By exactly 9 a.m., Charles pulled the Bentley to a halt in front of the city’s biggest mall. The boys stepped out and aimed for the entrance of the skyscraper. “Seems like we will be the ones to open this place,” Charles remarked after they stepped in. “Well, looks like there are a couple of morning customers on standby.” Nathan pointed out after they got in. They took the route leading to the clothing section. When they got to the male section, they were greeted by a young saleslady who was smiling so brightly at them that Charles thought her cheeks were going to hurt. “Good morning. Welcome to the Deloitte store. Do you need any guidance or you would want to look around by yourselves?” She asked with her hands stationed behind her. She was dressed in a short black shirt and a white silk shirt. “You show us around,” Nathan said. He turned to Charles. “What do you think?” Charles agreed with a nod. “So do you have any designs or materials in mind? What do you guys want to s
Charles clenched his jaw and quickly looked away. He was irked by the words coming out of Derrick’s mouth. Nathan slipped his phone into his jacket after making the phone call. He was about to turn around when the tail of his left eye caught a show glass by the corner. As someone who is fascinated by wristwatches, Nathan began taking steps toward the transparent glass. Rebecca walked up to him with a smile. “The iced watches arrived yesterday and would be on display later by the day.”“I’d like to have a good look at them. I’m a fan of such a brand of watches.” Nathan said. “You can take a look and who knows, you might find the perfect watch amidst the collection,” Rebecca replied with a smile. Derrick moved to them and faced Rebecca with his eyebrows raised. “Are you nuts? He’s yet to clear his 960,000-dollar bill and you’re showing him these exotic watches?”Nathan turned to Derrick with his brows furrowing with rage. “Why don’t you just mind your damn business?”“I feel so sor
Rebecca and the rest of the staff quickly stepped aside with their heads lowered. “I hope you didn’t encounter any trouble shopping here?” Terry asked Nathan. “Was anyone hostile toward you? Let me know and I’ll fire them immediately.” Nathan smiled and pointed at Rebecca. “She’s the nicest sales lady I’ve ever met.” “That’s true.” Charles agreed. Rebecca slowly lifted her head with a proud smile. “Rebecca, why don’t you take me to the denim section for the jackets I talked about.” Charles requested. “Sure sir.” She quickly replied and aimed for the door. Charles went after her. “I’m so sorry about your card.” Mike sympathized with Nathan. “I can’t imagine the frustration.” “What took you so long?” Nathan asked after heaving a sigh. “I’m so sorry young master. I needed to clear something at the bank that’s why I couldn’t be here on time. Hope I didn’t keep you waiting for long.” Mike said. Nathan waved his hand down. “That’s okay.” “I guess you’ve met Nathan Smith now.
“When do you want us to meet up?” asked an eager Nathan. He quickly sat by the edge of his bed and turned to the oval wall clock by his right. He wouldn’t mind meeting up with Avery that night.“How about tomorrow?”“Okay.” Nathan sharply replied.“But if you’ll be occupied then we can reschedule.” Avery pointed out.Nathan sprang off from the edge of the bed and shook his head. “No. I’ll be free tomorrow. Just tell me when and where you want us to meet up.”He heard Avery sigh over the phone. Dozens of thoughts began to flutter in his mind.“I think I’ll leave that to you to decide. I’ll be available throughout the evening so pick a suitable time and location and then get back to me if that’s cool with you.” Avery responded.“Got it.”She hung up.Nathan sighed and lowered the phone to his chest. The conversation ended when they reached a consensus but somehow, he felt they should have said more.He collapsed on the bed and shut his eyes.****“Come in,” Nathan responded from the ins
Sweats began to team up on Nathan’s forehead. He suddenly felt like he was sitting on hot coals.Avery sighed and took her head into her hands. “This is very hard for me Nathan but I think at this point, we should break up?”“What?” Nathan screamed and flew from his chair, causing Avery’s heart to skip a beat.She couldn’t look him straight in the face. She shook her head and kept her face averted from him.“Listen Nathan. This whole thing is going to affect us and even though I suggested that we keep things formal, there’s no way our lives are not going to be influenced by this change so for the sake of our sanity, I guess we…“For the sake of our sanity?” Nathan interrupted.When Avery looked up at him, she saw him standing before her with his arms folded across his chest.“How can you make such a decision? Didn’t you think that it was going to affect me? How can you end what we share just like that?”“Calm down, Nathan,” Avery said and fell back on her chair.Nathan went back to hi
Nathan moved closer to Avery and wrapped his arm around her. “It changes nothing.”She sighed and began to rub her palms against each other tenderly. “You are so fucking rich and it’s scary.”Nathan placed a finger below her jaw and tilted her head up. “Look at him.”She blinked lovingly at him and slipped her hands around his back.Nathan hugged her tightly. “You remember the moments I couldn’t show up at the parties Charles and Henry attended?”“Yeah.”“I was actually in those parties as Alex.” Nathan revealed.Avery broke out laughing. “How ironical!”“I remember there was one time you called and I had to make up a story that I had to run an errand for my parents. I’m sorry I made that up.”Avery placed her head on his chest. “That’s okay, baby.”He cupped her face with his hands and kissed her lips passionately. “What I own doesn’t change who I am. I want you to love me like you’ve always done. Nothing has changed.”She gave repeated nods.“You should freshen up.” Nathan whispered
“We have to be on guard.” Mike continued. “I’ve asked all the chief guards to meet me here this morning. We are doubling your defenses. You shall wear a bulletproof vest at all times and must not step out alone.”Nathan shook his head in frustration. A while ago, he had promised Avery that nothing was going to change about his personality. If he’s surrounded by heavy security all the time, Nathan is scared that it might affect her notion of him. “I’m sure she’ll understand. You are an Alcantara and you deserve to be protected especially when enemies are lurking in the shadows.” Mike crashed into Nathan’s thoughts. Nathan fell back on the couch with a sigh. “Well, thanks for reading my mind but to be honest, I’m not comfortable with this whole idea of doubling security and wearing bulletproof vests.”“We have no choice.” Mike maintained. ***Avery took a deep breath before landing a knock on Elaine’s door. She was thirty minutes early for her shoot.Elaine opened the door and when s
At the end of the photo shoot, Avery was stunned by the fact that she wasn’t exhausted. She had changed about five times and had to imbibe several positions to project her products yet she was vibrant. She concluded that it was because she was too excited.The photo shoot lasted for about an hour.While the multimedia team began to disperse, Nathan turned to Avery. “It was fun taking pictures with you.”Avery giggled and flipped her hair. “It was fun too.”Throughout the exercise, Nathan couldn’t take his eyes off her. She had to blink at him or sometimes brush his arm to remind him that they were not alone.“I guess we are done here,” Avery said after collecting her products in a case. “Yeah. Don’t forget to go through the closets. I’ll be in my office. Do drop by before you leave.” Nathan said. She nodded and he left. ****Nathan stared at the ice watch on his left wrist and positioned his hands on the speedometer.He saw someone approaching the oak tree where his vehicle was par