CHAPTER ONE
It was late at night at ‘The Golden Era' restaurant, usually the place would be bustling with customers but a reservation was made by a young man the day before.The young man had planned to propose to his girlfriend and he wanted the whole world to know.
The young man had planned everything, starting from informing some journalist and some vocalists to do their work when he began his proposal.
“Hey guys come see this!” one of the waiter came into the kitchen yelling as he called the others.
“What is that?” The head of chef asked, wondering why the young waiter had ran in with such a speed like that.
“It's Kai, Miss beauty, she is been proposed to right now” the waiter responded in excitement.
“Come on guys let’s go see!!” they all scrambled out eager to watch the proposal.
Damien was the last to follow, he was doubtful that the Kai who the waiter had said wasn’t his Kai but he decided to go see for himself.
Damien Scot stood frozen at the kitchen door of ‘The Golden Era' a Michelin three stars restaurant as he watched a gentle man proposed to a woman.He moved close and from where he stood he was able to see who it was and it was his supposed girlfriend Kai, Kai Rivers.
From the man’s dress, starting from his watch, to his shoes and the Tuxedo suit he had on, he could tell the man was rich, someone fae more better than him.
“Kai Rivers would you accept me Parker Smith as your husband?” The man said.
On hearing her name, Damien’s doubt has been confirmed that His girlfriend Kai was the one on a date with the Rich man.
Damien couldn’t control himself and he went upfront to confront Kai.
He got a closer look at them when he clearly saw the man that had proposed to his girlfriend. It was Parker Smith, the son of a Multi billionaire the owner of a shipping Company, Alexander Smith.
Of course, Kai had to go on a date with him, he was rich, the successor to a multi billion company.
He paused in his tracks when he heard her answer.
“Yes, yes, I would be your wife” Kai had responded excitedly.
This was like a dream come through to Kai, Just last week she was complaining to her friend that her supposed boyfriend who she refused to reveal his identity , could not spend on her because he was broke, no broke was an understatement ,he was dirt poor, and she needed a man who could spend on her and maintain her beauty.
The applauses in the restaurant made Kai smile with pride, her heart was contented.
Damien couldn’t believe his ears, the love of his life, the woman who he shared seventy-thirty percent of his salary with, had agreed in front of all the elites available in the restaurant to be the wife of Parker Smith.
Damien went closer anger surging through him.
Kai turned with smiles on her face as she was receiving congratulations around.
Her smile faded from her face as she stared wide-eyed at Damien.
Parker was smiling wide, he has gotten a lady and now his father can get off his neck, not only that the woman who is classy although not up to his class but almost.
"Do you know that man” Parker whispered into kai ears, as the already angry Damien approaching them.
“No I don’t” Kai responded, swallowing hard at the fat lie she had just made.
“Kai!” Damien said when he finally approached them.
Kai stared at Damien as if he was a stranger.
“Who are you?” she finally managed to ask, going with her initial plan.
“For fucks sake Kai, do not pretend you don’t know who I am” Damien gritted, clenching his fists at his side.
“How does he know your name?” Parker questioned confused as to how the young man who by his attire clearly stated he was a gutter rat knew his fiance.
“Of course, he could know my name, I mean I am the most beautiful girl on campus and besides we are now engaged,and there are a lot of people who would claim they know me” Kai replied.
"He could be a theif for all you know,he might be waiting for the right time to carry out his actions" she added trying to support her statement
"You don’t know me Kai?” Damien uttered in disbelief, not only had Kai accepted the proposal she was also denying him.
“You heard her young man she doesn’t know who you are” Parker said pushing Kai behind him as he stood protectively facing Damien.
"You know what babe,you are right, he is a theif, I mean just look at him" Parker said giving Damien a once over look
"Don't worry you can have the left overs when we're all done here, and I'll also drop some cash with your boss" Kai said to Damien
" Kai, are you being serious here? We promised each other,why are you doing this to me? I…." Damien was trying to say but Kai didn't let him finish
" I said I don't know you" Kai yelled,now furious
" What's your problem?" She asked,she was at the verge of bursting
"Kai please….."
"Hey,sucker,she doesn't know you, and better leave before I loose it all on you" Parker warned ,he was really angry now,and ready to beat Damien into a pulp,but Kai who didn't want more headlines was holding him back
“What she had just said are all lies, I am her fucking boyfriend” Damien bursted anger swelling in his eyes.
Parker out of anger that a low life would dare challenge him in front of the Elites available in the restaurant, he loosened himself from Kai's grip and decided to act
Parker lunged at Damien throwing a quick punch at his face, Damien stumbled, but soon gained balance and then a big fight broke out between the both of them.
The securities intervened and since parker is the son of a Billionaire, Damien was the one who was kicked out.
“Hand him over to the cops” Parker yelled clutching his broken nose.
He had underestimated the man.
Damien was brutally dragged out of the restaurant in cuffs.
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“Officer he threw the first punch, I was only defending myself” Damien pleaded scared, he has never been to the station before until today and all because of a woman.
“Maybe you should have just left him alone instead of dragging a woman you can’t maintain, a woman who isn’t your class with him” The officer said and together he laughed with his partner, the other officer who was standing at the door way.
The officer and his partner left Damien alone in the cell.
The officer returned smiling mischievously.
“Well you are free to go” the officer said and Damien gave out an audible sigh.
“After you have spent your night here in this cell” the officer chuckled.
“Officer!!” Damien called out but the officer had left.
CHAPTER TWOSleep couldn’t come to Damien as he was in pains, emotional pains, physical pains.The heavy footsteps on the ground, alerted Damien of the arrival of someone none other than the officer.He immediately turned over, as he closed his eyes, silently breathing as he waited for the arrival of the person.The clink of the cell door and the footsteps alerted Damien that the person was close to him. Unknown to Damien, it wasn’t a person.They were four in number.“Wake up!” Officer one growled. Immediately startling Damien and he jumped to his feet.When Damien had stood up, on closer look, he noticed officer one was the same officer he had encountered earlier.“This is for fighting your superior” Officer one said and immediately landed a punch on Damien’s face, before Damien could react, punches upon punches were rained upon him giving him no time to cover up.The four men kept on throwing punches at Damien until he finally passed out.********Damien woke up to a banging head,
CHAPTER THREEDamien was finally allowed to leave the cell that day after the agonizing hours spent in the cruel hands of the officers.It was evening already, six pm on the dot. They had detained him longer than he should have been kept there and this irked him so bad. He couldn't blame them.weren't only the rich and mighty the most respected in the society?. Poor folks like him had no place and could be treated more or less than garbage. Some officers were watching a video stream on an officer's phone. They were laughing and were even staring and pointing at him as he walked past them. "Isn't this the guy?" He heard one ask his partner. He wondered what exactly it was they were watching on the phone that was so funny and would make them point fingers at him. He ignored them and hastened his steps to quickly get away from the hell hole.He was finally able to walk out of the station into the streets without running into anyone pointing at him. He wasn't so certain if he would
CHAPTER FOUR"Damien" Lorenzo, who was Damien's best friend and roommate, called. He walked closer to Damien to wake him up but was surprised to see his battered and swollen face."Let's leave him to rest," Lorenzo said to the others."Is it really true that Damien and Kai were an item?" Kevin, a friend of Lorenzo from the other room asked."I don't know but I know Damien wouldn't lie about such a thing, to the point of getting into a fight," Lorenzo replied. Lorenzo knew Damien to be one of the most truthful people he has come across, so he knew there must be an ounce of truth to Damien's statement."No one is a saint when it comes to pretty ladies Enzo, I am sure your best friend; Damien couldn't resist either" Kevin said in a jesting tone."Not everyone is like you Kevin" Lorenzo snarled, he didn't like it when they made fun of Damien. They were all richer than Damien but that doesn't give them the right to look down on him."Even the well behaved Damien fell for Miss beauty" Kevi
CHAPTER FIVEDamien had arrived at 'the Golden Era' on time. He sighed out in relief that he wasn't late and he wouldn't be tongue lashed by his boss about being lateHe went into the Janitors closet to get the cleaning supplies and get to work when a coworker had seen him."Damien" the co worker called. Damien turned towards the direction his name was called from."Hey Lucas," he said. Lucas winced at the sight of Damien's swollen and purple face."Who did this to you? Lucas asked. Lucas was really worried about Damien when he was taken the other day and now he had returned all beaten up."It's nothing Lucas, why did you call?" Damien asked. He didn't want to talk about his face, he didn't want to talk about what he went through in the hands of the cops."Oh the boss requested for your audience" Lucas said and Damien gave a nod in response."Thanks Lucas, I will go there as soon as possible," Damien said. Damien took the supplies he hsf carried from the janitor's closet to the kitche
CHAPTER SIXThe Alarm Damien had set for his class blared waking him up.He gently got up from the bed, even when he was exhausted and his body was in pain, he still chose to go to school, little did he know the day had a lot in store for him.Damien got to the school faster than he had imagined and he felt very elated that he hadn't missed the lecture even after the struggle and all the bustle he went through in order to board a bus.He had the intention of walking down to school in the cold but he was lucky to have found some money in his pants.He stepped into the school and he noticed the pointing and snide remarks thrown at him, although it was not made pointedly but he knew they were all talking about him. He couldn't blame them, the news had circulated with the help of the national TV. He sighed then raised his chin up as he boldly went into the school building heading to the classroom.He stepped into the classroom and murmurs roared in the air. They were all talking about hi
CHAPTER SEVENDamien had walked out of the school. He decided to leave earlier, the humiliation and pestering were driving him out of his mind. He walked out in pains and hatred at the people who were the cause of his pains and miseries. He couldn't wait behind to receive the rest of his lectures. Not in that space and also not with everyone reminding him of what a lowlife he was. He glanced down at his clothes, that were covered in all sorts of drinks and food.He was tired already, he couldn’t fathom how people who never knew him held such amount of hate for him. They decided to hate him because he wasn’t rich. He was rich like Parker. He was sure they would also have taken sides with him.Damien thoughts about his parents, he intend to just give up on school and return home. He couldn’t cope in this hellhole.He needed to go to the place where he knew he would be accepted.He noticed someone following him. 'Hasn’t his day been worst already? What more do they intend to do to him?
CHAPTER EIGHT Damien kept on walking, unknown to him, the path he had planned to take had more reporters there than the front door of the building. The reporters who had gotten tips of where ‘the unknown guy' lives all came to the campus in order to get juicy details. It was all Parker’s plan, when he had found out that Damien was in the same school as his and worst of all a scholarship student, he decided to frustrate Damien more after the humiliation he had gotten in the cafeteria. Parker want Damien to leave the school after he has received much embarrassment. Damien came out from the corner, he smiled that he had successfully escaped the bald man when the smile suddenly froze on his lips. More reporters than he had ever seen were at the front of the campus building. He was tired of everything. He stood speechless as the persistent reporters ran towards him like he was honey and they were bees. They began pressing their mics on him, trying to get him to talk. He was frea
CHAPTER NINEThe man chuckled and smiled at the younger man seated beside him."It wasn’t really hard to find you, you've become popular over night, the whole nation knows you” the man said but Damien wasn't satisfied. He decided he would hold out on the questions first until he gets out."I am very grateful for your help out there sir" Damien says appreciating the man kind gesture towards him even if he knew there was a reason behind the help the man had rendered, he was still grateful. The man had saved him from further heart wrecking questioning that he wasn't in the least ready for."I am going to stop here" Damien said. He planned to stop here and find a place to rest, then he would find a way and inform his parents about his recent decision."Oh! No, I need to take you to a place, you need to see something” the man said stopping Damien from getting out of the car."I don't even know you or where you are taking me to and you expect me to just follow you" Damien said in surprise w