Chapter 18Martinez stopped screaming and Adrian pulled his hand away from Martinez's mouth, "Why are you shouting?" Martinez slowly tilted his head toward his boss, "I thought you were dead, my loving master."This took Adrian aback, "Dead, why did you say so?" Martinez walked to the bed pointing at the electric lamp, "You have never left this on, not even in your existence of living, secondly you hardly stay asleep when your alarms ring. Your alarm rang for three good times master and you didn't even react."Adrian shook his head while running his hands through his hair, he exhaled, "His life must have been a great one, I can't put up with the life he had, there's no way," Adrian said within."It's alright Martinez, there was no need to make a fuss about it, all you could have done was to wake me.""Huh?" Martinez had a shocked look on his face, *I won't do that, don't you know if my fingerprint is found on your body, your family won't delay in locking me behind bars, for crying
Chapter 19Martinez walked into his room and sat on his bed thinking about the recent strange behavior of his boss. A lot of things about him have been off recently, he just couldn't place what was happening to his boss.Martinez stood up pacing to and fro in his room with his hand on his waist, "Am I just hallucinating or what?" He spoke to his reflection in the mirror.He had this worried look on his face, "People do change right, maybe he currently undergoing his phase of change or is the pressure around him responsible for what's currently going on?"His phone beeped, it was a reminder of his boss's daily dose of vitamins, he quickly rushed out of his room and ascended the stairs when bumped into someone. It was when he raised his head he found out he collided with his boss."I am sorry master," he went on his knees. Adrian placed his hands on his arm asking him to get up, "It's fine, you just need to be watchful, besides why were you in so much haste?"He brought out the silver
Chapter 20“Stop here”, Adrian ordered, in a way that was even more surprising to him. He heard the convoy behind him stop abruptly too, their tyres screeching against the ground. He had opened his mouth to apologize but decided otherwise. He didn't want to seem soft“Is … there a … problem sir?”, his chauffeur asked him in a still and mild voice.“No. I want to take this entrance today”, Adrian answered. Even if he was gradually getting used to the general lifestyle of the Graysons, he certainly didn't like the whole fuss on security and he certainly wanted to avoid it today. When he had asked Shilla to give him a tour of the company, she'd shown him this second entrance that had been specifically made for the Graysons and sometimes by customization, other important guests of theirs. He had been pleased to discover it mostly because he wouldn't have to have five, six bodyguards tailing his every move till the office. That part of the building, he'd also discovered, was digitally fort
Chapter 21Adrian stared at Rosa and Mason, his face as blank as a fresh sheet. Shock overwhelmed him and his mouth opened, surprise stealing every word he thought to utter.“Rosa..?”Mason looked at his wife a bit taken aback. Rosa didn't hide her own surprise as well.“Oh you two have met already?”, Mr. Jackson said, glancing from Rosa to Adrian.“Um…have … have we?”, Rosa said, turning to look at Mason for support. “I don't really recall if we've …”“Maybe in the supermarket or something?”, Mr. Jackson asked. “Or did you already pitch your idea to his department?”Adrian just stared dead into her eyes, a thousand emotions flooding through him. Mason reached for his wife's thigh and touched it strongly, trying to signal her. Rosa turned to him sharply.“Babe…”, he said in a low voice, gritting his teeth together so they wouldn't hear him. “What are you doing? Just … play along…”“Umm… of course. I … I … umm… have been here to … to .. umm… I've been here a couple of times. Maybe th
Chapter 22Rosa was quiet all through the drive.“Babe”She turned her face to the window not wanting to respond to him.“Babe”, Mason said to Rosa again. Still no response. The driver eased the car into the compound and parked in front of the house so they could both get down. Rosa didn't even wait for the guard to help her with the car. She flung the door open and steeped out, stomping all the way into the house.Nancy was in the living room and Rosa stomped past her without even as much as a greeting. “Dearie…”, Nancy tried to call out to her but she was already upstairs, taking the turn to the right.Mason soon came after.“Good day ma'am”, Mason greeted, first shocked but then instantly annoyed that the woman was around.Nancy didn't acknowledge his greeting. “Whatis the matter with your wife? Did you two have a fight or did you do something to upset her?”“I … I'll talk to her Mum”, he said, getting past he quickly, headed for his room upstairs.Nancy scoffed. “You had better”
Chapter 23 Meanwhile, for the rest of the day, Adrian was in a bad mood. In annoyance, he'd ordered his personal assistant to cancel the only appointment that could have kept him busy for the rest of the day, considering that he'd previously cancelled the orders. Tired and upset, he instructed his assistant to make arrangements for him to get home. In less than five minutes, she'd come back to tell him that the car was ready.“Sir”, Shilla said softly, tucking a strand of her black hair behind her right ear. “The car is ready to take you”“Great”, he said, putting down the magazine he was reading. He tidied a couple of documents on his desk and put them into his briefcase roughly. Shilla attempted to take it from him but he stopped her.“Leave it I'll….”, Adrian had to take a breath before he continued, this time in a lower voice. “I'll take care of that. Thank you Shilla”“Oh…ok sir”He locked the briefcase and took it off the table. Shilla took a step back as he passed, headed fo
Chapter 24Adrian smelt of ointments and oil balms by the time the masseuse was through.“Thank you urrr…”“Lilian Felters.”, she said, handing him her card. He took it from her. “And don't mention, it's my job”“Nice”, he said, nodding as he flipped the card over. Adrian stretched his now relieved muscles. Not too much though cause he had on only a tight white boxers and a massage towel on.“We also provide, umm… , other personal services just in case you are interested”, she said, adjusting the thin sleeve of her dress.Adrian didn't quite get it at first. “Other personal services?”“Umm.. yeah. You know what I mean. Likee..”Just then, a soft knock came on the door. It was Martinez.“Umm… Master. Sorry to interrupt sir. Just wanted to let you know that dinner is ready and served”“No problem Martinez. In a minute please”“Of course Master. Whenever you are ready”, Martinez said as he walked away.“Great. All that massage made me really hungry”, Adrian said in an amusing tone. Lil
Chapter 25For a moment Adrian was clueless. “Like the family dinner. They are all going to be there so I need a distraction to get to the back door. I'll have to pass through the kitchen anyways but I have that covered already”“Ohh.. right”Just then, they heard Martinez's voice from downstairs. “Master”, Martinez was calling out. He was knocking on Adrian's door too.“Uhh why is he here?”, Audrey groanedAdrian went to the door. “He'll pass, don't worry”, Adrian whispered to Audrey. Audrey rolled her eyes, quite annoyed.Soon enough, Martinez went down the stairs. Adrian opened the door as soon as he could no longer hear his footsteps. He had his head out first to make sure the passage was clear.“I think everyone’s at the dining”, Adrian whispered. He came out fully and was just about to ask Audrey to do the same when Martinez appeared out of nowhere at the head of the stairs.“Aha, there you are, Master!”, Martinez said, his high pitched voice ringing from where he was through