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It was in the afternoon when I was discharged from the hospital.
The moment I wasĀ discharged from the hospital, he drove me off straight to his house in his Range Rover . He only stopped by at an ice cream parlor to grab tubs of ice cream.
Really? I didn't know that men of his type could consume a lot of sugar in their system. For me, I didn't get to count the number of ice cream tubs in the paper sac but you could tell it was of great number all for him to consume.
I subconsciously licked my lips when I sensed the flavor of vanilla in the air.
Ah! I didn't tell you how much I love vanilla too.
"You are drooling ".
I turned my head to him to find him speaking to me.
"What?", I asked confused
"I can see you are drooling over the tubs of ice cream , you can have one if you want",he said with a shrug while driving.
"I wasn't drooling. Do you even know what that "word" means?. "And no thank you to your offer!", I told him with a glare and turned my head to face the window ,not looking at him on the face . I heard him chuckle , which fueled my anger the more because the next thing I realized was that, I was fuming, fisting both hands ready to smack off his head.
"Relax Apple,I'm not planning on killing you. "No? That's not on my list for now", I heard him say .
"Will you shut the hell up?", I said to him out of annoyance,shook my head and rolled my eyes.
He glanced at me and immediately made a sign of zipping his lips and looked straight while driving
I knew he was teasing me and I'm annoyed.
Asshole.
Oh God help me so I wouldn't kill this jerk with my bare hands one of these days.
In no time, we reached his house where I thought it would be a mansion,but,no, it was just a two storey building. Oh GodĀ help me.
How many people are in there?
Like are we going to fit in there ?
Or it'sĀ just both of us?
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"Mummy , mummy Uncle Jevan's back", a little boy around three years of age ran in full speed to hug Jevan. In reflex, Jevan carried him and swung him round. I could see how happy he was to see his daddy from the way he was giggling endlessly. He must be very fond of his dad .
I never knew he had a kid . But whatever I shouldn't be surprised becauseĀ men as gorgeously handsome as he is easily gets married because all the girls are ready at his feet andĀ would die to bare his child. Urghh!! Not me. That would be disgusting.
"Hey little one I hope you took care of mummy while I was away?", Jevan asked
"Yes I did",he said. He must be a very clever boy
"Really?, That's my boy", Jevan said to him and kissed his temple lovingly. The little boy turned to look at me confusingly yet adorably.
Jevan put him down gently to stand on his feetĀ and introduced me to him .
" Nathan I want you to meet Apple, she would be staying with us for a while, Apple this is Nathan. The boy walked in front of me and extended his hand for a handshake.
Urgh!! I've told him never to calle names. I glared at him and he smirked back.
"Hello I'm Nathan Walters, nice to meet you, Apple", he said grabbing my attention. I bent before him, smiled at him and shook hands with him .
"Hi Nate, nice to meet you too but my name is Valeria not Apple please?", I said to him with one of my brow raised. I stood up straight , looked up at Jevan and glared hard at him .
You caused this you douchebag!
"What? You're not Apple? But you look like an apple", The little boy said much to my surprise.
I looked up at Jevan to find him smirking devilishly and put on a deadly glare at him.
"Nuh ... I'm Valeria", I quickly said fuming on the inside.
How dare he?
"Velerie? Do you eat a lot of apples ,do you have many at your house? ", He asked pouting. He is so cute and adorable that I didn't know how to answer to that.
" Umm.. about that..umm", I trailed off but then Jevan cut me off.
"Nate don't you worry son, there will be a lot of apples to eat from now onwards, let's just make her comfortable here, don't you think? ", Jevan said to himĀ which got me angry.
Right now he made the little boy think I'm some sort of an apple farmer?Ā He's so gonna regret saying this!
Just thenĀ a pretty woman in shirt and shorts with an apron tied around her waist emerged from a corner , probably looking for her son.
That must be his wife. Pretty good looking though.
"Ahh.. NathanĀ you nearly gave me a heart attack when I turned back to see you disappear away from the kitchen. I was looking for you everywhere and here you are , hmmmm", she placed her hand on her waist and shook her head.
""I'm sorry mum, I wanted to tell you Jevan is back ", he said giggling happily and run to Jevan side, spread out his arms signaling Jevan to carry him, which he did immediately.
"Oh I see.. welcome sweetheart", the little boy's mother threw the napkin she was holding on the couch and hurriedly jumped in Jevan's embrace, kissing him on the cheeks in the process.Ā
What? Is this some kind of family reunion?
I averted my eyes away from them to look around and felt tired of standing.
" Oh hello and who do we have here?Ā I'm Lillian Walters, Nate's mother, pleasure to meet you", she said turning to face me ,smiled at me and extended her hand for a handshake.
Nate's mother? I already figured.
"Likewise myself, I'm Valeria Mel Brown", I said and shook as we shook hands.
"Oh..so I finally got the chance to see you in the flesh.Ā You look much prettier in person too",she complimented , smiling.
"Thanks ", I said more or less to myself.
"Oh do make yourself comfortable, lunch isĀ almost ready . " Jevan , could you please take her upstairs and show herĀ her room? It's all set .
"Sure thanks Lil, Apple let's go", he said taking my luggage along.
"You can come downstairs for lunch after you are done washing up then I can help you unpack your things", his wife said carrying little Nate and adjusting him on her hip.
"Sure never mind can do that myself thanks", I said gratefully and quickly trailed behind Jevan.
Looking at him from behind carrying my luggages and climbing up the stairs swagging with the muscles at his back flexing was kinda I would say attractive.
Will you Shut up ! his not attractive to me in anyway.
I followed him like a lost puppy upstairs till we finally reached a door. He fetched out the keys to the door and unlocked it.
"Here, come in",he said looking at me from behind and entered while opening the door wider
leaving me still standing outside the door.
Huh! Someone tell me this isn't my room. I mean it looks small enough to fit me and my accessories in there.
"Are you coming or you are just going to stand there?, He turned to look at me again raising one of his brow.
"What if I don't, can you force me to?", I asked him with my left eyebrow raised in challenge ,still pissed of. I folded my arms at my chest standing akimbo biting my inner cheeks in frustration.
"Well, I wouldn't mind if you choose to stand where you are for decades , I will still not care a bit, go on", he said and left my bags some where on the table. By now , I was glaring hard at him .
"I'm leaving, if you need anything don't hesitate to call me,I'm a door away from you ".Ā "And also , the bathroom is on your left ". "As soon as you decide to enter,in case you wanna take a shower, is right there",he said that giving of one of his annoying smirks.
Annoying.
"Whatever! Get out of my sight", I said and quickly entered pushing past him then pushing him out of the room closing the door shut on his face.Ā I heard him mutter something like"you're something else" under his breath and heard his retreating footsteps fading off. He left which I'm glad he did. I can't handle him now because damn I'm tired . I need a warm bath and a good sleep.
I finally looked around the room. It was a little kinda spacious but I really miss my room back in my penthouse.
My bed here was a small queen size bed with two tables one on each side of the bedĀ . There were few chandeliers ,a closet on the right side of my bed and an 32- inch flat screen TV on the wall a little beside the entrance of the room. Everything here seemed pink, white and deep green from the color of the bed and it's sheets and to the walls.
A typical girls room
I quickly shrugged of unbuttoning my blouse leaving my light purple lace bra on and sat on the bed with a sigh.
I got up and immediately scurried off to the bathroom finding it. I saw that my bath was already prepared so I quickly stripped of my clothes and entered in the jacuzzi immediately taking my bath. It was warm , just the way I wanted it to be and I liked it.
After taking my bath, I noticed there were clean towels neatly folded on the towel rack but I chose to ignore that and use mine instead. I quickly dried my body and hair with it and wrapped one on my hair and the other on my body walking out of the bathroom.
I quickly smeared my body with cream, dressed in a tank top and a very short shorts,tied my hair into a updo bun and headed for the door.
Oh! I didn't tell you about my choice of clothes I usually dress in, I wear what makes me feel comfortable and no one complains.
When I finally got downstairs, I saw Lillian already setting up the table placing all kinds of dishes in it.
"Can I help with that, um Mrs Walters?", I asked her gesturing to the plates she was holding.
"Oh nevermind, besides I'm done. It'll be so impolite of me if I let you do my job here",she said smiling.
"Well, I wanted to help but if you say so then", I said and took my seat at the table.
"Thanks for understanding but how are you doing?", I turned to her to find her asking .
"I heard your case and I'm really sorry something of that sort happened to you Miss Mel Brown", she said calmly.
"It's ok I'm fine now, but where's Nate?", I told and asked her looking around for him.
"He's with his uncle upstairs. I think they'll be down here in no time.Ā Hm!,the way they are attached to themselves,I never saw that coming. Sometimes I really get jealous as his mum as to why he'sĀ always gets time for him and I don't, hmm ..," she said.
"And why's that?", I asked her taking my spoon and started to dig in .
"I think it's becauseĀ I made Jevan take care of my baby during his infancy,Ā in order to complete all my shifts at that time and I was more into work rather than having time for my kid which I regret doing. Right now I'm stillĀ trying to make up for lost timeĀ ". "It hasn't been easy for me ever since my husband passed away". I think it's been three years now. " I still do grief overnight but I've learnt to get over it, thanks to my dear brother", she said
"Oh, so you mean Jevan is his uncle and not his father? ", I asked surprised.
"Oh no! that's silly, he's my blood brother,my little brother actually". "What were you thinking? "That , he's my husband? "Jevan hasn't even considered being in a relationship. "He has never been to one let alone kiss a woman"
,she said laughing.
"Oh.. I'm so sorry , I-I.. thought....", I said my cheeks burning up in embarrassment that I thought that way.
" Oh c'mon, isn't the resemblance that obvious?", She said and chuckled as she dished out the meals.
"Oh...", I said as I began to study her physical features. She had deep blue eyes which looked kinda doey compared to Jevan's and jet black hair just like..."
"Mummy is lunch ready? !", We turned to hear a squeal from Nate.
"Of course baby ,come on here " , Lillian said as NateĀ run to her .
"Be careful you don't fall", his mom warned in a calm way.
In a meantime, Jevan appeared from nowhere dressed in a white shirt ,his sleeves rolled up with black pants . I quickly averted my gaze from him so he wouldn't catch me staring at him.
"Are you heading towards somewhere again Jev," Lillian asked.
"Yeah I've a meeting with one of my clients in a few minutes to come and I've to set off now", he said to her sparing me a glance.
"You're always busy, you shouldn't stress yourself like that you know. You used to tell me this",Lillian said pouting looking at him.
"Don't worry I'll be back in the evening", he said gently ruffling her hair and pegged Nate on his temple.
"Be good ok?, And take care of the girls will you?", He said to the little boy and could feel his gaze on me .
"I will uncle ,take care of yourself too", Nate said much to my surprise.
This boy is clever.
"I will little guyĀ and remember to take your ice cream after you are done eating",he said
"Ok bye uncle ",Nate waved happily.
"Remember to be on time for dinner Jevan", Lillian said
"Alright Lil", he said still staring at me , turned on his back with his suitcase in hand and left .
SMH!
Like why was he staring at me? Hasn't he seen a human being before?
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