The blaring of music from the house was the only evidence that Ryker needed to know that his girlfriend, Sandra was celebrating her party.
After paying the cab man his fee, he walked towards her apartment with a charming smile on his face. He anticipated the shock on Sandra's face when he opened the door but she was nowhere to be found except for her male and female friends who were either dancing or drinking.Ryker spotted two of her friends he was familiar with. He was hoping for them to tell him her whereabouts.“hey, guys” His voice caught their attention away from whatever they were doing. As they spotted Ryker in front of them, there was an instantaneous jaw-dropper on their face. Ryker understood their reaction. Maybe Sandra informed them about his early decision not to come."What are you doing here?" One of them with enormous makeup on her face asked with a huge glare. Ryker didn't mind the glare. He was aware she disliked him, a lot and it wasn't her fault. Ryker didn't answer her. He simply turned his gaze at Charlotte, the second friend, and asked her "Where is Sandra, Charlotte?"Ever since he got there, Charlotte carried a guilty look on her face. She was nervous and apprehensive. That was when Ryker guessed something was wrong. Charlotte found it hard to speak up but once again, Ginny, the girl who hated Ryker helped her out "Oh! Sandra, right? She's in her room" Ryker could notice a wicked and at the same time plain smile at the same time. Like who does that?Charlotte looked like she was about to reveal a secret or better still confess but the hard glare Ginny gave her made her shut her mouth up.Ryker simply shook his head and rolled his eyes at the girls before walking towards Sandra's room. He wondered why Sandra kept them as friends most especially Ginny. He got to the entrance and didn't bother to knock. Swinging the unlocked door open, he was thunderstruck to see two pair tangled in the bed. Sandra was shocked to see him because she hurriedly tried to cover up her naked chest with the duvet. “What? Why…what is going on here, Sandra?” Ryker asked, a feeling of betrayal building up in his mind. Ryker remembered correctly, he and Sandra had been in a relationship for over a year and now, with what he just saw, his girl was naked in front of a guy who he just realized was Jake. “Well well, who do we have here? Let me guess, The Gatewood’s house boy” Jake scorned with so much disdain and Sandra couldn’t help but give a tiny laugh. Ryker was always humiliated by Jake and gradually he grew habituated to it. But this was the highest humiliation he would ever receive. Jake was known to be a womanizer, going out with different sets of girls, American chicks in the morning, Asian in the afternoon, or Mexican chicks at night.What stunned Ryker was, how did he manage to know Sandra?Jake stood up after wearing his shoe. He went ahead to kiss Sandra before groping her boobs which made the latter moan. Ryker was furious. A load of bile rushed up Ryker’s throat which he swallowed down forcefully. He felt like rushing Jake with punches till he was out of breath but he couldn’t. He wasn’t ready to be a murderer and also was he not ready to lose his 5 thousand dollars paying job just because of a whore he called his girlfriend.Jake walked past him towards the sitting room after giving him a long and hard glare. Ryker turned away from Jake and noticed Sandra's attitude. She didn’t even show any remorse even after he caught her cheating.“You were not supposed to see this, honestly you were not” Sandra voiced out with a cold expression as she was wearing her black crop top. It was clear she wasn’t wearing a bra due to her nipples which were almost poking out of her cloth.“Why? Oh okay because of the whore you are?” Ryker was not carrying the betrayed look on his face, but inside his mind, it was eating him up.“Will you shut the hell up, Ryker! Just shut it for a second okay” Her look of anger slowly turned into that of disgust “I can't still hold on to the fact that I Sandra Reeves dated a common house boy”Ryker couldn’t believe his ears. It was just like he was knowing Sandra for the first time. Sandra was like the perfect girlfriend a guy would ask for, according to Ryker a year ago but unknown to him, she was just a wolf hiding under a sheep’s skin.Sandra waited to hear from Ryker but it seemed he was lost in his usual thoughts. She simply stood from the bed, catching his attention, and then rolled her eyes as she walked out of the room leaving him alone.It started dawning on Ryker that it was over between them. Despite he caught her in a grievous act, he still loved her.Ryker followed her calling her name but she ignored it. She was about to sit with her friends not when he pulled her by the arm and extended the gift bag that was with him the whole time.“I got you a present”Sandra eyed the bag for a moment, took it, and then threw it “Are you blind or deaf? Or both? Can’t your wretched mind tell you that it’s over between us”Her voice was so loud that it grabbed everyone’s attention to them. The Dj didn’t stop the music but reduced it a little. Ryker stood still for a moment. He couldn’t believe his girlfriend, all of a sudden wanted to break up with him. Was it because of Jake? If it was because of Jake, it wouldn’t be because he was cute. No one needed to tell Sandra that Ryker was more handsome than Jake."Damn Sandra, why will you throw away his gift? He could have saved up all the salary he earned for this” Ginny hinted with sarcasm which caused a tiny laughter from the friends that were watching them.“My thoughts” Jake laughed as he approached Sandra with a red plastic cup “Why in god’s name will you move with such a house boy, our house boy? I mean he’s not different from a pauper living in the street”“I know” Sandra accepted “I just pitied him as to why I stood in the relationship but I’m fed up with that and that’s why I need someone to take care of me”Not minding him or anyone, Sandra went for Jake’s lips. Jake lowered his neck and kissed her as if that was not enough. To show Ryker that she was now his possession, Jake spanked her butts which made her moan slightly “Stop it, baby, let’s not make him feel sad than already he is” Ginny giggled “Who knows maybe when he clocks Eighty years, he’ll have the chance to spank a lady’s butt,” she said loudly and looked over at Ryker. Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter. Ryker felt humiliated. He couldn’t speak. He didn’t even know what he was supposed to say. He had never expected such disgrace to come upon him.Though he had been trying to make life a bit easy, Life still became hard for him. After managing to graduate from college, No one was ready to hire him for a day not to talk of one month. His interviews proved to be abortive. He got insulted by everyone, including his neighbors and friends. Aside from his grandmother, Sandra was his only hope. It was only in Sandra he found peace but he didn’t realize she was only staying because she pitied him.Ryker once again looked back at Sandra, at the woman he gave his heart to, the moment it felt like he would never find love nor happiness in life.He turned his gaze at Jake for a moment, at the arrogance and stupid smirk on his face. He had everything under his bosom while the only thing Ryker had was Sandra. But not anymore. Sandra was going to leave him as well.Ryker felt like crying but he wouldn’t. he bit back his tears and was done with any more humiliation. He spotted the gift bag that fell beside Charlotte, the very same one Sandra threw away, and went ahead to pick it up. As he picked it up, his eyes were locked on with Charlotte's own just in five seconds and he could tell that she was really sorry for him. But that didn’t matter anymore. All he wanted was just to leave the apartment without being humiliated or pitied.Then he left, shutting the door behind him. He could hear Jake shouting from within the apartment “Make sure you make dinner before 7 or else mom’s going to kill you” And with that, the guests laughed till he could hear them no more.Ryker left his ex-girlfriend's apartment into the busy streets. He didn’t even bother to hail a taxi. Using both feet back to Gatewood estate would take him at least thirty to forty minutes but he didn’t care or felt he was punishing himself walking a long distance. All he felt was the sadness he had been having all day. Been humiliated by His Boss, had to ditch his best friend again because of work, and now his girlfriend cheating and breaking up with him just because of Jake. Ryker had been trying to fit into the world as a person but it seemed the world wasn’t meant for him and a factor to that was the Gatewood family.That apart, why was his relationship life different from everyone else? Why does he have to fall victim to love? After all, he had done for her. Ryker could remember clearly, one of those months, he slashed his salary into three. He gave A Thousand and Five Hundred dollars to his grandma, Three Thousand to Sandra, and kept just Five Hundred for himself. He did every
“How the hell do you know that name?” The anger was vivid in his voice. Ryker didn’t mind the fact that he was talking to the most popular and fearful man on the surface. He felt pained and hurtful at the same time, his heart beating faster than normal. The last time he heard that name was like 20 years ago. Grayson Lee Bryon was Ryker’s late father who died in a motor accident. He loved both parents dearly but his father, Grayson, was his favorite. His connection with his mom was okay, family related but his relationship with Grayson was way more than father to son. Ryker remembered his father treating him like an adult even at age 7. They’ll watch games together, go to fun places, sit beside him on the sickbed, and make sure he tucked him to bed. Grayson promised to be there with and for him but he couldn’t fulfil that promise.His world crumbled ever since he lost his dad. He tried to forget about his father which was however difficult but suddenly, not just anyone but the most p
“Is this a Joke?” Ryker thought to himself. It seemed like a joke or better still a dream. He couldn’t call it a prank because it was way too expensive to call it a prank so it was better concluded to be a dream.How in the world is he an heir to a trillion-dollar company? An ordinary house boy who was trying to fit into the world. It was too good to be true. Even though it was coming from the most powerful man in the world, it was hard to take in.“I know it’s difficult to take in” Lord Hunter brought him out of his thought “But that’s your true identity, who you are. You’re not destined to be a loser or someone who can’t make it in life, No!” He nodded his head in disagreement.“Your future had been written and documented to be the next heir of Acme Corporations”“No no no no, I don’t want to hear that” Ryker stood up angrily waving his hand at Lord Hunter who was still seated. “This is all a mistake or a mix-up. I’m sorry but I have to go” He said with a shaky breathy, his voice t
“Ryker, what’s wrong? What happened to you? why are you outside?”After exchanging pleasantries, Jenny was forced to ask after seeing how bad Ryker looked. He wasn’t feeling okay and his face was beginning to swell.“Jenny it’s a long story and besides Your mom ordered Charles not to open the gate for me” “What fucking right does she have to stop you from entering the house” Jenny's expression changed immediately after hearing Ryker’s reply. She was getting pissed after finding out her mother was behind Ryker being stranded. Without waiting for an explanation, she ordered Ryker to get into her car.Charles was forced to open the gate irrespective of Elizabeth’s order. Jenny drove a bit roughly into the compound and didn’t bother to park in the garage. She was so infuriated that she halted in front of the house and instantly swung the door open. Jenny marched towards the house with Ryker tailing at her back. He knew what was about to happen.Elizabeth was sitting in the living room l
“Ryker! Ryker!” “Oh! not again” Ryker mumbled with a grimace on his face, as he dropped the santoku knife he was using to cut a bunch of carrots. He wanted to ignore the call but hell no he couldn’t. Madam Elizabeth is someone you must not ignore unless you’re in deep love with punishment. Ryker could swear that Elizabeth was trying all her possible best for him not to prepare lunch on time. He knew the consequences of not serving lunch in the dining at exactly 2 pm, especially when Jenny, her only daughter who always took his side was not around.Among the Gatewoods, Jenny was the only nicest among them. She was calm, kind-hearted, sweet, and extremely beautiful. The kind of girl every man would cling on. No one needs a soothsayer to tell that she looked exactly like her mother.But in character, a big fat NO!Madam Elizabeth or as she loved been called Queen Elizabeth happens to be the wife of the one and only founder of Cobalt Enterprises, William Gatewood. Lord William happens to