CHAPTER 37: POTENTIAL BRIDE.A FEW DAYS LATER,The Theophilus family received Shaft and his niece into their home expectedly. The conversation Vegas had with Micheal was positive and so they saw no reason why they shouldn't invite them over to process things out.The men were busy talking with each other while Mandarin took Erica out on a tour of the mansion to give the men some space."Wow, you have achieved a lot, Micheal." Shaft praised him."It's all hard work, my dear friend. It hasn't been easy and that's why I try my best to instill these business values in my sons' life and as you can see, they are doing extraordinarily well in it, especially Vegas." Michael replied."Hmm, the stock market is going well for everyone but I do have a feeling that things might get more costly when it gets to a certain point especially now that some things are now going into seclusion with few being able to provide them.""I agree, Shaft but isn't that going to be a great gain for us the sellers?
CHAPTER 38: GIFTSSavage greeted Miss Conner as she passed by her side the next morning, holding a well-made bag. She walked hastily until she got to the workers' arena, her eyes searching for one particular person and she found her. She quickly approached her."Evelyn, you have a delivery." She announced and raised the customized bag high for her to see and maybe everyone else that was around. Evelyn was amazed and she collected the bag from her, muttering a 'thank you before checking it. She wondered who it could be from."Oh, my, who is crushing on our dear Evelyn?" Rob teased her as he appeared from behind to take a peek at the things. There were chocolates and heart-sent messages. The store from which it was brought was a well-known place to be an abode of romance items either to be used for proposal or any other thing.Evelyn blushed and hid the bag as she took steps away from Rob with a smile."Oh my, she is blushing. There must be a secret we don't know, spill it, Evelyn." Rit
CHAPTER 39: BASKETBALL WAR.Kira got out of the cab and paid the driver. She pulled the strap of her bag with her left hand while the other one was holding onto a bag that was containing some drawing materials. She was standing in front of a university's gate, a famous one and expensive too.She had a bright smile on her face as she read the school's name at the gate before approaching it.She entered the university and was pleased with the architectural structures. The school was very big and Kira keenly praised the person who came up with the color mixing. The flowers were blooming cause it was their season and it added more warmth to the surroundings. The students were all moving around, some were reading, some were with their partners, and some were laughing and running all around. These were social parts of being a student.Two particular people caught her attention and they seemed to be dating. The guy gently kisses her forehead, making the girl giggle. Kira smiled bitterly as s
CHAPTER 40: WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY BOSS?Later in the evening, after dinner, Evelyn shared the chocolates with Tom and kept the messages to herself. She told Raphael in his office earlier on that it was cheesy and too teenage-like but the truth was that this was something that she liked. The smallest things could be considered valid for changing the heart. Evelyn sighed in relief as she took the last bite of the chocolate, feeling totally satisfied. It seemed Raphael was indeed serious with her.She brought out her phone to go through Raphael's latest posts but what she found there were all business related. Nothing fun, she blew out air just like a horse would but didn't make any sound. A message popped in from Ralph's ghost and she clicked on it.'Hey, how are you doing?'She typed back, 'I am cool. How was your day?''It was dramatic, stressful but payable. I love money so I consider the demerits of the job nothing.'Evelyn chuckled when she read his response, 'I am amazed but anywa
CHAPTER 41: WHY DIDN'T YOU COME?The next morning seemed tighter than before in terms of business in the company as the workers had to meet up with people; business individuals for lots of interrogations and talks. When it was getting to the second time of the day, the work started getting lighter as meetings came to an end.Vegas was the most frustrated of all as he would not stop complaining and mumbling to himself how unhealthy this was nevertheless, he had to maintain his working spirit high in front of everyone else as he was well respected and praised for walking in the exact footsteps of his father. It would be a shame if he was to depict the exact opposite.This was something he considered an edge over Raphael and he wouldn't let it go just like that.Raphael was coming back from the conference Hall with Evelyn and Jeremy behind him, listening to his instructions and ideas that he had."Morning, sir." The workers greeted him as they walked past one another."Good morning." He
CHAPTER 42: FLOWERS.Evelyn stretched her body on her chair and glanced at her phone to know what the time was. Knowing very well that Kira was going to pick Tom up on her behalf, she wasn't in a rush but then, she thought about the trip she would be going on. Wouldn't this be too much for Kira to handle? Taking care of Tom was too tiring even for her and she just didn't want her to misunderstand her intentions or burden her but looking at the way if was, she was out of options.She started packing up, putting her things into her bag. Other workers were already closing for the day too, only a few were around. As soon as she was done, Savage called out to her."Hold on, Evelyn, let's leave together." She said to her."Oh, that is no problem," Evelyn responded and sat on the edge of her desk while pressing her phone. Raphael's message dropped in, asking if she had left the office already and she replied instantly that she was about to. Raphael had exited the company a few hours ago for
CHAPTER 43: A SLAP.Richard climbed down the staircase with his right hand holding his phone and the other one inside his pocket. He had his headphones hung around his neck while he shook his head gently to the sound coming out of the headphones.He strolled towards one of the majestic chairs in the sitting room and sat on it ignoring the presence of his grandmother and his aunt who were sitting down as well."What are you doing, Richard? Can't you see we are sitting here and you just can't greet us?" His aunt scolded him. Richard's glances at her were blank as if trying to show that he had no idea what she was saying. He crossed his legs against each other and faced his aunt."Since when did you start caring about respect? I mean you shouldn't expect one when you rarely give it. Moreover, I have greeted my grandmother a couple of times today so…yeah." He answered.His aunt nodded in embarrassment and continued watching the show with her mother-in-law who did not say a word since thei
CHAPTER 44: THE TRUTH.Richard stared hard at her for a while. Why wasn't she talking? Instead, she was smiling, and even though her eyes were on him, he could swear on his life that she was not looking at him. But he didn't complain, he used this as a moment to scrutinize her amazing beauty.Kira blinked a few seconds later and her smile faded."Now I have the per…" She stopped and snapped her fingers in front of Richard. The latter grinned as he sat more comfortably."Are you even listening?" She asked him."Who was the one to fall into the land of unconsciousness in the first place?" Richard teased her. Kira rolled her eyes but her lips curled up, she was happy that he was happy and seemed to be in a good mood."Alright, that's enough. Now, riding on an illegal race track doesn't solve anything. You are only giving your parents a valid reason not to allow you to be what you want to be so here are two options. Since you have never given engineering a chance, try focusing on class fr