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Desperate Measures Chapter 1
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
Desperate Measures Chapter 2
Ian's POVI stared at her dumbfounded.“What the….” I was cut off by her bursting into tears.A doctor and a nurse soon came to get her, dragging her away as she wept loudly.I dumped the now empty cup of hot chocolate in the bin and made my way to Lucas’ hospital room.“Hey, where’s my hot chocolate?” he asked, groaning in pain as he tried to sit up. “And what happened to your suit? It’s your best one!”“Take a wild guess.” I said and picked up a napkin to clean myself. “The person you hit almost died. What were you thinking driving drunk?”“I’m sorry.” Lucas was my childhood friend. We’ve been causing trouble together for as long as I can remember.“Whatever. I have to get back to the office. I also have to pay the victim’s family a visit so they don’t sue you.” I said pointedly.“Thank you Ian.”I patted his shoulder and left for work.************** “Good morning, sir.” Rhoda, my secretary, greeted, extending my usual cup of espresso to me.I nodded in reply and took the drink f
Desperate Measures Chapter 3
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
Desperate Measures Chapter 4
Ian's POV Blake, my driver, parked the vehicle in front of the house and drove it into the garage the moment I stepped out.As I headed inside, I could still hear the chaos the paparazzi was making outside the gates of my parent’s home.I had Blake drive me here instead of to my own condo in the upbeat side of Toronto because the paparazzi would be twice the number over there. I actually had to go through the back to leave the company without being noticed.“Ian, how could you?!” Mum declared immediately I entered.“I have nowhere else to go, mum. You guys can’t kick me out.”“No, not that, you dumb man! I mean, how could you not tell your parents you had a girlfriend! All these while, your father has been torturing himself with the thought that you swing the wrong way!”I scoffed. “I’m not gay, mum.”“Yeah, of course. Tell that to your father!” I rolled my eyes. She has always been so dramatic!“Alright. That’s it for the night, mum. I have somewhere to be tomorrow, if you’ll excus
Desperate Measures Chapter 5
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
Desperate Measures Chapter 6
Reina's POV“Good day, Ma’am. Welcome to our restaurant.” I said, smiling at the beautiful young lady who was already seated, waiting to be attended to.“Thank you. Can I see the menu?” She asked, with a poker expression.“Yes, Ma’am. Here it is.” I replied and handed over the menu to her.I stood by her table, smiling and patiently waiting for her to make an order but this lady was being unnecessarily slow. It seemed like she was having a hard time making a decision.And damn it! I had other customers to attend to. Jessica was around, but she was in a foul mood. According to her, she was dumped by her boyfriend and they had been dating for six months. Well, that wasn’t my problem right now, my problem was this lady who was wasting my time.“Excuse me, Ma’am. Do you need help?” I asked, trying to be as respectful as possible.“What do you mean by that?” She frowned, with her right eyebrow, raised.“I am sorry, but I have been waiting for quite some time and there are other customers I
Desperate Measures Chapter 7
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
Desperate Measures Chapter 8
Reina's POVIt felt so nice to have hit a jackpot like this. My acting was so good that no one could ever think that it was all an act.I could see the look on Ian’s face and I could tell that he was clearly taken aback.“Awwwnnn, that's so sweet. So tell us, how did you feel about the kiss?” One of the reporters asked, with a smile.“I already said that it was the most romantic kiss ever. His being shy and wanting it in private was really lovely. He couldn’t wait to kiss my juicy lips, and that was why he had to drag me off to a secluded place.” I blushed as I spoke and I looked at Ian with my side eyes.It was certain that the video would have gotten to his family as well and that was going to be just perfect if that happened.The reporters kept asking questions upon questions but I ignored most of them because I was getting bored and tired already.Ian tried so many times to speak up, but I was always a second faster than him, so there was no way he could speak for himself. And oth
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