9. Marry Me

KIKI

“Get out,”

Wait, what? We were in the middle of the road, late at night and…

Nathan pushed the car door wide then leaned back in his seat. This wasn’t a joke.

“Sir, with all due respect…”

Fuck it, he didn’t deserve even an ounce of my respect.

“…you should have just left me in the club instead of driving all the way here to kick me out of your car”

Mr Montgomery didn’t say a word, he just looked straight ahead, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel and his jaw twitching.

I sighed, pulling myself and my bag together so I could leave his damn car.

I didn’t realize the red traffic light had turned green, Mr. Montgomery hit the accelerator, moving the car with my side of the door still open.

“Jesus!” I exclaimed, then he stopped.

“I don’t have time to waste,” he turned to

“What if I had fallen out of the moving car? I shouted. “Are you trying to get me killed?”

What other answer was I looking for? Clearly he was.

Cars behind began to honk impatiently for him to move. Mr. Montgomery was a maniac . How did my brother put up with such a vile person?

I stepped out of the car and closed the door with a loud thud. Then he zoomed off.

I crossed over to the pedestrian walkway, my fingers trembling as I called Taylor to come pick me up. I was in the middle of the road, I didn’t know the route home and I was tipsy, using a taxi wasn’t the best option for my safety.

When Taylor arrived about thirty minutes later, I was already shivering due to the night breeze.

Taylor and I were seated in the back seat while Kylie, her friend who worked as a bouncer at the club, drove us home.

“Why did he do it?” Taylor asked calmly, caressing my head that rested on her shoulder

“I am slightly drunk, I may have said somethings that offset him it doesn’t justify leaving me in the middle of the road,”

“The man I saw take you out of the club, you said his name is Nathan?” Kylie asked, joining our conversation while still focused on the road.

“Yes,” I responded sniffing my nose, I needed to just sleep the night off.

“That is weird, he told me Jeremy Rochas at the front pass.” Kylie replied, swerving the car in a U-turn.

Taylor and I exchange a look.

Kylie continued “He…he looks familiar though, like a guy who introduced himself as Terry last week…”

That name it struck a bell

“…another time he was Frank. I have been in this club business for years and I have seen men go by different identities to stay anonymous while hitting on different girls…”

“What did you say, Frank?” Taylor asked, sitting up

What now? Did Mr. Montgomery sleep with Taylor too?

“Yes,” Kylie replied Taylor “I don’t like to take things like this seriously because he doesn’t cause trouble, he comes to the club, stays anonymous, pays well and leaves,”

“One of my friends met a Frank at the club two months ago, they lost contact after that night though,”

My stomach tightened, why did I suddenly feel sick?

The idea of being just another woman who passed Mr. Montogomery’s bed bothered me, it hurt so much that the first person I had gotten intimate with was someone who didn’t really care about the moment we had.

“Men like that don’t do love,” Kylie scoffed “They just hit and run— so he is your brother’s best friend, glad that you have nothing with him,”

Taylor knew what was on my mind. If only Kylie knew I was one of his conquests, the girl he had told he was Terry.

Taylor patted my head as if to calm me down “You will be fine, I’m here for you,”

We sat in silence as Kylie drove us, but silence where? When my mind was filled with noise and thoughts.

I shouldn’t have gone with the flow of that night, for the first time I regretted even talking to a stranger, dancing with him, and allowing him to touch me while lying to my face.

Kylie was the second person to say Mr. Montgomery didn’t do love, in one day, I didn’t even care about love from a man like that, it just hurts that I was one of his conquests.

All the sweet talk that night was just his normal ammo he used in his games, womanizing was like Call of Duty to him?

***

At the sound of the alarm, I quickly got up from the bed even though I still felt tired.

I took a shower, put on a simple black gown and left my room. I didn’t have the time for breakfast so I didn’t bother.

Immediately I opened the door, I was stunned to see Jordan kneeling with one knee, holding a red rose and a ring?

A ring? The fuck? I thought we had broken up.

“Marry me, Kiki Oliver,” he blurted out before I could even say a word.

Did he wake up at the wrong side of the bed, with all his memories gone?

“What is this about Jordan?” I asked, looking around to see if anyone was watching but it was just my old neighbor walking her dog, she didn’t seem to care.

“Get back with me and forget about the lawsuit Kiki, I know you love me and don’t want to break up with me.”

Yes, he was my first love… but every damn feeling I had for him evaporated the night I caught him cheating on me.

My gaze was fixed on Jordan, who had a smug smile on his face, I wanted to slap it off.

He knew I wouldn't be able to pay such a huge amount of money in a short amount of time but jokes on him.

I was ready to work my ass off rather than be in a toxic abusive relationship with Jordan.

“Get this in your skull, Jordan, we have nothing anymore,” I spat “Move on,”

Jordan rose to his full length, “Look, I cheated, okay. We can move past it,”

I smiled not because I wanted to but because through all of these Jordan had never uttered an apology to me.

“I have moved past it, but not with,” I responded as I made to walk past but Jordan stopped me

“Okay, let’s have goodbye sex, since you are still a virgin, let me be your first,”

“You disgust me Jordan, now if you will excuse me I have work to be at,”

“Oh you are working now,” Jordan called after me but I didn’t turn back, “Kiki, I am your first love and I will be the first man to take a dip from your honey pot,”

I wrinkled my nose, Jordan must have lost his brain cells or didn’t even have any at all.

***

I got to the company front gate at exactly 8:57, three minutes to the check-in time, thankfully.

My head was still banging from drinks the night before, I didn’t even want to think about it or how the night ended knowing what I just found out about my boss.

My office was far from his. Also I didn’t report directly to him but to the deputy.

I heaved a sigh of relief after I squeezed myself into my office chair. It was day two at the office and as quickly as I could I needed to take on more responsibilities so I could get promoted quickly.

Being financially ready to handle the lawsuit was my only option, not return back to Jordan so he would end the lawsuit.

I inputted my password to the desktop, a notification popped up “Incorrect password”

I tried it again but still the same thing, “Does the password reset daily?” I muttered under my breath.

Suddenly the telephone on my desk began to ring.

“You are late to work,” the familiar voice sounded. “I hope you know that is not acceptable?”

I raised my wrist to check my wristwatch, It was ten minutes past nine.

“I check in three minutes to nine—”

“But you got into your office five minutes past nine,”

Wait, was he watching me?

“Be at my office right now,” Mr Montgomery sounded before dropping the call.

I hissed, forcing myself not to curse because he might be within earshot, but I really don’t care anymore if I lose my job, I would find something else.

After raising my voice at him last night when he told me to leave his car, this morning my password was changed. I was only five minutes late for God’s sake. I had to walk from the front gate to my office.

And now he just summoned me to his office.

To add to it, I even forgot his shirt I spilled tea on yesterday that he asked me to wash and return.

As I stood up to leave my office, a crazy thought came to my mind.

He was probably calling me to his office to fire me. I could as well kiss my job goodbye but before that, I would kiss Mr Nathan Montgomery.

He wouldn’t expect it but I would do it. Not because I love him, eww, he was an egoistic womanizer.

I wanted it to stick in his head that life doesn’t always go as he planned, and I wasn’t one bit affected by him.

I smiled at my thought as I knocked on his door.

When he told me to come in, I took a bold stride into his office, putting all the confidence I would ever need, I didn’t care about my size.

I stopped in front of him, he looked a bit surprised, maybe because I didn’t look like the naive employee from yesterday.

“Can’t you greet?” he asked, his face held an icy expression.

I leaned down on the chair he was sitting on, placed my right knee between his legs.

His eyes were fixed on me, he must be thinking what I was doing, he should wait and see.

I pulled him closer to me by his tie and crashed my lips on his.