“Who are you?” He asked confusedly with his veins looking as if they were about to pop out of his head.
My body raced at the sight of a man, a very handsome man for that matter, so I did what I would never do in a million years. I slowly stepped out of the ice-filled bathtub, causing a lot of water to drip on the cold tiles, which soothed me a little. “I am going to ask again, who are you? Is it Regan that sent you here, that bastard?” He said. Angrily, but that aphrodisiac gave me courage, it messed up with my train of thoughts. I jumped on top of him and began to feel his chest and when he was about to react, I kissed him on his soft lips, and I felt a little bit relieved all over, but I wanted more, so I deepened the kiss. His self- control was lost as he took me out of the bathroom, and threw me on the plush queen-sized bed with a dangerous look on his face. Fear washed over me, but the pleasure that came along with his sudden hot kiss and his warm touch on my body faded the fear out immediately. I was immediately drawn to the bliss. *** Next morning I woke up with my head pounding and throbbing, I felt so bad, and then the memories of the night before hit me like a truck. Yes, I went to a gathering with my cheating fiancé Jerimiah, and Lisa was there. They both drugged me and tried to take me to a room filled with male prostitutes so that they could black mail me. I knew that they were both wicked when they went behind my back and had an affair, but I did not think their wickedness was so deep to the extent that they even set me up to be raped. I wanted to file a complaint as soon as possible but I knew that the Taleson family would block my complaint from reaching the right source. I sighed in distress thinking of how tough my life was going to be from thereon .After I was done thinking of all that, I felt a sudden pain down there, which caused me to lift up the duvet on my body. “Aaaaah!” I screamed at the top of my lungs when I saw my body riddled with hickeys and the bright red stain on the bedsheet. What happened? Did Lisa and Jerimiah win? Did they really manage to bring the male prostitute into the room? My hand began to shake as I began to think of all the possibilities. They must have made a video of the entire process. My sex tape must have already reached the hands of Lisa and Jeremiaha, just as I was about to have a panic attack, I heard someone's voice, a very attractive voice. “What the hell” he said, causing me to realize that there was a man beside me the whole freaking time. I was so caught up in my issues that I did not notice he was there. “Aaaah!” I screamed again out of shock as I threw my pillow at him out of fright. And that was when it hit me, that was the male prostitute Lisa hired, how dare he forcefully sleep with me and have the guts to sleep the night. My guts were overtaken with anger, so I stood up, ignoring the slight pain in my private area, I climbed on top of him and began slapping him over and over again. “How dare you do this to me, so because somebody paid you to rape an innocent woman, you went ahead with it. Where is your dignity? How dare you do this to me? I am going to call the police and have you arrested. I know you are a male prostitute, but how could you accept to do this” I cried while hitting him over again, while he looked so confused. He frustratedly flung my hands away from him just as I was about to hit and turned us over and he was now on top of me. “Me, a male prostitute?” He asked and I nodded while trying to break free from his strong ass grip. “How dare you call me a prostitute. Do you know who I am?” He asked angrily. “Of course, I know who you are, you are a shameless male prostitute who robbed a woman of her innocence. And do you feel insulted by the term male prostitute? Oh sorry let me correct myself, I mean gigolo” I said with tears dripping down my eyes, even after all the fights I had put up, I still let those bastards win. “Dont you ever call me that again in your life, and I did not rape you.” He started with an angry look etched on his face. “How dare you say that!” I shouted.” “Hehe” he laughed angrily. “Regan thinks he is sleek, that he can plot against me. First of all, he drugged me and sent one of his bitches to my room. Now he is having her accuse me of rape” He said to himself while I grew confused, what was this male prostitute saying. “Tell your stupid boss that his plan will not work, you probably took the videos right, he wants to use them to blackmail me to collect that deal, tell him that he will not get it even in a million years”. He said angrily. “What are you talking about and who is Regan?” I asked with a confused look. “Swear that you do not know Regan?” He asked with a raised eyebrow, acting like he did not believe me. “ I do not know whoever Regan is” I said frustratedly. “Are you really not a male prostitute?” I asked him. “Why would you think I am a male prostitute? I don't know how you did it, but you came into my room by yourself, took a bath and had the guts to jump on me” He shouted and, immediately, the rest of the event that took place that night, rushed back to me. He was right, when I was trying to run away from them I slipped into an empty room, and I did jump on him, while naked for that matter. I tried to look away in embarrassment but he did not let me. “It seems like you remember now” he said, with a sure look on his face. “Well, I am sorry about that, it was not my fault” I explained nervously. “Well, explain then” he said with a raised brow while a blush creeped up to my neck. “My stupid fiancé took me to a gathering on the ground floor, and I was drugged with aphrodisiac, I swear. Him and my cousin, they were both sleeping together and they drugged me so that they could blackmail me”, I summarized. “Your turn, explain why you did not push me away, you seemed to be in your right sense” I asked him and it was now my turn to raise my brow. Realising that he was untop of me and we were both nude, he awkwardly rollled off my while i felt so embarrased , so I ran to put my clothes on while he did the same. “Well, talk” I prompted. “A stupid business man wanted to be my partner so badly, knowing I was not going to accept his proposal, he set me up, he drugged me and wanted to use it to blackmail me into signing the contract with him.” He sighed and I sighed along with him, it was all a misunderstanding, we just had to be drugged exactly the same time and day. “You are going to have to take responsibility for this” he said, and a sudden fear gripped me. He seemed like a powerful man, and I was indeed the one who jumped on him first and forcefully kissed him. “I am sorry, okay, I need a place to hide, that is why I entered your room” I begged while slowly backing away. Oh my gosh what is that?!” I asked, behaving like I was shocked while looking at the window and once he looked, I took it as my cue to leave. So I grabbed my bag and ran as fast as I could. Just as I was about to leave his room, I could not help but tease him a little bit. “You know you are so stupid” I said before I left his suit. He was indeed a stupid man. What I did was literally the oldest trick in the books, yet he still fell for it. I dashed for the elevator while he ran after me with an angry look on his face. “Bye bye” I said with a mischievous smile just as the elevator doors were about to close. I ran out of the hotel and immediately hailed for a cab and, luckily, it was not a very busy day. I sat down in the cab while catching my breath. “Where to madam?” The cab driver asked me and I told him the pharmacy address next to my house. I tried to fix myself up so I could stop looking like I was in a fight with somebody. He pulled up in front of the pharmacy and I bought some contraceptives. The last thing I wanted happening to me was to get pregnant, especially to a man I did not know. After that, I hopped back into the cab which took me straight home.Chapter 5I slowly walked into my work place with my head down, trying to avoid the curious gaze of my co workers, I usually had a reputation of being the most punctual employee, but Lisa and Jeremiah just had to ruin my streak. I walked into my office and took a seat, I did not even care to pull the blinds up, I was a having a banging headache because of the stupid drug, Lisa used on me. I sighed as I opened my files and got straight to work. I was a journalist for a very reputable media comapany, The news Co, and I was not the best at my job but I was still managable,I remeber one time when I slapped a client who I was interviewing in the face because she was such a bitch, but I ended up sleeping in jail for the night, luckily she did not press charges, or the time a client said something innapropriate and I mistakenly published the article without cutting it out. I should have been fired, but my boss let me off because he had some relations to the Taleson family. With all that had
Chapter 6 I walked into the bustling venue of Jerimiah and Lisa’s engagement party. At first, I did not want to grace Lisa with my presence, but then I thought, if I could not play the disgusting video of Jeremiah and Lisa at our wedding since it got cancelled, then I could play it at their engagement. That way, I would get the satisfaction of revenge by ruining their special day, and get the guest to feel sorry for me, and I would also use it as an opportunity to get back my parents' company from my uncle. I strutted with my head held high as I walked in, I ignored the murmurs about me from the guests. Just as I was about to take a seat in a very un-noticeable corner, I was approached by Mrs Taleson, who was none other than Jeremiah’s mother. Growing up, she was always kind to me and treated me like her daughter. She was the last person I thought would betray me. “Liza darling, I did not expect to see you here”, she said nervously while trying to avoid eye contact. “Oh, well, you
It was finally the day of the wedding of the century. The wedding was between Ryan Blaqk, the youngest multibillionaire and CEO of the Blaqk industry, and Angela Dalton, the heiress of the Dalton family, who was also a famous socialite. These two families joining together would be so powerful, but it was the Dalton family that was going to benefit the most, as the Blaqk family was already united in whatever they did. I wore a royal blue sequin gown that dazzled in the sun. The gown ran below my ankle, but I was still able to showcase my beautiful legs and my heels because of the slit that started just below my knees. I did quite a simple make-up look as I did not want to draw any attention to myself, and also, I was not even a proper guest at the wedding. I just came to work. I parked in the parking lot of the hotel, as I did not want to draw any attention by parking while the red carpet was taking place. Before I came down from my car, I grabbed my bag that had all the things I need
Chapter 8 “What ?” I asked angrily. How dare they pull me into their family drama? They actually wanted me to be fool Ryan Blaqk and get married in the place of their daughter. If I actually agreed, I would not even know how I passed away. “You have to do it,” Mrs. Dalton said condescendingly. “I won't. I am sorry, but I will not marry Mr. Blaqk at your daughter's place. It is not my freaking fault your daughter decided to run away, so why do I have to suffer for it?" I screamed. Yes, I was scared of the two bigshot families, the Dalton’s and the Blaqks, but I was even more afraid of the Blaqks. “Whether you like it or not, you are already involved in this matter; you have no choice but to do what we say, unless we make you wish you were dead. I will ruin your career, your family, and everything."Mrs. Dalton threatened, but the rest looked like they agreed with her method. “I am sorry, but do whatever you want to do to me; I will not suffer for the crimes of your family. Yes, I am
I sat in the car, trying my best to block out the event that had just taken place, the shocked places of the the guest when they found out that I was the bride and not Angela, how I met plenty both shots who I never even dreamt of meeting them, but they all showed me respect, as Ryan's wife. I literally got married to Ryan Blaqk, the Ryan Blaqk, but I did not feel good about it, even after all the respect I was getting, I was used as collateral damage for the mistake that Angela made, and I hated the Dalton family so much because of that. Too bad I now had to act like their lovely goddaughter from then on in public. The Blaqk family made Mr Dalton give a speech during our wedding reception, and in that speech, he addressed me as his goddaughter, which cleared the air of doubt for the guests. I could only watch helplessly as the event that determined my happiness took place without my consent. I wanted to lift up my dress and run away, just like Angela did. But I knew that after the
Just as I was thinking of how to overpower my body and stop, Ryan suddenly stopped as if he read my mind. I looked at him with an inquisitive gaze while he took a deep breath as his head was buried in the nape of my neck. “I would not mind having you right here, but you are not ready,” he said, and once he said this, he walked away like nothing had happened. Leaving me shocked and confused, but weirdly wanting more. *** Due to my persistence, Ryan allowed me to use a pillow to demarcate the bed. I inwardly laughed at my hypocrisy, like I was not just about to sleep with Ryan some hours ago. The lights were off, and we were ready to sleep. “When are we leaving?” I asked him. “So what was the point of coming here? We could just have stayed at your family hotel in the first place,” I said angrily as I cursed at his stupidity in my mind. “I was right back then; you are stupid,” I whispered, but unfortunately, he still heard me. "Stupid, hun?” he asked, making my cheeks flush. “No,
“What did you say?” I asked him with a confused smile. I was really hoping, but I heard him wrong. “I said you are fired, Eliza,” he said while trying to avoid contact. Was it because I published the article late, but I already explained my situation to him? No, that could not be the reason. “But why?” I asked with a shaky voice. “Is it because I did not publish that article last night; I already told you my predicament and you understood why, or is it because I came late twice in a role? Why would you do this to me?” I asked angrily, especially because I did not expect Look to fire me since we had a little bit of friendship between us. “I am not the one who fired you, Eliza,” he suddenly said as he looked up and finally made eye contact. “It was the CEO; he said you offended someone important." Luke explained, and I just looked at him with a confused gaze. I was sure that it was definitely not the Blaqk family or the Dalton family that got me fired, since I practically did them a
Instead of going back home, I decided to make a turn to go to my uncle's house. When I got there, I was stopped by the security, and they had to get permission from my uncle before I was allowed to enter. My body seethed with anger; they had the guts to occupy the home that my parents left for me, and they did not even let me come in and go freely. They were all snakes. I went to their ‘house’ to make one thing clear to them: that I was going to cut all ties with their family and that I would be their enemy from now on. Without thinking twice, I got down from my car and catwalked into the small villa. The living room was empty, but I did not care. I took a seat and patiently waited. They knew I was around, but they took their time before they came down to meet me; that was how they always did. Their lowly minds wanted to establish a sense of superiority, but I never cared. When I heard footsteps, I looked right and saw that it was my uncle and aunt, and when she made eye contact w