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
Chapter 26“On my count of three, okay? One… two … three”An excited squeal followed. That was Audrey. Drunk Audrey.“Woohoo. Again, again”, she said, waving her shot glass in the face of the barman. “Oh hell no girl”, Vanessa quickly said. “No more. She's drunk”“Nooo… I want more”, Audrey said loudly, adding a squeal to the end of her words. Vanessa nodded in the negative to the barman. “That's enough Audrey”, she said, coming down from the high chair she'd been sitting on.“No more. Let's go”, she slipped her arm into Audrey's and dragged her away from the bar. “Woohoo”, Audrey squealed again. “Girl, would you calm the hell down?”“Why? This is a partyyy…”, Audrey said, her head swinging recklessly and hands in the air.“I need to get you a ride home”, Vanessa said, taking her phone out of the pockets of her shorts.“Home? I don't wanna go home!”, Audrey exclaimed. “I wanna dance!” Audrey whined like a child and Vanessa was starting to get frustrated at both Audrey and her ba
Chapter 27Knock. Knock.“Miss Audrey”, Melinda, Audrey's personal servant, called as she stood in front of Audrey's door.That was the third time now and yet there was no response.Melinda took a deep breath as she summoned courage to open the door. She turned the door handle but the door wouldn't open. It was locked.“Madam”, Melinda started as she stood in front of Madeline.“Yes, what is it Linda?”, her madam responded rudely.“She's not in her room”Madeline stopped what she was doing.“How so?”*I knocked on her door multiple times but there wasn't any response and last I heard from her, she was in the shower.”“Don't be dumb Linda! Did you even try to go in and see for yourself?”“I did Madam. It was locked”Madeline just rolled her eyes. “She's probably asleep, Linda. She's asleep, ok? Stop raising dust for unnecessary things.”“But madam…”“Melinda! Didn't you hear what I just said? Or has your brain suddenly become dull and dead as your ears? I said, ‘she is asleep’ and that
Chapter 28The maids arranged the table, making sure the table linen was equal at each edge. Others tripped into the dining room with platters and serving bowls of food, waiting first for the table covers to be laid before placing the meals on the table. Whilst this went on, Richard Grayson buttoned up his shirt in his room, greeting ready for work.His wife, Ariya, opened her eyes, awaking from her slumber on the bed. She sat up and stared at her husband as he tried to knot his tie.“Let me …”“Don't even dare”, Richard said sharply, cutting in on whatever she intended to do. “I just want to…”The next thing Ariya felt was a painful smack across her face that sent flying across the room.“Are you deaf? Has your brain switched on reverse? Haven't I warned you not to touch, speak or even come close to me until you can present to me a proper son?”Ariya held her face, at first shocked then with a tearful expression on her face. “But …”“But what?! Is it that weak and good for nothing b