Steven’s point of view:
Okay so I am officially confused now, I hold my belly that hit the table she pushed me onto. I know I am nothing but an outcast here, so far all I’ve gotten from these people in the building is the so-called king style haircut, asides that no one even spares me a glance.
“what sup Jane?” I know she is angry, but that don’t mean you have to treat me like a tool, just because you are currently angry.“are you happy now?” she asks me, I have to turn towards my back to see if someone else is there.“quit turning Steve I am speaking to you. Are you happy now!” her voice is cracked from raw emotions, its just like she’s painting her emotions for me to see?.“what do you mean am I happy now, I don’t get you?”She walks up to me, her bony finger in the air, her eyes tells me how extremely angry she is.“you know what, just know how ever this marriage goes, you will never live in peace, I will make sure you regret getting into anything with me” with that said she walks out the door and shuts me inside. I literally hear the door make some click sounds. “from one hate to another then” I say as I rest my head on the dusty wall behind me.I guess I'll have to wait a little before anything good comes to my life. “but what was that she was saying about marriage though?” I feel like at this point I have been sold into something without my knowledge and consent.“woosh” I release a breath through my mouth. “I am so exhausted”**After waiting for close to three hours, the door finally swings open, Shirley stands in front of me within a matter of seconds.
“you really should stop letting trouble accompany you everywhere you go you know?”I look up at Shirley and force a smile on my face.“whatever you say Shirley” she looks me in the eyes, and then turning back to the door she calmly closes it and moves closer to me.She’s always in a jump suit, her hair is always straight, and her face, doesn’t look like she ahs ever aged a bit since after 30.
“you’re getting married to Jane, to stop some certain rumors about this company, and in doing so, you will also be saving her”“saving her how?” is she ever not in trouble, Jmac has always been in the spotlight since she was old enough to walk.“after that encounter with the photographer, let’s just say stuff has been going down” she breathes slowly, and then looks at me, her face at this moment speaks tiredness.“hence the contract, we signed you up, published the fact that we signed you up, got you a house, and a car, secretly published those fact before anything, the talks have reduced but Jane’s aunt just poured some fuel in the fire, and now its blazing hot, affecting workers in this establishment” she puts her hand on my shoulder.“people are pulling out their shares from the company, and it’s not helping matters at all its just like things are going downhill” she removes her hand from mine again, and huffs.“we need you guys to act as a couple, let the media people and everyone forget that phase of Sophia being racist, and focus on your married life, your relationship?” she then smiles.“whatever you call it, I know Jane won’t be happy for a few months or even weeks, but I trust you would make the journey easy for her, she’s a good girl that Jane”“what do you say to this Steve, I know you aren’t used to people forcing you into something but...” she stops, and then looks at me, like im supposed to fill a blank space“I don’t Know Shirley” I don’t even have anything I could boast of yet, would want my future wife to be proud of me, I hate being embarrassed Shirley, but I sense more of it coming, and I hate that”“just do what you can Steve” she gets up again and then on her way to the door she calls my name.
“Steve come on; you are going to be one busy model from henceforth”Jane’s point of view:“we called this meeting because, we know, what we want, and we want peace on social media” my mom, only if she knew how much I would give right now, to squeeze her neck.“and I and Shirley, we’ve reached a score, and It will be between the two parties” I sat opposite Steve, and my mom sat opposite Shirley.My mom takes a gulp of water then drops her glass, then looks up at Steve with disdain. She continues.“so, about the marriage” she looks at me nervously.“we need to know how the relationship arrangement will be, between Steve and jane, and uh, Shirley has a contract, she will need the both of you to sign, that is after going through it Jane” looking at steven she gives him a blank look.“Steve, you will have to go through the contract too, its not like you have anything to lose”Says mom to Steve.
Stevens point of view:Running my eyes through a lot of things, my schedule and I am so grateful for Shirley, she’s been my shield, my friend and a very great manager, I am really happy with all she keeps on doing.“so, there’s no time for break then, its work throughout the week” I definitely am not complaining I mean it’s an upgrade from what I used to believe, there’s a lot of earnings, and there’s been a massive publicity so far, and for that alone I am joyous my mind keeps going back and forth from before and now, from an extremely rich person, that comes from a very prestigious home, to someone who doesn’t even have a home, someone who doesn’t even know where the next meal will be coming from, then to a model who is trending all over social model, both trolls and fans all of which promote me.As I seat on top a chair in the dressing room waiting for my photographer my mind wanders towards Jane, which have been happening a
THREE MONTHS LATER: Jane’s point of view:After the whole charade, it paid off, first we have Steven travelling around the world and making a name for the company, and we have us getting married two weeks ago, it wasn’t a nice experience if I have to be completely honest, and it’s even worse because I and Steve have to play lovey dovely again, since we have aunt Martha coming over for dinner soon enough. As usual I and Steve are in the same room but it looks like we aren’t, he’s scrolling through his phone, and I am just here staring at the ceiling, praying so hard that mom or Shirley comes. Finally we hear the clicks of heels, oh I know who it is already before she even shows her face, mom walks down the stairs trying so hard to make the best impressions she’s all smiles and immediately the silly plans we both made to strip Steven bare of any fortune he has, has me feeling so guilty, I even use my hand
Steven’s point of view:And so, there’s been a lot of days when I’ve had worse things thrown at me, but never has it ever been like this there’s been lots of times when there have been embarrassments, and a couple of times when I shed a few tears, but right now, I can’t seem to comprehend. So, I left the place for Jae, simply because I am trying to avoid everything that has to do with her. Taking out my phone I scroll through every available document I should have in my phone.“the extent of wickedness” I say, the extent at which it grows day by day in my life.She just stayed there and watched as her mother insulted me, I guess having being a participant of the whole thing, she feels guilty and all.“she saw me, and she said nothing, she didn’t even walk me through the path of embarrassment, maybe trying to let me know of what happened, just giving me a snippet would have been nice”The documents on my phone don’t
Jane’s point of view:“you know you should also learn to apologize to your wife, instead of just leaving the house each time we have a fight, it’s not such a pleasant news to the ear” I look at my so-called husband, the anger from the other time still present, like how could he not understand the wrong he did. And to crown the whole thing up, he doesn’t even have the tiniest bit of remorse on his face, its just like even my mere presence has already caused him a loss.“I think you are supposed to be the one apologizing, I mean I wasn’t the one who kept secrets from you” he stands and walks to stand in front of me, after looking me up and down he puts his hand in his joggers pockets, then with his back facing his table he takes a few steps till his backside rests on his desk.“what’s the issue Jane, what more do you want from me, what else do you want me saying to you” I nod with li
Stevens point of view:It wasn’t as long as I thought it would take, no it wasn’t, it was just a basic system of power. After two weeks of the jean incident, she wasn’t secure anymore, there was backlash, that implicated the society of fashion, implicated “MACPHERSON” its name was now treated as scum, well at least jane’s jeans was now scum, and that is a bad thing because now we had to travel elsewhere and we have to stay together and staying together is not something that is advisable at this moment.“but one thing I’m not happy about is the fact that I am leaving my mom alone” I nod at her because it definitely isn’t advisable, at this moment, that Miss Martha is such a wicked character, and I definitely am getting so tired of hearing anything concerning her ceramics company, and you know the fun-fact about this so-called Martha, well it’s the fact that she also has an unlucky jean
Jane’s point of viewMy whole life I have never felt this depressed, I can’t even sleep, I have called mom like a hundred times already, still she isn’t picking up, I don’t even know where to start from anymore.But all the same I still thank God for this night because Steven really came through, he helped me in a lot of things, from the talks, to the ice-cream, to even the small body contacts it was really nice. A smile graces my face when I think the more about it. But now, all I have to put my focus on, is the image that I so took my time to build, my body goes weak just thinking of what has already happened, those jeans that I put my time and strength into have already been destroyed.I put my head back on my pillow when I think of how much I have to do once I get up, calls that I have to make, and even small meetings I would have to hold on zoom, its way off the chart to ask aunt Margarette for help especially once it has
Steven’s point of view:I take my MacBook to the sitting room, so I have been trying to take some nice pictures of my wife with my phone, because my really nice manager says I should take unknown pictures of her and post on my social media, asides lying to the media and saying how important my wedding day was I think at this moment I have to go normal on it, so she is lying face up and in a deep sleep, but I have to say, she still looks so beautiful, and it makes me feel so lucky, like I can’t even breathe whenever I see this, I mean, how can someone be so so beautiful, its like she doesn’t even try to, after the mini edit I upload it to my Instagram and twitter account myself, in quote, “my sunshine”.I smile profusely when I tag her, it looks like I can’t even understand why I choose to upload I at this moment.“having to understand the human emotion, is such a confusing thing to do” I immediately shut my mac, and