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
“Are you sure about this?” Jackson demanded after Nathan pulled out a suit from his closet. Nathan turned to Jackson with a chuckle. “One attack shouldn’t stop me from fulfilling my obligations. Besides if I don’t show up, Corrigan is going to conclude that I’m a coward.”“Fine. I’ll go get the boys.” Jackson said after heaving a sigh. “I’ll be fine,” Nathan assured him with a warm smile. Jackson stepped out of the room. The Billionaires Club had scheduled a meeting for 7 p.m. that night. As President of the millionaires club, Nathan was obligated to attend the meeting to discuss their project collaboration but Jackson had suggested that he let the event sly since he just survived an attack. Nathan had no evidence to prove who his attackers were but he had a strong conviction that Corrigan was behind it or perhaps some of the guys Wayne betrayed to collect information for him. Nathan got dressed and reached for his face mask. He stood in front of his large dressing mirror and th
Avery couldn’t stop looking at the closet before her. Two days ago, she had left Phoenix Media House with piles of clothes from the collection Nathan supplied. She had transferred the clothes to her closet at home. She folded her arms across her chest and smiled while she kept shifting her gaze from one material to the other. All the clothes were the latest collection from renowned designers. She wondered how Nathan managed to set up such laudable costumes in the shortest time possible. Avery turned around with a sigh and was about to head out of her room when her phone began to ring. When Avery swept the phone from the table, the corners of her mouth twitched with excitement after she caught a glimpse at the phone screen. “Hey, baby!” She said and threw her back against the wall while her pupils continued to dilate. “How’s my baby doing?” Nathan’s voice came. Avery pressed her eyes against each other and gave a response. Then, she imagined how insensitive she must have been when