Mummy, Daddy is on his knees

Damien rose up to his feet and exchanged handshakes with the young man before him who was surprisingly his around his age..

He had expected a middle aged man to appear before him, either ways it still worked..

“It’s a pleasure to finally meet you Mr Sterling.. I’ve heard a lot about you from my dad and other business partners”

Damien flashed him a small smile, the latter didn’t seem bad to him not until he stretched his hand to Olivia who accepted it without hesitating..

Four.. five.. six.. seven.. eight.. nine.. ten.. ele-

“I think we should commence now” Damien gritted impatiently, his eyes boring into their clasped hands..

Olivia’s brows furrowed, when the man’s finger grazed gently on her palm..

She instantly pulled her hand away from his hold and took a seat on the armchair next to Damien..

“So Mr Jones.. I guess my assistant must have briefed you about this-

Jones sat up with a wave of his hand cutting Damien off his speech, his eyes roamed back to the lady seated opposite him who was looking rather ravishing to his eyes..

“Yeah she did.. so I came here hoping for the contract to be signed today”

Damien gave a nod to Olivia who brought out the documents they needed, she stood up and walked around the large and long table..

“Here” She said softly placing the document on the table just in front of him..

The latter’s eyes roamed behind her as she pointed out some things in the opened document before them..

He pulled out his pen from his inner pocket and intentionally dropped it to the ground, Olivia turned to him and smiled politely..

She crouched down to get the pen and was startled when his fingers brushed past her cheeks, she stood up to her feet with the pen..

“I’m sorry about that” he apologized with a small smile..

He accepted the pen from her and made sure their fingers brushed..

Olivia left his side and walked back to her seat which was next to Damien, he took a glimpse at her crumpled face..

“Is something wrong?” he whispered.

She shook her head slowly, maybe it was her head messing with her but this man did try to act naughty with her, she couldn’t afford to make Damien lost such a good deal just because of her assumptions..

“Here.. I’m done” Jones stood up with the signed documents in his hands, he walked next to Damien who stood up on his feet to accept the latter’s outstretched hand..

“Thanks for investing in our project Mr Sterling… I’m glad that we are business partners now”

Damien gave a nod and retracted his hand from Jones’ hold..

“I guess this calls for a celebration.. let’s meet up for dinner tonight”

“Fine! just pick up the spot and send the address to my secretary, we’ll make it if we have the chance to do so”

Jones flashed a toothy grin, he took one last glance at Olivia before walking away..

***

Rihanna paid deaf ears to the receptionist who was pleading with her not to barge into Damien’s room..

“Ma’am.. I’ll lose my job”

The door clicked open after which Rihanna stepped into the room and closed the door behind her..

She placed her trunk next to her feet staring around the spacious room, there was only one bed and no extra rooms or even couches!

Presidential suite indeed!

“She must have done this on purpose! they both share a room and also the same bed, who knows what they must have done!”

Her pupils dilated when the thought crossed her mind, Damien didn’t care about her anymore! she finally learnt about that the hard way..

***

Olivia stared at the tab she was holding, a yawn escaped her lips..

They still have one last meeting to attend to before they call it a day, today was really tiring and stressful to her..

Damien noticed her little body movements, “If you’re feeling tired.. we can head back to the hotel and postpone this meeting till tomorrow”

Olivia heard him speak and shook her head, that would mean more work for her tomorrow and she wasn’t ready for that..

“No”

“There’s no need for you to go.. if you don’t want to, I can manage by myself over there, I promised Kelvin to look after you”

Olivia sat up and shot him a look, she wasn’t a child to be looked after, She failed to understand why he even chose her for this business meeting, Bella was willing to come along..

“Stop dragging Kelvin into this.. if you have other hidden motives, just let me know now”

Olivia’s phone rang out pulling both their attention away, she took it out of her purse and raised it to her ear after sometime..

It was her mum.. who probably called to tease the living day light out of her..

“Yes mum.. and before you ask, I’m not in the room, we are on our way for a meeting..”

Sandy’s brows drew together, classic! just what she wanted to ask but anyways, a more upsetting news just got to her and she wanted her daughter to be aware just in case..

“Well I called for an entirely different reason.. but I’d have asked that though” She chuckled sheepishly..

Olivia rolled her eyes at the other end “Tell me why you called”C0ntent © 2024 (N/ô)velDrama.Org.

“Rihanna left for Chicago at the early hours of today, Anita just called to inform me.. I’m sure she must have gotten there by now, just stay out of trouble baby.. and make sure she doesn’t try to belittle you or try to come in between you and Damien..”

Olivia’s lips parted slightly, Rihanna was really shameless! does she really think, she was interested in Damien? she questioned herself to receive silence in return..

*You sure are*

“Alright mum.. I’ll be careful” She murmured and inserted her phone back into her purse..

Damien noticed her change in expression and was a bit worried, he hoped everything was okay..

“Are you alright?”

Olivia faced him with a mocking grin, how could she ever be alright? his lousy fiancee was currently in this city to cause more troubles for her..

“My mum just called.. Rihanna is here in the city, she probably thinks I want to snatch you away from her”

“Well that’s exactly what you’re doing Olivia”

Olivia’s heart slammed against her ribcage, just why on earth must he make her feel this way whenever he mentioned her name..

“I’m not snatching you away from her! and why would I even do that?”

Damien’s lips curled into a smirk, he leaned a bit closer to her ear and silently whispered..

“Why don’t you answer that question yourself?”

***

Tracy stepped out of her room after she received a knock on her door a while ago by one of the servants stating that she had a guest..

Everyone she was well acquainted to ran through her mind as she stepped down from the stairs, her legs froze on the last staircase on seeing the back of the lady here to see her..

The lady turned to her with a mocking grin, she rolled her eyes and casually walked slowly towards her..

Who knew that this guest would be her worst nightmare?

“From the look on your face.. you were disappointed to see my face! well.. I’m also disappointed too, but there’s nothing much I could do.. I wanted to speak to you one on one”

Anita spat out in disdain, after she found out about Rihanna’s trip to Chicago, her mood has been soiled ever since..

“What do you want Anita? I was very busy before you came along.. I have way more important things to do than to stare at your annoying face”

“You shamelessly sent your daughter over to Chicago so that she could throw herself cheaply at my son?!”

Tracy was taken aback by the ferocity in Anita’s tone..

“Watch your words Anita Sterling! or else I’d –

“Report me to elder Sterling? really Tracy? do you still see me as that twenty year old Anita who was scared of her father-in-law?”

A firm footstep approached the two causing their gaze to snap towards the direction..

“Honey!” Tracy exclaimed and ran into his embrace,

Anita’s gaze widened, of all times to appear, why now? she suddenly cursed her luck so bad..

Bruce wrapped his arm around his wife but his gaze was fixated on the lady who was peering at him as if in shock..

Tracy pulled away from him with a smile totally disregarding Anita’s presence but her husband wasn’t because in the next second he walked towards her..

“Anita.. what brings you over to our house? I never thought I’d see you here”

Tracy’s brows furrowed when she heard the little excitement behind his words..

“Bruce.. you just got back, please go up to your room, I’ll join you soon”

He gave a nod and left for his room with a servant tailing behind him with his trunks..

“You asked a question before right? now let me answer that for you, Rihanna left to get back the man she loves! just the way you pulled off different strings to get Aldrin in the first place! I should have been Aldrin’s wife, but you shamelessly got your way with him! you cheap sl*t!..”

At the mention of Aldrin’s name a slap was sent over to Tracy’s face rendering her speechless..

“You can call me all soughts of names! but don’t you dare drag my husband into all of these.. otherwise I’ll have to show you.. a taste of Anita Sterling’s power!” She spat out scornfully..