Chapter Forty Seven

Rose, Mrs. Rita, and Princess had finished cleaning the kitchen and went into the sitting room to wait for Christopher and Uzo to get back from the study. While they were waiting they got talking. "Rose," Mrs. Rita called Rose who was showing Princess something from her phone.

"Yes," Rose answered.

"Where did you go to earlier? Did you go to see him?" Mrs. Rita asked without saying who the him she was talking about is but Rose understood.

"Yes, I couldn't sit and swallow what happened. I wanted to see if we could talk like adults but, he proved to be more of a child than I thought." Rose answered.

"What did he say to you? Was he abusive?" Mrs. Rita asked Rose with concern written all over her face.

"He was just being himself. I only made some things clear to him." Rose said with a shrug of her shoulders

"Just don't let whatever he said get to you. What matters is the love between you and Christopher. Every other person's opinion shouldn't bother you!." Mrs. Rita said.

"I know," Rose answered with a smile. "Thank you" she added.

"Who are you talking about? Is it grandpa?" Princess who had been listening to their conversation asked.

"It's no one of importance," Rose said.

"I think, I feel tired and I need to lie down." Mrs. Rita said and stood up. "Do you want to come with me?" She asked Princess.

"Yes, I'll go with you," Princess answered. "I'll see you later mom." She said to her mom, placed a kiss on her cheeks and walked away with Mrs. Rita.

Rose sighed and relaxed her back into the chair she was sitting on and closed her eyes. "Hey!!" She heard Christopher say as he sat beside her. "Are you ok?" He asked.

"Yes, I am fine. You? Are you ok?" She asked and glanced at him.

"Why won't I be ok? I am better than ever. Where is Princess?" Christopher asked looking around.

"She is with Mrs. Rita. Where is Uzo?" Rose asked when she didn't see Uzo with Christopher.

"He had something important to do so, he left. We need to talk about something very important." Christopher said. Even tho he wasn't happy that his wife was caring about Uzo.

"Ok, but before that, I would like to ask what you and your father talked about. He was very angry when I met him." Rose said.

"That's what I want to talk to you about. There are something's that I want you to understand about this whole thing." Christopher said. When he saw that he had Rose's full attention, he continued. "My father will try to do something stupid and I am very sure his target will be you and Princess." He added.

"I guessed as much from the way he spoke to me. Is that why you look so worried?" Rose said calmly.

"What exactly did he say to you?" Christopher asked but as if he suddenly realized something, he said. "No, I shouldn't even be asking. I know what he said. He probably called you a prostitute. Right?"

"You are right about that one but, it's ok. I am not a prostitute so I won't let that get to me. I have faced worse scenarios. Let's get back to what you were about to say." Rose said.

Christopher looked around and said. "Let's do that in my room or yours. I don't want anyone listening in on us but, if you don't want that then, we can go to the office and talk."

"Your room is fine. I haven't seen what it looks like and I am curious. Let's go." Rose said and pulled Christopher up.

Christopher was happy when she pulled him up and still held his hand as they walked up the stairs till they got to his room. "Don't be disappointed when you see what my room looks like. It might not be what you expect." He said before opening the door.

When they walked in, Rose was still holding onto his hand. "Is this your room?" She asked glancing around. "It's so plain. Why didn't you do something here?" Rose asked him again. The room wasn't decorated in any special way and it wasn't like every other room in the house.

Christopher didn't want to tell her that he was in that room because he was hoping to move Into one room with her fast. "Well, I just choose this one. If you don't like it we can go to your room instead." He said.

"Let's talk here but you will stop sleeping here from now onwards. I don't like how you put me and Princess in the best room and you are here. You'll stop sleeping here from this night!" Rose said with seriousness. "It looks too plain to be your room."

Christopher felt his heart do a flip when he heard that. He didn't expect what she said and he wasn't about to let such an opportunity pass him by but, he didn't want to look so eager so, he said. "Are you sure about that? I don't want you to rush yourself into what you are not comfortable with."

"Are you complaining?" Rose asked him.

"Who am I to complain? I just don't want you to do what you don't want to do." Christopher said.

"That's good. Since you don't have any complaints, we'll be sleeping in the same room from today." Rose said and pulled him further into the room. They both sat down on the bed and Rose said. "Go ahead and tell me what you want to talk about. You make it sound serious and I want to know what it is."

"Ok. I want you to know that I don't rely on my dad's company for anything and the company he prides himself on is not even his to begin with." Christopher said.

"What are you trying to say?" Rose asked.

"What I am trying to say is that I am the owner of more than half of all his wealth and my wife owns the rest!." Christopher dropped the bomb.

"I still don't understand what you are talking about. Can you please explain better?" Rose said.

"Ok, what I am trying to say is this," Christopher started and turned to face her. "When I was In the states, I set up my own networks. I have about three companies outside the country with smaller branches scattered around. I had to work part-time jobs and used whatever money my dad sends to me to set myself up. I have a security agency here and outside the country and I have an entertainment industry in my name as well. The third one is into technology. Those are the major companies that I run." He explained.

"Wait! I don't understand. Uzo mentioned something like this but he wasn't specific. Please go on." Rose urged him.

"Ok, so as I was saying, I started investigating my dad many years ago and I found out some strange things so when I got to Nigeria, I pretended to be dependant on him and placed my people around him. I found out things and I am still finding out more. My father married my mother as a poor man and when my mother died, he sent me away. My mother gave him 20 peecent of her wealth but under one condition."

"What condition is that?" Rose asked.

"The condition is that he doesn't cheat on her but a few months before I was born, she changed it. She stated that all the wealth that belongs to her will be transferred to my wife and my father wills his own to me when I get married." Christopher explained.