" You look dead man" Gary said as he sat opposite Romeo who had a serious look on his face, since morning he had been angry and all his employees were afraid to enter his office,they were glad when Gary came over.
" Am not in the mood Gary, come back later" he replied without looking up from his laptop.
" Since when did you start hiding things from me man?" he asked
" I said come back later man, what's there not to understand?"
Gary sighed lazily, his friend was being a hard not to crack, " Is it her?" he asked
Romeo looked up, "Who?"
"Don't try to act smart with me Rome, I know you have been living with a woman, I will scold you later for not telling me but right now let's deal with your mood, did she dump you?".
"No one is capable of dumping me Gary" he snapped and Gary laughed.
" She must have dumped you really hard bro"
" If you are not here to help you can leave" he retorted and continued with his work.
" Just talk to her man, there is nothing a good conversation cannot solve okay".
Rome looked up, " She doesn't want to talk, infact she left the house yesterday".
" What really happened?, I have to know to be able to tell you what to do"
" Don't worry" Rome said and quickly scurried out of the office.
" What's this, is he ditching me for a woman now?" he muttered and smiled to himself.
Hazel walked into the house and slumped on the couch, memories of yesterday night began to replay in her head, after Rome had told her he liked her, it sparked something in her, shs didn't want to leave but she couldn't stay, she had to admit that she had gotten used to him these past few weeks but loving someone was not as easy for her, she had a lot on her mind, she had to get revenge on her uncle,she's not fit for him even if there were both involved in the underworld he has something she would never have and she didn't want to be thrown in the limelight because of something called love.
"Am sorry Romeo but this can't happen" she got up ready to go when her doorbell rang.
" Rocky I guess" she opened the door and found elder Galz there and she was suprised.
"Won't you ask me to come inside?" he asked jokingly.
" What brings you here sir, am about going to work" she replied.
" fiesty as always" he replied and walked into the room himself and helped himself to a seat.
"Why are you here?".
" from the day Romeo had lost his mum, I had vowed to protect both my sons come what may, I had to introduce him to the underworld at at a young age and Rome has never in his life told me he likes any girl, you are the first".he slowly said.
"That is not my business sir , it's his and moreover we were fooling you, it was never real, everything this past weeks was a scam".
Elder Galz Chuckled lightly, " I knew it, look am not here to tell you to get back with my son rather I want you to go far away from him, he can't marry someone from the underworld, my wife made me promise her, I admit I like you but you both cannot be together"
" Do you think I want to be with your son?" she snapped angrily.
"I can help you get your revenge on your uncle, just keep staying away from Rome, he's too good for you"
"Wow,I think you have over stayed your welcome, you can leave now"
" I am really sorry Hazel but it's for the best,Rome was a fool to fall for you even after knowing all this,I approved you guys lying to be in a relationship because I didn't want him to always be alone and I was already finding a woman for him and he had to ruin it all".
"Wait, does Rome knows that you know we lied to you?" she asked
" Of course, we planned it together"
" That bastard" she gritted her teeth," you both fooled me".
" Just forget about him Hazel, thank goodness it's a one sided love I can deal with it, just stay away" with that he stood up to leave when the door opened and Rome entered, he looked angry and sad at the same time.