Lily was in a hurry to join her friends to listen to their school band perform but bumped into Derrick by accident who caught her and prevented a fall. The two had their eyes locked on each other for 10 seconds before snapping back to reality.Derrick let go of Lily after she had steadied herself but the two could not stop staring at each other in silence.Lily had mixed feelings of surprise and embarrassment. She smiled awkwardly and lowered her beautiful long eyelashes. Derrick broke the silence."What is your name,""Lily, Lily Shawn," She replied smiling awkwardly.Derrick wanted to ask if they had met before because he was getting the feeling of familiarity seeing her again but he stopped himself before he could ask and ended up rather asking;"What brought you here?""Oh! An old school reunion party," replied Lily.Lily was feeling a mixture of joy and fulfilment within herself. Even though she could not explain why she was feeling that way about him looking at the situation now,
Derrick never cared about who he ended up with as a life partner until he met Lily. Lying on his bed, with his hand behind his head and staring at the ceiling of his room, he found himself thinking about not disappointing his father and also not disappointing himself. He needs to give himself a chance to know what it means to care for someone.Until he met Lily, he didn't know one could be undeniably attracted to anyone. Even though he couldn't define what he feels for Lily he could not deny the sense of belonging he felt both times he met her. He smiled reminiscing about the two instances Lily landed in his arms. His lips curled upwards. He recalled her innocent face, the purity in her big brown eyes, her plump pink lips. He wanted to know what her lips would taste like. He was in his dreamy thoughts when his phone buzzed and interrupted him. He picked up the phone and checked the caller, Marcus his PA's name flashed on the screen. He answered the call and brought the phone to his ea
Derrick, using the back exit of the hotel went straight to the car park and drove out of the premises toward his hotel. He kept hitting the steering wheel of the car."Fuck! Fuck!" he said through gritted teeth. "How can I be so stupid? Fuck!"His emotion had an impact on the way he was driving as he ran through a few red lights and a couple of times he almost hit other cars in his anger."Hey, watch where you are going, idiot," shouted an unknown angry driver he almost hit.Derrick didn't have time to care about what the angry driver said. He just wanted to get to his hotel. With the speed at which he was driving, he completed half an hour trip in 15 minutes. He drove straight into the car park, using the ground floor elevator he went up into the hotel, grabbed his room keys from the reception and went straight to the third floor of the hotel. He unlocked his door and entered. Bang! he slammed the door shut. He walked straight to the bar in his room poured himself some drinks and gulp
Lily did not expect to meet Derrick in the hotel she was lodging. She is not sure if it's just a mere coincidence or if Derrick is deliberately following her. She believed the latter. Derrick must be following her."Does it mean he has been watching her since their meeting at the shop?" She thought to herself staring into his gorgeous blue eyes.With this realization, she got up to leave but Derrick caught her hand before she could."I don't think you want to create a scene here," he said almost whispering.Lily looked at the number of people in the restaurant, she frowned and sat back down."I have a reservation for a private room. Please come with me, it will be more comfortable there to talk," he suggested."I don't want to," Lily said with traces of anger in her voice, feeling bullied by him."Lily, I am sorry for everything I did. Please give me a chance to explain myself. There is something very important I want to tell you" Derrick said with all honesty feeling Lily's anger was
Ivy Garcia received an image of a woman lying on top of Derrick in a room. She became very furious. She looked at her phone again for the sender. It was from Michelle, her best friend. Michelle and Ivy have been friends since they were little. Some people even called them sisters. They have gone through good and bad times together so they watch each other's back. She quickly placed a call to her."Where did you get this?" Ivy asked furiously."A private room at Pod Time Square Hotel," replied Michelle."That bitch followed my boyfriend to New York?" Ivy snapped."Well, I was dining in the restaurant of the hotel when I saw the familiar figure walk past me and sit with a strange lady. I was very suspicious of what was going on between the two because Derrick held the lady's hand. It was not the usual kind of hand-holding," Michelle narrated."What were they talking about?" Ivy asked angrily"Not sure," replied Michelle from the other end of the phone."I did follow them though when they
It's been four days since Lily was admitted to the hospital. Derrick bought an apartment in the city and moved with Lily to the place to recuperate. Derrick hired a servant to take care of the cooking and to attend to Lily. He left early hours in the morning for the office to handle some urgent matters. Lily was in her room. The servant served breakfast and got Lily to eat something. After breakfast, Lily went back to her room. She sat on the bed and closing her eyes she remembered the words of the lady who was with Ivy'Derrick is married. You don't seem like the one to go after married men. He is just using you, remember that. I will let you go but I will punish you for forcing yourself on him'Among everything Ivy's friend Michelle said to Lily this was the most painful."Derrick is married. He is using you," Tears filled her eyes and they flowed down her cheeks freely.She felt betrayed and used. She was raped because of him."I will not forgive them. I will make them pay for this
Derrick was downcast, it appears everything is turning against him now. Just when he thought life was beginning to make sense, this happened. Lily missing and his mum is on the bridge of death.It was past midday, Derrick called Marcus to take his father home and he stayed back to look after his mum.Barely 10 minutes after Marcus and Mr Mingle left, Ivy walked in. She saw a dejected Derrick sitting in the patient waiting area. She walked up to him, sat on the seat next to him and pulled him into a hug."What happened Derrick?" she asked calmly.Derrick said nothing but took solace in her embrace. She hugged him tightly and kissed the top of his head lovingly."Everything will be alright," she assured him.Derrick nodded and stayed in Ivy's arms for a while before freeing himself and walking to his mother's ward. He forgot his phone on the seat which he had placed there after using it to call Marcus. Ivy's eyes caught sight of the phone as soon as Derrick left and she took it intending
Lily sent a message to Marcus to deliver to Derrick when she couldn't get through to him directly. She met with a lady at the coffee shop who offered her home to her as a temporary shelter. Lily and the strange lady whom she later got to know as Brenda arrived at the small apartment in the evening and after freshening up set up to watch a movie when Lily questioned Brenda on why she was helping her. Back at the hospital in Washington, at the same time, Marcus made his way to the hospital and informed Derrick about Lily. Ivy had stepped out of the ward when Marcus delivered the message to Derrick. Derrick was happy to know Lily was in Hoboken in New York City."She called but couldn't get to you," Marcus informed him.Derrick immediately checked his phone and realized Lily had called and he remembered Ivy saying she mistakenly picked up a call."I am glad to hear Lily is okay. Kindly get me her address I need to see her," Derrick said and his mother's hand moved at the mention of Lily.