hopped into the car and Stanley drove off.“Am White by the way"Stanley said introducing himself.“oh, am Tina" she said gigg
Amber. Chapter forty-nine
“Hi Amber, it’s been a while" Jake Morris said over the phone.“Hi Jake, how have you been"Amber said strolling over to her bed to sit.“have been away on business, just got back few days ago, can I have the honour of taking you out for dinner today" Jake askedAmber pursed her lip thinking about what Jake asked, she shrugged her shoulder and said“why not” “Great" Jake said “I’ll pick you up by 7pm"“okay" Amber said and hung up, she strolled over to her wardrobe to look for a dress to wear.She checked her time and noticed it was 5:30pm, she had an hour and thirty minutes to get ready, her stomach growl and she pat her belly saying“Behave, we’re eating out tonight"By 6:30pm Amber stepped out of her room wearing velvet brown short gown, she checked the time and realised there was thirty minutes more, looking down and her tummy she tsk her teeth and sat down abruptly on the chair.“Ahhhh, am hungrryy” she growl, she heard the door bell and rush there.“Oh thank God, I thought I w
Amber. Chapter Fifty
A man rushed into the restaurant looking around frantically, he bumped into waiter carrying the tray of food for the couple by the right side of Amber, knocking the tray out and unto the man reading a newspaper in front of his partner, the hot food made him jump to his feet, he bent his head to examine the damage to his clothe and his cap fell off, the waiter was apologising profusely.“Am so sorry sir, am sorry please"“it’s okay, the stain is not too much"The man said Amber looked up to see the drama unfolding and was shocked to see Todd Anderson, her mouth open and she stood up without even realising it, her feet seems to have a mind of their own as they moved of their own accord to where Todd stood, Jake followed her quietly, Amber stopped in front of Todd looking at him straight in the eyes, she turned to see the woman with him and it was Alice.“Oh, I see" Amber said throwing her hands in the air.“Good thing I left huh, now you can make your relationship public but with me it
Amber. chapter Fifty one
Todd looked at the clock ticking every second and his brow furrowed, the time is 9:00am and Amber wasn’t at the office yet, she should have at least called in sick or something, he thought. He tapped his leg on the ground, he became really agitated when by 9:30am she was still not around, he picked up the land line in his office and dialled a number.“come to my office" he said into the phone, few minutes later there was a knock on the door and Jen stepped in.“why is your friend not at work" Todd asked not in the mood for any exchange of pleasantries.“huh" Jen said looking confused.“I’ll find out right away" She said and stepped out of Todd’s office.She dialled Amber’s number on her phone and it rang, after the third ringing. She picked up.“Hi" she slurred into the phoneJen looked at the screen to be sure she dialled the right number.“Amb, is that you” she asked.“yeess" Amber said, her words sounding slurring once again“Are you drunk, at this time, what’s wrong, why are you n
Amber. Chapter fifty-two
Todd woke up with a start after falling asleep on the wheels while waiting for Jen to exit Amber’s building, he wondered if Jen was still inside or she had left, to be sure he placed a call to Alice.“hey, do you know if Amber’s guest is still with her or if she's left"He asked when Alice picked up“no, She is still in there” Alice said and Todd hung up.After thinking for a while he started the car ignition, turned back and left.The next day at work, Amber came in to work and was summoned to Todd’s office, she tapped on the lightly and opened the door.“You called" she saidTodd raised his head to look at her, he noticed her dull eyes and somewhat sad countenance and he felt bad that he had made her sad, he unconsciously reached out his hands to draw her closer and comfort her but Amber moved back abruptly, her movement was too fast that she missed a step and was falling, Todd rushed out of his seat and grabbed her hand trying to safe her but they both fell flat on the ground with
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