After the dinner I had with Janet I dropped her off at her house and she was silent throughout. She kept playing with her fingers and bouncing her leg.
"Goodnight."
"Night. And thanks for tonight." She gave a small smile before closing the door.
I just hope she comes to work tomorrow.
I drove straight home, my penthouse. I put off my shirt, turned on the TV to distract myself and then poured myself a shirt of whiskey.
I pulled out my cell phone and then called Kelvin.
"Hey man." His voice sounded hoarse.
"I talked to Janet about the -"
"Janet? The one that works in your office? Your personal assistant?" He cut me off as he continued to throw questions at me.
I sighed and ran a hand through my hair, "yes. That one."
"So, what did she say?" I heard papers ruffling. He was probably working on a project and I was here disturbing him with my own problem.
"Nothing."
"Nothing?"
"Yeah, but she might come to work tomorrow, so I guess we'll talk about it ."
"Oh, that's good, I guess."
"Yeah. You should come around tomorrow. To talk about how we'll plan the contract?"
"No problem."
"See you tomorrow then." I hung up and then downed the remaining whiskey in the cup.
I was about to pour myself another cup when a call came through my phone.
Jade.
I groaned aloud. I knew what she wanted to say so I let the phone ring three more times before picking up the phone.
"Yes?" I asked in a bored tone.
"I know you let the phone ring continuously and you should res-"
I cut her off before she started with the respect talk again, "I'm glad you know me too well." I poured another cup of whiskey.
"What do you want Jade?"
"I just wanted to remind you about the family dinner."
"I know, next week Friday." I took a sip from the cup of whiskey in my hand.
"With your Fiancee" she added.
"Shut the fuck up." I groaned and hung up the phone.
Jade was the eldest out of all five of us. And she was pretty obsessed with getting respect cause she was the eldest. I am the last child and son of the family. I guess that explains why I never had to work for my own money. Two older brothers and two older sisters.
You're pretty confused cause I have older brothers and I'm still the heir to my father's company. Well, I'm the heir to this particular one. My other two brothers are also heirs to the other two he has.
I poured myself another cup until I was sure I had enough. Don't worry, I don't get drunk easily. Besides, I can't get drunk when I know I have work to do the next day.
I switched off the TV and made sure I took a cup of water before going to bed.
I hope Janet takes the deal. That was the thought on my mind before falling asleep.
I woke up around five am with a call from my dad. I was not in the mood for his talk right now, so I just switched off my phone. I put on a shirt, since I already had sweatpants on and worked out in the gym for about an hour or so.
After my gym session I prepared breakfast, bacon and eggs. Because I'm me, doesn't mean I don't know how to cook. As I was eating my meal I was also scrolling through the internet. And guess whose face was already in the tabloids again, mine. But this time it was with Janet.
Thankfully her face didn't show, it was only mine. I rolled my eyes as I read the headline of the story.
EROS KINGSTON SEEN WITH ANOTHER LADY- DEFINITELY NOT A CELEBRITY
I finished my food after reading through the headline, not even interested in the cooked up story. I downed a cup of apple juice after my meal.
I made my way upstairs, had my bath and did all necessary things. I picked up a white shirt, a black tie with white polka dots on it and a black pants.
As soon as I finished dressing up, I sprayed my cologne and made sure my hair was styled the way I wanted it.
I went straight to my car and zoomed out of the garage. In no time I was parking my car in front of my company. I got out of the car as I adjusted my shirt.
"Morning sir." One of the workers greeted me as I entered and I gave him a nod.
The ground floor was pretty busy, people were coming in and going out of the company. As I entered the elevator two other girls, who I presumed to be interns here also entered at the same time with me.
I brought out my phone and checked my schedule, it looked really free today. Well, apart from the emails I had to sort through, that's all.
I heard the elevator ding and the two interns made their way out, giggling at each other.
I rolled my eyes at what just happened. The elevator was about to close when a feminine hand stopped it.
I could smell her before I even saw her. JANET.
She noticed I was the one standing in the elevator and avoided my eyes.
At least she came to work today.
"Morning." I smiled a little bit.
She cleared her throat, "morning."
"You came back" I stated
"Yh, there's no way I'm going to pay the bills if I don't resume back." She shrugged.
I was about to say something to her when the elevator opened and she made her way out instantly. I thought about what I said to her yesterday, maybe that's why she has been avoiding to look at me directly.
I sighed as I also made my way out of the elevator with my hand in my pocket. I gave a small smile to those of the employees, in which they gave a surprised look back. I wouldn't blame them, cause I always keep a straight face.
I was headed to my office when I heard Janet sobbing on the phone, looks like she was talking to someone close to her. I wanted to go into her office to see what was going on but decided to give her time.
Being involved in car dealing was something that was stressful, but it also brought us money so I could not complain about it. On a regular morning Janet would have brought my coffee by now, but with what I heard back there I don't think she's in her right state.
I answered all my pending emails and sent some ones out back as reply. By the time I checked the time it was already time for lunch. On a normal day, I would wait for Janet to bring my food, since she knows my regular order. But this time I made my way out of my office to hers.
"Get up, we're going out for lunch." I stood at her door with my hands in my pocket.
She looked up at me from her laptop screen. Her face was not really swollen, but it was obvious something was wrong with her.
"No, I'm fine. I have to get this done." She sniffed.
"It was not a request Miss Jackson."
She cleared her throat and grabbed her bag, then we both made our way into the elevator.
Immediately I got to my office, I arranged my stuffs and then logged in into the company's laptop. I was busy replying a mail from someone who applied for an appointment when my phone rang.Mom.I picked up the call and the first thing I heard was my mom crying at the other end of the line."Mom...mom, what's wrong?" I asked fera evident in my voice."Your brother, it's Andrew." She hiccuped which only means she has been crying since. "He...he was involved in a car accident" she sniffed"Wha.... what?! How?!" I stood up from my seat pacing around my office, I could already feel the headache coming."He went to this party we didn't know about with some of his friends. They were about to come drop him off at home when a trailer that had already lost control hit them." I knew she was crying all over again."He was the only one that made it, but with a broken leg." She sighed "and some broken bones." She added later."You sho
Thenext morning, I woke up earlier than usual, probably because of the thought of me being his wife finally settled in, even if we're not yet bounded by the contract. After we had our talk, before we left where we had our lunch, he told me he already made arrangements for the contract file to be made. And, we'll sign first thing tomorrow morning.I cleaned up my room and the living room. Immediately I got home from work, Jade was the first person I called. Everything was happening so fast in a blur.After I blurted everything out to her, she just reassured me it was going to be alright. And then, we took ice cream and watched Netflix.Presently, I was in my kitchen making breakfast, bacon and eggs. I already put in my office wear, a black riffle cuff sheer Swiss dot mesh sleeve too and a black faux leather high- rise leggings, coupled with my black heels. Soon breakfast was ready and as I was about to make my way out of the door I heard a knock.
Under seven minutes Eros was standing outside my door as he watched me pack some of the files I needed to finish at home. "You know you can leave those right?""Yes. But I really need to finish it." I replied as I looked at him. He had one of his hands placed inside his pocket while the other held his car key."I'm ready." I exhaled and straightened my skirt. I felt his eyes on my mid thigh and I swear his eyes were filled with lust. I cleared my throat in order to clear the awkwardness in the room.Because we have this contract between us doesn't mean I was still not attracted to him, I definitely was!He glanced up at my face and then gave me a small smile as we both made our way out of the office. Immediately we got out of the elevator, he wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer to him.I couldn't stop the blush that rose to my cheeks. My colleagues all looked at us as if they just saw an alien, as if what happened this morning was e
I woke up the next morning with my alarm blaring loudly into my ears. I trained and searched for it mindlessly. I finally found it and then put the alarm off. "Do I need to get up today."I sat down uprightly I'm my bed and then grabbed my phone. I scrolled through my messages and saw I had one from Eros.Good morning.Since tomorrow is the dinner we're having with my family I decided you should move in today. And, you don't need to come to work, I'll take care of things.The Parkers would be in your side around ten.Ten? I checked the time and it was past eight! I had less than two hours to pack my stuffs and clean up myself!I got out of bed and ran into the bathroom. Did all the necessities and dressed up.Since I had already packed
Holy shit!That was the first thing that came to my mind immediately I entered the room.The room was large. Larger than the one in my apartment. It had a queen sized bed, decorated with pillows of all sorts and placed on it was a white duvet.I placed the duvet in between my hands and felt it, it is....soft. I can't wait to lay on that bed. I walked straight into the closet and wow! It was already filled with clothes and shoes. Surprisingly they were my sizes.Weird.After unpacking my things and cleaning the room, I was already all so sweaty after the cleaning and decided to take a shower.I changed into a sweat shirt and a sweat pants and then packed my hair in a bun. I went downstairs and Daine already told me dinner was ready.Should I wait for him? I thought.I told Daine that I was going to wait for Eros t
I woke up around seven am. I went into the bathroom and then brushed my teeth, had my bath and made sure I washed my hair pretty well. I tied a large white towel on my hair to dry it off and the smaller one on my body.I heard a knock on the door when coming out of the bathroom. Probably Diane, but it wasn't. "Oh, hey." I said smiling at him"Morning." he said and I was so sure I saw him staring at my cleavage. I cleared my throat, bringing his attention back to me."Uh," he scratched his hair, "we will be leaving in about an hour and a half, you should get dressed" he pointed at my body."Yh, sure." I replied as I gave him
Immediately we entered into the living room I saw wowed. It was better than Eros' living room. It was painted cream and arranged perfectly was white couches of different sizes. The chandelier lit up the living room. There were different art painting decorating the walls."My dad likes art." Eros whispered in my ears when he found me admiring the different art works."They are all seated in the dining room." Jade said."Still nervous?""A little." I gave him a small smile and he squeezed my hands reassuringly.Jade opened a large white pocket door with the golden handles and all eyes turned to us."Uncle Eros!" A young boy with blonde hair and pretty blue eyes grinning from ear to ear ran towards him and Eros bent down to scoop him up."Jayden, how has my favourite niece being?"Jayden in turn continued grinning from ear to ear.
The drive back to the penthouse was silent, and awkward. After the announcement made during dinner Eros was silent and looked so far away. Shit..this was all my fault.Jade told me she had not yet decided when to do the wedding...at least that still give us time to come about some excuses as to why we can't do the wedding to together.He got out of the car and stormed inside the house, not waiting for me.Yh he was beyond pissed, at least his plan was going well. I opened the door to my side and entered the house. I saw him in the kitchen opening a bottle of beer and chugging the contents into his mouth."Eros..." I said calmly approaching him "I'm sorry." I said when I was finally at his front, the look on his face didn't show anger so I guess that was progress. "I didn't me-" he c