Jevan's POV🎉
"Man,I can see all the ladies in this room oogling at you especially our new guests,I mean two of the three elegant ladies on that table,table number five" , Greg said as he smirked. I rolled my eyes,shook my head and focused on the dishes that I was arranging on the tray.
"Hey Greg,how you doing babe? , said Mabel ,Greg's girlfriend as she back hugged him. She also works as cleaner here . I guess Greg met her here. "I'm doing great baby girl ,He said as he kissed her on the lips and I excused myself to the kitchen of the restaurant to give them alone time to themselves. I knew very well Greg did that on purpose to catch my attention. Of late ,Greg has been talking a lot about girls and their stuff and had been pressuring me to get one for my self and have some" fun" .
He has been forcing me to go clubbing with him at night which I easily declined. I'm also not interested in one night stands kinda thing unlike him who whores around.
You might say I'm the boring type or whatever but I don't do clubs and frankly,I've never been to one before. Ever since my ex girlfriend Natalie, I haven't been myself. She used to be my classmate in highschool through to college. Then from there,we became friends. She wanted our friendship to be something more but at first , I didn't agree cos I was more into work ,taking good care of my dad's company and stuffs like that since I was the CEO .
I didn't even think of having time for myself cos I wanted to raise the company and have a bright future myself. So, Natalie kept persisting till I gave in to her pleas then we went out on our first date ,then I was tempted to asked her to be my girlfriend in which I wasn't ready for but what could I have done? I thought that would make her happy.
I clearly remember how she was soo excited about that. She was too demanding,she only thoughts of what only concerns her and most at times talks about it when she pressured me to go on numerous dates with her. Yeah! She was a complete gold digger.
She wanted all the attention to herself and didn't care about my side. It was only for my money she was after. That's what I found out later on ,about her on the reason why she wanted to be in a relationship with me .
I quite remember on the night after our first date, she forced me into her house and wanted to get too intimate with me by first seducing me into her bed but I declined her offer with much effort because I told her I wasn't ready for that,so if she wants to have me, she should wait.
But,she usually gets furious and throws tantrums whenever I said that ,then, cries on my shirt till it gets wet.
Whenever she was with me,she tried tempting me to sleep with her but I don't easily gave in . It was really difficult for me then cos I had to always control myself whenever I'm around her. Though she wasn't my spec,it got a time I started to like how she was.
We dated for a month,after she got pregnant and claimed it to be mine though I never had sexual relations with her .Then later,I got to know through investigations that she had a boyfriend elsewhere in Virginia and he was responsible for that pregnancy.
To say I was shocked was an understatement,so I broke up with her cause she totally lied to me and played me for a fool. I never wanted to see her again for all the torture she made me go through for about a year and half plus my bad memories.
During those times, I couldn't concentrate, neither did I eat properly nor drink .I was always at the hospital cause I had develop health issues including low blood pressure , consistent migraines and a bruised hands as a result of hitting it on the wall countless times whenever I get lost in my bad memories.
Then after I recovered,I decided to bruise myself more into work. I'm rarely seen at home. Sometimes, I wondered if true love really existed. My grandma usually tries to console me and set me up on" blind dates "with models and women of my standard to keep my mind off things but I always felt uninterested in any of them .
Grandma has not pressured me into been into any kind of relationship as she was aware of the effect my bad experience in my past relationship with Natalie had on me .
However, she told me she wants me to be happy and it will be her last wish if I got married and got to see plenty of her great grandchildren running around her before she would breathe her last. I've tried many times to convince her to take back her words but she still insists. "Really? Grandma,if so, then I'm not ready for that". "I would love to have kids of mine someday but not now"
My mind drifts of to the our new customers,the three elegant ladies from earlier. Two of them seem polite though the other one with the brunette curly hair seemed different. She totally got pissed of at me and I don't understand her. Huh! she's something else ,sort of a "Drama Queen type of girl' .She had this type of adorable nature when she pouts, it's kinda cute. "Really? did I just say someone is cute",Man,I'm flattered. I 'm guessing how her face would look like when she frowns,Ha! I imagined it in my head as I smile a little to myself. But, there's something about her that I want to get to know apart from she being a spoilt brat. If I can recall vividly, before she and her friends were leaving,she came to me when I was behind the counter and threatened to fire me If I ever keep them waiting ever again. She tried to give me a challenging look to dare her to ."Yeah she tried but did not fit her face though cos it still showed her pouty face "
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Then, after she paid her bill,she did an old lady a favor by using the change left to buy lunch for her in which, you can tell from how the old woman was smiling that she was indeed grateful for her kind gesture. In a kinda way I was happy too by watching them . Then before she could leave,she made sure to spot where I was and not forgetting to spare me a glance once.I still put on my smiling face and shrugged which I think got her furious at me for no reason and turned her back to leave. "Ladies and the stunts they pull".
I'm glad she had no idea I'm the CEO of this restaurant.
I proceeded in cleaning all the tables and trays and do some mopping on the floor, though it's not my work,but I love doing it as part of mine.
" I've never seen you smile as bright as today in a lifetime, so tell what's got you all smiley, smiley today huh",
my female colleague Nadeley was standing next to me asked as she leans on the kitchen counter that I was busily working on and cleaning stuffs. "I do give a smiling face everyday" , I said politely. " So, tell me are you happy to see me?" Nadeley asked as she brought her hand on my shoulder. "What kind of questions is she asking??".
"Of course I'm always happy to be here myself and see everyone" I answered her whiles I turned my head to look at her face over my shoulder. She giggled weirdly and proceeded to bring her hand to my chest as she came to join me behind the counter and back hugged me,in which I was shocked myself. I stopped what I was doing cos I was started to feel some sort of irritation as her hold on me was getting tighter and tighter.
"Ahem" I cleared my throat which seemed to bring her to her senses as she immediately retrieved back her hand away from my chest.
"I'm sorry" , Nadeley said as her cheeks turned crimson red sort of she's embarrassed. I only nodded my head and she came beside me and asked if we could have lunch together. "Sure, why not?"I said which seemed to brighten up her expression.
"I... I want to discuss something with you...umm we'll talk it over during lunch" ,she said as she seemed nervous and fidgeting. I looked at her and asked her if indeed she's alright but she only nodded yes not looking at me in the face. I'm surprised myself at how Nadeley reacts nowadays.She used to be quite reserved and polite. I know she likes to flirt with almost all her male colleagues including myself but this is not her usual self. " Kk, see you later Jev....,she said as she bit her lip and touch my hand before leaving to her cabin.
"Temperess indeed, what's up with her today? "I really hope she comes up with something reasonable during my lunch with her otherwise I'll have find a suitable way to excuse myself away from her". I checked the time on my Rolex watch to see the number of minutes left fory shift to be over. I have to pick my little nephew from school today since Lillian, my senior sister would extend her shift today at the hospital.Yes , I do have a half sister which I got to know few years back.
She used to stay with Grandma and I until she got married and moved in with her husband here in New York. Unfortunately,she husband died before she gave birth to their first son. So the poor boy never saw his dad. Looking at how things were, my second reason why I came here in New York is to look for my sister and ask her to stay with me at least for the sake of my baby nephew Nathan.
It was a difficult task though when convincing her at the time but finally she gave in,and it's a year and half now. I'm so glad to be with her and my little boy, I thought as I shook my head and smiled internally.
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