Chapter 20
"He? I don't know...how would I know?" Nikita replied while trying to keep a straight face. Eleanor shook her head in disbelief. "Sis did your boyfriend leave you before Christmas...no... wait did he show you his rainbow side to you?" Eleanor asked worriedly. "Rainbow seriously Elle?" Nikita butted in. "He had an emergency he'll be back by next year" She continued trying to seem convincing. "Okay?!" Her sister responded in disbelief but couldn't ask further questions because Nikita seemed exhausted.
Meanwhile, later at night, Mr and Mrs Maxwell are talking about certain plans for Nikita's future. "Diane darling, are you sure she's ready for it?"
"Of course, I got mine at an early age" She responded while smiling at her hubby. "I just think this stage her career is more important". Diane became furious as her husband wasn't in support of the plan that she decided to fake sleep to avoid continuation of the conversation. "Sweetie?" Remy Maxwell called his wife but no response "Okay?!...I'll just go and tell her about her about what you've planned" He continued crawling out of bed.
"Stop right there! who said you could that huh?" Diane barked as she pulled him back to the bed.
The next day which was Christmas was a rollercoaster episode for the Maxwell's as unexpected things happened. Since it was Christmas, every member of the family assembled round the tree to pick their presents.The atmosphere was full of smiles as they all got what they wanted except Nikita. She stared at a small box which had her name on it, she Shaked it a bit and began to guess what was inside but nothing exact came to her mind so she opened it. To her greatest dismay, it was a short note which said 'Enjoy this holiday!'
"Nikki what did you...oh!" Eleanor stopped in the middle of the question when when she noticed her sister's mood change. "What has mum done?" She thought. She ran to her father's side while sliding a cookie into her pocket "Dad....dad!"She whispered
"Hmm?"
"What has mum planned?"
"How would I know?"He answered while gulping down saliva
"Of course, you know. You're like mum's sidekick "
"What did you just say?" Remy asked turning to look at his daughter who was nervously eating up a cookie. He then pat Eleanor's head to show he wasn't angry.
"Gather round, I've got a special announcement" Diane said gleefully while smiling at her husband, he got the signal and went to stand beside her. Nikita felt a bit uncomfortable but hoped the announcement did not include her. "Nikki u know you're unhappy because of your gift..." "I'm not" She interrupted with a deep frown. "What your mum wanted to say is You got a bigger surprise at the main entrance " Remy said trying to sound stable. As Nikita walked to the entrance, everyone walked stealthily behind. She opened the door and found an extremely huge box that it was hard for her to guess the content.
Slowly, she opened it. Her eyes widen in shock but then returned to normal since everyone were expecting something wonderful."Merry Christmas! Name's Jordan!" The young man exclaimed smiling devilishly and angelic at the same time. "So her Christmas gift is a man Auntie" One of her young cousins asked with twitched eyebrows. Diane flashed a smile and replied," Yeah, that's her future husband"." What?" they all shouted with huge jaw drops everywhere "This isn't right sis. You didn't even ask for her consent" Her aunt said with a big frown. "That's why we said it's a surprise" "We?" Her husband butted in. "Remy this is no time for jokes...I just couldn't wait for her to introduce me to her fiance which would take a million years so I found her Jordan"
Nikita was stunned on hearing this statement but what did she expect from her mother. The most annoying thing was the man arranged for her was Alvin's friend she met the other day. She stole a glance at him while everywhere seated in the parlour; he kept a kind of bubbly kind of face which she assumed he is trying to be cute but it wasn't working in anyone except her mother. Suddenly an idea popped into her mind to get rid of Jordan who was trying to befriend her relatives.
She stood up from her seat to a point where everyone could see her then she cleared her throat. "Hello everyone You all know this Manis my arranged boyfriend" She said stressing the last word looking directly at Diane. "Excuse me I didn't say boy.." "Mom you're interrupting me...I greatly appreciate you for this beautiful or should I say handsome gift but am about to busy your bubble. I'm already married"
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"Ugh...cute bush come look at this" Jeremy walked towards the girl and took a look at the picture, his eyes widened. "Where do you get this?" He asked making a move to collect the phone."Dumbhead there is something called social media... specifically stargram". "I knew about it's just..forget it. Gotta get back to work" Jeremy said walking away. Hazel stared at him completely blank. Since day one, he had been a strange and weird guy, maybe he had a disorder she thought shrugging it off as she went back to fiddling with her phone.