Andre stared at Valerie for a while, feeling discouraged. Each time he met up with her, he would be so optimistic that after pouring out his heart, Valerie's mind would change. But she was always as hard as possible, and whenever she spoke like this, he found it difficult to talk back. He took a step back and said, "Okay Valerie, I'll be leaving for now."Valerie was surprised as she thought Andre would insist on staying or getting her to change her mind. She believed that he was gradually pulling away, and eventually, he would get tired and stop pursuing her. Andre opened the door and went outside. It was raining heavily, and as she listened to the sounds of the rain, Valerie was tempted to ask him to stay back. In all honesty, a part of her wanted him to stay the night because she knew that Julius wouldn't be back. He had already told her that he would spend the night at Melody's. She would have enjoyed Andre's company, but she was aware that asking him to stay back would make hi
As he lay beside Melody and they spoke for a while, Julius decided to call Valerie to find out how she was doing. He was worried because it was the first time she was going to spend the night alone at home. He picked up his phone and said, "Let me call my sister."Melody began to laugh. "What's so funny?" he asked. "Why are you laughing?"She said, "Well, I thought your sister was an adult.""She is an adult," Julius replied. "I did tell you that she works in a hospital as a doctor."Melody smiled, "Well, you are acting as though she's a child. I mean, you still want to call her to find out if she's bored or something?"Julius laughed, "No, it's not that. I'm just checking on her.""I don't have a problem with it, actually," Melody said. "It's just that it makes me feel as though you are bored with me, and your sister might think the same way. Are you bored?"He stared at her in surprise, "What? What are you saying? Would I still be here if I was bored?"Melody pouted, "Well, I can't
When Julius woke up in the morning, he said, "Good morning" to Melody. Because he had to leave, he led her to the bathroom to help her take a bath. After they bathed together, he rushed into the kitchen and made breakfast while she sat on the bed waiting. Melody told herself that Julius was such a nice man, and if things were different, she wouldn't have wanted to use someone like him. She had seen that he had genuinely fallen for her, but she had a duty to carry out. She didn't have a choice because betraying Drew would cost her life. A few minutes later, he came out of the kitchen with breakfast ready."I have to hurry back now because I need to go to work and drop off my sister," he said while getting ready to leave."Oh, but won't you at least have breakfast with me?" she asked."I would love to, but I'll come over during lunch."He kissed her on the cheek and rushed out of the house, while she kept staring at him. After he left, she picked up her phone to call Drew because he h
Andre sat on his bed exhaling smoke with a cigarette between his index and middle finger while thinking about Valerie. He thought about the night they spent together and smiled."I miss her so much. I want to see her," he said to himself.Meanwhile, inside her office, Valerie also kept thinking about Andre. She thought about the words Julius had said and also about the things Andre said to her last night and sighed."Why can't I get you out of my head, Andre?" she asked herself. "Why is it that when you're in front of me, I can't push you away and mean it?"While she was still engulfed in her thoughts, someone knocked on her door, and she said, "Come in."Doctor Kell came in, and she instantly stood up. He still had a bandage around his nose, and she felt guilty as she looked at it. He walked up to her table, and she said, "Good morning, Doctor Kell.""Good morning, Valerie," he replied."Can I sit?""Of course, yes you can," she said. He took out the seat opposite her and sat down.
Valerie stared helplessly at Andre. She wanted to break free from his grasp, but his arms firmly held her waist, drawing her nearer."Let me go now," she pleaded."Please, Andre.""No, I'll never let you go," Andre replied."Really?" she asked sarcastically. "What about your 'different packages'? I mean the ones you spend all your time with."Andre smiled, "Spend all my time with? Valerie, you know I spend all my time chasing after you.""Oh, don't pretend like you don't know what I'm talking about," Valerie retorted."Alright then, let me tell you something," Andre said."I won't deny that I used to have weird kinks. Back when Drew and I grew up together, we did a lot of things: wild partying, drinking, smoking, and... well, I occasionally had multiple partners. I never really formed any attachments because I discarded them as quickly as I got them. Then Drew began to get involved with all these 'packages.' He would have many women in a room, partying and having sex with them. He a
As Valerie began to walk away with Julius and Melody, Andre followed behind them, but they ignored him. When Julius reached his car, he opened the front door for Valerie to get in, but she went to the back, leaving the front seat for Melody, since she was his girlfriend. As Melody sat in the back, Andre, who was still following them, attempted to enter the car. Julius, now in the driver's seat, noticed him and stopped, stepping out of his car and approaching Andre on the other side."What is wrong with you, Andre?" he pushed him."Do not get into my car. I don't want you here with us. Why can't you understand simple English?" Julius exclaimed.Andre stared at him and smiled, "No matter what, if Valerie is going, I'm also coming. I planned to have lunch with her. Since you want us all to have it together, let's do so.""That is not going to happen," Julius said, pushing Andre away as he tried to enter the car again. Valerie, sitting inside, closed her eyes."What am I going to do abou
Valerie screamed as the sounds of gunshots filled her ears, but Andre covered her mouth and said, "Shhh..."He pulled her towards a table, and they remained underneath as gunshots fired through the window. She looked in the direction of the burly man and saw him lying on the ground, while his underlings, who had earlier stood beside him, positioned themselves at two other windows, shooting out. While Valerie tried to control her breathing, she stared at Andre and noticed that a bullet had grazed his shoulder."You're bleeding," Valerie said helplessly."Don't worry about that," Andre replied, taking out a gun from his pocket. He began crawling towards the door, but Valerie tapped his back."Get back here and let the other men handle it," she said.Andre looked back at her and smiled, "How do I get you out of here if we remain under the table?""This is all your fault," she complained. "If you hadn't brought me here, my life wouldn't have been in danger.""Shush, this is not the time
Valerie looked at Andre and finally smiled."Oh... see, you finally smiled," Andre said pointing happily at her."Come with me, I need to show you something," he continued.He took hold of her hand and led her towards a room. He opened the door, and they both went in. Valerie looked at the room, seeing different artworks of guns, flowers, and mostly weapons."Do you have a hobby of collecting drawings and paintings of weapons?" She asked. Andre smiled. He went over to a recent drawing covered with a piece of cloth and opened it. It was Valerie's face, and she was smiling.She had a coat on, and anyone who saw her would know she was a doctor.She exclaimed, "Wow, this is beautiful, Andre!" She walked closer and stared at the drawing, "Wow, it looks just like me. Whoever did this is really good."She turned to Andre and asked, "Is this supposed to be a gift for me?"Andre nodded, "Yes, and um.... I drew that.""It's a lie," she said in disbelief."It's not a lie," Andre replied. "Come