Rein Jackson
The first person to walk in through the gate was a quite tall man with slightly broad shoulders. He wore a black turtle-neck sweater with dark blue fitting pants and a dark blue coat over the black sweater. His hair was black in a colour with some hair strands that fell on his face coloured gold. His face was a diamond shaped face with the prettiest jawline I had ever seen in my entire life. He was thin, but somehow thick. His left hand was decorated with a shiny golden colour wrist watch and few rings that ornamented his fingers. The other was barely decorated with just a beaded bangle on It, holding a phone in it.
His deep set dark eyes looked around our compound, probably in disgust or wonder. This handsome dude looked rich, in fact he is rich. But who is he?His eyes kept scanning the compound till they stopped.... On me! I had to rub my eyes to be sure if this man was actually looking at me or the window frame of the window I stood behind to be looking at him. To be honest our window frame was a beautiful removable frame that my mom herself designed before she died.Maybe he was admiring the unique beautiful frame of our window.But...Nah...I stared back as if hypnotized by his eyes. It was as if our souls were having a strong communication with each other. But whatever they decided to say, I didn’t know what it was and neither did he. We just remained in that state for quite a while until Erica came and pecked him on the lip.Actually, she kissed him on the lip and blushed really hard, holding on strongly to his arms.“Welcome to my haven, honey.” I heard her, though a little. They walked in with their hands intertwined in each other's while they walked slowly like two young lovers. They didn’t say a word to each other but their hearts probably spoke millions of words such as “I miss you”. Two other women, walked in after my dad and then aunt Seville locked the gate before entering the house.It then dawned on me that human Adonis I was spending so much of my time looking at was none other but Rein Jackson, her boss and her boyfriend. ***If there is another word for weird and awkward, please tell me because dinner was so weird and awkward. Rein Jackson had come here with his mom, a middle aged woman, who dressed like she was still in her twenties, with style and excess swag.Her jean was a high waist jean and she wore but a sleeveless, strapped white top that just ended at the level of her navel that was slightly covered by her jean. She wore classic diamond earrings that swung down her ear and both hands and all ten fingers were adorned with jewelleries.
She wore a light make up on and honestly, you could mistake her to be Rein's elder sister and not his mom.“I hope you are enjoying your meal, Mrs Jackson?” Aunt Seville asked and She smiled. They were eating a dish, specially cooked by me... Well Rica and I.“It is not bad.” She replied, taking a mouthful of French Bouillabaisse cioppino.His sister, I think her name is Layla? Yes, Layla. She kept her eyes on me with a smile on her face. Now what kind of a smile was that, that she was putting on, all of a sudden. And why was she looking at me that way... It felt like I had somethingng of hers on my body.Her eye contact was creepy and almost freaking me out. It felt almost as if she was seeing the French Bouillabase on me because she couldn’t just keep her eyes off me. I avoided her gaze and looked at Erica on my left who was enjoying her meal happily... Probably because of her handsome boyfriend who sat just opposite her.When I looked at Mr Rein in front of her, his eyes were on Layla, his junior sister, the whole time. It was weird but it seemed like he was upset with her.He then looked at me, smirked and then continued eating his meal. What was that all about?I continued digging in my meal and then someone cleared that throat. As soon as I looked up, I saw Mr Rein on a knee, to my left before Erica. How he got to stand here without my notice wasn’t any of my concern.But my concern was what he was about to do. I wasn’t new to such things, neither was I a woman to act or to be actually oblivious of such things such as Erica, who couldn’t hide the excitement behind the faked confusion look on her face.Rein was about to propose and I could get aunt Seville and Miss Layla murmuring happily. Mrs Jackson did smile but it was just a little. Dad just looked at the scene with so much happiness in his broad smile.“Erica Simpson, I've fallen in love with you and I'll never let you go. I love you more than anyone, and I just had to let you know. And if you ever wonder why, I don't know what I'll say, but I'll never stop loving you, today, tomorrow and every day.” Aunt Seville and Miss Layla interrupted with their claps and groans of happiness. They were so much moved by this pick up line that they couldn’t even allow him to finish.“I could search my whole life through and through and never find another you. If I had to choose whether to breathe or to love you, I would use my last breath to tell you that... I love you.”“As the days are passing by, my love for you is growing strong. Please be mine forever. Please belong to me. You are my life's most wonderful song. Please marry me, Erica.” He said the last few lines and my fork dropped for my hands, not attracting them since they were all focussed on the proposal.I knew what she was going to give as a reply, for all his boring talk on love and all that. Pick up lines from the old book, was that what he was going to use to gain her love? From everything, he didn’t seem to know a little thing about how love operates, this Rein of a guy.He probably didn’t even love her, so why was he proposing to her and telling her all those lies.
“Yes. Yes I do. I will marry you, Rein.” Erica said and hugged him. She fell to the ground and hugged him with tears on her lids. Pathetic!It ended with her kissing him in front of everyone of us.“So romantic. I will love to have some lovely marriage proposal like this. Right, Eric.”Huh!What was Miss Layla trying to mean now?Main Idea: Gain My trust, Seduce MeThe proposal was soon over and everyone resumed to chatting happily, congratulating the soon to be married couple, Rica and Rein. But I wasn’t buying any of it, not for a second.Mr Rein was probably a nice guy and all but, he didn’t love her. It’s easy to tell. The damn guy proposed bluntly with a straight face. No signs of emotions could be felt or seen on his face. Yet Erica and the rest believed he actually proposed out of love.I even wonder if he has ever loved someone in his entire life. Being a business man, the only thing he might probably love is his company. Maybe aside his mom and his all clingy sister that can’t let go of my arms no matter how hard I try to ward her off.“Oh Eric. Maybe you and I..”In her sad and demented mind. I can never have anything to with a girl that is all so clingy. Acting as if she and I
Challenge accepted.“If what you say is true, then you probably have some love for her.” Rein breathed in relief. Was he thinking that I approved of his relationship with Rica? Not so fast dude. I will have to test you through the burning blazing furnace before I ever see whether or not to think on if or not I should approve you or not.“So...” once I started, he looked up at me with the look of “I thought you were over with this for God's sake.” But I just kept my straight face. I was infuriated that the grimaces he made with his face had little effect on me. It looked cute but not as cute as it would have if I wasn’t upset with him.He dared to tell me that I don’t know what love means. If I didn’t then how would I have known if he was genuine or not? He said that only to speak more gibberish about appreciation towards her. I don&rsquo
Bad Boy~|•REIN•|~I sat in the car after Erica and her family sent us off, bugged by mom and Layla for being up to their expectations. I gruffed frustrated by their incessant and boring talks, interviewing me like they were some reporters.“That was awesome of you, Rein.” Mom said happily, wrapping her arms round my neck and planting unnecessary kisses on my face.Shit!“Mom please, stop being so gross.” I pleaded and she removed her arms from my neck as I massaged my neck.“So you finally did it, and I got to see her handsome brother.” Layla said in red smiles, with all her teeth aligned on each other, exposed. She was seriously crushing on the defiant guy in front of mom and I without any iota of shame.That’s awesome, Layla. You’ve been taking your classes seriously.“I knew you would
A month with the Jacksons\/\/\/••ERIC••/\/\/\It’s been two weeks ever since dad returned from the mission break and he has been home with us. Everyone takes care of Erica like she is some puppy, kitty. Even worst, they treat her like she is some fragile egg.Especially after the stunt that was pulled by the Jacksons.“Be careful honey. There is a stone right in front of you.” Dad will tell for Erica not to stumble upon ordinary rocks, the small stones.“Baby that road has lots of ants. Please don’t use it.” Aunt Seville will say. The most awkward of them all is when did she ever start to call Erica, “baby”?I was feeling left out and a little jealous. It was of course very normal for Rica to get all the attention since she was the one getting married to Rein Jackson and not me. It almost felt like I shoul
Bad, bad Eric!I shifted uncomfortably on my seat, peering over my shoulders to the back seat where Erica and Rein were making out like they were the only ones in the car.I felt nervous, awkward and a little I don’t know, jealous?Whatever the feeling is, I just hate the fact that they are kissing each other.I readjust myself and think about something else. Let me see... Yeah! What it will be like to live with the Jacksons for a month. A line of maids running up and down, doing my bidding since I am their future mistress's twin brother. Or a handful of guards following me around protecting me from God knows what.The Jacksons!Honestly, I wonder if I did the right thing by accepting his proposal.***FLASHBACK***“I'm sorry but if you don’t mind, Eric could come along and live with us. It’s just a month anyway
A little souvenirRein was probably embarrassed by the way I stood and looked at him. Maybe the look I gave him was that of disgust. As if his body was disgusting and if that be the case then thank God he interpreted it his own way. I really enjoyed looking at his body. It was far from disgusting, the most pleasant sight I had ever seen probably.I’ve seen lots of naked men and women but none of them had the perfect bodies that Rein had. I just liked everything about his upper body that I began to wish that I had seen his lower body as well. Rein really is handsome.I don’t mean it by I like him, as in love. I mean, now I understand why Erica was all over him and why she ran inside just to have a quick session with him before they come out to the dining room. She looked so happy but Rein wasn’t. He was just calm and collected, eating from his plate, slowly like he should be doing.
Leave!I woke up the next morning, did the usual routine and walked out of the room in a brown T-shirt on black pair of trousers. Today is Monday and I have nowhere to go to. I stopped schooling for Erica to continue but it’s paying off since she is working and taking care of me. Well that was until now when she landed the bomb on my face.I walk out of the room and the first person I meet there is an annoyed Erica, already dressed in a black knee length pencil skirt and a white off shoulder crop top. Her make up is very light but her lips shine in surplus lip gloss. Her hair is tied in a high ponytail and her ears decorated with simple earrings.With the way she is dressed now, there is no way a man won’t fall for her. I bet there are tons of men out there who are terribly in love with Erica but she chose the one person that doesn’t love her. Who is just appreciative to her for her help
You Owe No One A Flat BellyERIC“I have decided. I want you to move out of this house back to the house and be staying there.” She told me with some anger in her tone and I don’t know how it happened and how he got to be here, but he was here anyway and I wondered if he was here to support Erica.“He is doing no such thing.” He told her to our surprise. I began wondering if he heard anything because Erica kept crying that I was hindering her from achieving her sole purpose.“Rein! Honey, Eric is not com-“If you are trying to say comfortable Erica, then you are wrong. He is fine here, he loves it here. Why do you want him to go and be sitting in a house where he will be terribly lonely. What has gotten over you? Isn’t he your brother?”“Rein listen…” she tried to explained but he cut her immediately.