CHAPTER THIRTEEN
**ADRIAN**
The car drove into the compound and stopped in front of the mansion. I alighted from the car and the guards stood in a line to greet me. I snubbed them and walked into the mansion. On entering, the maids in the sitting room stopped what they were doing and greeted me. I also ignored their greetings and climbed the stairs that led to the floor the bedrooms are located. I walked down the hallway to the master bedroom, unlocked the door and walked inside. I strode to the bathroom and dumped my suit jacket in the laundry basket and started to take off my clothes. After undressing, I also dumped my clothes in the laundry basket and stepped under the shower. I washed myself and stepped out of the shower then dried my body and hair with a towel before tying another towel around my waist.
I walked out of the bathroom towards the vanity table, picked up my body lotion and rubbed it all over my body. After that, I went to the closet and got dressed in a dark brown leather jacket and skintight jean trousers. I completed my looks with brown cowboy boots. I styled my hair and sprayed cologne all over my body. I looked at myself in the mirror and saw that I was ready to go. I was contemplating calling Manuel to tell him to send the address of the club when my phone rang out and Manuel’s name was on the screen. I picked up the phone and accepted the call.
“Hey Ad!” Manuel yelled with a chirpy voice that it felt as if my eardrums had bursted.
“Hey Manuel. Do you wanna burst my eardrums? And I’ve told you countless times that my name is Adrian not Ad. If you call me Ad again I’ll make sure to cut your throat so you won’t be able to talk for the rest of your life.” I stated with a warning tone but he just laughed it off as if I was joking.All content © N/.ôvel/Dr/ama.Org.
“Oh Ad, you can’t do that to me, you love me. Besides, your name is too difficult for me to pronounce that’s why I call you Ad and you ought to know that my main purpose in life is to frustrate you.” He said but I just waved it off because it was true. He really loves to frustrate me and there’s nothing I can do about it.
“Whatever. I’m done already, will you send the address of the club or you’ll come and meet me in my house?” I questioned.
“I’ll come and meet you in your house so that we can go there with that new fancy car of yours.” He replied and I could tell he was smiling with the way his voice sounded.
“Have you forgotten that you have more fancy cars than me?” I asked.
“You should know that I like using your things than mine Adrian.” He said and it was true. Manuel and I could buy the same thing on the same day but he always prefer using my things. He either says that mine is better than his or what he bought has gotten spoiled and I always told him to stop using my stuff but he always refuse to stop.
“Enough of this meaningless conversation. Meet me at my house in 15 minutes and if you fail to get here before 15 minutes, forget about me following you to the club.” I stated sternly.
“Ok Sir Ad, I’ll be in your house in the next few minutes.” He said and hung up. Truthfully, it wouldn’t take up to 15 minutes for Manuel to get here if he is ready because we’re living pretty close to each other. I only gave him 15 minutes because I really wanted to go to the club so that I can release some tension but I didn’t want to give in easily.
I went down to the sitting room and ordered a maid to get me some apples. She brought it and I started eating. I was eating the fourth apple when Manuel barged in. I stopped eating for a moment then continued as if I didn’t see him. I ate all the apples in front of me before I acknowledged his presence. I could see her was getting impatient with the way he was tapping his foot on the floor.
“Are you done now?” He asked impatiently.
“Yes I’m done. You got here earlier than I expected.” I said with a smirk on my face.
“Whatever. Are you ready to go or you’ve changed your mind?” He asked.
“I’m ready or should we go another day?” I asked back and he quickly replied with,”No, no. Let’s go now.”
I stood up and smoothened my clothes and Manuel also did the same. I told one of the maids to clear the table before Manuel and I walked out of the house. We met Brandon outside, he was standing beside a car.
“Which car are we going with boss?” Brandon asked.
“We’re taking a sports car.” I said.
“Which of the sports cars?” He asked again.
“The red one of course.” I replied.
Brandon unlocked the car then Manuel and I got into the backseat while Brandon sat on the driver’s seat. He started the car and drove out of the house. I took my phone out of my pocket and started whiling away my time by scrolling through the social media. A few minutes later, the car stopped and I raised my head to look around me. There was a building with a big signboard with VALLEYVIEW CLUBHOUSE shining brightly on it. I looked around and the outside view of the club was indeed impressive making me wonder how the interior would look like. We got down from the car and walked towards the club. When we got to the entrance, we met a bouncer and he asked us to show him our IDs, we showed him and he allowed us to enter.
The first thing I saw when we entered was the stage where strippers where dancing. They were putting on lingeries that left little for people to imagine. I was lost watching their sensual performance that I didn’t realize a bartender was standing in front of us. I snapped out of the daze I was in when Manuel tapped me on my shoulder.
“Good evening sirs, I would be leading you to the VIP section. This way please.” She said politely. We followed her to the VIP section where there was another stage but a little bit smaller than the one in the main club. Some strippers were busy gyrating to the slow sensual music and there were very few people present here. The bartender led us to a table where Manuel and I sat down.
“Your waitresses for the night will be with you shortly.” She said and left.
“How is the club so far?” Manuel asked casually.
“Its nice.” I grumbled.
“Its more than nice. I can see it on your face that you love this place.” He teased.
“Yeah. Its been good so far.” I said honestly and focused my attention on the strippers. Four of the strippers came to our table. Two came to me while the other two went to Manuel. One of the ones that came to me is a redhead while the other one is a brunette. The beautiful redhead straddled me and started giving me a lap dance while the brunette caressed my body. I was loosing myself to them when a familiar voice snapped me out of it.
“Good evening Sir. I’m Brianna, what would you like to have?” A voice asked. I raised my head and saw that the bartender is my new personal assistant. Her eyes grew wide with surprise when she saw it was me.
“What are you doing here Mr. Adrian?” She asked, her eyes drifting towards the girls playing with me before she focused her attention back on me.
“Is that even a question? I’m here to have fun of course.” I replied rudely.
“Wow! I never saw you as the type of person that has time for fun.” She said.
“Whatever. Are you still taking my orders or not?” I snapped.
“Oh! What would you like to have?” She asked.
“What are the most expensive drinks here?” I asked back.
“We have Mendis Coconut Brandy, Diva Vodka and Russo-Baltique Vodka. Those are the most expensive drinks we have.” She listed.
“Which exactly is the most expensive?” I asked.
“Russo-Baltique Vodka is the most expensive.” She replied.
“Ok get me two bottles of those and give everybody in the VIP section one bottle each.” I said.
“Wow Mr. Adrian you’re so generous.” She said but I could tell she was teasing me.
“Just go and get the drinks and don’t think I forgot that you didn’t later come back to the office.” I said glaring at her.
“Don’t worry about that Sir. We’d deal with that at the office tomorrow.” She said, turned around and left to get the drinks. I’ll come up with another way to punish her tomorrow. Some minutes later, she came back with the drinks, set them on the table and poured them into cups for Manuel and I before leaving, probably to get the drinks for the other people.
“Wasn’t that the lady that kicked you the other day? Your new personal assistant?” Manuel asked.
“She’s the one.” I replied monotonously.
“Then what is she doing here?” He asked stupidly.
“Are you blind to see she works here?” I retorted.
“Oh.” He said and drank a little out of his drink. I also took a sip of mine and sighed in satisfaction. This is exactly what I needed. A night of drinking and having fun with girls. The strippers continued having their way with me while I enjoyed my drink.
My eyes caught Brianna coming back with drinks in a basket which she gave to everybody in the VIP section. Brianna must have told them I was the one who told her to give them the drinks because I suddenly heard people saying ‘Thank you Sir’,’Thanks for the drink Sir’. I felt good hearing those words. After two to three hours of drinking and watching strippers dance, I called Brianna over to ask for the amount of money I was gonna give her and she calculated it to be 26, 000, 000 USD. I gave her my credit card and she came back with it a few moments later.
“Manuel its time to go.” I said looking at Manuel who was drunk already.
“No let’s wait a little more. I’ve not had enough fun.” He slurred.
“No its time to go.” I said standing up and shrugging off the strippers. They wanted to protest but I shut them a glare and they ran off. I went to Manuel’s side and pulled him up, I put one of his arm around my shoulder and walked out of the VIP section.
“Mr. Adrian, you’re leaving already?” Brianna asked when she saw me on my way out.
“No, I’m gonna sleep here tonight.” I answered rudely.
“I was just asking a question, you don’t need to be cranky about it.” She snapped.
“Are you ready to lose your job? Because with the way you’re behaving right now I can see you don’t need your job anymore.” I said.
“You don’t have to threaten me with my job anytime I do something wrong Mr. Adrian.” She stated.
“I don’t have your time now. I have better things to do than to bicker with you but don’t forget that we have an unfinished business to settle tomorrow. You’ll explain the reason why you didn’t come back to the office today.” I said and exited the club.
When I got to the parking lot and Brandon saw Manuel in my arms, he rushed over to me and collected Manuel from me. I flexed my muscles because Manuel wasn’t as light as he looked. Brandon helped him into the backseat while I got into the passenger seat. Brandon got into the driver’s seat of the car and drove out of the club premises.
During the ride home, I had to endure minutes of Manuel’s terrible singing. He sang the songs in a wrong way and coupled with his bad voice, it made the ride miserable. When we finally got to the mansion, I ordered Brandon to take Manuel to the guest bedroom while I went to my bedroom thinking of ways to punish my stupid personal assistant.
TBC