Mummy, Daddy is on his knees

Clarissa was startled at the sudden bang the door just made, she reached for a slice of the oranges on the dining table and munched on it slowly..

A deep yet meaningful smirk grew on her red lips as she stared at Hardin’s annoyed expression, her eyes fell to the food vacuum he was clutching onto..

Alexa must have rejected the meal after what had happened the previous day, now it was certain that the latter indeed heard everything and also misunderstood it..

“Hardin?”

She faked a worried look and rose up from her seat walking to him.

“Didn’t she accept it? how could she? you spent all morning making that for her. I’ll go right over to her place this minute and give her a piece of my mind and I really don’t care if she is a Sterling”

Hardin reached out to her hand effortlessly as soon as she turned around to leave, he handed the food vacuum to her..

“Don’t. Let her be, I’ll just get ready to leave”

Clarissa gave a nod and watched his back moving away dejectedly..

***

Xander checked his wrist watch as he took a sip out of his cup, he had to be at the office in the next few minutes..

But Becky was on her way to deliver a signed document of the deal he had with Damien few days ago..

Damien had saved his ass from getting wacked hard by his father, the company almost suffered a big loss because he didn’t meet up with some of the investors as planned..

“I guess you’re running late Mr CEO” Charles chuckled pulling out a seat for himself..

He knew how much Xander hated his post as the CEO of their company because it came with a lot of responsibilities and thus, leaving him a little or no time at all to hang out with his chics..

“Don’t get me started on that! you should have been the one running the company not me! all you get to do is to show up at the company once in a lifetime and do absolutely nothing!”

Charles shrugged his shoulders reaching for the grapes on the table, he picked one of it and tossed it into his mouth..

“Uh.. I’m sorry that you are the one fit for the position, if it were to be me running the company, I would have definitely blown everything off, you can just run away like me.. there are other Gray’s who would be willing to take the position”

Xander snorted tapping his feet impatiently on the floor, if only that was possible, he wouldn’t have minded running off too..

“As if”

Their banter was interrupted when the firm and hurried footstep approached the dining table..

“I’m very sorry I took so late.. you know my family is currently mourning Aunt’s death and-

“I understand” Xander interjected standing to his feet, he accepted the file she had extended to him with a wide smile. “I guess I’ll leave then.. please help yourself to breakfast”

He said his goodbye and left the dining room leaving the other two in nothing but awkwardness..

“Hi.. uh. I heard what happened and I’m so sorry for the loss”

Becky offered a smile pulling out one of the chairs next to him..

“Thanks. I hope you don’t mind me sharing your breakfast?”

“Definitely not, eat as much as you want but just so you know, I prefer this new you”

Becky’s cheeks flamed hot, her initial thought of eating a braised pork was dismissed, she reached for the bread instead with a grin..

“Everyone prefers the new me, but you all have no idea what I went through just to get this figure”

“Something or someone must have made you do it, I guess” Charles murmured picking another grape, he failed to see her facial reaction to his words..

Becky simply sighed munching on her bread lazily.

“You’re right, and the stupid dummy doesn’t even see me that way” She thought out loud without realizing it..

Charles arched a brow, he heard her well even if she didn’t mean to say it out loud, to think that she went all through that just to get this figure for a guy stirred something deep down in him..

“He doesn’t worth you then, I’m sure there’s someone else out there waiting for you, do you mind telling me who he is?”

“You.”

Charles laughed like she had just dropped an expensive joke, a joke Becky didn’t find funny at all, she had no idea that she had said that out loud and now he thought that it was a joke..

“Me? I doubt it, I kind of bullied you at high school, even if it was just for the fun of it, so if I’m not mistaken you are actually talking about Xander because he was the only single fan you had then alongside your cousin bro.”

Becky’s appetite vanished completely, as always he was still slow to grasp little things..

She picked up her purse and stood up to her feet ready to leave but suddenly stopped turning back to him..

“You are right, I like a guy who doesn’t even notice me, or maybe he does but he is just concerned about the figure I have, I like Xander but as a friend. Maybe it’s time I just give up and stop forcing things, I’d leave now. bye”

Charles was left speechless by her sudden temper, he watched her back leaving the room until she was out of sight..

“What’s up with her temper?” he murmured..

***

Olivia raised her hand to stop her mum’s sneaky movement, her eyes dropped to the tray she was holding which had two cups of tea and two different plates of scrambled eggs and toast..

She raised a brow hoping to get an explanation sooner..

“Alright, I have heard from Bianca that you have been acting all sneaky and suspicious lately. And now I can see it clearly, why are you having two shares of breakfast?”

Sandy forced a toothy smile at Olivia “Uh.. can you just pretend like you didn’t see me? because I have no possible explanation to give you right now”

Olivia crossed her arm on her chest not daring to take a move out of the way unless her mum could come up with an explanation for whatever this was..

A look of disbelief settled on her face when a thought popped up in her head..

Could it be….??

“Hold on a second mum!. I know what this is about!” She exclaimed in a high pitched tone..

Sandy gulped down nervously “You do?”

“You’re hiding a man up in your room! who is he? do I know him? or have we met before? I’ll go find out by myself!”

“Olivia wait-

Her words were ignored by the latter who was already long gone heading up to her room, she placed the tray on the table and made her way to her room as fast as she could..

Olivia’s legs moved faster to her mum’s room before she could come any closer, she had a feeling her mum was hiding a man and was shy to introduce him to her just so she wouldn’t get teased..

She crashed into Bianca who stepped out of her room abruptly..

“Easy.. what’s with the rush?” She questioned looking around for any possible sign of her chaser..

She held Bianca’s shoulder grinning from ear to ear..

“Mum brought a man home, and she is hiding him up in her room, she’s still so shy”

Bianca’s eyes widened in surprise, initially, she had thought that Sandy was just bluffing to hide out the real truth about what she was hiding..

If actually there was a man in the house, then that meant she had been telling the truth all along, she tailed behind Olivia who was surprisingly too happy about the news..This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

They made their way to the door and luckily it wasn’t locked, she could hear her mum’s hurried footsteps approaching them quickly and her cautious voice calling out her name..

She ignored all that and eagerly twisted the knob and pushed it open, she stepped into the room closely followed by Bianca..

The smile on their face suddenly turned upside down into a frown and then to a look of horror before the scream and shrills of the three ladies filled the room..