I’m Dedicated To You

Hmm it feels so good to wake up without having to worry about going to work, “I say stretching my body. I heard a knock on my door and the person at the door entered.

“Good morning ma’am,” Tara says, greeting me and also drawing the curtains at the same time.

“Morning to you too Tara and it’s Gina to you,” I say checking the alarm clock beside my bed which I haven’t been using because I don’t need an alarm since I don’t have an appointment.

“Ohhh it’s 7:30 already,” I say.

“Yeah so, what did you want to do today?”Tara asked.

“It’s Saturday I think I should just laze around as always,” I say and I can’t help but remember last Saturday when I moved in with Bradley Hale.

“What’s funny ma’am,” Tara asked with a confused look.

“Why did you ask?”.

“You are all smiles so, I thought I did something funny,” Tara says and I wondered if I was thinking about that.

“No, my face is usually like this,” I say laughing it off. That seems weird to me too.

“But your face is not usually like that with Mr. Bradley,” Tara says, teasing me.

“How does my face look when I am with him?”I asked curiously.

“When you are with him you usually have complicated expressions. Sometimes you look happy, sometimes you look flustered, sometimes you have this expression that I can’t decipher but most of the time you are always relaxed,” Tara says, like a girl describing her favorite fairytale story.

“I think I should have my bath now,” I say, brushing off what Tara just said.

“Ok let me go and prepare your bath”.

“Has Bradley left for work already? “I asked Tara because the past few days I haven’t met him except when he comes back from work.

“Ohhh Mr. Hale says I should call you downstairs so you can have breakfast with him but I forgot because of my blabbering mouth,” Tara says looking guilty but I wasn’t angry with her because that’s just who Tara is she could be clumsy at times just like my Olivia.

“No it’s fine let me quickly take my bath and we can get ready for breakfast,” I say and Tara quickly gets to work to help me with my bath because I haven’t removed my cast yet which is now becoming an eyesore me.

After some minutes I was able to get ready with Tara’s help and we went downstairs to have breakfast. I walked towards the dining room and I saw a person’s back frame which I suspected to be Bradley’s. I usually saw Bradley in casual wear but I never saw him in this kind of look. I cleared my throat to greet him but before I could say anything Bradley turned to face me and I was dumbstruck because it seems the Bradley that I am seeing now is different from the Bradley that I know.

His looks are entirely different this morning. His hair that he usually wears in a clean-cut manner but his hair looks rough covering his face and making it look like he is just waking up at the same time it looks bouncing giving him the bad boy look and you will want to run your hands through it. He is also wearing armless gym wear showing off his bicep muscles and I wish he wasn’t wearing anything at all. I immediately scolded myself for thinking something so perverted like that.

“Gina Gina” I heard someone call and I immediately snapped back to reality.

“What are you saying?”I asked, looking at how he made the motion of pushing his hair from his face.

“Are you drooling Gina?” Bradley asked me, touching my face and his cold hand sends some electric spark to my body, jolting me back to reality.

“Of course not, “I say hurriedly, slapping his hands away and also cleaning my mouth in the process because I can’t believe I just drooled over Bradley.

“Why are you lost in thought, “Bradley asked, dragging the dining chair for me like a gentleman and gesturing me to the seat I did lifelessly because I can’t possibly tell him that I was drooling over him, so I have to come up with a possible explanation.

“I was thinking that the media have been silent these past few days about my scandal but I haven’t heard anything about the young master of the Tukes group, is Mr. Hale not doing anything yet,” I asked, giving myself a silent accolade for coming up with a lie in a short moment.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“I have a surprise for you but I think you should watch the 9 o’clock news with me,” Bradley says.

“I don’t like that business news you usually watch I prefer…” I was saying something but something suddenly clicked. I looked at him but he just smiled. The maids come in with our food and I am already happy about it because I am having a hearty breakfast and I also have a surprise waiting for me.

I tried to finish the food quickly so I wouldn’t miss the news but Bradley told me not to rush and that we won’t be late for the news.

“So, when should we go to register our marriage,” Bradley asked and that sudden question almost made me choke on my food.

“I think we should give it a little more time, “I say, trying to buy time for myself because you might never know he may wake up tomorrow and say he doesn’t want to marry me again.

“I will ask my lawyer to help us with the process,” he says disregarding what I just said. I can’t help but roll my eyes at his behavior because he shouldn’t have asked me if he is not going to listen to me.

“I think the news will be airing soon let’s go and watch it you won’t want to miss some of the advertisement,” Bradley says in an amusing voice making his way into the living room I was confused about his excitement because shouldn’t I be the one excited but he looks like he is even more excited than me. The living room is beautifully decorated and I always get amazed whenever I enter it. Bradley switches on the smart TV and changes the channel to the news channel.

“Good morning my name is Pearl Hayes and here with me is my colleague Benjamin Blades we will be reading the 9 o’clock news to you, “the beautiful presenter says.

The news started with some of the headlines that I was least interested in but I have to watch it anyway because I don’t want to miss the real news.

“Breaking news Tukes group is said to be going bankrupt overnight because of their involvement in human trafficking, organ trafficking, drugs, and making innocent teenage girls into prostitution, and this news is followed by the arrest of Drew Tukes at an illegal casino where he makes young girls escorts to different rich old men….”The presenter keeps going on about the Tukes group’s misfortune but I was amazed at how this happened overnight.

“Are you the one that deals with the Tukes group?” I was surprised.

“Yes” was his short reply.

“But I only asked you to deal with Drew Tukes alone, I never asked you to involve his family, “I say surprised that the whole Tukes group is now involved in the mess.

“Did you think if I deal with Drew Tukes alone his family will sit and watch?” he asked me and I can’t help but also think about it.

“Di. you think after all that you just heard did you think that the Tukes group should be spared?” he asked me.

“They are involved in all different kinds of illegal things, did you think they indeed needed to be spared,” he asked and I looked at him. That’s when I noticed his countenance had changed but I thought he might be angry at me.

“I am sorry I don’t mean to blame you I just feel bad for the Tukes employees that will lose their job over the company’s bankruptcy”.

“Don’t worry I am taking over it?” he said and I looked at him shocked.

“You are taking over the Tukes group”….