Chapter 6

EVA'S POV:

“Cruz, is this what you want? To break up with me because of your slut of a sister?” Madison shrieked, but Cruz stood unfazed.

“Your brother got kicked out by your parents because of his bad-boy lifestyle at college, and you accommodated him. Why can’t you accommodate my own sister?” Cruz asked, his tone sharp, and Madison fumbled to find words.

“Cruz, you cannot compare my brother to your sister’s. Noah’s issue is different. Fine, if Eva stays, I don’t want to see her anywhere around the company. She is fired!” Madison declared and turned to go back upstairs. My brother sighed and turned to face me.

“Come on, Eva. Let me show you to the guest room. Tomorrow, I will accompany you to see our parents when they have calmed down,” Cruz said softly, and I stood there worriedly.

“Cruz, I don’t want you and your wife to have marital issues because of me,” I said calmly, but he smiled.

“Don’t worry. I will talk to Madison,” he replied calmly, while I watched Noah sit on the black couch with his eyes on me.

“Come on.” Cruz led me to the guest room, and I was marveled that it was bigger than my room at home.

“Brother, are you sure that you and your wife won’t quarrel again because of me?” I asked, my voice filled with concern, but he shook his head.

“Don’t worry about Madison. What would you like to eat, or have you eaten?” Cruz asked, and my stomach growled in hunger at his inquiry.

“It’s fine. I will send for your meal,” Cruz said as he turned and walked out of the room.

Sighing, I moved over to the white couch in the room and sat down.

My phone rang, and it was my older sister, Elora, calling me. We weren’t very close, especially since she had tried to secretly date Jacob Stone, but he didn’t spare her a glance. Instead, he reported to me what she had done. Since then, our relationship had been strained.

“Hello, Sister,” I said, my voice calm.

Elora’s sharp voice resonated in my ear. “Eva, how can you cheat on Jacob? I thought you said that you loved him very much and wouldn’t cheat on him?”

“It was a mistake. It wasn’t intentional,” I said for the umpteenth time, and Elora scoffed.

“What would you have said before? That you didn’t willingly cheat on Jacob? Eva, your wedding with Jacob was just three months away, and yet you cheated. I am ashamed of you. Do you know that Jacob has called off the engagement and ordered us to pay him fifteen million dollars? Where do you want us to get that money from?”

“I am not going to pay Jacob. I didn’t cheat on him willingly, so I am not the one to be blamed,” I said firmly, but Elora snapped.

“Shut up, Eva. If you hadn’t captured Jacob’s attention before I did, I would have been the one. I was the one who invited you to the Elites Club five years ago, and you snatched Jacob before I could even say hi to him,” Elora ranted, and I sighed.

I knew that my sister wanted Jacob, but he didn’t like her. He came to meet me instead.

“Sister, I don’t want to talk about this. I will visit Jacob and try to negotiate with him. You don’t have to worry about paying him,” I said, my voice calm, but Elora yelled, “How about Dad’s company? He lost a lot of clients because he couldn’t fund the loan. You need to beg Jacob to take you back. You better go and look for him and beg him.”

Elora ended the call, and I sighed heavily.

[Knock, knock.]

The sound of someone knocking startled me, and I moved over to the door to find out who was there.

When I pulled the door open, I met a young woman standing there like a maid.

“Hi, I brought your dinner,” she said, and I saw Noah walk past her as he went to the next door after mine.

“Alright. Thank you,” I replied before collecting the tray of food and going back into my room.

I locked the door, set the meal on the table, and sat down to eat the delicious jollof rice and fried chicken.

The delicious taste soothed my body and calmed my mind. After finishing the food, I drank from the bottle of water before my mind wandered off to Ethan Owen.

I pulled my bag over and brought out the blue ard that Ethan gave me. He was offering me a job at his company for two million dollars, while Maddison had already sacked me from her tech company.

Even though I was a software developer, I decided to accept the job of working for Ethan as his personal secretary. After all, the pay was relatively high, and now that I needed to repay Jacob, I knew that I could only rely on Ethan’s two-million-dollar secretary job.

So I called the number on the card, my hand trembling as I heard the call ringing.

'Who was going to pick up? Was it Ethan’s assistant or customer care?' I pondered this as the card had Owen’s Group CEO printed on it.

[Name—Ethan Owen.]

The call rang, but there was no response.

Trying again, I sat uneasily as I called the number again.

A knock on my door startled me, but I was eager to wait for Ethan’s call.

Unfortunately, Ethan didn’t answer me. I sighed and moved over to the door to see who was there.

Pulling the door open, I caught Noah standing there.

“What do you want?” I asked him coldly, and he smiled at me.

“I’m sorry to bother you, but I just wanted to know how you’re doing and if we can be friends,” he said, his brown eyes glinting with interest as he peered at my face.

Noah was taller than me, and he had a well-built body, but he was my age-mate, as I was a 25-year-old woman.

Shaking my head, I replied in a stern voice, “No, we cannot be friends. Your sister just accused me a few minutes ago of sleeping with you, so I cannot be close to you. Stay away from me and focus on your life.”

I turned to go back, but he stopped me. “Wait, it’s not like you’re a kid, or I am. My sister doesn’t have the right to control me. I honestly want to be your friend.”

“Well, sorry, I don’t need your friendship. My best friend betrayed me, and I cannot blindly trust a new friend, whether male or female. I want to be alone at the moment, so shoo away.”

I walked back into the room and slammed the door in his face.

Exhaling, I heard my phone ringing, so I moved over to the table and grasped it quickly before the call ended.

I was taken aback to see that Ethan was the one calling me back. My hands trembled as I sat on the chair and answered the call.