Michael was furious when he came out of his office to see Alice being humiliated by Richardson and his board members. He had not expected that his girlfriend would stoop so low to act the way she had acted.He started to think back on what had happened the minute Richardson had gotten into the company.He had finished working on a project. Getting out of the office, he found Richardson walking into the company with the board members of the Empire company. At first he was taken aback by his ex friend but after a couple of minutes shock turned to anger.Why was he here?Everything changed when he saw the way the men around him treated him with awe and respect. Richardson, unlike the other people there, wore casual clothes for the meeting. It would have been a sign of disrespect but after seeing the way he was treated he knew Richardson was way bigger than he had actually thought.During the meeting, Richardson had barely paid any attention to him, making him feel dumb and extremel
“I know all your tricks, Alice. You can't fool me.”“Believe whatever you will Michael. I was there to say hi to someone that used to be your bestfriend and my boyfriend,” she sighed, turning to give him a raised brow. “I just wanted to say hi and nothing more.”Michael knew that she was not to be trusted. He knew how materialistic Alice could be. After all, that was how he had gotten her.All any man needed to do was flash a wad of cash in front of her and she would sniff it and swim to it like a shark sniffing out blood in the ocean.“I don’t care about any of that,” he muttered. “I only hope you’re not planning to get back with him because that will never happen.”She stared at him for a second before bursting out in an awkward laughter. She laughed for a minute before holding her chest like it hurt her.“Don’t be silly,” she chuckled, cleaning a tear from her eyes. “That would never happen. It’s never even crossed my mind.”Michael narrowed his eyes when she spoke. He did not know
The woman eyed the wad of cash in his hand with a doubtful look. She did not know whether she was to take it or thank him and walk away. It could be a trap and she was scared of the new man before her.He was different, he could be in a shady business for all she knew.“Kiara, take the money, I work and get paid for it so you have no need to worry,” he reassured her with a gentle smile reading her mind.“I’ll…” she shied away standing to her feet as he stood up with her forcing the money into her hands. “Take it,” he laughed. “This is also a thank you for helping me in the past.”She took the money, staring at the wad of cash with tears falling from her eyes.“I should have treated you better,” she sniffed. “Here I am broken at how I treated you in the past.”“It’s okay,” Richardson waved it off, deciding that moving into the future without grudges would make things easier for him.“Can I hug you?” she asked, spreading her arms ready to do it.“Sure,” he accepted, going in for th
While Michael stared at the ceiling thinking about how the universe had turned on him, a waiter came up to him in a loud manner. She was furious as she banged his table, getting everyone in the restaurant to look in her direction.“If you’re too broke to buy anything, how about you leave!” she yelled in anger. “You’ve been sitting here, talking to yourself while staring at the ceiling for a long time. You’re taking up space unnecessarily.”Michael could only hide his face as she spoke. He could tell that he was the center of attraction but not for the positive one.He had never had this kind of embarrassing moment before. He could not believe it was happening to him.If he had enough money in his pocket he could have yelled back at the lady, tossing some money into the air before walking out, but he didn’t. He had to calm himself and refrain from acting in a rash manner to avoid being thrown out of the restaurant.The event from the other night at the party still scarred him. He did
As Richardson drove through the streets heading home, he found his phone lighting up on the dashboard. Taking it up, he found the caller to be the doctor who was supposed to be caring for the girl he had hit, Dr Romeo.His heart flipped as he feared the worst. Had something happened to the girl? Was she not responding to treatments? Was she suffering from some sort of brain growth or something? He could not help himself from overthinking as he started to drift off from reality, almost hitting a pedestrian.“Hey! Watch where you’re going!” the man screamed while flipping him off.“Sorry!” he yelled back, seeing that the traffic lights were red for cars but green for pedestrians.He breathed in and out, trying to calm himself down before deciding to answer the call.“Hello,” he muttered over the phone as the doctor’s voice came on strongly.“Mr Richardson?” the doctor called, making sure he was talking to the right person.“Yes, it is he,” Richardson answered, putting the car in dri
“Hello,” the doctor knocked on the door of the girls room before getting into it. Richardson followed suit, seeing a girl sitting on the bed with a bandage tied around her head.She had a beautiful smile on her face immediately she saw the doctor. “Hello,” her melodic voice spoke out. “You finally decided to give me a visit.”“Oh you know me,” the doctor laughed, making a basketball dunk with an invisible ball. “I like to be a player.”She laughed at his joke, easing into the bed as her gaze fell upon Richardson.“Oh,” the doctor smiled. “You have a guest. I’ll leave you two to it while I get on your charts.”With that, the doctor exited the room leaving Richardson alone with the girl.They both stared at each other for some minutes with the only sound in the room being the sound of the television show and the beeping of the machine.“Hey,” he started off sitting on a couch close to her bed while she watched him with wary eyes. “My name is Richardson.”She didn’t say anything but sil
“You promise?” she asked with a wide smile on her face.“I promise,” he smiled back. “Pinky swear?” she raised her pinky finger.“What is this? Sixth grade?” “What is that?” she had a confused look on her face.“Wait, you don’t know what sixth grade is? That’s weird, I thought since you knew what jello was then you would know what sixth grade was going to be.”“I guess the memory loss is selective.”She had hope, he heaved a sigh of relief. They just had to dig deeper into her memory and get out what made her, her.Walking to her, he held out his own pinky finger to add to hers, breaking it off at the last minute.“Are you happy now?” “Of course I am,” she laughed waving to him as he exited her room, standing outside her door with a grin over his face. He had had a great time with the girl. He was definitely showing up again to see how she was doing.While strolling through the hospital hallway, he came across Jennie who was with a group of nurses and fellow janitors.He guessed th
She turned to her friends waving them goodbye as she entwined her hands with Richardson, following his lead while they walked off into the park.As they did so, her friends who were a bit jealous of her gossiped about her a little.“Do you think she’s really dating him or she’s making it look like she’s dating him? Cos I’m not buying it,” the nurse who had been skeptical about their relationship from the beginning said.“I doubt that they’re together,” another nurse added. “He didn’t look happy but maybe it is not her fault, maybe he had his mind on something.”“I don’t care, I doubt she’s still capable of being his girlfriend. It’s like ice and fire. He’s ice and she’s fire. She is not staying long with him.”They gossiped some more about the couple before deciding to get back to their work.***The walk the couple had around the park was pleasant as Richardson started to feel better. He was enjoying it so much with Jennie. He started to like her company even more.He liked how