Desperate Measures

Reina's POV “I’m really sorry, sir. I’ll bring you a new cup.” I apologized to the man I had spilled coffee on.“Will sorry fix this?” The man hollered, towering above me. Tears sprang to my eyes. I hated being yelled at and believe me, trying to hold in your tears is an extreme sport.“I could….” I was interrupted by my boss, Mrs. Smith, a nice elderly woman.“Go attend to someone else, Reina.” She said to me, her kind eyes showed her pity towards me. She then faced the man and said a few words to calm him down.I went to take someone else’s order and handed it to my coworker, Jessica.“You’re so clumsy and that's disgusting.” She said, harshly.I sighed. Welcome to my world.I am the one and only Reina Jackson, I guess. I will be twenty four years old by May. First child and only daughter of the Jackson’s family. My mum died from a heart disease two years ago. Things got hard because we spent all our savings on her hospital bills.My dad spiraled into an alcohol addiction leaving

Reina's POV After the doctor cleared me to go home the next day, I went to check myself out.Anna had called me earlier, almost screaming my ear off.She had said some hurtful words about how I had kept such a huge secret from her.Everyone seemed to know who the LMT guy was except me. So, I decided to do my research.One thing I knew though was that this dude was seriously rich and I was going to milk this situation to the best of my abilities.Opportunities, afterall, came once in a lifetime.As soon as I got out of the hospital, I was bombarded by a lot of people, shoving microphones in my face.One, two, action!“Is it true that you’re dating Mr. Bladell?” The first question came.“I would prefer to not reveal.” I said, a coy smile on my face. I really should take up a career in acting.“Where did you guys meet?”“Top secret. If you really want to know, ask Ian himself.” I giggled, stalling for time in a bid to wait for Anna.“Are you guys in love or you’re just another of his fl

Ian's POV"So..?" Desire asked with a tone of curiosity immediately she got into the car and made herself comfortable in the front seat."Seat belt Desire," I said after putting on my seat belt and starting the car."Aaarrrgghh!! You can be damn annoying, you know." Desire complained as she put her seat belt on. When she was done, she turned to look at me and I could tell from the look on her face that she was hell-bent on getting whatever information she could from me whether or not I was willing to tell her."So…?" She asked with a furrowed brow.But I said nothing to her. I just kept my eyes on the road and continued driving."Come on cousin, spill it. You know I hate being kept in suspense." She said and I could hear the frustration in her voice.I sighed. This girl was a handful, trust me and I could not avoid her even if I tried."What do you want to know?" I asked without taking my eyes off the road as I drove her to school."Everything. Who is she? Where did you guys meet? Do

Ian's POVNot getting the information I wanted from the hospital got me annoyed. I needed to know so much about this lady and not even the tiniest information was given to me, despite my status. Although, I understood that every patient’s information had to be confidential, but…. ugh!I had stepped out of the hospital to be bombarded with jobless reporters asking me stupid questions and as if I wasn't frustrated enough I bumped into someone whilst trying to get away from the reporters.But as I was about to transfer my aggression to the person, I found out it was the same lady I had been trying to get information about. Fate!!The reporters got what they wanted. They became more hyper and started throwing more questions at us and to my surprise, the lady suddenly fell into my arms and looked straight into my eyes. It wasn't what I was expecting at all. What was she trying to do? And in front of the media?!I wanted so much to shout at her and probably throw her off my body to the grou

Ian's POVNothing could be compared to how furious I was at that moment. Reina was stepping on my toes, real hard and if she had been a man, doing something else that equally made me this furious, I would have given her a hard blow right now.I kept giving her looks that could be denoted as deadly, but she still didn’t stop acting all sweet and innocent. Her pretence was beginning to get on my nerves and it seemed as though my parents were already believing in all of her lies and worst of all, they seemed to like her.“Okay, I think it’s time we go home. And Ian, since you are off work, why don’t we go home together? Get in my car.” My Dad said as he stood up."Oh no, Dad. I need more time with Reina. I need to speak with her about a few things, so you all can go home without me.” I said, trying my best to speak softly, so they wouldn’t figure out that something was wrong.“Alright then.” My Dad said and walked out of the restaurant with my Mom following closely behind.“I am going to