Chapter forty five
Apology
"Jasmine?" Josh called for the fourth time and she jerked upright.
It was just imagination??
"Are you alright?" He asked, looking worried.
" I am," she said harshly and left the scene.
It turned out Aria got the lofty.
Everyone was so happy and they departed after dancing and partying…
It was shocking news to both couples' fans about their wedding. While some think they look cute together, others are sad because their only crush has been snatched away without further notice.
Adams house.
"Do you see the result... She got married already. You have her away" Issabella shouted at her son Donald and he groaned.
"What do you see in her mom? I gave her out and so what? I just lost interest in Charlotte, is there any offence in that?" he asked, rolling his eyes and she slapped him hard across the face.. That was the first time his mom would be slapping him.
"Charlotte stood by you when the world was against you... She encouraged you when you were downcasted. She is so nice and even when you were literally blind, you saw something in her life that distinguished her from other ladies. But now, you changed all of a sudden.. Why? Because you've regained your sight and now see everything. You suddenly became a womaniser and sometimes I doubt if you're really my son. What happened to the old and caring Donald? What happened to Donald who cared about others' feelings?" Issabella said at the verge of year and Donald softened.
"I'm sorry mom" he said and attempted to touch her but she moved backward.
"Unless you go to Charlotte and set things straight, until then don't talk to me... You can leave now" she said and left for her room. Donald sat down and ruffled his hair frustrated. Even if he lost interest in her, he should have just sat her son and made her see reason. He even embarrassed her in front of a whore. He said a lot of hurtful things to her and now he regrets it.
"I'm sorry Charlotte"
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"Thanks for today Charlotte i really owe you" Alexander said immediately they got to the hotel room and she smiled.
"So what do we do to whirl away time?" Alexander asked removing his wedding suit.
"it will be fun to upload those pics to see fans reactions and comment" Charlotte suggested and they brought out their phones to upload pictures"
"Happy married life to us and we're sorry guys for keeping the relationship secret" they both captioned it and uploaded. It was like their fans were waiting for their post because they started responding immediately.
"Charlotte's phone began to ring and she sighed when she saw it was her mom calling and ignored it.
"What's wrong?" Alex demanded seeing her worried look.
"I didn't tell mum about the wedding until this morning, she will be so upset with me," she said, perplexed.
"why?" he asked, pouring her a glass of wine.
"Because i know mum would never accept without her presence"
"I understand, just try and talk things out with her okay?" he admonished and she just nodded. She played 'Bed of lies' by Nicki Minaj ft Skylar Grey and sang along. That voice... Alex thought but frowned when she thought about the music being played.
"Seriously Charlotte, bed of lies is a break up song" he rolled his eyes laughing.
"Whatever, can't find any song," she said, going through her phone again. They both checked songs and later settled for 'Heavens' by Tatiana Manois. They sang and danced together till midnight and decided to call it a day. Charlotte laid beside Alex and sighed.
"I guess I can get used to this," she said, referring to the ring on her fourth finger and drifting to dream land.
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"Mom, why are you so annoyed, it's not like the marriage is real" Charlotte said over the phone.
She finally took the courage to pick her mom's call after a week of the wedding. The news hasn't died down with people still talking about it.
"First, you disrespected me by not picking your call and now you're telling me it's not a big deal, I called Courtney and she said she doesn't know anything about it, you guys kept on deceiving the whole world". Charlotte's mom said through the phone and Charlotte lost it.
"Why should I even announce it to you when I knew you were not going to approve it so I just don't want to stress myself" Charlotte fired back, surprising her mom.
"Oh wow, so now The only daughter I raised is yelling at me" she said painfully.
"I didn't mean to, mum but please try and see through this, your friend was forced into marriage and now same thing was almost done to Alex, I had no option but to help him" Charlotte"
"And now I see you have totally lost it! Don't call me until you set things right" her mom said and disconnected the call. She threw the phone on the bed angrily.
"Good morning sunshine" Alexander said, bringing in a tray of Food. "Good morning" she mumbled and Alexander examined her.
"You don't need to worry everything will be fine" Alexander stared at me and wanted to protest but his phone began to ring. He dropped the Plate on the bed side stool to pick the call. They were given a magnificent house to live in.
"Hello mom,'' he said over the phone.
"Mom wants us to go greet her" Alex said and squeezed her hand a little and she nodded. She wore a blue Jean's trousers and a white shirt, packed her hair in a messy bun and came to Alex's room. "You're not ready?" she said and picked a black jeans with white top for him. Her phone beeped and it was from Mr Henry. She has been trying to avoid him ever since her wedding with Alex.
"Mr. Henry wants me to come to the studio today and it's an order" she mumbled.
"Poor Charlotte who has to obey someone,I'm on my own so I don't have to obey anyone" he said and Charlotte looked up to him.
"Too short," he Joked carrying the cloth to the changing room. Charlotte just ignored him and Started operating her Phone. He came out of the dressing room and wore his sneakers.
"white will be better" charlotte said looking up
"why do i feel something changed about your face?" Charlotte said and looked more closely.
"Wait… what? You did ear piercing? Charlotte
"What…it doesn't fit me"
"Not at all" she smiled back and he chuckled.
"So you don't like guys Piercing their ears?"he said and she nodded.
. "Liar, the look on your face says otherwise, how come you like Junk kook?" he pressed further.
"He is just a celebrity and trust me, I would like to change him if I had the chance to but you're cute with it though" she said.
"Thanks ma'am, let's go," he said.
"Wait" Charlotte said and he gave her a questioning look. She took Alex's perfume and sprayed it on herself, then on Alex.
"Aww..thanks wifey"he teased, smiling.
"You're welcome " she also played along and then they left for the car. They got to the Blakes house after an hour of driving. They went in.
"Welcome son, Charlotte, how have you been?" the mom said, smiling and she managed to smile back.
"I'm fine ma'am good day sir" Charlotte sighted Mr Blake and greeted him.
"You can call me dad, you're now our blood" he said smiling and she nodded.
"I won't waste you guys time, I just want to hand over the company here in your hand because I will be travelling tomorrow to oversee one at Dubai" he said.
"Isn't that too early, I'm still trying to settle with my wife… "
"That excuse didn't work…Charlotte, can you Please talk to him, I know he will listen to you" Mr Blake said confidently handling the paper to her and Alex Looked away, avoiding her gaze.
"Common" she pleaded.
"But don't say I didn't warn you dad" he said and pulled Charlotte upstairs.
"What do you think?" Mr Blake asked his wife as Alex and Charlotte left.
"They looks good but one thing I'm sure a boy is that they are definitely up to something"
"Hi val" Charlotte greeted and met her playing video games with Bryan. She didn't reply as he was so close to winning her again.
"Sorry my dear but you lose again" Bryan smiling immediately he won.
"you're so mean Bryan, you are so excited i kept on Losing" she said faking tears and all the people in the room scoffed,
"Gooday mr and Mrs Blake" she teased Charlotte and she smiled.
"If not for your pride, he would have allowed you to win but I know the sister I have" Alex said and she glared at him.
"exactly bro" Bryan said smiling.
" Val, I know you're upset with us but you're just hiding it?" Charlotte said. Ever since the wedding, she hasn't called her.
"oh i'm happy you know that" she said and hugged her.
"You guys used the same perfume?" Cap asked and they nodded.
"Alex, why don't we play the game they are playing?" she said
"What's in that head of yours?" Alex asked, looking at her suspiciously. "The loser will do the dishes," she said sweetly.
"I knew you're up to something, let's do this" he said and they both picked the game's remote. It was a car race game. They started playing while Val cheered charlotte.
"Mehn..." Val said..
"She is so rugged even in the driving game," Alex muttered. Charlotte got to the garage and dropped the remote smiling and he scoffed.
"I won bro" she said smiling.
"How can you be so mean, I prepared the food and you still want me to do the dishes'' he said Pouting.
"Wait, what! Alex Cooked, like Alexander cooked" val said not believing her ears.
"yeah... sure, and I must say, his cooking is the best," she smiled and he blushed. They left an hour later after Alex was given the document and he smirked.
"I'm coming for you dad!" he muttered. It was around 3pm already. They also branched at the studio and met Jaz and Donald.
"So Donald is still around,'' she thought. She put on her best smile and walked hand in hand with Alex to the manager's office. She knocked on the door and was told to come in.
"Long time no see, Mrs Blake" The manager said and she smiled. He also greeted Alex.
"you should have at least given notice, you just disappeared just like that" he said.
"I'm sorry sir" she apologised and he nodded.
"So when are you coming back, you have a lot of work on the ground to do?" he said and Charlotte looked at Alex.
"When will you resume back to work?" she demanded.
"Tomorrow" he said, and Charlotte .
"I will resume tomorrow Sir'' charlotte told him and he nodded and
dismissed them. Jasmine and Donald were done with their rehearsal and were chatting with those in the studio. Charlotte looked at Donald from afar. Something is wrong about him. He looked so unkept. He was wearing a head warmer and was lost in thought. "Babe!'' Jasmine said, hugging her and she smiled.
"How have you been? " she demanded.
"I'm good, you just forgot about me, about that though, I know it's his fault" she said pointing at Alex who smirked..
"hi charlotte" Donald greeted and she looked back. His voice was hoarse like he was finding it hard to talk. She thought she was hallucinating.
"It's Mrs Blake" Alex said and he gave a throaty chuckle.
"Hi Blake" He said again and now she was able to confirm she hasn't been hallucinating. She gave him her best smile and said "Hello there, been a while" Charlotte said and he forced a smile on.
"can we talk privately?" he said, when did Donald change? maybe he hit his head on something hard overnight. so many questions in her mind and it's really driving her crazy.
She went outside while Donald followed. Anger swore in Alex but he just tried to keep his cool.
"Talk," Charlotte said, operating her phone.
"first. I want to say I'm sorry for hurting you, I was been stupid. I was all over you and I just woke up one morning and the spark was gone and instead of talking things out with you, stupid me started hurting you thinking it will take away the feelings you have for me. I wish you can see through me and see I'm truly sorry" he said staring at her. it's good she is married to Alex anyway, she deserves someone really better than him. She looks beautiful and her skin is glowing.
Charlotte thought for a while "okay" she said and made to enter but he held her back holding her hands.
"Don't you dare hold me with those filthy hands of yours.. Let me go" she warned but he wasn't listening.
"I'm sorry, like genuinely sorry,a guilty conscience has been disturbing my peace. Mom rel..." he couldn't complete the word when someone Punched him. He fell to the ground and the person sat on him and started Punching him. Charlotte drifted back to reality. She tried separating the two but he kept on beating Donald. Alex ran out. "Alex Pls help" she shouted but he didn't bulge.
"How dare you touch her after everything you made her passed through you motherfucker" Andrew growled, punching him the most. The fight was finally separated.
"Thanks bro you really don't know how much I wish to do that" Alexander said and Charlotte glared at him.
"Seriously, what the hell was that for?" she said and looked at the injured guy on the floor almost unconscious.
T. B.C