Chapter 4

"No, ma. I checked the kitchen, and there was no food stuff left," Olima replied. Mia frowned, as she was hungry, and questioned, "Why didn't you speak up then?"

Olima stared from Mia to Mrs. Gina in shock. She had helped Mia with her assignments, and Mia had been nice and friendly with her. But once Mrs. Gina arrived home and Mia saw that her mother had returned, Mia switched to her mother's toxic behavior.

"Hmm, and you sat here since with Mia watching television. Didn't you know that you should have come to my shop to ask me for money to refill the house with food stuff and the things you'll need to prepare dinner for tonight? Or did you actually expect us to starve with you this night?" Mrs. Gina questioned, and Olima frowned.

"No, Mother, I mean, ma," Olima nervously replied. Mrs. Gina stood up from the black couch she was sitting on and glared at Olima while opening her purse and bringing out some notes of money.

"Here's $10,000. Before I go upstairs and take my bath, make sure you've already gone to the market nearby and bought all the ingredients you'll use in preparing the vegetable soup and semovita. Else...!" Mrs. Gina's eyes burned at Olima, and she immediately walked away from the living room, taking the stairs back upstairs to her bedroom.

Olima immediately rushed into the kitchen, knowing her stepmother wasn't joking with her threat. She searched all the kitchen containers to know the actual ingredients she would buy to prepare the vegetable soup. She hurriedly rushed out of the kitchen, picked up the money from the living room center table, and left the house, hearing Mia subtly laughing at her as she rushed out like someone being chased.

Nathan stood up immediately as he saw Olima rush out to the gate, holding a black polythene bag. Olima was dressed in a light blue gown, and Nathan asked her, "Where are you rushing to, small madam?"

"Open the gates!" Olima screamed out. Nathan knew that Olima was sent on an errand, as that was how Olima usually ran out of the house.

Nathan finally pulled the gate open, and Olima rushed out like a mad woman. She was almost knocked down by a car driving out, and the car driver cursed at her, "Stupid lady, where are you rushing to?"

Olima ignored the expensive red car driver that cursed at her as she rushed out to the beautiful estate street and ran up to the estate gate.

Inside the flashy red car sat a young, handsome man whose billionaire parents wanted him to take over their multimillion-dollar empire and real estate business, as his father was known for selling houses to top billionaires in Lemon-hill town.

Justin Robert. He was a dark-skinned, handsome guy, 21 years of age. His heart leaped to his throat as he saw his car almost hit the silly lady that ran out of her parents' home, as he knew mostly billionaires like his family lived in the estate.

With the sun gradually going down in the west, and as his car drove past her and headed out to one of his hangout places, the club, as he hated business topics and didn't seem to find anything of business interesting except drawing, watching movies, and hanging out with hot ladies who were ready to get down to business with him and pleasure him as much as he wanted.

Justin felt his member become hard as he saw how pretty the young lady looked and how she was running carelessly, not minding how her big breasts and buttocks were bouncing up and down with her silly, fast running.

Unable to ignore her, as Jesse drove past her, Justin ordered him, "Stop the car."

"Boss..." Jesse was taken by surprise at his young master's order. He gulped and replied, "Okay, Boss."

Justin wore a long-sleeved red shirt and black pants, as well as black sparkling shoes. He was breathtakingly handsome, as he took care of his looks, knowing that first impressions matter.

Olima was running up to the estate gate, as the night was fast approaching, and she knew that her stepmother would punish her if she didn't return home earlier to prepare their dinner on time.

"Boss, do you need anything?" The 30-year-old, impatient Jesse Andrew asked, wearing a white shirt and black trousers too.

"No, wait here," Justin replied, nervous seeing the pretty young lady running up to the estate gate and approaching his car.

Justin was mostly used to ladies throwing themselves at him, and now he had to throw himself at the pretty young lady he was seeing again. He had seen her before on countless occasions but couldn't approach her, knowing her father would be a billionaire too.

Olima didn't have time to go upstairs to change her light blue gown, as it provocatively brought out all her sexy, curvy shape. She ran up and slowed down as she saw the red car that the driver had previously cursed her earlier stopped, and the side door pushed open.

Olima thought the driver or the passenger in the red car wanted to step down and scold her more for her silly action of running out into the estate street like a mad woman and not even looking ahead to see if any cars were coming.

"Hi," the dark-skinned, handsome young man who stepped down from the red, flashy car spoke to her, and Olima froze in her spot, staring at the tall, dark-skinned man in front of her.

"No... Please excuse me," Olima shook her head as she met his handsome gaze. Before Justin could say "wait," Olima immediately ran past him, running faster than before towards the main exit gate of the estate.

"Shit!" Justin cursed out. Jesse only smiled, as he had stared at Olima's reaction from sitting in the driver's seat and staring at his side mirror.

Justin frustratedly sat back into the car's back seat and ordered, "Start the car."

"Alright, boss," Jesse replied, waiting for Justin to hook his seatbelt properly while he started the red car engine and drove off.

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Olima's heart was still beating faster in her chest as she exited the estate gate and got into a cab. She breathed out a sigh of relief, wondering what the young man wanted from her, as she didn't know him before.

Olima calculated all the ingredients she would buy from the local market and knew the market would have closed, but she would still get some food stuff to buy from some local food stuff sellers selling along the road.

As she arrived at the market Square and paid for her cab fare. Olima rushed to the market sellers by the roadside and bought all the ingredients she would need to prepare the delicious vegetable soup. She had only learned how to cook five months ago and wasn't so good at it, but it was still manageable.

Olima never used to cook while her mother was alive, and having to learn all that now that her mother wasn't around, Olima gulped and paid for all the items and vegetables she had bought.

Before Olima could round up with her purchases from the road sellers, night had already fallen, and she frowned, knowing that her stepmother would complain.

She forgot to ask her stepmother for money in the morning, and with her also being busy helping Mia with her assignments from school. She totally forgot to go to her stepmother's shop too, where her stepmother sold feminine wears, as Mrs. Gina owned a boutique.

Olima stood aside waiting for a cab to arrive, and yet there was no cab to take her home while the night continued to fall.