《HIS TRUE BEAUTY》


 MEMORIES

    ¡°I don¡¯t understand why you are angry¡±.


    Beauty said slowly, a bit embarrassed.


    ¡°If you aren¡¯t so fat! Maybe the ring would have been your size!¡±


    That was the furious voice of her boyfriend Steven.


    Beauty felt her legs weak and her heart pounding, as she tried to conceal her tears.


    Every head in the shop turned towards them and all eyes were watching them as the scene was sessfully established like Steven had wanted.


    ¡°We haverger sizes for her to try sir¡±.


    The jewelry store owner said to him politely.


    Feeling sad for the poor girl, she had toe to the rescue.


    ¡°My fiance may be hot tempered but I am sure he does love me¡­as much as I love him but¡­¡±


    Beauty paused..


    This wasn¡¯t the first day she¡¯s having this conversation with herself.


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter what size you have, it won¡¯t suck those fats away!¡±


    ¡°Baby can we try another one please¡±


    Beauty managed to say that with a smile on her face.


    ¡°Are you deaf!¡±


    He yelled so loud that Beauty lost her power to hold back, her tears streamed sessfully down her cheeks.


    ¡°I am so sorry Steven, I promise to go on a strict diet again¡±.


    She sobbed.


    The jewelry store owner was left in the awkward situation unsure how to convince the couple to buy the ring.


    It was supposed to be her engagement ring, since Steven didn¡¯t know her size so he asked the big question before they set out to get the ring.


    ¡°Please Steven¡±.


    She kept crying.


    The people watching started murmuring to one another.


    ¡°Another day of making people think I am a monster in public, good job Beauty! I am done¡±He snapped and walked out coldly.


    ¡°Steven!¡±


    ¡°Steven please¡±.


    He didn¡¯t look back or act like he knew what name that is.


    The door closed and another customer entered the room.


    Beauty stood there, her head down crying bitterly, she opened her eyes to see her cold feet ¡­ . a big size feet. Not the feet, a femininedy should have.


    She felt her blood drained and her skin turned pale at that instant.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, he will change his mind, that I am sure of¡±.


    The jewelry woman consoled her.


    Beauty looked up embarrassed knowing that her eyes are now on her after that scene.


    She pressed her lips and nodded.


    Slowly like a dying rat, she walked out of the jewelry shop, her steps unsteady and her vision blurry.


    She felt heart pounding aggressively and her palms sweaty.


    ¡°He isn¡¯t fed up with the ring not fitting, he is fed up with me, just like Tim, like Nathan, and now Steven, they all dumped me with any slightest chance¡±.


    She suddenly felt a drop from my left eye and dried it off immediately.


    ¡°It¡¯s not the first time to get used to this already, fat is ugly.. I am fat.. beauty is privilege and you are the opposite of your name, you are ugly¡­get used to¡­.¡±


    Starled, she looked up and saw a vehicle driving towards her, she gasped out loud. Someone grabbed her by the hand and pulled her back roughly.


    ¡°Hey! Watch it you fat pig! The light is still red!¡±


    The man who saved her snapped.


    Beauty apologized to him but the man cared less about her apology


    She panted heavily, still unsure what just happened.


    It started raining heavily , the light turned green and she was almost pushed down by the crowd running towards a shelter and running from the rain.


    She was the only one rxed under the rain, and didn¡¯t mind getting wet from the rain, its the least of her problems now.


    She had the shback of Tim, the first man to confess to her


    He was her first love, and he loved her too¡­ maybe..


    After our first night together, he made known his intentions to her.


    Beauty thought she was gonna die back then.


    ¡°It¡¯s my first time¡±.


    She had whispered to Tim who hadid down exhausted, sweats dripping down his neck, her nervous hand twisting the duvet , cheeks burning with embarrassment and shyness.


    ¡°I can see that,¡±Tim sneered.


    Beauty expected more than that reply, but she shouldn¡¯t make a deal out of it, she thought and smiled back at him trying to hide her disappointment.


    ¡°I¡¯m d it¡¯s you¡±.


    She said huskily, blushing.


    After a few minutes of silence, Tim stood up from the bed.


    ¡°I am done¡±.


    ¡°Huh..¡±.


    She chuckled rather confused.


    Beauty thought maybe she heard him wrong, or maybe he was pulling her leg, her brain was unable to process the reason behind that utterance.


    ¡°I only dated you because I wanted to know how it feels like being with a plus size¡±.


    ¡°Tim what are you saying..¡±she asked softly, more confused.


    ¡°Do you think I will ever walk hand in hand with a girl three times my size?¡±


    That statement got her speechless for a second.


    ¡°Tim! What the hell are you saying to me?¡±


    She sobbed loudly.


    ¡°Look shit happens sometimes, I had to go, clean up the red stains before leaving¡±.


    He dropped some bills on the bed and started dressing up.


    ¡°Tim¡­., don¡¯t treat me like a whore Tim, it¡¯s my first time¡±.


    ¡°Get over it, not like I forced you to give me your virginity¡±.


    He snarled.


    Beauty¡¯s heart pounding, and her tears flow endlessly.


    He left and mmed the door after him.


    Beauty lost words, she couldn¡¯t even think straight or say anything at that moment.


    She didn¡¯t even cry out loud either and had no idea if I could still breathe anymore.


    She loved Tim so much that it hurts alot ¡­.. well you know , a first love.


    Beauty was only 16 when she got dumped by Tim, after confessing to her parents, they said she was going to heal and find someone better.


    Beauty tried to forget Tim, but it wasn¡¯t so easy. However, 2 yearster, she met Nathan at senior high school.


    He made her believe in love again, calling her beautiful, thick and sexy.


    He even unted her in front of his friends. Something Tim said he would never do.


    Beauty was happy, very happy, finally found love , someone to love her genuinely.


    Beauty was visibly glowing and happy, she went to gym and started dieting at a young age but unknown to her, she was only just a mere object of satisfaction.     That particr day she had walked into her boyfriend¡¯s house , a surprise visit only to find him in bed with some girl.


    Nathan didn¡¯t even flinch or apologize, even ran after her, he ignored her presence and led the girl on.


    Beauty left the ce shattered after some few days of not calling each other, she decided to go patch things up with him.


    She didn¡¯t tell her parents about another love story crasher but kept it to herself.


    Getting to the door of Nathan¡¯s house, she


    overheard and heard horrible things, Nathan spilled out to his friends about her.


    She was called fat and senseless by the same man who called her beautiful and bold.


    He went on and bragged on how she can¡¯t do without him because shecked love and dying for some love and affection due to her insecurities.


    ¡°She¡¯s sick of being alone, man the bitch got me and can¡¯t afford losing me¡±.


    Nathan said with air full of pride.


    His friendsughed out loud.


    ¡°But how good does she skip?¡±


    One of them asked.


    ¡°Just a heavy bag of pudding, nothing interesting, thest time I let her be a cow girl, I almost lost my life and urge,zy pillow princess, though she got hand and blow job skills I must confess, she can take you to heaven with her soft palms, you know what I mean¡±.


    Heughed, and his friends joined him.


    ¡°So you are ditching her for Kira¡±.


    Another asked.


    ¡°Well, you can¡¯t me me, Kira is a whole upgrade more than the fat cum bag, you guys really don¡¯t expect me to be with her¡±.


    Theyughed loudly.


    Beauty froze at the spot staring at her reflection on the ss door, her tears were flowing ceaselessly and hand glued to the door handle.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g


    Hearing all he had said, she told herself not to me him.


    ¡°If I got to choose a girlfriend for myself, as a guy ¡­. I won¡¯t choose me¡±.


    She mumbled to herself, staring at her reflection.


    Nothing interesting in the image she saw, a bare face full of freckles, a brte hair put up in her favorite pony tail, wearing baggy trousers and shirt to hide her body size, she cleaned her face and slowly let go of the door handle.


    She turned around and headed home, there¡¯s no need wasting her life with a man who sees her as just an object of satisfaction and mockery.


    She thought to herself.


    That was 6 years ago and presently, there¡¯s Steven, whom she had opened my heart to and shared my past with.


    He just unapologetically dumped her same day he proposed


    Beauty opened the door to her room and shut it.


    Leaning against the door, with her soaked clothes dripping wet.


    She removed her clothes and went into the bathroom. After minutes of crying there, she got out and dried her body.


    She put on her pajamas and climbed on the bed.


    Steven¡¯s words echoed in her mind.


    ¡°If you ain¡¯t so fat maybe the ring would have been your size¡±.


    ¡°Wow! What ady you are, Beauty, I am so sad for you¡±.


    She said to herself and kicked off the stuffed toys on her bed and buried her face in a pillow , crying her soul out.

 DESERVED

    She flinged the pillow and sat up, crying loudly again.


    ¡°I hate my existence, I hate everything about me¡±.


    She screamed out bitterly.


    ¡°If¡­ only .. I was as beautiful as everyone else..¡±.


    Minutespse


    It¡¯s past 8pm, 4 hours after her mother had ceaselessly called her to have her dinner but she ignored her.


    A knock sounded on the door again and her mother opened the door slowly.


    ¡°Honey, you are going to starve to death, you are still young to worry about him, you will still have a lot of men interests in the future¡±she said softly.


    ¡°Why? Why am I fat and ugly! I have been bullied from my junior high till date¡±.


    ¡°Beauty..¡±.


    Her mother sadly called for her daughter.


    ¡°Mom, you are ageless, a visual bomb and a nice body shape, why am I not like you?¡±


    Beauty¡¯s mom was an ex beauty queen, people said she was the fat version of her mother.


    ¡°Sweetie, having your father¡¯s body isn¡¯t a curse, you are beautiful the way you are, look at those flesh most of them bullies envy them, you don¡¯t even have belly fat, you¡¯re thick.. and chubby but definitely not fat, you have a healthy body mass index, who cares what people think, they are just jealous¡±.


    Beauty knew she was only trying to cheer her up, no one will ever envy a fatdy, Men want the slender and tiny waists.


    Beauty just went mute , her lips shivering holding back from crying in her presence.


    ¡°You know, I am gonna tell you a secret¡±.


    Her mother said, trying to change the topic.


    Beauty gazes at her with interest .


    ¡°What secret?¡±


    She asked curiously , wiping her face with my palm.


    ¡°Promise you won¡¯t tell your dad¡±.


    Beauty hesitated then nodded impatiently.


    ¡°Okay, yes, I promise¡±.     Her mother started.


    ¡°Well I¡­.¡±


    She pressed her lips together like she was about to say something really heavy.


    ¡°I.. kissed my cousin¡±.


    ¡°What¡­eww¡±.


    Beauty snapped.


    ¡°Fresh kiss, we made out!¡±


    This time her jaw dropped.


    ¡°Mom! You did what?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t act so innocent to me,¡±her motherughed.


    Beauty never imagined her mom to be that type, incest? That¡¯s so gross!


    She covered my ear.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to hear about it¡±.


    ¡°We got all smoochy smoochy¡­and almost had sex,¡±


    ¡°What the¡­, he is your cousin mom! That¡¯s rough, and so grossing me out now¡±.


    She chuckled at irritated Beauty and continued.


    ¡°I was a wild teenager and got drunk at my sixteen birthday, you know my couz Edward?¡±


    ¡°The one with a weird mustache?¡±


    Beauty replied.


    She nodded with a satisfactory smile.


    ¡°Yep, that was him¡±.


    ¡°How could you!¡±


    Beauty snapped loudly with a triggered anger.


    ¡°Calm down, like I said, we didn¡¯t actually get into itpletely, I was drunk and asked him to kiss me, we both tight and you know , we kissed and ended up in the bedroom, don¡¯t taste alcohol, I got a little and went crazy, not sure you can keep up with it too¡±.


    ¡°E! Mom!¡±


    Beauty yelled.


    ¡°I remembered he was a bad kisser and his baby mustache was there, remembering it now, it disgusts me¡±.


    Beauty pped my forehead.


    ¡°Mom you are really ¡­¡±.


    ¡°Oh did I mention before we get all naked and stuff your dad found us?¡±


    Beauty¡¯s eyes rose up almost reaching to her forehead.


    ¡°Whaaaaaat! You knew dad then?¡±


    ¡°He was my first and only love¡±.


    She said it like a voice actor in one of those fairy tale movies.


    ¡°Dad¡¯s gonna kill him¡±


    ¡°No he was like..¡±what the heck is going on here, Vanessa you fuckin your couz?¡±


    I was dead drunk to even get those words right¡±.


    Mrs Vanessaughed.


    ¡°Wait, he did not kill Edward?¡±


    ¡°Of course not, I mean he is still alive right, he wouldn¡¯t be living now , if your dad had killed him years ago.


    Nevertheless hended in the hospital, almost a week , they are yet to discharge him from the hospital, your dad visited him at the hospital out of pity, he said but only to dislocate more bones the nurses saved him, poor Edward¡±.


    Beauty cracked up andughed out loud.


    ¡°Just look at the mirror reflection and tell me how could anyone who isn¡¯t bitter call this angel ugly¡±.


    Her mother¡¯s voice came calmly.


    Beauty¡¯s smile faded slowly, her face clouded, as she stared at her reflection, eyes slowly getting wet with tears.


    ¡°I hope one day you will realize how beautiful and precious you are and unt your charms without giving a f**k what they say¡±.


    Her mother whispered.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°Mom¡­¡±


    ¡°Yes sweet¡±.


    She replied and detangled her daughter¡¯s hair with her fingers.


    ¡°Can you let me be alone for now, Mom?¡±


    Mrs Vanessa sighed out loudly.


    ¡°Alright , take care, okay, please don¡¯t take anything harmful. You may not be so lucky likest time, and please know that I and your dad love you more than anything in our existence, please, see yourself the way I see you¡±.


    As soon as Vanessa shut the door, Beauty cried loudly and vowed to herself to save money for surgery, that the only way to fit into the world beauty standard, and escape from their hatred, bullying, shaming and judgemental nature.


    3 YEARS LATER


    Location:


    Famous & Fabulous fashionpany, New York City.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    My friend Jessi showed me a pic on her phone.


    ¡°Whad¡¯ya think?¡±


    ¡°Wow jessie this is perfect, you¡¯re so perfect¡±.


    I eximed, admiring everything in the picture, she¡¯s a runaway queen for sure.


    ¡°Oh please , it¡¯s just the editing¡±Jessie chuckled blushing.


    ¡°You are a natural jessie¡±.


    I continued.


    ¡°Stop it already!¡±


    She got all red andughed.


    ¡°Let me see the second one¡±I requested, she swiped and showed me the pictures.


    ¡°Isn¡¯t this from our summer collection fromst year?¡±


    I asked curiously.


    ¡°Yup, I kept them and recycled them because they look so good on me¡±.


    I shook my head smiling.


    Ourpany¡¯s indeed lucky to have her as their model. She was the first friend I made in thepany, actually more like my only friend.


    I smiled at her as she went through the pics, showing me each of her favorite pieces asking about what I think of it.


    After a while she got busy with chats


    I faced my designs and at a point confused in making a choice.


    I got her to help me out.


    ¡°Which do you think will be nice Jessie, the purple or red?¡±


    I showed Jessi mytest designs.


    ¡°I will go for the purple, it¡¯s elegant but red romantic and suits the theme¡±.


    We got a call to the meet with the CEO,st meeting, the CEO Mr hathaway announced his son Bruno as the m


    CEO of hispany.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry father, but I don¡¯t deserve to be the CEO, I appreciate the offer as your child but I will love to work my way to the top, please let Ferd be the manager, he got more experience than me, for the good of ourpany, when I am qualified for it, I can take your ce¡±.


    Bruno replied.


    Talk about a terribly good looking person, even thedies are jealous of his good looks, he hardlymunicates with anyone, we all guessed he was a proud snub at first but when I got to know him more from his bodynguage , I realized he is just not a social person.


    ¡°Bruno , I think you are being silly¡±


    His father snapped.


    ¡°Silly?¡±


    I muttered to myself, he made a lot of sense, Bruno¡¯s the only child of but he is so humble and sometimes surprisingly very humble for a young billionaire, who is also very good looking with a good body proportion, if I am that beautiful, half of my problems will be solved.


    Mr Hathaway doesn¡¯t seem to wee the idea of Bruno not taking over thepany today, but he had no choice but to dance to his tone.


    I stole a quick gaze at Bruno, even his side profile could make every fluid in your body dry and leave you thirsty for him.


    I gulped hard and looked away.


    Sadly it¡¯s been 3 years since I had a secret crush on Mr Bruno.


    Who wouldn¡¯t, what a joke!


    He will never notice me, I am literally the ugliest in thepany.


    I don¡¯t even have that body that most girls have. I was known as the visual hole of thepany. Sometimes customers write reports for me to be removed from the front desk as I am not pretty enough to represent a Beautypany as big as F&F.


    Suddenly my friend Jessi cuts into my mind.


    ¡°When are you going to tell him you¡¯ve been crushing for 3 years! Girl you can¡¯t keep giving him that dirty stare as if you would eat him alive. He will never notice you that way, it¡¯s not your fault though, he is everydy¡¯s dream man , rich , calm, humble, caring, and overall handsome. Gush! He is so handsome for this world, I gave up a year ago though¡­.¡±


    ¡°Jessi.. we are in the conference room.¡±


    I snapped in a whisper.


    I tried not to make it obvious, but she wouldn¡¯t stop.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know if he¡¯s gay, he can¡¯t be seduced. I tried and failed, try your luck though¡±.


    Jessie whispered into ears again.


    ¡°Jessie!¡±


    I snapped out loud, it attracted others¡¯ attention and heads were turned towards us.


    Mr Hathaway paused and gave me a dead stare, I know what follows after that, I didn¡¯t mean to say Jessi¡¯s name out loud.


    ¡°I am sorry sir¡±.


    I quickly apologized with my head bowed.


    Mr Hathaway ispletely the opposite of his quiet son.


    ¡°I allowed you into thispany because of your talents and skills. We all know you don¡¯t belong here, I risked the image of thispany keeping a bag of beans like you here, so don¡¯t ever interrupt me when I am talking about something again¡±.


    I felt that deep in my bones, I knew this or something close to this was gonna happen after all, so I should endure it.


    After that statement of his, I heard some silent chuckles , most from thedies side.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry sir, it wasn¡¯t intentional¡±.


    My hands were shaking nervously and I couldn¡¯t look up.


    I felt a wet drop on my feet, it¡¯s from my eyes, I had to rub it off my eyes with a thumb.


    ¡°Sorry for yourself¡±.


    Mr Hathaway bluntly replies then he turns around and continues, ¡°As I was saying¡­ .


    Bruno interrupted.


    ¡°I think those words are harsh , very harsh actually¡±.


    There was a moment of silence after that statement.


    Everyone was shocked and I was beyond shocked. Bruno never questioned his father¡¯s choice of words or anything at all which doesn¡¯t rte to him, even if he disagrees with it, he never cared to say it out loud.


    He only answers questions and that¡¯s only if it¡¯s directed to him.


    ¡°What did you just say?¡±


    Mr Hathaway¡¯s voice raged.


    The room turned to a quiet graveyard.

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    ¡°¡±Bruno!¡±


    My heart raced, my hands won¡¯t stop shaking nervously.


    ¡°All I am saying is¡­she apologised and doesn¡¯t deserve such treatment from you, she is one of our best designers, without those designs ourpany won¡¯t be at the top, she brought more to thepany than the pretty faces you im to represent¡±.


    ¡°Leave us!¡±


    Mr Hathaway announced.


    Everyone of us quickly rushed and grab our files, and left the conference except Bruno.


    Who was sitting calmly on his seat while his father was staring at him like a predator.


    I looked at him one more time before finally getting out of the conference room. Did he just call his father out about his rudeness towards me?


    I hope he doesn¡¯t get in trouble because of that. Why would he even do that?


    How will I pay him back for standing up for me? I got to my office and dropped on my seat, immediately I heardughter from the opposite side. I don¡¯t need a prophet to tell me that I am theughing stock.


    ¡°I¡¯m so sorry Beauty¡±Jessie came to me, her eyes were filled with empathy for me.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay I am used to this¡±.


    I replied and smiled at her with wet eyes.


    She wasn¡¯t convinced, she patted the back of my hand gently, I closed my eyes and exhaled deeply


    . ¡°I am fine Jessie please, don¡¯t create more scenes please¡±.


    I said, holding back tears.


    She noticed immediately and sighed.


    ¡°If you insist¡±.


    She muttered and left my office.


    **SOMEWHERE IN THE EAST ASIA**


    SHELLEY¡¯S POV


    ¡°I have a twin?¡±


    ¡°Yes¡±.


    Mrs Joyce, my supposed mother, replied beaming with smiles.


    ¡°She¡¯s just like me but chubby.. she¡¯s so cute and gorgeous¡±.


    I stared at the image of her on my phone screen, it¡¯s like looking directly into the mirror, well a mirror that can make you appear fat.


    ¡°Actually you two are very identical and even birthmarks but you are lucky to have your mom¡¯s body and she got your dad¡¯s fat, isn¡¯t that interesting¡±.


    ¡°She¡¯s also lucky¡­.. she doesn¡¯t look so happy in this photo, I wonder how she is coping, where is she now? How do I meet her?¡±


    ¡°Calm down youngdy, you¡¯re gonna meet her someday, I promise¡±.


    ¡°But why.. are you telling me this mom?¡±


    ¡°I promised your birth mom I will tell you when you are of age, so I am fulfilling that promise¡±.


    She replied softly.


    I smiled at her and hugged her tightly.


    ¡°Thanks mother you don¡¯t know how happy this made me, having those strange feelings and all the twin effects, I thought I was going crazy¡±.


    ¡°When you are done admiring your sister,e join us for dinner¡±.


    She pecked my forehead and left the room.


    I jumped happily, tossing my pillow here and there, taking a closer look at the pic, something doesn¡¯t seem right.


    I became very worried. The pic was a happy graduation pic. Everyone wasughing except her. She stayed there like an outcast with wet eyes, two students in the background were pointing at her.


    ¡°She¡¯s with her real parents, so she will be good I guess¡±.


    I thought but now I have this feeling that everything isn¡¯t good with her.. I mean in this judgemental world, it¡¯s obvious she was bullied or body shamed by the photographer, I feel her emotions in this pic.


    Another me is out there, and I am going to help her boost her confidence.


    ¡°Shelley! Are youing?¡±


    Mom¡¯s voice called.


    ¡°Will be there in a minute!¡±


    I yelled out, I smiled back once again at the picture and got up, arranged my bed and walked out of the room, heading to the dining.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I walked to thepany¡¯s restaurant, downstairs, since it¡¯s lunch break.


    After what happened back there in the conference room, I didn¡¯t know how to feel, except from feeling useless ofcourse.


    ¡°I want potatoes chips and veggies please¡±.


    I told the cook. She looked up at me andpletely ignored me, not the first time though, it¡¯s like everyone here hates me except Jessi of ofcourse, what did I ever do to them?


    ¡°What do you want from me, handsome boss?¡±


    The woman snapped suddenly, smiling uncontrobly at me?


    Definitely not me. I looked back , my heart paused at that point, I had to tilt my head back to look up at him.


    He stood like a tall rigid wall behind me. Only if that wall is sexier than 99per of human males.


    I quickly turned to the cook, my fingers clenched nervously, my heart was racing!


    ¡°Noodles and sauce please,¡±he replied calmly.


    It¡¯s him, Bruno! Beads of sweat clouded my face , it suddenly turned red with nervousness.


    He was standing right behind me, so hot I could feel the heat melting me!


    ¡°Oh ¡­ . you ¡­you.. are here first.¡±


    I turned slowly and pointed to my chest.


    ¡°You talking to me?¡±


    ¡°Yes.. emm¡­ I apologise, tell her what you want..¡±.


    His calm voice always sends chills to my body like how can someone be so gentle, kind and handsome, altogether.


    Bruno is perfect, a man like him will never notice someone like me, I wish I had a body like JESSI¡¯S.


    Maybe I could get a chance.


    ¡°Miss?¡±


    His voice cuts in my thoughts.


    ¡°Eh?¡±


    I snapped absentmindedly, my eyes widened.


    ¡°Tell her what you want¡±.Belonging to N?velDrama.Org.


    His ocean blue eyes were sparkling.


    How can a human¡¯s eyes be so dreamy? I think I am drooling.


    ¡°I want you¡­I mean.. I¡­ mean.. pie, chicken pie¡±.


    I chuckled nervously, turned away from her, then pped myself on the cheek hard. get it together bitch!


    The cook was ring at me.


    I turned back to him and smiled awkwardly.


    Bruno stood there wearing a nk expression, he must¡¯ve thought. What a weirdo.

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    His face was priceless, he looked scared of me for a moment, I was weird to him, gosh I am so stupid, embarrassing myself like that in front of him?


    The woman cuts into my awkwardness.


    ¡°You said potatoes before..¡±


    Her brows arched , she looked pissed by my cringe behaviour.


    I turned and looked at the woman absentmindedly.


    She looked like she would love to p me but Bruno must be a huge obstacle for her.


    I sighed, grateful he was here with me or else, I am pretty sure she is gonna do something horrible to me.


    Iughed awkwardly.


    ¡°Oh yeah yeah pota¡­ potatoes, I am sorry¡±.


    I brushed my hair with my finger and bent my head slowly, embarrassed.


    ¡°I am sorry¡±.


    I apologised again in a whisper.


    She dished the food out , I carried the tray of food and bowed to thank her after


    I slowly walked to my favourite table spot to eat.


    I had the temptation to turn and look at Bruno again, after his order was served he turned and started walking towards me!


    ¡°Oh no!¡±


    I quickly buried my face in my food and pretended to be eating.


    I heard the chair at the table opposite mine pulled out, slowly I looked up and found him sitting In Front of me!


    I couldn¡¯t take my eyes off him yet he didn¡¯t even look up at me, he was acting like I ampletely invisible.


    Could it be that he came here intentionally to sit with me?


    I waved it off.


    Of course not, you are the one into him not the other way round silly! He just chooses a seat and is obviously minding his own business.


    I fought within myself, and tried to concentrate on my lunch but my hands were shaking nervously. I can¡¯t eat in peace being in front of him, I need to be an ideal girl type, he is my crush and I have to impress him at least, take chances.


    I took a deep breath and opened my eyes, with a smile I took a spoonful elegantly.


    ¡°Beauty!¡±


    Jessi appeared from nowhere and snapped into my ear to startle me intentionally.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g


    I choked on my food


    ¡°Jes.. sssi¡±.


    I coughed and grabbed my cup of water.


    ¡°I am so sorry¡±.


    She is always sorry after a childish act.


    Furiously I looked at her , then back again this time fast to check out what I saw again.


    ¡°Jessi you are braless¡±


    I whispered, covering my face.


    ¡°Yeah it¡¯s no bra day, everyone is supporting except you¡±.


    ¡°It¡¯s indecent¡±


    I whispered back, feeling a bit insecure, how she has such a perfect pair even without a bra.


    Her boobs were perfect , her nipples were visibly piercing through her transparent white crop top, down her tiny waist, her pierced belly button and that tiny waist head on her waist.


    I sighed.


    ¡°The truth is that everyone is perfect here except me¡±.


    I can¡¯t believe I said it out, I covered my mouth with my hands, I gazed up at Bruno, and wondered if he heard me, but as soon as I saw the earphone on him, I was relieved.


    He was texting with his phone and eating at the same time.


    ¡°Ohe on beauty, you are also beautiful you know, you are just ¡­ chubby¡±.


    I sighed again.


    ¡°You can call me fat, it¡¯s okay Jessi I won¡¯t get offended.


    ¡°For goodness sake you ain¡¯t fat, you are chubby, there¡¯s a huge difference okay?¡±


    I stole a nce at Bruno again, he never looked up at us, how can someone be so anti-social.


    ¡°Jessi, can we talkter? I want to eat now please¡±.


    I hope she buys it.


    ¡°Why?¡±


    Jessi replied.


    I knew it won¡¯t be so easy though.


    ¡°Like I said I want to eat¡±.


    I snapped back.


    ¡°You look uneasy. Why are you so uneasy?¡±


    ¡°I am not!¡±


    I snapped back.


    ¡°Yes you are, you are sweating , what¡¯s up babe?¡±


    She replied.


    ¡°Jessi please, for goodness sake! Food time okay, we will continue after I have to eat and get back to work¡±.


    I sounded serious in a way that she suddenly agreed.


    ¡°Well why not, that tone in your voice scares me girl¡±she replied.


    I shook my head.


    She leaned forward, pecked my cheek and left.


    I stole a gaze again at the table where Bruno was sitting.


    His phone still in his hand , he hardly touched his food, he looked so into his phone, with his hands working on it like he was being remotely controlled.


    ¡°I need to say something, I can do this, just say something, thank him for standing up for you, this is the only time I can get to talk to him in person outside work stuff, go and show your gratitude¡­oh no I can¡¯t do this¡±.


    I covered my face and sighed, my palms and ears turned red.


    you are only going to embarrass yourself. You will look like a joke to him, desperate for attention, you are fat and ugly, and everyone sees you as an idiot, even¡­ Jessi sometimes, how on Earth do you think you will make friends with him, Mr Bruno?¡±


    A tear dropped down my eye.


    Oh no I need to stop thinking or I embarrassed myself with those tears.


    I dumped my eyes, slowly I looked up and then our eyes met, I quickly faced the food I was eating, pretending to be seriously enjoying it.


    Oh my God that was unexpected!


    How long has he been staring?


    Is he still staring at me?


    Slowly I stole a nce.


    His eyes were back to his phone


    I should do it, what¡¯s the worst that can happen?


    I cleared my throat , finally I am going to say something to him after three years working in the samepany.


    What should I say, I need to say something first.


    Sir you haven¡¯t touched your food, are you worried¡­.. you can talk to me..


    No no way, sounds like a pick me line.


    Sir, you are pressing the phone while eating, bad table manners, What the hell, I am not his mother either, what¡¯s the best words to start with!


    I was dragging my mind.


    ¡°Nice phone pouch sir¡±.


    Wait I said this one out, so stupid, I pped my forehead.


    He gazed at me and then to his phone pouch.


    It¡¯s just in ck. I smiled nervously at him realising how stupid I must have sounded to him.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    His voice was calm.


    ¡°He said thanks?¡±


    I murmured shocked at that response.

 BULLIED

    ¡°I¡­wanted to say¡­I am very grateful for¡­what you did back there¡±.


    She felt her eyes wet.


    Bruno looked up and found her trying not to break down, he looked slowly down to his phone.


    ¡°I did what is right, father was rude to you, and said mean things too¡±.


    Beauty sniffed and looked up at him, he wasn¡¯t looking at her.


    Why must he avoid eye contact, it¡¯s Killing her.


    ¡°You are talented.. and you are needed in thispany, so don¡¯t let it get to you¡±.


    ¡°Yes sir! Thank you sir!¡±


    Beauty chuckled loudly.


    He looked up and found her smiling in tears, he looked away the next second without any expression on his face to show sympathy.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know about today but for me, I achieved something¡±.


    Beauty said, stared at him closely with a smile on her face.


    She used her handkerchief to clean her face.


    ¡°What a mess I broke down in front of my crush looking like a freaking ten years old emotional child.


    However I am happy, it went well¡±.


    She thought then looked up and found him busy with his phone again.


    ¡°Your food will get cold if you don¡¯t eat up sir¡±.


    Beauty said this time not to be too nervous but he totally ignored her.


    Her boldness level dropped that moment, she cursed inwardly.


    ¡°I felt like a fool, that¡¯s none of my business¡­¡±.


    She muttered to herself.


    ¡°I¡­I ¡­ really wanted to finish this typing work but there¡¯s a lot of pages remaining, I don¡¯t want to fail¡±.


    He replied quietly.


    Beauty was more than surprised, she never expected him to talk to her that much.


    Apart from being calm and being a slow talker, etc.


    He is a workaholic, a freaking workaholic, kinda the type that sees failure as something worse than death.


    ¡°But if you don¡¯t eat, something else is gonna fail¡±.


    He looked up kinda confused.


    Why is he looking so innocent!


    Beauty screamed inside.


    ¡°Something else will.. fail? What could it ne?¡±


    ¡°Your heart, sir Bruno. It could fail because of stress¡±.


    Beauty tried to avoid eye contact, her cheeks burning, trying not to blush.


    He slowly replied.


    ¡°I guessed you were right, my apologies¡±.


    ¡°Oh no it¡¯s not something to apologise¡±.


    Beauty snapped,ughing awkwardly.


    ¡°Okay¡±.


    He switched his phone off, put it down on the table and started eating hungrily.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    She was so happy.


    ¡°I can¡¯t believe I did it¡±.


    She watched him eat like a proud mama, smiling at him, her hands carrying the weight of her cheeks.


    After watching it for some time, she had this crazy idea.


    ¡°Sir, I can help with the typing if you want, I mean it¡¯s part of my job too you know¡±


    She offered excitedly.


    He paused slowly and looked up, his mouth full with noodles that traced back into the te.


    How adorable!


    Beauty screamed inside but the joy vanished when he shook his head.


    ¡°Alright¡±.


    She said a bit sad.


    Done with her food, she stood up to go then paused, unsure why.


    Was she expecting something else from him?


    She forced herself out of the table , and made her way back to her department.


    Unfortunately she bumped into Kathy.


    Kathy is one freaking beautifuldy, and she is very aware of her charms.


    She¡¯s the face of thepany, an idol whose poprity can only bepared to Kardashians and named alongside beautiful women like Zendaya, Kylie, Jennifer, Angelina jolie etc, a face of many beauty brands.


    ¡°Fatty! Are you blind!¡±


    She yelled out.


    Her assistant was dusting her expensive outfit, but she shoved thedy aside, boiling with anger.


    ¡°I am so sorry¡±.


    Beauty replied shamefully, everyone¡¯s eyes are on them now and even worse, Mr Bruno walked into the department at the same time and stood at the spot, he was watching them too!


    Beauty cursed in my mind, she squeezed her hand nervously.


    ¡°Do you know how much this designer outfit costs me, you fat imbecile!¡±


    Kathy thundered again.


    ¡°Enough with the name calling Kathy! She said she¡¯s sorry and her name is Beauty not fatty and If her body type is what you call fat I will only say you are being jealous¡±Jessi intervened.


    Jessi came and stood beside her best friend.


    Kathy turned to her with arched brows.


    ¡°Easy for you to say, she¡¯s too fat to fit into thispany, bumping into people like that, who does that? Very irritating and talking about jealousy, please don¡¯t make me puke¡±.


    She sneered.


    Beauty slowly tried to walk to her post, holding back on her emotions but unfortunately Kathy seems like she¡¯s not yet done.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you walk away from me, you bag of pudding!¡¯


    Beauty¡¯s fingers crushed into a fist.


    She was so angry and annoyed, uncontrobly she snapped out loud.


    ¡°I¡¯m fat! Yeah I know and ugly too, that I am very aware of! Find something else to hurt me with Kathy, because I am not hurt with those words anymore, go on , try something else! Kathy you are are so perfect and I am not not, that¡¯s outdated, torture me with something else¡±.


    Beauty said that boldly, but her emotional expressions were totally different, her legs were visibly trembling and her face flooded with tears, hands shaking nervously.


    Kathy noticed.


    She sighed deeply, with a soft chuckle.


    ¡°You¡¯re crying like a baby again? Thought you would grow up. Well I am satisfied with the result, jealous fatty, next time look before stepping on my toes¡±.


    She snapped with a warning finger.


    ¡°You¡¯re irritating Kathy, you think bullying is so fun? What a bitch you are! She is healthy, not fat, maybe you should eat more, skinny bitch¡±.


    Jessi snapped angrily.


    Kathy gives no damn, chuckles out loud.


    ¡°Well I am the standard hun¡±.

 SEDUCTION

    She turned to her crew.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go everyone, next time avoid me Fatty¡±.


    She warned and left with an elegant walk as though she was in the runaways.


    The press crew and journalists who longed for her interview, followed her like puppies.


    Beauty stood there not knowing what else to do, she couldn¡¯t even raise her face to look at anyone in their eyes.


    Not even Bruno, he heard everything quite alright.


    ¡°I am such a.. mess¡±.


    She murmured and walked slowly heading to the restroom, Jessi followed her.


    As soon as she got to the restroom, she mmed the door, crying her heart out.


    ¡°Open the door Beauty¡±


    Jessi said, knocking on the room door.


    ¡°You should stop calling me that!¡±


    She snapped in tears.


    ¡°But it¡¯s your name¡­.¡±


    Jessi said softly.


    ¡°I hate it.. it¡¯s just the opposite of who I am¡±.


    Beauty yelled back.


    Jessi felt that hard.


    ¡°Stop being such a baby, do you know how you sound like a heartbroken toddler!


    You are beautiful and your name suits you and now can you at least let me in please¡±.


    Jessi replied.


    Beauty hesitated, she washed her face and put on a strong look.


    She is used to this, why must she act like a heartbroken toddler.


    ¡°Beauty please, open the door¡±.


    She hesitated and eventually opened the door slowly.


    ¡°Don¡¯t start with your sermons, I am not crying because of what she said, I was just.. crying because¡­.¡±Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    Jessi hugged her without hearing her out first, and pecked her cheek.


    ¡°I am proud of you Beauty , if I was in your shoes, I would definitely be in the police custody right now , charged for murder, Kathy is an asshole, don¡¯t let her words get to you, a freaky bitch, all she does is to look good and she is not even that good looking..¡±.


    I raised a brow at her with an eye squinting.


    ¡°Alright¡­ yeah.. you got me.. she may be good looking but ¡­ she has issues, you are more beautiful than her , she¡¯s so jealous and I feel like hitting her right in the face sometimes¡±.


    Kathy said, her fist clenched.


    ¡°Well with that body and the visual she got , she¡¯s perfect, her character doesn¡¯t count, it¡¯s a pretty privilege, that¡¯s all¡±.


    Beauty replied.


    ¡°Nobody¡¯s perfect, tell her something like, your tummy is so t , your nose ¡­


    you¡¯re so¡­¡±she paused and sighed.


    ¡°I guess you¡¯re right Beauty, she¡¯s definitely perfect in the world¡¯s beauty standard, a perfect figure , but I won¡¯t tolerate her rudeness towards you, you didn¡¯t create yourself Beauty, you eat very little than most of us, I want you to believe in yourself, you¡¯re really a Beauty , it¡¯s not just a name, it¡¯s who you are, just please see yourself like I see you, please¡±.


    She said and hugged her with a smile.


    We both released from the hug but still held each other.


    ¡°You now beginning to sound like my mother Jessi¡±


    Beauty teased, chuckling lightly.


    ¡°Well little one, you can call me mother, as a matter of fact¡±.


    She replied with her chin up.


    Beauty spanked her hard on the bum.


    ¡°Ouch!!¡¯


    Sheughed out loud.


    They bothughed, then we hugged again.


    ¡°Thanks for being a friend, Jessi¡±.


    Beauty whispered.


    ¡°Come on, I am sure you have work to do before that human worm decides to get on our nerves again¡±.


    Beauty chuckled and nodded.


    We walked back to our different departments.


    Even though Jessi was trying so hard for me, as a good friend she is, sometimes she acts differently and those times are my hardest times.


    She got to her desk , sat down, with a deep sigh.


    After a minute of a silent meditation.


    She pulled out the cab , carried out some folders, and ced them on the table.


    Going through them, she found the particr documents.


    She was searching for it so she returned the folders, and picked up the document heading to the capture room.


    She had to submit the hardcopy feedback reports from the customers on our Fashion magazines.


    She stopped in the photo house.


    Mr Bruno was there with his assistant and other models.


    Beauty drew a deep breath and walked to Jessi.


    She was standing near Mr Bruno!


    How lucky!


    I am so jealous!


    How can she stay that close without freaking out?


    Beauty shook off all the wild thoughts in her mind and walked to them.


    ¡°What¡¯s the theme?¡±Bruno asked Kathy.


    ¡°Seduction,¡±Kathy said with a seductive tone.


    ¡°Se¡­ what?¡±


    Beauty snapped in her mind.


    Kathy was the model for this theme¡¯s photoshoot, her body goals hit differently, also she¡¯s a picture perfect , the cameras love her, like they¡¯re kissing her with their shes.


    Mr Bruno stepped back from her and turned.


    As soon Beauty saw him approaching, she clench her fists tightly, her heart racing.


    ¡°Why is heing over to my side!¡±


    She screamed inside.

 DATE FAIL

    Bruno got when she was standing, beside her about 2 feet there¡¯s a couch.


    She sighed, and secretly watched how he folded his long length on the chair making him the same height with her


    I feel so insulted!


    He smoothly called me short in 100nguages!


    Beauty screamed inside, her heart raced never being this close to him.


    The scent of his cologne was so addictive that she felt like grabbing him to herself, and putting him into her pocket to safeguard him to be hers always.


    ¡°Kathy, are you ready?¡±


    The director asked.


    ¡°Born ready¡±.


    Kathy replied and stripped naked.


    Beauty gasped in shock, beyond startled, she didn¡¯t know when she covered Bruno¡¯s face with her right hand and closed her eyes.


    Then the next second realising what she did.


    Her eyes widened in astonishment, she nced at him, her hands still on his face, covering his eyes.


    Oh my Gosh!


    What was that all about!     Beauty panicked and quickly removed her hand, praying no one else noticed it.


    She decides to apologise to him in a whisper.


    ¡°I¡­I am so sorry I..¡±


    Suddenly he took her hand so gently that it made her heart stop instantly.


    Beauty couldn¡¯t hear anything other than her heart pounding loudly, not even the director, the sh sound or anything in the room.


    ¡°Could you lend me your palm for now, believe me, I don¡¯t wanna see this¡±.


    He said calmly, breaking into her thoughts.


    ¡°Eh?¡±


    That was the only thing she could utter.


    Bruno took her hand and ced it back on his eyes.


    Beauty swallowed convulsively.


    ¡°O¡­. okay¡±.


    She replied awkwardly with the feeling of embarrassment.


    What¡¯s happening!


    Why did he do that?


    How could a man like this be irritated by Kathy¡¯s nakedness?


    I expected him to smirk and check her out.


    Is he even a man?


    Could it be that he is not attracted to women!


    Beauty had lots going on in her head.


    Jessi and the others looked towards them, she could feel the heat of anger from Kathy¡¯s eyes.


    Beauty felt uneasy and helpless.


    They looked awkwardly suspicious in that position, but what is she supposed to do since sir Bruno put it there himself this time.


    Kathy hissed.


    ¡°Some people¡¯s hands do make a nice big shield , well thanks to their fat¡±.


    Beauty looked at her triggered this time.


    Kathy is a bitch for sure, she got issues!


    ¡°Can someone get me a drink? I am thirty!¡±she ordered.


    Her assistant came running with a cup of water.


    She seems like she¡¯s already done with the photoshoot.


    ¡°Now you can put down your hand,¡±Mr Bruno said, breaking into Beauty¡¯s mind again.


    She put her away in a sh as though she was stung by something and quickly turned to leave but froze when she heard Bruno¡¯s voice.


    ¡°Kathy apologise to ..(he paused)


    Beauty turned slowly and looked at him.


    Don¡¯t tell me he didn¡¯t remember my name.


    ¡°Sorry, what¡¯s your name?¡±


    That question hurts me more than Kathy¡¯s words, really he doesn¡¯t even remember my name, I am here being delusional thinking we had some moments.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    Beauty said to herself.


    ¡°Her name is Beauty¡±.


    Jessi replied instead.


    Bruno nodded then turned to Kathy.


    ¡°Apologise to Beauty¡±.


    ¡°I am not apologising for anything!¡±


    Kathy fumed.


    Bruno arched his brow.


    ¡°Maybe you¡¯ve forgotten your ce in thispany, kindly apologise for your words, it¡¯s not nice at all¡±.


    ¡°Whatever, Beauty I¡­¡±


    Beauty didn¡¯t wait to hear her, I left the ce hurriedly.


    He didn¡¯t remember my name?


    Beauty couldn¡¯t stop thinking about it again.


    ***BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I went home that day, moody. I didn¡¯t even answer Jessi¡¯s at first.


    Tonight I had a blind date, not sure if I will be able to focus on the date. All that was in my head was a picture of Bruno asking my name.


    Why am I even disturbed not like I am someone special to him.


    I am so pathetic.


    I looked at the mirror and applied a lip gloss, unsure what to do with the brow pencil and other makeup items.


    I sighed, I rarely put on makeup, and tonight I decided to give it a try for the date.


    My parents travelled else I would ask my mother for help.


    My phone rang.


    I nced at it.


    It was Jessi.


    I sighed and picked it up.


    ¡°How is the date going?¡±


    ¡°I am not yet done with my makeup¡±.


    I replied applying blush.


    ¡°For 2 hours!¡±


    Jessi snapped.


    ¡°You said I need to apply make-up and enhance my looks for the date!¡±


    I replied angrily.


    ¡°Yes I did, you hardly put on makeup or feminine outfits, most men don¡¯t like women who aren¡¯t feminine enough to their taste but I didn¡¯t know you are that bad at makeup¡±.


    ¡°I am done, it is it, I won¡¯t waste anymore time applying makeup, If I keep my date waiting for long, I am sure he will get upset and leave¡±.


    ¡°Well I wish you luck, send me picturester okay?¡±


    I nodded and smiled.


    I looked at my reflection in the mirror.


    ¡°Not too good, but I tried, I wish whosoever that date is going be he will appreciate i did this for him¡±.


    I said proudly and picked up my purse, before heading out.


    ***


    I got to the venue, not sure why every passerby was staring at me like I am an alien.


    Could it be my makeup? I took my phone out of my pocket and chatted my date up.


    ¡°Hello..¡±


    ¡°Where are you, I have been waiting!¡±


    ¡°I am so sorry I am outside Yummy chips, right now¡±.


    ¡°Welle in, I am right inside¡±.


    I looked towards the eatery, I said a little prayer and wished myself luck.


    I got into the ce and murmurs filled the air.


    All heads were turned to me, except the man by the end, facing the other way.


    My supposed date, exactly the seat he described.


    I tried not to trip due to the nces from the people inside the restaurant.


    I walked to the table.


    ¡°Eric?¡±


    He turned around.


    ¡°Bea!(paused a bit)¡­. uty¡±.


    His eyes widened and he looked around embarrassed.


    Some of the people in the restaurant was stealing nces andughing.


    ¡°You are Beauty?¡±


    I nodded with an awkward smile, his face read disappointment.


    He didn¡¯t say anything, so I decided to sit down, I was expecting a queen treatment but didn¡¯t ask why he ignored me.


    After few minutes of silence I had to voice out.


    ¡°Is ¡­. there a problem Eric?¡±

 YOUR GIRLFRIEND

    ¡°You didn¡¯t mention you are fat¡±.


    He said loud enough for anyone close by to hear.


    ¡°I thought looks don¡¯t matter to you, you said so¡±.


    I said shamefully.


    ¡°Are you kidding me, of course it doesn¡¯t matter unless it¡¯s your case, ever heard of anything like exercise?¡±


    ¡°I am on diet actually and I visit the gym regrly¡±.


    ¡°Then it¡¯s worse than I thought¡±.


    He replied.


    A waiter came to us.


    ¡°What should I get for you ma¡¯am¡±.


    I was about to reply when Eric cut me out.


    ¡°Don¡¯t ask her, she is likely to eat the whole restaurant and us in it¡±.


    I have never felt so embarrassed in my entire life. I lost it and decided to be that weirdo he epted that I was.


    ¡°Excuse me, can you get me 5 Hamburgers please, extra meat, turkey wings, big bowl family size¡­


    Emmmm you know sauce ¡­oh and a lot of chips, thank you¡±.


    I smiled at the stunned Waiter then looked back at Eric.


    His expression could only interpret miserable, he was shocked and I loved it.


    ¡°What about you sir¡±.


    The waiter asked him. He blinked and swallowed hard, looking around awkwardly.


    ¡°A drink is okay¡±.


    Eric replied.


    Beauty immediately snapped.


    ¡°Oh yeah, drink! Get me one of your best, I will love to have it¡±.


    She told the overwhelmed Waiter and winked.


    The waiter left without a word.


    Eric wiped his face shamefully with his sweating palm.


    ¡°What is wrong with you, don¡¯t tell me you are serious with those things you ordered, you are a cow!¡±


    ¡°I am hungry, do you want me to stay hungry?¡±


    Beauty made a sad face to piss him off even more.


    ¡°Well as long as I am not paying¡±.


    Eric replied.


    ¡°No need to worry¡±.


    Beauty smiled at him, she is the one who needs to worry.


    What the hell is she thinking? This is an expensive ce.


    The orders arrived faster than expected and the table was filled with food.


    ¡°Thank you¡±.


    Beauty replied softly and pped her hand tiny in excitement.


    She dived into the burger like she¡¯s been starved for years, Eric almost puked.


    Loving the reaction, Beauty raised her head and smiled at him.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°You can join me if you want¡±.


    Eric didn¡¯t say a word but kept staring at her in disgust, hoping to get out of the ce soon as possible.


    She continued eating in a very embarrassing way making him ufortable.


    Eric took a sip from his wine ss and secretly delivered a message to the waiter close by.


    Beauty was eating angrily, she didn¡¯t eat much so she forced herself to swallow the food. She had shbacks of how much she tried to lose weight, how she was bullied by everyone she came across.


    A tear dropped down her cheeks, the chips in her hand were falling off due to her emotions and body shaking.


    She forced herself and swallowed the handful of chips.


    ¡°Don¡¯t cry you idiot¡±.


    She said to herself and took the wine and drank it from the bottle.


    She forcefully gulped it down her throat one time, her whole body was tormented by the alcohol, she had to shake herself as though to shake it off her.


    Her heart burned with the alcohol, she coughed and coughed.


    ¡°Wow! That¡¯s one strong drink¡±.


    She looked up and found no one on the chair opposite her.


    ¡°Yeah.. that¡¯s what I thought¡±.


    She said sadly and started crying, forcing the food into her mouth.


    Many heads turned in her direction, the waiter went to her and told her about disturbing others but she cried more.


    ***


    Bruno just finished working on a new project, he pressed his fingers over his tired eyes and closed hisptop.


    He was about to retire to bed when his phone rang.


    He nced at it tiredly. The number wasn¡¯t saved to his phone books and he hated phone calls. So he ignored me and put the phone back on his bedside.


    It rang again, he kept ignoring it but the caller seemed to be after his life.


    His phone kept ringing and he got annoyed.


    I picked the phone and answered.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you know when to stop?¡±


    ¡°Heeeeeeeey!¡±


    That voice sounds familiar.


    He thought.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, who is this?¡±


    ¡°I got dumped again, can you pleasee pick me up.. baby¡±.


    Bruno was beyond confused.


    Baby what?


    He heard a hoarse voice telling the caller to go straight to the point.


    The voice sounds rough and it¡¯s that of a man.


    He wondered if she¡¯s in trouble.


    ¡°Are you alright?¡±


    ¡°Yeah I am alright.. I just told the waiter that my boyfriend is very rich, he was doubting me and threatening to call the police¡±.


    ¡°Remind me who you are and how you get my number?¡±


    ¡°Hello, is this Beauty¡¯s boyfriend, she is drunk and refused to pay for the meal¡­¡±.


    Another voice yelled over the phone.


    Bruno was unable to answer that.


    ¡°Give me my phone, rude!¡±


    He heard her say to the man and she took over.


    ¡°Hello baby!¡±


    Beauty yelled loudly.


    Bruno groaned lowly and wiped his face unsure what to do.


    ¡°That is certainly the employee who I stood up for at thepany today.


    I recognized her voice¡±


    He said to himself, suddenly he heard her yelling.


    ¡°Don¡¯t touch me¡±.


    A nerve in him kicked off.


    ¡°Hey ¡­if you can hear me waiter, don¡¯ty a finger on her I will be on my way¡±.


    He shouted a bit higher than his normal voice.


    ¡°Take that!¡±


    He heard Beauty yell at the waiter.


    He sighed and groaned lowly.


    ¡°Ms where are you?¡±


    ¡°What is the name of this ce?¡±


    Beauty asked, then the man replied.


    She screamed the name out loud and started singing about it.


    Bruno sighed


    .


    ¡°Fine, I will be on my way¡±.


    He hung up and sighed again, stared at his phone for a while.


    How did she get my number? Beauty¡­huh..


    He got up from the bed, put on a shirt and a jeans, picked his car key, took some bills and headed out.


    He stopped his car at the lot and dialled the number again but there was no answer.


    He stare across the road at the restaurant.


    ¡°I hope she is okay¡±.


    He murmured and got out of the car.


    Two hands tucked in his pocket, he walked into the ce and found her on a chair with a Table filled with grossly scattered foods.


    ¡°Emm hello..¡±


    He waved at them.


    Beauty turned and her eyes sparkled with a mixture of tears and excitement.


    ¡°Tim! You are here¡±.


    She said loudly and ran to hug him crying.


    ¡°Actually it¡¯s¡­ Bruno¡±.


    He said softly unsure who Tim was.


    The angry restaurateur came to him.


    ¡°Is this your girlfriend?¡±


    Bruno looked at Beauty beneath his chin sobbing then back to the restaurateur.

 NAKED!

    ¡°Sorry for the inconveniences, please how much is the bill?¡±


    He avoided the question.


    ¡°$1090¡±.


    ¡°Transfer?¡±


    ¡°We ept¡±.


    Bruno took out his phone, she was still hugging him, sobbing and mumbling words he had no idea how they are rted to him or even had the energy to understand them


    He paid the money.


    ¡°Thanks, please take her out of here, she is a mess¡±.


    The man said and walked away.


    Bruno sighed, he pulled Beauty to stand on her own, but she¡¯s already dozing off.


    ¡°Miss..¡±


    He took a closer look at her, she looked exhausted and tears were still wet under her eyes.


    I guess I had to carry her out of the restaurant.


    He thought.


    He carried her on his back, he was surprised that she was lighter than he thought.


    ¡°Tim¡­your back is so warm¡±.


    He heard her murmur.


    ¡°It¡¯s Bruno¡±.


    He replied calmly.


    ¡°Oh Steven¡±.


    Now who is this Steven? First was Tim, now Steven?


    He got to where he parked and put her down beside my car, about to get my keys from his pocket.


    ¡°Tim¡­can I get an ice cream please, give me a chocte vour ( she turned it into a song¡± maybe a stra¡­wbe¡­rry¡­Choco Choco¡­strawberry¡­Choco Choco¡­strawberry¡­Choco Choco¡­strawberry¡±.


    Bruno sighed and took her by the hand.


    ¡°What have I gotten myself into? I guess she wants ice cream¡±.


    He looked around and found an ice cream truck outside the restaurants, just a stone throw opposite where they are.


    I can¡¯t leave her alone here.


    He thought and carried her with him.


    ¡°Can you get me a mixed vour, chocte and strawberry?¡±


    The ice cream man nodded and scooped the ice cream.


    He handed it over and Bruno paid.


    Returning to the waiting bench, Beauty had dozed off, sleeping soundly.


    He gently tapped her on the shoulder.


    ¡°Here you go¡±.


    Her eyes opened slowly but seeing the ice cream, it got wider.


    ¡°Ice cream?¡±


    ¡°You said you wanted one¡±.


    He replied.


    She looked up at him, surprised.


    ¡°I did?¡±


    ¡°Yes you did, in song form¡±.


    Sheughed.


    ¡°Oh I guess I did¡±.


    Then she looked up at him in tears.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    ¡°You are so nice, why did you ever leave me Tim¡±.


    ¡°It¡¯s Bruno!¡±


    He got fed up by constantly reminding her his name.


    ¡°Why do y¡¯all hate me.. I am trying so hard to be slim¡­I am trying¡­¡±.


    She cried loudly.


    ¡°Let¡¯s get out of the public first¡±.


    Bruno replied, his face flushed with embracement, he helped her up but she asked to be carried instead.


    ***


    Bruno got to the hotel and lodged in, as soon as heid her down on the bed, stretching his muscles.


    Beauty groaned and started pulling her clothes off.


    Bruno¡¯s heart skipped.


    ¡°You should keep it on, miss? Miss?¡±.


    She wouldn¡¯t listen to him, so she pulled her blouse up.


    He closed his eyes then slowly opened. He was surprised at the amount of weight that baggy top took from her.


    Beauty drunkenly kicked her trousers off her feet and fell on the bed wearing lingerie.


    ¡°Free atst!¡±


    She shouted and next minute she straight up went into a deep snore.


    Bruno walked to her, trying not to look, he pulled a duvet to cover her, sighed heavily afterwards.


    ¡°I guess it¡¯s over, I should better get some sleep before it¡¯s morning¡±.


    He muttered to himself and was about to go, Beauty grabbed his arm.


    Starled, he gasped and looked at her. He had thought she was deep asleep.


    ¡°Why did you hate me so much Tim!¡±


    Beauty sobbed.


    ¡°I ¡­am¡­Bruno¡±.


    He replied slowly.


    She sat up and held on to his trousers and cried loudly.


    Suddenly resting her head resting below his belt level, because of the height difference, it should have been his tummy since the bed stand was high enough.


    ¡°This is awkwardly bad¡±.


    Bruno thought to himself, feeling a bit tight.


    He swallowed and tried to pull her back but she kept crying and burying her face in his trousers.


    ¡°I know I am fat and ugly but I tried so hard to lose weight you know, I don¡¯t even eat foods I love anymore!¡±


    Bruno knelt beside her if not for anything to avoid her caressing his crotch with her head.


    ¡°Hey .. don¡¯t say that you are not fat nor ugly¡­I actually think you look good in your body shape¡±.


    ¡°Oh Tim!¡±


    She yelled out crying again.


    ¡°Tell me what are the foods you love¡±.


    Bruno replied with something to make her stop crying.


    She sobbed and looked up.


    ¡°I love sausages, cheesecakes and burgers, and ice cream too, but I can¡¯t have them or I won¡¯t be slim. I promise I am not eating them anymore Tim¡±.


    He got pissed and held her on the shoulder and shook her hard.


    ¡°I am Bruno!¡±


    He was shocked at how high he could actually yell.


    ¡°Hmmm?¡±


    Beauty forced her eyes open wide then dimming it back, she took his face in her arms. She brought his face closer to hers for a look.


    Bruno¡¯s eyes widened as he thought she would maybe kiss him.


    She kept touching his facial features with her fingers.


    ¡°You don¡¯t look like Tim, Steven?¡±


    ¡°No .. because I am Bruno¡±.


    He replied.


    Her fingers touched his nose and lips.


    ¡°¡±Ooohhhh Bruno?¡±


    He looked at her shocked that she got it this time.


    ¡°Such nice lips¡±.


    Reacting,, his face flushed and his ears red.


    She leaned closer and closer, until their lips were less than inch apart


    What is she trying to do!


    Bruno panicked.


    ¡°I¡­.. I¡­want to throw up¡±.


    She murmured


    Before Bruno could make a move, she threw up on him.


    ¡°What a night¡±


    Bruno signed.


    .*****


    The next morning, Beauty woke up with a. Hungover, her head was hammering so bad, she groaned and helped herself up.


    ¡°Mum?¡±Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    She called and slowly opened her eyes.


    Unsure if her eyes were deceiving her, she rubbed her eyes to clear her vision. The room looked so strange to her.


    ¡°Where¡­where am I ?


    She panicked.


    She looked around the room again, trying to remember anything but her mind was whirled up.


    She suddenly felt her body cold and bare, she pulled the duvet up and found out that she was only wearing nothing!


    I am naked!


    Immediately the bathroom door opened, she gasped and quickly pulled the duvet up to her face leaving only her eyes uncovered.


    Her heart was racing.


    A man came out of the bathroom, a small towel drying his hair and another round his waist.


    His body could be interpreted as an artwork, a very unique artwork that could make any one stare like an idiot.


    The wet drips added a little bit of an effect on his sexiness.


    Beauty¡¯s jaw dropped. No one else has that majestic body except¡­.


    ¡°Mr.. Bruno?¡±

 YOU DESERVE BETTER

    He turned around and found her awake.


    ¡°Emmm Hello¡­you are awake¡±.


    He said softly.


    Beauty froze that instant, alot was going on in her mind but nothing made sense.


    What am I doing in a hotel room with my Boss!


    Beauty yelled inside.


    Bruno looks like he is not talking but his words werepletely muted by the questions flooding into her head.


    ¡°Are.. you listening?¡±


    His voice cuts into her thoughts.


    Beauty nodded still covering her face.


    ¡°You called mest night, you got into trouble with a restauranteur after a date, so I had to go pay the bill, don¡¯t worry your clothes were removed by you, and I didn¡¯t sleep on the same bed with you¡­also.. I¡­didn¡¯t take advantage of you¡±.


    Beauty sighed relieved and muttered.


    ¡°Yeah, I totally forgot he is gay¡±.


    ¡°What?¡±


    He asked calmly.


    Beauty, realizing she said it out loud, pped her mouth in shock.


    ¡°No no, sorry. I mean I didn¡¯t say anything¡±.


    Bruno gave her a side eye, although he heard it loud and clear he decided to y it off.


    ¡°I see..¡±


    He replied slowly.


    He got his clothes to change, Beauty quickly buried herself in the duvet and closed her eyes.


    Bruno looked at her after that reaction. He however went on changing into his new outfit.


    ¡°Here, you can go home after you freshen up, this is for your transport, you have no cash with you¡±.


    Embarrassed Beauty pulled out the duvet from her face and saw the money he dropped on the table.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    Bruno picked up his keys and walked towards the door.


    ¡°Sir Bruno!¡­¡±Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    He paused at the door and turned to her.


    ¡°I am so sorry! I hope I didn¡¯t cause you any troublest night? Please I am drunk .. I get drunk even at the smell of alcohol, I am not an addict ¡­I.. just tasted it for the first time yesternight, so please don¡¯t think of me as an alcoholic and if I did anything weird or bad , please forgive me¡±.


    Beauty closed her eyes tightly and pleaded nervously.


    He looked away and had shbacks of her twerking in her underwear, drumming on his head with chopsticks as he tried to sleep.


    Also , her throwing up on his body and then crying for hours calling out her ex¡¯s and telling stories about how they left her, he barely sleptst night even for 5 minutes and this morning he decided to take a shower.


    ¡°Not at all..¡±.


    He replied quietly.


    Beauty opened her eyes, surprised but relieved, yet thinking about it, she knew he was hiding some things, she must have done alot of silly stuff.


    ¡°Whosoever Tim, Steven , Nathan was, they are jerks, you deserve better¡±.


    He said and left the room.


    Beauty speechless, she froze for a few minutes shocked.


    ¡°No no no no! Don¡¯t tell me I washed my dirt In Front of him!


    My employer!


    Why did I get myself drunk!


    I can¡¯t face him after this, he knows everything about me, oh Beauty you are such an idiot¡±.


    She fell back on the bed and cursed.


    ¡°You stupid why did you call him, your boss has seen the ugly side of you, somehow I am grateful it¡¯s not just any man who is attracted to women¡±.


    She looked down at her naked body then searched around the room for her clothes.


    She saw them hung up on the wardrobe, clean and neat.


    She covered her face and cried inwardly.


    ¡°I am so dead!¡±

 EXPOSED

    Beauty got home and saw Jessi waiting for her at the door.


    ¡°Thank goodness you are back, where have you been? I called you ceaselessly yesternight to inquire about the date but you never answered, I was so worried¡±.


    She walked past her without uttering a word, that move surprised Jessi.


    ¡°Beauty, are you alright?¡±


    Beauty forced a smile.


    ¡°I am okay Jessi, just a failed date again but it¡¯s fine l am used to this¡±.


    She opened the door and turned to her friend.


    ¡°Come in¡±.


    Jessi sighed.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay to feel sad¡­but.. maybe it¡¯s not meant to be¡­¡±.


    ¡°Yeah, but if it keeps happening then something is wrong with me right? It¡¯s obvious it¡¯s my fault¡±.


    She dropped her bag on the couch and walked straight towards her room.


    ¡°So¡­where did you spend the night? If the date was a failure, don¡¯t tell me he sessfully did it¡±.


    ¡°Nah.. man was disgusted by me, he said my face reminds him of a clown and I am going to eat everyone in the restaurant¡±.


    Sheughed then jumped on her bed.


    Jessi could tell she was hiding her emotions from thatughter.


    ¡°Beauty the real klown was him¡±.


    ¡°Sometimes I wish I was never born Jessi¡±.


    She cried silently.


    ¡°Why? Because some jerk called you a clown,e on Beauty, I hate you when you are weak!¡±


    ¡°Not just him Jessi! He is not the problem, it¡¯s the same for all men I have been with, the only man who has never insulted me would be my dad¡±.


    ¡°And .. emmm.. what about Mr Bruno¡­the boss¡¯s son, he is a man right but he never said anything offensive to you¡±.


    ¡°Are you kidding? He hardly says anything at all, he doesn¡¯t count, I am so if he is the talking type he will say it over and over¡±.


    Beauty murmured.


    Jessi sighed.


    ¡°So the jerk, you had no sexual. you know.. with him¡­¡±


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    ¡°Thank goodness¡±.


    ¡°But I have a bigger problem Jessi¡±.


    Jessi looked at her curiously.


    ¡°Last night, I got myself drunk, I know I was stupid.. I was so hurt that I got myself drunk, the worst part.. I called sir Bruno¡¯s line¡±.


    ¡°He didn¡¯t answer?¡±


    ¡°He answered,¡± That¡¯s the problem¡±.


    ¡°What! He never answers my calls¡±.


    Jessi snapped angrily.


    ¡°He had no idea it was me I guess, so he came over to the eatery and paid the bills, and got me out. I don¡¯t know the details, but I woke up the next morning in a hotel room, and guessed what he said.


    He called Tim, Nathan and Steven jerks and said I deserved better.


    Jessi, I told him about my past rtionships!¡±


    ¡°No you did not!¡±


    Jessi gasps.


    ¡°I am pretty sure I did, he must see me as such a cheap pathetic cum bag tossed around by men.


    ¡°And so what.. girl don¡¯t get yourself worked up by all that, you had just three body counts, some girl got 40, guess how many I got¡±.


    Beauty looked at her.


    ¡°20?¡±


    ¡°No girl, so stop ming yourself, if he is going to see you as a whore for just having three failed rtionships then he isn¡¯t even better, that hot guy must be a bottom with many body counts¡±.


    ¡°So he is really gay?¡±


    ¡°Well not confirmed yet but he gives off that vibe with his looks¡±.


    ¡°How.. but he isn¡¯t feminine¡±.


    Beauty replied.


    ¡°Well he is abination of feminine and masculine, his face is too pretty for a man, so I have to judge that!¡±


    Beauty sighed and covered her face with a pillow.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think I can face him at work tomorrow¡±.


    Jessi rolled her eyes aggressively.


    ¡°You sound as if he is always in front of you at thepany, you are the one always stalking him¡±.

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    The next day at thepany.


    Beauty got to thepany, earlier than usual just to avoid stares and nces on her way in.


    The next person to enter the office was Bruno.


    As soon as the door opened and she caught a glimpse of a tall figure, she quickly hid her face behind herptop and started typing meaningless words.


    Bruno stepped in the room and nced towards her office, seeing that he made her ufortable, he walked straight to his office without a word.


    Beauty raise her head slowly afterwards and sighed.


    ¡°Thank goodness I thought he would approach me¡±.


    Bruno got into his office and pulled off his suit.


    He folded his length on the office chair and tilt his head backwards showing an attractive view of his Adam¡¯s apple.


    He gulp hard and closed his eyes.


    ¡°Why is she in my head every damn time¡±.


    He opened his eyes.


    ¡°Tim is the worst, it was my first time, he didn¡¯t even care, he said I should clean up and leave, like I was just a whore he met, this same man confessed his live for me months before I finally said yes to his sexual needs¡¯ ¡®.


    Beauty¡¯s crying voice came back to his head.


    ¡°So much of being in a rtionship, how do people im to love another and hurt them like that¡­being in love is not worth it, she looked so broken and depressed telling me that story¡±.


    He murmured to himself.


    ******


    Later that evening, almost closing time, Beauty had her head resting on the desk, trying to get rid of all that happened, can¡¯t wait to go home, she had sessfully managed to avoid Bruno at all costs.


    ¡°Finally..¡±.


    She smiled at herself.


    Someone dropped a folder on her desk, she slowly looked up ready to eat him or her alive but the person is not a prey , a predator instead.


    Her heart reaped as soon their eyes met, her cheeks flustered with embarrassment.


    ¡°Sir Bruno!¡±


    She gasped.


    ¡°You said you are going to help me type stuff¡±.


    He said that with a straight face.


    ¡°Ehhh?¡±


    Beauty couldn¡¯t remember when she made that promise.


    ¡°Remember the day at thepany¡¯s restaurant?¡±


    ¡°Oh..¡±


    She chuckled nervously then gazed at the clock. It¡¯s almost closing time.


    She returned her gaze back to him.


    ¡°Now?¡±she asked, still confused.


    He nodded.


    ¡°Alright I will keep my promise¡±.


    She shows her 32 with a thumbs up.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    He replied and went back to his office.


    As soon as he¡¯s gone, Beauty sighed deeply.


    ¡°Wow what¡¯s with the cold face, sometimes it gives off cool vibes but this time he scared me, why can¡¯t he smile at all? Does he even know how to smile? (Groans) Oh God he wants me to help now what am I going to do if he mocks me with those things I said back there¡±.


    She gazed down at the documents he dropped.


    ¡°That¡¯s a lot of work¡±.


    She yawned and started working on it immediately.


    Minutester, Jessi kissed her goodbye and left thepany, followed by others too, until everyone of the employees had gone home.


    Beauty yawned tiredly.


    ¡°What a day¡±.


    She paused and stared at Bruno.


    He was busy in his office, the ss wall made it crystal clear to see from her office.


    He looked so focused about this work, Beauty found herself stealing nces at him.


    Hours gone, it¡¯s 1am.


    Beauty was dozing off and a nod almost hitting on the desk made her jumpy, she looked up with her blurred vision and saw Bruno still awake and working.


    Suddenly , he got up from his chair and went to make a cup of coffee for himself.


    ¡°Now it¡¯s time to return the favour you are dozing off Beauty? Have some shame¡±.


    She said to herself and started working tiredly, yawning every minute


    The paperworks seemed endless, she felt like crying out loud that she couldn¡¯t deal with it.


    Bruno raised his head and found her nodding to nature¡¯s call, each time she got herself she would start working immediately like a professional boom the next minute she¡¯s snoring with her head tilted back.


    He found himself smiling at her, and as soon as he realised, he went back to his straight face.


    He stood up and got a ss of coffee for himself again.


    Beauty heard his footsteps and immediately started working like a professional.


    He came to her and dropped a cup of coffee on her table.


    ¡°Here but If you are tired you can rest in my office room¡±.


    He said softly.


    In his office?


    Beauty felt the whole urge to sleep cleared from her head.


    ¡°Are we going to sleep together in the same room?¡±


    She asked a little excitedly.


    ¡°No, so don¡¯t worry,¡±He replied.


    Who is worried? I would love it. I thought something romantic was going to happen.


    Beauty said in her mind pouted angrily.


    She took the cup of coffee angrily from him and finished up the drink, like she was talking about a shot of alcohol.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    Bruno asked, unsure why she is angry.


    She coughed a little.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°I am fine, and I am going to finish this work¡±.


    She replied intensively.


    Bruno was surprised at the zeal.


    ¡°Thanks for helping¡±.


    He replied.


    Beauty ignored him , focused on the system like a determined worker.


    Bruno stood beside her and watched.


    Shamelessly the next minute she dozed off right In Front of him. It surprised him that after her determination, she couldn¡¯t resist sleep.


    ¡°What a character¡±.


    He smiled and stared at her.


    ***BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I felt fingers run through my legs, I opened my eyes shocked to see a blur image of a man about to grab me.

 SOMETHING ABOUT HER

    Impulsively, I kicked at the blurred image, so hard.


    I heard a low groan and freezed.


    I rubbed my eyes and looked properly. The image clearer.


    Bruno was kneeling infront of holding a nket, his nose was bleeding.


    He only wanted to cover me up, I ¡­kicked him and made his nose bleed!


    ¡°Oh my God, I am sorry, so sorry sir, let me help¡±.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g


    I offered, standing up from the bed, but he turned me down.


    ¡°I am okay, don¡¯t worry .. have this¡±.


    He said calmly and gave me the nket then with his head up and fingers pinched on his nose, he walked away heading to the door.


    He stopped at the door and threw the key at me, I had a smooth catch.


    ¡°You can lock it from inside if you don¡¯t feel safe with me¡±he said dryly, still holding his nose, with his head up , he left the room.


    I was sleepless, I sat down thinking about what I did to him.


    ¡°What if I get fired for this, I didn¡¯t even know when he carried me in here, and he then wanted to cover me up, I stupidly hit him, what was I thinking, that someone like Mr Bruno may find me attractive and wanted to take advantage me? What a joke! I am such an idiot¡±.


    I cursed shamefully.


    I got up, there¡¯s no way I am going back to sleep after what happened .


    I went to the department and found him , trying to type with his still head up, it¡¯s obvious he isn¡¯t done with the works yet.


    He kept enduring the pain, then he got fed up and hit the desk so hard that it scared the shit out of me .


    Someone that gentle, I don¡¯t except such from him.


    He looked up and found me staring, I quickly looked away, then stole a nce at him.


    ¡°You aren¡¯t going back to bed?¡±


    His voice came.


    ¡°I want to continue from where I stopped yesterday¡±.


    I replied.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, don¡¯t worry, go and rest, I am done with the ones I gave you¡±


    He replied.


    ¡°O¡­ k¡±.


    I felt really sad about that for some reasons, I didn¡¯t get back to the office room, I slowly walked to my office instead and sat there, staring at him.


    I watched him work for close to an hour, I was about to doze off whrn I heard him talking over the phone.


    ¡°Yeah, I missed you, wish you are here, I love you too, take care¡±.


    He answered and hung up.


    Did he just say love?


    He had someone in his life!


    All my hopes are lost!


    But is that a man or woman?


    I was curious to know about the caller¡¯s identity.


    It¡¯s time I stop with the stupid crush, Mr Bruno will never find someone like me attractive.


    He put the phone down and after typing for sometime. He left out a loud sigh.


    ¡°Finally¡±.


    He murmured.


    I guess he is done.


    I gazed at the clock it¡¯s 5:45 am?


    It¡¯s morning already!


    ¡°I will take you home, thanks for your help again¡±.


    He broke into my thoughts.


    ¡°You are wee¡±.


    I smiled.


    I picked up my things and walked to the parking lot, few minutes he joined me. He opened the door for me.


    My face flustered.


    ¡°Em.. thanks¡±.


    I got into the car, trying to calm myself reminding me that it¡¯s not possible whatever I felt is a joke but I ended up so red I hid my face from him.


    A silent drive home, he stopped at a shopping mall, I guess he wanted to buy something.


    He stepped on the break, all this while I had my neck stiff by looking at the window side all along.


    ¡°What kind of gifts do your family like, I can¡¯t go to your ce without buying a gift for them at least to appreciate your helpstnight¡±he said to me.


    I didn¡¯t respond, I was sad and angry for no good reason, I don¡¯t think it¡¯s mood swings either , for some reasons I got jealous because of the unknown callerand even worse knowing he can never fall inlove with someone like me¡±.


    He was quite observative, and noticed that I was not in the mood for that conversation, he got down and went into the mall, few minutes he came with shopping bags , he stuffed them into the backseat.


    The journey continued silently again and even more awkward than before.


    ¡°I think I feelfortable with you¡±.


    He breaks the silence.


    I stole a nce at him, shocked at his confession, I paid attention.


    He gaze at him from his side eye then looked straight before continuing.


    ¡°I hardly talk to people or express myself¡­. I am¡­ aa slow talker.. so I hate talking.. I think people judge me as a proud spoiled brat. I also find it hard to engage a conversation especially with someone.(Paused) someone I am sexually attracted to, but I feel like I can talk to you. I have my insecurities too, everyone does because no one is perfect so don¡¯t let what they say get to you¡±.


    That¡¯s the highest amount of words I have heard from him, first I don¡¯t know where all that motivation speech came from however I picked up a line from his statement and threw the others into the trash.


    ¡°I hardly talk to someone I am sexually attracted to¡±


    ¡°Well I guess I am not on the list, that¡¯s why he feelfortable talking to me than all the pretty girls at thepany.


    Here I am thinking I was special to even engage in a conversation with him¡±.


    I cried inwardly..


    ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    He asked after I had yed deaf to his motivational statement.


    I nodded.


    ¡°You can stop me anywhere there,¡±.


    I pointed to our house.


    ¡°Oh.. alright¡±.


    I could feel the sadness in his voice clear.


    Was I rude to him?


    He was trying to tell me his struggle withmunicating, possibly the only person he has ever open up to ofcourse, yet I snubbed him?


    I am such an idiot.


    ¡°Thanks for tonight again¡±.


    He said.


    I just nodded shamefully and got down from the car.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    I watched her enter the house.


    ¡°Did I say something wrong? Why did she ignore me like that, first time trying to have a smooth conversation failed, you better keep that mouth shut Bruno¡±.


    I sighed and engage the engine.


    Halfway home , I remembered she forgot to take the gifts I bought for her family.


    Maybe she intentionally ditched it.


    There¡¯s something about her I am yet to figure out, I find it irresistible yet I can¡¯t get hold on a particr thing.

 FRIEND ZONE

    ***THE NEXT DAY **


    I walked into thepany, I was the most punctual as always, but this time I had something on my mind.


    I nce towards her desk.


    I guess she is yet toe.


    ¡°Good morning Mr Bruno!!¡±


    Someone cuts into my thoughts.


    I looked, it was Jessi, a close friend of Beauty.


    I nodded at her and she smiled back.


    ¡°Good morning, Mr cutie!¡±


    That¡¯s Charlotte, our main custom designer, she always fangirling so I had known better to ignore her and avoid any drama.


    I drew a deep breath and went through the typed works yesterday and found out some errors from Beauty¡¯s works.


    ¡°I guess I have to make some corrections¡±.


    I murmured tiredly, rubbing my eyes, I decided to get a cup of coffee before starting with the work.


    Staying up all night was beginning to affect my work today.


    ¡°Beauty!¡±


    I heard someone say.


    My heart paused at that instant. I looked up and found her.


    Beauty walked into thepany, her friend Jessi went to tease her as always.


    Our eyes met, my heart skipped again then she looked away.


    Immediate I faced my work but still my eyes seem to keep going back to her.


    I don¡¯t understand why anyone in their right senses would call her ugly.


    She¡¯s really attractive , maybe I am the only one seeing that.


    I waved off the thought of her and went for the coffee.


    After getting the coffee, I stole a nce at her again.


    I was about to return to my office when someone called me out.


    ¡°Sir Bruno!¡±


    I was starled for a second, I turned and found one of the newly recruited models.


    I sighed with an eye roll, knowing her reason for being here.


    ¡°What is it, this time Ang?¡±


    I asked.


    ¡°Did you send this to me?¡±


    She showed me her phone¡¯s screen, with wet eyes.


    I nced at it back to her.


    ¡°Yes.. yes.. I did¡±.


    I scratched my ear a bit embarrassed.


    ¡°Why.. but I really do love you Sir Bruno! I love everything about you, I took all that is in me to confess my feelings for you and they are real and true, I love the way you talk gently, I love your handsomeness, I love the way you walk, I want to be the reason for your smile, please ept my love¡±.


    She burst into tears, she created a scene and that made me ufortable.


    Many were whispering othersughing at her.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry Ang, I appreciate your love for me but I can¡¯t return those feelings, I don¡¯t want a rtionship with you, let¡¯s not talk about it here¡±.


    I said softly unsure how to reject her and not make her sad.


    ¡°Please sir Bruno, please¡±.


    Ang was really shameless, and desperate too, the least of things she would care about is what people thinks of her.


    She don¡¯t care about the publicity or anything else, so she continued her confession and crying.


    She went on her knees this time.


    ¡°I couldn¡¯t sleepst night¡­ I was thinking about you¡±.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    I got pissed, really pissed.


    ¡°This is an office Ang!! can you stop this child y!¡±


    She looked shocked that I was able to raise my voice so was everyone in that room.


    I saw Beauty¡¯s expression, I cursed inside. She must think I am some monster. I looked down at Ang swimming in tears.


    ¡°I am sorry for shouting at you Ang, I.. really can¡¯t return your feelings¡±.


    I turned around and went into my office.


    **AUTHORESS¡¯S POV**


    Jessi and Beauty watched the scene curiously.


    ¡°I can¡¯t believe he apologised for shouting at her¡±.


    Beauty murmurs.


    Jessi sighed.


    ¡°Yeah that man is driving me crazy how can a man like that be a total green g. Poor Ang, I warned her against it, Bruno is just too handsome, you can¡¯t help but fall in love with him, and his alsome personality , he is really a heart breaker.


    I wonder if God will create a woman specially for him


    he even turned lot of female celebrities down, even Nuliana Gomez, Ang is really crushing hard, but I am rooting for my best though¡±.


    Jessi whispered and yfully hit Beauty¡¯s arm.


    ¡°Ouch!!!!¡±


    Beauty cried out sharply flexing her arm.


    She started sobbing loudly.


    ¡°Oh my gosh! Beauty, did it hurt that much?¡±


    Jessi asked concerned.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I am fine ¡°.


    Beauty replied without looking up then few minutester.


    She got up from her chair and walked towards the restroom.


    Jessi watched her worried, she wondered if it does hurt but she lied about it.


    So she followed her immediately, she got to the restroom and entered only to see Beauty crying on a toilet seat.


    ¡°Beauty, I am sorry, I didn¡¯t know¡­¡±.


    ¡°He friend zoned me!¡±


    Beauty yelled and started crying like a child.


    ¡°Huh?¡±


    ¡°Sir Bruno, friend zoned me!¡±


    Jessi paused confused, her brain cells freezed trying to get what her friend was trying to say, then finally understanding what she was saying .


    She was amused at first, but then watching her cry in that manner, she was touched and went to her.


    She hugged her tightly and pecked her forehead.


    ¡°Hey, don¡¯t kill yourself for him, you will get over it just like I did¡±.


    She whispered.


    ¡°I know Jessi I am trying so hard not be blinded by my feelings and face reality yet it hurts, it hurts so much¡±.


    Jessi chuckled sadly.


    ¡°Hey look Bea, one thing I know is, Bruno maybe handsome, nice etc but you deserve more than that, if he doesn¡¯t want you, don¡¯t force it or else you will get hurt in the end. You are beautiful, Beauty. You are just the only one that can¡¯t see it¡±.


    Beauty rolled her eyes.


    ¡°I understand that you want me to feel good about myself, Jessi but I am not fucking blind, I can see myself, literally all of me on the mirror reflection and I know what I look like¡±.


    Jessi just smiled back


    ¡°Maybe you should look at you from my view instead¡±.


    ¡°Consoling Beauty takes alot of energy , jeez all this is because of that handsome heartbreaker¡±.


    She thought then suddenly a thought crossed my mind.


    ¡°We are not even show if he is attracted to women¡±.


    ¡°Jessi not again with your gay fetishes¡±.


    ¡°Well, Isn¡¯t it obvious, that¡¯s why he is soo good looking..¡±.


    ¡°What are you saying, that¡¯s not a good reason to assume that¡±.


    Beauty replied.


    ¡°Well¡­ really? Howw sure are you? Ever seen him with a girlfriend?


    ¡°No..¡±


    ¡°Any rumors about him being spotted with a girl?¡±


    ¡°No but I heard him talking to one on the phone, I guess.. Don¡¯t say such things about Bruno, he won¡¯t indulge in such¡±.


    Beauty being little bit homophobic this time, replied with a frown.


    ¡°Come one to think of it, our queen of seduction Kathy can¡¯t get him, then is either he is impotent or gay, let¡¯s spy on him¡±.


    Jessi said excitedly.


    ¡°What! Can we change the topic now Jessi¡±.


    ¡°Best You and I will make good detectives, our mission is to find out if his crotch is working and If he is gay¡±.


    ¡°Okay that¡¯s it, I am out of here¡±


    Beauty covered her ears and turned to go but Jessi held her back.


    ¡°Don¡¯t act virgin, you¡¯ve been with him, I think he trusts you, get into his house, find some excuse to get there, then early in the morning check it out¡±.


    Beauty pped my forehead in frustration.


    ¡°Jessi you are nuts, why don¡¯t you do that¡±.


    ¡°I am helping you best¡­, but I know you will not agree to it easily, I will try and do this myself¡±.


    She sneered.


    ¡°Good, carry on¡±.


    Beauty replied sarcastically.


    ¡°And you are doing it with me?¡±


    Just then we overheard voices from the restroom opposite which is the male restroom.


    That was Bruno¡¯s voice, we paid attention and remained still.


    ¡°Is that not Matt talking with Bruno?¡±


    Beauty asked her in a whisper.


    They listened more attentively.


    Matt always act feminine, he was obviously gay and proud of it.


    ¡°They will make a fine couple, two hotties¡±.


    Jessi whispered.


    Beauty gave her a look that speaks volumes.


    ¡°Ok darling I will meet with you tonight¡±.


    Matt voice replied , he sounds flirty, with his high pitch pronouciation.


    Hearing him say that the two gasped same time and looked at eachother.


    ¡°Do they share same bathroom?¡±Beauty asked disgusted.


    ¡°Also they took quite long in that bathroom¡±Jessi replied with a long grin on her face, imagining weird scenes.


    ¡°Jessi! Ew, stop your immoral thoughts, that¡¯s gross!¡±


    Beauty snapped and hit her shoulder.


    Jessi chuckled.


    ¡°I told you, he is one of them, so bad , we lost mr perfect to the ass people.¡±


    Beauty arched her brows.


    ¡°It might not mean anything, I mean we are in the same bathroom, we are not lesbians, we maybe exaggerating this, they¡¯re co workers they can use same..¡±


    ¡°Shhhhh¡±Jessi suddenly snapped at her, they both freezed and listened quietly.


    ¡°Is that not a moan that I just heard?¡±


    Jessi said putting my finger on Beauty¡¯s lips.

 HE LIKES MEN?

    Then they heard the moan again.


    ¡°What the¡­¡±


    Beauty tried to talk but Jessi was fast to cover mouth with her palm.


    ¡°Shhh, listen¡±.


    Jessi scolded her in a whisper.


    ¡°Does it hurt?¡±


    Bruno asked.


    Her erged eyes stare into Beauty¡¯s, she put her hand over her mouth overwhelmed.


    ¡°Ouch!¡±Matt moaned again.


    ¡°I am sorry it¡¯s my first time doing this does it hurt much?¡±


    Bruno asked.


    ¡°Yes, but I am good, I can endure the pain, dont worry¡±.


    Matt said in between moans.


    ¡°It¡¯s really tight I am sorry¡±Bruno replied.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, I am fine, you can continue Darling¡±.


    ¡°Darling?¡±


    Beauty and Jessi chorused then listened quietly.


    ¡°The bleeding should have stopped by now¡±.


    Beauty gasped and made to puke just then the heard Matt¡¯s voice.


    ¡°Beauty and Jessi we know you guys are in there¡±


    They stared at eachother, not knowing what next to do.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go out, he knew we are in here¡±Jessi whispered.


    ¡°No, let¡¯s wait till they leave , I can¡¯t face them¡±


    Beauty whispered back.


    ¡°Come on don¡¯t be such a child, we all adults what the big deal, we will just promise them not to tell anyone about their secret rtionship¡±.


    ¡°But jessi¡­¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m going Beauty , you cane outter¡±.


    Jessi said walked out of the bathroom with her cheeks red and a long grin on her face.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g


    The two stood there, Matt was smiling as always while Bruno looked like he would want the earth to swallow him up.


    ¡°H¡±.


    She waved at them and chuckled nervously.


    Few seconds.


    Beauty shamefully walked out of the bathroom, her face down, she went and stood at Jessi¡¯s back, shamefully.


    ¡°I know what you are thinking, I am only feminine guy but I love girls too.


    You see I cut myself back at the office luckily Sir Bruno, darling Boss here noticed and came over to inquire.


    He tried tying it up with a handkerchief to stop the bleeding, It was really tight and it hurts me more Instead, could you please help us with a first aid box¡±.


    They stood like statues looking at Matt still holding his bleeding finger, groaning with his feminine like voice, their braincells trying to get the whole thing.


    Beauty¡¯s face was priceless.


    ¡°Ouch!! Darling please, do something please¡±


    Matt cried again.


    ¡°I guess they will take over from here, excuse me¡±.


    Bruno said, he was totally avoiding eye contact and finally left the ce.


    Beauty drew a deep exhale of relief


    ¡°That¡¯s right! Matt would literally refer anyone as darling, babe etc. How did I forget that, maybe I thought he would at least repsect Mr Bruno? He was just helping him with his injury.


    So silly jessi, I am way more rotten than I thought¡±


    Jessiughed within her.


    Beauty walked to Matt and started attending to him.


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    **SHELLY¡¯S POV**


    ¡°The hourss designs, wanted you to be the face of theirpany, have you reviewed their request yet?¡±


    My mom asked.


    She scroll through my mail box, there like hundreds of them.


    ¡°Mom, I am really not into all that now, there¡¯s alot in my mind, you know, most importantly, I can¡¯t wait to meet my twin sister¡±.


    I was looking at my mirror reflection.


    ¡°You will meet her soon, as soon as you are done with this summer schedules, but please give thosepanies feedback, they really need your attention, I was bribed by one of them to get you to sign with them, can¡¯t tell which one exactly¡±.


    She said with a slight chuckle.


    ¡°Mom!¡±


    I snappedughing.


    ¡°Well I needed the money so I had to okay..¡±.


    I shook my head.


    ¡°Alright,, alright, I will do just as you said¡±.


    ¡°That¡¯s my baby¡±


    She pecked my forehead and left the room.


    I took my phone and scroll through the emails.


    Minutester, Mom came back with a te of sds.


    ¡°Take a look at this¡±.


    She said as she put the te on the favor just opposite the couch .


    She walked to me and sat on the bed


    I rolled to the other end where she was sitting.


    ¡°He is terribly good looking, isn¡¯t he?


    She showed me a pic on her phone.


    ¡°He is¡±.


    ¡°Well what do you think?¡±


    She winked at me.


    ¡°Mom, when are you going to stop trying to fix me up with every good looking guy you cams across?¡±


    She shrugged .


    ¡°Well he asked for your phone number and I am going to give him. now. ¡­. Emmm sent¡±.


    ¡°Seriously!¡±


    I screamed out in embarrassment.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    Ugh! Jessi is such an embarrassment, I can¡¯t believe she made me think they were making out.


    I was really embrassed about the bathroom scene, I walked back to my post while Jessi continue teasing Matt about it.


    I heard themughing over it.


    I got some work to type, alot of them.


    ¡°Fatty, cancel my schedule for next week, I am traveling to Paris with my boyfriend¡±.


    It¡¯s Kathy, she will always torment me. First I am not even in the right position to cancel her next week appointments and also why telling me the details and purpose of all that, with her boyfriend.


    ¡°Kathy my name is Bea¡­¡±.


    I paused toplete it, because it does sound weird to me .


    ¡°Bea ¡­ what, oh you are smart, I was prepared tough at you till you hide under the table¡±.


    Kathy smiled.


    ¡°Laugh all you want, it won¡¯t get to me¡±.


    I snapped back.


    She rolled her eyes.


    ¡°Where¡¯s May?¡±


    Fred asked.


    Fred the new manager already resumed his duty, I quickly stood up.


    ¡°Sir she¡¯s in the editors room¡±.


    I replied.


    He nodded.


    Kathy smirked and turned to him.


    ¡°Hy Fred, your new girlfriend is in the editors room¡±.


    ¡°You should watch it, I am the manager, and I won¡¯t take it likely if you disrespect me¡±.


    Fredmanded.


    I stood in awe, wondering what gave her the guts to act so towards the manager. I guess when you¡¯re too beautiful , everyone will respect you, and admire you, some will hate you, but only because of jealousy.


    ¡°Rumours had it that they once dated¡±.


    Jessi whispered into my ears.


    She had appeared out of nowhere again.


    Why is she always doing that!

 YOU HAVE NO IDEA

    ¡°Jessi please¡±


    I whispered my eyes closed pissed.


    ¡°They said, Kathy dumped him, he is not too good in bed and also not her type that¡¯s why¡±.


    Jessi continued.


    ¡°Just shut it please¡±.


    I pleaded with Jessi, the two continued arguing.


    ¡°What meeting, It¡¯s either you choose to work here or your baecation whatever¡± .


    ¡°You¡¯re not even the boss of thispany, Manager indeed¡±


    Kathy snapped back.


    ¡°Maybe the Manager sounds like a joke to you, I dare you to leave thispany without a permit¡±


    The continued arguing.


    His assistant cuts in


    ¡°Sir¡±


    ¡°What¡±


    He snapped back like a sounded lion.


    Kathy flip her hair, elegantly, admiring her nails unbothered.


    ¡°The meeting time¡±.


    She replied coldly.


    ***


    We all walked in to the conference room for the meeting.


    Kathy was thest person to walk in her hands folded, you don¡¯t just find a good payingpany on the streets overnight, and ours is like highest ranked.


    ¡°First I noticed our new models, not taking this seriously, out fashion show is around the corner, Jessi I told you to couch them¡± Fred was boiling obviously.


    Jessi stood up slowly.


    ¡°Sir, we are trying our best, the new girls are not professionals yet¡±.


    ¡°Then make them to be one, if you can¡¯t do this work, say so! Some of them are getting really fat no fitness, or ¡­¡±


    He stopped then turned to me.


    ¡°¡­.. Beauty!¡±


    I raised my eyebrows absentmindedly.


    They never called my name in this section of the meeting, beacuse all they talk about are the models and appearances.


    I stood up.


    ¡°Yes?¡±


    ¡°Excuse us for a few minutes, seeing your body size discourage those girls from keeping fit, they won¡¯t take me serious, when I talk about designs I will call you, no offense¡±.


    Not even a pin drop could be heard, for that moment. I guessed everyone felt it.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    Not even Jessi dare challenge him after that statement.


    I nced at each of my colleagues at the table, some of them feel bad for me, others amused.


    Thedies skin, beautiful jaw, nice shapes and beautiful hairs, all dressed in fashionable crop tops, except me.


    Yes sir¡±I nodded.


    Jessi¡¯s face turned pale, I am sure, she really wanted to say something to him, but afraid to lose her job.


    I got emotional, my legs shakes nervously


    I walked slowly out of the room. Just then I heard mockery chuckles from the room


    as I closed the door.


    **AUTHORESS¡¯S POV**


    After that statement of Fred, Jessi had it tight on the chest, she so much wanted to say something.


    ¡°I need to say something to this fool, I don¡¯t me him. I med Bruno for rejecting his dad¡¯s offer to take over thepany¡¯s management, with his reason of giving it to someone capable, he don¡¯t want to fly to the top but work hard to get there, now this piece of shit, thinks he is a god¡±.


    She clenched her fist as her thoughts got her even more angry.


    She opened her mouth to spill it bit someone else spoke first.


    ¡°¡­¡­ I don¡¯t think her presence will really affect these girls, and also she isn¡¯t fat but healthy, you added no offense, but your statement is quite offensive, she is the brain of thispany, her designs are really top-notch and¡­¡±.


    She looked at the speaker surprised, Bruno talked for the second time during meeting and all to defend Beauty?


    Why?


    How!


    She secretly wished Beauty was there to hear this again.


    Fred thick brows arched, he looked at Bruno.


    ¡°Mr Bruno, are you trying to counter my instructions, you asked me to be the manager, I never begged for it, why are you behaving like I owe you for this, if you don¡¯t want to work under me , talk to your dad to make you the manager and don¡¯t use that opportunity to disrespect me and make me your toy¡±.


    He snapped angrily.


    Bruno held his gaze coldly and said nothing.


    The room became heated by the dead stare from both sides.


    ¡°Gosh Fred is a big fool! I wish I can curse him physically, cursing him in my head isn¡¯t enough¡±.


    Jessi said to herself.


    Bruno sighed and stood up.


    ¡°I never meant to disrespect you, I said what¡¯s right, those words are harsh, I won¡¯t apologise for telling you that, keep your nasty tongue out of business, treat everyone with respect, especially Beauty¡±.


    Jessi felt like she had chills down her entire body.


    ¡°Especially Beauty? Oh dear how I wish you are here Beauty! You have a fan! Mr Bruno? This is werid but I am happy¡±.


    She screamed inside.


    Fred red eyes burned ragely, stared at Bruno blinklessly.


    At that point Fredwished he ain¡¯t the Boss¡¯s son, he could sack him with a click of his finger.


    ¡°Can we get back to our meeting, you guys are taking my time¡±.


    Kathy snapped scrolling through her phone with a carefree expression.


    ¡°Celine and Ivy stand¡±.


    Fred¡¯s assistant May, continued from where he stopped, as the Boss wasn¡¯t done with his dead stare battle with Bruno.


    The two models stood up.


    ¡°You will be given a chance to prove your worthiness, you have the lowest rankings, if you don¡¯t have have money for surgery then I am afraid you can¡¯t be part of this beautypany, fix yourselves¡±.


    ¡°Yes ma¡¯am¡±.


    They chorused sadly.


    Fred held up a hand to stop May from making further decisions.


    ¡°That¡¯s enough for today¡±.


    He announced.


    Everyone took their leave, Jessi wished for a knockout between the two but unfortunately she also had to leave.


    As soon as she left the room, Bruno stood up to leave, he was about to pull the door open.


    ¡°What is it with you and that fatty?¡±


    Fred folded his hands, his butt aganist the high conference table.


    Bruno paused.


    ¡°Did she like bribe you to defend her, that helpless mice, I don¡¯t want to think about the gross moment where she had to pull off her clothes, I love women too, but I have standards even if it¡¯s for one night stand¡±.


    ¡°Are you done?¡±


    Bruno finally replied.


    Fred chuckled and stood straight.


    ¡°Yes.. yes I am¡±.


    Bruno turned and walked back to him. Fred smirked and tucked his hands into the pocket waiting for a response or a reaction.


    Bruno stopped Infront of Fred then he smiled. That took all the courage inside of him and rece them with fear.


    He was a total different person no oneat thep has seen him smile.


    ¡°His smile is so evil, or did he intentional did that to scare me? Dang it, it¡¯s working¡±.


    Fred said clenching his nervous hands.


    Bruno was looking like a tall rigid wall Infront of him. He has never been intimidated by his presence and height as a 5¡¯8 man while Bruno is 6¡¯8.


    Possibly because of his humility but at this point, Fred couldn¡¯t stand it.


    Bruno leaned lower and whispered to his ears.


    ¡°One more word about her, I will show you even more interesting sides of me, trust me you have no idea¡±.

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    The next sound apart from his pounding heart heard by Fred was the loud bang of the door.


    Bruno left the room.


    He swallow and slowly pull his palm up to his face level.


    ¡°What the hell was that, my whole body is sweating, that fool, if only he is not the son of Hathaway..¡±


    He clenched his pink palm tightly.


    *****


    Jessi walked straight to Beauty¡¯s office


    but she wasn¡¯t there. She shook her head and went to the restroom, that¡¯s one ce Beauty would be hiding to cry after the embarrassment.


    She knocked on the doors and open to check the one she¡¯s in.


    Finally she got to the locked one.


    ¡°Beauty..?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m fine, I need to use the restroom¡±.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t ask¡±.


    Jessi replied then heard her run the waters to flush.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    Jessi shook her head, she believes that Beauty was really dramatic trying to decieve her that she actually used the toilet.


    Secondster, Beauty opened the door of the room, her eyes swollen, if she¡¯s a make up person, it would have been a nightmare and disaster.


    ¡°Girl you should have seen how Bruno puts Fred to his ce¡±.


    She washed her face , ignored Jessi and got out of the bathroom.


    ¡°Beauty?¡±


    Jessi sighed and followed her.


    Beauty sat down at her desk, Jessi got to her and held her hand.


    ¡°You are a strong woman Beauty, that¡¯s one thing I admire, one of the things that made you my friend¡±.


    Beauty looked up and saw her smiling at her.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    She murmured quietly and took out some files from her cabs.


    ¡°If you will excuse me I got to deliver this to Mrs Helen¡±.


    She said lowly.


    Jessi knew she is yet to cheer up.


    ¡°Alright¡±.


    She replied and went back to her own office.


    Mrs Helen is the eldest and ourpany¡¯s main designer.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I carried the files heading to Helen¡¯s office. As a senior designer, she got a separate office from the department to summit the designs.


    I pressed the doorbell.


    ¡°Come in¡±.


    Mrs Helen answered.


    ¡°How are you, most beautiful?¡¯


    I really don¡¯t want to blush, but she got me.


    I put down the folders on her desk, my face flushed.


    ¡°I am fine, thanks. I came to summit the designs, here is for the winter collection, and the demin and bikinis, I am still working on them¡±.


    I brought gave her a sh drive then started arranging the folders into her own cab.


    She took the shdrive and went through my designs.


    ¡°These are really amazing Beauty, you really are the brain of thispany, why not try designing for chubbydies, not all women are¡­you know skinny, we got the curvy beauties too¡±.


    She winked.


    I smiled back softly.


    ¡°I have to follow the Management¡¯s instructions ma¡¯am¡±.


    She sighed.


    ¡°That¡¯s right¡­ thanks for the designs will make a good piece out of them, take care okay?¡±


    ¡°Thanks for everything Mrs Helen, you are really nice , you are like the only person apart from Jessi who treats me like I am worth to be here¡±.


    I said trying not to clear.


    ¡°Don¡¯t be silly Sweetie, you are amazing, all you need is a little confidence, to love your body and unt thsoe curves, youa re the standard, don¡¯t let anyone say otherwise¡±.


    I was really breaking inside.


    I nodded and left the office before I cried out loudly.


    Outside the office I leaned on the door and covered my mouth.


    Tears streaming down my face.


    I went home that day, another day of humiliation.


    I had this pain throbbing ache in my head but I paid no attention.


    Certainly must be due crying, I made some food for dinner.


    Took a hot bath and went to bed. Exactly 11pm in the midnight, I had my body shaking from a high fever. I couldn¡¯t even see clearly. My eyes ache badly and my vision became blurry.


    I couldn¡¯t even sleep my eyes burn so much, I took a deep exhale, forced myself up from the bed.


    I held on the wall to get suport, my energy was drained I walked slowly heading to the kitchen, my hands on any object that can be a support to my weak muscle.


    I got to the kitchen table and sat to rest.


    Unsure why I made it to the kitchen, to get ice or hot water?


    I rested my head on the table, I had no energy to even stand up and walk anywhere.


    ¡°I am going to die tonight¡±.


    I cried.


    That made the headache worse. I groaned and rested my head on the table again.


    My body was shaking at the same thing my temperature was high.


    I couldn¡¯t help it, I slide down to the floor and hugged my knee, shivering.


    ¡°Please.. Jessi please..e and help.. me¡±.


    I know it would be hopeless, she can¡¯t just wake up and head to my ce at midnight, that¡¯s if this message was received on time.


    ¡°God help me¡±.


    I closed my eyes, hot tears dropping down my chin.


    ***AUTHORESS¡¯S POV***


    Bruno was working on hisptop when his phone beeped. He ignored it, nothing important he guessed.


    An hourter, he was done with his work, he removed his sses, rubbed his tired eyes and stared at the phone to check the time.


    It was a minutes past twelve in the morning but there¡¯s more a text message from Beauty.


    ¡°Beauty?¡±


    He gulped hard.


    He scrolled to the message box and read the message.


    ¡°Please Jessi, I am so sick,. I can¡¯t even see the text to type, can you save me, I can¡¯t survive this fever,.. If you can¡¯t I will understand¡±.


    Bruno stood up that instant.


    ¡°An hour ago!¡±


    He screamed inside and rushed to his wardrobe to change.

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    She must be disappointed to thinking this message was delivered to her friend.


    If the friend got the message, I am sure she would have done the same as I am doing now.


    He picked up his car keys and sent off for the garage.


    Settling in his he drew a deep breath, any heath care opened near me, he searched on his phone.


    He got lucky and found one.


    In a sh he drove out of thepound, as fast as he can.


    ***


    Beauty was lying in the same position, suddenly her phone started ringing.


    It was Bruno calling.


    She forced her head up and nced at the door which leads to her room, it looked like many miles away.


    ¡°Jessi..?¡±


    She mumbled, too weak to say another word.


    Bruno sighed.


    He had called fir about 20 times, it made him owrried if everything was okay.


    He pressed the door bell.


    That sound was like a motivation to Beauty.


    She is here!


    She thought out loud.


    ¡°Open it¡¯s unlocked¡±.


    Beauty murmured inaudibly.


    Bruno pressed the doorbell many times and finally trued a push. The door opened on its own ord.


    ¡°It was unlocked?¡±


    He asked himself in surprise then entered inside the house.


    ¡°Beauty!¡±


    He locked the door after


    There was no sounding from the room, he walked into the entire rooms calling her name.


    Finally he got to her bedroom and saw the duvet on the floor.. leading to the kitchen direction. He galnced twords the open door and found Beauty sleeping on the kitchen floor.


    ¡°Beauty!¡±


    He dropped all that he ad in his hand and ran to her.


    The heat on her was so much that he felt it.


    ¡°What a fever¡±.


    He carried her to the bedroom.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    The next morning, I opened my eyes, first time I noticed was that my headache¡¯s was gone. I tried to sit up, I felt a sharp throbbing on my head.


    I guess it¡¯s not all gone but I felt alot better.


    I also noticed I had my clothes changed.


    ¡°Jessi?¡±


    There was a noiseing from the kitchen, also an aroma.


    I was so downst night I didn¡¯t know when she came in and attended to me.


    God bless you Jessi.


    I smiled and pulled the duvet off me slowly.


    I groaned and stood up, started heading to the kitchen, a little bit stronger tagnst night, I walked slowly to the kitchen and opened the door.


    ¡°Jessi you made it, when did you..¡±


    I paused as I saw a tall shirtless man, cooking with the fly pan.


    ¡°Who are you?¡±


    My heart stopped, scared to death.


    He turned to me, and it¡¯s Bruno!


    ¡°You are awake¡±.


    He said softly.


    ¡°Bruno?¡±


    I gadoed then helf my head with my right hand.


    I felt a bit dizzy, I almost fall down due to the face reveal.


    ¡°Am I hallucinating?¡±


    I mumbled to myself.


    ¡°You need to eat before taking your drugs so I decided to make you something before you wake up, will be done in a few minutes¡±.


    He smiled.


    He smiled!


    Who is this man!


    This is not Bruno!


    ¡°You¡­how.. I¡­am confused¡±.


    ¡°You texted me instead of Jessi¡±.


    He replied.


    I looked at him in shock.


    ¡°I ¡­.. I¡­am sure it was Jessi that I¡­¡±


    I paused and remembered the name before Jessi was Bruno. I might have clicked on it instead die to my blurry vision.


    ¡°I am so sorry.. I didn¡¯t intent¡­¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s fine¡­I.. am d to help¡±.


    He smiled again.


    ¡°You changed my clothes?¡±


    I flushed and looked down.


    ¡°I¡­apologize for that, I had to pull off the clothes due to your temperature, I didn¡¯t mean any harm¡±.


    I nodded.


    He is gay afterall, I turned to lewv etge kitchen but hit my leg aganist the door.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    He rushed to me.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    ¡°Yeah.. its just¡­¡±


    Before I could say a word, he carried me in his arms. My breath ceased that instant, I feel so tiny in his arms, as big as I am.


    Hey me down on the bed.


    ¡°You need to reserve the energy¡±.


    I nodded.


    He walked back to the kitchen my eyes followed him. Just then my phone rang it was Jessi.


    ¡°What if shees and sees him here¡±.


    I took my phone and texted her that I won¡¯t be able to make it to work, but I will visit her tonight.


    She replied ¡°okay, take care¡±.


    I sighed and put the phone down beside me.


    Bruno got back few minutester and gave me the pancakes he made, and the cup of tea.


    ¡°Sorry I am not very good at cooking¡±.


    He said rubbing his hands together.


    Is he nervous?


    Why on earth would a person like this acre about what I think?


    I heisted then took them, I took a bite into the pancake.


    He did awful probably first time cooking.


    I forced myself to take them regardless of it¡¯s taste, he worked hard to do this.


    I couldn¡¯t even look up, I was too shy to so that, I can¡¯t help but argue within me why I am favoured by him to care so much about me.


    I was done with the food.


    ¡°Thanks I enjoyed¡­¡±


    I raise my face to look at him and found him dozing off, he was sitting on the floor beside my bed, resting his back on the wall.


    ¡°He must be stressed out, I better let him be¡±.


    I put out the dishes to the kitchen and surprisely the kitchen was sparkling clean I expected a mess up sight.


    I came back and found him sleeping on the floor.


    ¡°I had to wake him up¡±.


    I walked to him and tapped his shoulder gently.


    ¡°Mr Bruno¡±.


    He opened his red eyes and stood up.


    ¡°Are you done eating?¡±


    ¡°Yes.. thanks, it was amazing¡±.


    I replied, my face flushed.


    ¡°I am sure it¡¯s awful, but I appreciate, now you have to take your medicine¡±.


    He said imma and went to get a bag from the table.


    ¡°Emmm¡­ Bruno, I can take care of myself now, you need to rest¡±.


    He yed deaf to my words bad got a ss.


    ¡°Here take these pills¡±.


    ¡°I will ¡­not now¡±.


    I replied, he was quick to figure it out.


    ¡°You don¡¯t like pills¡±.


    ¡°No.. ofcourse i am not a child¡±.


    ¡°Then take it right now, in front of me¡±.


    He gave them to me and hand over the ss of water.


    I frowned and forced them into my mouth, I quickly drank the water but was slow to swallow, the drugs melted in my mouth. I felt like throwing up.


    Instantly he pinched my nose, I forced them down my throat and gasped for air.

 LUCKY

    Shamefully I didn¡¯t look up to him. He picked up his stuffs.


    ¡°I think you will be morefortable when I leave, thank a week off work, don¡¯t worry will talk to Ferd. I will call¡±.


    He said and put on his shirt, picked up his stuffs.


    Did I offend him unaware?


    He was about to leave the room.


    ¡°Sir Bruno.. sorry Bruno?¡±


    He paused and looked back.


    ¡°You are a life saver thanks, I will never forget this¡±.


    He nodded and left.


    I fell back on the bed and closed my eyes.


    ¡°Not again, why do It allways had to be him in my worst situations¡±.


    *****


    2 days, I resumed work, Jessi was angry because she thought I would stay home for a week as Bruno suggested but I can¡¯t wait to resume work again.


    A minute ago I received an email for mr Bruno, I have to deliver it to him, I never wanted to, after what happened, I was very shy to interact with him again, I had ignored his calls out if nervousness.


    Unfortunately it¡¯s my job to do this, so there¡¯s no escape.


    I looked over towards his office, he is not there, I got up and walked to Jessi.


    ¡°Do you know where Mr Bruno is?¡±


    ¡°I think he is in the photo department, check him there¡±.


    I nodded and walked towards the corridor.


    ¡°Emmm Beauty can you throw this into the trash for me?¡±


    May , Ferd¡¯s assistant ordered, she extended her hand holding an empty smoothie can her ssic finger nails matched with the colour of the bottle , would make one think she choosed it for that purpose.


    I made a move to ept but then Jessi cuts in.


    ¡°You are not handicapped. May, are you? Kathy is enough pain, don¡¯t even try imitate her..¡±She snapped.


    ¡°I never mentioned you, Jessi, and who is imitating kathy, Beauty is an adult who can her own make decisions, stop barking like a bit*ch.. she is not your daughter¡±.


    Jessi stood up ready to go physical with her. I had to stop her before things get heated.


    ¡°I dare you May, because Ferd have seen your tiny tities, will never make you toy with me¡±.


    ¡°Jessi¡­. please¡±.


    I tried to calm her.


    ¡°Really , you dragged the manager into this, you are really stubborn, ain¡¯t scared of losing your job right? You got alot of nerves, but you gonna cry soon¡±.


    May snapped back.


    ¡°May¡­¡±.


    She looked at me angrily and hissed, ignoring me.


    Then she threw the can into the trash and went back to her desk.


    ¡°That¡¯s it, you take your own shit by yourself, you can¡¯t order her around , your no boss of her, you can only toy with Fred on bed don¡¯t you toy with my friend¡±.


    I rolled my eyes in frustration.


    ¡°Please Jessi it¡¯s okay, please just stop already¡±.


    I pleaded.


    ¡°You¡¯re just jealous of our rtionship! Bitter bitch!¡±This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    Angry May suddenly pped back.


    Oh great , she got mad and they are not going to listen to me, I decided to let them be.


    I walked out of the office and went towards the photo department.


    Just like Jessi suggested, luckily I found him.


    He was supervising a photoshoot of the new models.


    I envied each of them, their body proportions, slim waist and that spot lights


    I walked slowly over to him.


    ¡°Mr Bruno¡±I whispered.


    He turned and gazed at me, his gaze could make anydy jealous of not having him to herself alone.


    I felt my ear hot probably red with shyness.


    He said something to the camera man, and walked over to me.


    He was staring into my soul, I can¡¯t believe I was the one to avoid stares, he used to be the emo, the awkward one.


    ¡°You have a mail from my inbox, should I send ¡­.¡±.


    ¡°So what¡¯s going on here¡­.¡±


    Mr Hathaway asked, same moment, his manager Ferd walked in and greeted him respectively, his assistant must have told him that, Mr Hathaway was in thepany at the moment.


    ¡°Look at him all saint up¡±.


    I mumbled to myself.


    ¡°Sir, the new models are in for the photoshoots¡±


    The director of photography replied.


    ¡°Where¡¯s Kathy?¡±


    Mr Hathaway demanded.


    ¡°I am here, I will be next for the photoshoots¡±.


    Kathy walked , wearing ourtest designer lingarie.


    A make up artist followed, was about getting her ready for the photoshoot.


    I just stood there like a Christmas tree, same with Bruno and some other trainees too.


    ¡°I have a suggestion¡±, Kathy snapped all of a sudden.


    She brought out her phone from her F&F customized bag and showed Mr Hathaway.


    ¡°I found this trending on Twitter, guess what , this is an eye opener..¡±.


    We all listened attentively , unsure what the image is all about.


    She continued,¡±It¡¯s a pic of our prince charming, dear Bruno, funny this image of him got even more rating than our summer designs, what if he model our designs¡­¡±.


    Her eyes sparks with excitement.


    ¡°Think about it! He is a fashion icon, so it¡¯s not a big deal if he model for his ownpany right?¡±she continued.


    Everyone agreed to that. Kathy yed her cards well, all she wanted was to work with Bruno for the photoshoot, that chance everygirl dream of, a chance to caress his hard abs and feel his touch and maybe get him to fall .. inlove¡­


    She breaks in my thought


    ¡°He is handsome and perfect visual, with the both of us as the face of thispany, I know we will take it to the next level and¡­¡±


    ¡°Kathy I am not a model¡±.


    Bruno interrupted, with finality in his tone and arched brows.


    Mr Hathaway cuts in.


    ¡°Well son, for the good of thispany, you will have to model our designs, not a big deal, don¡¯t you want ourpany to stand out?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t think I can do this¡­ there are professional male models to do the job¡±.


    He opposed.


    ¡°Ofcourse you can! You look better than the models. Fred will take over from here¡±.


    Mr Hathaway instructed and left the room.


    Bruno was choiceless, he seem really ufortable with the situation, but he was very gentle to argue and fight for his own choice.


    My gaze shifted from Kathy getting ready for the couple photoshoot then to Bruno.


    I didn¡¯t notice at first that he was staring but then our eyes met, he didn¡¯t even blink, it¡¯s like they¡¯re asking for permission to go on or what?


    I looked at Kathy to Mr Ferd, then back to him, unsure how to react to his intense stare.


    Did they say anything about me and I didn¡¯t know?


    Why is he still staring at me, am I the one staring at him?


    Bruno sighed.


    ¡°Alright I am in¡±.


    Wow, what¡¯s that all about?


    The new models cheered loudly, having a guy like Bruno in their modeling department, is a dreame true.


    Kathy rushed to grab him like a hungry dog.


    The lights got set, and the photographers were getting ready for their shots, also the editing team.


    I stood far at the corner of the room, watching everything, waiting to speak one on one with him so I can deliver my message.


    ¡°Please Pull off your shirt, sir Bruno¡±


    The director instructed.


    ¡°Do I have to?¡±


    ¡°Yes please, get close to her, be more romantic, don¡¯t be stiff, you can have a skin ship too¡±.


    Lucky Kathy , her smiling eyes says it all, I wish I was the one in her ce, but it can never happen not with a weight like mine and this face.


    The jealousy was obviously written on the faces of other female models.


    Bruno approached me unbuttoning his shirt.


    My heart leaped, I gulped hard, unsure why he wasing to my direction.

 COMPLICATED

    I can see through his transparent white singlet how huge his chest was, I gulped hard again , and fist tightened, I think I need to hydrate.


    He turned his back to me.


    ¡°Help me please¡±.


    ¡°Huh?¡±


    ¡°With the shirt¡­¡±


    ¡°Oh¡­ ok¡­¡±.


    I pulled off the shirt, never seen such an athesthetic body.


    ¡°Damn he is hot!!¡±


    I screamed in my head.


    This heart breaker is all round perfection.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    He replied gently, breaking in my thoughts then he went ahead to take the photos.


    He doesn¡¯t look happy, and looks like he was forcing it.


    ¡°Sir Bruno stop please, you kept looking away from the camera, what¡¯s with the distraction?¡±.


    The photographerined, he looked pissed, Kathy¡¯s loud hiss was heard that instant.


    Everyone got in front of theptop to point the mistakes, I peeped from the back.


    He was looking over towards my side? Why?


    ¡°First timer, i don¡¯t think so, because you have been in magazine covers even as a child model, what¡¯s with the distraction?¡±


    The crew started mumbling.


    ¡°Please patience, everyone patience please, can we take more , Sir Bruno you have to focus on the camera Please, let¡¯s get it right everyone¡±.


    The director instructed again breaking into my thoughts.


    Kathy looked so pissed.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°I need a break¡±.


    Bruno told Ferd.


    Ferd wasn¡¯t pleased at all but Bruno¡¯s father is in thepany, he dare not belittle Bruno.


    ¡°Whatever¡±


    He replied.


    Bruno walked over to me.


    ¡°You.. you are sweating¡±.


    I said and handed over a handkerchief from my pocket.


    He took it and thanked me.


    ¡°Like I was say¡­


    Before I could finish he held me by my hand and walked me out of the office.


    I didn¡¯t ask him anything, I was silent curious to know what he is up to, every head we passed by turned to our direction.


    We got outside thepany building finally.


    ¡°What happened?¡±


    I asked him curious.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    ¡°Get into the car, trust me¡±


    I replied.


    She must be really curious to know what I am up to, I love how, she didn¡¯t argue and trusted me, as soon she got into the car, I closed the door and joined her.


    ¡°I am trying to get away from work¡±I replied and sighed deeply.


    ¡°What , but you are addicted to your work¡±.


    She question surprisly.


    ¡°Yeah¡±I replied slowly like i was going to regret itter, but I feel like talking to her , and being with her, maybe I was addicted to work but not anymore, I am addicted to something else.


    I stared at her , she turned to me, our eye met, I quickly looked away.


    ¡°Well I am d you getting off your addiction, you can¡¯t work everytime, it¡¯s not healthy¡±She said softly.


    I looked at her and smiled, d she cares about me.


    ¡°So where are we going exactly?¡±


    She asked.


    ¡°Paradise valley¡±.


    ¡°I heard it¡¯s the most romantic ce for dinners, the ce is expensive. wait why are we going to this ce exactly¡±.


    ¡°It¡¯s not meant for couples only, we are just two single co_workers going there to chill, there¡¯s much more to life than just romance¡±I replied.


    I said without even knowing the meaning of what I just said.


    She sighed deeply.


    ¡°Tell me about it¡±.


    The way she said that made me chuckle softly.


    ¡°You ¡­justughed?¡±


    She asked innocently, and curious , she effortlessly funny and cute.


    ¡°Thanks to you, I did¡±.


    The silence after that statement was so intense, but not as intense as our eyes staring into each other.


    She looked away immediately.


    ¡°Beauty?¡±


    ¡°Yes?¡±


    She turned to me.


    My eyes went to her lips, I blinked and gulped.


    ¡°Can.. help me get the leather bag, on the back seat please¡±.


    ¡°Which one?¡±she asked looking at the backseat.


    I watched through the the front mirror.


    ¡°The ck one¡±.


    We reached our destination, I stopped at the parking lot.


    Meanwhile she¡¯s still struggling to get the nylon.


    ¡°I can¡¯t grab it¡­¡±She said frustrated, I think I should help out.


    ¡°Let me help you¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry! I got it ¡­.¡±.


    Same time I looked back at the backseat our faces crashed on eachother


    but the lips brushed against each other slightly, one thing is sure, I like the feeling of this, I wanted more but still it was unexpected, I freezed.


    Ours eyes staring into each other¡¯s, hers looked more shocked, it was totally unexpected.


    Then she pushed me back, impulsively.


    I got cold feet, should I talk first, I turned to her but ended up ncing at her lips, hungry for more.


    I forced my face back to the front, then I guess I was addicted to looking at her.


    She closed her eyes probably embarrassed, her fingers were shaking nervously.


    I have to do something, and apologize, it¡¯s a mistake, but I have to respect her and apologize so she won¡¯t feel bad.


    I held her shivering hand gently.


    She opened her eyes, they¡¯re wet, she was staring at me sadly, My eyes won¡¯t get off her face down her lips.


    I wanted to apologise but I was obsessed and heed over heels that moment, and also stupid.


    I kissed her this time I opened my mouth , she went along with it, or so I thought, but the next reaction proved me wrong. She gave me a very resounding p, it did get me back to my senses.


    ¡°Open the door I want to go down!!¡±


    She tried to hold back her emotions.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry.. I didn¡¯t mean to.. hurt¡±.


    ¡°Just open the damn door ¡­¡±.


    ¡°I wasn¡¯t toying with you, I¡­ really¡±.


    Her face made me stop talking. I opened the car door.


    She stepped out and banged the odor angrily.


    I sighed with my eyes closed, I messed up , I never wanted this, I just want to spend time with her and have a conversation.


    I got up and went after her.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I wasn¡¯t thinking straight or looking at the direction, where I was going, mumbling to myself.


    I am just something for him to y with, he must have noticed I liked him , and think I should be made a toy, and maybe in two months he will dump me and call me ugly and fat.. just like others.


    Mr Bruno? A man like that having feelings for me, Ha!


    He thinks I¡¯m a fool? He could have anydy in this universe, and then he want me? I maybe be fat but I am not stupid.


    Along the way, I bumped into someone, embarrassed to look up at first.


    ¡°I am so sorry¡±.


    I apologized politely.


    ¡°Beauty?¡±


    That voice? I had to look up, raising my head to look at the speaker, my face turned paler.


    What a day!


    ¡°Beauty what are you doing in a ce like this?¡±


    Heughed.

 Bumped into an ex

    In front of me stood Tim, my ex boyfriend and first love , who dumped me after our first night then went on and mocked me infront of his friends.


    He was wrapped up arm to arm with a beautiful slenderdy, she Isn¡¯t the person he cheated on me with, but she looked very beautiful, that I was jealous of her, her body proportions were insane, the beauty standard lot of man crave for.


    ¡°Well¡­I¡­I ..¡±.


    I don¡¯t know what to say, what am I doing in a ce like this without a date.


    Just then Bruno caught up with us, and stood behind me like a guard would do.


    ¡°Who is this?¡±Nathan asked, his face looked really envious looking at Bruno.


    He looked intimidated by his height and appearance I guess.


    Mr bruno is that type of man that can make good looking men appear stupid.


    I sighed deeply.


    ¡°My co_worker and Boss¡¯s son¡±.


    ¡°He looked familiar though¡±.


    Thedy with him contributed, gazing very hard at Bruno.


    ¡°Hy I am Nathan, her ex boyfriend¡±.


    He extended his hand towards Bruno.


    I cursed what a day for me, this is so shameful.


    ¡°Ex boyfriend? Your loss¡±.


    Bruno said calmly, and epted his handshake


    Nathan got mad at that statement and pulled his hand off from the handshake roughly.


    ¡°I am sure it¡¯s the opposite, no one would be happy to skip on a hippo everynight¡±.


    Nathan sneered and faked augh, his new girlfriend joined him.


    ¡°You must have dated alot of animals, so you finally settled for¡­..(he nce over at thedy with him) a worm?¡±


    ¡­


    Oh no! What are they doing? I stole a nce at the girl, she felt that but she seem to like Bruno not minding his words.


    ¡°Guys why don¡¯t we go to a ce and talk things out huh? I am Stacy by the way¡±.


    His new girl seem nice, she offered me a handshake, I epted and smiled back awkwardly.


    ¡°I am Bea¡±.


    At this point I don¡¯t want anyone to mock me because of my name.


    Stacy wasn¡¯t even offended by their argument.


    We got into the hotel, romantic garden, we got a table for four and sat down.


    Bruno pulled the chair for me, and help me with the order.


    I wished he didn¡¯t, Nathan would think I am now Bruno¡¯s y thing, that¡¯s why he is acting nice to me.


    After minutes of silence, Nathan started.


    ¡°I apologise for everything Beauty, if you are holding any grudge against me please forgive me¡±.


    I looked up shocked at that statement, it was unexpected.


    Is this the same Nathan that dumped me years ago, apologizing?


    Maybe he¡¯s changed, I going to tear up.


    ¡°It¡¯s fine, we are good Nathan¡±.


    ¡°I just want myou to understand, I reallly can¡¯t keep up with the snores and drolling at night, the fish smell, the odours, the heaviness..¡±


    Dude is still same as*h**e.


    ¡°I understand you Nathan, you can stop apologizing I have forgiven you long ago, you are not going to experience all of that anymore, you got a better woman now¡±.


    I cuts in, I know what he is doing, to make me feel bad again, what did I ever do to him, to deserve all this humiliation.


    Nathan turned to Bruno.


    ¡°So you are her co_worker? What are you two doing here I mean this ce is nothing like an office rted¡±.


    He asked Bruno with a mocking grin but Bruno simply ignored him.


    Just thenn Stacy screamed in high pitch tone.


    ¡°Oh my! Now I get it, I knew it¡±.


    We all turned to her confused .


    ¡°I said it , you looked like someone familiar, you are .. Bruno Hathaway, the young billionaire and heart stealer, my favorite fashion idol, oh my! I am following you on all social media tforms, I love you so much. I am a huuuuge fan, oh my gosh!¡±


    Stacy snapped excitedly at Bruno.


    ¡°Can you lower your voice please¡±Nathan snapped angrily at her.


    The exciteddy nodded, Nathan jealousy was obvious.


    ¡°Well Some rumours also had it that he is also gay¡±.


    Nathan continued.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with gay people?¡±Stacy fired at him.


    ¡°Well the rumours are wrong, I am sexually attracted todies¡±.


    Bruno said slowly.


    ¡°Aw that¡¯s sweet¡±.


    Stacy snapped and winked, smiling sheepishly at Bruno.


    Stacy kept getting flirty with Bruno even in Nathan¡¯s presence.


    The food we ordered were brought to us, I was nervous about the whole conversation so I rushed the soup and spilled it on my body.


    My face nked out with shame.


    ¡°Oops sorry¡±


    Stacy said to me.


    Before I could get my handkerchief from my bag, Bruno already got his and quickly started cleaning the stains.


    ¡°Are you hurt?¡±


    He asked in a whisper.


    I ignored him, I knew Nathan must be staring at us.


    ¡°Let me see your palm?¡±


    Bruno said, I hesitated then showed him.


    He damped my palm with his handkerchief and gave me to clean my chest andps.


    After I couldn¡¯t look up, I was so embarrassed, I know I will embarrass myself infront of Nathan.


    ¡°I wish I had someone to look at me the way Bruno Hathaway looks at you, it¡¯s like his eye is meant only for your body, fixed, are you guys really co_workers? because I love this chemistry¡±.


    Stacy suddenly gushed.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    I nced at Bruno, same thing he looked at me , our eyes met.


    I adjusted a little from him.


    ¡°He got a target , once he gets it, my old friend will be broken again¡±Nathan said with a smirk and drank his wine.


    ¡°Come on babe, don¡¯t sound so shallow, not all Men are like that¡±


    Stacy cuts in.


    ¡°So apart from gossiping like a woman, and being shorter than three of us, what else you do for a living?¡±


    Nathan¡¯s drink went into his throat that instant and he had to cough.


    Bruno said something that offensive with a straight face nad a calm voice.

 TAKE ME BACK

    Till now I never realized that I am a little taller than Nathan. His new girlfriend is a talldy too. He had a great visual but not blessed with a good height.


    ¡°Excuse me!¡±


    Nathan sounded furious.


    His girlfriend was holding back herughter, she is really a crazy fan girl for Bruno, whatever he does seem perfect to her.


    ¡°I just ask you a question, don¡¯t burn your throat¡±.


    Bruno said calmly again.


    Bruno might be quiet but once he open his mouth, he is really a different person.


    Worse he was savage in a gentle way.


    ¡°Who the hell you think you are?¡±


    Bruno looked at Stacy.


    ¡°Please tell him about me¡±.


    I am certain Stacy will disappoint Nathan, from the way her eyes sparkles when Bruno told her that.


    ¡°Alright babe, this man right here is perfect.. he is Bruno Hathaway. He is my crush, my everything, he got everything when I say¡­everything, I mean look at him¡±.


    The look on Nathan¡±s was priceless beyond embarrassed.


    ¡°Shut up bitch , can you just listen to yourself!¡±


    He yelled at Stacy and left the table angrily.


    I have known Nathan for years and I could tell he was really mad. I unintentionally got angry too, well I still have a slight feeling for Nathan.


    ¡°What are you doing, bodyshaming him?¡±


    I whispered to Bruno.


    He ignored me like I did to him minutes ago.


    ¡°Well I saw thating maybe I am the next in line¡±


    I stood up and went after Nathan.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV*


    I took a shot from my wine ss angrily staring untill she¡¯s out of sight.


    I sighed and burried my hand over my face.


    This is frustrating, I wanted to hold her back but I can¡¯t I don¡¯t want to be seen as a toxic obsessive creep.


    She¡¯s not even my girlfriend.


    Suddenly Stacy cleared her throat, I hesitated then looked up my facial expressions showing everything but interested in her.


    ¡°I know you are into her but hey I am here too, like I exist, she¡¯s not the only girl on this table, she¡¯s like a 3, I am more beautiful and sexier¡­. and¡±.


    I shifted my gaze towards the direction they went to, drumming my fingers Impatiently.


    ¡°Hello are you listening?¡±


    Stacy cuts into my thoughts.


    I stood up and checked my time then sat back down, ignoring her existence.


    ¡°Dude they left a few minutes ago, you are already sweating¡±.


    Seeing that I had ignored her, she switched her words.


    ¡°So she is still a co_worker? When are you going to confess to her? Like seriously what did you find attractive in that body of hers¡±.


    I ignored her again but she never give up.


    ¡°Look I am ady, I can help you get her if you want¡±.


    That got my attention, I looked at her.


    She smirked and continued.


    ¡°Really seriously, you want to go for her, I mean even Beyonce Queen bey won¡¯t turn you down if she¡¯s single at the moment¡±.


    ¡°You said you going to help me¡±.


    I replied throwing those words into the trash.


    ¡°This is my number call me with it I will exin¡±.


    She gave me a card and winked.


    ¡°You can just tell me here¡±.


    I replied a bit triggered by her games.


    ¡°I am smarter than that darling¡±.


    She replied and smiled broadly at me.


    I frowned back at her and took the card.


    ¡°We should probably check them out, Andre told me he wanted a quickie, maybe they¡¯re quicking in there¡±.


    My eyes rose up to meet my hair line in shock.


    ¡°Yeah I know, now calm down she¡¯s just a co worker remember, and now happens to meet her ex, they will ¡­. ¡±


    Before she could finish, I got up and rushed towards the direction, looking for them.


    Stacy followed me like a puppy.


    ¡°Check the restroom¡±she suggested.


    My fist tighten.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    ¡°I am sorry Beauty, eversince we broke up I realize you are the best friend I ever had, I did all that to make you feel bad, and I am sorry, I lost you and I know I post someone who loved me with her whole heart and a rare gem, I know I stand no chance toplete with that Bruno over you, but I really miss you..¡±.


    Those words brought tears onto my eyes.


    ¡°We had the most beautiful moment of my life then¡±I replied.


    ¡°I wish I can turn back the hand of time Beauty, I won¡¯t let anything get in-between us¡±.


    Beauty was left speechless, her heart pounding heavily,, he looked so sincere.


    He sobbed and held my hand.


    ¡°Please Beauty, will you ever forgive me?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ve already forgiven you, Nathan¡±.


    ¡°I love you Beauty¡±.


    ¡°I ¡­I really think you should I will think about it¡±.


    ¡°What¡¯s there to think about? We love each other don¡¯t we?¡±he persuaded.


    ¡°I¡­.. I..¡±.


    Beauty remembered the kiss she shared with Bruno.


    His confessions could it be true? No way it can be true, I am wag out of his league.


    She was still lost in thought when Nathan pulled her into an embrace with soft whispers.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°Please Beauty, don¡¯t punish me this way¡±.


    Beauty¡¯s eyes widened, the only sound she was hearing that was her heat beat racing against his hard chest, Nathan¡¯s hands raking her hair made her body itchy, he is a good looking young man, capable of getting any woman of his choice and worse this man is not just a man bit her ex boyfriend, he knows her body very well.


    ¡°Beauty you are hesitating¡±.


    He broke into her thoughts.


    ¡°Well what do expect I dive into your arms after everything¡±.


    Beauty replied tearing up.


    ¡°Tell me Beauty, are you inlove with him?¡±


    Beauty looked up at him dumbfounded, she couldn¡¯t give an answer she looked away.

 I DO CARE

    ¡°If there was no him, would you have considered me, you love me don¡¯t you?¡±


    His hand slides down to her waist and grabbed her behind, and squeezed.


    Beauty gasped out in but before she couldin his lips sealed hers, he was good and very well experienced and for some reason Beauty didn¡¯t even struggle, she kissed him like she missed him.


    Just then Bruno opened the door and saw them.


    Before Beauty could get a chance to exin, Nathan was ripped from her side and tossed out of the room.


    ¡°Sir Bruno¡±.


    Beauty gasped.


    She never expected such from a man as gentle as him.


    Bruno rushed back before Beauty could stop him, he tossed him again into the air and he crashed down on a table, which created a scene.


    ¡°How dare youy a finger on her¡±.


    He screamed at Nathan, his voice was so loud, he is like a totally different person.


    Bruno jumped on him throwing fists on his face.


    Beauty cringed at the first smack and the bleeding cut on Nathan¡¯s mouth.


    ¡°Bruno, stop, what is with you?¡±


    Beauty snapped.


    Stacy found it amusing, Beauty expected her to defenf her lover but she seem to be fangirling over Bruno.


    Bruno was about to throw hands again.


    ¡°Stop it Bruno!¡±


    Beauty snapped back and quickly rushed to hold him back from beating to death.


    ¡°Who are you, bloody simp!¡±


    Nathan snapped.


    Bruno¡¯s teeth clenched as he threw another punch to his eye.


    ¡°Bruno don¡¯t kill him him, he isn¡¯t fighting back, someone call the security!¡±


    Beauty snapped, afriad that the fight will get even more serious than this.


    Actually Nathan did fought back but waspletely overpowered, he decided to y the victim.


    He turned and cast a quick re, his vicious look scared her for a minute her heart stopped, he looked so wild, that look was nothing like the business man, this is the same who won¡¯t even exchange words over a silly argument or even engage in a long conversation with anybody


    .


    He was looking like a wild wolf with a cut through his skin.


    ¡°What¡­ you still love him?¡±his voice thundered.


    ¡°What?¡±


    Beauty blinked then she arched her brows, ¡°Well that¡¯s none of your business¡­¡±.


    ¡°After all he did? Can¡¯t you see he is using you, I can¡¯t believe you kissed him!¡±he snapped so loud that fear gripped Beauty making her glitch a little.


    Seeing how scared she is , he eventually let go of Nathan.


    Nathan struggled to stand by himself , supporting with unfocused eyes, blood dribbling thickly from his misshapen nose, he jumped on Bruno and started hitting him.


    ¡°Nathan!¡±


    Beauty yelled.


    He continued hitting Bruno, the security came and took him away , Stacy left with him.


    After he was gone, Beauty and Bruno both stood there frozen staring at eachother.


    ¡°You have no right to ask me that question! He is my ex boyfriend, I can do whatever I want with him¡±.


    Beauty started, my fingers shaking nervously, tears rolling down her cheeks.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry I didn¡¯t mean to make you cry¡±


    He replied with his calmest voice.


    ¡°Oh please I am not crying, I am only angry because you just abused him, Nathan was my boyfriend¡±.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    She said cleaning off off face roughly.


    ¡°I was worried about you¡±.


    Bruno replied calmly again.


    ¡°I don¡¯t need you to worry about me, billions of girls out there will be d if you do it for them, I am not stupid okay, the earlier you tell me what you really want from me the better for the both of us¡±.


    She snapped back.


    He was silent, he stare down.


    ¡°I know I sound stupid, even though I loved Bruno more than my three past boyfriends, I am scared if I give room for him in my heart, a man like him is definitely a heart breaker, I won¡¯t survive it¡±.


    Beauty said to herself.


    ¡°I am not good with words, Beauty. I . .. I do¡­care about you¡­more than anything¡±.


    He replied still not looking up.


    ¡°I understand that, so that¡¯s why you kissed me back then, if I didn¡¯t stop you, you will have your way and then vanish¡±.


    I sobbed loudly.


    His eyebrow squeezed into a frown, he met her eyes, her heart skipped a beatat that instance.


    ¡°That was my first kiss, I don¡¯t care if you don¡¯t believe me, I agree I was rude and careless by forcing a kiss and this time I was toxic towards your beloved ex boyfriend, I apologise for all this, let¡¯s forget it ever happened, thank you¡±.


    He said with finality and left, as soon as he was gone, Beauty felt this huge void in her.


    She stood there crying silently, those words aren¡¯t even threatening but they scare her.


    Her phone ranged, it starled her. She cleaned her face , and checked the caller, it was Jessi.


    I drew a deep breath and answered.


    ¡°I have been calling you for hours, where re you , the CEO won¡¯t take it likely with you, also do you know where Bruno is, he¡­.¡±


    Beauty hung up without letting her finish.

 ENEMIES

    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I went home devastated. I couldn¡¯t control myself, I cried for hours till I had a serious aching in my head.


    That night I didn¡¯t sleep well,


    I thought of him, Sir Bruno¡­


    Did he really mean those words , he said to me?


    It can¡¯t be possible.


    A man like Bruno inlove with someone like me?


    I shouldn¡¯t be too naive, I have learnt alot of lessons, so I fall for this again then I am such a coward.


    I sighed deeply


    Te next morning, I woke up earlier, dressed for work, I put on my office wear, and my shoes got ready to go, picked up my phone then my notifications popup sounded on my phone, I had to check.


    This week is our trip!


    We always have this trip once every year, this year we are invited by the best fashionpany in paris for coboration.


    Also we will visit Columbia for fashion tour. I so muchlove their culture.


    I scroll through thepany¡¯s group chat.


    Yesterday, the meeting was held but, I wasn¡¯t present in that meeting. I am so dead, Ferd will kill me.


    I quickly picked up my bag and rushed out


    . I waved at an iing cab, the driver was on speed, he drove past me and before hitting the brake.


    He whined down the window.


    I leaned forward.


    ¡°Hathaway F&pany please¡±.


    ¡°You know the price¡±.


    He replied and opened the car door.


    ¡°Sure, thanks¡±


    I went in the car and shut the door , he speed off.


    I got to thepany, coincidentally at same time Mr Bruno came down from his car. I immediately yed blind avoiding any means of eye contact.


    His suitcase and others were collected by his assistant, his bodyguard followed him till the entrance of thepany.


    I sighed, paid the cab driver.


    I waited for few minutes before going in to thepany.


    ¡°Beauty!¡±


    Someone screamed my name


    I turned and found Jessi, she was frowning like an unsatisfied housewife.


    She walked towards me like an angry boss


    ¡°You owe me an exnation, and girl you are in trouble, a huge one¡±.


    She took me by the hand, we walked to my post.


    ¡°Now tell me what¡¯s up with you, yesterday I was asking you a question you hung up, I tried calling you back but you blocked my line¡±.


    Beauty chuckled akwardly.


    ¡°Are we still going today?¡±


    ¡°Answer my question first!¡±


    She snapped.


    ¡°I promise it¡¯s nothing, if there¡¯s anything else I will let you know trust me¡±.


    I replied.


    ¡°You are really strange these days Beauty¡±.


    She sighed.


    Just then Bruno walked towards us, I feel bothered, is heing over to take to me, I have a lot to say to him too.


    Should I?


    There¡¯s no need to apologize, he said we should act like it never happened, apologizing will make me look desperate.


    ¡°Jessi¡±.


    Jessi and I turned to him.


    ¡°Yes¡­. Bruno?¡±


    She gasped in surprise.


    ¡°Can you help me out with some stuff please¡±.


    He tilted his head and smiled.


    Did he just smiled at her?


    ¡°OMG how cute¡­how can I say no to that face.. of yours¡±


    She panicked creating a scene, then shook me in excitement.


    ¡°He is so handsome, Beauty!¡±


    I faked a smile.


    She finally calmed down and replied.


    ¡°Ofcourse Bruno, anything you want¡±.


    ¡°Thanks¡±


    He replied, and left pretending I was invisible.


    Not like I care!


    Not like he is doing that to make me feel bad.


    I am not even with the stress, a man like Bruno doing such to get at me, it¡¯s downgrading.


    Jessi cuts into my thoughts.


    ¡°That¡¯s odd, he never ask anyone for help except maybe you, I will take my chances, oh my goodness he is so hot even his requests sounds so romantic, I wonder if he will ask me to do some naughty things too¡±.


    She winked at me.


    ¡°Goodluck, he is not really my type, what¡¯s so special about him anyway, why you all crazy for him, I am over him, he is just a pretty face¡±.


    ¡°And a great height¡±.


    Jessi contributed.


    I rolled my eyes,¡±A great height¡±.


    ¡°A perfect body?¡±


    ¡°A perfect body¡±.


    ¡°And a green g?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t see any green¡±.


    I pouted.


    ¡°Really?¡±she asked surprised.


    ¡°Ye¡­ ah..¡±


    I scratched my ear, nervously.


    ¡°Oh I get it¡±.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    She chuckled.


    ¡°What?¡±


    I snapped angrily.


    ¡°Nothing ¡­ bae ¡­ nothing¡±


    She nced at me and shook her head, then left for Bruno¡¯s office.


    I sat down , sighed deeply.


    ¡°Why am I jealous that he asked Jessi for help¡­I am giving myself false hope, I tell you Beauty you will regret this¡±.


    I rested my head on my desk, my heart so heavy I feel like crying out loud for nothing.


    ¡°Everyone parked right?¡±Fred¡¯s assistant, May asked, a baggage in her hand.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go¡±.


    The head of each department chorused


    Three lucky newbies, best looking though, were selected to join the tour


    Heading to enter ourpany¡¯s jet.


    We arrived at the ce.


    I looked at Bruno, he was taking pictures with the staffs, and fan girls.


    I tried not to give him so much attention.


    Why is my mind upied with him, he never for once looked my way, I am the only in this delusional state.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    Gratefully I was done with the pictures, finally out of the reach of those hungry girls, eating me up with their eyes. I should have said no but it takes alot of energy to turn down requests.


    Beauty¡­


    I am trying hard to let go, but still she is not helping.


    Why does she have to look good in every day.


    I could remember the day of the interview, I asked father to employ her. I am still confused on how none of the directors saw potential in her, both intellectually and physically.


    She is so beautiful and sexy it kept messing up with my mind, and yesterday.. I made a move..


    After the rejection I thought I would hate her¡­but instead.. I wanted her even more.


    I got into the jet, the only seat that¡¯s free was the one beside Beauty¡¯s!

 ROOMMATES

    I was excited but I shouldn¡¯t make it obvious to her, remember to y it cool.


    I asked someone I know that would never agree to sit with her.


    ¡°Kath, can you switch seats with me?¡±


    ¡°Hello no! I am too fragile to bepressed¡±.


    She snapped.


    I smiled to myself and tried to sit


    I immediately, Beauty dropped her handbag on the seat. I looked up at her curious.


    ¡°Emm sorry, but my friend will sit here, I reserved this seat specially for her¡±.


    She objected with a slight frown on her face and pouty lips.


    I didn¡¯t say a word, I was admiring her face with that frown, she¡¯s adorable.


    ¡°Jessi!!¡±


    She called out.


    ¡°Yeah baby I already got a seat, the pilot is dreamy, so I got to sit near him!¡±


    Jessi replied her.


    She never disappoints!


    I smiled and looked down at Beauty, she had her face red, she looked helpless and adorable, I want to hold her do bad and squeeze her meaty cheeks.


    ¡°Ma¡¯am can I have my seat now?¡±


    I said gently.


    ¡°Don¡¯t call me that¡±.


    She mumbled and quietly carried her handbag from the seat.


    ¡°Gracias¡±


    I replied and sat down.


    The next minutes were very awkward, I tried not to steal nces, she is here beside me yet I can¡¯t even look at her.


    It¡¯s like we vowed not to talk to eachother, even when I was tempted to.


    I am d she isn¡¯t winning over me.


    This is certainly not as fun as I thought.


    How would it feel to hold her hands, kiss her forehand and let her rest on my shoulder, maybe she would let me rest on thigh.. or her chest.


    I stole a side nce at the heavily endowed twin on her chest.


    I can¡¯t believe I am the only one that find this woman gorgeous oh yes there¡¯s Raphael¡­that bastard.


    I took a deep breath.


    Enough with the dramatic scenes in your head.


    Hours leaped.


    Most of our Co workers already dozing off.


    The night is here. I was busy with my phone very much awake just then I felt a hand dropped on me, I turned and looked.


    It was Beauty, she fall asleep and mistakenly hit me.


    ¡°Sorry¡±.


    She replied, her cheeks flustered.


    ¡°Don¡¯t touch me miss, please¡±.


    ¡°It wasn¡¯t intentiona!¡±


    She snapped annoyed.


    ¡°I know, just have to warn you, be careful next time, distance please¡± I replied.


    She slowly adjusted to the extreme using her palm as the pillow.


    ¡°I hate it here¡±.


    I heard her murmur.


    Then she started dozing off again. I almost chuckled out, seeing her nod like that, each time she would look around embarrassed.


    She adjusted herself on the seat and slept off.


    As soon as I get to know she¡¯s in it totally


    I looked at her smiling unconditional.


    ¡°Come on here I can¡¯t let you sleep like that¡±.


    I whispered and rested her head on my shoulder, I pulled off my jacket and covered her.


    I already promised myself to wake up first and get my jacket off her before she got to find out about it.


    *******


    We arrive at Paris.


    It¡¯s really a big and beautiful city.


    Thedy who invited us was as a fashion icon, known around the globe.


    She weed us at the airport.


    ¡°You have the most beautiful models¡±.


    Sheplimented.


    ¡°We are honoured¡±


    Ferd replied.


    ¡°Wee, L Edwards¡±.


    She extended her hand.


    ¡°Ferd, the Manager¡±.


    Fred epted the handshake.


    ¡°Oh you are? I thought Bruno¡­nevermind,e with me please¡±.


    She said to Ferd, he followed her and we walked behind him.


    Beauty is really a sleepy head , she¡¯s a definition of tired , others are excited about our arrival but she is so not impressed.


    I caught up with her, trying my best to act cool, that woman makes me feel airheaded most times.


    ¡°Hey..¡±


    She ignored, yawning.


    Jessi noticed and paid attention to what I was about to say.


    ¡°You paralyzed my armst night you didn¡¯t even apologized, I warned you to adjust to the extreme¡±.


    ¡°Which I did, what exactly is your problem!¡±


    She said it with both anger and sobs, shaws so furious, she looked like she could stab me without a second thought that moment.


    Everyone nced at us.


    I swallowed hard and lead the way, even I have no idea where I am going to, others followed.


    **AUTHORESS¡¯S POV**


    ¡°I am missing something, something is definitely going on with these two.


    How , when , what can it be.., he was Beauty¡¯s crush, did the crush get crushed? Since when did the cool, introverted and emo dude like Bruno became so outspoken, well I will find out eventually¡±.


    Jessi thought.


    They got to the host¡¯s ce.


    ¡°Wow this is beautiful¡±.


    Beauty whispered.


    ¡°Well I prefer the hotel. She might be a fashionista but she got poor taste in houses¡±.


    Jessi opposed in a whisper.


    ¡°You are wee to my paradise¡±.


    L annouced.


    The rest of them were excited and walked to and fro admiring the ce but Jessi looked disappointed.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°Para¡­ what now?¡±


    Jessi said in her mind, more like parasite.


    ¡°Please manage the rooms, two people for a room, I didn¡¯t know you areing in such arge number¡±.


    L chuckled.


    ¡°We can actually lodge in a hotel¡±


    Jessi suggested immediately.


    ¡°Sure, with your own money¡±.


    Ferd replied sarcastically.


    ¡°He is the worst manager, does this brat even care about our well being andfort acting like he is worse than Hathaway himself, what a brat!¡±


    Jessi cursed inwardly.


    Ferd turned to thedy.


    ¡°We appreciate your help, don¡¯t worry the rooms are big enough for us¡±.


    ¡°Oh thanks darling, you are such a good manager, I hope you enjoy your stay¡±.


    She smiled and left the apartment.


    Jessi rolled her eyes.


    ¡°Pick your roommatesdies and gentlemen¡±.


    Ferd annouced.

 WRONG CHOICE

    The male staffs are even numbered except Bruno, Ferd already nned to stay with his assistant.


    Beauty turned to her best friend and smiled.


    ¡°I choose you Jessi, let¡¯s be roommates¡±.


    Jessi faked a smile then immediately went over to Bruno, leaving Beauty speechless.


    ¡°Please let me be your roommate Bruno¡±


    She pleaded to Bruno, other girls joined her.


    ¡°Ladies please behave, Bruno ising with me, he is not going to befortable with y¡¯all, go meet your types¡±Kathy said boldly and walked towards them.


    The rest of the girls around Bruno were ring at her like predators.


    ¡°Who do you think you are, you slutty thing!¡±


    Jessi snapped angrily.


    ¡°Emmmdies, since y¡¯all agreed to be with me, to avoid distractions, i think l should go with the person that don¡¯t what to be with me, right Mr Manager?¡±


    Bruno stated calmly and turned to Ferd.


    Ferd smirked, he knew there was something. Raphel told him about it before now.


    An old Bruno would suggest a male roommate.


    ¡°I think that¡¯s bnced, so the only person who isn¡¯t crazy about going with Bruno is Beauty!¡±Fred replied.


    ¡°What!¡±


    Kathy and Beauty chorused.


    Why that devilish smirk on Bruno¡¯s face!


    Beauty thought.


    ¡°You are one lucky girl¡±


    Jessi whispered sadly.


    ¡°You are the only one who doesn¡¯t want to be with Mr Bruno, am I right?¡¯


    May replied her.


    ¡°Not true, don¡¯t mind me. Look I am crazy about Bruno, I don¡¯t think any one here is as crazy as I am about him!¡±


    The room was cold and quiet.


    I hope they are not taking this serious!


    What am I doing?


    This is the only way to convince them.


    ¡°Really?¡±


    May asked.


    ¡°Ofcourse! Please let me go with him¡±.


    She ran to Bruno and held the cor of his shirt.


    ¡°She is holding him like that?¡±


    ¡°Since when did they be close andfortable?¡±


    ¡°Mr Bruno doesn¡¯t seem offended by her hands on him¡±.


    The female models whispered to one another.


    ¡°Please Bruno ¡­let me be with you, touch me¡­hold me¡­I am crazy¡±.


    Bruno mouth separated, stunned. He then smiled and leaned lower to her.


    ¡°Your face is red, it makes me feel like this confession is real¡±.


    He whispered into her ears.


    ¡°Shut up!¡±


    Beauty snapped back.


    ¡°Sorry Beauty, it¡¯s final I am not a child I can see you are pretending, have fun you two¡±.


    Beauty cursed and let go of Bruno.


    ¡°No way, I am going to the hotel! And I am paying¡±.


    Kathy snapped out.


    ¡°We are here together so you have to do this with us, everyone can afford a hotel well except fatty and her friend, being roomates isn¡¯t being friends, dismiss. May, you will be roommates with me¡±.


    Ferd annouced and went his way.


    ¡°Yes sir¡±.


    May replied trying not to blush, she ran after him.


    Others selected their roomates too and carried their luggages into their rooms.


    ¡°What a bitch, Ferd¡¯s toy¡±.


    Kathy snapped, she then nce towards Bruno and Beauty.


    ¡°Those two are suspicious¡±.


    She left for her room.


    The only ones left are Beauty, Jessi and Bruno.


    Although Beauty has already been paired with Bruno so Jessi had to go with Kathy.


    ¡°Hey if youe in, lock the door and and make sure to shower!¡±


    Kathy shouted from inside.


    ¡°Bitch, there¡¯s going to be only crazydy in this room and I rule!!¡±


    Jessi snapped back.


    Beauty was standing in front of their room door, Bruno¡¯s in already.


    Jessi¡¯s round was opposite theirs. She looked helplessly at her best friend who thought she should be happy about this.


    ¡°Jessi.. help¡­please¡±.


    She mouthed.


    ¡°Girl you should be happy, want to switch ces?¡±


    Jessi asked.


    Beauty nodded readily.


    ¡°Don¡¯t step a foot in here Jessi!¡±


    Bruno¡¯s voice thundered from inside the room.


    ¡°Oh well I guess someone would kill to have you inside the room with him, I am out of here¡±.


    She smiled at Beauty, then whispered.


    ¡°If I am you I will make use of this opportunity¡±.


    She winked and got into their room.


    ¡°I said close the door stupid!¡±


    Kathy yelled.


    ¡°One more word I will have my hands printed on your face, slut!¡±


    Jessi replied.


    Beauty closed her eyes in despair.


    ¡°How will I survive this, how can I be in the same room with him, this is horrifying!¡±Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    ***BEAUTY¡¯S POV***


    I stood there speechless at her action, Jessi is really annoying, who will save me now, I can¡¯t face him in there, not after his recent hate attitude development towards me.


    I took a deep breathe with my eyes closed


    I slowly went into the room.


    I made up my mind not to engage in a conversation with him no matter what.


    The room was veryrge but neverrge enough for me. With him in here, I feel like we are in a tight room together.


    The room had twofortable looking king size beds by the sides, each side with a wardrobe¡­


    ¡°Please let there be a separate restroom¡±.


    I prayed secretly and approached my preferred bed.


    There was a curtain behind the bed, I thought it would lead to the restroom but it was just a tiny balcony.


    Does this mean


    I will have to use same bathroom as him?


    This is wrong!


    I have toin about this!

 THIRST TRAP

    I went back into the room, sat on my bed and started arranging my clothes and stuff


    ¡°You can do this girl no matter what happens in there you got this go Beauty!¡±


    I smiled to myself and continued.


    Just then the bathroom door opened. I slowly lifted my face and saw him¡­like there was a cinematic orchestra ying in the background¡­this wickedly good looking man was dripping wet, every single muscle on his body toned, his wet curls andshes making it even worse for me to look away.


    I swallowed and blinked quickly turned to the other side.


    My palms are getting sweaty, the room, and I am getting sweaty.


    The heat from the room was hot as Fuck, I had to use my fingers for a fan.


    For minutes I tried not to look at him, I lift my chin up and forced myself to preserve my dignity. I can¡¯t be distracted by a half baked man.


    Just then a heard a low groan, sending chills down my spine, I stole a nce at him through my side eye.


    I saw him doing press up, like now?


    What is he trying to do!


    Is he intentionally trying to seduce me.


    However his skin was wless, the sweat dripping fown this chest drew attractive marks on him.


    I stood there frozen, my mouth a gape.


    This is bad¡­my throat suddenly got dry , I can¡¯t count how many times I gulped down my own saliva.


    How can someone put me in the same room with a man like Bruno I am no virgin people have mercy!


    No wonder the room is all heated up, I fanned myself again suddenly he stole a side eye gaze, I met with his eyes and quickly pretended to be serious with my work.


    My phone started ringing i had no time to answer whosoever that is, if I did answer I might end up crying for help.


    The music was sounding in slow motion to my ears, his biceps, and the thin chain locker ne on his neck were dancing to the tone of the music.


    The music Under the influence by Chris brown as a ringtone had been a bad choice for me. It made my situation worse.


    I gulped again and then he got up and approached my direction.


    I looked away, my hands nervously parking up things from my bag.


    He came over to me and handed me a bottle of water


    ¡°You look thirsty¡±.


    He replied with a flirty eye nce, he licked his lip seductively even without meeting my eyes.


    Okay I confess, he is also good at flirting


    I wonder what his tongue could do to me ¡­


    What? Hell no , I am allowing him to win.


    I frowned back and push his hand away. slowly I went to the wardrobe, his clothes littered everywhere


    ¡°Look I don¡¯t want this all here , we both own this room for the few days of this tour , so don¡¯t¡­..¡±


    I turned and my eyes level were at his chest, so you can¡¯t me me for spacing out for a while staring at him.


    ¡°You were saying?¡±


    His voice brought me back.


    I looked up and coughed.


    ¡°Please put on a shirt for crying out loud!¡±


    I started arranging his stuff that was littered across the floor.


    What is this mess for?


    Is he a toddler?


    He lifted a thick brow in a questioning arch.


    ¡°Why? Not like we are attracted to each other¡±he replied dryly.


    I rolled my eyes


    ¡°Of Course, we are not attracted to each other, it¡¯s called decency sir, you won¡¯t like it if I walk around naked¡±.


    At this point I have no idea what I am thinking.


    I had it all figured out when he pull a dirty smirk and leaned over, I tilted my neck back , heart racing.


    ¡°Let¡¯s give it a try then¡±.


    He whispers to my ears.


    ¡°Pervert!¡±


    I pushed him away from my front.


    ¡°And clean after you Mr Sir, this is a room for both of us not just me, I won¡¯t do this next time for you, I will tell the manager how you mess up the room like some toddler¡±.


    I put the things in order and got up, heading outside, to get away from him.


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    My heart skipped, I clenched my fist tightly in courage then turned slowly and looked at him.


    ¡°What?¡±


    I frowned.


    ¡°Gr¨¢cias, I promise to clean next time¡±.


    He smiled at me.


    He is smiling at me again! My eyes widened in surprise.


    One time he is hot and dangerous like a wolf, the next time , he is so adorable and cute like a puppy


    Butterflies in my stomach, I grabbed my tummy and went out of the room as fast as I could.


    Outside the door, I sighed deeply.


    I walked to the sitting room, I folded my length on the couch.


    Everyone seems to be in their room sleeping peacefully and I am stuck with some thirst trap working out in the night.


    Bruno!

 SHAMELESS

    Why can¡¯t I get him off my mind, I tried so hard to act like he is invisible but he is too hot to ignore.


    Yeah I had a crush on him¡­but


    I am so doomed, if he gets to know how vulnerable I am to his charms, I will be used and made a ything again, just like the rest of them.


    I arched my brows and pped my cheeks hard with my palms.


    I won¡¯t give in to his temptations, I turned on the television, and started watching my Netflix show.


    The Netflix wasn¡¯t enough to keep me awake, I was dozing off hard.


    I tried to fight it but I was really naturally bad at that.


    When I get sleepy nothing else matters, eventually I doze off.


    I woke up hourster and realised I had my


    left arm paralyzed from bad sleeping posture.


    I nced at my phone screen, it was 11:50 pm in the middle of the night.


    I sighed and nced towards our room door.


    I am sure he must be in deep sleep by this time so I decided to go into the room.


    I opened the door slowly and peeked inside.


    I found him sound asleep on his bed.


    I am not even sure if he took his bath after that unnecessary evening exercise, how long will I deal with this?


    Well he is an adult and not some child who can¡¯t keep good hygiene.


    However my body felt so sticky with sweat, I needed a bath¡­a good bath, but first of all. I had to make sure he¡¯s very much asleep before going to take my bath.


    Hope they got a strong door for the bathroom.


    I closed the door and walked quietly to the small passageway that leads to the bathroom, it¡¯s just a long jump from the main room.


    ¡°What! A draw curtain! Screw it!¡±


    I screamed in my head.


    I looked back at the sleeping hottie over there.


    ¡°He must have noticed I am inside the room, I should wait for an hour or so¡±.


    I went back to the bedroom and slowly collected the nket from him.


    Then Iid down beside him and with all my strength kicked him so hard till he fall off the bed.


    I covered my mouth not to scream, I hope he didn¡¯t injure himself. I peeped to check on him.


    He cuddled up , with his hands in between his thighs sleeping.


    My face went


    ¡°Aw¡­¡±


    Then I got myself.


    ¡°No¡­ no.. no. focus Beauty, Focus¡±.


    I snapped out of it, andid down in bed waiting for the best time.


    After an hour of my nerves waiting


    It¡¯s 12:50 am in the morning.


    I got up, turned off the light and undressed


    As soon as I stepped into the bathroom the light went on, as I was being timed!


    Worse, that one switch controls the whole room light including the bathroom!


    ¡°What the¡­. Mr Bruno! Can you turn off the light please!¡±


    I yelled facing my back towards the curtain.


    ¡°Emm I want to read¡±


    He replied unapologetically.


    ¡°Re.. read! What do you mean read! Why are you reading this time of the night, you should be in bed like others!¡±


    I snapped, my hands covering my bosom.


    ¡°You¡¯re not my Mom to tell me what to do or not, and besides the light can only show the silhouette of your image, it¡¯s nothing to worry about¡±.


    My cheeks were hot and red.


    ¡°My silhouette?¡±


    I murmured to myself.


    This is embarrassing, I must have looked like a bag of beans.


    I closed my eyes, I am done with him.


    ¡°But you are right. .¡±.


    His voice came.


    ¡°Huh?¡±


    I opened my eyes and smiled relieved.


    Thank goodness!


    ¡°I will turn off the lights but first, I just remember that I didn¡¯t take my bath tonight, maybe I should do it now..¡±.


    ¡°What! Are you crazy!¡±


    I yelled out loud enough to shake the whole house.


    ¡°I am not , I can¡¯t go to bed without taking my bath, after all we are not attracted to each other , we are grown adults with good self control, for example, a man like me still keeping my purity,e on trust me, or else you want me to continue reading till you done then I can take mine¡±.


    His calmness and his response is driving me insane, he talks as if he is an innocent inexperienced brat but he knows what he is doing.


    ¡°You¡¯re insane.. don¡¯t. . you¡­.¡±.


    I sighed deeply.


    ¡°Just read the book¡­.¡±


    ¡°Yes ma¡¯am If you say so¡±.


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    It went down like the walls of jericho. A loud gap escaped from my mouth


    my eyes widened staring at the curtain holder on the floor and to my feet and naked thigh.


    I think I peed on myself.


    I quickly covered my face helplessly.

 ABOUT LASTNIGHT

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I wasn¡¯t looking all that time, just turn on the lights to annoy you, not like I will love to see it though also I took my bath before sleeping¡±.


    Bruno stated.


    I slowly uncovered my face, I couldn¡¯t find him on the bed, he was over the other side lying on the same spot I left him.


    He stood up without looking back and turned off the lights.


    I went to the back to showering, my head drumming loudly , my brain cells belly dancing to the beat.


    After taking my bath and dressing in the dark.


    I turned on the lights and carried a chair to fix the curtain.


    I couldn¡¯t fix it equally, so I left it like that, tired and stressed.


    I bowed down on my knees and prayed one thing I will never forget, prayer works.


    I didn¡¯t sleep on the bed, I slept on the other side floor.


    The empty bed was enjoying the enmity between us as none of us settled on it.


    **JESSI¡¯S POV**


    The next morning, I woke up.


    I hardly sleptst night. Who could tell that Kathy was a loud sleeper, even Beauty doesn¡¯t snore, gosh!


    I blushed and walked over to Beauty¡¯s room still in my bedroom robe.


    I knocked several times then I remembered Bruno was her roommate.


    ¡°Oh my gosh something must have happened¡±.


    An evil grin spread over my face. I shined my 32 in excitement and took out my phone to text her.


    ¡°Beasty¡­ What style happenedst night, how was it¡­is he good in bed? Please I need the full gist¡±.


    She was online and slept off.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    I heard the notifications pop, she texted me back.


    I excitedly opened it.


    ¡°You are unbelievably disgusting!¡±


    Then she ended it with a middle finger emoji.


    I rolled my eyes.


    ¡°Well I am still waiting for the tea¡±.


    I rubbed my hands in anticipation.


    Few minutester, she opened the door , frowning.


    I quickly grabbed her and we went to the sitting room.


    ¡°Nothing happened stop thinking bad of me, I am not that loose¡±


    She snapped back.


    ¡°I know but you are not a virgin either ma¡¯am besides with a man like Bruno, who cares about value and dignity! I heard there¡¯s only a bed in your room, we had separate beds in ours¡±.


    ¡°So because I am not a virgin I should be sleeping around with any man thates my way¡­¡­wait did you say there are supposed to be separate beds? And where did you hear that from¡±


    ¡°Not important, from your first statement, I am sure nothing exciting happenedst night, what an opportunity missed, Beauty this was a chance to confess your love and have him entrapped¡±.


    I snapped disappointment in her


    ¡°Confess my love¡­you make it sound like I am some sort of goddess, why would he care about my love confession, many women had done that already and he turned them down¡­and talking about entrapment¡­Jessi so I look like a woman who can entrap a man like Bruno with Beauty!¡±


    Wow that was quite an outburst.


    ¡°Hey you are raising your voice Beauty..¡±


    I waved at her to calm down¡­if anyone hears this they will tease her.

 TOO FAR

    I sighed.


    ¡°But frankly there¡¯s something I noticed, Mr Bruno had this personality with you more than the rest of us¡­do you remember when he asked me to help him¡­I am pretty sure he was trying to make you jealous¡±.


    ¡°Well that¡¯s ridiculous¡­there¡¯s only one reason he would want someone like me, to know how it feels being with a plus size or being with someone of a lower ss¡±.


    What!


    Why is she so insecure!


    ¡°Beauty, how many times will I tell you to stop being this pathetic? You are a very gorgeous woman and your soul is even more beautiful. Stop looking down on yourself for crying out loud¡±.


    ¡°This is my way of being strong Jessi, I am no kid anymore, I don¡¯t need to listen to those sugar coatedpliments about how I am beautiful. Men are blunt and say the truth no matter what, three of them told me what I am actually like and I believe them, believing that I am ugly will make bad words about my looks feel normal¡±.


    She paused.


    I notice drops down her cheeks.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to keep believing in lies.. Jessi¡­so please don¡¯t think I am looking down on myself, I am just being honest, I am nothing but a fat ugly woman, who doesn¡¯t suit the world¡¯s standard¡±.


    Does she even know what fat is!


    Before I could oppose that , Ferd¡¯s assistant, May, called our attention with a walkie talkie.


    ¡°The foodstuffs are provided for the roomates, cook for yourselves also the bus for the woods photography shoots and explore will be here in 3hrs make sure you are ready for the woods, as a fashionista you know how to dress for this explore out in the nature¡±she announced.


    I rolled my eyes.


    ¡°Hey Miss assistant, Can you lower your voice next time you sound like a witch over that talkie walkie¡±.


    ¡°Shut the f**k up Jessi!¡±


    she yelled into the talkie walkie.


    Some of our colleaguesughed.


    I wanted to fight back then Beauty tapped me to caution me that Manager¡¯sing


    Ferd walked in the room


    ¡°Hope you delivered the message May¡±


    ¡°Yes sir¡±.


    She answered tightly and gave Jessi a insultive look.


    ¡°Okay then start cooking if you¡¯re hungry Ofcourse, if you¡¯re not, suit yourself, the kitchen is big enough for all of you¡±


    He ordered


    Just then the host entered the living room with basket of gifts and flowers


    ¡°Bueno dias todos¡±L the Colombian stylist greeted delightfully


    ¡°Bruno .. what?¡±I snapped amused


    ¡°It means goodmoring everyone dumbass¡±.


    Beauty whispered into my ears with a tiny p on my cheek.


    ¡°I know, I just want you to react, you seen very obsessed with that name¡±.


    I smiled back.


    Her face reddened that instant.


    ¡°Jessi stop with that!¡±


    She snapped nervously.


    I chuckled.


    ¡°Alright alright¡±.


    ¡°Come pick your gift packages, It¡¯s an outfit for each of you, with the help of Mrs Helen, I got your perfect sizes,¡±


    L annouced.


    I picked the one with my namebeled on it, it looked beautiful.


    ¡°Yours is my fav se?orita¡±


    L said smiling at Beauty.


    ¡°Emm, muchas grac¨¬as¡±


    she replied shyly.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know you speak spanish¡±


    I whispered to her.


    ¡°I am bad at it too, just exchanging peasantries¡±.


    ¡°Take Bruno¡¯s he is the only one still sleeping by this time¡±


    I whispered to her again.


    She reluctantly took his and went into their room to give it to him.


    I quickly rested my head on the slightly opened door to peep and listen


    Ignoring if others are watching.


    He just finished working out, I hope to have him a fitness coach one day.


    ¡°Why did you have to bring mine, the assistant can do it¡±


    He snapped angrily.


    ¡°Well I was forced to take it actually , not like I wanted to¡±.


    I heard Beauty reply.


    She threw the package on the bed and removed her jacket exposing a low neck sleeveless bodice.


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    ¡°What are you doing¡­, are you going out there wearing that?¡±


    He asked with a spark of anger in his eyes.


    ¡°Do you have a problem with my dressing?¡±


    Beauty asked.


    He closed his eyes and folded his hands.


    ¡°As a matter of fact no, as a man I will be honest with you, you look better covered up, frankly no one wants to see all that fat?


    ¡°Ouchhhh too far Bruno¡±


    I screamed in my head.


    Beauty was silent for a while, Bruno too.


    He must surely be regretting everything now, and for Beauty I hope she is strong enough to handle this.


    ¡°Going to cook for myself, don¡¯t worry about the fats, I wasn¡¯t dressing to impress you or anyone out there, when you are hungry go and cook for yourself!¡±


    She snapped and walked towards the door.

 DON’T CRY

    That tone in her voice, she is really angry. Bruno¡¯s eyes won¡¯t leave her.


    You better apologize man.


    I was so involved that I didn¡¯t know when Beauty got to the door.


    She angrily pushed it , it hit my face.


    ¡°Oh my gosh I am sorry¡±.


    She apologized then paused knowing that I must¡¯ve been there listening to their conversations.


    ¡°You¡­.. why are you peeping by the way, I wish that could hurt you more..¡±she snapped angrily and walked towards the kitchen.


    Okay she is really angry now.


    I will give her a space till she¡¯s all melted down.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    Screw it! Did I just body shamed her?


    There¡¯s nothing to body shame in her body seriously , I guess I was trying to protect her from exposing her body then I went for it the wrong way.


    I feel so bad!


    I said it so that she can put back her jacket


    not like she was indecently dressed, Just a sleeveless bodice.


    I am being unnecessary childish and possessive.


    She¡¯s healthily thick with nice skin, now she going to get all the guys to stare at her, her bouncy curves and all that, I could have been nicer.


    She must be feeling really bad and depressed at the moment.


    ¡°I have to apologize¡±.


    I went into the kitchen, the model girls started cheering for me , I don¡¯t really know why until I followed their gazes.


    Oh now I get it , I came out of the room shirtless.


    Ignoring the fan-girling, I looked around searching for Beauty.


    ¡°Are you looking for your roomie sir Bruno, She¡¯s in the vegetable garden in there, she want to get fresh rosemary and curry¡±.


    One of the new models told me pointing at the door.


    ¡°Thanks¡±


    I replied and made to go.


    ¡°Oh my gosh he¡¯s so gentle¡±.


    ¡°He hardly talk, you¡¯re lucky girl!¡±


    I heard the new girls cheered in a whisper.


    I walked into the garden and found her bending over to pick the veggies. I gulped and immediately walked to her.


    ¡°Need any help?¡±


    ¡°No¡±.


    ¡°What are you cooking?


    ¡°Nonya¡±.


    I am not sure i ever heard of that food Nonya, is it a Columbian dish?, I thought.


    ¡°Nonya..?¡±


    I asked her.


    ¡°None of ya business¡±she replied without looking up at me.


    Oh I get it, it made me smile a little.


    ¡°I am such an idiot Beauty, I am sorry , my words were harsh and I hurt you back there in the room, I never meant for it to sound like that, about saying no one wants to see that fat.. I want all of it actually, I wish it could be just mine¡±.


    I scratched my neck, cheeks flustered.


    This time she stopped then looked up.


    ¡°Put on a shirt no one wants to see those t biceps either¡±.


    I was supposed to smile at that knowing she was being sarcastic but for some reason it made me feel a bit sad and disappoint in myself.


    ¡°No one you said? t biceps?¡±


    She said nothing.


    I walked back to the kitchen, pretended to wash my face , the water dripped down my face.


    Those girls screamed loudly, I came back to the garden, and ran my hand over my curls, flexing the arm and winked at her.


    ¡°Since when ? You turned a brat that is obsessed over his looks?¡±


    That question knocked me off every thirst trap I had working.


    ¡°Wow¡­. are you jealous of me now, because I am being admired more than you roomie¡­ also I don¡¯t care about my looks or what those girls out there thinks, I want you to look at me and tell me the truth, do you think that I have no attractiveness?¡±


    I asked taking a pose again.


    She was silent for a moment, like a long pause staring at me.


    ¡°Why would you care about my answer it¡¯s irrelevant¡±.


    She muttered dryly and picked up thest vegetable.


    She carried the basket into the kitchen without any other questions or words from her.


    Did she say irrelevant?


    I literally wet my face like an idiot to appear sexy for her.


    I have confessed to her once yet she acts as though she got no clue about my feelings!


    I got into the kitchen, some girl volunteered to help me with some of the stuffs that Beauty asked me to do as her partner.


    ¡°I told you Bruno to bring me the spring onions not some girl!¡±


    She screamed so angrily and loud. That it got everyone attention.


    They stared at her for a moment before continuing their works.


    I guess she got really upset about the girl helping me out.


    ¡°She¡¯s gonna get fired¡±.


    ¡°Did she forgot who Bruno really is?¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s her problem?¡±


    ¡°She wants him all to herself¡±.


    The girls gossip in a whisper.


    Beauty decides to get the things herself angrily. I followed her like a puppy, wherever she goes.


    Cooking is a skill that it¡¯s still a mystery to me. I have never been to a kitchen literally, it seems so strange how she adds all the vours and stirring up everytime.


    Suddenly she started crying, I thought I was hallucinating for a minute but I am not, there are tears on her cheeks!


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    I grabbed her by the hand.


    She gasped and looked up , her eyes wide and round.


    ¡°What are you doing? Let me go, I almost chop off my finger¡±.


    ¡°Come with me¡±.


    I replied and pulled her along.


    ¡°What is it? I have to finish cooking!¡±


    She replied.


    We got in our room, and I mmed the door shut


    ¡°I said am sorry okay, I am sorry, please stop crying¡±.


    She was staring at me confused but still crying.


    I held up her chin, and cupped her chubby cheeks in my palm.


    Slowly I wiped those tears with my thumb, staring into her wet eyes.


    ¡°I am really sorry, I hurt you, I can¡¯t stand seeing you this way, ¡­ I am sorry, it¡¯s all my fault¡±.


    She stared at me for sometime, our eyes were like glued to each other.


    ¡°What is wrong with you., what¡¯s all that apologies for..¡±


    She said finally.


    I was shocked at her words, then suddenly p off my hands.


    ¡± Get your hands off me¡­, it was the onions silly, I can¡¯t cry over your attitude towards me¡±.


    She said boldly but her flustered face is a bit dramatic I guess, is she blushing because of me?


    She picked the kitchen knife and turned to go back to the kitchen.


    Wait, onions make people cry?


    ¡°Ha! I am just pulling your legs by the way!¡±


    I screamed after her, low-key embarrassed.


    The door shut loudly after her.

 JEALOUS

    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    Everyone done with cooking , some already eaten, except us, Bruno is not even helping, why should I care, he is the son of Hathaway, if this food is messed up, a better one will be ordered and I will have no choice than eat this alone.


    I put off the gas stove then sighed.


    No matter how hard I tried, I just candy shake off the feelings I have developed for him. How long will I continue holding back on my feelings?


    I gaze down at the pot of soup absentmindedly.


    The way he held my hand and tried to get me say why I was crying.


    Could it be he is actually inlove with me¡­for real.


    A man like Bruno?


    Well Steven was like that before¡­same with Tim who am I kidding.


    As soon as he gets what he wants, he will cry me fat and ugly.. afterall he already said something about it.


    ¡°Beauty are you still cooking?¡±


    Jessi walked in to the kitchen putting on her earrings.


    I inked and quickly ran the water to wash my hands.


    ¡°I ¡­I .. am done just to dish it out, why are you all dressed up?¡±


    ¡°Why am I all dressed up , is that your question? Beauty the bus is here already¡±.


    I was confused.


    ¡°The bus, for¡­¡±


    Suddenly I remembered.


    ¡°Oh my goodness!¡±I snapped and quickly, washed my hands under the tap and towel dried it.


    ¡°Go take your bath I will help put it in the food sk, you will miss the bus! Where the heck is Bruno?¡±


    She asked.


    ¡°Don¡¯t ask me!¡±


    I snapped and quickly ran out of the kitchen.


    I entered into the room, luckily Bruno¡¯s not in here, I locked the door.


    I hope wherever he is right now he stays there for an hour or so I need to get ready.


    I quickly undressed and rushed into the bathroom. Getting there, my feet frozed.


    My bathroom kit felll from my hands, I had no idea why I was shouting inaudibly.


    Bruno¡¯s bathing in here, why isn¡¯t the shower rushing, everywhere was quiet, maybe he was cleaning with sponge yet I was so stupid not to have noticed!


    He¡­. he ¡­ really got a nice body proportions.


    ¡°Ahh! What are you doing here!¡±he snapped, hiding his crotch, even though his back was facing me.


    I quickly closed my eyes.


    ¡°I am sorry! I am sorry! So sorry! I didn¡¯t know that you were inside the bathroom, I heard no water rushing so I thought you are out of the room, it¡¯s my fault¡­. and I am not looking at you, my eyes were closed¡±.


    I panicked.


    ¡°Are you sure?¡±


    ¡°Ofcourse I am sure!¡±


    Everywhere was silent, I opened an eye and found out he wanted to turn and look.


    ¡°Don¡¯t look at me either!¡±


    I snapped loud nervously.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    He turned around to the other side that instant.


    ¡°But you saw my back view and my innocent butt¡±.


    He cried.


    ¡°Don¡¯t be ridiculous! It wasn¡¯t intentional!¡±


    I snapped triggered.


    How can he behave such immature, he was the most reserved person I knew.


    ¡°I want to look at yours unintentionally too¡±.


    He stated.


    ¡°Idiot!¡±


    I cursed in my head.


    I walked out of the bathroom, alot going in my mind, I can¡¯t seem to get off that naked body off my mind, his hard toned butt, I wonder what the front is like..


    Oh want am I thinking!


    A knock came on the door, I sighed and went to open the door.


    Jessi entered the room, dressed and ready.


    ¡°Are you done yet?¡±


    She asked taking a sit on one of the sofas.


    ¡°He is in there.. the bathroom¡±.


    I replied.


    ¡°Who?¡±


    ¡°Bruno ofcourse, he is the one I shares my bathroom with, as a roommate¡±.


    I replied annoyed at that question.


    ¡°Come on girl there¡¯s no time for that, go bath in there, after all Bruno is gay, this should be easy¡±she replied carefreely.


    ¡°You give too much trust in sexuality, sexual needs sometimes can change a preference I am not taking that risk!¡±


    I replied.


    ¡°I am sure you don¡¯t know how irritable gay men finds women¡¯s body¡±.


    ¡°Well trust me he is not gay¡±.


    I replied tartly.


    ¡°How do you know that and also so sure?¡±


    She asked.


    I opened my mouth and saw the excitement for the tea in her eyes, I chose to be mute.


    He kissed me the other day in the car


    I replied in my head, touching my lips in reality.


    Before I could get back to myself, she got up and pulled me by the hand.


    ¡°Hey what are you doing Jessi?¡±


    She pushed me in the bathroom.


    ¡°Take your bath ande out , he¡¯s not going to rape you¡­¡±


    Bruno turned towards us, good thing, my towel still on my body.


    Jessi froze at the spot, I quickly covered my eyes, my cheeks hot and red.


    I saw it!


    I screamed inside terrified.


    She walked like she was processed slowly towards Bruno.


    ¡°Oh my! You.. wow, you are really attractive and so perfect¡­and ¡­. sexy .. this is all you, not just a pretty face huh¡­you make my legs weak and panties wet¡±.


    ¡°Emmm¡­I am kinda ufortable¡­why are you here?¡±


    Bruno replied.. covering his crotch.


    ¡°The thing is¡­Beauty can you excuse us for a bit¡±.


    I opened my eyes widely, and saw her about to touch Bruno.


    I had no idea what came into my head,


    I literally pushed her away, I pushed her hard enough she fall back into the bedroom.


    Bruno was dumfounded, I was even more shocked at my own reaction.


    ¡°What¡¯s that for Bea?¡±


    ¡°Sorry .. I am so sorry , are you okay?¡±


    ¡°I am fine! Be fast am waiting outside, you pushed me like a psycho, why are you protecting Bruno? behaving like a f**king jealous girlfriend!¡±


    She groaned getting up.


    My cheeks heat up.


    ¡°I am not.. protecting.. I just¡­. I am not jealous!¡±


    Before I could finish my defense, she walked out of the room and mmed the door shut.

 BATHROOM SCENE

    I couldn¡¯t turn to Bruno embarrassed, I used my left hand to shield my face.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you cover that up, when she¡¯s in here, but you did when I was alone with you¡±.


    What am I even saying, that doesn¡¯t sound right!


    ¡°Well I¡­ you know..¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t even what to hear it¡±


    I snapped and got into the bathroom.


    He stood by the curtain side.


    ¡°How am I going to do this, bathe in the same ce with him?¡±


    I muttered to myself.


    ¡°Beauty the bus is here!¡±


    Jessi called from outside.


    ¡°Don¡¯t look at me or else¡±


    I warned Bruno with a finger point.


    I entered the bathtub


    ¡°Come on we are adults nothing is going to happen, I am not that easily turned on believe me¡±.


    He turned to me.


    ¡°Oh jeez!¡±


    I closed my eyes and tried taking my sponge and soup bottle from my kit.


    He gave them to me.


    ¡°Never asked for your help¡±


    I replied still closing my eyes.


    I started scrubbing my body in side the foamy bathtub.


    Bruno put on the shower and done with his bath.


    ¡°Thank goodness¡±.


    I muttered in relief.


    The shower gel went into my eyes, I had to open my eyes inorder to wash it off, I got out of the bathtub to get a clean water from the sinc.


    Secretly praying Bruno won¡¯t turn around same time, since he¡¯s done with showering.


    Like a miracle the soap cleared off my eyes, not really a miracle, I raised my head up and regretted it.


    My eyes almost fall off of it¡¯s sockets, that is Bruno¡¯s¡­..


    My ears turned red and my face were hot.


    Bruno was there mouth agape, staring down at me.


    No! This is embarrassing!


    I couldn¡¯t even hide my boobs with a hand¡­. but I had to keep my feminine area covered. At times like this I wish I had a small boob size.


    Bruno scratched his ear embarrassed, his face a bit red.


    ¡°I am sorry I didn¡¯t mean to see you like that, and about this¡­. don¡¯t get me wrong, this thing had a mind of it¡¯s own, as soon as you got up, it stood up too..¡±.


    It¡¯s twitching and up to his navel!


    I can¡¯t do this anymore.


    I screamed loudly and ran out of the bathroom.


    I covered my body with a towel, Jessi came into the room.


    ¡°Bae, are you alright?¡±


    **JESSI¡¯S POV**


    ¡°Jessi even if it¡¯s the bus to heaven, let me miss it, I will never ever have I bathe with a man Jessi! I don¡¯t care! I fucking don¡¯t care I swear Jessi!¡¯


    She screamed into my face.


    Then she walked to the dressing table to dry her body and rub her skin lotion.


    She looked really crazily angry, and traumatized, I wonder what happened there.


    ¡°Oops girl you look terrible, sorry about that¡±.


    ¡°Whatever! I me myself for going in there in the first ce¡±.


    I am sure what happens in there but she is behaving so strange, first she pushed me for attempting to touch Bruno now she is like this, I thought she would enjoy a bath together. Now I am not sure she is ready for the news.


    ¡°Did any of the crew text you?¡±


    I asked taking a sit.


    ¡°No why?¡±


    She asked gazing at me through the mirror.


    ¡°Oh nothing serious, just that the tour been cancelled, so you don¡¯t have worry about missing the bus anymore, it¡¯s going to be tomorrow not today as scheduled¡±.


    She dropped her lotion.


    ¡°What!¡±


    ¡°Yup¡±


    ¡°What do you mean ¡°yup¡±! Yup? Yup! I bathed inside there with him for nothing! I got emotionally traumatized by stuffs I am not meant to see and trying to hide my self up and down for nothing! And you said nothing serious!¡±


    ¡°Exactly¡±.


    Not like she¡¯s a virgin what¡¯s the big deal seeing a naked man, she is making a big deal out of it.


    Or could it be that Mr Bruno¡¯s.. a big deal, I didn¡¯t get quite a look back then, he was fast to cover it up.


    Beauty dropped down weakly on the chair, lost in thought.


    ¡°This is the worst day of my life¡±.


    She mumbled covering her face in shame.


    ¡°Yeah you¡¯re lucky, I wish I was the one that had that worst day¡±


    I replied.


    I wonder what he is still doing inside there?


    As though he read my mind, he came out of the bathroom, unluckily he got a towel tied round his waist.


    ¡°Wait the tour is cancelled?¡±


    He asked also disappointed.


    ¡°Yup¡±.


    I replied.


    ¡°That¡¯s bad¡±.


    He looked over at Beauty, resting her head on the table crying herself to death.


    ¡°Are you alright Beauty?¡±


    ¡°I am sure she is not and will not like to talk about it¡±.


    I replied.


    He sighed.


    ¡°Yeah we both had a hard time!¡±


    ¡°We? More like you had a hard stuff! You were enjoying it to the fullest, don¡¯t even try to sympathize with me¡±.


    Beauty cried loudly.


    ¡°I was the one harassed by you and your friend, I was bathing in there, but you came.. but you decided to enter anyway , what did you expect to see, a vagina?¡±


    I tried not to interfere.


    Bruno can talk this much? Who knew!


    ¡°You.. you are using me like that, don¡¯t you try to be smart sir Bruno, this was all because of the tour, I waste and I had no choice since we share same bathroom!¡¯


    She snapped angrily.

 TRITH OR DARE

    ** BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    The next day after dressing up, I went with Jessi who suggested we go outside and look around thepound.


    The house was a native columbian house, I love the environment and atmosphere


    The neighbors seem really nice too, full of smiles and support.


    Then the bathroom scene shed in my mind.


    ¡°I can¡¯t believe I did all that for nothing , whosoever cancelled the tour is an enemy of mine¡±.


    I said in my mind.


    After strolling, we walked back to the house to rest.


    The host had volunteered to prepare us lunch earlier.


    I was drawing designs with my tablet


    Jessi and her roomie kathy maybe enemies but when watching a koreab drama they chat as besties, they kinda have simr taste in movies I guess.


    The rest of crew were busy with one thing or the other, well Bruno , I looked over his side, he was busy trying to answer the new models unending questions.


    Never free from the fan girls.


    I tried to concentrate but I kept getting shes of what I saw back then in the bathroom.


    He looked magnificent, I wonder if he thought same about my body without covering.


    What the hell am I saying!


    ¡°H todos¡±


    The host cuts into my thoughts as she entered the living room.


    Her servants followed behind carrying food sks.


    ¡°Hope you will enjoy my columbian meal¡±Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    She said in English with her native ascent.


    ¡°Gracias¡±


    We all chorus and happily epted her foods.


    ¡­¡­.


    Evening time almost here, we haven¡¯t done anything just eat and work on our projects.


    Bored is the word, I am so bored and drained.


    Everyone of us felt same judging from their expressionism.


    We all decided to go outside the house, feel the gentle breeze and smell the sweet scent of nature surrounding us.


    However Ferd came up with an idea.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t we y a game, it will make this trip more enjoyable and less boring¡±.


    Everyone cheered happily, well expect Bruno, I am yet to figure out why he has such different personalities in the room and outdoor.


    Introvert pecks I guess.


    ¡°What kind of game actually, I don¡¯t y any game¡±.


    Kathy said rubbing her skin with some cream.


    I don¡¯t know why but I have this idea she is just unting her ssy skin, that skin had gotten more nutrition than me as a person.


    ¡°Truth or dare /spin the bottle¡±.


    I am the only one that objected so it won¡¯t count, Bruno neither agreed or disagree.


    I just hope I won¡¯t mess up, I felt that this is a trap¡­I can¡¯t let thrm make a joke about my love life, I will always choose dare.


    The first person that volunteered was a new model, Peaches.


    The red haired , had a visual that make the rest of her invisible, especially that attractive mole below her full lips.


    The bottle was spinning it got to Bruno¡¯s


    ¡°Please stop I beg you stop¡­ ¡±


    She pleaded.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you dare¡±.


    I said inaudibly.


    The bottle how ever hate fat people so it disobeyed me and stopped , pointing to Bruno.


    Peaches was so happy about it. Her colleagues cheered with their tiny high pitched voice.


    The excited girl looked like she just won a trophy. I wonder what she was going to as as truth and dare?¡±


    ¡°Truth or dare sir Bruno?¡±


    ¡°Dare¡±.


    Bruno replied.


    ¡°I dare you to kiss me¡±


    The girl snapped impatiently.


    She did not!


    I suddenly felt this heaviness in my chest, so tight.


    ¡°Mmmm.. I am just gonna take the alcohol¡±.


    Bruno replied.


    The girl sobbed disappointedly.


    I can¡¯t believe I felt this happy and relieved after that statement. At this point I might end up showing everyone how crazy I am about Bruno.


    The new models kept shooting their shot by daring kiss Bruno to kiss them and he kept taking a ss of alcohol.


    ¡°You should just kiss, you will die drunk¡±


    Jessi snapped to him concerned.


    He just shrugged it off.


    Finally It was his turn to spin.


    He rubbed his eyes, looks like the drink is starting to affect him, but he looked sound and clear or maybe not.


    The bottle stopped in front of me.


    He smiled a bit that smile gave me chills, I managed to keep up with my character and frowned back.


    ¡°Truth or dare¡±


    His calm voice is even sexier and more attractive when he¡¯s a little drunk.


    Since he didn¡¯t kiss others, I shouldn¡¯t be afraid of dare right, he won¡¯t dare me to kiss him.


    ¡°Tr¡­ dare¡±.


    ¡°I dare you to kiss me¡±he replied tartly without hesitating.


    Everyone gasped shocked.


    ¡°What?¡±


    Jessiughed in disbelief.


    I am sure all eyes are on me right now, everyone was shocked. I was more shocked I guess I was wrong about him not wanting to kiss me.


    I wanted to take the ss of alcohol but for some reason , I didn¡¯t, I hesitated.


    My heart was racing.


    I shouldn¡¯t be doing this¡­everyone will know that I had a crush on him, just then Bruno came to where I was seated.

 DON’T TOUCH HER

    He smiled and lift my chin slowly, and opened his mouth a little.


    My heart raced even faster, I gulped hard, the freshness from his mouth went straight down my throat, I dimmed my eyes a little bit.


    He leaned closer and pouted his lips, then I closed my eyes and went for it leaning forward.


    I felt nothing¡­nothing..


    I opened my eyes slowly confused.


    ¡°Emm ¡­. sorry I can¡¯t do it, let me drink the alcohol¡±.


    He muttered and went back to his seat.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    Everyoneughed loudly, expect Jessi , she looked sorry for me. I can¡¯t exin how that felt, I waspletely made fun of by Bruno?


    ¡°I almost throw up , thinking you are going to kiss fatty , you got us for a moment, Bruno ¡±


    Kathy snapped.


    Bruno smirked, licking his lips.


    ¡°She actually went for it, poor thing, she thinks she is getting kissed by a man like Bruno, she can boast of it, all the rest of her life ¡°.


    Another added.


    So angry, I me myself going for it, I should have rejected it and took the drink, but I am so stupid to think straight, now I am seen as a desperate whore.


    It got to May¡¯s turn, her bottle stopped at Jessi¡¯s front.


    ¡°Truth or dare?¡±


    ¡°Truth, those dares are really annoying¡±.


    Jessi replied to her question.


    ¡°Ok what¡¯s your body count? And tell us your dirtiest sex experience¡±.


    Everyone was attentive, someone like Jessi may even be bisexual. She¡¯s crazy about sex as her friend I can attest to that.


    ¡°None¡±.


    I thought I heard wrong.


    ¡°What do you mean none?¡±


    Unsatisfied Kathy snapped in annoyance.


    ¡°I have no sex experience, I am shamefully ¡­ still a virgin¡±.


    Everyone doubted it, even I was surprised , because i know she isn¡¯t lying, Jessi is more crazy than us who lost our virginity long ago, what a character!


    None of us made a move to continue the game, seems like we are yet to snap of the shock.


    Jessi noticed.


    ¡°Ohe on, y¡¯all¡­ that I talk about sex, no the sex styles, watch adult clips don¡¯t mean I have an experience¡±.


    ¡°No wonder you are so annoying sex starved virgin!¡±


    Kathy snapped at her.


    Some of the girlsughed.


    ¡°You should stop taking those abortion pills roomie it starting to affect your brain, b*tch!¡±


    Jessi fights back .


    The girlsughed also, they seem to be neutral and not taking any sides just enjoying the fights.


    ¡°Kathy virginity is a pride by the way, respect her for that¡±


    Johnson, one of the photography crew interfered.


    ¡°Mind your business you d**k!¡±


    Kathy Fired back.


    It was finally my turn, I hoped to revenge on Bruno but I got someone I had no business with.


    Next time it was kathy¡¯s turn, she had me on the hot seat.


    ¡°Not again, I¡¯m so dead!¡±


    I screamed in my head.


    ¡°Truth or dare?¡±


    I am not ready for insults.


    ¡°Dare¡±.


    ¡°I dare you to French kiss the manager for a minute¡±.


    There was a huge outburst ofughter.


    ¡°Is that allowed?¡±


    May asked.


    ¡°Ofcourse calm down no one is stealing your man, not to talk of fatty here¡±.


    Kathy replied.


    My face expression was beyond exnation.


    I looked at Jessi nervously.


    ¡°You have an option Beauty, you can still take the alcohol if you ufortable with that¡±.


    Jessi suggested.


    ¡°Yeah that is a nice option. I don¡¯t want to die just yet, she will swallow all of me with her mouth, but If insist I will give it a try, pray for me guys¡±


    Ferd said mockingly.


    ¡°Lucky you, she is not interested in making any move seems that she only wants Bruno, she got standards¡±.


    Kathyughed.


    I stretched my hand towards the ss then I remembered how Bruno embarrassed me at first.


    I stood up and walked to the Ferd courageously, I am going to show each and everyone of them that they are wrong about me.


    ¡°It¡¯s about to go down¡±


    The director of photographs Johnson said.


    Others watched in anticipation.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    I hate it here, the dare was taking longer than supposed. What must be going on in her mind now.


    I didn¡¯t kiss her back then because I was afriad of them calling her a slut however it turned out way worse than I thought.


    I saw Beauty walked over to Ferd and kissed him.


    I smiled and took another ss of drink, hearing the cheers from the rest of them, I avoided looking at the direction.


    Jessi noticed.


    She came and collected the bottle from me , I tried not to look up at them again. My chest felt tight and my hands shook.


    My brows arched into a frown, I tried to fake a smile again but failed.


    ¡°Ferd, I think that¡¯s too much, you are now going into forey, stop ying with her boobs! The fat slut is probably enjoying it¡±.


    Kathy snappedughing.


    Jessi was dumbfounded by Beauty¡¯s action too.


    She made an eye contact with me once more.


    I found the bottle she collected from me, I stole it and pour more drink.


    I was getting dizzy and lightheaded.


    ¡°Is it not a minute already?¡±


    Grossed Jessi snapped.


    I stole a nce at them, Beauty seemed like she was getting ufortable, but Ferd was taking her by force.


    No one cared to intervene because he is the manager I guess.


    I put down the ss of wine and stood up.


    I am done pretending and smiling.


    I went and dragged her out from his arms, he was about to say something when I gave him a hard punch on the cheek.


    Unsteady, I stumped on something over the ss table.


    ¡°I am fine, fine¡­fine¡±


    I replied to no body.


    I only saw the blurred images Ferd who was about to attack me but our male colleagues held him back.


    ¡°He is drunk , you can see that clearly , let it go¡±.


    ¡°That fool raised his hand on me!¡±


    Ferd snapped angrily.

 DRUNK

    I brushed my hair down.


    ¡°Ouch my head hurts¡±.


    I chuckled out loudly.


    Kathy came to help me up, I pped her hands off me.


    ¡°Seriously that¡¯s disgusting Fatty, if he didn¡¯t separate you guys, I would¡¯ve thrown up, why are you so loose, you clearly you want to go all the way with Ferd¡±.


    She shamed Beauty.


    ¡°Shut the fuck up b*tch!!¡±Jessi cuts in, in defence to her friend.


    ¡°Manager was the one forcing himself on her, that¡¯s why Bruno gave him that resetting punch¡±.


    The two continued fighting.


    I cleaned my mouth with the back of my fist and helped myself up.


    I didn¡¯t punch him for that reason. I had itched to punch him the very moment the lips touched Beauty¡¯s.


    ¡°Please guys this is meant to be for fun, but I must say sir, you owe everyone an apology, you be carried away in the game , like you had a huge crush on Beauty, I never expected it tost that long, also apologise to Beauty for abusing her, you grabbed her tits¡±.


    Director Johnson stated.


    ¡°Crush on who? I have someone better that¡¯s ridiculous¡±.


    He snapped.


    ¡°It¡¯s sexual harassment, it was a kiss, you grabbed her tits¡±.


    Jessi snapped.


    Ferd ignored her and went back to his room. May followed afterwards, she seemed to be very disappointed in him, she looked devastated by the whole situation I guess.


    Kathy hissed loudlyand went into her room, mmed the door shut.


    Everyone of them left one after the other,


    Beauty just sat there speechless, her gaze down.


    Jessi offted to helpe me into our room, I let her.


    We got into the room, I asked her to leave me by the door, she did that.


    As soon as she shut the door after her, I leaned on it, a hand on my face, hitting my hand angrily on wall.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV***


    I was so ashamed of myself, first I thought the manager would kiss me and stop since he said I am not his type, disgusted by me now i looked like a slut infront of everyone, he used me as some toy.


    What am I going to do now?


    How can I survive this embracement?


    Jessi came out of our room and picked up her bedroom flip flop.


    ¡°He is really drunk, becareful with him, there¡¯s been enough drama this evening¡±


    She advised.


    I wanted to beg her if I can sleep in the room with them but I am sure kathy will never ept it.


    Shamefully I went in the room and closed the door slowly.


    Suddenly before I could lift my head. Bruno ambushes and pushed me to the wall.


    I was startled at first my heart raced hard aganist my chest.


    He pinned me there, a strong hand nailing both of my hands above my head.


    Wha¡­ t what are you doing Bruno¡±.


    I asked nervously.


    He leaned closer.


    ¡°What does it look like I am doing?¡±


    He gripped on my blouse , I struggled to pull my hand out of his.


    ¡°Help someone!¡±


    I yelled out.


    He covered my mouth with his palm


    I tried pushing him away but instead he grabbed me by waist, carried me towards the bed, there he dropped me violently.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    My blouse button forced open, exposing my b**bs cupped into the push up bra I was wearing.


    He nced at them lustfully, that look , the predatory glint in his eyes scared me.


    I got even more scared, when he got on top of me.


    I was struggling with my hands out and hit him, but he kept pinning it down.


    ¡°Stop pretending, you enjoy this don¡¯t you?¡±


    He locked me down with both hands kneeling with my legs in between hisps.


    ¡°Stop it , it¡¯s not funny¡±m


    I said with trembling tone, I was panicking so much I could literally hear my own heart beat.


    ¡°What¡¯s not funny?¡±


    He whispered and leaned over.


    I sealed my lips and closed my wet eyes.


    ¡°I love you Beauty ¡±


    He suddenly went as cold as ice, I slowly stopped struggling and opened my eyes, a tear dropped down the side wetting my ears.


    I looked up at him, his eyes were so sad and wet.


    ¡°I don¡¯t what you to kiss anyone else, I want you for me alone, my love is that kind of love Beauty. My love is true, I want every part of you, I cherish you, please don¡¯t hurt me anymore, I don¡¯t know what you are thinking but i will be thest person to take advantage of you¡±.


    We stare at eachother for a while.


    My lips were vibrating, I was holding back my tears, then he coughed loudly and got up from me.


    He made toy down, but instead he fell off the bed , and stared vomiting.


    ¡°You¡¯re drunk¡±.


    I whispered


    ¡°I am not¡±


    He said andughed drunkenly.

 CRAZY VIRGIN

    I helped him up and took him to the bathroom.


    After cleaning him up, I put him to bed and covered him with the nket then I sadly I sat at the edge and watched him sleep.


    ¡°This was all my fault¡±.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    The next morning, I was the first to wake up, after saying my morning prayers, I got up to put everything in order


    . So ashamed to go out after what happened yesterday, I could remember in detail how Fred made a mockery of me and used me as a y thing.


    I sat down there on the couch in the room and nced at Bruno thoughtfully.


    Alot of things running in my mind, the duvet I used to cover his body, when he slept offst night, lowly slided off from his body.


    I stood up and walked to him to put it back to ce.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to care, I am awake¡±his voice sneered.


    I freezed for the moment.


    Even though I don¡¯t know how to start an apology, I was deeply sorry about yesternight.


    ¡°Good morning¡±.


    I greeted almost a whisper.


    He ignored me , got up from the bed and walked to the bathroom, unaware of what else to do, I put the duvet back on the bed and went back to sit on the couch.


    Minutespse.


    He came out of the bathroom and avoided my eye contact.


    I looked away , he changed and then went to his study table without uttering a single word or even ncing at my direction.


    I have never wanted him to look at me this bad.


    Heter went back to the bathroom, it made me wonder if he got bowel problems.


    There¡¯s a knock.


    I was d Jessi¡¯s already awake, she came in and noticed the atmosphere but


    choose to ignore it.


    ¡°We will be going to the woods today,e out we are about to start our usual warm-up exercise, after that staright to the woods¡±.


    She informed us.


    Jessi sounded excited about the woods photoshoot, but I don¡¯t think it¡¯s something that interesting.


    Right now I have alot on my mind. She looked at me and noticed my mood.


    ¡°What happenedst night?¡±she snarled , staring directly into my soul.


    My eyes opened widely, I was stupidly being obvious.


    ¡°Nothing¡­¡±I replied nervously.


    ¡°Then , why is your face like shit?¡±she said with a grimace.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    I frowned at her.


    ¡°Not funny Jessi¡±.


    She sighed and throw herself on the bed.


    ¡°Ferd is an asshole, you know, don¡¯t let it get to you, who knows he was attracted to you, low-key he knows you are beautiful and sexy but don¡¯t what to admit it, at least you now know that those men.. find you attractive and¡­.¡±


    I interrupted.


    ¡°Those men see me as a sex thing, yes he maybe attractive to me just like all my ex boyfriends, for their sexual needs but I am not good enough to show to the world here this is my babe, I am just¡­¡±.


    She cuts me out.


    ¡°Come on Beauty don¡¯t say such things, you are beautiful, if a man see you as not worthy for a real rtionship, then screw him! You are beautiful and perfect, if Iam a man, you should at least have 6 kids by now eeeeeevery 9 months¡­. our favourite position¡­¡±


    She was demonstrating on the bed, I couldn¡¯t take it anymore, I picked a pillow and threw at her.


    Sheughed out loud.


    ¡°You are disgusting Jessi¡±I cried out loudly.


    Crazy virgin! Who would believe her!


    Then suddenly she stoppedughing, she looked around the room, for Bruno I guess.


    ¡°You should apologize to Bruno, he lost it yesternight, I feel sorry for him, he truly cares about Beauty¡±.


    I nced towards him.


    ¡°That¡¯s just your assumption¡±.


    I murmured.

 LOST

    She frowned and opened her lips to reply but a whistle sounded from outside.


    Before I could ask Jessi, what¡¯s going on out there, Bruno came out of the bathroom.


    ¡°Bruno how was your night honey?¡±Jessi asked .


    ¡°Thanks to you for helping me up¡±he replied, slowly.


    ¡°Oh it¡¯s nothing¡±Jessi replied.


    I stared at him, he didn¡¯t even meet my stare, I looked away sadly. He wore a vest and sweat pants.


    ¡°You look good¡±.


    Jessiplimented.


    He didn¡±t say a word and left the room.


    Jessi immediately turned to me.


    ¡°What¡¯s up with the both of you, before you were fighting like cat and rat, but now you hardly look in the eyes , are you shy, did anything happenstnight?¡±Jessi pestered me with her questions.


    ¡°Nothing happened okay!¡±I snapped getting fed up.


    ¡°Jeez why are you so fired up, something is definitely wrong¡­apologize to him¡±


    The whistle sounded again interrupting her.


    ¡°I think the game is about to start ,e on get that fat ass up, let¡¯s go¡±.


    Jessi took my hands and dragged me up.


    We both stepped out of the room, heading to the ce for the morning workout.


    The manager Ferd and his roommate were the first to get into the game.


    It¡¯s going to be a runningpetition , the loser will be shot with our water guns and then we will take pics to tease him or her after the trip.


    Sounds all fun right?


    Except if you are going to be bodyshamed instead.


    I have always lost to my roomies for the past three years, since I¡¯ve been working with thepany, I guess it¡¯s another bad day for me, starting with mockery.


    Now it¡¯s Jessie and Kathy¡¯s turn to race, no doubt Jessi is going to win.


    Kathy was just kathy.. walk-ing, like she would always call it, unbothered.


    After the race , they all messed her up with water guns and pics were taken.


    Someone like her will look even sexier I¡¯m a couple of pictures taken unaware, with her body wet.


    I didn¡¯t care to join them because I knew, I would be the next in line.


    ¡°Where is Bruno, it¡¯s you guys turn¡±.


    Jessi told me , filling up her water gun.


    ¡°I don¡¯t what to y anymore games¡±


    I whispered.


    ¡°Don¡¯t be such a baby, it makes our trip fun,e one, I am sure Bruno will be easy on you¡±sheughed.


    Jessi is such a pain.


    Just then those crazy models started screaming in excitement, I turned and realized that , Bruno¡¯s out for the game, that¡¯s why the noise.


    We got to the line.


    I stole a nce at him but he didn¡¯t look at me, just looked determined to destroy me, so focused , hepletely ignored my presence.


    The whistle was blown, I started running with all my strength, yet I was very far behind Bruno.


    Theughter from our colleagues worsened the situation


    ¡°Fatty!¡±Kathy yelled out


    ¡°She has a name, Idiot!¡±


    I heard Jessi¡¯s p back.


    **JESSI¡¯S POV**


    Poor Beauty, she¡¯s really giving her best, and those girls , they should shut up for crying out loud.


    Beauty will definitely cry if she lose to Bruno, and that will give them more reason tough at her.


    Just then she slipped and fell.


    I covered my face shamefully, I can¡¯t stand it.


    A thunderousughter broke out but she was really determined, she got and continued.


    Bruno looked back for the first time after hearing theughter.


    Then it wasn¡¯t a slip, he intentionally hit his leg on the floor, but I don¡¯t think that heavy fall was intentional.


    ¡°Ouch!!¡±


    I snapped with my eyes dimmed.


    Beauty ran pass him and won the game.


    Everywhere was quite, the disappointment was very high on their faces.


    ¡°Why did you fall , sir Bruno!¡±


    His crazy fan girls cried out.


    ¡°The ground must have been slippery, there no way he lost to that fatty¡±.


    Another said.


    Brunoy on the floor there, his eyes closed.


    We all rushed to him and shoot out water guns on him where he wasid down, breathless.


    He covered his face with his hands, chuckling. I noticed his bruised knee.


    Wait am I the only one who noticed he intentionally did that for Beauty to win?


    Maybe not, Kathy was fuming at him, I guess she saw it was intentional too.


    Beauty stared at us breathlessly from where she was seated, she was looking proud.


    She took a sachet of glucose and licked a good quantity.


    After the whole stuff , everyone of us went back to prepare for the tour.


    The bus arrived and we were informed to speed up our preparations.


    Bruno got up and started leaping.


    Beauty went to him and offered a hand, I stared at them as he rejected her offer to help and tried to get up by himself, Beauty looked sad.


    I walked towards them.


    ¡°Bea, get dressed up , I will help him with the first aid¡±.


    She nodded and went back to their room.


    ** IN THE WOODS**


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    We got to the ce , everyone looked excited, well except me.


    Bruno been quite cold towards me, and sometimes I felt like crying out loud, I wondered why I am this afffected by him recently.


    I damped off the tear struggling to get out of my eyes, with my finger and followed behindCopyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    We walked into the woods and got to a beautiful site, the director suggested that we take few shots here.


    The models were attended to by the makeup artists. I prepared my design for my model to wear.


    The photographers set their stuffs and director looked out for a good background ad angle.


    The atmosphere was friendly and the trees in here were enchanting, I admired every one of them.


    We almost set for the photoshoot su


    suddenly L screamed out.


    ¡°I can¡¯t find my baby!¡±


    ¡°You have a child?¡±


    Jessi asked almost annoyed.


    Everyone of us well except for Jessi looked at her worried, paying attention to what she want was about to say.


    ¡°He¡¯s a sweet baby , please help me find my baby¡±she cried more.


    It made me ufortable seeing her like that, she was a great woman but none of us has seen this baby of hers, so we stoodpletely confused.


    ¡°Her pet is a chicken¡±.


    One of her servants cleared us.


    ¡°Ooohhhh, so sorry¡±.


    Others chorused.


    ¡°We will help get your baby back¡±I hugged and consoled her.


    ¡°Who keeps a chicken for a pet! Some of the wild animal must have used it for breakfast¡±Jessi snapped with a sneer.


    ¡°That¡¯s a rude remark Jessi, this woman been kind towards us¡±I whispered.


    She rolled her eyes.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry ma¡¯am everyone of us will help to search for your baby¡±


    Ferd assured L.


    ¡°Crew let¡¯s start the search¡±


    The director instructed.


    ¡°Let¡¯s divide in twos , the roommate duo, will go together¡±.


    We all agreed, even though I only mumbled in agreement.


    I walked to the other side, Bruno hesitated then followed me.


    We walked and searched the bushes in silence. I was getting pretty nervous and seriously pissed about the fact that he made up his mind to pretend I don¡¯t exist.


    I got to a thicker side of the forest, unknown to me there¡¯s a huge hole there but the leaves covered it, I took a step and fell into it.


    A loud scream escaped from my mouth. I kept sliding down the hole, I was so scared and started crying out loudly in horror.


    ¡°Beauty!¡±


    I heard Jessie¡¯s voice called out.

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    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    As soon as she slipped and fell into the big hole , I went after her as fast as I can.


    I got to end of it, it was a deep River.


    ¡°Help please I can¡¯t swim, please¡­¡±.


    I heard her voice, I sighted her at the middle of the river, she went into the water, then her head up and coughed out breathlessly.


    She was a very terrible swimmer , that it scared me if I could save her on time.


    ¡°Please , I don¡¯t want to die this way¡±she cried out.


    Thank goodness, I am a really strong swimmer, thought it¡¯s one of my useless skills but who knows.


    I pulled my shirt off and dived into the water.


    ¡°Hold on, please, I aming for you!¡±


    I swam through the flowing river, the rythmn and speed of it¡¯s flow was even strong enough to move me.


    The water flow pulled her in and out again, she coughed like she was choking to death, her eyes were red , it¡¯s obvious, the water was drowning her.


    I speed up, she burst out crying like a baby, she was scared and terrified, as she coughed breathlessly.


    I was swimming faster but the river was flowing really fast, she got down into it I could only see her hands floating, I got scared and thought I was going to lose her right in my front, my eyes became wet as I struggled through, but I didn¡¯t give that a fear a chance to weaken me.


    I had to stretch my hand to grab her.


    ¡°I love you Beauty¡±.


    I screamed on top of my voice in tears, like it was a strength booster , I got her finger tip, I stretched more and with all my might grabbed her hand and pulled her up.


    Then pulled her hard to me.


    She hugged on my body like a convulsing child staring around scared and coughing hesterically.


    She locked her hands around me. she was lighter than I thought, and the water made it easier.


    ¡°I got you, I got you, I am here, okay¡±I whispered into her ear and rubbed her back.


    She coughed out water nervously , crying.


    I swam out of the flowing part of the river.


    We got to a more narrow part of the river.


    Then she recovered from her fright , she hugged me and cried loudly.


    I sighed with my eyes closed relieved, I damped my wet eyes, I was so proud of me , I was able to save her.


    I didn¡¯t know when I pecked her forehead and hugged her tightly, then slowly I wasn¡¯t paying attention before, her soft panting her voice as she breathe heavily, her b**bs pressed to my chest , made me want her , the urge was something I can¡¯t stop, but I don¡¯t want to take advantage of her so I waved it up.


    Then we stared at each other, I wondered what she was thinking at that moment , I could only stare at her vibrating lips, shyly she put her legs down from my body, then suddenly her knee locked between my thighs.


    ¡°It¡¯s rock hard¡±She gasped, I got all red and embarrassed, why should this happen at a situation like this.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to.. I..¡±


    She kissed me immediately shutting me up, I responded like my life depends on it


    She stopped and pull off her blouseI stared at her , hungry for every part of her


    Slowly she put her hands round my neck.


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    ¡°Where¡¯s Beauty, I can¡¯t find beauty?¡±I said to each of them.


    ¡°Who?¡±Kathy replied sleepy or else she would have ignored me , after she understood I was asking for Beauty.


    I tapped another person, it wasn¡¯t helping , I got restless, I brought my phone, as beads of sweat summoned on my forehead.


    I dialled her line several times, finally she answered.


    I heard the voice from the phone but it sounded like she was here with me.


    ¡°You¡¯re really troublesome you know that¡±


    I turned and found her standing beside our tent, grinning uncontrobly.


    I smiled back relieved.


    She bit her lower lip and pulled her finger, continuously making the e to me¡¯ sign.


    Excitedly, I took the shot. Along the way, I mistakenly stepped on someone.


    ¡°I am sorry , so sorry¡±I pleaded softly in a whisper, luckily he was deep asleep to care.


    Beauty was dying ofughter with her hand covering her mouth. As soon as I got to where she was, I wanted to hug her but she went inside the tent instead.


    I followed immediately .


    ¡°You got me worried¡±I said pouting my lip for a kiss, she pressed her finger on my lips instead.


    .¡±We should sleep¡±she replied and walked majestically to the bed andid down leaving me there emotionally drained.


    ¡°Mummy!¡±I called her in a childish sobby tone.


    She was holding back herughter, she turned and red at me.


    ¡°I am not your mummy, it¡¯s time for bed, so don¡¯t get naughty¡±she scolded then she turned back to the other side.


    I sadly went to the bed. I wanted to put my hand on her waist, she pped it off, I did it again, same thing repeated , I let her be and closed my eyes.


    Few minutester, she took my hand and turned to me , resting on my hand , her legs cuddled up with mine. I looked at her and smiled, she smiled back with her eyes closed.


    I kissed her forehead and hugged her tightly.


    I wished there would never be a daybreak, let¡¯s stay like this forever. Just you and me in our own world no disturba¡­.


    Just then, Someone drew the tent open, interrupting our moment.


    ¡°You guys!¡±she snapped.


    We jumped up startled.


    It was jessi.


    ¡°Jessi what the fuck is your problem?¡±I whispered, furious , frowning at her.


    ¡°Jessi not agaaain¡±.


    Beauty said sleepily in a pissed groan.


    ¡°I just want to remind you guys, pregnancy is real, make sure you are ready , and also put off the lights before anything because we can see your silhouette from outside¡±Jessi confirmed.


    ¡°Ok that¡¯s it , now get out of here¡±.


    Beauty got up and dragged her outside.


    I heard themugh outside.


    ¡°Jessi must be a mosquito in herst life, very annoying ¡°I snapped impatiently.


    Then my face brightened when Beauty came back inside our tent.


    ¡°Shhh¡±.


    She whispered, crawling towards me and she blew off the candle lights.


    I felt her finger on me in the dark and then they tickled me.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you dareugh¡±she said holding back her ownughter, I was reaching my limits too.


    She noticed and caught my face , leaned forward and kissed me, we bothy back on the bed , wrapped in eachothers arms.


    ¡°Hmmm, you smell good¡±.


    She said sniffing my neck , her nose poking my face, cuddling, going to rest on my chest, we chuckled , I kissed her forehead , then I noticed she had fallen asleep already.


    I can¡¯t even sleep again, I have the river scene on my mind like it was installed there, it was my first and I never imagined it to be this amazing.


    She cuddled tightly, maybe she¡¯s cold.


    I drew the nket over our bodies and closed my eyes


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I woke up and found him sound asleep, I smiled at him who would believe it!


    Am I dreaming?


    I am sir Bruno¡¯s girlfriend now right, a one sided crush for three years.


    ¡°Am I getting yed again. no wave it off , you see the way he looks at you, he¡¯s real for you¡±I said to myself.


    I took a deep breath to calm my nerves then I turned and stared at him smiling.


    I can¡¯t really decide which one is more handsome.


    Bruno, when he was awake or or Bruno, while sleeping.


    I leaned and kissed his lips gently in order not to wake him, I kissed him again, about to go back to sleep, two hands caught my face in the dark and we kissed passionately.


    ¡°You should stop stealing kisses from me without my permission¡±.


    He replied, smiling with his eyes closed.


    ¡°Well I thought it¡¯s all mine now¡±.


    He opened his eyes and smiled.


    ¡°You know it¡¯s yours.. maybe next time don¡¯t kiss so gently, im it rather¡±.


    I chuckled, my cheeks hot.


    I got back to my position as we both cuddled up again.


    He was really sleepy so I let him. I stared at him while resting on his chest, I had another weird dream that night.


    I saw a slim version of me staring at me. It was horrific. I wonder what that means. She looked really pretty.


    **JESSIE¡¯S POV*¡±


    Well the next day we all got ready to go back home to the states with lots of gifts from Mrs L.


    At the airport, Bruno¡¯s driver arrived, I already suggested that they don¡¯t go together because it will make people wonder why they are suddenly close.


    So they went their separate ways. Am happy for my friend beauty, this vacation is a life changing for her.


    Bruno¡¯s a good guy but well we can¡¯t trust anyone fully, people changes alot, especially men who are handsome and can have any woman they want.


    I just hope they find happiness together.


    ¡°So are we going together?¡±I asked Beauty.


    She nodded sadly.


    ¡°Stop keeping your face like a new bride , who just bade farewell to her travelling husband¡±.


    I snapped at her with a frown.


    She cleaned her face, and sobbed loudly, I can¡¯t believe she was actually crying.


    I rolled my eyes and signal the cab driver to put our luggages in the cab.


    Only Ferd and few others entered thepany bus. I went into the cab but she stayed outside , looking towards Bruno¡¯s car until the driver engaged the gear.


    ¡°Come on in Bea!¡±


    I called out to her.


    As soon as she got into the cab, she fell on my shoulder crying.


    ¡°Don¡¯t stain my blouse with your childish tears , Bea! What is it this time?¡±I snarled impatiently.


    ¡°Jessie do you think he¡¯s real, I am really confused, how can a man like that love me¡­what if it¡¯s some fetish he wanted to explore? What if he breaks up with me like the others what if he only sees me as a sex thing and¡­ what if¡­¡±


    I had to interrupt her.


    ¡°You overthink alot Bea, are you crying for your break up in the future, that¡¯s ridiculous! Well cry no more bestie!¡±


    She looked up at me.


    ¡°Really!¡±


    ¡°Yep, infact.. I know a very few good men on my hit list and Bruno is one of them. Infact he tops the list so, I will say he¡¯s for real, don¡¯t cry over it , he loves you and I know you can feel it too.. it¡¯s normal to feel like he is just ying you because of his looks and status¡±.


    She sighed hotly.


    ¡°I guess you are right Jessi, maybe am exaggerating¡±.


    She said drying her face.


    ¡°That¡¯s right girl, you need to woman up and own your man¡±I replied and smiled at her. Inwardly I was quite relieved she was done with her nags.


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    She yelled out loudly and fell on my shoulder , crying again.


    I rolled my eyes intensively, trying to endure her annoying attitude.


    ¡°Seriously Bea , you guys just seperated minutes ago, if you don¡¯t stop crying now I will p you back to your senses¡±.


    I thundered with arched brows.

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    She knew what I¡¯m capable of so she quickly jumped back to her seat and paused her sobs immediately.


    ¡°That¡¯s what I taught¡±.


    I said, just then her phone ranged, it was a video call from Bruno.


    ¡°It¡¯s Bruno!¡±She screamed excitedly.


    I put my hand on my forehead, so much of being single.


    ¡°Hello baby*.


    She said smiling at him on her tablet screen.


    ¡°Why are your eyes red?¡±


    They both asked in a chorus and chuckled, realising they said same thing , at same time.


    I peeped onto her tablet and found him rubbing his eyes.


    I sighed and faced my window side, these two are one annoying duo.


    He was crying too, who knows someone like Bruno could be so ¡­so¡­. fragile?


    I hate here?


    This love fever is contagious.


    ¡°It was a flying insect¡±he chuckled nervously.


    I rolled my eyes , well that a lie I am sure.


    ¡°I am so sorry, mine was Jessie, she mistakenly hit me on the face and my eye all red and itchy¡±she replied.


    I was dumbfounded for the moment.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you dare lie with my name!¡±


    I screamed into her ears.


    She chuckled nervously and whispered sorry.


    ¡°How are you feeling right now?¡±


    Bruno asked her.


    ¡°It¡¯s not a biggie, but yours are really red , let me help you blew it off your eyes¡±.


    ¡°Really! Please do my love!¡±


    Bruno replied in excitement.


    My jaw dropped.


    I looked back at Beauty. She slowly pulled her hair to the back of her ear and started blowing air into the tablet.


    I pped my forehead in disbelief.


    ¡°Seriously, that¡¯s embarrassing what are you guys 5 yrs old toddlers who experienced love for the first time¡±I said to her but she ignored me and went ahead blewing air.


    ¡°How is it now?¡±


    Beauty asked and smiled biting her lower lip, she stroke her hair curling it up with her finger.


    ¡°Even your air was magical , it suddenly stopped the pain, I appreciate you, my saving grace, you are angel, is God aware of your existance on earth? Oh my God don¡¯t tell me that you are fallen angel.


    Bea blushed uncontrobly.


    ¡°Well give it as a secret, will you?¡±


    ¡°Yes boss!¡±


    Bruno snapped.


    That¡¯s it!


    I am done with whatever zee world, Telemundo, k drama going on right now!


    I looked into the tablet and frowned at him.


    ¡°Sir Bruno I expected you to be more mature¡±.


    ¡°Oh hy Jessie, I didn¡¯t see you there¡±.


    He waved with a grin settled on his face.


    ¡°Can you two behave like humans please¡±


    I snarled Sarcastically and turned to the window side again.


    ¡°She said , I am annoying¡±


    Beauty whined like a child.


    Brunoughed out.


    ¡°Leave her then. Annoy me! please¡±


    Bruno replied.


    Beauty covered her face shyly andughed out.


    ¡°So¡­ what time will youe to work tomorrow, I¡­ just want to know¡±


    Beauty asked biting her nails nervously.


    ¡°9:00am, I think it¡¯s been a stressful day today so I might a littlete to work , tomorrow¡±


    Bruno replied.


    She took a deep breathe and smiled back.


    ¡°But you don¡¯t looked stressed at all¡±she replied


    Using my hand as a y thing to calm her nervousness.


    ¡°Really I don¡¯t look stressed out?¡±


    Bruno asked in disbelief.


    ¡°Yes, rather you look handsome even when stressed, you look hot¡±.


    Bruno switched to the main camera then selfie back on.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want you to see me blush, gosh you are so sweet¡±.


    Bruno replied.


    Beauty chuckling loudly and her fingers digged into my painfully.


    ¡°Beauty let go of my hand!¡±


    I yelled at her.


    She wasn¡¯t paying any attention to me.


    ¡°Oh I just arrived home, will you like to speak with my family before meeting them in person¡±.


    Beauty hesitated a little.


    ¡°Sure, I will love to¡±


    She replied smiling back at him.


    Then she suddenly turned paler and her breathe fastened, she must be dead nervous.


    I peeped into the video.


    He walked almost fall down trying to capture everything, then he gave to someone to video, Beauty was all red , smiling like a christmas snowman.


    The house was quite huge, nothing like I have ever seen before.


    Mr Hathaway is quite a ssy man. No wonder is so strict with his fashion taste.


    ¡°And here is my elder sweet sister Abigail¡±.


    ¡°Hey sis¡±


    He waved and signaled her toe over for the video.


    ¡°What? Asshole!¡±


    She yelled back and walked towards him.


    His sassy sister¡¯s reply and name threw me off bnce, Iughed out.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you dareugh at my Bruno¡±


    Beauty said and hit me softly on the shoulder and frowned at me.


    ¡°Meet my girlfriend¡±.


    Bruno introduced.


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    Then she looked into his tab and saw us.


    Bruno bent his head shamefully after his sister murdered him with her words.


    ¡°Oh my gosh! Bruno you finally have a girlfriend, not just a girlfriend, two girlfriends! I expected five of them though, what¡¯s this a threesome first experience?¡±


    I quickly adjusted away from Beauty.


    ¡°No, not two, it¡¯s just one, the most beautiful one of the two¡±


    Bruno corrected.


    Beauty waved shyly, brushing her hair back.


    ¡°Wow thanks for calling me ugly Bruno!¡±


    I snapped loud enough for him to hear.


    ¡°That one, I don¡¯t know you like them¡­. big?¡±


    His sister doesn¡¯t look impressed with his choice.


    It made me feel for Bea, she also notices the sisters facial expression too.


    ¡°Wee to the family honey''¡±


    She said with a tone that sounded forced.


    ¡°Thanks so much, you look lovely, I love your hair¡±


    Beauty replied in a rap nervously.


    His sis handed over the tab back to Bruno and went away.


    ¡°So let¡¯s get into the sitting room, Mom must be waiting¡­¡±


    The tab suddenly went ck.


    ¡°Oh craps! My battery! Why didn¡¯t I notice before¡±


    Beauty snapped out.


    Finally the video call ended. I am grateful to the battery, it¡¯s a life saver.


    ¡°Give me your phone Jessie please¡±


    She turned to me and pleaded.


    I shook my head smiling at her.


    ¡°You know me better than that, you think I should give you phone to continue this madness? Sorry sweetie¡±.


    I replied.


    She tried stealing my phone, we struggled with it.


    ¡°Just for 5 minutes please!¡±


    ¡°No!¡±


    ¡°We are here¡±


    The cab driver interrupted.


    We both looked at the window side, to our notice. We arrived Beauty¡¯s ce.


    Quickly she picked up her back, got out about to rush in and charge her phone.


    She forgot her luggages.


    I was in the cab, speechlesy waiting for to realize it.


    Few minutes, she ran back to us.


    ¡°Sorry guys I forgot my baggages¡±.


    ¡°You are impossible! I scolded her with arched brows and little grimace.


    She pecked me on my forehead.


    ¡°Bye Jessie!¡±


    Then she carried them in.


    I shook my head and smiled at her.


    ¡°Call me tonight¡±


    I shouted after her.


    ¡°I will!¡±


    She yelled out before entering inside the house.


    ¡°Let¡¯s get going¡±.


    I said to the cab driver.


    I entered the cab and he engaged the gear and drove off.

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    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    The video ended sooner than expected, did she hung up intentionally?


    I was greatly disturbed.


    I tried her number but it wasn¡¯t going through.


    I got into my room, trying her mobile line time over time but it wasn¡¯t helping.


    ¡°Should I go after her?¡±


    I asked myself.


    Maybe I am over reacting. It might be something else, something not serious, maybe she dropped her tab or maybe she wanted to save the battery and then had to switch it off.


    I sat up on the bed trying to wave off the thoughts of her in trouble, then I remembered our moments during the Columbia trip.


    It got me smiling sheepishly.


    I fell on the bed in dness.


    ¡°She¡¯s so beautiful ah!¡±


    I stood up scratched my hair roughly and fell back on the bed again, breathing heavily.


    ¡°I will make her all mine only mine¡±.


    I smiled with my eyes closed.


    Feels good to be loved and to be inlove.


    I can¡¯t believe it took me this long.


    Minutester, I decided to go freshen up and maybe after I can try her number again.


    I went into the bathroom


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I got into the house as fast as I can. My Mom was surprised to see me I usually call them to pick me up from the airport.


    ¡°You¡¯re back, Honey¡±.


    I kissed her.


    ¡°Hy Mom¡±


    I rushed into the room.


    ¡°Are you pressed that bad?¡±


    Mom asked me concerned.


    I quickly jumped on the bed, flinged my shoes off and put my tab to charge.


    I smiled like it¡¯s just a new fantastic experience to see my phone changing.


    I got up and went to take my bath.


    After I put on a nice flowy gown and put my hair up into a messy bun, I checked my battery.


    ¡°10 percent , good enough for a video call¡±


    I said and shrugged.


    I decided to call him first, I was lying on the bed waiting impatiently.


    Finally, we got connected.


    ¡°I am so sorry it was my battery¡±.


    ¡°Thank goodness I felt really bad, maybe you¡¯re sick and tired of me¡±


    He gasped and chuckled.


    ¡°Never! Don¡¯t say such¡±


    I snapped angrily.


    ¡°Yes ma¡¯am¡±


    He replied tartly.


    Weughed, I tossed on the bed and pped with my feet excited, tossing to and fro.


    ¡°So what are you doing?¡±


    I asked beaming with smiles.


    He suddenly started unbuttoning his shirt.


    My cheeks were getting heated up.


    ¡°Nothing, I just ¡­you know the weather is hot, I want to go shirtless, it¡¯s morefortable¡±.


    He replied with a wink.


    ¡°You want to distract me right?¡±


    I replied ying along.


    ¡°Well are you distracted mydy?¡±


    He said and make a muscle bounce with his chest.


    I cracked up and covered my face.


    ¡°Of course! You are too hot to ignore¡±.


    ¡°And you are too beautiful to exist, thanks for epting me Beauty, I promise to be the best man ever, not even your sweet father can be apetition¡±.


    How can he say that


    Is this happening.


    Am I being yed again.


    Could he mean those words.


    Could someone actually adore me this much?


    ¡°Is everything okay, my love?¡±


    He asked.


    I blinked, same time my Mom opened the door, I shouted and jumped starled like a teenager caught while on video call with her boyfriend.


    ¡°Oh you are busy, tell me all about itter okay¡±.


    She whispered, winked and left the room.


    ¡°Is that your Mom?¡±


    Bruno asked.


    I nodded.


    ¡°She is going to kill with questions¡±.


    I sighed heavily.


    I can picture her, haunting me with questions about my new boyfriend, in the midnight, in the restroom and during breakfast.


    ¡°Well, tell her all about me, I am sure I am part of the family already¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t feel so good about yourself¡±


    I snarled with a pout.


    Heughed heartly, it¡¯s so satisfying to hear himugh, he is so handsome!


    ***BEAUTY¡¯S POV***


    The next day , I was dressing up, getting ready for work when mom knocked and entered my room.


    ¡°You need help?¡±


    She smiled leaning by the door.


    ¡°I can handle this mom¡±.


    I replied quickly, hiding the makeup tools I stole from her room, I haven¡¯t applied makeup for a while now, actually years, just lip gloss saving my life.


    ¡°Are you sure?¡±


    She said again and walked towards me, after noticing I was hiding away the makeup.


    ¡°Mom.. I borrowed those¡±.


    I surrendered showing her the tools.


    She smiled softly.


    ¡°I saw when you took them, let me help you with that , I am sure you¡¯ve forgotten how to draw even brows¡±.


    ¡°Mom!¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t say anything,¡± sheughed.


    She came to my back and helped me put my hair up.


    ¡°You don¡¯t want them to be in the way, and this way you will see all of your face and shape will be clearer too¡±.


    She instructed.


    Then she took the makeup kit and started giving me a makeover.


    ¡°So this is about this young man, what is he like?¡±


    She whispered.


    ¡°There¡¯s no one mother¡±.


    I replied with a pout, my cheeks hot with embarrassment.


    ¡°Come on, you can tell me, you know¡±.


    ¡°Seriously mother there¡¯s no one¡±.


    ¡°You can¡¯t lie to me, it¡¯s written all over your adorable face, who is he?¡±


    I am not yet ready to discuss this, I don¡¯t want toe back crying about it again after I get dumped for now, let me not put all my hope in this rtionship.


    She sighed deeply.


    ¡°I see you are still in doubt if it will be sessful or not¡±.


    I opened my eyes widely in shock. How.. how do you know?¡±


    ¡°I am your mother, it¡¯s my nature to know, baby I just want you to see this strong woman, I am seeing in this mirror right now, beautiful, gorgeous, charming.. you don¡¯t have to feel insecure, whosoever that is .. he is so lucky. .. I swear he is super lucky..¡±


    ¡°Mom stop! I will go to workte¡±


    I chuckled out loud.


    ¡°You know you are beautiful right?¡±


    She turned my seat, she¡¯s done with the makeover.


    Then she startedbing my hair, applied hair mousse, and styled it.


    ¡°How do you like this style?¡±


    She said a hand on her lean waist and the other hand holding theb with pride as a professional.


    ¡°Mom you are gifted, I am impressed!¡±


    ¡°You have such a sweet tongue like your father¡±.


    Sheughed.


    A knock came in.


    ¡°I wonder who that might be?¡±


    I said , we both turned to the door.


    Jessie entered, she was carrying a shopping bag.


    ¡°Wow! What¡¯s going on, are you serious right now, what¡¯s the asion?¡±


    She asked, eyes wide open.


    I shook my head blushing like a new bride, admiring the image of this new me in the mirror.


    ¡°She¡¯s almost done¡±.


    Mom said patting the front of my hair to rx the baby hairs, and press the edge control in the hair properly.


    Jessiughed.


    ¡°Well¡­ I know this is going to happen , here¡­ you go¡±.


    She held out the shopping bag for me.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    I got up and went to her.


    ¡°What¡¯s it?¡±


    ¡°Well check it out¡±.


    I took the back and pulled out a piece, it¡¯s a trendy jumpsuit.


    ¡°Jessie¡­ this looks expensive¡±.


    ¡°Of Course it looks expensive, because it issssz expensive now go put it on, don¡¯t tell me it¡¯s too revealing, just for once unt those assets of your Beauty, if not for anything for Bruno¡±.


    ¡°Oh so Bruno is his name¡±.


    Mother interrupted with a sly smirk.


    ¡°Jessi!¡±


    I snapped embarrassed.


    Jessi spread her hand in a questioning manner unsure why I was upset.


    ¡°Tell me more about this young man¡±.


    Mother said to her.


    My face turned red.


    ¡°I .. I don¡¯t think it¡¯s necessary, mother¡±.


    ¡°I should know about my daughter¡¯s boyfriend¡±.


    ¡°Of Course but just not now, I have work to do now¡±.


    I turned to Jessi.


    ¡°I appreciate your gift Jessi but I can¡¯t wear this out¡±.


    ¡°I bought that with my hard earned money, young woman!¡±


    She turned to my mother, who enjoyed every bit of her scolding me.


    ¡°Ma¡¯am talk to your daughter, she¡¯s getting on my nerves¡±.


    Motherughed.


    ¡°Beauty your friend gave you as a gift , it¡¯s bad to reject it¡±.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t reject it , I just said it¡¯s not something I can wear out¡±.


    I replied.


    ¡°Just put it on, it¡¯s not that bad¡±


    My mom tried convincing me


    ¡°Fine!¡±


    I rolled my eyes then walked to my dressing curtain. I removed the dress I had on and put it on.


    ¡°You cane out now, don¡¯t be shy!¡±


    Mom called loudly.


    I walked out slowly from behind the curtain.


    ¡°Oh my my, now this is hot.. gorgeous.. beautiful.. and sexy.


    Bruno is a smart dude, girl you are beautiful¡±.


    Jessi snapped.


    ¡°Stop your ttering we arete already¡±


    I went and pecked Mom, who seemed to be shocked to see me in that outfit.


    ¡°Isn¡¯t it a bit¡­too good on her¡±.


    She murmured.


    ¡°Those curves where did theye from?¡±


    She was admiring me absentmindedly.


    ¡°Take care, Mom¡±


    I waved at her.


    ¡°Tell me all about it when you get back home¡±.


    She shouted after me.


    We entered the cab that Jessie came with and drove off to work.


    ¡°Did you see your mother¡¯s face? She was like whose daughter are you? ¡± Girl she was blown away¡±.


    Jessiughed.


    ¡°I am notfortable, Jessi¡±.


    I replied trying to cover my cleavage.


    Jessi pped my hand off.


    ¡°Girl don¡¯t upset me, just don¡¯t okay?¡±


    I sighed then my eyes went to my phone screen.


    ¡°It¡¯s 9:00, Ferd will scream at us¡±.


    I snapped out loud.


    ¡°Who cares my friend is the fiancee of the original Bruno Hathaway himself¡±.


    She said carefreely applying her lipstick.


    I frowned at her.


    ¡°I am not his fiancee and you shouldn¡¯t use that as an excuse to do anything!¡±


    As soon as we got to thepany, I was too shy or maybe nervous to get into thepany.


    At first, Jessie was the one that dragged me out of the cab.

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    **JESSIE¡¯S POV**


    we got into thepany, all eyes on us baby, I walked majestically with my chin up, while Beauty walked begin like an old woman, very annoying, she always feel insecure instead of making others feel insecure with her perfect curves, her nose being the most attractive part of her visual, I admire.


    You need to see their faces, Beauty is indeed beautiful, she just need to a change of wardrobe that¡¯s all!


    ¡°Jessi , Beauty to my office now!¡±


    Ferd annouced.


    I nced at Beauty she looked worried gazing towards Bruno¡¯s desk.


    Where the hell is he?


    We did all this for him!


    ¡°Is he in the office?¡±


    Beauty whispered.


    ¡°How am I supposed to know that


    I wanted to rise her bo small


    We got to ferd¡¯s office, he started ranting and after all his trash , he asked Beauty to wait behind, I should go.


    I nced at him, then to Beauty giving her a strong informative look before finally leaving the office.


    I hope she know the right answer to his questions. That jerk pisses me off.


    I got out to our department and you wouldn¡¯t believe who I met.


    Steven.


    Beauty¡¯s ex boyfriend with a bouquet of flowers at the entrance.


    His eyes met with mine, the excitement in them were pretty obvious.


    ¡°Mr florist, can we help you?¡±


    I called him out first.


    ¡°Jessie!¡±


    The receptionist snapped at me, ring like a house wife.


    I rolled my eyes and walked towards Beauty¡¯s desk.


    She went to attend to him, she pointed at Beauty¡¯s desk, I was seated there, with my legs crossed chewing a bubble a gum, I stole from her bag.


    He came to me, and smiled.


    ¡°How are doing, you are Beauty¡¯s friend right?¡±


    ¡°Sorry remind me who you are again?¡±


    I replied giving him a no friendly energy.


    ¡°Well¡­I¡­I am¡­¡±


    Just then Beauty came of the office, looking sad then her eyes brighten seeing andre


    Who was shocked to see beauty also, his jaw dropped stark at her like he was enchanted.


    ¡°Steven, what are you doing here¡±.


    Beauty asked a little embarrassed


    ¡°I came to talk¡±.


    ¡°Then why the flowers?¡±


    She asked in a low tone.


    ¡°You love flowers since childhood you wanted to be a florist remember?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s not what I asked you what are you here?¡±


    Well I love where this is going, the fool thinks he can rizz her up and make her say yes to his wishes.


    ¡°Can we talk somewhere else¡±.


    He said noticing the stares from our colleagues.


    Beauty looked back at me for a tip, I shook my head for her to turn him down immediately.


    She sighed and epted.


    Unbelievable!


    ¡°I will be back Jessie¡±.


    I quickly brought my phone and failed to contact Bruno¡¯s number.


    His line isn¡¯t going.


    Where the heck are you Bruno?


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV***


    We both walked towards thepany¡¯s parking lot.


    ¡°Here you go¡±.


    Steven offered me the flowers.


    I reluctantly collected the flowers.


    ¡°Why are you really here Steven?¡±


    I asked giving him the look that speaks volume, I don¡¯t trust him one bit.


    ¡°You look stunning, I was ¡­. so surprised thest time we met, and about what I said then, I mean it.¡±


    ¡°Thanks I am ttered, can I go back now if that¡¯s all¡±.


    I replied impatiently.


    ¡°No. actuallly. I came to beg you for a favour¡±.


    His voice suddenly went lower.


    ¡°If it¡¯s something I can help you out, I will try but I am not going to make any promise¡±.


    I replied tartly.


    He sighed then went on his knees.


    My heart skipped and my cheeks were hot and red with embarrassment.


    ¡°Steven, what¡­ what are you doing? Stop please people are watching¡±.


    ¡°Let¡¯s get our rtionship back please, let¡¯s forget the past and heal¡±.


    ¡°What are you saying? Friendship¡­heal? I am healed already Stephen, in a very healthy rtionship, I am sorry.. I can¡¯t be together with you anymore,¡±.


    He stood up and walked closer to me, I nervously took few steps back, he smell the same, his scent never changed, wait why am I thinking about it.


    ¡°Steven, I am with someone¡±.


    I said unsure if he heard me before.


    He slowly remove a messy strand of my hair off my face then smiled at me.


    ¡°I heard you the first time. I just want your friendship that¡¯s all, not like we are going to f**k each other¡±.


    He said with a soft chuckle.


    I felt ufortable when he said that.


    ¡°Well¡­if you are sure you won¡¯t make any move.. I guess I will think about it¡±.


    I replied and took another step back.


    ¡°Think about it? Come on Beauty we are exes not enemies or are you saying this because of your new man, is very controlling?¡±


    ¡°¡±Fine I ept. Also you have no idea what he is like so don¡¯t make silly assumptions¡±.


    He shrugged and tucked his hands into his pockets.


    ¡°I will be waiting at your ce¡±.


    He winked and walked towards his car.


    What?


    ¡°I never invited you, you can¡¯t just visit without an invitation!¡±


    ¡°I can¡­I always have¡­and I might spend the night just like old times¡±.


    ¡°You can¡¯t¡­¡±


    Before I could tell all the words put, he entered his Lamborghini and drove off.


    What is his problem


    Why is he interested in me all of a sudden?


    I sighed deeply.


    ¡°Thank God Bruno didn¡¯t get to meet him, but where¡¯s Bruno? After the m up and the stress of wearing this jumpsuit, I will never forgive him¡±.


    I went back inside thepany, the stares from my colleagues were really very ufortable.


    Jessie was talking over the phone, she hissed for my attention, I went closer to the her desk then she hung up.


    Her facial expressions was like that of a mom questioning her teenager¡¯s naughty moves.


    ¡°Why are you looking at me like that? He is just an old friend¡±.


    ¡°Friend? I can¡¯t believe you tell yourself that, he is your ex¡­a man who treated you like you have no value in life. You remember how he left you, now look into the mirror now andpare..¡±


    ¡°I know okay, he was toxic , selfish and bad towards me, but he came to make peace, he asked me to forgive him and that what I am doing. Why are you sounding as if I am a cheat, nning to make out with an ex. He was a really important part of my life, I can¡¯t just reject his friendship, we should forgive and move on, being enemies won¡¯t benefit us¡±.


    I said slowly.


    ¡°A really important part of your life? You mean trying you as a nothing more than a sex doll is that a kink or some fetishes of yours¡±.


    ¡°That¡¯s not what I mean¡±.


    Jessi didn¡¯t say another word, she got up from my seat.


    ¡°You are old enough to make decisions, and if you want to take your ex to bed be my guest¡±.


    She said angrily and left for the studio room.


    I sighed and dropped down on my seat.


    ***BRUNO¡¯S POV***


    I pressed the doorbell impatiently .


    ¡°I aming, hold on¡±.


    I guess that¡¯s her mom.


    I am running out of my patience, I know what that fool caused thest time we met and I am not giving him any chances.


    I nced at the new car parked at their garage it must be his, I said to myself. Trying to unt? Well he got to wrong guy to mess with.


    Just then the door cracked open, my eyes met with that of a middle aged woman. She had red hair just like Beauty and her green eyes were so kind and Angelic even behind those spectacles.


    ¡°You must be Bruno¡±.


    She said looking up to my face as though she was overwhelmed by my height.


    I nodded, had a lot to say but my introverted self couldn¡¯t help it.


    ¡°You are here in person, pleasee in¡±.


    I nodded and stepped into the room.


    ¡°Honey! Beauty!! You have another visitor¡±.


    She annouced and headed towards a passage that leads to some room I guess.


    Beauty came out of the room, wearing a casul outfit, her hair were let down to dangle over her shoulders, she looked gorgeous and beautiful.


    ¡°Bruno?¡±


    She tilted her head in disbelief.


    I winked at her and smiled.


    Just then that fool Steven came out of the same room. What the heck was he doing in the room with Beauty?


    My fist hardening unintentional, I faked smile at them. He walked to me and Beauty stood beside him.


    ¡°Oh look who we have here, Beauty¡¯s co worker, we meet again¡±


    The brat was bold enough to offer a handshake, I gaze down at his hands and smirked.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    I gently pulled Beauty infront of me and held her, with my hand as a belt across her bosom.


    His shocked face was understandable.


    ¡°Well guess you¡¯re not yet updated, I am Bruno, Beauty¡¯s boyfriend¡±.


    ¡°Bruno¡±.


    Beauty gasped.


    I held her tighter.


    ¡°I am pretty possessive, call that a helpful information, you need it¡±.

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    BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    He faked a smile and sneered.


    ¡°Oh remember, even I predicted it, I know what men go for, I am one myself, just don¡¯t hurt my friend¡±.


    I smiled back with my teeth.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry man, I am not an asshole like the short man who dump her after taking her innocence, or I forgot it¡¯s you, are you wearing heel today , you are like an inch taller¡±.


    I pinched my finger in demonstration.


    His eyes was all I need to know that he is apetition, we both ring at each other like longtime enemies.


    Beauty coughed awkwardly.


    ¡°Steven, can you please wait for us here I will be back¡±


    He smiled broadly, one could tell it isn¡¯t pure.


    ¡°Ofcourse¡±


    He replied and sat down on the couch.


    Beauty took me by the hand and walked towards her room.


    As soon we got in, I closed the after and hugged her tightly.


    ¡°I missed you so much, I didn¡¯t make it to work today, it was an important meeting with the Pimapany¡±


    I whispered into her ears smoothly.


    She suddenly pushed me away from her body.


    ¡°You don¡¯t know how much it hurts, to get there and see your desk empty, I almost went crazy, you said that you will be there,¡±.


    She snapped back.


    My eyes widened at the outburst but then it felt good to know that she missed me too.


    I smiled and stepped forward.


    Slowly circled my hand around her hips.


    ¡°I am sorry, I promise not to make you wait ever¡±I said softly.


    She looked up, her face flushed, our eyes met,municating their own words, then, suddenly arched back her brow into a frown.


    ¡°Didn¡¯t you trust me?¡±


    She said staring into my eyes.


    ¡°Huh?¡±


    I scratched my ear, knowing fully well I was in the mud.


    ¡°Don¡¯t act confused, I get it! You are here because of Stephen right?¡±


    ¡°Ofcourse not¡±


    I tried to say that, without sounding nervous, I prayed it should be convincing enough.


    She was right, if she gave us a little bit of chance, I would definitely throw my hands at jerk


    That fool!


    ¡°Are you cursing him in your mind?¡±


    She broke into my thoughts, a brow raised and hands akimbo.


    I looked down at her absentmindedly.


    She sighed.


    ¡°I knew it! Baby it¡¯s been just two days! Two days of our rtionship, you think I am that loose! I can¡¯t handle an ex?¡±


    She snapped, her hands folded, lips pouted.


    Okay I know she¡¯s really mad, but that¡¯s so cute , look at her chubby cheeks and the pouting lips.


    ¡°Are you smiling?¡±


    She asked in a frustrated and suprise tone.


    I chuckled nervously.


    ¡°Honey hey, I am¡­. just you know, trying to make youfortable and protect you , I mean who knows if he¡¯s here for good, you are my responsibility, I am here to make sure you arefortable, I am sorry I made you mad¡±.


    I tried to calm her.


    She sighed then sat on the bed.


    ¡°Tim was my best friend before being my firstlove .. he is an asshole I agree, 8 also understand why you are worried and I appreciate it baby but he asked me to forgive him, I think he is for real¡±she replied.


    I rolled my eyes in annoyance.


    Hearing her say ¡®first love¡¯ made me hate him more, first love my foot!


    She¡¯s my first love , right?


    But, I never made a deal out of it.


    ¡°Alright¡±.


    Her eyes widened with excitement.


    ¡°Really?¡±


    ¡°Well the truth is, I am at my limits, when will he be leaving the house? I will throw hands anytime from 30 minutes¡±.


    I choosed violence ignoring her peace statement , I do sound like a jealous teenager but I don¡¯t give a fuck.


    ¡°This is my house, don¡¯t tell me you¡¯re the maniptor type¡±.


    My face nked out at that statement.


    I wanted to get mad but I just can¡¯t get mad at her, she too realized that she went far.


    We both went silent for a while, the tense and awkwardness was much.


    I found her sad with regret , she opened hr lips to apologise, but she held back shamefully.


    I sighed deeply and broke the silence.


    ¡°Okay he can stay with you , I am going home¡±


    She looked up, puzzled at my statement.


    ¡°Are you mad at me, I am sorry,.. I shouldn¡¯t have said something so cruel to you¡­you are just protecting me.. I am sorry¡­¡±.


    She was holding back tears.


    I was shocked yo see her tear you over a little argument.


    Oh Beauty how fragile.


    Now I wonder how she would¡¯ve felt when those jerks left her.


    ¡°I am sorry Bruno.. I am sorry. You are first before anyone¡­else¡­I don¡¯t care anymore¡­I will tell him to leave¡±.


    She cleaned her face and cried loudly.


    I can¡¯t stand and watch her cry over this.


    ¡°Why are you crying and apologizing?¡±


    She looked up curiously at me.


    I smiled back.


    ¡°If you don¡¯t want me to go home, just say it, I am your man Beauty, say it and it shall be so¡±


    I replied softly.


    ¡°I want you to stay.. Bruno¡±.


    She said looking down in embarrassment.


    ¡°Not Bruno.. be more romantic¡±.


    I replied.


    She hugged me and sobbed


    ¡°Please stay with me, baby¡±.


    I chuckled and pulled her out.


    ¡°Yes ma¡¯am¡±.


    I lift her chin and kissed her passionately, until I felt hard in between my legs.


    ¡°Beauty!¡±


    Her mom called, interrupting the moment.


    Beauty pulled away.


    ¡°Baby I will be right back¡±.


    Not now I screamed in my head, I am filled to the brim!


    ¡°Please be fast my love¡±


    I pleaded.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you go and join Tim in the sitting room, you two can learn to like eachother and get along , promise you won¡¯t fight him¡±


    She gave me the strict warning look .


    Tim who?..


    ¡°Excuse me baby? First of all, I am not gay I can¡¯t like him! Hell no, about fighting, don¡¯t worry, I won¡¯t break any bones ¡°.


    I replied broadly and winked.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to be gay to like him, he is my friend, and so he got to be yours too okay?¡±


    ¡°Friend? The loser is your fucking ex! You trust people easily that¡¯s why they take advantage of you!¡±


    I snapped, her face turned pale and her eyes sad.


    I sighed then continued.


    ¡°Alright but for some reasons I can¡¯t go out now, I will wait patiently for you here¡±.


    I said and prayed silently to hold on until she is back, ever since the romance at the river then I have been have having this embarrassment.


    ¡°Are you feeling okay?¡±


    She asked worried.


    ¡°Yes I am fine, just don¡¯t like socializing so I will wait here¡±.


    I replied.


    ¡°Come on, it¡¯s just one person, not enough people for socializing¡±


    She dragged me out of the room yfully.


    As soon as we got to the sitting room, seeing Tim made me sick, the jerk wasfortable like he was some kind of family member.


    Beauty took me to the couch and pushed me down to my seat with a finger.


    ¡°Just sit right here I will be back¡±.


    She turned to leave.


    ¡°Wait¡±.


    I grabbed her wrist and pulled her in her a kiss.


    I kissed her smoothly, deep and hard, then rsed her.


    Beauty was gasping for air, her breath fast and fierce.


    ¡°You can go now¡±.


    I I said huskily.


    She gulped hard and nodded with her cheeks hot then ran to help her mom in the kitchen.


    As soon as she was gone, I stole a nce at Tim. His face was some I expected. I ignored him and took out my phone to go through my messages.


    I walked to the couch and sat down facing the big screen , a love scene was up on the screen.


    ¡°Beauty is a nice girl, one the nicest I know actually¡±.


    The fool started a conversation, I ignored him.


    ¡°But a different person in bed, bring back memories¡±


    he chuckles.


    I am going to hit him.


    I am going to hit him.


    Oh I have an idea.


    I picked my phone and texted Beauty¡¯s friend, Jessie.


    After that I turned to him.


    ¡°Short¡­. , when are you going back to your house?¡±


    Heughed.


    ¡°You can¡¯t hide your jealousy, can you brat? You are earnest for your age.


    However I am her friend I have known her more than half her life time¡±.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t answer my question¡±.


    I replied with a dreadful look at him.


    He stopped smiling.


    ¡°I am staying tonight , stop acting like a kid, I won¡¯t kidnap your girl¡±N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°Ofcourse you won¡¯t dare, you are too young to visit heaven¡±.


    My eyes stabbed his coldly.


    Just then Beauty returned to the sitting room, I smiled broadly at her.


    ¡°You are back, baby¡±.


    ¡°Yeah..¡±.


    She walked into the sitting room and sat down beside me resting her head on my shoulder.


    ¡°Are you done?¡¯


    I whispered.


    She nodded, I kissed her, then it happened again, I felt my sword raised.


    ¡°Can we go inside now my love¡±.


    I whispered into her ears.


    ¡°No baby, let¡¯s keep our visitorpany¡±


    She said innocently.


    ¡°It¡¯s really important, it¡¯s a life and death condition¡±.


    I whispered to her.

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    ¡°You can sit with Mr Tim over there¡±.


    Jessi said and pointed at Tim who looked not happy about it.


    Peaches hesitated then she got up from the floor where she had fallen, and went to seat with Tim as instructed.


    Jessie was alone in her own world , sitting on the opposite couch, she was literally watching us four instead of the movie, then she stood up and went to the refrigerator.


    Beauty¡¯s Mom met with her, they talked after she came back with ice cream and snacks.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I am really mad, the girl Peach is getting on my nerves. She kept flirting with Bruno, where he never gave her the attention, but he seems to be enjoying it.


    I stood angrily, folded my hands.


    All of them turned their gaze at me, I stormed out of the sitting room angrily and went inside my room.


    I expected Bruno to follow, he didn¡¯t.


    I waisted for minutes, it was so embarrassing, I felt like crying.


    The door knob finally turned, I quickly squeezed my face, ready to yell out my frustration.


    ¡°What do you think you are doing by getting that girl here?¡±


    I queried.


    He smiled.


    ¡°Why are you mad sweetie it¡¯s just Peaches, you cute you know that¡±he chuckled staring at me softly.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    I blinked trying not to fall for his charms. I turned my face from him.


    ¡°Don¡¯t act dumb to me, what game are you ying?¡±


    I looked back for an answer he simply shrugged.


    ¡°Oh, I know why! You said you needed my attention in the room. I ignored you you, that¡¯s why you invited someone to satisfy you¡±.


    He was justughing making me more angry, I feel stupid.


    ¡°I am sorry but you are adorable¡±.


    ¡°Knock knock!¡±


    I turned and found Jessie.


    ¡°What are you doing here?¡±


    I screamed at her.


    ¡°You know, guys, it¡¯s too early to fight, you been together for two days¡±.


    I frowned at her.


    Bruno held me from the back, pecked my head which was under his chin, because of the height difference.


    Still angry so I push him away.


    ¡°Jessie can you please leave!¡±


    Jessie rolled her eyes.


    ¡°You know I love it when you two fight, it¡¯s just less annoying than when you are happy with each other, by the way the reality show I was watching won¡¯t beplete without you two,e back to the sitting room please¡±.


    She said and sip her drink.


    I remove my flip flop she quickly ran off.


    ¡°Admit it baby, you are jealous, now you know how I feel with Tim around¡±


    Bruno said smiling satisfied.


    ¡°Oh is that your n? Sorry sir but I am not¡±.


    ¡°Admit it¡±


    He said in a whisper, his hands circling my waist.


    ¡°I am not! I will prove it¡±


    I snapped and pull away from him.


    He smirked and rolled his tongue.


    ¡°Fine, if you insist¡±.


    I left the room heading back to sitting room, he followed.


    I got back to my seat, frowning at the television. I tried not to glue to him anymore, honestly he was right but worse, I was feeling intimidated by her, insecure. Tim is nothing close to Bruno in looks but for me. Peach is definitely a 10.. how can Ipete with her?


    ¡°Wow, the scene changed¡±


    Jesie cuts into my mind, sipping her wine and popcorn.


    ¡°So tell me about work Tim?¡±


    I started a conversation.


    ¡°Well I actually have my ownpany now¡±.


    ¡°Wow that¡¯s lovely!¡±


    I eximed excitedly.


    ¡°You know you¡¯ve always wanted that for a long time, I am d you made your dreame true¡±.


    ¡°Not like I wanted our friendship back¡±


    He replied.


    ¡°Aww! Tim¡±.


    ¡°I hope this onests¡±.


    ¡°A! Tim¡±


    ¡°Can you even hear him out, before you answer, you just kept saying a Tim¡±


    Bruno cuts in.


    ¡°As a matter of fact , no, I think I should sit closer, peaches can you sit with Bruno please¡±.


    I nced at him.


    He shrugged carefreely.


    Excited Peach went and sat with him.


    Jessie coughed outughing at the drama, Tim was lost in the whole thing.


    ¡°You really have a nice slender body Peaches¡±


    Heplimented her.


    ¡°Thanks Sir Bruno, I am on a diet, my waist is 20 inches, the thinnest , you can grab to check¡±.


    The crazy girl continued , then stood up and Bruno held her waist his huge hands covered it up.


    ¡°Wow! That¡¯s really small¡±.


    Bruno snapped.


    Peaches giggled and sat down.


    I was stamping feet angry, Tim and Jessi noticed, at this point I can¡¯t take it anymore.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think I can continue this rtionship!¡±


    I screamed out loud.


    Every head turned to me puzzled except Bruno. That handsome devil was still smiling.


    ¡°Well I guess I am now a single man, let¡¯s celebrate¡±.


    He stood up and got drinks for everyone, even had the guts to offer me one.


    I rejected it as fast as lightening.


    After an hour or so, they had dinner made by Mom. I lost my appetite so I didn¡¯t care to join them. Mother cane trying to convince me but I was stubborn.


    ¡°Bro what¡¯s the time please?¡±


    Bruno called out to Tim, who looked as shock as I was to hear Bruno call him that.


    ¡°Emmm, 8. 45.?¡±


    ¡°Thanks, our match is by 9:00 PM¡±.


    He replied.


    I angrily stood up from the couch and pretend a yawn.


    ¡°It¡¯s time to sleep, good night everyone¡±.


    ¡°Take me with you, baby¡±.


    Peach sobbed, she has been drinking carelessly and now drunk.


    Jessie¡¯s already asleep on the couch.


    I looked back at Peaches if I leave her here with Bruno in this her condition who knows what might happen.


    I nced back at Bruno, he looked at me and smiled.


    I helped her up and took her to our room.


    An hourter¡­ till unable to sleep.


    I could tell Bruno and Tim are rting so well.


    i heard them scream goal in chorus.


    I closed my eyes and buried my face under the nket crying.


    He is not even sad like I am, is he truly happy and forgotten about me?


    Why can¡¯t I just confess it. I was jealous and I need him with me.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    I woke up on the couch, hot, tight and heavy around my crotch, beads of sweat summomed on my forehead.


    I nced at my phone, it¡¯s 1:am, then my nce shifted to Tim.


    He was sleeping on the other couch , he was deep asleep, snoring.


    I took my phone and texted Beauty.


    ¡°Are you awake?¡±


    I sighed deeply, my heart was racing in an unbearable way.


    I hope she replies, is she asleep?


    Did she really mean that statement of being done?


    I hope not..


    I hope not.

 CAUGHT

    Then my phone vibrated, she replied!


    ¡°Yeah I can¡¯t sleep¡±.


    I was as happy as a crying baby that was being breastfed.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    ¡°Me too¡±.


    ¡°The visitors room is empty sneak to the room, I will do same¡±.


    The request sent tickling signals into my body.


    ¡°So¡­we are not done¡±.


    ¡°Do you think I was being sincere with that statement?¡±


    She replied.


    ¡°I ¡­am just scared, I don¡¯t want to lose you¡±.


    I replied.


    She hesitated then replied.


    ¡°Me too, also I¡­am.. you know.. so I would love us to be together tonight¡±.


    Does it mean she¡¯s ¡­. in the mood?


    ¡°I will be right there¡±.


    I ended the chat and slowly stepped up from the couch.


    If I walked to the room, the two annoying friends of Beauty will know, since she wanted me to sneak, I better kneel and crawl to the room.


    I went on my knees and started crawling.


    ¡°Dude?¡±


    I freezed and locked my teeth disappointed.


    ¡°What happened, what¡¯s with that position?¡±


    I¡­ well I am going to the bathroom¡±.


    I said and stood up, embarrassed.


    He sighed and got up too.


    ¡°Honestly, same here¡±.


    ¡°We can¡¯t possibly use same bathroom same time! Are you high on something! ¡±


    ¡°I know let¡¯s go , I will wait after you done I will go in¡±he replied.


    This fool wants to be killed!


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I peeped at Peaches, she seemed to be sleeping deeply.


    I slowly got up from the bed but she held on me.


    I gasped starled by that move of hers, thought she was deep asleep.


    ¡°Sir Bruno are you leaving me?¡±she muttered drunkly in her sleep.


    I pushed her back to the bed, she cuddled up with a pillow and started snoring.


    I sighed, grateful that went well.


    ¡°Sir bruno are you leaving me, he is my man bitch!¡±


    I mimicked her mockly with a sassy face.


    I lean close and pet her gently at the back till I was certain she was deep asleep then I got up from the bed and changed into my sexy lingerie.


    I had to cover it up with a bathroom rope, before going out of the room.


    I finally sneaked all the way to the visitors room. The door was slightly opened, but the room was dark


    I felt a rush of excitement all over me.


    Thank God Bruno made it atst.


    I slowly opened the door, walked to the side where the switch is located, dropped my bathroom robe put on the light.


    ¡°Hy ba¡­Mom!¡±


    She was reading in the room, but fell asleep so she had to turn off the rest and test.


    Mom is a lecturer.


    Ipletely forgot she uses that room for her study.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    My mom stared at me from head to toe, I was vibrating in fear and anger, mixed together but somehow managed to put on a smile.


    She sighed and packed up her books , then walked towards me.


    ¡°Hey mooom..? This is not what it looks like¡±I waved awkwardly.


    She took a long stare at me then she shook her head and sighed again.


    ¡°You two are old enough to take responsibilities, incase a resultes out from all that¡­ just make sure you trust him enough¡±She said and walked out of the room.


    I stood at the same spot, what¡¯s this feeling?


    I made up my mind to do this and now that Mom mentioned it, there was this feeling of regret and fear rising in me.


    Do I trust him?

 HOME ALONE

    I sighed and decided not to bother her or I might end up making her even angrier.


    An hour ride, we arrived at my ce.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you meet my family then¡±I told her, after parking at the garage.


    She just nodded still moody, I pecked her cheek and got down from the car.


    She stayed in then after few seconds, decided toe down.


    A male servant approached us with a bow. I noticed Beauty¡¯s face flustered at that courtesy.


    ¡°Young master, your parents are not at home, they went for their anniversary vacation¡±.


    He informed me with a beaming smile.


    I opened my eyes widely trying to hide my excitement.


    ¡°What about my sister?¡±I replied tightly.


    ¡°She left this morning sir¡±.


    Could this be a dream? A day when no one is at home just me, thought of owning ce because of them.


    ¡°So I am home alone?¡±


    I said shining my teeth.


    ¡°Exactly sir¡±he responded


    ¡°Thanks for the information¡±


    I gave him a thousand dor tip happily, then I turned back to Beauty.


    ¡°What happ¡­¡±


    Before she could finish, I carried her in my arms running towards the door.


    ¡°What¡¯s with the rush?¡±she asked.


    ¡°I am excited¡±I replied.


    We got to my room, Iid her gently on my king size bed and pulled my shirt off.


    ¡°I am not going to do it¡±she snapped bluntly, my excitement disappeared.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°Why? Are you still mad at me forstnight?¡±I asked her softly.


    She avoided my eyes, folded her hands pouting angrily.


    ¡°Just not in the mood, I was on yesterday but you messed this up so don¡¯t give me that puppy look, it was all your fault, I waited for you, I sneaked, I crawled¡­, I fought, I stood up to mom .., I petted that girl called Peaches and where was Bruno, nope you can¡¯t even get out from just one Tim!¡±


    She snapped back.


    ¡°Believe me I tried¡±


    I replied regretfully


    ¡°Aslo I don¡¯t want the servants to think of me as a slut you brought home to pass the night with¡±she added.


    I sighed deeply.


    ¡°Alright then, if you insist, I am sorry aboutstnight, it was offensive, please ept my apologies¡±.


    I sat on the bed.


    We both silent for some time.


    I decided to lesson the tension.


    ¡°So¡­you hungry? I can make breakfast for you, recently I learnt how to make pancakes¡±.


    ¡°I am not hungry¡±.


    She replied.


    ¡°Oh¡­¡±


    ¡°Tell me Bruno what attracted you to me, please be honest¡±.


    I looked at her suprised at her question, where did thate from.


    I sighed then looked straight to the door.


    ¡°I¡­can¡¯t point it out as one.. there¡¯s lot that attracted me to you, first was beauty¡±


    She looked up at me, I could feel her stare but I didn¡¯t look at her. I was trying to recrete that scene in my mind.


    The moment I saw her walked into thepany seeking for a job. I hadn¡¯t looked at a woman that way.. not that I was questioning my sexuality but I was just not interested.


    Then she was brilliant and smart, during the interview, I don¡¯t know if she could remember that I was the room, she was so nervous that she hadn¡¯t look at everyone expect this ethat asked her questions. I had to make sure she get into ourpany.. every day.. I saw myself kept stealing nces¡­Although I feit like she was always awkward and shy around me but¡­it was somehow helpless beacuse I was so nervous that time, I can¡¯t bear to have a one and one conversation with her. It took me long to know that this feeling was a crush¡±.


    ¡°No way¡­You are Bruno, you can¡¯t have a crush on her!¡±


    Beauty snapped.


    I looked at her and smiled.


    ¡°Why not?¡±


    She sobbed.


    ¡°Because¡­because¡­¡±.


    She dried her face roughly.


    ¡°You.. you are just using my fragility to get into my emotions!¡±.


    My eyes widened at that outburst!


    ¡°Beauty?¡±


    I gadoed softly and tried to hold her but she pulled away.


    ¡°There¡¯s no way you love me for real, you are just saying what I want to hear, that¡¯s how you all do¡­you .. just saying that to make me happy and fall into your arms, you are horny and any man in your state will say something¡±.


    She cried loudly.


    I became silent, she noticed, a nerve kicked in me, I hate the guts feeling.


    ¡°You know this is not the first time, you are using me of that,paring my love with those jerks¡±.


    I replied tightly


    She paused that instant.

 I WANT YOU

    ¡°You have been broken I know, I don¡¯t me you but look at me Beauty, if you don¡¯t trust me then let¡¯s end this rtionship right away¡±.


    She looked at me, her brows raised to her hair line, she has never seen my face that serious before.


    ¡°Do you trust me?¡±


    She closed her eyes and shook her head.


    ¡°Well then¡­. Thanks for my first love experience and heart break, I will never forget you, it¡¯s okay I am not angry at you, I don¡¯t me you either¡±.


    I smiled at her.


    She opened her eyes.


    I kept smiling to hide my pain.


    ¡°You should see yourself as you are Beauty, don¡¯t let the bully¡¯s projection on your body to win, you are the sexiest woman I have seen, you are gorgeous and I have never felt attracted to a woman before you.. you are a prize they can¡¯t handle¡±.


    I chuckled.


    ¡°I am sure you won¡¯t believe me still, so no need to tell you all that, do you need a drive back home?¡±


    ¡°Bruno.. I¡­am.. the worst¡­I am .. sorry¡±.


    ¡°You won¡¯t have to apologize¡±.


    ¡°I judged again by your looks, because I thought I don¡¯t deserve you.. I am sorry¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t say that please¡±.


    She hugged me tightly.


    ¡°I love you Bruno¡­I ¡­trust you too¡±.


    Before I could say anything, she kissed me, and didn¡¯t want to let go , so I responded smoothly then she pulled out, her hot breath fanning my face, the air was so thrilling, I wanted more.


    Quickly I gripped her face and kissed her hungrily, savouring her lips, determined to win her over and make her not to regret letting me touch her.


    She stopped crying instantly.


    I had forgotten how she tasted like back then at the river, but now it was alling back to her.


    The warmth of her tongue was so erotic, it was as if we are just kissing for the first time.


    I found myself lost in her and she kissed me back matching the fire and energy that I was giving.


    It got me excited , I was going crazy.


    Her felt her nervous hand clenched tightly on her dress, while my fingers sank shakily into her silky ck curls gently drawing her as though I was drawing in ast breath.


    Her tongue probed, firm and possessive as my mind went haywire.


    It was an effect of this true Beauty to my body system.


    She circled my neck and her body pressed hard aganist mine.


    I had my arms around her too, warm and solid. It was a great feeling for a first time experience.


    Our lips tasting eachother with soft kisses which grew into a more intense and rough kiss.


    My body suddenly responded as heat rushed down my crotch making me hard and erect.


    My hands were everywhere, touching every single pulse in her body, taking her to the edge.


    I groaned losing myself in the heat of her.


    She pulled out, breathing heavily.


    ¡°You¡­Bruno.. what have you done to me.. I am ..¡±


    I swallow the rest of her words with a deep kiss, so gentle yet so intense that it melted her into into submission.


    As soon as I released her, I used my thumb to clean the tears rolling down her cheeks.


    With apassionate look, I cupped her face in myrge palms and stare at her directly in the eyes as though I wanted to pave a way into her heart as well.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    ¡°What I did to you? You don¡¯t know the hell you did to me Beauty, I can¡¯t spend a day without having thoughts of you owning each breath that I took, I can¡¯t help but will continue confessing it to you Beauty , I love you.. I love you.. for real, I don¡¯t care about any of the reasons you feed on to your fear¡±.


    ¡°Then make love to me Bruno!¡±


    She replied desperately.


    I felt my gut tightened up by that statement, I ran his fingers through my thick hair, unsure if she was trying to please me or that she needed to do this.


    Not that I didn¡¯t want her same way but I more need her, I seriously want to take her from here and hear her moan softly to my ears. God, I wanted to taste her again and take her to climax till she beg for mercy out of sweet pleasure, I want to own every inch of her body and im them¡­.. but still I wanted her to understand there¡¯s more, I wanted to offer her so much more than just sex.


    I gently pressed his forehead to hers.


    ¡°Bruno?¡±


    she looked curious.


    ¡°I want you like I¡¯ve never wanted any woman in my entire life, and you don¡¯t know how much it drives me crazy eachtime we are part, I was so sad when youpare me to them¡­my love is true.. Beauty, give me a chance please¡±.


    She smiled and kiss me.


    ¡°Enough already, don¡¯t keep me waiting¡±.


    I smiled and got up.


    She watched me strip off and I stood like a warrior, fists clenched and sword ready.


    It¡¯s my first time, this will be legendary!


    I opened my eyes and saw Beauty looking a bit awkward and all red.


    ¡°What is it babe?¡±I asked, confused.


    She was pointing at my sword.


    ¡°Don¡¯t be scared, it¡¯s because of my erection¡±.


    She giggled.


    ¡°Nah, I am not scared, it looked like it grew ever since the bathroom scene, it¡¯s magnificent¡±.


    My cheeks burnt with embarrassment and shyness.


    ¡°You have been broken I know, I don¡¯t me you but look at me Beauty, if you don¡¯t trust me then let¡¯s end this rtionship right away¡±.


    She looked at me, her brows raised to her hair line, she has never seen my face that serious before.


    ¡°Do you trust me?¡±


    She closed her eyes and shook her head.


    ¡°Well then¡­. Thanks for my first love experience and heart break, I will never forget you, it¡¯s okay I am not angry at you, I don¡¯t me you either¡±.


    I smiled at her.


    She opened her eyes.


    I kept smiling to hide my pain.


    ¡°You should see yourself as you are Beauty, don¡¯t let the bully¡¯s projection on your body to win, you are the sexiest woman I have seen, you are gorgeous and I have never felt attracted to a woman before you.. you are a prize they can¡¯t handle¡±.


    I chuckled.


    ¡°I am sure you won¡¯t believe me still, so no need to tell you all that, do you need a drive back home?¡±


    ¡°Bruno.. I¡­am.. the worst¡­I am .. sorry¡±.


    ¡°You won¡¯t have to apologize¡±.


    ¡°I judged again by your looks, because I thought I don¡¯t deserve you.. I am sorry¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t say that please¡±.


    She hugged me tightly.


    ¡°I love you Bruno¡­I ¡­trust you too¡±.


    Before I could say anything, she kissed me, and didn¡¯t want to let go , so I responded smoothly then she pulled out, her hot breath fanning my face, the air was so thrilling, I wanted more.


    Quickly I gripped her face and kissed her hungrily, savouring her lips, determined to win her over and make her not to regret letting me touch her.


    She stopped crying instantly.


    I had forgotten how she tasted like back then at the river, but now it was alling back to her.


    The warmth of her tongue was so erotic, it was as if we are just kissing for the first time.


    I found myself lost in her and she kissed me back matching the fire and energy that I was giving.


    It got me excited , I was going crazy.


    Her felt her nervous hand clenched tightly on her dress, while my fingers sank shakily into her silky ck curls gently drawing her as though I was drawing in ast breath.


    Her tongue probed, firm and possessive as my mind went haywire.


    It was an effect of this true Beauty to my body system.


    She circled my neck and her body pressed hard aganist mine.


    I had my arms around her too, warm and solid. It was a great feeling for a first time experience.


    Our lips tasting eachother with soft kisses which grew into a more intense and rough kiss.


    My body suddenly responded as heat rushed down my crotch making me hard and erect.


    My hands were everywhere, touching every single pulse in her body, taking her to the edge.


    I groaned losing myself in the heat of her.


    She pulled out, breathing heavily.


    ¡°You¡­Bruno.. what have you done to me.. I am ..¡±


    I swallow the rest of her words with a deep kiss, so gentle yet so intense that it melted her into into submission.


    As soon as I released her, I used my thumb to clean the tears rolling down her cheeks.


    With apassionate look, I cupped her face in myrge palms and stare at her directly in the eyes as though I wanted to pave a way into her heart as well.


    ¡°What I did to you? You don¡¯t know the hell you did to me Beauty, I can¡¯t spend a day without having thoughts of you owning each breath that I took, I can¡¯t help but will continue confessing it to you Beauty , I love you.. I love you.. for real, I don¡¯t care about any of the reasons you feed on to your fear¡±.


    ¡°Then make love to me Bruno!¡±


    She replied desperately.


    I felt my gut tightened up by that statement, I ran his fingers through my thick hair, unsure if she was trying to please me or that she needed to do this.


    Not that I didn¡¯t want her same way but I more need her, I seriously want to take her from here and hear her moan softly to my ears. God, I wanted to taste her again and take her to climax till she beg for mercy out of sweet pleasure, I want to own every inch of her body and im them¡­.. but still I wanted her to understand there¡¯s more, I wanted to offer her so much more than just sex.


    I gently pressed his forehead to hers.


    ¡°Bruno?¡±


    she looked curious.


    ¡°I want you like I¡¯ve never wanted any woman in my entire life, and you don¡¯t know how much it drives me crazy eachtime we are part, I was so sad when youpare me to them¡­my love is true.. Beauty, give me a chance please¡±.


    She smiled and kiss me.


    ¡°Enough already, don¡¯t keep me waiting¡±.


    I smiled and got up.


    She watched me strip off and I stood like a warrior, fists clenched and sword ready.


    It¡¯s my first time, this will be legendary!


    I opened my eyes and saw Beauty looking a bit awkward and all red.


    ¡°What is it babe?¡±I asked, confused.


    She was pointing at my sword.


    ¡°Don¡¯t be scared, it¡¯s because of my erection¡±.


    She giggled.


    ¡°Nah, I am not scared, it looked like it grew ever since the bathroom scene, it¡¯s magnificent¡±.


    My cheeks burnt with embarrassment and shyness.

 CALL ME BABY

    ¡°Baby!¡±


    I snapped trying not to shy away.


    Sheughed and replied huskily.


    ¡°I love it when you call me baby,¡±


    I smiled at her and hearing herugh was satisfying, I am d the awkwardness between us was over.


    I climbed on the bed on top of her and caught her to me urgently. I pulled her slowly towards me, and touched her lips with mine, the intensity of pleasure was just like I wanted, the music adding to it.


    I slowly pull her bra straps, she let it slide down her arms, her boobs bounced for freedom, her tongue still entangled with mine, my hands slid down to her waist, and grabbed on her backside.


    We exhaled hot air from your mouth, she was just staring at my lips biting her lower lips, then there was this slight one cheek dimple, she looked up, her eyes were so enchanting, I wanted her¡­ all of her ¡­ everything.. I wanted her more than ever, I went for those lips again, slowly we fall on the bed, and got to a really intimacy moment.


    She was breathing fast, I was breathing even faster, slowly I pulled out her undies down her nicely shaped legs, it swayed her hips smoothly as it slide down her feet.


    I don¡¯t know what happened but somehow deep down, I was d , it didn¡¯t work with those men before me, Beauty is everything and I am damn lucky.


    ¡°Are you ready?¡±


    I wanted permission before going further.


    She closed her eyes and nodded.


    ¡°This is your first time isn¡¯t it?¡±she asked and opened her eyes to look at me.


    I felt a bit embarrassed, was I being too obvious, am I not doing it the way she wanted? Was I being inexperienced with my moves?


    What if my first time turned out to be a disaster, what if I can¡¯t satisfy her.


    I took a deep breath and looked up at her.


    ¡°It hits different that it gotta be you, I am genuinely I didn¡¯t lose it base on curiosity and pleasure, I am doing it with the first women who stole my heart for real¡±.


    I saw the shock on her face, the size eyes doubled


    ¡°So it¡¯s really your first time! You are a virgin¡±


    She gasped and covered her mouth.


    ¡°What.. I.. I thought you knew¡±.


    I snapped, embarrassed by her reaction.


    ¡°I thought you were joking, it¡¯s ¡­unbelievable, you are Bruno¡±.


    ¡°Can you stop making it sound like I am some sort of perfect idol?¡±This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    ¡°Your self control needs to be studied, how did you manage to chase away all the women that follow you like bees and you their queen¡±.


    ¡°Well I guess I don¡¯t pay attention at all, so they assume women irritate me that I am gay, I recently started granting their interview and interacting with fan girls¡±.


    She frowned.


    ¡°Don¡¯t interact too much¡±.


    Iughed out loud.


    ¡°Let¡¯s warm Junior up a little, shall we?¡±


    My eyebrow met my hairline as he gave her a curious expression. I got more nervous,


    I am doing this finally.


    ¡°Close your eyes¡±.


    She instructed and bit her lower lip in a sensual way.


    ¡°Whatever you wish, boss¡±


    I replied and shut my eyes.


    I felt her fingers ran over my hard abs then down to my lower body.


    I gulped hard and clenched my fists by my side, then released my fingers tensing them into the sheets beneath as I fought to control myself to submission and not to take her.


    Then I felt her slide a bit farther down body, touching her lips on the skin over my stomach.


    I was curious about what she had in mind at this point.


    She went even lower and she held my crotch, I couldn¡¯t help but shivered as my body tightened with sensual reflex.


    I opened my eyes and saw staring at the sight of my arousal.


    ¡°It¡¯s length and massiveness didn¡¯t scare me anymore, I ¡­can¡¯t resist the urge to feel and taste you Bruno¡­thanks for making me your first woman, I wish you were my first too, I am sorry about that¡±.


    I scratched my head and chuckled.


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing to apologize¡±.


    It¡¯s weird she looked at my sword as of she was talking to it. Then raise her head up and smiled at me.


    I gulped hard.


    ¡°Alright this is what a hand job feels like¡±.


    She ran her fingers and imed my hot throbbing shaft.


    My breath ceased for a moment.


    Her hand felt so different from mine when I do this.


    It felt so¡­.


    ¡°Beauty, I ¡­think it¡¯sing¡±


    I gasped.


    ¡°No not yet¡±.


    She replied.


    I nodded and clenched my fist, I can¡¯t let it to end with just her hand touching me.


    She rubbed it so hard and fast, I didn¡¯t know when my hips started moving on its own, I started thrusting in and out of her hand.


    She stopped.


    ¡°Just hold on a little bit please¡±.


    She instructed, I opened my eyes gasping.

 AM I DOING IT RIGHT?

    I was finally able to held back.


    She smiled at me.


    ¡°This is a blow job¡±.


    She murmured, her breath a soft caress against the bulbous swollen top of his arousal.


    Suddenly I felt the hotps of her tongue aganist my burning flesh. My heart raced and beat aganist my chest hard, I was suddenly out of air, I had to breath through my mouth hotly.


    Her tongue thenpped hungrily over the top before thrusting it deep into her throat over and over then back to y with the tip again.


    ¡°Beauty¡­ ahhhh..¡±


    I was so ashamed of my own sounds, I am making weird sound, I had my palms cover his face, I thought I would lose it for a second.


    I had my mind clouded with nothing but her, she was literally driving me insane!


    My shaft kept getting bigger and bigger inside her throat.


    ¡°Hmmmm¡­hmmmm.. ohh, oh my!¡±


    I gasped loudly.


    She pulled out, I opened my eyes and nce at her confused.


    ¡°Is¡­there a problem?¡±


    ¡°Did you just moan?¡±


    She looked at me amused.


    ¡°Emm? I am just happy¡­ and.. I can¡¯t help it¡±.


    ¡°Men don¡¯t do that¡±she replied.


    ¡°Really?¡±


    I asked innocently.


    She nodded with a mysterious grin settled on her face, it reminds me of the grin on my mom¡¯s face whenever she wanted to trick us into something.


    ¡°I am sorry, I didn¡¯t mean to , you must¡¯ve seen me as boring, you have been with lots of men and they¡­.¡±


    ¡°Bruno! I was joking¡±.


    She snapped then kissed me down there.


    I was still confused don¡¯t know which to follow, she sucked on my cherries then murmured.


    ¡°I love it when you moan, it makes me feel good in some sort of way¡±.


    I looked down and found her blushing.


    ¡°Okay..¡±


    I replied awkwardly.


    She made a low humming sound and took me at the back of her throat.


    ¡°You taste delicious Bruno, and you smell nice down here, you are very neat¡±


    She moaned and cupped her hand beneath the tautness of my cherries while devouring my rod deep into her throat again.


    Her voice, her breath, her touch, the humming sound, everything about her felt like drug of pleasure to my system


    Aguero couldn¡¯t help but groaned loudly with pleasure as he fought so hard to keep still and not take over from her.


    ¡°I¡­can¡¯t help it anymore¡­I ¡­am¡­¡±


    What the hell I can¡¯t make a sentence no more.


    I felt my body different like something took over me. I started thrusting and with a finally shot..


    She pulled out immediately and moved away from me.


    I released, breathing heavily.


    ¡°That was fast¡±.


    shemented and stood up.


    My face flushed with embracement.


    ¡°I am sorry for that¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t apologize for nothing! Don¡¯t worry, I think it¡¯s like this because it¡¯s your first time. We can go next round if you want¡±


    She replied and circled my neck.


    I was still feeling bad.


    ¡°What¡¯s the problem?¡±


    She asked.


    ¡°That was less than 2 minutes¡±.


    ¡°It¡¯s normal for a first time don¡¯t let it bother you¡±.


    She replied in an annoyed tone.


    ¡°Not all men can maintain their erection on after a release.. you are every woman¡¯s dream man Bruno¡±.


    I don¡¯t know if she was trying to make me feel better, I looked down and found myself tight and erected.


    I smiled at her.


    ¡°Come over here¡±.


    She took me to the bed, and pushed me down.


    Now this is it!


    Iid on the bed in excitement and watch her climb on me.


    She inserted it in herself and made a low sound as we joined together, her love juice felt so warm and creamy inside her.


    She brushed her hips to and from, and in circle. The feeling was unbelievable, I gulped down and closed my eyes, teeth clenched tightly in pleasure.


    Suddenly she cried out, I opened my eyes and saw her magnificent full breast jumping as she skipped.


    They look lovely, her tummy up to her full bwess above me was nothing like I have ever seen before. Seen lots of naked women though but this is¡­


    Beauty cuts into my thoughts.


    ¡°Don¡¯t just stare at them¡­they are yours, take them please¡±.


    She cried and threw her head back.


    I did as she instructed immediately.


    I grabbed on them, they felt so soft and I was tempted to squeeze.


    I gave in and squeezed it back gently, she let out a soft moan.. It made me really unbelievably excited.


    I want to hear more, I want go hear more if her pleasure sounds, that face she made was ¡­so sexy.


    I tasted one of the erected strawberry nipple, as my left hand kept caresing her left breast.


    ¡°You can go bard, don¡¯t be too gentle¡±.


    She cried again.


    I obliged and squeezed harder, then took her breast into my mouth and suckled.


    ¡°You are really good at this!¡±


    She cried out.


    I felt my body getting even harder, I rose up to met her , she grabbed my head and hugged it against her chest.


    ¡°Can I move my hip?¡±


    I requested.


    ¡°Yes.. please.. yes¡±.


    I started thrusting into her, she suddenly rsed me and fell on the bed.. her body shaking.


    I was confused and scared.


    ¡°Don¡¯t¡­worry¡­it¡¯s .. normal¡±.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    She stammered as her body was shaking ok its own, reminded me of a convulsion.


    I was still hanging.


    Finally she was calm.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    She smiled and bite her teeth then burst intoughter.


    ¡°You look so scared, it¡¯s my orgasm, I am not dying¡±.


    ¡°Oh¡­it scared me¡±.


    Iughed with her, then she spread her legs wide, so flexible.


    ¡°It¡¯s your turn now¡±.


    She said and winked.


    This is a time to prove myself.


    I thrust into her wet heat.


    I was thrusting slowly and kissed her passionately, her neck every part of her face, I kissed her held on the back of her neck.


    ¡°Bruno..¡±


    I looked at her.


    ¡°What am I not doing it right?¡±


    ¡°No¡­you.. are doing perfectly fine, I am happy.. it was not like this during my first time¡±.


    Her tears rolled down her beautiful face

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    I kissed her on her eyes, then forehead and finally her lips.


    ¡°I am d to hear you are happy¡±.


    Suddenly my phone started ringing, I ignored it. It ranged again, continuously.


    ¡°I think you should.. check .. on .. it first¡±


    Beauty stuttered because of the fast movement of my hips.


    ¡°Its nothing that important¡±I replied breathelessly.


    Then there came a knock at the door this time.


    I ignored too, Beauty was disturbed and concerned about the person at the door.


    ¡°Baby¡­I think someone¡¯s here¡±.


    She whispered.


    ¡°Not now I can¡¯t¡­, I want everything, I think i¡¯m going to explode down there¡±I gasped in pleasure as my hips suddenly started moving on it¡¯s own.


    ¡°Bruno!¡±


    My sister¡¯s voice came from outside the door.


    ¡°Oh no.. ate you going to do it in there?¡±


    Beauty asked.


    I covered her lips with mine, and gave my final shot.


    Afterwards, released her lips and fell on the her, exhausted and catching my breath.


    Beauty shoved me aside and quickly got up and started dressing up.


    I turned around , my eyes closed, a hand over my face smiling broadly, it was an experience of a lifetime, I was really out of breathe.


    So this is what real sex feels like.


    I turned to the side, I cuddled up with a pillow, smiling.


    ¡°I love you Beauty¡±


    I mumbled trying to fall asleep still smiling.


    ¡°Bruno!¡±


    My sister kept wailing outside the door.


    A hard spanknded on my naked butt.


    ¡°Stop smiling like a clown and dress up, I will go, hide in the bathroom¡±.


    Beauty whispered then she ran into the bathroom and locked herself in.


    I pulled on my boxers and hate that I had to get up, my whole body felt weak. I can¡¯t stop smiling.


    However I forced myself up staggered to the door tiredly and opened it.


    ¡°What the hell is your problem?¡±


    I asked.


    She looked into the room suspicious, then she shoved me aside.


    ¡°Where is she?¡±she inquired, pacing around like a cat that smelt a mouse.


    ¡°Who? No one is here, I just woke up ¡­ I don¡¯t get..¡±


    ¡°Are you sixteen? You can¡¯t hide your from girlfriend from us, why is she even hiding?¡±she replied.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know what you are talking about¡±


    I said as I slide my fingers over my hair, it was nothing, but since Beauty don¡¯t want her presence to be known I have to respect her decision at her at all cost.


    She stopped searching and stared at me from head to toe, I shined my 32., She sighed and shook her head.


    ¡°Get that bra off your neck and stop smiling like you just won a trophy¡±.


    That¡¯s when I got back to earth. I looked and found the Beauty¡¯s bra hanging like a ne on my neck, it was there all along?¡±


    ¡°Well it¡¯s actually a record to me, more than Guinness world record, got any problem with that?¡±I snapped.


    She didn¡¯t say a word.


    ¡°Now leave my room¡±.


    I turned to return to bed but she stood still then suddenly turned to the door.


    ¡°Everyone, you cane out now¡±.


    My eyes almost fall off of the socket, the whole Hathaway family, granny and cousins, uncles, aunties walked into the roo., with their gift packages.


    I think I would urinate on myself out of shock.


    My face turned pale, my breath tightened and beaded of sweat summoned on my face.


    ¡°Happy birthday to you!¡±


    ¡°What the¡­..¡±


    The bathroom door opened, we all turned and looked.


    Beauty came out like a sacrificialmb followed by my mom.


    Wait don¡¯t tell me Mom was in there before Beauty.


    ¡°Mom!!, what are you doing in there..¡±.


    Before I could finish Dad came out of the wardrobe.


    I blinked my eyes to make sure, this wasn¡¯t a dream of any kind.


    Beauty looked like she would disappear the next minute, I stood there frozen, my jaw dropped in awe.


    ¡°Surprise!¡±


    Everyone shouted excitedly , except Mom and Dad. I know why.


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    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    ¡°How long have you all been here, I mean in this house¡±I asked no one in particr.


    ¡°Emm well hours before you came back¡±.


    Abigail replied with a grin.


    I stood there my mouth agape, I red at the security man, my blood boiling.


    That fool he tricked me into believing that everyone was gone.


    ¡°They made me do it, for your surprise sir¡±he replied terrified of my angry face.


    My sister walked towards Beauty, who was frozen with fear, literally shivering.


    My father wasn¡¯t going to take it easy on her and she knew it, maybe that¡¯s why she¡¯s shaking, it¡¯s all my fault.


    My thought until one of a husband to my cousin recognized her.


    Beauty looked like she just saw a ghost. Her eyes could only trante fear and shock then sadness.


    ¡°Hello ex girlfriend, are you still single? Not surprised tho¡±.


    The guy said to her out of nowhere. The rest of the family looked curiously from one person to another expecting exnations and answers.


    I was curious too but seeing Beauty¡¯s face with nk with shame.


    I don¡¯t care about whatever that means, I walked and stood by her side.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°Her name is Beauty¡±I snapped back at the guy, not minding what others may think.


    ¡°You know her?¡±


    I heard my cousin sister Anita, whisper to him, he nodded smiling devilishly at Beauty.


    At this point, a surge of jealousy filled my chest, I felt tight and bitter, he looked like he had known every single part of her body, by that dirty smirk.


    Abigail tried to cover up for me, she got that habit.


    ¡°This must be our girlfriend Bruno, she looked more innocent than she actually is¡±


    She said to Beauty walking towards us.


    ¡°My girlfriend and mind your words¡±.


    I corrected I know I am really that shameless, I can¡¯t even stand to imagine sharing her with my sister.


    Abigail smiled back.


    ¡°Bruno don¡¯t talk back at your older sister , since when have you be so rude?¡±Mom scolded


    ¡°I wasn¡¯t being rude¡­.¡±


    I tried exining but Mom interrupted me.


    ¡°Get over there youngdy¡±she snapped at Beauty, who walked slowly to the other side, where our rtives stood trying to get the whole thing.


    ¡°What happened, our birthday boy got a partner already¡±


    Anita , my cousin sister cuts in.


    My big sis Abigail suddenly tried to put everything in order.


    ¡°Well, let¡¯s get to the dining , food was served minutes ago, if we waste more time, it¡¯s gonna get cold , yes birthday boy go put something on, emmm¡­.¡±


    She turned to Beauty. ¡°Beauty..¡±


    ¡°Ma¡¯am!¡±Beauty responded terrified, from her response I could sense a bit of relief that.


    ¡°Don¡¯t call me ma¡¯am please, I am Abigail, join us at the dining¡±.


    Abigail replied with a soft embarrassing chuckle.


    Beauty nced at me , I smiled and nodded at her to go on.


    She clenched her fist by the sides, and walked in a way that you would think, she¡¯s one of homeless servants working in our house.


    My mom didn¡¯t follow them , she stayed back.


    My father didn¡¯t say a word either , it got me disturbed and curious, i¡¯d hate him choosing to talk about it infront of everyone there.


    He was thest person to leave the room.


    ¡°So that¡¯s who you want to settle for, she was directing on how to moan, tell me she just a hit and there¡¯s nothing real going on in that heart of yours Bruno¡±.


    Mom said, she looked depressed.


    I took a deep breathe and turned to her.


    ¡°I am not sorry about my choice mom, I love Beauty and it¡¯s for real, she was telling me those because she clearly was more experienced than me, what¡¯s the big deal?¡±


    I replied tartly.


    ¡°What happened to all the beautifuldies all over this fucking universe dying for your attention! Bruno , her? What will she offer, yeah she maybe curvy and thick and good in bed, I suppose.. so tell me, is that all you can think about, have you ever pictured her with you on the magazine covers?¡±


    She stated in annoyance.


    ¡°Mom, you don¡¯t know Beauty, she¡¯s smart, she¡¯s humble and she¡¯s a kind soul, she is not just beautiful but very sweet in person, and about the magazine covers you want to know how we¡¯d look like¡­y¡­she will definitely y it with me, please no more harsh words aganist her, I would be mad!¡±


    I snapped back angrily.


    ¡°Why the hell should I care about that, am your mother and I want the best for you and she is an average girl, a plus size!¡±


    She continued.


    I went into the bathroom and ran the shower, ignoring her rants.


    ¡°Bruno! Oh my goodness, an employee, a middle ss average girl! And even worse I don¡¯t like that girl at all¡±.


    Seeing I totally ignored her, she sighed and finally left the room.


    I was relieved from her nagging andints but I have to be fast, I know Beauty must be expecting me, I messed up , poor Beauty, will she ever be able to forgive me for this, I had no idea that this was all nned for my birthday surprise.


    I sighed out loudly.


    ***BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I was asked to sit in between his mom and sister, opposite my seat was a naughty looking boy about 11yrs trying to get my attention, beside him, was a beautiful woman, you can only tell that she¡¯s aged by her long white her, ited in two big strands dropped down her shoulders but from her face you would think she is in herte fifties.


    Worse is my ex, Steven, I call him Steven, the one that engaged me and dumped me same day, we¡¯re sitting opposite each other, from the look on his face, he is enjoying every moment of this torment.


    I was catching my breathe, each time his fiancee¡¯s sister, who is the mother of the 11ys old and Bruno¡¯sst uncle¡¯s wife re at me and whispered something to him then he will answer her, the two will look at me andugh.


    I felt like melting away from the earth surface that moment, It¡¯s a small world indeed, I never wish to see his face but I guess I am one of the most unfortunate people in this life.


    I looked at the other side, Mr Hathaway¡¯s food was untouched, his wife and daughter were already half way done with theirs same with everyone, well I, excluded.


    ¡°So you are Beauty, I love your name¡±.


    A friendly looking woman, I predicted her, to be in herte forties told me.


    I felt a little bitfortable, I smiled back.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    Mr Hathaway¡¯s voice, I have been expecting came like thunder bolt.


    ¡°What exactly are you doing here? In my house! Catty!¡±.


    His voice made the fear in me to multiply intensively and my tension skyrockets to the top.


    I swallowed hard as hot beads of sweat summoned on my forehead.


    ¡°Bruno where you? Please be here any moment from now or I am so dead, I am going to die right from Hathaway¡¯s re¡±


    I prayed in my mind.


    ¡°Are you dumb?¡±


    The man who looked like his brother yelled at me.


    ¡°She is¡­, actually ,.. one of the reasons I dumped her¡±


    My ex, Steven replied him.


    His fiancee and sisterughed out, but the rest of the family were not amused but more like shocked to know I was Steven¡¯s ex girlfriend.


    ¡°Mom, is she really deaf and dumb?¡±


    The eleven years old asked curiously.


    Mr Hathaway yelled out again.


    ¡°Why are you here, and you better an¡­.¡±


    ¡°I invited her¡±.


    Bruno said interrupting his father , as he stepped in the big dining room, rubbing his towel over his curly hair, which heter ced on his shoulders, he walked towards me , he seemedfortable and bold.


    He stood at my back, his hands on my chair, slowly slide down my shoulders with a gentle massage on them.


    I sighed deeply trying to calm my nerves just like he was signaling me to.


    ¡°Under whose permission!¡±

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    Bruno¡¯s response seem to have triggered Mr Hathaway¡¯s rage.


    ¡°I am 25 today, do I also need your permission to visit the toilet father?¡±


    ¡°Yeah, she is definitely the toilet¡±.


    Steven replied tartly with a mockingugh.


    His response almost made me choke with my own saliva.


    ¡°You are a lot dumber than you look, homeless man¡±.


    Bruno snapped at him.


    ¡°Bruno.. what¡¯s wrong with you! He is our visitor¡±


    Hs mom snapped, surprised.


    ¡°Let the young man be, Tricia, he is old enough to give me a great grand child, and his bride isn¡¯t looking bad, I love how innocent and real she looks, these days I don¡¯t understand what our young girls are turning into, dolls?¡±.


    The young looking woman with grey hair, is Bruno¡¯s grandma? She aged so beautifully, I thought.


    Bruno seem to be relieved after Granny¡¯s defense.


    His sister moved to the next other seat, Bruno sat down in between us.


    ¡°Bruno, your father want the best for you believe me, I have been there¡±D


    Steven contributed.


    ¡°And Who the hell are you ?¡±


    Bruno fired back at him.


    ¡°He is my son inw and our family¡±


    Bruno¡¯s uncle cuts in, his daughter, Steven¡¯s fiancee looked satisfied with his response to Bruno.


    ¡°So what , he¡¯s still a clown, no sane man will treat Beauty the way he did, you should have enquired before letting him marry your daughter¡±.


    Bruno snapped back.


    ¡°I treat princesses as princesses and dump trash as trash¡±.


    Steven fired.


    ¡°A homeless man c


    ¡°Bruno, i won¡¯t ignore you insult my husband or calling him a homeless man¡±.


    Cousin Anita snapped.


    ¡°He live with his inws he is illegal and homeless¡±.


    Bruno muttered.


    ¡°That¡¯s it!¡±


    Anita snapped out in annoyance, she stood up and pointed at Bruno.


    ¡°I swear one more word¡±.


    Bruno ignored her like she was invisible, my eyes went to Steven he was looking at me , his face tight with anger, he looked like he would skin me alive.


    ¡°Please let¡¯s just eat , the drama is too much already¡±.


    Bruno¡¯s sister, Abigail cuts in between the heated tension.


    I was trying so hard to hold back my tears, the memories of with my ex, Steven, continued to hunt me, who would believe his love confessions during sex was just mere words, could it be same with Bruno, even years of breaking my heart, dumped me with the excuse that my finger was too big for his engagement ring, he is still peeling those wounds off to start afresh.


    I cried silently.


    ¡°So you are not onlyzy at work, but a pornstar outside the office, don¡¯t you have any shame fatty?¡±


    Mr Hathaway voice jerked me out of my thought.


    It was like a bombshell, I felt it, and I thought I would die that moment because of how embarrassed I was.


    ¡°Honey¡­¡±


    His wife tried to calm him.


    One thing about Mr Hathaway¡¯s voice, it¡¯s so tormenting and sharp, like a spear finding it¡¯s way into your heart to break you.


    Bruno was trying not to blow hot, his eyes were enough exnation, and his father noticed , he just doesn¡¯t care.


    ¡°I am sorry sir¡±.


    I bowed and rendered my sincere apology.


    ¡°Don¡¯t apologise. to the old man, he¡¯s not your boss here¡±.


    Bruno said to me, adding more fuel to the already heated room.


    His face shows he was holding back his anger, in order to respect his father.


    ¡°And what do you think you are doing fool! Who did you call an old man?¡±


    His father got more furious.


    ¡°Honey please, let¡¯s have a normal family meal time for once¡­¡±


    ¡°Shut up Tricia! You pampered him into this stupidly, look what he brought home, not even a cheap highway slut, or a whore from a brothel, but this fat pig!¡±


    Mr Hathaway snapod loudily at me , so loud it made his wife panick.


    Bruno¡¯s fist folded, I could see him all vibrating with anger, I held his hand under the table to calm him.


    At this point if this fight continues I am afriad of the oue for me.


    ¡°She¡¯s not a pig, why are you always this bitter?¡±


    Bruno replied in annoyance.


    ¡°Bruno!¡±


    His mom and sister snapped shocked.


    ¡°You always do this, ever wondered why I never epted to take over yourpany? I refused to be your toy, you want to control my life, all you cares is about your reputation, to have a perfect son, this is my life, and she¡¯s my woman, and I love her, she the most beautiful woman I know, and very perfect for me, if you don¡¯t like it, I am sorry I can¡¯t help you¡­ deal with it¡±.


    He said with such bravely that terrified me, I was really shaking.


    Mr Hathaway got up angrily.


    ¡°Bruno, please apologise, this is all my fault¡±


    I whispered to him, giving him soft pats on his thigh.


    He pulled my hand out from his thigh, he didn¡¯t even look at me.


    He was also very angry, oh goodness!


    His father walked over to our side.


    ¡°What did you just say?¡±


    I was praying, Bruno won¡¯t say a thing but he was more stubborn than I thought.


    Bruno stood face on with his father.


    ¡°I am old enough to have my own choices fath¡­¡±


    A hot pnded on his cheek, Bruno stood same way like nothing happened, but the finger marks on his face made me jerk in fear like I was the one that received that.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

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    His mom held Mr Hathaway.


    ¡°Honey, please, everyone¡¯s watching, please do this some other time¡±


    Bruno¡¯s mom, pleaded.


    ¡°Henry! In my presence?¡±


    Mr Hathaway¡¯s mother snapped angrily, she seem to be in support of Bruno.


    Mr Hathaway turned to me angrily with red piercing eyes.


    ¡°And you, get out of my house, before I squeeze your miserable life out of you, cheap slut, you finally found a billionaire to mess around with, I will finish it up at thepany¡±.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    His voice echoed in my ear.


    Hot tears rolled down my face, I stood up, Bruno did same then he pulled me by the hand and walked me to his room, shutting the door immediately after him.


    ¡°He said I should go, what are you doing?¡±


    I said to Bruno.


    I was trying to control my voice in order not to break down.


    Bruno was pacing around like an angry lion in the room without even turning to face me.


    ¡°Let me go Bruno please, I will cause you more pain, look at your cheek, those finger marks are horrible¡±.


    This time I break down crying.


    He turned, caught my face up in his huge hands and kissed me.


    I had to push him.


    ¡°We have no time for this Bruno, you are hurting¡±.


    ¡°You want me to stop hurting then stop crying¡±.


    He yelled at me.


    I noticed his eyes were now wet, I don¡¯t want him to hurt , I tried to control my sobs.


    I sat down on the bed weakly, sobbing uncontrobly.


    ¡°I¡­am sorry¡­if only I am beautiful and a perfect woman, you don¡¯t have to be attacked for your choice¡­I ¡­am also sorry for Steven¡­it must be hard for you out there¡±.


    He came and knelt infront of me and took my hand, I looked up to see what¡¯s he was about to do.


    He put it on his chest.


    ¡°The cheek isn¡¯t hurting, I am hurting right in here Beauty, my father¡¯s a difficult one , even being a child of a billionaire isn¡¯t a guarantee for happiness. I was brought up like that, I hardly make friends because I was training on being the perfect public figure he wanted, he once fixed me with a Asian billionaire¡¯s daughter but it didn¡¯t work out, so he got mad about us together, but that doesn¡¯t hurt you know what hurts, you trying to make me deny my feelings for you¡±.


    I was sobbing loudly this time, my hand still on his chest, Bruno continued.


    ¡°I don¡¯t care what his next move is, but I am never letting go¡±.


    He grabbed on my hand , pressing it on his chest, I could feel his troubled heart beat, pounding continuously.


    ¡°If we don¡¯t work out, I won¡¯t me you ¡­., Bruno, atleast it was only you , who never callled me fat pig like the others¡±I said and removed my hand from his chest crying.


    ¡°Again, youparing me with them?¡±Bruno snapped frustrated.


    I didn¡¯t say anything, he pulled me to him with a fast effect and hugged me tightly.


    ¡°I love you Beauty¡±he said in a whisper.


    A knock came in.


    ¡°Bruno..¡±


    It was his Granny¡¯s voice.


    Bruno got up and went to open the door for her.


    I quickly stood up and dried my face.


    Granny came in and walked straight towards me.


    ¡°Can I talk with you alone my darling¡±


    She said with a friendly voice looking at me.


    I can¡¯t believe she¡¯s referring to me.


    Bruno smiled at me, and tint his head , as a gesture for me to give it a try.


    I nodded, and smiled back at the granny.


    She gave me a tissue , I blew my nose and thanked her.


    ¡°Bruno go settle with your father, I have talked to him, he is one stubborn brat , he took after your grand father¡±


    Granny said to him.


    Bruno thanked his granny and went out of the room.


    ¡°Don¡¯t cry my dear, scolding is something you should expect, they were in the room and heard everything, possibly saw everything, I don¡¯t me them too much¡±.


    She sighs deeply and continued.


    ¡°These days the morals and sexual purity is nothing taken serious anymore, you all want to have the santa package even before Christmas, right? Do you ever think of after life, you are a Christian right? Is it a Christian thing to do that before marriage?¡±


    I shook my head like repentant sinner , she smiled and continued.


    ¡°You¡¯re lucky, Bruno is a totally different person, Tricia was strong to deal with, my son Henry is infact a bigger issue, well he loves his obedient daughter and son until Bruno decided to defend you I guess.


    Nevertheless I find it promising, Bruno does love you to take that step, and you¡­¡±.


    She paused, I looked up to meet her stare.


    ¡°Tell me Beauty, are you sure about your feeling for him, he is a good lookingd, billionaire, but above all, do you really care about him?¡±


    ¡°I swear granny I do care, I care about him more than anything¡±I said readily without hesitation.


    She hugged me.


    ¡°Then I am expecting an invitation soon¡±.


    I was stunned by her warm hug but the invitation part snap me. out of it


    ¡°An.. an.. invitation?¡±


    I asked.


    She pulled me out from the hug and held my shoulder smiling.


    ¡°Yes darling, since if you two are ready to go bed services, you should be ready for wedding services¡± she whispered and pecked my cheeks, then she stood up ready to go.


    ¡°Let¡¯s get back to the dining together¡±.


    She said offering me a hand.


    I hesitated then took her hand, we both walked towards the door.


    I suddenly stopped at the door, my legs were cold and my nerves shaking, let¡¯s get back to back to the dining she said?¡­.. afterall that happen back there, I don¡¯t think i can do that.


    ¡°What is it dear?¡±


    Granny asked, she stared at me me curiously in a confused way, I hesitated then replied.


    ¡°I can¡¯t face them, I am sorry granny, can I just stay back here, I will be fine here, please¡±


    I said that without even looking up at her face.


    She chuckled softly and let go of my hands and after she gave me a soft friendly smile, it was so warm and weing that I felt sofortable with her, I really wish to stay with her than just going back to the dining, and be a subject of mockery.


    ¡°I will call him toe get you instead, if you hide from them, it will be like they got into your head, just forget what happened and be happy okay?¡±


    Granny said to me, with a very calm and friendly tone.


    I nodded slowly.


    She walked to the door, I stared then she turned to me.


    ¡°Don¡¯t forget to put on a smile¡±


    she said to me, demonstrating with her hands, I forced a smile back.


    She nodded and opened the door then she went back to the dining, I drew a deep breath and closed the door back.


    Slowly walked to the bed and sat down there waiting impatiently for Bruno, I really wish he won¡¯te back for me.


    The door opened slightly, I looked up relieved but it wasn¡¯t Bruno , it was his senior sister Abigail that walked into the room .


    Abigail was no doubt a very beautifuldy, her full long dark hair was the most beautiful part of her body, and also her body proportions could be mistaken for that of a model, she must be on strict dieting for days to maintain such shape, I could sense , she is not impressed with my weight, I just hope she is here for good.


    ¡°Can I talk with you?¡±


    She said to me slowly, I got nervous at that instance but I have to put myself together, and listen to her.


    ¡°Sure¡±I replied rather quickly, curious about what she had to say.


    Yes, I was nervous but same time excited, not sure what she wanted us to talk about but her friendly approach gave me fair hope.

 HATED YET LOVED

    She walked to me holding a cold ss of chilled wine in a royal elegant way, she stretched it towards me.


    ¡°Here you need this¡±she said , smiling softly, I panicked a little.


    ¡°Alcohol?¡±I asked her slowly, thinking fast about a lie to say to her.


    She nodded.


    ¡°I.. don¡¯t drink¡±I lied, scratching my hair nervously.


    She shrugged and finished up the drink in a shot, then she gaze at me, I wasn¡¯t looking but I could tell she was gazing at me after few minutes, she asked.


    ¡°So¡­ you work at my father¡¯spany?¡±


    Her ent was so soothing to the ear.


    I nodded slowly.


    ¡°How long have you guys been dating?¡±She asked , with a look that terrified me.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    I avoided an eye contact.


    ¡°The day he called you, I guess¡±I said slowly, why the question all of a sudden.


    ¡°You guess,¡­.. and I am here thinking it must have been a year or so, Bruno seem pretty much attracted to you, he loves you a lot, believe me, i could tell¡±


    She replied with a giggle.


    ¡°I love him too¡±I said almost to myself.


    ¡°So tell me, how did you manage to make him fall for you?¡±


    She asked this time giving me a sassy face.


    The question gave me sweat beads.


    Could this be a trap question? What am I supposed to say?


    I really don¡¯t know why and what made him fall in love with me, I just know, I have been Inlove with him for thest three years before now, a one sided secret crush.


    ¡°I d really do not understand how ¡°I replied my cheeks hot and red.


    She chuckled out loudly .


    ¡°Don¡¯t mind me! I guess this drink is kinda strong, I am just suprise my brother can date any woman he wants to, I once linked him with Jennifer Courtney, you know the richest and most popr model, well he choose you, I have just one problem with you ¡°she said tartly at me and turned to face him, I observed her face suddenly turned dark and hard, it made me more nervous and ufortable, that I gulped hard.


    ¡°What are you using?¡±


    She asked again, I don¡¯t have any idea what I should say, I opened my mouth and ended up stuttering.


    ¡°I¡­ I¡­ I¡­what ¡­I am using?¡±


    I stuttered confused.


    She immediately grabbed on me, I was alerted and panicked at how close she was to me, her hands over me.


    ¡°Don¡¯t tell me those curve are all real, no botox look at me , my dad had to put me on diet since age thirteen so I can look this way, I want to have those curves too¡±She stated a little childishly.


    I wonder if she¡¯s trying to cheer me up and make me feel good with my body size. There¡¯s no way she envy my body!


    I was terrified with the way she went ahead and grabbed on my arm then she let go suddenly andughed out.


    ¡°Don¡¯t mind me again, I just love teasing people, you should rx , you look so tensed up¡±.


    I chuckled awkwardly, just then Bruno opened the door. My eyes lit up with excitement seeing him.


    ¡°Hey little bro! I was having a littledies chat with your babe, guess what she said she love me more¡±.


    His sister snapped, my eyes opened widely in surprise.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t say it¡±


    I mumbled with a nervous chuckle.


    Bruno shook his head and pulled away his sister from me.


    ¡°You should get going already, she¡¯s taken , try someone else, okay?¡±


    He replied her.


    She reluctantly stood up.


    ¡°Well I still gat my eyes on you Beauty, I am bi anyway, you can try different things sometime¡±.


    Abigail said with a wink.


    ¡°Shut it Abigail¡±.


    Bruno grabbed her by the hand and walked her out of the room.


    Abigail turned immediately at the door.


    ¡°Are you afraid I might steal her, I sense some gay panic in her eyes when she was with me¡±.


    ¡°She like a man, the man is me.. she is mine.. now get lost¡±.


    He mmed the and walked back to the room.


    He sighed loudly and sat down beside me.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡±


    He asked gently.


    I nodded slowly, he fell on the bed his hand over his face.


    ¡°My family is embarrassing, so exhausting!¡±


    He groaned.


    I stare at him and smiled.


    ¡°Thanks Bruno¡±.


    He quickly sat up.


    ¡°Bruno? Hey what happened to baby ?¡±


    he snapped.


    I was silent.


    ¡°Call me baby please¡±.


    He whispered and leaned forward to kiss me, but I slowly move my head to the other side.


    He tried again , I did same thing.


    ¡°Are you intentionally hurting me?¡±he asked with the softest tone in his voice.


    I avoided an eye contact with him and said nothing.


    He sighed deeply and then grabbed my hand.


    ¡°Come with me to the dining¡±


    He told me.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to go, I can¡¯t! You have to understand¡±.


    I whined like a child, he let go of my hand and turned to me.


    ¡°There¡¯s nothing to understand, you are feeling insecure because of those fools, you have to stand with your head up!¡±


    He scolded.


    ¡°That¡¯s not it, I just can¡¯t.. let me stay here please¡±.


    He stopped forcing me.


    ¡°Please.. baby.. do it for me, I need you back there¡±he pleaded, I hesitated then


    I looked up and met his eyes.


    I can¡¯t say no to that look, few seconds, I reluctantly stood up, I don¡¯t want to go back but not going back will make him feel even worse, I have to think of his feelings too.


    ¡°Thank you¡±


    He said with a smile and hugged me, then we walked back to the dining , hand in hand.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    As soon we got to the dining, I noticed my Uncle¡¯s face suddenly went ck, same with his wife, but none of them affects me, as long as I have Beauty here.


    ¡°You should cut your cake already Bruno, let¡¯s take pictures Couz¡±.


    Korra my second cousin said immediately she sighted us.


    We walked back to our seat , Mom dished food out for Beauty, I was surprised to notice her do that.


    ¡°Thanks¡±she told my mom on a whisper.


    Grandma must have done a lot of talking before now, to make her do that for Beauty, she hardly dish out door for anyone.


    ¡°She need more tes though¡± that fool named Steven said but not loud , I still heard him anyway, maybe because I was paying a-lot of attention to him.


    ¡°It¡¯s my birthday, I really don¡¯t her why a cow was invited¡±


    ¡°Where is it? Moo moo?¡±


    My little cousin Jack asked calling out the supposed cow with the sound.


    ¡°Right beside you Jack on white polo¡±.


    I replied with a mockery smile, jack looked at to his side, he could only see his sister¡¯s husband on white.


    ¡°Uncle Steven?¡±


    The confused boy asked.


    Mother cleared her throat to interrupt him on purpose.


    ¡°Valentina, the cake please¡±.


    she demanded from the chief cook, who was in charge of the bakery and foods.

 What’s in my drink

    Few minutester, the maids push the cake on a stroller into the dining.


    ¡°That¡¯s huuuge¡±Jack gushed in excitement.


    Everyone was distracted admiring the cake, I thought of it as a time to talk to my sister, I quickly turned to Abigail.


    ¡°I just received the package, I ordered an hour ago, they¡¯re fast¡±


    I whispered.


    ¡°What package?¡±


    Abigail asked like an air-headed person.


    ¡°From precious jewelry store, I ordered a diamond engagement ring remember I told you before you went into the room¡±


    I replied little disappointed.


    ¡°You want to do it already, are you sure?¡±she whispered back.


    ¡°Yeah, I want to show that cow that she is mine now, he pisses me off, also I think today is a great day to do it, with Mom and Dad present¡±. I replied with finality.


    ¡°Well.. she is yours but that¡¯s actually after the wedding¡±Abigail stated.


    I frowned at her.


    ¡°Just take it and put it in her ss of wine, I will distract her with maybe a kiss¡±.


    She raised her brows, and tilt her head in agreement, I gave her the ring codedly.


    My hands started sweating , I suddenly felt this intense nervousness, what if she says no, following what happened earlier, my heart can¡¯t take it.


    ¡°We are waiting Bruno , go cut the cake, what you two doing?¡±Mom snapped interrupting in my thoughts.


    She suspected our movement and gaze from one person to another.


    I sighed nervously and got up, to deliver a speech before going ahead to cut the cake.


    ¡°Thanks everyone for your love and care, your presence is everything, well I won¡¯t say I love the surprise¡­ to be honest¡­.¡±.


    My cousinsughed .


    ¡°Thanks alot Fam¡±.


    I concluded.


    They apuded loudly.


    I wanted to blow off the 25 candle lights then Abigail interrupted.


    ¡°Make a wish first silly¡±my sister said tartly.


    I chuckled embarrassed.


    ¡°Opps, my bad, a wish first. ¡­¡±


    I looked up and my eyes met with Beauty¡¯s , she blushed then looked down, I saw my sister put the ring in her ss of wine.


    I closed my eyes slowly , nervously and made my wish.


    I wish Beauty would say yes to me and I wish, my family will ept and treat her as one of our own.


    I opened my eyes and started blowing of the candle lights after that, I cut the cake and everyone came with their tes to take a portion , except Steven.


    I cut out for Beauty in a te and walked back to the table.


    ¡°Here you go¡±


    I handed it to her.


    ¡°Thanks¡±she replied with red cheeks, I smiled back softly.


    My younger cousins , 2 in number, age 7 and 11 yed roughly with the cake but we all ignored them.


    ¡°So beauty, when next are you visiting us?¡±


    My Mom asked all of a sudden , it was unexpected, Beauty don¡¯t even know what to say. Everyone at the table was surprised too.


    ¡°I¡­ I..¡±


    She nce at my dad, who seem not interested at all in anything that concern our rtionship ever since grandma talked to him , he just decided not to say a word, which is fine by me, by the way, I don¡¯t need his approval.


    ¡°Why not sleepover tonight, the party will take ce fully this night¡±


    My sister added.


    Beauty just nodded but I could tell she doesn¡¯t want to stay anymore than just this dinner time.


    ¡°To Bruno, we wish you a very happy birthday, and all the best in your life, happy birthday baby¡±Grandma called the toast.


    ¡°Cheers¡±.


    We all chorused, everyone stood on their feet and clincked our sses after we got back on our seats.


    My heart raced, as I stole a gaze at Beauty and noticed she took a sip from her drink.


    Abigail pinched me, and winked, she was being silly, and obvious, I frowned at her.


    I took my ss of wine and drank from it impatiently, my hands shaking nervously.


    Then suddenly the sound of shattered ss, make me spill up.


    Everyone was looking at me confused, then I realized they were looking at beauty actually .


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong dear?¡±Granny asked concerned.


    Steven and his fiancee were amused hoping she embarrassed herself more, my Dad face looked like he¡¯s been holding back from insulting her again.


    Beauty looked up at Granny confused, she opened her mouth slowly, but couldn¡¯t voice it out.


    ¡°What happened dear¡±


    My mom asked curious.


    Beauty was shocked and embarrassed


    I lean over to her and whispered.


    ¡°What happened love?¡±


    ¡°Something is in my wine¡±N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    she whispered to me, nervously.


    ¡°What .. is it?¡±


    I whispered back with a straight trying to hide my amusement.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know, it¡¯s shiny, I almost swallowed it, so I dropped the ss unintentionally, am sorry for the embarrassment¡±she replied.


    Everyone was still staring at us curious except my sister Abigail who was obviously trying not to crack up.


    A maid tried to clean the ce up , I stopped her.


    I got up from the seat to pick the expensive diamond ring up, before I lose it, it¡¯s too expensive to be careless about.


    ¡°What happened ?¡±Abigail asked Beauty, trying to distract her attention from me.


    Beauty leaned over to her trying to exin to her in a whisper, how she saw a shiny object in her drink, then i got to my knees.


    ¡°What¡¯s he doing?¡±My uncle questioned.


    Dad just nced and didn¡¯t say a word but his face days it all, he was furious!


    ¡°Bruno..¡±.


    My mother gasped shocked.


    My cousins took their phone and started recording excitedly, they didn¡¯t want to miss it, the maids gathered too.


    The room was hot with mumbling and side talks but that¡¯s their own shit.


    Beauty¡¯s mouth was ajar, her jaw dropped, her eyes grew bigger, she looked all tensed up and ufortable, it worried me.


    I swallowed hard before going on to ask the big question.

 The UNEXPECTED

    ¡°I was born on this day 25 years ago, but today I want to be reborn with you, will you please take this journey with me, and be my one and only till death? Please marry me Beauty, I don¡¯t care if it¡¯s too early when you are ready I am ready, for me I am very sure who I needed was you, it all depends on you..¡±


    ¡°Enough of the long speech dude, Beauty will you please marry my brother Bruno, just say Yes or no to the idiot, remember I am avable¡±.


    Abigail cuts in.


    I frowned at her, then smiled back at Beauty still kneeling with the ring.


    Beauty was sitting there, motionless.


    ¡°Its a yes Ofcourse, my dancing shoes are on¡±.


    Grandma supported.


    I looked at Beauty, still waiting.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I can¡¯t believe it!


    Bruno proposed!


    Why! How? Right here.


    There are alot of things going on in my mind, what if the ring isn¡¯t my size, Steven is watching, he looked desperate, desperate to see me get hurt or embarrassed.


    What am I supposed to do, now


    I closed my eyes and let my lips do their thing.


    ¡°Yes¡±I mumbled.


    ¡°She said yes!¡±


    I heard Bruno scream, he hugged me tightly, so tight that I couldn¡¯t even breathe.


    His mom looked happy too but can¡¯t tell about his father , his uncle and cousin sister, ofcourse and her husband Steven, but his other young cousins, sister and granny are the real shippers, they seem so happy about it.


    Bruno went on his knees again, and wanted to put the ring on my finger.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to kneel again¡±.


    I whispered, amused.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know I am too excited!¡±


    Heughed and went on.


    I bit my lip nervously, I was panicking silently, quickly I closed my eyes, stretched my fingers out for him, but was so nervous my fingers were literally shaking.


    Then he stopped my heart leaped, he didn¡¯t put it in again, I slowly opened my eyes, my breathe fastene.


    ¡°What happened? Is it not her size?¡±


    His sister voice asked curiously, others were looking at us with so much attention, that I felt really ufortable, I wonder his reasons.


    Oh no please not again.


    ¡°Oh it¡¯s nothing, it should be her size, it¡¯s the average ring size, it¡¯s just that I wanted to give her a choice to choose from¡±


    Bruno replied, I was really confused.


    He brought out a box from his pocket and opened it.


    Inside the box was three different sizes of diamond rings and ofcourse I can tell my size.


    ¡°Pick anyone you love to be our engagement ring¡±He said to me and winked, way to go Bruno!


    I choose the second to the biggest size , then he put it in , it was a perfect fit.


    I hugged him in tears.


    ¡°Thank you¡±


    I whispered, he really saved me the mockery of the ring size stuff.


    ¡°Thanks for epting me¡±he replied.


    Then we stare at each other nose touching eachother like they¡¯re pushing us to kiss, I stared at his lips, as it lits up a soft smile, giving me a sh of his white teeth.


    His young cousins started chatting


    ¡°Kiss kiss kiss¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t do it¡±.


    Grandma teased covering the eyes of his two underage cousins with her palms.


    I was melting with shyness, I hope this is a dream I never get to wake up from!


    Steven is witnessing this?


    ¡°Silent guys, don¡¯t interrupt¡±.


    Bruno said to his young cousins then pulled me in for a kiss, well I couldn¡¯t resist.


    Well we kissed and the champagnes were popped, I was so happy and excited my ears were red.


    *******


    Well wishers and our Co workers started pouring in, with their birthday gifts for Bruno, many looked quite surprised to see me there before now. They looked like they got lots of questions to ask me.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    I told Bruno that I want to go home ande back for the night party, my mom must be worried about.


    So d he epted without hesitation.


    ¡°Don¡¯t stay long please¡±he said to me, I smiled back then I sighted Peaches chatting with a group of girls.


    ¡°As long as that girl, Peaches is here , I won¡¯t¡±


    I replied.


    He shook his head, Peaches is one crazy fangirl of his, we kissed again and I left for my ce, inside the cab, I quickly texted Jessie.


    ¡°He proposed and I said yes¡±.


    Excitedly I took out my and sent a picture with the text. In the picture Bruno was kissing my finger holding the camera he used to take the shot.


    She sent hundreds of voice notes, I am sure she is gone crazy, where should I start.


    Iughed and ignored her.


    She will go even crazier about it because I ignored her voice notes but it¡¯s for the best, if I listened to one she will keep talking about it. I wanted us to talk in person so I will be expecting her visit.


    I smiled and admired my ring.


    Imagine up waking up everyday in his arms..


    Then kids..?


    Nah


    I am throwing them off the end¡­just me and Bruno.


    I smiled at my imaginations.


    Getting home, I started screaming for mom toe, I noticed Dad was home too.


    ¡°What¡¯s the problem?¡±


    Mom asked curiously rushing out of the kitchen.


    I was smiling with tears flowing down my cheeks.


    ¡°Mom¡­ Bruno proposed to me¡±


    I said trying not to break down.


    She hugged me happily, I suddenly burst into tears.


    ¡°I love him so much , I am so happy he felt same way¡±.


    ¡°Oh Honey, I am happy for you, hey I told you the best ising for you, didn¡¯t I?¡±


    My mom consoled.


    ¡°Come here, my beautiful princess¡±.


    Daddy said and gestured at me , I went to my dad and sat on hisps.


    I hugged him, with my hands crossed on his neck.


    ¡°You know, only a true man hold on to a real beauty when he sees one, I did not name you Beauty for just name sake, you are a rare beauty, her father¡¯s daughter¡±.


    I blushed uncontrobly.


    ¡°You see now taking your father¡¯s body, isn¡¯t bad, all you need to do is keep fit and shed a little bit of fat you are good to go , this is a motivation, not too much, you gotta keep that shape¡±he said, weughed out.


    ¡°I will father, I will keep fit¡±.


    I smiled and pecked him.


    Just then, Jessie arrived beaming with smiles.


    ¡°Tell me you are pulling my legs bitch¡±.


    She yelled breathing heavily as if she ran all the way from her ce to our house.


    I showed her the ring.


    ¡°Even from afar, this ring is shining so bright! I am so happy for you baby¡±


    Jessie expected and took the ring off, I was left speechless with my hands opened expecting a hug.


    ¡°Emmm¡­are you forgetting something?¡±


    I asked my hands still opened.


    ¡°This is an expensive bitch, she must worth a billion bucks!¡±she snapped.


    I collected it back pouting.


    ¡°Hey I am not going to steal it ¡°she giggled.


    ¡°You are paying attention to the ring more than me?¡±


    I whined.


    Sheughed out.


    ¡°Oh that what it¡¯s all about¡±.


    She hugged me.


    ¡°I am so happy for you Bea¡±.


    That made me smile.


    ¡°So let¡¯s celebrate¡±


    Mom announced.


    ¡°Actually.. guys, I am like Bruno¡¯s birthday gift you know so I have to be with him tonight¡±


    I said proudly.


    ¡°Hmm birthday gift, hopefully one day, I would be a gist to some guy..¡±Jessie teased.


    ¡°So you are not going to celebrate with us?¡±


    Mother asked.


    ¡°No that¡¯s not what I meant, we will celebrateter Mom just not tonight, he is waiting for me to return and join his party¡±.


    I replied.


    ¡°I came with swimsuits, I really hope we going have a pool party, I also know he got some billionaire friends to unt this bikini body for¡±Jessi contributed.


    ¡°Jessie!¡±


    I snapped loud trying to signal her about the look on my parents faces.


    ¡°So then, you are sleeping over?¡±


    My mom asked with a suspicious look on her face.


    I nodded innocently like a good girl.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry ma¡¯am, I will make sure she sleep with me on the visitors room¡±.


    I was scared since my dad never said anything yet.


    He sighed.


    ¡°I want to see the boy Bruno, tell him I said so¡±.


    ¡°Thanks Dad¡±


    I kissed his cheeks and did same to mom.


    ¡°You too Mom, I will go freshen up¡±.


    I went inside my room and started searching for the perfect birthday party outfit.


    Jessi entered my room.


    ¡°Get a good outfit girl, m up, don¡¯t embarrass a billionaire son, all eyes will be on¡­¡±


    She paused and suddenly gasps.


    ¡°Oh my God is this your wardrobe or a nursing mother¡¯s?!¡±


    Jessie snapped, checking out my clothes.

 GO GIRL!

    ¡°Stop it already¡±.


    I said and frowned at her, finally I decided to choose the one she bought for me the other day.


    ¡°No way, you have wear something else, this isn¡¯t something for this kind of party¡±.


    She walked over and stopped.


    ¡°Here let me see¡­¡±


    She pulled out a fashion designer nylon from her bag and gave me.


    ¡°Is it from ourpany?¡±


    I asked curiously, checking the dress out.


    She shook her head.


    ¡°Wow it looks like one of our designs¡±


    I insisted.


    ¡°Shut up and get dressed immediately¡±


    she snapped


    I put it on, it was a nice dress but I wasn¡¯tfortable with the low cleavage exposure being very busty.


    ¡°It¡¯s too exposing, my boobs are all out¡±


    ¡°And so what? Honey you are blessed with those so unt it, you look like thick Anime girl¡±.


    ¡°Jessi please, I am notfortable with this,¡±I pleaded.


    Jessi pped her forehead annoyed.


    ¡°Really I spent a-lot on that¡­ fine alright.. let¡¯s go get one¡±.


    I hugged her happily and went to the change wardrobe to put on my casual wear.


    ¡°Fast we have 2 hours left¡±she said checking her time, after I was done with dressing, we set off to the nearest fashion boutique.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    **2 hourster***


    We arrived at the party, it was the biggest I have ever been to, we are like the only guests that came with a taxi.


    The cars were intimidating, I was eye searching secretly for Bruno hoping to see him as soon as possible.


    ¡°Sorry only VIPs ma¡¯am¡±


    A security guard stopped us as we approached the entrance door.


    ¡°Did he give you any card?¡±Jessi whispered


    I shook my head, she cursed being done with me, then she turned to the security man.


    ¡°Look Mr, do you know who this is?¡±


    The guard looked at me from head to toe I was burning I¡¯m embarrassment, my cheeks red, I couldn¡¯t even raise my head, that stupid Jessi continued.


    ¡°Well I guess you don¡¯t know yet, but this is Mr Bruno¡¯s fiancee, let us in if you don¡¯t want to lose your fucking job, trust he is going to go mad if he finds out you are holding us, I know your face¡­do yourself a favor and let us in, this instant!¡±she yelled at him.


    The man rolled his eyes, he walked like a giant towards us.


    ¡°What ¡­what are you doing?¡±


    Jessi snapped as he grabbed us and started forcing us out of thepound.


    , Jessie continued cursing angrily


    ¡°Take your filthy hands off me, you son of¡­


    I dialed Bruno¡¯s line as they argued, luckily he answered.


    I was so relieved and grateful.


    ¡°Hello¡±I said impatiently.


    ¡°Hello this is Peaches, do you have any message for Mr Bruno, you can leave it to me¡±.


    ¡°What the f**k are you doing with my baby¡¯s phone! Get your dirty slutty hands off my man¡¯s phone¡±I yelled at her, my eyes red and my blood boiling.


    My outburst made Jessi and the security to pause their fight looking at me stunned.


    ¡°Wow Beauty just cursed someone¡±.


    Jessie snapped surprised.


    She smiled and stare at me proudly.


    ¡°I said get off my man¡¯s phone!¡±


    I yelled again after her silence.


    I heard Bruno arguing with her then he took the phone from her and answered.


    ¡°I am so sorry, those girls are all over me, I don¡¯t know when she took my phone¡­..


    I didn¡¯t even wait for him to finish, I hung up, I was boiling with anger.


    ¡°Okay someone¡¯s angry¡±Jessi said giggling.


    ¡°I am going in there and I am going to teach them b*itches a lesson, ofcourse they will be all over him, thirsty and wild, everyone wants a piece of Bruno, I will teach each and every one of them a hard lesson¡±I said with my eyes red and fierce.


    ¡°Supported, that¡¯s the spirit!!¡±Jessi supported.


    ¡°Bruno¡¯s mine¡±I snapped again.


    ¡°That¡¯s the spirit!¡±


    Jessi continued her motivation.


    ¡°This ring is not a joke bitches¡±.


    I muttered, slowly removed my heels while staring at the entrance like a predator.


    ¡°Go girl!¡±Jessi snapped, enjoying every bit of my dramatic act.


    ****


    The security was just staring at us confused, his hands folded, he must be thinking that we are one of those crazy fan girls of Bruno.


    I dashed into the entrance like sh, the security guard wasn¡¯t expecting it, because he was busy wondering what we are up to.


    Jessie was a pro in this type of emergency breakout, she followed behind immediately, she was even running pretty faster than me with her heels on.


    I got to the pool and saw the girls all clouded around him, cheering him to take another shot of the whiskey.


    I dived into the pool with my gown and shoes in my hands, the guests watched in astonishment, everyone¡¯s attention was on me.


    ¡°I ¡­absolutely do not who that is, I don¡¯t know her , believe me, I have no idea¡±


    Jessie announced awkwardly, embarrassed.


    I wasn¡¯t a good swimmer but I never thought of it. I was trying to move but I couldn¡¯t ¡­


    so I got to the ce he was , few steps afar , I was frowning at him angrily


    He saw me and swam towards me.


    I was mad at him for letting himself in the same pool with those girls.


    He grabbed my hand and pulled me to him, I looked up with my eyes red and breathless to snap at him in anger but only to see him smiling like that¡­his face, his visual.. his


    ¡°Stop staring at me like that¡­I am angry¡±.


    I mumbled.


    ¡°Girls¡­, do you all believe me now¡­., I told y¡¯all I am no more single, she¡¯s the one I proposed to, my Beauty, as you can see she is here to take her man¡±He said and smiled at me, he sounded a bit drunk.


    The girls looked at me like wolves that saw an innocent helpless prey, I sensed they¡¯re going to eat me alive also they¡¯re all holding their water guns.


    ¡°You took our Bruno away!¡±They yelled angrily and started a war of water.


    ¡°Jessi I need help!¡±


    I yelled as Bruno tried as much as possible to cover me from the water guns.


    ¡°Ho ¡­ handsome, are you single?¡±Jessie ignored me flirting with a random guy.


    Bruno managed to get me out of the pool and followed me immediately, the girls started a chase after us until the MC distracted them with a popr hit song, they all ran towards the DJ.


    Bruno burst outughing, after they¡¯re gone.


    ¡°What a fun time¡±.


    I frowned at Bruno my hands akimbo.


    ¡°You think this is funny, those girls are crazy! And you let Peaches take your phone¡±I snarled angrily.


    ¡°The water guns you know it¡¯s fun, also I never expected you to jump into the pool wearing makeup and on your dinner gown¡±.


    Heughed again.


    ¡°That¡¯s not funny!¡±


    I snapped and pouted.


    ¡°You are so cute when jealoys, you are looking a cute princess.. you can¡¯t even swim yet you dived like a Olympic winner¡±He cracked up again.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you dareugh at me¡±.


    I snapped at him and turned away, he pulled me closer and kissed me.


    ¡°I am happy you came¡±.


    He whispered.


    I hit him on the chest, heughed again.


    ¡°Baby you are really beautiful, you should see your face now, the mascara ¡­ you look like a beautiful vampire¡±heughed again.


    I got more annoyed and started walking towards the exit.


    A man walked past me and whistled , I paid no attention, I was about to leave the corridor to the outdoor when Bruno called me.


    ¡°Hold on¡±.


    I stopped curiously.


    ¡°What now.. are you going to give me another roast¡±.


    ¡°Are you going out there like that?¡±


    He had a dark spark in his eyes.


    ¡°Yes.. don¡¯t worry Jessi can help fix my make up and I will get a new outfit¡±.


    He shook his head and walked to me.


    ¡°Your gown is wet¡±.


    ¡°I can see that¡±.


    I pouted, still mad.


    ¡°Did you see the way that fool looked at you, it¡¯s transparent..¡±


    It took minutes before my brain tranted that statement to my understanding.


    My eyes widened.


    I quickly covered my breasts.


    ¡°Is it too obvious?¡±


    I whispered.


    My cheeks were hot with embracement.


    He looked down my bosom and up to my face.


    ¡°Purple¡±.


    He smirked.


    ¡°Oh my goodness!¡±


    I snapped out.

 ONLY ONE

    He walked to me and even closer still, until .. he quickly pulled me by the waist.


    ¡°I am the only one who is allowed to see you in this way¡­and do you know what happens when I do¡±.


    ¡°What?¡±


    I whispered.


    In a swift, he carried me in his arms , and headed for the indoor reception hall which leads to his apartment. As we approach the room inside I overheard our colleagues chatting.


    Bruno sneaked through, I hid my face on his chest, holding tightly on him.


    ¡°Where are you going birthday boy?¡±the director of photography asked, he must be wondering thedy Bruno was carrying in his arms.


    ¡°I will be back soon¡±.


    Bruno replied I thought by now, he must have peed on himself because of my weight but he said I am pretty light weighted, he hurriedly got to the room and dropped me on the bed.


    ¡°You are really big load of cuteness¡±.


    I ignored him, still mad.


    ¡°You insulted my make up¡±I mumbled annoyingly.


    ¡°The water ruined it , it¡¯s just funny , it looked like a vampire make over¡±He cracked up again.


    ¡°I will get a new dress and my mom¡¯s makeup artist for you the main party is just about to start¡±.


    He said and kissed me.


    ¡°Be fast ande back staright to me, you are going to stay till my make up is over¡±


    I instructed.


    ¡°Yes boss, your wish is mymand¡±.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    I tried not to blush.


    ¡°Stop ttering go on¡±.


    He went on pretty mike mode and I spanked him hard on the butt like a mother would do to her stubborn son.


    ¡°Stop ying around and go get the make up artist¡±I instructed him.


    He rubbed his butt pretending to be in pain because of my spanks.


    I watched him with a serious face but as soon as he crossed the door, I cracked up.


    ¡°Aww Bruno, why are you so sweet¡­


    Your wish is mymand, stop it already, he is so cute I can¡¯t handle it¡±.


    I cracked up and blushed, then I looked at the mirror.


    ¡°Bruno¡¯s baby¡±


    I said to my reflection.


    Then I removed my wet gown and fell on the bed , smiling sheepishly at the moments we shared few minutes ago.


    Just then I heard footsteps approaching, I got up quickly and got wrapped up in a towel before someonees into the room.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    I first ask the make-up artist to go in and give her the gown I got for her, I hid at the back of the door peeping at her.


    She doesn¡¯t look happy even after she was given the dress.


    ¡°But where¡¯s is Bruno?¡±


    Beauty asked her.


    ¡°He left ma¡¯am¡±thedy replied.


    I smiled at the response she gave her, she knows what¡¯s up.


    Beauty literally starting sobbing andining like a baby.


    Soo cute! I couldn¡¯t handle it, I was dying at the back of the door.


    ¡°I told him toe back with you¡±she whined , sobbing loudly.


    ¡°I know he is with one of those crazy girls¡± she continued sobbing.


    ¡°Sorry ma¡¯am¡±the woman apologized.


    ¡°Stop lining my brow, I am angry!¡±


    she said shaking her head.


    ¡°Sorry ma¡¯am¡±the woman said again trying to hold herughter, Beauty stood up.


    ¡°Please don¡¯t call me ma¡¯am , I have to go and search for Bru..¡±


    She stood speechless as I opened the door beaming with smiles.


    ¡°I was surprised and shocked to hear a baby¡¯s crying voiceing out from my room, I mean no nursing mother was invited right?. I decided to check whose baby that was, wow guess what! She¡¯s my baby¡±.


    I winked.


    She threw an object at me angrily.


    I ducked.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    Why is he so annoying!


    He started twerking with his back, he is so funny.


    The makeup artist wasughing, I covered my eyes in shame.


    ¡°I have never seen this other side of young master since the years I¡¯ve worked here thought he is not the type that do have fun¡±


    She whispered to me.


    ¡°You can stop your epileptic dance now, you have sessfully embarrassed me¡±.


    The artist was done.


    I looked at mirror and smiled satisfied , she was very good.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    I said happily.


    ¡°We appreciate¡±.


    Bruno added.


    ¡°There¡¯s no we, I am still mad at you!¡±


    I sneered.


    The artist just smiled and left with her box.


    Bruno came forward to me and sat beside me Infront of the mirror, I wasbing my hair trying to avoid him at all costs.


    ¡°Wow look at that gorgeous baby¡±.


    He whispered to my ear.


    I tried not to smile. He did a thing with his lips on my ear and started kissing my down my neck.


    ¡°What are you doing, trying to spoil my make up?¡±


    I asked frowning at him from the mirror reflection.


    He smiled back charmly.


    His sis knocked and opened the door without hesitation.


    ¡°Abigail really?!¡±


    Bruno snapped.


    ¡°Everyone is waiting for you silly, you bettere address them¡±.


    He sighed then turned to me.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go together¡±.


    I shook my head in disapproval.


    ¡°It¡¯s your day go have fun baby, but ¡­I am watching, you don¡¯t think I am letting you go and mess with those girls¡±.


    I said tartly pouting.


    He pecked me and left, I smiled at the mirror after putting my hair up in arge bun, I got dressed and went to the reception searching for Jessie.

 SUDDEN

    I met with a colleague, and immediately turned to avoid him recognizing me but it was toote.


    ¡°Is that you Beauty?¡±


    Tony asked.


    I bit my lip, turned around slowly, I forced an awaked smile and nodded.


    ¡°Wow you look good¡±.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    I blushed.


    Kathy overheard us and came to us, from her face I could tell that whatever she has been doing for thest hours it didn¡¯t go well with her.


    ¡°Beauty what are you wearing for goodness sake? You borrowed those to impress who, you are wearing a makeup? ¡±


    I ignored her and left to look for Jessie, luckily I found her chatting with one good looking guy.


    I winked at her, few minutester she dismissed their chat and came to me.


    ¡°So who is he?¡±I was excited for the tea


    ¡°A mummy¡¯s boy, very annoying¡±.


    Iughed a little.


    ¡°Give him a chance¡±.


    She shook her then blinked as her eyeballs erged.


    ¡°No way, woah girrrl¡­who mmed you all up¡±.


    I flipped my hair.


    ¡°Well guess who?¡±


    I replied.


    Then the Mc called everyone¡¯s attention, we looked towards him.


    There was an apuse as the birthday boy walked to the spot light.


    ¡°Thanks every one I appreciate¡±.


    He was looking so deliciously cute and devilish hot. The fan girls cheered loudly he had to wave inorder to silence them.


    ¡°Thanks everyone I appreciate¡±.


    He was dimming his eyes searching for me, I think.


    ¡°Today is the best birthday of my lifetime so far, I had my first birthday wish this morning, and it¡¯s a feeling I can¡¯t describe..¡±.


    I was all red at the pureness and sincerity in his voice, he looked bothered still searching for me with his eyes.


    I was smiling at how confused he looked too.


    His arched brows as he try so hard not to look worried , the MC was showing him something on a sheet of paper, he wasn¡¯t even looking.


    He swallowed nervously


    I closed my eyes and imagined him in my front.


    ¡°Why are you looking at him like that you want to eat him up?¡±


    Jessie cut into my thoughts , I opened my eyes and smiled back at her.


    ¡°Well, maybe yes maybe no¡±


    I replied with a smirk, biting my lips staring at him.


    ¡°Girl you scare me this days!¡±


    Jessi snapped.


    Finally Bruno was done with the speech an apuse followed, the girls crowded around him for pics and autographs.


    After he headed towards my direction, I had an idea instantly.


    I looked at my ring and quickly left the reception heading to the corridor that pead to our room, I hid behind the block there.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    I was so mad and pissed I couldn¡¯t even see her from where I was standing¡­


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    ¡°What the ¡­¡±


    I jumped starled and freaked out for a minute.


    She pointed at meughing.


    ¡°You need to see your face,¡±.


    I smiled and watchugh to her satisfaction then carried her in my arms.


    ¡°Is this really necessary? Do you know I never actually climbed those stairs cus you always carry me up there?¡±Sheined.


    I just smiled back.


    We got to the room, I put her down on the bed and went to lock the door.


    ¡°What now are we not going to eat. Let¡¯s go join the party¡±.


    ¡°I¡¯m at my limits, too much crowd as an introvert I had to escape¡±.


    I sat on the couch breathing.


    I noticed her gaze on my dancing chest. I tried not to blush but rather make it more easier for her.


    ¡°I need to take a bath¡±.


    I said and checked my wrist watch.


    Then I stood up and pulled off my shirt.


    I walked to her, she gulped hard, her eyes lusting.


    ¡°If you are bored, you can go downstairs¡±.


    I whispered.


    She smiled up at me.


    ¡°Are¡­you trying to seduce me Mr Hot man?¡±


    She said that seductively, making me feel instantly tight.


    ¡°Well did it work?¡±


    I replied with a sh of my white teeth.


    ¡°It always worked¡±.


    My face brighten up, staring at beautiful beautiful everything.


    ¡°Really?¡±


    She pushed me to rx on the couch and got on to myps. Her soft butt pressing on them while her hands circled my neck.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t we get a little naughty tonight, it¡¯s your birthday huh?¡±


    She brushed to and fro on me.


    ¡°I¡­ like it¡±.


    I was a bit overexcited.


    ¡°Really? What if we get even a little naughtier¡±.


    She started whining on me with a fast effect.


    ¡°Someone¡¯s getting hard¡±.


    She whispered into my ears and kissed me on my neck, tracing every single nerve.


    I caught her lips with mine and grabbed her waist to move it faster.


    ¡°Let¡¯s not be too fast , I can¡¯t disappoint Grandma¡±.


    She said sadly and stood up and wrapped on a Towel.


    At this point I don¡¯t think it¡¯s necessary because I am hard as rock. Out of disappointment. I quickly used a pillow to hide my erection.


    ¡°Why not¡­., Grandma won¡¯t know about it¡±I replied childishly, trying to convince her.


    ¡°Well like she said God is watching us afterall, do you forget about him?¡±


    ¡°Please don¡¯t tell me you wake it up and now you want him to go back to bed, it¡¯s so not fair¡±I cried in ignorance.


    ¡°Yes it is, and very easy¡±.


    She replied.


    I stood up to protest.


    ¡°No it¡¯s not, he¡¯s awake when he¡¯s awake , he need cuddling¡±.


    She chuckled and turned to me.


    ¡°Are you sure you want just cuddling?¡±


    My breath tightened.


    ¡°We can do much more¡±.


    I replied.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    ¡°You are not even that experienced¡±.


    ¡°Let¡¯s find out¡±.


    I quickly carried her to the bed and started kissing her again this time I am not letting go no matter what, she responded smoothly .


    I went for her zip while she helped with my belt. I was sweating already, blood running through my veins were already visible, even to mere eyes.


    I want her and this time I wanted everything , I want to make her feel good and know how much I love her, I am not just as innocent as she presumed. I want to make love to her so much, she would have my touches installed in her brain, belonging to me, only me.


    She started licking my nipples , I lost it.


    ¡°Stop mine is very sensitive, stop it¡¯s tickling¡±.


    I chuckled and fall on the bed, she kept sucking on them.


    ¡°I am so happy, I am gonna cry, stop babe¡±.


    ¡°Bruno¡­¡±


    The door opened.


    Grandma looked at us in shock.


    I was lying on the bed. Beauty was damping my forehead with hot towel.


    ¡°What¡¯s happening?¡±


    She asked confused.


    I coughed loudly.


    ¡°Grandma, sudden fever¡±.


    I replied low toned.


    She came to me and put her hand over my forehead.


    ¡°Why on your birthday of all days?¡±


    ¡°Has he taken any drug yet?¡±


    She asked Beauty, who nodded sobbing.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, don¡¯t cry he will be fine, his temperature is fine, it¡¯s just a fever¡±.


    She stare at me down my leg.


    ¡°Your body must be really cold, it can tell it¡¯s effect on that thing pointing up under the nket¡±.


    Beauty tried to hold herughter.

 PLEASE STOP

    ¡°Exactly¡±.


    I replied and coughed, maintaining my character.


    Beauty nodded in agreement.


    ¡°Alright then I will go and tell them to continue with the party, since you are not feeling good¡±.


    She said and pecked me.


    ¡°Thanks, sweet Grandma¡±.


    I winked at beauty, she did same.


    ¡°Take care of him Beauty¡±.


    ¡°I will¡±.


    Beauty walked with her to the door, the locked the door after her.


    She giggled, her back resting aganist the door in relief, pulled off the towel in a sh, exposing a neat und view of her body.


    ¡°You are so fast to cover those up then, I thought she caught us red handed¡±.


    I said excitedly.


    ¡®Shhhh, let¡¯s get to business¡±.


    Beauty put her a finger over her lips and cat walked towards me.


    I was excited like a kid on his birthday, i started pping my hands , chanting in a whisper


    ¡°Come on baby,e here baby,e on!¡±Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    ¡°Shhh let¡¯s warm you up a little¡±.


    She dragged my pants forcefully down my knees and knelt down.


    I was frozen with the excitement running through my veins down dear, my muscles tighten.


    My breath quickened too, I closed my eyes, exhale deeply my lips drew in a smile.


    I licked my dry lips and looked down at her


    Then at a point I was out of control, the thrust and movement of her head taking me deep in was too much, I had to uspprt my hands. I grabbed her hair softly and controlling the moving thrust in and out deep into her throat.


    Her lips covering every part, I got faster and knew I was reaching to the end.


    But not so fast.. I pulled out and carried her her up on the bed.


    I knelt down having a clear view of my next juicy fruit.


    ¡°Why are you there?¡±


    She asked her breath faster.


    ¡°I watched alot of adult clips, woman enjoy this right?¡±


    ¡°Well .. I dont know. about the men¡­. my ex boyfriends, they never did to me when I asked, they got really upset and said I am disgusting and fat, are youfortable?¡±


    The sadness in her voice was obvious.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to¡­¡±


    Before she could finish I dived in


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to.. really.. you¡­ ah


    ¡­.. oh yes, oh Yes Oh yes!¡±


    I stopped confused


    ¡°Am u doing it right, am I hitting the main spot?¡±


    ¡°Bruno for goodness sake did you stop to ask me thst silly question!¡±


    Her voice was almost masculinized by anger.


    ¡°Sorry Ma¡¯am!¡±


    I continued,ughing within me. She made lot of sounds that I find really sexy.


    I can¡¯t tell if I am doing this right, but she is definitely enjoying it very well.


    She started moaning again , she suddenly stretched herself in a way that scares me, she grab on my head and push it more


    I had to give her my best. I grabbed on herps to get a good bnce while eating her up.


    ¡°Please stop¡­¡±


    I ignored her.


    ¡°I can¡¯t take it any longer,.. . ah¡­ I think I am going to explode down there, you hit the spot! You hit the spot!¡±


    She was yelling in exceedingly pleasure.


    I should go faster, I thoight, I want to know what¡¯s going to happen next.


    She was shaking all over, the sight of it got me even hungry for more.


    I went faster with my tongue.


    ¡°I am going to¡­.¡±.


    I quickly put her back on the bed and inserted into her, started thrusting very fast, I grabbed on her b**bs and rubbing her nipples with my fingers, I went in a circr motion then I suck in them while thrusting repeating.


    She moan loudly


    ¡°I love you Bruno¡±.


    It made me even more excited wanting her even more.


    ¡°Do the confessionster honey, for now, we got a job to finish¡±.


    I had to satisfy her, she won¡¯t calm me inexperienced anymore.


    I put her legs on my shoulder, she push her hip up a little and got a nice posture, I started thrusting, this time I felt myself thrusting deeper and deeper at a pointing it felt tighter.


    I bite my lip in pleasure, resisting the urge to cry out, I went for her lips and we kissed deeply.


    I pushed in my two finger, and work them inthere I felt it all wet and juicy.


    I thrust faster, she cursed loudly and quickly grabbed on me, circled my neck with her hands and caged me with her legs, locked ar my back, I was working the fingers faster, going in all round her inner muscles and feeling wet.


    She starting gasping into my ear, so sexy and soft , she started kissing my neck then she couldn¡¯t help.


    ¡°Oh my. oh my¡­ baby!! Don¡¯t stop please¡±she gasped again , biting my ear softly.


    I removed my finger , I slowly inserted into her, thrusting in and out.


    Suddenly she stopped kissing my neck, like she was stung .


    She cried out about to squirt or reach orgasm I guessed, her mouth wide open, dripping of saliva, can feel her shaking all over and hanging on me tightly, grabbed on my back, her finger piercing into my skin, I didn¡¯t stop, she mistakenly scratched my back , I felt the painful sensation but didn¡¯t mind, I went faster, After her release, she then fell back on the bed.


    I copsed ontop of her, but holding my weight on my palms by the side inoder not to hurt her with my weight.


    She smiled and kissed my head resting on her bosom.


    ¡°You are really heavy¡±.


    She groaned.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry¡±.


    I turned and moved to the other side to give her some space.


    Happy, I was able to satisfy her , breathlessly I stared at her, then her lips were so attractive as she smiled back at me, I went for those juicy lips, we kissed passionately tongue doing their thing


    She suddenly grabbed on me


    She push me down , climbing on me.


    ¡°Now it¡¯s my turn birthday boy¡±.

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    My junior was standing tall and proud, very excited too.


    She rubbed on it with her palm and then sucked, wrapped every part of it, ying at the tip with her tongue.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    I felt some crazy sensations triggering


    I closed my eyes and held on to her massive boobs like my life depended on them.


    I was rubbing and softly pinching them , perky nipples then slowly she inserted into her and started brushing on me slowly, I was smiling like a goat, this feeling was smooth and soft.


    I feel my blood quicken as she moaned out immediately and suddenly went fast skipping, jumping up and down on me.


    She moaned loudly again.


    ¡°Oh my!!!, oh¡­¡±.


    I opened my eyes, her b**bs were bouncy as she skipped even faster same time I grabbed on them and continued rubbing them in a circr motion.


    At a time I felt my whole blood summoned down there, I held on her waist my eyes closed, my eyebrow arched.


    My veins were all bulged and tighten , I position my waist in away to get all of her into me.


    She skipped and grabbed on her b**bs moaning softly.


    I pulled her hair back gently to see her face, she was biting her lips seductively smiling down at me, the sweats dripping down her beautiful boobs were mesmerizing , her curly baby hairs glued to the top of face then that look of pleasure in her eyes.


    She¡¯s so damn too beautiful , I was staring trying to pull of the hair strands covering her beautiful face I want to see her face when I cum.


    She closed her eyes and kept skipping, her mouth open a little as she moaned out loud, her lips were so soft, I went for them juicy lips and covered her lips with mine passionately.


    She got faster , this time , I felt deeper and deeper into her, the feeling was driving me crazy and I grabbed on her soft butt to help her .


    I was going to burst, the nuts in my brain went loose , my veins felt all bulged and swollen, I felt them stretched.


    She noticed and went faster. I bit my lips trying not to scream out but I can¡¯t help it, i jerked and released with a loud moan , gasping for air , I fell back on the bed breathlessly.


    Beauty fall on my body too chuckling.


    ¡°Are you dead yet?¡±


    She teased.


    ¡°Look who¡¯s talking ¡±


    I teased back.


    I put my hands round her and pecked her forehead , as she rested on top of me.


    ¡°Your abs are so tight¡±she said realxing properly , her soft b**bs pressing on my chest.


    I love this feeling, I swallowed with my eyes half closed.


    ¡°Are we going to be a parent soon? You know I didn¡¯t pull out for the second time¡±


    I said catching my breathe .


    ¡°Maybe¡±she replied in a whisper trying to fall asleep.


    ¡°Are you sure or we need a second round, to be able to make babies, I want five or six¡±.


    I asked curiously.


    She bit on my nipple to make me shut up.


    ¡°Ouch, you are a bad girl for that¡±i chuckled loudly.


    Then I sighed heavily.


    ¡°I love you Beauty¡±I confessed for the uncountable time since we started this pleasure giving.


    ¡°I love you more, you suprised me really¡±.


    ¡°Yeah proud of me right?¡±


    I said all read.


    She nodded, hitting her jaw on my tummy


    ¡°You¡¯re so sexy Bruno¡±.


    She confessed and stared at me.


    We kissed and cuddled up, suddenly a knock came on the door.


    We stood up alerted, unsure where the strength came from.


    ¡°Shhh¡±


    She covered my mouth.


    ¡°Bruno darling, is your sweet grandma, I forgot my phone in your room, open the door¡±.


    ¡°Her phone?¡±


    I asked.


    Beauty looked around and found the phone , her eyes opened widely.


    She removed her hand on my mouth and quickly start dressing.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I was feeling pressed all of sudden so I went to bathroom and urinated.


    I got back , Grandma was still knocking on the door.


    Bruno ignored her.


    ¡°Hey dont ignore sweet Granny¡±


    I hit him on the shoulder yfully.


    ¡°Juste to bed let¡¯s sleep¡±.


    He pulled me and hugged me on the bed.


    ¡°Stop that childish behavior, I am going to open door right now¡±.


    ¡°Wait¡±


    He whispered and quickly got up and put on his nightie


    thenid on the bed , pretended to be sleeping.


    I walked towards the door, I stopped and put on an innocent face. I pulled the door open, yawning tiredly.


    ¡°Granny you¡¯re back¡±.


    ¡°Yes dear, how is he?¡±


    ¡°Better¡±.


    I replied avoiding eye contact. I feel so shy after what happened, would she noticed we just made love?¡±


    She went to Bruno and inspected his situation.


    ¡°His temperature seem to have risen he is sweating now, his third leg went down too¡±.


    I nodded innocently.


    ¡°Did you see where I dropped my phone dear?¡±


    She asked.


    I went and took it from the table beside the bed where I had ced it.


    ¡°Here you go, sweet Granny.¡±


    I said with a broad smile.


    ¡°Thanks, let me sit for a while and watch him sleep¡±.


    I nodded andy down on the couch, suddenly my breath ceased, I felt like I was being straggled to death.


    ¡°Oh yes ohyes oh yes baby Ohyes Emmmm, hmmm oooohhh, oh yes!! baby.. ¡±


    Thstd my voice minutes ago.


    I jumped up and stared at Grandma beads of sweat summoned on my face.


    she was looking straight into my eyes ying the recorder from her phone.


    Bruno peeped at her and quicklyid down again like a corpse.


    My body satrted dripping with sweat


    I tried not to faint. The volume is not even helping


    I cant believe I said those embarrassing things out loud.


    Unable to endure the heat of her dead stare again, I covered my face with my hands , trying to bury myself in shame.


    The worse , is the part when Bruno¡¯s moaning came on, it was so awkwardly satisfying.


    Grandma face was disgusted, she put the voice recorder off.


    ¡°Bruno!¡±


    Her voice was way stronger and younger than her look, I was terrified.


    ¡°Yes ma¡¯am¡±.


    Bruno jumped from the supposed sick bed


    before grandma handles him.


    ¡°You¡¯re Granny is old and not foolish, you can quit the character now, you got no fever¡±.

 NO ESCAPE

    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I know there¡¯s fire on the mountain this time around, Bruno suddenly turned white as if he was blood drained.


    ¡°This generation need more serious prayers than I thought¡±Grandma said feebly, shaking her head, I swallowed hard, as beads of sweat run down my wet neck, then she turned to me, my heart raced.


    ¡°Seriously.. after our discussion thest time?¡±


    I was about to open my mouth to say something, nothing actually then she snapped her fingers at us.


    ¡°Now you two get on your knees quick!¡±she bellowed.


    We both nced at eachother in confusion, she gave me a death stare and I quickly went on my knees without hesitation.


    Bruno hesitated a little longer before he went on one kneel, grandma pushed the other down.


    I tried not tough, she was really strong, Bruno whined , mumbling words.


    ¡°You are adults quite alright but I won¡¯t ignore the fact that you two disrespected me and ignored my advise thest time¡±.


    She was really angry, that it scared me, but Bruno didn¡¯t seem concerned about all of this, he was ying around with her like a spoilt brat.


    ¡°Grandma, I did take heed to your advises, it just happened you can¡¯t stop love¡±.


    ¡°So sex is love?¡±


    She squeezed his ears tightly, he pretended crying out of pain or maybe he was actually crying out of pain.


    Their rtionship was quite adorable and beautiful but my knees are killing me silently, Bruno should be fast and get us out of this punishment.


    I tried to apologise to Grandma but she stopped me with her finger raised.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    A knock came in


    It was Bruno¡¯s sister, Abigail, her eyes asked alot of questions as soon as she walked into the room .


    ¡°Wow!¡­ Grandma you punishing the birthday boy and his bride to be? How interesting¡±.


    She asked amused.


    Grandma immediately gestured at her , with a hand wave.


    ¡°Come over here and listen to this Abigail¡±.


    Abigail smirked and walked towards us with an exiting face.


    I was about to vanish into the thin air, due to the embarrassment, I closed my eyes and locked my teeth nervously, few secondster I heard her y the recorder for Abigail.


    Abigail burst into a loudughter.


    ¡°That¡¯s a granny worthy soundtrack, I didn¡¯t know Bruno is such a good singer. Granny they are adults.. you are being over protective of Bruno, he is a grown man now¡±.


    Abigail said as she sat on the bed, legs and hands crossed grinning at me and Bruno.


    ¡°Really? So this is normal to you¡±Granny asked even more disappointed at Abiagil.


    ¡°Yes Grandma, it¡¯s normal since they¡¯re in a rtionship, sometimes you get really horny and you make love to your partner, that¡¯s it, don¡¯t act like y¡¯all don¡¯t do it as young adults too, even teengers..¡±.


    Abigail replied with a shrug.


    ¡°How interesting!¡±


    Grandma snapped, she seem really surprised at her choice of words, she couldn¡¯t take off her eyes off her.


    Abigail stood up from the bed, then brushed her hair with her fingers staring towards opposite wall mirror that hung on the wall.


    ¡°Well Grandma, you can do as you wish with them. And Bruno, you two should enjoy , I am going back to the party¡±


    she said and grabbed her clutch to go.


    Grandma gripped on her wrist like a professional.


    ¡°You ain¡¯t going anywhere youngdy, kneel down you need prayers same with them!¡±she snapped at her.


    ¡°Granny but I didn¡¯t do nothing!¡±


    Abiagil chuckled.


    Grandma dragged her, but she struggled harder and was able to escape from her gangster grannie.


    As soon as Abiagil got out of the room, Bruno chuckled a little because she defeated Grannie.


    ¡°You are going to make Grandma mad¡±I snapped angrily at him with arched brows.


    Grandma turned at us, with that look on her face that is definitely not good news for us.


    ¡°Now, you two look at eachother, and tell me how this sounds to you¡±


    She instructed.


    We nced and each other for a while then we did as instructed.


    She yed the recorder on her phone, Bruno looked excited but try not to let Granny notice.


    ¡°Now promise that you won¡¯t indulge in such act till your wedding night¡±Grandma instructed.


    We both nodded as new converted souls and made our promise to her whiich we know ofcourse we can¡¯t possible keep to it.


    Grandma went on with her sermons , over and over again, Bruno would yawn and nod eachtime, sometime I wonder if he was the virgin or me, he is not going to go celibate with the look on his face.


    Finally Grandma was done, she gave us a final warning and left the room.


    Thank goodness she deleted it before leaving or else I will be so worried that she might y it to everyone out there.


    As soon as she left I fell on the bed, with a heavy and loud sigh of relief.


    ¡°Your grandma must be an FBI agent in her former life¡±I snapped.


    Bruno chuckled then he came to me and held on my waist.


    ¡°This night is still my best actually¡±he whispered.


    I shoved him aside.


    ¡°Stop saying nonsense, don¡¯t you see?¡­ Each time we tried to get into it, we always get caught and embarrassed, maybe absteince is the best way¡±I said and nced at him with my side eye.


    Bruno looked at me in suprise.


    ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you¡¯re serious about it¡±he mouthed with a grin on his face.


    ¡°I am¡±I replied pouting.


    He came and knelt down infront of me.


    ¡°Baby¡±he said with his softest voice tone, giving me puppy eyes, I tried not tough at his childishness.


    ¡°You can¡¯t charm me with those looks, because I am very immune to them¡±I said avoiding eye contact.


    He chuckled


    ¡°I didn¡¯t even try, you areining of charming you, what if i show you my new dance moves¡±.


    He put on the music and started dancing towards me, in a seductive way.


    ¡°Nooo, I am not looking! Stop!¡±I screamed out.


    He continued his sexy dance and removed his shirt, body rolling then he demonstrated , his hands on the floor then he did the sexy air kick.


    ¡°Stop tempting me or I will tell grandma!!¡±I yelled putughing covering my eyes.


    He continueding closer towards me, then he knelt down and buried his face in myps, spreading them apart with his hands.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡±I giggled loudly.


    ¡°I want want to eat, my meal looks so delicious¡±.


    His fingers ran under my skirt.


    ¡°Well I am not food, stop it¡¯s tickling¡±I snapped and push him over me then I ran into the bathroom and bolted the door.


    I heard him crack up.


    ¡°No escape my dinner!¡±

 UN HOLY OFFICE

    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    It¡¯s been 2 days after my birthday.


    I arrived at thepany first before Beauty, I went into my office waiting impatiently for her, I tried guessing the outfit and hair style, she would have on her today, everyday I can¡¯t but fall inlove with her over again.


    An hourter , she arrived as soon as she got into thepany, I couldn¡¯t keep my eyes off her.


    I felt a bit sad that she didn¡¯t look towards my offfice, I mean, I purposely left my door opened just to see her , just like I guess she was on a low pony tail but the dress was different from my guess.


    I stretched my body on the office chair, made sure everyone was busy before going to talk to her, everyone seem to be curious about why I opened my door , their eyes were asking lots of questions but they dare note forward and ask me.


    I was tapping my pen on the table impatiently and absentmindedly gazing at myputer, I have been in one design for an hour now, I rubbed my face and shit down the system.


    I couldn¡¯t concentrate and I think I know why.


    I got up from my desk and walked out of the office, and head straight to Beauty¡¯s desk.


    ¡°Hello beautiful¡±.


    I whispered into her ears from the back.


    She looked at me starled, her eyes widened, I didn¡¯t mind but she looked cute with that expression though.


    ¡°What are you doing ¡­ we are in thepany!¡±


    She snapped in a whisper, saying the rest of words with her eyes and eyebrows movement.


    ¡°You look so beautiful today I just can¡¯t help it¡±I whispered again, and pecked her neck.


    ¡°Someone is going to see¡­¡±


    Before she could finish someone yelled out my name.


    ¡°Bruno!¡±


    Kathy called out.


    Ofcourse I ignored her but I stood up straight.


    ¡°Where¡¯s Bruno?¡±


    Kathy was walking like she¡¯s on a runaway, with her assistants carrying every pin that belongs to her.


    I rolled my eyes, she stopped at the center if the room then she looked over Beauty¡¯s side and saw me.


    ¡°What are you doing there?¡±


    She asked suspicious and nced at Beauty then back to me.


    Jessi walked into Beauty¡¯s post and sat on the chair opposite her, she turned to Beauty and whispered.


    ¡°Looks like she¡¯s the only one that is not updated yet¡±.


    ¡°Jessi¡±


    Beauty snapped in a whisper.


    ¡°The representative of Fendipany is in the conference room waiting already, the maager is also there and you¡¯re here doing¡­..¡±.


    ¡°Girl , he owns thispany, tall to him with some respect, don¡¯t act like he is yoot man or whatever¡±.


    Jessi snapped interrupting her.


    ¡°This is none of your business bitch!¡±she snapped back at Jessi.


    Beauty sighed.


    ¡°Jessi, please just let her be, I think that¡¯s enough ple¡­¡±.


    She paused when she felt my lips on her cheek, she looked up at me , her eyes big enough to burst out of its socket, her palm on her cheek.


    I was grinning uncontrobly staring at her lips, she nced back at Kathy.


    Who was left speechless when i kissed Beauty¡¯s cheeks.


    I came out of Beauty¡¯s post and walked towards my office in a cool way, I am kinda enjoying showing off that she is my woman now.


    ¡°What¡¯s the meaning of that? Did ¡­he just kiss¡­fatty on the cheek?¡±


    Kathy asked with a priceless expression on her face, her breathing raged heavily.


    ¡°Boom! I guess he just prove it to you¡±.


    Jessi cuts into her nk mind.


    She looked at Beauty who was hiding her face with magazine.


    ¡°What is happening here Bruno!¡±


    Jessiughed out.


    ¡°Well I will tell you ¡­¡±


    I was almost at the door of the conference


    ¡°Katherine!¡±


    I called out interrupting Jessi.


    ¡°It¡¯s Kathy!¡±


    She snapped back angrily.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I went into the bathroom and damped my makeup, that was a very intense moment back there.


    Bruno why can¡¯t he control himself? I mean not like I don¡¯t want to walk into his office and kiss him so badly but we got to respect the fact that we are at work.


    I looked at my reflection in the mirror and smiled shyly.


    ¡°Isn¡¯t it so sweet that he is not afraid to express his feelings, he is so handsome when he stare with that grin on his face¡±


    I giggled, then I closed my eyes and imagined him infront of me.


    ¡°Bruno¡­. what do you think you are doing back then, so silly, don¡¯t kiss my cheek next time, you delivish handsome heartstealer, kiss my lips instead¡±.


    I chuckled and opened my eyes.


    ¡°Aww! I can¡¯t hold back any longer, I have to flirt back too¡±


    I said to myself and looked closer at my reflection.


    ¡°Oh my gosh my mascara!¡±I snapped and wiped the rough ends and applied new one.


    This days I am just very concious of my looks, after that, I also reapplied my lipgloss.


    ¡°Looks great¡±.


    I said pouting my lips, I then closed my eyes and imagined him here again.


    ¡°What do you think Bruno? Do you want to kiss my lips (giggles)go on¡±Isaid pouting my lips with my eyes closed


    I was so careless I didn¡¯t know when someone sneaked in.


    I gaped as I felt hands wrapped my waist.


    I opened my eyes starled and tried to scream but he was fast , he covered my mouth.


    ¡°Why are you trying to be a distraction huh?¡±


    ¡°Bruno¡±I whispered beneath his palm, as my face lit up in excitement, he leaned closer to my back, I freezed and my heart melting, I closed my eyes.


    ¡°What was that you were asking me do go to you, huh? You want me to kiss you huh?¡±.


    He whispered into my ear, biting it seductively.


    He heard me!


    I am so ashamed of myself, then I felt his hands moving slowly into my skirt.


    I couldn¡¯t hold back, I was helpless at the moment.


    My breathe fastened as I spread it a bit for him to take full charge.


    ¡°I can¡¯t focus on work today, are you happy now, you are all on my head¡±he whispered seductively again, his finger thrust into me.


    I gaped and quickly turned and kissed him, passionately, he kissed me down to my bossom.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    ¡°Stop fooling around , someone mighte in¡±


    I moaned in pleasure.


    ¡°Who cares¡±he said , unbuttoning my shirt.


    ¡°I do care¡±.


    A voice came from nowhere, we both looked towards the door frozen.


    Jessie opened the door and found his hands in my skirt.

 TRIAL

    ¡°Well this is interesting, Mr Bruno in the female restroom hand trapped under the skirt¡±she said, we both stared at her stunned for a while then Bruno quickly removed his hands from beneath my skirt and left the bathroom with his face down.


    ¡°Go wash your hands eww¡±.


    She snapped at him.


    ¡°Jessi can¡¯t you knock first¡±I snapped angrily at her, buttoning up my shirt.


    ¡°Girl this is an office, not your house, you two should control yourselves for F**k¡¯s sake¡±she said with a disgusted look on her face.


    ¡°He started it¡±.


    I said shamefully.


    ¡°Oh yeah, but you were enjoying his super fingers and all that¡±She scolded, she then sighed and did a brief yoga pose.


    ¡°Take a deep breath Jessi, you won¡¯t break your virginity till marriage, that¡¯s if Beauty and her Bruno won¡¯t oppress you with their office romance life¡±she snapped angrily at me again.


    ¡°Well atleast , let me enjoy it, let me be dirty or whatever, for the first time Jessi ¡­. I am with someone who doesn¡¯t call me fat and disgusting, he wants to make love to me and not just use me for his own pleasure, I don¡¯t know if he is going to break my heart like the rest of them¡­ but (sobs)¡­. I would be thankful atleast he made me feel like a woman¡­ for the first time, I felt so loved, important and treasured¡±I cried more.


    ¡°Are you seriously tearing up, Beauty you are pathetic!¡±


    She skook her head.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    A minuteter, I was still fighting back my tears.


    ¡°Come over here¡±Jessi said spreading her hands widely.


    I went and hugged her crying out this time.


    ¡°Shh, Bruno is not like the others, I believe you two are soulmates, cheer up baby, you got nothing to worry, and if he ever break your heart, I swear I am going to do something crazy to him, I don¡¯t care if he is the son of Hathaway¡±she whispered, consoling me.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    After work , I had to take Beauty home, she told me earlier her dad requested had to meet me.


    I was really happy, I guess this is it, we are officially couple , I will wait patiently till she is ready to take the lifetime journey with me.


    It was a long silent drive since we both were too embarrassed about the restroom scene, at the office.


    We arrived at her ce, her parents were already outside waiting. I felt my body shaking, ofcourse I was nervous never done this before. I got down from my car and walked over the other side to open the door for her but she¡¯s already out of the car.


    We both walked hand in hand towards them.


    ¡°Wee, you must be Bruno¡±.


    Her father said offering a handshake, I epted, beaming in smiles.


    ¡°Yes sir¡±.


    The mother smiled at me.


    ¡°It¡¯s nice to meet you dear and also my daughter didn¡¯t tell me you look even hotter in real life¡±


    She contributed.


    ¡°Yes I agree , he is a good looking young man and with a great character too¡±her fatherplimented too.


    I smiled shyly and thanked them.


    ¡°Seriously, Beauty told me about your good looks, but she didn¡¯t say it was in excess¡±.


    Her mom teased.


    ¡°Alright mom that¡¯s enough , Dad ¡­. mom is flirting with Bruno¡±Beauty snapped.


    Everyoneughed. She has such a nice family no wonder she is so lovely in person.


    ¡°Food is already set, Shall we?¡±


    Her mom announced.


    I nodded and followed Mr Greatson Beauty¡¯s to the dinning.


    Beauty went into the kitchen with her mom


    We can overheard them mumbling exciting words in there.


    ¡°My daughter cares about you alot, she¡¯s been through many ridicules and bullying because she got her weight from me, she worked really hard to achieve her body now and maintained it, although the bulling never ends, ording to some, she is still fat, even with a healthy body mass¡±.


    I stopped eating and listened.


    ¡°It¡¯s hard for her to open her heart for another man, I was surprised when she told me about you, I became worried if same history is going to be repeated¡­¡±


    ¡°Sorry I had to interrupt Mr Greatson, but love Beauty and I won¡¯t ever treat her like those guys, I really love Beauty sir, she¡¯s like a purpose of living for me, my whole existence revolves around her, I was aplete different person before I met her¡±.


    I said slowly thinking of a word to express myself more but I couldn¡¯t find a word to describe how much I loved her in order to convince him.


    ¡°I can tell you are a good one, Bruno , I love how you tried to express your feelings for my daughter, but listen to me, I don¡¯t want to tell you this in her presence,¡­ but if you ever make her cry, you will regret ever epting this invitation in the first ce. I am giving a chance to think, is she the type of woman you really want? Is her body okay for you ? Trust me, if you say no today I won¡¯t hold anything against you if you turn back now, even though you already proposed, but if tomorrow, you treat like a rag because of her appearance, you¡¯re a billionaire alright, I can go as far as dying to prove my words to you¡±.


    ¡°Mr Greatson please I do understand you, and how you feel, but I swear with everything I am, I will never hurt Beauty, she¡¯s my other half and I can¡¯t hurt me, even if we have problem please I will fix it, I promise¡±.


    I pleaded with a determination that I never knew I had in me.


    ¡°I like that, there¡¯s no perfect couole, but willing to put things right I respect you for that¡±.


    He said with a smile.


    I thanked him.


    ¡°My daughter is everything I have , so I am leaving her under your care and entrust her to you¡±.


    He said to me with a very serious tone in his voice.


    ¡°I appreciate, thanks for epting me and g9vong me the responsibility of taking care of her, I will not disappoint you nor her¡±.


    I replied smiling back.


    St the same time, Beauty and her mom came out of the kitchen with a tray of foodies.


    They put it all down on the dining table and joined us to sit round the table.


    ¡°So what are you guys gossiping about?¡±Mrs Greatson asked.


    I wanted to say something but Mr Greatson gave me a sign not to.


    ¡°Well just passing on the family tradition to our new son¡±he replied her and winked at me.


    ¡°What tradition?¡±


    Beauty asked amused.


    ¡°It¡¯s meant for the male members of the family alone,¡±her father replied.


    Beauty stared at me with curiousity, her expressions are always the funniest.


    I was trying not to stare back, holding back myughter, grinning uncontrobly.


    She leaned towards me and whispered into my ears.


    ¡°Tell me what you guys talked about¡±.


    I still hold back myughter ignoring her , she got upset and flipped her hair, pouting in annoyance.


    ¡°Hmphhh whatever¡±.


    I nced at her and smiled.


    She pouted her lip , with arched brows.


    ¡°Let¡¯s pray¡±.


    Mrs Greatson announced as we all bent our heads to say prayers before the meal.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I was excited, never been this happy, I mean it¡¯s a good sign right? First my dad invitation went smoothly for Bruno.


    They both can rte so well like they knew each other before I introduced them to each other.


    Now his dad want to talk with me in person, I am so excited though nervous.


    I just hope, I will be able win his heart so he will love me back as a daughter, I prayed silently.


    We arrived and the guards saluted Bruno, we walked hand in hand into the building then Bruno went into his room to let see him, while I waited in the sitting room.


    I sat on the couch my palms sweaty like they were dipped into a bowl of water


    I kept cleaning it and brushing over myps.


    Very nervous, as soon Bruno came , I was relieved, but noticed he was wearing a long face.


    ¡°What happened honey?¡±I asked curiously, never seen him with such a sad face.

 GRABBED

    ¡°Ourpany.. just don¡¯t worry , it¡¯s fine, I will fix it¡±he said coldly.


    He was never this cold to me after we started dating, it¡¯s like he switched to his former personality, I was so Disturbed.


    ¡°Tell me please¡±.


    ¡°Just go and see my Dad, I will fix it, I need to avoid any distraction and focus on work from now on, I am sorry if I sound selfish¡±.


    I said sadly.


    He didn¡¯t even look at me like before, I was disturbed and worried for us but I waved that off my kind, I mean he is obviously scared and stressed about this issue, so I should not add more tension to it.


    I forced a smile and shook my head.


    ¡°No no not at all, please don¡¯t worry about me , fake your time, I know you can do it, don¡¯t think too much please¡±I replied, he smiled at me feebly.


    ¡°Thanks baby¡±


    He kissed me and left.


    I stare at him till he leaves the waiting room, whatever it is , I hope we pull through it.


    ¡°Boss said you can nowe in¡±.


    Mr Hathaway¡¯s P. A announced, interrupting in my thoughts.


    I quickly stood up, stretched my flowing gown, I looked back towards the direction.


    Bruno went to before heading to Mr Hathaway¡¯s waiting room.


    I got to the door, took a deep breath and went in.


    He looked happy to see me, it was a good sign though , so I smiled back relieved.


    ¡°Good day boss¡±.


    I greeted politely.


    ¡°Hello Beauty¡±


    It¡¯s the first time he didn¡¯t say fatty, I was feeling a lot better with this condition and atmosphere, everything.


    ¡°How are you doing today?¡±he asked with a smile on his face.


    ¡°I¡¯m good, thanks¡±I replied with a smile.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°Please have a seat¡±he gestured to the couch.


    I nervously sat down , my fingers crossed.


    He made a call, I waited patiently and listened , it was about thepany


    It¡¯s wasn¡¯t nice at all , thepany is about to go bankrupt, and it will all depend on Bruno, his father doesn¡¯t care much, because he already signed everything under Bruno, no wonder he was so weak back then.


    ¡°Ok he is aware, please give him a little time to prove to you, he will do it, unless he is a failure, which he is not, it¡¯s up to him now¡±Mr Hathaway said atst and the receiver hanged up.


    He dropped his phone and sighed heavily.


    ¡°Boss.. is¡­ is everything okay?¡±


    I asked slowly, scared of how he would react, surprisingly he smiled back!


    That scared me for a moment, I mean why is he smiling in a time like this?


    He got up and walked to me.


    ¡°You¡¯re a nice girl Beauty¡±.


    ¡°Thanks sir¡±.


    I forced a smile feeling ufortable.


    He went to my back, I was ufortable curious about why he stood at my back.


    He ced his hand on my chair and his fingers touched my skin. I shifted ufortably.


    ¡°You should rx, my hands don¡¯t bite¡±.


    His voice came from the back.


    This time, my heart was racing, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath maybe I am exaggerating all this out of fear. I thought but that thought was disapproved immediate he grabbed my boobs, so roughly and bit softly on my neck.


    I gasped shocked and stood up like I was stung by a scorpion, stepping back from him, my eyes got wet in confusion.


    ¡°You sexually harassed me!¡±


    ¡°Calm down, it¡¯s nothing close to harassment¡±.


    This man, he is trying to cover up?


    ¡°You grabbed me!¡±


    I snapped angrily.


    He didn¡¯t say a word then walked towards me, his face wearing a mischievous grin.


    ¡°You are a fairdy Beauty, I will ept you as my daughter inw if you let me have a taste of you¡±.


    My eyes widened.


    What the hell is he saying!


    He continued you know back then in the room, your moams were so satisfying.., you made me horny, I was peeping .. from the wardrobe , and jerking off. You are really hot and sexy Beauty, I get to notice itte, you are beautiful, that moment I became jealous of my son, no wonder he never wanted to let go¡±.


    My eyebrows archer into a tight frown, this man is shameless.


    ¡°What are you insinuating?¡±.


    I took a step backwards.


    ¡°Well my beautiful one, I am his father and twice as good as him, so you gotta take this chande and make good use of it, I am asking you to be my mistress, no is not an answer¡±.


    Tears rolled down my cheeks, all the time he was talking, it felt like I was inside a horror movie, I was too shocked to say anything. The moment he grabbed me forcefully my mind went into a swirl, and fear gripped me.


    I kept moving backwards until I got my back pressed on the wall, trying to see a way to get to the door, I codely stretched my hand to get to the door knob.


    ¡°Are you trying to run?¡±he asked, loosening his tie.


    ¡°Don¡¯t touch me, or else¡­¡±


    I said, shaking.


    He smirked and pulled off his tie from his neck, then he walked close to me, and loosened his waist belt , his pants dropped down his legs, my eyes widened, I went to the door but it wasn¡¯t opening.


    He was fully erected, it scared me more.


    ¡°Don¡¯te closer or else¡­.¡±

 I’m FINE,not.

    You will tell Bruno? You think he can handle it, at a time like this? He is totally stressed and telling him this could be suicidal, don¡¯t you think so my sweet angel, nobody going is to find out about us, just let me. have my way, get on your knees and make me feel good nice kitty¡±he said lustfully.


    ¡°I will never cheat on Bruno, not with you nor with anyone else!¡±I snapped back, angry this time, still in tears.


    ¡°Maybe you need time to think about it, I won¡¯t tell you the consequences of saying no to me, nobody ever did that, so go on, ande back to me when you are ready, I will forgive you and get someone else for today¡±.


    He said toying with his erected manhood with his own hands.


    I was disgusted with his act , his request, his face and the idea of him thinking I would give this a second thought.


    He threw the key card to me, I picked it up nervously and opened the door, I rushed out of the room and mmed the door breathing heavily.


    I quickly dried my face before Bruno sees me like this and start asking questions.


    I went back to my couch looking like I just saw ghost , my whole body shaking, and my lips shivering, I tried not to cry loudly.


    I buried my face in my arms shivering in shock, I was getting impatient , I don¡¯t think I can wait any longer.


    Then his P. A passed by with a sexy model, I watched them the P. A directed the model info the room then returned to her ce.


    The model went into the room and shut the door after her.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I waited impatiently for Bruno toe and see me off, my heart raced, I have to tell him, I can¡¯t keep this to myself, but how will this make him feel, what am I going to do?


    ¡°I will call you back¡±.


    His voice woke me up from my deep thoughts , I look up and found him approaching quickly, I stood up and walked to him, grabbed on his hand.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Your hand is shaking¡±he asked curiously.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    I avoided his eye contact, I was so helpless , he could see it through my eyes and that feelings like I just cheated on him, his father¡¯s hands on my bossom was a shock, I was yet to recover from.


    ¡°Can you please see me off to my ce¡­¡±I pleaded, he stared at me for a while and opened his mouth to say something but got interrupted by Mr Hathaway¡¯s assistant.


    ¡°Sir Bruno , you¡¯re needed here please¡±.


    My face turned pale after I heard that.


    Bruno sighed and turned to me, holding my hands and squeezing them softly.


    ¡°Hey¡­. don¡¯t be sad, I will video call you when I get a chance to, I promise this will be over soon, don¡¯t be sad please, let me know what¡¯s bothering you, did my dad said some rude stuffs to you, tell me all about it, I am your man¡±.


    At least I was able to look him direct in the eye this time, though I was disappointed but his words were softening enough. I forced a smile and shook my head.


    ¡°Everything¡¯s fine¡±.


    He sighed.


    ¡°Alright then, take care¡±.


    He pecked me on the forehead and left.


    I stood there and watched until he was out of sight. I then walked sadly out of theirpound had to take a second look back before waving at a cab.


    I got in the cab and bent my head on my knee, crying , twisting the engagement ring on my finger.


    ¡°Ma¡¯am!¡­ Ma¡¯am¡±.


    The cab driver was calling to ask for my destination, after several attempts to get me talking , he just decided to drive.


    After some minutester, I told him my address, luckily he was heading that way.


    I got home and walked straight into my room¡­ my parents were seated at the dining having lunch.


    ¡°Honey you are back¡­ how was it?¡±mom asked excitedly.


    ¡°What¡¯s with that face?¡±Dad contributed.


    I ignored then and locked the door behind me.


    My parents were suprised since I didn¡¯t say a word to them, it was unusual even if I had a bad day, I never ignored them, they knew something must be wrong.


    I threw myself on my bed and buried my face in a pillow, crying out my heart into it.


    ¡°Beauty is everything alright?¡±Mom asked.


    She has knocked severally on my door but I didn¡¯t answer.


    ¡°Atleaste eat the food, I prepared for you, I have no other child to eat them¡±shemented.


    After she went back to the dining, I was pretty sure she is going to tell Dad.


    If I don¡¯t convince them , that I am fine, that everything¡¯s fine then Daddy might have a wrong impression on Bruno and his family.


    I heard them mumbling words then sudden their footsteps approaching my door.


    ¡°Beauty¡±.


    Dad called out, and knocked.


    I opened the door immediately and chuckled, faking it with zeal.


    ¡°Got you!¡±I snapped out.


    ¡°Oh my gosh! You scared us¡±.


    Mom said in relief, holding her chest with a pissed eye roll.


    ¡°What is your problem youngdy? Your mom came to me sobbing, we thought maybe you got heartbroken again¡±.


    My dad said with arched brows.


    Iughed out, trying not to sound nervous, I pecked his cheeks smiling at them.


    ¡°I am totally fine daddy y¡¯all worry too much about me¡±.


    ¡°Ofcourse we are worried¡±.


    Mom replied.


    I shook my head and walked straight to the dining and took a te of food.


    They were still standing by my door , looking at me in a weird manner, I hope I was able to y my fake happiness well.


    I walked back to them and pecked my mom too.


    ¡°Thanks for your care, I promise I am really fine , you should see your faces!¡±


    I chuckled but they seem to have observed.


    ¡°Your eyes is swollen¡±Mom replied not convinced anymore, she drew close trying to inspect.


    ¡°Really ? May ¡­ maybe that¡¯s.. because I¡¯m stressed out from typing works, you know those stuff¡±.


    I managed to get back to my room.


    I closed the door and listened breathing heavily as I l eavesdrop through the door.


    ¡°Well I guess I was wrong , she kinda look okay¡±.


    I heard mother¡¯s voice.


    ¡°I almost swore to my self to teach that young man a lesson but she is good, no call for rm¡±Dad replied.


    I dropped the te of food on a table nearby, and walked to the bed.


    I pulled a pillow into my arms and cried my throat dry silently , cuddling the pillow.

 SOMETHING’S WRONG

    Midnight I couldn¡¯t sleep, I was waiting patiently for Bruno¡¯s call, but none came in. He didn¡¯t call that¡¯s unlike him just then shbacks of the incident with mr Hathaway came into mind, I felt so irritated by myself.


    I held on my breasts , he had grabbed me on, I felt so used and disgusted at myself


    I broke down and cried more.


    An hour pass, yet to get a call so I decided to try Bruno¡¯s number instead but it was on a voice mail.


    I kept trying Bruno¡¯s number every 30 minutes but same voice mail happened.


    ¡°Why he didn¡¯t be call as he promised, I am going crazy, what am I supposed to do?¡±


    I thought aloud.


    ¡°Should I send him a message, no I have to tell him in person¡±.


    I fell back on my bed staring at my phone screen, dailing his number repeatedly.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    ¡°Hello¡±


    ¡°Hey ba¡­by¡±


    My voice went low when I realised it was the voice mail again, I decided to listen.


    ¡°This is bruno, very busy at the moment leave a message, to Beauty, I love you¡± .


    ¡°I love you too¡±.


    I smiled sadly andy back on the bed, waiting for tomorrow.


    The next morning, mom came into my room unknownly to me.


    I woke up and found her sitting beside my bed, I was a bit starled by her.


    I got up and yawned tiredly, she smiled and pecked my forehead, her lips slightly agape.


    ¡°Goodmoring mom¡±I said feebly, rubbing my half closed eyes.


    ¡°Dad¡¯s gone to work, is there anything you will love to tell me?¡±She asked me, staring at me, in a way that fastens my heartbeat, I suddenly became nervous.


    ¡°So what is it, is it about Bruno?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing mom¡±I snapped instantly.


    She sighed


    ¡°I am your mother, I can tell you are bothered, worried about something , so please tell me what the problem is about, you can¡¯t keep it to yourself, I promise I won¡¯t tell your daddy¡±.


    I nced at her.


    ¡°It¡¯s ¡­. Mr..¡±


    I paused and haze at her, my lips trembling, my fingers itching.


    ¡°Yes. go on..¡±Mom replied curiously looking more serious.


    ¡°It¡¯s Mr Hathaway, Bruno¡¯s dad, he wanted to have¡­.. sex with me or he will never support our marriage¡±.


    I tried not to cry out, i covered my mouth with my hand.


    Mom was shocked at first then smiled softly at me and brushed my hair down with her fingers.


    ¡°Just that, you killing yourself for that? He is an old fool don¡¯t listen to him¡±.


    She said and hugged me tightly.


    ¡°But Mom, Bruno will be heartbroken if I tell him, I just can¡¯t get it off my head, I don¡¯t know what to do¡±I cried out loudly.


    She rested my bead on her bossom and consoled me.


    ¡°Don¡¯t tell Bruno just yet, the old fool will never take advantage of you, not under my watch¡±.


    ¡°What am I going to do now Mom?¡±


    ¡°You are going to look for another job since he is your Boss, avoid him at all costs, and wait for Bruno to deal with his present problem after then tell him about it, and why you decide to quit¡±.


    ¡°I feel like a cheat already mom, he grabbed on my b**bs and it was so scary to see him erected, I never thought this will ever happen between me and Bruno¡¯s father of all men , my fiance¡¯s father, why am I always unfortunate!¡±


    I cried out more.


    She pulled me closer and hugged me tighter.


    ¡°Hey, it¡¯s not your fault honey, some men can¡¯t really control their third leg, and sadly Mr Hathaway is that kind of man, keep it low, and look for another job codely, when you get one , quit and go for the new one okay, if you two are really meant to be , you will ovee this, what will be will be¡±.


    I nodded slowly , she kissed my forehead and patted my back.


    ¡°That¡¯s my baby¡±.


    ******AT WORK********


    I got to my post , it was like everyone in thepany was aware of my encounter with Mr Hathaway, I could see each of them mumbling pointing and I could hear their mockingughters.


    Maybe I was just overthinking all that and creating the scene in my head.


    I stared at Bruno, he didn¡¯t even notice when I walked in, he was with one of the designers, discussing stuffs with him.


    I felt bad about it, also he promised to callst night , maybe I am expecting much from him, I should be a support not adding to his stress. I forced my eyes off him and decided to focus on my work. I sat down on my office chair and went through the new files that were on top of my table.


    I couldn¡¯t do it, I couldn¡¯t focus properly on my work, not without him standing feets away and not even noticing my presence.


    I nced at him and stared closely, he looked like he didn¡¯t have a nice sleep yesterday, his eyes were dull and dark circles visible under his eye bags.


    ¡°Hy babe¡±.


    Jessi called hitting my desk , I did a tiny jump startled.


    ¡°Are you¡­ okay?¡±She asked looking at me suspiciously.


    ¡°Jessi yes I am fine¡±.


    I avoided eye contact nervously


    ¡°You know I can tell right, you didn¡¯t even m yourself up like usual and¡­ Bruno¡­¡±


    She paused and looked over to Bruno, I did same.


    She sighed. ¡°He has been working tirelessly since morning, and didn¡¯t even ask after you when we met, what¡¯s going on between you two?¡±


    ¡°Nothing!¡±


    I snapped almost annoyed about her ceaseless questions.


    ¡°Nothing, we.. are good, sorry I snapped at you¡±I said again but in a low tone.


    She looked at me speechless at my outburst, then she sat down on the chair opposite mine, snapping her fingers.


    ¡°Okay something is definitely wrong ¡°she pointed out.

 A DISTRACTION

    ¡°You don¡¯t want to talk about it?¡±she asked , but I ignored her.


    She sighed and stare at me for a while, I pretended to be busy, typing on my keyboard.


    ¡°Everyone in thispany seem to be keeping a secret from me, the executives had some meeting like that this morning and I am very sure it wasn¡¯t goodnews for Bruno¡±.


    All this while I wasn¡¯t listening, I was creating a conversation in my head with Bruno, about what happened between his father and me , how to put the words right.


    Mom said i should not tell him yet but I just can¡¯t hold back, I feel like a bad person if i don¡¯t let him know about it, then when I heard her say that about Bruno and thepany , my attention was drawn to her, I listened carefully to what she was saying.


    ¡°What do you mean by bad news to Bruno¡±.


    I asked worried if it was another problem for him.


    ¡°I know! The hell you think I am doing here, ying? I am trying here! get those copies from the editor¡±.


    Bruno¡¯s voice echoed in the room.


    Everyone was as shocked as well as Jessi and me, I never heard him shout that loud before.


    ¡°Wow, dude about to blow up, go talk to him babe¡±Jessi told me.


    Tears clouded my eyes, I decided to seal them in tightly. Why is everything happening all of a sudden.


    ¡°I can¡¯t,¡±I replied to Jessi slowly.


    ¡°You¡¯re his fiancee,e on babe¡­. he will listen to you, if he continues like this he might get really depressed and believe me it won¡¯t be good , he needs you at times like this¡±she advised.


    I took a deep breath , my heart raced, I guess she¡¯s right, I need to support him this time.


    ¡°Sorry sir¡±.


    We heard his secretary reply finally and walked out of his office embarrassed.


    ¡°Now go go¡±Jessi instructed.


    I quickly stood up and walked towards his office my fist tightened and my heart pounding again.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    I knocked once and went in.


    ¡°Baby..¡±I mumbled feebly, trying not to break down. He couldn¡¯t look up at me, I noticed he was drying his face.


    I looked over the table and found a bottle of hot wine almost dried up and a pack of cigar, then sticks of used cigars.


    He turned his back at me embarrassed, shoving them all into the trash can.


    I hugged him from the back tightly.


    ¡°I really miss you so much¡±I whispered almost sobby in his ears.


    He turned with his eyes red and swollen and hugged me tightly.


    ¡°I am sorry about yesterday I .. i.. just¡­,¡±.


    ¡°Shhh it¡¯s okay, I understands, I am just scared you are pushing yourself so hard, if there¡¯s anyway I can help please tell me¡±I replied and took his hands and kissed them, held them close to my heart.


    ¡°No¡­ baby there isn¡¯t, I can do this , don¡¯t stress yourself, I promise everything will be fine soon¡±.


    He said and pulled his hand from me, my face dropped pale , I stared at him for a while then I sighed loudly.


    ¡°Okay promise you won¡¯t need those drinks and cigars again, I am here for you..¡±


    His phone beeped, interrupting me, he read the message, I noticed his fight tightened making thework of veins in his arms visible.


    ¡°What is it honey?¡±I asked scared of more bad news.


    ¡°Can you go leave now, please I need to attend to something¡±he said without looking up at me.


    ¡°I¡­ can help out, tell me what to do¡±.


    I tried to calm him with a kiss but he pulled his face off.


    ¡°Beauty please I don¡¯t need any distractions now¡±he said slowly.


    ¡°Honey I can help , share with me , what is it?¡±


    ¡°For goodness sake Beauty, go back to your post , this is work, can you for once pretend I am Bruno and not your fiance that¡¯s what I need now! Stop gettingon my way please!¡±he yelled out angrily.


    The scream terrified , my feet freezed, my heart shattered, it felt even worse when he left me and walked out of his office.


    I stood at the same spot, swimming in tears with my hand on my chest , a minute or so, Jessi knocked and opened the door.


    ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have asked you to go talk to him, this is way out of hand, I am so sorry Bea¡±she said sadly.


    I guess they heard him out there, I forced a smile and clean my face.


    Slowly I walked out of the room, Jessi followed , I was so ashamed to go back to my post.


    That afternoon , I skipped my lunch break, each minute I will nce towards Bruno¡¯s office.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    All this time I felt really bad for Beauty, aware that she was trying her best to cheer me up, but yet i don¡¯t want her to worry about me but she kept doing it, I had to make her see that I was serious about it. It was just us in the office , others went for their lunch breaks.


    I sighed deeply and bowed my head regretfully, as our precious discussion came to mind. I wondered if she¡¯s about to hate me for being an asshole and screamed at her back then in the office.


    She was only trying to support but I don¡¯t want her to , I am just protecting her, my years of hard work is about to drown at the bottom of ocean and if care is not taken I don¡¯t know how it will end up for me.


    I don¡¯t want her to worry about me either.


    She emailed me


    ¡°Am I a distraction to you Bruno? Don¡¯t you love me anymore, am I really on your way?¡±


    The message sent chills to my body , I could actually feel the emotions poured out in those texts. I nced towards her but she didn¡¯t look up from herputer.


    ¡°I love you Beauty, I was an asshole, you don¡¯t deserve me, I poured my anger at you for no reason¡±.


    I texted back then I nced back at her again.


    she covered her mouth with her palm , I guess she broke down crying.


    This is why I wanted her to see me as just Bruno, It will affect her if we continue like this.

 BABY

    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    After work, everyone of us started tidying up to go home but not Bruno, he doesn¡¯t seem ready to go home either.


    He was thest man standing , I guess he isn¡¯t going home today.


    After getting my ce tidied up. I picked up my bag, set to go home , and I walked slowly to the entrance door.


    Then I stopped , hot tears clouded my eyes. I felt so sad if we continued like this, pretending he is just Bruno? I can¡¯t do that, I love him , I won¡¯t pretend not to.


    I don¡¯t care if he¡¯s going to hate me but I won¡¯t let him go through this alone.


    I walked towards him, he looked up at me nervously and then back to his system , avoiding my eye contact .


    As soon as I got to his desk, he started apologizing.


    ¡°I am sorry about ¡­¡±.


    I kissed him unexpectedly, swallowing the rest of his apologies , he pulled me close and responded smoothly too then after, we both stared into each other eyes.


    I dried my wet cheeks and started walking out of thepany without saying anything to him. He stood there speechless at first, then he mumbled my name.


    I didn¡¯t turn but acted deaf to that.


    Eventually I got home, it was just me at home, my parents probably went for their yoga sses, I quickly freshened up and prepared something for him to eat.


    Some dumplings and soy sauce, he loved them. I regret texting him those words , he must have snapped out those words because of frustration and anger back then.


    After preparing the food, I took it in with a summer food sk and dressed to go back to the office. It was 8:00pm dot, the time I got back to the office, he was still busy with his work, a cup of coffee in his hand.


    I sighed and went in.


    He was surprised to see me, he stood up speechless, and I walked to him.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    It was freezing outside so I got him a winter jacket from a store on the way.


    ¡°Beauty what are you doing here?¡±he asked but I didn¡¯t say a thing, he ran and hugged me.


    ¡°I am happy to see you , I was so scared I thought it¡¯s over for us,¡±he said in a whisper.


    I smiled back then I walked to his back and put the jacket on him.


    ¡°It will keep you warm,¡±I said, fixing his hands through the giant sleeves.


    ¡°Thanks¡±


    Bruno mumbled and went back to his work.


    I sat opposite his desk , staring at him with my hand supporting my jaw, I watched him sadly.


    Each minute he will take a sip from his coffee mug and continue.


    I brought out my design book and tried to create something, maybe it can help


    but my brainpletely proved me wrong, my brain was so messed up , I got no new ideas, many things crowded in my head, at this rate I can¡¯t even think properly.


    An hourter, he yawned and kept yawning and yawning, I got really possessed of not saying anything or doing anything. I stood up from where I was sitting and went to him.


    ¡°It won¡¯t take five minutes , please eat something, I really wanted you to eat, I prepared this for you, so you can have enough strength to work please¡±I said softly to him.


    He hesitated then nodded, happily I brought out the food sks and opened them for him.


    ¡°It¡¯s too much, I can¡¯t finish it all,¡±he whined adorably.


    I smiled back.


    ¡°I will eat the remaining¡±I said, he smiled back and thanked me.


    Then he sighed loudly and started eating, I watched him admirably, he looked up and caught my stare then he decided to feed me, I resisted at first then I let him.


    ¡°Is there anything, I can help you with, baby, i could see some typing works please let me help while you eat¡±I pleaded.


    ¡°No.. I can do itter¡±he insisted.


    ¡°Bruno this isn¡¯t making me feel better, I understand what you are doing but it is really hurting me that I can¡¯t help out in any way¡±I said sadly.


    ¡°But I don¡¯t want that, I don¡¯t want you to worry about me, I can do it, please understand me, making you worry will make me more sad¡±he replied.


    ¡°I love you Bruno, please let me help¡±I insisted and gave him a sad puppy look.


    ¡°I love you more Beauty ¡­ fine , help me type the one on that table¡±he said and pointed at the mountain of documents.


    ¡°Thanks baby, I will show you two is better than one, just wait and see, it will be done in a few minutes¡±.


    First time, after these past horrible days, he finally smiled broadly at me. I hugged and kissed him happily, I rushed to the table and got the documents then I started typing while he ate.


    Half way, almost done, I yawned tirelessly, very hungry too, I looked over towards him , he¡¯s fallen asleep after eating, i smiled back at him, he looked so adorable holding a dumpling in his hand.


    ¡°I hope we both pull through these challenges Bruno¡±.


    Then I got up and went to him , pecked his forehead, d he is finally resting


    I helped himy on the couch very well, I took the sk and covered it. I was very hungry but I had to finish this work first.


    ¡°What , what , Gosh I am dead!¡±


    I woke up following that loud scream from Bruno, only to realize that I had slept off, while typing those documents. I carefully removed a paper glued to my cheek , slowly I nced at the blurred image of Bruno opposite me.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong baby?¡±I asked and yawned tiredly.


    He ignored me for a minute, and I became worried.


    I tried again, praying I wouldn¡¯t upset him.


    ¡°Baby¡­¡±.


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you wake me , the time you finished typing?¡±he fumed without looking up at me, moving the documents to and fro.


    I could tell he was really mad by that sound in his voice, I can¡¯t do all this to be over.


    I was careless and he is right to be mad at me for it, I just hope the damages won¡¯t be much.


    ¡°Baby¡­ when you slept off, I wanted to you rest, you¡¯ve really worked tirelessly and.. need to ¡­¡±


    ¡°Really?¡­ Oh please don¡¯t sound stupid Beauty!¡±he snapped, his brows arched and his nose expanded a little bit, he bit his lower lips and continued to work the files.


    ¡°Baby, I only wanted ¡­¡±


    I tried to talk things out with him.


    ¡°Don¡¯t baby me please.. you have done more than enough, don¡¯t you realize se how important this is to me?¡¯


    My face turned pale at that statement.

 STRANGE

    He continued ¡°and don¡¯t give me that look like I am being hard on you, no! I did carefully exin to you that this work is important, let¡¯s put aside the emotions, I never wanted you to help in the first ce. Look just stay away and let me handle it, then we will get back to together, now I swear to finish this task yesterday but here we are , look what am I left with!¡±


    Tears clouded my eyes. I couldn¡¯t even say a single word or speak out what¡¯s in my mind. His words were so harsh. All I could do was cry, I only meant well, and it seems I am only making things worse for us.


    Maybe I should listen and distance myself from him.


    He took his phone from the table, pacing around the room restlessly while dialling a number.


    ¡°Yeah, can you please cancel the appointment, I know .. I know but I didn¡¯t make it, I know I was so careless, what about Ferd, he is the manager, What?¡­ Ferd wants to resign, not now¡­ thepany needs him now, what¡¯s going to happen if the other employees get to find out about it, this is bad ¡­ this is so bad¡±he snapped out, he ran his fingers over his hair nervously.


    I stood there still crying, he acted like I was invisible , he walked out of the room still talking on the phone.


    I had to console myself andI picked my bag, the food sk and other stuff , and decided to leave before our co-workers got here and saw the two of us.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°Goodbye Bruno¡±.


    I said in my head and left.


    ¡°Look where you¡¯re going b*tch¡±


    A motorcyclist cursed out loud at me, it startled me, I was almost hit by this motorcyclist.


    Quickly in a panic, I stood out of the road, staring at the floor, wetting the dry ground with my tears.


    I waved at a cab and went back home but half way I changed my mind. I don¡¯t want to go home straight, I decided to drop at Jessi ce.


    My heart was so happy, I can¡¯t face my parents with a face like this.


    I got to Jessi¡¯s ce and met her outside thepound, she was all dressed up for work.


    She was really surprised to see me at her ce this early.


    ¡°What¡­.. girl where are youing from dressed like that, ain¡¯t you gonna work today?¡±she asked curiously but I said nothing.


    ¡°Beauty?, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    I didn¡¯t say a word.


    ¡°Hey!¡±she yelled at me annoyedly but still I ignored her and walked into the room.


    She followed me in, and saw me crying on the couch. She sighed and came to sit beside me. She put my head on herps and started patting my hair softly.


    ¡°What is wrong honey?¡±


    ¡°It happened again Jessi , I think he doesn¡¯t love me anymore, just like the others. Maybe this is also an excuse to get rid of me. Am I getting fat? Did I get fatter? And uglier recently? I promise I have been on a diet since we started dating, I really want to look better for him¡­. I¡­I tried my best to look nice for him¡­¡±.


    I broke down crying out loud.


    ¡°Shhhh¡­¡±Jessi whispered and hugged me as I broke down in her arms.


    ¡°What am I supposed to do now Jessi, I am losing him¡±I cried bitterly then coughed out.


    ¡°Let me get you a drink, you will feel better¡±she said and pecked my forehead.


    Few seconds after she came back with a ss of juice.


    ¡°Here take this¡±she said and handed me the ss, patting my back gently, I took it and almost finished it up then I choked and coughed out crying again.


    ¡°What will I do to myself Jessi, I should end my life for good¡±I cried more.


    ¡°Hey shhh, stop that silly talk, end your life because of a man? You aren¡¯t even fat, there¡¯s a difference, let me get you, what did Bruno do this time?¡±she asked with a serious look on her face.


    I tried to control my tears so I could exin clearly to her.


    ¡°It all started back then , I went to see his father, he¡­¡±I paused.


    ¡°He .. what now?¡±Jessi asked impatiently.


    ¡°He asked me to do something in order to ept me into his family, then Bruno came up with this problem at thepany, it was so bad , he lost himself and asked me to stay away till it¡¯s fixed, I wanted to help but end up making it worse for him¡±.


    ¡°So there is a problem in ourpany , I knew it! And about Bruno.. was that all he said to you? Come on girl, maybe he is that type that needs a whole concentration on something, give him a little bit of time, don¡¯t say he now hates you or maybe it has to do with you getting fat or ugly . Bruno loves you more than you think, believe me¡±.


    She said softly and smiled at me and she pecked me but I was still expressionless.


    ¡°I want to quit Jessi¡±.


    She looked at me shocked and also disappointed.


    ¡°Don¡¯t be silly, Bea¡±.


    ¡°I have to give him the space he needed, but I guess I love him so much, I just can¡¯t live without him, so maybe quitting all this will get him off my head¡±I sobbed and cried more.


    **JESSI¡¯S POV**


    Please don¡¯t make me cry, stop it Bea already, I screamed in my head.


    Beauty is really hurting. I have never seen her this sad before.


    I watched her silently gently pat her back, then she wanted to drink more from the ss of juice, I offered her back then.


    ¡°No Beauty stop¡­ stop¡±.


    But she was stubborn so I had to grab it forcefully from her. She pouted as I did that, I took the ss and went to pour away the drink in the kitchen sink.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong, you offered me the drink now you¡¯ve taken it away , you are mean¡±she snapped and continued crying.


    I stood motionless in the kitchen and thought very hard about her former statement concerning Mr Hathaway.


    What exactly was the task that Mr Hathaway asked her to do? What if it was¡­ I grabbed my chest , what have I done!


    Last night I was invited by Mr Hathaway, he told me about his concern towards Bruno and Beauty, he said he suspected Bea to be a gold digger and a snitch, I of course defended my friend and assured him that Beauty is a good person and genuine, he should know better since she worked for him all these years.


    He was however doubtful still but then he said he wanted to make sure she is being truthful about loving Bruno and not being a gold digger.


    So he paid me to put a drug in Beauty¡¯s drink so as to make her answer his questions truthfully.


    As soon as Beauty came out from the taxi hours ago, I sent him a message, so they can do the questioning under my supervision. I don¡¯t trust him enough to put a certain drug in Beauty¡¯s drink and left her with him.


    But now that I thought about this, I became scared for Beauty. I went back nervously and found her undressing.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡±I asked confused, mouth ajar


    ¡°I don¡¯t know , I feel strange¡±Beauty sobbed, pulling every piece of clothing out of her body.

 DRUGGED

    ¡°Strange how?¡±I asked and approached her, more confused, could it be that drug, no please, this is bad.


    My heart started pounding louder.


    ¡°Like I¡­ am really really horny, please help me Jessi, you are my friend, please help me out , I just need something in me right now, finger whatever you want to use¡±She yelled out pping her private part, then she started crying out in desperation.


    ¡°I can¡¯t control it Jessi!¡±


    I was even more shocked and confused, tears rolled down my cheeks.


    She grabbed her b**bs rubbing her nipples and spreading her legs apart.


    I quickly pulled off my jacket and covered her, but she threw it away.


    ¡°No no no Bea please stop this madness¡­ tell me Beauty , first.. what the hell did Mr Hathaway tell you to do for him?¡±.


    She didn¡¯t answer , she was busy masturbating.


    ¡°Ah!!, I can¡¯t get enough please Jessi help me, I am going crazy, what¡¯s happening to my body!!¡±she cried loudly.


    I was so confused on what to do to help, this is all my fault. Just then my door crack open, I turned and found Mr Hathaway and some of his men apanied him into the house.


    ¡°Well I will tell you everything¡±Mr Hathaway¡¯s voice sounded.


    The devil had the guts toe into my house, I tried to attack him but his men grabbed me.


    ¡°You liar! How could you make me drug my friend , you said it was a truth serum! And that I can watch while you interview her, I can¡¯t believe I fell for that crap¡±I burst into tears.


    Heughed out loud unapologetically.


    ¡°Yes you are really that dumb¡±.


    I so much wanted to strangle him or shoot him straight to the heart.


    ¡°Well you can watch while I eat her¡±he said , my heart was fainty.


    He walked towards Bea..


    ¡°Don¡¯t you dare touch her you stinking pervert!¡±I cried more.


    Beauty was smiling seductively at him, he stroked her hair.


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    He grinned at her.


    She was moaning and fingering herself with intense.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you touch her! You old fool!!!¡±I cried out again.


    ¡°But your friend wanted me to touch her¡±he said andughed wickedly then¡­ he pulled Beauty up to him.


    ¡°So are you a gold digger?¡­¡±


    He turned to his men.


    ¡°Cameras please¡±.


    ¡°What the fuck are you doing! keep that camera away from her!, old bastar! She is your son¡¯s fiancee!¡±I snapped with arched brows , my blood boiling. I tried to get out from the men holding me but their grip was stronger, I stood no chance.


    The camera man fixed his camera on Beauty and was videoing as she pleasure herself intensively, I closed my eyes and cried.


    Beauty grabbed Mr Hathaway¡¯s belt, I looked up at them.


    ¡°What do you think you are doing, you are my son¡¯s fiancee?¡±he asked Beauty, ying his game, I suppose. What a devil he is nning to me her up!


    ¡°Please have sex with me, dear father iw, i can¡¯t hold it any longer¡±She cried loudly, pping her v***na in a crazy way.


    I closed my eyes and cried more, this is so embarrassing, will she ever forgive me for this?


    What have I done!


    Mr Hathawayughed out loud.


    ¡°Hahaha, this bitch is really making me horny¡­, Cut.!¡±he snapped, staring lustfully at her.


    The camera man stopped.


    He took his phone out of his pocket and called a number.


    ¡°Julia, wire the digits to the doctor, the drug is the best so far¡±he said to his secretary over the phone.


    ¡°Yes sir¡±.


    His secretary answered over the phone and he hunged up.


    ¡°But why will I have sex with you, you are my daughter iw to be?¡±


    Mr Hathaway continued his game, letting his pants off his waist, his grossly looking erected old dick stood out.


    ¡°Bruno has been ignoring me..tely and I think I am going crazy¡­¡±


    She brought out his d**k from his boxers and started sucking on it.


    ¡°That¡¯s right baby¡±Mr Hathaway moaned.


    ¡°Beauty stop ¡­ please stop, you are not in your right senses! Please please!¡±


    ¡°Guys let¡¯s go to a good andfortable ce for our video, and for you Jessi ..¡±


    He turned to me, I frowned tightly at him with extreme hatred.


    ¡°I swear I am going to tell Bruno everything. I don¡¯t care if I am gonna be jailed for drugging her , I won¡¯t let you get away with this.. I swear I..¡±


    He interrupted with a finger raised.


    ¡°Really ? Or maybe you can just keep shut and maintain your friendship , you think she will ever forgive you? I mean you drugged your best friend, and worse I paid you for it, you bitch!.. I can easily say we both nned this, how about that?¡±

 WHOSE FAULT?

    ¡°It was never out of bad intention, you lied and deceived me! And for the money I will refund it! I don¡¯t need your dirty money, eade just let her go¡­she is going through alot.. don¡¯t do this to her ¡±.


    ¡°No you did this to her,e on take responsibility for your mistake , I will give some money buy yourself some tissues and dry those tears, you can¡¯t beat me in this, give up already kitty¡±.


    He replied.


    ¡°I would rather die!!¡±I sneered out loud.


    ¡°Well your choice, get ready for me then and remember she will never forgive you after this is over¡±he snapped.


    ¡°Oh I am so scared, I know I don¡¯t deserve her friendship anymore but you ¡­ you are going to pay for this, I swear with my life!¡±


    I knew I sounded stupid, he is a billionaire, a secret mafia, I am just making empty threats, at the end of the day, he will still get away.


    Then suddenly he shivered in pleasure.


    ¡°Nice kitty¡±.


    He moaned out loudly , his eyes closed in pleasure.


    ¡°Thanks father iw¡±.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    Beauty replied with a smile and continued. I so much wanted to kill him.


    Then he moaned and f**k her so roughly in her mouth, grabbing her hair hard till it hurts, I could tell with thosework of vein and a drop of blood from the side of her head, maybe from the hair shaft.


    While she enjoyed all of this abuse, I wish I could take back the hands of time.


    ¡°Finally¡±he moaned out loudly and c**med in her mouth.


    ¡°You are a real sugar princess¡±he said to Beauty who smiled back, enjoying everything, without even knowing what she was doing!


    ¡°Let¡¯s get to my ce , the real show is about to begin, are the questions am supposed to ask her real enough?¡±he asked one of his men..


    ¡°Yes sir¡±.


    ¡°She will obey as long as you promise to give her sex, first she wille crying and tell you about her issues with Bruno then seduce you¡±.


    The male assistant with him read from the script folder. I was swimming in tears regretting my whole existence.


    ¡°It will be a good gift for my son¡±.


    Heughed out and dragged Beauty like a sex ve, heading outside.


    I was taken away by his men too.


    I canst let this happen I had to think fast I have to save Beauty.


    ¡°Look Hathaway, why don¡¯t you use me instead, guess what I am a virgin!, fresh, tight okay, you can use me and let her go please, be reasonable atleast I am not your soon to be daughter iw, you can use me as much as you want please!¡±I screamed out as they forced me into the car.


    ¡°You should stop struggling or people will suspect us, and also kitty I don¡¯t get into bitches easily, she is unbelievably sexy, but my men can have you as a gift, you must be very tough to have kept your virginity to this stage, is nice that I get to know, boys get ready for your new snack, she¡¯s pure new brand¡±he instructed his men.


    My eyes opened widely after he said that then his men that grabbed me , toying with my intimate body parts.


    ¡°No.. no.. no.. don¡¯t¡±.


    Theyughed out loudly as I cried for my life.


    ¡°No .. please don¡¯t touch me¡±.


    But my pleas were in vain.


    ¡°Think a virgin can handle six men¡±one of the man said toring my shirt off.

 I LOVE YOU

    ¡°Nice b**bs¡±heughed wickedly and sucked on them, biting my nipple.


    I wanted to cry but my mouth was covered my one of the men, his huge palm made it hard for me to breathe properly.


    ¡°Enjoy boys¡±Mr Hathaway said and he went into his car, the driver drove off, the car I was in was different, it was only me with two of the six men in the sleeper car.


    I cried my soul out as they torture me to feed their lustful pleaures.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I woke up , my body was aching terribly, I don¡¯t know where I was or how I get there.


    ¡°Mom?.. Dad.?..¡±.


    I held on my aching head hard like a hammer against the wall, trying to remember what happened, why is my body painting me this much¡­ then I felt a sharp pain around my private area.


    I tried to get off the bed but my waist hurts too.


    ¡°Who is home , anyone there!¡±


    I said as I groaned in pain moving my waist.


    Then I noticed the room I was in was totally different from my room, it looks like Jessi¡¯s room?..


    ¡°You¡¯re awake¡±.


    I turned and found Jess, she looks so pale.


    She smiled at me, little bothered about that because her smile wasn¡¯t bright as always


    Her eyes were swollen and red too. I looked around convinced that I was in her ce.


    ¡°Oh I remembered, I came to you this morning¡±.


    ¡°Yesterday morning actually , You slept off crying¡±she said with a shaky tone in her voice.


    ¡°I slept for a whole day!¡±I snapped out in surprise.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, hope you felt better this morning¡±.


    She said with a disturbing tone in her voice.. I became more worried about her.


    ¡°Yeah¡­but are you okay Jessi¡±.


    She nodded , and shed her teeth.


    I sobbed remembering what happened with Bruno, I felt a bit sad.


    ¡°Hey, Bruno loves you I want you to know that ¡±


    Then she sobbed.


    I looked up and found her crying, I was too stunned to speak that minute.


    What could have made Jessi cry, she was really a strong girl that can get over anything easily..


    ¡°Jessi , what happened please talk to me¡±.


    I walked to her.


    ¡°I am fine, don¡¯t worry about me¡±


    She said drying her face.


    ¡°No you¡¯re not, tell me please what happened to you?¡±I insisted.


    Jessi stared at me for a while then sudden tears rolled down her cheeks.


    ¡°I wanted tomit suicide Beauty¡±.


    ¡°What!¡±I snapped out, I was shocked and confused too, all of a sudden Jessi was talking about attempting suicide, why¡­ what did I miss, she was advising mest time, what¡¯s wrong with her now.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    I quickly stood and hugged her tightly.


    ¡°Don¡¯t cry Jessi, I¡¯m here , please be strong for me¡±.


    I whispered sobby.


    My body was paining me severely, I was groaning and enduring this unexinable pains, I wonder if it was because I slept for a long time.


    Jessi cried more in my arms.


    ¡°Tell me what happened Jessi , please don¡¯t say such again, remember what i¡¯ve been through, you can talk to me, suicide is not an option. Jessi please tell me what it is, I am your best friend, you¡¯ve been the one helping me through my hard times¡±.


    I pleaded.


    She hugged me and cried loudly.


    ¡°I am sorry Beauty I can¡¯t take it anymore, I am shattered inside¡±she cried again.


    ¡°Shhh it¡¯s okay ¡± I whispered to her and kissed her forehead.


    I sighed deeply.


    What¡¯s happened? Why is Jessi so depressed? I have to be strong and protect her, I won¡¯t go back to thepany either and that means I am finally saying goodbye to Bruno.


    Tears rolled down my cheeks.


    ¡°I am sorry Beauty, please don¡¯t hate me¡±Jessi continued crying.


    ¡°Hey, it¡¯s okay babe, I love you, best. I can¡¯t hate you , never, not going to happen¡±I replied.

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    As soon as I saw him, my heart melted. I couldn¡¯t hold it or pretend anymore. I missed him, I missed him so much.


    He was pacing up and down restlessly.


    ¡°Bruno..?¡±I called trying to control the sadness in my tone, he turned and found me, his face brightened with relief, quickly he ran to me and hugged me tightly.


    ¡°I am d you¡¯re okay¡±he whispered.


    I smiled and wrapped my arm around him too, as we went on with the hug.


    ¡°Thought you didn¡¯t want me anymore¡±he said with a relieved gasp.


    ¡°That¡¯s not true, I never will not want you,¡±I replied.Copyright N?v/el/Dra/ma.Org.


    ¡°I miss you so much¡±he stated as we let go from the tight hug, he lifted my chin up a bit and kissed me passionately , I responded smoothly.


    My parents seeing everything went well, with smiles on their faces, they went back inside the house.


    ¡°I am sorry for keeping you waiting for so long, I promise it won¡¯t happen again¡±.


    ¡°All I wanted to do was help , to bear your burden with you, I felt so sad that you never understood my feelings.. I.¡±


    ¡°I do understand you baby, I just don¡¯t want you to worry so much¡±he replied softly.


    I sighed, since he is here now , I hope everything is fine.


    ¡°It¡¯s alright, how are things going at thepany?¡±


    I asked him.


    He smirked proudly.


    ¡°I did it baby, it¡¯s over , I promise you nothing will evere between us ever again, we won¡¯t have any challenges anymore¡±.


    ¡°You promise?¡±


    I pulled my pinky finger.


    He chuckled and shook his head then he epted with his pinky.


    ¡°I promise,¡±he replied and pecked my cheek.


    I blushed uncontrobly, it¡¯s good to have Bruno back.


    ¡°I missed you so much, but I.. I guess you didn¡¯t miss me as much ¡± I sulked.


    ¡°You know I did miss you, like I said baby, I was only scared of getting you involve in my problems¡±he replied , patting my hair, it was really easy for him, since he is very much taller than him, sometimes I felt to so same but I had to jump to do that.


    ¡°But your problem is the same as mine, I am wearing your ring Bruno, promise me, promise me you will never shut me out when you are having such a crisis again¡±I sulked again and pouted.


    ¡°I promise¡±he whispered into my ear with a finality in his voice.


    ¡°You are making that cute face again, and you know what that does to me¡±he replied with licked his lower lip.


    I smiled back


    ¡°No sir I don¡¯t ¡°I replied and we kissed , and chuckled happily.


    I think it¡¯s the time I let him know about his father¡¯s evil request from me.


    ¡°I have something important to tell you baby¡±.


    I said as we walked hand in hand towards our house.


    ¡®What am I going to be a father soon?¡¯


    He bent his head to my height and raised his eyebrows, his happy puppy eyes , sparking and staring into mine.


    I blushed and hit him on the chest yfully.


    ¡°Stop it ¡°I snapped, heughed out.


    That reminds me my period is a bitte, or so, I thought to myself.


    ¡°Come on inside¡±Iughed out loud and pulled him along.


    We walked into the sitting room


    There he met with my parents again, this time they weed him happily with hands spread wide.


    ¡°You made our baby girl worry, she wanted to cry herself to death¡±.


    Father stated.


    ¡°Dad, that¡¯s not true, I told them I was fine¡±.


    I replied embarrassed.


    Bruno smiled back at me.


    ¡°Well I guess , you two should work everything out, honey let¡¯s give them some time to themselves ¡°Mother said and grabbed father¡¯s hand, going into their room.


    We bothughed out loud.


    ¡°I missed your parents a lot too, they are really nice and funny¡±Bruno stated.


    I nodded in agreement.


    ¡°so!¡±


    I jumped on him like an excited child, it startled him, his eyes raised in surprise staring at me.


    I decided to copy his facial expression, heughed shyly at it.


    ¡°What am I going to get for you?¡±I asked.


    ¡°Anything,¡±he said with a little shrug.


    I smiled back.


    ¡°Alright then¡±.


    I wanted to get to the kitchen to prepare something for him, then he pulled me back and kissed me.


    ¡°Haven¡¯t you had enough¡±I giggled, struggling to escape from him.


    ¡°Your parents were present.. so¡­¡±


    I felt his hand on my backside, I gasped.


    ¡°Now, now don¡¯t you dare¡±.


    I teased.


    ¡°Sorry Boss¡±he said and let go of me.


    ¡°Good boy¡±I said and pulled my gown down about to go again, but he grabbed on my waist again and dropped me gently on the couch.


    I giggled.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    He kissed me and went to lift my gown.


    ¡°Oh are you going down there?¡±I said excitedly.


    Just then I heard footsteps.


    ¡°Bruno!¡±I snapped in a whisper and kissed me.


    Daddy walked in and found me sitting like his little virgin daughter, I smiled awkwardly.


    ¡°Where is Bruno?¡±


    He asked.


    Bruno got up from where he was lying.


    ¡°Here, I am, sir¡±.


    ¡°Your nose is bleeding?¡±Father asked, dimming his eyes to be sure.


    When I heard that I looked back at him in shock, I did that to him? Poor Bruno, why is his skin so fragile.


    ¡°Let me get you something for it¡±Father suggested.


    Bruno thanked him.


    ¡°Thanks Dad,¡±I mumbled.


    As soon as he left the room, I quickly rushed to Bruno.


    ¡°I am so sorry baby, aww! This is so bad¡±


    I sobbed examining his nose.


    ¡°I warned you to get up, but you¡­ won¡¯t listen¡±I pouted angrily.


    He kissed my lips and smiled back.


    ¡°Stop your pain , everything is not a joke¡±.


    ¡°It¡¯s just a nose bleed, and I am a guy, I am  not that fragile¡±he replied with an air of pride.


    ¡°Bruno,e over here,¡±Father called from inside the room.


    I waited impatiently just then I heard him screaming in pain.


    My mother wasughing.


    ¡°What was that, it hurts , it really hurts, the lotion is increasing the pain!¡±Bruno cried out.


    ¡°You know what ? Beauty can actually hear you from the living room¡±Mother informed him.


    .


    ¡°I am just excited, baby, not crying!¡±


    He yelled out.


    Iughed and shook my head.


    ¡°Of Course you are my tough guy,¡±I giggled.


    I decided to use the opportunity and prepare something for him . A few minutester, I prepared a meal for him and served it at the dining room.


    He returned with a cotton stuff in his nose.


    Iughed and shook my head, he was pouting like a kid, his parents took to the dentist against his will.


    ¡°Come over here,e to mummy ¡± I said with my hands spread out, he sluggishly walked to me , since he was way taller, he leaned down and hugged me, I pecked his forehead and held his head close to my bosom.


    ¡°It is fine, don¡¯t worry, the pain will go away soon¡±.


    I whispered.


    He nodded and got up to his feet.


    He got to a chair and sat down.


    ¡°So we have soy sauce and puddings, with chicken dumplings! Tada!¡±


    I said removing the te lid.


    ¡°This is fantastic , so is it the surprise you talked about earlier?¡±


    He asked excitedly.


    I shook my head sadly, my mood switched after he reminded me of it, I don¡¯t want to spoil our good moment with such news to him. No, I should just tell him, I have to look for a job elsewhere with reason to avoid being a distraction to him, no I should tell him, keeping such from him is very much bad, I thought.


    ¡°Are you okay baby?¡±


    He must have noticed, I looked at him then sighed.


    ¡°It¡¯s about your father,¡±I said slowly.


    His eyes darkened in surprise.

 YOUR FATHER

    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    It¡¯s been a week and I can¡¯t still believe it, it¡¯s over, it¡¯s finally over , I did it!


    The apuse from the executives were loud enough to cause an earthquake, I received honourable handshakes from them and outside the conference room. I got hugs from our co-workers but I didn¡¯t see any sign of Beauty , or even her friend Jessi, a lot of congrattory messages flooded my mail boxes.


    Ourpany is back to the top of the fashion dom, I got back to my office after the cheering from the employees. I was happy , my design and work paid off atst but something was missing.


    I gazed over Beauty¡¯s post. It¡¯s been a week since she stoppeding to work, I should be med of course. I was harsh on her but I hope I make her see things the way I do and hope she will forgive me soon.


    I only told her to pretend to be that dedicated Boss for the moment and not to leave thepany, I missed her so much.


    I walked into my private office, restless, I tried her number but it wasn¡¯t going again.


    I kept on trying it, pacing around restlessly like a cat that smells like a mouse.


    ¡°Come on baby please answer¡±I prayed silently.


    ¡°..¡±


    It didn¡¯t go through.


    I threw my phone angrily, and hit the table.


    ¡°Why are you doing this Beauty? Do you think I don¡¯t feel anything all this while too, because I am a man?¡±


    I took courage and decided to try next time, but it ended the same way.


    The next day.


    I walked into the office expecting to see her there but her table stood empty and dusty.


    ¡°Have you guys heard from Beauty?¡±


    Her co-worker was asking some of her department members, it caught my attention and I listened carefully, itching to get an answer.


    Then Jessi came to my mind, quickly I rushed to Jessi¡¯s department , luckily I found her, it was a relief at least she is the closest way to get to Beauty, my face lit up with relief.


    She looked kinda different, sick and pale.


    she saw me and made some body movement that shows she was ufortable with me being there that moment.


    I didn¡¯t care to know why she did that, so I went to her and queried.


    ¡°Why is Beauty ignoring me , why isn¡¯t sheing to work again? Why is she punishing me this hard, am losing it, doesn¡¯t she love me anymore?¡±I asked desperately, ignoring the nces and stares from her colleagues.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know sir Bruno, I was sick throughout the week but you are her fiance, I should be asking you about her instead of the other way¡±.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    I know she wouldn¡¯t tell me that easily ofcourse, I stood there speechless as she walked back to her post.


    I got to swallow the shame and go to her house, I left thepany and entered my car hastily.


    she must have told her parents about our misunderstanding so I have to prepare to face her dad too.


    ¡°Please Beauty be alright and don¡¯t hate me, it¡¯s all over, we are going to be like we used to be again and even better¡±.


    I kept repeating those words in my head as I drove carelessly , heading to her ce.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I was on bed , going through my folders getting ready for another job hunting, I won¡¯t say it was easy ignoring all of Bruno¡¯s calls, I just choose to because I knew it won¡¯t help any of us anyway, and also it bothers me that Jessi seem to be hiding something from me, she looked depressed these days and hardlye over to my ce, I have no idea what is happening to her and I wish she could open up to me.


    A knock came in, and my door opened slowly, it was my mother.


    ¡°Good morning mom¡±I greeted feebly.


    ¡°Beauty.. baby¡­ how are you doing today dear?¡±Mother asked softly, she walked into my room and pecked me.


    I sighed and smiled back at her.


    ¡°I¡¯m good, thanks for always been there for me¡±I replied.


    She smiled back and sat down on bed.


    ¡°I am your mother, that is all I am about, give my baby girl the best life, best advice and best support ¡°she said with a cheering tone, shaking my shoulders.


    I chuckled weakly.


    ¡°Mom, stop ! I¡¯m feeling dizzy already!¡±


    She giggled and let me go finally.


    ¡°So how is Jessi your friend, is she recovering well?¡±Mother asked , helping me arrange the papers.


    ¡°I think so, I wonder why she doesn¡¯t want to talk about it, I will go visit her again today¡±I replied.


    ¡°Your certificates?¡±


    I showed her the folder for that , she picked up the blue paper folder and carefully and neatly put it in, I have never done it that fast and smooth without rumbling.


    ¡°Have you talked with ..¡±


    ¡°Bruno?¡±I snapped nervously.


    ¡°No¡­ I wanted to say Jessi¡±.


    ¡°Oh .. sorry.. I thought, never mind¡±.


    Embarrassed I chuckled, putting the strands of my hair back to the back of my ear, my face went nk.


    Mother took my hand , I looked up and caught her staring right into my eyes, I looked away feeling my eyes wet.


    ¡°It¡¯s never easy to let go of something you love that much, isn¡¯t it¡±.


    I slowly pull my hand from her.


    ¡°I am fine mother, it¡¯s just stupid tears, I ampletely fine¡±I cried out, brushing off the tears with the back of my palm.


    ¡°If it hurts this much, you don¡¯t have to deny it, Bruno is someone you love dearly and believe me honey , everything will be fine, give it time okay¡±she said.


    ¡°Mom, I¡¯m fine , okay, don¡¯t worry about me¡±I snapped and giggled.


    She sighed heavily.


    ¡°If you say so¡±.


    My door opened. Father stood by the door and stared at us for a while, after noticing my wet face.


    ¡°Are you alright baby?¡±


    ¡°I am great Dad¡±I replied , not looking up to him.


    He walked in the room and stood in front of me, his hands folded.


    ¡°You don¡¯t look great baby, is it because of that boy?¡±he asked.


    I said nothing.


    ¡°Honey I don¡¯t think we should continue talking about it , if she doesn¡¯t want us to,¡±Mother cuts in.


    ¡°Well that Bruno boy came looking for you, I told him to leave, he kept begging to see you, what do you say?¡±he replied.


    Mom sighed and nced from him then to me.


    I avoided eye contact, feeling my eyes wet again.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk to him Dad, he should leave¡±.


    I replied with arched brows, my nose widened in anger.


    ¡°Hear him out first, my love, it will help you heal and feel better¡±.


    Mother suggested.


    ¡°I can¡¯t, not now I don¡¯t want to see him, I am fine why don¡¯t you all get it¡±I snapped.


    ¡°You have to hear him out first , honey then after that you have to decide what you want, okay?¡±


    Father said calmly.


    I hesitated then nodded in agreement. I cleaned my face dry before going outside to meet him, my parents followed behind like my personal bodyguards.

 BROKEN TRUST

    ¡°My¡­¡±


    His phone ranged and he ignored it.


    ¡°My father?¡­¡±he said.


    ¡°Baby pick up, will talk about itter okay¡±I said calmly.


    He hesitated but I insisted so then he answered.


    ¡°Alright, I will be there¡±.


    ¡°Baby is everything okay?¡±I asked curiously.


    He smiled back, cleaning his mouth with the serviette.


    ¡°Sure, just that my father wants to meet us for something very important, I think we should go babe, we can address the issue too¡±¡®he said with pleading eyes.


    My face turned pale. Why did he suddenly change his mind, I don¡¯t trust him anymore, sorry Bruno.


    ¡°I can¡¯t,¡±I mumbled.


    ¡°What is it baby, I can¡¯t hear you,¡±Bruno said, paying more attention.


    ¡°I can¡¯t go with you,¡±I replied.


    ¡°Why?¡±he said, surprised at my decision.


    ¡°I can¡¯t, I have my reasons, please I will tell you when youe back , just go without me okay¡±I replied trying not to cry.


    He looked a little sad.


    ¡°I love you Bruno¡±I said and hugged him.


    ¡°Hey , you have to tell me what¡¯s bothering you or I am going nowhere¡±he said into my ears.


    ¡°I promise, I will tell you everything when you get back¡±.


    I insisted.


    He sighed and kissed me.


    ¡°Alright, I love you too, so much¡±.


    He kissed me again and left.


    I apanied him to the outdoors, then after he drove out of sight, I went back to the house sobbing. I fell on the couch and I hugged a pillow.


    Am I wrong for ignoring Mr Hathaway¡¯s invitation, he might have nned something against me. I don¡¯t want to take risks, sorry Bruno.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    I walked into our living room and found dad, and other family members already waiting for me, even Granny.


    ¡°What¡¯s this a family gathering?¡±I joked.


    ¡°Come on here sweetie¡±.


    Granny said, offering a hand.


    I went to her and sat down, the faces of the others are not quite weing, I wondered what all the fuss was about.


    Father started.


    ¡°First of all I want to congratte my son, on his sess concerning ourpany crisis, you did good and also soon to be the new CEO officially¡±.


    Granny patted my hair and scattered it roughly.


    ¡°Granny!¡±I chuckled.


    ¡°So proud of ya¡±She whispered.


    I was smiling uncontrobly,bing my hair back  with my fingers.


    ¡°Where is Beauty?¡±Father asked, looking around searching for her.


    ¡°She is on her monthly stuff¡­ it¡­, it disturbs her a lot, she actually loved toe but I asked her to stay back home¡±.


    I lied scratching my ear, Granny could tell I was lying, I don¡¯t know about the other family members.


    ¡°Well sadly that¡¯s not her reason¡±Father sneered.


    ¡°Excuse me?¡±


    I snapped with arched brows, annoyingly though I was a bit confused on how sure he sounded.


    ¡°Listen to your Father first, Bruno,¡±Mother urged.


    ¡°Can I continue?¡±


    Father asked, gazing at me.


    I didn¡¯t say anything to him.


    ¡°He is listening, you can continue¡±Abigail replied instead.


    ¡°Last week Tuesday something happened, and I decided not to keep it to myself anymore, it¡¯s something I still doubted up to this moment, I was shocked beyond measure, okay I know I never liked her but let¡¯s be fair¡­..


    ¡°What are you talking about? Who?¡±I cut in.


    He picked up a remote and put it on the wide screen and then he yed a video.


    My face was almost as shattered as my heart, I thought I couldn¡¯t breathe, my blood was drained from my whole body and my heart was pointing faintly.


    ¡°What¡¯s this? Can someone tell me what the fuck is going on here!¡±


    I snapped breathlessly.


    ¡°I¡¯m sure you had better eyesight than me Bruno, such a sweet girl. I am really disappointed, ¡±Granny said.


    The video was a video of Beauty and father, it showed the moment Beauty walked into his room.


    My daddy was surprised to see her and asked her what she was doing there. She seduced him and. ¡­.


    I closed my eyes, my thick brows arched as tears rolled down my cheeks, my fist folding shaking in anger.


    ¡°What is this honey, you gave in? How could you?¡±my mom cried out loud.


    ¡°She was persistent and I am a man, what am I supposed to do! Who would believe such whore, I knew it from the start!¡±


    He replied to my mom who was already in tears.


    I rushed and grabbed on him, holding back from giving him a fist blow.


    ¡°How could you dad! Your son¡¯s fiancee!!¡±.


    I snapped angrily, my blood boiling.


    As I stare angrily at into his eyes, my lips shaking.


    ¡°Let go of me you fool, I did what any man would do with a deceptive seductress like her¡±he replied.


    ¡°You look like you enjoy it huh, you enjoyed having sex with your daughter-in-iw to be!¡±I yelled out again.


    ¡°She is not my daughter-iw to be and never will be!¡±he snapped.


    Grandma came and held me back.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, Bruno,¡±she consoled me.


    I let go of him, my eyes widened in shock, this can¡¯t possibly be happening.


    ¡°Bruno why are you angry and ming dad, what about that ugly fat pig of your fiancee?¡±Abigail stated.


    ¡°Shut it abigail!¡±I snapped furiously.


    ¡°No you shut it Bruno, screw it, that fool had the guts toe into my bedroom and lure my husband into it¡±Mother stated angrily.


    I cleaned my face andughed sadly.


    ¡°Lured you say? Look how he used her like a whore, if that¡¯s actually her, I doubt, because he hated Beauty he might have framed her up or something¡±.


    ¡°You are so blind by love that you can¡¯t see that she is nothing but a gold digger¡±.


    Abigail screamed at me.


    ¡°Are you calling me a liar, the CCTV is there to prove my innocence?¡±Father defended himself.


    ¡°You could have left , and stopped her but you ¡­ did it like you wanted it a long time¡±I snapped with rage and jealousy.


    ¡°Did you watch the time she was on top of dad? Of Course not you closed your eyes¡±Abigail snapped back.


    ¡°This can¡¯t be, its not Beauty, she is innocent I know it ¡± I yelled out, my head aching.


    ¡°Sometimes people are not what they really seems , people are like that honey¡±Grandma , who has been speechless by what she saw, finally spoke out.


    ¡°Granny , you too? Don¡¯t tell me , you believe she can do this, Beauty is not that type of person¡±I said with pleading eyes.


    She sighed and held me.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°Of course not but human beings can change a lot, maybe she¡¯s not as innocent as I thought, as we.. thought, get a programmer to confirm if the video is real or fake, however if it¡¯s real then I am sorry I can¡¯t take sides with you¡± she consoled me.


    An hourter the video programmer arrived.


    I made sure I was the one that got him to do the job to avoidpromise.


    We also checked the CCTV which shows when she came into thepound with a cab and when she left after having it with my father.


    ¡°It¡¯s all real, 100 percent¡±.


    The programmer and expert replied in his tone.


    ¡°Now what are you going to do Thomas?¡±Abigail snapped angrily at me, she cursed and continued,¡±I hated that girl from the first day I saw her on that video call, very ugly and desperate¡±.

 BELIEVE YOU,BUT…

    I turned to her furious. ¡°Enough! Abigail, don¡¯t you ¡­¡±


    My mom pped me hard, shutting me up.


    ¡°Get back to your senses Bruno! She wants to wreck my home, our home, she¡¯s nothing but a bitch and a gold digger, your uncle¡¯s brother inw warned you but no instead you insulted him now look where you¡¯ve got to, that shameless nymphomaniac, first she made love to you in this house next was your daddy maybe if grandpa was alive , he could be the next in line, that girl will never be my daughter inw¡±Mother stated angrily.


    I took my car keys and walked angrily out of the room, got to my car , I cried and hit on anything close.


    This can¡¯t be happening , why would she do this , why?!


    I drove carelessly out of thepound , crying all the way, even though I tried to stop , I could not control my tears.


    Her moans and pleasurable chuckles in that video hits me badly, it was same when we are together, it was so real to be fake, how could she, was I being yed all along, is she really what they said she that she is, there¡¯s a video evidence, what am I supposed to do now?


    ¡°Hey! Watch it! Asshole!!¡±.


    A biker man shouted at me in fury.


    I hit the brake nervously and realised that I was driving blindly towards a building.


    The road safety cop came to me to inquire about my reckless driving.


    ¡°I am¡­ I am so sorry¡±.


    That was the only thing that I could utter, my lips shaking nervously, after the cop had left, I broke down inside my car and cried loudly.


    My head felt like an exploded balloon after I pulled over to a parking lot and slept off there.


    Hourster , I woke up to a dark sky.


    ¡°Mr , are you okay?¡±


    A passenger asked , hitting my window.


    ¡°Is he dead?¡±


    Someone else asked.


    ¡°The car parked here for hours¡±another said.


    I engaged my engine and shed my lead light.


    They all stepped aside and I drove out of the ce now gently and more carefully.


    I stopped at Beauty¡¯s ce and honked repeatedly, I didn¡¯t want to go into the house, I was so angry that I even stepped out of my car.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I heard the  car horn outside, it sounded like Bruno¡¯s car. I have been waiting like forever. Finally, he came back!


    I ran out of my room happily. I¡¯m so d he came back as promised, I rushed out of the house, and stood in front of the door.


    I knew he must be watching, I brushed my hair, and checked my dress out, then I pout my lips annoyingly and watched towards him, like I was mad at him for wasting time.


    My parents went to visit Gramps , so they will be spending a night out there. I was d when they informed me though, because we can stay together tonight without worrying about my parents.


    I wonder why he doesn¡¯t want toe out of the car yet. I walked to him, and stood by the door smiling uncontrobly. He whined down the ss , my smile faded.


    ¡°Baby, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    My heart beats faster and hurts seeing him in that state, what is happening first it was Jessie now Bruno?


    He was crying


    ¡°Are you going to pretend not to know?¡±


    Heughed sadly, licking his wet lips.


    ¡°Know about what, I don¡¯t know what you are talking about, baby, I swear I have no idea, why note in, let¡¯s talk about it okay¡±.


    I wanted to dry his cheeks with my palm


    But he stopped me, that reaction scared me, my heart raced.


    What is wrong, why is he acting strange towards me all of a sudden.


    ¡°Baby¡­?¡±


    ¡°Maybe this video will remind you¡±


    He gave me his tab and yed a video on it.


    I was curious and serious to find out what happened, so I took it and watched.


    As soon as I saw the content, I was riding on Mr Hathaway, I gasped loud my heart stopped, my eyes bulged out widely in shock, I unintentionally dropped the tablet , I couldn¡¯t exin the shock but it took me minutes to open my mouth and gaped into a loud cry.


    ¡°This is not me, I¡­ will never!¡±


    I broke down crying.


    ¡°But it is you Beauty. the woman there is you. am I not enough?¡±Bruno replied.


    I looked up at him with my eyes wet.


    ¡°Look baby the day I¡­. had an issue with your dad, he asked me for sex and..¡±.


    He cuts me out.


    ¡°What now, why are you doing this, is this a cover for what you did?¡±


    I cried more.


    ¡°No baby, I swear I am telling the truth, this isn¡¯t me, it may be a fake video to frame me or something, baby please believe me, your father set me up¡±I cried loudly.


    ¡°I personally called a programmer to check it. Beauty, you think dad will step so low to frame you to gain what? Tell me, is this why you didn¡¯t want to go with me and see dad, you were feeling guilty that you cheated on me with my daddy, Beauty¡­ really? My father!¡±


    Bruno¡¯s voice sounded so harsh and brutal.


    ¡°No¡­ please . stop it Bruno , you are hurting me! Hear me out¡±I pleaded.


    I grabbed my hair, crying hysterically. I am so done for! I thought so hard about the time this happened, the clothes I was wearing were nothing like something I had in my wardrobe in the past or even presently.


    ¡°I swear that wasn¡¯t me, I¡­¡­..¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s you Beauty! It was you¡­ can¡¯t you tell me the truth, why did you have to do this, tell me your reason let me know how to heal, I ampletely losing myself, Beauty I am so so confused and so¡­ fuck!¡±


    He puts his hand over his mouth looking the other way.


    I hate to see him this sad and helpless.


    I had to remember but my brain was nk, I have no single memory of this, I was so torn apart, I almost lost my breath.


    I grabbed my hair , losing my mind then I hold my chest and tried to breathe normally crying.


    ¡°I promise you¡­..(Cries in between)I promise¡­. Bruno, I don¡¯t know how or when.. I don¡¯t know..¡±N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    I cried nervously, shaking all over.


    My hands scattered my hair as I tried to remember but nothing came to mind, I was helpless.


    The only time I slept out was when I fall asleep at Jessi ce and that wasn¡¯t even the dress I wore, I don¡¯t know where or when or even if this is so real, am I dreaming right now.


    ¡°This isn¡¯t me, believe me Bruno¡­, please I..¡±.


    I broke down again.


    He suddenly stopped crying and was straight up.


    ¡°Fine , I believe you¡­.¡±


    I looked up surprisingly, a bit relieved.


    ¡°Really¡­you ¡­you do?¡±I sobbed but he didn¡¯t reply or even look at me.


    ¡°Yes, but  you have to give me some time¡­.., let¡¯s give  some time¡±.

 IT HAPPENED

    ¡°But baby we just got back after¡­¡±


    I was shocked he started the engine.


    ¡°Baby?¡±


    For the first time, he ignored me and drove off.


    ¡°Baby!¡±


    I shouted after him, my heart was ripped into shreds, how am I supposed to prove my innocence?


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    The next morning, Grandma was the first toe into my room, she drew the window curtains, I sluggishly turned to the other side as the light rays travelled directly into my eyes.


    ¡°How are you doing this morning my love?¡±


    Grandma asked.


    She walked over to my side and sat on the bed beside me. I drew my nket up to cover my wet face.


    She sighed and touched my hand.


    ¡°Still mourning over your heartbreak?¡±


    I said nothing, Ipletely ignored her, my eyes were hurting from crying since yesterday and my heart won¡¯t stop aching. How can this happen? How on Earth did this happen, Beauty and father?


    Father of course is a known flirt and womaniser but Beauty? How could she do this to me?


    ¡°The visitors will soon arrive. You don¡¯t want them to see you, all sad and teary, man up and be strong,¡±Grandma continued.


    ¡°Can I be alone for now please?


    Find somewhere else and stay maybe go to Abigail, she is your grandchild too or find some of your old people, let me be please¡±I mumbled , for the first time Granny¡¯s words annoyed me , her presence even irritates me, I was taking me anger out on her that same minute, I regretted it.


    ¡°Life is not always sweet, flowers and sunshine, there are storm days too, dark days and hurt days, all you have to do is be strong and don¡¯t lose yourself to the situation, I know how much you loved her¡­¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t know anything about us! All y¡¯all wanted was to seperate us and now that it¡¯s settled , can you now let me be!¡±I snapped angrily.


    She sighed and patted my hand.


    ¡°I prepared something for you, Grandma¡¯s special recipe, your favourite.. i hope you will love it¡±.


    She pecked my forehead and left the room.


    As soon the door shut, I slowly closed my eyes and cried silently.


    All that was in my mind was ourst moment, and how she cried and denied knowing anything about the video.


    I told Beauty I believed her but deep down, I was so scared , scared to hurt her feelings, but mostly scared to hurt myself, Beauty why did you have to do it?


    That is what father wanted and he got it, crying like a baby won¡¯t help either, i have to forget about all this and move on.


    Even the sound of that statement in my head made me gasp in tears, I grabbed on my chest, how could I forget when it hurts this much, when all I could think of is how she was enjoying the whole thing and my father using her as his sex toy, how could I ever get the image of this horrific scene off my head.


    I squeezed my fist under the nket, my veins bulged and fist tightened.


    I don¡¯t think I can ever move on with this pain, it hurts so much , so much ..


    The door cracked open interrupting my thoughts, it was Abigail.


    ¡°Are you still crying? Cry baby?¡±


    ¡°What are you doing here Abigail?¡±I sneered with an obvious hate tone in my voice, I despised her so much at this moment.


    ¡°Well, I don¡¯t know what you said to Grandma, but she¡¯s crying because of you.. silly! You shouldn¡¯t make her feel bad because she cared so much about youryou, she was so worried about you yesternight, refused to go to sleep and waited for your return , she took care of a drunkass and this morning your sick attitude made her sad, you should be ashamed of yourself Bruno¡±.


    ¡°Get out of my room or I will make you Abigail¡±


    I snapped, hiding the fact that what she said about Grandma touched me.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    ¡°I don¡¯t even want to stay in the first ce, also your CEO party should be today right? Hope you are ready, also I am sure that bitch won¡¯t be attending this, if eventually she actually did attend the party , you have to face her and end things with her infront of everyone, I will dly tell her colleagues what she did¡±.


    ¡°Are you done?¡±I snarled at her.


    ¡°Yes¡±.


    She walked to the door and paused.


    ¡°To be frank, I know it¡¯s not easy and also I know the pain you are going through but I warned you, didn¡¯t I? I knew it at first that she is bad news, a stinking gold digger and a shameless nymphomaniac but no¡­.. you didn¡¯t listen because you are so blinded by whatever attracted you to that horrible looking fatdy, it¡¯s done already , the mistake can never be revised. I hope you learn from it so you have to take it easy on yourself, Grandma is hurt because of you, and if you don¡¯t want to stop, for her sake stop this madness already¡±.


    She opened the door and mmed it shut after her.


    I picked up my phone, Beauty¡¯s calls notifications were uncountable, I wanted to call her but held back.


    What am I calling her for, because I missed her?

 GUILT FEELING

    I dropped my phone on the floor, not thinking straight. I sat up andughed crazily, my palm over my face.


    I¡¯m such a fool, after everything she did , you still got the heart to miss her, you are really pathetic Bruno.


    I pulled the nket off my body and walked like a zombie into the bathroom to freshen up, for the party but first I gotta make it up to my Grandma.


    As a young boy she would always pick a gentleman outfit with slicked shiny hairstyle for me, so I decided to dress up like she would love me for the big party.


    After dressing up , I went to the sitting room, and found her waiting for me at the dining table. The food she prepared was there right in front of her, her palm supporting her jaw.


    I regretted making her worry, and shutting her out. As soon as she saw me wearing the outfit , her lips twitched and then slightly drew wide open in a smile, I was happy, at least I was able to make her happy with my little trick.


    ¡°Well look at you CEO sir!¡¯she teased and got up from where she was seated, she walked to me , and loosened my tie.


    Embarrassed, I looked away as she knotted it in the correct way.


    ¡°Grandma, I am really¡­.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me my sweet baby, I am so happy you are able to get up on your feet again, looking handsome and¡­.¡±


    She used her fingers to pull my cheeks.


    ¡°Can you put on a little smile, it¡¯s a big day for you honey¡±.


    She requested.


    I forced my teeth open.


    ¡°Come on here..(pulled me along) I made your favorite¡±.


    She took me by the hand and walked to the dining, She made me sit on a chair beside hers and dished a full te of food for me. I don¡¯t have an appetite but rejecting it will make her feel bad.


    ¡°Thanks Grandma¡±


    I replied and smiled at her.


    ¡°Come on eating up, soon your guests will be all over you¡±.


    ¡°You seem to love the Beauty of a girl regardless¡±.


    She said after some minutes.


    ¡°Maybe you should talk things out with her, and find her reasons, I do like that girl too and I am as devastated as you my dear¡±.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to talk about her,¡±I replied slowly.


    **JESSI¡¯S POV**


    For days now, all I did was drink and drink lots of heavy wines. I wanted to end my life but I owe Beauty an apology and a confession.


    Dying now won¡¯t solve anything, I got up from my tears soaked bed and walked straight to the bathroom to wash my face and my head too. My body hurts so much, and my head has this hammering sensation in there that makes me feel like I might go crazy anytime soon.


    I took a deep breath and looked up at my reflection. I looked so sick, even a stranger I met once would be able to tell that I am going through lots of shit.


    I picked up my toothbrush from the paste holder on the sink. I started brushing, all that was filled in my mind was the thought of how to get Bruno and Beauty back together and prevent them from ever finding out about Mr Hathaway¡¯s n, but how possible can that be and how strong am I to do that.


    My phone vibrated , I was startled by the sound awakening me from my deep thoughts then a notification popped up on the screen.


    It was a reminder for the CEO party, which I should be attending in a few minutes.


    Talking with Beauty this morning, she may have pretended to be alright but I noticed something off about her voice, she must have cried all night long.


    I took a deep breath and went back to my room to undress, I have promised myself that I  will never step foot at Mr Hathaway¡¯s Mansion, after what happened to me but if I am going to make things right then I have to tell Bruno about his father¡¯s n.


    I have to attend the party, that¡¯s what I will be doing.


    After dressing up, I got a call from our colleague, Kareem.


    ¡°Hello Jessi, are you there yet?¡±Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°Not yet Kareem, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    She sighed.


    ¡°I wouldn¡¯t be able to make it to the party, for a good reason though, my mom¡¯s surgery was rescheduled today, I have to stay beside her¡±.


    I rubbed my palm over my face.


    ¡°Oh dear! I pray for her sessful surgery dear but why are you ..¡±


    ¡°Why am I telling you?¡±


    She cuts in before I could finish my sentence. I nodded slowly in reply.


    ¡°Well, you see the boss is very cold these days , he scares me, I can¡¯t possibly exin myself to him, please help me talk to him, you two seem pretty close¡±.


    ¡°What ¡­ no.. we are not close¡±I snapped nervously.


    ¡°Don¡¯t lie, we all were there when he asked after Beauty, he seemed pretty cool with you, so please help me girl¡±.


    ¡°Kareem, seriously I don¡¯t know how, I am also as scared as you , but I will try and exin to him on your behalf¡±.


    ¡°Thanks so much, I owe you!¡±


    She replied happily and hung up.


    I can¡¯t possibly face Bruno with my guilt feeling and nervousness, I don¡¯t think I can possibly do that, I sighed deeply.

 WHO IS SHE?

    AUTHOURESS¡¯S POV


    ¡°The guests are here..(she paused). why are you not all dressed up already?¡±


    ¡°He is¡±.


    Grandma replied instead.


    ¡°Wait, are you going to wear that?¡±


    Abigail asked, holding back herughter.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with it?¡±Grandma replied to her again.


    Abigail tried not tough again, checking him out.


    ¡°What¡¯s up with that face, he looks good in them though¡±.


    Grandma snapped back at her.


    ¡°You are the one behind this Grandma, I  am not surprised¡±Abigailughed hard.


    She walked to where Bruno was.


    ¡°Well hello cutie, why don¡¯t you smile a little, smii¡­. le , she pulled on Bruno¡¯s cheek.


    ¡°You are getting him mad,¡±Grandma scolded her.


    Abigailughed out.All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Well, he should be with that outfit on¡±.


    ¡°You can say all you want to my baby but trust me , he won¡¯t care about all that at all , as long as he makes his grandma happy he is okay¡±Grandma boasted.


    ¡°Pass me the chicken bowl, I want to taste some wings¡±she requested, taking a seat.


    ¡°I made those specially for him so don¡¯t interrupt¡±Grandma bites back.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    I walked down the reception room and found everyone there waiting already, a loud apuse apanied my presence.


    ¡°CEO!¡±


    Their voices were loud and joyful, I wondered if they all prayed for Ferd to resign judging from how happy they looked while celebrating my new promotion, I tried to smile, searching secretly for Beauty.


    I knew she wouldn¡¯t attend the party of course, but deep down, I wish she was here with me, I wanted to see her again, maybe we can sort things out somehow .


    ¡°Hy nice to meet you Sir Bruno, you look¡­. old school¡±John , our Fashion magazine¡¯s chief editorplimented me bluntly.


    ¡°I appreciate¡±I replied, trying to be as lovely as possible, my sister was at a corner, giving the smile sign as a reminder, I rolled my eyes annoyed.


    Then I saw Jessi. She was also looking in my direction. There was something different about her. Jessi was a girl whose presence could easily be noticed.


    I should say in times like this, she would tease me and make me totally ufortable with her extroverted aura, but today she was unusually cold.


    Jessi is a friend of Beauty right?


    So maybe she told her about us , maybe that¡¯s why Jessi is like that, that cold.


    ¡°Who are you looking at Bruno?¡±


    The voice was a new bit sort of familiar, I turned to know who the person was, to my sorry¡­ it was ..


    ¡°Hi, I am Cherry¡±.


    Interrupting my thoughts, she said that with a soft smile settled on her big lips, extending her hand.


    I reluctantly epted the handshake.


    ¡°Why are you looking at me like that, you¡¯ve forgotten me so soon¡±she teased and hit me yfully on the shoulder.


    ¡°Oh my Gosh! Cherry, is that you?¡±Abigail eximed as she made her way through the crowd towards us.


    ¡°Yeah , you are looking pretty Aby!¡±


    ¡°Stop already?¡±Abigail said blushing sheepishly,¡±But.. look. at you, you look so unreal, you look like a goddess baby girl!¡±Abigail eximed.


    ¡°You are exaggerating like always,¡±Cherry said , with a soft hand pat on her hair.


    ¡°So what are you doing here?¡±I asked.


    ¡°Wow that was harsh.. I am your friend or¡­. are you still shy because of what happened that day?¡±Cherry replied with a question.


    I swallowed hard.


    ¡°Can we not talk about that now¡±.


    ¡°What was that about?¡±Abigail asked


    Cherry gazed from one person to another.


    ¡°Well on my sweet sixteen birthday, Bruno and I shared our first kiss, he confessed he was a virgin, but as soon as I wanted us to get into it, he ran away like a girl leaving me unsatisfied¡±.


    Abigail cracked up .


    ¡°Are you serious!¡±


    ¡°He was such an innocent and boring boy back then, but now I wonder who the first person was, he must have had lots and lots of women after that, I am also happy you are sessful and also very popr as a fashion icon, most sexiest man 2019 till date, you are literally everything anydy could ask for in a man¡±Cherry said with a wink.


    ¡°Oh trust me , he is still boring as always,¡±Abigail said.


    Theyughed.


    I was really angry about Cherry sharing our little secret to Abigail, whatever. I am not seventeen anymore and I don¡¯t care what they think of me.


    ¡°If you will excuse me..¡±I turned to leave the two.


    ¡°Bruno she is an old friend, don¡¯t ignore her childishly, get over it already!¡±Abigail scolded, I frowned annoyingly at her.


    ¡°Get over what?¡±Cherry asked curiously.


    ¡°Well you see , he had this bitch of a girlfriend¡­¡±


    I left them and walked towards the balcony, and some of thepany¡¯s new employees approached me.


    ¡°Sir Bruno!¡±


    I had to stop and listen to what they had to say.


    ***JESSI¡¯S POV***


    I kept trying Beauty¡¯s line , but it wasn¡¯t going, I thought maybe I could convince her toe over after all.


    I wonder if they are still fighting because of Bruno¡¯spany crisis, but Bruno was able to keep ourpany on top and everything¡¯s back to normal. Why is she ignoring the party invitation, that is if at all Bruno sent her an invitation card.


    ¡°A drink ma¡¯am?¡±


    A male water in a tuxedo and bow tie said to me with a little now.


    ¡°Oooh emmm thanks¡±I replied slowly.


    I took a ss from the tray and forced a smile at him. I have no appetite for this or anything else. I wanted to set things right between them. I have to tell Bruno about his father¡¯s n before it will be toote.


    But then how? How will I say such a thing to him and how is he going to react? Will he even believe any word I say, but I guess I should go on anyway. If Mr Hathaway¡¯s n bes sessful, I am scared for the future of Beauty and Bruno.


    I took a deep breath and tried a sip from the champagne ss, good wine quality though then I stared back at Bruno, he was done talking with the new employees.


    This is a chance for me to get close to him, I started walking close towards the balcony where he was alone looking out of the window. He seemed troubled, maybe because he expected Beauty I guess, why won¡¯t she pick up.


    Suddenly ady in a princess gown, her blonde full hair was straight and shiny styled up In a huge bun with nice bangs.


    Her widely open back cleavage, disyed her nicely tattoo of a serpent and apple, tangled with a green robe-like forest tree branches in the middle of her back down her waist. Her round butt was very visible in a ball gown, her skin was fair and milky and her waist was tiny, the most intimidating part was her height and her attractive sexiness was clear even from the back view.


    I wondered who she is. I have not seen anyone like that in ourpany before and also she is definitely not a new employee, none of our new set of employees could match her beauty, Kathy would be jealous of her too if she gets to see her.


    She went to Bruno , I observed and stared more curious now. She put her hand around his neck and kissed him. That wasn¡¯t a friendly or getting kiss, there was¡­

 NOT HIS FAULT

    Wait what , Bruno did not react as I expected, who is thisdy and why is she so close to Bruno, maybe he is his cousin, I guess I shouldn¡¯t bother Beauty with every singledy Bruno flirts with.


    He is Bruno after-all , women always throw themselves at him, just that he is not the yboy type he is a very reserved personality maybe I¡¯m thinking too far, I should probably give them time and observe more , instead of ¡­..


    Then all of a sudden, i felt my breathe cut off of my throat, my eyes wet and bulgy, and my body shivered. One of Mr Hathaway¡¯s men who raped me walked pass , right in my front.


    Only his presence kicked off all the thoughts in my mind and rendered me nk, my fists crushed tight , I tried to control myself. I am sorry, Beauty but I can¡¯t do this anymore, I left the ce as soon as I could in tears and waved at a cab.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    ¡°What is your problem Cherry? You can¡¯t juste over and kiss me like that¡±I said, pushing her gently.


    ¡°Hold on, a kiss is a greeting too you know, I am sorry about that.. bitch.. your sister told me everything, she is a bitch, a poor wretched bitch, sleeping with your father that¡¯s so messed up..¡±


    ¡°I am sorry , but I have to leave now¡±I turned to leave and she caught my hand and held it right.


    ¡°Wait, Bruno¡±.


    I paused, resisting the urge to push her aside and walk away.


    ¡°I am sorry , if I upset you with my words, I really wanted you to be happy again, being all moody and sad, is not the Bruno , I fall In Love with years old¡±.


    ¡°Well people do change, what¡¯s wrong with a change? And why are you here all of a sudden, did my mom invite you to this party?¡±I asked my left brow in suspicion.


    ¡°No of course!.. is it bad to pay a visit to an old friend, I will be leaving soon too¡±she said, letting go of my hand, looking a bit offended by my question.


    ¡°Good, that will be nice¡±I replied and walked away from there.


    My sister approached me as soon as I stepped into the reception.


    ¡°What did you say to her, you can¡¯t continue like this, that bitch is not worth having control over your mind, get over her and move on¡±.


    ¡°Tell me , why is she here, you guys nned to fix me with Cherry, isn¡¯t it?¡±


    ¡°And so what? Isn¡¯t she good enough for you Mr perfect or you want to tell me that your bitch of an ex is more beautiful than her¡±Abigail snarled.


    ¡°Whatever you guys are thinking isn¡¯t going to work, so you better exin that to her, I told her already, the faster she stopped ying around, the better for each and everyone of you¡±.


    I said ignoring the frown of fury resting on her face.


    I walked up the stairs and went into my room.


    ****BEAUTY¡¯S POV***


    2 dayster


    I couldn¡¯t hide it anymore , I had to face my feelings and go and see Bruno. I took my bath that morning and got dressed.


    I decided to go back to thepany, since that¡¯s the only way to see Bruno , I wanted to either make it up , I would do anything to win us back.


    It was my fault for keeping such a delicate secret from him, I had to win him back.


    As soon as I stepped into thepany, my colleagues crowded around me, happy to see me back


    I never imagined I would be missed that much.


    ¡°Wee Beauty¡±.


    Their voices continued ringing.


    I tried hard to smile back at everyone of them , then after I walked slowly to my desk and gazed at his office.


    I dusted my table and my chair, parking the files out to dust them too, I gazed at his office, now the CEO¡¯S office as the new CEO since Ferd resign amidst the crisis. I had an urge to go in there and meet with him.


    I sighed heavily and started dusting the documents .


    Just then he came out of his office , his secretary was with him, saying something to him, he looked like he lost some weight and was unhappy.


    I stared at him, it¡¯s obvious he was not himself, he took a quick gaze at my post, our eyes met , he looked away immediately and unbothered.


    My face turned pale just then Jessi walked into my department.


    ¡°Beauty¡±.


    She said coldly unlike her usual teasing manner.


    I hugged her and pecked her, I wonder how she has been since she didn¡¯t tease me. I guess she was still disturbed by something, and worse she kept hiding it from me.


    ¡°Have you taken your drugs this morning?¡±I asked in a whisper.


    She texted me the other time that she got an infection, she didn¡¯t want to tell me what kind of infection, but she is a virgin so definitely not a sexual infection, I thought.


    She nodded slowly to my question.


    ¡°I am happy to hear that, please take your drugs seriously, okay?, I can¡¯t wait to have my best friend back,¡±I said to her and smiled.


    Then Bruno walked past and entered his office without his secretary this time.


    ¡°Have you talked with Bruno yet? He asked after you the other day¡±Jessi said.


    ¡°I¡­ I. ..¡±I paused abruptly.


    I don¡¯t know how to tell her about the clip, what am I supposed to say or do this time.


    ¡°Come on I have something to tell you both¡±.


    She took my hands, her body was as cold as Ice, I don¡¯t know what happened, but my best friend must be going through a very tough time yet she won¡¯t open up and tell me what it was, I felt so sad about Jessi, she used to be the most crazy happy jovial person I ever known, now she only talk when she had to and she does that with an expressionless face.


    ¡°No no Jessi stop I don¡¯t want to see him now¡±I whispered but she kept on pulling me with her.


    We got to the office and she opened the door without knocking.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    Bruno looked up , his brows arched and offended.


    ¡°What¡¯s the problem Jessi, I didn¡¯t send for you nor her¡±he snarled angrily.


    ¡°Bruno what¡¯s happening, you came asking after her the other time you told me¡­..¡±


    ¡°Get out of my office this minute if you love your job, Jessica don¡¯t take my friendship for granted¡±Bruno sneered.


    Jessi was speechless for a minute.


    ¡°But you.. you wanted to get back together with her, the other day.. you came to me¡±she replied slowly.


    ¡°Jessi it¡¯s okay, it¡¯s not his fault¡±I said trying not to sob.


    Bruno looked away avoiding my eye contact.


    ¡°Did anything happen?¡±Jessi asked , she seemed nervous.

 CONFESSION

    I stared at Bruno, his fingers were shaking nervously, as he pretended to continue with his typing.


    I bite my lower lip fighting back my tears.


    ¡°There was a sex clip¡­. but I swear that wasn¡¯t me¡±I broke down in tears.


    Surprisingly Jessi cried too but silently.


    ¡°Oh please what now, crying won¡¯t solve anything Beauty, those tears are so fake as long as what I saw in that clip was real, I need you tell me why you did it, my whole family hates you for it even Granny, I stood for you against them¡­ but¡­¡±


    ¡°And now? Are you going to join them and believe that clip?¡±Jessi snapped at him.


    He didn¡¯t say a word.


    ¡°Bruno you can¡¯t do this to her, look at her please, she is innocent¡±Jessi pleaded.


    Iughed sadly.


    ¡°Oh I see, Beauty it¡¯s now five men, whom I love so much, I guess I¡¯m just so unfortunate, you were different Bruno,(sobs)you are different, because I never had this feeling before, you made me believe so much In Love that I forget how I actually look like. I¡¯ve always known you deserve someone better, I should have expected this anyway, it¡¯s like a tradition to me..¡±I smiled.


    ¡°Bea please listen to me first, don¡¯t let it get to your heart, you can still sort things out¡±Jessi said in-between sobs.


    ¡°No Jessi¡­ it¡¯s fine don¡¯t worry about me¡±I smiled at her as tears continued rolling down my cheeks.


    I turned to Bruno.


    ¡°I guess this isn¡¯t mine anymore¡±I pulled the diamond ring on my finger and gave it to him.


    He refused to take it.


    I could see he was shaking, holding back his emotions, it was good to see he was able to fight his feelings for me, I guess he doesn¡¯t love me as much anymore.


    ¡°Come on, you are not the viin, this time I me myself, take it Bruno, if I was in your shoes I would react the same way¡±.


    I said to him, but he didn¡¯t make an attempt to look up or even take the ring back.


    I dropped the ring on the table and walked out of the room, heading out of thepany as fast as I could, my palm covering my mouth.


    Jessi called out at me but I ignored her.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV*¡±


    ¡°You have to call her back and apologise, it was my fault not hers¡±.


    Jessi said in tears.


    ¡°What nonsense are you saying?¡±I asked her with my eyes wet.


    ¡°You have to go after her,¡±she snapped.


    I tried to control myself from breaking apart staring at the ring on top of my table.


    In as much as I pretended to be strong and unbothered, I love Beauty so much, even hearing her voice today I had to resist the urge and feeling to hug her tightly and cry with her, but the weight of pressure was too heavy , both from my mind full of the memory of that clip and from my family. It was obvious it¡¯s true.


    ¡°I only wanted her to tell me why she did it, and let me know her reasons for breaking my heart this way¡±I said to Jessi.


    Jessi broke down into loud tears.


    ¡°That¡¯s because she doesn¡¯t even know anything! She waspletely innocent, I tell you!¡±she yelled at me.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    ¡°What are you saying? Did you watch the sex clip of her and my father?¡±I asked annoyingly.


    ¡°I don¡¯t have to, it was made right in my presence!¡±she snapped back.


    My eyes widened in shock.


    ¡°Is that a joke, what the f**k you mean by that ?¡±


    I said angrily.


    My heart racing nervously.

 CONFRONTATION

    She was breathing heavily, her mouth agape, tears and her sweat soaked her shirt, she couldn¡¯t say a word each time she opened her mouth.


    ¡°If you are not going to talk , please leave my office!¡±


    I yelled annoyed.


    ¡°I ¡­I .. dru.. drugged her¡±she cried out.


    That instant my heart skipped a beat, my eyes widened in shock.


    She started telling me an unbelievable story that the only reaction I had to it was to fall on the floor andugh out crazily.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry Bruno, I never trust your dad, that¡¯s why I had a condition for it to happen in my presence, I thought it was just an interview and after he would leave her under my care , after the whole test, I will tell Beauty about it and we would spend the money¡±Jessi stated and to be frank I hope my ears are not deceiving me.


    ¡°What trash are you saying Jessi! What the f*k are you ¡­ you ¡­oh my gosh, my head is going to explode!¡±I eximed tartly, I grabbed my on my chest, looking like I saw a ghost.


    ¡°, I should have¡­¡±


    My secretary knocked sir, interrupting her.


    ¡°Sir.. sir¡±


    I ignored her calls and looked at Jessi , who was wailing like a mom that lost her child.


    My heart was filled with so much hatred for her.


    ¡°You don¡¯t deserve to be alive Jessi, how could you¡­.. I don¡¯t believe it, can you imagine the pain I put her through, I am the worst man ever to be in her life, my father abused her and that old fool!..¡±All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    I clenched my fist and hit the wall in frustration.


    The secretary kept knocking


    Jessi cried more.


    ¡°I am the worst, I knew about it all along , I just couldn¡¯t face my fears and guilt and opened up to her¡±Jessi cried more.


    ¡°How could she fall for my Dad¡¯s trap, still, She is not be med entirely, she never expected it so , she¡¯s really going through a lot too, if only I had never pushed her away from me.. if only¡±


    Tears clouded my eyes, I let them flow freely.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think I can live any longer, Bruno, I was raped too and disvirgined by his six men, who treated me like a sex toy without no sympathy, made my mouth a hole for their urine and semen, I have been sick for days, I deserved it but I don¡¯t think I can¡­¡±


    She broke down again.


    The knock continued.


    ¡°Sir ! Please open up, there was an ident¡±my secretary announced.


    Hearing that my heart skipped.


    ¡°ident?¡±


    I muttered.


    Jessi repeated in shock too


    I opened the door and found everyone mumbling to each other.


    ¡°A passerby said it was a sucide, she literally worked into a moving bus, the driver also said her tears were flowing as she smiled at the car approaching waiting for the hit¡±.


    One said.


    ¡°Poor Beauty, what could have made her go ¡­¡±


    ¡°Who?¡±I asked , my leg were obviously trembling .


    ¡°This is a joke right?¡±Iughed with a trembling tone in my voice.


    ¡°What have I done! Bea!¡±Jessi cried loudly and rushed out, heading to only her knows which direction.


    I fell on the floor, and the employees rushed to me.


    ¡°Sir Bruno?¡±.. I heard their voices disappearing with a ring to it.


    I was just smiling with ceaseless tears running as the images started getting blurred.


    ¡°It¡¯s heart failure, take him to the medical unit!¡±


    My secretary shouted.


    ¡°Why tell him, she was his fiancee,¡±another said.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t know!¡±


    Their voices fades as I tried to catch a breathe and nked out.


    **THE HOSPITAL**


    The door of the room opened slowly, Beauty¡¯s mom and Dad stood up like they had seen a ghost.


    Her mother was resting her head on the husband¡¯s bosom her face wrinkled and wet with tears.


    It has been hours since they ran into the hospital after the information got to them.


    Her dad gazed at Beauty¡¯s body , which was ced in the life support machine and back to Shell , standing by the door¡±.


    ¡°Who are you?¡±Beauty¡¯s mom asked tearfully.


    Shell was swimming in tears, she rushed and knelt behind Beauty.


    ¡°What happened to my sister, Mom? Dad?¡±she asked, ignoring their doubts about her.


    Beauty¡¯s mom was now certain this was her baby, she intentionally allowed to be taken at birth by the woman who lost her baby same day, she took pity on the woman who has lost all six of her babies at birth after she shared her story, and attempting suicide to end her miserable life., the woman promised to tell the baby about her real mother when she¡¯s of age, the kind woman returned the favour after many years and did as she promised.


    She cried and hugged Shell tightly.


    ¡°Oh my dear! My baby girl!¡±


    Her husband was confused but same time , he knew this is another Beauty, so she is his daughter.


    Shell peeped at him from her mother¡¯s shoulder.


    ¡°Dad?¡±


    He giggled and hugged her too.


    ¡°So sad you have to meet your twin for the first time in this state¡±Her father stated.


    ¡°What happened to my twin?¡±Shell asked.


    ¡°Sucide attempt¡±.


    ¡°I felt it, a bus hit my car and I was unconcious for minutes, I drove out of myne , I wasn¡¯t doing it intentionally it was because of her, she will live I know , I can¡¯t meet my twin for the first time and she¡¯s gone¡±Shell cried out.


    ¡°Hey, she will be fine, don¡¯t cry¡±.


    Her parents consoled and hugged her.


    ¡°Put yourself together, your faith with mine and your mom¡¯s, Beauty is going to live, I am sure of it¡±Her father assured her.


    Shell nodded and smiled back at him I¡¯m tears.


    ¡°I have such a wonderful parents, I am so happy to meet you two¡±.


    The family hugged in tears happily while praying for Beauty too.


    Silently minutester the door opened, Jessi walked in, she stood confused to see another Beauty.


    However she had other things in mind, like asking Beauty for forgiveness.


    She knelt down beside Beauty¡¯s body and started pleading in tears.


    She confessed a that happened and cried heavily for Beauty to wake up.


    To her suprise, Beauty¡¯s family didn¡¯t react as hostile as she thought towards her when they heard the confession.


    Instead, Beauty¡¯s mom hugged Jessi and cried more. No point being angry , they¡¯re tol sad to be angry , besides she would never hurt Beauty intentionally, she had saved Beauty from many sucide attempts in the past too, Beauty¡¯s Mom thought.


    ¡°Is her fiance aware of this?¡±Shell asked Jessi.


    Who nodded slowly, she was still surprised to see Shell an identical although slimmer version of Beauty but she had no right to ask questions.


    The doctor arrived shortly, everyone stood up alerted as they waited in expectation.


    The nurses surrounded Beauty and he started examining her and checking how good or bad she was doing.


    Beauty was still in her unconscious state but yet her tears were still flowing repeatedly.


    The family was asked to go wait at the reception.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    ¡°Hathaway!¡±


    I called out loudly, as I alighted from my car, heading inside the house.


    My fist folded and my blood boiling.


    ¡°Where are you old fool!¡±


    I shouted running up the stairs, impatiently.

 HOLD ON BRUNO

    I cracked the door open and saw him talking with his brother and Granny, they gazed at me in suprise before he could say anything, I rushed and grabbed his neck straggling him with all my might, my hand strong and tight on his neck.


    My grandma screamed terrified at my act, my uncle hit me like a thief and finally his guards came to his rescue. he dropped on his knee , gasping for air, his hand on his neck , he looked up at me with hatred and anger , his brows arched.


    ¡°Are you okay son?¡±Granny asked him, helping him.


    ¡°I will kill you fool! You rotten old fool, I am going to kill you. I swear with my life!¡±I kept screaming as loud as I could.


    They wanted to take me and lock up but Granny stood her ground and told them to let me go. She hugged me as I was shivering , crying, my heart was heavy and my blood was cold.N?velDrama.Org owns this text.


    ¡°Mother, what are you doing! Supporting his act, that little brat came out of nowhere and tried to strangle me!¡±


    I got out of Granny¡¯s grip and rushed to him again, the fear in his eyes was so much, he knew he would be at his limit anytime soon.


    Unknown to me he had a weapon , he had to save himself and cut through my stomach.


    I fell to the floor and groaned loudly in pain.


    ¡°What have you done? Hathaway!¡±Granny yelled out.


    Same time, my mother and sister entered the room, seeing me on the door with a dagger stuck in my tummy, my mom was rmed, she cried loudly.


    ¡°What the hell is happening here!¡±Abigail¡¯s terrified voice sounded.


    I wasughing sadly ignoring my bleeding tummy.


    ¡°I will kill him, I swear I will kill him¡±.


    I kept saying hysterically.


    Granny knelt down beside me holding trying to stop my bleeding tummy crying for my sake.


    ¡°Stop it Bruno what hase over you¡±my sister cried out loudly.


    Hathaway was catching his breath holding his neck staring at me like the devil he is,


    I managed to tell them all that happened between the two with all the strength left in me groaning in severe pain. My head was getting lighter with dizziness.


    ¡°Hope you are happy now mom, y¡¯all are happy, I killed her, she was trying to convince me about her innocence , how your husband framed her but I stupidly was blind to see that¡±I cried loudly.


    ¡°Call the medicals!¡±


    My sister cried out to the security guards but they ignored her.


    They only had to obey Hathaway¡¯s instructions at this moment, since they saw what happened, they ignored us, unless he instructed them to do so.


    ¡°Hathaway, do something, Bruno is deeply hurt!¡±


    Grandma snapped angrily at her son but got ignored.


    Quickly Abigail brought out her phone and made a call.


    I was so pained that Iid on my back t holding my tummy, gasping and hoping I make it out if this deep cut.


    I deserve this Beauty, I do.


    ¡°Hang in there Bruno!¡±


    Abigail voice cuts into my thoughts.


    The receiver answered.


    ¡°Please be fast, he is bleeding a lot¡±she said on the phone and ended the call.


    She started fighting the securities to move out of the way.


    My uncle was dumbfounded watching everything.


    ¡°Is this true? You did this to that girl, and now she¡¯s dead? How could you!¡±his brother yelled at him.


    The doctor arrived but Hathaway ordered the gate to remain shut.


    ¡°He will pay for ever trying toy a hand on me¡±.


    That Hathaway devil stated.


    ¡°How could you be so wicked! You of all people know how much he loved her, and you went ahead to hurt your son this much, you foolish child will learn the hard way¡±.


    My granny left me and attacked him.


    ¡°Let the doctor in and him attend to my grandson you bastard, I regretted giving birth to a monster like you, tell them to open the gates¡±.


    Granny fought with him.


    My mom was still shocked and terrified at everything, with tears flowing down her cheeks.


    I started feeling even dizzy, I close my eyes, tears clouded in them, I feel like I will end it all anytime soon.


    ¡°Hold on Bruno! Please don¡¯t ck out yet, hold on a little longer, Bruno! Please¡±.


    My sister screamed at me in fear.


    I tried to open my eyes again but the lights were fading from my eyes.

 UNCONSCIOUS

    **AUTHOURESS¡¯S POV**


    Beauty was unconscious for days before she finally recovered, it seemed to be a miracle how she managed to obtain just minor injuries after that hit from a moving vehicle.


    The doctors and nurses too were also part of her survival.


    That day her twin sister Shells was there with seated beside her silentlyparing their simrities, she finally was able toe to a conclusion that Beauty was the chubby version of her with nothing else to differentiate between both of them.


    She could be thinking of her sister¡¯s condition but the past two days her heart rate gradually normalized so she was breathing without the life support machine this time. It was indeed a great moment for them, her parents finally were relieved and free from their heavy heart, since Shell had swore never to leave her side.


    Their parents visit from home, while Shell stayed with Beauty in the hospital together with Jessi.


    ¡°How I wish I was there to prevent this from happening sis¡±.


    Shell mumbled staring at Beauty.


    The door opened it was Jessi.


    ¡°You are back¡±Shell said in relief.


    ¡°Yeah.. I.. bought some fruits for her, and energy drinks too¡±Jessi said nervously, it was her first time, being with just Shell.


    She felt so guilt just by looking at her , it was just like Beauty but slimmer and tougher, making it even harder for her.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    Shell said and collected the bag of gift from her, she put it on the table beside Beauty¡¯s bed.


    Jessi slowly sat down on the visitors couch, fighting with her mind, her fingers vibrating in nervousness.


    ¡°Emm Shell..¡±


    Shell looked at her curiously.


    ¡°Yes?¡±


    ¡°About Beauty, I am so sorry it is all my fault. I.. messed up , I don¡¯t if she will ever forgive me but I.. won¡¯t forgive myself ever for betraying my best friend (cries), I was so stupid and I got brainwashed by that evil man to do thsi to Beauty, I.. just ..(cries). I just can¡¯t stand it anymore, if only I can turn back the hands of time¡±.


    Shell only stared as she break down crying without any remorse, she was more cold heartedpared to Beauty.


    ¡°I don¡¯t really know how close you two were, baby girl but you messed up big time, you could have sensed it earlier enough, since the Boss hated her and won¡¯t let her marry his son. You shouldn¡¯t have trusted him with whatever n he was trying to get into with you, not to talk of asking to drug your friend, even if it was a truth serum¡±Shell stated boldly.


    ¡°I know , I am the worst, I was so stupid not to see clearly that he was only messing with my mind, but I know what to do to make it up to her¡±Jessi said consoling herself since Shell doesn¡¯t seem ready to do that.


    ¡°What are you going to do about it?¡±Shell asked ncing at her curious.


    ¡°I have to do everything possible to bring Beauty and Bruno back together¡±Jessi replied.


    ¡°Beauty and Bruno back together? You mean the bastard that broke up with her , making try to kill herself? Hell no, not my twin!¡±


    ¡°It wasn¡¯t Bruno¡¯s fault, Shell!¡±Jessi snapped trying to defend Bruno so that Shell won¡¯t hate him too much.


    ¡°So it was Beauty¡¯s fault Jessi?¡±


    ¡°No¡­ that¡¯s not what I meant, Bruno loves Beauty as much as she loves him, and believe me , I think he even love her more than she does. Bruno wasn¡¯t himself ever since that day, he has been aplete shadow of himself. I saw him yesterday, he seem to havepletely lost himself, eachtime he sees me, his eyes were dark and furious then sad, I knew I reminded him of Beauty because we are alwyqs together and also as the betrayer, he hated me with passion¡±.All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°And so what? If he truly loves her that much why didn¡¯t he believe her but no¡­ he choose to believe that stupid video, he is no dummy, looking at video he should be able to tell , she was on drugs but no , all he wanted was a chance to get rid of my sis just like other selfish guys in her life before him!¡±


    ¡°Shell ¡­ he is not like the others..¡±


    Jessi defended again.


    ¡°Really well they all have one thing inmon, they ended up dumping Beauty one after the other¡±.


    ¡°Believe me Bruno is different¡±.


    ¡°Oh please..¡±.


    Before they could continue with the argument, Beauty coughed and break down in tears as she regained her consciousness.


    Jessi rushed to get the doctor while Shell rushed to Beauty


    Staring at Shell¡¯s blurred image, Beauty had had her mind in chaos


    ¡°Who are you? Is that a mirror? Where am I?¡±she mumbled , sobbing while gazing from one corner of the room to another, her eyes weak and her lips dry.


    Jesai returned with a nurse.


    ¡°You are safe Ms Beauty, you are in the hospital with your family and a friend¡±the cheerful looking nurse said and she tried to calm her down while checking her medical status.


    Beauty gazed from Shell to Jessi then back to Shell.


    ¡°I know you have lots of questions, don¡¯t worry I will answer it all¡±Shell said and took her hand squeezing them softly with a smile.


    Beauty took a deep breathe, even though she was still confused since she was just gaining her consciousness, she was a bit calmer than before.


    ¡°Where is my mom, daddy.. where is Bruno?¡±Beauty mumbled feebly.


    ¡°Really you are still going to talk about him after everything he did to you?¡±Shell snapped annoyed with her.


    ¡°Shell let her rest first , you can exin to herter¡±Jessi said and walked over to Beauty¡¯s side.


    ¡°Bea?¡±she said calmly to Beauty.


    However Beauty turned to the wall crying silently unwilling to look at her.


    Jessi bit her lower lip in grief, disgusted at herself.


    ¡°I know you don¡¯t want to see me ever again, I am half you are alive Bea.. I will take my leave¡±.


    ¡°Wait¡­what are you doing, are you leaving?¡±Shell asked seeing her , all set to leave.


    ¡°I must be so stupid to show my face in the hospital after everything I did to my friend, I can¡¯t stand it, I am so stupid , I can¡¯t stay.. please take good care of her¡±.


    She turned to Beauty.


    ¡°I never knew things will turn out this way, please forgive me Beauty, I understand if you hates me and won¡¯t love to see me anymore¡±.


    She sobbed and left the room.


    Shell sighed deeply, she looked over towards Beauty.


    ¡°She was here with you for days now, she also confessed to me about what happened, she maybe stupid by taking that bait set for you by Mr Hath.. fool man, I forgot his name, but¡­ believe me she do care about you¡±.


    Beauty was still looking at the wall, swimming in tears.


    ¡°I have to confess I am jealous you are really good looking¡±Shell said trying to cheer her up.


    Beauty slowly turned her face to Shell, who smiled softly at her.


    ¡°You are like me¡­¡±Beauty said suprised her eyes checking all Shell¡¯s facial features out.


    Shell walked to her and took her hand.


    ¡°Well that¡¯s because we are twins, silly, it¡¯s a long story but I am here now¡±.


    Beauty smiled back weakly.


    ¡°Thanks for everything¡±.


    ¡°But I did nothing¡±Shell said with a soft giggle smiling with her eyes. Then she brought out her phone from her pocket and dailed their parents number.


    ¡°Hello ¡­ is she awake?¡±their mother asked curiously over the phone.


    ¡°Yes mom, she is¡±.


    Shell ced the phone on Beauty¡¯s ears.


    ¡°Mom..¡±Beauty said feebly.


    ¡°Oh my sweet baby, you scared us!¡±.


    ¡°I am so sorry!¡±


    Beauty broke down crying.


    Shell removed the phone away from her ear and ced on hers.


    ¡°She is crying , I will take care of her, bring some veggies too, doctor said she needs alot¡±Shell told her and hung up.

 LATE HATHAWAY

    ****


    Well about ruthless shameless billionaire, Late Mr Hathaway¡­¡­. yea you heard that right te¡±.


    Bruno¡¯s family are presently going through the court trials for murder of Mr Hathaway.


    Days back, then at his house when he was confronted by his son Bruno , for drugging his fiancee and making her his sex doll, Mr Hathaway attacked Bruno and ordered the guards to avoid letting him gain ess to medical help.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    So therefore all the medical specialists and doctors that his sister Abigail called on tmher phone for the emergency, one by one were shut out by Mr Hathaway¡¯s orders.


    During the internal conflict , Mr Hathaway was artacked by his younger brother and also Bruno¡¯s uncle after Mr Hathaway turned out to be an insane and shameless devil.


    He had attacked , his own mother first because she went all over him because of his behavior towards Bruno.


    ¡°Stop you fool what are you doing! You dare toy your dirty hands on mother!¡±


    His brother yelled and threw a punch at him.


    Bruno¡¯s mother and sister were lying beside him crying, Bruno was lying there cold and his blood won¡¯t stop.


    ¡°Bruno please stay here with me¡±Abigail cried, trying any possible means to revive him.


    ¡°Get this fool out of here!¡±Mr Hathaway shouted angrily.


    The guards were all afraid of Mr Hathaway, but they have the heart to understand who was at fault and who the devil was, they hesisted before forcing to take Bruno¡¯s uncle away as he had ordered.


    ¡°Stop it, what are you doing! Why are you hurting your family Hathaway?¡±his wife yelled out in tears.


    ¡°Shut your dirty mouth bitch! Snitches! Your useless son caused all this!¡±he snapped back at her.


    ¡°You will regret this I swear¡±


    His brother yelled out as he fought from his freedom the grips of those security me.


    Abigail was so angry , that she went fury, out of terror and fear, she slowly picked up the dagger, he used on Bruno.


    She couldn¡¯t endure it anymore, she rushed to her father, who was still distracted by his brother being dragged away by the insecurity.


    She stabbed him unaware, right at the back of his neck with the same weapon he used on her brother Bruno. As soon as she did that, non of the guards seem interested to save him, they all left holding down Bruno¡¯s Uncle and rushed to save Bruno.


    ¡°Open the gates!¡±


    ¡°I have to do everything possible to bring Beauty and Bruno back together¡±Jessi replied.


    ¡°Beauty and Bruno back together? You mean the bastard that broke up with her , making try to kill herself? Hell no, not my twin!¡±


    ¡°It wasn¡¯t Bruno¡¯s fault, Shell!¡±Jessi snapped trying to defend Bruno so that Shell won¡¯t hate him too much.


    ¡°So it was Beauty¡¯s fault Jessi?¡±


    ¡°No¡­ that¡¯s not what I meant, Bruno loves Beauty as much as she loves him, and believe me , I think he even love her more than she does. Bruno wasn¡¯t himself ever since that day, he has been aplete shadow of himself. I saw him yesterday, he seem to havepletely lost himself, eachtime he sees me, his eyes were dark and furious then sad, I knew I reminded him of Beauty because we are alwyqs together and also as the betrayer, he hated me with passion¡±.


    ¡°And so what? If he truly loves her that much why didn¡¯t he believe her but no¡­ he choose to believe that stupid video, he is no dummy, looking at video he should be able to tell , she was on drugs but no , all he wanted was a chance to get rid of my sis just like other selfish guys in her life before him!¡±


    ¡°Shell ¡­ he is not like the others..¡±


    Jessi defended again.


    ¡°Really well they all have one thing inmon, they ended up dumping Beauty one after the other¡±.


    ¡°Believe me Bruno is different¡±.


    ¡°Oh please..¡±.


    Before they could continue with the argument, Beauty coughed and break down in tears as she regained her consciousness.


    Jessi rushed to get the doctor while Shell rushed to Beauty


    Staring at Shell¡¯s blurred image, Beauty had had her mind in chaos


    ¡°Who are you? Is that a mirror? Where am I?¡±she mumbled , sobbing while gazing from one corner of the room to another, her eyes weak and her lips dry.


    Jesai returned with a nurse.


    ¡°You are safe Ms Beauty, you are in the hospital with your family and a friend¡±the cheerful looking nurse said and she tried to calm her down while checking her medical status.


    Beauty gazed from Shell to Jessi then back to Shell.


    ¡°I know you have lots of questions, don¡¯t worry I will answer it all¡±Shell said and took her hand squeezing them softly with a smile.


    Beauty took a deep breathe, even though she was still confused since she was just gaining her consciousness, she was a bit calmer than before.


    ¡°Where is my mom, daddy.. where is Bruno?¡±Beauty mumbled feebly.


    ¡°Really you are still going to talk about him after everything he did to you?¡±Shell snapped annoyed with her.


    ¡°Shell let her rest first , you can exin to herter¡±Jessi said and walked over to Beauty¡¯s side.


    ¡°Bea?¡±she said calmly to Beauty.


    However Beauty turned to the wall crying silently unwilling to look at her.


    Jessi bit her lower lip in grief, disgusted at herself.


    ¡°I know you don¡¯t want to see me ever again, I am half you are alive Bea.. I will take my leave¡±.


    ¡°Wait¡­what are you doing, are you leaving?¡±Shell asked seeing her , all set to leave.


    ¡°I must be so stupid to show my face in the hospital after everything I did to my friend, I can¡¯t stand it, I am so stupid , I can¡¯t stay.. please take good care of her¡±.


    She turned to Beauty.


    ¡°I never knew things will turn out this way, please forgive me Beauty, I understand if you hates me and won¡¯t love to see me anymore¡±.


    She sobbed and left the room.


    Shell sighed deeply, she looked over towards Beauty.


    ¡°She was here with you for days now, she also confessed to me about what happened, she maybe stupid by taking that bait set for you by Mr Hath.. fool man, I forgot his name, but¡­ believe me she do care about you¡±.


    Beauty was still looking at the wall, swimming in tears.


    ¡°I have to confess I am jealous you are really good looking¡±Shell said trying to cheer her up.


    Beauty slowly turned her face to Shell, who smiled softly at her.


    ¡°You are like me¡­¡±Beauty said suprised her eyes checking all Shell¡¯s facial features out.


    Shell walked to her and took her hand.


    ¡°Well that¡¯s because we are twins, silly, it¡¯s a long story but I am here now¡±.


    Beauty smiled back weakly.


    ¡°Thanks for everything¡±.


    ¡°But I did nothing¡±Shell said with a soft giggle smiling with her eyes. Then she brought out her phone from her pocket and dailed their parents number.


    ¡°Hello ¡­ is she awake?¡±their mother asked curiously over the phone.


    ¡°Yes mom, she is¡±.


    Shell ced the phone on Beauty¡¯s ears.


    ¡°Mom..¡±Beauty said feebly.


    ¡°Oh my sweet baby, you scared us!¡±.


    ¡°I am so sorry!¡±


    Beauty broke down crying.


    Shell removed the phone away from her ear and ced on hers.


    ¡°She is crying , I will take care of her, bring some veggies too, doctor said she needs alot¡±Shell told her and hung up.


    ****


    Well about ruthless shameless billionaire, Late Mr Hathaway¡­¡­. yea you heard that right te¡±.


    Bruno¡¯s family are presently going through the court trials for murder of Mr Hathaway.


    Days back, then at his house when he was confronted by his son Bruno , for drugging his fiancee and making her his sex doll, Mr Hathaway attacked Bruno and ordered the guards to avoid letting him gain ess to medical help.


    So therefore all the medical specialists and doctors that his sister Abigail called on tmher phone for the emergency, one by one were shut out by Mr Hathaway¡¯s orders.


    During the internal conflict , Mr Hathaway was artacked by his younger brother and also Bruno¡¯s uncle after Mr Hathaway turned out to be an insane and shameless devil.


    He had attacked , his own mother first because she went all over him because of his behavior towards Bruno.


    ¡°Stop you fool what are you doing! You dare toy your dirty hands on mother!¡±


    His brother yelled and threw a punch at him.


    Bruno¡¯s mother and sister were lying beside him crying, Bruno was lying there cold and his blood won¡¯t stop.


    ¡°Bruno please stay here with me¡±Abigail cried, trying any possible means to revive him.


    ¡°Get this fool out of here!¡±Mr Hathaway shouted angrily.


    The guards were all afraid of Mr Hathaway, but they have the heart to understand who was at fault and who the devil was, they hesisted before forcing to take Bruno¡¯s uncle away as he had ordered.


    ¡°Stop it, what are you doing! Why are you hurting your family Hathaway?¡±his wife yelled out in tears.


    ¡°Shut your dirty mouth bitch! Snitches! Your useless son caused all this!¡±he snapped back at her.


    ¡°You will regret this I swear¡±


    His brother yelled out as he fought from his freedom the grips of those security me.


    Abigail was so angry , that she went fury, out of terror and fear, she slowly picked up the dagger, he used on Bruno.


    She couldn¡¯t endure it anymore, she rushed to her father, who was still distracted by his brother being dragged away by the insecurity.


    She stabbed him unaware, right at the back of his neck with the same weapon he used on her brother Bruno. As soon as she did that, non of the guards seem interested to save him, they all left holding down Bruno¡¯s Uncle and rushed to save Bruno.


    ¡°Open the gates!¡±

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    Bruno¡¯s mom ordered, and they did exactly and carried Bruno to the health section their mansion, there the doctors attended to him before he was transferred to the hospital for proper treatment. .


    Abigail stood still, terrified by her own action, seeing the blood gushing out of her father¡¯s neck and his almost lifeless body lying on the ground, she fell on her knee and dropped the knife like a hypnotized victim.


    Bruno¡¯s uncle went and consoled Granny, who was shivering and crying after all the drama.


    ¡°Are you okay baby?¡±Bruno¡¯s mother said to Abigail, who gazed from her father¡¯s corpse to her mother¡¯s face like she just saw a ghost, her eyes widened and her muscles tremble, beats of sweat streaming down her neck.


    She buried her face in-between her thighs and cried loudly.


    ¡°I.. I.. killed dad¡±she mumbled , shivering in shock.


    Her mother crawled to her and hugged her tightly.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, don¡¯t me yourself honey¡±she sobbed consoling her.


    ¡°I am sorry mother¡±she continued crying.


    Afterwards Abigail turned herself up to the police while Bruno was hospitalized.


    After many trials her family fought and won the case , with the plea term of self defense, she got acquainted after few days in the police custody.


    They all visited Bruno during his short time at the hospital.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    I have been hospitalized for weeks, all this time, I thought I would die , or should I say I prayed I would die at least to be with Beauty, the woman I loved so much yet I abandoned her when she needed me the most.


    But I somehow managed to survive, not just that, Jessi told me that Beauty survived the ident too, I guess it¡¯s destiny.


    I have to put things right this time for good. I was overjoyed when she informed about it and my whole me was itching to have her in my arms again and kiss her lips once again but how am I supposed to approach her after all the pains I put her through, after all the pains my father or should I say my whole family and I put her through.


    ¡°Oh Beauty, how I wish I had believed you back then¡±I mumbled looking out of the window from my hospital bed.


    ¡°Talking to yourself again?¡±.


    I groaned holding my tummy, as I felt a sharp pain in my wound area as I tried to turn to Granny.


    ¡°What am I supposed to do now granny?¡±I asked with wet eyes.


    She was the only one I allowed to be with me, my mom and sister alwayse with apologies but I just can¡¯t stand them.


    Their words back then about Beauty made me think how much hate they had for her.


    Not minding how much I love Beauty , yet they swore not to ept her.


    Grandma patted my hand and pecked the back of it, warming it with her hands.


    ¡°You know, lots of challenges doe through with love but be happy that you won over everything, it¡¯s the most important thing, and also she is alive and healthy so you two can still be together¡±.


    She smiled but I couldn¡¯t find the heart to smile back.


    ¡°It¡¯s not as easy as you said Granny , I don¡¯t think she would ever love to get back together with me after everything that happened¡±.


    Grandma sighed.All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°When you have recovered totally , I will follow you to her ce and talk to her, maybe it can help¡±Grandma suggested.


    Then the door to the room opened slowly, Jessi walked in.


    ¡°Jessi?¡±


    I turned to Jessi, she went and sat down on the other side of the room.


    ¡°I have to go and apologise to Beauty¡±.


    I told her impatiently.


    She dried her face and shook her head.


    She¡¯s been crying every time since the incident I guess.


    ¡°I went to her house, the neighbors said they moved out two days ago, I have been trying the family line, and even Beauty¡¯s line but none of them was helpful¡±she sobbed.


    ¡°What! . what do you mean they moved out .. to where!!, you are her best friend Jessi , please you must know something about her whereabouts!¡±I snapped in frustration.


    Jessiughed sadly.


    ¡°Friend? Indeed I was her best friend but not anymore. I lost our friendship and I deserved every pain of that, so I absolutely have no clue where her family relocated to, ¡±Jessi replied.


    I sat on my bed , weak and grieved. I really don¡¯t know what to do anymore. Why don¡¯t they understand that I am only human, I reacted like a human, I never wished for us to end up this way.


    I covered my face with my palms and cried silently.


    ¡°My darling, that¡¯s enough, man up, if she wants to move and restart her life afresh, let her ¡­. you have to let her decide on her own then please learn to forgive yourself and move on too¡±Grandma stated.


    ¡°How can you say that Grandma? You know there¡¯s no possible way for me to move on , I love Beauty and I can¡¯t just forget her, I have to go look for her¡±.


    I said and tried to get up from the bed but the pain from my tummy was severe, so I backed down.


    ¡°You are going to hurt yourself more Bruno!¡±She snapped back angrily.


    ¡°I don¡¯t care, I will look for her and make things work again¡±.


    ¡°Look for her where exactly sir Bruno, she¡¯s certainly not in this city anymore, or even in the country, it¡¯s hopeless I tell you¡±Jessi stated.


    I tried to conceal my tears.


    ¡°So.. what about you?¡±I asked her.


    ¡°Me..(chuckles sadly), I am still breathing I guess, since Beauty¡¯s family totally cut off all ties with me, by not informing me about their location and I lost my friendship with Beauty, friendships built for years, I brought this upon myself sir Bruno¡±.


    She said with a forced smile, even though she was one that attributed to my problem with Beauty, I can¡¯t but took pity on her, Jessi was a strongdy, she is also going through a lot.


    ¡°Those men , I promise they will pay for what they did to you , you have to indicate and point them out¡±I said angrily.


    ¡°I appreciates your concern and care for me sir Bruno, but , it will only cause me more pain , I was only infected with a disease, it¡¯s not a death sentence¡±.


    Her lips shivered as she said those words.


    ¡°I insist you do as he said my dear, I know it will make you feel better, they¡¯re monsters and I won¡¯t let them be around my family¡±Grandma contributed.


    Jessi nodded sadly while Grandma consoled her.


    ¡°Bruno, how do you like the ne on your neck, we found Beauty¡¯s ring in your office and made that for you, well you can wear it in her remembrance, until you are strong enough to throw it away and let go of her¡±.


    I gazed at the ring on my ne and forced a smile.

 OLDER ONE

    ¡°Thanks Granny, I will keep it close to my heart, I will return it to the owner someday and I won¡¯t stop trying¡±.


    I tried to get on my wheelchair, Jessi and Granny helped me, for now , I had to support myself on with it.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    I muttered and pushed wheels by myself to the window , I looked out of the window and held the ne round my neck, staring at the diamond ring once worn by Beauty, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath in.


    Where are you Beauty? At least hear me out, why always doing this , every damn time we had an issue, you always move away from me and disappear, do you know how that hurts, I guess not.


    I guess i¡¯m the one that loves that much to feel this way,, I am sorry Beauty, pleasee back, we can work things together, my fingers were shaking as I let my tears flow freely.


    **JESSI¡¯S POV**


    After hours of driving


    The cab stopped me at the exact location.


    ¡°This is the ce ma¡¯am, it¡¯s sixty bucks¡±the cabbie informed me, I gazed out of the window in awe.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    I paid him and got out of the taxi.


    The ce was a step up from the former residence, I was full of excitement yet very anxious of what would happen next. I walked to the door and pressed the button on the door and Shell opened the door.


    ¡°Wee twinkle star!, betrayal star¡±.


    She teases a lot, it was Beauty¡¯s twin sis Shell, I smiled a little nervously.


    ¡°Just in time dear, Beauty¡¯s on the phone¡±she stated.


    I entered the room and admired the whole room decoration, it was ssic yet cute, yes before I was invited to this ce by Shell, she had informed me that Beauty left the country to get away from her pains and past emotions but the best part of the information was that Beauty hold no grudge against me and would love us to be friends again.


    I cried happily after she said those words to me, and was even happier when I was given the address of their new residence. I have not informed Bruno yet but I would do anything from now.


    I sat on the couch beside Shell, she was carrying herptop on herp , she tapped on the keyboard and the image of Beauty was bold on the monitor.


    It was a video call with Beauty.


    ¡°She left the country 2 months ago¡±Shell informed.All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    Right there she made me promise never to tell Bruno her well about and that of her family, I tried very much to make her understand that Bruno really need to see Beauty but she would always said.


    ¡°Let her move on Jessi, he will probably do great without Beauty¡±.


    Even though I felt bad about failing my promise of bringing those two together, I was so happy and d that Beauty is gradually getting her life back and also now getting back her natural smile rather than the fake one which she always uses to cover up her pains.


    I will never stop fighting for Beano, it¡¯s my duty to fix them back.


    ¡°How is Thand Bea?¡±I asked excitedly.


    ¡°I love love their dishes, and oh hey meet Drew¡±.


    A Thai guy waved at us and Beauty put back the camera¡¯s position. Her background shows she was in a restaurant.


    ¡°He is hot! A new catch? Don¡¯t lie to me you two look good, couple huh?¡±Shell snapped with a grin settled on her lips.


    ¡°Shell!¡±.


    I was unbelievably surprised at her statement.


    Beauty seemed really happy, she cracked up and told the guy what her twin sis said, in thainguage.


    ¡°You can also speak thai?¡±I asked surprised, she must be a fast learner.


    ¡°Well thanks to Drew , he has been a good teacher, he¡¯s been the one helping me so far with some basics. Thai is a reallyplicatednguage but with the help of a good friend and definitely not a catch.¡±


    She paused and gave Shell a warning gaze, we both chuckled at her expression then she continued.


    ¡°with him, learning was made easy¡±.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think Thai is.. emmmplicatednguage¡±.


    Drew said in english.


    Beauty must have been his teacher also, even though she denied that they are a couple or not, Drew seems nice but I want her together with Bruno and no one else.


    ¡°His English is so cute¡­. how adorable¡­ is he single?¡±Shell snapped.


    ¡°Shell!¡±I snapped again.


    ¡°What now!, I am just asking , I am single and searching, ready to mingle, what about you Jessi?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m perfectly fine, thanks¡±I sneered.


    Beauty chuckled lightly.


    ¡°I have to go, I have an appointment with a fashionpany, by 3pm¡±she said.


    ¡°Oh wow! Here it is 10 am. ¡±I replied, surprised at the time difference.


    ¡°That¡¯s right,¡±Beauty replied.


    ¡°Alright then, tell Drew all about me, I will be d if you can give me his mobi..


    ¡°Bye love you all¡±Beauty snapped abruptly, interrupting her sis.


    ¡°I am the older one here!¡±.


    Furious Shell yelled.


    Beautyughed again and wanted to hang up.


    ¡°Hold on!, Bea!¡±I snapped out.


    ¡°What is it Jessi?¡±she asked calmly.

 HER REPLACEMENT

    I wanted to talk to Bruno but I guess this will be bad timing.


    ¡°I am happy you are having fun over there and.. i.. I want to thank you again for epting me back¡±.


    She smiled softly.


    ¡°I do miss miss our moments, a-lot Jessi, I am also happy you are doing great , good bye , we will talkter¡±.


    She said finally and kissed the camera, before the call ended.


    ¡°I am going to miss her really¡±I mumbled sadly.


    I am sure everyone felt same but they were silent.


    ¡°Did her boyfriend Bruno ask about her?¡±Shell demanded.


    ¡°Yes he did , he loves her so much and it¡¯s affecting him but I will do exactly as you instructed, I will yell at him that I can¡¯t reach out to her and also that I know nothing about her location each time he asks about any formation about Bea ¡±.


    ¡°Good that will help both of them heal but also I have to find out , how much he loves Bea¡±.


    I stared at her for sometime and wondered what she meant by that.


    ¡°I will rece Bea at thepany¡±.


    ¡°What ¡­ but¡­. wait, you are going back to thepany?¡±I asked surprised.


    ¡°Just temporary, i will act as Bea, but a slim version of her of course¡±Shell stated, confidently walking to dining like a master nner.


    I stared as she went to the refrigerator and got some refreshing drinks for the both of us then walked towards me.


    ¡°What¡¯s the purpose of this Shell, this can be dangerous you know, did your parents agree to this?¡±I asked , hesitating before taking the ss of wine she offered to me.


    ¡°My parents already tried to talk me out of it, but I insist I want to get back at every asshole that made my sister¡¯s life miserable but most importantly I want to test Bruno, don¡¯t worry i won¡¯t mess up¡±.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think this is a good idea Shell, thest test of a thing made us end up here¡±I countered.


    ¡°Well you will see, I just want to p back at everyone of the that bullied my sis and made her life horrible, I am going to be announced face of thepany soon.. me¡­or should I say Beauty will be announced the face of thepany¡±.


    ¡°I know you two are identical but Bea is not this slim you know, and impersonating your twin? What if Bruno started developing feelings for you?¡±I asked , my hands spread out in the air.


    ¡°Well for the body, let¡¯s call it surgery and for Bruno, then we will know he doesn¡¯t love Beauty for real¡±.


    She said and winked.


    I was disturbed ofcourse, this is themest revenge game ever , though they¡¯re very identical in appearance, I just hope this doesn¡¯t cause more problems in the future.


    BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    At first I thought, it was just a joke or maybe to let me know how bad she felt then , she will call back and we will get back together but .. it never happened.


    This would make it exactly two years and six months since west talked.


    My world still empty, longing for her, I guess i¡¯m the one still waiting for us.


    I picked up my car keys and made to go out of the house.


    ¡°Bruno!!¡±


    My sister Abigail called.


    We all reconciled months after the incident, they¡¯re family so¡­ I guess I have to let go.


    I entered the car and waited patiently for her. She walked over to me, the engagement ring on her finger sparking with the sun rays. It reminded me of someone¡¯s.


    ¡°Your birthday is tomorrow, remember?¡±


    I nodded.


    ¡°Well we have a special surprise for you so get ready, it¡¯s going to blow your mind¡±.


    She winked.


    I nodded again.


    ¡°Won¡¯t you guess what the surprise might be?¡±


    I didn¡¯t respond.


    Seeing that her attempts to make me happy failed, she sighed hotly and stared at me for sometimes, I started the engine since she got nothimg else to say.


    ¡°You can¡¯t continue like this forever you know , Beauty may have moved on with her life¡±.


    I engaged the engine and drove off.


    I looked at her waving from the side mirror,


    I hated it when they nagged about my mood and bring back my old self


    What¡¯s old me without Beauty?


    **SHELL¡¯S POV**


    I linked up with one of my sister¡¯s ex by name Steven¡­she dated him years ago, I was just scrolling through a tform and found Beauty¡¯s old ount, I had to y her into giving me her ount password, she epted!


    I went for the chats and found their past chats, he was an idiot and animal, very abusive towards Bea, well heter unblocked her maybe after their breakup.


    I took his number and chatted him up with my new ount and my profile picture updated.


    I made sure I looked as simr to Beauty as possible. I put up the one I took during one of my vacations in Miami, I was flexible so my legs were folded , I sat on the bed , my face beat was just my natural face and sexy messy hair drinking coffee.Content ? provided by N?velDrama.Org.


    I had tons of pictures but I guess I should just try out with this one, it looks cute too.


    I was getting my hair done at a saloon when he chatted me up.


    ¡°Beauty is that you?¡±


    Perfect timing just the question that I need.


    I decided to send him lots of images, sexy , cute, gorgeous, you know how that is.


    ¡°Am I that ugly to be recognized?¡±


    I texted after.


    ¡°I don¡¯t believe it, send me a life video¡±.


    The excited fool texted with a pleaded emoji.


    I did a boomerang video right in the saloon, with a wink and tongue out.


    ¡°Beauty you look gorgeous, how ¡­ what ¡­ are you for real! I don¡¯t want to sound stupid but I am inlove with your new look already, you look gorgeous¡±.


    Of course you are you fool, I thought and smiled to myself.


    All I have to do is to get him trapped and then I attack.

 AN EX AN ENEMY

    ¡°A, it took me years and strict diet to aplish this, I am d it is worth it¡±.


    I texted back


    ¡°It¡¯s worth it baby, I wish I never left you , I was impatient and all that, but I am d you found out what the problem was, it¡¯s never you babe, it¡¯s the body size, tell me where you are now, let me pick you up¡±.


    He replied with a pleading hand.


    I smirked.


    What a Jerk!


    ¡°Ma¡¯am can you move your head a little¡±.


    The hair stylist told me.


    I did as she instructed, then I replied.


    ¡°You have to slow down, we are no more a thing you remember?¡±


    ¡°Give me another chance¡±.


    He texted back.


    ¡°Well there is a second chance, I broke up with Bruno 2 years ago so.. I am single¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t y me, you can¡¯t be single with a body like that, I can¡¯t fall for it¡±


    He texted back with a mind blown emoji.


    ¡°Hahaha, well if you don¡¯t believe why not fix us a date and see¡±.


    ¡°Really? I love you for that, I can¡¯t wait to see you again Beauty¡±


    He replied with a love emoji.


    ¡°Alright then¡±


    ¡°Fantasy love hotel, you in?¡±


    He asked.


    ¡°You should ask a girl on a date in an appropriate manner¡±


    I replied with frown emoji.


    ¡°My apologies, I¡­ want you to go on a date with me, what do you ? please don¡¯t say no¡±


    He texted with a pleading emoji.


    ¡°Well I will use that, yes ofcourse of cause I will love to go on a date with you, love you lots¡±.


    Finally he took the bait that bastard!


    So we agreed to meet at a 5 star hotel by name Fantasy love hotel.


    The D-day , I texted Beauty and told her to thank meter with the details hidden from her. She tried getting me to spill my n out but failed.


    I took my bathe, and chooses the neat outfit for the big date, a-lot of skin exposure and a sexy face beat.


    It was a great day, I got to look good for the show.


    I got to the address and walked in, base on his picture, I was able to identify him fast.


    The surprise and shock on his face when he saw me was priceless.


    ¡°Beauty?*


    He called, more like he asked doubtfully.


    I spin around slowly so he can satisfy his eyes, my gown was light so it was safe to spin.


    ¡°Like me?¡±


    I asked chuckling.


    ¡°You look different but good different for the better, I love what I see , you look fucking good¡±he replied , staring at my curves lustfully and thirsty.


    I knew it , he is senseless, I forced a smile back.


    ¡°That¡¯s apliment so thanks¡±.


    He got up and walked over to my side, he pulled out the chair for me , such a gentleman in disguise.


    I sat down and muttered.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    ¡°Where have this beauty been all my goddamn life, you are so beautiful, I mean I always know you to be this attractive, you know , but slim you, hits different!¡±.


    I chuckled


    ¡°Well, I am here now and thanks again for the ttering¡±.


    ¡°I am serious baby, I tried to reach you for ages now¡±.


    The waitress interrupted us.


    He ordered a simple wine, I went for the most expensive treats


    I could feel the risen tension in him because of my order but he forced a smile.


    ¡°The surgery really got me sick, I decided to stay away from everyone for the moment, now I am much better¡±.


    ¡°Okay¡­¡±.


    He replied then started bbing about how he missed Beauty that time and always wanted it to work out between them but to no avail.


    I kept shing my teeth ridiculously at every word that escaped from those lips of his. I really can¡¯t believe my sister dated this frog, he isn¡¯t good looking at all, from his very hard hairs to the round shape of his face or to his outfit.


    He looked like an actor out of a horror movie with that jacket and then to his fake leather shoes, and to think that he was the one that dumped my sister is the worst part of it all.


    ¡°So how have you been any man before now?¡±


    ¡°I told you , I broke up with myst boyfriend Bruno and decided to work on myself¡±.


    He nodded.


    ¡°So why did you tell to link up with me again after my humiliations towards you?¡±


    ¡°People don¡¯t change at all Steven, I might have changed my physical appearance but deep down, I am still that same Beauty is madly inlove with you, our broke up helped me to realize I had to fix myself up, to the woman my man wants me to be¡±.


    I said softly in every genuine tone I could use


    ¡°I see you grown even smarter too¡±.


    He said with a grin, I shed my teeth, he is dumber than I thought he would be.


    He bought it.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    He put up his champagne ss to me.


    ¡°To our new found love also to you , my gorgeous Beauty with brains¡±he called for a toast.


    I clicked my ss with his.


    ¡°Cheers!¡±


    I took a sip and blushed shyly at him.


    ¡°You kept staring¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t me there¡¯s nothing more attractive than your face in the room so¡±.


    He shrugged.


    Iughed loud.


    ¡°You are really as funny as always¡±.


    The waiter came back with the bill and left.


    ¡°What!¡±he snapped out of shock


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter, Steven?¡±


    I pretended to care ofcourse.

 OLD FRIENDS

    ¡°The price is like a day light robbery, it¡¯s just a drink and¡­¡±


    He looked at my te.


    ¡°Could you pay for yours?¡±¡±A, it took me years and strict diet to aplish this, I am d it is worth it¡±.


    I texted back


    ¡°It¡¯s worth it baby, I wish I never left you , I was impatient and all that, but I am d you found out what the problem was, it¡¯s never you babe, it¡¯s the body size, tell me where you are now, let me pick you up¡±.


    He replied with a pleading hand.


    I smirked.


    What a Jerk!


    ¡°Ma¡¯am can you move your head a little¡±.


    The hair stylist told me.


    I did as she instructed, then I replied.


    ¡°You have to slow down, we are no more a thing you remember?¡±


    ¡°Give me another chance¡±.


    He texted back.


    ¡°Well there is a second chance, I broke up with Bruno 2 years ago so.. I am single¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t y me, you can¡¯t be single with a body like that, I can¡¯t fall for it¡±


    He texted back with a mind blown emoji.


    ¡°Hahaha, well if you don¡¯t believe why not fix us a date and see¡±.


    ¡°Really? I love you for that, I can¡¯t wait to see you again Beauty¡±


    He replied with a love emoji.


    ¡°Alright then¡±


    ¡°Fantasy love hotel, you in?¡±


    He asked.


    ¡°You should ask a girl on a date in an appropriate manner¡±


    I replied with frown emoji.


    ¡°My apologies, I¡­ want you to go on a date with me, what do you ? please don¡¯t say no¡±


    He texted with a pleading emoji.


    ¡°Well I will use that, yes ofcourse of cause I will love to go on a date with you, love you lots¡±.


    Finally he took the bait that bastard!


    So we agreed to meet at a 5 star hotel by name Fantasy love hotel.


    The D-day , I texted Beauty and told her to thank meter with the details hidden from her. She tried getting me to spill my n out but failed.


    I took my bathe, and chooses the neat outfit for the big date, a-lot of skin exposure and a sexy face beat.


    It was a great day, I got to look good for the show.


    I got to the address and walked in, base on his picture, I was able to identify him fast.


    The surprise and shock on his face when he saw me was priceless.


    ¡°Beauty?*


    He called, more like he asked doubtfully.


    I spin around slowly so he can satisfy his eyes, my gown was light so it was safe to spin.


    ¡°Like me?¡±


    I asked chuckling.


    ¡°You look different but good different for the better, I love what I see , you look fucking good¡±he replied , staring at my curves lustfully and thirsty.


    I knew it , he is senseless, I forced a smile back.


    ¡°That¡¯s apliment so thanks¡±.


    He got up and walked over to my side, he pulled out the chair for me , such a gentleman in disguise.


    I sat down and muttered.


    ¡°Thanks¡±.


    ¡°Where have this beauty been all my goddamn life, you are so beautiful, I mean I always know you to be this attractive, you know , but slim you, hits different!¡±.


    I chuckled


    ¡°Well, I am here now and thanks again for the ttering¡±.


    ¡°I am serious baby, I tried to reach you for ages now¡±.


    The waitress interrupted us.


    He ordered a simple wine, I went for the most expensive treats


    I could feel the risen tension in him because of my order but he forced a smile.


    ¡°The surgery really got me sick, I decided to stay away from everyone for the moment, now I am much better¡±.


    ¡°Okay¡­¡±.


    He replied then started bbing about how he missed Beauty that time and always wanted it to work out between them but to no avail.


    I kept shing my teeth ridiculously at every word that escaped from those lips of his. I really can¡¯t believe my sister dated this frog, he isn¡¯t good looking at all, from his very hard hairs to the round shape of his face or to his outfit.


    He looked like an actor out of a horror movie with that jacket and then to his fake leather shoes, and to think that he was the one that dumped my sister is the worst part of it all.


    ¡°So how have you been any man before now?¡±


    ¡°I told you , I broke up with myst boyfriend Bruno and decided to work on myself¡±.


    He nodded.


    ¡°So why did you tell to link up with me again after my humiliations towards you?¡±


    ¡°People don¡¯t change at all Steven, I might have changed my physical appearance but deep down, I am still that same Beauty is madly inlove with you, our broke up helped me to realize I had to fix myself up, to the woman my man wants me to be¡±.


    I said softly in every genuine tone I could use


    ¡°I see you grown even smarter too¡±.


    He said with a grin, I shed my teeth, he is dumber than I thought he would be.


    He bought it.


    He put up his champagne ss to me.


    ¡°To our new found love also to you , my gorgeous Beauty with brains¡±he called for a toast.


    I clicked my ss with his.


    ¡°Cheers!¡±


    I took a sip and blushed shyly at him.


    ¡°You kept staring¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t me there¡¯s nothing more attractive than your face in the room so¡±.


    He shrugged.


    Iughed loud.


    ¡°You are really as funny as always¡±.


    The waiter came back with the bill and left.


    ¡°What!¡±he snapped out of shock


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter, Steven?¡±


    I pretended to care ofcourse.


    I know this is a chance to get at him.


    ¡°Excuse me?¡±I asked with arched brows, as I stood up to my feet, he could tell I was very angry at that moment.


    ¡°I.. am short of cash¡±.


    ¡°Well you invited ady to a restuarant and ask her to pay for her bills, who does that, find a way , don¡¯t you have credit card or something¡±I snapped out loudly.


    ¡°I don¡¯t have any with me now¡­ and lower your voice don¡¯t be such a broke ass bitch¡±.


    ¡°You are embarrassing me, you fool!¡±


    He got more pissed like I wanted.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    ¡°Will you shut the fuck up Beauty, stop making a fuss of anything and pay .. the fucking bill¡±he whispered conscious of the room.


    ¡°Where am I gonna get that amount of money from, are you daft?¡±


    ¡°You can try being a whore that you are¡±


    He replied.


    I pped him twice on both cheeks.


    ¡°Wow I feel so much better!¡±


    I snapped loudly like I was on drugsughing and flexing my hand.


    He ced his hand on his cheek looking at me shocked as if he was beinghunted by a ghost.


    I took a sip from my ss to cool off.


    He was still frozen staring at me in shock, the sound of those ps was loud enough to draw everyone¡¯s attention to us.


    He got up to get at me but a man stopped him.


    I recognized him to be the random shitty guy, who was alone from the opposite our table , he was winking , licking his lip, staring and checking me out all this while since I stepped in to the ce.


    ¡°I wouldn¡¯t let you do that mister ¡°the man intervened.


    ¡°Who the fuck are you?¡±Steven barked at him.


    ¡°Aww you are such a darling ¡°I pecked the man¡¯s forehead.


    The man grinned like he had achieved a life time trophy.


    ¡°What the fuck is with you Beauty? Who do you think you are, stic?¡±he snapped angrily.


    ¡°Did you just call her stic?¡±the man who intervened asked angrily.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry dearie, I will take care of it¡±I said to the man and walked back to him and got a load of cash from my clutch.


    ¡°What do you just say shortee?¡±


    I dared him.


    ¡°Bitch you¡­¡±


    I pushed the wrapped cash in his mouth as soon as his lips drew open.


    ¡°That¡¯s 5000 bucks, pay for our meal, and keep the change, tada!¡±


    I waved with my fingers and left him furious.


    The security was around to stop him to avoid any violence or damages in the restaurant.


    I smiled back and catwalked out of the restaurant with my new catch, we got outside the restaurant.


    ¡°Am Mr Fin by the way¡±he introduced.


    ¡°Thanks for your help Mr Fin I appreciate¡±.


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing baby girl , that fool don¡¯t know how to treat a queen, he doesn¡¯t even appreciateyou, you epting someone like that shows how humble you are but yet the animal choose to be an a animal, you are goddess and I will love to worship at your temple.. I will love you to give me a chance to prove my worth¡±.


    Iughed.


    ¡°Oh please Mr Fin you are hrious, I love men that make meugh¡±.


    I said with a wink.


    ¡°You love men with the dough too, I got them plenty¡±he bragged.


    ¡°Not bad, I also love men that make me feel tightly good in bed too¡±i replied with a lip bite.


    His face lit up with excitement.


    ¡°Then you gotta try me¡±.


    He offered me a ride home in his luxurious Lamborghini


    So pathetic this must be the abusive rtionship my sister had with that fool maybe worse .


    I sighed.


    Then I felt a finger ran towards myps, it was the old fool , driving.


    I smiled with my teeth and beat his hands off eachtime he does that.


    By my exHe kept staring at my cleavage like a fool.


    Finally we got to my location


    ¡°Thanks I appreciate¡±.


    ¡°So can we¡­¡±


    I pecked him on his fat cheek and got out of the car without hearing his statement.


    ¡°Can I atleast have your contact!¡±he yelled squeezing his face out of the window.


    I blew him a flying kiss and walked towards our house.


    Well of Ofcourse when you are as beautiful as Shell you gonna get yourself alot of gifts and admirers too.


    I smiled to myself as I walked majestically with the shopping bags heavy on both hands into our house.


    What a day!


    ****JESSI¡¯S POV**


    I almost dropped my tablet when I got a video call from Beauty. It was unexpected and a shocker, but still I was so excited at the same time, I don¡¯t even know how to start expressing it.


    I quickly swiped on my tab and epted the video call.


    Beauty was looking so gorgeous and cute and the fact that she looked so happy and that satisfied me instantly.


    I noticed she shaded some fat too, though not as slim as Shell but she looks healthy, very healthy.


    ¡°Hy!¡±


    I screamed in high tone.


    ¡°Oh my gosh, I am so happy! It¡¯s really you Bea!¡±I screamed in tears.

 IT’S BTUNO

    She decided to call me today , I only talk with her whenever I visit her family.


    ¡°I missed you so much Jessi¡±


    She said in tears, smiling at me.


    I broke down too, brushing my wet eyes off with my hands.


    ¡°I miss you more Bea¡±


    I replied in between sobs, she smiled admirably, I did the same.


    We had that kind of connection that is greater than just friends, she is my family.


    ¡°How about your body?¡±


    She asked me, looking concerned.


    ¡°Well thankfully, I am good and sound , it¡¯s all bygone, and about those demons Bruno helped and put them all behind bars for what they did to me¡±.


    ¡°I am so so happy to hear that , you look chubby and healthier than before, I am so happy for Jessi, I hope this time around, things end good for both of us, you deserve love and happiness too¡±she said.


    ¡°Of Course Bea.. I¡±


    I heard a baby¡¯s cry.Text ? by N0ve/lDrama.Org.


    I ignored thinking maybe it¡¯s her neighbor¡¯s not until a toddler walked up to her and handed her his broken toy.


    It was so unexpected that Beauty wanted to end the call but it was toote.


    My mind went haywire, I don¡¯t know how or what was running in my mind but her answer to my question will definitely clear things up.


    ¡°Wait a minute, Bea. is that¡­ oh my gosh , is it what am thinking , Bea you have a baby?¡±


    I screamed my head off happily.


    ¡°Shhh! Don¡¯t scream, yes he is my Baby, well you got me¡±Bea blushed consoling the 2 yrs old boy in her arms.


    I smiled at her.


    ¡°He is so cute, he looks just like his dad, he is Bruno¡¯s identical twin, so adorable¡±.


    I could tell by her facial expression when I said that she doesn¡¯t want to talk about Bruno.


    After a few minutes of silence I finally started a conversation first.


    ¡°Did he know?¡±


    She sadly shook her head, avoiding my eyes.


    ¡°Not even my family, you are the first to know, my period waste before the ident, I was suspicious though not sure, I don¡¯t know how he survived that hit as fragile as he was , still healthy then three months,ter it was confirmed, he was the reason I was able to start afresh and an encouragement to me, he was my strength back then, each time he kicks I smiled and fight harder, I¡¯m d everything¡¯s okay¡±she replied.


    Then her boy started peeking her cheek. He was happy his mother was able to mend his broken toy.


    ¡°Aw! Cutie, he is such a sweetheart, adorable¡±


    I continued screaming happily.


    ¡°A big sweetheart¡±I said again, Beauty made him look into the screen.


    He chuckled looking at the video in front of him.


    ¡°Yes, you are!¡±I snapped at him, touching my tab screen , as if to touch his face.


    ¡°Please don¡¯t tell anyone about Bruno¡±Beauty said suddenly with a serious face, putting the kid down.


    ¡°Bruno?¡±I was confused.


    ¡°I named him Bruno junior, he is currently a child model at ourpany¡±Beauty replied, and smiled sadly at her son.


    ¡°I am so happy to hear that, my little boy is a star already¡±.


    Then I got even more serious and turned at Bea.


    ¡°You must have missed Bruno so much, you have to tell him about Junior¡±.


    I stated.


    She wanted to cry but held back, her eyes still wet.


    ¡°Well Junior, meet your godmother, aunty Jessi, ¡±Beauty said to junior.


    She changed the topic and I couldn¡¯t help but jump into it.


    ¡°Godmother?¡±I asked in surprise.


    ¡°Gaw moma¡±Junior repeated.


    I was in tears, smiling at how adorable my godson was when he said that he is so cute for this world.


    ¡°I love you so much son, thanks Beauty I wish I can hug him already, but when are you nning on telling Bruno?¡±


    I decided to bring it up again.


    Her face tightened.


    ¡°Never I guess¡±.


    She replied.


    ¡°Come on Bea.. this isn¡¯t a fair judgement at least hear Bruno out, I beg you¡±.


    She knitted her brows.


    ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about Bruno please,¡­.. how is everyone at thepany?¡±


    ¡°Well¡­ Shell wanted to rece you¡±.


    ¡°Yes, she told me¡±.


    ¡°Really? And you agreed to that, don¡¯t you think it¡¯s a bad idea because I am worried Bea, what if something happens between her and Bruno.. do you know how sad Bruno will be if he eventually finds out?¡±


    I asked curiously.


    ¡°My sister got a soft spot for Bruno, maybe it¡¯s their fate , I also think Drew like me more than just a friend, he is like a father figure to my son, so maybe it¡¯s fate after-all¡±.


    ¡°Drew? The Thai guy, oh Beauty! To hell with that fate, you and Bruno are meant to be, can¡¯t you see that yet? Beano is written boldly in the sky and sealed already, don¡¯t deny it even Junior here is an evidence of your love for each other, you know what I¡¯m taking about¡±.


    ¡°Beano? What is Beano?¡±She asked, amused and confused.


    ¡°Your name is Bruno, I made it up , how do you like that?¡±I said excitedly to her.


    ¡°Aaam. m Beano¡±Junior snapped loudly.


    Iughed surprised at his quick learning.


    ¡°No¡­ you are Bruno Junior .. say Bruno¡±Beauty corrected.


    ¡°Beano,¡±Junior replied.


    ¡°Bruno junior BRUUUUNO JUUUUNIOR¡±Beauty tried again , making him watch her lips.


    ¡°Beano¡±.


    He replied innocently .


    ¡°Yeah! You go son!! you are the no 1 Beano shipper love ya¡±.


    I cheered loudly with a tiny p.


    Bea shook her head with a broad smile, done with us.


    ¡°It¡¯s time I send him to you, he seems like he wants a second mother¡±.


    She said and weughed.


    I had to bring it up again. I know it was annoying to her, but she can¡¯t be truly happy without Bruno. I know that for sure.


    ¡°Bruno got to know Bea, I don¡¯t care if you will hate me for that, but Junior deserved a parental love and Bruno will also make a great father, Drew might be nice but please let Bruno know, give him a chance to take responsibility, i will tell him if you don¡¯t want to¡±.


    I said with a finality in my tone.


    ¡°No please at least let me tell him myself, I promise when Junior is of age and old enough to ask about his father, I will let him know¡±.


    I sighed


    ¡°Well that is fair and will you at-leaste back to town, I am itching to hug you Bea.¡±


    .


    My phone ranged, I looked at the screen and showed her the caller Id.


    ¡°It¡¯s Bruno, Bea..¡±.


    I said on whisper.

 BACK TO WORK

    Beauty¡¯s face was obvious, she really missed him, but was trying not to show it.


    ¡°Hello Jessi, have you found Beauty yet?¡±


    He sounded drunk.


    I heard sounds of shattering sses.


    Beauty pulled a hand like she was about to help Bruno, then she put it back maybe realizing it ispletely stupid and useless since, it¡¯s not possible.


    ¡°No ¡­ but where are you? Are you okay? Hope you are not hurt¡±.


    Heughed drunkly.


    ¡°Sorry I disturbed you, about this again. I am such a nuisance¡±he said and hunged up.


    I stared at Bea, she looked away to avoid my eye contact with her lip shivering.


    ¡°Just hearing his voice I so much wanted to hug him, he sounded same


    (Smiles and gasps). sweet and so calm so sexy so handsome, he is a perfection¡±.


    She chuckled sadly drying her eyes.


    ¡°I wish I can experience that sort of love Bea¡±I replied sadly.


    ¡°Don¡¯t wish for it, it hurts alot, especially when you have to let go¡±.


    She broke down crying


    Junior was wiping her face


    ¡°Bea please ept your feelings, you don¡¯t have to give up, I am very sure Bruno will do anything to have you back¡±.


    ¡°I can¡¯t Jessi¡±


    She ended the video call.


    I tried calling her back but it¡¯s of no use, she won¡¯t answer.


    ****


    I got to the work the next day, I was the only one in thepany by then but sir Bruno¡¯s car was parked outside, I looked over towards Bruno¡¯s office, it was locked , I was about going to my department, when I saw him sleeping on Beauty¡¯s desk.


    It¡¯s been years yet he still yearning for Beauty, I wonder if he will ever move on , it¡¯s not easy but at this rate , he need to stop punishing himself.


    I walked over to Beauty¡¯s post and tapped him gently on the shoulder.


    ¡°Are you alright sir Bruno?¡±I asked calmly.


    He opened his eyes, yawned tiredly then he smiled back at me.


    ¡°It¡¯s my birthday today, I decided to sleepover here, since I decided not to go back home yesterday¡±.


    ¡°All by yourself¡±I asked, can¡¯t believe, he slept alone in this bigpany though I am more concerned why , he choose to sleep here Beauty¡¯s desk than in his office.


    ¡°Oh I didn¡¯t sleep alone, Beauty was here too¡±he replied.


    ¡°Ooooh¡­ kkkk¡±


    I replied nkly thinking if he finally gone insane.


    Wait did he just said today is his birthday?


    ¡°Well happy birthday sir Bruno¡±i said to him, he ignored me instead, I wonder the sudden change of mood.


    Then I saw the shattered bottles on the floor, he must have been drinking all night and been hard on himself.


    ¡°Did you hurt yourself sir Bruno?¡±I asked concerned.


    ¡°I¡¯m fine Jessi, you don¡¯t have to worry about me¡±he mumbled and got up from the chair , heading out of Beauty¡¯s post , I watched him stagger towards his office.


    I really hope this two are going toe together, at least maybe telling him about his son is going to make him feel better.


    The cleaners will be here in few minutester.


    ¡°Good morning miss Jessi¡±.


    The elderly woman waved at me.


    ¡°Good morning mrs Elizabeth¡±.


    ¡°You are punctual today, congrats, what did you take for dinner, just curious¡±she asked.


    I smiled and shrugged with my hands spread out.


    ¡°What are you trying to say Elizabeth, she is always punctual as far as am concerned¡±Sarah , another cleaner said putting on herpany cleaner¡¯s suits.


    ¡°Thanks Sarah for your sincerity, I have always been this punctual¡±.


    I replied Sarah.


    ¡°You wee honey¡±.


    ¡°Really? Sarah what did she bribe you with¡±Elizabeth queried.


    We allughed out.


    ¡°Gigi is sick, she pleaded with me to talk to boss on her behalf¡±Sarah said to Elizabeth, talking about their colleague.


    ¡°Aww Gigi bless her, I hope she gets better soon¡±.


    I shook my head and smiled at them, its funny Elizabeth teased me because I was this early.


    They¡¯re usually the most punctual, they got the ce cleaned up , I went back to my department, I got my works arranged and put in the office word documents and other workers too.


    Then my mind went back to Bruno.


    What if I told them about Junior , and ask him to be strong and patience, I know that Beauty is still inlove with him but somehow, she is trying everything possible to get him off her heart, that¡¯s one thing I¡¯m sure is that. It won¡¯t be so easy for Beauty, I wish she will just let go and follow her heart.


    I should probably tell Bruno, everything I know about junior, I guess it will make him feel better, on a second thought No , if Beauty can trust me enough to tell me, I should respect her choice and decision, it¡¯s better I let her tell him herself.


    I sighed and got up to summit my work to the editor, the senior editor was there already with our main fashion designer.


    ¡°Good morning¡±.


    I greeted no one in particr.


    Mrs Grace the main designer turned to me.


    ¡°Oh it¡¯s you Jessi¡±.


    ¡°What are your sizes again?¡±


    ¡°36, 24, 38¡åI replied.


    ¡°36, 24, 38¡±.


    Mrs Grace mumbled and headed for her office.


    I walked over to the editor¡¯s desk and handed over the documents.


    ¡°For the Halloween designs?¡±she asked.


    I nodded.


    ¡°I have the graphic samples in the sh drive, it¡¯s inside the envelope¡±.


    I told her.


    ¡°Alright, you are fast, I like that, I was worriedst time you seem really lost and messed up the work I had to clean it up , it was exhausting, hope you are feeling better now?¡±


    She asked softly.


    ¡°I am fine really, thanks¡±I replied nervously.


    How obvious I must¡¯ve been these past days, I thought.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    Mrs Grace returned to the editor¡¯s office.


    ¡°Guys check this out..¡±.


    The chief editor called for our attention.


    Mrs Grace walked towards with a clothing in her hand, we both went over to the editor¡¯s desk.


    ¡°What¡¯s up?¡±Grace asked.


    ¡°Kylie Jenner wore our Beauty sick design at yesterday¡¯s award ceremony, it suits her perfectly¡±.


    ¡°She¡¯s pretty¡±I said admiringly.


    ¡°I think Beyonce and Jennifer Lawrence also wore something from our summer designs¡±Mrs Grace contributed.


    ¡°Yeah I saw it too, I mean we are the best , we make idols and celebrities look good¡±


    I said boastfully.


    ¡°Yeah right I just love Kylie¡¯s, it looks better on her than the rest¡±the chief editor stated. .


    ¡°It does suit her but I will go for Beyonce,¡±i agreed.


    ¡°I love it better on Jennifer ¡­.(she turned to me).. Here ..¡±Mrs Grace said.


    I turned to her , she handed me a gown, I checked it out on me and I admired it.


    ¡°I love the color¡±.


    I said to her in satisfaction.


    ¡°You should try it out, so I can check for adjustments, they¡¯re more to try out for the new fashion show, I was instructed to use Kathy as the model ofcourse, I don¡¯t like that girl, she is so full of herself so I want you to be my model instead ¡°she said and gave a friendly smile.


    ¡°Well¡­(chuckle surprised) I appreciate Mrs Grace , hope it won¡¯t cause you trouble?¡±I asked heading to the changing room.


    ¡°Nahh, sir Bruno won¡¯t have a problem with you¡±.


    ¡°Oooh okay¡±I said absentmindedly and went inside the changing room, few minutes I came out.


    ¡°Perfecto!¡±she eximed.


    The chief editor looked up from herputer and adjusted her sses , while staring at me for clear view I guess.


    ¡°You are a genius Grace¡±she gushed.


    It was a perfect fit on me.


    ¡°I know honey , I know¡±Grace said pridefully.


    The decorating groups came and lit everywhere up.


    They knew it was his day, so we had a little meeting without him for the birthday surprise.


    Instead of us surprising him, well we got surprised ourselves ( I am not totally included).


    ¡°Oh my gosh!¡±Peaches screamed loudly and pointed at the entrance to the conference hall.


    ¡°Is that Beauty?¡±


    One of us asked doubtfully.

 STILL LOVE HIM

    I looked towards the direction and found Shell.


    Standing elegantly at the door, smiling at us like a queen in her queendom.


    ¡°What happened to her body?¡±


    One of the models whispered.


    I tried to blend in and act surprised too.


    ¡°There¡¯s no way! thatdy is Beauty¡±.


    Another said.


    Shell walked to us, with a princess wave.


    ¡°Hy everyone, yeah it¡¯s me Beauty, stop with the faces already¡±she chuckled.


    Wow she pulled that off , she isn¡¯t even nervous they might notice , she only acting to be Beauty.


    One might suspect her new confidence but seeing her new body, well you will have to believe the confidence to be as a result of her new beauty standard body.


    Those that are genuinely happy, excitedly hugged her. I never expected that much love for Beauty(if it was actually her not Shell), I guess everyone actually adores her.


    Kathy was the most disturbed of all , she doesn¡¯t seem really happy for Beauty¡¯s return to thepany, it was obviously written on her face.


    She now got apetition I guess, Shell is apetitor she sure gonna lose to.


    ¡°Wait Beauty what¡¯s with the new body?¡±


    ¡°What are you talking about kathy?¡±I replied, I actually said that so I can call her by the name for Shell to know her name.


    Kathy ignored me and went on shaming talking to Shell.


    ¡°Am I the only one who finds this weird, this is ridiculous your chubby body suit you better, you should be proud of yourself, than going stic¡±Kathy snapped.


    ¡°Wow same you who called me fathy, you look tensed and scared about something, oh I know¡­.(giggles)well for your information, my body is perfect in any way, stic or natural , stop the hypocrisy katherine, this is not stic like you¡±Shell snapped back then gave her a smile.


    kathy went silent out of embarrassment.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Wow Beauty , never snap back at anyone, I love this new Beauty¡±.


    One of the models whispered to me.


    Katherine was about to finally lose it when other models started gushing over Beauty¡¯s appearance.


    ¡°You look stunning Beauty!¡±


    ¡°I have always known you are a beautifuldy¡±.


    ¡°Do you know you have a striking resemnce with the superstar B. Shell, even when you are chubby but now it¡¯s very certain, just that¡¯s you¡¯re blonde , she¡¯s not¡±.


    ra pointed out , not knowing she is actually talking to the real B. Shell.


    Others nodded in agreement , Shell and I exchanged nces.


    Shellughed nervously at that statement.


    ¡°Well I guess, people do look alike, I did some touch ups too¡±.


    ¡°Do you know about this?¡±Kathy whispered to me.


    I shrugged .


    ¡°I am as surprised as everyone else in this room¡±I lied.


    ¡°I vote Beauty to be pur new face of F&F, with her as the face and brain of ourpany we are gonna top the fashion chart¡±.


    A male colleague by name Williams suggested.


    ¡°Well we don¡¯t need a new face, we are already at the top¡±one of Kathy¡¯s friends pointed out.


    ¡°Having only one Visual is not smart, I go with Williams suggestion, Beauty will the a perfect visual¡±Peaches cuts in.


    Kathy was more than furious but tried to keep her calm, she walked out of the ce angrily.


    I stared at Shell as shemunicates easily with our colleagues. I wonder how she¡¯ll was able to know everyone, and even remember moments with them.


    ¡°What¡¯s with kathy?¡±


    Someone asked.


    ¡°Imst obvious, she got apetition, so she¡¯s jealous¡±.


    Another replied mockingly.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    LOCATION :THAILAND


    I got home from workte and found Drew and Bruno jr ying with his toys.


    I stood tiredly by the door and smiled at them.


    ¡°I am the bad guy you can¡¯t do anything¡±Drew said holding out a mafia toy infront of Bruno.


    Drew¡¯s English improved alot, my Thai is not that good, but I tried my best.


    Juniorughed out and brought out his police car, he stuffed tiny police figures into it.


    ¡°It is a crime case, a car chase!¡±he shouted and started chasing after Drew¡¯s mafia toy.


    I cleared my throat, they noticed me.


    ¡°Mom¡¯s back¡±.


    Drew told Bruno, who ran with his little legs towards me, he higher my knees, I carried him and kissed him.


    ¡°Thanks for taking care of him Drew¡±.


    ¡°It¡¯s a pleasure, a busy day at work today I guess¡±he said putting on his shirt.


    I nodded.


    He stood up with his hands thrust in his pocket, walking slowly towards me.


    Drew is one of those men that you can say are just too handsome to be real, he is also very kind to me, super kind like he is secretly confessions.


    His smile reminds me of Bruno¡¯s.


    ¡°They allowed you to get him from school?¡±i asked, and put Bruno jr gently down to his feet.


    ¡°It was a tough one but thankfully junior recognized me so they let me take him¡±.


    ¡°Thank goddess¡±i said in relief.


    ¡°Also I made some cereals for him, suprisely he loved it, I thought I would be awful at it¡±.


    He chuckled, Iughed with him.


    ¡°You are a God sent Drew, I really appreciate.


    We have been friends this two years, he was like a family to me, he listens and helps in anyway he can , and still I wasn¡¯t able to feel anytime for him, but his case was different, he never stop confessing to me.


    ¡°I made you something too¡±


    He said going back to the kitchen folding his shirt sleeves up to his arms , his biceps were huge and attractive.


    ¡°You came back from work, got Bruno from school , took care of him and prepared something for me? You shouldn¡¯t have, it¡¯s stressful¡±.


    Iined.


    Heughed alittle.


    ¡°Well I enjoy doing this things for you, and am notining am I?¡±


    He said tartly.


    I carried Bruno to where his toys are, he grabbed one and focused on it. I pulled off my jacket and walked to the room to change.


    After I came back to help in the kitchen, but he was done already.


    He came out with a tray of food, put it down on the table.


    ¡°It¡¯s my favorite traditional Thai food, taste and tell me what you think¡±he asked excitedly.


    I gazed at bowl of food on the table, staring at it, my mouth watery.


    He came and sat on the chair next to mine, I struggled to eat it.


    ¡°Here let me feed you¡±he said softly, at first hesitated then allowed him.


    ¡°Oops sorry¡±I said shamefully , after I spilled the soup.


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing to apologize for¡±.


    He cleaned it up then to my lips, I could tell from his stare what he was thinking, he leaned forward and I stopped him immediately.


    I felt sad about it, Drew is a good person, he doesn¡¯t deserve such treatment , and most importantly not from me, but I just can¡¯t .


    ¡°I am sorry Drew..¡±


    He smiled back with a deep sigh.


    ¡°You still love him this much Bea , then you got to tell him¡±.

 HAPPY BRUNO

    His words were so soft, it¡¯s the least you can expect from a man who just got rejected by you.


    ¡°I can¡¯t Drew, my parents wanted me to move on, I and I can¡¯t face everyone in his family after what happened between his father and I. I am so ashamed and so hurt, I can¡¯t imagine being with him again, and that scary video of me doing those things kept hunting my nights ¡­.


    I sobbed.¡±But still I can¡¯t get over him¡­ Drew i really appreciate all you have done, I just want to raise my son alone, I don¡¯t think I would be able to love again, Bruno is everything I live for¡±.


    Surprisingly he damped my wet face smiling.


    ¡°I understand, for example I was just like you after my girlfriend died in an auto ident, years past I never thought I would feel like this again till I met you at the airport , but your happiness matters the most, so tell me , I will support you, let¡¯s go back to the states and get you reconcile with Bruno¡±he replied.


    I smiled back at his kindness.


    ¡°My parents will be disappointed, I made them believe that I am okay without him, they asked me to forget about him, his family and move on. I can¡¯t bear to see them hurt again because of my choice, that¡¯s why I decided not to let them know about Junior, besides Bruno and I have been apart for so long, I don¡¯t want to bring back hurtful memories, I just pray he finds love again¡±.


    ¡°But what about your feelings? Since you are still very much inlove with him, why don¡¯t you follow your heart, I am sure your parents will be happy instead of being disappointed in you¡±Drew stated.


    ¡°Thanks for your concern Drew, but I have made my choice¡±.


    i stood up, picked my bag and went into the room.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV **


    I heard the noiseing from outside the office, I tried to ignore them, until I heard the name Beauty continuously, my heart raced, I got up and rushed out of my office.


    There I found Beauty, I blinked uncontrobly, and wiped my face to make sure I wasn¡¯t dreaming.


    I still can¡¯t believe it was Beauty that I saw, she was looking different but it was her, it was really her!


    I ran and hugged her tightly not minding the stares from my workers.


    ¡°Happy birthday to you sir!¡±


    Everyone of them chorused, happily they cheered for us.


    I didn¡¯t want to let go, I was praying for this to not be a dream, I closed my eyes tightly to seal by the tears in them.


    Everyone in the room continued cheering loudly.


    ¡°I can¡¯t breathe well Bruno, let go, just let go¡±Bea whispered .


    I hugged even tighter as if I don¡¯t understand english anymore, my heart was full, I never thought a day like this wille.


    ¡°I thought I lost you..(i kissed her cheek)I missed you so much, soo very much , I. .. am so sorry about everything, i promise you , nothing is ever going to separate us again¡±.


    I sobbed happily, I felt stupid after realizing I once made a promise like that and I failed her.


    ¡°Okay that¡¯s enough Bruno I really want to breathe, you are squeezing me, I am not chubby anymore! And everyone is watching!¡±.


    She pushed me off a little harsh, catching her breathes , in between tiny coughs.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    Her colleaguesughed out loud.


    ¡°Are you okay?¡±I asked passionately.


    ¡°Do I look okay to you!¡±


    She sounded different and hard, well I don¡¯t except her toe back with smiles after being made a sex y thing by my own father.


    I wanted to help but she stopped me and went to sit on her desk.


    I stood there smiling sheepishly, well this is the best birthday ever, as long as Beauty is here, she came back for me right, that means she still love me, as much I do, thank goodness geez I thought I was going to die.


    I wiped my face with my palmughing in tears.


    ¡°Let¡¯s party everyone you are invited to my ce time 8. 00pm¡±I announced.


    The looks on their faces was priceless, I guess it¡¯s because they haven¡¯t seen me that loud and happy before.


    They cheered and side talk back as they return back to their various departments.


    I stared at Beauty smiling, she didn¡¯t even look at me, she was still serious tidying up her desk, my body and all of me still itching for her.


    So I foolishly went to her, my teeth unable to close.


    ¡°You kill every look babe, chubby and slim¡±I teased , leaning towards her from the back, holding the urge to kiss her.


    Her neck smelt so nice, she didn¡¯t seem impressed by my words.


    ¡°You will be my special guest today , what do you say?¡±I asked with a wink.


    ¡°I am never stepping my feet in that house¡±she said bluntly.


    ¡°Actually I bought another one, not my Dad¡¯s ¡°I replied.


    She looked up and smiled, I smiled back expecting a positive reply.


    But that was it, she didn¡¯t say another word, I guess it¡¯s a yes then shamefully I went back to the office.


    ¡°Yes!¡±I shouted happily , so happy I danced to my phone ringtone, ignoring the caller.


    Jessi opened the door.


    ¡°Sir¡­ I have been calling your business line¡±.


    I hugged her out of joy.


    She freezes , she never expected me to hug her.


    ¡°Thank you, thank you Jessi, I know you helped to get her back to me, thank you, you are a darling mmmuwaaa ¡°I kissed her cheek.


    She just chuckled nervously and forced herself out of my embrace.


    ¡°You should not do that to everydy, I had to let go because you are Beauty¡¯s man, you are too handsome to let go¡±she teased with flustered cheeks.


    I chuckled embarrassed and scratched the back of my head.


    ¡°Well I am happy that you are happy boss, we¡¯ve missed this happy you for long time, sir Bruno¡±.


    ¡°Ofcourse me too, I felt so alive after the past years¡±.


    Then I stopped and went pale.


    Jessi noticed.


    ¡°What happened boss?¡±


    ¡± I am afraid It didn¡¯t feel same, maybe I am confusing my excitement with how i actually fell¡±.


    ¡°I don¡¯t understand sir Bruno¡±.


    ¡°She¡¯s here now right? And I didn¡¯t feel like i used to before, when I gave her a hug¡±I replied.


    Jessie went silent, like she understood what I was saying but I am sure she is rather confused at my strange behavior.


    I chuckled out .


    ¡°Maybe I am just exaggerating, her energy wasn¡¯t friendly but I know with time I will make her fall in love with me again¡±.


    I said with a hopeful smile.

 A REVENGE?

    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    When I got home my sister could tell, something happened, I got dressed and my hair trimmed up by my personal barber.


    I got the best suit and dashes off to pick her from home.


    Only on my way, I get to realize she didn¡¯t tell me her address, I stopped at an Caf¨¦


    got myself a drink and called Jessi.


    ¡°Alright, I will send her number¡±.


    I was d , it went smoothly.


    I thrusted my hand in my trouser¡¯s pocket and got the ring box, smiling at it.


    My phone beeped.


    Jessi¡¯s text, hopefully it was Beauty¡¯s number.


    I got the number , as quick as a sh, I happily copied the number to my contacts.


    I dialed d her number many times but she didn¡¯t answer, I don¡¯t think giving up is in my mind anymore, I kept trying and trying finally she picked up my call.


    ¡°Hello¡±


    She sounded different, I noticed the difference in her voice a-bit but ¡­ who cares.


    ¡°Hello, baby¡­ I am sorry , I am totally lost ughs awkwardly), please I need address to pick you up¡±I said, embarrassed.


    She chuckled lightly, it was hopeful and nice to hear herugh again.


    ¡°Oh¡­ don¡¯t worry I am at your gate already, but where are you exactly?¡±she asked.


    I scratched my hair and looked around.


    ¡°Can¡¯t tell, I was so happy , I just drove off, when I finally realized you gave me no address, I stopped at a Caf¨¦¡±I said rubbed my face in shame.


    ¡°Oh.. alright then,¡±she chuckled.


    I dashed out , I totally forgot my car and the fact that I drove to the ce, I stood by the road side waving at a cab, before I finally got to my actual sense, Iughed out at how stupid I had been these times.


    I got back to the parking lot, my cat keys were jingling in arms as I increase my pace, heading to where I parked my car.


    I was so excited, that if I had ident and died, certainty I will happily rest in peace, to express how happy I was.This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    I drove all the way back home, stopped at a flower shop , I got roses for her, they smelt nice , I hit my favorite Jam and drove happily.


    Finally I arrived home, I drove into thepound and went straight into the room.


    ¡°Oh there you are! Our birthday boy¡±.


    Granny said, she looked all mmed up as she walked in her dinner gown towards me.


    I forced a smile, I thought the first person I would see was Beauty, I searched for Beauty coded but I couldn¡¯t find her.


    Granny approached me with her hands wide opened.


    I hugged her and kissed her forehead.


    ¡°You look lovely grandma¡±.


    ¡°Aww! Thank you, my face feels so heavy though, the number of foundation applied on this face will shock you. Aby said she wanted to give me a makeover so I let her, she is a wholesome of trouble¡±she said with a sigh.


    I smiled at her.


    ¡°Come darling, I have a surprise for you¡±


    She took me by the hand and we both walked upstairs to my room.


    ¡°What¡¯s the surprise Granny, is it a gift?¡±


    ¡°Yeah , kind of it¡¯s a person waiting for you¡±.


    I guess it must be Beauty, I pretended not to be aware and smirked.


    ¡°Someone is waiting for me?¡±I asked her in a whisper.


    She nodded, we got to the door, she stopped and let go of my hands.


    ¡°Make sure you put things right this time, good luck¡±.


    Granny whispered to me and left.


    I stood there and took a deep breathe, before I opened the door.


    Thedy stood in the middle of the room with her back towards my direction, so I couldn¡¯t see her face.


    From her backview, you can tell that , she is one of those woman , whose body do things to a man.


    Her tiny waist to her round curves, the high slit, showing her neat paleps to her legs.


    I looked closer she got same birthmark at her upper back as Beauty.


    ¡°Guess who?¡±she said.


    ¡°Beauty?¡±


    Then, she turned with a smile, her captivating smile is still the same as always.


    ¡°Hello Bruno¡±.


    I was speechless she¡¯s unbelievably gorgeous and beautiful and¡­. different.


    ¡°Happy birthday my love, I hope you enjoy your this one more thanst time,¡±she winked, alot changed, including her confidence.


    I chuckled shyly.


    She walked up to me and stroke my neck , I could feel her breath over my face, I leaned to kiss her, she stopped me with a finger on my lips, staring at them , biting her lower lip seductively, I looked up at her bit sad about that, but I love her more at times like this because, it makes me want her more.


    ¡°I love you but I don¡¯t think you do love me anymore¡±.


    She said sadly, with her hands folder and lips pouted.


    ¡°What are you talking about baby I love you and will always do¡±.


    ¡°Let¡¯s not rush ourselves, okay?¡±


    She said seductively in my ears and bit my ear a little, it sent a ringing feeling down my spine.


    ¡°I will be waiting for my dance downstairs¡±.


    She spoke huskily into my ears and walked out of the room.


    I shook my head, smiling like a clown as I watched her cat-walked dramatically out of the room, she got to the door, and turned to me, blew a flying kiss then left the room.


    I fell on the bed, chuckling with my eyes closed, smiling sheepishly like a love struck victim.


    Few minutester , I got down to the reception, the party was on already, everyone showed off their dance skills, I was nodding to the music and jamming to the tones as I searched for her.


    My sister Abigail approached me for a dance, I tried to avoid but she was impossible to avoid.


    ¡°Come on, why are you saying away, I am your only sister have a dance with me baby bro¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t call me that, and not to talk of with everyone in here, I am an adult call me by my name¡±I whispered to her.


    She chuckled.


    ¡°You are cute as always,e on let¡¯s dance¡±.


    She pulled me and we both went to the dance floor.


    ¡°The celebrant Mr Bruno and his sister Abigail!¡¯


    The DJ announced dance battle.


    ¡°No!¡±


    I said waving at the DJ.


    ¡°Go Bruno!¡±the guests started shouting.


    ¡°Come on let¡¯s do it birthday boy! Loosen up!¡±


    Abigail said, flexing her skills, she did a split , the admirers cheered for her, distracted by the people¡¯s attention.


    I took that opportunity to escape from her.


    ¡°Where is Beauty?¡±I mumbled losing my patience, then I walked out of the crowded area only to find her dancing with one of my friends from college.


    I tried not to be a fool and react as a jealous teenager, it was hard to stayposed, then our eyes met, she noticed me.


    I smiled back awkwardly, thinking she will let go of the asshole ande to daddy but she went on dancing, that ripped my heart into shreds.


    ¡°Really is this your way of getting back at me Beauty?¡±I said in my head.

 DECEITFULNESS

    I thrusted my nervous sweaty palms in my pocket, there I can hide my anger by squeezing my fist without anyone noticing.


    I waited few minutes for her toe over to my side but she made no move to leave her dancing partner.


    I went to the bar section of the reception, I ordered for a ss of hot wine, which was given to me within a minute, I took it down my throat at once and pretended to be interested in one of those hotties that always does things to get my attention.


    A group of three friends noticing my stare, they waved at me shaking their butts intentionally to show off, one of them whispered the other and they approached me.


    I smiled at how smooth , my n worked, now I have to get Beauty¡¯s attention, I said to my self.


    ¡°Hy Bruno¡±.


    Thedies chorused, I yed along.


    I got one twerking for me and the other two caressing my body.


    I looked towards Beauty, all that time, my eyes were on her, but she wasn¡¯t even bothered just like before.


    I got two more girls, still filling my stomach with hot drinks.


    ¡°Looks like the birthday boy is having it lit!¡±.


    The DJ announced.


    Everyone cheered surprisly because I¡¯ve never done that before


    All I wanted was the attention of the woman I love but she isn¡¯t giving me any, instead she kept rocking the guy and it was so ufortable that I had to do something.


    I shoved the girl twerking for me aside, then I got to the two, pulled Beauty into my arms, pushed Lucas so hard that he fell on the floor like a mighty log.


    The music went off and people started mumbling, Abigail who might have a clue of what happened chuckled.


    ¡°Bruno!¡±


    Beauty snapped shocked like everyone else.


    ¡°Dudee on , it was just a dance¡±Lucas said, dusting his body.


    ¡°Sorry about that¡±I mumbled at him.


    ¡°Bruno that was ¡­¡±


    I grabbed on her tiny waist, lifted and carried her away going towards my room.


    I heard my sister trying to calm everyone, especially Lucas.


    As soon I got to the room, I dropped Bea¡¯s hand and locked the door.


    ¡°Why will you do that, it¡¯s just for fun, I can¡¯t believe you¡¯re that childish¡±.


    She pouted with arched brows.


    ¡°Well I don¡¯t like such fun, you should be having fun with me¡­ not him.. because you are mine remember¡±.


    She was speechless looking at me in a way like she was disgusted by childish behaviour.


    ¡°You are really something else! But you are having fun with those buttydies¡±.


    ¡°What buttydies?¡±I asked , trying to hide that fact that I am happy , she actually noticed that, also she sounded jealous because of them.


    ¡°Nevermind¡±she sneered.


    ¡°I am sorry about that, I was just trying to get your attention, i don¡¯t care about any of those girls at all¡±I apologized.


    She suddenly went cold.


    ¡°You really do love¡­ me that much?¡±


    She asked, undressing, I swallowed nervously and pretended not to love what am seeing, it was hard not to nce though.


    She strippedpletely and oh my gosh, she was looking like an artwork, her body¡¯s insanely gorgeous and sexy , I felt my self harden.


    ¡°Well you know I do and I won¡¯t ever stop loving you¡±.


    She walked towards me, and strokes my chest, she got nearer , purposely letting her perky nipple touch my skin.


    I tried to hold myself and let her make the first move, she kissed me, excitedly I grabbed her backside with intense but gentlyand kissed her passionately , she was so light on my body, her legs locked on my waist like a child.


    We both fall on the bed , she went for my belts and I¡­ kept kissing her lips down to her boobs , she pulled out from my pants and started sucking.


    I closed my eyes and I can¡¯t exin what happened but I was picturing her face, then her chubby look was all I got in my head, I tried hard to picture her this moment but it kept happening.


    She stopped and pulled me down, climbing on me this time, I suddenly felt less excited about this.


    ¡°So show me, how do you miss me¡±.


    She whispered to my ears and licked my ear down my throat in a sensual way.


    Her nipple piercing against my hard chest, she kissed me again , I tried to return same energy but realized suddenly that I¡¯ve lost all interest, I don¡¯t know why, but it wasn¡¯t same crazy feeling, I felt like , I was forcing myself, I can¡¯t do this to her, she will feel offended, rejecting a woman¡¯s sexual advance can kill her emotions.


    I forced a smile and kissed her passionately.


    She started riding on me, she moaned softly and I was losing my mind, not because of the ectasy of the movement of myself in her but ¡­


    ¡°Bea.. emm, I¡­ I ¡­ , Beauty¡±.


    She stopped skipping, her sweaty body made her more sexy , she was gasping breathlessly, she looked at me a bit confused.


    ¡°What¡¯s the problem Bruno?¡±she asked.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry¡­. can we stop?¡±


    ¡°What are you saying¡±she chuckled.


    ¡°I¡¯m serious BeautyI¡­ am sorry about this,¡±I mumbled avoiding her eye contact.


    She was shocked for a minute then she smiled sadly and climbed down from the bed, without saying a word , she put on her undies.


    ¡°Beauty¡­..¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t call my name! Seems like you are all for my body afterall, you like them chubby huh? And I thought you loved me then for real , that you are different from the others I never knew the difference was they love skinny , you love chubby¡±.


    She snapped loudly.


    ¡°No.. please that¡¯s not true baby, you are really hot, sexy beautiful like always and I swear I have never stop loving you baby but no matter how much I tried to express those feelings, something is just not right¡±I said absentmindedly.


    ¡°What are you saying, if you don¡¯t feel any love for me anymore, why don¡¯t you say so or maybe do it for pleasure than killing my urges anad leaving me unsatisfied¡±she snapped angrily.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, maybe we can try again, I know for sure that I love you¡­¡±


    What could be wrong.


    She turned her back at me and started crying, I wanted to console her , I felt really bad that I hurt her this, stupid! I shouldn¡¯t have said it to her, I should have pretended and go on with it anyway.


    ¡°Maybe I shouldn¡¯t havee here in the first ce, it¡¯s all my fault¡±.


    Her voice was sorrowful.


    Hearing her say that broke my heart, I knelt down on one knee.


    ¡°Beauty please, let¡¯s go another round, maybe I will befortable and we can get crazy so crazy and dirty , you know how we do it¡±.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    I was trying to make her feel better.


    ¡°You don¡¯t get it , it¡¯s useless, I am not supposed to be with you and please don¡¯te looking for me¡±.


    She picked her purse and left.


    I chased after her in my boxers not minding the visitors.


    We got to the gate , she was fast enough to get a cab, and I still don¡¯t know her address.


    This time around , I will never forgive myself for this.

 I’M NOT HER

    **SHELL¡¯S POV**


    I was cleaning off my make up when Jessi opened my door violently.


    My room was messed up, I had a tantrum moment in here, I guess I was full of hate for myself, realizing I actually wanted Bruno to be mine after all.


    ¡°Can¡¯t you knock twinkle star!¡±I snapped angrily at Jessi.


    ¡°Enough with the name , how could you get down with your sister¡¯s man!¡±she snapped back.


    I looked away.


    ¡°Bruno is Beauty¡¯s man, he belongs to her , that is going to hurt your sister, if she get to know about this¡±she yelled.


    I rolled my eyes in frustration, trying to focus on my mirror reflection, while cleaning up the remaining makeup.


    ¡°My sister moved on years ago, I am only helping him to do same, no feelings attached¡±I said and put my hair up into a pony.


    I thrashed the stained make-up remover wipes and left the bathroom.


    ¡°You may be identical to Beauty but believe me you arepletely different, you¡¯re crazy! You try ying Bruno after what he¡¯s been through, what do you mean no feelings attached!¡±she yelled out again.


    ¡°He is cute okay I am cute, we make out, sadly the boy got my sister into his head that even an exact version of her can¡¯t excite him, he stopped me, and treat me like I was not sexy or ¡­.¡±


    She interrupted.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you hear how crazy that sounds. You are really crazy like I thought! Come-on Shell, you messed up, you are not a good sister to Beauty, how could you!¡±


    Jessi said.


    She was getting on my nerves but I knew I was wrong , and I am only pretending not to care.


    I smiled with my eyes


    ¡°Very well, he loved her that much yet we blindly advised Beauty to let go of him and move on, we judged him because of his delivish father who almost killed her with sex plus her sucide attempt , I don¡¯t know how but I want them back together, he is the best man for my sister¡±.


    I said, Jessi was relieved to hear that.


    ¡°Well , I¡¯m on it already, getting them together, first you have to let him know who you really are, and apologize to Beauty for that ridiculous move at Bruno, I warned you at first, I warned her¡­she kept you pretend to be her¡­this is going to hurt Bruno in the end¡±.


    Jessi said.


    She walked up to me and stared directly into my eyes after she had said that.


    ¡°It¡¯s not that easy, but I will try¡±.


    I murmured.


    ¡°Now that¡¯s my Shell, I am your twinkle star from now on¡±.


    She hugged me.


    ¡°What a crazy girl¡±Iughed out.


    Jessi smiled back and helped me clean up my room.


    Just then my phone ranged it was Bruno.


    I ignored, my heart was pounding heavily.


    ¡°What am I supposed to say to him?¡±I whispered to Jessi like he was there presently.


    ¡°Just answer and hear him out first¡±


    Jessi suggested.


    I took a deep breath and answered the next call.


    ¡°Hello¡±.


    ¡°Hy Bea, emmm can I see you tonight please don¡¯t say no¡±.


    ¡°Elites hotel, be there¡±I replied.


    ¡°Thanks¡±he said slowly and have hunged up.


    I sighed nervously, hot air exhaled from my nostrils.


    ¡°I guess this is it¡±.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    I arrived at the ce she asked me to, it was a simple restaurant, nervously with fingers crossed I waited for her.


    My heart was pounding, coupled with my absentmindness.


    ¡°Here is your drink sir¡±.


    At first I was startled, I looked up at the waiter and forced a smile.


    ¡°Thanks¡±I said to the waiter, who bowed and went his way , clinking my fingers on the table impatiently, I checked my wrist watch, then I took sip from my ss.


    An hourter


    I was about losing my patience, I had dailed her number severally without connecting with her, I was hopeless, all I wanted was to make things right again, I brought out the ring box and smiled at it, then I saw her walked in , I quickly hid it away inside my pocket.


    Her presence had that attraction that turn heads, I smiled broadly and relieved she came.


    I stood up and pulled the chair for her.


    ¡°Thanks¡±


    She mumbled shyly and sat down, I went back to my seat.


    ¡°You look beautiful as always, then and now¡±I said softly, I hope she could feel how sorry I am about yesterday.


    She smiled back at me, it made me feel at ease than before.


    ¡°I will take a pineapple juice¡±.


    She told the waiter. I don¡¯t want to waste anymore time, I had to say something before finally giving her the ring back


    I went on my knees.


    ¡°I love Beauty, I do , that¡¯s one thing I am sure of, that¡¯s one thing I can never deny, my feelings for you, and¡­ I am truly sorry for yesterday, I was a jerk and I treated you badly, I was unappreciative.


    ¡°Bruno..¡±


    She wanted to interrupt but I don¡¯t want to give in to her.


    I proceeded and went on my knees and brought out the ring.


    ¡°This belong to you Baby, please ept me again I promise, I wouldn¡¯t mess up this time¡­¡±


    ¡°Oh please, put the ring back Bruno¡±she murmured shamefully.


    ¡°Beauty if it about yesterday¡­¡±


    ¡°Just put it away Bruno, you will create a scene¡±.


    She said little embarrassed looking around nervously.


    ¡°Please Beauty, don¡¯t do this do this..¡±


    ¡°Listen to me first Bruno, please¡±.


    My heart was heavy, I felt so sick I think I would ck out any moment, I feared this rejection, not after everything, we¡¯ve been through for us. Beauty please, don¡¯t do this.


    I knelt there hopelessly , confused on what next, after few minutes. I shamefully stood up and sat down as she instructed.


    I couldn¡¯t even look up to her face, I was trying to control my emotions.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you love me anymore Beauty, I deserve this treatment forst night but please..¡±


    My heart was aching badly.


    ¡°Bruno please listen..¡±


    I continued ignoring her, I don¡¯t want to hear it what will ever make her say no to me.


    ¡°Your behavior towards me has not been fair, I got hurt too Beauty, I was attacked by my father, I almost died, I also felt like taking my own life sometime because of our separation¡­¡±


    she interrupted again.


    ¡°I am not her! I¡¯m not your Beauty!¡±


    She snapped back with wet eyes, frustrated with my persistence.

 THE REVEAL

    What do you mean , Beauty , you are Beauty, you¡­¡±


    She interrupted and started telling me unbelievable things that are in-fact the reality.


    I was thinking she was sad about yesterday, and maybe think I love her old self better but I was wrong.


    She proved me wrong.


    ¡°I am so sorry Bruno, that¡¯s the true story¡±


    She concluded.


    I was shocked to the extent that I forgot how to breathe.


    ¡°Please forgive me Bruno, I was just trying to make you feel better, and help you move on,¡­ i thought, but..¡±


    I Chuckled loudly , with tears clouding my eyes, I don¡¯t even care about the words that she was saying.


    ¡°Beauty is aware of this switch?¡±I asked hopefully, she will say No and looked at her with my wet eyes.


    She nodded slowly.


    I was the stupid one afterall, Beauty, she moved on and forgot about me, she doesn¡¯t care about who I am presently dating.


    ¡°So you are not Beauty but who?¡±


    I asked stuoidly even after hearing her say everything in her story.


    ¡°I am Shell, her twin¡±she replied.


    I chuckled sadly and pressed back the tears in my eyes roughly.


    I stood up without uttering a single word.


    ¡°Bruno.. please wait..¡±


    Ignoring her pleas and calls, left the ce.


    My heart was aching as I walk to the lot.


    I can live without you Beauty , I can do it.


    That was the word that I kept saying in my mind like a crazy fellow.


    **SHELL¡¯S POV**


    I cried silently after he left, then I had to tell Bea about this.


    I called Bea and told her everything right at the spot, I was scared Bruno might do something crazy to himself.


    ¡°He really loves you Beauty, I could tell how heartbreaking he was after getting to know the truth about us¡±I sobbed.


    ¡°Do you think he now hates me?¡±


    She asked slowly.


    I couldn¡¯t give an answer to that, no answer is enough.


    ¡°Maybe it¡¯s for the best though, not all love stories end happily¡±she said bravely.


    I am sure she was only ying brave.


    ¡°Beauty don¡¯t say that¡­ he might hurt himself, just call him , at least talk to him please and hear him out please¡±.


    I pleaded to her.


    She hunged up.


    I sighed heavily.


    Why is she being difficult.


    **TWO YEARS LATER**


    ¡°Are you still ming yourself for that? It¡¯s been two years now, you have to stop being so hard on yourself¡±Jessi asked abruptly interrupting my deep thoughts.


    ¡°His family have no idea of his whereabouts, and I don¡¯t know how to get him back Jessi, i did it, imagine how much pain he must have been going through Jessi¡±I replied.


    Bruno left his home months after my confession without informing anyone about his destination, I felt really sad about the whole thing , but turned out I made things worse with my little game , Jessi warmed me but I never listened.


    ¡°What am I am going to do Jessi? I want my sister and Bruno back together they deserve eachother you know.. I have to find Bruno¡±.


    Jessi sighed deeply.


    ¡°I think all he needs now is to get away from everyone, I don¡¯t me him though he really tried fighting for Beano I feel for him, he loves Beauty for real what can we do? He is gone and Beauty got another guy¡­ emm Drew the thai guy¡±.


    ¡°We can still do something Jessi¡±.


    I persisted.


    ¡°Something like what? Believe me Shell this is beyond it if they choose to move on then let¡¯s forgive ourselves for our mistakes and also move on, not all stories got a happy ending¡±.


    ¡°All we need is to convince Beauty that Bruno is the best one for her, since she will listen to me faster , I will talk to her while ¡­.¡±


    My phone ranged interrupting me. I ignored it at first but it ranged again.


    ¡°You should answer your phone¡±Jessi said.


    In reluctantly picked the phone up and checked the caller, it was Beauty.


    ¡°It¡¯s Beauty!¡±I said excitedly to Jessi


    She adjusted a bit closer in anticipation.


    I answered the call my lips was itching to say all the things I wanted to say to her.


    ¡°Hello sis, please call Bruno and talk to him, dude is gone, he left home with nothing, no one heard anything about him , for this past years¡±.


    ¡°Bruno is gone, how?¡±


    She asked.


    I gazed at Jessi who have a hand sign to go on and tell her.


    ¡°After he found out that I decieved him by pretending I was you, he left home , no one knows where he is now¡±.


    She was silent for a minute.


    ¡°How can I reach him then, do you think I will get him with same number?¡±


    She asked.


    I was relieved with that question, I gaze at Jessi with a happy expression on my face, Jessi gave me a thumbs up.


    ¡°Yes, he is still using same number but he blocked our numbers, why not try calling him with his new line, please sis, just let go the past and try to reach him, you are the only one that can get him back please¡±I pleaded.


    ¡°Open the door¡±.


    He replied.


    ¡°Huh?¡±


    I looked at Jessi, she was as confused too, I wonder why she wanted me to open our door or maybe she was talking to someone else over there.


    ¡°Are you talking to me or¡­¡¯


    A knock came on the enterance door, unexpectedly interrupting what I was saying , sending even more chills down my spines.


    Jessi and I exchanged nces, our eyes doubled in sizes.


    ¡°What if ¡­¡±.


    Jessi said raiding her eyebrows in a teasing manner.


    ¡°Oh please no f**king way!¡±This content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    I snapped trying not to cry, deep down I hope, I hope she is here.


    ¡°I am at the door¡±.


    Beauty said over the phone.


    Immediately Jessi heard that , she scaremed out loudly running towards the door.


    I followed screaming my head out.


    Jessi opened the door before I could get to the ce, she jumped on Beauty , hugging her tightly.


    ¡°You are here! It¡¯s really you!¡±Jessi screamed on top of her voice.


    She released from the hug and inspected Bea from head to her toes, she was glowing and healthy , she hugged Beauty in tears, who also got emotional.


    Bae is nothing like she was before, she got this confidence that even I can¡¯t beat, I can feel it already , from her dressing which ttered her expensive curves and small waist to her make up and elegant way of talking now, Jessi was even teased by her, suddenly I want to have some fat and be identical with this thick Beauty, I never thought I would love to add a little fat one day.


    She looked towards me and our eyes met, I smiled in tears and went to her.


    ¡°Oh sister!¡±


    I hugged her in tears.

 HER NAME JESSI

    ¡°I am so sorry about Bruno.. I am really¡­.¡±


    ¡°Can we not talk about him just yet¡±Beauty said softly.


    I nodded and hugged her again.


    ¡°Drew!e on now¡±Beauty said and turned to the garage where her Benz was parked.


    ¡°Wait, he came with you?¡±


    I asked her surprised.


    She nodded her head smiling.


    ¡°He forced me back here, so I told him he ising with me , he is a great person more like an Angel¡±she replied.


    ¡°He really is an Angel¡±I said as soon he stepped out of the car, he was a good lookingd with a well- built, yet his face was the softest thing and his eyes were¡­ he is definitely a good looking guy.


    ¡°Is he always this hot?¡±I whispered to Beauty.


    ¡°Shell, really are you already fallen for our visitor¡±Jessi said in a whisper.


    ¡°Well he is, a hot Thai model and choreographer overall he is a big sweetheart, if you want a private introduction, I can help fix you guys up¡±Beauty whispered.


    Weughed out loud.


    Drew was carrying a kid on his shoulders, from afar I could tell the kid¡¯s a bundle of cuteness.


    ¡°Who is the kid with him?¡±I asked curious.


    ***JESSI¡¯S POV****


    My joy was overflowing , seeing junior in person gave me so much joy, adding to the fact he screamed my name out in his cure little voice.


    ¡°god mother!¡±he shouted with his tiny hands spread out for a hug.


    What a smart young man , he was able to recognize me!


    ¡°Did just call Jessi god mother, okay what¡¯s going on here?¡±Shell asked , staring from one person to another in confusion.


    I ran towards him happily , I stopped getting close enough to the guy who carried him on his shoulder.


    ¡°Sorry .. I . I want to carry him¡±I said to Drew pointing excitedly at Junior in his shoulders.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay you don¡¯t have to ask for permission, he is your baby after-all¡±.


    Mr Drew said, his voice was the calmest thing, and he had the lips that drew into a cute side smile when he talks.


    I should better focus on my cute baby, I forced eyes off the charmer and turned to my baby.


    Drew carried junior down to his feet.


    ¡°Thanks,¡±I muttered and I hugged junior tightly, then I carried him in my arms kissing him all over. It was apanied with his cute little giggles.


    ¡°How cute! So whose child is he? am I the only one confused here Jessi?¡±


    Shell stated in frustration as we approach them.


    ¡°First let us go into house Shell, I will tell you everything¡±Beauty replied her.


    Shell face her a suspicious eyebrow arch, then epted her condition. We went into the house mad got settled down.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    Shell told me everything in details about Bruno and his present situation. I felt for him, I never thought it would be that hard for him to move on.


    I don¡¯t think I can face Bruno too after what happened between him and my twin Shell.


    ¡°It¡¯s all my fault, it didn¡¯t get to work like I nned, I actually messed up and went on bed with him, we kissed and¡­¡±


    ¡°Shell! Don¡¯t say that infront of her¡±Jessi cautioned her in a low whisper.


    ¡°I am fine Jessi, I am just worried, I thought I was the one hurting the most , but I was just being selfish and inconsiderate, I left Bruno all by himself, he never hurt me intentionally, he did everything he could to get back with me but I was dumb to realize that earlier, I wanted to love on so much that I ended up breaking him.. also i couldn¡¯t face my feelings, instead I kept concealing it¡±.


    I damped my dry face with my handkerchief.


    ¡°Beauty if you start crying, I will cry too, this isn¡¯t your mess only, I contributed to it, even after Jessi¡¯s warning¡±Shell stated.


    ¡°There¡¯s still time.. to ¡­ make amends you know¡±Jessi contributed.


    ¡°I agree with Jessi, never say never, there¡¯s time for amendments you have to give your best shot¡±


    Drew said, his English was smooth this days and wless it made me proud.


    I smiled back at him.


    ¡°Thanks for your support Drew¡±


    ¡°Yeah, he is a crazy good-looking guy, thanks handsome¡±Shell cuts in.


    ¡°Oh.. you wee¡±Drew giggled.


    ¡°You Korean?¡±


    Shell asked.


    ¡°Shell! he is Thai I told you before, I can¡¯t really pronounce his name so I just call him Drew¡±I snapped at my sis.


    ¡°Oh hy again Drew¡±Shell snapped, Drew smiled back at him.


    I pped my forehead my sister is so opposite of me.


    ¡°I love his tanned skin tone, it looks sexy , he reminds of a k-pop idol, Exo kai¡±.


    ¡°Sorry Drew, she is this annoying¡±.


    I looked up and found Drew staring at Jessi, who was busy with junior, creating the mother-son bonds, in some kind of manner, that made me smile.


    ¡°Drew, her name is Jessi¡±.


    ¡°What?¡±


    He said absentmindedly, his cheeks red with embarrassment.


    I giggled at how cute he looked.


    ¡°Jessi¡±I said mutely stressing the words so he can read my lips.


    Jessi looked towards to us, quickly Drew pretended to be admiring the ceiling, before now.


    I chuckled loudly.


    ¡°So you had a son for Bruno all these years and kept it from us? Your own family¡­., Jessi do you know about this, well ofcourse you do, you are the magical god mother!¡±Shell snapped.


    Jessi red at her angrily.


    ¡°Well I don¡¯t want you to think that I am not yet to get over Bruno, since I made a promise to let go and move on after my ident, I am sorry that I had to keep it a secret from you.


    She sighed and smiled at Junior, who was confused about the identical women, can¡¯t tell which one is his mother now.


    ¡°He is a sweet boy, Bruno might change his mind seeing him, all we need now is to get Bruno back, and you are going to do that Beauty, i am sure he will listen to you, I know he still feel something¡­¡±


    ¡°What if he doesn¡¯t¡±I asked.Content ? provided by N?velDrama.Org.

 DADDY MUMMY IS LEAVING

    I was trying hard to sound normal, but i was actually scared about what his reaction is going to be, not until now have, I realized the pains I blindly subjected him to.


    ¡°First, let¡¯s tell Mom and Dad that they¡¯re are grandparents¡±Jessi said excitedly interrupting in my thoughts I smiled back at her.


    She picked up her phone from the table and dialed the number, i looked over to Jessi and then to Drew.


    ¡°You two will make a lovely couple¡±.


    I said in my mind.


    ¡°Why is the number not going¡±Shell snapped annoyed and kept dialing the numbers.


    ¡°Uncle Drew¡±.


    Junior called out pointing at Drew.


    He looked uneasy to go meet him, cus of Jessi I guessed, he is so cute, It¡¯s obvious he loved Jessi at first sight sorry Shell , I ship these two.


    ****


    The next day I visited thepany, no one actually recognized me with sunsses also there were no suspicious looks because they had Shell with them all along.


    I was really hoping maybe to see Bruno, I went to the CEO office but ¡­ someone else reced him already.


    ¡°This is unbelievable, I actually sensed the behavior difference but I thought it was actually you, so Shell is your identical twin sister?¡±


    Mrs Kate asked shocked.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    I nodded with a smile.


    She was the one whom Bruno made the manager before he left.


    ¡°I tell you, I recently I noticed the striking resemnce between you and the new fashion sensation , little did i know it was actually you! it was you. It was you all over the fashion magazines! Our own Beauty and to to think that you are now the owner of the popr BOLD & BEAUTIFUL FASHION brand, the CEO of thepany? I¡¯mpletely blown away, i know you can do it, you are going to inspire our girls a-lot¡±.


    ¡°Thanks Mrs Kate, you are also my inspiration, I talked about it in one of my live interview in Kerry Jones show, I am grateful to you , you are a great teacher and counselor¡±.


    ¡°Oh please I did nothing, really nothing. You did this all by yourself, I am so proud honey, and oh our fashion show is fast approaching, will you please be our host for the uing fashion next month, I can¡¯t wait to introduce you to everyone¡±.


    She said excitedly.


    I smiled back,¡±I am honored¡±.


    ¡°You look amazing, I mean you¡¯ve always been this amazing but with a alluring confidence¡±.


    She continued gushing over my looks.


    ¡°Thanks, I¡¯m ttered¡±I said blushing.


    After some silence, I spoke first.


    ¡°Ma¡¯am..¡±


    She looked up at me, paying attention.


    ¡°Please can you help me with some information?¡±


    ¡°Ofcourse whatever you wish our Beauty ¡°.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    ¡°Dude you got visitors¡±.


    Philip, a friend I made two years ago, and also presently my roomie , came into our room and informed me.


    I was surprised to hear that, it is possibly not a gang from the other night at the club.


    ¡°Visitors?¡±


    ¡°Sure dude, a nice lookingdy and her son¡±Philip said feebly.


    ¡°You got to be mistaking man, I don¡¯t think I know who those are¡±.


    I pulled out a cigar stick and lit it.


    ¡°I¡¯m gonna let them in man, she been crying and pleading , I never wanted to bother you after-all¡±Philip stated heading outside.


    ¡°Who the heck are these people ¡­?¡±I said in my mind , with my hand thrust into my pocket and the other holding a cigar, I walked to the door to have a look.


    The door opened and to be sincere, I burnt my finger with the cigarette stick, that was when I realized it wasn¡¯t a dream like I thought few secs ago.


    ¡°Bruno, that¡¯s your daddy¡±.


    My heart fastened, the little boy who looked exactly like a young version of me, hid behind his mom, scared of my looks I guess.


    I was really ashamed, all I did for these years was gamble , drink and clubbing not to talk of lying with everything on skirt.


    ¡°Hello daddy¡±the little boy said to me from where he was hiding at his mother¡¯s back.


    Beautyughed a little.


    ¡°Come on! Don¡¯t hide away from your daddy¡±.


    She said keeping her voice steadily and cleaning the tears flowing down her cheeks, her fingers crossed, shaking at her sides.


    My feet was glued to the floor, I prayed that for this dream to be a reality.


    The boy stepped forward, a little step, another one till he gets to me and hugged on my knee.


    ¡°Daddy¡±.


    My heart melted in a way that I couldn¡¯t hold back.


    ¡°I know you hate me already but please don¡¯t hate him..¡±


    Her voice breaking.


    I looked away trying to hide my wet eyes.


    Controlling the urge to shove junior aside and hug her till day break, I was itching for her all these while.


    ¡°I thought it was the right thing to do, so you can bring him home anytime, he is your son anyway, also I¡­I¡­. missed you¡­ so much Bruno¡±.


    I looked up and my wet eyes met with hers, she waved at the boy and left for the parking lot, I couldn¡¯t say anything I might start crying out loud so I held back.


    ¡°Daddy, mom is leaving¡±.


    Junior said pointing at her almost crying, and pointing at her.

 GO AHEAD

    Beauty started her engine and drove off.


    ¡°I want to go with her¡±Junior whined, sobbing, I was still staring at Beauty¡¯s car until she was out of sight.


    Philip peeped at us from the room then he walked towards us.


    ¡°Man, you are crying like a baby, is she thedy you talked about before?¡±


    I nodded and smiled sadly, it was nice seeing her again even though I was angry , I still feel like having her in my arms and feel her touch again.


    ¡°Well she¡¯s really good looking, if I am you I will give her another chance, she¡¯s hot..¡±


    One look he knew he had to stop making such admirable statements about my woman.


    ¡°Dude I am just appreciating her beauty chill¡±he chuckled.


    I looked down at Junior, he pulled his hands out of mine and ran out towards the roadway, I ran after him and brought him back.


    ¡°Mummy!¡±he cried out loud.


    I hugged and consoled him, he was crying really helplessly.


    ¡°Hey don¡¯t cry, everything will be fine okay, we will go to mummy only if you stop crying..¡±.


    I kissed his forehead and carried him for a walk in the neighborhood, we bought some sweets and snacks, he eventually slept off.


    I got to a barber shop and got a good hair cut, still carrying Bruno in my arms.


    I looked at my reflection on the mirror, didn¡¯t expect a change of mind this quick but no matter how hard i tried, my heart can¡¯t let go of Beauty, she is a weakness i can never ovee.


    Herst words brought me back to life, for to years plus I have never felt this way.


    ¡°You missed me¡­. yet you ignored me and left all these years, I tried to reach you¡­¡±


    I stopped as soon as I noticed the barber giving me a weird look from the mirror.


    ¡°Did the spray hurt yoir eye?¡±


    I dried my eyes and smiled at him.


    ¡°I am fine¡±I replied.


    After the hair cut, I paid at the cashier and took Junior home.


    I put him on the bed with my friend and slept on the floor. It was a one room apartment, I shared with Philip, those years, I lived recklessly and survived through gambling.


    I don¡¯t want to raise my kids this way, so I had to return home.


    I couldn¡¯t sleep throughout the night, I kept thinking of Beauty, I was like an excited kid ready for a new adventure.


    I went to my old bag and brought out the ring, blew off the dirts and dusts covering it, I guess I never actually let go of her.


    ¡°Well I guess you are hoping to get to her finger , right? You missed her too right?¡±I said to the ring , smiling sheepishly.


    Okay, I am now talking to a ring?


    ¡°Beauty¡­¡±.


    I gasped with a deep sigh and closed my eyes.


    I tried falling asleep but I can¡¯t tell if it was the excitement or the ufortable floor.


    But one thing , I was sure, my head is only alive for Beauty, she¡¯s everything I got in there at the moment.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    That night I couldn¡¯t sleep, I have never been seperated with my son Junior, it felt even more lonely that now I know about Bruno¡¯s location but still can¡¯t be with him.


    If he choose to cut off all ties with me except our son, I will appreciate it atleast, he would be a great father for our son.


    I sighed and stared out of the window to the dark sky, my mind full of thoughts.


    ¡°I love you Bruno ¡­ so much that it hurts, those memories, the tour, the bathroom, the day you saved me, they were the best moments of my life..(sobs) , how did we end up this way¡±.Content ? provided by N?velDrama.Org.


    I let the drops of tears rolling down my chin to flow freely.


    ¡°Hey¡±..


    A soft voice sounded from the door entrance of my room.


    I quickly dried my face.


    ¡°Drew ¡­ emmm hy¡­ ain¡¯t you supposed to be asleep¡±i said to him, avoiding an eye contact.


    ¡°Well I know you¡¯d be awake since Junior is not back home yet, do you think he will bring him home soon?¡±he asked concerned.


    I forced a smile


    ¡°I think so¡±.


    ¡°It will be okay, I will let him know it wasn¡¯t easy for you too, I know how you were the first time I met you and now I¡¯m so proud of the strong woman you¡¯ve be¡±.


    I chuckled out in tears.


    I got up and walked to him then i hugged him crying.


    ¡°Hey don¡¯t make me change my mind about letting you go¡±.


    He teased.


    ¡°Jessi loves you¡±


    I whispered.


    He looked at me in a sort of way , i winked and smiled back.


    ¡°So you think she will like me? She seems not interested in.. ¡­ men I thought she might be gay¡±.


    ¡°What..¡±I snapped amused.


    ¡°I mean your twinie, kept gushing over my looks, but she didn¡¯t even look at me twice¡±he said sadly.


    ¡°Oh you were expecting her eye contact!¡±I snapped.


    Ofcourse, just


    He blushed.


    ¡°No, just being observant¡±he said shamefully.


    ¡°Drew, don¡¯t hide your feelings buddy¡±.


    Jessi had a tough past, I hope she opens her heart for Drew. He is so inlove with her.


    I said in my mind sadly.


    ¡°Alright yes, I think she¡¯s uniquely beautiful¡±.


    Drew suddenly snapped interrupting my thoughts.


    Iughed out.


    ¡°You really got so red and nervous, if you love her that much I will help you my good friend¡±.


    I hit his arm yfully.


    ¡°Ouch!¡±he snapped out.


    We bothughed out.


    ¡± Goodnight Beauty¡±.


    ¡°Good night Drew¡±.


    I walked with him to the door then I watched as he disappeared into the dark.


    I locked my door and went back to the bed , but I still couldn¡¯t fall asleep.


    The next morning, Jessi and Shell were literally about breaking my door down, with the hitying and bangs.


    I wiped my eyes, yawning.


    ¡°What¡¯s your problem!¡±


    ¡°You have a visitor! Guess who?¡±


    They shouted in a chorus.


    There could be only one person to guess.


    Bruno!


    My eyes opened widely, quickly I put on my jacket and rushed out to the sitting room, getting to the entrance door I paused at a pace , nervous.


    ¡°Well I wonder who she was hoping to see¡±Jessi teased.


    ¡°Bruno ofcourse.. it depends on the exact Bruno¡±.


    Shell contributed.


    I looked back and frowned at them, theyughed, Drew was standing by the staircase, just smiling.


    ¡°Go ahead open the door¡±.


    He said.

 BEST KISSER

    My fingers were hot and sweaty, I closed my eyes and took a deep breathe, then i opened the door.


    I found Junior dressed in a ssy suit , Bruno was at his back they were dressed in uniform.


    Before I could do or say anything, Junior went to his knees, holding on his daddy who did same, hot tears dropped down my cheeks, my lips vibrating, I covered my mouth to hide my nervousness.


    Bruno brought out the ring from his pocket, his eyes soft and wet.


    ¡°This ring has only one bearer, same with my heart, you.. my heart choose you , even over your identical twin¡­ promise me you never leave my side, be with me Bea, let¡¯s start our story afresh and this time, I am never going to let go¡±.


    He went mute staring deep into my eyes, I was speechless I don¡¯t know what to do anymore.


    ¡°Please marry daddy, he really loves you soo much mom¡±Junior contributed.


    **BEAUTY¡¯S POV**


    I said yes ofcourse but I couldn¡¯t even voice it out loud.


    I stood there smiling and crying same time those tears where not enough to express my happiness, it¡¯s all over, I have my Bruno back.


    ¡°Hey little Beanoe over here¡±.


    Jessi told Junior who walked to them.


    ¡°High five good job son¡±.


    ¡°You did great cutie!¡±Shell carried up in his arms.


    Jessi and Shells cheered for him.


    We stood six feet apart still smiling at each other and frozen , no one is making any move to take the first step and i was trying so hard to control my body that was intensively itching for his hug.


    ¡°You look beautiful as always¡±he shed that his perfect smile, i missed it the most, it does things to me.


    I burst into tears and ran to hug him , just as I get closer he hugged me so tightly, I felt so alive not wanting to ever let go.


    ¡°I missed you so much Bruno¡±.


    I cried out in-between loud sobs.


    ¡°I thought you never did,¡±he said with a sob-by tone in his voice.


    I hugged him more tightly.


    ¡°Ofcourse I do , I do more than you can ever imagine, I love you Bruno, I really do¡±.


    ¡°I love you so much baby¡±.


    He whispered into my ears and kissed my cheek.


    ¡°I thought we are done for , after what happened¡­. to me to us¡±I sobbed holding on to him tightly.


    ¡°Well, this so just our beginning¡±he said and pecked my cheek then he released me from his right hug and held out my hand to put the ring on my finger.All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    I was smiling broadly with wet eyes as he slide the shiny metal into my finger, after he cupped my face in his hands, his eyes staring blinklessly into mine.


    ¡°I never ever thought of being done with you, I¡¯ve always believed we will be together again, I never quit fighting for us¡­


    He slowly clean the tears rolling.


    ¡°Don¡¯t cry Bruno¡±I said sadly, it hurts watching him this sad that he can¡¯t hide it.


    ¡°I am not crying, just happy¡±he said avoiding my eye contact.


    Then he looked up at me , my heart leaped his sudden gaze sent chills to my body.


    ¡°Promise me that you will never leave my side, no matter what¡±he said with his eyes still wet.


    I fell on his chest sobbing, my face buried there.


    ¡°I promise we will be together no matter what I love you Bruno¡±.


    He hugged me in there, I was suffocating with happiness but it¡¯s okay.


    **BRUNO¡¯S POV**


    It was a quite long warm hug, a feeling I never wanted to let go of, then she suddenly sniffed my neck.


    ¡°Emmm.. what are you doing babe?¡±I asked puzzled, she kept doing it.


    ¡°Hmmm you still smell same Bruno, I miss your scent so much¡±.


    Her nose going over my neck, it was tingling tho, I closed my eyes and smiled.


    ¡°Never thought I had a special scent¡±.


    I looked down to her smiling sheepishly, I found her eyes closed , searching for my lips with hers.


    ¡°I thought you are only smelling me¡±.


    She nodded , eyes closed, still doing the stuff with her nose and lip all over my face.


    I kept avoiding her lip touching mine.


    ¡°What¡¯s that are you trying to kiss me now? Is that what this is?¡±I asked amused at her cuteness.


    She shook her head still going on with it, I can¡¯t help smiling, her enjoyed her advances and my hard to get pretend act.


    She suddenly stopped and opened her eyes frowning, her lips pouted and brows arched.


    ¡°Why are you resisting¡­..¡±.


    I didn¡¯t wait to hear her finish the sentence, i think I am at my limits actually


    I caught her by the neck but gently and kissed her passionately, she grabbed my butt.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡±I chuckled.


    She went ahead and kissed me again, I removed her hands from my butt and ce on my shoulder then I carried up while we kiss, we hands glued to her backside.


    ¡°Ohh wow that¡¯s intensive, I love what I¡¯m seeing, keep the fire burning¡±Shell shouted at us.


    ¡°Come-on son, let¡¯s go in¡±.


    Jessi carried junior into the house and Shell followed, though she hesitated till Jessi called her out and instructed her to get into the house.


    She then mmed the door after, We both chuckled, exhaling into each other¡¯s face, feeling our hot sweet breathe all over our faces.


    ¡°I can¡¯t believe how much I missed you, you are still that heart stealer and best kisser Bruno¡±.


    She said and kissed my neck¡±Hmm, I feel like I need a whole meal of you hot and served so I can eat all of you¡±.


    She growled and bite my neck softly.


    I suddenly lose interest in our sudden love moment , I was filed with this sudden jealousy following her previous statement, that¡¯s where my mind was fixed at.


    Best kisser? Has she been kissing some other guy? I can¡¯t wait to threw my fist on the asshole¡¯s face.

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    The sudden anger was obvious that she noticed it immediately.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong¡±she asked staring at me curiously.


    ¡°Not¡­ Nothing¡±.


    I forced a smile and kissed her forehead.


    She smiled and suddenly jumped on my back.


    I held onto her so she don¡¯t fall off.


    ¡°Are you going to be naughty now? You are a mother remember?¡±


    I chuckled softly.


    ¡°What do you mean by I am mother remember? Oh sir Bruno I¡¯m always gonna be your baby, I am for babygirl for life, so I know not this mother you talked about¡±.


    She said thosest words with a child tone, and which sound intensively sexy to me and that soft lick on the ear that does things to me.


    Iughed nervous trying to control myself, the sensation that was flowing through my veins down my groin, she always does that, making me, suddenly hard easily.


    ¡°Why so I feel sorry for Junior, he is not the baby anymore¡±.


    **JESSI¡¯S POV**


    As soon as we went back into the room , we found Drew peeping at them through the window.


    ¡°Do you think he is over her yet?¡±Shell whispered.


    I shrugged, however he noticed us and avoided our eye contact, he went and sat on the couch , Junior ran to him.


    ¡°Isn¡¯t he good looking¡±Shell whispered again, what¡¯s with her now? She reminded me of how annoying Ii must have been to Beauty, why she kept pestering me with those questions.


    ¡°Go for it then, you two will make a nice couple¡±I replied.


    ¡°Go for¡­. what ¡­ are you serious , I got no chance¡­ didn¡¯t you notice already (she growled pissed at me)dude!, he is absolutely totally into you bitch¡±.


    ¡°Me?¡±


    I asked surprised, I never imagined it guessed he might be interested in me.


    ¡°Yes ofcourse, he loves you, so go now , go start a conversation¡±.


    She pushed me a little bit.


    ¡°I can¡¯t .. I don¡¯t want to ¡­ I have a lot other things to do¡±.


    I replied trying to close the conversation.


    ¡°No you need to heal first¡±She replied(Suddenly screams)¡­ hey Drew!¡±


    ¡°What are you doing Shell¡±I snapped at her in a whisper, starting to get really nervous.


    He looked over towards us, quickly I bent my head avoiding his eye contact.


    ¡°My friend think you are really good looking¡±she said to him out loud.


    Gosh! that was her not me, before I could say anything, she left me with Drew and went into her room, that bitch!


    I stood there not knowing what next to do, I turned to follow her.


    ¡°Jessi¡±.


    His voice froze me.


    I turned like a puppet under a control.


    He stood up and walked to me, I tried to act normal but my heart even increased it¡¯s pounding.


    ¡°You seem not veryfortable with my presence¡±Drew said calmly getting closer.


    ¡°Oh no, ofcourse not¡±.


    I chuckled nervously.


    ¡°You have a nice smile, can you do that again¡±he replied.


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    He smiled at me and patted me softly on my hair just like I¡¯m a character in those Romance dramas.


    This Asian guy is slowly getting into my.. no I won¡¯t let him, I have no time for this!


    S¡­ so. you Thai?¡±


    ¡°Yeah¡±.


    ¡°Good, so.. emmm you name is Drew?¡±


    I don¡¯t know how stupid I sounded, I was really nervous i don¡¯t want to answer questions do I threw any one at him.


    ¡°My friends call me Drew¡­ and Drew¡­ like Jessi¡±.


    I was confused for a second.


    ¡°Who is Jessi?¡±


    He smiled so perfectly


    ¡°Is Jessi this cute everyday?¡±


    I was still confused, my mouth slightly opened.


    He got really close to me and stopped at a pace.


    My heart raced and I stare into his eyes, his eyes were so daring, like he was staring directly into my soul.


    I blinked andughed a awkwardly.


    ¡°Ha.. ha.. you referring to me right , oh I totally lost it¡±.


    ¡°Do you feel nervous because of me?¡±


    ¡°Eh?¡±


    He smiled at me , his eyes dimmed.


    ¡°I hope I make your heart beat differently¡±he said again.


    I swallowed hard then got cold feet and ran off heading to Shell¡¯s room.


    ¡°Shell I am going to kill you!¡±


    **SHELL¡¯S POV**


    I can¡¯t believe Bruno and Beauty still outside, doing what exactly and why is Jessi all red.


    ¡°Girl you need to see yourself now, I thought you never liked Drew¡±I teased her.


    ¡°Shut up¡±she snapped and fell on the bed covering her face with a pillow.


    I shook my head , how childish, then I put my head out of the window to address those two outside.


    ¡°Hey sis, Beauty! You know , there¡¯s a whole lot of room in here for the two of you, stop ying around out there¡±.


    I snapped out from the window.


    ¡°Let them be, they really missed each other¡±Jessi defended them.


    I rolled my ears and went back to the sitting room.


    They entered afterwards, Bruno¡¯s eyes was ughtering, staring hard at Drew.


    ¡°Who is the Asian guy?¡±


    He asked curiously.


    ¡°A good friend of mine, Drew¡±Beauty replied.


    ¡°A friend?¡±


    His lips twitched as he stabbed Drew with his dark eyes.


    Drew offered a handshake with a smile on his face.


    ¡°Actually¡­ I am that unlucky fe who got turned down by Beauty, I was friend-zoned , she kept saying your name every time, she loves you bro so you have nothing to worry¡±.


    ¡°Yeah, you don¡¯t need to tell me¡±Bruno snapped back with a sneer, he seem not to trust Drew easily, it¡¯s understandable because Drew is a handsome dude.


    ¡°Come-on Bruno don¡¯t be too hard, he actually advised her toe back for you if she loves you that much¡±.


    I cuts in.


    Bruno sighed and embrace him instead.


    ¡°Thanks Drew, thanks for everything, I apologise for sounding rude¡±.


    After they both talked a little, each of them teasing bae, e had a goodugh.


    ¡°Daddy¡±Junior called out and hugged Bruno, who sat on the couch cuddling him, Junior kwt giggling as his dad yed with him.


    Beauty went and sat down beside Bruno.


    ¡°So tell me how do you get Junior to say those words to me?¡±Beauty asked.


    ¡°We did alot of practice, little man enjoyed it though¡±Bruno answered.


    We allughed.


    ¡°I have a question too¡±Bruno stated with a serious look on his face.


    ¡°Go on¡±Beauty replied, we all listened attentively.


    ¡°Why did you name him Junior, do you like Junior that much, you know what I mean¡±.


    Beauty suddenly blushed covering her face, I don¡¯t understand why she got all red , what¡¯s she all shy for?


    ¡°Ofcourse I love my son, I don¡¯t know about any other junior¡±.


    She screamed out embarrassed


    ¡°Yeah, why wouldn¡¯t she love her son, and he is Bruno junior so..¡±.


    I contributed cluelessly.


    ¡°You are not going to tell me?¡±he asked her ignoring my statement.


    ¡°I think I know the answer then, I am so proud of Junior¡±Bruno said.


    He stood up and starting body-rolling like a trained stripper, well he is a nice sexy dancer, he got skills and body.


    ¡°Oh no, Bruno stop, y¡¯all don¡¯t look at him¡±Beauty said and stood up quickly blocking our view as she covered her twerking fiance with her hands spread out wide.


    Bruno took a bottle water from the couch nearby and poured it on his hair it dropped to his body.


    ¡°Oh my! I have to see this, Beauty get out of the way¡±i snapped out trying to get a view.


    ¡°He is mine don¡¯t look, Shell you are looking! I will kill you!¡±


    Jessi and Drewughed at them but I find it awkward, I can¡¯t believe how crazy this couple are.


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